#it would've been better if they cancelled it after season 3

[phonoix]

There is no TUA s4 in Ba Sing Se

[hamletshoeratio]

"But no new content 😭!!" that means jack shit. We have several literal decades worth of content we can watch or rewatch. The writers and now the actors too are not only fighting for their livelihoods but for the futures and the soul of their industries.

Fuck new content, fuck the executives and producers and powers that be who make millions upon millions while the people, who create the content that make them rich, can barely make ends meet.

Here's some suggestions to anyone who doesn't know what to watch;

Nostalgia rewatch; watch old favourites, shows and movies you haven't seen in years but that stayed with you, the ones that mattered to you.

Watch the shows your parents didn't let you watch growing up because they thought the show was "too mature" for you.

Watch the shows and movies people have recommended to you that you never found time for before.

Watch indie films!!!

Look at different genres than what you've watched before and give them a go.

Try films and shows from other countries and/or in other languages. There's dubs and subtitles available and these shows and movies can be just as good if not better than their American and/or English speaking counterpart.

And remember when watching shows, that you do not have to binge them all at once, you can have your own personal tv schedule and watch say an episode a week like you would've done when/if they aired before streaming

Look at some older films and shows, why does it matter if it's in black and white or the camera quality is lower than 4k and hd, so long as it's good? And so many of those shows and films, while not perfect, have aged better than shows that have come out in the last decade, like the golden girls for instance has aged so much better than say glee (ok many many many shows aged better than glee but let's be real for a second, music was better when artists were terrified of the Glee cast doing a better version of their song on the show. I do still wish it was a show my mom didn't let me watch tho, lmao glee was fine but no, her twelve year old being obsessed with Les mis and rewatching it religiously was cause for concern 😂😭 I was just as obsessed with glee for seasons 1-4 especially).

It's ok to indulge your inner child and rewatch the classics tm. The shows and movies you grew up with. Rewatch the shows that got you through sick days from school, the tv movies you remember watching premiere, the cartoons that MADE your Saturday mornings, etc.

On the topic of animation, that's literally an unlimited genre you can tap into, which rarely gets the recognition and respect it deserves.

Don't be afraid to watch the one season wonders, the shows that networks and streamers cancelled after one season in spite of strong reviews and good ratings. Or the shows that ended abruptly around the season 3 or 5 mark because networks and streamers cancelled them because they didn't want to negotiate contracts and have to pay the actors and writers more. Get angry, remember what the actors and writers are fighting for.

The privilege of older shows that either concluded naturally or that writers were given a heads up on might be on it's last season is that you get closure, unlike with the above. That might not mean an ending is good but a bad ending is better than a cliffhanger. There's always fix its fics for a bad ending. And if the ending is good, it's typically GOOD in my experience. The fear of a cliffhanger and zero closure has already turned many against watching new content until the show is renewed for another season or is fully wrapped (and fans don't hate the ending).

Watch the shows that were in their day or are popular or critically acclaimed, they usually hold up to the hype.

Watch the old shows and movies your favs were on/in before they were your favs.

Try a soap or a telenovela, they can be entertaining af (holby city my love, Tuesdays have never been the same since the BBC robbed me of you).

If you liked a reboot or a revival of a show, try the original (in certain cases, the og is even better, see boy meets world v girl meets world).

If you like period dramas, try shows and films from other countries based on their history. A lot of times when people are telling their own history it goes far better than when Hollywood tries it (see the many times Hollywood has actors brought in because producers think they're good for box office and they then go on to butcher the accent their character should have, see Cameron Diaz, Julia Roberts, Meryl Streep and so many others who have absolutely butchered the Irish accent over the years for instance. There's also many many instances even recently of just blatant whitewashing see Matt Damon as the last samurai...).

Listen to recommendations, watch the shows and movies you know your family and friends loved but you never got around to watching.

[aceofnace]

you ever just remember that final season of Nancy Drew and get mad? I sure do 🙃

Haha, I do! I've calmed down about it a lot lately because I've started watching other shows with amazing ships to take my mind off it all, but I do still get incredibly salty when I remember all the little things like: Ace being excluded from every important Drew Crew moment of the season (and literally ALL the group hugs), Bess being ooc and the worst platanchor ever, Nace being apart for most of the season, no love scene, only one post-4x03 kiss scene and it was IN TOTAL DARKNESS, no "I love you" scene (the writers have no reasonable excuse for excluding that) unnecessary love interests, giving Nace better moments with those love interests than with each other, ending the series with Nace about to embark on their own journeys that would keep them apart for years...I could keep going. I have a long list of complaints about season 4, and I will probably never get over it. I know it could've been way worse, they could've found out about the cancellation AFTER they finished the finale, which would've left us with a Nanstan endgame (I would've never recovered), but that doesn't mean I have to be happy and satisfied with the ending we did get.

While watching 4x03, I was about to declare Nace my number one ship of all time (or at least top 3), but the rest of the season ruined them for me. I mean, I still love them. They're still on my list of favorites. But season 4 did nothing to establish them as a couple (because they didn't become one until the last 30 seconds) and it did nothing to progress them as a ship. Nancy spent more quality time with Tristan this season than she did with Ace. And not only was their kiss better lit than Nace's last kiss, but it had more feeling to it, too. Nace's last kiss was such a HUGE letdown for me. The breaking of the curse was so anti-climactic, and the lack of "I love you" before or after the kiss (and with no love scene following it) just made their kiss so meh and nothing special to me (it felt like it was only added because the writers knew we would riot if it wasn't), which was not what I wanted or what I was expecting from their last kiss ever. They truly dropped the ball on that.

Hmm...you know, maybe I haven't calmed down about it as much as I thought I had. Whoops.

[anothermonikan]

Okay I've been not wanting to talk about it really but man. It really does suck how it got pretty much confirmed that G5 is pretty dead in the water at this point. I really like G5, genuinely I think it has some really great stuff in it! But it. It doesn't surprise me :( it took too long to get to the point where it Got Good with the series', and it was a misstep to try and tie it in with G4 so much. I think. Them doing that really exacerbated the raging hate boner some G4 fans have against G5 to the point where everything that has comments on on any social media is just people begging for G4 back.

