#the same thing also applies op animation

[empty-dream]

Knowing it all, am I destined to fall? Like once you did for me ↳ Vortex - Bai Sha Jaws

[homunculus-argument]

I don't know why nobody told you this, but sometimes if you're not sure what a sentence means, you can see if the statement makes sense if you reverse it by adding/removing a "no" from it. From here on, I will refer to them as "positive" and "negative" statements - this does not mean that the message itself is a good thing or a bad thing, only whether the statement is worded as a "yes" or as a "no".

Let's have an example, where the part that's stated as a positive is in green, and the one that's stated as a negative is in red:

A food that has animal products in it is not vegan.

Does that make sense? Now let's flip it around, by turning the positive half into a negative, and the negative into a positive:

A food that does not have animal products in it is vegan.

See how both of those statements are true? You can do this to almost any sentence, even ones that only have positively or negatively worded statements, for as long as you make sure that you flip all of them. Let's try a bit harder one:

An able-bodied person who is physically capable of returning a shopping cart to the right place but chooses not to do that is automatically bad person. They have no good reason to do that.

Wow, that's a long one! Now let's flip every part of it around:

A person who is not able-bodied and is not physically capable of returning a shopping cart to the right place, and cannot choose to do it is not automatically a bad person. They have a good reason to not do that.

That was a lot more complicated, but see how the same rule still applies? When you flip all positive statements into a negative form, and negatives into a positive form, you get a statement that is also equally true! It might be tricky at first, but with enough practice, you can learn to flip any text around to see if it makes any more sense to you in reverse.

Of course it's not a perfect system, but it's still a good tool to have available to help you understand what words mean. And if you are still not sure what OP is trying to say, you can always ask! It is always smarter to ask than attack.

[why-animals-do-the-thing]

perhaps a bit of an odd question: so, when I'm scrolling tumblr on mobile, I have a habit of downloading most images i come across, so that I can send them to people who don't use tumblr, especially memes and animal photos. however, i also have severe memory issues, and I may end up forgetting where i got certain images. i know for the photo repository one of the rules is to not repost the photos without any modification- which i might forget, or forget which images on my phone fall under that rule. and while i would guess that that rule doesn't apply to stuff like direct messages or texts, i might forget to tell the person I'm sending it to, who might repost it elsewhere without being aware, or months after downloading i will just forget and use one of the photos in a post I'm making because it felt relevant.

this is something i can pretty easily solve myself by just blocking the photo repository blog, or tags relating to it, but I'd rather not do that because i do really like seeing the photos and all the info and stuff. and i would assume it would be an insane amount of work for you to add something like a watermark to every single photo, so I'm not really sure how to go about this. i like seeing the photos, but i don't want to accidentally break the rules.

You clearly care deeply about doing the "right thing", so, what that tells me is that you're not actually the target audience for that rule. I appreciate all the thought you put into this message. Let's talk about it!

I've been reconsidering if requiring people to get permission for reposting images is the best policy to have and I'd like people to weigh in.

My original reasoning was this: the more I can ensure that reposts are affiliated with credit, the better I can control copyright on the images on the site, and therefore have more ground to challenge any scrapers/fake accounts/AR groups that yoink them for nefarious purposes. The easiest way to do that seemed to be to have people ping and ask, with the expectation of saying yes almost all the time.

But there's a couple problems with that, I think, in practice:

People don't like emailing strangers (I forget this! I have done it for work for so many years it isn't uncomfortable anymore).

This isn't how the internet works. (Tumblr has a specific microculture that encourages crediting creators and not stealing! Once this is shared more widely on other platforms, I don't expect it'll be the same ecosystem).

It actually undermines organic spread of content! (You're less likely to make an excited post about a cool photo if you have to send a maybe-scary email and wait for a response). And I do want there to be lots of eyeballs on the photos.

Realistically, @nexus-nebulae, with the policy right now? If you slipped up and reposted something without thinking, I'd just ask you to add credit to the post so it directs back to the site. The goal of this whole project is community access and engagement - I want to you to enjoy the photos, and send them to your friends! I'm just trying to also protect it from the awful that a lot of the internet has become.

But, I'm also wondering it it makes sense to swap the policy to say that it's fine to re-post images on socials as long as they're appropriately credited and/or linked back to the repository. This isn't the policy yet, but if you're reading this please tell me what you're thinking.

Non-edited image use (like putting them in a scientific paper, using them to build a curriculum unit, or putting them on board game cards - these are just random examples) would still need to be requested; but that's an entirely protective stance and if you ask, my goal is to always say yes.

So OP, please don't worry too much. Enjoy looking at the animals, do your best, and I'll be happy. :)

[jelloapocalypse]

Two unrelated things I wanted to put in this ask:

On your most recent drawstream, you wondered why sheep and goats have different latinized adjective forms (ovine and caprine, respectively). I'm not 100% sure why, but it might have to do with the fact that they're descended from two different species: sheep (probably) from the asiatic mouflon (Ovis gmelini), and goats from the wild goat (Capra aegagrus), and within their subfamily, the caprines, they're not very closely related, to the point that, unlike donkey x horse hybrids, sheep x goat hybrids are pretty rare, despite the two often sharing the same pasturage.

My brother and I, inspired by your and Yam's anime OP videos, are looking at doing a similar list of anime EDs, and I was wondering if, going from one to the other, there was anything you might tweak about the criteria you used. Your criteria seem pretty broadly applicable, but the general character of anime OPs and EDs is noticeably different, so I wonder if/how that might change how you interpret/apply said criteria.

Well the biggest thing is that in the past OPs were used to signify a show was coming up next on TV and serve as a bite-sized intro to grab a new viewer's attention. EDs don't do that at all, so that wouldn't be part of the rubric.

I guess offhand I would look at how well an ED winds down from the show itself? Like, if the show is dramatic and serious and the ED has an abrupt or goofy start, that creates a tone clash and that's bad. But there are also ways that a lighter OP can feel like a breath of fresh air if it's not too dissonant.

Link Click's first season has this incredible ED that they use as a "twist revelation" moment at the end of most episodes before cutting directly to the ending and it REALLY makes you want to keep watching. So maybe EDs that make you want to keep watching the next episode could get points?

