#tbf it’s not exact projection

[calsvoid]

sebastian who’s always seen love as fleeting, something that fades and dies, who’s always only ever felt temporary attraction until he meets blaine and he falls and can’t stop falling and it never really goes away, he always carries some love for blaine and he finally gets why people fall apart over love

[theorderofthetriad]

part of me wants to make a tv show fictionalizing the life of Harry Allen because he's a trans man that was supported by his family who was considered a petty criminal (he was mostly being arrested for the crime of being trans, but he also apparently committed crimes like burglary, and got in bar fights, and was sent to jail for selling alcohol to an indigenous person) and involved in a lot of publicized romantic affairs, and he was in Seattle during the early 1900's and lived there during the Seattle General Strike- which is a special interest to me- so you could have a plot starting around the beginning of WWI and then climax with the strike and end on the first red scare getting way more intense and the role seattle played in that, and we can view that through the perspective of a trans man who worked as a longshoreman at one point so could have very well been involved in the strike.

... and part of me wants to make a tv show fictionalizing the life of Harry Allen because I think it'd be such a great "fuck you" to jk rowling to have a piece of media about a trans person named Harry and to put his name in the title and to just rub my little trans hands all over the name "Harry" and make it a name associated with trans dudes forever.

[maeamian]

About to go insane trying to find sources for this, but starting to develop a theory that the idea that the bottom of the ocean is totally unknown is pretty outdated, but is an extremely compelling factoid and as such has persisted longer than it is true.

[genericpuff]

So there's this account I follow on Tiktok that critiques some webtoons and LO was one of them. They're discussing the finale and my god the comments are glorious. Lots of the people commenting either fell off the comic or were once die hard fans who hated what happened. Some of them even were fans of the series who recently started hating it after the hiatus. From what I saw this was what their concerns were.

Apollo not being punished harshly enough

Last minute queer rep with Hera

Certain plots being thrown in and old ones being tossed out

The ending feeling rushed.

Some of them are blaming Webtoons for 'axing the series' so Rachel had no choice but to rush it. Others are questioning why was there a hiatus at all if this was the pay off?

So now even some of the fans are starting to feel like we former fans do.

Yeeah you know it's not good when even the fans were left going "... huh?" And frankly I do feel bad, as much as I've talked shit about the stans in the past, so many of them hung on with the genuine good faith that it was all "building up to something". There are also people who are still praising it as the best thing ever which, okay, that's them, and people who didn't love the finale but are leaving it be like reasonable non-obsessed people.

I'm not entirely convinced that Rachel ended it willingly, I've seen Webtoons cut series short during their midseason hiatuses by telling the creators "okay once you come back you have this many episodes to wrap it up", so while it is shocking to see it happen with WT's golden goose, maybe they saw the decline over the past several months and realized it was time to cut it loose. But ultimately I can't ever know if it was Rachel calling it quits or Webtoons, not unless one (or both) of them come forward and say anything regarding that. I can only wonder, and in reality, none of what I wonder really matters because it's over.

Again, I do feel bad. I remember when the trial arc was going on and the whole Eris reveal happened and I had that sinking feeling in my stomach that maybe the comic wasn't all it was cracked up to be, that maybe it wasn't going where I had been hoping and assuming it would go. I imagine there are a lot of people feeling that exact same thing right now. I do hope, at the very least, they find their closure through whatever future projects Rachel does or through other comics that fill the void left by LO. I'm definitely hoping the same for myself, tbh, now that the comic is actually over for good I feel like I can finally put my obsession with it to rest, even just a little. Although tbf I'm really just refocusing that obsession onto Rekindled, which I have a much more positive relationship with LMAO but I'm very thankful to have it and I owe that to LO, in all its perks and quirks and flaws.

[arsenalgbt]

i’m not sure how you feel about toxic arteta hcs or whatever but…

you know how arteta is doing his little rescue thing with players? taking almost-failed worship kid martin and making him captain? bring in chelsea-rejects jorgi and kai and turning them into integral midfield players? that’s all well and good on the pitch, but off the pitch? what if he revels in the knowledge that he’s taken these players and “resurrected” them? what if he gets off on the fact that he’s taken their tattered careers in his hands and seen them back to near perfection. what if they worship him and devote themselves to him because of that?

and what happens when one of those rescue players (ramsdale) finds themselves being rejected by the one who saved them and try to do anything and give themselves entirely to gain mikel’s favour again?

maybe bot 100% dark arteta but most certainly grey in the power he wields over the players he’s “rescued” because he’s established himself as some powerful and kind figure to them that they should be grateful to. because not everybody would look at them in their lowest moments and try to uplift them, but arteta did so they should thank him for that, right?

anyways that’s enough, no point cluttering your inbox <33

oh I am SOOOOOOOOOOO unqualified for this kinda arteta discourse ngl! nudging @purefractals and @longeyelashedtragedy cuz they deffo will find your toxic!arteta HCs interesting.

