#yes there are still some anime that are netflix originals and such or so old or obscure that crunchyroll never caught them

[kimberlyannharts]

Ultraman: Rising!

Sure we all know the Power Rangers reboot has been passed on at Netflix but instead we have this hot new piece of toku instead: Ultraman: Rising! And I finally got the chance to check it out last night.

I know Ultraman is one of the big toku/kaiju genre staples but it's never really been on my radar of things to watch. I'm not sure why! I guess Super Sentai/Power Rangers just has more of the it factor that appeals to me. So because of that I really have no context to the story besides it's a guy who can turn into a giant silver superhero that beats up kaiju.........or maybe it's an alien who looks like a human and the silver superhero is his true form? or maybe the human and the silver superhero are two separate beings that share the same body? idk. It's probably all three of those things depending on the series. But this film was marketed as a standalone that new fans could enjoy AND....the big one.....it's ANIMATED, so I felt more inclined to check it out.

And it was really really good!! I enjoyed it a lot!

Spoiler-ish thoughts on the film below:

= Let's get this out of the way: the biggest draw to this was the animation and art direction, and yeah, it slaps. The textures and stylization (always love 2D painted effect animation on explosions and things) and lighting were a full-course meal and the scenes where they focused on Ultraman's shining eyes staring through a window or computer screen were just SO striking. To the point where I feel that if I got around to watching the actual live-action Ultraman, it might feel a little underwhelming in comparison. Oops

= It does kind of fall in the cliches of the "selfish guy learns maturity by having to be a father" plot (with bonus "son is estranged from his dad and mom is missing but they work to improve their relationship" sprinkled in) which makes me appreciate The Return even more (sorry, I'm still Returnpilled) but it's still charming and I can hope if we get more movies they give a little more focus to Ami and Emiko (speaking of which, I know they weren't doing a romance this movie, but Ami having a daughter and the movie being about Ken raising a daughter? oh you know it's happening and I'm here for this because they're both so hot)

= I think Ken is also a better example of the "showboating egotistical hero who learns to mature" than most because the movie isn't afraid to show him vulnerable even before his character development. I was genuinely surprised at that scene where he starts crying out of the stress of balancing his baseball career and figuring out Emi

= Apparently there was some discussion that the movie didn't bring up Ultraman's origins which, as someone who knows next to nothing about Ultraman, that didn't really bother me? Obviously I can still give more benefit of the doubt than people who don't know much about the tokusatsu/kaiju genre to begin with, but even so, I was still pretty down with the concept of "this guy has the ability to turn into a giant silver superpowered man and passed the ability down to his son" - and I think in the age of superhero blockbusters in general the idea isn't that farfetched that it requires more explanation. In any case it's a bit of a moot point since future movies are clearly going to talk about Ultras and their origins more, based on the stinger.

= Is Emi a clear kid-appeal character meant to be shown off in marketing and merchandising because of how squishy and cute she is? Yes. Is she just so fucking squishy and cute and my newest baby child? YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEES. I am not immune to monster baby. I think it helps that I always found the old monster screeches cute and applying them to a baby babbling was kinda genius in its execution. And I'm glad they kind of got the obligatory "haha babies poop and are smelly and gross" jokes out of the way early (yeah they had the whole "acid reflux" thing in the second act but I've seen way worse in other media)

= The subtitles calling Sato's Ultra form "Ultradad" and his Ultra mustache were both really funny

= Obviously I knew Ken wasn't going to die when he threw himself on Dr. Onda's mech (btw the mech was sexy) but I definitely expected a little more than just a busted arm with how they were building up how the blast would have "destroyed them all" kdjkfdj maybe they cut to after he had recovered a bit. Though in general I'm not quite sure of how durable Ultraman is

= Kind of a milf. reblog

[adora-sword]

I just finished watching the Avatar netflix adaptation and I have to say that all of you lied to me.

It was AMAZING

Spoilers ahead and yes, this is a long post. To summarize it: the scenarios, costumes and the cgi makes watching it worth it!

Yes, they changed a lot of things from the original but the substance was there and the important things were kept and don't evem make me start with how it felt like a cartoon and how Sokka is still the funiest guy ever written and how Aang is a compassionate child and how I love the fact that Katara not only talk about how the fire nation killed his mother and instead is a woman who chose to fight for their culture and family and friends and not just for rage (gotta love that change in her character)

Also she's a self taught but she also doesn't stop pointing the sexism in the north water tribe and that was just great! Also loved the fact that the scroll was a family heirloom and not something she found somewhere

I REALLY liked the little changes they made in Katara character. But still the substance from the original Katara is still there.

The only thing I found a little weird was that they made Suki an stalker lol I hope the girl can escape that island and meet the world soon.

And the other weird thing was that thing they made with June and the thing she had with Iroh lol but I was GLAD to see that Iroh wasn't a disgusting old man that like to touch women. Thank for that!

Overall I felt like they changed the characters a little to show them more like they are in the last book of atla, more mature in some ways but still children. And I really liked it.

Sokka wasn't a little sexist brat but still makes fun of her sister because she is a girl and mess with girls. But not because he has bad intentions but instead because he doesn’t know how to talk to girls his age! He's just a teenager who is learning to interact in a healthy way with the opposite gender.

And I'm not gonna talk about Zuko and Azula because they were PERFECT! I loved how they built Azula character as a villain and how they merged Zuko's personality from rage to compassion. LOVED EVERYTHING ABOUT THE FIRE NATION SIBLINGS!

I really hope that they make a season 2 because I loved to see how they added little hints and facts and part of the story of the others Avatars! A nice detail.

Ans also how they started with the past-past and not showed it by flashback. Loved the lineal narrative in the adaptation, because old fans can be patient ultil they eventually explain it, but people who never saw the original might not be interested if they don't understand the story and the implications of Aang's disappearance from the beginning.

AND DON'T MAKE ME START WITH KYOSHI TELLING THE INTRO! I LOVED THAT! I LOVED how they made the other Avatars have more protagonism!

!!

AND THE FREAKING SOUNDTRACK?????? THE ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK???????

Honestly it kinda felt like the Book Fourth we never had. Like if it was the same show but with a little more fun facts added and I loved it.

Yes, they merged episodes and all that (but we still got the Tunel of love song!) But they make it work and it was a great job!

And the scenarios and costumes???? The designers were on FIRE. How they managed to make it JUST THE SAME as the original??? Only because of their work watching the show is SO WORTHY

AND THE CGI??? THE BENDING LOOKED SO REAL! The animators did an AMAZING job! Super great and natural! I loved every part of it!

[duckyfruitbat]

YoHoHo, It's a New Era of Pirating

I'm sure a lot of us have been ruminating on this lately, but first I want to draw some parallels.

Picture it, the year is 2005 and you are watching a movie you picked out with your grandma at blockbuster during your weekend visit to give your parents a god damned break from your bullshit. Relatable so far yes? You pop that disk in and sit down as grandma makes the popcorn and an odd little PSA comes up between the previews. It's the infamous pirating PSA that compares downloading films to car jacking. So what do you do? You download copious amounts of pirated music onto the computer under your fathers supervision of course, still pretty relatable right?

You have entered the world of media piracy my friend, an old tradition with a rich culture and history. The early 2000's were some wild times, piracy was at its peak, the internet was a lawless land, and the 2008 housing bubble was just around the corner, truly a glorious time.

Now needless to say, publishing companies hated piracy and were desperately trying to curb it but only through legislation through a government that didn't really care. It was already hard enough to catch one pirate so why waste resources to crack down on it. There was an attempted crackdown by the publishers but that completely failed, one infamous case was a grandma who didn't even have a computer.

This age of piracy was only stopped when Itunes and Netflix made their way online. That was only because everything was on these two websites and later also Hulu. The only people who continued to pirate were kids who didn't have money and anime fans. There were two specialized websites just for them.

Everything was going smoothly, until we get to today, now every studio has at least one streaming service and even then there is no guarantee that their own shows would even be up and they're all owned by the same five corporations. Discovery got in trouble not too long ago for deleting their own shows from their own streaming service. Disney still has a backlog to upload onto Disney+, and there are many exclusives between each site. It's very similar to what cable and satellite television was, gotta pay over a hundred dollars and you don't even watch half the channels. These streaming services are getting too specialized, sure it makes business sense especially when you already have a large library or you're just Disney, but when there are obscure TV channels trying to get their own service, you know something's wrong.

Somehow the music industry didn't go the same path, yes Spotify has its problems, especially for musicians, but it is far better than purchasing entire albums or the old piracy methods that always put your computer at risk.

