#my sweet Ralph

[show-tunes]

He comes in a wide assortment of flavors

The caramel design on the left belongs to @badbugbotblood!

[sagitariusrising]

Agreed

Whenever I’m watching a new Ben Mendelsohn thing it’s like a coin flip on if we get Pretty Mendo, who is nicely cleaned up and exudes Hot Dad Energy, or Trashcan Mendo, who looks like he just rolled out of a dumpster but I’m still somehow inexplicably into.

It’s like…

Mississippi Grind: Trashcan

The Outsider: Pretty

Slow West: Trashcan

Animal Kingdom: Pretty

Bloodline: Trashcan

Rogue One: Pretty

Untogether: Somehow both Trashcan and Pretty

MCU (As Fake Keller): Pretty (In a Dork Way)

MCU (As Talos): Pretty (In a Smoking Hot Way)

That’s talent, my friends.

[zappedbyzabka]

[random-dragon-exe]

Okay, MAJOR SALT COMING! Also a long post!

So I have the Disney Villains tarot deck but before I go into the salt part of the post, let's go into the positives.

The cards have stunning art and each card is appropriately themed to the villain generally speaking about 98% of the time. (IMO).

Another positive is the roster of villains included. Seeing even a few minor/underrated villains is pretty cool and impressive.

Some examples of these villains include Bowler Hat Guy, Madame Mim, Madame Medusa, and possibly Yzma.

Now onto the salt.

As impressive as the span of villains is, two villains are absent who (IMO) deserved a card.

King Candy

Frollo

First, there are other villains absent, but I'm sticking to these two since I've seen these movies. Now going in order, it is an absolute SHAME (IMO) that King Candy doesn't have a card, but I have an idea of which card suits him best.

The King of Swords. Although this card is given to Scar, and I do love how it looks, I believe that King Candy deserved it.

Plus, Scar appears on like three other cards, so I think it's okay for him to appear three times (sorry Scar, I do love you too).

Anyway, I'm going to go into some detail as to why I believe King Candy/Turbo deserves the card by going into the meaning of it and how it relates to him.

I'll admit, I have a lot of points and can talk about this for days, but I'm going to condense them to 3-ish. I'll do the same for Frollo too in a part 2 post.

Going for a two in one here: The card is about being an authority who uses reason and their intelligence for good. while the reverse of this is being cunning to deceive people.

After Turbo hijacked Sugar Rush, he was very methodical about his approach to make it sound like he's their rightful ruler. He locked up their memories, then he fabricated the lie that she was a danger to their game. Turbo did his best to make sure nothing went unchecked and made sure to make the lie sound convincing to protect them (but mostly him). He's very strategic, and was able to come up with a plan to manipulate Ralph with 16 manipulation tactics in one go. He was even able to feign being concerned to play on Ralph's attachment to Vanellope.

I think the best line that best captures this aspect of the card is "Doing what's right, no matter what." AKA: He recognizes that it may sound harsh, but he makes his lies sound reasonable to protect his subjects and game.

The card also represents enjoying structure when upright. But it's controlling and oppressive in a need for order when reversed.

Turbo needs everything to be to be going his way, as he's a control freak.

Inserting the test animation here, he even says "You are a threat to my game, to the order I have maintained. And if there's one thing I can't abide, it's anything out of order!"

Also, the split-second something isn't in his control, he starts to fumble and break into either rage or nervously laughing. He's capable of coming off as cool and composed, but he's scared of being caught and it can cause him to lash out in anger (another aspect of the card).

Just as mentioned in the previous point, he made sure nothing went unchecked and made an entire world literally revolve around him. He can and WILL happily use all of his resources of excessive force he has like the cops, the Sugar Rush equivalent of S.W.A.T., and the fungeon to detain someone who stands in his way.

As a minor note, there's a line in the tarot guidebook that states the reverse of the card can represent "someone who needs to win at any cost." Which describes Turbo to a T. He not only wants attention but he's also extremely competitive. It's part of his programming, and it ties to his love for racing. To always come out on top and be #1. No matter who or what stands in his way.

That core drive (pun intended) was the cause of his villainy in the first place and earned him his infamous status in the arcade.

Okay, I don't want to sound too salty, but you can imagine my disappointment when King Candy didn't get a card.

Oh well, Its fine, I still love and use this deck.

So I guess we can call this the thrilling conclusion to the 3 part saga of including King Candy in Disney Villain merchandise.

Also as a sidenote: hypothetically if he did get this card, what would the imagery be?

I feel the card has the potential to get creative with the glitch effects. For example make it so that he's glitching between the Turbo appearance and the King Candy appearance. If we want to be a little cheeky, we could have it set in his castle, and out the window, we see a the cybug Ralph initially sent to SR flying outside a castle window. (similar to Hook's card as the crocodile is seen outside)

So basically, my interpretation would be a mix of these images and Captain Hook's card:

But, if anyone else has really cool ideas, I'd love to hear them! If you want, you could also draw it out to illustrate your point (pun intended) Honestly please do, I'd love to see other people's interpretations of this card for him. The possibilities are endless!

