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(none of the following is me criticising you @ op, and of course you're not obligated to read or respond to this. it's. a lot. this reblog is mainly me rambling aloud for myself. seriously, when i say "i find this post funny," it's more along the lines of "i'm entertained at myself and my own fandom / character design tastes."
also @sir-subpar, you're tagged because i very much appreciate your comments and screenshotted them. they're just. near the very end of this long post XD)
i find this post funny because it came out about a year before the show, and, huh, i didn't realize how much Vivzie had already said about Lucifer as early as 2022. mainly i find it funny because the two characters who i was obsessed with before Hazbin Lucifer / Hazbin Hotel are even MORE ''boring'' than Lucifer
they're almost basically him but without hair. e.g. Black Hat from the show Villainous:
(the screenshots i picked are from a sort of "later" design of him, about a year and a half i got into the show, but i'm okay with that because it turned out a lot of what i'd first seen was probably fanart anyway, although i hadn't been aware of that)
the other character is a fandom-created ''opposite'' version named White Hat. (design varies by creator, but usually White Hat is essentially Black Hat but with a different outfit color lol)
(character design rambles on why Black Hat's design might "work" while Lucifer's "doesn't" under the cut. ...sort of. also me yapping about me a bit lol. but yeah Black Hat's definitely of the aforementioned "tumblr sexyman design" category, no arguments there)
despite Black Hat's design being even more "boring" than Lucifer's, my first impression of him right off the bat was he was some ''big bad boss'' character right off the bat. ...and i'd thought he was a Hazbin Hotel character (lol). (i found Villainous in early 2019 before the Hazbin pilot but was casually following the pilot's progress just enough to know if it ever got canceled or anything)
so what's FASCINATING about all this is that the main difference in visual communication between ''boring'' Lucifer and ''even more boring (but not actually)'' Black Hat is probably shape language
Lucifer is (often because his design's not consistent lol) round and short while Black Hat is angular and tall. i don't feel like recapping shape language lessons (INCREDIBLY BASIC gist for this post's context can be "round" = approachable, "angular and sharp" = villain), and most people are already aware of height stereotypes when it comes to leadership positions
(there's a lot of triangles on the Lucifer screenshot i picked with the epaulettes and his wings out, but he still has his round face, round hair, round puffy pant legs, his hat brim is rounder than Black Hat's, and even his chest and eyes are is rounder rather than sharp. better look at Black Hat's eye in the previous screenshot)
(i also find it fascinating that, despite Lucifer's design being far more busy than Black Hat's -- the stripes on his shirt, chains on his coat, the cheek circles, all the items on his hat -- he's described as "boring" in a way that makes sense for this post's context: blending in with the other Hellaverse characters)
i'm just going ''huh'' and also ''lol''* at the original post because the only difference seems to be shape language, and the choice to make Lucifer rounder seems to be a purposeful one since he's supposed to be a "goofy" angelic character
(*again not going "lol" at the original poster. i actually agree with the point that Lucifer maybe doesn't stand out enough among the cast. and i only say ''maybe'' about him not standing out "enough" because of ''writer/designer intention'' / ''whatever you want to MAKE the intention because Vivzie's intentions change often lol'')
(*and my ''lol'' at the overall post is more about how my reasons for getting obsessed with Lucifer aren't related to his design at--OH HOLD ON. OKAY, TAKING THIS RAMBLE OUT OF TAGS AND MOVING IT TO THE BODY OF THE POST NOW HA (and editing punctuation and such as necessary to make it into a functional post body, e.g. image of Black Hat rather than just giving a search to look up :p)
(and now adding random Lucifer screenshots every once in a while because walls of non-story text without images, especially ones written by me lol, murder me)
SO. OKAY. YES. MOVING MY RAMBLE FROM TAGS TO THE ACTUAL POST
(OH MY GOSH LOL I'M ADDING THESE EXTRA IMAGES AFTER TYPING EVERYTHING UP, AND HAVING SUCH A HYPED IMAGE FOR "YES MOVING TO THE ACTUAL POST" IS UNINTENTIONALLY HILARIOUS SO I'M KEEPING IT)
BECAUSE, WHILE I THINK THE WRITING IN BOTH VILLAINOUS AND HAZBIN LEAVE A LOT TO BE DESIRED (and they also both hilariously have the problem of characters disappearing into the background, except in Villainous's case it's "villains with dark uniforms unintentionally disappearing into dark backgrounds." you can see that issue even in the second screenshot i chose for this post), LUCIFER SNUCK BY AND ACTUALLY GOT ME OBSESSED WITH HIM DESPITE HIS CHARACTER DESIGN
I GOT OBSESSED WITH VILLAINOUS ALMOST SOLELY BECAUSE OF THEIR CHARACTER DESIGNS. (i also very much enjoy the designs of the other three main characters, Dr. Flug, Demencia, and 5.0.5.) I GOT OBSESSED WITH LUCIFER BECAUSE OF HIS WRITING. YET THE WAY I MOST OFTEN DESCRIBE HAZBIN TO PEOPLE IS "I ENJOY IT/LIKE IT A LOT/LOVE IT, BUT IT'S NOT GOOD (BECAUSE ITS WRITING ISN'T GOOD)"
okay, saying i got obsessed with Lucifer "despite" his character design isn't FULLY accurate. i don't think it's terrible. but i was neutral toward his design. just this week i literally posted more than a few thousand words on why i like Lucifer, but it mainly sums up to "he's INCREDIBLY relatable and entertaining."
so.
huh.
