#i'm very salty

[shadowqueenjude]

It's actually so sad that Nesta isn't a POC because I could've been such a good Nesta. Edit: I'd actually make a fire Elide Lochan too. If she was a little less pale and taller. But hell just put a giant man besides me and I'll look tiny anyway. I've got the tits for it and I have that innocent look to pull it off.

[sparklyheartsdiana]

[Rant] Ladybug's Suit

WARNING: This post contains profanity and a brutally honest opinion.

As a fan of magical girl series, I'm disappointed in Ladybug's bodysuit. Why?! The bodysuit is an awful outfit! For a couple of reasons. One, it's [bleep] hideous! I hate it so much! I want to rip it off her! Like, why does she have to wear THAT atrocious onesie?! It's all red with black spots all over. It's an eyesore! A [bleep] eyesore! For real, it's an eyesore because there is very little black to break up the red. Have the character designers and animato

When Marinette transforms into Ladybug, she wears the worst ever bodysuit among the teen-aged heroes, it made me change my mind on two particular outfits. My opinion on what Yumi and Aelita had in season 4 of Code Lyoko shifted from a negative one to a more positive one. I no longer look at their virtual spandex as bad outfits, as it made sense for them to have tighter fitting attire. Though, I also like their initial virtual attire too. Their bodysuits from season 4 of Code Lyoko had more effort put into them! At least those bodysuits look good! Not gonna lie, Yumi actually looks hot and sexy in her spandex. Meanwhile, Ladybug does not!

This!

This is what I'm talking about! Ladybug's bodysuit in the image above is so bland! It makes for a childish superhero outfit and an even WORSE magical girl outfit!! Considering Sailor Moon was one of the many magical girl series that influenced Miraculous, you'd think Ladybug would wear a practical suit to fight evilized villains with. By practical, I mean a super suit with padding and armor. But, alas, she does not! Heck, girl doesn't wear boots either. Yes, Ladybug doesn't wear a [bleeping] pair of boots. Sailor Moon at least had protective padding in both her base and Super forms plus boots.

For this reason, I drew redesigns of her outfit so she wouldn't wear a literal onesie! And isn't it Marinette's dream job is to be a fashion designer?! So surely, she'd have her sketchbook filled out with alternate outfits for her heroic alter ego.

Furthermore, Miraculous also does a terrible job with how Marinette has her keep the same hairstyle after transforming into Ladybug. Her hair is just a brighter and deeper shade of blue. It feels like Sailor Moon all over again.

The grade I'd her bodysuit is a D-. As a superhero outfit, it gets a C-. As a magical girl outfit, it gets a big, fat, F---!

SHE DESERVES A MUCH BETTER COSTUME!!!

End rant.

[priceofreedom]

this makes me so sad and angry

John is easily one of the best voice actors in the game, but because Barret doesn't get enough appreciation, he doesn't either. i'm so tired of the Barret erasure man, and so is he, understandably. Barret is one of the MAIN!!! characters and he gets nothing every fucking time. WHEN will this change.

[theslimeologist]

can we take a moment and ask what happened here? like what did they do to her??

oh.

[orcinus-veterinarius]

This post is from 2022, but several representatives are trying to get the SWIMS Act reintroduced to US Congress in 2024. Meanwhile, critically endangered northern right whales, of which less than 250 still exist, are dying at an alarming rate off the US coast due to poorly regulated human activities.

But sure, let's go after accredited zoos and aquariums in order to prevent... *checks notes*... incredibly loved and cared for animals from having babies. The horror.

“Strengthening Welfare in Marine Settings.” Let’s make one thing clear, this “SWIMS” bill was not drafted by anyone with experience in a zoological setting and is fueled purely by ARA propaganda. It has nothing to do with actual welfare and is only concerned with removing these animals entirely from human care.

No wild captures of whales have occurred in American waters in over 30 years, and the only pilot and false killer whales currently housed in the country are non-releasable rescues. SeaWorld owns the only orcas (besides Tokitae) in the USA and already ended their breeding program due to activist pressure, never mind the fact that reproductive and calf-rearing behavior are important components of their welfare. And beluga whale breeding occurs under the AZA’s Species Survival Plan.

Zoos are vital to conservation efforts. It starts with whales, but next it will be elephants (as we’re seeing in the UK), then great apes, then big cats, until there’s nothing left. Let zoologists and veterinarians make the decisions for our zoo animals. Do not back this bill.

[that-dumb-dinosaur]

okk Sabine was so good. the chipped nail polish, her hair (especially at the end of ep2), the loth cat and chopper doodles everywhere, HER MUSIC TASTE? perfection

[cosalphonse]

i think that the two different takes on opening narration in fma unintentionally tell you so much

in 03, the narration happens before the opening on every episode - except episodes 1 and 51 - and it's mostly the same every time. al's voice gives a textbook definition of equivalent exchange before connecting it to his and ed's life, and it's said over music, with images of pictures of the boys as they grow up, which are slowly taken away by an encroaching fire. it's grounded and personal and becomes very familiar, then the show then changes this narration in the final season (in the dub they even change it to be ED narrating instead of al), adding more intense drums in the background, and adding a picture of ed and al as we currently know them at the end. it's a consistent repeating pattern that you can come to expect, so when it does change, like at the beginning of the final season or when the final episode cuts straight to the opening, you're like, oh shit! things are getting intense! and when the final episode wraps up with al quoting the exact thing he's been saying at the beginning of every episode, but this time coming to a different conclusion, it's such a nice bookend

brotherhood meanwhile has an opening narration by the unseen narrator giving a textbook definition of alchemy before stating that human transmutation is forbidden. it's cut with very literal imagery and a choir singing in the background. it's authoritative yet disconnected from the reality of the show -- these images we see are completely non-diagetic, with visuals of DNA strands, alchemy circles, and even pictures of ed and al just floating in space, whereas the 03 portraits (and voices) are characters and settings that we know. and worst of all, it only shows up during the first season and never again. it's not consistent enough to become familiar, and they never do anything interesting with it since it drops off before we ever even see the second opening, so it just leaves you wondering... what was the point of having it in the first place?