Join me in my antics next time when I analyze Frollo and and the card I think he should've gotten.

[twolovelyberries]

let’s get you cleaned up. i should have thought that a pack of british boys would have been able to put on a better show than that.

[leafvault]

WAIT

Whay if we called turbo/king candy x sour bill Sweet N' Sour or Sweet N Sour or Sweet and Sour or

bceuase

1. candy is sweet, sour bill is sour, king candy has candy in his name

2. king candy may have a sweet exterior, but TURBO'S interior is sour

SO

therefore it should be calle sweet n' sour or sweet n sour or sweet and sour or

[kinglet1963]

....

Lisa....👀

[cobra-wives]

i've just finished reading (or, a la the audiobook, listening) to ralph's autobiography, waxing on: the karate kid and me. he's a strong storyteller and reader - his voice is INCREDIBLY calming hahaha, loooved getting to listen to him talk for five hours over the span of a week and a half - and he writes like he speaks. what i really love though, aside from how much he'll wax poetic on his wife, is his perspectives on the film v. tv industry. his insistence on wanting to make art puts a lot of his crappy roles into perspective and makes me a little more sympathetic to some of his agents'... choices.

it's worth a listen, and his perspective on the creation of the karate kid and cobra kai, experiences with fellow 80s actors, and life retelling was enjoyable and never snoozable!

[buttonhouseparty]

Captain comedy connections

I’ve always said that the way I feel about the Captain, and the reason he was my instant favourite, is this: it’s like walking into a party and seeing someone you know. The ‘blustering but ineffectual authority figure’ is a really recognisable comedy staple. Just him being there positions Ghosts in a long line of classic British sitcoms. And then they flipped that archetype by giving him a relatable inner conflict and all his funny little idiosyncrasies, all those hints at the real person buried beneath the persona ♡ Anyway, none of these characters are identical to Captain, but I think he certainly shares some of their DNA and I just felt like gathering them together

[junkkey]

TURBO AND DOCTOR SHIP CHART

(I had a ridicule amount of fun doing this, giggling all the time)

The sillies

Oh! And I finally decided a ship name (cringe is my fourth name) :

SWEET FEVER!

Oh wait! Look what I found.

🤭🤭🤭

[peppermintdaze]

what if cedar (self insert) went to live in sugar rush when it was plugged in instead of staying homeless until the events of the movie ?

well ,,.,,. youre lookin at it !!!

so here’s a little rundown of what the

Sugarcoating AU

is !

it begins in 1997 , when sugar rush getting plugged in was the talk of the arcade . cedar (having been unplugged for 8 years) decides to move in , just a few months after turbo would have . they quickly meet and befriend vanellope , move in with her in diet cola mountain , and code themself into the game (without the knowledge of king candy somehow) , giving themselves an entirely new appearance (the accessories were made by hand) but somehow not noticing vanellope’s codebox shoved into the corner .

fast forward a few years and king candy catches a glimpse of cedar and panics , instantly seeing them as more of a threat than he ever saw vanellope and calls for their immediate arrest

meanwhile cedar and vanellope are just hanging out day to day and finding ways to get vanellope into a race (somewhere along the way , vanellope starts wanting to get cedar into a race as well) and that transitions into the (semi) canon movie :3

cedar still has their original gimmick (that being changing rpg classes) but they dont use it as much anymore . what’s more , when they do , their separate forms take on more candy-like appearances to fit sugar rush’s aesthetic , as a result of them coding themselves haphazardly into the game !

[kwistowee]

JOSEPH QUINN as RALPH | TIMEWASTERS S1 E01

[britishchick09]

san diego and garden grove were amazing, bu i'm so glad to be back home! ^_^

[vivipuri]

happy pocky day

[karabastard]

I’ve been thinking about how they decided on Zebs design for live action. At first I was not a huge fan of the much longer fur/hair but it’s exactly like the Ralph Macquarie concept art for chewie that also inspired Zeb!

Also this art I’ve seen around (here and wookieepedia) of three lasat soldiers that have visible fur on their arms/legs.

Now that I’ve watched the scene enough, I think he looks good! I really appreciated all the wrinkles in his face. They could’ve given us one lil ear flick tho;;

Filoni has made it clear how much the original concept art for Star Wars inspired Rebels. I know it’s only Zeb (and a glimpse of Hera and Sabine in the leaked D23 footage) we’ve seen so far but I’m a bit more hopeful that he’ll do these characters some justice in live action.

[matt-murdick]

I knew Wuthering Heights was gonna be fucked up but with the way that Miss Bella Swan idolised it, I figured it would be at least be incredibly romantic. this is just creepy.

I liked the cousins at the end tho, surprisingly.