#it kinda feels like theyre glossing over it

[faithful-grigori]

”#i could go on about birth of a nation and its effect on american history, #i dont think that if the film was never made then racism would be solved forever or anything, #i dont even know for sure if the kkk would've never reformed if it hadnt been made, #and even though i think we should treat it the way germany treats the swastika its still like, #important to talk about it you know, #its important that people know what it is and what it did, #sometimes modern callbacks to that film fall a little flat, #like the 2016 birth of a nation which was about nat turner, #i remember the title causing some confusion cause like, #a lot of the time people will get movie titles before they get a plot summary so, #people thought they were remaking birth of a nation for a little bit, #that part in hamilton where theyre like ''im taking my time watching the afterbirth of a nation'' works better, #its a good callback that makes it clear that i think its burr or the ensemble or maybe both, #that theyre not just talking about the constitution but theyre also talking about all the other shit, #like the three fifths compromise and the slave trade act, #iirc the off Broadway version talks about slavery like they're not afraid to bring it up but, #in the actual finished musical this is one of the few instances where the cast isnt making direct eye contact with the audience, #and saying ''slavery was bad'' and unlike some other parts in the show where, #it kinda feels like theyre glossing over it, #specifically with Jefferson as I dont believe claims that Hamilton owned slaves were substantiated until after the musical was written, #like historians suspected he did but nothing concrete was found until 2020, #not to say that what was known about hamiltons involvement in the slave trade wasnt minimized, #but the afterbirth of a nation line is very effective, #slaps hood its good writing”

'Irredeemable media' is such a funny concept to me because it's never used for stuff like Birth of a Nation or A Serbian Film. It's always The Owl House or My Hero Academia because these people only watch things for children and can't stand any conflict more complex than Super Mario Brothers.

[brella-boi]

Okay guys this is becoming a tradition of me seeing films recently so heres a

Sonic 3 review from a technical standpoint

Look im no film critic or anything, but i AM an animator and theres a lot of. Things. I see whether I want to or not. Its just how my brain is wired because of my profession lol

(This is full of spoilers btw so now's your time to fast scroll away)

Anyway lets begin!

The movie is great. Cool even. I liked it! But theres a lot of direction decision that I am just. Baffled by I guess?

First of all- the models are different. (Httyd ass moment) And the way they sculpted the characters lips absolutely destroys anything theyre trying to emote. It looks like theyre CONSTANTLY pursing their lips. Like they ate a lemon. Do you understand? Sonic also has much more pronounced brows which makes him look more pissed off constantly LOL

[Sonic 1 model vs sonic 3 models, pay attention to the lips]

Eggman and Dr Stone had possibly the best interactions in the entire movie. Their dynamic was fantastic, and I would argue they kinda carried the movie. Unfortunately! The ending left their issues unresolved. And Dr Stone looked entirely unbothered by the possible death of Eggman.

This brings me to some writing choices that I feel may be due to... Either infantalising or time cuts. The storyboarding of this film was just. God how do I even describe this. It feels like a lot of crucial scenes where cherry picked to be deleted between shots. Thats not good at all- and while character continuity WAS there, it really did feel like something crucial was missing in some scenes. This is especially evident in the Chao Garden scenes. Specifically when the general dies (WHY DOES HE DIE LIKE THAT. WE DIDNT EVEN SEE THE RUBBLE GO ANYWHERE OR PIN ANYONE DOWN OR SEE MASS PANIC FOR PEOPLE TO DIE?) The characters COMPLETELY gloss over his death- a death that feels like its out of a show for 8 year olds Im not going to lie to you. He just flops, delivers a line, and thats it.

It feels like the two halves of the movie were written by two different writers.

The first half is weak. The jokes are stale. And the storybeats almost feel off. The actions scenes- while there's nothing particularly offendish about them- don't *hit*. If you're an animator or writer you understand that important beats need to pack a punch. It was severely lacking in packing punches in the first half.

I also wanna speak to the animators. Are you okay? Was this made on tight deadlines? Where is the fun and whimsy? Did you outsource this? Did you give your workers a good environment or were they crunching and hating life? Or did you hire younger animators with no senior feedback because they're cheaper to hire?

Look, the animation is good. Just that. Its good. Its TV show standard, not movie standard. Its lacking a good push to the poses, its using slow keyframing between poses instead of it being snappy, with good silhouettes, with good visual gags. Instead were left with this.. subpar passable animation for every character instead of something energetic and snappy like Sonics personality. I think this is where I take the most issue with because guys come on. You didnt push the models to their limits at ALL. And Sonics speedy running is... Well read my previous points. Where are the fundamentals of animation about exaggeration? Not in Sonics run cycle.

The second half of the movie carried the first half on its back thanks to Eggman. I am SO GLAD to see giant spaceships and mechs and whatnot. Thats great! Loved to see the lovely mech models and once again- interactions between Eggman and Dr Stone. Id go as far as say they should be gay tbh (hello? The scene where theyre tied up?)

I didn't bring up Shadow entirely so far. And honestly Ive no notes about him. All my notes are entirely about just the animation and not hitting the beats well. His characterisation was great- it actually explains his aggression pretty well and then redemption. Genuinely the last arc of the movie was fantastic. And finally we got to hear a rock score to go with it. Maria was fun, the flashbacks were fun, the scientific exploration was fun. All in the second half of the movie of course!

My overall score is 6/10.

To untrained eyes the movie is going to be extremely fun- if a little more childish in some parts than others. I'm glad they took some risky moments, I'm glad the characterisation is well written. I just wish other aspects were tightened down, mainly animation and storyboarding.

6/10 but I never thought Id leave the cinema with the thoughts "I could storyboard some of these scenes in a lot more meaningful way, and Im not even a storyboarder."