Make Your Mark took up until like season 4 to Get Going and it fumbled the ending (I really feel like they basically cancelled the show after season 5 and so season 6 was just gave up on. Like they only gave it 4 episodes and 1 of them Is technically a special episode so really it was 3. That's awful compared to the episode runs other seasons had)

Tell Your Tale had growing pains, artstyle wise it was really awkward for a lot of people, including me! And I genuinely like TYT's artstyle now! But it was so different from what everyone was used to that so many people looked at it and just declared it bad. I get why it's in the 5 minute format people forget that G5 is aimed even younger than G4 but it's definitely something you have to get used to. It's just Different and you get used to it but a lot of people don't have the patience for that

I may be a G5 stan now but it was never always like this. It took until season 4 of MYM for me to start really enjoying it. Lots of people weren't willing to keep up with it till then and I don't fully blame them.

Friendship is Magic was an Exception for running as long and being as beloved as it is really. The series ran for 10 whole years. That's a really exceptional run for a franchise made to sell toys. I think. G5's run has been relativley normal compared to that but it's being held to it's standards because it wanted to also appeal to G4 fans despite being aimed at a younger audience and it's just. A bit impossible to do. G4 leant into it's more adult fanbase as it grew, G5 isn't interested in doing that (which I think is Good actually but that's another conversation) so it's just. Not as popular.

MLP has always been aimed at kids. But I do beleive G4 only ran for as long as it did was because of its dedicated more adult fanbase. If it never breached containment as it did I really do beleive it would've had a similar run to what came before it or what we're seeing with G5 now

G5 deserved better. It deserved more care and time from the people making it. It deserved more chances from the general MLP fanbase. It just. Deserved better all around

[jadethest0ne]

So I finished going through your 03 reaction thread (again, thank you for the link!), and was a little bit confused about your final thoughts after finishing S5. You seemed to really enjoy most of the series, but then at the end your final takeaway seemed to be "meh. was a'ight." Which! Is fine! The beauty of having so many competent adaptations of the same source material is that people are able to pick and choose their favorite continuity according to their own preferences and what they personally like in their media. But you seemed to have a lot of good things to say about the 03 show, but then your opinion suddenly seemed to shift somewhat near the end. And if it's due to S5, I get it, I did not like that season when it aired either (I think Rise is overall a way better take on the mystic concept in general), but the first 4 seasons are still some of my favorite TV ever put to screen. Absolutely not perfect, they have things they could have improved upon for sure, but definitely solid stuff. But of course, all that is personal preference, and everyone's personal preference is different. So what about the series fell flat compared to others that you'd seen? Did it do anything well or even excellently, in your opinion? Did you have any favorite arcs or characters or anything that you wish other series had also done because you liked them so much? How would you rank the 4 animated series in terms of preference (assuming you've seen all 4)?

Yeah... I figured someone would notice that about the Twitter thread...

To be honest, my reaction thread, well, wasn't honest.

Or at least, the thread was heavily influenced by my attempts to remain positive due to a lot of people, including folks whose opinions I hold in high regard, liking that version a lot. I didn't want to weigh people down with a lot of negativity. But as a result, my frustrations with the show started boiling over towards the end of the thread. That's why at first I seem to be very excited about it, and then suddenly started pointing out negatives.

Like I did for Rise and the 1987 TMNT, I plan to write a video essay on TMNT 2003 with a much more honest and critical take on it. So I guess stay tuned for that.

I'll give more detailed answers to your questions in my eventual essay, but in short:

It was the emotional and familial moments that fell flat for me.

Positives included the intricate plot and varied fight scenes.

Favorite arcs were Leo's character arc in Season 4, and the Battle Nexus episodes.

Favorite character is probably Leo for once. It would've been Mikey if the narrative didn't keep shitting on him all the time

I wish other versions of TMNT had just as solid a plot/overall arc and flow from one season to another (other versions were either disjointed, episodic, or cancelled too early to achieve the same kind of plot structure)

While I don't dislike this version, there are numerous things about it that bug me, and in terms of preference, this is my least favorite version I have seen so far

Sorry if my thread gave you the wrong idea of my opinion. That is totally on me for not being upfront, and trying to write more of what I thought folks wanted to hear rather than some of my actual thoughts. The positive things I said in the thread are still truthful and include things I liked. There were just lots of other things that I didn't like that I didn't include in the thread ^^;

Thanks for asking and allowing me to clear some stuff up!

I'll be trying to post the video essay about TMNT 2003 within the next month, so I can elaborate more on my thoughts there ;3

[lazyvase]

PvWeak (5/16/2023)

Devil's Advocate

This is for the best.

Not for everyone mind you. But it is for me.

When at first I heard the rumors and ideas of PvE being released in chunks/sections/chapters/missions, I was apprehensive. I worried what would happen to the flow of the story, and the functionality of the skill tree. However, after some consideration, I came to terms with it. In all fairness, there are some (personal) flaws to be had with a full campaign, and some benefits to a diluted release.

My biggest issue with a full campaign is that it would have most likely been a one and done deal, consumed like every full season drop on netflix. I would've had to rush through the game if I did not want to be spoiled by the countless users and youtubers doing the same. I would not have been able to enjoy and marinate within the lore and character interactions. For me, all at once would have meant nothing at all. Especially since I know that the campaign would have not been "infinitely replayable". You know what else was "infinitely replayable" in the eyes of Blizzard? The Archive missions. Wrath of the Bride. Starwatch. Junkestein's Revenge. Now, to some of you these modes were infinitely replayable, but I know a lot of you didn't. And I am certain that the campaign would have been just as "infinitely replayable".

I truly prefer the gradual release. Think about it: We FINALLY have the Overwatch TV show! After each mission release, we, the Overwatch community, will have time to debate, converse, analyze, discuss, dissect, and ponder each mission. It's gameplay, it's interactions, it's lore dumps. (Those sweet, sweet lore dumps have been preserved!) Everyone always complains about getting the whole season at once, and how things would be better if we went back to weekly releases. We here in the Overwatch community shall receive the full beauty and power of separated release dates. We shall FINALLY BE ABLE TO THEORIZE AGAIN! This is for the best.

Now, I'm not going to pretend this is perfect for everyone else. I'm no fool. Many fans were more excited for the gameplay opportunities. I give you my condolence. Perhaps the Overwatch team will still be able to spice things up in the missions. Time will tell.

Now. For the elephant in the room. The Future of Overwatch.

