#thundercats imagine

[imgaine-it-all]

Anon wanted another part of this  Lion-o: -once back in his room at the castle, he test the walkie talkie- Hello Y/n, am I doing this correctly? Y/N: Took you long enough, forgot the instructions I gave you already? Lion-o: ....... maybe

[luxthestrange]

Avatar Incorrect quotes#24 The beach

Can you imagine by some chance... Jake, Norm(In his new avatar body), And Tsu'tey for a hunting trip...and you brought along given the flamethrower incident...Either Eywa wanted to create some drama like you do in your stories or...she saw a chance to have Tsu'tey confess to you-

Jake, Norm & Tsu'tey(You being carried on Jake back running for your lives after a group of Viperwolfs hot in their tails

Jake: This could be it, Norm i never got to say it- I just want you to know that you're truly a one-in-a-million friend

Norm: Thanks, buddy! You're the best ever!

Jake I know you won't mind when I tell you...

Norm: Go on! Tell me anything! Tell me what!

Jake: I broke your iPod!

Norm: WHAT?!?

Jake: The buttons were so small w-with this body! It made me mad!

Norm: Oh, no! The horror!!!

Jake: I'm sorry!

Norm: I'm gonna kill you, Your great value thundercat!?!

Jake: It was an accident! An accident!

Norm: great value thundercat!?!

Tsu'tey: I love you, Y/n Sully! I always have!?

You are snoring as everything is going on(You took some sleeping pills to avoid listening to one of jake's jokes n puns ) , Tsu'tey looks at Jake & Norm who just watch him then at each other then back at him, and don't say anything

Tsu'tey *Coughs and fiddles with his fingers looking at them*-L-like... *sighs* Like you love the beach...*stammering* O-oo-or a good book you demons have-Or the beach...

[vintagegeekculture]

Hi, do you happen to know the name of the cartoon from the 80s where they rode inside giant tires with guns on either side?

That's Jayce and the Wheeled Warriors, a French-Japanese-American co-production. It had the avant-garde elements of French animation, the slick, imaginative sophistication of Japanese scifi animation, and the merchandisability of an American 80s cartoon. The premise has been compared to Star Wars, with its young impulsive hero, cocky pilot best friend, funny robot sidekick, and wizard mentor, but the number one thing it seems to take from George Lucas is that the interstellar future will be a lot like California in the 1950s, with greaser kids working on hot rods in their garage, and drag racing in their spare time.

A lot of 80s cartoon shows have aged disastrously (Thundercats is particularly hard to watch at times) but Jayce has aged incredibly well, mainly because of the solid characters and the fact the writing team included Joseph Michael Straczynski, who had them lean heavily on continuing storytelling that stretched throughout the series. It's right up there with Galaxy High School, Real Ghostbusters, Pole Position, and Vytor: Starfire Champion as 80s animated shows that actually are pretty good and are worth it to rediscover.

In fact, the continuous storytelling may be the single greatest weakness of the series: like Conan the Barbarian, it never got a legitimate finale. A series like this deserves nothing less than a Götterdämmerung.

JMS was famous for being one of the first creators active on the internet, at the time, answering questions on the Compuserve forums in 1992. A lot of his early comments on Babylon 5 have been preserved for posterity (B5 fans used to pore over them like sacred scrolls), but if you look at the actual transcripts, most of the questions he got were about Murder She Wrote, Jayce and the Wheeled Warriors and Captain Power and the Soldiers of the Future. In fact, there was an early appearance of people wearing Jayce and the Wheeled Warriors' Lightning League symbol to very, very early B5 get togethers.

[theosphobia]

GRIB 😛😛😛😛😛😛😛😛😛😛

GRIB !!!

lots of scars and stretch marks (also ik skin grafts even out the longer theyre there but , this is fantasy and patchwork skin looks awesome)

id imagine Sarge did not try to regraft his whole titty so , impromptu second mastectomy. also unrelated hysterectomy scar

grey hairs bc tht mf is stressed 2 hell despite what he tries 2 lead u to believe

i also see him w a lot of tattoos but i hate drawing the mfs so obviously the blade tattoo on the back of his neck, a barbed wire around his wrist he got when he was young and a thundercats logo he got to spite Simmons bc he prefers He-man over Thundercats

[the-doctor-3000]