(i'm almost certain i had this ''HOLD UP'' moment with one of my friends months ago XD because my going "OH MY GOSH THE WRITING" about Hazbin ep 5 [Lucifer's intro] feels very familiar. except my ramble at the time iirc was more about "i had incredibly rare CERTAINTY in my first messages while watching ep 5 that i wouldn't watch it as many times as the other episodes because of the superficial aspect of how bad its animation comparatively is. yet i've, very surprisingly, watched it FAR more than the others because i love Lucifer so much."
comparing Lucifer's roundness to Black Hat's sharpness also feels like something i've pointed out to said friend before, because "HAH Lucifer could almost be a White Hat")
the overall pacing of the episode is crammed and odd, but it's enjoyable. and Lucifer is there. big bonus points for that last part.)
(i emphasized "incredibly rare CERTAINTY" about how i wouldn't rewatch ep 5 as many times as the other eps because i almost always--HA. EXAMPLE RIGHT THERE--say things like "i'm almost sure" or "it seems likely" rather than just stating things firmly, just in case i turn out to be wrong lol. but ep 5's animation was SO BAD to me that i was certain i wouldn't be able to look past it on Hazbin rewatches. yet i was still wrong)
topic jump, some great comments because they work with the concept Vivzie had in the first place but give alternatives for how her concept could have been used for Lucifer's design:
OH DANG AND ONE LAST POINT I ALMOST FORGOT TO MENTION BUT ALSO HAD ME GOING "HUH" AND "LOL" BEFORE I STARTED RAMBLING (well, i kinda said this earlier, but not so clearly):
Black Hat, even with my thinking he was from Hazbin Hotel and even with him hitting all of the criteria for what makes Vivzie's designs bad and repetitive, still stood out as a notable design for the Hazbin universe. (and i don't think i've ever seen a single person criticize his design.) he still seemed like a leader character. (which probably comes down to shape language and his design being "tall"-coded)
(i actually thought his design had been teased like, "oooo look at this Hazbin Hotel character you have to look forward to oooooo" because i suspect some of the first images i saw of him were behind the scenes not-colored-in images from the studio, and i didn't save them because i was avoiding Hazbin spoilers.
i earlier said "a lot of what i'd first seen was probably fanart" because this is the first DEFINITE image of Black Hat i saved, which is fanart and also not colored. and also seems to very much belong in an adult cartoon lol [it's not nsfw or raunchy in any way. it's just. thirst posting XD] )
tl;dr:
Lucifer is a short and rounder Black Hat;
Black Hat and Lucifer's designs have diametric shape language (sort of but i'm cutting down on wordiness lol);
Black Hat still could potentially stand out as a Hazbin character despite having a "plain" design that matches common descriptions of Vivzie's designs;
and, even tho i don't think the writing in either Hazbin or Villainous are as strong as they could be, i only got obsessed with Villainous because of the character designs, but i got obsessed with Lucifer because of his writing
okay the end i had my fun lol
Ganna go back to answering the questions in my inbox soon, but for now I’d like to say my thoughts on the Lucifer design backlash. Like Lemon-critiques has said, this whole ordeal is just freaking hilarious and enjoyable to watch, I’m literally scarfing down popcorn while watching people tear this design apart while fans or others get pissy. Here are my personal thoughts. This is me being nitpciky, but while Lucifer’s design isn’t….BAD I would say, it’s just….boring. Like I said before, I don’t mind the ringleader motif, the idea of Lucifer seeing hell as a circus to him isn’t a pretty bad idea, however like most people have been saying, he’s just your generic Vivziepop male character, a skinny twig with a fancy suit, bow tie, beedy eyes, and a sharp toothy smile. Mainly for me, I can understand this backlash because yes, I am one of those critique blogs who thinks all of Viv’s characters look the same, and the features I listed above are exactly why. Characters like Alastor, Valentino, Vox, Seviathan, Sir Pen, even Angel Dust, they all have that sharp generic smile and eyes while of course wearing a suit and being the size of a pencil, and it’s a trend that really is a turnoff for me when it comes to Vivzie’s character designs. It’s so funny because as much as I tear into Helluva Boss, literally THOSE character designs are more distinct and have more variety compared to the character designs in Hazbin, and that’s a problem, especially since said designs in Helluva Boss are more detailed and crazy compared to its spin off counterpart.