Overwatch will die sooner rather than later. There will never be an Overwatch 3. The grave has already been built. The death of Overwatch is NOT due to the lackluster PVE. But the mass exodus from the fanbase. They have lost faith in Overwatch. I can't blame them for that. But. I CAN BLAME THOSE FILTHY YOUTUBE CLICKBAITERS. They ALL title their videos "PvE is cancelled" "PvE is scrapped" "PVE is completely gone" IT'S NOT. YOU HAVE ALL BEEN TRICKED BY PEOPLE FOOLS WHO REFUSE TO READ THE SLIGHTEST, OR REFUSE TO LISTEN IN THE SLIGHTEST, OR ONLY CARE TO MAKE A QUICK CLICK. THEY ARE THE WEAK LINKS IN THIS COMMUNITY. THEY HAVE SNAPPED THE CHAIN THAT HOLDS THEM UP.

Apologies for keeping all that in the post. But I did tag this as a rant. I have been quite annoyed by those digging the grave before the body is cold.

I still have hope. I am quite certain me and other Overwatch loreheads shall get our worth out of it. Some gameplay oriented fans may get a kick out of it. If you want to leave the Overwatch fanbase after this disappointment/betrayal, I implore you to do so. May I suggest Omega Strikers? I hear it's like league of legends, without the toxicity and tendency to give you mental health issues. If you desire to block me, do so. I admit this is one of my more off-putting posts.

Regardless, thank you for listening. Have fun. Stay safe. And I'll see you all next PvWeak.

[autisticlenaluthor]

sc request: Any s4 or s4 SC ideas you have?, feels like we don't get many of those, despite it being some of the best settings for identity reveals. Kara and Lena have an established knowledge of each other after season 2, making those seasons ripe for identity reveals, or Lena figuring out inconsistencies with Kara. The whole plane scene, the introduction of Sam as someone who Kara can be jealous over but unsure why meanwhile Sam calling Lena out on a crush on Kara, The whole reign/ex bf [1/2]

2/2] returning, the angst of Kara being hurt, s4 truth seekers, s4 setting up a potential return of Cat who figures out lena and kara are pining over each other, angst over Kara having to erase Alex's memories of her, Kasnia, the almost identity reveal actually becoming an identity reveal, and so many more potential AUs to canon. Feels like we as a fandom kind of ignore those potential settings because canon wise they sucked.

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okay yes i just wanna say sorry in advance because this is going to be a mess because I have SOOO many thoughts about season 4. so buckle up for the most incohesive, rambly analysis you've ever read

i will literally say it until im blue in the face but season 4 had so many potential reveal spots and I will forever be angry lena found out the way she did

personally, i've always hated that lena never figured it out on her own. she's a genius/former child prodigy with multiple phds and you want me to believe she was fooled by a pair of glasses and a ponytail?? i think it would've been way better if she'd always known the secret and she was just waiting for kara to tell her. i'd hoped that in the season 4 ep where mercy attacks, after supergirl bypasses the lockdown, lena would've told her she knows.

specifically when she gives her that look, when she raises her eyebrow and tilts her head after kara says "but you're in a crisis and happy to see me". that was the PERFECT opportunity to show that lena knows, she just isn't letting on. i would've loved to see smth after where lena confronts supergirl about knowing she's kara. it could've been in an angsty/betrayed way or in a kind 'i know' way. idc. it just should've happened

also the thing you said about inconsistencies ! lena is smart, she's intuitive. things don't just fly over her head. and while I don't think she seems like a big 'people person' I think she's the type of person who analyzes behavior and makes mental logs of everything.

she's also been betrayed so many times by friends, coworkers, assistants, family, etc. that she has to know her friends. and by that I mean be slightly stalker-ish. i don't think it's out of the realm of possibility that lena's had L Corp employees look into the superfriends without them knowing. or at the very least, Lena would've lurked through kara's social media profiles when they were becoming friends.

this is all relevant because being who she is -- I don't think lena would take kara canceling plans or leaving abruptly in the middle of things as just a coincidence. especially because when supergirl makes a big save it's often on the news-- if lena's character were more realistically written, she would've pieced together that supergirl is always 'out' right around when kara leaves her. and I think even if she'd just had a slight suspicion that those two things were connected, she would've investigated.

so even if she didn't know kara was supergirl right off the bat-- I don't think she would've made it FIVE YEARS without piecing it together on her own.

it literally took her like a week and a half to figure out sam was reign once she started getting suspicious, like come on !!

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I've never thought about kara being jealous of sam before (typically she's written being jealous of jack. and we see that in season 3) but I kinda love it as a concept

lena and sam were so close in season 3 and when sam leaves, in the first episode it's implied sam and lena are still in close contact. lena seems like she gets into pretty intense relationships once she's friends with someone

(she obviously holds back and tries to wall herself off. but i think once she's in, she's IN with her attachment to that person. i think of course, she still keeps information about herself private- she doesn't open up right away, if at all. but i see her as forming very strong attachments-- which we sort of also see with andrea. she's been deprived of genuine connection and care her whole life so when someone shows that to her, she doesn't want to let it go. i also think that she feels way more intensely about these relationships than were shown. like with kara -- she presents as caring about her a Normal Amount but we also see her studying for gamenight and crying over pictures of the two of them together. i think way more of those behaviors happen that aren't shown, bc of lena's history with trauma and abandonment)

and the intensity might be something that makes kara feel insecure. sam is gone so lena and kara are seeing each other more often but maybe sam comes up in conversation more. lena will mention in passing things sam has said over text or how much they're talking or say she misses her, and it will make kara feel uneasy.

i think at this point kara would know that the feelings of jealousy are because she has a crush. at least, she'd know it subconsciously. but at this point she knows she needs to tell lena she's supergirl and she's starting to feel a lot of guilt around lying to her. so I feel like she'd sort of beat herself up for it? like think that she can't have a crush on lena or come forward about her feelings until lena knows

[brekker-by-brekkerr]

have you considered that ricky just thought gina wasn't interested in him anymore?? the first time she gives him advice about nini she does it unprovoked- he doesn't ask her for it, she just gives it to him. The second time big red is the one who asks her for her advice and even then ricky clearly does not want to put her in that situation and he tries to get big red to stop talking. But gina gives him the advice and proceeds to start joking around about the chocolates, so it's most likely that after this he just thought that maybe she'd moved on or didn't care and that her feelings for him were no longer romantic, and that it meant she wouldn't mind giving him advice if he actually approached her for it. When he does she sets that boundary and makes it clear she wants space, which he gives her. Besides ricky and gina had already established at this point that they could talk to eachother about anything so obviously if she hasn't said anything already about it- then he probably assumed she was okay with giving the advice.