I also find this interesting, so allow me to add my minuscule take about his blatant favouritism LMAO. granit is the prime example, but that one is deffo "pure"; his first project. he succeeded. no hate on Eddie but when he kept being a starter without cooking anything???? naur.

the one with Aaron tho fucking chefs kiss anon. I will never forget his motherfucking "perhaps we (Arsenal football club) can be the kinda club that sub gk during a match" bs (not the exact sentence he spouted, but close I think lol). cuz wtf was that bruv. have you done what you cheekily said to the media???????? the answer is no.

listen I might be confusing HCs as in like fics-wise or HCs as in serious real life take lol............................... I have answered another anon before that eventho I ship xhakarteta, I really don't have the drive in me to write more about them. in my writing/shipping brain, they are perfect - I don't want my writing/my take tainting what I think of them ya feel me!

the Aaron situation. im still in denial ngl, but I do see the difference Raya does to the team's performance. kudos to him for staying chill af irl tbf.

sorry to disappoint but plsss both my Tumblr inbox and ao3 inbox are currently depressing right now so send me nude---I mean send me anything!

[p-receh]

Your thoughts were fascinating and i loved reading it!

Sorry i mistaken concept art for teaser (tbh i don't even know what the difference are)

I will say my personal headcanon for why Sopan was so sopan is because oboi was just tired of fighting and wanted a peaceful way instead

I fully agree with you for Monsta to raise up the age rating especially if they're gonna make that Boboiboy x Mechamato movie

I know the movies don't really have a rating but if Monsta gonna make BxM movie kid friendly by making oboi forgive his dad for NEGLECTING him for YEARS (5 years to be exact)

I know in Islam we're supposed to respect our parents and Oboi can still love and care about his dad WITHOUT forgiving or forgetting what he did to him. Give me a movie where Amato is apologizing and is constantly trying to make it up to Boi

Please Monsta PLEASE

First of all—

Anoooooooooooooon. I'm truly sorry for late response. If you still have criticism, please ask. I am truly don't mind your long questions😭😭

To put it simply. Teaser is a glimpse with bunch of short clips an upcoming project. Usually still under "untitled" project.

Whereas the concept art is a like a beta project which not yet been finalized or get "green light" from the higher ups. Usually the art divisions compile this into an art book.

Hope that helps. 😅

I truly agree about your headcanon. That's also why he uncharacteristically talk too formal. Hence the name. 😅

Props to whoever design that fusion. I'm very amazed. All aspects are truly in synch. :0

I fully agree with you for Monsta to raise up the age rating especially if they're gonna make that Boboiboy x Mechamato movie

I know the movies don't really have a rating but if Monsta gonna make BxM movie kid friendly by making oboi forgive his dad for NEGLECTING him for YEARS (5 years to be exact)I know in Islam we're supposed to respect our parents and Oboi can still love and care about his dad WITHOUT forgiving or forgetting what he did to him. Give me a movie where Amato is apologizing and is constantly trying to make it up to Boi

Please Monsta PLEASE

I see some people critize Oboi's look and attitude in Sori. Tbf, I'm with them also.

Yes, Monsta still can make Oboi's look so serious and cool. But people questioned them with the upcoming Windara animated ver if they still choose this style onwards.

Okay we established Sory to still have some childish friendly traits. But Windara to Gur'latan aren't. The stake that Oboi take are much higher. And BM3 is the turning point of him like the previous ones.

Monsta, you said before in your bts movie 2:

So it's not an excuse to not make a deep meaningful story that grown ups could learn to their kids! That's also includes the confession of sin of what Amato did to abandon Oboi.

No Monsta, I can guarantee it's not a taboo topic for children. They have rights to know that too! It's what you called forgiveness to each other right??

You make Oboi's forgive what Adudu had done to him for years in past, AS A CHILD. He couldn't depend with his grand dad all the time! He still need a loving parents!

