#kotlc video essay

[guster-animations]

@ keeper fandom i’m gonna interrogate shannon messenger over email, anything you want me to ask?

[bookwyrminspiration]

I have such a desire to make a deep dive video about the Kotlc Tumblr Fandom (inspired by Jenny Nicholson or Uncarley) but also I feel like you or Nattie would be much more suited for the role. I can barely remember what happened two minutes ago, let alone make it entertaining…

This is my way of putting the idea anonymously into the atmosphere. Perhaps someone with more than half a brain and some talent will soak it up

Anything in particular about the tumblr fandom or just the fandom as a whole? Both are easily achievable (besides the massive work any video essay takes), there's a lot of material to work with here.

I'd also throw out Cath (everliving-everblaze) as a good candidate/consultant on a project like that. We call her our fandom historian for a reason. I believe she's the one that added keeper to Fanlore.

perhaps I shall become a literary video essayist...

[chocolate-mallowmelt]

i’m off to read it en 👀👀👀

I’m writing up a rant about why I dislike the Kotlc sub reddit but I’m sacred to actually post it when I’m done 😭

[bronte-deserves-better]

sorry for the recent poll spam but I have one more thing to poll yall about

[eyeballsoup7310]

One day I’m gonna make a like fifteen hour video essay on KOTLC I swear

[everliving-everblaze]

Make a keeper video essay and my life is yours (I was the anon) (no pressure) (you’d fucking cook though) (just saying)

sorry I left this for forever

I think it would be fun! Honestly, I just don't even know how I would narrow down the possibilities of what to talk about, since there are so many things I could. But I've definitely thought about making some KotLC-related videos at some point, or doing another stream...

[thirstyratsnake]

Hi, there! List five things that make you happy, then put this in the ask box of the last ten people who reblogged something from you! You just happen to be one of the lucky ones to receive this ask 💖

my pets

KOTLC

TMNT

Random antique decorations

video essays

[moonlarked]

can’t wait for all of the pretentious video essays when the kotlc movie comes out

[when-wax-wings-melt]

I want someone to make a video essay on the Kotlc fandom in all the places

That would be the funniest thing in the world and I would volunteer if I had the energy. Unfortunately I don't but I support this

[bookwyrminspiration]

“i have a theory that elves are actually super duper itty bitty and blue pathfinders turn them human size but like that’s why they can travel at the speed of light and why humans can’t find them” -my sister

Comes home to my hardworking elf family and puts a single blueberry on the table for dinner and it collapses under the weight because the blueberry is bigger than all of us combined (I carried it with my super tiny elf mind) and we'll feast for weeks

That aside, what is "super duper itty bitty" in numeric values? Are we talking small like, kitten sized? Like rat sized? Like snail sized? Like ant? Like tardigrade? (the irony of me requesting numeric values and then listing nothing numerical is not lost on me).

Because currently I'm imagining them like a colony of ants that you can just step on. Their entire existence relies on something not stepping on them.

I will say, this does actually account for a few otherwise inexplicable occurrences--aside from the traveling at the speed of light and undiscovered by humans. For example, the over abundance I mentioned in an earlier post. Living mostly off fruit and such, anything normal sized will feed several people. That's why they're not at risk of starving. And the reason they can be so lavish with crystals is because proportionally, they need very little crystal to decorate themselves the way humans do. An entire house would be several fortunes over for a human, but there's enough resources to build a small elf house without draining the planet in the same way. It also explains why their economic system sucks so bad; their brains are too small to realize their own stupidity.

There are more kinks to be worked out (how does the blue crystal make them big, for example), but I think your sister is onto something. Not quite sure what, but her mind intrigues me.

