#there is a bit more that goes on for the thumbnails themselves

[fly-sky-high-arts]

i found you through your work on skurry's thumbnails and i really admire your art! i was wondering if you have any tips for blending/shading in your painting style since i struggle with that and you're pretty good at it. have a good day!

Hey thanks! I can try explain the best I can without loosing myself in what I'm trying to explain or confusing you in the process XD

I will be honest, and this isn't me being modest it's a general self critique but I am not very good with colors? (or backgrounds lol)

It's still something I'm trying to get to get a bit of a better hang of as well as do so in the way I will enjoy it and not make it too complicated and so far the simple rendering style seems to work out for me personally. Maybe something else could sit with you better but that's the joy of exploring the steps and methods in art, right? :3

Details bellow~

I'll try explain bellow what my general process is when making the slugcat paintings, as they seem to be the topic. I use different brushes for my other commissions and mix them around as I go but for slugcats specifically I used one brush (if not counting the pen tool I used to draw out and fill in the base color)

Detailed sketches help visualize the shape of what's being put down in base color but I'll use a simple one for this example:

With the base color in place, what I usually do is either: -Lock the layer like in this example and work on that single base where all the shaping and color will go on this layer -Create multiple layers of the base depending on what's closer to us or further (I used this for Gourmand and Spearmaster thumbnails), imagining segments like the arm closest to us as its own layer, then the body, then the back arm and so on, if the base shape has depth like that. (lock these as well)

The flat color then gets a gradient (gradient tool) that is worked with me shifting the hues and saturation on the color wheel to get more dark and colder shadow as well as warmer lighter highlight. You can play this in reverse and have cold highlights and warm shadows, depending what you feel like using for the piece

you can have the color palette somewhere visible if you want to reference these later on as you start to render shapes

Now, I have no way to personally explain shapes in detail so I will link a video on that, lighting and some more helpful stuff bellow the post.

What you have to think about is where the light is coming from. Based on the gradient made, here I kind of made it seem it's coming from the left upper corner or above the slugcat but how drastic it is will depend on stuff like what is actually around slugcat, where is it and how much light there is at all (if you look at the Artificer thumbnail, that is an example of little light but the source is also very dramatic red light of the ID drone thingy)

Note that you're allowed to make separate layer to make like a little guide I did above here on where the shadows will go and try base the render off of it.

This is the brush and its setting I'm using for slugcats. What's fun about this brush is that it's very soft but depending on the pressure means how much selected color it will apply to the area. (if you use paint tool SAI, the watercolor brush there applies this effect AND blending much better)

The brush works the way it blends depending where you set the tip and drag lightly. It took me a bit to get use to it but it will drag out the colors bellow it instead of applying color if not pressed too strong. You can use that to both add and blend colors BUT changing the size of the brush while doing so helps a ton.

What you mostly do next is "sculpt" the shape: You use darker color for depth and lighter to make things pop out.

You start of with most basic application on where the shadow and light are dropping by color picking the palette colors that were earlier applied for the gradient. The brush strokes should follow the shape itself (best way to think here is the same direction fur grows on cats and follow that haha)

COLOR PICK TOOL IS YOUR FRIEND~

You want to not just rely on the base palette colors but also color pick from shades and lights on the slugcat itself. Sometimes adding hues and tones between the already applied colors makes them feel more natural instead of using straight up shadow color. But this brush, as I mentioned earlier, is handy with blending stuff in, even if it's not super smooth.

Once you get the overall shadow and lighting done, you can start rendering with the same. What comes of the process is here is depending on how much time you want to spend shaping the look of the slugcat. I didn't had a lot of time but I got the gist of the slugcat down. Funny thing is that you can simplify this even more (and make it resemble cel shading haha)

What you can do after that is get more colors in, add more darker shadows and lighter highlights and like for this slugcat example, you can mix it up a bit. It's easier to stay consistent with colors but playing around by adding purples in blue shadows and light blues into warmer green highlights makes them pop out a bit more because now there are fresh colors in the mix.

(side note: You can use very dark and very light colors but it's prettier for the painting to not use any 100% black or white for anything like shading or highlights UNLESS you really want to have dramatic colors and negative space or such)

From this point on, you can basically adjust, shape, add, remove, work out the details etc. and mess around with how it looks. For practice purposes it's nice to keep it simple but trying to make more depth. I'm not the best at it, my work still feels rather flat but here is a tip that can help: Adding a layer above all layers, coloring it black and setting the layer option to saturation will make you see the colors in values. If you feel like they're too close to each other and too flat you can return to the base layer and add more depth with values to them, then recheck with the black saturation layer again by turning it on and off as needed.

(as you can see from my example, I am missing more darker colors around the neck and back arm haha)

What you come up with at the end again depends on you, what tools you trust using and how far you want to go with it.

At the end, I usually do adjustments to colors if needed. Say, the quick fix I can do to make up for missing shadows is to use one of the tone correction option, tone curve AND/OR color balance.

I usually use and play around with any of these (and sometimes level correction but not as often)

I adjusted base color (color balance and tone curve) and the background (desaturate it in shue/saturation/luminosity)

So uhhh

this isn't really like a tip of a sort, I can't really properly advice how to render since it's about tool preference and the personal process but I hope this was a bit insightful!

Here are some helpful videos that go into detail I could not work out via words or this process because they are multiple separate subjects that can help you learn about rendering colors:

[pedripics]

Charlando con PEDRI en la EURO 2024 | xBuyer - Translation

JAVI: Guys, we are here, as you have seen in the title, the thumbnail, nothing more and nothing less than a little chat with Pedri. Pedri González, my friend...

ERIC: How are you maestro?

JAVI: Brother of a former xBuyer team player and most importantly, Spanish national team player.

ERIC: By the way, first question, why did you change your number, man?

PEDRI: Because I've taken it. The truth is that it goes by internationality. I mean, when you arrive you choose the one with the most caps or whichever one you get.

ERIC: Whichever one you get.

PEDRI: They gave me a choice and I was the 26 again, but I said so to change. ERIC: He has stolen it from you. PEDRI: No, I changed it. I mean, I have more internationals than him, so I chose before him.

ERIC: It has a bit of personality.

JAVI: Well, have you seen? (pointing to his jacket)

ERIC: I was going to say Pedri. What do you think of my brother's jacket?

PEDRI: It's fine, but this has changed already.

JAVI: Yeah, but all you've done is criticize me.

PEDRI: Because it has changed.

JAVI: But a little bit of retro, man, this.

ERIC: But, listen, but this is one of the last collections they did retro.

JAVI: First question. Did I put the mic on?

ERIC: I put the mic on. First question was...

JAVI: How are you?

PEDRI: Good, good, here.

JAVI: Sunny. The facilities are really good.

PEDRI: Sunny??

JAVI: Second question. How are you? I know you're fine, but everyone knows you're from Troncos.

Clip Pedri: I became a Troncos. They had never asked me which team I was from and I didn't have a team, but of course when they asked me I had to say one and I became a Tronco because of Verdú, man.

Clip Ibai: Very good, but you watch the Kings League a lot.

Clip Pedri: Yes, I watch it, so I don't miss a game, but yes.

JAVI: We explained it well to your little team. We didn’t just beat them, we burned it.

PEDRI: Well, basically the Troncos let them win because, of course, they didn't want to win.

ERIC: They let themselves win from the first minute, no.

JAVI: We're going on holiday early and that's it.

ERIC: It's OK, it's still Troncos. Verdú. The same, he's not going.

PEDRI: If Verdú doesn't continue, I'll have to reconsider.

ERIC: Who would you say you have a face from Móstoles?

PEDRI: I used to like El Barrio at the beginning, but now I don't like it at all. I don't know who I would go to.

ERIC: Dude, he doesn't say the Buyers (their team)

PEDRI: Let's see, no, the Buyers too.

JAVI: I don't even want him to say it anymore.

PEDRI: The only one I like among the Buyers is Beguer.

ERIC: And Fuad?

PEDRI: Well, he's good too.

ERIC: That's good eh.

PEDRI: But Beguer is very top.

JAVI: Let's see if we can keep him.

ERIC: What about my penalties?

PEDRI: Pff, what a blast, eh?

ERIC: But I've scored 3

PEDRI: Yeah, but how many have you missed?

ERIC: Three

PEDRI: 50%.

ERIC: How many penalties have you taken in your career?

PEDRI: One

ERIC: Have you scored?

PEDRI: Yes, against Betis in the Super Cup.

ERIC: Good, good

PEDRI: I have 100%.

JAVI: I'm not saying anything because that's where I'm shitting myself.

PEDRI: But why don't you shoot?

JAVI: Because he does it well. I give him his share... (pointing at Eric)

ERIC: Of course, but I do it well. I mean, I don't shoot badly, but I don't score. So, ee have to look for something.

JAVI: I only commit myself that, if there are shootouts, I'll shoot them. And I'll score them.

PEDRI: Yes, but the shootout is more complicated.

JAVI: No way, it's very easy if you are left-footed.

ERIC: (laughs) It's very easy if you are left-footed. But it's the same thing.

PEDRI: It's the same.

JAVI: You'll see. The truth is that I have a lot of little things. I have secret weapons.

PEDRI: So tell Geri to do shootouts.

JAVI: That's going to be done.

ERIC: He tells us that if you get shootouts, it's two goals.

PEDRI: So you can choose between a normal penalty and a shootout? Is it worth double?

ERIC: It's double if the president takes it.

PEDRI: That's not a bad one.

JAVI: It's not bad.

PEDRI: It's not bad.

JAVI: And that's where I'll come in. Clack.

PEDRI: A double goal, but you have to score it afterwards.

JAVI: But okay, Eric, shoot it, shoot it. Question. We're fucking around.

ERIC: You were the best young player at the last European Championship, who will it be at this one?

PEDRI: Lamine

ERIC: Are you sure?

PEDRI: Yes.

