#take away from the material

[lesseraive]

it is impossible for me to get a perfect grade in a class bc i'm always like hey if i don't do this one assignment i'll still get a passing grade that's all that matters

[tooth-with-eyes]

Sometimes I genuinely forget that Alucard, Trevor and Sypha are in fact not a canon throuple and it is so crazy LIKE HOW ARE THEY NOT

[sonknuxadow]

its so frustrating how a lot of scu fans cant handle other sonic fans not having the exact same taste in sonic media that they do. like i feel like you can say something negative about literally any other sonic media on here and people generally wouldnt care that much but the second you say anything less than positive about the movies people start getting all weird about it and trying to argue with you ive had it happen to me and seen it happen to others as well .... like the sonic franchise is very big and has many different media types and writing styles not everyone is going to uncritically love everything. get over it ? im not trying to be mean but idk what else to tell you

[quatregats]

Also, while I won't claim to be expert at this myself, I think a similar thing to the knightcore post happens with a lot of Age of Sail stuff, like people will be like "well I don't actually support the Navy" but then refuse to engage with the fact that this is an imperial war machine and their characters are deeply embedded within it, or if they do engage with it do so in a very cagey kind of way - but like I think that thinking through those implications and the fact that at some point these characters agreed to carry out that violence, and thinking about what that might do to a person, and also thinking about the fact that many of us are also deeply embedded within modern imperial war machines in some way or another is really interesting and important

[anghraine]

Speaking of "The City on the Edge of Forever," I've been thinking about how my femslash Spirk AU winds out through the canon TOS episodes, interacts with gender expectations of the show, etc, and am mentally organizing episodes by how drastically affected they'd be.

I'm also thinking of S'paak hiding her ears beneath a beanie in 1930 :P

[redibinch]

Captain Laserhawk Actor au

Dolph orginally went into modeling as a kid and ended up being lead in his first acting job

Rayman was previously on a huge show several years ago, tries not to look annoyed when constantly gets brought up in interviews

Bullfrog is also a stunt coordinator

Rayman and Bullfrog are cgi (voiced by human versions of themselves respectively) and other Hybrids are prosthetic costumes.

Sarah actually really hated all the fake blood, and grimaced having to hold Dolph. He chased her down for a hug.

Dolph, Sarah and Jade frequently kick and throw the pre-production placeholder puppets

Stunt choreographer/coordinator Bullfrog was encouraging Dolph to straddle and man-handle Alex more during the rooftop scene but that was cut :/

Rayman and Dolph dated prior to being cast, after months of rumors and headlines of a nasty rivalry, they announced they're engagement a year after the show aired

Interviewers ask other cast members about Rayman and the cast give up and slowly devolve into PR nightmare trolling

Dolph and Bullfrog were seen going home together after the wrap party

Rayman and Bullfrog went to the premiere dressed up as their respective characters as a surprise.

Dolph: It's like they came to life, this is terrifying.

[r0b0t1me]

KICK OUT THE JAMS !!

[asgardian--angels]

things I wish I could relive for the first time again:

that magical window where you finish a new piece of media, having watched/read it all by yourself with no fandom contact whatsoever, and you are just so happy about it, and full of interesting theories and takeaways, and just in love with it as a gorgeous piece of art.

because I swear to god as soon as you join the fandom for anything, you're bombarded with how you're supposed to view characters and their arcs, how you're supposed to morally and ethically judge the plot and the ways it apparently failed to present the right message, and if you don't you'll either be shunned for not sharing the popular headcanons or you'll be harassed for not criticizing the source material enough.

like how is it that the fans of a piece of media are also the ones being the most negative about it? If I like a show or a movie or a book, well, I liked it. That's kind of the point. I'm actually not here to tear it apart and talk about how it didn't live up to standards other people had! I enjoyed it for what it was, and forcing myself to find negative things to say about it doesn't actually bring me more enjoyment of it or reap any benefit to me. Fandom's a double-edged sword; you want to join a community to share your love for a piece of art, and the price you pay for a modicum of joy is a mountain of negativity. that's one main reason that I never engage with fandom until I'm completely done with a show, because if I was plugged into all of that commentary and discourse during the process, I'd be completely colored by how I'm expected to interpret everything this piece of art is presenting to me without being able to even form my own opinions.

[novembermorgon]

my fave part about the last ask is they said BOTH were given to Lyanna by the author which implies that they are saying she has explicit and solitary ownership of both the crown (she does, but sort of irrelevant as Rhaegar is holding the crown, not giving it to Elia) AND Rhaegar. Which. Drawing Elia with Rhaegar is not offensive because she is literally his wife and was canonically at the same place as him relatively frequently. As given by the author… not really a fan theory. And anyone viewing this as a shipping piece is a bit goofy.

i feel like the crown IS relevant to elia as well considering all this shit kind of started going downhill when he crowned lyanna with it. she was there, she was shamed by rhaegar riding past her at the tourney of harrenhal, it can definitely be used as a symbol of rhaegar and elia's marriage starting to deteriorate. it wasn't meant as a shipping piece and i don't think it should be controversial even if i had drawn rhaegar crowning elia queen of love and beauty outright because i've never been and will never be nasty about lyanna especially not over a silly ship war or in defense of a blonde man

[bayetea]

we need to start writing drew tanaka like an azealia banks expy. minus the racism and whatever other fuckass shit she says. Drew tanaka is not your enemy

[wetfishguts]

people who only see characters in media as shipping fodder really tells you a lot about them as a person

[seeking-elsewhither]

the problem with the bad batch is it constantly gives us both sides of the equation and balances it out perfectly, which means we as the audience see everything and understand the problem as a whole, but the characters don't

and that's something a lot of people forget when they pit Crosshair and Hunter against each other

[lady-green-sleeves]

What was the point in doing b&c in the show it had zero lasting impact and now they’re doing the whole son for a son thing again with Rhaenyra and Alicent. Like why not just have that happen from the start it makes more sense in the story they’re letting, not that the story their telling really makes sense at all. Did they only include jaehaerys’ death so it could be another kick to tg bc it kinda seems like it. They’re just so all over the place it’s kinda funny they don’t even know what this show is supposed to be anymore. It really is just a fanfic with all the inconsistencies in the plot and characters, this is what I expect from a middle schooler on wattpad not so called professionals.

[milolunde]

If Fairy World oeprates on schooling and being tall enough for the job (ex. Cookie's Court; A New Wish) maybe Peri turned down dentistry because he was too short

[navree]

"can we stop pretending the evil stepmother trope is bad and boring" oh my FUCKING GOD just reread the book!!!! just reread the fucking book!!!!!! if you want the book canon so bad it's right there, go read it!!!!! you've got to have it in your possession since you talk about it all the fucking time and i'd be astounded if someone this fucking pressed hasn't actually read it!!!!!! the change to rhaenyra and alicent's relationship has been known since they first cast the fucking show!!!!! it's been there since episode one!!!!!!! if you don't like it don't watch the show and just REREAD THE FUCKING BOOK!!!!!!

[adore-gregor]

i'm back on tumblr (again)