i know i'm totally biased but to me these are just smaller examples of a broader difference between the two; 03 is more intimate and subtle with its smaller details, while bh is bombastic and flashy but quickly loses its steam

[insomnya777]

hate the siblingification of joel and gems relationship .. no they are not brother and sister they are in LOVE.

[antisocialxconstruct]

[thatswhatsushesaid]

this person has me blocked, which is something i used to genuinely lament because occasionally i'd see bits of their very thoughtful commentary floating across my dash, and i'd find myself sighing sadly over what other gems of wisdom i was missing out on by not having access to their blog. i'd even lament about it via dms to some of my pals who did still have access to this person's blog. what interesting discussions must have been happening beyond that "???" "this is no one" "uh, who??" opaque door that tumblr always presented to me whenever i clicked on this person's username? would i ever know?

a friend this morning: want to see a bad take to get mad at

me: obviously yes

anyway as it turns out, it looks like i'm missing out on exactly nothing, actually, so that's a huge relief

more seriously, recalling the insightful commentary that i have seen this person reblog in the past when it has come across my dash, i am frankly in awe of this one, because it is so profoundly disconnected from reality and how people experience stories. like i'm not even sure where to start with peeling back all of the wrongness layers at work here because i haven't taken my adhd meds yet this morning, but the primordial stupidity at this take's core (coming from someone who is clearly smart, ftr, i am targeting the stupidity of the concept, not the person) has made me genuinely angry. it's not even just about applying this framework to mdzs, though of course it is principally about that because this book DOES actually place class front and centre at multiple points in the narrative. it's the idea that we just shouldn't be having conversations about classism, or sexism, or [x]-ism, in the romance genre, because don't we realize the point is the romance, actually?? these other things clearly don't matter and aren't worth talking about??? and this mindset is so utterly foreign to me because at no point have i ever felt compelled to stop myself from thinking thoughts about a book because "oh, but this is genre fiction, i need to turn my brain off to read and enjoy this, i forgot." or "this thought is not appropriate because genre fiction, i'd better stop thinking it before i ruin the story."

like. i am deeply, deeply sorry for this person, actually, that they are not picking up on precisely what mxtx is putting down in the text, especially considering mxtx has explicitly explored themes of class in at least two of her novels (i'll get back to you on including svsss once i've read it). but also, a critique of class in the jianghu, or how mxtx has written her female characters, is entirely as valid use of fandom time and energy as writing one more definitely original and not remotely repetitive thinkpiece on the power of wangx!an's morally good love to overcome all obstacles (not saying OP wrote any of these, just that there ARE a bunch of them out there).

like. why do you want to simplify the experience of reading and thinking and talking about these books? why do you want to push for more boring analysis of stories? why are you using your platform to encourage this? i'm so mad about it actually. people listen to you, and this is what you're encouraging them to do: think less.

[uncanny-tranny]

The nice thing about reaching adulthood as a trans person is that there are plenty of instances where, before as a kid, your transness mattered, but now it doesn't necessarily

When I was in high school, I was required to take a P.E. class to graduate, and I was always yelled at for being late and bringing my backpack to class with me because I couldn't change in locker rooms like the other guys. I changed in a faculty restroom and brought my bag with me, my tardiness be damned. It gave me an unhealthy view of fitness because I despised how othered I felt, and I couldn't articulate why I didn't feel safe necessarily. I felt like transness would always be what others saw before they saw me, and I hated that feeling. I don't like being seen as The Trans Person, I just like being seen as me, where being trans is part of me but not the whole.

However, as an adult, I can join a gym and they don't fucking care. I get to retrain how to have a healthy relationship with fitness on my own terms because now, I have the freedom to be left the fuck alone about my transness. I love weightlifting, I love feeling physically fit, and high school was not the place for me as a trans person.

If any young trans person is feeling how I felt about their transness being front-and-center, just, please hold out hope. I know shit's scary, especially for you young people, and I do not blame you for how you feel. Just know that there can be good out there.

[eggplantgifs]

Kazuki Tomono: Halston » 2023 Japanese Nationals

[ginnymoonbeam]

I love The Eighth Sense so very much, but sometimes people talk about it in a way that feels... awfully erasing of the QL media that other Asian countries have already been making. Like I get the distinct sense that to some people, South Korean media "counts" - not just in terms of a preferred style but in the sense of being worth recognizing - in a way Thai or Taiwanese media doesn't. And I do not like that and I wish people would reflect a little more on why they feel that way.

[vinceaddams]

got confused about salt herring vs. smoked herring and accidentally ate a piece of very very salty but still raw fish, but that was 3 days ago and I haven't died, phew.

[macaiv]

Source: Esteban's Insta Stories

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[tsukiharu]

I love them sm arghhhhh

I've given up trying to resist their otp charm 😔🤚