…. I love thundercats 2011.. can I request a “fatherly Panthro x Adopted daughter reader? All fluffy one shot. (maybe with a little angst on Panthro’s side, implying a very bad breakup between him and Grune.. they kinda gave me “lovers to enemies” vibes, you don’t have to I just thought it be cool) Panthro finding this small human child, covered in mud and no family left as her family’s farm was in ashes behind her, this happening during his time traveling Third Earth after just being betrayed by Grune.. the little girl completely helpless and alone, Panthro then impulsively decides to take her in.

she turns out to be a complete Chaotic bundle of energy.. who can apparently communicate with the wildlife like a classic Disney princess, before she even learns to actually talk.. he’s gradually becomes more attached and protective of HIS little Cub, Watching her grow into a headstrong and beautiful young woman.. and now he’s got horny Tomcats to worry about.. maybe ending when he finds The other Thundercats, and basically Growls in Lion-O’s face in a “Don’t even THINK of touching MY DAUGHTER” kinda way when the two of them started talking.. (meaning reader was actually flirting with the young King.. and he had the audacity to flirt back while Panthro was standing right there..)

OHMYGOSH!! THIS IS SO ADORABLE!!!

The moment Panthro found her, he swore to protect her with his own life. He knew the pain of being betrayed and left for dead. He knew the feeling of loneliness. He could not imagine how that child could be feeling.

He could see a farm being burned to ashes in the background, and he could easily put two and two together. She looked so fragile, like glass. To him, she was far more precious than gold and the kingdom. More valuable than his loyalty to the king.

Panthro did not want her to be left alone, to die, to have no one. So, he quickly decided to take her under his wing. At first... he didn't know why he did that, but now he knew he made the right choice.

He was, of course, curious about her species since he had never seen humans before but did not pressure her with questions.

She was so quiet when they met. If it weren't for the times he caught her talking to the animals, he would have assumed that she was mute. She warmed up to him eventually, seeing him like her actual father. 

Years went by quickly, and y/n became quite a beautiful and charming young woman.  Panthro taught her how to defend herself and fight, if needed, and he could not help but feel extremely proud whenever she would show off her skills while fighting the lizards whenever they would come across them during their travels.

Oh, how he wished she could be a cub again. How he wished these moments would last forever. Just the two of them.

The Thundercats came along and Panthro was not quite happy about it. Not after what he had been through. When he met the Thundercats, y/n was in the forest and was collecting berries for dinner.

He and the so-called King of Thundera went on to find her. She was singing and doing pirouettes, a wooden basket in her hands filled with berries. The animals of the region made their presence known, and she would talk to them and pet them.

She stopped when she noticed her father and Lion-O. She ignored Lion-O as she ran to her father's arms and hugged him tightly. "Father!" She beamed.

He hugged her back. "Hello there, cub." They pulled away. "Did you find anything?"

She grinned and nodded. "A lot, actually! They all seem to be safe, too!"

He chuckled as he raffled her hair playfully. "What would I do without you, cub?"

She smiled and then noticed Lion-O, she blushed a little. "Uhm... Hello! I am y/n!" She put out her hand for a handshake.

"Pleased to meet you! I am Lion-O." He said with a charming smile as he shook her hand before planting a kiss on the back of it.

The two of them then began talking as they made their way to the others. Panthro watched the exchange with a low growl and glared daggers at the young king. After their adventure that day, while they were camping, Panthro decided to scare the king away. 

He walked up to him, his back straight and his head high. Not that he needed any of those since he was taller than all of them. "Listen, kid." He growled as he pointed at him. "I don't care if you are the king. Y/n is what matters the most to me."

"Where are you getting at, Panthro?" Lion-O asked him, he tried to keep his tone and expressions firm and stern.

"Don't even think of touching my daughter." Panthro told him coldly. "If you do anything, I won't hesitate to betray the crown." He turned around, but he added. "Better not forget it, Your Highness."

But despite his threat, y/n could not help but get close to Lion-O. She even started having feelings about him, which did not go unnoticed by Panthro.

"What is it like to be the most gorgeous person in this room?" Y/n said with a small flirty smile as she spoke to Lion-O.

Panthro stopped what he was doing and snapped his head toward their direction. He didn't have time to run toward them to stop this when Lion-O responded in an equally flirtatious tone. "I don't know. What is it like?" Y/n blushed. The red hue on her cheeks made her eyes shine, and Lion-O then added. "The sparkle in your eye is so bright, the sun and stars must be jealous."

