#this scene is incredible

[moonlightskin]

ryan hawley is so ridiculously hot in this scene 😍

[wolviestars]

OMGGGG

[hansoeii]

only you.

[toriwritesstories]

the other day I heard someone point out how since Arcane is animated, every little detail is intentional… and y’all I cannot stop thinking about it.

It’s not like live action, where someone’s finger might twitch of their own accord and then we as fans read into it. Every thing we see on screen in arcane was intentionally put there.

It’s like, on the surface level I knew this. I mean we all see how amazingly eyes are animated in this show for example

and we all know how incredible this animation team is. But when you think about the fact that nothing was a split second decision that happened to make the cut… like

The exact way Caitlyn collapsed into Vi’s arms, it wasn’t an actor making a random decision that the directors liked. The exact way Cait clings to her and Vi hesitates, people thought so hard and made strategic decisions to put this together.

Every stretch of skin was thought out, planned, animated to perfection.

I dunno, especially in context of the episode 8 scene, I just feel like this makes how incredibly executed it was even more groundbreaking. Because nothing was a one-off take that made it through, everything was explicitly intentional, and fuck I just think that’s beautiful.

[akanemnon]

It was super effective

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[bloodymarymorstan]

Truly amazed by the complete lack of chemistry between innie Mark and Miss Casey compared to outie Mark and Gemma. Like the actors flawlessly convey that outie Mark and Gemma are perfect for each other but for innie Mark his soulmate is Helly without a doubt. I'm so enthralled by the distinction between the innies and outies and this episode showed that better than ever before!

[hinamie]

I'm always pushing you away from me / but you come back with gravity / and when I call, you come home

[bet-on-me-13]

Danny commits to the Bit a bit too hard...

So! For the first few weeks after his accident, whenever Danny would try to help the people of Amity Park, he would be treated as a Villain.

No matter if he had just defeated the Big Bad of the Week or saved a Cat from a tree, everybody in town only saw him as a Monster or Villain to he feared and hunted down. Danny was really getting sick of trying to get them on his side, until Sam made a suggestion.

"Why not just...play into it?" She said, barely looking up from painting her nails.

It was just an offhand suggestion, but it stuck with Danny. Why shouldn't he lean into it? The people of Amity Park already saw Ghosts as Evil, and they already assumed he was in cahoots with the Ghosts attacking the town. Why shouldn't he just...play into it?

So he does just that.

From that day on, whenever Phantom was spotted he would dramatically monologue about his Evil Plans, or claim that another Rogues attack on the City was his own act of terror.

Box Ghost destroys the towns Warehouses? It was on his orders.

Ember mind controls masses of Teenagers? All part of his Plans somehow.

Every Adult in Town is kidnapped by Young Blood? Danny gave them over to a friend as a Gift.

He crafts an identity for himself as the most Vile and Horrible Ghost that has ever attacked the City, using his own infamy to cement his legend even more firmly. The town only sees a Monsterous Villain, who has eveded capture near effortlessly for months on end, who constantly attacks their City and gets away with it.

Of course he still needs an excuse for how his plans keep getting stopped, and he gets it when his girlfriend Valerie becomes the Red Huntress. Before that, he just claimed infighting or the Fentons getting lucky, but Valerie becoming the Town's Hero meant he had a plausible excuse for how he kept getting "Foiled".

Val was suspicious, because she was not as involved as Phantom painted her to be, but in the end she had no proof of him faking his defeats. And she couldn't come up with any explanations for why he would do that in the first place. I mean, who would fake being a Supervillain? It had to he something else.

This did come back to bite him a while later, when the Justice League decided that enough was enough, and dispatched Justice League Dark to recruit Red Huntress and help Deal with him.

Coincidentally, that was the same day Pariah Dark attacked the Mortal Realm and sucked Amity Park into the Ghost Zone.

And honestly? Danny had spent over a Year proclaiming himself as a Villain who commanded Ghosts to attack the Human Realm, and he had heard about the Right of Conquest being Absolute in the Ghost Zone, so why not make it official? Why not overthrow the Ghost King, become the Ghost King, and cement his identity as a Villain while also forbidding Ghosts from entering the Human Realm without his permission?

He may have gotten a bit carried away and forgotten that the Villain thing was a disguise...but hey! He was still preventing Ghost Attacks! ...mostly. That's got to count for something right?

He may have let the Bit run a bit too far...

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[curioscurio]

I'm rewatching Steven Universe and I will never forgive Fandom for what it did to her

[linusbenjamin]

That big picture, Donna, you keep on missing it. Doctor Who 3.00 / The Runaway Bride

[moonlightskin]

tina’s voice when she’s trying to be charming is my favourite thing

[peterpcrker]

X2: X-MEN UNITED 2003 | dir. Bryan Singer

[loveexpelrevolt]

Siuan Sanche. You have been brought before this Hall to answer for your crimes against our Tower. For 20 years, you have worked in secret with Moiraine Sedai. I believe she is with the Dragon Reborn now.

THE WHEEL OF TIME (2021— ) "He Who Comes with the Dawn"

[egophiliac]

A-anime?

you know, sometimes I forget that Twst is actually an isekai that starts with the protagonist getting run over by an inexplicable horse-drawn carriage. and every time I'm reminded is a delight because that's AMAZING.

also. look. okay. there's a lot of very fun stuff in the trailer but I am obsessed with that Crowley surprised pikachu face. me when I spend all my keys and gems literally hours before they announce overblot SSRs and drop the anime trailer:

[kar0len]

THANK YOU SM FOR 100 FOLLOWERS 💙💛❤️💜

I don't know if anyone has drawn something like this before but I really wanted to do my own version. So here we have a tired dad and his adorable son

[itscherryterry-again]

And I said: I do not want to be great, I want to be loved.

– Sue Zhao