And I'm not saying ej is a villain for what he did in 2x12, I get it its upsetting when you hear smth like that about someone you like, but the way he handled the situation was selfish and totally inconsiderate of gina's feelings. You make it seem as if it was impossible for him to do anything else that wasn't cancelling the date without an explanation when there were MANY other ways to go about it. It could've been as simple as when she asked if he was ready to go, him saying "actually there's something I wanna talk you about. I was talking to jamie and he kinda mentioned that you see me as a brother figure? Which- I'm not mad but when I asked you out I was thinking more along the lines of a date..." which she obviously would've clarified that she thought the same and they would've cleared the air and gone on their date. Even when she followed him out of slices he was giving her some attitude as if she was burdening him or wasting his time- like he didn't want anything to do w her if it wasn't romantic- until she made it clear that her intentions were romantic and suddenly he's no longer cold or distant.

And I won't even get started on you ranting about how ricky treated gina terribly the "whole season" (youu just made that up) and made her feel like crap when ej spent all of s3 making her feel like crap and doubt herself... 💀💀

first up, i'm having a crappy week and i have zero energy so this isn't going to be the longest best thought out answer i just want these asks out of my box.

even if ricky thought gina didn't have feelings for him anymore, which we don't know one way or the other if that was the case, he still wasn't being a good friend. like, look at portwell in season 3 and how at the beginning EJ was struggling so much yet he still took time to listen to Gina about her life. ricky doesn't do that at all.

i still don't think ej was selfish. he could have handled it better yes. 100%. i won't deny that. ricky could have handled things better, ej also could have handled things better. ej was still acting from a place of insecurity and also not wanting to upset gina. also, i don't think he was acting like gina was burdening him, he was putting up his guard and trying to protect himself in that moment because he was sad and felt stupid for "misreading" the situation. not handling a situation well isn't the same thing as being selfish

also, i didn't say ricky treated her terribly the whole season, i said he made her feel terrible, which i get sounds similar but it isn't the same thing. he didn't treat her terribly but he did disregard her feelings and wasn't a great friend. meanwhile, ej was there for her so i have every right as a viewer to ship them

i don't think we're going to agree on this so please just stop. enjoy your ship and I'll enjoy mine and we can exist in peace on other parts of the internet

[userlaylivia]

i'm on the season finale of tsc, god all the potential for s2!! I understand a few people hated they killed nick I did too and they stopped watching and some were annoying at the dropped storylines and relationships so suddenly or only liked fayana or fayanalissa or fayelissa but the last 3-4 episodes really set up a good story for s2 and I know it would've been better! they probably would've fleshed out and developed all the characters, thomas dekker said they were planning on doing that with adam, and probably would've focused more on the circle as a whole and slowed down on romance, there were just so many storylines for s2 to do ugh like the balcoin children coming and them being unbound and adam getting his memories back and both him and cassie being dark there was just so much more to tell ugh but ofc the cw are jerks and couldn't have that! imo they didn't promote it enough or it would've made them more money! I just can't understand after that amazing finale that kept me on the edge of my seat how they could cancel it ugh I'll NEVER be over this show as long as I live! IDC how much some complained about it or hated it, it's one of my favorite shows and always will be!!

[a34trgv2]

Top 10 Unpopular Animation Opinions

#10. Over The Moon Isn't A Good Story About Dealing With Grief: I've made it no secret that I hate this movie (here's my review on Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/a34trgv1/film/over-the-moon-2020/) but to put it bluntly, this film did NOT do a good job telling it's story. The mother's death is rushed, Fei Fei is woefully unlikable, and her quest is just not interesting. I'd rather she'd stay on her and have the movie be about her trying (and failing) to build a rocket to the Moon and have it be more of a grounded story with some fantastical elements.

#9. The Cuphead Show Is One of The Funniest Cartoons I've Ever Seen: I'm just not onboard with critics saying it's passable at best. I was all in on this show and thought it was really funny. From great visual gags and really smart humor, this show does the game justice and then some.

#8. Regular Show Would've Been Better Off Without Margaret: People on the Internet really like throwing Mordecai under the bus and calling him a "simp." I agree he has major relationship problems, but Margaret isn't any better. In fact, I'm surprised how not many people are talking about how she's just a bland character that gets worse as the show goes on. She lies to Mordecai, leads him on, shows off her boyfriends, never sticks to a boyfriend, and she withholds the fact that she's moving to college from Mordecai until the last minute. She's also not funny, not interesting and if she was dropped from the show after Season 1, I'd honestly think it'd be better for it. She is one of the worst kinds of characters in a show or movie or video game: absolutely useless 😒

#7. Kung Fu Panda 3 Is One Of The Best Conclusions To A Trilogy: I've gone into great detail on why I think Kung Fu Panda 3 is better than most people give it credit for (here's my defense I made last year:

) but to cut to the chase, the Kung Fu Panda Trilogy closed the franchise off in the best way possible. Po reunited with his biological father, he mastered chi and became a really good teacher. The best part of the film though is that epic climax in which Po battles Kai in the Spirit Relm and takes the form of a dragon made of chi. That, right there, is straight up awesome! I absolutely love the film and I stand by my opinion that Kung Fu Panda is one of the best film trilogies of all time.

#6. Family Guy Should NOT Have Been Revived After It Was Cancelled: Family Guy may have had it's bright spots but I never thought it was great, never mind one of the best comedies of all time. After it was brought back after being cancelled, the show has since become worse in quality. Every time this show does something shocking or tells a painfully unfunny joke, I roll my eyes and ask myself, "THIS is the show that fans wanted back so badly?" More power to you if you like this show, but I just don't think it was worth bringing back.

#5. The Good Dinosaur Is Pixar's Most Underrated Film: It really is sad that The Good Dinosaur isn't looked back as fondly as other Pixar film. This film tells a really good story with memorable characters, outstanding animation and a really good score. I plan on making a full post about it soon because I have a lot of praise to give this film.