Panthro was about to storm up to the young king, but Cheetara stopped him. "Hey, relax. She is a big girl and can make decisions on her own. Besides, Lion-O is not a bad cat. I am sure he will treat her like a queen."

Tygra then chimed in. "Debatable on Lion-O not being a bad cat to date." Cheetara glared at him. "What? I'm just stating the obvious."

Wilykit and Wilykat were laughing at Panthro's expressions as they started singing 'Y/n and Lion-O, sitting on a tree! K-I-S-S-I-N-G!'

Panthro groaned in annoyance as he watched his daughter and Lion-O. This was going to be difficult and would certainly take lots of time to get used to.

[thatspookyagent]

Dating Heimdall (Black!GN!Reader) would include...

Warnings: Typical assholery and bastard behaviour lmao otherwise none

a/n: First time writing for a video game franchise and I hope that y’all enjoy this! Heimdall is easily my favorite GOW character besides Freyr and Angrboda. There’s not much fanfiction out there for GOW: Ragnarok right now, let alone for Heimdall, and like none for a Black!Reader specifically. So this is me PUTTING that content out there in the void for someone to find, read, and share! Side note: I am yet again writing Black!Reader headcanons with a darker skinned!reader and 4 type hair!reader in mind unapologetically. <3

If you want to be tagged in any of my content, don’t be afraid to tell me via my ask box or through messages! Just remember to be clear about what specific kinds of content, characters, and fandoms you want me to tag you in or if you want to be put on my general tag list! I’m always looking to add more people and I’d be more than happy to add you (if you wish)! :3

If you were to describe Heimdall with just one word it would aggy lmfao

No really, he makes you want to kick both his ass and those grills in his teeth all the way to the Light of Alfheim

But regardless you fell for him because Reasons™

When you reflect upon why and how you did so, you can’t really come up with a definitive singular answer

Maybe it's because he treats you differently especially when it comes to teasing 

It’s more playful than brutal like he is with others and it gives you boy who pulled your hair back in kindergarten cause he secretly likes you vibes

Whenever Heimdall does tease you, his body language is different as well

Less condensing and try me and more goading and trying to vy for your attention kinda thing

That and he smiles relentless while he does it, like a genuine heartwarming smile not I’ll eat your kids and your pets smile

Just imagine him walking backwards slowly on his heels while swinging his arms and bringing them forward occasionally to make a soft clapping sound

He’s poking fun at you tripping earlier and thinking that nobody saw you when he absolutely did

Your comeback is to ask him why he was staring at you in the first place

He replies with “I just liked what I saw.”

You jab back with "If I only liked what I see now back."

That’s another reason why he really likes you, you always have a comeback to his remarks when most don’t

You really don’t take his comments lying down and actively engage in fun spirited banter with him whether you're starting or finishing it

While others shy away from it and avoid that man like the PLAGUE

To be fair his demeanor and vibe with you is MUCH less hostile with others so nobody wanting to be around him is very understandable lmao

Even then when there’s moments were Heimdall steps outta line (and there are), you don’t hesitate to push back and check him

He NEEDS a s/o who can do that cause otherwise Heimdall won’t read, understand, or internalize boundaries and will eventually continue to keep going

Those moments where you check him are usually answered by long periods of silence from Heimdall or curt nods, he knows your limits, and chooses to respect them

Partly because you do the same with him, which for you is mainly out of respect, and cause you like him

On another note, Gulltoppr is y’all’s child I said what I said

You were deathly scared of them at first cause who the hell smuggled a whole ThunderCat into Asgard hELLO???

But after awhile you warmed up to the battle cat since Gulltoppr can see just how much Heimdall cares for you and if you’re good enough for Heimdall, you’re good enough for them

Heimdall often scolds you for feeding Gulltoppr apples and cheese a lot but you also scold Heimdall for not giving enough treats to them cause how else do you remind them that they’re doing a good job protecting Asgard???

When he’s not looking you like to give Gulltoppr head pats and belly rubs cause they do NOT get enough of those in their life

You’ve managed to persuade Heimdall to snuggle with you and Gulltoppr while he reads on his breaks and you bet that there’s even more cheese and apples involved in that

Now onto some stuff that’s more Black!Reader specific-

This man is a bit OBSESSED with your hair don’t @ me !!!

