#ways that the anime lacks

[nagirambles]

Also, Earthland Lisanna is thematically linked with the rain (her funeral, when Natsu found out about her death, etc flashbacks, the day she and Natsu became friends, the day she and Natsu played house there's a meaningful scene in the rain, edolas arc begins with mira and elf visiting her grave when its heavily raining, the fact it's raining when she comes back---) but in Edolas Lisanna wears a sun on her shirt

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

License to Kitty.

[goldensunset]

when people refer to canon story-relevant kingdom hearts games as ‘spinoffs’ it makes me sad not only for the obvious reasons i always say but also bc like man i WISH this series had spinoffs. imagine what they could do if they had permission from nomura to truly go off the rails and ignore the greater canon for a second and just do some fun whimsical plotless thing in an alternate universe. imagine a fishing/boating game on destiny islands. kh fighting game. it is an injustice that we have been deprived of kingdom karts. can anyone hear me

[thereweredragonshere]

I feel like Hiccup would try to pet a bear. His thought process is “Well I trained a night fury, I can become friends with a bear!” Meanwhile Astrid is yelling at him not to go near the bear.

If not friend why friend shaped

[illmoraineakoi]

As much as I adore the idea of Alan being like a dad to the Color Gang, I am absolutely feral for interpretations where that’s not really the case.

Or, more specifically, when those feelings are very one sided.

The CG look up to him and adore him as a parental/guardian figure, loving him almost like a father, especially Orange in particular who 110% sees and loves Alan as a father figure, while Alan himself sees himself more as a tolerant friendly landlord; just a dude who’s letting five stick figures live on his computer and not really interacting with them (except for Orange) very much beyond playing a few games for them or sparring with them. And even with Orange, it’s more of a friendship relationship than a parent-child one. Just generally pretty emotionally detached/distant towards them, not really feeling very strongly about any of them. Sort of how IRL Alan speaks about them as characters; fond, but not loving*. He still largely just sees them as stick figures. Like smart little living desktop pets.

Which makes all of the potential scenarios where they meet on more equal grounds (Stick!Alan AUs and IRL!Sticks/Human!Sticks AUs) potentially very juicy.

The CG and Orange in particular are always very excited to meet and actually interact with Alan, and Alan just feels overwhelmed and awkward by all the affection/attention. Or perhaps even confused about why they seem to like him so much.

Which can very quickly turn into a situation where the Gang notices that Alan doesn’t seem very comfortable around them, that he’s not nearly as excited and enthusiastic about finally being able to touch and hug them as they are with him. That he seemed to be kind of distant from them, withdrawing away from them. Oh, he’s friendly and polite, and he’ll talk to them, he’s not being mean or ignoring them or anything, but it’s not really like how they always imagined meeting him would be. It’s not as happy and joyous. He doesn’t interact/engage with them on his own. Doesn’t offer hugs or pats or much affection at all. He’ll do it if they initiate or ask, but he never gives anything of the sort freely.

Perhaps they think it’s because everything is so new and fresh, that maybe he’s feeling a bit overwhelmed. Maybe he just needs a little time to get used to them.

But when they give him that time…nothing seems to change. And they’re just left even more confused and concerned. Why was he acting like this? He was never like this before… (or so they think.)

Or perhaps a situation occurs where it’s revealed that Orange sees him like a father, or perhaps Orange even calls him his father, and Alan denies it. Corrects him. Tells Orange that he’s not his parental figure, that he always thought they were just friends. That all of them were just a bunch of sticks he was letting live on his computer. He wasn’t their dad, where in the world did they get THAT weird idea from? He was just Alan, the owner of the computer they made their home on. He barely even knew them.

And the Gang is both shocked and heartbroken. They hadn’t known Alan felt that way, just as Alan hadn’t been aware of how they felt. It was so easy for misunderstandings and misinterpretations to happen between them when they couldn’t really communicate very well.

But Orange, Orange is devastated. It hurts, so bad, because Alan literally created him. Alan was his creator, the closest thing to an actual parent he had. And yet Alan didn’t want to fill that role towards him, didn’t want to be his father. He could have seen and understood Alan not considering himself the others’ parent, since Alan hadn’t made them, but Orange was undeniably his.

But Alan didn’t want him like that. Didn’t see him like that.

He was just a stick figure who frequently helped him animate and lived on his computer. The fact that Alan made him appeared to be irrelevant.

So Orange puts on a smile and accepts it, apologizing for misunderstanding. But inside, he’s raw. The rejection feels so awful.

And it stings just how relieved Alan looked after his apology, like he was grateful that they weren’t arguing about it.

Because they don’t. What more was there to say? Alan had made his feelings on the matter very clear, and who were they to try argue against that? To challenge him, and demand he change his feelings towards them? To demand he love them? No, that’s not how things worked. That wasn’t how love worked.

You can’t try to force someone who doesn’t love you to love you.

Instead, Orange goes to his room, and sobs. It hurts so much. It feels like a chunk of his heart has been ripped out, leaving a giant empty gap where it had been. He can’t stop thinking about why Alan didn’t love him even though he made him. He can’t help but wonder if it’s because somehow he wasn’t good enough. Or if he’d done something wrong.