ERIC: (at Lamine off-camera) Lamine, are you going to be the best or no?

JAVI: And who are you sharing a room with?

PEDRI: Nobody. Alone.

JAVI: Alone?

ERIC: No shit.

PEDRI: Everyone is alone. Everyone. Everyone. The XB guys shared, right?

JAVI: Team and he shared. Pablito Beguer with Roger Carbó.

PEDRI: Well, Roger also scored goals.

ERIC: You have a powerful squad. How do you approach this European Championship from what you learned from the last one? What do you think you can change to win it?

PEDRI: Let's see, the last one. The truth is that we did a good job.

ERIC: We did a good job.

PEDRI: To be honest, it's difficult to beat it, but...

ERIC: You have to give it your all.

PEDRI: That's why overcoming it is complicated, but I think we have a good team. There are also young people who help us (smiling at Lamine off camera). And above all we have a good vibe, man, which is important at the end of the day.

JAVI: It's funny that Pedri says ‘we have young people who help us’.

PEDRI (getting very defensive lmao): Well, yes, I look like a veteran.

ERIC: You've been with us for five years now, haven't you?

PEDRI: I've been at Barça for four years.

ERIC: You've been to the Spanish national team, you haven't been to the youth teams, have you?

PEDRI: Well, I went to the U16 World Cup (it was U17 lmao) when I was at Las Palmas and then I went twice, I think, to the U21 or U19.

ERIC: I though you didn’t when you were younger…

PEDRI: Yes, I was with De La Fuente, I was in the U21s. Well, and the Olympic Games.

ERIC: But there you were already playing for Barça. Right. Okay, good.

JAVI: Then a little question. Today I went for a couple of rounds while you were training in your facilities.

PEDRI: Do you like it?

JAVI: You have lots of little things.

PEDRI: They are nice, eh?

JAVI: This year's facilities are strong. What do you do most to pass the time? Because I've seen that there's ping pong, that there's everything.

ERIC: Don't say Play, that's clear.

PEDRI: Let's see, the Play, I play tennis. I'm there playing a lot.

ERIC: Some other people who also play?

PEDRI: Dani Olmo. Well, we'll each play one of them.

JAVI: Of course, so that you don't share a screen, otherwise it gets buggy. The one on top gets buggy.

PEDRI: And I play darts the most, I play quite a lot.

ERIC: Darts. I saw that you were throwing darts. Against whom?

PEDRI: With Ferran, Vivian, he's not bad, and Remiro is a spectacle. He's the best at darts.

JAVI: Incidentally, not long ago I had an interview with Lamine and he said that at table football (foosball) he's the best, that at foosball no one beats him.

PEDRI (pointing at Lamine): He said that I am his goalkeeper, so all good.

JAVI: But is it true that he is very good?

Clip Lamine: Pedri, my goalkeeper in table football.

Clip Javi: What do you mean, he's played as a goalkeeper by himself?

Clip Lamine: Goalkeeper.

Clip Eric: What are you playing? Four against four?

Clip Lamine: Two against two

Clip Javi: Who is the best foosball player on the team?

Clip Lamine: Oriol. Top two me 100%

PEDRI (directed at Lamine): He dribbles even in foosball.

ERIC: The best in the team?

PEDRI: Well, foosball is a one-legged game here, you know?

ERIC: Yes, of course, you can't hold the ball.

ERIC (at Lamine): You lose your potential.

*Lamine complaining off camera*

PEDRI: You play with the two-legged one and the one-legged one gets complicated.

JAVI: Okay, Eric, any questions you have there, like quick ones. Player to follow from this EURO, not from Spain?

PEDRI: To say one from Germany that we are here, Wirtz.

ERIC: Food from Spain that you're going to miss, even though we've seen that the cooks bring a lot of Spain? Do they put sweet potato in it?

PEDRI: Yes.

JAVI: What's wrong with the national team?

PEDRI: They always put it in, and I tried it one day and I really like it.

ERIC: How many kilos of sweet potato did you say you ate? Two or three?

PEDRI: Crazy. Well, there's sweet potato in every meal.

JAVI: You've always been particular about food.

ERIC: Do they let you eat croquettes here?

PEDRI: No, I wish. No, but nothing. What I eat most... I don't know, fish anyway. I don't know, like sea bass.

ERIC: Oh, they put sea bass in it?

PEDRI: Whatever they put in. I mean, I can't order whatever I want.

ERIC: The day we went to lunch anyway you asked for a sea bass.

ERIC: Promise if you win the EURO?

PEDRI: I was going to say I'll do my profile picture, but of course you haven't seen my profile picture.

JAVI: What's your profile picture?

PEDRI: I don't have my phone here. But it's me, bald and with a moustache. I mean, shaved and with a moustache.

ERIC: You don't have the balls to shave your head and grow a moustache.

PEDRI: Yes.

ERIC: Imagine showing up for the pre-season with a bald head.

PEDRI: No, I will let them shave me in the locker room.

ERIC: Do you like being bald?? (valid question lmao)

PEDRI: I will let them shave me in the locker room. But not zero, eh. Buzzcut.

ERIC: You get in here with a buzzcut. Okay, I like it. I was going to say the same thing, but is Pedri Prime coming to the Euro?

PEDRI: I hope so.

JAVI: I'm a betting man too. I'll tell you one thing, if you score five goals in this Euros…

PEDRI: You sell the xBuyer Team.

JAVI: I'll sell it now.

ERIC: That depends on how much you give us.

JAVI: I'll shave my head.

ERIC: But listen, the one you put the fifth one in, you have to dedicate it to him, you have to do something like this

(they proceeded to show him what celebration to do)

JAVI: I don't know whether to be happy or cry.

PEdRI: If that happens. But I don't take the penalties myself, in theory.

JAVI: In theory.

ERIC: Yeah, but Javi, you think that if Pedri scores five. We've come a long way.

JAVI: And now I'd like to ask you a little bit of a trickier question: any argument or something that the coach said to you in anger? I mean, something that you've said to yourself, ‘Wow, I remember this one all my life’?

PEDRI: I mean, any coach? Well, I haven't had many arguments myself. No. But I'm also a good guy. I'm quiet, I don't get into trouble.

ERIC: Because he doesn't miss much either. Pedri catches the ball, passes back, whatever.

JAVI: I think there's Lamine who's going to answer me.

PEDRI: Lamine, Lamine. (directed at Lamine) What are they going to say to him if he's been here for a year and they only say good things?

JAVI: But surely, he's had some in the lower categories.

PEDRI: Lower categories? (laughs)

ERIC: Next one, also a little bit tricky, but chill. Who is the worst dressed player in the national team?

PEDRI: (laughs)

JAVI: You know it

PEDRI: No, let's see, I haven't seen many, but Unai Simon.

ERIC: Unai Simon? Does he look like...?

PEDRI: Dressed very badly.

ERIC: Unai. I see him in a polo shirt, jeans... I mean, he doesn't get complicated.

PEDRI: Yes, Unai Simon (looks at Lamine) or Nico Williams (laughs again).

ERIC: No, Nico has style.

PEDRI (pointing at Lamine): He knows why I say that.

JAVI: You get along good with Nico, don't you?

JAVI: And any new nickname from this squad?

ERIC: Do they still call you what you used to be called? Pepi, right?

PEDRI: No, yes, but nobody calls me that, only my brother, man. My brother is the only bastard who gives me a nickname. And a nickname like that? Buah, none. (looks at Lamine) Well, there was one, but it's gone.

ERIC: So let's leave him, let's respect him.

ERIC: And in the national team there has always been Pepe Reina. But who is the soul of the national team now?

PEDRI: Morata :)

ERIC and JAVI: Morata?????

ERIC: Morata is shy, isn't he?

PEDRI: Morata telling stories is the best there is.

ERIC: I like it.

PEDRI: I think Morata would take the microphone if there's a celebration.

ERIC: And now, the penultimate one, when we win, if we win the Euro, where are you going on holiday?

PEDRI: Tenerife.

ERIC: Tenerife. But you’ve seen it a lot already?

PEDRI: But I like to be at home, quiet, with my family.

ERIC: You're not going anywhere else?

PEDRI: Well, first to Madrid to celebrate and then to Tenerife with Lamine. (laughs) I'm not taking him on holiday.

ERIC: I'm a bit scared of Lamine in Tenerife.

PEDRI: He's already been there. He was there. Ask him about it later.

JAVI: And finally, you know that there is a teammate who has not been able to come, at Barça, Gavi, which is hurting us. Do you have any message you want to leave him in this video? Because I'm sure he sees it.

PEDRI: Now he is starting to run. He's doing very well. Keep it up, we are waiting for him with open arms. Me too, I want to humiliate you/ beat you at ping pong.

JAVI: I saw the video.

PEDRI: He plays well right?

ERIC: Table tennis, darts, tennis, everything.

PEDRI: Anything that involves sport and passes the time, I'm all for it.

JAVI: And keep an eye out because soon we'll be uploading a Pedri vs Lamine. Let's see who knows more about EUROs players.

ERIC: Any questions you want us to ask him (Lamine)?

PEDRI: (laughs again) How was it in Tenerife?