HE STILL NEED THEIR PRESENCE FOR FUCK SAKE—

Okay I got carried away. Ehem.

True anon. If Amato didn't do that on either BM3 or BxM. I will riot, surely. >:T

[n7punk]

i do not know what a cnc machine is :/

ok yeah XD tbf i didn't either until more recently. like, i'd seen them, but i didnt know what they were called. it's a Computer Numerical Control machine. Most commonly, in this setting at least, we're talking about CNC router for cutting out a pattern that you program into wood, metal, etc. like an embroidery machine making a pattern, or a cricut machine cutting out Small craft projects. CNCs are that, but big enough to cut out an entire plywood sheet. I've never heard anyone refer to them by their full name, not even with "router" on the end, it's just CNC. it would be a weird thing for a cosplayer to have, but typical for a maker.

related, but adora's laser cutter i feel like is pretty instinctual? but it's literally the exact same concept. you put in a sheet of material (in this case, you've got a midsized sheet between what a cnc can do and what a cricut can do), you program it to cut/engrave a specified shape, and it does it automatically for you with perfect precision, so pieces that need to be snuggly fit (or that you need a lot of, say if you're making something with six identical sides) will all match specifications. specifically, you can look at a glowforge for an example, although they call themselves a 3d laser printer for some asinine reason. laser printers still use ink, and 3d printers build a 3d object out of a resin (although there are multiple kinds). the glowforge literally cuts out 2d sheets with a laser (LIKE A LASER CUTTER) and then you could assemble them into a 3d object, but you dont have to.

most cosplayers i know have a cricut (if they have any of these types of machines, anyway), which is the lowest end of these types of products and can handle things about the size of a sheet of paper, depending on the model you get and how large the machine is. They're tabletop machines tho, usually a few hundred dollars. i know cricut does some shitty things with the programs required to get the design into your cricut machine, though. and who knows, glowforge could too, but thats so fucking expensive i dont know of a lot of people with one XD

[yonpote]

I really hope Dan does stand-up again. I've always loved stand-up and it gave me SO much joy to see that lil vid he did and how it was so GOOD. He has such a natural charisma on stage

YEAH I LIKED HIS STANDUP SET! i really did think we're all doomed was gonna be another small-scale stand up show touring in comedy clubs (ok that was def just me projecting cuz i prefer smaller venues lol) BUT then i remembered we're talking abt one of the most extra theater gays out there. however i still think he should have gone smaller scale in general cuz uh. american phannies at least did not show up to buy tickets... i am including myself in that cuz i coulda gone but opted to go to an anime con instead lmao and tbf i regret it i really wish i had gone

but like for example pj's space trip stage show was smaller scale and i dont know if anyone has stats from that tour but they toured in smaller venues and also it was just in england so like way smaller scale and very different show lmao but like the venues were appropriate for the scale of the production and the estimated seats imo (again without knowing exact stats or anything)

its definitely one of those things thats hard to gauge how big of an audience you will get for a stage show when like. dan was getting sold out shows four and six years ago easy but it was with phil, it was pre-pandemic, even outside of WAD being Just Dan this new show is a bit high concept and hard to know what to expect without getting spoiled, and in general his audience is simply not as large as it used to be just by way of the internet being how it is. i guess the strength in that smaller audience tho is that we're all pretty dedicated but again, the whole pandemic thing happening definitely didnt help sales. then again maybe dan doesnt give that much of a shit abt ticket sales like TO ME it seems like dan literally was doing this show in part to branch further outside of the DnP Brand as well as to have his long awaited hot fag autumn (fag said in a reclaimed and endearing way 😇)

[emiliaoagi]

You ever look at a project list and think "Past me had a lot of fucking nerve--"

[delusion-of-negation]

Okay well ummm before I go away I'm just gonna say that even though Harry Potter is cringey you have NO RIGHT to attack the author just because she didn't fail her biology class :) I don't like JKR since, you know, she's a feminist who wants to force abortions on young women but at least she knows that you can't change your gender no matter how much makeup you smear all over your face. Anyway, bye now you dumb bitch. Your pfp is retarded by the way 💖