The obvious consequence of all this is that piracy is once again going up once again. Why? Because it is far easier to pirate than it is to figure out which steaming service that Disney owned show you want to watch is on. The only reason Itunes and Netflix originally won was because it was more convenient to actually pay for the things you wanted to see and not have to worry about malware. That's a lesson that these corporations could benefit from again, but they are if anything stubborn.

Now because of the stubbornness of these corporations I will have a lot to talk about, specifically with all sorts of pirating methods, and some fun stories. I already talked about Tengen and their massive swinging balls of steel as they walked into the patent office to steal from Nintendo, but there is so much more. So plenty of legally dubious fun to be had!

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What If One Piece had an LA-based Dub? (Part 1)

So recently, I’ve been talking with some friends on Discord about One Piece, specifically about its’ English dubs.

And essentially, we feel like that One Piece hasn't really gotten the best treatment when it comes to English dubs.

Like, we already know the travesty that was 4Kids.

But this also applies to their long-standing and current dubbers, Funimation.

This is probably a controversial opinion, but I don't think they were the best choice to dub One Piece.

Like, yes, they are of much higher quality when compared to 4Kids.

But even then….

For starters, I feel like there's a lot of miscasting here. Even among the main cast.

Probably the most obvious being in the case of Christopher Sabat as Zoro.

He just makes him sound way too old. He's suppose to be a young man.

I can't be the only one who thinks that it sounds too much like Piccolo.

And finally, I feel like Funimation's dubbing is a bit too…..straightforward (if that makes sense).

After rewatching the 4Kids dub, I've grown a sense of appreciation for it.

Don’t get me wrong, it’s still not that good.

But I feel like there’s some elements that they do better than Funimation.

In contrast to the Funimation dub, a lot of the performances have a little more life and energy to them.

Even if they're not all that good…..

One thing I really like is that many of the characters have accents, which just feels right given how the whole premise of the series is about traveling the world..

This is made even better when you get remember the Netflix adaptation, which gave a lot of characters accents, including the main ones!

Plus, 4Kids is just much better at handling the frequent comedic and silly moments.

Hell, why do you think this scene blew up in popularity?

Plus, they did a slightly better job at translating some scenes to English and not having them come off as a direct, one-to-one translation.

It's a little hard to explain, but essentially they keep what was said in the original Japanese version and kinda give their own flair to it.

But with this discussion, being the idea man that I am, it gave me the idea of an alternate timeline.

One where One Piece wasn’t picked up by 4Kids or Funimation.

But instead, it was picked up by Viz Media, who would commission an English dub out of the voice acting capital of the world: Los Angeles, California!

I feel like this alternate timeline would not only give us a much better dub than the other two, especially 4Kids.

But also do the franchise a LOT of favors....

If you know One Piece, you'd known that the series had a hard time catching up in popularity in the West.

It was 2000s. The decade was all about making everything cool, hip and edgy.

And anime was one of the prime contributors to this trend.

Plus during that time, a lot of anime fans had this stigma against Western animation, seeing it as nothing but kiddy shit.

These people are the one of the reasons why we have crap like this.....

And since One Piece is famous for having an incredibly cartoonish art-style and world, it did not do it any favors.

Made even worse with the 4Kids dub, which infamously kidified the anime to absolute HELL.

However, I feel this dub would counteract that.

The dub itself would premiere on June 2nd, 2003 on Cartoon Network as part of Toonami.

And although the would probably have some censorship, it would be NOWHERE near the level of 4Kids.

Plus, from what I've seen, anime that aired on Toonami was able to get away with a lot more explicit content due to it's clear aiming at older audiences.

For the East Blue Saga, the dub would air new episodes every week, Monday through Friday.

That's what we're gonna be covering for this part.

As we go through each arc, I'll be sharing my voice choices for the major characters in each of them.

So without further ado, let's set sail!

Romance Dawn (June 2nd-June 4th, 2003):

Starting off this showcase we have our main star the future king of the pirates himself, Monkey D. Luffy!

When thinking of a voice for Luffy, I wanted him to still be voiced by a female.

And one of the major female VAs, I've come to a tie on who would be good voice for Luffy.

And that tie is between Colleen O'Shaughnessy and Kari Wahlgren.

Between the two of them, I think their voices both perfectly fit the type of voice Luffy would have.

Pretty goofy and silly while still being able to do the more serious and emotional moments well.

And while you can still tell they're a woman, they're still able to convincingly sound like a boy.

I think the coolest thing about this choice would be that in the case of Kari, this would be one of her earliest voice acting roles, as she entered the realm of voicework in the prior year of 2002.

And about a year into her career, she would find herself becoming the official English voice of one of the most famous and revered protagonists in anime/manga history!

Next we come to Koby, who would be voiced by Pamela Adlon.

Oh yeah, let’s talk about that real quick.

In contrast to other anime dubs, this one would primarily feature voice actors typically found in Western animation.

I feel like this would make One Piece stand among the crowd, and it kinda fits since the main character himself does draw heavy influence from the Golden Age of Western Animation.

As for why I choose Pamela, especially since Koby pre-Marines was shown to have a whiny sounding voice, was because I was coming at this with the knowledge of his post-Marines look.

I’m not a fan of how the Funimation Dub gave him a new voice after we were reintroduced to him, whereas the original Japanese version kept his voice actress.

So I wanted to do the same thing they did.

I feel that Pamela was the best option.

She’s known for having a noticeably deeper and hoarse voice when compared to most female VAs.

Hence she’s famous for voicing a lot of male characters, particularly boys.

As for her performance as pre-Marine Koby, it would be pretty similar to her performance as Otto Osworth from Time Squad….which is funnily enough, a Cartoon Network show.

Now we come to Alvida, who would be voiced by Wendee Lee.

And yes, she would voice both forms of her.

Her original fat form, and current slim form.

Now we've come to the second member of the Straw Hats, Roronoa Zoro!

He would be (at least for now) voiced by Ben Diskin.

His performance would be sound like a slightly more serious version of, and I can't believe I'm actually referencing this guy, Ban from The Seven Deadly Sins.

One cool thing about Ben voicing Zoro would be that he would bring a lot of authenticity to the role, since he would've been around Zoro's age at the time of dub's release (20-21 years old).

Also, this would really funny to think about since around this time, Ben was voicing Numbuh 1 and 2 on Codename: Kids Next Door, another Cartoon Network show.

Rika would be voiced by Kath Soucie, essentially sounding like a slightly older Lil Deville from Rugrats.

Helmeppo would be voiced by Jeff Bennett, who would definitely sound like the recent gay shipping icon as of late, Bradley Uppercrust III.

Like, you can't tell me that his voice wouldn't fit Helmeppo like a glove.

And in just you don't believe me, here are some clips to prove my point.

Next we come to his father, Axe Hand Morgan, who would be voiced by Jim Cummings.

And for his role, Jim would definitely use his serious voice that he uses with characters such as Mister Moloch in Project G.e.e.K.e.R. and Hernán Cortés in The Road to El Dorado.

Now to come to Red-Haired Shanks, who would be voiced by Steve Blum doing a Cockney accent.

Yeah, he's basically gonna sound like a swashbuckling Spike Spiegel.

Which actually sounds pretty cool....

As for the rest of the main Red-Haired Pirates.

Benn Beckman would be voiced by Wally Wingert.

Lucky Roux would be voiced by Bill Fagerbakke.

And Yasopp would be voiced by James Arnold Taylor.

And finally, we have Higuma, who would be voiced by Rob Paulsen.

Orange Town (June 5th-June 10th, 2003):

First start off come to the third member of the Straw Hats, Nami.

Nami would be voiced by Kate Higgins.

Who weirdly enough, when it comes to LA voice fan-casting for One Piece, she's always the one to get picked for Nami.

And I can totally see why.

She would definitely fit the character.

Next we come to the big bad of the arc himself, Buggy the Clown.

Originally, I was gonna have Mark Hamill voice him.

But I figured that would've been too easy and too obvious.

So instead, I decided to choose Steve Blum as the voice of the character.

His performance would be pretty reminiscent to that of The Green Goblin in The Spectacular Spider-Man, but a little more silly sounding.

Even his laugh would be pretty similar to Gobby's.

Plus, Buggy's casting choice is pretty funny to think about since as I mentioned earlier, Steve would also be voicing Shanks.

Which would make Buggy's pure adulterated hatred for him even funnier.

As for his main crew members.

Mohji would be voiced by Liam O'Brien, essentially using the same voice he used for Zazz in Sonic Lost World.

Cabaji would be voiced by Yuri Lowenthal, using an Eastern European accent.

And Ritchie would have his vocals provided by Frank Walker.