[vonbabbitt]

honestly with all the blatant disrespect towards your stated wishes and your vision as a creator that goes on in this fandom (harassing you over the video titles/thumbnails, endless off-topic posting, the recent leaks thing, etc) I'm starting to think you should just like. take down tetro for a while, or put it behind a paywall, idk, SOMETHING to show the ungrateful little shits that actions have consequences and that getting to experience the product of your hard work is a privilege not a right

i hesitated to answer this ask because i dont want to put myself or anon in a position to get absolutely blasted in the notes but

without saying anything that will make me look ungrateful.........thank you for your passion, anon. LMAO

no but in truth: obviously i do not love it when people do things like constantly hound me about my thumbnails or actively tell other people in my discord server how to seek out tetro leaks. its very very uncool.

i think in the fangan community in general theres this massive entitlement surrounding other people's projects. fangans are unmonetizable. writers and directors and artists and musicians and voice actors dont get paid for any of this. if youre going to make a fangan you need to be running entirely off of passion, which a lot of people dont seem to understand or just dont care about ig?? they dont seem to connect the dots on the fact that if the staff team arent enjoying themselves anymore and working on the project is making them upset, the project will end and you will not be able to enjoy it anymore

im really grateful for the tetro fans but i do wish people would show a little more respect for fangan creators as a whole. the content is free. theres no need to put random indie creators on blast for their unmonetizable fan projects.

which, again, is not to say i dont love my tetronians!! truly i do. i will not be revoking tetro because of a vocal minority. but sometimes it gets a bit disheartening to get hit with the 100th "change your fangan to fit my preferences" message or the "hey guys here's how you get tetro leaks" message or the "guys von said x thing or refused to say x thing that means THIS GUY IS DEFINITELY DYING!!" message

lets just all be nice to each other ig. tetro makes me tired sometimes i think

[akfelpsrecaps]

Recap of Vod 12 — Golira

the recap here is quite short! mostly just a lot of mining of the cube + irl sorts of discussions. they find a lot of things \o/!!

recap under the cut, also reblogs are appreciated so more people can find these recaps \o/!!

(quick note that nothing I write here in quotes is verbatim + accurate translation. I will try to be as accurate as possible, but it’s more about quickly conveying vibes)

-this vod continues on from vod 11 \o/

-“hey matt. The moon looks strange. What did you do.”-Meiaum (it’s just a new moon)

-Felps kills a zombie and knocks it off the cube. Then jumps off after it to get the loot bag pfft. it gives him crystal horns which he puts on!!

-he goes back up to the cube to mine and they find a small room that only has a photo of Felps in it (the one he puts on his vod thumbnails)

-“this is lore, I’m certain”-Felps

“do you think this is the mayor without a mask? or is it the other (meiaum’s photo)?”-F “prefeito jelps”-M

-felps asks if the cube was always here or if it appeared, and Meiaum said it appeared. felps says it doesn’t make sense

“you have horns”-M “Yes. They shine”-F “Beautiful”

-felps gets some creepers that spawned on the cube to blow up and destroy some blocks

-finally they go back to talking in a group while mining pfft

-they talk about Twitter a bit, which leads to talking about meiaum’s subathon timer. felps googles how many hours 5 billion minutes would be to see how long Meiaum would have to stay if he was donated 5 billion dollars (at least 9000 years)

-they talk about liking bluesky and seeing the Felps updates blog + the fanart + Meiaum updates blog

-some kind of lore is happening tomorrow morning according to Meiaum?

-they spend a bit of time talking about chats \o/ (Felps’ chat for example, but others too)

-Felps is talking about the paradox of the Time Machine

-felps and Meiaum get distracted from mining because they hear a noise. they start digging to try and find the source of it

-after a lot of digging around they find a small house with a gorilla in it (appears to be two rooms—a bedroom and a main room)

-felps takes a photo of the gorilla and sends it to the groupchat with him matt and Meiaum 

-felps wonders if this is the gorilla’s house or if someone else lives here and takes care of the gorilla. Meiaum suggests maybe someone lived here the gorilla killed them

-Felps is confused as to how the gorilla even got here because there’s no path to the house + it doesn’t even have a door

-felps irl leaves to go get food. Meiaum continues mining + tries out some shaders. felps has towered up near the corner of the cube so you can see Meiaum moving around

-the video cuts here to when Felps is back.

“I broke five plates”-F “I heard!”-M

-Felps finds another room \o/ it has a gaming chair + desk. with a screen that’s playing Felps’ livestream I believe? Meiaum broke the screen accidentally so they didn’t really get to see what was on it

-there are holes in the walls and floors…? Ant nests

-the screen is put back by an admin. it is playing Felps’ livestream \o/ I think this cube wants to give akfelps and akmeiaum an existential crisis

-the screen is now playing meiaum’s live

-like with the pictures, they say they don’t know the stream versions of themselves

-felps calls the person streaming (Meiaum) um menininho and Meiaum disagrees pfft

-Meiaum stays staring at the screen for fun visual effects (stream in stream in stream in stream, etc)

-“it’s worth noting this room was full of ants”-F

-Meiaum sounds/acts like he’s in physical pain when he gets high amounts donated and added to the timer. every time this happens Felps runs over to the screen to watch his live 

-“i can do something funny to Meiaum if you give me permission”-a felps chat member—And they sent Meiaum $1000

-felps found a room with nothing

-just when Meiaum recovers from the $1000 someone sends $600 bringing the timer up to 400 hours

-“don’t support your streamer”-M

-Felps found another room—this time it’s an aquarium. there’s a shark with a name \o/ thúbaraum

-vod ends with Meiaum suffering. It continues on in the next vod

[peacefulmultishipper]

To the strange people who say that Hbomber’s RWBY video is “damaging” and begging someone else to make a counter/response video to it.

Let me post a copy of what I wrote on Reddit when this came up over there with a few corrections.

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If they view the Hbomberguy video as “damaging” and are begging someone else to make a counter video to it then why doesn’t the user make it themselves, They probably don’t understand how long would likely take to make a video of that size that also has to be have a roughly three hours longs or how much effort goes into videos like that.

I’m shaking a the mere thought of all the resources from the Volume commentaries that can only be found on the DVD versions, possibly thousands of QnA interviews, informative tweets from CRWBY that are likely buried under more useless tweets if you don’t know what you are looking for, reading through books to see if there’s any information that be used for the video, rewatching Hbomber’s original video for your counter arguments against his along making notes of the time codes of when they were brought in his video that you need put into yours so view can double check the original video to make sure you actually did get the full context for point just to see you’re lying and trying to make Hbomer look bad which a massive no no for response videos, writing a script with your possible team, recording your lines that will likely leave to some bloopers and possibly losing the files that you have to redo if you accidentally forgot to save or an unexpected crash/freeze on your computer, having a good mic quality that you’ll likely need an very expensive one with a pop filters unless you’re fine to settle for a Snowball, a good editing software along with a few other apps/programs to make some possible effects, audio and of course your eye catching with a little bit of clickbait thumbnail, if you don’t have a team or even just a paid editor - having to edit all that for likely months or even years on your own while also changing and editing the script when you notice a mistake or wanting to add something on there to help support your points or even a new point that you could use which make the process even longer…just to make response/ “Why RWBY is good” video and upload it to the internet that you have no idea if it will do well or if many will even see specially if it’s posted on a the channel is not popular and only has a few subscribers…Your hard effort may never even be rewarded and will feel like it all went down the drain.

I’m not saying this to discourage others, just pointing out most of the process of a project of that size. if someone genuinely wants to tackle that video then by all means I can’t stop you, just know what you are in for.

Ummm….anyway I think the most damaging thing about the show is RoosterTeeth/CRWBY themselves besides the animators and editors but that’s just me.

[ghostys-originals]

ROADKILLERZ PILOT Airing at 12:30 PM EST Saturday May 27st

Doing an yt premiere so I can see people’s reactions in real time despite my anxiety telling me thats a terrible idea

[details under read more]

Synopsis: This was supposed to be as easy undercover mission, but Bruno failed to realize the civilian (Cupid) is about to make his explosive delivery. Bruno is racing to get to Cupid before the package's intended target does- or worse. 

Series plot: An action/comedy about a freedom fighter group on a shoestring budget against an egotistical wanna-be dictator, both equally incompetent, in the middle of the desert. Two newbies from the freedom fighter want to make a name for themselves and will do their best to make it in this dog-eat-dog world.

The basic jist is that its meant to be one of those ‘anything goes’ kinda shows where the overall premise is simple, but leaves enough room for almost anything to happen. 

I want the fight the Roadkillerz vs Wrath to have a TF2 Red vs Blu vibe where theyre both stupid both against each other and within their own groups. Theres also the classic western aesthetic which reminds me of famous cartoon locations such as ‘The Middle of Nowhere’ from courage the Cowardly Dog.  And I’m sure the other cartoon influences are too obvious to be worth pointing out.

This is the first time I ever produced something like this so it isn’t going to be the cleanest youtube pilot out there, the whole point was to make myself an art director and allow myself to do a little bit of every job to find out what aspects I am efficient in and how to properly use my time in production.

ALSO bonus fun fact: The thumbnail is inspired by album art from POTUS

If Roadkillerz were to become a series, at least half of the Title Cards would be a spoof/parody of some alt/punk/metal/rock band. I realize I would run out of them eventually, so I’ll use them for when they fit the episode.

[cru5h-cascades]

So some time ago I was scrolling through Netflix, desperate to find something interesting to watch. While surfing through the service, I stumbled upon a strangely familiar show that I never watched. Maya and the Three. Looking at the thumbnail pic and such, the artstyle in the show reminded me of the Book of Life, a movie I loved as a kid (and still love!). I looked it up and turned out the show was made by the same folks who made the Book of Life! I knew my lil' bro would probably like this so I got him into the room and we started watching the series. During the week it took for us to get through the entire series (which was a season long btw; not because Netflix canceled it, but because the creater of the show was scared it would be canceled prior to the story's conclusion), we saw the story unfold. Incredible fight scenes, great characters, and an ending that made me cry lmao the show was that good. However, towards the end of the show some things felt a bit rushed like the romance plotpoint between Maya and possible tumblr sexyman 2024 canidate, Zatz, and Maya opening up more to her biological mother, the goddess of death. Also I felt like the realm of the gods and the gods themselves weren't explored that much, either. Which is why I decided "Hey, what if I re-imagined the series? This show only had a season anyways. It had so much potential!". And here we are now. My basic idea for a re-imagining of Maya and the Three! I might keep building upon the idea of the re-imagining in the future but I've got a shit ton of projects I wanna get out there (I gotta finish Your Side of Order, start Calamity Circus now that I got an idea of how the story will go, and brainstorm the story I had in mind for Ribbon & W.D) and because this is just a rough idea as I only thought about all of. Anyways here we go :D

Heart of a God (a re-imagining of Maya and the Three)

What I had in mind was this: Lord Michlan (now the king of all gods and the god of war in this re-imagining) has a rule about god/human hybrids: they're either taken to the realm of the gods at birth by the god that spawned them or they're seperated from their mortal family at the age of 15 and sent to the realm of the gods against their will. Either way, if they aren't sent to do something for the gods, they're stuck in the realm of the gods for all eternity.

