#i hate that this impacted me so much

[bunnyboy-juice]

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[mushroom-kin]

Morning on the path to Liyue Harbor - A study with original additions

[valtsv]

something i really appreciate about the silt verses finale is that carson being unwritten from the narrative didn't change anything on a wider scale. because of course it didn't. he admitted it himself; he's just one guy in an entire system of abuses and cruelty and people fighting to be the one calling the shots. cutting off a few more heads will only free up more spaces for new ones to grow and trample one another in the bid for power. which makes how he dies all the more impactful in spite of how narratively and personally "unsatisfying" it is - despite the utter denial of catharsis - for both his and VAL's character arcs. because in the end, they both realised the truth, and were able to accept it with dignity.

[randomalistic]

Cool awesome reminder that you don’t need amazing technical skill to be a good artist/storyteller

[robbyykeene]

Anyway I wish this show was actually bold enough to give Miguel an arc exploring his feelings of entitlement over the captaincy spot. Throughout the show Johnny has repeatedly told Miguel that Robby is a lost cause but hey, It’s okay because he has Miguel now. That Miguel’s his champion, his Number One Boy. So how could Miguel not feel at least somewhat entitled to the captain spot? How could he not feel insecure about his place in Johnny’s life with Robby not just back in the picture, but now literally taking the number one spot? When Johnny has repeatedly put into both kids heads that when it comes to his love and attention its one vs. the other, how could there be no lingering feelings of resentment and jealousy?

[toxxtt]

whenever alhaitham speaks I hear the nerd emoji

[qishylia-adelia]

Lanyan my babygirl,I wish people would treat you more than who they ship you with (when she finally release)

[dizzybizz]

finally got around to finishing a sketch from last year 🎉🎉🎉

aug '22 -> mar '23 -> oct '23

[touchlikethesun]

honestly while watching the untamed, i was thinking that the censorship didn't really bother me all that much, like sure they changed a few lines moved some things around, but they also added scenes so the trade-off really seemed worth it.

i am now realising that i felt that way just because for 80% of mdzs there wasn't that much to censor, playing with the wording was all they needed to do to meet the requirements. i have now reached that last 20% and the full weight of what the censorship robbed from us is starting to sink in.

what do you mean we don't see lan zhan cradling a delirious wei ying before fighting his own clan elders to defend him. idc if you multiplied the number of lashes he received by 10 it is so much less impactful when it's su she and jin guangyao who are the agitators also i don't understand what the timeline is supposed to be is this after wy is already dead?? how is he so composed??? i have so many issues with this and they would all be resolved if they kept the scene from the novels why couldn't that have been part of their "bromance" too???

[xieliancore]

all I know is we're going home, so please don't let me go.

[tea-cat-arts]

Why even draw if not to make jokes where the target audience is me and me alone

[totallynotobsessedwithfandoms]

Rewatching Ninjago Season 6: Skybound is such a different experience now that I’m older.

Because when I was a kid it was just like “awww, Jay and Nya need to be together, don’t trust Nadakhan, yay Jay is the main character I love him!!!” and yes, it’s still that, but god I love Nya and Jay’s character arcs.

Because just…they are two halves of a whole and it’s brilliant.

Jay in the previous seasons is the comedic relief, he’s the coward, he’s the one kind of unwilling to make the sacrifice. He is still a hero, sure, but he has so many flaws. Jay’s arc in this season is just everything to me because he learns so much and grows so much as a character.

Particularly in regards to Jaya.

He starts the season out as the regular Jay character, but now he has this secret. The knowledge that he and Nya might end up together and yeah, he does some very stupid things because of it. He acts pushy and refuses to give up to the point that Nya has to ask him to stop. It doesn’t click for him, however, that his actions are causing harm, until the tiger widow venom episode. Until he’s captured and it seems to sink in that following this wish, that refusing to give up on this future is hurting Nya, it’s hurting his friends, and it’s hurting himself. And so he stops! He takes a step back, he tells Nadakhan that Nya will choose for herself.

He stops.

He finally understands her.

And he learns how to work on his own. He learns to be tough and to not give in, when Jay is normally the first to search for the easy way out, the first to be the “coward” of the team. Jay never loses his comedy, he never stops being the comedic relief, but he is also the main character. He is braver and his dad talks sense into him, telling him that “Everytime you’re in over your head, you make a joke and try to laugh it off.”

WHICH IS LITERALLY THE ENTIRE ANALYSIS OF JAY’S CHARACTER!

He tries to pretend like he doesn’t care, like it’s all a joke, but he tries so hard and he finally learns, he attacks, he fights, he leads the charge, he realizes that he has allies and he can be a leader! He even goes into the Jade Blade, scared, sure, but he goes in and he saves them!

He leads the ninja.

Jay is street smarts in a nutshell.

And Nya, oh Nya’s storyline.

I relate so much more to her now. Nya, the girl ninja. Nya, the newest member of the team. Nya, always being told who she is. Nya, never being given a choice.

Nya has always been tough and desperate to help the ninja. Desperate to join the “boys club” as she called it. She starts out this season struggling with being the newest member of the team and struggling with feeling inferior. She feels like she has to push the other ninja away and desperately try to stand on her own feet. She refuses to accept Jay’s help in the beginning of the storyline, even when she needed the help. She confirms that she always had feelings for Jay but she buries them, trying to stand on her own two feet—as she should—not realizing that it’s not weak to love him and to ask for help. And then she gets mad at Jay in the tiger widow venom episode and rightfully so! He was an absolute idiot, thinking he could wish for her to start to fall in love him and then not telling the others how Nadakhan’s wishes worked! His silence ends up putting them in danger and she is rightfully angry with him.

And then he learns! And she realizes that he learns and is respecting her. And she realizes that she doesn’t have to be alone. He is giving her the choice, he is respecting her and letting her make her decision. She decides who she is and she realizes that she doesn’t have to do it alone.

Jay learns that he can be strong on his own, that he can lead, and Nya learns that she doesn’t have to do everything on her own.

They learn to compliment each other.

They are each others yin and yang and they respect each other. They learn and they love each other and they are probably the healthiest couple in the whole show.

I’m not doing an amazing job of describing it but they are perfect for each other and they learn from each other and they respect each other!!

Couple goals and character arcs!!!!

Let’s go ninjago!!!!

[sonknuxadow]

it just hit me that the movie is coming out next month imgonna throw upppppppp

[bueris]

genuinely disappointed by natlan character designs, on top of being colourist/racist to repeatedly exclude darker skin tones on everyone but enemies, it also just doesn't make sense for the region like "immersive storytelling" why the fuck is that twink reflecting 200,000 lumens off his skin when he lives in a region based off south america/africa not only does it break the suspension of disbelief but I also can't see my screen because his skin glare is vaporising my retinas

[calkale]

i wish younger people went to school to learn rather than just to get the degree

[szaryherbatnik]

Just finished reading the wicked book

I see so many people saying that elphaba is a very inspiring character and that shes relatable to a lot of people, that her story is very important, that her story matters. And although its mostly said through the filter of the movie i think its even more important in context of the book. Elphaba being convinced that she never accomplished anything, that everything she tried to do she failed at. And yet so many people consider her inspiring. I havent yet watched the musical, i dont know how it changes the book (probably a lot) but i too think if elphaba as inspiring despite it all. Because she tried.