If your hair is longer, especially long enough to be in box braids or have extensions in, he will be in total and complete awe at them

Catch him staring at your hair whenever you’re in the Asgardian mess hall together

At some point the staring gets so frequent that you sorta call him out on it and he’ll just...freeze

Later on when you two are more alone he’ll go “So...how does THAT work?” and motion towards your head

Sure Heimdall braids his own hair from time to time but his braids are different in many ways

Speaking of Heimdall and braids, you bet your ass you braid his hair stop playin !!!

You’re kind of a whizz at it and he doesn’t let ANYONE touch his scalp so you’re fumbling with a gold mine here

Heimdall only trusts you to mess around with his golden locs and will only really allow you to see him with his hair down OR messy

Speaking of hair down, he’s down for you to do or help him in his hair care routine lmao

Washing it, brushing it, putting some kind of good smelling product in it, you name it

Also if you leave your hair care products just lying around he WILL sniff and try them out

SO if you’ve got some expensive stuff that’s really for your hair type usage only, you better hide it better next time

For revenge you can put his hair in cornrows and then watch it fall out the next day sksksk

Now back to your hair, even if you hair is short or you use wigs, he will still be intrigued by it

Imagine Heimdall being dumbfounded at your waves like WHy is the ocean on your head and HOw?

He will return the hair care time favour and learn how to take care of your hair if you wish

Will steal your bonnets, durags, and head scarves BEWARE

He claims that it was just “lying around” and that he needs to protect his hair too <3

You roll your eyes and just make sure to order more protective hair fabric for the both of you

If you ask him if he has any design requests, anything with gold ornate on it will suffice (similar to his outfit that he wears)

That way y’all can tell your stuff from one another’s and he can color coordinate with his own natural hair color

Also he WILL throw at you and or remind you to put on a bonnet, durag, or head scarf if you aren’t wearing one before you go to bed

Something else that he admires about you is definitely how different colors of clothing make your skin tone stand out

Heimdall always stands out honestly due to being albino and having gold teeth like even for an Aesir God

It admittedly is different and a bit unfamiliar for him to see someone with darker skin and textured hair

Though don’t get him wrong, he welcomes it with open arms

Especially whenever the two of you are in bed together, cuddling, and just lying there together

He likes to have the windows open and have you on whatever side of the bed is facing that particular window

Cause it means that when he wakes up before the sun rises, he gets to watch the sun come up, and bounce light off of your melanin <3

He will absodoodley lay with you in bed all day (for as long as he can get away with it) while he brushes his hands against certain parts of your skin that are being lit up by the sun

He’ll only get up to get you some food or shower, basically basic needs until he has no choice but to get up cause he’s The Watcher of Asgard™ n all that

You know that his love for you has to run DEEP if he’s slacking off on watching Asgard cause he’s too busy giving you the attention that he deserves

And his love does indeed run deeper than a Jotunn’s ass crack for you truly if Odin doesn’t really approve of his relationship with you and he still actively decides to continue it anyways knowing this

Regardless of what other people think, he knows where his love lies, with him every morning and night, in front of sunny windows while he caresses and admires them

[beevean]

I was about to ask you to do a character comparison between Carmilla and Erzebeth

....

But that would require Erzebeth to have a character in the first place

Sun Thundercat's character is having a design that punches me in the eyeballs. And uhhhhhhh having an odd fascination with young, virginal girls, I guess?

You know, for as much as the shows' tendency to turn game characters, no matter if minor or major, into OCs is justified with "well they didn't have much personality in the first place!", Erzsébet really is a massive downgrade compared to Elizabeth Bartley. She is Dracula's niece, most likely the infamous Hungarian serial killer, who caused WWI in order to resurrect him and maybe take revenge on the Austrian empire for imprisoning her in the past, if you believe the EGM fax! She looks like a pretty woman with green hair and a rotten hand that she hides in her dress! That is way more interesting than a random Egyptian vampire with a generic god complex who turns herself into the shittiest furry design conceivable to man and I'm supposed to be scared of only because the story keeps insisting that no no we swear she is much worse than that puny dracula!

Justice for Elizabeth and her unexplicable relation to Dracula!

Also y'all are cowards. This is Drolta:

You just slapped tits on game Isaac (and a flattened version of him to boot) and called her a new improved character, and people drank it up for reasons I can only imagine. Where is my withered old crone who actually mentored Elizabeth and resurrected her? The Death to Elizabeth's Dracula? Like, I'm not joking when I say that these are much more intriguing concepts than what they did in Nocturne, so much for improvement.