The re-imagining starts the same way the first episode of the series does: Maya's being officially recognized as a princess and has to give up the rough and tough lifestyle she loves. But two things are different: A) Maya's brothers aren't there because to me personally they don't add much to the plot and B) the reveal of Maya's demigod-hood. Zatz crashes the party, reveals Maya's demigod-hood to the people of Teca, and goes on to tell everyone that he has to take Maya to the realm of the gods ('cause you know, the rule about demigods). However, he seems very unwilling to do this. He has a somber tone to his voice. Anyways, at first, Maya's parents are outraged and want to fight back, however, Maya turns herself in, still mad about having to give up her lifestyle. Her parents are mildly confused and shocked, only for Maya to justify that "isn't this what princesses are supposed to do? protect her people? if I can't fight I might as well do this instead, even if I don't want to. heck, maybe my birth mom is better than you two.". Maya's very clearly pissed off about all of this. She doesn't want to deal with any of this, so she heads to Zatz and the two start going to the realm of the gods. Maya's parents are heartbroken, but don't react with violence as they first indended... at least not right now.

After the first episode, we get to know more about the realm of the gods, the gods themselves, and see Maya grow as a character. At first, Maya isn't optimistic about this new life she has to live, being trapped in a world full of strange beings that have the ability to kill her in a heartbeat, but at the same time she doesn't want to go back to the life she knew ('cause she's still pissed off about the lifestyle thing and being lied to). And it doesn't help that, by order of Lord Michlan, Zatz has to accompany her throughout the realm of the gods until she's fully adjusted to this new way of life and as the story progresses, the two get closer (fixing the unaturally quick pacing of the romance plotpoint in the OG show) and we get to know why Zatz is the way he is (might elaborate further in a seperate post idk). Also, the goddess of death tries to find a way to let Maya be with her mortal parents again.

We don't spend all the series in the realm of the gods though because after a while, Maya's parents get desperate and decide to wage war against the gods and assemble an army and force our three other main characters from the OG series (Pichu, Chimi, and Rico) into this ordeal (since they're the chosen ones), sending them into the realm of the gods (again 'cause they're the chosen ones) to try to retrive Maya, with each one of them having their own emotional baggage (I liked their backstories from the OG show 'cause they were pretty solid so I'm keeping them) alongside the fact that they didn't want this. Each epsiode focusing on the chosen ones' missions will involve each of them wanting to kill the gods (especially Zatz 'cause he has to stay w/ Maya) and Maya & Zatz fighting them to get them to stop (and also help them with their emotional baggage or whateva). All of this will lead up to the finale where the mortals shatter the barrier between their realm and the realm of the gods and start the mortal v gods war, with the mortals' ultimate goal being to kill the gods (and demigods, specifically Zatz because this guy was the one who took Maya away from the rulers of Teca). Outraged by this, Michlan makes the strongest of the gods go to the mortal realm to punish the mortals, still not realizing that his rule is pretty fucked up. As the fight rages on, Zatz, Maya, and the chosen ones become determined to stop the war, with seemingly the only way of stopping it is killing Michlan since he is just so determined to keep his demigod rule in place.

Instead of killing off almost all of the best characters like in the OG series (bro why couldn't Maya just have her happy ending? I mean sure becoming the sun is pretty cool but seems kinda weak at least to me. what can you even do as a big fucking ball of gas??), here's what I had in mind:

Maya loses her arm fighting Lord Michlan (bringing the dislocation thing full circle; it kinda did in the main series but it would've been more badass than limping towards Michlan's heart thing or whateva)

Zatz and the goddess of death die, but because technically this show and the Book of Life happen in the same universe, La Muerte shows up after the battle with Candle Maker and Xibalba to intervene because all the gods are dead, and to reward Maya for her efforts she revives Zatz, however the goddess of death can't be revived because she is a god.

The turning into the sun and moon thing is ditched entirely.

And finally Maya reconciles with her parents about the events of the first episode.

And that's the basics of the re-imagining. I'll probably do more posts about this in the future since this is a pretty rough concept for a Maya re-imagining and this might need some polishing up so be on the look out for more of those ;D

[acaplaya-musings]

Voiceplay-adjacent Visuals: Unshaken

Geoff's cover of the song Unshaken from the videogame Red Dead Redemption 2 was uploaded on the 10th of March, 2024, i.e. a month ago for you reading this. I wasn't quite sure at first if I was going to make a Voiceplay-adjacent Visuals post for this video or not, but I waited a couple-ish days (it released on a Sunday morning, and I'm currently typing this on the following Tuesday night), had a think about it (and watched it about half a dozen times, 5 of those just in its first day of release), and decided "yeah, I can talk about this!"

So let's get into this!

Ho boy, that's one hell of an opening shot (and yes I know I said the same thing about Jack's Lament), and we linger on it for like 5 seconds as well!

(Howdy there, Daryl!)

Original thumbnail/Spotify image alert! (And this was the image Geoff posted a week earlier on his Community tab as a little sneak peek, like he really gave nothing else away ahead of time)

For a red hot second (hah) when I first watched this video I thought there was gonna be a red tint to the visuals the whole time, but thankfully no

Did you notice how the screen expands at the same time as the lighting changes? Very neat!

Also interesting that the lighting on Goff, Daryl, Jeoph, and Jeff (more on them in a minute) is not just plain white or yellow; it's almost definitely green. The red lighting has not disappeared, as you can tell from the background, but it gets (mostly) cancelled out in the foreground by the green lighting, because red and green are of course complementary (opposite) colours. But also, red can be associated with danger and warnings (and it's in the title of the videogame of course), and green can sometimes be a "spooky"/"eerie" colour, particularly the bright neon kind. Things to think about!

(And of course, the credit for lighting automation goes to none other than Eli. Thanks Eli! (though I assume Geoff had a fair hand in coming up with ideas for lighting design as well).

If you're reading this, you almost definitely know that this video is technically a prequel to Geoff's video for Ghost Riders In The Sky - here, we see Goff, Daryl, Jeoph, and Jeff as living human cowboys, before they became ghost cowboys. I made a side-by-side comparison post not long after this video dropped, which you can find here

I am of course, quite pleased to see the return of the "Geoffettes", and if you've been following my Voiceplay-adjacent Visuals posts (the last of which was written at least a few weeks before this), you'll know I was keenly anticipating their next feature in a Geoff video. What I wasn't expecting, however, was to have a video that was in fact, just them! Jeff, Jeoph, Goff, and Daryl, but no Geoff! A bold move, to let them do a video all by themselves, but hey, I'm not complaining! 😁😉

Jeoph takes lead vocals for most of this one (technically a primarily-visual observation, for obvious reasons), which is interesting, as he was the only one of the four "brothers" in Ghost Riders to get a proper solo part (the "cowboy change your ways today" line). I wonder if the connection is deliberate/intentional?

(Also Jeoph's got charm, I'll give him that)

I'm assuming that is in fact the same coat that Daryl wore in Ghost Riders In The Sky, since all the other costume pieces match up, but because of the lighting, it looks like a different colour. In Ghost Riders, it seems to have a bit more of a reddish tinge to it, but with the green lighting here, it looks more like a regular brown.

Also because I didn't mention it in my Ghost Riders post, I'll mention it here instead: Thanks to the leather coat (and a bit of extra clothing layering underneath I believe), Daryl looks like he's got a bit of extra "heft" (weight/muscle) on him compared to the other three riders, as pointed out by someone in the comments section of the Ghost Riders video

Oh yeah and there's this golden light backdrop as well, which is quite nice, and I feel like there's some sort of meaning/intention behind this as well, but I haven't quite figured it out yet, rip

Also if Daryl's the largest of the group, at least by a small margin, then I'm saying that Jeff is the thinnest, at least a little bit.

Back to the harsh red lighting for the chorus!

Oh yeah and then we get more of a cool green lighting backdrop for the second chorus - sorta fitting for the lyrics about the whispering pines.

Also I just realized I haven't yet said a word about the set design, which is honestly criminal of me because it is on point. All the props are so cool, like the lanterns and the horse saddle on the far left side, and it definitely nails the Old West theme!

(This was of course filmed at Pattycake Productions Studios, so shoutout to them for their help/collaboration!)

(This shot is more representative of how Daryl's coat appears in the Ghost Riders video in reagards to colour)

Interestingly, Goff doesn't get any solo/lead parts in this one, and also I can't figure out whether he's left-handed in this video too or not. He's holding a large gun (rifle? musket? idk I'm Australian) in his right hand, but I can't see a gun holster on his right hip, so I'm assuming he has a holster on his left hip like in Ghost Riders (and I know Jeff kept his underarm holster in this video)

If I may step "out-of-universe" and talk reality for a hot second, I love the fact that even when Geoff is portraying 4 different cowboy characters, the rings stay on the whole time, for every single one, and so does The Necklace (you can only see part of the necklace chain in shots of Jeff, Jeoph, and Goff here though). Like truly, his jewelry (all of which is a symbol/representation of his love for his wife <3 ) only comes off in the most exceptional of circumstances (like having your hands and chest spray-painted to turn you into a skeleton, for example)

On a completely different Doylian note, how the frick does Geoff Castellucci's hair work? Watch this video, and look at the colour/shade of his hair. Then go watch Wicked Game, the video released just last month, and do the same. And as a bonus, go watch Sleeping In The Cold Below. Seriously, is lighting more powerful/influential than I thought, or does he use colouring products sometimes? I swear I'm gonna be talking about this in many posts to come this year, lol rip.