So yeah, not only do all of Vivziepop’s male characters look exactly the same and have the EXACT same boring body type, but the design of Lucifer himself is just…..meh. It’s not really something I’d get pissed at or rip into unlike Alastor lol, but I think my biggest issue with Lucifer is that he’s literally the devil, the king of hell himself, and yet he does not in any way shape or form stand out from the rest of the cast. If you were to show me his design and told me this was Lucifer, I would have just said he just looks like some regular dude in this world of Hell, because that’s just it. He looks like your generic standard Vivziepop male character, just like everyone else.

I’m nitpicking again yes….but yeah this design is just….generic. I wouldn’t really be saying this had the rest of the Hazbin cast look different compared to this but….they don’t so lol. I do remember Vivzie once saying along the lines that she was going for a “pretty” look for him, since Lucifer was once a beautiful fallen Angel. THAT I can understand, but to me her version of Lucifer looks more goofy than angelically beautiful, and like I said, he just isn’t intimidating, and there are many ways to make Angel’s look scary, though it doesn’t help that the crew describes him as a goofball. Honestly all I can say is that Viv could have just branched him out more, made him more unique compared to the rest of the cast, instead of the same generic look all of her other male characters have. The concept of a ringleader-circus motif isn’t the issue for me, nor is it that he’s “not accurate” since this is Vivzie’s adaptation, it’s just….not creative and uninspiring. I agree with what Lemon said, I think the reason why this design is getting so much backlash is because they just…flat out revealed one of the most important characters in the show with no buildup or anything. Wether it be people who haven’t heard of Hazbin or have, Lucifer was revealed in the pilot in a background portrait, however I think they should have saved his design for the show, instead of just dropping him now. To be fair however, if they HAD build him up only to reveal this, it probably would have ended in huge disappointment lol. With that, that’s about all I can say. I definitely agree with the people saying how her characters look the same and that he doesn’t stand out….because he doesn’t. I’m honestly glad more people are recognizing the flaws and issues with Viv’s designs however, it’s nice to see people critique her stuff more openly, even if it causes a whole twitter fest of people arguing lol. Mostly people keep bringing up how this is a poor attempt at a “tumblr sexyman”, but for me, that ain’t the issue with his design. Also like…of course it seems tumblr sexyman-ish, it’s literally Vivziepop lol.
#posting right away rather than queueing so i can still get my allotted queued funsies for the day :)#sorry @ my followers. i'm arbitrary about what i decide to reblog to which blog#so here be an INCREDIBLY rare critical post. usually those go to a different blog.#my random decision upon my finding this post was#this ''feels'' better to specifically me for this blog than my other reblog blog. ...ah. maybe because i love the idea of#''i only blog about Lucifer (and ducks and pancakes. and Lilith. because of Lucifer)'' amiably reblogging this post XD#(maybe ''semi-amiably reblogging this post''? bc idk how amiably this might get interpreted but i certainly don't mean any insults.)#lulu meta or headcanon#showtoonzfan#sir-subpar#rexy posting#hazbin critical#hellaverse critical#<- in case any followers have those blocked#notable#<- so i'll cringe less often from seeing me hijack this post than if i put it in my ''lulu notable'' tag XD
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Dozens of Songs: Tag Game Meme
Thank you for the tag love @thebiwifeonao3 💜
Rules:
12 songs you've recently listened to (include a lyric that you like maybe)
12 ships (can be solo or platonic) that the songs loosely remind you of
Tag 12 people to do the same
Whether you've been tagged or not, you can send an ask with the song and pairing to create a work based on the idea. The theme is 12, so could be 12 characters, words, paragraphs, chapter - anything!
See my playlist below the cut:
1. "Shadows of the Night" by Pat Benatar - B'Elanna/Seven (Star Trek: Voyager)
You said, "Oh girl, it's a cold world when you keep it all to yourself." I said, "You can't hide on the inside all the pain you've ever felt." Ransom my heart, but baby don't look back 'Cause we got nobody else
2. "Islands in the Stream" by Dolly Parton & Kenny Rogers - Mark/Susan (ER)
But that won't happen to us and we got no doubt Too deep in love and we got no way out And the message is clear This could be the year for the real thing
3. "Snow on the Sahara" by Anggun - Beverly/Picard (Star Trek: The Next Generation)
If your hopes scatter like the dust across your track I'll be the moon that shines on your path The sun may blind our eyes, I'll pray the skies above For snow to fall on the Sahara
4. "They Don't Know" by Kirsty MacColl - Kerry/Susan (ER)
I get a feeling when I look at you Wherever you go now I want to be there too They say we're crazy but I just don't care And if they keep on talking still they get nowhere