#4. The Mitchells vs. The Machines Is NOT Funny: I just cannot get behind this movie for the life of me. In addition to a poorly written story, unlikable characters and a really bad performance by Michael Rianda as Aaron Mitchell (seriously, we are NOT short of talented child actors that could do this character justice!), it's painfully unfunny with over reliance of Internet references, dated mean, and obvious set ups and lack luster punchlines. I rolled my eyes at the Furbie sequence, I sat there with a stone cold face when PAL is having a tantrum and anytime they referenced the howling monkey meme, I audibly groaned. To me, The Mitchells vs. The Machines is a bad animated comedy that I never found funny, just annoying 😒

#3. Illumination Entertainment Is A GOOD Animation Studio: I'm honestly really tired of people on the Internet undermining and not appreciating Illumination Entertainment. Comments like "their films are the same" and "they just make cash grabs" come off as petty and lazy. Illumination films have great animation, really funny humor, memoable characters and strong voice acting. They're so much better than the Internet gives them credit for.

#2. Miko Kubota Deserved A Better Show Than Glitch Techs: I've made it no secret that I was rather disappointed with Glitch Techs (as evident by this post:

). The best part of the the show though is Miko and I think she should be in a better show. One where the writing is less formulac, where the supporting characters are strong and likable, and one where Mitch Williams is out of the picture.

#1. Amy Gillis And Robin Snyder Should've Been Main Characters After Their First Appearance: I've never seen such great characters be given the shaft so hard and so quickly after their first appearance. Amy (from Clarence) was a fun, smart and adventurous girl and Robin (from Powerpuff Girls) was so sweet, funny and understanding. They were both great friends to the main characters, and they shouldn't have just been relegated to just one-off guest stars. These characters should’ve been mainstays in their respective shows and the shows would be so much better for it.

Conclusion: Many people have their own controversial or unpopular takes when it comes to animation. These are just a few of my own. Honorable mentions include the Cars franchise is actually pretty good, Samurai Jack Season 5 was an absolute blast from beginning to the very end, and the "CalArts style" y'all speak off doesn't exist. Feel free to let me know your controversial animation takes, but please be civil about them. Thanks for reading.

[lastonthebrakes]

I’m watching old press conferences as a way to catch up on what has happened in MotoGP. Since you are a long suffering Yamaha fan, I wonder what your thoughts were when Jorge Lorenzo signed with Ducati. Jarvis mentions in the press conference that Lorenzo and Yamaha and the M1 is a winning machine and from a high level understanding of what happened (having not watched the races and know that anyone that challenged Marc for the title was Dovi) it seemed like a misstep to go away from Yamaha. Just want to know some opinions!! I always hear about opinions on his stint with Yamaha and not really much with Ducati or even Honda

hii! i'm gonna put my answer under the cut in case i go off on too much of a rant haha

i think a huge factor in this whole thing was the 2015 season (idk what your level of knowledge on it is but it was, to put it lightly, a flaming hot Mess lmao). the relationship between between vale and jorge certainly wasn't great before (hell, they had a wall in between their sides of the garage), and the 2015 season certainly didn't make it any better. not to go off on too much of a tangent, but yamaha were always going to slightly favour rossi (if my memory serves me, there was a thing about them canceling lorenzo's 2015 title celebration lol), and ultimately lorenzo had had enough of it. i've just went through some old interviews (it was a long time ago okay lmao i needed some refreshing of my memory) and lorenzo went with the old and trusty "time for a new challenge" tagline to explain the switch and tbf the ducati was a decent bike, just hard to take the reins of right off the bat unless your name is casey stoner.

me personally, as a die-hard vale fan, i wasn't too sad to see lorenzo go, but it really was an end of an era, and ultimately he was never able to replicate the success that he had at yamaha. much like rossi, he really struggled on the ducati at first, which wasn't a surprise tbh and then he started winning immediately after he got fired lmao, again not uncommon for ducati, if i remember correctly dovi also won the race right after he announced he wouldn't be continuing with them. have i mentioned people management isn't ducati's strongest suit? yeah

so was it a mistake for him to leave yamaha? possibly, but at the end of the day, barring 2017, marquez was so insanely dominant that i don't think lorenzo would've been able to contend either way

okay this was A Lot lmao and i hope i managed to get my point across haha, but i wanna thank you so much for this ask cause it was very fun to kinda go on a little trip down motogp memory lane while we wait for our beloved bikes to return <3

[momowoah]

Just watched the last three episodes of gossip girl and I'm mad at everyone but Luna, Zoya and Max. I guess I can't complain about gg characters being selfish and oblivious to other people's feelings but... omg

Spoilers below

I love Audrey and Aki but like... They did kinda treat Max like trash these last 3 eps. He rightfully called them out when they showed up at his doorstep, and then they just dropped him and starting looking for a new third? At least we got the scene with Jamison out of it (it was funny), but like. Then they scheduled him between them???? Like, what???? And there was a whole of two (2) good scenes between them aka the one at the bar and the one they became a throuple but like... GG loves to breakup characters and I don't want Aki and Audrey to breakup despite liking the throuple so the all or nothing attitude has me worried... And that scene in bed was not long enough (even though I loved the dance scene). Also, Aki and Audrey were doing just fine without anyone else in ep9 but in ep10 suddenly something was missing? Ugh. Also what was that plot of Aki getting arrested? And what was that tiktok?

I'm not that upset at Monet because I like her being mean but idk if it was her or her mother but she kinda annoyed me. Maybe she would've annoyed me a lot less IF WE ACTUALLY GOT THE MONET CONTENT WE WERE PROMISED. A scene of her writing in a notebook and two of her mother are not enough. Also there has been no real effort to include Monet in the group, Luna is the only one of the two who gets scenes (and barely). In conclusion I'm not exactly mad at Monet, but what we got of her wasn't good enough. Also does she have her own minions around so she can watch them make out when she needs inspiration? Lol

Now, Obie... It's just kinda the fact that I only like him when he's with Julien. But also idk. One week "I love you", the next "I need to find myself outside you", the next "hey I actually like someone else now but we all know I'm eventually coming back to you". He's confusing.

