#this is still rising action

[turtleblogatlast]

I think a lot about Leo standing up for his brothers in the things that really matter to them.

Like- Leo is the one who immediately pushes Mikey and Donnie into finding Raph the second it’s clear that their oldest brother is missing because he knows Raph can’t handle being separated like that.

Leo is the one who stands up for Mikey when Mikey wants to go on a solo mission, actively vouching for him and being the one to convince Raph into letting Mikey go, because being independent and proving himself just as capable of standing on his own two feet as everyone else means so much to Mikey.

And Leo defends Donnie’s honor in particular when his brothers’ intelligence is insulted because Leo is well aware of how important Donnie’s smarts are to him - and how important having those smarts valued and acknowledged is as well.

All this goes right into just how well Leo knows his brothers. For as much as he’ll tease or fight with them, he knows them, and he loves them.

[himehomu]

“Homura callously destroys everything and everyone else because she's selfish and she only loves madoka” right that's why, when she rewrote the entire universe, she not only made it to where Madoka would be surrounded by her friends and her family, but she also gave Sayaka a second chance with not only Kyoko, but with Hitomi and Kyoske as well. That's why she gave Nagisa and Mami a life together. Because she's callous and selfish and she doesn't care about anyone but Madoka. That's why she took on the brunt of immortality for Madoka to be human again, even if it's temporary, choosing to suffer alone whilst everyone else has a second chance at a life. Go fuck yourself. I'm so tired of seeing ppl minimize Homura's love for Madoka and her friends by writing off her actions as “oh she's just a selfish evil edgelord who destroys everything and everyone who isn't madoka bc she doesn't care about anything else bc selfishness vs selflessness themes!!” like you do know that you can point out Homura's selfishness and Madoka's selflessness without blatantly lying and trying to rewrite canon to fit your narrative, right?

[sketchnskribbles]

One Piece Rottmnt AU, anyone?

My mind has latched onto a new show. But yet, the turtles stay firmly routed. Lol

TMNT 🐢

[stackslip]

actually i do have something to say about this chapter and it's quite critical of it but also i'm tired tonight and i've been talking about it long and hard on discord already and putting it all together in a coherent post feels like too much of a task tonight. all i'm gonna say is that part 2 was very obviously going in a certain direction from the start, and i loved that direction, and to an extent it is still going in that direction but now very obviously missing a huge chunk of what stirred it in that direction. and i'm hesitant to simply say it's fujimoto that's dropped the ball on this (though it might the idealization, who's to say) because from the actual shape of the writing + slump in paneling/art + recent bitter interview by fujimoto + japanese audience is apparently vocally not a fan of asa + my own cursed knowledge of shounen jump and shueisha editors and how they react to a fall in sales = i think the lack of focus on asa has really hurt the themes of part 2 when she was an integral part of it + i think this wasn't entirely fujimoto's doing and it's very likely because she is apparently strongly disliked in japan and there's good reason to believe that fujimoto was told to not focus on her nearly as much bc sales slump and people complain as soon as she shows up. which sucks. becaue what made part 2 work as well as it did was the synergy and parallel between the two protagonists' paths, and the absence of asa's path in the past few months (both in universe and by real time in the comic) feels like a genuine writing and thematic and emotional hole in the comic that to me shows that she WAS supposed to be there. fujimoto had fully intended to write her in there bc there's a hole in the shape of her where she is very obviously supposed to fit. it isn't simply a question of "author forgets his female character" it's a question of "this crucial part of the manga is missing and the author is painfully aware of it and bitter about it too"

[dandylovesturtles]

it's up byeeee

[satorisoup]

people will think im ordinary until they say one (1) thing about tmnt and all of a sudden im explaining the entire lore starting from the 1990’s movie & why donatello is the best turtle i fear… T^T

tag limit fights me… i must yap… please listen… SOB </3

[sillyfudgemonkeys]

Avatar Love talk 3: Game vs Action

Follow up from (and also defending Kyo in this vid)