5. "In My Life" by The Beatles - Harry/Tom (Star Trek: Voyager)
But of all these friends and lovers There is no one compares with you And these memories lose their meaning When I think of love as something new
6. "Chasing Shadows" by The Corrs - Philip/Elizabeth (The Americans)
Nothing simple anymore He said to me, "Can we go back to before?" The child appears Hate this girl that I've become Needy apparition Wring my heart like a dishcloth
7. "The Whole of the Moon" by The Waterboys - Data/Tasha (Star Trek: The Next Generation)
I spoke about wings You just flew I wondered, I guessed, and I tried You just knew
8. "Power Over Me" by Dermot Kennedy - Stan/Nina (The Americans)
So we hide away and never tell You decide if darkness knows you well That lesson of love, all that it was I need you to see
9. "Little Lies" by Fleetwood Mac - Tom/B'Elanna (Star Trek: Voyager)
Although I'm not making plans I hope that you'll understand there's a reason why (Close your eyes, close your eyes, close your eyes) No more broken hearts We're better off apart, let's give it a try (Tell me, tell me, tell me lies)
10. "Freefall" by Sharon Corr - Luka/Abby (ER) hehe help me Zoë
I am half-asleep and dreaming I'm awake but I'm not breathing I am shooting out the lights And I'm drowning in the lies I am flat against the surface I am scratching on the ice And I am fighting for my life I'm fighting for my life
11. "24 Hours" by Andrea Corr - Riker/Deanna (Star Trek: The Next Generation)
I'm not the only one that loves you Hey, everyone does You've got a map of your past Engraved on your face But your strange heart is the heart of a boy
12. "A Memory" by Doppler - Alicia/Jason (The Good Wife)
You're crying out for lightning All I give you is rain I'm the gloom in your afternoon Waiting for the sun to fade I'll take the West and you can keep the East
Tagging @sapphicsandscience @cloudsnbones @artificialconditions @everybodyknows-everybodydies @laura-elizabeth-legaspi-weaver @flutter2deceive (let me cheat by tagging just half a dozen here ok lol)
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HEYY I'M ACTUALLY ALIVE AND IVE TOTALLY BEEN ALIVE SO HERES MY FAVORITE THING EVER DRAWN TODAY:
Now excuse me while i sleep until 5pm because the sun IS rising and i AM so tired
#sally face#sal fisher#sallyface#sal fisher fanart#sallyface fanart#sally face fanart#i just saw a tag that said the sf fandom OVERLOOKS lore. what fandom does that person live in#it better not have been my own tag 😭#art#artists on tumblr#digital art#fanart#sketch#emo sal fisher#2000's nostalgia#2000's aesthetic#mirror picss lol#haircut#blue hair and probably no pronouns (in the queer way)#illustration#rendering#oh boy im so excited about this one#i've been drawing like all yeat btw i just forgot my blog existed#YEAR*#im not fixing that#i feel like a fanart big boy now drawing cool fanart that actually looks accurate#the body and arms could be better tho :/#oh well!!!#hehehe
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*drags myself through the floor and slams this down*
I present to you
FULLMETAL BARTENDERS AVIAN AU
Divine Nugget Au
(Rant as to why I chose the White-throated Needletail as Blurr's bird and some minor AU lore under the cut)
And that's not all! It comes with a FULL FLEDGED COMIC!!!!!
I spent a whole fucking week on this
I haven't done a comic in 4 years now, I can't believe this is my come-back XD. Though, on that note, know that I probably won't be pumping out any more comics - not any time soon, at least. But I do got more stuff planned for this au! If you ask about it, I'll 100% rant about it LOL
Tw// ⚠️mild gore in the 3rd panel⚠️
While exploring the woods with his team, Swerve had an unfortunate encounter with a crazed hunter. In an attempt to escape, he got injured, but it seems he wasn't the only one caught in the crossfire...
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Okay
So when you look up what the fastest bird in the world is, Google with show the Peregrin Falcom
But there's a catch
The Peregrine is only fast when diving
When it dives to catch its prey, it can go up to 389km/h
Which yeah, pretty fast
But when casually flying, it only goes up to 120 iirc
The Needle Tail?
It can go up to 170km/h
Some have even recorded going over 300! (Close to the Falcon's dive, I believe)
Additionally, these birds only fly. Their habitat is literally listed as "the air," and some even believe they sleep while flying! They only ever land to brood and mate, and then they're off again. Their legs are so short that, if they ground, they can't fly again because it doesn't give enough room to flap their wings.
It fits Blurr perfectly!
It also has a blue-ish colour pattern I can work with lol (it's green, but it looks blue, lol)
Though, also, he isn't 100% like the Needle Tail, just based off of it. I still want avians to be sorta their own species and doesn't have to be exactly like their bird counterparts cuz they aren't them, they're their own thing.
That said, Blurr is one of the shortest from Avians population, still.
They're pretty big.
Another trivial detail of the design!
I was stuck between having his arms be his wings or have them be separate
Until I saw a drawing where they had both, and I realised, "Wait, why isn't that done more often! That's so cool!"