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okay, first of all it's not "attacking someone" to be like "lmao these rampant bigoted remarks ruined her reputation", least of all when you're not even saying that to her or saying it at all, just reblogging a post on tumbly saying it. second of all, you know that a single biology class doesn't teach you everything you need to know about biology, right? like, gender is complicated and so is sex, it's not impossible to change the vast majority of sex characteristics, of which sex is an aggregate. I have full rights to joke about jkr's inability to grasp how sex and gender actually work, because she'd rather fearmonger about toilets, despite ample evidence that bathroom violence doesn't increase when you allow trans people into the right bathrooms - in fact, trans people are more likely to be victimised, especially if they're forced into the wrong bathroom, as we saw again recently (linked below). and it makes sense, no person is fully on board with committing a random rape against a stranger (something that makes up a miniscule percentage of rape cases, as most are committed by people close to the victim), but then they go "hmm, better not go into the wrong room though" - people can easily sneak into a bathroom and hide in a stall. jkr is woefully misinformed and spreads so much misinfo.

that said, jkr doesn't want to "force abortions on young women" - it doesn't matter how much of a cunt she is, lying about her is still a dick move. nobody wants to do that, you're just a radical cunt and a dumb bitch yourself. what makes you think makeup is what is being used to change sex characteristics? there's this great stuff you can buy called "hormones" and it changes sex characteristics very effectively, right down to your blood and bones. great value for money. makeup is just a fun little art project to do on the side.

and finally, don't insult Five with a gun, that is not gonna end well.

[dinagothsdress]

MGS BIRTHDAY AND ASTROLOGICAL SIGN HEADCANONS

You know I had to do it to them, being the lowkey astrology thot that I am.

Fun fact: astrology was a big special interest of mine for years and I still find myself guessing people's signs now and then! So here I am merging my old special interests with current ones. Groundbreaking stuff I know.

I will only be doing sun and moon signs as birth times are very tricky to make up if you don't already know the exact times. I'm not that dedicated to my brainrot...

This gets very infodumpy so putting it under a read more~

MAIN: Wild Mass Guessing Section

Otacon is Virgo sun, Pisces moon (26/8/80). First of all he does give me strong Pisces vibes; he's a daydreamer, kind-hearted, and a bit of a crybaby, duh. Also cares very deeply about his found family and would do anything for them. However he's also very nerdy, wants to help others, dedicated to his morals, and committed to his work sometimes to the point of being a workaholic and honestly? I vibe with him sharing my own sun sign a little too much. I can spot Virgo energy a mile away. With moon placements ruling over emotionality and sun signs over general behaviours, I feel that Virgo sun/Pisces moon suits him better than the other way around. Furthermore, I can't find where I read it since it was a while ago but I did read that Kojima based a lot of Otacon's mannerisms on his own. Kojima is a Virgo (ofc).

Sunny is Aquarius sun, Virgo moon (24/1/08). She has big Virgo energy like her dad (no smoking flight!) (source: am Virgo sun/asc) but she was most likely born in early 2008 given how Olga was pregnant during the tanker incident in August 2007. Thankfully I also get Aquarius vibes from her so that settles that. That would put her birthday between 24th and 26th January 2008. Basically just going with the 24th though as that date comes up in quite a few family/friend birthdays irl.

Big Boss is Taurus sun, Libra moon (14/5/35). 100%. Loves food, stubborn af, sarcastic bastard. Also very determined and ambitious in his goals. Quite fatherly to his recruits too, even if he was a bit of a deadbeat to his actual kids (tbf I'd also be pissed off if my DNA was harvested without my consent). Also quite a charmer when he wants to be despite his obvious autism, hence the whole cult of personality thing. Big Taurus/Libra energy.

Venom is Virgo sun, Cancer moon (27/8/32). Yes his birthday is different to Big Boss (naturally) but hear me out; in my headcanons BB never really shared his birthday with people–except maybe Ocelot, who hypnotised his own memories of BB to change them anyway so that's one plot hole sorted right there–so who was to know it wasn't always his birthday? Anyway he's clearly very empathic and dedicated to helping others, especially compared to BB. You just have to see his pre-Venom Snake career as a medic and his very strong guilt over not being able to save Paz. BB would never have brooded for so long over anyone (except The Boss ofc). He's also evidently quite introverted, not liking to speak much. He seems very shy outside of his work. With this in mind, I feel he would be a Virgo/Cancer combination.

Raiden is Aquarius sun, Aries moon (17/2/83). This one was a very difficult one since it's not even certain which year he was born. The wiki reckons 1983 is the most likely though so I'll go with that. He can be quite aloof especially with emotional stuff, but he doesn't seem to be introverted and is actually quite talkative/sarcastic, making him prime Aquarius material in my eyes. Also he's such a hothead that I can't help but make him Aries moon.