Yangchen: I plead the fifth on what Kuruk said. No idea why you two think you got your horny ass desires from me. Kyoshi: I'm not the one who sensually listened to the sound of Kavik writing with a pencil, but go off? Yangchen: Again, pleading the fifth! Anyway I still think Kyoshi has the least amount of game. Kyoshi: Really? We're still on this? Can't we talk about something else? Wan: Like your mommy issues? Kyoshi, pushing his face away and knocking him down: Ok, defending my "game" it is. Yangchen: Kyoshi, really, just accept it. You can't flirt for shit. Kyoshi: Again, I don't need to. Yangchen: You keep saying that! How do you expect to get anyone if you can't or don't flirt? Kyoshi: I walk into the room and look at them. Maybe smile, if I'm feeling feisty. Yangchen: That's not going to work- Wan: It worked for you, Yangchen. Yangchen: *deflated* Kyoshi: Oh so it's "flirting" and "super game" if Yangchen does it, but if Kyoshi does it then I'm just lucky? Wow. Hmmm. So fair. Yangchen: Kyoshi, you had two years with Rangi and Yun and I had five minutes with Kavik. We are not the same. Kyoshi: Listen, Yangchen, I think we've got it all wrong. It isn't about game or flirting. It's about action. I know how to get my girl going- Wan: Yangchen knows how to get Kavik going too! Yangchen: SHut UP, Wan! .......Yeah I know how to get Kavik going too, blow steam in his ear, fling him off a bison, what's your point????? Korra: Wait, fling him off a-? Kyoshi: Oh no no, Yangchen. That's not what I mean. You see, I'm probably going to go down in history as "World's best daughter-in-law." Whenever I sincerely talk about how I'm going to take care of Rangi or Hei-Ran, and Rangi melts into a literal puddle at my feet. Korra: So, like, you're amazing moral character is how you flirt? Kyoshi: No, it's not flirting. It's doing. Actions. Like I said before, they like me for who I am. And maybe because I have a good smile too. Kuruk: Being good looking does help. Yangchen: Ugh, where are you going with this? Kyoshi: I'm getting to it. What I want to say is, 'What's so great about having game, when the real measure should be the results?' Yangchen: *rolls eyes* 'Results.' Please, Kyoshi. We all know I had Kavik wrapped around my finger. Kyoshi: So you got with him? Yangchen: I-well uh- Kyoshi: Tell me, Yangchen. Which one of us actually GOT their boo in the end? Hm? Yangchen: .......... Kyoshi: Only actions and outcomes matter, Yangchen. What's so great about your "game" if you can't even "win"? Wan: I haven't seen a burn this severe since that volcano took out Roku. O-O Voice on the phone: 911, what's you're emergency? Korra, on the phone: I just witnessed a murder! I mean both parties are already dead-can the dead die twice?????

[tsuchinokoroyale]

The reviews are in 🥩✨

[cnwolf-brainrot]

Guess what y'all I've got MORE KAI-CENTRIC MOVIE IDEAS because at this point I'm getting excited about the idea of a live action Ninjago movie because the more I think about it, the more I think there's a lot of ways that they could do it well. However, one of the biggest things I'm worried about is that we'll have a repeat of The Lego Ninjago Movie: great development of the main character, but then the other characters are basically just there to be there with little to no development at all.

So here's continuing off of my last two posts talking about making Kai the main character and a base plot concept, here's what I would do with the other ninja if I was writing the live action movie:

First off, general characterization themes: with the concepts that I have going into this Kai-centric movie already, I would want "protectiveness" to be a core part of the movie and have every character go on an arc that centers around this theme.

Starting off with Cole, this theme is already pretty central to his character throughout the show. He's the eldest in this line up, and so he wants to try to take the others under his wing and make sure they're safe. I think his biggest struggle with the "protectiveness" theme is that the others are extremely resistant to his protective tendencies. He needs to learn to take a step back in order to let the others take a step forward and accept help. Also we're totally keeping Cole's backstory with his dad and dancing and everything, but since that plot line doesn't fit in with the main theme as well it's something we would save for a sequel.