So that's sorta what I did
It's mainly to catch small prey when grounded and to stay better perched up on trees since they're much bigger and having extra fingers helps a lot. Or when they're climbing against a tree to pick up fruits, it gives them an extra boost and can better hang from it
But they're pretty much useless besides that lol
Just neat lil design choice
Other lore stuff. The time in which the au takes place is vaguely modern? But with fantasy aspects? I still haven't decided lol
Technology exists, but not in the way we have it sort of deal, idk, this au is pretty bare bones right now, so go wild with it XD I don't mind it, I love brainstorming it with people. I know this au isn't as big or complex as some others out there, but it's fun, and I hope yall like it too fjsjajaj
#my art#divine nugget au#swerve x blurr#ref sheet#transformers au#fullmetal bartenders#blurve#swerve#blurr#maccadam#tf blurr#tf swerve#avian au#idk i wanna give it a different name but im coming up blank so if anyone got a better name feel free to suggest it XD#im kinda nervous to post this fjsjakakkf#i want people to have fun with this like they do with kef's aus but i know im not thst big LOL#i do have two characters i plan to do next#as a reward to those who read the tags (i see you 👁👁) I'll tell ya and say one of them is ratchet#also as another little tag bonus#feel free to send me an ask asking what bird your favorite transformers would be#yall may not know this about me but im crazy about birds and ive done so many avian aus in every fandom im in#i just never posted any until now XD#so I'll gladly rant about them#just uh...be aware i dont know all that much bout the idws yet and ive lost my access to half of it right now#ill try to research the characters best i can but if i dont know them well i might not be accurate in my interpretation fkdkskska#but anyway#here's this silly little au#to the 5 people who see this post i hope yall enjoy it and have as much fun as i did making this :3#and expect more cuz this was so fun to do LOL#juzt not any time soon cuz my health is SHIT and i also dont draw at lightning speed like some people here XD ill probably stick to writing
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@hxhbigbang24 time!!
I drew for this fic which made me SAD and also made my HEART WARM!! I will not say too much to avoid spoiling future chapters, but I illustrated a few moments from this scene near the end of the story that I loved!
#hxh#hunter x hunter#hxhbb24#melody hxh#leorio paladiknight#leosen#senritsu#leomelody#leomelopika#(<- in a way)#my brain got stuck for a while on the idea of doing One Big Piece#and then I realized a series of faster looser drawings probably better captured the sort of#whirlwind feeling of this scene that i loved in the first place#something about traveling scenes at night is just. *chefs kiss*#(or maybe that's just my excuse LOL but I hope it worked out okay!!)#'Leomelody has so much love to give' <- (from the fic tags) YOU GET IT#part of me is glad fandom as a whole was able to look at the 'best heartbeat' scene without making it into a ship thing but#in my heart of hearts i think this ship is so underrated they would care about each other so much and make each other laugh#and also probably have a grand old time goofing off together (while we see her being more restrained nowadays this IS the same melody who#got drunk and listened to the creepy cursed sonata quite likely thinking it'd be a cool fun idea)
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and happy pride to these assholes. it's still june so i can technially still make that joke right
#the nemesis speaks#nemesis art#malevolent podcast#malevolent fanart#god i hate tagging for new fandoms yall scare me. im stopping there#anyway i have too many directors notes for this. ive developed such a vivid image of john in my head#but absolutely nothing for the dude with the actual physical body lol#idk just thinking abt the fact that the trader said ''two appear before me'' implying he could perceive john visually#but it's hard to wrap my head around like. a totally separate body that john doesn't appear consciously aware of himself#so: i think they are generally tied together. like this.#but anyway yeah. tattered/torn piece of something else. shattered crown. open hood implying a face behind it.#(yellow also has/had a mask and an unbroken crown it's symbolic™)#the stains on the cloak are blood btw! since injury/death so consistently brings these two closer together#(and the red symbolically brings the yellow closer to arthur's brown color scheme)#the blood on the CROWN is legally john's though. or. the king's more accurately.#the intact crown on the king himself pierces through the cloak like barbs#this is all a metaphysical representation and not Actual blood ofc but (gestures vaguely) you get it#i'm talking too much whatever it's very late i probably shouldn't even be posting this WHO CARES#tomorrow i will have my proper pc back and not be drawing on an ipad old enough to have a tumblr acct maybe i'll do something better then#fuck it hit post#mv liveblog#<- almost forgot
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I don't interact with the much of the rain world fandom if any anymore but you are like. The main rain world tumblr user I respect, I tend to avoid other people's takes bc I like doing my own thing but you have good takes and an enjoyable vibe (you also have the best designs here)

THANK YOU?!(&:$? this is so sweet i’m glad that you can still enjoy some rw content despite not wanting to interact with it much anymore <3 have you played the watcher yet :0?
