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joyofcrime-elinorhigh · 6 years ago

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Powerpuff Girl 2016 REVIEW: Part 2

Point Four: The Chararcters So now that I've talked about the pre-show controversies I can now move on to the show itself (only two thousand words in!) And the most importaint part of any story, at least in my unprofessional opinion is the characters! So how do the reboot characters stack up to there 1998 counterparts? What is the same and what is different? Well the best place to start is with the girls themeselves, so let's jump into this, shall we? Blossom is the commander and the leader. She is also the most drastically changed between versions. This old version of Blossom was the responsible leader. She was the smartest of the three girls and wanted everybody to do things her way. She was useally the voice of reason of the three girls. This version of Blossom is still the leader, but they tone done the responsible aspect and play up the smart aspect. Now I'm not saying she's not responsible, but there tends to be a lot less focus on that aspect of her. Instead the focus seems to be on her being the steriotypical "nerd" archtype. Now I'm not agianst the idea of this, as it could be interesting to see Blossom be a little nerdier and maybe even less popular than her two sisters because of that, but they don't really do that here, or at least not thus far. Instead they mostly focus on same "OCD needs to be in control, neat freak nerd tropes" that we've seen from other characters in a ton of other cartoons. Over all I think Blossom is my least favorite of the three girls in this incarnation, but than agian she's also had the least ammount of episodes about her so far (which is odd since she is the leader.) Maybe she'll improve as the show goes on but I feel like she's really been flanderized in this show. Maybe if they tonned it down a bit and focused on how being so smart and nerdy effects her as a character, or if the "nerd jokes" where just more original maybe I would like it more. Hopefully it will improve as the show goes on, but so far I say that Blossom is a down-grade. Bubbles is the Joy and the laughter. In the old version Bubbles was the kindest of the group. She was sweet, ditzy, loved animals, and was kinda a cry baby. Dispite this she could definetly go hard core an once assulted a innocent dog. Now, how does she stack up in the new show? Well don't you worry, she still assulted an inncocent dog in the new series, so y'know, character saved. (Did Bubbles ever assult an innocent dog in Powerpuff Girls Z?Tell me in the comments if she did, and if she didn't she should of.) Now Bubbles in this show is pretty close to how she was in the old show, while still being different enough to be a new version of the character. She's still super cute, in fact she might even be cuter in this show because of the funny things they do with her eyes and facial expressions and the fact that Kristen Li has the cutest frickin' voice ever! This version of Bubbles still has the hard core streak she had in the old show, though unlike in the old show where her changes from sweet to hard core gradually this Bubbles will switch to hard core mode for one second and then switch back a second later like nothing happened. This leads to some very funny comedy, to me at least. She also seems a lot ditzier in this show, as she tends to just ramble nonsensically whenever she tries to make a point. (She actually reminds me a lot of Elinor from "Elinor High" to be honest.) She's also a coder now. At first I thought it was weird that Bubbles was the coder instead of smart girl Blossom, but as I thought about it I started to like the idea of Bubbles being the coder instead. I liked as it showed that being a coder didn't just require intelegentce but also creativity. It also helps makes Bubbles look smarter by showing that she can do something that her sisters can't do, besides speaking Spanish. Out of the three girls in this reboot, Bubbles is easily my favorite. Buttercup is the toughest fighter. She is also the one that the show and the marketing is really pushing. Now a lot of people seem to be annoyed by how much the show is pushing Buttercup. I admit that CN might being going a bit overboard with all the Buttercup, but I don't mind as much as other people do because Buttercup isn't an awful character or anything, and it's not like there not pushing the other girls as well. It's not like in Teen Titans Go! where 80% of the episodes are just about Robin. I kinda understand why CN is pushing Buttercup. When I was a five year old boy Buttercup was my favorite of the girls because she made me feel less insicure for watching a "girl show" (also green was my favorite color of the time so that might of had something to do with it) Now I know now that that resoning was kinda silly, but when you're five you think of things like that! So I wouldn't be suprised if CN is pushing Buttercup to help get the "Girls have cooties" demo. I mean this show is targeted at children so I wouldn't blame them for doing that, but I have no proof, maybe that's not the reason there doing this. Maybe they just like Buttercup, I don't know. Anyway, in the old show Buttercup was the mussle of the group, and the team tomboy. In this show she is also like that. She seems a bit more mischiveous in