We developed our rubric while skimming through openings and slowly realizing why we liked certain OPs more than others. I would recommend watching a bunch of EDs and trying to pinpoint which ones resonate with you and why.

I think to do an ED list you'd need to be much more intimately familiar with the shows themselves, which is one of the reasons I have no interest in looking into endings. The OP list was already a huge amount of work and I think an ED list with the same level of scrutiny would be way harder.

[junktastic]

I had a drawing months back that went kinda viral I guess, and it getting out of my normal sphere of followers meant that I got to observe how folks far outside of my twitter sphere interact with twitter and others. For reference, I am talking about this image:

The context, besides getting to draw my friend Jenny, was that I saw a picture that was of an anime girl that said "lets be in our early 30s together" and I was like "haha, I will make my own version of this." Part of it was also that I think aging is fine, and we need to stop stressing so much over staying young. "Lets be in our mid-thirties together" is not a joke, I sincerely wanted this image to be warm and inviting, to maybe give people hope that there will be friends and people who love you once you get to that age. I never thought I was going to make it to 30, and I just turned 35 this year, and I'm the happiest I've ever been.

Some responses were obviously teens/early 20s people saying they don't want to get that old, which is whatever. When you're that young the dirty thirty sounds so ugly. No one cool is in their 30s! Well, if you ignore the people who make all the things they like. These responses I waved these off.

I saw the typical twitter experience replies of "this doesn't apply to me?" Ok bitch! Go make your own like I did! And show me when you do, I'd love to see it!

There was a handful of people who were saying "retweet to scare a twink" which I felt was kind of rude. Not to me, but to the twinks out there. Aging doesn't make you less of a twink.

Lots of people were sending it to their significant others or saying they hope to find someone to be in their mid-thirties with, which I love. :3 It makes me happy!

The one kind of response which is what I made this post for and I'm so sorry that I've been rambling, that I found weird was the people who will reply to just you. The OP. As if they are replying to everyone in the thread. I'm not talking about in QRTs, just straight in the replies. "Don't forget how tired she looks in this." Brother I drew the picture. I know. And ever since then I feel like, as someone who loves to read the replies on other people's tweets, I notice this a lot more often. Who are they talking to? Is this what people are referring to when they say "Main Character Syndrome?" Or should I be lumping these together with the "why isn't this about my exact personal life situation" people?

My fiancé says I'm thinking about this too hard (I got engaged last month btw), and he's probably right. I can't help but be curious about how other people choose to interact with the internet and images and people on it. And, I guess, am I supposed to reply? How should I feel about these. I guess I have to decide that on my own.

For the record, you are all very normal/understandable when it comes to what you guys tag my stuff with. That you love the girls (same!), that they're very gender (love this), or wow is this [insert fetish](not my intention but that's the internet). I feel like the slime girls get the "gender" comment the most and you are all so right for that. Every time I see people reblog my ocs I think "Thank you for loving [name]."

That's all! This was a pointless post but I'm unemployed right now so I have too much time to overthink things for no reason. How do YOU feel about how people interact with your posts? Are they weird? Or are they normal about it.

[onepiece-oc-archives]

How to write Luffy in general without him coming across as stupid? I feel like in the animanga when you can see him, it's different from a story, where a reader (like a friend who wants to read your story) who is not a op fan might be confused about why Luffy is acting this way. I feel I write him too childish sometimes... or Zoro being too dumb... but then again I've been accused once of writing Sanji "too normal" because I had him not fall high over heels for every woman he sees and I left out the nosebleed too. How to find the right way to write the characters?

Hiya, thanks for your question!

To say it in one sentence: There isn't one correct way to write a character. You might not want to write things that directly contradict canon but, at that point, are you even writing the same character anymore?

You're definitely right on the fact that a visual format like anime or manga is different from a story though. For example, I would never write Sanji going 100% heart eyes and spinning around the room like a hurricane without human form because that just doesn't sound believable in a story - at least not in my writing style. If you write a crackfic, you can definitely still do that. I'd say: Write characters the way it feels right for you.

How do you find what's write for you? Well, by engaging with the characters. Preferably the main source material, so the animanga or live action, depending on what universe your story is set in. But it can also be helpful to read some fanfic and think: "Hm, do I agree with this? Does this feel right for me? Or does this just not fit the character in my eyes?" In the end, everyone will have their own interpretation of a character and that's okay - and even appreciated! I mean, it would be boring if we all wrote the exact same things, right?

Now, for some character-specific tips. I'm gonna just give a few of my thoughts on Luffy, Zoro and Sanji, since those are the three you mentioned.

Sanji is a great case of what I mean when I say that some things just don't work out in writing, like I already said. What I like to do for animanga!Sanji is to write him like a lovesick fool but without the physical comedy. Because he is a lovesick fool. Or at least he comes across as one. I can't really go into too much character analysis here without derailing the post and diving into spoilers, but he has his reasons for treating practically every woman like a goddess. So, don't be afraid to show that! It's a vital part of his character, so you can't just leave it out. I mean, imagine someone writes Sanji kicking a woman! He would never do that and has repeatedly said so in canon. Well, not yet in OPLA, but I don't see that as a spoiler. Literally look at him and how he behaves towards Nami and Nojiko. Generally, OPLA is a great example of how to make Sanji work without the physical comedy. He's still an absolute fool for every woman but he's not inhumanly weird. I love OPLA Sanji and I will never stop gushing about that - sorry not sorry <3

Zoro! Like with Sanji, you should keep his main characteristics, which is a lot easier for him that for curly-brows, I'd say. Zoro is blunt about his opinions, he has literally no sense of direction and he likes to sleep a lot. So far so simple. I also wouldn't say he's dumb, though he can come across that way. He just... doesn't care. He cares about getting to slice people and has a very pragmatic approach to a lot of problems. But you've gotta remember that he's also very knowledgeable about some things, mainly about swords and fighting technique. As much as it looks like he just rushes into battle without thinking, his attacks are actually thought-out and precise. Put him in the right situation and he might as well be a genius. Unfortunately, that situation doesn't apply a lot of times, so you're left mainly with his pragmatic side. But that pragmatic side actually does a lot of good for the Straw Hats, especially further down in the story.