#wahh this is genuinely so sweet#being perceived is scary but worth it cuz of stuff like this hehe <3#this probably sounds preachy and like i’m full of myself but i do genuinely hope my presence in the fandom makes it better#at least to some people#bc i really do try to be supportive in my tags and stay in my own lane LOL#also this doesn’t rlly have anything to do w the post but i also think it’s rlly funny how my ask box has kinda become a dumping ground for#some of the weirdest shit the rw fandom comes up with. never change i absolutely love it#letters
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The pokemon anime subreddit fascinates and frustrates me on equally deep levels
#smiling and blinking innocently. long tags ahead :) being normal :)🌸☀️☘️✌️💐#i'm such a 'minding my own business' person in fandom. i feel like my usual reaction to seeing takes I disagree with is#'well. people probably hate some of my takes so whatever'. perhaps even the ones i'm about to share#but. man.#it's like a portal to 2010 forum discourse but goh and serena are there this time.#deeply fascinated by the repetition of old ship wars too????#what do you mean we're still having legitimate 'but drew and gary are mean' discourse 😭#i mean by all means they should keep arguing because mostly i'm just glad that the wider pokeani sphere remembers drew at all#but that being said i wonder what kind of rivalry these people would have wanted instead?????#because there's other rivalries we could point to where they weren't air-quotes 'mean'. but we have those and people ignore them lol#because they're-imo- usually less engaging and dynamic. except for dawn and zoey who have never done anything wrong in their lives.#like we COULD give everyone the supportive happy rival experience a la may and grace or whatever but that's just not the SAME#and augh. taking psychic damage and trying to be normal but that's the THINGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG OKAY#are Gary and Drew needlessly mean in early episodes? yeah lmao. i'm not arguing on that. they suck ❤️ completely insufferable.#b u t#there's that line. right. the line where it slowly slides into backhanded compliments too and giving that motivation-#-for their rival to work harder and the fact that they want that reaction and attention from this one person so badly.#like shipping aside I really do think that the friction of the Gary/Ash and May/Drew rivalries is what made them GOOD.#and yeah sometimes it was out of line but also that's just how the dub is as a whole tbh. they just said whatever shit they could 😭#AND BACK TO THE BEING NICE THING. Ash and May both got growth from their nice rivalries but not what they got from Gary/Drew.#it's different types of growth and lessons and they needed both kinds from different sources. I'd argue the rougher rivalries taught more?#regardless of your opinions on the characters themselves you can't deny that Gary/Paul/Drew/Harley/etc- the rivals that pushed A&M-#had the biggest impact on their growth over the rivals that didn't push. note that 'friends' and 'rivals' are different categories for this#I'm pitting. like. gary and paul against morrison and ritchie and not against dawn or pikachu or brock or whatever. different convo.#but it was growth out of spite to be better than the jackass rival at first and then that CHANGED INTO MUTUAL BETTERMENT#AND WANTING TO BE BETTER ✨FOR✨ AND ✨WITH✨ THEIR RIVAL. OKAY. (re: gary and drew specifically)#and as a result of all of this. drew and gary did get better to be fair!#well gary did kind of just start picking on goh instead gjkhsdkfj (joking) but ykwim.#DAMN IT I'M OUT OF ROOM AND IT DELETED A WHOLE ASS PART 2 THAT I HAD TYPED OUT#fine. i'll make this its own post at some point because i yearn to yap on about it
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I've only just started chapter 3 of Gaiden but I am absolutely obsessed with the theme of powerlessness and how it's conveyed within the game.
I can't help but notice how often Kiryu says he 'doesn't have a choice' when doing pretty much anything. Even if it's in super banal, low-stakes interactions like doing something for Akame, he's constantly stating that he feels as if he has no agency in his current situation.
In the previous Kiryu Saga games, Kiryu is painfully aware of the consequences of his actions, but he still regards them as choices that he made; not something he was forced into.
His status as a Daidoji agent has basically beaten him into submission. He'll occasionally try to fight against this absolute control over him, but he's eventually returned to his position as a pawn in this huge, shadowy organization. The Daidoji are the first organization/power structure that managed to get control over Kiryu's tendency to burn shit to the ground and good god do they take advantage of that.
But then Kiryu's also painfully aware that this is the reality he asked for. Not only does he outright say this multiple times, but he's telling others that 'they started this' when they're confronting him and it's so obvious that he's talking to himself.
He's constantly bouncing between feeling miserable and powerless and then resenting these feelings and berating himself for having them in the first place. He's grasping at any sliver of control he can still have over his life, not to find meaning in his new existence, but to further punish and abuse himself.
I can't remember the exact post, but I saw someone describe Gaiden as a love letter to the Kiryu Saga and that's the best way to describe it, I think.
Kiryu's arc in his games is an incredibly slow car crash where we witness in painful detail how incapable he is of permanently leaving his life as yakuza to protect his family.
He has this almost codependent relationship with the Tojo Clan and feels a compulsive urge to get involved in the constant crises happening.
Of course, there were outside factors that were trying to pull him into these conflicts. Everyone believes that he's the only one who can fix everything. Kiryu's name carries power. Isn't it disgustingly selfish to refuse to get involved when he was the one who chose the clan's chairmen?
How could he refuse to deliver a single letter after the 5th chairman was shot right in front of him?
How could he ignore the people threatening to take his orphanage away from him and his kids?
How could he tell his daughter that she can't become an idol because of his past?
How could he justify staying alive when it did nothing but bring harm to his family?
What choice did he have?
But remember, you chose this, Kiryu.