I recommend a watch! Its not a bad movie. Its not a rock-it-out-of-the-park movie either though. I feel like maybe all the anticipation and high expectations maybe made it not as gut punching for me as it couldve been. Overall, all I can gleam from it is theres a lot of things to improve on! But nothing that really destroys it or makes it bad. Just a lot of room for improvement.

Thanks for reading!

[scoobysnakz]

heyy girl i think if u haven’t what abt u write a dbf miguel x reader ik i see so many but theyre so gd to read they get me so invested every time🤷🏽‍♀️

summary: you’ve just come home from college for christmas but there’s a stranger in your bedroom

a/n: dbf as in dads best friend or dad boy friend? 😭 i’d do either but for this i’ll do dads best friend bc… yh. also tysm for the request it means sm 😚😚😚 also I guess this is a fic now? Bc I kinda hate one shots bci can never cut down on lore and stuff.

❤️

You hadn’t realised how easily college had managed to seep its way into every aspect of your life, pulling you away from both your family and social life, until you came home for Christmas.

Everyone looks so different, your mum is more colourful and chirpy, your father is healthier and your brother is surprisingly mature. But what takes you most by surprise is the lack of silence that has taken them by storm. When you had come home for the summer most of your stay had been filled with an uncomfortable but unfortunately familiar silence following you around but now, you can’t shut them up.

The entirety of the drive home from the train station is full of chatter, and for once they include you. They seem so genuinely invested about you that you don't even question the randomness of their questions, ranging from the journey home and the local shops that surround your campus.

“I heard that there's one of those pretentious, hipster coffee places nearby,” your dad claims from the driver's seat, not bothering to look around at you.

“Vegan?” you offer dryly, unsure of it he knows you work there or not.

“That's it!” he clicks proudly, resulting in both you and your brother sharing a sigh.

Part of you hopes that it’s because of you; that maybe they realised how much they loved you while you were gone and now feel overjoyed at your return. There’s a feeling of doubt floating around in your mind, telling you that this is just a random occurrence, but you push it to the side, wanting to focus on the positive and unrealistic.

***

Your brother helps you lug your suitcase into the house claiming, ‘It’s the least I can do’ which is surreal coming from someone who hasn’t written to you the entirety of your time away. You hand him your antler clifton all the same, glad you didn't have to carry it across the drive as well as up the stairs.

The warmth from the house welcomes you in, the softness of the heated air a stark difference from the harsh bitterness from outside. The sweet smell of cinnamon and gingerbread candles lures you in so soothingly that you don't even notice the extra pair of shoes neatly paired together with the rest by the front door.

“I'll leave it here,” your brother mutters before sliding across the floorboards towards the living room on the heels of his feet- not as mature as you presumed. You smile half-heartedly with a small nod, jealous of how easily he can dismiss himself.

And suddenly you’re alone again, left to your own devices as your parents go start dinner and your brother now yelling into his mic from the living room. It hurts slightly, moments ago they were all over you, so invested in you and your life that you forgot what they're truly like. It's the way it always been and you're a fool for thinking otherwise.

You scold yourself for being so naive as to believe that they'd changed, that they weren't as self-absorbed as they used to be, before pulling yourself away from your sea of negative thoughts.

You stare at your suitcase, bright white light shining on it from the lamp hanging above your head, and decide to leave it there, too tired to carry it upstairs to your room.

The steps creak under your weight as you slouch up the stairs, one hand idly dragging across the chipped bannister. You can't count how many times your dad’s tried to repaint it, how much money he's spent on overpriced glosses and varnishes, how many hours he's spent sanding the thing down.

As you cross the landing, thick carpet dampening the sound of your steps, you the bathroom door left ajar and the soft heat emanating from it. Which is… weird because both your parents and your brother are downstairs. But you shrug it off, too fed up to care, and drag yourself over to your bedroom, head drooping downwards with fatigue.

Casually, you push your door open, expecting the room to be empty and your bed freshly made as it often is when you come home for the holidays. Except it isn't.

Soft jazz music hums throughout the room, playing from a speaker you can't quite place, and the smell of an intoxicatingly strong aftershave clings to the air. Your walls are still decorated with the wallpaper you had when you left but it's covered in various posters. Some are boring and presumably scientific based on the array of symbols, whereas others are insanely niche but you don't really put too much effort into trying to understand them- you're too distracted by the man standing in the middle of your room, half naked and dripping with water.

He's tall, intimidatingly so, but the soft dimples that form in his cheeks as he smiles down at you soothe your nerves- slightly.

“Hey,” he grins down at you, head now cocked to the side and pats his ear causing water droplets to drip onto your carpeted floor.

You blink at him, completely dumbstruck and unsure of what to do. “What the fuck?” you breathe shakily, palms clamming up as your brain desperately flickers between arousal and fear.

The man’s brow furrows at your anxious tone and his smile falters slightly. “I think I should be the one cursing here,” he jests, tone annoyingly light, “you’ve just walked into my room without knocking or anything.”

“You're room?” you scoff, arms folding across your chest. “You're the stranger here, not me.”

He grins at your attitude, those dimples presenting themselves again. “I’m offended, has it been that long since you've last seen me?” he questions, large hand splayed across his chest feigning offence.

You pause for a moment and let your gaze scan him for a moment. He looks familiar, dark slicked back hair and mahogany eyes that are simultaneously scrutinizing and sympathetic.

“A la mierda, querida, have you really forgotten me?” he teases.

And then it clicks. You feel so embarrassed now, for not recognising him. Miguel, your dad’s best friend who you haven't seen for years, is finally visiting again.

He does look different now, though. He's still tall and his face is as chiselled as ever, though there are creases in his skin from when he's smiled too often or squinted too hard at the sun, but he's bulked up a considerable amount. His biceps look bigger than your thighs, tensing and relaxing with every slight movement and shining with the shower water in the yellow light of the evening sun. In fact, his entire body is covered in muscles, and what you can see of his lower half is toned, covered in dark tufts of hair, yes, but the curvature of each muscle is still visible.

