#maintagging this im risking it

[leonkennedyaoi]

ok copying this from my twitter. i got really mad at saw 3 last night and rewrote it to fix amanda's arc

sorry if the character stuff is way off base or if it's worded weirdly i just needed to fix (gestures vaguely in the direction of saw 3) all of that

ok for things I actually did like. i actually liked the dynamic between amanda and john for the most part bc it has the potential for some really powerful character moments for amanda. not that they did anything with that but there was potential!

and amanda being the one responsible for the saw 1 trap & making sure adam was actually dead was also good imo

now what fucking gets me about this godforsaken mistake of a movie is that amanda never really. grows or develops? even if she's arguably one of the main characters of a movie. her arc never gets completed

now there is a time and a place for tragic characters who have incomplete arcs but it really felt like the writer's either wanted everyone to die for shock value or couldn't figure out a way to justify her staying alive

the big thing I'd fix here is the bathroom trap flashbacks -- im assuming u guys haven't watched saw 3 so ill give a quick tldw [note most of the ppl who follow the account i posted this on aren't that big into horror so they haven't watched any of the saw movies]

tldw: in the first movie adam is left locked in the bathroom, still alive but with no way to escape. in the third theres a flashback scene where amanda comes in, checks to see if he's alive, and upon seeing he is she asphyxiates him with a plastic bag

my big issue here is that. there was a chance to have a really good, concise breaking point for amanda's character. she (at least imo) was remourseful while she was killing him and they just did nothing with that

quick sidenote tangent about amandas character; she's very much traumabonded to john/jigsaw. upon getting out she made the connection in her head that jigsaw helped her, because the trap made her go sober.

when she became an apprentice, she was likely manipulated by john into thinking she was important to him on a personal level -- some of this can even be seen in the third movie itself (john giving amanda approval by affirming that she's important to him, but almost immidiately after rescinding it when she doesn't do what he wants)

but it's clear that amanda is like. fully invested in john and sees him as a father to her, or something akin

so back on track. for the bathroom flashbacks, I really really think it would be a really good scene for her arc if she let adam live

it could give her a moment to realize that she doesn't need to do what john says and that she can fight back

not necessarily escaping entirely, but having that power dynamic in her head shift a little by her realizing her autonomy

after adam is out, she lets those feelings sit for a while. doesn't really do anything with them until the end of the movie

on the standoff between lynn and amanda i would have loved it if she just shot john and not just because i hate him

it would be a last ditch act to have her own power and to not be controlled by him anymore. she shoots him, and he dies

of course this means that lynn would die too, and jeff would probably still kill amanda but at least it would be a satisfying death, knowing that even though she's dead she didn't die wholly helpless. if that makes sense

[lakesbian]

look at how cute the undersiders are in this picrew

[deus-and-the-machina]

maybe this is a bit of a useless point to make but it does bother me sometimes that estinien’s skintone gets lightened quite a bit. I don’t necessarily blame fanartists for this bc some renders/cgi trailers make him look paler than his in game model, but I just wanted to draw some comparisons. now the lighting can vary quite a bit, but I tried finding pictures in multiple lightings for comparison

he looks a little washed out/not well lit in this image but you can still tell its the same skin tone

Furthermore, here’s him next to fourchenault, who we know is meant to be somewhat darker because his dad is louisoix.

Here they are in the endwalker trailer

I don’t think this but specifically is that bad, there’s still a notable contrast between his hair and skin tone even if it looks to be a bit more tinged pink than he usually is, but it’s still comparable to fourchenault. The render though is eeeeeeeh

his most prominent render isnt necessarily inaccurate but the lighting feels like its on full blast

The countdown art also DEFINITELY makes him look a little paler. it resembles the previous render

I also wanted to point out this happened to y'shtola too somewhat. look at her renders compared to her model compared to the end walker trailer

ike she is distinctly pinker/paler as well. im not sure how the process of making the cgi cutscenes works but im fairly sure they use different models, so I generally accept that they lost some specifics in translation. there are other differences people have pointed out such as Zenos' nose being shaped differently in the end walker trailer so its bound to happen.