#Ughhhhh Gaiden's so fucking good you guys.#I'm both super excited for Infinite Wealth and absolutely terrified of what's gonna happen.#I can just tell it's gonna fuck me up.#Guess we'll see how much damage Gaiden does first :')#I also find it interesting how Kashiwagi seems to be more of a parental figure in Kiryu's life than Kazama.#I'll probably write something more detailed later but Kiryu has a line at the end of the ChatGPT quest where he mentions Kashiwagi#and I thought it was interesting that he was more concerned with making Kashiwagi mad than Kazama.#Almost as if Kazama wasn't around as much as Kashiwagi.#yakuza analysis#kiryu kazuma#like a dragon gaiden spoilers#yakuza 6 spoilers#tagging is kinda weird since the Yakuza series got rebranded lol. Obviously 'Like a Dragon' fits better than 'Yakuza'#since all our protags leave the Yakuza like. Immediately.#But I feel like in a few years there's gonna be a divide between people who are new to the series and the pre-rebrand fans tagging-wise.#all us moldy oldies are gonna be using the 'Yakuza' tag while the other half of the fandom is tagging everything with 'LAD'#But it's always fun to watch fandoms evolve and change so I guess we'll see!
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This is just curiosity if anyone else notices this. People say that the TFOTA fandom holds no toxicity but I don’t think that’s the case. We just don’t have ship-wars. But have you noticed that a good amount of the fandom has a holier than thou attitude on how you’re supposed to enjoy the fandom? I admit I dislike wren and have been open about it in the past, But I noticed that the fandom will defend her and call you names for stating your dislike of her and being rude to you than do the same thing you’re doing with a character they love but do it with Taryn or another character they dislike, and hate noticing that they’re doing the same thing and call you names for stating that. I also noticed that some fans will call you names and be rude to you for having a different opinion on the next faerie book. Say the fandom is not for you for not liking things they like, and call you toxic for not having the same headcanons as them or not liking the same thing as them and being open about it. It’s especially bad on Reddit. But it can be bad on tumblr or any platform that has them do the same actions but say you’re the toxic one for not liking things they like. I’m curious if you’ve noticed that
hi! I'm really sorry you've had those experiences. honestly, I'm pretty new to tfota tumblr, and I don't engage with the fandom anywhere else (you mentioned reddit), so I've had less time to pick up on behaviors like that. I don't know if I'm lucky, or if I've just cultivated a pretty chill group of followers and accounts that I follow, but my time here has been pretty lacking in toxicity (& if people seem like they're trying to be inflammatory, I usually try not to engage)
in general, fandom lives in this really interesting intersection between entertainment (so we get the "let people like what they like; it doesn't matter" crowd) and truth/meaning (so we get the "stories reflect your ethics & our world & therefore shouldn't just be mindlessly enjoyed" crowd). I'm just a person yapping on the internet, but if I had to take a stab at where a lot of fandom toxicity comes from, it's in the clash between those two ideas. everyone has the right to form their own opinions and preferences for the media they consume, and yet at the same time, we often want to have conversations about what those stories mean & whether their themes are good reflections of our real world.
but if a character is your favorite babygirl who can do no wrong & you see someone criticizing their actions (or, alternatively, if you're deeply disturbed by the themes in a story & see someone ranking it as one of their favorite books), it can feel personal. we can forget that the individual behind that account is a whole person with life experiences that form their perspectives & whose opinions are no less valuable than our own.
I'm sorry you've experienced name calling and gatekeeping; that's really unfair. fandom is for everyone (just don't cause harm), and people are allowed to have differing opinions. I wish open & respectful conversations were more common than they are, but they do exist, and that's why I'm still here—I've had so much fun jabbering with people (who often have different perspectives on the books we read!) because I learn from them. I hope you're able to find that comfortable niche here, too.
#I've seen the gatekeeping go both ways#like people who are on their ~high horse~ about literature analysis telling others that they're reading things wrong#or when people come into a thoughtful discussion and say 'well i like or dislike this thing and that's my opinion and you can't change it'#essentially as a way to shut down any further conversation#like that's fine! but then why are you here? you don't have to be here lol#i think we all probably have topics or media where we're more prone to some of these behaviors#and some self-reflection and curiosity can really go a long way#in creating more healthy and inclusive fandom spaces#not to get sappy - but if we can create healthier discourse in fandom spaces#then we can learn to do that in the real world too#which is why I care about it. bc we've *got* to learn how to have better conversations here in the real world#where the stakes are often much higher than just whether someone likes a book character or not#ask tag#imagaintionlover1234#tfota#the folk of the air#fandom discourse#the cruel prince#queen suren#taryn duarte
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i have not watched the special yet but MAN good!shadybug's outfit is a DOWNGRADE. like, shadybug? she looks cool. pretty. reminds me of scorpion cookie. i like her outfit! good!shadybug, however? no. that's just original ladybug with like, a couple embellishments. how is THAT meant to be an UPGRADE?! they could have just changed her color scheme slightly and BAM. good!shadybug! a character can be edgy and still be a good guy! i just. they could have done better. they could have done so much better
#miraculous ladybug#miraculous paris spoilers#miraculous paris#shadybug#temptation to redraw a better outfit for her is REAL#also paw noir's outfit is also pretty mid#like it's better that good!shadybug's#but it's still not really GOOD#ugh#they should have kept his spiky bell#i wrote this yesterday and came on to tumblr to post something else today and realized i never posted this lol#welp#better late than never hehe#oh yeah i should probably add actual fandom tags LOL lemme do that#ok i added fandom tags cool
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NON COMMITTAL QUESTION what do my followers (all 21 of you, including bots I’m sure) think about me posting fics?