He clears his throat and you realise that you’ve been staring longer than intended, shame burning hot on your neck.

“Sorry,” you mutter, “about not recognising you.”

He shrugs off your apology, which irks you slightly but you push past it, and smile once again. “I look different, old age is catching up on me.”

That's definitely what's different.

> next

[dokidokitsuna]

after rereading gone i wanted to read all your other kirby aus (+ re_rise), i knew a bit about them but not that much and.....

EATING IT ALL UP THEYRE SOOO GOOD

seriously they all inspire me so much and motivate me, the gijinkas the art the story EVERYTHING.

ddt has a deathgrip on me, mostly because i like elfilin, seeing him having a horrible time, and being really the first work of yours that captivated me.

i like rotm and deep cut but was always dissapointed on how underutilized they were and re_rise fixes all of it to me, and also neo 3 content, wich is a blessing

i dont really know why im writing this since im basically saying the same of i love your work, it inspires me to better in art and drawing but idk

anyways what do you think of forgo ^^ theyre my favoritest thing ever and i need more people to think about them

I really like getting asks like these (assuming you meant the version of Forgo that I write in DDT) because it always challenges me to reveal something new about the character in question that I haven't said yet. ^^

So I looked through my file, and I found this interesting little piece I wrote to analyze Forgo's origins and character a bit. I originally wrote it to go with some artwork that I scrapped, featuring a younger Florine "experimenting" on (read: torturing) Fecto Elfilis after they were first imprisoned. I might try it again someday...but in case I don't, here's the text:

I was just thinking that Flo is the only member of the current Lab Discovera crew who is old enough to have been working there back when Fecto Elfilis first invaded their planet. Maybe F/E’s grudge against her could stretch back longer than I initially thought…? ^^

I was also thinking about the contents of Elfilin’s hallucinations in the Dream Discoveries Tour, and what they might mean.

I mean, of course I know what they mean; I just don’t think I’ve ever really thought about them beyond “test subject horrorcore”...I never stopped to consider the emotionality of those visions, the idea that the overwhelming fear and stress that Elfilin experiences when he sees them is probably just a small slice of what Fecto Elfilis went through.

Yes, they attacked first; yes, they probably had it coming. ^^; But just because you’re evil doesn’t mean you can’t suffer. I mean, when you think about the way F/E was split up (essentially, tormented into a dissociative fugue state) and the way Fecto Forgo’s “only refuge was the realm of their dreams” (direct quote from the game!)...to me, that paints a picture of someone trapped in such a hellish environment that the only way they can go on existing is to reject their own conscious mind. Become a different person that doesn’t remember the torture; sleep so deeply that you can’t feel the pain anymore, and pray that your captors finally leave you alone.

And the fact that we’re not told what the ‘incident’ was that caused F/E to split up kinda gives me “prisoner suddenly died in their holding cell” vibes. You’d think such a dramatic event would be important enough to explain a little more, but it’s just glossed over…as if the researchers don’t actually care. Like the test subject wasn’t even considered a valuable resource to them, it was just a fancy toy, and when it finally broke they decided they’d played with it enough anyway. Which fits with the way FF is portrayed as something “forgotten” and “abandoned” rather than purposely hidden or sealed away…

Basically, there’s a lot of little details that suggest to me that F/E was not treated humanely during their stay at the lab. ^^; A premise subtly baked into the story of DDT as a whole…

[kaytbug]

THEYRE FUCKING DEAD

... probably.

So just re watched the shadybug special (for the 3rd time) . The first two watch throughs i understood that they were dYING actively, but it took this most recent re watch for me to even consider the possibility that they might be... dead. Maybe its because i just watched the London special recently, yk the one that is specifically about the aftereffects of Gabes death, or the fact that chronologically this special takes place IMMEDIATELY after the episode Gabe gets cataclysmed ( the thing that *basically* killed him) but i feel like it would make perfect sense for shadybug and claw noir to have died (relatively) shortly after the special. The whole theme of shadybugs special is that they are the direct opposites of each others parallel selves, while still maintaining lots of personality traits and key plot factors that keep them similar, almost mirroring each other. I don't think its a coincidence they chose destruction as the episode they would have the special follow in the timeline, especially when you remember this special was released after the season 5 finale where gabe died. However the thing that made me realize that they might have actually died was that that they didnt really fix any of their problems. They kinda just glossed over any major plot problems like, how they would fix shadybug and claw noir's damage that they got from their miraculouses, or how top stop the supreme. Instead the moral of the story was that they were a team and had hope. While the sentiment was nice and tied the perfect bow that pulled the whole special together , it doesn't feel realistic that everything went according to plan when you consider Gabes fate. And they clearly want you to compare the their fates based release AND timeline order.

guess the price to evil is death.

[helpallthenamesaretaken]

EPISODE 8 😭😭 THE FEELS

the first line being 'look, you didn't ask to be a half blood' 😭😭 this is the shows equivalent to the good kid reprise

The wooden sword 😂

they have my respect for showing a luke and percy practicing sword fight scene SERIOUSLY the rest of the riordanverse percy still hears advice from luke while swordfighting and that is a plot point that is so special to me okay

the transition from luke to percy as he asks for single combat it's SO CINEMATIC I LOVE IT

The threatening aura of ares after being grumpy and comedic is chefs kiss about dayum time