Now Julien,,,, congrats for her for going on war with gg AT THE VERY LAST SECOND (honestly I don't want to wait 6+ months for this) but just like the 3ish people who said so in the eps I think she's completely self-obsessed, always goes back to who she was before after every character development (this happened in GG since the og but I hoped it was over by now), can't handle problems and blames everyone but herself for them, and completely ignores her friends feelings of they're not about her. Also wtf happened with the Davis plotline? Obviously not the last we've seen of him since Nick took the money but like... It was the main plot for two whole episodes and was basically solved in a single one? GG made one post about Julien with absolutely no sources (at least I didn't catch one) and suddenly all's forgiven and she's no longer cancelled? Idk

Also about the three I wasn't mad at. I actually am kinda mad at Zoya for what she did in ep 10 (and at Max and Luna too but just because I woke up annoyed today and don't actually know why they annoyed me. Didn't enjoy watching Max in ep 10 and 11 and I guess that's it. Plus wanted Luna to have an actual relationship and not an episode saying she doesn't want one yet). But Shan redeemed her in 11 so all's well. Also I didn't have captions so I couldn't understand Shan really well but hopefully she'll get screentime in the next season and neither Luna or Monet will lose screentime for it.

On the teachers? I hate all of them. Didn't like even Keller today. Wendy changes sides more than Obie does. Honestly wish they had lost Gossip Girl to an unknown someone. I want omniscient Kristen Bell narrations, not three people with really questionable morals doing something without even understanding why (and like their predecessor still thinking they are better than everyone else). Excited for the war and whatever Monet's planning? Yes. But like, not enough.

On other notes genuinely though Pippa and Bianca were going to kiss when they started saying I love you

Max and Luna stay the best friendship of the show

Hoping we'll get actually good and long throuple scenes next season

Loved watching Julien betraying everyone she loves

I want to know all their secrets and see if GG can figure out what's true and what's lie

+ Cyrus, Eleanor, Dorota, Vanya and their kid? I was too distracted being annoyed at everyone else but I loved they showed up and Eleanor's advice to Kiki and her saying Audrey was like Blair <3

++ about 10 hours from now I'll rewatch the eps in 1.0 speed and with captions so I'll actually understand what's happening and hopefully be less annoyed. But in the end that's the Gossip Girl I love and hate. There's no fun in having likeable characters, love watching all of them go bad. Anyways.

[battlestar-royco]

Yeah, Turf Wars is all about Korra and Asami's relationship. I love LoK, but more so the last two seasons (the first two I just thought were okay) and after the frustrating drama that was AsamixMakoxKorra, it was great to see Asami and Korra's friendship grow, so I wasn't at all surprised that they became a couple at the end. Maybe it wasn't obvious to some, but the hints were definitely there and the comics simply expand on it. I doubt anyone would've questioned it if Asami or Korra was a man.

Yeah I liked season 1, 3, and (what I watched of) 4. I’m so bad at finishing shows omg laofejslslsl. Because I hopped on the bandwagon late, I knew about all the network drama (how LOK kept getting cancelled and renewed, cancelled and renewed, so they could only plan one season at a time), and everyone warned me that season 2 wasn’t the strongest season. Also, Korrasami is one of the most iconic wlw couples in the past like 5 years, so I knew they were going to be a thing welllllllll before I ever even considered watching LOK. So I was able to go into it without high hopes, and watching for K/A clues the whole time. My expectations were exceeded. And yeah I definitely agree, people acted like Korra and Asami came out of nowhere or that it was “too mature” for the audience, but really they had such a great dynamic throughout, way better than the other two relationships the show had been teasing, and they spent just as much time together as Mak/orra or Mako/Asami (IDK their ship name smh). There definitely wouldn’t be anywhere near as much controversy if the ship had been het. Now I really want to finish those last 5 episodes or so of LOK that I’ve been procrastinating for like two years haha.

[your-friendly-neighborhood-sc00t]

Mighty Magiswords, A Show Horribly Mistreated by Cartoon Network

So recently, it's come to my attention that Cartoon Network is cancelling Mighty Magiswords after only two seasons.

And you may ask, well, why?

Well, to be blunt, if your show isn't Teen Titans Go, then CN doesn't give a shit about it.

And I suppose we really should've seen this coming, considering CN has been blatantly mistreating this show for quite some time, let's look into that, shall we?

1: Long, unnecessary hiatuses, and Piss-Poor Scheduling

So in the above images I have some air dates listed, more specifically, the various hiatuses this show has suffered over it's 2-season run.

So the first hiatus starts with Grup Jam, we're not even halfway through the first season and we already have a hiatus, this'll be fun...

After this episode aired, we don't another new one for over 4 months, and if your show is already getting hiatuses during it's initial season, that's a huge problem.

The second hiatus is the absolute worst, we consistently get new episodes for 3 weeks, and then we get literally nothing for about 8 and a half months, this is pretty much twice the amount of time we waited last time, and despite premiering in 2016, for some fucking reason, CN decided to drag this shit out allllll the way into 2018.

The last hiatus, (which still hasn't ended, lmfao...) Takes place a fucking month, after the show just got back from this shit.

And also, no fucking reruns have been aired at all during this (so far, 3-month) hiatus.

Then CN decides to just dump all the remaining episodes on the app and website, almost like they're fully aware of how fucked up this whole situation is, but don't actually care enough to fix it.

Instead, they just wanna shut us up and pat themselves on the back, and be like:

"Yeah, we'll uh, get around to airing those... At some point...?"

And it's so easy for them to just dump it on the app and site because they think that'll satisfy us, and so they can say "HEY WE GAVE Y'ALL THE REST OF SEASON 2 NOW FUCK OFF". And hey, gotta make sure Teen Titans Go always makes up the majority of the schedule, right? Can't be having any other show have any sort of screentime at all, right? Nooo, that'd just be inhumane not to let fans get their daily fucking dosage of Toddler Titans Go.

The last one isn't much of a hiatus, but I just thought I'd point out how that small group of episodes aired in an extremely awkward fashion, kind of like on a bi-weekly basis, which was also bad.

And from what I heard, reruns that did air were around the 6am timeslot, and who the fuck is awake at that time, let's he honest.

2: Non-existent Advertising

The show was never fucking advertised, plain and simple, literally no publicity for this show, at any point in time.

Y'know how you see a commercial for an upcoming show, or new episodes for that show, and that's what initially grabs your attention and gets you to watch the show?

Yeah, that didn't happen for me, and probably not for you either.

I'm literally just flipping through On Demand's CN section, and I randomly stumbled upon Mighty Magiswords, literally never even hearing about it until that moment. And that's how I was introduced to the show.

Also, I'm not even sure if this show has had any proper marathons, at all? Please correct me if I'm wrong.

