#its 3am and im ranting.

[thewrittenpodcast]

Dick would 100% post thirst traps and do whatever recent trends pop up on tiktok and jason would have a private account but he would have a secret other account for what he's reading at the moment and tim would be on tumblr and damian wouldn't have a phone for the longest time, get one and then boom phone addiction he's scrolling on YouTube when he's not patrolling and cass would have one of those faceless accs where she posts pretty photos of scenery or random things like her coffee and has over 10k followers and Duke would have a public account with no posts a few highlights but he's viral because he sometimes posts videos of bruce or the rest of the batfam being idiots and the media looooves that

[1nt3rnalpu7ref4ct10n]

tv superhero drama

[sleepy-achilles]

Love tumblr

But fucking hate it when i want to read about my favourites fucking each other.

How are you going to tell me I can search a ship but to actually find anything I have to scroll for hours just to find one piece of work, through y/n x characters.

Fuck y/n

That bitch doesn't do anything for me.

Do you know how nice it is reading mlm. I can easily imagine its me. But y/n? Fuck no. Because y/n always ends up being female with a few, very slim, non binary peeps and no fucking male ones.

So how is it y/n if I cannot related to it at all because this ballroom has fucking balls?

Rant over.

[solarpunkani]

Ok fuck it you know something I've never really quite understood about part of the Leftist vs Liberals debate on voting.

So so so many people act like its either-or. Like you're either dedicating your entire life to voting and promoting politicians and phone banking or whatever, or you're a True Rebel waiting for The Uprising to Come and Solve Everything.

But like. In my experience. Me voting is just me kinda go 'which person seems kinda good? Which one at least sucks the least? ok lemme go vote.' and then its anywhere from 30 minutes to an hour tops of my life. And I still have plenty of time to do Stuff and participate in Conversations about Other Important Things. And also you can admit and acknowledge and understand that the system As Is kinda sorta really sucks ass, but also still admit and acknowledge and understand that at this current point in time we are still living in the suckass system and do something to alleviate the suckass At Least A Little while also working to bolster/create/advocate for Other Systems.

I guess just like. it's not a black or white thing. Between 'top 500 volunteers for a specific politician/voting office/etc' and 'absolutely positively not voting at all' there is a gray area called 'vote and then just do other stuff'.

[r1-ka]

hi genshin fandom, i come in peace,NO NO DONT RAISE THOSE PITCHFORKS,EHEM,i dont like her at all, no it isnt about her skin tone(at this point im not even surprised by hoyo), its everything idk why but im hoping for her to be someone else then the pyro archon(im delusional) LIKE MURATA IS DEAD OR SOMETHING?shitty theory uhhh murata is a phoenix real so she comes back alive trust(i realy am delusional at this point)

the outfit does not match her at ALL!!!! go back to formula 1 or something dunno

sunset shimmer called‼️‼️🗣️🗣️ she wants her hair back!!!!!

anyways her and capitano have tea parties with those plastic cups and the small tables and chairs

[the-sun-is-also-a-star]

this made me. so fucking angry.

[seaquestions]

sometimes i get into a really bad state and im like “i wanna make art abt this” but then i vacillate between “but would that be postable” and “why would it matter just dont post it” and then my head clears and its like. maybe we dont do any of that and just eat something.

[xx-j0hnnyburntc4k3-xx]

we need more cd players in the world. the only one i have currently is my moms old radio :(

like i bet if i asked ppl around my school if they had someplace i could play a cd most of them would say NO

im going to start a cd collection

starting with green day (i have acquired the father of all... cd at a thrift store yesterday)

ALSO ALSO GO TO THRIFT STORES THERES COOL SHIT THERE SOMETIMES

ive found band cds and cool clothes

and sometimes theyr really cheap

!!!!!!!

ok thats it goodnight mutuals stay safe, silly, and hydrated

MUTUALS STAY HYDRATED OR ILL STEAL UR FINGERS

[echo-echo31]

when you put your phone down for 5 minutes to wait for reply to your message and wake up 4 hours later like what century is this

[shutupdia]

I dont even like jjk but i accidentally read a sukuna x reader post and felt my face getting hot holy shit

[eepypigeon]

🎶?