Solidus is Capricorn sun, Aries moon (23/12/74). The wiki says he was born in 1972 but then Zero tells Kaz in 1974 that there are only 2 LET children so far, and the MGSV timeline says the project ended in 1976. Therefore I headcanon him as actually being born in 74 or 75. As for birthdate, he gives me Capricorn vibes tbh. He just reminds me of Capricorn men i've known irl idk, plus he's very determined towards his goals. Still bitter we didn't learn more about him as a person tbh, since he only appeared in one game. I'm guessing Aries moon though because he's extra af (Source: fire moons are very extra as previously discussed) and also extremely passionate about his cause.

Possibly-Canon Subsection

Snake and Liquid are Gemini sun, Cancer moon (12/6/72). I've seen a lot of people celebrate Snake's birthday on this day. I cannot find the source for this but a lot of the fandom, at least on Tumblr, seem to have his birthday as this day. I originally headcanoned them as Aries sun with Pisces moon, however them being Gemini does fit them well. Especially with Snake as he loves to talk about random knowledge and facts, Geminis are all about that shit. Also would explain how Liquid is very cocky and appears extroverted, as Geminis tend to be very confident, at least on the outside. Furthermore, the Cancer moon is something I feel strongly with them as both twins are very emotionally-driven, albeit in different ways. Eli wears his heart on his sleeve whereas David is more of a still waters run deep kind of guy, but their emotions affect them both very greatly (even if Dave hides them).

Kaz is Taurus sun, Leo moon (17/5/45). I originally headcanoned him as Libra sun/Leo moon, but then I found this post which confirms his birthday. To be fair Taurus and Libra share some energies since they're both Venus-ruled, but Taurus is more hedonistic (and stubborn!) which fits Kaz 100%. I'm so glad I got the moon sign right though, I mean just look at this himbo thotting it up singing Koi no Yokushiryoku to the whole of Mother Base with his guitar and tell me otherwise. Extra af. (Source: I'm also Leo moon). He is in this section and not the actually-canon section purely because he states he was born once the war had ended, not while it was still ongoing (hinting at 1946, not 1945 as his year of birth).

BONUS: The Actually-Canon Section

Ocelot is Gemini sun, Sagittarius moon (6/6/44). And good lord is he ever. Ultimate two-faced drama queen; can't help being a Gemini~! Also charismatic and catty af, and actually somehow super intelligent to be able to pull off all those gambits and betrayals like that. Sagittarius moon too bc of course he is, couldn't not have a fire moon when he's that extra. (Source: me)

Huey is Leo sun, Cancer moon (6/8/45). Ofc he's Cancer moon. I honestly have little else to say, fuck Huey. I'm so sorry for any Leo sun/Cancer moon people reading this.

Eva is Taurus sun, Aquarius moon (15/5/36). Yet another Taurus queen! She's all about luxury but is also a badass in her own way. Motorbike kung fu, let's not forget! Also flirting comes naturally to her, which makes sense as taurus is ruled by Venus. Honestly I completely vibe w her being a canon Taurus, and I can't help but vibe w the double-Taurus BB/Eva action duo tbh. The Aquarius moon is a nice touch, can imagine her being very sarcastic and funny beyond what we see in-game.

Zero is Leo sun, Cancer moon (12/8/09). Deadass headcanoned him as an Aquarius until I found this tbh. He has the same sun/moon as Huey too... honestly don't know what to make of that. Given that they both used technology to majorly fuck up the world though... Reckon he has Aquarius rising anyway, he honestly gives me too many Aquarius vibes for him not to have it in his big 3.

Paramedic is Cancer sun, Leo moon (22/6/36). Literally the opposite of Zero, which is quite amusing. The Leo moon I feel definitely explains her talkativeness too (Source: isn't it obvious by now).

Sigint is Scorpio sun, Scorpio moon (11/11/39). Makes sense considering he's the token "normal" one out of the MGS3 support team in that he's not completely fucking weird (most of the time anyway), who can actually be surprisingly deep at times (e.g. that whole nightmare convo that's a call-forward to the metal gears). Also becomes a bit shady later on in the timeline, with the Patriots and DARPA stuff going on. Like I just feel that Scorpios just generally act really normal most of the time, most of their true self is hidden bc they love to be mysterious I guess. So him being double Scorpio makes sense to me.