And now, Luffy... Luffy is actually stupid. Yeah, I mean it, he's not the most intelligent guy. Not a calculated thought in that boy's brain. If he ever comes up with something like a plan, he comes up with it on the fly - and that's not a bad thing! It creates a contrast between him and the more calculated members of the crew. So, yeah, you don't really have to worry about Luffy coming off as too dumb, but you might not want to make it the main point of the scene too often or make it come off as forced. Think about it, how stupid could a human you meet on the street possibly be? Most people don't say nonsensical things all the time. There is definitely rhyme and reason behind the things that Luffy says and does, but he has his own perception of what "rhyme and reason" is. Also, he might not be smart, but he's emotionally intelligent.

I suppose the only way to really "get good" at writing characters is to get really familiar with them and try to understand how they think. Also, to just do it. There have been so many times where I never even got started on writing stuff because I was scared I wasn't going to do the characters justice - but I figured it out on the way, doing what felt right for me, and those fics have become my most popular yet. So, don't be afraid to experiment a little!

There you go, I hope that helped! Have a lovely day <3

[goosehaver]

Please check out my carrd!

here's a little intro!

hi, i'm goosehaver, aka rowan, or you can call me goose, or ducky. i'm a bird loving freak what can i say? i'm an adult, and use he/him.

tag guide:

#goose honks - general original post tag

#personal quacking - my ramblings abt my life and thoughts

#goose friends - my pets or other animals/bugs/critters

#goose arts - my various creations, crafts, art, etc

#goose hoard - plushies and other things i collect

#goose ask - asks

big, long info post under cut! prepare yourself. it's a lot. i did my best to break it up for easier readability. and please forgive any mistakes in spelling and formatting. i'm doing this on my phone, just bc i felt the urge to ramble

TLDR: read the carrd. it's basically the condensed, easy version of everything. plus, it has cute animal pics!

fun fact! those animals are all pets of mine! (not all current, but all animals i knew and loved. the duckling was actually a childhood pet) the cat is Tucker (that boy was a miracle and a menace. he survived near-death at least 3 times, and was nearly 20 pounds. not fat, just massive), the duckling is a baby pic of Pearl (he grew into a big, gorgeous boy), the goose is my evil son Lotus (he sucks but i love him anyway) and the handsome boy at the end is Daffodil! (he was such a little sweetie)

🌱about me!🌱

🦆 i post silly shit, animals, bugs, current event stuff, mutual aid/fundraisers, occasional assorted interests (though i have separate blogs for some, u can ask me abt them if u want!) and whatever else i'm feeling.

🦆 i don't tag most stuff aside from flashing lights, but if u need it feel free to ask!

🦆 if u don't like me for whatever reason, feel free to just block me. i dont like arguing. if i say/reblog something that seems iffy, or maybe the op is shitty, please let me know! i dont keep up with most of the discourse stuff, so i may not recognize if someone is bad news, and i am not infallible myself, so if i fuck up, or maybe phrase soemthing poorly, i am always open to discussion as long as you are!

🦆 i get nervous abt direct interactions, but i promise (unless i dont see it for whatever reason, tumblr does eat asks and notifs sometimes) i will reply eventually, unless i feel i have nothing to say, maybe. i dont mean to me rude, i'm just autistic and tend to overthink this stuff.

🦆like i said, i'm super nervous, but i would love to make friends, or even just friendly acquantinces! that said, if you'd like to say hi, or whatever else, please feel free to reach out! i'm rarely brave enough to be the one to start a conversation. i have tons of free time, so you're not gonna inconvenience me. just don't be surprised if i take a while to respond. anxiety and all, y'know. or we can just trade pet/animal pics. that would be fun.

🦆regarding fundraisers: as of now i am reopening my askbox. i've decided to, instead of answering every individual ask, to just rb their posts with the link, unless it seems suspicious or i can't confirm it's vetted. this has not rlly been an issue in the past, though, just clarifying that, unless the ask is lost/broken, i'll rb any verified fundraiser. mutual aid posts will be handles the same way, minus the vetting.

🌱onto the annoying part🌱

🚫this is the end of the fun part. you are now entering the "dni" portion. of course, if u dont want to read it all, you can just block me, or read the short one on the carrd. for the most part, it's just expanding on the usual stuff. nothing too absurd or unusual i think.

⚠️if any of this applies to you, please just block me and move on. arguing is annoying and unpreductive. we will not agree. we will not get along. please save us both some time and simply block me. also! i am not implying that everything i'm abt to list is equally "bad" or immoral. some are just things i don't care to interact with, for whatever reason. ok? (these are sorted by category) ⚠️

🚫proship, comship, darkship, profic, comfic, or whatever else people are calling it now. to clarify, anything that involves romanticizing/sexualizing/otherwise trearing the following as morally good or unproblematic (genuinely, i don't meant unreliable narrators or whatever): incest, pedophilia, zoophilia, necrophilia, rape, sexual assault, grooming, abuse, bigotry of any kind (ableism, transphobia, homophobia, antisemitism, you get the idea).

⚠️DISCLAIMER⚠️

❗️before i move on, no, i'm not saying these things cannot or should not exist in media/fiction. i'm specifically against using them as essentually jerk-off material. these things can and should be discussed/written about, but not as fetish material.

🚫animal rights activists (not animal welfare, that's a different thing!), PETA supporters, anti zoo (referring to the facilities, not zoophiles. and also meaning being against the existance of any and all zoos, not just the bad ones. being against shitty zoos is valid), folks who are insistant shaming others for their choice of diet (not just vegans/vegetarians. i don't agree with anyone bullying others about food, regardless of what diet they are pushing), people who knowingly endanger or mistreat animals, or support those who do (improper housing, diet, keeping wild animals without necessary training/permits, cohabiting incompatible species, etc.), outdoor cat defenders (ppl who insist cats should be outside), fox-feeder types (disrupting wildlife populations by interfering, by feeding, petting, or otherwise treating wild animals like pets, leading to them losing wild instincts), anti farming (meaning the idea of farming as a whole, not improperly managed farms, or abuse of farm animals), people who insist on hating/being nasty about a particular animal or bug (you are allowed to dislike them, but wishing harm/death on them/people who like them is not okay!).