🎶 - Do you have any songs that remind you of specific characters (or Taleblr in general)?

oooooohhohohoho let me pull up my big boy sleeves cus The Spotify Playlists IM TELLING YOU-

Going to start with The Go To 'nobody talk to me i'm thinking about Johnny Ghosts backstory' song.

Monster (Under my bed) by Call Me Karizma gives me STRONG Gregory/CBFriend vibes, i mean, come on

seriously it is THE Gregory/CB song for me

then ofc you got your classics, kinda edgy, songs that generally fit Ghost and Casket in ways like Teenager by MCR, Killer by the Hoosiers, Copy Cat from billie eilish, yk how it is, very strong 2010's AMV type deal. got Bitchboy from the Oozes in there, cus it feels very him to me. One that maybe stands out is songs like Bloody Nose from Jack Conte, which i can picture as like a nightmare sequence for Ghost.

I do also technically have a Maddie Friend playlist but its less about her as a complex character and more of a place to lump all my psychotically obsessive songs in. So stuff like Unhealthy Obsession from The Blake Robinson Synthetic Orchestra, Stalkers Tango from Autoheart. Carousal by Melanie Matinez is maybe a little more loyal to her character which is in there.

'Who is she' For both Johnnys, i recall them both having like a mysterious/unspoken of women figure in there backstories.

I am in desperate need to make a playlist for The only boy ever Johnny Toast, but alas thats still in the works, i will need to do more snooping and more intensive daydreaming for that, if anyone has any shouts then lmk.

I need to stop or i would never shut up ok thanks for the ask <3

[layalu]

The fuck you mean i cant reinstall discord on my phone???

[emysjj]

I WANNA EXPLAIN THAT MY STANLEY DESIGN HAS THESE THING CHARACTER DO LIKE UUUH IDK HOW TO EXPLAIN BUT okok have u seen like characters that are shown with the most simple eyes like bead eyes AND THEN SMTH LIKE BAD HAPPENS OR THEY ARE LIKE PISSED THEY GET LIKE FULL DRAWN EYES AND THEY LOOK SO COOL AND INTIMIDATING SOMETIMES???? THATS WHAT MY STANLEY DESIGN HAS THAT I THINK ITS KIND OF COOL BUT IDK IF U GUYS KNOW WHAT I MEAN

[houseofwolvess]

i think my brother's drunk texting me lmaoo

[aaghht]

Usagi Chronicles and reviews

I'm watching Usagi Chronicles reviews and there seems to be this general misconception around the internet that netflix somehow took the idea of a usagi TV show and muddled up the possibility of a direct adaptation? Or are people just mad that it's not their idea of a Usagi series? Like of course youtube reviews are going to be full of strange outrage and misplaced cricicisms over cartoons so I can't take those seriously, but even just fandom chatter sometimes has this idea going around that it's somehow a bad series for not adhering to the comic 100%. Or sometimes I’ll see other viewers’ comments like “it had so much potential but it could have been better”. I thought I’d collect my thoughts on this using references I’ve seen around before, such as interviews and articles with Stan Sakai and others. I don’t really agree with this view that the show has to be bad for not getting a “perfect” vision or adaptation and I don’t really believe that it squandered any “potential” either.

Like I think this show is super interesting to look at from a “how it was made” kind of perspective. The story and art are actually pretty good imo and the music really feels like it ties it all together by adding to the mood and setting + for carrying a lot of the series from an emotional POV. Yeah, it falls a bit short on some aspects but overall it’s a pretty fun series. Whatever you might personally know about animation or tv series making, it looks like a lot of care was put into this Samurai Rabbit cartoon.

