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DREAMWORKS TROLLS: SUPER UNPOPULAR AND CONTROVERSIAL OPINION!!!

DreamWorks Trolls Opinion #1:

Branch's dynamic with Cloud Guy could have been great, if not for how they severely mishandled it for the sake of making Branch the punchline in the show.

Now hear me out!

Cloud Guy is an absolute menace to Branch who loves to prank and humiliate him, but in the end somehow makes Branch overcome something. This is putting a very toxic relationship on screen and making it seem like it's fine when it 100% is not. Now, I've never been a fan of Cloud Guy, but I do know the turning point of where Cloud Guy went from being a character that mildly annoyed me to a character I genuinely hate, and that was Apple Of My Ire. To understand this, let me give you a rundown of my feelings every time Cloud Guy is in an episode.

Laugh Out Cloud: This wasn't too terrible, seeing as how Branch was sort of intense in that episode, but that whole flood thing was really unnecessary.

Cloudy With A Chance Of Hugs: This was just funny. Only thing was Keith in the end. I love Keith, but Branch worked really hard, and Cloud Guy may have been the most annoying wingman ever, but he still got the job done. Although, he really needs to not break into Branch's house and respect his personal space.

Rainbowmageddon: This was just Cloud Guy unnecessarily humiliating and undermining Branch, but honestly I'm more upset with the Trolls because THEY'RE the ones the rainbow is affecting the most, and they're the ones who aren't taking anything seriously. Also, they were fine with just leaving Branch up there? Laugh Out Cloud was fine because I do think Branch was way too uptight about the drought, but here he was rightfully worried about the rainbow, and Cloud Guy and the gang were just goofing off. What's worst was the whole deathbed confession that proved unnecessary. In Laugh Out Cloud, it wasn't exactly a deathbed confession (and it would have been way better if Cloud Guy wasn't faking being scared) and Branch really didn't suffer all that much over it. But here, that was just mean. But honestly, it was the Trolls (Snack Pack in particular) that were the most frustrating.

Two's A Cloud: Now, this episode had potential. It was SUPREMELY irritating when Cloud Guy just moved in. It was also equally horrible when he was being an inconsiderate roommate, purposeful or not IDK but IDC. But them working together to get Cloud Guy's parents to leave was great. And even if Cloud Guy decided to ultimately not move in the bunker, it was still a pretty sweet episode. The Trolls just randomly bursting in his home, though, was awful.

Apple Of My Ire: This episode had me just screaming, and not in the good way. I don't know what in the world Poppy was thinking in finding someone new for Cloud Guy to harass, when she should’ve talked to him about reevaluating and changing their dynamic into something better. You know, something more healthy, or borderline brotherly. Because Branch is so little brother coded, and Cloud Guy honestly seems like a guy who would definitely mess with his siblings out of love. Not to mention, the last time they interacted was to team up to fend off Cloud Guy's parents. That's basically a brotherhood right there! But no. This episode ruined it. Because Branch was emotionally growing, and Cloud Guy pulled him right back to his old ways. And Poppy did NOTHING!!! What's worse is that the other Trolls were also in on this! Like why??? Do Trolls not understand harassment? They have a holiday dedicated to pranking one another, but constantly being bombarded by pranks seems like that would be terrible. Like, in Prank Day, POPPY was getting fed up with the pranks. And sure, she may have planned the prank she pulled on Branch, but she really wasn't taking being pranked constantly well, so why would she be okay subjecting anyone else to that treatment on a day that isn't a day dedicated to pranks? Better yet, if she cared so much about finding Cloud Guy a troll he could annoy, why didn't she volunteer herself? There have been multiple instances where Poppy has proven to be just as temperamental and easy to annoy as Branch, so why couldn't she be that Troll? She already had some practice when she was trying to help DJ with wrangling CJ's wooferbug. But what really took the cake was when Cloud Guy just openly admitted to planting a tracker INSIDE Branch, and no one did anything. Also, was that bit really necessary? When has Cloud Guy ever had to use the tracker? Rainbowmageddon aside, he always first interacts with Branch near or in his bunker. This episode turned their dynamic from frienemies-that-can-be-potential-brothers who annoy each other, to outright bully-victim where the victim gets shamed constantly for defending themselves. This episode made me hate Cloud Guy, and gave me such an ick, I can't even watch any of the previous episodes with Cloud Guy in them without feeling rage.