Anyway that's it! This got kinda long...

If I left a character out, assume it's because either I don't know their birth year, I don't know enough about them to guess their sign, or they're a minor character that I can't be bothered to analyse rn.

Thanks for reading this whole thing! :)

[facelessxchurch]

Okay, so apparently Derek is working with ANOTHER (confirmed) art tracer for his new Marvel Comics series ‘All-Out Avengers’ — one who traces from adult-oriented internet videos of women — maybe that could be used to bring some actual attention to the Percival tracing drama on Twitter or something, bring the Marvel stans into things? Because they get really vocal about this sort of stuff, and Brie Larson being used for Abyssinia could be one way to get them onto things.

Greg Land is the artist for ‘All-Out Avengers’ and, well, tracing seems to be like the main thing he’s known for apparently.

I was checking Landy's Twitter and the post announcing the project did not receive any backlash. Actually none of the announcements got any reactions and the one reaction it got was on the Bleeding Cool post where one person noped away bc of Greg Land. Soooo no one but Landy fans actually seem to care about this project despite Twitter being full of people hating on Greg Land. Huh.

“Tracing the Success of Greg Land“ by ComicTropes is a really good vid, showing he had been tracing since the start of his career and pointing out that tracing actually made Land’s art worse. His art is now more realistic but has stiff figure work, confusing expression, bad panelling, less dynamic and he’s losing his imagination/creativity. And omg it’s so good hearing someone who gets art talk about it. Like, I’ve seen the exact same thing with Tom Percival where his early SP work was REALLY good, dynamic and interesting. Meanwhile his recent SP work tries to be photorealistic but ends up in uncanny valley instead, the new covers are boring und unimaginative and the characters he draws feel stiff despite the attempts at dynamic poses and almost all of the characters have the same neutral expressions

Also, through this vid I’ve learned that if an artist traces from another artist it’s called ‘swipping’. Good to know the worst tracing offense has it’s own name.

“Plagiarism Expert Looks at the Greg Land Plagiarism Allegations“ by Jonathan Bailey is also a really interesting vid. For one, I love hearing an experts opinion. But it’s also disheartening to hear that Land’s alien trace is, while morally apprehensive, within the realm of legality. If that’s the case then there is a 0% chance that the Captain Marvel trace could be used against Percival. It has always been one of the weaker proofs of tracing, so I’m not that surprised about it tbh.

It’s also sickening to find out that someone like Greg Land who has been repeatingly proven to trace and swipe is not only still getting plenty of work but work from big names like Marvel and DC. Tho tbf Marvel and DC aren’t what they used to be. They pay crap and screw their artists and writers in more way than one way with shit contracts and tight deadlines.

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I’m not sure if the authors can choose which artist they want. The best I found is “What's it like being a comic book artist” on the QAGOMA YT channel where Wanye Nichols talks about his experiences in comics and apparently he would be offered scripts asking if he wants to work on them or not and decided which he would take based on if he has time and if it fits his art style. When he had to work with an inker he didn’t like he couldn’t change the inker in the middle of the project but since then he paid attention to who his co-workers would be and he could suggest people he wants to work with.

I’d imagine comic authors would have similar freedoms. So while I don’t know if Landy asked for Greg Land to be the artist for ‘All-Out Avengers’, he apparently didn’t object to working with him. And there is no way he didn’t know Land is a tracer, I mean, it’s literally on page one when you google his name and everyone googles the people they plan to work with. Come on, we all do.

This doesn’t help bring more attention to Percival’s tracing, I don’t think so and learning about Greg Land leads me to believe it doesn’t matter anyways. But it sure as hell confirms that Landy is the kind of dirt-bag that doesn’t mind tracing as long as it gets him desired results. I mean, with Percival I can understand that firing the artist in the middle of a cover series is ill advised if you want to keep the style consistent (then again again, so is firing the actor for the main villain in the middle of a movie franchise #JusticeForJohnny), but I was hoping at least getting called out would make Percival stop tracing (it didn’t) or they would choose a different cover artist for phase 3 (they probably won’t). But there is no excuse for teaming up with a well known tracer. And one that traces from p0rn at that 🤮 but knowing what a pervy creep Landy is, that’s probably a plus for him

Landy really doesn’t have any morals, now does he?