I wish they kept the scene where percy says something along the lines of "we didn't mention any dreams" when ares yells that gods don't dream but ofc tv!percy knows all

cue one of the most epic sword fight scenes of the century

IM THE SON OF POSEIDON NOW FACE THE TIDE INSIDE OF MEEEEEEEE

NO SERIOUSLY SOMEBODY MAKE AN EDIT

THE SIZE OF PERCY COMPARED TO THE WAVE, THE WAVE ENVELOPING BOTH OF THEM

The camera shots are too good I swear

Ok that was short

I kinda missed the police cars and the sirens in the background and the reporters and all that chaos

sallys in the breeze she's in the trees

Alecto redemption arc wasnt on my bingo card but I actually like it guys

THE NECKLACE

percy staring at annabeth as she makes it harder each day to believe no one cares about him will never get old ❤️

“Wheres the glory in that” lazy ppl dont need glory

Rip lance reddick❤️

the next time hes going to roast zeus’s family percy is going to be older and more intimidating ZEUS IS GOING TO LISTEN and thats something so amazing

the way that percy fell to the ground with his arms on his head by instinct as zeus raised his lightning bolt

POSEIDON YASSSSS

”perseus” wait a sec is this the first reveal of percys real name?

THEIR ACTING AS ALWAYS 10/10

”can i ask you a question?’ DID YOU EVER HAVE SOMEONE KISS YOU IN A CROWDED ROOM AND EVERY SINGLE ONE OF YOUR FRIENDS WAS MAKING FUN OF YOU

Dude was like no hon i aint gon tell bout what i dream about your mother kaboom peace out

huggggg (btw guys im in this show im the camper in the background clapping for the hug) i love that laugh from percy like ‘yep this is how we roll now not bad’

I love that theyre using that position to just ominously talk about clarisse not even letting go, just hugging it out talking about the traitor

Luke and annabeth in the same frame!!! We got a hand on annabeths shoulder AND NOTHING ELSE

THE CINEMATOGRAPHY OF THE NEXT SCENE IS UNPARALLELED

THE WAY THE FIREWORKS GET DARKER AND DARKER AS LUKE IS CAUGHT

Backbiter glowed up fr now he can make interdimensional portals

also percy knows everything as usual.

the girls are fightinggggg

”im sorry” *luke taking advantage to slash percy in the arm* you will always live in my heart

The heartbreak in lukes eyes

the hearbreak in annabeths eyes

also that shot of leah against the bright lights of the fireworks makes her look so pretty

ok we’re just going to gloss over the sadness of the betrayal

Can i just say i love chirons casting SO MUCH im so excited to see him party next season

“I am percy jackson” slay

ANNABETHS PIGTAILS ARE SO CUTE

OFC SHES GOING TO DISNEY WORLD

the way shes just worrying about what it might do to kill her 🥺

annabeth: *Exists*

percy: ❤️🥺😁🥰

THE LIL FLOWER

HUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG

bro literally gave us the percy and sally reunion of our dreams

”your survival is the key to my rise” get lost grim reaper

petition to call kronos grandpa every dream

ILL BE BACK NEXT SUMMER YOULL SEE ME AGAIN ILL BE BACK NEXT SUMMER ILL SURVIVE TILL THEN

Percy arming himself with the umbrella

I BETTER GET SEASON 2

Woooooooooooo gabe dieeeeee

[pumpkinsy0]

Can we get some more hcs for the post anon and you made about Soda and Curly being brought together but also pushed away by them helping pony (I hope you know what I'm talking about idk how to explain it 😭)

YEA I DO NO WORRIES I GOT THIS

•OK SO, to b clear, mainly what i mean by “brought together but also pushed away from each other bc of their relationship w pony” i mean that they both agree that pony needs help or something like that, they can just never agree on how

•to add on, they both have parts of their character that they can relate to when it comes to each other, theyre both middle children who r pretty much glossed over in the public eye and arent seen as 3 dimensional as their siblings and they COULD form a friendship generally speaking from that, but how they interact w pony throws each other way tf off (hope this made sense)

•when pony gets hurt, curly and soda kinda act the same way, for example, both go to their older brothers for help

•but the thing is, the other feels like the others brother wont help, curly feels like darry wont do jack shit and just lets it continue, soda feels like tim would just make things worse for pony bc that would make him a target

•they both quite literally have the equivalent of spidey senses when it comes to pony being in trouble

•idk how to summarize this one, but curly feels like soda babys pony way too much and soda feels like curly makes pony grow up too fast

•if pony rolls up to one of em w something he got from the other, they both have the same reaction and its like “why did he give u that, u shouldnt have that, get rid of it”, they KNOW the other is trying to help (at least to some degree) but honestly they see them as more of a nuisance

•ngl part of the reason y they dont agree on how to take care of pony is prolly bc they dont realize that pony acts like differently w em, or if they did, they feel like how pony acts around them is the “true” pony

•they wont say it but they do commend each other for fighting for pony or at least trying to protect pony, once soda patched curly up after fighting to protect pony, thats like the nicest they ever were to each other

•they both look out for pony during a rumble, chances r they wouldve tag teamed that soc that kicked pony in the head if curly was there, never wouldve brought it up that they did that ever again tho

•if they were in like a place where they gotta stay on high alert, they’d both agree that pony should stay behind them in case anything popped up, but they r lowkey just pushing pony to them, its lowkey a game of tug of war

[thornswoggled]

ive been sick since the 31st but i cant be stopped from new chapter goofin. first chapter of the year, lets go

oh noooo this first page is already so embarrassing. PLEEEASE dont tell me zoey assumed he and lucy are a thing because of the snake thing. PLEEEEEASE tell me his dad is teasing. im so embarrassed

PHYLLIS MOMENT? yamazaki loves biddies we knew this old broad was gonna come back

so nostalgic to see the witchs coven like this for the first time in.... many many chapters

wasnt the coven isaac supposed to have his name spelled differently than chises isaac? i thought that was mentioned on twitter at some point, but the wiki spells it like that too (NOT THAT NOTABLE - WIKI IS CHEEKS)

very nice panel of him and marielle with their wrists intersecting. idk it just looks pretty. i like symmetry

this chapter is a little longer? i think the most recent ghost+witch was just as long. why is yamazaki unstoppable. is she sleeping

more and more "things are about to get waaaacky!" okay yeah we know that but when will anything happen. i dont mind the lack of action in tamb. at all, actually. but the leadup is a little silly