[bakawitch]

Oberon Champion

Appearance: Tan Skin, Brown-Hair and body wise is like Lion-O from Thundercat 2011

Surname: Talbot Given Name: David Age: 17 Gender: Male Sexuality: Bi Species: Human Backstory: He is originally from England and moved to Japan when he was 11 due to his parents' jobs. He comes from a loving but big family. He's the oldest of seven siblings and due to his parents demanding jobs, he usually is the one looking after them. Has this big brother/dad friend energy. He is usually the mature one in his friend group, making sure everyone's ok and keeping them from doing anything stupid. However, he does have a more playful side and is not above teasing people. He also does a lot of sports and probably martial arts. I also imagine due to having to be in charge so often, he's become something of a busybody and a bit of a control freak, and he needs to learn to let himself relax and let others take the lead on things sometimes. Alias: Lycan Tree: Seelie Type Moodboard Picture:

Kwami Name: Lupiin Concept: Paternal Wolf of Association Miraculous: Wolf Tooth Necklace Weapon: Twin Sickles Power: Call of the Pack - the user can summon a pack of large spirit wolves to aid them in battle.

And another champion gets added to the roster! Is Lupiin's hat a part of him, or is it just a regular hat? No one knows!

One final OC submission slot remains from the original 22! Magical human options are still available too!

[kingbryancroidragon]

ThunderCats Idea

Just a little thought if I were to do my own version of ThunderCats, I'd look to how lions, tiger, leopards and jaguars (and snow leopards, but to my knowledge we haven't had a snow leopard on screen in the franchise) are all members of the Panthera genus and re-imagine the clans the 2011 series introduced with the lions, tigers, leopards, jaguars and snow leopards all being cadet branches of the House of Panthera and that all of the high-ranking members of Thunderan society would be members of those branches with the lower ranking members being non-Panthera cats.

Thinking of it in the terms of a season for a tv series, characters like Cheetara, WilyKat and WilyKit, Lynx-O and Pumyra would not actually become ThunderCats until the final episode of the first season at which point a reform would be passed allowing for non-Panthera members of Thunderan society to rise higher than they would have been able to prior and thus, serve as ThunderCats. Grune, re-imagined as morally grey rather than evil, would have not become a ThunderCat due to the fact that while he would have his good and bad qualities, the latter would include being unable to follow orders he disagrees (meaning he'd try to force things to be done his way), his inability to work as a part of a time due to being more focused on winning glory for himself, him being easily angered, having no problem flirting with married women with their spouses in front of them, treating his own significant other poorly and having a feeling of entitlement to a higher rank because of his service. Him being passed over for being a ThunderCat would ultimately be his contributor in defecting from Thundera.

Panthro would be Grune's superior, hopeful that with his guidance he could free Grune of his less admirable qualities, thinking he could be quite good at a higher rank, even as a ThunderCat, if it were not for his flaws.

As for Tygra and Cheetara's romance, it would be like a romance between upper class and lower class citizens.

Well, that would be enough of that.

[anarcheamor]

So... About Erzebet...

I'm pretty sure most people agree that there is something a tad underwhelming about Erzebet and a few have waxed poetic about why but I want to add a couple of things.

For one, to get the distaste out of my mouth, there's something about a European woman being the incarnation of an Egyptian goddess and being serviced by a dark-skinned priestess that rubs me weird. It's... Fine, given that she herself isn't a goddess proper, just knows powerful magic and the association with a goddess seems to be closer to being a matter of delusion of grandeur rather than an actual truth about her. It really just comes down to the fact that none of the big powerful vampires in the first show needed any association with deities to be at all threatening. Big Daddy Drax and The Spice Girls were just outright badasses on their own and we're met with immediate displays of their power and not even in combat. Dracula had a huge fucking castle built with machines and magic that he ran on his own with no help at all and Carmilla pops into the scene literally silencing an entire room with her mere presence. Miss SekhySekhySniperwolf needed a whole two episodes for us to finally see how powerful she is and this is after we've all grown tired of different characters sucking her whole ThunderCats-looking puss-puss (that probably meows) while one of them has us praying on her downfall cuz there's no way the writers thought having an indigenous person acting against her was gonna have us still somehow intimidated by her when he was told to bow and he still only did it half-assed at best.