For Jay, I think it would be interesting to tackle a character arc of selfishness/selflessness for him. As an orphan who grew up in a junkyard (a REQUIRED portion of his backstory) this Jay is pretty protective of his inventions. He tends to see a lot of value in things that other people see as "trash" because he can see the potential in them -- possibly alludes to an inferiority complex, but I digress. His arc in this movie would focus on him learning to value the people around him more than his creations, and to shift his protectiveness over the things he makes over to protecting those around him.

Zane, of course, has protectiveness built into his character; he was built to protect those who cannot protect themselves. HOWEVER, I've been thinking about this the last few days, and I'll be honest... I don't want the nindroid reveal to be in the first movie. For the ideas that I have going into this, I think it would be better to save this reveal for a a second film. I'll probably talk about this more in a later post BUT I'll just leave it there for now and say Zane would be a bit more of a background character in this first movie!

Nya, on the other hand, would play a pretty central role. Like the show I wouldn't give her elemental powers in this first installment, but she would have a very clear arc of independence VS protectiveness. She starts out by being kidnapped by the Skeleton Army, and she spends the first 30ish minutes of the run time breaking out and meeting Lloyd. Lloyd offers her help and she initially turns it down because of that 'independence' aspect of her character, but later ends up accepting it so she can get them both out of the army's clutches. With Lloyd's help she's able to build a rudimentary exoskeleton suit (think Iron Man Mark 1) and get them out of there, only to meet up with the ninja. They offer for her to be part of the team, but at first she refuses because she's set on being more of a solo act. She rebuilds her suit throughout the rest of the movie, turning into a full-fledged Samurai X by the end. At the climax of the movie, the whole Kai-saves-Lloyd-from-the-volcano scene gives her the motivation to step from an independent role to a protective role, and she joins the team to help finish the fight.

I just want all of the characters to actually have character arcs and motivations and I'm terrified that the movie won't give us that lol

[phantom-of-the-ruckus]

i am doing my best to get the fic done before scarecrow week, but prop will be posting a day or two later XD

Still, to keep my sanity and not get overly stressed. Here's an ending I wrote where Jon talks with his crow "Craw the Crow"

[captainjonnitkessler]

I want to be clear that I am NOT an expert in trade unions: My experience is limited to the IBEW and I’ve only been a member for four years. That being said:

My experience thus far is that 99% of being in one is the same obnoxious bureaucratic bullshit as national politics on a smaller scale. Everyone loves to bitch about the administration: It’s corrupt, they’re just giving themselves raises for doing nothing, the business manager is doing his “recruiting” exclusively in the bar, the negotiators are licking the contractors’ boots, we inexplicably voted to give the golf club ten thousand fucking dollars, they don’t actually care about us, they’re just sitting on their asses doing politics while we work to support them. And then you ask “so are you going to meetings and voting?” and the answer is always “hell no, I’m not giving up an evening a month to go listen to a bunch of bullshit”.

Obviously I 100% support forming and joining unions, they offer way more protection and support than non-union workplaces, and they’re a powerful force for labor rights. Just . . . remember they’re just made up of all of your coworkers, including the ones you hate, and they require the involvement of the membership to actually function. It’s a lot of compromising and politicking and bullshitting, it’s not a magic bullet to fix labor problems. Half the time I can’t even agree with my coworkers on what the problems ARE, much less how to fix them!

[turtleblogatlast]

No but like every time I think about Splinter and what he had to go through just to keep the boys alive, my heart hurts for him so badly. Is he perfect? No not at all, but none of them are and by god does he love his sons.

The fact that all of them are alive, and grew to thrive despite the circumstances surrounding them is a testament of how much Splinter loves his boys. He raised four babies following the most traumatic time of his life, all alone with nothing but the sewers to house them (to hide them.) I feel like he’s not given the credit he deserves for all he’s done.

And I get that it’s easy to hold up his flaws and faults when it comes to parenting, I myself like looking into them because flawed characters are super interesting and said flaws make them more realistic and engaging, but he tries, and again, so many others would have given up on the boys or failed along the way but Splinter didn’t.

He’s their father, for all his faults he did his damndest to make sure they survived.

[phoenixtakaramono]

Timetravel Hallmark-themed AU 🎄 Threadfic - Part II

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Pairing: Billy Butcher/Homelander

Context Summary: Want to read a “short” Butchlander threadfic being written live for the holidays—rife with (almost) every Christmas Hallmark movie clichés?