[guster-animations]

THE KOTLC VIDEO ESSAY IS DONE. AND THE QUALITY IS AWFUL OMFG

i spent nearly a year on this shitty video and cover all the angles of kotlc, please give it a watch if you have time and have enjoyed kotlc

[guster-animations]

gonna write a video review soon but here are the notes i wrote as i read stellarlune for the first time. not sure if im gonna put all my opinions in the video so here it is. warning: there’s a Lot

(bolded points are unanswered questions)

who tf is elysian

WHY IS AMYS MOM MAKING HER TRY ON DRESSES. WHY DID AMY SAY SHE WAS WITH HER MOM. DID THE HUMAN PARENTS GET DIVORCED SO EMMA COULD REMARRY??? 

(later in reading) or theyre having a baby .-. or both??

WHY WASNT THIS ANSWERED IN THE CONVERSATION ARE THEY SAVING IT FOR AN EMOTIONAL MOMENT HUH

fuck no are they actually reintroducing foxfire into the main plot

ok theyre doing glimmer now shes elysian im calling it

SHES GOT BEEF WITH THE HEKSES??? HUH

shes a poc!! fan freaking tastic it would be annoying if she wasnt

WAIT I WAS WONDERING ABOUT THAT TRIBUNAL A FEW SAYS AGO WHEN I REREAD BOOK 1! I NOTICED THAT! 

HHAAAAAA trix theyre really doing all the reveals… wait this is the only reveal. rayni has only been here since book 8

wow they really did not need another addition to the main cast (rayni)

where is the gay. give me lesbiana already

rayni calling out fitz’s low involvement in the narrative… and him getting anger issues at that

how long is this dialogue going to be… pg 120 to 168?!

dislike how stirullinh is just regarded as a single entity. at least make them gayer

oh so rayni’s just going to be in jail for the rest of the book ok that makes sense

love how sophie butts into the conversation reminding us that she, the main character, hasnt spoken for like half the chapter

“are we seriously going to let sophie tell us what to do” says stina, who is on a secret government team led by sophie

sophie being unnecessarily mean to fitz WHYYYYY why are we twisting fitz into someone who is a bad person?? i hate this so much

keeper gang breaking up my beloathed…

is this a 9/11 reference???

(screenshot of text saying “Besides, anyone who’s studied basic battle strategy knows you have to take down the greatest symbols of power—preferably in a big, dramatic way if you want the public to submit to your rule.”)

oh this cache opening thingg is going to be SUPER long

is shannon’s self insert oralie??? shannon does think of sophie as her child

alright last call for nb elysian here we go

wow incredible hetero love story just what i read this book for

wait hold on wheres elysian

THIS IS MEMORY 2/7??? IM GONNA BE HERE ALL NIGHT

halfway thru and so far it’s been all fluff and no action or huge revelations. if youre gonna reveal trix do it earlier for gods sake this is unbearable

ro is DEFINITELY gonna be a big discussion point in the video. she is present for the entire first half of the book (minus the cache section) and clearly only there to keep the mood lighter and she directly acknowledges an awful lot of the series’ glaring problems. almost like shannon KNOWS they’re there and is trying to deflect the blame and place it on the characters instead through ro

ro is not subtle at all. including her saying that sophie’s probably gonna have to kill lady gisela herself. gee okay awesome can’t wait for the final battle next book. i bet its gonna be just as awfully drawn out as what you’ve put me through today. thanks stellarlune

are they saving ALL the emotional revelations for the climax?  elysian, trix’s identity, amy’s dresses all at once?  at least give me SOME drama this is agony

sokeefe-biana thing mentioned please at least follow up on that by the end [of the series] ik it’ll probably be disappointing but i need some sort of closure

grady edaline fitz etc being simplified to stereotypes/one note

fitz only being used to add flavor to sokeefe… at least sokeefe is a good ship. i dont hate sokeefe for what it is i hate it for what it stands for and i will die before i ship it

(screenshot of text saying “And almost as if her Mentor knew—even though he couldn’t possibly—he leaned in and murmured, ‘In my experience, you can never trust a Guster.’”)

lolllll i wish ^

even though i hated foxfire in book 1 its actually pretty nice to have it back again?  we havent had foxfire since books 2 or 3 so its kind of nostalgic and a nice break from the drama. and obviously exposition of some sort

ojhhhhh so redhead marella IS intentional and not an artistic choice on the cover. both disappointing and not at the same time