this show, Which isn't nessicarily bad thing. This mischiveous nature is the biggest change between this Buttercup and the old version. This Buttercup seems to be a bit more joke-y and maybe it's just me but she seems a bit dumber. Granted she wasn't a genius in the old series or anything but that's at least how it feels to me. She seems to also be a bit jerky-er too but it is in the jerk with a heart of gold way. She does feel remorse when she does something wrong, like when she was responsible for hurting Bubbles on accident or loosing Octi. If Blossom is my least favorite of the girls in this series and Bubbles is my favorite than I would say that Buttercup is the one I feel the most indifferent too. All three of the girls seem a bit more childish, which is an interesting ideea for the series. In the old show they pretty much acted like adults unless an episode had them doing something childish, sort of in that "Calvin in Hobbes" way. Here they are children. This show keeps in mind the idea that they are suppose to be five years old. Granted they do act a bit older than five but between the way they sound and the way they act they deffinetly seem to be trying to play up the fact that they are little girls, and I don't really have a problem with that. It's a unique way of seeing the girls. But it's not all about the girls, we also have the other characters, old and new. I'll go over them quickly because this section is already pretty long already and a lot of the characters we've only seen once of twice thus far. The Professor is still the Professor. He's still the doting father like he was in the old show. (The Professor still acting all supportive during the talent show, even though the building was on FIRE is still one of my favorite jokes in the series XD) The Mayor is still the Mayor. He's stupid, silly and far less annoying than he was in season five and six of the old series. He also shows a level of competents as he's been shown to not only survive alone on Monster Island and was able to fight of the Bikini Sisters. Ms. Keane is still the same, and theres some controversy about her not having boobs in this show, or something like that. I mean that seems like such a minor thing, I mean are you really this upset that this school teacher is boob-less? It's just a design change. I don't see how her laking boobs is sexist like some people are saying, it seems like such a weird thing to complain about. On the villian side of things Mojo seems to be about the same as he was in the old show. We've seen his silly side, which is true to the character but I hope we do get to see his villianous side as the series goes on. Also he seems to sometime refer to himself in the third person. Was this something he did in the old series, I honestly don't remember. Like i know he said thins like "I am Mojo Jojo" but did he ever refer to himself as just "Mojo Jojo?" He doesn't do this all the time but it just seems a little weird, espically because he DOSN'T do it all the time. Anyway Him seems to be pretty much the same, though I have to say his apperance in "Tiara Trouble" wasn't as scary as he was in the old show. However that episode wasn't just a Him episode, it also had a lot of other villains so maybe that's the reason why it wasn't as scary as the old show. However it was still pretty creepy in it's own right and totally seems like something Him would do. Princess, as stated partically last time, is a lot less whiny. She seems a lot more just full of herself and they make a lot more jokes about the absurd things she has because of her wealth. We also got some new Villains like Manboy, The Bikini Sisters, and Packrat. Manboy can be kinda funny with the absurdity of some of the stuff he can do, I also like the idea that he isn't actually a man, but a little kid who acts like a man. It makes his sexism a lot less cliche and more understandable because he's probably about the same age as the girls. My only concern is that I'm not sure if his theme is really deep enough to be a recurring villain. I mean I'm not sure how many jokes you can make out of him being manly, but we'll have to wait for him to appear in more episodes to see if he's more than just a one trick pony. Also I think it would be adorable if he had a school boy crush on Femme Fatale. That would be amazing. The Bikini Sisters meanwhile I think are kind of weak. There only real gimmik is that there fashionable, and that one of them is a gorrilla. I mean we already have Mojo as our monkey villain and another one just seems like overkill. Bianca was actually pretty threatening when her hair got all messed up and was attcking the Mayor trying to stab him, but other than that there not that interesting. At least so far. Plus they feel kinda simular to Sudussa, even down to becoming the Mayor's aid. I like Packrat and his Gollum meets Magpie from Batman style personality. He's probley my favorite of the new villians, as the idea behind his character is pretty good, and the show seems to show him at least somewhat symathetically. Plus I'm interested to see where the show will go with him having the robo-cast. One thing I do like about this show though is the introduction of some allies for the girls. The Derbytantes I actually really like and would love if they came back as a semi-reccuring characters. Same thing with Donny the Unicorn. I like the idea of the girls