⚠️DISCLAIMER⚠️

❗️no, i am not an animal expert, nor do i claim to be. i just have strong opinions/morals regarding animal welfare, and i am not open to arguing over the above topics. i am, however, always open to learning about and discussing animal welfare in general. i just have some stances i am not about to back down on.

🚫folks who are way too into discourse (of any kind, really. just like, any intense arguing over insignificant things. legit issues are fine.) ppl who try to cancel/call-out others over petty things (again, legit reasons are different. and i'm referring to situations where people harrass or endanger someone specifically. petty drama is annoying, but not really harmful) basically anyone who is just needlessly mean tbh. i don't care for constant negativity (you don't need to be all sunshine all the time, just don't be a dick for no reason) ppl who bully others for being furries/therians/otherkin/etc. (it's such a non-issue. you can have beef with them for other reasons, but if you're just being a hater for no reason, that's lame).

⚠️DISCLAIMER⚠️

❗️this is not about spreading info about people who are legitimately dangerous, or serious issues like that. i mean stuff like arguing over fandom shit or inventing reasons to stat drama. i am simply too old for all that and want no part in it

🚫similar to above, folks who engage in infighting/othering parts of their community unjustly (meaning lgbt ppl who are bigoted towards certain groups in the community, like bipobic gays for example, or neurodiverse people who demonize certain conditions, such as npd or schizophrenia, that sort of thing), ppl who are against objectum/posic folk (it hurts no one, and as someone with strong attactments to objects i feel a sort of kinship even if i may not fully understand), ppl who are anti-kink types (kink referring to actual kinks, and not actual harmful shit that some try to call kinks. meaning, as i said above, incest/pedo/zoo/necro/rape. i also mean ppl who demonize or try to shame others for simply having a kink, not rightfully calling out inappropriate behavior involving/blamed on a kink) or otherwise shame others for sexual activity (other than the previously stated, or exposing non-consenting parties to their activities. those are genuine issues), ppl who are mean/rude to others based on their age (like being mean to old ppl just bc they're old, or kids just bc they're young), anyone who condones child abuse (including spanking, yelling at kids for no reason, corporal punishment stuff, just treating kids as lesser).

⚠️DISCLAIMER⚠️

❗️you cannot change my mind. block and move on.

🚫anyone who hates any of my big interests (sorry, you're allowed to feel that way, but we're not gonna get along. i'm very passionate about the things i like. no hard feelings!), people who really dislike/fear bugs/spiders (same as before), if you're under 16 (perhaps hyppocritical, but if you're much younger than that you shouldn't be here tbh, for safety reasons. i was, and it was not good for me. but hey, i can't stop you. just be safe. as for my blog spefically, it's not explicit, but i'd rather not have kids looking at it. i don't care if they interact with my original posts, but i reblog adult jokes, post about intense topics, and sometimes gory art/horror content, and i just don't think kids need to see that), ppl who don't like adult jokes (jokes abt sexual things, or dark humor. you're valid, but i do rb that kind of thing), or you just simply don't like my vibe (which is fine! you do you, i'll do me. we can stay put of each other's way).

🎈you have reached the end. congrats! if you read all that, and you're not headed to the block button, you're a real champ. if you skimmed, that's still pretty admirable. if you skipped to the bottom, that's cool, too. i know that was a lot. thanks for looking anyway!🎈

[viscasi]

The purpose of this blog is to connect with other hetGNC people and hopefully spread some positivity and awareness.

Things I'll be posting:

Mainly, my focus for this blog is content about being gender nonconforming / hetGNC / virago. This includes memes, discussions/commentary, reblogs of relevant posts, personal experiences, etc.

My goal is to bring awareness to our community, to help other hetGNC people feel less alone, and to hopefully give us a way to connect to one another!

Additionally, I will also be posting/reposting hetGNC-adjacent content, such as: A) Very little content specifically made for hetGNC people exists yet (I'm working on it 😉). So, sometimes I'll be reblogging posts from various adjacent communities because the post also applies (at least mostly) to our experience as well. For example, I reblog a lot of butch positivity/appreciation posts from lesbian/bi blogs-- my intention in reblogging those is to reiterate what OP is saying but to hetGNC masc women. Another example are transmasc posts-- I put those here sometimes because even though it obviously isn't the same, a lot of experiences/interests hetGNC women have can overlap with those of transmascs', such as a desire to masculinize your appearance and tips for doing so.

B) This blog also exists to spread some positivity for queerness in general, so it'll include some posts about other varieties of queerness, sprinkled in here & there.

C) Sometimes there's an overlap in interest that I'm reblogging for. For example, this is not a Role Reversal blog-- Role Reversal refers to people being gender nonconforming in the role sense, but usually not in the identity sense (the women aren't usually masculine people as much as they take on the relationship roles traditionally reserved for men, and vice versa). However, RR is a relationship dynamic that is generally (but not always!) desired by hetGNC people, so I blog RR content every now and then for that reason.

D) Sometimes a post isn't 100% hetGNC, but part of it is-- for example, if I'm posting a picture of a couple and one is hetGNC, but the other isn't.

Additionally, Sometimes you'll see me tag a post as "femdxm", "mlm", "bisexual" etc. even if those topics aren't the focus of this blog, or the main intended audience for the post-- I do this when the content might have some overlap interest in other tumblr communities, for the purpose of exposure, in hopes that it will make it easier for people who don't know about hetGNC people (especially those who are hetGNC themselves, but are unaware of the label, and scroll in adjacent communities for content) to find this blog. NSFW While the majority of this blog will be SFW, I'm not going to shy away from the sexuality aspect of this identity, since I think it's an important part of the experience that deserves as much attention as the rest. So, while there will be the occasional NSFW post, I will tag it for those who wish to block it (#nsfw)! Personal/Unrelated Content I'm NOT going to post anything here unrelated to what's outlined above, BUT if you're here you'd probably enjoy my personal blog (I'm thinking other hetGNC people also like rocks, productivity and cute animals!) On my main ( @viscasi-main ), I reblog more hetGNC adjacent things and reblog stuff about my interests, all that. More importantly, it's also where my likes/asks come from!

Messages and Asks I am quite busy so my replies can be slow, but I love DMs/asks (on either blog!) and I would love to hear from you, so please don't be shy if you'd like to connect!