Jeff is my favourite in this video, though I can't help but love them all 😁

And peep the underarm gun holster I mentioned!

Handsome pretty boy <3

Also love the fact that since Jeff's shirt didn't have any buttons on it to leave undone, he left a button undone on his vest instead (Geoff and his "Clones" are nothing if not consistent 😆)

Lighting change!

"Will the hunter be hunted by the smoking gun?"

Jeoph removes his hat, which in a lot of media is often associated with acknowledgement of death, and the way he holds/looks at his gun here makes me think that Cowboy Jeoph has in fact killed somebody (in this essay I will...)

(Also Matthew "Bucky" Buckner is credited as "special consultant" for this video. Did he help out with the use of the gun props or something? (they are just props, right?))

"Amidst the crash of the-"

Love the sudden light flash to match with the sudden line pause, like a flash of lightning, and it kinda sounded like there was a subtle thunderclap there too!

You know I love a good passionate belt from Geoff (or one of the Geoffettes) in a video 😄💜

It's quite different tone-wise, but this bit reminds me of Geoff's Shenandoah video, with two of the Geoff clones seemingly conducting with each other at one point. Go rewatch that video after this, you'll see what I mean.

Also either it's just me, or for most of this, the self-conducting hand movements are kept quite minimal/subtle, only increasing moreso here at the big climax of the song/video. I'm gonna have to watch this video a few more times to confirm, but it adds to the more sombre vibe of the video imo (like obviously we know how the story ends for the four of them here, and it's not exactly a happy ending)

Go off Jeoph!

I also wish to know if there's any particular meaning/significance behind Jeff taking off his hat early on in the video and then putting it back on at the end (other than the thought that only just came to me right now, in that it's very similar to Jeff in Folsom Prison Blues, removing his glasses early on in the video, and then putting them back on at the end.)

Honestly love this final shot, it's very cool 👌

There is one thing missing though: the gramophone logo at the end! It's not there! The video just goes straight to the Patrons list! It's not even at the very very end! Did Geoff just forget? Is it some subtle symbolism connected to how "Main Geoff" isn't in this video? I guess we'll just have to wait and see whether or not it shows up at the end of the next one!

And here I was wondering whether or not I'd have a lot to say about this video or a lot of screenshots to take! Guess I had no need to worry after all! Geoff once again knocked it out the park, and yes, as I said at the start, I watched this 5 times in one day! The arrangement is very impressive, as we've come to expect from Geoff, and though I predicted this would be a Low Bass Cover the moment I realized this would be a Western-style song/video, this was still ridiculously low. Geoff pulled out all the stops for this one, and I love it!

[skye-huntress]

RWBY Volume 9 Reaction

Episode 7: The Perils of Paper Houses

Two thumbnails of Ruby and Weiss in a row. Is this destiny?

That’s a rather vague but still distressing content warning

So, from the title it kind of figures everything is paper, even the people

It’s an instinct for Huntsmen that they immediately reach for their weapons at the first sign of danger. That Ruby could hear an explosion and go towards it without grabbing Crescent Rose is proof that something is terribly wrong with her

I immediately picked up it was odd that these paper-threatening disasters happen everyday with only Jaune to prevent them. What happened before? It makes sense that Jaune is the problem

Jaune has no plan, he’s just adamant about not going to the tree because he believes it is death based on his assumption of what happened to Lewis.

And he’s preventing the Paper Pleasers from ascending, even though it’s what they want. They found their current forms were holding them back from continuing to fulfil their purpose, so they’re ready to ascend and come back with new sturdier forms. But Jaune is forcing them to exist as they are even though they are not content and want something more. It’d be like someone trying to prevent a transperson like me from transitioning because of their own self-centred view about what is best for others.

It’s been a minute since we’ve seen the Jabberwalkers. Safe to say that Neo has found a way to track where they are. What’s interesting is that she can use her powers to recreate the Jabberwalker perfectly, down to its abilities and even its speech. And we don’t even know where she is so for all we know her abilities have no range limits

The dam has finally broke. Two actually, a metaphorical dam and a literal one

Ruby once told Jaune that it is a leader’s responsibility to put others first and themselves second, so she neglected herself to be the leader she thinks is demanded of her. To always stay positive for moral. To always have a plan. To know what is the right thing to do. To keep everybody moving forward, even though she can’t see a way forward for herself. Always sacrificing herself for the sake of others, just like her mother.

For someone to sacrifice so much of themselves, only to see things get worse and have people constantly blame them, that has to be very draining. Ruby hasn’t been taking care of herself, and she’s kept how she really feels buried so deeply, none of her friends know how deep the issue goes or how to talk to her without further fuelling all her negativity

I believe Jaune is off the mark a bit. Sure, the things Ruby is saying now contradict what she told him long ago, but Ruby hasn’t been acting for her own sake for a long while. She didn’t chose to be a leader, she was chosen. The evacuation plan started with her suggestion but they all chose to go along with it. They were free to come up with their own plan and take the lead at any time. Ruby is not without fault, but she doesn’t carry the full burden of the blame either.

So Ruby has run off on her own, although she has likely forgotten the tagalong in her hood. They might be her friends and sister, but they’re also her followers. Having followers is what makes you a leader, and that’s a role Ruby can’t force herself to continue any longer. And why should she? After all, according to Jaune she’s the one making things worse. She didn’t want it and she’s bad at it, so it makes sense to just throw away that badge and its burden

As for everyone else, that’s a tricky one. Do they chase after someone who doesn’t want to be followed? I think they’d need time to process what Ruby was saying first, otherwise they won’t know how to handle her if they do find her

[golbrocklovely]

You hit the nail on the head with that ask. We never hear Colby complain just show hes tired, yet Sam literally is seen out more and has commented that he has panic attacks and Colby has to come help him out with that. I just had a talk about this with someone on reddit and we were saying how as soon as they returned from Europe, Sam left to have another trip with his siblings while Colby stayed behind to edit. Yet when he returned it was Sam who made the post about not needing to vacation and preferring to work than have time off. When Colby is finally seen out, Sam always has to post some version of a story or snap to show hes editing yet all we see on the screen is the thumbnail. Colby looks so down and depressed sometimes it worries me and where is Sam? Golfing? Or taking Katrina to Hawaii? Colby barely took time to see his family in Arizona because he needed to get back to editing. Just know many of us don’t say this because parts of the fandom are so toxic you cant get a word in but we all see it, and many of us feel it. You though hit the nail on the head.

my thing is, i'm not saying he doesn't deserve time off. if anything, i would love for him to find someone that could take some shit off his plate. both him and colby work their asses off, they BOTH deserve to have editors do their parts so they can focus on other things. my issue is that when colby edits, he sits in his room and does nothing else but edit. maybe you see him go out at night, maybe he goes on a walk or something. but even that's rare. sam on the other hand…. he's out with kat, or her group of friends. he's out drinking. he's doing a bunch of stuff. but then comes back and complains on not having enough time to edit. in one breath he will say he loves editing and it's his favorite thing to do, but in the next breath complain about needing an editor or showing all the shit he had to do just to get to the point where the video is almost finished.

both of them do a lot of editing all the time, but only one complains about it. and then that same one complains about not finding an editor that can copy his style, or that he has to give notes and 20 page documents on how to do his style. and it also seems like at times that he "deserves" an editor bc he has a gf and since colby doesn't, that's why who cares if he has to do his part in the end regardless. that's my issue.

and as i've said before, usually when snc are in a time crunch is when sam likes to pull out the "let's try something different with the editing", and it usually just makes the video feel a bit off, even if the thing that changed seemed somewhat interesting. there was just no follow-thru bc YOU DIDN'T HAVE TIME.

again, i don't care if sam wants time away from work. i IMPLORE both of them to take breaks. but do not come back from a 5 star vacation talking about "i love working, idk why anyone would want a vacay, you shouldn't live for them".

some of us only work to live here, samuel. you think i love working in retail for slightly above minimum wage? fuck no lol

yo highkey i think my issue with sam is that he is just such a capitalist and i'm just… not. this man wants to be rich like elon but doesn't realize what that means to get that rich. but then it's funny bc he doesn't even realize looking up to assholes like elon or bezos is ridiculous bc neither one of those fuckers are working. they just profit off of those that work under them without lifting a finger. they exploit which is why they make so much fucking money. they care about no one but themselves and their fucking pockets. money makes them soulless.

okay i'm gonna stop ranting now.

[sterlingarcher23]

The Duffers didn't forget Will's birthday....

Will did. And there's a reason.. It's something most will definitely hate and I haven't talked about it yet, however I truly believe that there is something special what they want to do and it's actually an ongoing thing throughout the series. I didn't pay close attention to Will but a few things I noticed anyway. There's probably more. Forgive me for being so nebulous right now.

It's closely tied to Will, Max, El and Henry... It's absolutely crazy but makes sense and explains why Will is a focus of 5 - like Max is although they worded it differently ( Matt insisting that the coma is pivotal to 5.) So, these two are a focus point together with El and Henry.

Here's a hint in dice without further explanation:

You won't like it.

The Duffers didn't write themselves into a corner, they wanted all of this. They just have to go back to the original idea. They actually said so by pointing out that they will now use Season 2 plot elements that were cut: El was still around, she was meant to die in Season 1 and this changed the story, they put those ideas on hold and put them at the end. Like a Game Master goes back to unused story elements in later campaigns.

And explain in a short period of time what this is all about. That's a problem. This slow burn approach is problematic in terms of plausibility, I'm afraid. Similar to not telling your cast members what's going to happen to their characters and keep everything under wraps. I see why they do it but it may backfire.

Even though they laid out the most important information in S4: draining memories and abilities, fusing others to a person like Henry does, sending people into other dimensions, El as "the Grail" (or the Talisman), people who have powers (Max was already! active), the way they presented who will focus on who (Will > Henry ; El > Max) ect.