As for the one notable characters of this arc.

Chouchou would have his vocals provided by Dee Bradley Baker.

And Boodle would be voiced by Tom Kane.

Who was also voicing Professor Utonium on The Powerpuff Girls around this time.

Syrup Village (June 11th-June 24th, 2003):

First we have the fourth member of the Straw Hats, Usopp.

Just like with Luffy, I have two VAs in mind that could voice the God himself.

James Arnold Taylor and Jason Marsden.

Both of them would strike that perfect balance of being able to sound silly while knowing when to take it seriously.

Also, if JAT was voicing Usopp, he would essentially sound like a younger version of his own dad.

Kaya would be voiced by Tara Strong.

The Usopp Pirates would be voiced by Grey Griffin (Ninjin), Colleen O'Shaughnessy (Pilman), and Nancy Cartwright (Tamanegi) respectively.

Jeff Bennett would also be voicing Merry.

Dee Bradley Baker would also be voicing the big bad of the arc, Kuro.

Jango would be voiced by Phil LaMarr, who would doing a what could be best described as a knock-off Michael Jackson impression.

Which, let's be real, would fit the character perfectly.

Phil would also be pulling double duty as Siam, with the other half of the Nyaban Brothers, Butchie, being voiced by Kevin Michael Richardson.

And finally, we have Gaimon, who would be voiced by Charlie Adler.

Baratie (June 25th-July 10th, 2003):

Starting this off we have Kuina, who would be voiced by Grey Griffin.

Shimotsuki Koushirou would be voiced by Phil LaMarr, essentially using the same voice he uses for Samurai Jack.

Now we come to Johnny and Yosaku.

Johnny would be voiced by Nolan North, while Yosaku would be voiced by Mikey Kelley.

So essentially we have Raphael and Michaelangelo tagging along with the Straw Hats.

Finally, we've come to the fifth member of the Straw Hats (and the last one as of right now), Sanji.

Sanji would be voiced by Josh Keaton.

And just like with Ben as Zoro, Josh would bring a lot of authenticity to his performance (given that he would've been 23-24 at the time)

Also, we all know how Zoro and Sanji are rivals.

This would be funny to think about since this wouldn't be last time Ben and Josh would voice a duo of rivals.

Zeff would be voiced by Clancy Brown, essentially sounding like a slightly more serious Brooklyn version of Mr. Krabs.

We would also have John DiMaggio playing double duty as both Don Krieg and Fullbody.

Ghin would be voiced by Crispin Freeman.

Patty and Carne would be voiced by Kevin Michael Richardson and Tom Kenny respectively.

Pearl would be voiced by Jess Harnell.

And Hawk-Eye Mihawk would be voiced Lex Lang, doing a French accent.

Arlong Park (July 11th-July 31st, 2003):

Starting this off, we have Arlong himself, who would be voiced by Fred Tatasciore, which will be really funny to think about once we get to you-know-who.

As for the rest of main crew.

Kuroobi would be voiced by Doug Erholtz.

Hatchan would be voiced by Bill Fagerbakke.

And Chew would be voiced by Jeff Bennett

Nojiko would be voiced by Michelle Ruff.

Genzo would be voiced by Cam Clarke.

Bellemere would be voiced by Vanessa Marshall.

Which would be really weird to think about since she was on Cartoon Network's latest original series at the time, The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy, voicing this guy....

Well I'm pretty sure I just ruined Bellemere's death for most of you now since it's hard not her with the voice of Irwin now......

Anyway, Nezmui would be voiced by Tony Oliver, essentially sounding like an evil version of Lupin III.

Or how he was in the original manga....

And Moomo would have his vocals provided by Frank Welker.

Buggy's Adventure (August 1st-4th, 2003):

I don't really have anything to say for this one except that it will be part of the dub.

Roguetown (August 5th-12th, 2003):

Starting this off we have Smoker, who would be voiced by James Arnold Taylor, essentially sounding pretty similar to Walker from Danny Phantom, but without the Southern accent.

Next we have Tashigi, who would voiced by Karen Strassman.

Daddy the Father would be voiced by Jeff Bennett.

Five-Alarm Carmen would be voiced by Candi Milo.

And finally, we have Dragon, who would be voiced by Dave Wittenberg.

Well, that's all I have for now.

It's not the most detailed post I've made, but I thought it was fun to do.

Plus, I always like to showcase by knowledge of voice actors.

Which speaking of, I'm not sure how this post will do since I'm not sure how knowledgeable of voice actors any of the potential viewers are.

But hey, I'll just have to wait and find out.

Anyway, let me know what you think about this alternate timeline I created.

And for the two choices I had for Luffy and Usopp, who do you think would be the best choice for them?

And finally, I really hope @mysticalchildsuit actually likes this post since the last time I made a post about One Piece....they were.....

[melonteee]

I'm really enjoying the live-action show. It's different, but I think some changes are improvements, some changes are neutral, and some changes are for the worse. Overall, I'd say it's about as good of an adaptation as the East Blue anime is (factoring in the changes the anime made).

Syrup Village is a great example, they cut Jango (though you do see his Bounty poster, so he still exists in canon), but they also made Kaya's illness be the result of Butchie poisoning her and part of Kuro's plan. Luffy drinks the poison soup and that replaces the scene of him unconscious from hypnosis. Zoro has to climb out of a well, and that replaces him climbing up an oil-covered hill and also sets up for Mihawk saying he's a frog in a well. They also change the setting for the battle from a beach to inside the mansion, introducing a horror theme to the story which rachets up the tension a lot more. Sham is also gender-bent and super cute.

And it's not wrong to say the showrunners understand and love the characters and the world. All of the bottles of alcohol are brands in One Piece, the barrel Luffy gets into has the name of the fishmonger from his village, Garp mentions that he's turned down multiple promotions, Nami reads Noland the Liar to Zoro while he's unconscious after his fight with Mihawk, Arlong introduces Fishman discrimination.

I think it's best experienced from the perspective of "it's going to be different, and that's okay". The characters are written a little differently, but not in a bad way. They still feel like the characters at their core, Inaki's Luffy and Taz's Sanji are two stand-outs, they're fantastic.

I understand if it's just not for you, and you did watch one episode, so I can't say you didn't give it a chance at all. I just feel like you and the others are being too harsh on it. It's way better than any other live-action anime adaptation I've ever seen.

I appreciate this anon and I do think the poison change works, but there's certainly a 1 good thing for 9 bad things ratio going on. Because in all fairness, I am going to be extremely critical of a 20 year old series that's making an adaptation with a 17 million dollar budget per episode - especially from Netflix. If I'm being approached by friends who were actually excited for this series and they came out of it disappointed, somehow I don't think I'm gonna have a good time myself. I'm watching One Piece for One Piece, I don't think I should go into an adaptation thinking this is gonna be different in STORY and CHARACTER. I can accept changes for medium, of course, but there are so many absolutely bizarre changes that literally do nothing. You don't go from the manga to the anime and think "Well if I just disconnect these characters from their original selves, I can soak this in fine" because in all honesty, that probably means it's a bad adaptation if you need to work to see what you want to see.

Also the 'frog in the well' thing is exactly my point of this script just slamming you in the face with what it's trying to do, we are not meant to take that literally. The well is the east blue that Zoro lives in, not a literal well lmao. It's a nice cheeky idea to have, but the goofiness of Zoro's character is removed from the scene where he's trying to run up a greased hill like an idiot. Because yes, even THAT scene served a purpose for Zoro's character and how we view him. It's definitely subjective to say the characters are written differently but not in a bad way, because ripping away parts of a character to leave them as this Frankenstein version of themselves is personally not something I want? Why would I WANT all the goofiness and stupidness taken out of Zoro? It might be good for some, but it just feels like a total downgrade and misunderstanding of his character to me. Same goes for Sanji just being this artsy guy who's complaining cause he can't make the dishes he wants, with his over dramatic, angry, violent flare completely gone. Those changes being good or bad are completely up to you, but I am personally just made to see a hollowed out, dumbed down version of them because I liked these characters as I originally met them and that's what made them stand out.

