#this is why i cant have favorite characters

[toestychonk]

Ya know what? The Hellaverse fandom has a massive problem with criticism. It's like they think that if you like something, you cant criticize it at all. Well, I'm gonna prove that wrong by criticizing one of my favorite shows, Steven Universe.

Here's at least 4 problems I have with the show:

1. Having the show go off model isn't bad by itself, but it doesn't fit the the more serious mood of most episodes and therefore is distracting.

2. The Steven only perspective is very limiting to other characters as arcs and development happen off screen or whenever Steven is around them

3. did Garnet not know about Pink diamond despite fusing with Pearl several times? Like, that's a pretty dickish move if she found out via that way within the context of the show but, it's just deeply inconsistent with the rules of fusion in the show since fusions share memories between their components.

4. The fusion system is kinda confusing. With two common interpretations of fusion being a metaphor for either relationships and/or sex. If it doesn't represent sex, why is Peridot not fusing at all being counted as ace rep? It's confusing af.

Yes those are problems with the show that I have, but I love it anyway . I love it's earnestness and the characters. My love for it transcends the frustration I feel for the writing at times.

Criticism is deeply important even with things you like, Viv and stans.

[matcha-gg]

Please be kind to me this is my first time tweening.

I don't know what Tumblr ppl think of videos but anyways, here's some tweening practice I did with my new princezam design (which I will post the reference one of these days) and an attempt at a derapchu design.

Sometimes it really shows that your teammate used to be the (gay) joker, but that's okay ^^

[teh-inggris]

I need to chew both of them like a stress toy

[potatobugz]

i was hacked by a very unhappy man!

[river-shards]

This is how they choose things right?

(Click for much better quality. Reblogs are appreciated!)

[lambda-core]

I am way too tired/jetlagged to make this post right now, but the reason Armada Starscream is so specifically well done to me actually isn't just the way he's got more depth than just wanting to take over Megatron. It's the way he falls back on this image he has of himself as someone who is solely focused on Megatron. And he is obsessed with Megatron, but the disconnect between Starscream and his image of himself is what gives him actual depth.

The reason this is so cool to me is like, that self-image--that he is single-mindedly obsessed with Megatron and will sacrifice everything else for that goal, no matter who gets hurt--is pretty close to what every other Starscream is. (The selfishness you associate with Starscream is a little more subtle, but it's there in the "no matter who gets hurt" clause imo.)

So if you go into this as a Transformers fan, you're already expecting Starscream to betray Megatron and try to best him and rule the Decepticons. But so does Starscream, even when he's demonstrably proven to both his peers and the audience that he's more than that. It's almost like his past incarnations--or the audience's expectation of him--haunt him. It turns his own internal man-versus-self conflict into this really cool man-versus-narrative conflict.

And what's crazy about this is, through the last moments of this arc, Starscream does grow beyond the narrative we'd expect from other Starscreams! But he never admits that to himself, because it's easier for him to cling to the idea that he's laser-focused on his hatred of Megatron. Every time he helps the minicons--every time he helps the humans--even in his last words, he LIES to himself and everyone around him that everything he did was always about Megatron. Because it's easier to simplify himself than to grasp that he might be a complex character. Because he's a person and he has all the messy conflicts that come with that. He falls back on the same ideas every single other Starscream did, and THAT is his undoing. Not that he is self-centered because he's Starscream. Not that he is obsessed with Megatron because he's Starscream. That he THINKS he is all of those things and he will not LET himself be anything else.

I would argue that that's a bigger theme in Armada, as well. Optimus and Megatron more or less spend their final fight coming to terms with their story roles in Transformers. I really feel like if you sneezed on them, they would realize they do this in every universe and in every timeline. Starscream's is the most interesting example to me, though, because he's such a departure from other versions of Starscream; hell, he acts (and looks, lol) a lot more like some incarnations of Thundercracker. But he's still got classic Starscream in him in this roundabout meta reference. He's like an homage to his namesake. It's so cool! And it works perfectly with the story he's a part of.

[dearhartselfships]

i've been getting the motivation to draw more, so i'm going to try and tackle the deviantart ship-art tropes i saw a while back.

[moeblob]

OC OTP. Just a prince (Ego, the ginger) and his wonderful energy alien fiance (Serenity) who he doesn't know is an energy alien. Ego also doesn't know that the future marriage is never going to happen and he's been lied to his whole life.

[sonknuxadow]

it just hit me that the movie is coming out next month imgonna throw upppppppp

[itsdefinitely]

do girl jeri and boy jerry exist explicitly to torment me

[xxplastic-cubexx]

In your professional educated psychology opinion. why is cherik Like That

i cannot give a Professional educated psychological opinion until at least may but as far as i can tell queer people cant be normal bout anything so thats why theyre like that

[yb-cringe]

O missed your desconjuração ending reaction…………..

I POSTED IT DW.. i was just in a group vc watching it with a bunch of friends so i didnt live blog as much. but needless to say last night i was Shattered! heres a highlight

[thejestersmelody]

𝒥𝑜𝓈𝒽𝓊𝒶 𝒲𝒶𝓈𝒽𝒾𝓃𝑔𝓉𝑜𝓃

[vcaart]

quickly slapped together Danganronpav3 ship tier list that's probably not 100% accurate to my opinions ft. My painfully obvious kokichi bias

[dare-g]

I need another shelf...

[tenebrous-dream]

can someone tell me why doctor brought carter to my house during the starry night festival in mfomt. I thought this was gonna be a romantic festival, like we have a nice meal together and then get up to some stuff you know,, but he brings the PASTOR?? AND DURING THE EVENT THEYRE TALKING ABOUT HOW THEYRE OH SO CLOSE?? doctor what the FUCK