Or if it was because he was just a stick figure. Not human. Not a “real” person in Alan’s eyes.

He doesn’t know, but it hurts all the same.

The others, too, mourn the loss of the only parent-like figure they’ve ever known. They never knew their own creator, whoever the person who actually made them even was, they only ever knew Alan. It stings, how all of his weird recent behavior now makes sense. He hadn’t needed time. He had never loved them as much as they, apparently mistakenly, thought he did in the first place. It leaves them feeling empty and bereft, at a loss for what to do with themselves now.

And Alan is left totally oblivious to just how badly he’s just hurt them all.

And totally oblivious to what he himself has just lost, the potential for what could have been.

…At least, until he goes through some Character Development and inevitably has some Realizations that “Oh shit, those actually ARE my kids, oh fuck what have I done?!” And he needs to claw back the gangs’ love and affection and trust they’d since given up on.

* - [Or at least that’s how it always felt for me, watching AvG reactions, though that could just be because IRL Alan just sounds kinda bland and introverted in most of his commentary on his own animations lmao “I mean I like Orange.” Bro that is your main character that has been spearheading your entire career for a literal decade, why do you sound about as enthusiastic about him as if someone just asked you about your favorite weather type lmao jk jk]

[flufflecat]

this is the most beautiful creature on earth and I will kill someone if it asks me to

[front-facing-pokemon]

[dorian-gaye]

It's not everyone, and it's not always, but it is fucking annoying when it happens.

The canine lady isn't supposed to look like anyone in particular, this is just The Vibe (tm) I get from the kind of people who equate Queerness with Femininity Posted 22nd September, 2024

[chocobosdungeon2]

this is hands down the worst thing ive ever made but their similarities (and differences) have been rattling around in my head

[vibescornerr]

“That’s a load of crap.” (redraw)

[pokimoko]

Can you do a pansexual calico cat and nine-tailed fox please?? Thank you! I saw your art and I was like oh my God that's so amazing!

A kitty cat for you :3

[nagirambles]

Rambling about Fairies - Manga Chapter 187

This page is very cool. The lineart is thicker than the previous pages, and we rarely get a page of just two detailed closeups like this. Really sells the ‘tone change’ really dramatically. Plus, since the page margin gap is on the left, we go from Erza sighing, “that’s enough”. And we flip the back around to this scene.

Erza’s hair and Natsu’s fire even follows the movement of the page turn, as if we’re literally and physically turning the entire situation around.

Manga is a medium meant to be read as a compiled book, indeed. 

Epic.

[yazzydream]

Getting all my unexplored character interactions met in Phanpara. And all my suffix needs too.

Nobara really likes Miwa ("Miwa-chan!") and Miwa thinks Nobara might be easier to get along with then her fellow strong headed Kyoto peers... until she sees Nobara interacting with Megumi and Yuji anyway.

Nobara is the one who finds and identifies some fruits in the mountain to snack on with their tea, hinting at her country upbringing.

Nanami calls Panda, "Panda-kun." :,) I think he and Yuta are the only ones who do that.

Mai secretly became a Takada-chan fan after all. 😂

Maki is a fairly kind and gentle person actually. She's just awkward and speaks harshly. Good with kids.

On the same note, Noritoshi is straightforward and serious, but he's a really nice guy. His interactions with Inumaki give me life. He just takes everything Inumaki says so directly.

When Nobara speaks rudely to Mai, Mai replies with, "Watch the way you speak. I'm your senpai." Which— 😂 Mai learned from Utahime I see, and NOBARA REALLY IS THE GOJO OF HER GENERATION. (That's what I've been sayin'.)

Opposite that, Yuji really is such a good boy. 🥺 He calls all the upperclassmen senpai; "Kamo-senpai," "Nishimiya-senpai," "Mai-senpai," etc. Uh, Todo is Todo tho. Lol.

Megumi still calls Mai, "Zen'in-senpai."

In the "Dead Mall" story, I get the general vibe the Tokyo kids are more indulgent and fond of Ijichi than the Kyoto kids. Which makes sense. (They're also probably used to seeing Gojo bully him around, so. Lol.)

In the same "Dead Mall" arc, Inumaki and Panda both mess around Maki and Mechamaru respectively. Reminds me of that one s1 Juju Stroll where they wore the girls' clothes. 😆 You can see they share the same sense of humor.

Maki calls Nanami, "Nanami-san."

Yuji gets his Big Hero Moment in Phanpara, at least. :,)

[captain-astors]

Creature. (The rendered ones are referenced from manga panels)

[pigeon-butch]

I certainly have my own concerns about the treatment of moo deng but um. well i think some of you may just be racist

[pnfc]

Did u get into pnf for the plats or did you get into pnf and then get into plats bc of Perry. This is the burning question we all have

i think ur joking but i was in fact asked this before and no i wasn't already an expert on platypuses before i got into pnf. i just really like perry so i started researching them. and they're cool! would love to see one someday, even though it's unlikely.