NO GLAM NO NO NO HES GAY NO STFU WRONG

(a screenshot of text that reads “‘At least Sophie has updates,’ Dex snapped. ‘What have you been doing? Following Linh, Marella and Maruca while they do important stuff?’”)

how did you know [i was doing exactly that], dex dizznee ^

FITZ BEING A GOOD PERSON AND SOPHIE BLOCKING HIM USING HER PTSD AS AN EXCUSE! THERE IT IS

ok so fitz is trying to be the voice of reason and sophie’s moral caution but it conflicts with his actions in flashback so sophie doesnt trust him?  ok yeah that makes sense

JENSI NO MY BOY

“thanks for not looking at me like im defective” special abilities [vs talentless ppl] metaphor for ableism real???

the cognate inquisition is gonna end in another sad breakup isnt it

tiergan queercoding [has gone to hypothetical] level 13

FITZ IS INSECURE!!! he thinks sophie isnt fully honest with him because he doesnt deserve her trust!!! we did it!

and sophie’s aversion to honesty comes from the trauma she experienced from 7 years of exposure to the thoughts of everyone around her! oh my god its almost like theyre BELIEVABLE CHARACTERS

im glad we didnt have to sit through the actual cognate inquisition because that would be boring as hell but why doesnt that happen more often? skipping through the boring parts?? why do i only see this in telepathy class

for a split secobd i let myself believe that this is leading up to a sokeefitz threesome. stupid brain

i am being SO VIGILANT about not hearing any spoilers or opinions. i havent even skipped to the last page of the book! im doing awesome im so proud of myself

absolutely in LOVE with how good of an analogy for racism and ableism this whole series provides

NOT THESE FUCKERS AGAIN NOOO [the trolls]

oh so linh and tam are suddenly unbreakable again yeah sure

does white-purple-yellow-pink mean anything?

the books close to being over, is this gonna lead into a long climax [at meeting with trix]

also very glad they just cut straight to the meeting with trix after saying it would happen

“such dramatics” says vespera

here it comes…… the big trix reveal………..

NO GOD DAMNIT THE FRENCHMEN LIED

ah here comes the climax

there is a much more singular and alternating focus on characters than legacy/flashback’s widespread all-at-once thing

oh boy its him again. the awful familiarity of this dialogue. i hate it

we still havent gotten to the climax…

what about amy…

peeked ahead. the frenchmen did not lie. the entire country of france has regained my trust

WHY DO THE BABY ALICORNS LIKE THE WORD “JERK”

wrote “hold on has he gone numb holy shit” and deleted it too soon HOLY CRAP

numbness manifests as depression for keefe!!!!!!

ope yep training with grady. that was sudden. it’s every 12 year olds dream

fully expecting the climax to be a big showdown/ambush on the elysian island with gisela

WOW WHO WOULDVE GUESSED 

wait hold on was this the only fight scene in the entire book. 

(a day later) oh right vespera died. does that count as a lame minor character death or a major character death.  i have to cross something out on my bingo card

i wouldnt call the death “lame” so major character death it is

WAIT there’s still hope for elysian to be nb. if im proven right and there’s a plethora of explicit queer characters as soon as book 10 opens that would be both amazing and horrible

ok in conclusion this was DEFINITELY better than legacy and probably better than flashback and nightfall. lemme rate eqch book to see how it compares

7/10

4/10

idfk

8.5/10

6/10

6.5/10

5/10

2/10

8.5.  7.5/10

9. 7/10

plot: 7/10

characters: 9/10

pacing: 4/10

writing: 6/10

cool

[guster-animations]

im trying so hard to stay vigilant

[guster-animations]

stellarlune review is out!!

[guster-animations]

relishing in the fact that i now have the license to make a video essay my entire personality

[guster-animations]

so are we not going to give the video attention after 24 hours. has it stopped existing

sorry to sound like a jerk but i did not work for almost a year for the video essay to only get activity for a day