After all, El and Will are going to do this "together" - on their separate paths.

They, the Duffers, said it themselves that this is a balancing act to write this. The relationships are of utmost importance to the plot, that's the clever part, explaining it, via as little dialog as possible and mostly through visuals and storytelling, that's the hard part.

Things will go "straight into chaos". I hope they won't screw this up. But then... Some of those aspects were meant to be in Season 2 already.

I'd like to know the alternative story...

I'll talk about in details later. It's a bit crazy. But as the Duffers said "inevitabl" - You'll either think anyway (already) that I am crazy and/or hate the idea.

Lots of thoughts again... But, hey, don't listen to me. I'm just contemplating about a YouTube thumbnail that said "How to write yourself into a corner" and why Season won't be good. They didn't, they knew what they did because they planned everything.

It can be good, it's not a question of if but how. They can do this. The solution to the problems created in Season 4 are basically not what people think, they will be unorthodox to put it mildly but it's nothing that no one hasn't ever seen before. You need to know the right media, maybe media you have never seen before because it's not what you usually consume. Old movies, but also more contemporary media you wouldn't think of when you look at Stranger Things.

I can mostly guess but I can make educated guesses and some of the basic narratives have been initiated already that makes some basic predictions possible.

[ohthehypocrisy]

How Pokemon Unite can add Shiny Pokemon

There have been rumors and speculations and grand ideas about Shiny Pokemon coming to Pokemon Unite. While I would absolutely be on board with Shiny Pokemon in Unite, the application of the mechanic needs to be just as unique and rare as the Shiny Pokemon themselves.

As such, I'm gonna walk you through my idea of how to implement Shiny Pokemon in Pokemon Unite, step by step.

Step 1: Tease the Players about Shiny Pokemon coming to Pokemon Unite

This is the easy part, just have the social media accounts for Pokemon Unite to release screenshots of Shiny Pokemon during a game mode.

(This is the thumbnail for the 'shiny' Hoopa glitch that happened a while ago. You can tell that this is a glitch because the eyes and horns don't match that of the shiny model. Click the image to be linked to the full video.)

Step 2: Update the Pokemon List with something called a 'Sparkly Bottle'

When the Shiny update goes live, two things change. First, in the Pokemon List tab of the main menu, each pokemon has a Sparkly Bottle option underneath their Holowear listing.

(Imagine it riiiiight there under Zirco Trading, or next to the Make Favorite option if you will)

Step 3: Time to Start Shiny Hunting

It's explained to you that, in order to fill the Sparkly Bottle, you need to collect sparkles from off-colored pokemon you encounter in the other game modes. It sounds simple enough, but after a couple of games, you come up with nothing for your efforts.

That because, in order to reflect the rarity and beauty of Shiny Pokemon in general, the odds of finding off-colored Wild Pokemon are very low, reflecting the typical Shiny Odds in the mainline games, 1 in 8192.

Even with these odds, with the sheer number of Wild Pokemon that spawn and get defeated over the course of a Standard or Ranked Match, you will eventually run into one such off-colored Wild Pokemon. You'll know that a Wild Pokemon is shiny by the alternate colors it has as well as sparkles emanating from it. The question is, will you defeat it in time before the enemy or an ally takes it from you?

Step 4: The Hunt Never Ends

Alright, you manage to take out a shiny Wild Pokemon and got some sparkles to fill your Sparkly Bottle. You return to the main menu and find that you've filled up the Sparkly Bottle by a little bit. Specifically, you've filled 2...out of 100.

Yeah, it'll be a bit demoralizing to see that, after all that time spent hunting and finding a shiny pokemon, you've only filled the Sparkly Bottle by a small fraction. What gives? Well, while the rarity for all Wild Pokemon being shiny is the same, different Wild Pokemon provide a different amount of sparkles when defeated. Shiny Bunnelby and Swablu provide only 1 sparkle, whereas shiny Accelgor and Escavalier provide 4. Shiny Objective Pokemon like Regieleki can fill up the bottle by 10 sparkles, making them even more important than before to secure.

The idea here is that, with a long enough playtime, you'll eventually fill the Sparkly Bottle all the way up to full. You go and cash it in, and you are rewarded with an alternate Shiny Skin for your favorite pokemon.

Well, you finally got it. Now what?

Step 5: Do It All Over Again for the Rest of the Roster

Cashing in the Sparkly Bottle empties it out and brings it back down to 0, plus whatever extra you had over full. The Sparkly Bottle is available to all pokemon, but you can only use it on one pokemon you own the license for.

Your efforts and determination will be acknowledged by your peers, as Shiny Hunting is the only way to fill the Sparkly Bottle here, no purchase necessary. It'll take a long while to fill up the Sparkly Bottle one time, but those fanatical enough to change the colors of their favorite pokemon will do so after a week or two of grinding. Those of us with less time on our hands will get there eventually, but not as soon as others.

The point of the Sparkly Bottle is to maintain engagement with the players and keep them in the game for as long as possible. It's also a reward for loyal players who play often and consistently. It certainly wouldn't do anyone any favors if you could just buy the Shiny colors as a skin and slap a stat boost to it, right? Heh, right? ...right?

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Well anyway, that's my idea. If you have other ideas on how they can implement Shiny Pokemon in Unite, I'd love to hear it. Or you can just like and reblog this post to show your appreciation for the idea.

[whitesuited]

its not something everyone in her position remembers ------------------ what it feels like to be at the bottom trying to work your way up in this city. no one starts out at the top ( at least no one with her background; or six’s ------ they both know what it’s like to have slim prospects when you’re working on building up a reputation and scraping together enough cred to get taken seriously ), and nothing is given without expecting a whole hell of a lot in return. and knowing just what they’d had to do; each of them separately as well as together to get themselves to where they were now, it made for a unique perspective when glimpses of their pasts came and sat in her office asking for the same things they had two decades earlier.

and she was sympathetic, to a degree ---- knowing what it takes to not only make it but sustain it here ---- but it didn’t mean she was automatically about to say yes to everything or anyone ( reputations take so much longer to build than destroy, after all ). the simple fact was that not everyone was cut out for this life; and she and six had both witnessed their fair shares of flameouts over the years to know a lost cause when they see one. now this one might have said all the right things, and tried his best to act like he wasn’t seconds away from shitting himself --------- but one thing was clearer than anything else, and she punctuated it with pursed lips that melted into a grin --------------

“you don’t like him.”

the grin lingers as she bites at her thumbnail, mentally dissecting the conversation that had just finished while she waits for his version of it ---------- not that she expects his assessment to stray from hers; they’ve gotten awfully good at seeing eye - to - eye over the years. mutual interests, like minds --------- he’s more than just the person she trusts with watching her back ( and keeping her in one piece when there are plenty of others in her profession who would love nothing more than to see her taken out bit by bit ); six has long been the one person she trusts implicitly. "pretty small bait to be fishing with,” but she doesn't disagree. more likely than not someone's curious about what goes on behind closed doors. "someone must be desperate. or bored." neither one is exactly ideal. but less than ideal is where he so often shines.

“braindead i can do. there’s some gofer shit i can give him. nothing important,” that is, of course, assuming that’s what the kid was really here for in the first place --- if six’s gut tells him there’s a good chance of there being an ulterior motive lurking underneath that oh - so - earnest solicitation for a job or two, she’s going to believe him over an unknown kid she’s pretty sure she has scars that are older than. “i’ll let him stew a couple days. see if it puts a fire under his ass or if he bails. he still wants a job, you can have a little fun.”

------HE'D BECOME SO intimate with the inner workings of night city over his time here ---the twenty plus years he'd spent building up his reputation then stepping out of the limelight ---that he knew what each of the up-and-comers were thinking. they'd both been there once. scratching by for jobs to work, even if they were inane or otherwise felt completely useless, to prove worth. together they'd worked hard and carved a name for themselves that carried well into the current day and age, something that afforded them both the ability to be secure and what's more ... picky.

when he was younger and bright-eyed he looked just like the fuck in sharon's office now. maybe less fidgety but no less-eager to get into the guts of night city and tear things out. back when his body was mostly flesh and no augmentations boasted as an aid to his skills (not that he needed them, but they helped and he wouldn't deny that). aside from the splash of gold hair and hard blue eyes, he looked almost entirely like another man. posted up in the corner of sharon's office, watching ---studying the body language of the kid that pleaded his case to be thrown a bone, his job wasn't to offer his opinion or do anything other than ensure that the visitors behaved.

sometimes he had to remove them by the scruff of their necks.

sometimes he had to remove pieces of them.

but sparky behaved, though every warning bell in six's gut had gone off throughout the conversation (and despite personal bias he wasn't terribly fond of the way this kid looked, either). when he left the office, when six watched the elevator ding that they were many floors below, he returned to sharon's office to consider it over.

the gold trim of the scorpion against the soft satin of his jacket ---a trademark, gleamed as he moved.

when he was up-and-coming he had sharon right beside him. their partnership spanned years, it only made sense they worked together now, the way that they did, where they trusted one-another with wordless advice. this was not a wordless moment.

" my gut says he's fishing. " it wasn't out of the boundaries of believability that other fixers in the city would attempt to fuck over their competition. every single thing here was cutthroat, and even if you had people like six to keep you physically protected reputations were a very fragile thing. sharon's was noteworthy - she'd worked just as hard to cultivate it over their time together and it put a sizeable target on her back.

tongue wet his lips, hip pressed into the edge of her desk as he leaned and six crossed his arms over his chest. the satin of his jacket swished quietly as he moved ---eyes were pasted on the wall, faraway as if he were tracking the movements of their visitor instead of thinking. " give him something braindead. see how he does with it. give him a few braindead things. let me watch him. "

[mioreviews]

Drifting Home

[ Anime / Coming of Age ]

Where to Watch: Netflix

Rating: 7.5/10

Time for more movies! This movie is a very coming of age movie. Two kids who used to be best friends find themselves stuck in an apartment building in the middle of the sea with their friends. It’s a story about trying to find their way home and realizing how important home is.