I appreciate the time they put into the sets, I do think the visual world was made well (although it could've used a bit more style), but the little physical details mean absolutely nothing if I can't even FEEL the magic the original gave me. A set does not make a series, 1000 strawhats will not make me see Luffy unless he is written to be Luffy, and that's the problem. I don't want to watch an adaptation that removes the most emotional and impactful moments of my favourite character just to replace it with a fight or to focus on ANOTHER character they've deemed more important. I am going to be critical because these characters mean a lot to me, and I am expecting to feel from an adaptation what I felt from the original with such characters. An adaptation does not mean making things different just for differences sake. I am glad you enjoyed it anon, as many people have, but if I'm watching something that's literally called One Piece and have been told this is an adaptation of One Piece - with the producers even saying they want to put the manga on the screen, mind you - I am going to go in there expecting One Piece, from the characters to the story. I shouldn't have to do the work in my own head and go "Well, they did their best!", especially at a million dollar Netflix production...sigh

[powderkiwi]

I re watched Avatar The last Airbender today, yes the much maligned movie and tbh I still kind of like it. I know and understand that it does not meet the very high standards that ATLA fans of the original animated series have, it’s bitty, disjointed and rather all over the place, but I still like the performances given by some of the young cast. Ok I can hear the tufts of hair being pulled out at the roots by the fans as I’m typing this, but young actors generally are guided and steered by the director. They generally don’t feel they have the right to challenge directors or script writers, in this case the same person when they think something is dumb, they just try and meet the expectations of their elders.

The young boy who plays Aang, Noah Ringer.. he’s was and still is an amazing athlete, but he seemed to get allot of unwarranted flack for just not being, well ethnic enough and that he was too serious, even wooden. I think if we look carefully at the narrative from even the animated series and examine the things he’s gone through, i think he would be pretty serious, confused, distraught and angry. In this respect I think Noah does this really well.

So what’s happened to the wee laddie then?

You run away when you’re told your the Avatar and that you are responsible for keeping balance in the world, between the four nations. Hmm Not much pressure there for a 12 year old.

When you wake up you find out you’ve been asleep for a 100 years and then get captured by the Fire Nation.

You next found out that your entire nation has been wiped from the face of the earth, just because you feel you didn’t want the responsibility and that you could never have a family.

Yeah… he’s not really going to be in a great head space, Guilt, Depression, Anxiety, PTSD, along with Shame, Anger and fear would be coursing through this young boys body and mind.

But as the Joker would say “why so serious?”

I also thought Dev Patel was very good in his role, as Zuko, he showed the anarchic, panicked son under pressure to find the Avatar for the Fire Nation to regain his honour.

Yes he had some really bad dialogue.. but again he didn’t write the script…

I thought the CG Effects were pretty good, I’m not so sure about the choreographed bending moves tbh in some of the scenes, especially with the Earth Benders, but all in all I thought it was ok.

M.Night Shyamalan needs to wear the way this was received, he was really taking on a poison chalice and was never going to be able to meet the expectations of the Fan base.

In the end he seemed to disappear into his own world and tried to make something that was beautiful to look at,but lacked the depth of story and also lost a lot of the charm that the series possessed.

I said I enjoyed the film, perhaps because I can fill in the blanks a bit because I’ve watched the animated series and can fill in the blanks myself.. or gaps.. well cazems in some cases.

One thing I will say is we can’t blame the cast, especially the young actors for not matching the expectations of the fans or the characters in the animated series, for their lack of ethnicity or the emotional tack that the live action film tried to take. We should remember that side of the animated series is pretty surface deep at best, with a lot of tragedy just laughed off, or immediately forgotten.

The Last Airbender’s narrative deals with a lot of very serious issues, that placed within the human world ie live action would be seen as tragic, testing and difficult… Genocide, being the chosen one…(Sorry Starwars, Harry Potter and of course the Bible) Personal loss and huge unfathononable responsibilities. The New Netflix series will need to address these as well, although they will hopefully have allot more time to dig into these characters during the series, to provide them with depth and personality, that was lacking from the film,

After all if we don’t care about the characters in any book, film, tv or animated series, you won’t become emotionally invested in them. We need to care about what happens to them, why they behave the way they do, what decisions they make, who their friends and indeed enemy’s are..what happens next?

I guess this is why so many people were disappointed with the film, because they were exactly that with the animated series.. if you love something that much, you will always feel some sort of disappointment when you compare it to any other version of the same thing.

[krazys-ass-emporium]

8 Shows to know you

@j-ellyfish​ tagged me and my slow ass is finally filling this out.

1. Star Trek (Mostly TOS, but also TNG, DS9, and Voyager. Sorry, but the new stuff just doesn’t look like Star Trek to me.)

This was my first fandom I guess?? I didn’t actually interact with anyone since this is before I ventured onto the depths of the interwebs. I was 10 years old and everyone kept calling me a Vulcan because of how literal I was. I did not know what a Vulcan was but soon found out and got my grubby hands on every piece of media I could find at the local library. I probably watched every VHS and read every novel they had. Spock is still my favorite to this day. I wrote my freaking GED essay about him.

2. Redwall

I might have been even younger when I got into this than when I got into Star Trek. This is just so unknown no one knows what I’m talking about lolol. It was more the books than the show, but it has a short animated series so it still counts. I was obsessed with this. I made forts out of logs by the stream across the street from my house and swords out of wood and play-fought my brother with them.

3. Teen Titans

This was probably my segue into anime. Yes, this isn’t actually an anime, but since it incorporates anime aspects it got me used to them?? I was very into superheroes in general when I was like 12 to 15 or so, but these were my top fave. Controversial opinion: DC is better than Marvel. I made my very first OC based on Teen Titans I think she might have been partly Star Trek too lol. I also started drawing people because of this show. Before that I only drew horses and wolves.

4. InuYasha

My very first anime. It all started when I saw a manga at the library and then looked up the anime on YouTube. Ah, the memories of watching an episode in three parts and you’d never know if it would be the dub or the sub. This was the first fandom where I actually joined the interwebs and interacted with human type people. The internet in 2006 was a very different place lol. I got my first email address (which I still have lol) to join this website called Fanart Central so I could post my InuYasha fanart. I found my first online friends there too. I miss them...

5.  Pokémon

I’m not entirely sure how I managed to watch as much of this as I did, but I only gave up when I got to Alola. The original is my favorite, but I also liked some of the newer stuff too. I drew art for Pokémon too and let me tell you, it’s the most toxic hell hole of a fandom ever. I’ve never gotten flames before Pokémon, all for liking an unpopular ship lol. The internet in 2010 was the Wild West.

6. Yu-Gi-Oh!

Holy crap was I into Ygo. I still have my room covered in it lol. I still love it to bits, but I’ve calmed down a lot. I have a lot of cards too and I do know how to play, but not competitively and I don’t know anyone in person who wants to duel me :( I got into cosplay because of Ygo and made my first cosplay (Joey Wheeler) in 2013. I apparently like to suffer because Ygo cosplays are NOT easy. I made my still best friend in this fandom. Seriously, this is one of the best fandoms out there, most everyone is so nice.

7. Supernatural

(Don’t look at me, I know pfft). I can’t deny how much I like this show... it’s honestly the one I’ve rewatched the most times. I no not know why. I guess it’s just easy to binge lol. You can blame my group of gay guy friends back in 2013 for me getting into this. It’s also why I got Netflix, and tumblr. And here I still am...

8. Hetalia

Oh wow, a Hetalia blog having Hetalia on the list, weird. Got into this at the crusty old age of 28, so I don’t have the nostalgia for it like a lot of y’all. I fell hard pretty fast. I also have made way more friends than probably any other fandom I’ve been in? Probably because I stuck my head out of my shell for a bit lol.

I tag no one because I’m lazy, do it if you want and you can blame me pfft.

[couragehopelovefaith]

I posted 6,242 times in 2022

That's 896 more posts than 2021!

221 posts created (4%)

6,021 posts reblogged (96%)

Blogs I reblogged the most:

@sobernatural

@buglovescas

@dwcoded

@emeraldcas

@deanshauntedmidnights

I tagged 5,141 of my posts in 2022

Only 18% of my posts had no tags

#supernatural - 3,446 posts

#destiel - 2,716 posts

#deancas - 2,712 posts

#dean winchester - 587 posts

#castiel - 288 posts

#fate the winx saga - 260 posts

#shadowhunters - 177 posts

#tvd - 170 posts

#ftws - 143 posts

#teen wolf - 134 posts

Longest Tag: 132 characters

#the moment when you're supposed to be the responsible employer and see something like this and try to hold back screaming and crying

My Top Posts in 2022:

#5

Riven and Musa | Cake By The Ocean (S2) (SPOILERS ABOUT SEASON 2) Lilac Edits was really fast with this wonderful Rivusa-edit. Great job! *returns to rewatch it multiple times*

60 notes - Posted September 17, 2022

#4

When you have rewatched Merlin six or seven times but want to go through all that emotional rollercoaster to introduce it to your friend, are nervous about her reactions...and these are her comments during episode two: 

“It seems like the show is developing the thing between Morgana and Arthur, but I would much rather want to see Morgana with Gwen and Merlin with Arthur. There is so much chemistry there already.”