"i wonder if she saw it, too." she did not <3

THIS IS A MONTH AND A HALF FROM THE LAST CHAPTER????????????

theyre all sitting in the courtyard like they did when they agreed to keep zoeys secret. nice callback, and its cute that this is their little hangout spot

whats in that box between chise and rian

oh no zoeys dad responded and lucy is here. oh no. i cant handle this i cant handle embarrassment

wait lucy helped him write it because she says she revised it. so either they actually are dating or his dad was teasing. im soooo...

waaait zoey has a little ponytail its so cuties

weeeh chises smile is so sweeties and cuties

"you could've warned us you were there" WHAT DID I JUUUST SAY EARLIER ABOUT LUCY. SHE IS NOT GOING TO LIKE HIM TRAILING CHISE AROUND

wait did chise even know he was there. she can usually sense his comings and goings so i think shes just surprised he decided to butt into the convo

shut uuuuup they dont need a chaperone you just want to follow your wife around

wait if a month and a half has passed whatever happened with alices xmas gift for chise

weeeeh philomela is being so cuties

i like that yamazaki kinda teases these het pairings among the friend group without ever insinuating that theyll go anywhere. like in every direction almost. feels like straightbaiting... unbelievably funny. which, egg on my face if zoey and lucy ends up being real

philomela is being an early-story chise right now. "everyone does things for me even though i dont deserve it and i dont want to lose anyone even though i dont contribute anything." no wonder chise latched onto her as Guy I Need To Fix

love how varied and stylish yet simple their outerwear is

"he wanted to accompany chise" SEEEE WHAT I MEEEEEAN HE JUST WANTS TO FOLLOW HIS WIFE AROUND

HEEEEEEEY GIRLLL I MEAN THEY. I MEAN THEY. I MEAN THE

selkie nathan here too whatever. i didnt want the friend to be alice what makes you say that

i love how no one who meets elias in the white girl glamor ever says "why do you have a boy name." yamazaki is above such trifles

elias looks so sullen hunched behind chise oh my god. following his damn wife around. i love the human glamors because his facial expressions are sooooooo funny hes just -____-

elias coming in hot with the "that dont got nothing to do with me im smoking my cigarette"

the bolo tie strings lovingly rendered across his chest im. going to eat plywood. hey girl. i mean th

"whoa they got wrapped in fog is this related to rahab" <= idiot who glossed over nathan LITERALLY explaining that meg was surrounded by fog before she was attacked. can you PAY ATTENTION. FOR /ONCE/

man theyll be okay they got two teachers with them

oh no your girlfriend

that zoey panel kinda went crazy stupid whoag

"the blood run strong in him" okay jesus christ who is this. it better be someone we already know because this is a little silly

speaking of. i mean we know zoey isnt going to go home because hes on the arc 3 spread. he has to dress as a fancy boy and swing his lil weapon with the st georges. no time for dat goku

these are just like the witches in madoka ☝🤓

so this is the chapter where we are actually starting to see a little follow-through on yamazakis "WATCH OUT!!" hyping. all of these monsters attacking people have the same eyeball motif. im trying to think about where we have seen it before. i want to blame the new mage, but their apprentice (i dont remember her name nor can i be fucked to check) talks about them like theyre unrelated. maybe the person on the last page created them? they dont share immense similarity with lil fella either, so perhaps not dragon related either. did someone like joseph create them as chimeras? trying to trigger the red dragon appearing again? maaaan idk

any chapter where i get to see babygirl elias is a good one. swinging my legs teeheeing n shit

[electricpurrs]

i feel a slight weirdness about the huge presence of maned wolves in furry spaces.. as in maned wolves are awesome and one of my favorites animals ever, and they look cool it makes sense why furries like them. but the same way maned wolves and also capybaras are so popular in english internet spaces in art and memes n shit i still feel weirdly defensive about them and somewhat sad that south american animals native from my home country are very appreciated but also it seems like the fact theyre south american is just glossed over and ignored. like does that make sense. that i feel kinda heart broken at seeing a white usamerican furry have a maned wolf fursona and see this animal im familiar with be turned into an American. does it make any sense that for some reason i gatekeep animals

[3mmetotter]

Bakugou and Midoriya's Relationship Pre-main-cannon Analysis

Ok so I keep reading posts where people seem to think Bakugou has hard-core bullied Izuku for 10 straight years and Im here to squash that. So a kinda analysis of their relationship though the years based off what we know and all major shifts that I think happen based off cannon. As well as some inferred just based off how kids act at certain ages.

Relationship Timeline Guestimation:

This is my best guess on a timeline towards each other.

I would say the biggest guess in this is when the passive bullying actually started. Im guessing end of elementary and start of junior high just based off how kids usually are at that age (friendships shift, preteens try to be cool, purberty starts, ect.)

The biggest theme to their whole relationship is miscommunication so I labeled the timeline based off what an outside POV might label their relationship.

Preschool

Activity regular friends without Katsuki being a massive jerk. Before quirks and then Katsuki gets a big head ect. Most of that is covered extensively in flashbacks in the manga so Im gona gloss over this era.

Elementary

There's not a lot thats been shown directly at this time beyond what we've been shown in the manga (ie Izuku being nicknamed deku). So slightly inferred just based off their personalities and overall age.

Theyre actively friends but Katsuki gets worst and worst through the years and more distant. Though they actually have interations. Plus both these boys are so stubborn that I think theyed stay friendsish through elementary.

So we know they interacted and were around each other:

They were both friends at this point or at least like playmates and I think would continue through a lot of elementary especially early elementary.