EDIT(10.02.2023+27.03.2023): under a readmore bc this got way too long, but u should definitely check out these interviews if u still think the show didn’t respect Sakai’s original world and vision, or if u wanna write your own review one day but don’t know anything abt how the show was made.

Interviews/articles:

Filmschool Rejects (article), April 2022 The Popverse (interview), May 2022 Stan Sakai and the Usagi Chronicles | Comic-Con@Home 2021 Comic Book Couples Counseling (podcast interview), May 2022 Traversing the Stars (video interview), Jul 2022

Stan Sakai has said in at least 2 interviews that what got him on board was the view of Neo Edo painted by Khang Le (art director on series, check his work out on his website) - when no other idea suggested so far appealed to him. So this means he was on board with the show and approved of it. even if the concept is essentially a spinoff/alternate universe to older fans (it started off as based on or taking ideas from Sakai's Senso miniseries). What I like most about the series is that it seems to be respectful about both old and new japanese culture albeit being set in a semi-futuristic Edo-style re-imagining of the feudal japan that Sakai writes in Usagi Yojimbo. Stan Sakai was involved in the making of it so it cannot be in any other way. I've seen some american animated shows in the past which have approached this "culture inspiration" differently, sometimes even in ways where it feels weird or disrespectful. This show even has an all-asian english main cast, and japanese-american composer Aiko Fukushima has made the soundtrack for it, which I feel is a little rare to see. But hey, I'm european asian, not US asian so maybe I'm seeing all that in a different way here.

Like it kinda feels like ppl got stuck on previous animated versions and their own idea of what an adaptation/series should be. I know many were probably looking forward to a faithful animated adaptation but things are what they are and feels a bit unfair to say that what we got somehow took away from that chance. Like it is just one show.

yeah ok, it's aimed at children and it sorta pulls its punches on the tone and seriousness. but that doesn't have to be a bad thing? Having a "media tent" for younger viewers can mean that there'll be new readers introduced to the original comic series through this cartoon. It's also obvious to see that the people working on this are also fans of Sakai's work and wanted to make something fun, despite any tv animation limits, so I sorta wish people saw that more.

Or even more down the line is people saying it mucks up Sakai's vision about the comic series. Like. He is listed as "executive producer" and every design, script and decision went through him first. From interviews it sounds like he had a lot of trust in the team, to make something he would also like. It's ok to dislike the show for various reasons, as we do with all shows but at least respect that the comic author himself has approved of the series.

like im not saying people are saying all this directly, just various sentiments I've seen in reviews, boards and social media etc, but I feel like this misunderstaning is behing the reason why ppl dunk on the show and characters so easily? Of course, as someone who is still reading the comic series (have read a few comics, but not enough to know everything about it), maybe I just have a very limited view on this as someone who happens to like the tv show itself too. I love the art and storytelling in the comic but I also really like the animated series just for what it is.

Maybe it's also that we as internet-goers have become even moreso accustomed to seeing, reviewing and thinking about our media in such a superficial critical way that we can't really share honest opinions without feeling the need to add "real criticisms" to what we say. I feel like that's a bit connected to the "outrage culture" mentioned at the beginning too but honestly this has been a problem abt cartoon/media reviews for a longer time already. Like it's valid to not like stuff but at least don't make stuff up about them

man... I should try writing my own review faster but I really want to see other reviews first (they are a slog to get thru bc I have trouble watching video reviews)

anyway.... lol just some semi-collected thoughts.

at the end of the day, for me personally, I just genuinely like this series and it brings me joy to see that the crew and cast and Sakai himself seemed to really enjoy making it too. It’s nice to see both from interviews and the show itself. maybe it just makes me a bit sad that I keep finding shows where I see that there’s goodness in it and then the majority of viewers I come across online find it different.... like yeah, it had potential for “more” but also what we got was good. I’m happy the show got made.

[edens-grdn]

normalize indulging in your friends special interests and hyperfixations and having genuine conversations with them about it and actively engaging in things related to those hyperfixations and SpIns so you understand what they're talking about