“Gwen and Morgana have such bi-energy!”

[I made a mistake of accidentally telling her that Morgana is going to turn “evil” at some point, and now she has wild speculations of what would lead such a just cinnamon roll into that...and I’m sitting there like I’m constipated to avoid spoiling anything.]

[when Merlin and Arthur are fighting] “Oh, come on, just kiss and make up already!”

Also, she is such a ray of sunshine every time Kilgharrah appears and she has already so many crossover-ideas. 

And let me tell you, the big mix of relief, nostalgic pain and amusement that I felt was like no other. 

My inner voice: “Oh, honey, you’ve got a big storm coming!”

82 notes - Posted May 21, 2022

#3

I’m all too used to having “Yes, they are finally happy! Wait... Oh no, they are too happy right now... something bad is gonna happen any minute!”-moments, but it still sucks every time. 

134 notes - Posted May 8, 2022

#2

The last year and a half has been challenging enough already, and now Merlin is leaving Netflix too? Seriously? Dammit and other curses. 

158 notes - Posted November 24, 2022

My #1 post of 2022

My opinions about “Fate the Winx Saga” season 2 (MANY SPOILERS!)

If you haven’t seen it yet and want to experience it fully by yourselves, don’t read any further!

- Without any doubt, this season is even better than the first one. Such an emotional rollercoaster with many surprises and great villains. I loved all of the old and new characters and how these episodes deepened their bonds. It took some time for me to get used to the new actors of Rosalind and Ben - the original ones will always have a special place in my heart, but they did a good job with recasting, I think. 

- I have loved Abigail as Bloom since the first episode, but I’m glad she got so many opportunities to shine here.

- I didn’t especially like Skloom in the original animation, but they have stolen my heart in Fate, specifically during this season (episodes two and seven, my beloved). 

- I was both anxious and excited about seeing Flora, but I was pleasantly surprised. She is a badass, fits into group so well, and I like how her and Terra got closer and kind of sorted out their disagreements. 

- Everyone’s storylines and struggles were good and relatable (especially Bloom’s, Sky’s and Musa’s), but Terra’s took the first place for me for multiple reasons. 

- Stella’s and Riven’s character-developments are definitely also worth mentioning.

- My emotions about Dane have been conflicted this season, but I’m happy where we left with him, that the situation with Riven and him seems to be somewhat okay now and he has a chance to real happiness.

- I love Sam as a character, feel really bad for him and want him to find happiness, but Samusa never really was “it” for me (and it’s not just because I have had a soft spot for Rivusa since my childhood).

- When it comes to Rivusa, I really enjoyed their scenes together and can’t wait to see more of them. 

- Musa is still my favorite Winx altogether, even though I adore all of them.

- Aisha deserves everything beautiful and good in this world, dammit!

- I’m thrilled how much Silva-content we got this season. 

- Transformations and magic in general were done great.

- A good nod to Trix, I must say.

- That ending scene got me so emotional it was almost ridiculous. 

Aaand the downsides...

- Farah will always be the headmistress of Alfea to me and many, many others. The scenes we got with her, and her one last valuable lesson, were touching and I’m thankful for them, but she deserved so much more. There was an amazing build up of Golden Trio in season 1, and it was all thrown to waste. My Silrah-heart had so much hope and now it’s broken. And yes... I cried my eyes out. But when it’s all said and done... I just wanna thank Eve Best for portraying Farah so marvelously (and read loads of Silrah/Golden Trio-fanfics).

- Even though Andreas was very... questionable, I’m sad that there were so few scenes between him, Sky and Silva. 

- Stellatrix belongs to my “had so much hope”-department and well ... </3 

Such a great season, and a heartbreaking cliffhanger. We gotta get season 3, as soon as possible.

268 notes - Posted September 17, 2022

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[nikibogwater]

Core memory activated.

I was 13 before I saw any of the Pokémon anime. The original Kanto series was on Netflix at the time (maybe it still is? Idk, I haven't had Netflix for a while), and I started watching it partly because of an intense love for my hand-me-down copy of Pokémon Diamond from my brother, and partly because I needed something to watch while I exercised (yes, I had an exercise routine at 13, all the homeschooled kids did). And while I really enjoyed the series, I have to admit that most of the episodes kinda bleed together in my memory.

Except this one.

For those who haven't seen it, Ash gets separated from his friends while hiking on a snowy mountain, and ends up trapped in this freezing cave. While he's hunkered down awaiting rescue, he tries to return his Pokémon to their Pokéballs so that they won't be cold. But they all refuse, and instead huddle around him to share their body heat. This scene hits like a truck (well, it does if you're a 13-year-old girl at least) because each of those Pokémon has had their own individual arcs with Ash. We got to see him catch and earn the trust of each of them. And while some were easier to befriend than others, they've all grown to love him enough to disobey his requests that they return to the safety of their Pokéballs--to remain exposed to the cold alongside him, because they don't want him to face this long frozen night alone. The scene fades out on a shot of a tearful Ash holding his beloved Pokémon close and whispering "Alright. We'll all be cold together."

Then when his friends finally rescue him the next morning, he finds out they spent their night warm and comfy in an underground hot spring that one of their Pokémon found. Because this wouldn't be a real episode of the Pokémon anime if Ash wasn't the biggest loser in the universe.

Words cannot express how deeply fond I am of this show.

[salty-medley]

This will be another unpopular opinion but here we go!

I think that the first episode of the Netflix ATLA (let's call it NATLA) is way better than the original serie first episode.

Don't make me say something I didn't say, ATLA S1Ep1 is very nice itself, but the NATLA one tops it in many ways. ( I mean, I know that normal persons would understand it but with at least half of the actual fandom being brainless angry gatekeepers, I prefer to precise it first)

They show us some context before. In the serie we start with only Katara's story and the siblings, it's far away for us watchers. In the NATLA one, we can feel the pain, we see the genocide, it's not just an old war story which let lot of theories ( like the ones saying that not all airbenders were overthere, that Ty Lee could descend from them & cie): it let no place for the imagination, you know that it was a celebration gathering all of them, and that Sozin and his army killed everyone except Aang. It hits way harder.

Wolf Cove being a bit bigger than six tents makes way more sense. Sure the men of the tribe left for the EK and many waterbenders were killed, but it's still a whole tribe here. The fact the boat didn't ruin the whole village is a bit more realistic as well. I loved the fact the kids helped in the defense, they didn't just remained in the back crying or cheering, they took part of it, they show that the water tribe isn't just a bunch of useless people here for being comical reliefs.

Aang sounds like a 12 years old. Not like a 6 years old. It was something which made me not liking Aang in the animated serie, he was constantly acting like a younger kid, not like a pre teen. But a younger kid trying to lecture everyone. Here, Aang doesn't sound as irritating, and his joy when he found Appa is just so good.

Aang's time on Zuko's ship also makes more sense. We all get annoyed at Zuko saying his uncle was lazy but was was Iroh doing? Napping? After a long day playing cards and drinking tea. Yes, he sounded lazy. Here we saw him being curious, wanting to meet the famous avatar. Because Iroh seeks for knowledge and wisdom from every place, so it's logical he'd want to have a chat with Aang, to see who was the avatar in person. Also him offering tea is in character, it shows he respects him and is more on the neutral side. The fact he has the occasion to explore Zuko's room and starts to understand his chase is also important, it's not only the mean fire prince, it's someone who also has a background. The diary is a nice touch.

The Gaang's escape is better choregraphied. It shows us that Zuko's crew is less experimented than him ( hint for ep 6), and suddenly makes more sense than a whole troop unable to keep up with Katara and Sokka in the serie after Aang is knocked out. Iroh's absence when Zuko strikes is good because let's get realistic: Iroh is the dragon of the west, we saw Zuko being able to fight Aang on a 1 vs 1 just before, and they would want us to think that Iroh + Zuko can't stop the Gaang with that giant fire strike? Uh... Aang couldn't stop less powerful strikes just before. Here in NATLA we have Katara raising a water wall to stop the fire, it makes more sense because water is the natural opposite of fire. It also hints her natural abilities being more than a random waterbender, she just needs proper training.

Adding the air temple's discovery here helps to feel connected with the story of the start, it shows us the direct consequences, even 100 years after. The mission is now more like a mission and not only fleeing away to not put the rest of the village in danger. It feels heavier.