Cause its not like Katsuki was popular with most people unsurprisingly:

Even if Katsuki really didnt want it, I think Izuku was one of the only friends that actively showed he cared about him. Even if he really didn't want it.

But with Katsukis insecurities and his kinda warped view of Izuku their friendship was pretty off and on again. Basically at this point in their relationship they both think the other is a slightly jerky friend but still actively care for each other. They get on each others nerves but still consider the other a friend. Also cause theyre in elementary, kids usually just play with whoever is closest and available. Since they lived in the same neiborhood and both have no sibling they would probably be first available for each other, inspite of feelings or insecurities.

Eventually though Katsukis insecurities would win out. (Which to note those really only ever come up when comparisons can come into play or when Katsuki could be precieved as needing help). And Katsuki has the same self awareness emotionally as a cat whos head is stuck in a bag. So he projects those insecurities hard onto Izuku, instead of actual self reflection.

To sum up elementary:

Early Middle School

Turning point from my guess is when Izuku tries to stand up to Katsuki and I think this is where they officially end any friendship and the bullying towards Izuku officially starts. I interpret this scene as either later elementary school or early middle school based off the lankyness of everybody:

So middle of middle school and note that Izuku isnt as actively freaked out by Katsuki approaching. So Katsuki after whenever he beat-up Izuku essentially reaffirm to himself that Izuku cant be a threat, and that he is still the best. Thus calm Katsuki at the start of Middle School. Still a jerk whenever he sees Izuku but doesnt seem to feel the need to actually seek him out. Mostly just dismissive belittling.

Plus no full on Baku-rage directed at Izuku:

Of course as anything hero related starts to come up and Izuku ends up doing his normal thing. Katsuki, like always, gets triggered cause Izuku hits every insecuritie he has.

Turning point happens when Katsuki feels threatened by Izuku again:

Thus Baku-rage is officially engaged! And series starts!

[lovediives]

can i have some fun facts about sumiko please :3 🤲🤲

HI KIT!! OFC!! if this gets long, my bad. i sometimes get a little insane about my own inserts and their lore because its based off so many dreams and studying. THANK U FOR ASKING BTW!!

sumiko was born as li fānguá, but to assimilate better into japan, she goes by sumiko. (any pronouns, she/they/he) he doesn't... really like being in japan but they have no choice now. and they became a demon slayer to protect her younger brother after their host family basically left them for dead. they are a reincarnation of k0kus wife and all of her rage and hurt from being left by him when he decided to run off and become a fuckass demon. sumiko is now the rainbow hashira!

ONTO THE FUNFACTS!!

sumiko is related to muichiro! not like close, close, but sumiko is technically muichiro's great, great, great (how many) grandma! since well sumiyo (her past life) and michi had kids who had kids. you know what i mean. i am so smart. muichi is very close so sumiko and kinda sees her like a mother figure. sumiko shows the same motherly love and tries her best to protect and guide him. wants him to eat his vegetables and treats him to sweets when she can. the only other two she shows htis same energy towards is nezuko and tanji

she's the same height as shinobu *4'11! the only difference is that she's stronger than her. sumiko understands shinobu. but she isnt a therapist and she will not play the role of a therapist so she doesn't... bother telling shinobu about her understanding or even trying to help her emotionally. thats.. not her problem LMFAO.

tried to kill giyu. its.. a long story. but after seeing nezuko and tanjiro and how giyu protected them. she kinda went ballistic and tried to choke giyu in his sleep. she stopped herself when she realized what she was doing and apologized to him. they never told anyone what happened. but he ends up avoiding giyu as much as possible ever since the incident.

i have main character syndrome, but ill gloss over it bc of embarrassment. but he has special blood. so muuuzan took an interest in him and took him into the infinity castle for experimenting and figuring out how he can use it. (if sumiko dies, the blood loses all of its special attributes) this is how he's reunited with k0kushibo who recognizes him instantly. sumiko willingly went with muuumuuu

sumiko gets along well with akaza and nakime. strangely enough has a lot of respect for them and doesn't try to cause any problems with them. uhm avoids doma cause he knows what doma does in his spare time and doesn't want to end up next. (although sumiko considers just.. dying at one point out of guilt and feeling like he betrayed everyone)

lets end on smth happy cause this shit is angsty as fuck. he really likes noodles. theyre his favorite in the entire world. (what kind of noodles? everything related to it.) its really cute because everyone sees him happily slurping at it and they tease him about it because he doesnt normally seem so happy like that. he used to share meals with muichi, rengoku, and mitsuri the most! despite everything, he does have friends! (....only two... which...are mitsuri and rengoku....) (his ass is so lonely and its his FAULTT STOP ACTING LIKE THAT AND BE NORMAALLL)

yeah thats it. imma stop here before it gets way too long yippieee!

[joshuamj]

fresh direct thoughts:

at first when i heard about the Mario Kart free roam i was like hrrmmm (derogatory), but then i was like hmmmm (affectionate? curious?)

the wheelchair basketball seemed neat!

was hoping for a wind waker remake, but ig i'll take gamecube version. i heard there were quality of life updates or smthn in the hd remaster or whatever that was, so i hope they keep those despite it being gamecube windwaker... might get this one tho! haven't played windwaker since i was tiiinnnyyyy and i never got far

deltarune!!! very excited, one of the best things announced there fr

silksong!! 2025!! but they just glossed over it D:. genuinely thought theyd end the direct on it. i mean, i guess its better to end on a more Nintendo thing like they did with donkey kong, but sorry donkey kong fans but ending on silksong wouldve been more hype

botw and totk switch 2 edition.... idk how to feel but im certainly not getting them. Is there more than what they showed? cuz they didn't show much. and how much does it cost?

