#sequel i guess

[when-sanpape-arts]

Woah! who's this chode?

[letmetellyouaboutmyfeels]

The problem with writing established relationship fics is that the bastards insist on being cute together and won't let you get to the fucking plot.

[tamelee]

Sasuke returned to look at the statue for a long time-

[pinkravat-art]

Anyone ask for megamind fanart? No? Anyway

[quibbs126]

No but for real, there’s so much we don’t know about the Sunlight Sisters, I think it could carry a whole prequel movie on its own

Like one of the biggest things, how did Rumi’s mother, a demon hunter, fall in love with a demon? And have a relationship long enough to have a kid? Was it a trick or fling, or was Rumi’s father genuinely a decent person and they had a loving relationship? And how much did the other two know about the relationship, did they know she was dating a demon or that she was going to have a half demon child? When did Celine find out the truth about Rumi, did she always know or did she only find out after her mother died?

And how did Rumi’s mother die? Was she killed by demons or was it just natural causes? I’m inclined to believe the latter, considering that the prospect of her being murdered never seems to come up in the film, which I think absolutely would have if she were. Could she have died in childbirth, Celine only finding out about Rumi’s half demon heritage once she’s born?

And where’s Rumi’s father? We know demons are immortal, and it doesn’t seem like the hunters kill the demons when they attack, just send them back to the Underworld (outside of maybe the final battle that is). So like, is he alive or did he somehow permanently die? And if he’s alive, where is he by the time of the movie? Is he just a deadbeat or is it something else?

And outside of the Rumi situation, who is the third member of the Sunlight Sisters? We never hear anything about her, and she’s nowhere to be seen in the movie outside of the brief looks at the old group. Who is she and where is she at the time of the movie? How much does she know about the Rumi situation? Is she dead? Was there some sort of accident that killed Rumi’s mother and the third girl, making Celine the only one left? Or did she decide to just leave and not involve herself with any of the group or the hunters anymore?

There’s probably even more, but those are just the main questions on my mind right now. Like I said, you could have an entire movie dedicated to them and answering these questions, with the origins of Rumi and how she came to be in Celine’s care probably being the central plot of the story. Or heck, maybe you could have it as a side plot happening, given Celine seems to be the leader of this group instead, only for it to become more important near the end. I don’t know, but there’s so much potential, and I think I want this as a continuation of the movie more than anything right now

[sabrebash]

Origin of all that is good, and mother to us all.

[cheriboms]

since manfred is learning to read (+ speak), and spite/cole both like being read to, i thought it only made sense theyd have a little unofficial book club :) unfortunately some picks are more... ahem... educational... than others >_>

[robotgutzz]

your mumma's here. <::)

[enidtendo64]

Diner at the end of the Falls; Guess who’s back back again

[nigh-temptation]

For anyone pissed about the the Yautja Fight Pit in the final act of Killer of Killers…

I’m 99% sure they are Bad Bloods. You have to remember, we are getting another Predator movie with a Yautja protagonist. It’d be pretty hard to root for someone who comes from that type of environment and I have full faith that Dan knows this.

He knows how to write characters. He wants Yautja to be fully fleshed out. He knows not all Yautja are a monolith; he even contributes to this narrative by giving them diverse designs.

Also, the only other Yautja we’ve seen capturing humans and bringing them off world have been Bad Bloods; I think this is just an extension of that.

I believe we are meant to contrast the “honorable” Yautja (who fight their prey in their own familiar environment and who give gifts to the victor of the hunt) with these guys (who cryofreeze the winners and force them to fight in an environment they aren’t used to)

[phoenixyfriend]

The twins aren't on here because that would be too easy. Emotional manipulation still counts as emotional intelligence, it's just being used for evil.

[seasononesam]

you're on your own, kid you always have been

[fantasybooksandtealeaves]

i'm gonna need ya'll to put the AI art down because it's rotting your fucking brains

what do you mean you'll only watch the adaptation of your favorite book "if it's AI"? what do you mean "only AI art can do justice to the characters"? never mind that every piece of character "art" AI spits out all looks like the same version of a photoshopped plastic mannequin. never mind that it relies on actual, stolen art to even exist. never mind that big studios are already trying to find every possible avenue to replace talented, dedicated human workers with AI

it terrifies me how willing some of you are to yield our crafts, our humanity, our passions in favor of worshipping at the altar of the black hole of vapid soullessness that is AI. all because the actors they cast don't live up to the insane, arbitrary standards you made up for your fictional boyfriends

I beg ya'll to think critically. I beg you to consider the very real implications of the things you say. because they exist and they aren't fucking pretty.

[azadrithaanatheme]

I return with some fun, low-effort Murder Drones doodles because that's the only thing I have the time and energy for right now (turns out moving to another state to escape day job hell and also the transphobia is A Very Involved Process).

Speaking of moving and other life changes, I have a Patreon and Ko-fi now, for those of you who like what I do and want me to be able to do more of it faster.

My apologies to anyone who's actually fluent in Russian, because I am very much not and I sincerely hope google translate didn't screw me over.

Close-ups under the cut (click for best viewing):

[grymmalkin]

Wholesome IPC Reunion

[armitagehuxsleepschedule]

people are allowed to have whatever headcanons they want but it will always jar me when i'm reading a fic and they describe hux as drinking expensive drinks and having lots of luxury items in his quarters and eating good food because of his rank. like...to me his whole character just works so much better on a narrative level if he does practice what he preaches.

because if he's shown as someone who talks a big game about the decadence of the republic while living like a senator himself, then on a doylist level hux's villainy amounts to "the ideology is fine, he's evil because he doesn't live up to it." and while this can be a great basis for a villain, sometimes the problem really is the ideology itself. sometimes the villain really does believe what they say and really does live by it, but is still a villain because the beliefs themselves are flawed at their core.

it's not that the guy who's killed 155+ billion people would necessarily be "more evil" for something as simple as drinking expensive tea, but the thing is that to me hux is at his best when he's a character who represents fanaticism. idealism. the more his idealism is characterized as a front he puts up in order to pursue more selfish villain motives like money and power, the more the implication becomes that he is individually the problem.

this is especially true because the other villains of the sequel era already fill the evils-of-selfishness niche. we have kylo ren, representing the dangers of people with ambition devoid of any ideology; he wants power, he hasn't given a second thought to what he'd do with it except punish anybody who crosses him. we have phasma, representing the dangers of people who only care about surviving at all costs. and of course palpatine, the opportunist willing to exploit any societal issue and conflict to get himself to the top no matter how many people suffer or die.

it rounds out the villain lineup to have at least one who represents going too far the other way.