But there's also some negative or controversial points I'd like to adress:

Sokka's lack of sexism. On one side it's more pleasant, but on another side... It makes Suki becoming just a random love interest and not someone who truly makes him growing up. I know that people are focus on Katara, saying that it makes her being less relevant and loosing her character but it's not true: Katara was instead given a higher water bending level. And she didn't loose her sassy remarks toward her brother, nor her generosity and empathy. She just doesn't deal with the same situation. But for Suki... She was already pretty much only here to help Sokka becoming good and being the love interest, but here? Same for her mother, her addition wasn't necessary.

Aang was flying. Well... No. People compared it to Zaheer's flight but it's not the same. Zaheer actually really flies in the episode. While Aang is more using the currents to float, then fall, then float again. What he's doing is pretty much what we see the airbenders doing with their ugly suit in TLOK, and makes sense when you see how the airbender original outfit is made. Also when he's calling Appa, you see him manipulating the wind to float, constantly going up and down as he has to maintain it while trying to see the bison. So no, Aang didn't fly, and they didn't break the flying canon.

Zuko is too good a firebending. I saw it in few comments and wanted to quickly say that, yes, he's a bit better than the animated serie one. But his real talent seems being precision than raw power. Look at the scene when he hit Aang trying to escape, all the soldiers fire balls reach Aang but didn't touch him, while Zuko's one directly hit him. And guess what requires precision too? Swords. He maybe not is as powerful as his sis or daddy but he compensates. That was a nice touch.

[sailormoonlover-2008]

Just wanted to share some thoughts with you guys about The Magic School Bus reboot. When I first saw it, I absolutely hated it!! Now, to understand why I hated it, first you need to understand where I'm coming from and that this is my opinion. So, before the reboot came out in 2017, I was actually met with the original TV show back in 2015. It was more amazing than I ever expected it to be. Yes, the original Magic School Bus was that big of a deal to me when I was a kid. Not only did I love the original show, but I also read the Magic School Bus books. And let me just say, you would never get me to close a Magic School Bus book until I was finished with it. Fast forward maybe 3-5 years, and I start watching The Magic School Bus reboot on Netflix. Well, let's just say, at first glance, it looked like it was gonna be great. But then, tragedy struck. While I do agree that a couple new characters be added to the show, you know, to help them get accustomed to the premise of Walkerville Elementary School, what I really didn't like was how, in order to do so, Netflix made it seem like it would work if they snipped away one of the original characters. Guess who they snipped away. I'll give you 3 seconds. If you guessed Phoebe, yep, you're correct. I thought that was a very stupid move on Netflix's part. Which, EXCUSE ME NETFLIX, but the fact you added new characters, which, again is awesome, but then snipped away one of the original main characters, honestly gives me every right to be ticked off. Yeah. I know Phoebe wouldn't shut up about her old school, but I believe that's what made her unique. We got to learn a lot of about what happened at Phoebe's old school when she brings it up. That's one of the main reasons I loved her character. The other reason is because she's a lot like Fluttershy from My Little Pony. But, without the shy part. She LOVES animals and is very gentle with them. Just like Fluttershy. So, there. Plus, she's been on that ride since the beginning when the author of The Magic School Bus books, Joanna Cole, began publishing them in the middle of the 1980s. Presumably, around 1984-1985. Then, PBS made their own adaptation of the books that ran from 1994-1997 on all their PBS stations. After that, we got some Magic School Bus chapter books that would be published in 2000. The DVDs for the show became available in Autumn of 2005. And they were distributed by, holy Freddy Fazbear, Warner Bros. Heck, yeah!! Now we just need a Magic School Bus and Scooby Doo crossover. Heh heh. I'm kidding!! But, for real though!! Anywho. Brushing that idea aside. So, all in all, the original Magic School Bus was amazing!! You can't change my mind. So, then, 12 years later, we got the reboot to The Magic School Bus. The Magic School Bus Rides Again. And, it's less than stellar. I actually like the character designs. But, I wished they kept some important things like the kids ethnic features, and they still could've kept Phoebe. But, nope!! Netflix really had to go to Phoebe and fire her from the only show she's ever probably even called home. I will never ever forgive Netflix for ruining a good show. So, in conclusion, I WOULD RATHER WATCH THE ORIGINAL MAGIC SCHOOL BUS THAN WATCH THAT FAILURE OF A REBOOT!! GOOD NIGHT!!!

[latvianheartsanime]

New weeb here!

I don't know if I wrote any introduction, but... oh well... here it is.

I'm Alice from Latvia. Started to watch anime last year, if I remember correctly. Can't remember if I watched Demon Slayer on Netflix back in 2022 or end of 2021.

Knew about Demon Slayer earlier but wasn't able to see it on Crunchyroll back then (even with Premium) and it took some time when I was able to see it on Netflix (it was some time after the news they added the show). Weird thing on Netflix it's just 1st season and last year I was finally see it on Crunchyroll as well aaaand aaaall the seasons and that's when I started to watch other shows too.

Sad that I cannot see Attack on Titan 1st season and 1st part of 2nd season. :( I guess because regional stuff. It sucks, because I bet because of it I wasn't able to see Demon Slayer back then as well. There's some other anime I cannot watch on Crunchyroll, but heard good things about, but have no idea is it because of regional restrictions or they're just not available on the site.

Other things about me...

I have 2 cats (again). Soon it's gonna be 1st death anniversary of my beloved Macho, he was white Cornish Rex, he passed last year few days before my birthday, he was 13 years old. Loved that cat, although big trouble maker and meanie pants sometimes, but loved that cat. Didn't want to get new cat after that, but in summer last year took in this white kitty with orange spots. :| Minnie, cat who I literally took from the streets, wasn't happy about kitten, still kinda isn't, because of age difference, she's gonna be 6 this year. Macho and Minnie got me through some tough times so I love 2 so much.

I was vegetarian for 13 years - now I'm pescatarian.

I know 4 languages (1 of them refreshing and learning something new) and learning 2 languages from zero - Japanese and Greek.

I love listening to music, started to buy physical music (not again, since wasn't able to buy in my teens because mom found it expensive and all I was able to get was bootleg (bootleg music, films and music was everywhere with their own little stores over here in beginning of 2000's), I had only 1 original CD out of few ones I had) especially vinyl, has some new CDs since 2013 as well aaaand few tapes. My music taste has changed so much - went from Britney, Sugababes, Atomic Kitten, Pink, Kelly Clarkson and Westlife and other pop and even Eminem and some other hip-hop in early teens, to Rihanna, Bobby V, Chris Brown (even with all the scandal), Beyonce and more R&B and some other pop stuff in late teens and early 20'ies. First changes was back around 2017 when I discovered Five Finger Death Punch, then later 1 streamer introduced me with Halestorm. Although don't listen to FFDP that much anymore, but still fan of Halestorm. Since discovering FFDP there's been more and more rock and metal bands and artists I listen to, and less mainstream pop and r&b. Even a thing I would say that "that will never happen" just happened - I recently bought my 1st death metal record. XD So ye... never say never... indeed... I started to listen to some Japanese artists as well, like Lisa, Necronomidol and Aimer.

Photography has been a hobby for really long time, since I got the phone with the camera. Still want some decent camera, wasn't able to afford 1 for really long time. I even went in with all the process to study photography in US.

Love crochet, knitting and sewing, I do some cross-stitching too. Love crafts in general. Been drawing and doodling since childhood as well.

Been streamer on Twitch since 2016, but took a break in last January. It took mental tole on me, since my channel wasn't growing that much and it wasn't there where I wanted to be in after almost 6 years of streaming with 600 followers and barely 2 average viewers. Want to make YouTube videos with some streams on Twitch, but still have to kick my own butt to make 1st video.

So ye these are few things about me, so that I could get some other interaction without bots following this blog. :) So ye... if you want to learn more, just ask.

[195seojoon]

Damn... That's what I really thought before but didn't shared it because it confused me how to write or express this way. So I want to say thank you for sharing your thoughts are exactly same. What you said is perfectly correct.

And also, Whenever I write SJW x Reader, I feel like I am breaking canon and Original plotline but it's just fanfic so there is no problem with that yet I feel it is problem. The Hunter(ML), Reader (as civilian or any job it is), and Female lead that's supposed together with OG ML. THE THREE! Why not make poly (of course I have no problem with it and if actual SJW simp loves it or hates it, I don't know! Because I like sharing weird ships and all crazy brainrots)

I will share some of my fanfic I kept as draft and prompts but it's yandere 😔. And It's not poly... 😔 but scary ahh sharin' my ideas.

(After read 'keep reading', that's why I have two things for SJW are... I love him but I hate him but I love him but I hate him but I love him.... and so on. Love and Hate... yes.)