Interesting concept. I think it could’ve been delivered better, but tbh the thumbnail art is what drew me into this movie. It’s so pretty and mysterious! It serves it’s purpose very well.

Great art. The art is really good, and I liked how nature and trippy things tied so well together. Some trippy movies goes all-in on the trippy aspect, but this played nature into it well. It made the trippy scenes feel more realistic.

Character development. They freak out for a bit longer than I expected, but their growth by the end is satisfying. The main characters especially were built well.

As for some cons of this movie…

I wish the plot was explained more. So many questions are left even after the movie ends. I get that most of it is symbolical, but I would’ve liked it even if they blamed it on a godly, religious figure at the end. Did it actually happen or were they delusional kids lol? We’ll never know. I think the plot could’ve been fleshed out a lot more.

Overall,

<Drifting Home> is a great, unique coming of age movie that has to do with friendship and how the death of family can change us. I liked how they talked about how important family is, even if you’re not blood related. Anime is something a lot of older teens/adults watch and enjoy, but I personally think this would be a great movie for kids too. The plot could’ve been explained better, but they definitely nailed the nostalgic, sad moments and the satisfactory ending perfectly. The flashbacks scenes flowed well with the entire storyline. I loved it! Give it a try if it’s movie night for you!

[hopefullystillatheatrestudent]

The One Where Jensen Ackles Confirmed Cockles in 2016(????) No. Seriously. For real.

this is a DOOZY. strap in folks.

DISCLAIMER: this is chock full of rps. if you are against cockles/jenmish in any way, this post is not for you. however, if you’re like me, ummmmm...

alright. so. we are REALLY in it now, cockles truthers. and make no mistake, i DO NOT want to undersell the significance of what we have found on this glorious day in 2021.

BUT HEY! DISCLAIMER FIRST, THOUGH IT SHOULD GO WITHOUT SAYING! do not EVER bring this to jensen and misha’s attention. do not comment disrespectful things on social media. when cons/panels start again, don’t ask them questions about it. ever!!! that’s super weird, for one thing, and for two, they won’t give you the answer you want anyway! so, yeah. just be decent, y’all. let’s continue. 

so my dear mutual @green-blue-heller made this post today and i promptly lost my mind. in it, they link this video:

as far as i can tell, it’s from VegasCon 2016 but was only unprivated on january 24, 2020(dean winchester’s birthday??? wow ok) for some reason, and we have overlooked it until now. to whoever it was that posted it, THANK you for my reason for being and this delayed gratification five years later. anyway, let’s get into it.

right off the bat, those expressions in the thumbnail kind of tell you all you need to know about what we’re venturing into. i have to thank BOTH jensen AND j*red for being ridiculously transparent. i mean...j*red purposefully avoiding eye contact with jensen and looking at the ceiling with his eyebrows raised sky high? jensen hiding his face in his hands, smiling and blushing like a fool, the misha face™ & grin???

so let’s break down what happens with timestamps and everything.

so! i looked up what the question was, i scoured through the entire Vegas Con video, and here it is:

‘My question is for Jensen and Jared. You guys are both happily married, and I noticed that many people had a hard time explaining how they know their significant other is the one. The one they want to spend the rest of their life with, the one that they want to be with, and so, I wanted to ask you guys, how did you know that your current- who you’re with now(audience laughter cuts the rest of the question off and it’s unintelligible)’ ….i’m solidly guessing that the end of that question boils down to ‘was the one’. (....i...uhhhh....have some thoughts on how this question affected jensen, and i will be going into them later.)

Jared: *laughs* Jared, Jensen. When did you first meet your future ex-wives?

*both of them laugh*

Jared: I’m just kidding-I get what you’re trying to say and thank you, um...I, uh, I guess my current wife, uh-

*both laugh again*

Jensen: (sarcastically) Let’s start with her.

Jared: (repeats) Let’s start with her. I, uh, I...you said something kinda, uh, amazing in your question, which is that a lot of people have a tough time or a difficult time explaining to their significant others or to themselves what it is. And I guess I feel that I have no way to possibly explain it to myself or to her... I remember that I had been in a relationship and that I was single and I was like ‘I am not interested in getting in a relationship’ and then she and I went on a date and I was like, ‘I can’t go anywhere else. I’m not interested.’ So, that was kinda what, um, what started it for me *clears throat loudly* Uh. Yeah, I just feel like (searching for words) she makes me a better person-there are a lot of people that make you a better person, and so that’s not enough, I don’t think-or maybe it is, who knows-um...I don’t know, I can’t really...if I could explain, I’d be a poet.

here’s where things start to get interesting. before jared says ‘If I could explain, I’d be a poet,’ Jensen’s face looks like this:

stoic, thoughtful, composed. and then AFTER jared says that his face makes THIS little journey:

go watch it for yourself. this man is ridiculous. in terms of body language? he gazes up and AWAY from jared. it is a private thought, he is not sharing in jared’s joke with him, if at all. it is his own personal musings that make his face LIGHT up like that. this fool looks lovestruck!!! this fool is lovestruck!!!

now, i think it goes without saying, but there is an obvious cockles reason that springs to mind for this reaction. (hint: misha is a poet. that’s it, that’s the reason.) i don’t think jared intentionally said this with misha in mind, but jensen’s thoughts IMMEDIATELY went there. whether or not this is because he was already planning on answering and hinting at his relationship with misha before jared says this, which i think he was-you can certainly see the wheels turning in jensen’s head before this moment-his brain involuntarily makes the connection and it shows in his glowing smile. after that remark...jensen’s gone. he’s whipped. and he HAS to say something about it. 

continuing from where we left off:

Jared: ...and I would love to be a poet. (thought it would be fun to mention that at this point Jensen catches what his face did and immediately looks over to Jared and WIPES the expression of his face...but it’s too late, because someone recorded it, i saw it, and now i’m writing about it five years later)

Jared: But uhh…

Jensen: (interrupting) Just tap me when you want me to take over. 

i think that jensen is simultaneously joking and is also more than ready to say what he’s been composing in his head diligently for the last thirty or so seconds. he has made up his mind, and is now ready to drop the bomb on us.

*audience laughs, Jared playfully swats at him*

Jared: Uh… *thinks in silence for a bit* It’s really difficult, it’s really difficult. She makes me feel safe, she makes me feel loved. Uh...when...I’m in a position where I don’t love myself, I know she loves me, you know, um...she’s just an awesome, awesome lady.

*audience claps*

alright! so in terms of my OWN analysis for what’s happened up until this point, the conclusion i have come to is that there was something in the question that was asked that sets jensen’s mind off about misha, and i think it was the ‘the one’ comment. if we’re putting our cockles goggles on, jensen doesn’t HAVE a ‘the one’. he resents thinking like that. i’m also very intuitive, and i get a sense that jensen is an honest person and can’t really tell a convincing lie. i mean...we all saw that horrible airbnb debacle, right? and his slip up when he accidentally confirms that misha woke up and said ‘i miss (maison)’[which how would you know that unless you were...nvm] and became a stammering mess and had to sit down and cover his face. and that misha is always the one to take the lead when it comes to denying clothes sharing, for instance. jensen has never ONCE attempted to explain that away, because i don’t think anyone would believe him, and i think he’s incapable of doing so because he’s not a dishonest person and can’t lie easily. i’m the same way, so to avoid telling a lie i always speak partial truths, and i’m 99% sure jensen is well versed in this talent as well. oh, also, just to really land my point....we all know how he feels about the finale because he can’t make himself speak well on it. he’ll gush about 15x18 and the PEOPLE BEHIND the finale, but he has not uttered one. positive. word. about the actual finale itself. i mean, we all know what he thinks about it. in his own way, he has made his rage glaringly obvious. and i think he’s doing that exact thing here, where he resents the implication that daneel is the only ‘one’ for him, because that’s simply not true, and he can’t and won’t lie about something like that. 

i watched it back again and wrote notes on jensen’s body language as he’s processing the question. here they are:

from 0:13 to 1:21, jensen: 

looks down - tenses face - searching eyes, lost in thought - jared’s comment brings him out of it but it takes a second - fidgets, adjusts clothes, looks at jared - bites the inside of his cheeks and moves tongue around his mouth(pacifying gesture) - eyes start wandering away from jared, looks down and tenses face, looks back at jared - then looks away, eyes and mind far from the panel and pondering the question itself - somewhat wistful expression, gears clearly turning in his head, lips pursed, stops reacting to what jared is saying, fingers start fidgeting, eyes have moved downward as he is lost in thought - something shifts in his brain, he looks to the ceiling, fidgets and adjusts his clothing, squints and seems to resolve an inner thought - slightly comes back down to earth with newfound resolution - and then jared’s ‘i would be a poet’ comment happens while he’s coming down from that

i mean, this obviously doesn’t necessarily mean anything huge(yet), all it shows is that this question took a lot of thinking for him. when you compare it to how jared kind of just dove in? 

anyway; so then jared’s done, he slaps jensen’s thigh to indicate it’s his turn, jensen makes THAT face you see in the thumbnail, jared’s eyebrows raise, jensen looks down and scratches his forehead, and then makes the statement of a lifetime. 

here’s the link for this next part

Jensen: Ummm..I kind of feel like there’s two types of people ..uh..in regards to marriage and the, the one. Uh, it’s the ones that just, just know with an absolute and, and have a certainty of like, this is the one for me, unequivocally. And then there’s those who are, you know, I don’t know, I’m scared, but I’m willing to take that leap of faith with you. And, I kind of find myself in between both of those(...types of people). And uh, and so, it can be a scary endeavour, and it can, and it will certainly have it’s ups and downs, um, but I think it’s a, uh, it’s a bond, and it’s a connection, and it’s a friendship, and it’s a ride, and it’s a journey that, uh, if you’re willing to stick it out with one another, can be an amazing, beautiful thing and I’m glad that I picked the partner and the teammate that I have, so.

i’ll give you like a second to recuperate before we dig in. 

let’s start with both jared and jensen’s body language first, because it wasn’t even the words that clued me in, it was whatever the hell was going on with jared’s face. 

i really wish i could gif, but i can only attempt to convey the SPEED and VIGOUR with which jared snaps his head toward jensen. 

these pictures are objectively hilarious because you can see the entire mental journey that jared goes on. he was aloof and kind of relaxed because he was done, it’s jensen’s turn now, he’s surely not gonna out himself with this question right? and then jensen goes ahead and says ‘there are two-’ and jared instantly zones right into jensen with a look of horror on his face, that he tries to contain, but does so unsuccessfully. that is the face of a man who is internally freaking out, thought to himself ‘did he seriously just say...’ and is kind of staring at the culprit in shock and awe.

i know that’s what’s happening, because this is not the first time we’ve seen him react like this to something jensen has said. the classic head whip. a few examples, just off the top of my head:

1. ‘he has, hasn’t he?’ 