But, for me, and this is the second thing that bothers me, there's this thing about messianic characters being super powerful entities that ruins the point of the whole thing. There's a reason why it fails when it pops in superhero media and that's because the whole point of a (Christian, have to specify because Jewish messianicism doesn't follow the same standards and sure as hell isn't being represented in mainstream media) Messiah is that they are weak and powerless. Literally, Jesus. Just look at Jesus. Home slice wasn't out here boxing with legionnaires and straight up said if he did get slapped, he would turn the other cheek. Plus there's the whole revolutionary aspect that's conveniently forgotten about. Jesus wasn't a Messiah because his morals were just that great and he had god-given superpowers, he was given that title because he was challenging the powers that be at the time. The Vampires in Castlevania are the fucking elite! They don't need a damn messiah, they're just throwing a tantrum because they can't eat din-din at the time they want to. So whole thing just feels shallow when a vampire messiah would be a great source of atory-telling. Imagine if Erzebet wasn't some grandiose vampire queen but a humble lady who is somehow working a now vampire underclass back into the fold of the world because they've been hunted down to such dwindling numbers that humans have went beyond the realms of resisting being food but now have just settled back into their own oppressive ways. Sure that would get rid of the ever-so-satisfying trope of "vampires = upper society" but I would rather trade that for a more compelling villainness who isn't some less- compelling redo of Dracula or The Sisters.

[gx-01]

after last night - bm

masterlist

- parings: trent alexander arnold x f!reader.

- inspo: after last night ; bruno mars, anderson. Paak, silk sonic, thundercat & bootsy collins.

- warnings: kinda smutty tbh

- a/n: not proofread !!

“damn, I don’t even know who I was last night”

- the smell of liquor practically radiated off of you. your friend group decided it was time for you to go out again, being busy with work had forbidden your weekly outing.

“there’s just something about you”

- your eyes had met his from the other side of the bar. something about the golden colored lights, just contrasted so well with him.

“you just made me feel, mmh ..”

- after repetitious eye contact, he decided to come up to you. somehow he looked even better. his unbuttoned brown blouse, with a matching pair of trousers. you offered a dance, and he was no one to reject your request. a innocent dance led to his hands on your hips, and your body’s with no room in-between each other.

..

“you changed the game (what’d you do?)”

- sure trent had flings in the past, but there was was something about you that left him craving for more. the way you could hardly wait to get to his flat, the soft touches on his thigh while he drove.

“after last night, I think I’m in love with you.”

- when you woke up with the sun blazing on you, your surroundings were much different than your apartment. desperately trying to ignore the pounding in your head, or the weakness in your legs, you exited the room.

“woke up and I can’t get you out of my head”

- when trent woke up to your practically naked body next to him, no matter how drunk he was last night, he felt like he remembered everything. he felt as if his absent mind never left as he imagined everything that happened last night. while he made breakfast his mind somehow always traced back to you. he tried to think of what they were gonna do at training but you always appeared.

“after last night, I don’t know what to do.”

- y/n stopped dead in her tracks when she seen the shirtless man, in nothing but sweatpants. she slowly took some steps, thus alerting the man that she was near, his gaze off of the sausages now.

they ate breakfast in silence, nothing but a small “thank you” was exchanged. trent mentioned he had to leave for training in 20 minutes and she was more than welcome to stay for a little longer if she’d like a minute to gather not only her things but her thoughts.

“when I’m gon’ see you again?”

[therobotmonster]

My Retro-Cartoon Ramblings, Part 2

I reserve the right to use theme songs to make my points.

M-M-M-Mask is a testament to the power of a good theme-song and opening sequence. It's a Shuki Levy tune, of course, probably the platonic ideal of one.

And MASK is the ultimate example of an 80s Cartoon. I do not mean that it was the best one, not at all, but it is the most demonstrative of its genus. If MASK didn't exist, it would be the "80s cartoon show" that characters in other TV shows would watch.

It's 1/2 Transformers, 1/2 GI-Joe, with a bit of Knight Rider and the A-Team swirled in. The kid has a robot that's C3PO and R2's love child. It's most unique feature is that the hero is literally just somebody's dad.

Thanks to the realities of toy marketing, the show hits its head and wakes up thinking its a race-car driver (or am I thinking of Fred Flintstone?) for the last season.

Oh, there was one other aspect of MASK that stands out, unfortunately, and that's the casual racism. It generally seems to be of the tone-deaf well-meaning Hollywood brand of the era, but if anything qualifies as problematic, Bruce Sato's treatment does.

Dude's kick-ass, he's a toy designer and race driver who invents cool machines and comes up with the solution to almost all the problems. Only he does the latter, typically, by cluing Matt in via a Confucian proverb of dubious origin. It's a whole lotta yikes.