Take this 01: I have wrote a reader (sorry but that reader will become OC or (Y/n) in my WIP fanfic) (also if i am sharing reader but i don't know if reader is she or he so I will use 'they')That is hard-core fan of SL and simp is SL. Dies, reincarnates into civilian but it's in Second Timeline. They works as Office Worker in tall building ahh. They think they were reincarnated into some ahh Dimension that looks very normal and something like cliche ahh modern novel. Then when they were taking break inside tall ahh building, they saw black spot jumping from one to another building from far. They notices and found out it's SJW, paids no mind and ignores cuz they know SJW are together with Cha Hae-In and they don't wanna interfere canon event. But SJW already knew when he felt stared by Reader and began to stalk them (bruh here we go, Stalker, yandere and psychopath). And SJW wasn't Dating Cha Hae-In YET! Wtf? Does this... don't tell me... Reader is older than SJW?!?! (Nah bro, It's only on earth, yk what I mean, They have age in their soul, sjw is Older than reader by soul age and not appearance) WTF BUT THAT'S PROBLEM! oh wait, If sjw is in third year high school (he is Korean right? I am sorry that I don't know anything of korean education system and age for school) then does this means sjw is already 18-21 Yr old sjw in second timelime (I forgot to count his actual age).Then after that, When Reader got home, lights out, opens laptop, and starts to binge watching animes or whatever on any platform (netflix, amazon prime, DisneyHotstar, HBO, Hubu, etc). They felt they were being stalked. Reader doesn't notice it cuz they don't know that it was SJW watching them using shadow's point of view.

THEY HAVE TWO ENDINGS:

Happy ending for sjw but reader will stuck forever with him. 🤨😕🙄😒 (Which means Reader has no Siblings, no family, no friends and nobody except sjw)

Sad Ending for sjw (good for him you fucker [to sjw]) but Reader will also stuck with him forever again. (What I mean is... Reader knows sjw is Yandere, so they kill themselves and sjw gets pain. Then he revives them and becomes shadow but still hurted him cuz Reader is no more human and no hard feelings for him. (AHAHAHA SJW YOU FUCEKR GETS HURTED I LOVE HURTING HIM) 😑😁🤡💀☠️👻

Take this 02: When Reader is not hard-core fan of SL but knows everything about it, dies, gets reincarnated into someone's body. They were still at second timeline. After years of adapted in new words they don't know which one (they stayed there for 3 years). When they were walking down street at evening, they saw Cha Hae-In and SJW on other side of road, Sjw was healing Cha Hae-In's ankle (yk which panel it is). They tried to ignore it but Damm they got pain in their heart because how SJW looked handsome and Kind. Sadly They know Cha Hae-In and SJW actual original couple and not to interfere canon event. They walked passing them. Gone home. Got crying themselves thinking why her and not them??? (Here we go Wattpad phrase about Y/n crying for Bad boy dating some woman and no this is not about it but mentally and simp is problem) After that crying... they slept, sjw somehow went into Reader's dream, met them, asked them who they are. Reader ignores and rants how he is idiot and shouldn't be with them but must together with Hae-In. But wtf sjw denied and wants to know more about Reader WTF WTF WTF????! Original SJW would chose to ignore it but (us) SIMPS... WANTS... THEM... SUFFER... FOR... CHARACTER... DEVELOPMENT !!!!! AND BAMB BAMB (No, it's not nsfw) ANGST GO RAHH BRRRR!!!! Idk next thing but I shared it on discord link .

Solo Leveling Brainrots

Fellow Jinwoo Simps I need your thoughts and opinion!! Also MASSIVE brainrot warning!!!

QUESTION: How do you think Jinwoo would react to his partner questioning his taste in lovers? (ie. Being interested in Reader themselves)

How id imagine the confession would go: Jinwoo, pre-awakening: I like you *holds bouquet of flowers Reader, confused: um! *looks around to see if he's talking to someone behind them before pointing at themselves confused*... me? Jinwoo: Yes, You. Reader, Shocked: oh! Um... I like you too... but *hesitates* are you sure? About me??

The feeling is mutual!!! It's just his lover doesn't have alot of confidence in themselves. Or any confidence into getting a romance with anyone, let alone Jinwoo!! Reader feels like they have ZERO RIZZ (reader has enough rizz to woo Jinwoo so...).

Like would he hype them up???? Mayhaps but in subtle ways though I'd imagine🤔🤔. You think he'd be extra affectionate when reader gets shy??? Would this differ pre and post awakening?? (I imagine Jinwoo and reader wouldn't want the relationship public due to safety since hes a hunter and all)

AND WHAT ABOUT HIS POST AWAKENING GLOWUP AND THE FANS!!! READERS ALREADY SHY BUT THE TABLOID EVENTUALLY CHIPS AT THE SLOWLY BUILT CONFIDENCE JINWOO HELPED BUILD.

OHMYGOSH WHAT ABOUT THE TABLOIDS WITH CHA HAE-IN???? WOULD HE GET WORRIED SINCE READER MIGHT GET INSECURE OR JUST KINDA SAD???

WHAT IF READER TELLS HIM THAT HE DESERVES BETTER, BELIVJNG THAT READWR DOESNT DESERVE HIS LOVE?? AAAA OUCHHHH.. I GUESS HE HAS TO STAY WITH READER AND REMIND THEM OF HIS UNWAVERING LOVE WITH CUDDLES AND QUALITY TIME DJBDBFIDN

(reader is Jinwoo's ride-or-die, the monarch of his heart and soul, the love reader gives him is like comfort of warm soup at the end of the day, the kind that soothes even the deepest of wounds. Reader's love is also a drug, one that he cant get enough of. If he loses reader, Jinwoo would go insane.)

AUDBUDBDIBD HOLY!!!! WOULD HE GET PISSED ABOUT IT AND ENDS UP GETTING CLINGY IF CRAZY SHIPPERS TRYING TO PUT READER IN DANGER IE. SENDING A MONSTER READER'S WAY BECAUSE OF THEM BEING A "THREAT" TO THEIR SHIP (HIM AND CHA HAE-IN)??? I MEAN LIKE GUIDE THE MONSTER SPECIFICALLY AWAY FROM THE DUNGEON TO READERS LOCATION TOO. (TO THE EXTENT THAT ITS CLEARLY FOUL PLAY)

LIKE THANK THE MONARCHS THAT READER HAD SHADOWS ASSIGNED AND MAYBE WAS DECENTLY RANKED AFTER AWAKENING BUT IT COULD HAVE ENDED AWFUL IF THE FATES WERENT ON READERS SIDE!!

WOULD HIS ARMY GET PROTECTIVE TOO?? IGRIS??? BERU??? LIKE HOW DARE THESE FOOLS HARM THEIR MONARCHS BELOVED?!?!?!? 😡😡EVEN WORSE IS IF READER WORMED THEIR WAY INTI THEIR HEARTS BY GENUINELY GETTING TO KNOW THEM SO ITS PERSONAL NOW TOO!!

Reader has to calm down not only a PISSED jinwoo but his Shadows too (mainly Jinwoo though)!! And maybe being the only reason Jinwoo hadn't gone on a rampage after everything setted. Was he bribed with a heated makout session and plenty of cuddles afterwards to temper his rage and soothe his anxiety, yes. Did it work??? Probably. If it did??That's none of our buisness.

Id imagie Cha Hae-in would feel bad™ if they found out about Jinwoo and reader (just assuming the two being best friends)?? Being like "oh shit someone, a civilian no less, almost died because of her fans" Even worse if later on she learns that they're together aaaaa

But like seriously, what a messed up reminder of the power S-Rank Hunter have on the media. Yes, they know about their celebrity status affecting what they can or can't do but like this??? A whole different level, because yes, people targeting other?? Awful? Yes, but its fine. Using a MONSTER FROM A DUNGEON to target a CIVILIAN?? This is a whole new level of messed up.

Would the other S-ranks and National-ranked hunters feel like kinda bad too once they hear about it??

what the fuck??? For the following reasons:

No one deserves that

Its a civilian going against fans that are most likely hunters, the very individuals hunters are ment to protect from monsters ever since the dungeons appeared

THE HUNTERS USED A HIGH RANKED MONSTER TO TARGET A CIVILIAN (the mutual enemy internationally)

this was all done because PEOPLE BEING ENTITLMENT OF THE RELATIONSHIPS OF THE S-RANK HUNTERS.

This is furthur solidified and makes the WHOLE DEBACHLE worse because only EXPERIENCED hunters would have the knowledge and experince to be able to lure a monster from a dungeon break to a specific location, especially if reader wasn't even near the dungeon in the first place.

