#kraken rambles

[krakenshaped]

For your non-spirit needs :3

[krakenkakes]

" Yuri??? How come, one of them is a male in canon?" Now see this is where you're incorrect!

[rabbitsfrommars]

A day late for fumo Friday but I forgive her

[ruinix]

I have nothing to say but 😍🎉

(Seattle Kraken @ New York Islanders, December 5, 2024)

[istharoth]

Thinking about Taiga and the nicknames he gives people.

Jin - briefly mentioned in one of his voice lines. [No nickname]

Hyde - campus event. [Hyde gets called dirtbag.] [Sack of Shit.]

Romeo Scorpius 'Fico' Lucci - [Lulu]

Haru - [Harry] [Makes me wonder if Haru was in Sinostra before he was in Jabberwock.]

Edward / Ed- [Bloodsucker, which really is just Vampire.]

Haku - never explicitly mentioned but he called him an asshole in the prologue chapter so I think he somewhat remembers Haku's existence. [asshole] or. alt. [Nagi]

Rui - [Mickey] [Romeo also calls him Mickey.]

Ritsu - he needs time. Lots of time but time. [Dumbass w/ the book or just Dumbass]

PC - also needs to be reminded who they are. [Dumbass #2 or if affinity raised- Kitten, Kittycat.]

extra: Peekaboo - [Rat]

I want to get inside Taiga's mind. HE'S SUCH AN INTERESTING CHARACTER.

Because I'm on this, Towa names.

PC - [Dandelion] Meaning: overcoming hardship; faithfulness, happiness, love's oracle; rustic oracle; youthful recollections; coquetry

Ren - [Wolfsbane] Meaning: Misanthropy, chivalry; knight-errantry. [Lol, Ren and Chivalry?? I mean, I guess I can see that but not really 😭]

Kaito - [Coriander] Meaning: Hidden merit

Ed- [Rafflesia] Meaning: Symbol of death.

Additionally: *spoilers for Episode 6!!*

PC's Spider Lily Tattoo- This is where things with the meaning get tricky. Blue Spider Lilies symbolise the following: truth, calm energy, stability, freedom, and inspiration.

Though, the petals of a blue spider lily can change. In hotter climates, they become more pink symbolizing: Feminine love, beauty and passion. In cooler temperatures, they become more blue/purple. Here's a tidbit I think is pretty neat.

On an empty stalk [PC, in this case], the petals can only bloom in late August/early September. [Also, the time PC will turn into the anomaly.] [Because they got cursed on September 3rd/4th.]

Additionally: Campus Story: Towa offers you between two flowers:

Hydrangea- [Angry Towa] Meaning: In a negative sense frigidity, heartlessness. [Probably the general term in this since the flower wasn't shown to us.]

Lily - [Happy Towa] Meaning: Affection for loved ones. [Bro's such a hopeless romantic. I love him.]

[krakenshaped]

Thanks for tag!!

I'm a boring old lady who names my wips the chapter names I plan on calling them

I had like 3 drafts tho for the latest intermission for the idol au which were named Intermission draft 1 and intermission draft 2 respectively jfjsjd

Uhh other than that.

I have some scrapped stuff I had been dabbling in I guess -

1. Untitled Doc (edojudai)

2. Connected Chap 1

3. Twitter dot com

4. couch

I don't really do tag games so I won't tag anyone (sorry)

i used to do a lot of tag games on my old blogs but never on tumblr.com! :> thank you for tagging me @bakawitch 💐💐

>>RULES: post the names of all the files in your WIP folder, regardless of how non-descriptive or ridiculous. Let people send you an ask with the title that most intrigues them, and then post a little snippet or tell them something about it! and then tag as many people as you have WIPs.

I don't really write fanfiction, but have some research folder names for various projects i want to get to at some point on my usb. :>

GhostOOKspoooKK

we do research for our dating games

also this is not a folder but i've been wanting to draw jack atlas in early modern era armour. something like this www.khm.at/de/object/373212/ fjfjjfjf. especially the mask very draconic. rip jack you would have loved the saracchi workshop ...

also ig same au but ygo5ds or gx but like a knight tournament setting. with them reenacting some arthurian epic...horses are like d-wheels no?