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Ngl I was kinda waiting for someone like ‘Comics Matter w/ya boi Zack’ or YellowFlash to cover Landy’s comics and, quite frankly, roast the hell outta them. But no one is talking about them. I guess they are mediocre enough to not get roasted but also not get recommended 🤷 I’m honestly surprised by that considering I thought the SP comic to be very badly writing. Like, the dialog made me cringe so hard. Well, maybe comic book fans don’t despise his immature humour quite as much as I do.

[meggtheegg]

i know it's probably not that deep, but why is it that after wandavision ended, there were all these youtube video essays about its brilliance, nuance, etc. (which is all true tbf) and just a couple of them mentioned the (arguably) pretty botched ending and how it didn't match an otherwise great show,,,where just about every single falcon and the winter soldier video essay i've come across is like "tfatws is overrated and here's why" "why i didn't like tfatws" "some of the worst of marvel??" "how tfatws FAILS"

some of these came from the exact same channels.....

like.......were there flaws to tfatws? of course. the flag-smashers were over-hyped and underutilized, the sharon twist was obvious from a million miles away, we got no mention of riley, bucky was too often treated like he was at fault for the winter soldier's actions, and so on, but overall???? the show achieved what it was trying to do, took some majorly risky strides that paid off, and gave us some of the most human moments in the mcu, and the anger people feel over its popularity feels painfully familiar and calls to mind the ridiculous levels of outrage we saw over captain marvel. it's almost like,,,,marvel projects are allowed to have glaring flaws unless they're tackling/acknowledging issues of discrimination and the poor treatment of certain groups of people??? they can be real and human as long as they're so many degrees of separation from reality that i don't have to think critically at all???

people are allowed to have their opinions, but when the difference is this glaring and prominent, i am immediately suspicious

[sonic-candy]

Jetter Mars + Ehoba collection complete!

Scanned the whole thing in a few hours yesterday and cleaned it up last night. But I was tired and decided to post them and this post tomorrow. Tomorrow is today, so here are the links. (All my other works are on archive.org as well. ) I need to re-scan anything, let me know.

Jetter Mars on Dropbox

Jetter Mars on Archive.org

I will cross post this on Twitter (@candy_sonic) and on my Kofi after I post this here.

Under the cut is the history of Jetter Mars and the manga(s) if you don't know much about it. It's a bit long so no pressure if you skip it.

In other news, I found and bought the last two Ehoba Doujinshis early this week - When You Wish Upon A Star (R-18 version) and Equal 1! I tried to combine shipping, but Star shipping out the day after I bought Equal. Not sure when they'll get here, I'm guessing by next month.

Tagging active Asto Boy and Jetter Mars fans:

@z-skull @snaileo @xblubotx @cookietastic @thelilithmachine @ab-kusoposting @eimie1

In the late 70s Osamu Tezuka, worked as director at the Toei Animation studio, wanting to continue working in animation. He proposed a remake/sequel to the 60's Astro boy called 'Mighty Mars' series which Toei approved. However, the rights to 60's AB belonged to Mushi Productions, Tezuka's anime company that went bankrupt in '73. The rights then went to it's sponsor company, Meiji Seika Kaisha, Ltd afterwards. So no official remake was possible.

He change the name to Jetter Mars and the main theme of the show was about Mars learning about the world around him and growing as a person, opposed to Astro's struggling to create a world where robots and humans could live peacefully together. There's still similarities such as Astro and Ochanomizu VA voicing Mars and Dr. Kawashimo.

Tezuka was involved in it's early development only. Toei Animation collaborated with Madhouse thus most of the animators were were ex Mushi employees. It's was translated into Italian (called 'Captain Jet') and a Spanish dub (called 'Jet Mars: The Bionic Boy') but no English dub.

Tori also owned a company called Televiland, who created Jetter Mars mangas and allowed Popy (now called Bandai) to create other JM merchandise. If you searched for Jetter Mars merch, then you seen them. Most look haunted TBF.

JM reception was not bad but not good either, with people wanting 60's AB back. Adding to that, Tezuka lost interest after 27 episodes (Less then a year) due to Toei's micro managing tactics. A few years later he obtained the rights to Astro Boy and created the remake in color - the 80's version of Astro Boy - at Tezuka Productions. This was his last Astro Boy project before his death in '89.

Jetter Mars faded in to obscurity, save a few cameos, one known one is in Astro Boy: Omega Factor (Really good game BTW) and referenced in Atom: The Beginning.