I have not seen Trollstopia. I do not have access to it. But I have seen people discuss the show online. More specifically, they discuss the episode Cloud Control. And what they discuss... I thought Apple Of My Ire was bad, this episode was infinitely worse, and I haven't even seen it yet.

The takeaway here is Branch's and Cloud Guy's dynamic had so much potential, but then Apple Of My Ire came along and every episode with Cloud Guy after that just cemented Cloud Guy as an antagonistic bully who gets away with it due to victim blaming and finding ways to make it seem that he was "helping" his victims all along, as well as a large dose of full on guilt tripping.

It all comes down to DreamWorks and their love of making Branch the punchline to everything. Even his trauma isn't taken seriously, as evidenced by Trolls: Band Together. Branch deserves better. Cloud Guy's character arc was brutally murdered so I guess he deserves better, too. Poppy and the Trolls need more character development and a crash course in healthy character dynamics. And DreamWorks needs to stop making Branch needlessly suffer for the sake of a joke.

[lastoneout]

Me: You know the best thing about Dungeon Meshi is that all the stuff they're cooking isn't real so there's nothing that will set off my pedantic annoying chef self that gets mad whenever people do stupid shit with food!

Dungeon Meshi ep. 2: Yeah you can totally deep fry things in olive oil.

Me:

[scream-for-me-now]

Cover your face, Mr Jones, my dear

It's hot as hell under the foam

And like me, you will be

In a crowd, yet, all alone

[lovethisfatcryptid]

tfw you notice one of your friends starting to post popular twitter and facebook posts as their orginal text posts to try to get more likes on their facebook page

[cheddar-baby]

you ever catch a glimpse of your body from certain angles and go wait why am i hot?

[respectthepetty]

I've had an ask sitting in my box for a hot minute, but it's rude and basically tells me I'm making things up when I write about colors.

I'm not looking for sympathy. My mom is Mexican. Truly nothing can hurt me. If you understand, you understand. I'm also not going to expose the person because I'd rather educate than berate.

I want to remind everyone who comes across this random post that professionals are behind your favorite shows creating a complete narrative and earning their paychecks to visually tell a story.

AND THEY CONFIRM IT!

Puwadon Naosopa, the director for Big Dragon, confirmed that the colors were being exchanged between Mangkorn and Yai the more they fell in love.

Ahn Gyeomseo, the cinematographer for Semantic Error, confirmed the color exchange and many other hidden details.

Suthipong Teerasakul, the cinematographer for 609 Bedtime Story, confirmed the characters' colors and the merging of them.

Sara Forsberg, the costume designer for Young Royals, confirmed the color choices for Wilhelm and Simon (thanks, Anon, whoever you are for sending me this!).

Joy Maneerat, one of the cinematographers for KinnPorsche mentioned in a Behind-the-Scenes (that I cannot find now!!!!) that each pair had specific colors associated with them (but she didn't list them).

Remember, if you don't notice the colors or other background noise, that's okay, but don't think I'm doing some type of sorcery over here or making up wild theories. The colors matter!

Professionals are doing their job. Appreciate it.

Respect the Pretty (Visuals)!

And if you run across anymore cinematographers or costume designers confirming the visuals, send them my way!

[echollama]

tumblr: *complains current platform is ‘difficult to use’, makes it MORE difficult to use*

[the-badger-mole]

would xei and toph have children eventually??

I haven't thought that far ahead. My instinct is no, tho. The girls would still be young enough to see him as a father, so Xei would have that connection. I think Toph is done having babies, though. On the other hand I also love the idea of Toph experiencing a pregnancy with a partner who is excited to be there with her. Nothing is set in stone, I guess

[kingofdisrepute]

aaron abrams being stupid in interview

source

During a break, I was stuck in a long awkward silence with Albert Brooks so I told him that a giraffe’s neck has the same amount of bones as a human neck. For some reason. I don’t like to throw around the word genius because I think it’s pretentious, like, who am I to anoint somebody a genius? I’m just some non-genius guy, it’d be arrogant to say that I know who is and isn’t a genius. 