Here are their figures too

yshtola has a skin tone somewhat accurate design but estinien is DEFINITELY lighter. his eyes are off too, being a weirdly deep blue when his canon eyes are grey, so again it can be chalked up to lost in translation aspects but its still disappointing to see

im not really trying to argue that estinien or yshtola aren't "white" or white passing by our standards, but they really aren't pale and its kind of weird that they often get lightened in trailers/renders in estinien's case. especially when I see so much fanart drawing estinien as super bone white pale because they're probably looking at the renders that pop up first online if you search and show his whole outfit for design reference.

I do really appreciate it when I see artists draw them darker, it makes me very happy.

[bumblingest-bee]

the more i watch dropout the more i am forced to come to terms with the fact that i kind of have a thing for sam reich

[shitposting-fox]

Y'all if I'm gonna post my opinions and stuff please don't try to say I'm overreacting over being irritated or upset at smth

Seriously it's not cool. I'm allowed to have an issue with how the production studio for teos handled things and have opinions on how the crediting was done

[rosencrantzsguildenstern]

just tried to find fellow dnd lore nerds and found baldur's gate video game fans. i don't know enough about baldur's gate to know if they qualify all i know is there's a guy named astarion in it and it's based off the dnd campaigns. Let me know because this tag is dire. I don't know whatever's going on with that chinese fic. It might be normal even though 'dark urge' sounds crazy to me because it is also tagged college au. Also I just realized exclude fandom tag is a thing so I can just do that but I do sincerely want to know where baldur's gate fans are on forgotten realms lore. actually please just tell me about baldur's gate i'm curious now

[kairithemang0]

I'm not maintagging this bcs i feel like im gonna be hounded with people saying im wrong or either get ignored and then talked about behind my back about how wrong this is

I feel like to some extent, Owen cleaned up after Curt a lot. Curt was the reckless one. They both got themselves into trouble, but Curt's were always a little larger. Before they got together, while they didn't feel like themselves around each other, Curt was a little more careful. He didn't want to make a bad impression because of a growing friendship and growing feelings. He wants Owen to think highly of him and his way of doing that is (subconsciously) being more cautious on missions

Meanwhile, whenever Owen was one to mess up, it felt larger. It was larger. Curt's fuck ups were usually small, fixable. Owen's weren't always like that. Curt sees the version of Owen that he pictures in his head, this godlike spy, it collapses. He's wrong. Owen's human just like him. He fucks up, just like everyone else, which for Curt is a hard pill to swallow.

When they get together any amount of care about their missions is thrown out the window. It doesn't matter anymore because their goal is to get back to their hotel room and be alone because they get a few nights and maybe will never see each other again. They're both risk takers, Owen can be more like "ok, maybe we shouldn't do this right now" but then let Curt do it anyways. And he takes risks of his own, and Curt doesn't care. While neither of them is the safest on missions, not really caring about the outcome in the end as long as they make it back alive, no matter how many pieces they may be in, when there is a bit of care, it's from Owen.

he's the one to say not until we're out of here. he's the one to say question curt putting the banana down. it's not that owen doesn't take risks, is that he's going to say "that's not the best idea" but not care what curt does or not

it's not about the mission for them, it's about living long enough to get to be alone. Curt makes fun of Owen for saying he should wait to drink, before instantly handing him the flask. They've done this before. This is their routine. Curt knows Owen isn't going to care, even if he puts on the face of someone who might. Owen's 'cleaning up after curt' in the way of he's saying he's going to put in the effort to, but nothing comes of it

Cynthia knows this too, she knows Owen's usually a bit of a mediator. Owen "knows what the hell he's doing". Curt's fine to goof off, but Owen's first going to ask "is this a good idea?" before instantly going along with it

[crushpunchh]

look just becausee you dont get his (context clues i am not maintagging this or risking it showiing up via tumblrs garbage search system) sense of humor doesnt mean hes an 8 year old. im losing my miind out here.

[pyrotechnicdarts]

CR just isn’t doing arcs this time. And that’s okay! I wish ppl would reframe their expectations and try new stuff. You say you want new but this IS new. It’s just different from what you expected. So maybe you want more of the same actually?