the new hyrule warriors game.. again not sure how to feel. I wouldve been a lot more interested if this came out like. a year ago. im kinda done with totk now and have lost that investment. Like i wouldve appreciated seeing what zelda was actually up to more like a year ago, and wouldve been more interested if we knew more about what she was up to like, beforehand. cuz yea sonia and rauru are there, and theyre neat characters n all, but im not invested. and we know like nobody else from that time and like nothing else about it. so im just not drawn to the premise as much as i couldve. plus, didn't they do weird time travel things in the last hyrule warriors prequel they did?? i never played/watched a playthru, but didn't they like have the modern champions like time travel to before the calamity for some reason??? like it just makes me wonder if this is gonna be a real prequel or if theyre just gonna get weird with it again

im curious if the pokemon legends za switch 2 edition will be worth it? normally i wouldnt care about like, game performance, but after scarlet/violet? now i do, at least with pokemon. Could make for a genuinely noticeable better experience

kinda wish there was a switch 2 edition of scarlet/violet. like come on! you had a good opportunity to fix that mess of a game and weasel even more money out of it! (i wonder if its just too bad to fix at this point)

was kinda hoping for a new animal crossing, but after they showed some new horizons early on i realized that likely wasn't gonna happen :(

was also lowkey hoping for a new zelda, which ig we kinda got?? and was hoping for windwaker/twilight which again we kinda got??

after silksong got shown and i realized it wasn't gonna be the finisher, i thought maybe they'd do new Smash Bros, but ig we'll have to wait on that

overall they showed lots of neat looking games, so while im personally disappointed (just not a whole lot shown that im personally interested in), im not disappointed in the direct itself (mostly). was a mistake to gloss over silksong tho, im not forgiving them for that

[kaananom]

so i feel very compelled to list out my favorites mangas which changed my entire worldview and shook me to my core. Here they are.

Lullaby of the dawn

This manga EASILY tops anything ive ever read. Im predominantly a romance reader so while going into this i assumed this was going to be a romance focused story but OH WAS I WRONG. While it does have impeccable romance, it has a well thought and an AMAZINGLY intriguing plot. It goes into the characters inner turmoils and it highlights many ideas that just makes you rethink EVERYTHING about society as a whole. The thing i loved most about this was that, the way it written made it feel like two PEOPLE, two distinct humans fell in love rather than two MEN who fell in love ykwim? Theyre not a couple just for the sake of the story being romance, theyre together because they truly connected with eachother and i think thats beautiful

2) love in the palm of his hands

First of all, THE TITLE???? ITS SO CREATIVE?? This manga follows the love story of a deaf person and a person who has a deep desire to communicate and connect with people. An absolutely bombtastic pairing. The way this manga delivers its emotions and experiences of its characters is genuinely MINDBOGGLING. As a hearing person i always love reading stories that represent the deaf/hard of hearing community as its something im not really familiar with, so stories like these give me a perspective on their day to day life and it makes me understand different kinds of people a little better. I love love this manga for beautifully encapsulating all that it does

3) Basara

Very very classic shoujo manga and youve probably heard all about it lol. NGL, i have some gripes with specific parts of it but the overall message of this manga really stuck to me. The characters fail over and over again and they get back up, but its no EASY process. Often id see stories gloss over how hard it is to get back up by throwing in excessive optimism but basara does not do that. Its ugly and its a painful process and theyre just so so human. The characters dont grow linearly, its a gradual growth with many many lows in the middle and i loveee that

4) Color•Collection

I LOVE SERIZAWA TOMO AND ALL THEIR WORKS but this one stood out to me a whole lot. Mainly because it offered a perspective of the formal part of the creative world (basically art school and compretitive arts), a world im very foreign to. For a manga with literally only 7 chapters, the impact it had on me is so crazy. I loved the characters, the way they were portrayed, the way they bonded, their thoughts, gestures, the way love was portrayed, the art itself, i adored everything about it basically.

5) A brief moment of ichika

This one just broke my heart honestly LMAOO and i was so occupied with sadness and existential doom that i kinda forgot what intricate things i love about it WAHAHA i just remember how i felt through out the story 😭 what i will say tho, it really does make you question all you know about life and death. The philosophy tag in this rightfully claims its place.

[littleeyesofpallas]

Finally running our relay back and forth from town to the dungeon for what is going to be far from the last time in even this strata alone... we face down the menace that's been slaughtering NPCs... an awkward recolor of the FOEs we've already been pretty handily clearing out. Although admittedly, having it flanked by its copy paste goons isn't not-threatening. Still, seeing them dance around in sync back there is a little silly.

I do feel bad about Picnic mode being just so easy, it feels like I'm cheating... I could have still worked out the little puzzle without fighting if I had wanted to, but I just didn't have the patience for it. It did have a neat little feature where the Terrible Hunter has the unique ability to jump one square over to get over a single tile trap hole, which the standard Raptors can't, so you'd have to kind of line up the way it stalks you thru the room so that it leaps over the first of either of these pairs of adjacent traps only to fall into the second.

Anyway we get past the dinos and rescue the guards, including our bridge nerd. of course when we follow up on the bridge lead, we can't just head back to the Ginnungagap, we need a rock, and the rock is on the 5th floor, in the nest of the King of Beasts, The Chimera... who is of course the final boss of this strata. So we just have to keep doing what we were already going to do anyway in order to eventually get back around to that whole story thing about getting Arianna to that altar somewhere down in the Ginnungagap.

Oh but this is a fun sort of glossed over detail. The first EO did this too actually. In this case Chimera is calling(?) stronger monsters down from the higher strata? In the first EO (where the dungeon went down, not up) the boss down at the bottom of the second strata, Cernunnos, is actually credited as having chased the wolf pack, lead by Fenrir, up into the bottom of the First strata where it serves as the first big boss fight.