Idk I’ve been watching twd (as is clear bc it’s the only thing I post ab rn) and daryl…
Lowkey I have a couple ideas already… it’s just I don’t want ppl who follow me to feel weird ab me posting fics? Idk if that makes sense. Like I don’t THINK ppl will have problems with it (this is literally tumblr) maybe I’m just insecure about my own abilities/ideas…
#idk why I’m so nervous to post this#like I y’all say yes then my hopes and dreams crash or smth lol#and I’m sure my writing is better than the sh*wn m*nd*s fic I wrote when I was 14#lowkey I’ve started writing smth for fun alr and it’s gone in a diff direction alr#but also idk if this is just my perception but I think it’s kinda hard to like. her mutuals and friends here without writing#also this writing would prob start with twd since I’m watching it rn but maybe I’ll write for some of the other fandoms I’m in#But also I’ve had this acc for ages just lurking idk if I want to post fics here?#but also I know myself and if I don’t use the same acc one will probably go to wasteland and never return#idk I need to hear opinions but have no one irl to talk to ab this 😭#the walking dead#twd#Daryl Dixon#Daryl Dixon fanfiction#Daryl Dixon x reader#idk if I should tag this in my other fandoms but I don’t want to flood their tags#if I started I’d write a Daryl fic first though
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i have to stop going in the main fandom tags on ao3
#theres been such an uptick in incest lately for some reason its gross to see. always upsetting#i got used to it not being much of a problem in that fandom but people are gross everywhere i guess#talking tom#not asoue i havent. really been in that fandom for a while. and i always knew better than to look in the main tag#but i found good fics just from my mutuals and stuff i miss how closeknit asoue fandom was :(#i've been in another for like. god probably 3 or 4 years now. and i've come away with like 4 trusted mutuals. lol
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I was tongue-tied and my tonsils were preventing me from speaking the first 4 years of my life, really making it so I just barked like a dog to get things I needed. When I finally got them out, one of the very first things I said was "I'm going to marry Bob the Builder."
And you know if Bob treats me right I still say the offer is on the table, hit me up Robert 😉
Fun addition to this:
My mom only required that he owned the company for me to marry him, which I mean he is Bob the Builder so I think he probably owns the company.


AUTISM RULES.
#sometimes things just go a little different#bob the builder#he can fix me#I'm glad I wasn't the only strange kid tho 😭#also who else was obsessed with Bob the builder like#Robert the builder#he really was my first crush huh#what a weird place to be learning this about myself#22 years later I guess better late then never 😭#how alive and well is the Bob the builder fandom and how much of it is just children still??#probably most of it lol#anyways it's 2am sorry tag readers 😭
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New pfp! This is my sona Soleil! (pronounced So-Ley)
bigger image:
#shes a sun!#she looks so sad thooo#and shes missing her helmet#and her head is supposed to be round but i like this one better than the one with the correct shpe#it feels weird having a new pfp after having the old one for years... ill probably make another that looks like the old one#and fixes all that#anyways really like the colours#i learned how to make cool filtered palettes by hand.....#so i could make fake DW screenshots#they werent kidding that fandoms make your art better lol#anyways tag time!#org/my posts#org/soleil#org/my art#org/my art sona
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Honestly watched Geno put that puck in last night and my second thought (after “woooooo yeaaaaaaaah!”) was “freebooter4ever is gonna be so happy”
Please, call me Boots :P
#Ngl questions like this make me nervous#Because in the back of my mind#I know that a subsection much larger portion of the pens fandom#Could potentially see it#And associating me with geno makes it sound like im trying to make myself out to be his number one fan or something#Which makes certain other fans REALLY mad because they want to be the number one geno everything i dunno i dont get it#Which means more hate i have to delete out of my inbox#I already quit tagging him in anything i post i dont know what more i can do to distance myself from the fandom other than stop posting#Which is actually probably what they want lol#But my art is MY art its not the fandoms its not genos its mine and i like having a record of my attempts to draw daily on my blog#I could invent another name and pretend its just a character instead of geno that im drawing so much#would that make people happier?#I fully intend to get back into daily drawings again as soon as my illness lets me#I wont tag anything again tho i promise#The fandom doesnt want my drawings and geno has better artists doing better portraits of him anyway#sooooo my art is just mine and yall can leave me alone#if i quit posting all drawings of geno that kind of feels like giving in to peer pressure anyway. if im still drawing him why cant i post?#im not bothering anyone except those still following my blog (hi guys!)(sorry!)(<3)#And the haters still following my every movement really should consider finding something to follow they actually enjoy
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