I would also LOVE to see more hetGNC blogs! If you're thinking about it, start one! Post/reblog/comment your own experiences, your own memes, anything! If you do, tag/reach out to me! I'd love to see!

[hardworkandguts]

Dirty Pair

ダーチィペア

(Anime)

Sci-fi comedy by Haruka Takachiko

Era: 1980s

Rating: A

Plot: In the 22nd century humanity has expanded through the galaxy, and to help the people with any problem they have, for a price the World Welfare Works Association will send trouble consultants. Kei and Yuri are one such team, codenamed the Lovely Angels, but their propensity to make every situation far worse before successfully completing their assignment earns them another nickname for which they're (in)famous across the galaxy - the Dirty Pair.

Length: 24 episodes, 4 OVA, 1 movie

Thoughts: Ah, one of the first shows I decided to watch on this journey back to anime, only because I recalled from the early 2010s one eyecatcher being used in one of Smash TVs 80s/90s VJ nostalgia fests, and thinking to myself "hah, girls with guns who look like wrestlers, sounds fun". It's probably hard to be more right about something without knowing anything about it.

On the rewatch for this, it really holds up well - their clashing personalities really pop, the assignments are very varied even when they mostly end the same way (something big exploding), we have fugitive hunts, sensitive deliveries, a ultra-smart mouse taking control of the 3WA HQ, treasure hunts, an investigation to a pod that crashed into a mansion and, uh "killed" one of the occupants while knowing they did it... after all, as it says on the OP, "I will solve any problem for you". There are no big arcs (and it is quite short for such a beloved 80s show), and there's no continuity, just one story spanning two episodes, so it can be something to watch little by little. Also helps it keeps a limited cast - outside Kei and Yuri the only recurrent characters are Mughi, their genetically engineered intelligent giant cat/bear, the ship robot Nanmo, and Gooley, their supervisor, always suffering at the ends of their methods but reliant and confident on their skills. It is also a very stylish show, from mechanical design having a lot of varied futuristic vehicles (very informed by prototype cars of the era) and solid character design to music (still bummed I never found a score with the action scene sax music), everything here scores big in that aspect. All things considered, it's a staple of 80s sci-fi anime, and it's not hard to see why.

On to the OVAs, the first, With Love from the Lovely Angels are simply two unaired episodes, and everything said applies. The second, Affair of Nolandia is an hour long episode about a missing girl with powerful psychic powers. It features a slightly different character design and a more serious tone, but... nothing here is particularly great. The animation isn't the bump you'd expect, and the more serious tone kinda takes a lot of what made the show great (if you want individual ratings, C). It was followed by the feature length Project Eden, where we go back to form with great animation and closer in looks and feel to the TV show with a story of an sabotage investigation on a mining planet where the mineral that makes galactic travel possible is found, this being the ideal point of entry for anyone new to the series (A), and later by Dirty Pair 2, which adds 10 new episodes at the same level as the TV show once again, which feels just a bit underwhelming, but hey, more Kei and Yuri (B), and finally Flight 005 Conspiracy, another hour long OVA, only this time it looks like one, and while the story (dual investigation of a spaceship crash and the disappearance of a scientist) becomes a lot more serious as it goes along, it manages to be a far more entertaining watch than Nolandia (B). There was also Dirty Pair Flash but that's something for other time and not covered in this post.

Recommended to: want to see girls with guns exploding everything around them?

Plus:

OP/ED of the TV show by Meiko Nakahara, bangers. The score by Toshiyuki Kimori has a great early 80s synth and space disco feel to it.

Balances the action and humour pretty well

Might go a bit off-model here and there, but the action is pretty solid.

Minus:

It IS quite short for such a beloved show even to this day. Made rewatching it a breeze, but...

[aquaburst3]

I saw another post in the TWST tag where someone sent an ask to OP about incorporating honorifics into their fics to "be more accurate". The OP was happy about it thanks to making posts wishing the game and novel translation would use those. I seen others say similar things in this fandom. I completely and politely disagree with that. To be frank, I think adding those in to any English version would be terrible writing and would do the opposite of what these people want.

The game heavily implies that the story takes place in their version of the west and are actually speaking that world's version of English, so they wouldn't be using honorifics in universe in the first place thanks to that language lacking those. That's why I think things like the White Day Cards, all of the maps and Azul's contracts are in perfect English instead of Japanese—they are actually speaking that world's version of English and the game is just translated into Japanese so it's comprehensible to the audience. Even the Light Novel mentions a similar translation spell happening on Yuu.

The Japanese version using honorifics makes sense. English works translated into Japanese add honorifics, too, and the same would apply here. The same can be said for scrapping them in the English versions, because they would be unnecessary thanks to how that works as a language.

Bringing them in would also cause more issues. For one, randomly tossing them in now would come across as super jarring. If everyone started spouting out honorifics in ANY English version of the story, it would automatically turn the whole cast into giant weeaboos (a westerner who idolizes Japan to a weird, unhealthy and fetishistic degree, especially if the person is white), which, in turn, would make the whole cast super OOC outside of just Idia, especially for ones like Vil and Malleus.

As for the "it doesn't state the character's relationships well enough without honorifics" statement these people spout out, we don't define relationships in English directly with language outside of addressing people we don't know or those in positions of power, but with context clues—attitudes and actions. That still shines through the English versions, simply because of how the characters behave and treat each other.

If you are wondering why I forgo this in my own writing outside of Deuce spouting them out when he's tired and not thinking straight, there's your answer. Normally, I would use honorifics or at least call characters by their surnames when I write fics based on manga/animes to be more accurate to the setting. In this case, the opposite is true, since the story is set in a western analog instead of a Japanese one. If some people have a problem with that, too fucking bad. I don't care. I think handling like this makes the most sense.

[physics-of-one-piece]

I'd like to propose a weird rule for One Piece physics for your consideration.

Ok, so a common complaint about movies, stories, anime, etc. Is a lack of consistency when it comes to the rules of powers, magic, tech, what have you. This is especially true for anime.

Essentially, physics are subject to the whims of plot and narrative. Yes, the protagonist's power should be able to beat the villain's ability based on evidence earlier in the story, but we need to build emotional tension in tue scene, so it's not gonna work right now. So on and so forth.

