#jump is depressed

[hneymoonvio]

no fr i think TOO much

[sparklejumpropequeen1949]

[sparklychimecho]

I image a herd of them just follow him around because they constantly sense that he's sad and they keep trying to heal him. Do you see my vision here?

I love the blissey line so much, they're perfect.

[phantomoftheorpheum]

Julie and the Phantoms being one of the most heartwarming and feel good shows I've ever watched, while simultaneously having the most absurdly tragic premise will never not to be funny to me.

[virginsuicidalgurl]

OH OKAYYYY????!!!!

[aroaceleovaldez]

tbh my latest biggest theory for why HoO and onwards is such a dramatic drop in quality and consistency is just. Rick stopped making teaching guides.

Like, the Lightning Thief teacher's guide is SUPER in-depth with even stuff like sources about middle grade child psychology and exact specifications of where he's applying that, explaining what different character's goals/motivations are, their dynamics with each other and their environments, etc etc. Even specifying which specific myths certain plot elements are supposed to reference or be about.

That stuff just doesn't exist for later books. There's activity guides and smaller, significantly more simple teacher guides for later books but they don't go into anywhere NEAR the same level of depth. The TLT one is a full lesson plan that breaks down the book at every level and explains what's going on and more or less why Rick did that. The others are all basically just glossaries of terminology and some simple question guides.

And they didn't even use the TLT teacher's guide for the Disney+ show because they clearly aren't adhering to any of what's discussed in that breakdown of the book.

By creating a teaching guide alongside writing the actual book, that's forcing you to document what you're doing, why, your sources, and information about your characters and the story they're in. It's like an even more in-depth version of a series bible. But that's lacking for later books (and etc) and it shows because that level of thought and depth and attention just isn't there anymore.

[fantaorange]

practicing lining drawings without hating it and also sort of practicing expressions

[bambigif]

I would stay forever if you say, "Don't go"

[zilodak]

Literally the same guy.

[virsancte]

time won't wait 'til you're sober it never wants to wait for you at all

♫

[sparklejumpropequeen1949]

All I care about is having my own daughter

[angelwlrds]

i want to show you my world

[hneymoonvio]

[virginsuicidalgurl]

my type

[sallytwo]

Jennifer nearly jumped into the water / and she was tired like no one's ever been tired

[mmolly-ringwormm]

They really made sure Hugh Jackman’s arms were flexed and oiled up the whole movie