getting some recurring allies along with enimes, and maybe even becoming some kind of Justice Leauge Unlimited style thing. This probley won't happen but I think it would be kinda interesting if it did. Now to move on to the big controversy. Well, maybe not the biggest...like in the top five in terms of controversies this show has had. Ms. Bellum is no longer in the show. The creators said that they don't want to use her, as she doesn't match the show. Now everybody has assumed that the reason for this is because of how sexual she was in the old show and this show is trying to more femminist, and this is a bad thing because Ms. Bellum was a role model and yada yada yada. Now I just want to say, first and formost, that the creators NEVER gave a reason on why they replaced Ms. Bellum. We ASSUME it's because of how sexualized she was but we don't know. Not one hundread percent at least. Now personally, I think that getting rid of her was a bad idea. I think she is a good foil to the Mayor and without her there isn't really an explenation of how the city manages to run (I mean the Mayor himself wouldn't be able to keep order) I also don't like the way they got rid of her, because the explantion expects you to be upset this character is gone when in THIS series we've never even seen this character before. If you're a kid, and you've never seen the 98' series you would have no idea who this character is and why everyone is sad that she is gone. If they didn't want to use Ms. Bellum than I feel it would of been best if they just never brought her up, saying she just didn't exist in this universe. Though then people would be mad that they didn't explain why she's there and that would of started a whole new controversy, so I see why they did it. It's just not they way I think they should of went with. Part 5: The Story and Humor So now that we know about the characters, it's time to talk about the story and the humor. Honestly this, along with the animation, is where the show falls flat. The show, at least to me, isn't all that funny. Most of the jokes aren't that bad, and there are some really good jokes that feel one hundread percent at home with the writting of the old show, but for the most part the humor just doesn't really stick out all that much. This is kinda a problem, espically since the show doesn't really focus as much on the action. I don't really know what else to say about the humor to be honest, it's just pretty average, and compared to the humor of other current Cartoon Network shows it seems a bit sub par. The stories for the episodes also have some problems. Now in order for me to talk about this i might have to go into spoiler territory on a couple episodes, so if you don't want to know spoilers you might want to skip this part of the review. Some episodes seem oddly paced, and try to shove in way to much into an eleven mineute episodes. An example of this is in the episode "Tiarra Trouble", where we have to juggle the main plot about the girls trying to win the talent show, the rivalry with Princess Morbucks, all of the villains also entering the contest, Princess turning into a monster, and the introduction of Him! You honestly could of cut out Mojo, Fuzzy, and the Gang Green Gang from the episode entirely and lose pretty much nothing story wise. Another example is in the episode "Princess Buttercup", where we have to show the the Derbytantes and there character arc, Buttercup and her character arc, Blossom and Bubble's perspective, Princess evil plan, a giant monster attack, and a final battle. There are more episodes like this, however these types of episodes do seem to be becoming less common, as newer episodes seem to be keeping there focus a bit more. Another thing with the story in this series is that a lot of episodes seem simular to episodes of the old show, which I guess I can understand as the old show ran for six seasons, but still. Now this show does not have any episodes that DIRRECTLY rip off the old show, I want to make that clear now, but a lot of episodes do feel simular in story and message. Some examples include "Strong Armed" and "Bubblevicious" are both about Bubbles trying to prove she can be strong, features Bubbles fighting with her sisters, and as previously metions features Bubbles assulting a innocent dog. "Bye Bye Bellum" and "Something's a Ms." Both involve a villian replacing Ms. Bellum as the Mayors assistant. And "Man Up" and "Now and Zen." are both about Buttercup trying to become more peaceful. Again, there are more examples than this, and the show does change things up a bit, like how in "Man Up" Buttercup becomes a hippie and in "Now and Zen" it's more of a monk type thing, but still. It is something that is notcable if you've seen the old series. This will conclude Part 2 if the Powerpuff Girls 2016 series REVIEW for now. In Part 3 we will discuss the difficultly of making a reboot in this day and age, and the dankiest of memes. I hoped you enjoyed this review, and remember that I am in no way trying to push my opinions on anybody, i just wanted to take a look at this show in I way that I don't see many other people doing. If you liked this than you might also like the first part of this review or my on-going series "Cartoon Thoughts." Or maybe you would like my webcomics, "Joy of Crime" and "Elinor High." Either way I hoped you liked the review, and have a great day.