I am horrible at physics (barely passed in high school), but I do remember something about the rules of physics changing when it gets to the quantum level.

What if, a similar concept applied in the OP-verse? Like, when a certain event or outcome is necessary the rules rearrange themselves?

I'm not sure where I'm going with this, but enjoy my brain dump all the same. Can't wait to see what you come up with!!

Yes, agreed!

I do want to make like a list of the main speeds of chars, such as Luffy & Doffy. Also, Katakuri's speed when he becomes a donut will be fun to tackle!

Yes, we get a lot the rules rearranging themselves all the time in One Piece as you said bcs of plot and necessity for drama & emotion. Law's Gamma Knife should have been instant death for Doffy, but his strings came in handy. Speaking of Law, I think his room is the only one physics can't explain? That shit is just MAGIC. I mean, yeah, teleportation and all that, but I say MAGIC for Room. I mean, eternal life (though we can argue about the life force and energy being transferred), yeah, that's SUPERNATURAL and MAGIC. I mean, there are other devil fruits like that that genuinely don't follow rules of physics. And healing abilities of Mansherry for another. Then there is Giolla's art, too.

Okay, so we're talking here about a shift from classical physics to quantum physics. The principles themselves undergo a shift.

As you say, it's like a new playground. New playground will have new rules.

A simple example off the top of my head where stuff changes in classical vs quantum is

Superposition

In classical phys, objects are always in a defined, definitive state.

In quantum phys, there exists what is called a superposition of states which means a particle can be in multiple states until measured.

One of the best examples is the Double Slit Experiment. I found this very good explanation of it bcs fuck, quantum physics make my brain hurt.

In classical physics, waves (like water) form an interference pattern through two slits of appropriate size. It's just waves combining.

Quantum version is like shooting bullets one at a time at the slits (even with a large time gap, one per day, say), and each one either passes through or ricochets randomly, and leaves a hole at the target - and then after couple of hundred bullets, it becomes apparent that the bullet holes form a striped pattern. (except in the real experiment, the bullets are individual photons, or electrons, or atoms, or even molecules).

Anyway, yeah, if the plot demands it or the oitcome requires it, physic laws will be broken, and at one point, quantum physics itself may/will come into play ie the rules will rearrange themselves. Huh. That sounds cool, actually. That then starts the debate how much autonomy do such things have on their own without outside influence. There is no suspicion in my mind they have a lot of autonomy, and are naturally gravitating toward each other, craving to interact with each other.

One of the mysteries of the experiment above for the quantum version is how the hell do the particles know on their own to collectively create a distribution derived from the interference of paths going through both slits, when the particles can be sent through the slit one at a time and never interact?

[coredrill]

can u convince me to watch bravern? gurren lagann is the only mecha anime I've ever seen. should I watch it even? thank you.

i can do my darndest!!! 🫡 i definitely think it's worth a watch even if you've only seen ttgl - i've watched bravern with a few friends whose mecha experience starts and ends with evangelion, and they had a fun time!!! it's also standalone and only 12 episodes, so it's a pretty quick and easy watch!

anyways in terms of convincing you the first thing i will include is the OP, because from the moment i saw this i was like. i must watch this immediately. and i have been hooked ever since!!! and also it is sung by bravern (the main mecha) himself and it RULES. it does kinda spoil the gimmick of the first episode (the first 15 minutes or so try to sell the show as like. a serious war drama fslkdjfh) but it matches the tone of the rest of the show much better so i don't think you really lose much:

and i'm also gonna include the ED because everything about the show that ISN'T captured by the OP is shown in the ED…………i swear they made it this to give their audience a chance to wind down from how homoerotic the actual show itself is, LMAO.

in terms of things that might appeal to you as a ttgl fan - katsuyuki konishi (kamina's jp va) has a small but very funny role, LMAO. on the whole, bravern is also very much about characters surpassing their own limitations, and also the show surpassing its own limitations at the same time! i wouldn't say that the plot/stakes are exponential in the way that ttgl's is, what with them going to space and making universe-sized mechs, but it does give a very similar feeling of "surely this is as far as they'll go, right?………..OH NOPE NEVER MIND" imo!!! it's also so very much about the power of love that it got my hater ass rooting for the earnest yet bizarre romance that occurs, LMAO. i'd say that while ttgl's theme of "love conservative" isn't quite as explicit in bravern, it still applies!! overall bravern knows exactly what it's doing and loves every moment of it, just like ttgl does, which i think is a huge part of why i personally got sucked into it so hard LMAO.

also, the show is just fucking hilarious imo. the dialogue has so many funny out-of-pocket moments that made me genuinely laugh aloud and the situations that the characters get into feel like every time the crew behind the show was presented with the chance to make a decision, they chose the most unhinged option available in the best way possible. a non-spoiler example of this is that for some reason, the suez canal is still blocked in the bravern universe????????? like, this took me out when i saw it, because. WHAT IS THE REASON

honestly the one thing that really comes nowheres near ttgl is in its animation (of course), though i will say that bravern's 3d mechs look really good and are some of the best i've seen outside of studio trigger et al's recent work with promare/griduni!! also akira amemiya (who did a good amount of key animation in ttgl) did this cut in the OP which imo rules

i hope you enjoy it if you do check it out!!!! it's such a wild ride on the whole but it's really a special show and it brings me so much joy!!

[skypiea]

(I'm with you with regards to the "quite easily I like it" OP post btw! Just wanna make that clear ^^;;) I almost wonder if the gripes are like, in part people who see how the women are drawn and base All Their Opinions of the series on that. That or they got mad at the clown thing Tumblr did and just decided to hate the series for it. Or they're just a little hater, honestly anything can apply. I'm not a fan of OP, haven't seen a second of it to make a decision, but like. 5 or 6 (including you- im not just a random, im just really shy LOL) of my friends are, and the one thing keeping me off from watching it is the fact that it's one of the longest animes still going- And I almost wonder if that also has a part to play in the "lol how can u watch one piece" thing people have going on. Also, have you seen the bananawanis yet?? I don't go here but I love them.

Thanks for the message! I hope you don't mind a bit of rambling (all that I'm capable of, always).