Genuinely not trying to be catty. Sending anon cuz I’m worried you’ll take it that way no matter what. This campaign has had mostly one big arc the entire time. The red moon looking in through the curtains in Shindonahs (idk how to spell lol) apartment in the very beginning. They’re trying something new. There isn’t gonna be a new “arc”’. It isn’t sandbox. It’s a more linear direct big picture story and you either like that or not! Totally fair either way. But personally IMMM tired of ppl comparing cr to previous campaigns and getting upset they’re not just copy pasting what they’ve already done. I love that they take risks. I wish more ppl did. ❤️

for clarification when i said i need to get into other shows, i meant in addition to cr, bc atm cr is the only one im actively watching

i never said i didnt like the lack of distinct arcs. i said watching 400+ hours over the course of 2 real time years of the same plot thread progressing extremely slowly because the characters keep wasting time having the same pointless argument over and over, even after agreeing that the argument is pointless and time-wasting, is a little tedious.

i will admit that post largely happened bc i needed to vent because of some shitty interactions with twitter cr fans earlier that day and how this plotline makes people have godawful takes but im still allowed to have an opinion on my own personal blog? that post wasnt even maintagged

[lunarblazes]

martyn confirmed that the love crystal was destroyed upon his death in the last session. grian set that trap and detonated it. the homophobic homosexual strikes again

[vhscrowart]

MAYBE IT’S BOTH, AND WE’LL ALL GET LUCKY!

4/26/21

[m1lkyw4yw1sh3z]

One is Not Always Born with Their Name

Not sure if they wanted to go into detail about what happened to them, at least not yet, but TK thought it was important to at least show what they used to be in their timeline. 

Something about temporal disturbances slowly distorting them. Something about unsafe habits working at the TBD.

They definitely never were Croissant Cookie, at least not the one we know.

[fearforthestorm]

due to vikingpilot reasons I will be exploding!

[omniscientoranges]

the desire to revamp my personal tagging system again... is strong

[diamond-sword]

God forgive me I'm assigning Homestuck classpects to all the characters from comeblockhome

[utilitycaster]

Thats interesting to read. Idk to me Vax is always a big sulking asshole and i really didnt like how he treated Vex and Keyleth sometimes and kind is definitely not a word id use for him. I admit that Liam's play style isnt really my thing and im not a fan of either of his pcs and maybe my annoyance at the fans of both Vax and Caleb makes me judge them more harshly than others. But the next time i rewatch i'll look for what you're saying. I still dont think i would describe him as kind though.

Yeah...I've talked about this before and I'm not maintagging this because I'm happy to field good-faith questions but I'm not interested in hardcore discourse but while I do think Liam has this weird polarized following that is unhinged on both ends, and while I also think it's totally valid to have negative feelings about something because the fans are very annoying, one still must actually look at canon and be like "okay I don't like this but is it true".

There are definitely choices made by Vax I don't love, but I really can't think of a time when he treated Vex or Keyleth unkindly. The harshest moment I can think of with Vex is him telling her he doesn't feel comfortable talking about Keyleth with her, and she was being pretty aggressive to start with. For that matter, even when I haven't liked Liam's acting or playstyle choices I've generally found him to be a pretty strong advocate for the women of the cast; one thing that always stands out to me is Liam and Sam telling anyone who was attempting to interrupt the cupcake scene that there was literally no reason to do so and to let Laura continue finishing out what she was trying to do, or Liam using Lieve'tel to explicitly state in-game that Vex and Keyleth would live full lives without Vax there, or making a concerted effort to have scenes with Ashley to get her back into the swing of things and incorporate Yasha into the group.

I mean I think I've been particularly vocal about how badly the fandom treated Jester w/r/t Caleb, and I feel the same thing happened with Vex and Keyleth w/r/t Vax, but I think I've also been equally vocal that it was purely within the fandom and never in canon (and, indeed comes from the same exact place of letting love of a character lead them away from the literal events).

Basically I find myself in an awkward middle regarding something that as said is really polarized, where I'm like "people who loudly proclaim how they are sobbing each time Vax's name is mentioned and argue that the Mighty Nein should have abandoned all their individual goals and desires to focus solely on Caleb can fuck off, but also people who ignore the entirety of canon because they've decided to direct their bile towards just some guy from New Jersey instead of at a Republican politician or something can fuck off". And in the end, it's two loud tiny minorities and a lot of people who I suspect feel roughly as I do but the internet does not reward boring measured opinions and also a lot of people understandably do not have my personality trait of "well someone's gotta hit the wasp's nest with a bat."

tl;dr it's totally cool if an actor's style does not work for you and to be irritated at segments of the fandom to the point that it shifts your opinions on characters/ships/whatever, but I do feel it's absolutely crucial to step back and look at what actually happened on the show, otherwise one runs the risk of becoming only against things rather than enjoying one's self.