However, like most of Tezuka's lesser known works, Jetter Mars does have it's fans - and those fans are Astro Boy fans! A fansub also exist even if it's a bit wonky in places. And even the manga got reprinted back to 2019.

There's multiple versions of the manga, 4 to be exact. But the first one, created by Ikahara Shigeto (credited as Ikehara Shigeru in the manga) or Shigetoshi Ikehara is the only one to be reprinted.

Shigeto was one of Tezuka's pupils and assistant, working with him on Marvelous Melmo at Tezuka Productions in '79. Funny enough, he never worked on an Astro Boy manga but on the Rockman (Mega Man) manga's in the 90's. The only other Tezuka properties he worked on was a 3 part manga version of Marine Express (2016-2018). The vols are pretty cheap but IDK if I'll get it. I mean, does anyone really liked Marine Express like that? He mostly worked on licensed properties but he does have an webcomic called Monsieur Akashi. All the info I have about him is from the Mega Man wiki.

Again like the anime, Tezuka never worked on any versions of the manga. And as mentioned before, no version of the manga was reprinted untill 2019, Shigeto version only. Until then, the few people who was aware of any JM manga assume the was only one manga- Shigeto version- and assumed is was lost media.

The Shigeto manga adapted some of the anime episodes and thus can be considered canon. There's very little know about the other versions save a few pics so I can't talk much about them in terms of quality.

So why did they republish the manga? Who knows? Astro Boy Reboot been in the works near a decade with near nothing to show for it, so I doubt his remake/alternative series will get one anytime soon. We can only wait and see.

[astrophysicist-guitar-god]

Your tags!!! Can’t agree with you more even though I struggle to put the exquisite quality of Brian’s beauty and appeal into words as well. Well there’s a pretty good quote from John Ingham describing Brian in a very succinct manner: “His ashen Aubrey Beardsley visage and cherubic rats nest halo of hair added extra volumes — obviously one of those goddamn rock stars little girls go crazy for.”

He looks like a living breathing greek sculpture - he has this classical, aristocratic kind of beauty. And I did recognise that at first sight, but tbf there are a LOT of pretty boys out there. It was when i first watched him play that I fell head over heels for him. The concentrated pout he has on when he plays is so adorable and so attractive, and that frown - he almost looks mad - when he gets smth wrong/tries not to get smth wrong is SO hot 🙊 (and I remember the exact video I watched that pushed me into this Brian blackhole - it’s 1977 Queen Live at Earl’s Court performing Liar, and if you know, YOU KNOW) And you can see the transformation from the shy, modest boy almost embarrassed by his own playing and presence trying his hardest to prove himself to the world in the 70s to the confident rock guitarist god that’s (somewhat) aware of how he makes people all around the world swoon over his 10 minutes long guitar solos in the 80s and onwards. because as anita said, most of the time he isn’t even aware of the effect he has on people. He’s SO beautiful but HE DOESN’T EVEN KNOW. On top of that he’s so intelligent, so kind, so inquisitive, sensitive, thoughtful, caring for all people and creatures. He puts others before himself and he is so protective of his loved ones. there isn’t a bad or mean bone in this man’s body. he’s just one of (if not) the most attractive man I know and if I ever find someone like that, i’m telling you i’m not letting go.

Howdy, Anon!

I’m kind of side-eyeing that description (ashen, rat’s nest hair), but otherwise it’s spot on. “One of those goddamn rockstars the ... go crazy for.” There’ve been *so* many great quotes about Brian’s looks (and personality) (and his affect on fans / other celebrities / the audience / reviewers / interviewers!) that it’d be worth the time to compile them all! [adds another project to the pile]

And YES, “he has this classical, aristocratic kind of beauty” I agree 100%. From a very complimentary review (here): “...Brian May, the guitarist. May looks more like the son of a Medieval English lord.”

Anon, there’s not much more I can add to what you’ve said. :-D He’s Dr. Brian Harold MF*kn May CBE, and I love him. <3

[p-receh]

Just revisiting the HTTYD series (movies and books) but then got me thinking...

A bit... frightened to be exact.

What if...I dunno I have 2 scenarios:

1. the live-action HTTYD will...somehow want to be more closer the books(eragon, Lord of the rings, Percy Jackson, etc)

Or

2. The pre events during Hiccup's adulthood in THW.

...

Tbf I am both intrigued AND scared at the same time.

Since THW... sorry Mr. Deblois. I'm a bit sceptical with you on this project.