The thing is, I think there are plenty of things to criticize about one piece. I’ve seen and had many thoughtful discussions about elements of the work that can easily be considered harmful stereotypes, as well as some well-intentioned ideas that I think were executed in a subpar and clumsy manner. Some of these are directly a result of the author being only 1 guy with 1 lived experience, some are the result of broader issues in the shonen genre.

And these discussions are great! Everyone is better off for having thought about these potentially damaging aspects deeper, and it’s incredibly important to be able to recognize that an author you respect and follow isn��t perfect and doesn’t need defending over every single thing. And at the same time, I fully respect anyone who has no interest in getting into the work because they don’t want to put up with any of the parts that are far from perfect.

Personally, what I can’t stand is the tone of condescension people are very quick to take… I do not fault anyone for not digging the show's visual style, it's not for everyone. But I don't really appreciate the implication that I'm like, stupid or misogynist or cumbrained just because I enjoy the work overall. Or even because I do enjoy Oda's art; I think he is a really talented artist, but elements of his stylization are not always my favorite, including both his general figures for both women and men. This is not even starting to mention the incredible talents of many of the individual animators who work on the one piece anime, who all put a lot of their own amazing flair into adapting the work.

On the topic of the latter thing, I've truly never understood the length being a barrier to the ability to enjoy the work. It's always really baffled me...? I don't know if it's like, people who are only interested in getting into OP specifically to interact with the fandom, but in my opinion there's no actual factor that makes you need to catch up to current as fast as possible. In my mind, having so much of a new thing is wonderful for me; I'll have a lot of great story to enjoy, I can take it at my own pace, enjoy watching a bit at a time for a long time. I guess everyone just wants to be done with something as fast as possible these days... Pretty sad... Make it last and enjoy it lots :-)

I've gone on for long enough, but basically, I couldn't care less if anyone doesn't enjoy the same thing that I enjoy a lot--that's life! I simply can't stand being treated like some sort of idiot for liking it, and I'm done basically agreeing with those kinds of people by giving them any ground. None of this is a super serious problem of course, just a pet peeve... but what is a blog for if not talking at length about my silly little pet peeves ;-)

Of course I adore the Bananawani, as well as all the other fun and silly animals of the one piece world. I hope we'll see them again one day, it's been so long... Here's one of my favorite one piece species for you, the Lapin. Love these guys.

To finish off, I'm just going to include one of my favorite recent pieces of one piece's animation. Hope everyone's havin a lovely day ^_^

[elspethdixon]

Even the “trashy” television the people OP is talking about like to judge you for can be too active depending on the person and the situation. If I get stressed enough, I can’t watch new-to-me television shows or fictional tv content in general. Nature documentaries and docudramas about prehistoric life only. “No fannish shows, only this obscure series about a wildlife refuge in Namibia,” sounds smart and worldly, but it’s actually the opposite. “No characters I might get invested in that could have bad things happen to them, no content I’m fannish about that involves emotional investment. It’s time to rewatch the collected works of Sir David Attenborough for the 46th time while fast-forwarding over the stressful bits where people talk about poaching/habitat loss/anything being endangered. Then we can rewatch the BBC Walking With Monsters series again. No need to have anxiety about how humans are destroying the planet and wiping out endangered animals when you’re watching something set before the Mesozoic! Humans don’t exist yet so nothing bad that happens to the fictionalized Devonian and Permian creatures is our fault. Oh look, the orphaned warthog in Namibia was successfully re-released into the wild just like it was every previous time I watched this program, how nice.”

The same applies to reading - when I’m stressed I’ll pass over new fiction on my tbr list in order to read nonfiction because it doesn’t require as much thought/imagination/emotional investment as something with fictional characters and a plot does. Worst case scenario, I’ll just reread the same three books about evolution over and over again. No sci-fi or romance novels, only Donald Prothero’s Evolution: What the Fossils Show and Why it Matters and Nick Lane’s book on the biochemical origins of life for the 14th times

[ghostiegirl56]

Genshin Multifandom Drabble/Rant

Ok I know I mentioned having twisted x obey me chapter 2 done but I had another idea for a mixed fandom fic.

Blame my amazing persuasive skills to convince my friend to play genshin and then her wanting to talk about lore while co-oping.

Kinda spoilers for genshin. Like not really just for a few voice lines and which twin is Canon. (Khaenria'h gets mentioned twice so eh)

I'll be referring to Canon (aether as protag and lumine as abyss

So like Aether hasn't been able to find Lumine for 500 years (talk about giving it a boy look). But what if it's because different worlds keep summoning him and when he gets put back he just keeps getting disorientated.

Like he's searching dragonspine for Lumine, gets summoned to another game/anime and then he's plopped back into schneznya. Doesn't help that lumine's hiding in the abyss.

This has the opportunity for nearly 500 different fandoms and Aether's stuck with them for maybe a few months or heck even a year.

And even more potential for a prequel of the twins visiting each place before arriving in teyvat.

Anyway back to the how of Aether being yoinked, say when first travelling through the other worlds Aether (being the doormat he is) left maybe an artifact that can temporarily bring (the assigned twin) to the other world for like a year and then saying like

"if you ever need help again don't hesitate to call".

And when you consider that not every world they travelled to probably had magic. Those artifacts would never get used and instead be like a family heirloom because A:

Every family has some sort of crazy heirloom that you have to question if it's cursed.

And B:

If two people with magic descended from the sky that's God and you don't (theoretically) call them lightly.

But also at least Aether canonically has all his power sealed and the way visions work mean their use is limited to teyvat (visions need elemental energy and the specific formula for elemental energy is likely only found in teyvat). If Aether's statue powers work the same...

He's just some regular dude who got summoned probably because of someone's desperation. Like the world could be ending and this almighty being that has seen the birth and death of stars (which is surprisingly canon) who descended hundreds of years ago is now a magicless, crop top wearing twink (affectionately) who needs his sister to tell the Macca's employee he asked for no pickles.

I imagine in some worlds they've accidentally started a whole religion around them (more reasons for Celestia to be haters).

This could also apply to Lumine and that's why she spends so much time in the abyss, to make up the time she lost on her summons. Since 1 teyvat day is 1 abyss month (if I remember correctly).