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festfashions · 7 years ago

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As 2017 comes to a close, and gifting season is upon us, I thought it would be a fun idea to do an article about some of my favorite brands or items that I used this year and that I feel like everybody should know about. These are all things that I’ve tried, or lusted over and honestly none of them have paid me to write this article. I seriously chose them myself, and I stand by my choices. So let’s get into it, these are my favorite things from 2017.

FestFashions' Favorite Things

First up is L'Oreal's Colorista Semi-Permanent Color: my favorite was #SoftPink300. I am obsessed with this stuff. I have spent years trying to find a pink hair color that I liked since I’m always trying for the bubblegum pink color, but that’s really hard to achieve. Luckily pastel tones became really popular this last year so it was a bit easier to find. When I first started dying my hair pink I would have to do a hot pink color and wait for it to fade to the color that I really wanted it to be. This stuff is already the color that I wanted to be when it goes on. It’s semi permanent too and lasts on my hair just about a few days, usually a festival weekend.

Now, my hair is pretty light to begin with so if you have darker hair this of course won’t work but they do have this new One-Day Spray I haven't tried yet. It is a spray on, one-day color that looks like it does a little bit of it tinge to darker hair I’m going to test it with one of my friends and I’ll report back.

For the record, I did also try some other brands, and the worst of them was Lime Crime's Unicorn Hair. Did absolutely nothing. What a waste. If I want the color to last a little longer than usual, than I use Ion Color Brilliance Brights for a darker, longer lasting pink.

A brand that I’ve lusted over for years is RebLKitty's sunglasses. It’s awesome because she became really popular this year and even has been selling her sunglasses on Free People's website! I even once took her photo at a festival without knowing because of her awesome style! I love people with small brands like this one though who are super passionate about their art, but also really nice people in general.

My favorite pair of sunglasses that she did this year were the Disco Doll Sunnies. They have an octagon frame, a colorful tinted glass and then tiny little stickers on the edges of the glasses. They were definitely a cute trend for the colorful vibes of this past year. I wasn’t able to nab them just yet, but maybe for Lightning in a Bottle next year! See all her sunnies here.

The LUMi Shop is a brand that I discovered because of one specific coat they have: the Sequin Reversible Mermaid Cropped Disco Jacket. I saw this on Instagram somehow. I don’t know how I end up finding new brands or items anymore, but this jacket stuck out as unique and super cute. It has a really cool eye on the back fully made of sequins. What I really liked about it was that it hung lower than the actual waistband of the jacket, more like an appliqué than just a print.

I was pleased to find this brand has lots of other really cool stuff that I like, including a ton of awesome sequin pieces. They also have these cool light up quartz tiaras that I feel like I'm gonna need for Lightning in a Bottle. It’s a reoccurring theme that I need things for Lightning in a Bottle, let’s just establish that now.

One brand that found me was Little Light Lab. The owner reached out to me earlier this year about her cute little creations and sent me two to try. I absolutely loved them and I have to say it’s become a statement piece for almost every event I've gone to since. I love LED pieces because they help your look translate to the night. They're also actual fashion accessories versus glow sticks that usually just make necklaces or bracelets. The Little Light Lab flowers though are great quality because they look awesome during the day and then light up at night and still show the shape of the flower in a really beautiful way. I wouldn’t be talking about it if I didn’t love them so much, seriously. Check out her whole shop here, there’s much more than just the flowers.