I'm not asking for the show to take up 99% of the fucking schedule, all week, but a few short marathons would've been much appreciated, and would have given the show some much needed publicity.

3: Lackluster Merchandise

CN didn't even bother making much merch at all, literally all I could find was 3 books, a few generic t-shirts (and I literally mean 3 or 4) on the CN store, and I think I heard that the Pumpkin Magisword was made into a toy? Not entirely sure.

And please, correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe that they have yet to release any of the episodes/first season on DVD, which is fucking obsurd.

Considering TTG already has all 4 of it's fully aired seasons on DVD already.

So there's just a lack of any merchandise at all, which is incredibly disheartening, because some of us fans would actually like some plushies, or comics, or proper DVDs to show our support for the show, but nope.

CN's too busy excessively pumping out TTG toys, books, water bottles, watches, shirts, hoodies, phone cases, Funko pops, DVDs, buttons, etc.

Truly sickening.

4: Cancellation

Unfortunately, this show died as soon as it started.

It was doomed to fail, due to airing on a network that only gives a shit about excessively jerking off their single cash cow.

Had it been picked up by Disney or Nickelodeon, it likely would've had a much better shot.

Fingers crossed that Neflix picks it up and continues the show, but the chances of that happening are about as likely as pigs gaining the ability to fly, unfortunately.

CN is legitimately hurting me at this point, I used to absolutely adore this network, but it's just fallen off so fucking much in recent years.

So, I'd like to give a personal fuck you to Cartoon Network, for completely neglecting one of their legitimately good, original shows, and just blatantly disrespecting the living hell out of Kyle Carrozza, and everyone who ever even worked on the show.

This has me incredibly concerned for any future shows to air on this network, as long as TTG is around.

Infinity Train is one show coming up that I'm absolutely hype for in 2019, but I am viciously afraid of how CN is going to handle this show, they'll probably just slap it into the 6am - 7am timeslot when most people are sleeping and never even advertise the show.

I'm so horribly disappointed in Cartoon Network, it's truly a dumpster fire, and doesn't care about any of it's other shows.

That being-said, I'd just like to quickly say how much I adored this show,

I loved everything about it, the characters, the voices, the setting, the Magiswords, the pacing (yes, I didn't mind the quickness), it never failed to give me a few good laughs per episode. And, to see something I loved so dearly, be ripped away from me, due to coporate greed and negligence, is absolutely devastating and disgusting.

It was a fun ride while it lasted, but it just ended too soon... :(

R.I.P

Mighty Magiswords

2015 - 2018

[mando-abs]

Alright, guess who finished Clone Wars........a week ago.....

I've meaning to update but I'm lazy so HERE WE GO

Spoilers underneath :)

I left off on here at Season 4....oh boy...I am so sorry

Ngl, I found the rebellion on Onderon story arc very boring. Didn't really pay attention to it. What only needed to be two episodes turned out to be four. Sorry Saw Gerrera :/

I guess I could say the same thing for the Jedi younglings story arc, but idk, they were all little cuties.

I mean look at Gungi

You can't tell me that's not adorable. (Also, David Tennant droid that acts as a space Olivander...what's not cool about that?)

That, and this is still a kids show...4 episodes centered around Jedi children would've been VERY beneficial to their demographic, so I'm chill with that. But the last 2 episodes could've totally been smashed into 1.

Oh boy....and then there were the 4 droid mission episodes....(cue in footage of me repeating "it's a children's show"). That lil green Colonel got on my LAST nerve. I think it would have been more interesting to guess what the droids were saying/thinking or have them express that with their actions more often. That, and you've already got the overconfident pit droid that talks too much to drive off of...Ugh

Anyways, somewhere in the middle of that arc there was a clone named Gregory that had amnesia, and that was the only thing that I found interesting about that arc.

THEN IT WAS MANDALORE TIME AGAIN OH YEAH

Maul....that's it. That's my take on it........

Ok, but his mind....all of these huge elaborate schemes to claim Mandalore as his own, just to get back at Obi-Wan and have his master accept him (??? notice him?) again, to rule his own part of the galaxy... The man is spiteful, but he does it flawlessly. And this whole time Pre Vizsla was like "Ooooo, I'm gonna double-cross him SO hard." And I'm just sitting there like

You believe what you want to believe Vizsla, but I know Mandalore's gotta fall somehow....

So many good things about these episodes: Maul's Mandalorian duel with Vizsla, Bo-Katan's "betrayal" (and how she began to fight Death Watch's occupancy), the death of Satine, Maul basking in Obi-Wan's pain (I want to say I felt sorry for Satine and how her death became a plot to further the story of another man, but I think she had it coming), Bo-Katan helping Obi-Wan escape, and Maul getting his ASS handed to him by Sidious after dominating these past 3 episodes. Wow.

And now, for poor Ahsoka. Man, how heartbreaking was that? She dedicated her WHOLE life to the Jedi way. It is the ONLY life she had ever known. And they betray and drop her like that. Owie. Her best friend framed her, clones didn't trust her/were ordered to shoot at her, her elders thought her to be guilty (EVEN YODA), and she found solace in a former Sith, Ventress. And even though Barriss used fear tactics and committed crimes to get her point across that Jedi's were being used as weapons/used for an agenda, she was right! And what hurt even more was that Ahsoka KNEW she was right. So Ahsoka just walked out. And of course Anakin knew she was innocent the whole time and spent this time proving it so. It really hurt him that she was leaving, but Ani being Ani, made it all about him and made it seem like he was responsible for this. I love that Ahsoka added that about "Hey, this isnt about you. I need to figure this out by myself." BC SHE'S RIGHT AND SHE SHOULD SAY IT.

Alright, briefly on Season 6. I was glad that I found out that these episodes were later releases after cancelation and were considered "lost episodes" bc I was really confused on the order of them.

BUT THE FIVES EPISODES

OH MY GOD

It was so frustrating to watch because you know he's not going to succeed BUT THEY MAKE YOU THINK HE COULD! AND YOU'VE SEEN HIS JOURNEY FROM THE DOMINO SQUAD TO ROOKIE TO 501ST AND FINALLY TO ARC TROOPER! AND THEY JUST KILL HIM! DYING TO SAVE HIS BROTHERS AND THE REPUBLIC! JUST LIKE THAT!!!!!

phew

Ok

Clovis episodes were okay. Nothing too special. (except I saw a moment where Clovis stared at Padme's ass, and uh, has anyone caught that? bc I haven't seen anything about that...)