(For anyone who's read this all the way, thanks for reading my silly thoughts!)

[glapplebloom]

I know you guys know, but someone apparently doesn't.

So a hot month ago, someone got blasted for complaining about Reboot Series. Ignoring a LOT of the problems that pretty much everyone already brought up, I wanna focus on the person's inability to tell a Reboot Series from a Sequel Series. So for this Research Bin, I'm going to define it as well as bring up examples of such. Some are really easy to tell, others are not. So let's begin.

A Reboot Series is a Series that takes an original concept and makes changes to it to tell a different version of that Series. A good example, which is a big duh for anyone reading this Tumblr, is My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic. It took the original ideas from the previous three generations (I think, Generation 2 gets skipped a lot) and changes them to fit the new series' ideologies. Like Rainbow Dash being "Dressing in Style" to "Awesome as I wanna be". A bad example is the Velma series by a popular celebrity who basically made herself into Velma and outside the most surface level jokes about the franchise is filled with pop culture references and more violence and "adult" content. Next week I'll focus on the positives of hated reboots but for now you can tell by these two examples of someone who wanted to do something different Vs someone who just wanted to wear the skin of it (or Warner Brothers forcing her to do this, I wouldn't put it past them).

A Sequel Series is a Series that continues from the original. A great example is Batman Beyond takes place in the far future of Batman: the Animated Series as well as the DCU. Bruce Wayne was shaped by the events that happened in that series as well as the time difference between the two timelines. I honestly don't know many bad sequel series due to not watching any I would consider bad, but Mortal Kombat: Annihilation is an example that is a sequel to a great movie and completely fumbles the ball by not keeping the quality and making things much worse. Well, now that you know the definition, let's see what these four series are.

Fairly Odd Parents: A New Wish - It takes place a long time after the original. Where AJ is an adult while Crocker and Vickie are older. This is a Sequel Series.

She-Ra from Netflix - New designs, new personalities, taking it to places the original didn't. This is a Reboot Series.

Now the two hardest to figure out...

Powerpuff Girls 2016 - New cast, new animation style, but still kept a majority of the same actors. They also make references to the past series as if it took place in their history and the old villains like Mojo Jojo and HIM do not get introductions unlike the new villains. Basically, this is a Sequel Series. Outside personalities, which could be explained as this is now an older iteration of the cast, there isn't really much that makes it a reboot. So at worst it’s a Dragon Ball GT situation: it's their future unless the original creator changes it in a way it can’t. 

MLP: Generation 5 - Honestly, this is a lot harder. While it is billed as a sequel series, there are a ton of changes that makes it hard to see it as such. There’s no magic, but the Sun and Moon can move on their own, the Weather goes on its own, fusion animals are the norm and not magical, Cutie Marks still work despite no Magic. New locations. The Map doesn’t seem to fit the old one. It pretty much contradicts FIM’s ending. Spike is a quadruped now and conveniently does not remember many of the past events outside certain things...

The closest we get is the IDW comics with Discord telling how things were in the past, which is just how the Unity Crystals were made. We still have no idea what happened to the other creatures, what caused them to split outside Opaline, and the Sea Ponies are back to being an undiscovered phenomenon. So is this a reboot or a sequel series? The answer: yes. At this point, I think Generation 5 is both. It's a sequel as it takes a lot of the elements of G4 and treats it as history while making a lot of changes to fit its own ideologies. 

And unlike A New Wish, the changes don't have any logical reason behind it. Why is Time Wishes needed to go through Father Time instead of the Fairies just doing it? Well, there’s a certain Secret Wish that definitely needs to be outsourced to someone who can actually keep time. Why are all the creatures now suddenly out of the picture? We don’t know. It's why Multiverse Theory is such an easy answer.

[kokoinupi]

Wait crunchyroll and funimaion are free? I thought you had to pay for them?

nope, they're free! they both do have membership programs (and i think you have to have a membership to use console/roku streaming, but im not sure on that), but the memberships are completely non-essential! basically, crunchyroll gives anyone who visits their website free access to every anime they have on their database (which is many) without even having to make an account, but if you want to pay $7.99 a month (a lot cheaper than netflix!) for premium, you can get:

-no ads ever, though the ads on the free version are non-invasive and usually anime-related, completely safe unlike the virusy popups on pirate sites

-access to new episodes an hour after they air in japan, though after a week, locked episodes are released to the non-premium public. if you're okay waiting a week, you can still stay up to date with your faves! (though the simulcast is exciting)

-console streaming, i think, but you might be able to do that with a regular non-paid account? i haven't tried so i can't vouch for that.

and if you're griping and whining about why do i need to pay them so i don't have to watch their dumb advertisements? i hate capitalism, I encourage you to remember that crunchyroll (and funimation) is entirely legal, and in order to have access to anime at all, and pay the localizers they employ, and keep their servers up, they need to have some sort of revenue, that's just how the world works. but i can't stress enough that their ads are entirely not a big deal (if you can handle fire force being pushed like no tomorrow that is), and using sites like kissanime are a lot lot lot worse for your wellbeing and your computer. crunchyroll and funimation support the anime industry in japan, which pays the animators and mangaka that work extremely hard to develop the content you get to enjoy for free. it's a miracle that sites like crunchyroll even exist, to give everyone all over the world access to anime in a safe, legal way, and they even translate and sub it for you! in an hour!!

in short, be fucking grateful for the hardworking crunchyroll staff, and for the love of god do yourself and your computer a favor and stop pushing kissanime/pirating as the be all end all of western anime consumption. maybe chip in and get premium for a while, but if you can't afford it, that's totally fine! you're free to enjoy it anyway and still support the creators!!

(*note, this is mostly crunchyroll-centric because i use it more and had premium for a while, but funimation works on a similar model, just has a different pool of anime. if you can't find a series on one, check the other! though i personally think funimation's website is a little buggy ¯\_(ツ)_/¯)

EDIT: i forgot to mention vrv, which is owned by crunchyroll, and has most of the same anime if not a little more, and has other shows like american cartoons, k- and j- dramas, indie comedies, horror movies, vintage samurai movies, really anything you could be looking for, and it's ALSO free with ads and legal! so check that out too if you're into some non-anime and/or can't find something.

[thesylverlining]

Okay. So. As someone who has now FINISHED the Cowboy Bebop Netflix TV Show Program (and yes, did a very recent rewatch of the whole series + movie), I feel most qualified to say:

It's fucking great, y'all are just mean.

The whole thing's enjoyable AF but the finale? FUCKING SLAPS. FUCKING *NECESSARY,* after the *honestly not that great* specific character-execution (ha, pun) of the original. This was Satisfying AS HELL and lets [SPOILER] be uhhhh, a Person, with a whole Arc and a VOICE and whatnot, instead of a weird passive, featureless idealized Concept of the Past??

Like pretty much everyone is MORE INTERESTING and developed in the Netflix show than the anime (aside from the main trio, who are explored in different but FUN, FITTING WAYS) by virtue of getting more time with them in 45-minute eps, but also because:

They get more than one dimension (Julia. JULIA!)

They're more expressive/fun to watch feast on the scenery/has an actual personality and reasons for doing things, even if they're shitty monstrous reasons (Vicious)

They Uhhh, live and interact, instead of appearing separately for an episode or two and then get fridged Very Tragically for shock/very special episode trans tragedy/never mentioned again/no further bearing on the plot (Ana and Gren, and arguably Shin and Mao)

And the VERY ending? The Ed-shaped elephant in the room?

FINE. IT WAS FINE. The actor (who is also nonbinary and AN ACTUAL YOUNG TEEN IN THEIR FIRST BIG ROLE and I've seen some *ugly* things aimed at them on the hellsites) is weird and loud and there's fish-eye camera and "cartoony" movements - because how in the hell else would you believably play Radical Edward? Honestly. Like if you're going to shit on this, then please... DESCRIBE EDWARD TIVRUSKY IV's mannerisms and speech, and then tell me how you'd do it in live-action. (Actually don't, I don't care, that's not the point; the point is IT WAS FINE, nothing was Ruined Forever, no one's set everyone's old DVDs on fire.)

Like if I hadn't known everyone was screaming about how terrible it was, I would have thought nothing of it and simply enjoyed the cameo/sequel-hook. Over-the-top? Dare I say, Cringe? SURE. HOW THE FUCK ELSE - nah, done.

SO yes. I really, really enjoyed it. Sincerely hope it gets a season 2 (and think it has a good chance because hatewatches ONLY BOOST THE NUMBERS), for the story that's set up, and those that still need to be told (Gren! Earth! The Gate disaster! So many questions!). Cannot wait to see what comes next.