Also if I had a twin and they disappeared on me for 500 after I slept for long enough that (twin in question) pissed of a higher being that sent literal gods to destroy the place. The next time I see them it's a fucking tackle hug them for abandoning me and cause I'd miss them.

The fact Aether is so chill and somehow sane about this implies either A:

He has no capacity to be upset (proven wrong by the chasm quest)

Or B:

This has happened before.

Which lead onto a new headcanon of Lumine and Aether travelling worlds and they'll just randomly fight like

"Noooo it's my turn to overthrow the gods"

"Nuh uh you defeated my evil organisation so I didn't get my full turn"

Soooo after all my ranting basically. Aether or Lumine getting dragged to worlds only to be plopped back in teyvat after their summoning artifact runs out of time.

Obey Me The exchange program

So back to the multifandom part. Imagine that a twin (I'll use Aether as my example) is selected for the human world exchange program due to probably being known for magic in ancient human history books. Then one of two things vould happen.

Barbatos succeeds in summoning Aether because its Barbatos.

or 2

new backstory for a brother of choice, having been given a summoning artifact at somepoint and coming in clutch to summon Aether. Which creates a nice little reunion

and part .5 Paimon can come with and be surprised about archons sharing names with the demons.

If its option 1 I can imagine Aether learning about how much of a dick the brothers father is. Then going like

"Where his he? He needs to know that wasn't right"

(Aether is tired alright pretend its exam season)

Lucifer: "We fought him and lost what makes you so sure you can" Aether: "I've done it before. . ?"

Even if it wasn't specifically Obey me's god. Like it could be and this is how the brothers find out Aether is potentially older than them. Also Aether could totally tell them all these stories about gods he's fought and that its a common thing in each world for someone to fight god.

idk I think that could reasure the brothers.

[honeybeewhereartthee]

PINK KKOMAS KOHAKU OUKAWA 75

Spoiler for my stories

Doll is pulling Sea to joined him have lunch since the other guys seems too focus on his little activity, while they did so. Doll saw blood staring at the ocean while holding his cat again who is now covered with different type of ribbons.

Doll: >.> Hmm

Sea stared at the direction doll stared at: →_→???

Sea stared back at doll who have conflicted face: ←_←???

Doll: (٥↼_↼) that guy is being weird.

Sea gesture something to doll: ヽ(´ー` )

Doll: ...

Doll: I don't understand your gesture. (；^ω^）

Sea, point at Blood again who's dipping his legs in the water: ( ˘ ､ ˘ )

Doll: >.>

Doll look away from the sight of Blood: I can't point a finger at it but he still suspicious.

Sea: (˘･_･˘)

Doll: bee told me stuff that guy said a few days ago. (─.─||）

Sea: (?・・)σ

Doll: >.> I don't know how that world works as a whole but basing what Bee said. Blood or mad hatter implying something about clock. He also said about him and bee being similar.

I can point out that he mean that he and bee have been through a "time" paradox, timeline or whatnot since it's connected to clock.

Doll takes out a notepad as he start to list what his saying.

Doll: Bee is casual about his world story, that guy causally says he become a past tense for hundred of times for his love. Nor did his lunatic side denied that claim of the reason why Bee is "made" __〆(￣ー￣ )

Sea, don't know what to say when Doll went Sherlock Holmes: (・–・;)ゞ

Doll: pretty sure that the concept of time being part of their story is only applied to those two. Bee often boost that their "omae" can return back time and he can access the time labyrinth before. ( . .)φ__

Doll take a deep a moment to think of something.

Sea: (?・・)σ???

Doll: →_→ the case of event of twisted wonderland, it's not a new world, rather it's a world made since long ago. I learn it from snooping around. (￢ ￢)

Sea: (￢_￢;)

Doll: blood always act mostly the most know it all bitch. (`ー´) that asshole knows the back of my hand than I do. Now his acting dumb as baby.

Sea, sigh at Doll wording: (´-﹏-`；)

Doll: fuck, he even able to summon that house of his even in the button of the sea. Or anywhere at all (︶︹︺) I heard that he have shadow hands so he have the same number of limbs/ arms a spider really have and they can carry bunch of things, not carrying about weight withers. ヾ( `ー´)シφ__ IN SHORT THEY ARE OP!

Sea: (─.─||）

The darling Doll continues to write something on the paper

Doll: fuck. I remember that ranking he said. He never stared his rank. He just said Bee as a whole is the OP. (↼_↼) I wonder what's my rank through is this like dragon balls power level or bleach?? Hmm I think watch too many anime with Kana-han.

Sea: (・–・;)ゞ

Do: anyway, I don't want to write more about Blood and waste my papers. σ(￣、￣〃) that guys probably did that to himself or his just plain out acting all this time. Through that time. I think his genuinely weird.

Sea:

Doll: what.

Sea point at Blood who's listening to doll rant all this time since he take out his notepad: (˘･_･˘)

Doll:

Blood: it seems that sweet Dolly detective is on to me. What a honor to the humble me.

He chuckle as he pats Doll who who's about to explode from embarrassment.

Blood: you really shouldn't dwell to stuff that will get you into troubles. It be bad if you follow certain someone footstep... Sigh why does people of your world always stick your nose to business that isn't yours?

Doll:...

Doll, already takes out his blades: YOU BASTARD!! SO YOUR BACK TO YOUR TRUE COLORS!!! (`ー´)

Blood: hmm? What makes you think I acted differently? How amusing.

Doll:ԅ( ͒ ۝ ͒ )ᕤ I WILL AMUSE YOUR FACE WITH MY KNIFE!!!

Doll soon chase Blood around and Sea watch wondering about how people in the surface is odd.

To begin with he already notice something off with Blood the moment he appeared that day beside him in the beach.

He seems free from the usual chains he sees him in before, but that guy put those chain back on himself.

It keep returning as others keep mentioning about stuff connected to the blood they know.

He wonder if, if others don't mentioned what kind of person he was before. Would he stayed the same...

Sea pause on his thoughts as he remembers what Bee shared to the group.

'even if we don't tell him anything, he said it's like something normal occuring thing to him... Sigh... People above are strange. '

He no longer tried to follow doll the Sherlock Holmes footstep and just return on playing on his pearls.

.