Or maybe I’m just a jerk bastard. I dunno.

The world has gotten so weird where you can’t even talk about what you’re working on until it’s officially announced first. It’s made it way more difficult to explain to people that I’m a huge, huge deal. Very frustrating. But I can say that I’m working on a bag of cashews at present. So be on the look out for that. 

[ghostofnuggetspast]

Imposter syndrome is an old frenemy of mine. Love this set of thoughts about it.

a collection of motivational insights regarding content creation and creative hobbies

and of course the classic

[charlemane]

writing tip: searching "[place of origin]ish names" will get you a lot of stuff and nonsense made up by baby bloggers.

searching "[place] census [year]" will get you lists of real names of real people who lived in that place.

[hansoeii]

crowley

[basshole-astard]

PSA: i keep seeing posts about staying cool in extreme heat that include advice like "gatorade is bad actually!" and "don't drink fruit juice it'll just dehydrate you!" and neither of these are true!

regarding fruit juice: there's apparently a misconception that Any Sugar At All will dehydrate you, and that's simply not true. yes, sugar will make you pee more when consumed in large amounts, but 1) the natural sugar in fruits won't do this to you 2) great news! a lot of fruit juices exist without any added sugar in them! 3) honestly even having a glass of the fruit juice with added sugar won't completely dehydrate you as long as you're also drinking water throughout the day. if its hot you deserve a cold treat of a drink!!! can't go wrong with fruit juice!!!

regarding gatorade: maybe this isn't an every day drink, but guess what: if it's 110F/40C or hotter outside, and you don't have AC, or you're moving around a lot outside of the AC, and you're sweating buckets: that's when you drink a gatorade.

gatorade exists to replenish all the electrolytes (salt) and glucose (sugar) that you sweat out. YES it is meant for athletes to drink during intensive work outs and not necessarily for people who aren't doing that kind of exercise. BUT GUESS WHAT! when you're sweating buckets because you had to walk to the bus in extreme heat, that's intensive exercise. please feel free to drink a gatorade after that! that's its intended use case!!!!

no: neither of these drinks should be a total replacement for water. but drinking a lot of water and then treating yourself to a fruit juice with lunch is a good idea!!! drinking a gatorade becuase you just had to walk for 20 minutes in the heat is a good idea!!!

Please Stop Spreading Misinformation About Drinks!!! It's fine if you drink things that aren't water!!!! Yes you should probably always be drinking water but drinking something else As Well isn't going to hurt you!!!! okay!!!! its fine!!!!!!

honestly so long as you are consistently getting Any (non-alcoholic) fluids in you, you're doing great!!!!!! okay!!!! i love you stay safe <3

[viago-vamps]

herpes is so crazy to me. like,,, you're really gonna hack mhc class 1 to blend in with the non infected cells? maybe be yourself despite the risks. stop trying to hide who you are herpes, I see you

[fictionadventurer]

Personally, it's always a bit wild to me to see commentators interact with the Hunger Games franchise as if Collins were writing science fiction stories instead of essays with faces. She's just not that interested in fleshing out side characters or digging into the details of the worldbuilding. These characters are concepts and symbols before they're people. There's an almost mathematical precision to who and what she explores and how deeply she does it. This is a step or two away from pure allegory. If she were writing a couple of centuries ago, she'd have named her characters things like Innocence and Anger and Watch-Carefully-Your-Soul-Lest-Ye-Be-Damned, but since she's writing for modern audiences, she has to settle for puns and allusions. If she has another essay to write, she'll assign some faces to it; she's not going to look into backstories or other eras just for the sake of storytelling, and it's not a failing as a writer that she doesn't.

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

Trapped in a vicious cycle of pining? Try gay sex! (More things to learn over at Tiger Tiger!)