2. ‘he sounds like that in the morning’ ‘how do you know’ 

3. when he whips his head around when he notices jensen’s face(and instantly understands when he realizes it’s misha)

so yeah, i’m sure you get it by now. jared can’t really keep it off of his face. there’s no real analyzing to be done here...it’s just an obvious tell on his part. there’s no real reason for him to have reacted this way if jensen was saying something inconspicuous, is there? he would have continued to just kind of space out if jensen hadn’t just said something jarringly questionable. 

as for jensen’s body language, i can’t really tell where he’s looking from either angle of both videos i’ve seen. sometimes it seems like he’s looking straight at jared, and maybe nods at him once, but he could also(and is most likely) looking at the fan who asked the question. i don’t think there’s anything particularly telling about his body language because i think he rehearsed his answer in his head and also, he’s not shying away because he’s not lying about anything. like...everything he’s saying is true, so he’s not going to have any tells. and it’s the fact that he is TELLING THE TRUTH that is freaking jared out.

now for what he actually says. because oh my god. 

right off the bat, he says “i kind of feel like there’s two types of people..” and first off, what? what does that even mean? if you think of it in terms of ‘this is about daneel and only daneel’....isn’t this a realllyyyyy strange thing to start out with? objectively? the question that was asked to him was ‘how did you know they were the one?’ and he goes ‘actually there’s TWO types of people’ ...like, jensen never answers the question at hand. 

and then he goes “in regards to marriage and the one”. i hope i’m not the only one who noticed he said the words ‘the one’ in a resentful and kind of degrading tone? seriously, listen to it again. he seems like he’s almost mocking that sentiment. i swear i’m not making it up, it really sounds like that to me. 

and then he says “-it’s the ones that just, just know with an absolute and, and have a certainty of like, this is the one for me, unequivocally. And then there’s those who are, you know, I don’t know, I’m scared, but I’m willing to take that leap of faith with you.” *NON TINHAT VERSION OF EVENTS* what he could mean, i guess, is he was both scared to be with daneel but also knew she was the one for him. which....ok. alright. *TINHAT BACK ON* first off, there’s absolutely no risk with daneel. that’s not a judgement, because i love her; it’s just true. she’s a pretty, talented, amazing woman and they are very much in love. i’m not sure what risks he’s taking there. next up: pretty strange wording then, don’t you think? idk, if it were you, and you wanted to get that point across, wouldn’t you use words like ‘she both scared me and i knew i wanted to be with her at the same time’ and NOT this convoluted mess of ‘there’s two types of people and they are both drastically different but also one and the same’? 

SECOND OF ALL, as many people have pointed out.....he never uses pronouns. this is strange. jared does. jared says gen’s name, even. and uses ‘she’ and ‘her’. jensen never once does that, he practically refuses to do so. and yes, i fully believe it is entirely intentional.

because if you look at this phrase from a cockles lens it makes more sense then if you do not. 

the one that jensen knows, unequivocally, with the utmost certainty, is the one for him, no doubts, no risks; is daneel. the one that he doesn’t know about, is scared of being with, but is willing to take that leap of faith anyway; is misha. and all of a sudden the puzzle pieces fall into place.

because he goes on to say “I kind of find myself in between both of those.” 

he doesn’t say ‘i find myself in between both of those...with her.’ nope. he’s just...in between. caught in the middle. of those two types of people. translation: of those two people. mish. dee. 

“And it can be a scary endeavour, and it will certainly have it’s ups and downs, but I think it’s a bond, and it’s a connection, and it’s a friendship, and it’s a ride, and it’s a journey...” 

every single one of those words can be applied to more than one person. think about it. bond(between three people). connection(between three people). friendship(between three people!!!). there’s no ‘partnership’ in here, which does only apply to two people. 

lastly, “i’m glad i picked the partner and the teammate that i have.”

ok, look. you can easily say that it’s just one person he’s talking about here! of course you can. but this is jensen ackles we’re talking about. jensen ‘rock and pebble’ ackles. jensen ‘mish. dee.’ ackles. so yes. i definitely think that ‘the partner and the teammate’ fall into this category. and i think daneel is the partner and misha is the teammate. 

to put it matter-of-factly: you simply cannot prove that this isn’t about a poly relationship. there is absolutely nothing he says that makes it obvious he is talking about one person here. because he isn’t. 

i just feel like, in the simplest terms, if this were about only daneel, that he would not be using these weird phrases that are half-hidden truths. just to compare, i watched another panel where pretty much the exact same question was asked, minus the whole ‘the one’ debacle, and, just as i suspected, it was an entirely different answer. he talks about the moment where he knew he liked her. her, specifically. says the name daneel. gushes about her. there’s no tiptoeing and weird pronoun usage and vague terminology. 

tl; dr : i think he answered the question this way because there is no ‘the one’ in his life. and he is physically incapable of leaving misha out when talking about ‘the one’ because he has TWO ‘the ones’. and he wants to answer the question to the best of his best ability, but lying is unnatural to him. he will talk about daneel at length and misha at length, but i honestly to my core don’t think you could make him choose between the two. oh! and we literally had confirmation all the way back in fucking 2016, we just never paid attention until now. so......thanks, jensen?

sorry, this got super long, but i hope i warned you well enough. 

[romeave]

Fit review for dante, my poor boy I only remember 2-3 of his outfits </3

MYSTREET FIT REVIEW - DANTE

MYSTREET SEASON ONE - CASUAL

Dante’s original fit is plain, but iconic. Shifiting Dante’s MCD red to softer reds allows Dante to be both recognizable and appealing while Aaron steals his theme color from him. The heavy use of gradients is slightly tacky but on trend for the era, and the gradients themselves use good colors and arent too harsh. The gray accents on the jacket are mad ugly.

6/10

MYSTREET SEASON ONE - LITTLE BABY MAN

Small man. I do not like his full set of teeth but that is a fault with the way Jesson does thumbnails and not the skin itself. If I pinch his cheeks, his mouth will close and I will no longer see the teeth

9/10

MYSTREET SEASON ONE - FORMAL

Dante’s on a date to the arcade, so its fitting he dressed like a fifth grader on his first ever date. I’m assuming the burgundy pants are meant to call back to Dante’s red theme but they look out of place with the rest of the outfit. The way Dante’s hair colored tie is rendered gives the appearnce that is just a vertical stripe down his shirt, and I have no idea if his vest is intentionally too small or the skinmaker forgot to finish it. The vest looks like a combat vest.

1/10

PHOENIX DROP HIGH - UNIFORM

The PDH boy’s uniform isn’t as nasty as the girl’s uniform, but Dante doesn’t do it justice. His blue and the uniform blue clash horribly and it’s a good time for no one involved

1/10

PHOENIX DROP HIGH - GYM UNIFORM

I’m fairly certain this fit only appeared in a flashback and there are no versions without this weird tint. I don’t think it would look good but it’s hard to judge with the color shift.

2/10

MYSTREET SEASON TWO - CASUAL

Dante is trying his best with the Love Love discount rack bathing suits. The soft red is very Dante and the wifebeater shows off his titties. The cool white of the top and the warm white accents on the trunks clash.

4/10

MYSTREET SEASON TWO - RAINBOW FLASH

I don’t need to explain this one.

10/10

MYSTREET SEASON TWO - GLOWUP

Dante’s glowup fit is both a blessing and a curse. The highlights on his hair break up the flat blue of before. The shade of green looks cute and the khaki booty shorts compliment the green and are a nice homage to Dante’s status as everyone’s father. However, this green marks the permanent removal of Dante’s token red. Jesson has decreed that only Aarmau is allowed red, so Dante can't wear it any more. Even though the green looks nice, its a weird choice for Dante's new signature since three out of the four guard quartet now wear green.

6/10

MYSTREET SEASON THREE - WARM WEATHER CASUAL

This outfit is really just the mystreet version of his summer glow up fit. The shortsleeve hoodie is upsetting conceptually but neat in execution. Using light blue for the shoes is a very smart way to add more blues to Dante's design. Its far from the head and is similarly cool toned, making for a cohesive design without nasty clash action.

7/10

MYSTREET SEASON THREE - COLD WEATHER CASUAL

Jesson gave up and made Dante the blue one from here on out. On its own, the fit is utterly rancid. The sweater is ugly. The neon teal and the dark blue clash and the pattern is a bit nasty. Its hard to make out but the sweater ither a hoodie or a high collar vneck, odd choice considering it looks to be knit. The pants are flat and are the same shade of blue as the stripe, giving the entire fit the appearance of being a one piece. Finally, the Laurance brown of the undershirt matches nothing and is a bad color.

Paired with Dante, this fit is digusting. The high saturation blues battle for dominance and the its a pretty ugly fight. The sun goes down and jo one wins

0/10

TOTAL SCORE - 4.6/10