#the death of adult animation

[aro-pancake]

Well... Here we go.

I just saw that Velma has a second season coming up and... WHAT THE FUCK?

At first, I was hyped up for a new Scooby Doo show. Then we got whatever that was.

All the visibility I saw on that show was bad. All the reviews, everything everyone said about it. No one had a single good thing to be honestly said, and the few that did were paid off.

What kind of chicken shit someone has instead of brains to get established, beloved characters and... Do that?

I think that if they created new characters, it would be better, but no. They decided to go with the Scooby Gang. And remove the main character, that is the lovable Great Dane who's scared of his own shadow!

So, that's getting a new season, while actually good shows, such as Inside Job, get cancelled for? No apparent reason?

(the rant on the death of adult animation will come soon, don't worry.)

So, yeah. Apparently, they can't differentiate between good and bad visibility, especially in recent times when people bother to spend more energy to complain than to say good things. (And yes, I'm also guilty of that.)

[cinnnnnnnamon]

i cannot stress enough that the fact that light was only 18 when he met L is the least toxic thing about lawlight we must not forget he was in fact a mass murdering megalomaniac with a god complex

[proselles]

What I don't get is why news outlets and Netflix are trying to convince us that arcane was expensive to make. 250 million usd for both seasons they said, and obviously that's a lot of money, but they make the mistake of comparing it to big budget movies like Tangled. So you're telling me that I got an animated masterpiece that combines multiple different art styles fantastic voice acting and creative and passionate writing, that's 6-7 hours LONGER than major animated movies, and its the same fucking price?? And you're expecting me to agree with the corporations outlook, that it's too expensive? Yes, tangled is considered one of the most expensive animated movies, but arcane is like FOUR Tangleds. Many other 3D animated movies fall within the 160 million mark, but again, they're hours shorter than arcane was. I think the prices are comparable. I believe in saw someone (on reddit maybe?) divide the cost down to minutes of screen time for each show or movie and it becomes really obvious. I'm also pretty sure that many of these movie budgets do not include marketing in their overall expenses; arcane does.

This isnt even bringing live action tv shows into the equation; i dont think arcane even touches like the top thirty of those. And yet it's framed as such an expense!! Bitch its an incredibly successful tv show!! Ik Netflix is cheap as shit and has its own reputation to grapple with, but is the disdain for animation so much? Is it disdain for female lead action, for poc representation, for LGBT rep on screen? For the animation medium as a whole? I know the answer of course. But it's still very upsetting to acknowledge and think about.

Separately, arcane is absolutely crushing it. Ik act three is going to knock it out of the ballpark. Keep crushing corporate execs expectations please.

[markscherz]

In which my not-yet-two-year-old son catches a gecko for the first time, and I barely keep it together.

[squidolusreads]

you could meme this so easy

[chocobosdungeon2]

this is hands down the worst thing ive ever made but their similarities (and differences) have been rattling around in my head

[itsslivernotsilver]

now that there’s more people watching pantheon i wanna say that you guys should read “the hidden girl and other stories” by ken liu cause that’s what it was based on!! it’s not like necessary to understand the show or anything but it’s super fun to see what changed and what other stories the writers drew inspiration from

[turbineface]

all of powells problems would be solved if he stopped hopping on freak.com to hire new employees what the HECK 😡

[anonymous-alien2-0]

[supergeek21]

Calling U.S. Geeks & Nerds!!! 🇺🇸

To all my Good Omens friends, @gish folks and anybody who is into @fandomtrumpshate there’s a political fundraiser page you might be interested in. Lynda Carter—the original Wonder Woman herself— is summoning U.S. based geeks and nerds to help raise money and voter participation for Kamala Harris (@kamalahq). Come check it out, tag your fandom, and tell your other nerdy friends! There’s even a competition of Earth based vs Space based fandoms for who can raise the most money. Nerd royalty like @mishacollins and Mark Hamill are behind it! Let’s join in!

[squidolusreads]

[icedjuiceboxes]

Post-DH2/DOTO Designs

Empress Emily Kaldwin / Royal Protector Billie Lurk

Yeah I decided post-DH2/DOTO Billie becomes Emily Royal Protector.

Doodles and some thoughts on Royal Protector!Billie here

I actively choose to ignore the books they don't exist <3

[chidoroki]

September 9th - Happy Birthday Isabella - ft: her tvtropes

[snaggletoothes]

death's-head hawkmoth at sunset --------------------------------------------------------------------------- digital ver. of a painting i'm (hopefully) going to be selling next week at a pride event... it'll be my first time being an art vendor so i'm kinda nervous :o

[misslisamiray]

Hi, Tumblr folks. For the first time ever, I'm opening up emergency comms via Ko-Fi. Long story short, less hours at work, but not less expenses in life, is a BAD combination of things. Any & all help is appreciated, whether that's thru commissioning or reblogging!

I've never taken commissions, and I'm not exactly a prolific/active artist, so I don't have a comm sheet or any idea what to charge, soooo the current plan is: tell me what you want & make me an offer, then we'll go from there.

A few quick rules:

1. No proship content and no sexual stuff of underage characters. You ask me for this, your message is getting deleted and you're getting blocked.

2. No "draw a real person or animal from this photo in *insert cartoon or anime* style" requests, please. If you have a reference image of an already cartoonified version of say, yourself or your pet that you'd like art of, THAT I can work with.

3. I don't draw explicit content, but suggestive/some NSFW is on the table. It's on a case by case basis, and I will refuse anything I'm uncomfortable with. But generally speaking, if it's something you'd see in say, the non-edited versions of Tenchi or Outlaw Star, I probably can & will do it.

4. Please don't try to take advantage of the "name & negotiate your price" thing by, for example, offering me $2.00 for an idea with multiple characters, full color + shading & a complicated background. Please just... don't.

Now that the rules are covered, let's talk contact & payment info! My Ko-Fi link is above, and you can either message me there or send me an ask here on Tumblr. 😊 If you prefer sending payments through PayPal, Venmo or CashApp, those are as follows:

PayPal: @ MissLisaMiray

Venmo: @LisaMirayHayes

CashApp: $MissLisaMiray

If you've read this entire long-ass thing, THANK YOU. Your uh, reward is me shutting up & showing you some examples of stuff I've drawn/what I can do. I apologize if downloading stuff from my not-updated-in-4-years deviantArt account then uploading it to Tumblr kills the quality. I am currently away from home (where my original drawings and the files on my computer are), so I'm working with what I've got access to. 😅