(You can read it being written live here on Twitter!)

If you’re unfamiliar with the Hallmark movie genre, here’s a quick rundown of Every Hallmark Christmas Movie Ever and gist of the cheesy tropes this threadfic will be loosely adapting.

For those without a Twitter account and therefore have a hard time accessing the threadfic, screenshots of the second part are provided here below the line break!

✨ Happy reading, dear readers! See you in Part III! ✨

Bonus A/N: They’re bonding~! In every Hallmark movie, the leads practically fall in love in one month. For this threadfic, I'm giving them at least a year and more (it's a whirlwind romance on Billy's side, whereas it's been more than ten years on Homelander's side).

So about the emotional knives in this update! 🔪 🔪There's always going to be a butterfly effect when it comes to time traveling so :) it's only fair to show HL a direct consequence of meddling with time.

Like I said on Twitter, this threadfic has two hurt/comfort scenes because with crisis, comes love 💗 ; this is their first hurdle (it’s the tamest one of the two; the second one hits harder but it is practically in every Hallmark Movie ever 🙄😂 so I’m obligated to write it). This part of the threadfic that I was able to squeeze into tumblr's 10 screenshots max/post mostly revolves around the "hurt" part of the hurt/comfort trope. If you were following this threadfic on Twitter, you already know what’d happened for the “comfort” part, shhh. I was just unable to squeeze it into these 10 screenshots for my tumblr readers…. But, as a lil preview of what’s upcoming, you can expect the "I didn't know where else to go" trope and HL's "oh" moment in Part III!

Threadfic Update Schedule: new content will be added to the Twitter threadfic every couple of hours and/or weekly until we reach a satisfactory-enough conclusion. Once I have enough new content to screenshot 10x, I’ll post a new part here on tumblr.

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[pikkish]

Yeah we've already talked about how outright stupid the lore n writing for modern Doom is, but tbh I can understand why they had to do something with Doomguy, why they had to make him The Specialest Boy instead of Just Some Guy. Do I like how they did it? No, I would've taken it a different direction. Do I think that hugo could've done it well even if he took it in the direction I would've? No, I have minimal faith in his story writing. But realistically, how many times can a guy singlehandedly accomplish the impossible before you have to acknowledge he's very much not Just Some Guy who happened to be at the right place at the right time? I think that, with how every single other person on the Phobos UAC base were killed in Doom I, doomguy stopped being Just Some Guy the moment he decided to do anything other than just lie down and die.

[gydima]

You ever think about how there would probably be 25% fewer Izzy Hands posts if some of the people who dislike him would adjust WHERE they talk about him?

Like, I get why some people hate Izzy. No big deal that people have different opinions than me! The problem lies in beating the same dead horse IN THE IZZY HANDS TAG or in direct response to Izzy enjoyers' posts.

For anyone who hates Izzy and genuinely wants to see less about him, the solution is simple and two-pronged:

If you make a post criticizing him, tag it "Izzy Hands critical." Izzy enjoyers are far less likely to jump to his defense there than in the regular old "Izzy Hands" tag. (We may never even see it if we have that tag filtered!)

Try not to yuck someone's yum in response to Izzy-positive posts. You won't have to expend your energy in a pointless back-and-forth battle if you ignore posts by Izzy enjoyers or block us altogether if our opinions bother you overmuch.

Rest assured, we've heard MANY TIMES why Izzy is crap and people shouldn't like him. Unless you're a galaxy-brained individual with an earth-shattering new analysis, one more post/response isn't going to make us see the anti-Izzy light.

(For the record, when Izzy-critical folks say something negative about him in their OWN blogs and DON'T use the Izzy Hands main tag, I think it would behoove Izzy enjoyers to scroll on past and not engage either. No one's convincing anyone to change their opinions, let's be real.)

[folansstuff]

THATS MY FUCKING GIRL

LOOK AT HER GO!!!!!!!

i have absolutely 0 expectations for the rest of this issue to be good, but GOD please let her do some more cool shit (and kiss kitty, just let katyana be real marvel)