Speaking of theme songs, Thundercats! The best show you remember from your childhood. In reality it's a real-life Candle Cove situation: We all shared an experience, and what was on the screen was not that experience.

The people who made Thundercats were masterful. And I mean that without reservation or irony. Because they pulled off one hell of a magic trick with the budget and raw materials they had. The voice cast is tiny, the animation limited, the budgets obviously minuscule.

But they used what they had where it counted. They essentially played Dungeons and Dragons with the audience, using inferences, lore crumbs, and stone-faced sincerity to invite the audience to fill in the holes with their imaginations.

Thus the reboots' troubles. No one can agree on what Thundercats was because everyone experienced a different Thundercats. Everyone who goes back and watches it comments on how its not like they remembered. It is the Rashomon of fandoms. As much a mass hysteria as a TV show.

On to part 3!

[galaxywrites]

Lmao so Tomas is kinda there and Kabal is the one to deliver news? That's actually pretty cool! I love the relationship with Jade and Tomás, the boy deserves happiness. Putaide of being rulers and such what do they do together in their free time? Do they have internet? Tv? Video games?

Kung Lao has gathered board games from Earthrealm for them to play once a week (courtesy of Nightwolf organizing a game night), and Tomàš actually thoroughly enjoys beating both Kung Lao and Liu Kang at Chinese chess/Xiangqi. He gets bragging rights, actually.

Nightwolf does not enjoy Cards Against Humanity but Kabal and Stryker put down the most outlandish cards they can get their hands on, and Tomàš and Jade get really competitive when the group plays Monopoly. Don't even get them started on Uno Flip. It's like a war zone.

As for the internet thing, I imagine the Netherrealm has some variation of it in these modern times. So they've hooked something akin to a playstation in an empty room. They often take turns playing different games.

Except Tomàš. He sits on the floor with a Switch and plays Stardew Valley, usually with either Kitana, Lao, Jade or Nightwolf brushing through his hair. For some reason, he just really enjoys sitting on the floor.

They also probably have tapes that they play. So every so often, Barney and Thundercats is played. Kitana, Jade, and Tomàš are the ones that really enjoy it, because they by far didn't have normal childhoods.

++ to add to that, Tomàš finds himself quietly singing along to the songs.

Kabal is the one that is made to rewind the tapes.

[colorisbyshe]

June Monthly Music: Half Way Through Edition

Music released before June 13th because WOW this month is stacked and this post is already this big this early!

Kaytranada came out with a new album--"Wasted Words (ft Thundercat)" has hilarious lyrics, "Weird (ft Durand Bernarr)" scratches an itch if you miss Azealia's vocalizations but can't listen to her for obv reasons, "Snap My Fingers (ft Pinkpantheress)" is bouncy and sweet, and "Still (ft Charlotte Day Wilson)" is a pleasant ache of a song. Not a groundbreaking album but reliable and solid.

"Drip Sweat" is my fave off that album, which is why it gets its own line. Very hypnotic, like being tugged into a dark corner at the club for some privacy.

After years away, Foster the People are back with a whole entire new sound. "Lost in Space" is... confusing at first but it kinda makes me think of Katamari Damacy... so I like it. I do not know if it's good, I am prejudiced. (Supermodel was one of my fave albums of all time.)

If you enjoy music from The Sims, yes, the game, give "Open World" by Toconoma a shot. A bit funkier, less perfect for constant looping but it's a purely instrumental song capable of invoking the same joy as booting up the game and hearing creation mode.

NGL, the singles were bangers, but I kinda feel... underwhelmed by the Charli XCX album (didn't think it was bad, just overhyped) but of the new tracks I really dug "Sympathy is a Knife," "Talk Talk," and "365." Bonus tracks are fun tho, "Springbreakers" is my fave.

Raveena's collab wiith JPEGMAFIA, "Junebug," is a sprawling river of champagne through a land of glistening sands and bubbling clouds.

"New Way Out" by Poppy is for those of you who want a song that feels like a re-imagining of Evanescence's "Going Under" by BMTH.

"Balloon in Love" by Sunmi is... cute. I love Sunmi but it's just fine. Worth a try.

"I Am the King" Fat Dog. This track FEELS like an interlude but in a way that makes you feel transient as well. Time is escaping, this song is escaping, you are escaping.