Another company that I discovered a while ago that I feel like really blew up this year is The Gypsy Shrine. I purchased some of their glitter during a sale on the Dolls Kill website, and I absolutely love it. The one I got was called Unicorn Dreams. The reason I like it and why I bought it in particular is because it has really big pieces of glitter. Like close to a whole centimeter big, in gorgeous iridescent colors. It’s more of styling glitter for me, and I use it now instead of rhinestones. Personally it wouldn't be the kind of glitter you want to do a lot of detail with because it is really chunky. The glitter is more like an accent detail. Because the glitter is also so big, I usually end up using eyelash glue to attach the pieces, which brings me to another one of my favorite things: Benefit's Eyelash Glue.

OK so let’s be honest, as a rave girl I’m gluing things to my body all the time: eyelashes, jewels, glitter, edges of pasties... basically there’s a lot of things that are getting glued to my body. And if I’m gluing them, it's because I want them to stay ALL. DAY. I get cheap fake eyelashes, ones from CVS when they’re on sale and I love them, they work great, but they don’t always come with the best glue. I'm sure if I spent money on nicer eyelashes they might stay on better with the glue they come with, but instead I prefer my cheap ones, and then spend money on a good glue. I love the Benefit Eyelash Glue best. My first bottle lasted me about three years, even with all my friends always using it too.

This glue is really great: it’s strong, it’s easy to use, and it’s not that expensive. I haven’t found an eyelash glue that I like better and this is my second time buying this one. So that says something because I’m usually not a return buyer on stuff like this (I'm more of a discount buyer), so that’s really saying something. This year was the first year that I started using pasties with some of my outfits. It could be because of the trend of mesh pieces, but I think it’s also because my fashion sense has become a little bit more experimental at events. I tried a few brands because as I said I’m usually a bargain hunter and I found that some of them are really sucked. There was nothing worse to me than the day that I tried a pair of Wicked Hippie pasties at Lightning in a Bottle and they wouldn't even stick to me a little. I even tried using eyelash glue to get them to stick... That's how desperate I was to make my look work. (If this sounds crazy think about how much time you spend designing your outfits to find yourself camping at your favorite festival, and one outfit is falling apart.)

I did find that a brand, Pastease, that I had another pair of pasties in my box of stuff that worked amazingly. Since then, I've only used them for my pasties needs since I know they will stick perfectly and I don't want to risk having to re-think my entire look on the fly. Pastease is also awesome because it's another awesome small shop run by a woman. She has so many different designs and cute pieces; you'll always find exactly what you need. Another brand that I've thirsted over for a few years, is Marina Fini. She makes these awesome plexiglass pieces that I seen celebrities like Miley Cyrus and Baddie Winkle rocking. They’re really cool and simple pieces in a sense because they are large and standout. They're the perfect statement piece for an event, or a way to create your unique style by wearing one of the pieces over and over.

I really like the earrings but I have a tear in one of my earring holes, so I’m nervous to wear anything too heavy. Instead, I’ve been drawn towards the rings. I love a lot of the Flower Power rings, and I really want to buy one to make it a staple piece for next year after I save up some money. Fingers crossed for that Christmas dough.

Something that I’ve used for years and I feel like I haven't talked enough about, is Hair Charmsies. They are these little iron on pieces that you put in your hair. They’re really cool and add sparkle to your hair. Basically how to use them is they come on a sheet, and you peel that like a temporary tattoo, then lay it on your hair. Then you use your flat iron on it for about 10 seconds for them to attach to your hair. I had a lot of fun with them and they last honestly for three days of camping. Which is really cool.

They come in all sorts of designs including stars, hearts and rhinestones, but personally my favorite has been the gold stars. I don’t even use a whole pack each time I use them, I think I’ve been using the same pack for like a year, so they’re not a huge splurge. I use them as accent pieces, and they'd be really fun to add to braids.

So there you have it! There's my favorite things of 2017! To be honest some of these things might stay in my list for next year, but you never know! There were some items I would have loved to include as well in this list, but some shops shut down over the course of the year. If you're looking for holiday gifts for a raver, I'd suggest any of these items. I'm sure they'd love them, just as I do!

Also, in honor of hitting 10K on my Instagram account, I've reached out to some of these brands to participate in a huge giveaway with me! Check out my Instagram for details on how to enter. I wanted to be like Oprah's Favorite Things and giveaway my favorite items too! It’s my small way of saying thank you to you guys for following, reading, and enjoying my content! Giveaway entry period 12/15/2017-12/18/2017.

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