And although the broader concept doesn't really come back into play at all, I really love the idea of a dungeon crawler acknowledging, not only that the dungeon has a kind of ecological balance to it, but that that balance can be upset and that upsetting it has dire consequences.

Dungeon meshi addresses this too, a few times in fact, with the Kraken fight, as well as the Red Dragon itself --although it gets kinda pushed aside once the plot shifts focus onto the mad mage.

I'd honestly really love to see an RPG that makes its ecology an actual central pillar of its world building and gameplay experience. Like, I'd really love to see a game that de-incentivizes grinding and promotes exploration by letting you overhunt enemy types, with a free shifting kind of random encounter rate. So like grinding on high level predators both lowers their encounter rates, ups their prey's encounters, which in turn lowers the encounter rates of like plant enemies, or makes resource gathering spots less plentiful or less bountiful, which in turn means the prey animals are unhealthy and start lowering their rare drop rates or quality, so now they produce less meat, or worse pelts, etc... And naturally that feels like it would mean the fantasy economy would also be tied to those rates, so the more surplus you start hauling in and flooding the market with the less vendors are willing to pay you for them. (you can see why I used to run a side blog dedicated to scrutinizing why certain monsters would or wouldnt make sense in the dungeons theyre in in games...)

Anyway, small update. Next run I'm off to slay the Chimera and maybe finally get this plot rolling again

[golbrocklovely]

its actually so different seeing boys act like that when they’re kinda off camera. also seths comment was disgusting asf. i know theyre men so theyre making these jokes but jesus christ after they know they were recorded the whole time?

it is a bit strange to see how they act bts, but it also makes sense. they aren't gonna be screaming at the top of their lungs and freaking out if nothing is happening. they only put that face on for the camera.

and yes, seth's comment was gross.

if i can add on just my two cents tho, i would like for ppl to hear me out.

i stated this before in my longer post about this whole thing, but men say gross shit about women when they aren't around. that's just reality. obviously not all men talk about women like that, but that type of behavior goes unrecognized a lot with groups of men. most men don't call out other men for saying shit about women. and a lot of women don't call out men for doing it either. as someone who used to be friends with only men for a long time, a lot of them would say inappropriate shit to me about other women. and about me to my own face. and bc i was young and didn't really have a backbone, i allowed that to happen. hell, sometimes i would agree. i realize that's shitty now, but it took a long time to grow out of that internalized misogyny. i'm still unlearning behavior like that, and it most likely will be a continuous process for life bc we live in a patriarchy and treating women like shit is kinda expected and accepted.

now, none of this is to say that what seth said should be allowed or glossed over. no, i don't think that. but my personal belief is that the only person that needs an apology is kristin. bc that's is who the comment was directed at. yes, it was upsetting to hear it from seth, but he didn't personally direct his objectification at me, or any other women in this fandom. kristin is the one that needs the apology.

i'm gonna assume he apologized, strictly bc she went on to do a video with him and snc on xplrclub and was all smiles there, but hey. if she wants a public one, i would love for her to receive it. and if not, it is what it is. but i get that many others don't feel that way. feel however you want to. my word is not law.

[maschotch]

hello I've been an on-and-off CM enjoyer(?) for a decade, with Hotch being my main area of interest… I just spent literal hours going through your blog lol. tbh it was exactly the kind of CM content I desperately wanted but had trouble finding initially (jfc the sea of x reader I had to wade through) anyway I stopped watching full eps at around S5, but I'm aware of how things go for Hotch and I'm v bitter about the missed opportunities. maybe a popular opinion in the fandom, but I've always hated how the Foyet attack was glossed over for example - my disbelief when I first watched 5x02 and Hotch just... shows up to work?? why'd they bother with such a major injury if its consequences were limited to one (1) episode years later, and even then the mental trauma was 99% ignored. no mention of meds/painkillers/recovery? nothing about "your scars are gonna look just the same"?? BUT that almost pales in comparison to all the other Hotchner things you got me thinking about, like his subtle aversion to fire or autistic traits or other facets of his character/relationships that are soooo tantalizingly hinted at but not expanded upon. I don't know the whole show that well so idk how Hotch fared compared to other characters but it felt like we got crumbs, especially since he was there for 11 goddamn seasons sorry this is so long but I've never talked CM to anyone before and you've made me love Hotch even more as a character, and now I'll have to further stew in my despair over him getting zero closure

i have similar issues with the show and fandom. the show looooves to traumatize its characters and then pretend it didnt even happen the second the arc is over. i understand its the nature of an episodic show like this (and i love that style for this show! i do!) but they could MENTION how hotch has scars (especially in season 10 when theyre all comparing scars on the plane) or how he needs medication (considering thats the only reason why they found foyet in the first place). foyet was the first big arc, so i understand why they needed to get on with it and bring hotch back to work by 5x02, but i wish they’d had an extra episode in between dealing with the team’s emotions about their leader being attacked (the way we kinda see them reeling from haley’s death and the potential of hotch not returning in 5x11 (or whatever the next ep after 100 is)).

no matter who your favorite cm character is, anyone can have the same complaint of them not following through about what undergoing these kind of traumatic events would mean for the characters. it’s definitely a sore point with criminal minds. especially because the only time they do it is when they want a character to leave (like gideon, blake, and kate). it fucking sucks bc there’s so much potential

and that’s where i feel like the fandom lets me down too. there’s not a lot of talk about it—mostly it’s just self inserts and shipping. there’s hardly any good character analysis out there, but that’s why i started this blog in the first place: if it doesn’t exist, make it yourself! (i would encourage you to do the same if you still feel this way. i talk shit ab the fandom all day but i still get so much positivity despite that from people who value the characters just as much but express it differently)

sorry for getting to this ask so late! maybe you’ll come across it eventually. if you do, let me know your other thoughts on the show/fandom! if youve seen more, if youve interacted more, or if you just have more to say!