#this is peak characterization

[limnsaber]

can you believe there are still pencils in the ceiling

[thaltro]

We never post rants really but like

We are working on human designs versions of utmv characters and we always hit a roadblock when it comes to dream. Not because he’s hard to design but finding any pre existing references for designs is frustrating. The design itself is bland, he just looks like a generic anime boy - but our main issue is how people pose him as some weak frail smol bean. Grrrr I know it’s canon but goddamit it gets on our nerves. We don’t like how people characterize dream and how dream was written and how he’s drawn aandd asggrgrgffg- he has potential as a character but the infantilization is crazy.

But yeah- wip in designing him

[jadeyarts]

i'm lucky i'm in love with my best friend

[jinxed-ninjago]

I'm surprised nobody's clipped the entire 30 seconds Jay's on screen in Dragons Rising (at least nobody's clipped it that I've seen) so I did it myself because the clip is fucking hilarious

You can see the lights from whatever game Jay's playing as he walks out of his office

Has Jay ever looked more annoyed. Like literally this must happen on a daily basis because I don't remember the last time Jay looked this annoyed

Jay hears "a weird kid showed up and ran off" and does not give a shit because "it's not our department's problem, STOP BOTHERING ME."

He treats his employees like children. "Then bothering me waassssss ..." "Was ... a waste of your time?" "CORRECT"

"I've got a video g -- some paperwork to file." *runs back to his office*

If he doesn't have amnesia, at the very least he is jaded as FUCK dear lord lmao

They make the reveal the the Manager of Realm Reassignment is Jay so dramatic like it's gonna have an effect on the rest of the season (specifically, they made the music adjacent to a dramatic reveal that would have an effect on the rest of the season) but this is the only time Jay is seen or heard from in the entire season post-Merge and I think that makes it even fucking funnier

Also not related to the humor of the clip but can we appreciate how gorgeous the lighting in this clip is?

[andromeda3116]

look, i know everyone said that the new interview with the vampire show was incredible but holy shit i was not prepared for how incredible this show is

like, not only is louis interesting now, he is incredibly compelling! his once-bland internal dilemma is now given actual weight because it's not just the same old Thou Shalt Not Kill But I Am Hungry story, it's tempered through his righteous fury at how black people have been treated all these years, how many people have wronged him and laughed and expected him to laugh along, how his ties to the community that once saved him are now turning to nooses around his throat, how his family that he once provided for and relied on have now come to fear him

that, combined with his explicit homosexuality, and with lestat being the only one who seemed to accept him and love him for all that he is, and how that is both comforting and incredibly toxic and combined with sam reid's insane charisma and mania and gravity as lestat that make it completely understandable why louis would still be drawn to him in spite of everything

and how they've used the changes from the original to this one to examine how memory shifts regarding someone who was so intense and formative in your life even if they were ultimately so controlling and abusive but still left such huge gouges in your personality like knives

like

fuck

this is the best-written show i have seen in a long time like this is top-tier writing holy shit

[kennimu]

This is frighteningly accurate

Post crop tops that Hugo would wear🥖

pov: you're varian and you just opened hugo's closet

[pumpkinrootbeer]

I just have to sing my praises for Shadow's VA in prime rq I think Ian hanlin does such a fantastic job as shadow I am just. consistently amazed. I think some previous iterations lean a little too hard into the growl but Ian hanlin brings a modernization to the character that I think works really well. Still very clearly Shadow but sounds more natural imo. Genuinely wonderful would love to hear him as shadow in other productions

[holy-mother-of-whumpers]

Shot out to Crashite, fan animator of Epic (and one of my favorites ever) for being 100% honest with his Odysseus characterization🙏

Does someone know if they have a Tumblr?

[artist-issues]

When Simba runs back into danger to help Nala in Act 1

but then in Act 2 he won't go back to the Pridelands to help her

because he used to have a little "self-sacrificial assumption of responsibility" like his father, but then he forgot who he was.

[unisongakikoeru]

this episode showcased the difference between acevi so well. levi, who can't feel emotions and struggles to understand them, making him function on logic instead of feelings. and then we have ace, who is literally a bundle of emotions, who clings and acts on his own feelings so much

ace needing to stay mad at levi, because he copes best with anger, because he cares so much to the point it could genuinely break him. and it's something levi can't understand

[blood-starved-beast]

So I've been thinking.

Icarus and Arachne clearly have some situationships going on (Arachne's is triggered when Mel gives her ambrosia and it looks to be mutual unless something else changes). They are both shades LIs (2)

Eris and Nemesis both clearly also have situationships with Melinoe. They are both female god LIs and daughters of Nyx (2).

Moros is highly implied (like the foreshadowing is very thick) to be a potential LI for Melinoe. He is a male god and son of Nyx (1). If we look at the pattern going on so far, we're missing one male god love interest. Who could that be?

Now, it's entirely possible that it's a god not yet included in Early Access and has to be patched in with development. But also. Melinoe has had a parasocial relationship with Hypnos going on since forever. She gives him great reverence/interest with him. She clearly is into babygirl" men. It would be wild, and I say wild, if the final male LI established is Hypnos. Once you wake him that is.

[seri-tonin]

Something that's recently become a pet peeve of mine is when people mischaracterize Alhaitham and write him as someone who easily gets mad, especially with Kaveh. But in canon, I don't think he ever actually is shown to get really upset with him (or, for that matter, anyone other than azar iirc, and even then it was at least partially acting). A key part of his character is his ability to stay calm and rational in any situation. He never goes further than some pointed banter and teasing. Kaveh mentions in Alhaitham's trailer that he has a bad temper, but all other evidence shows it's the other way around

[ddeck]

boba fett has hyperpop music blasting inside his helmet at all times

[let-roman-bite-someone]

btw i really really hope that janus's current characterization, with the wine and sass, is just there for the more light-hearted episodes, and that thomas hasn't forgotten the nuance behind his character.

[himejoshiangels]

I need dukes first real onscreen adaptation (bat wheels does not count) to be we are robin you don't understand I need I need it

[horizon-verizon]

Jaehaera’s ending is absolutely perfect because she’s basically murdered by Otto. Unwin Peake and Otto undoubtedly share parallels, both are from the Reach, both served as Hand of the King, both were ambitious enough to get closer to the throne which didn’t go unnoticed by anyone. Unwin represents Otto’s narrative punishment.

Otto brought his daughter to court and after she married King Viserys I, he was “anxious to see their blood set over Aemma’s” (former queen consort). Unwin Peake, Hand of the King to Aegon III, tried to marry his daughter to him for the same reason: to replace former queen consort Jaehaera with his daughter, Myrielle.

The irony here is that Unwin is a former Green supporter but when the war was over, he saw the opportunity to replace Otto’s blood on the throne with his own, murdering Otto’s great-granddaughter and the last surviving child of Aegon II. With Jaehaera gone, their line died at the hand of another power hungry Green.

Yep, all correct. Too bad some people can't deal.