Jar Jar episodes were better than I thought they were going to be. I personally like the pairing of Binks and Windu. Opposites attract, what can I say? Didn't like that Jar Jar had a thing with the Queen though....that was weird and out of place....very disturbing.

You wanna know what's also weird? Those Yoda episodes. Beautiful representation of his journey as a wiser Jedi. Too Jedi magicy for my liking. Sorry :/

Ok this post is long. I'll make another post on my thoughts that no one asked for in a separate post sometime soon in another week

[kepnerandavery]

Gifs and Ships

I was tagged by @vilindeer to describe my ships using gifs. Thanks for the tag Ness, this was fun! 💕

1. First Ship: Nick & Macy (Jonas)

I grew up watching the Disney channel shows, and Idc what anyone says, Jonas was a fun show. This is where my love for the Jonas Brothers originates from. And Nick and Macy were the cutest couple. Twelve year old me shipped them so hard lol.

2. First OTP: Damon & Elena (The Vampire Diaries)

God, these two were the epitome of slow burn, and along with Klaroline, they were the best thing about TVD (I said what I said).

3. Current Fav Ship: Kaz & Inej (Shadow and Bone)

I love all the couples in S&B. But these two have a special place in my heart right now. The mutual pining alone breaks my heart. I just love how they don't need words to convey their feelings, it's all in the eyes and the body language, it drives me insane (in the best way lol)

4. Your Ship Since the First Minute: Stiles & Lydia (Teen Wolf)

The moment I saw the way Stiles looked at her, I was done. I watched the show solely for these two, and even though we didn't get to see much of them after they became a couple, it was so worth it.

5. You Wish They Had Been Endgame: Jackson & April (Grey's Anatomy)

My children!! God, I would sell half of my soul to watch these two become endgame. And even though they are together in my mind, I wish we got canon proof of it. My fragile heart is still holding out hope for them though.

6. You Wish They Had Become Canon: Seg & Nyssa (Krypton)

I only watched this show for them. They're Superman's grandparents for god's sake! How can you not ship them? I honestly think that the writers would've explored their relationship if the show hadn't gotten canceled. It's such a shame because they had so much potential.

7. Most Of The Fandom Hates, but You Love: Mon-el & Kara (Supergirl)

I honestly don't know why the fandom disliked Mon-el and Karamel so much. He had his flaws but he grew so much over the course of two seasons. And these two have so much chemistry. I love them so much.

8. You Don’t Even Watch the Show, but You Ship Them Anyways: Kevin & Sophie (This Is Us)

I watch bits and pieces of this show to see if these two have figured things out lol. I still have hope for them. They're literally childhood lovers!! Need I say more?

9. You Wish They Had a Different Storyline: Klaus & Caroline (The Vampire Diaries)

Sighhh... This is one of those ships that I'd never get over. I mean, fanfiction writers could've/actually have, come up with thousands of better storylines for these two. They were so underutilized when Joseph was on the show. And the writers had so many opportunities to get them together but they just decided to stomp all over our hearts instead. And the same goes for Haylijah too. The last season of TO ruined both of these iconic couples. Whatever, I'm not salty about it, you are lol.

10. Fav Ship That is Endgame: Nathan & Haley (One Tree Hill)

Ahhh, the one ship that defied all odds and made it to the end of the show. They were together from season one and lasted nine seasons together. They're one of those couples that delivered on everything. The friendship, the angst, the romance, it was all there. Truly iconic. The best of the best.

I'm gonna tag @sungbeen @hallownight89 @xlostinobsessionsx and @buckys-disembodied-arm

(I know that this is a bit time consuming, so no pressure at all)

Gifs and Ships

I was (not) tagged to describe my ships using gifs

1. First Ship - Joaquim and Mariana from cómplices al rescate, a mexican kids telenovela that aired in brazil when i was nine and got me completely obsessed

2. First OTP - Harry and Ginny (HP) - of which i’m using a movie scene bc it’s a gif challenge bc obviously i mean the books relationship

3. Current Fav Ship - Gonna go with Peter and Lara Jean (TATB) bc it’s my current obsession, but my forever fave is Percy and Annabeth (PJO) so shout out to them

4. Your Ship Since the First Minute - Honestly a lot, but I’ll go with Jake and Amy (B99) bc they’re one of my biggest OTPs and it literally took one second of them together on screen on the pilot for me to know. Honorable mentions though to Chuck and Sarah (Chuck), Peter and Olivia (Fringe) and Jim and Pam (The Office) who are also OTPs

5. You Wish They Had Been Endgame - Due to it being a recent wound I’ll go with Ted and Alexis (Schitt’s Creek) - no one touch me -, but honorable mention to Barney and Robin (HIMYM) and Hyde and Jackie (That 70’s Show) bc they were fucking robbed and i’ll never get over that

6. You Wish They Had Been Canon - Clint and Natasha (MCU) - LIKE THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO BE!!!!!!! 

7. Most of the Fandom Hates, but You Love - i wouldn’t say HATE but i’m still avidly Maeve/Otis (Sex Education) and i know that a lot of people don’t anymore bc he was an asshole (which is valid lmao)

8. You Don’t Even Watch the Show, but You Ship Them Anyways - Bughead (Riverdale) - seriously tumblr made me completely into them (and now i’m suffering btw so thanks for that). Honorable mention to Joey and Pacey (Dawson’s Creek) and Nathan and Haley (One Tree Hill), both shows that i’ve never watched either

9. You Wish They Had a Different Storyline - Casey and Dawson from Chicago Fire. i still ship them regardless of whatever happened there but the writers lost their touch when they finally got together and a lot of things were… messy, to put it nicely. they could have had a much better love story and they deserved one

10. Fav Ship That is Endgame - that would be the already mentioned percabeth bc they are the best but as there are no gifs of them (no movies were ever made shut up) i’m gonna go ahead and say Ben and Leslie (Parks and Rec) who is my main sitcom OTP and wasn’t mentioned yet

tagging @vickytokio @queenie-004 @heyheyarnold @lookforanewangle @xgoldendays @carrieeve @stewartsjaymes @jonahsimms @vilindeer @saywhatjenn @ragged-t1ger @midnightradio @samwhambam @samrull and honestly whoever else wants to do this pls do and tag me bc i loved this one (so much that i stole it and did it without being tagged lmao)