Peggy Gou released her first album and while none of it is as classic as her earlier track, "Starry Night," I do think if you like groovy dance music, "1+1=1," "All that (ft Villano Antillano), and "I Believe in Love Again" are worth checking out!

BREE RUNWAY IS BACK! "JUST LIKE THAT" IS WAY TOO SHORT BUT IF YOU LIKE MISSY ELLIOT, CHECK OUT THIS ELECTRIFYING TRACK.

"She a Wolf" Wayv. Fuck SM but this track does kinda go off. This is a song that would be fun as hell in an arena setting.

Glass Animal's "A Tear in Space" is a massive improvement over the lead single for their upcoming album. Still a step below their older stuff but if you were scared off from the last single, maybe give the a second chance.

"MPH" Doechii. High energy and it is, in fact, givin 'em cunt.

Music I vibed with this month regardless of release date:

"Good Club" Prince Club. Deep house track.

"The Feeding" Real Farmer. Punk, indie rock.

"The Bitch" Basic Element. I laugh-cry at the lyrics every time.

"Moonraker" Enth. Anime-ass song. Fun Jrock that you can imagine an anime character running through grass to.

"Opheliac" Emilie Autumn. Not for everyone but it was for me in middle school <3

"Jaded" Spiritbox. If you liked the Poppy track, come here.

"Make Love" Daft Punk. Transcendent.

NOW ITS YOUR TURN CAN SOMEONE RECOMMEND ME NON-ENGLISH MUSIC, PREFERABLY NOT KPOP (I LISTEN TO ENOUGH DON'T WORRY ABOUT ME)

Any genre works besides like... ballads... or screamo without a balancing melodic voice in the mix. Please. Anons, replies, whatever welcome

[king-hsssy]

Realized I never posted Abyssias ref here, holy shit. Abyssia is my oldest ThunderCats oc, she was originally named Nyx and was Grune the Destroyers sister.

Now she is one of the first Thunderians to be shot out into space as punishment, she was very enthusiastic about mixing magic and technology which was a taboo at the time. Homegirl drifted until a eldritch entity offered to save her from wasting away in a tin can. She accepted and the dying god was reborn in her flesh, transporting her to its planet of origin Third Earth.

She observed how the deities of Third Earth were waisting way from lack of followers and she sought to not end in the same fate. After learning she already had a decent fellowship with the Chiroians, a race of humanoid bat people that occupied a section the jungle, she began to use the radios and transmitters to broadcast on a channel music and wisdom. Imagine a radio show version of Stevengoolie or The Vampira Show.

She not necessarily an antagonist to the ThunderCats, as both good and evil use the darkness of night. She just helps whoever asks her and has a particular soft spot for the Cats due to them being a reminder of her old home.

[cadinmingming]

...

I spotted a Yo-kai Watch reference in the wild. And by "in the wild" I mean a 2021 Netflix adult animated series meant as a homage to the late 80s/early 90s.

Saturday Morning All Star Hits, also known as S.M.A.S.H. (can't believe nobody ever did that), presents every episode as the vhs recordings of an early 90s cartoon block, in wich two twin brothers host different cartoons parodying those from the time like "Denver The Last Dinosaur", "Carebears" and "Thundercats", among others. As you can probably imagine by me calling the series "adult" at the begining, said cartoons turn out to be way darker than their inspirations (alcohol, drugs, depression, blood), and different bad things start to happen behind the scenes and even on-stage as the tension between the host twins gets worse.

Spoilers I guess.

The last episode hints at the passage to the late 90s/early 2000, with one of the new cartoons debuting, Slingers, being a parody of the "collect them all" kind of toy commercial cartoons from that time. I bet you already guessed "Pokemon", but it actually draws more heavily from "The Legend of the Hawaiian Slammers" and.... and...

The protagonist is CLEARLY supposed to be Nate Adams aka Amano Keita from Yo-kai Watch, specifically his design from the third game.

And it's weird. I suppose from the makers' point of view Pokemon and Yo-kai Watch are part of the same trend, and don't get me wrong, they are both monster collecting games... but the episode is clearly referencing the "pokemania" from the late 90s/early 2000s, while Yo-kai Watch's release and peak at popularity are synonimous with the 2010s.

Then again I'm probably among the very few who would notice let alone care. Still cool to find a YW reference when I was less expecting it. The series will probably be a delight for those nostalgic for that era of popular culture too. Watch the episodes during actual saturday mornings for maximun inmersion.