(also i'm shy so i'll only tag @krakenshaped haha but feel free to do this if you see this :>)

[drowzyscatterbrain]

got hit by the orbiting kraken hubby brainrot™ during may, and did a thing before artblock snuffed it out-

(cw: eye strain under cut)

ok, imma redraw & finish this on august. july is artfight month.💦

kraken sans by @aka-indulgence

[suburbanbonfire]

if the other team pulls the goalie and they DON'T show a lil screen in the corner of the goalie hustling off the ice what even is the point

[krakenshaped]

How it's been going ( @freezeyourchill )

[krakenkakes]

Kel and The Maverick kissing thank you all for coming

[rabbitsfrommars]

Happy birthday to meee~ Happy birthday to meee~ Happy birthday sweet Kraken Happy birthday to meeeeee~

[sweetestcaptainhughes]

Is anyone else sort of rooting for the krakens to have a semi okay season purely because of their crush on coach Jessica Campbell.

no just me got it.

[fandoms-and-salt]

The main problem with Ruby gillman movie is that it sends a message that "bigotry is actually justified and your racist grandparents are right". The second, closely related problem is it's villain.

Firstly, if we look at the film without the spoiler-y marketing, Chelsea/Neressa is written as a twist villain. Like Hans Frozen type twist villain, with little foreshadowing and those "sympathetic" scenes that actually don't amount to anything and might just as well be a lie. Even with the marketing, i think the movie still tricked people into thinking that Chelsea might be a misunderstood villain or have a redemption arc or what not. And twist villains could work well, usually if their turn to villainy makes sense with their preestablished goals and personality (eg. Disney's Atlantis). Or a liar villain could work well if the audience knows of their malicious plans, but the heroes stay in the dark (eg. Scar from Lion King). In general, if the twist or reveal makes the story/conflict less interesting and/or didn't have proper foreshadowing, viewers are bound to dislike it.

Secondly, Chelsea is our only mermaid. And she is, well, evil. It would have been better if we had other good mermaid characters, but she is the only one, which, coupled with Gramamah's generous description of mermaids, makes it seem like all mermaids are as evil as she is.

Thirdly, yes, stories for young children about pure good fighting pure evil are generally fine, it teaches them right and wrong, so they can later consume media with more complex lessons. But in those stories the good guys are usually the underdogs fighting an oppressive evil. In mermaid vs kraken conflict, it's actually mermaids who are at a disadvantage. Krakens are big rulers ("protectors") of the ocean with superpowers. The characters themselves admit that Granmamah is a warlord. Mermaids are small, weak and need a magic trident to even match the power of krakens. Their only "advantage" is being popular with humans, while krakens are feared and hated, but humans have no effect on the story or the conflict. If the story was that mermaids are actually more powerful rulers of the ocean, or the kraken family were the just rules but got conquered/overthrown by evil mermaids, or if both species were of equal power ruling their own parts of the ocean and mermaids decided to go and conquer the peaceful kraken kingdom. Then the good vs evil conflict would have looked less like "how dare these evil inferior minorities challenge the rule of our superior race".

Speaking of which. Ruby's first instinct, even after finding out that "mermaids are actually evil" from her granma, is to judge Chelsea as her own person and assume that mermaids can't be actually evil. Which is, you know, a pretty fair and mature response. When she hears that mermaids suffer from terrible conditions, she actively tries to fight what she sees as injustice. But what lesson does she learn? That she should never question her elders, since they do know better. The story is fighting for the status quo to stay the same, while Ruby is punished to trying to change and improve it.

That's all i can say for now. Other complaints i have are:

humans are virtually useless to the story (including the love interest, tho he had some cute moments), they are just damsels-in-distress and trophies for Ruby to save and get approval from. This movie just as well could happen all under the sea with some minor tweaks.

The human designs are weird and uncanny. Otherwise the visuals are fine.

Ruby's arc is kind of all over the place with her main arc being the classic "believe in yourself", which she mainly gains through hanging out with Chelsea. But isn't Chelsea supposed to be the villain who "leads Ruby astray" from being a good citizen who is not skipping school, lying to her mom or ignoring her friends and crush? Make it make sense, movie.

[ruinix]

They look lovely

[appleblocks]

Also I made them a height chart <3

[bbpuckdrop]

many mixed feelings. proud of them for fighting so hard but there are a few things that make me feel like we really should have won that one. several missed centering passes, a couple whiffed shots, that weird fluke of a goal that gave them the lead…. like only just a few things that could have been done slightly differently and it could have been a totally different game. it’s almost more frustrating to come so close

and it’d be nice if we could win for grubi.

ANYWAYS. i’m not really that upset or anything just processing 🫡