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that-gay-gal · 2 months

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March for Raph day 16!:

Dance competition

Mikey just let him be an icon for a moment ✨

I made a drawing of a more turtle-e Raph and I was like “I need to post this” so.. here it is!

I just love it when people draw the turtle more ‘realistic’ and stuff they look so cool

Leo is Raphs number one hypeman (when they aren’t fighting lol)

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ethan-hawke · 2 months

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i’m gonna need a docuseries on disney asap after this istg

#text post #nickelodeon #nickelodeon documentary #nickelodon docuseries #quiet on set #disney #expose them all i’m begging

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gamegem92 · 16 days

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My mind: Hey are you watching Rock Paper Scissors?

Me: Yes, now let me watch in peace…

My mind: Okay but what if you made an AU where one of them becomes a freaking vampire?

Me: Son of a-

*makes the AU*

#rock paper scissors #rps #nick rps #nickelodeon rps #rps nick #rock paper scissors nickelodeon #nickelodeon rock paper scissors #Vampire mention #Feel free to ask more about the AU #i’m begging you #please ask me more #VamPaper AU

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knockoffblonde · 1 year

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is there a scene with a clear shot of alfie, patricia, joy, and amber? or even nina instead of amber. or kt??? i just need a fourth person with alfie, patricia, and joy in a scene for an edit

#someone help me i’m begging you i need help #hoa #house of anubis #sibuna #nickelodeon #patricia williamson #joy mercer #alfie lewis #het huis anubis #scene #scene finder

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starrcrossrose · 1 year

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Favorite scene in the Rise movie and why?

Hooo boy, oh MAN. UHMM. This is gonna be semi-hard to answer bc I love the entire gat dang movie. But! I love the scene where they all unlock their powers again together. The music is just so impactful and Leo’s speech just moves me so much when he says “he hasn’t seen what we can do… when we fight together!”

Like GOD I just. I could cry right now just thinking about it. I’m a big musical score person in general too so like. If the music is good and hits in all the right places, I’m automatically going to feel extra certain ways about that scene it plays in. 🥹😭❤️💙💜🧡

While on that note… this also makes Leo’s sacrifice scene really good to me too. As much as it HURTS (and man does it hurt), that scene is burned into my brain forever. 😭💙 that’s my boy, and he realized all the right things at all the wrong times. It’s literally a miracle he’s alive. He shouldn’t be. Ugh UGH MAN. It’s good. It’s so good. The moment the music cuts out super soft when the camera hits Donnie will always cut me extra deep. HNNNN THE BOYS. THE BABIES. THEY LOVE EACH OTHER SO MUCH I JUST WANNA SQUEEZE THEM.

(And bc im also a sucker for action, the four brothers fighting Krang Prime is so juicy! So good! I love the extended animatic even more, I watch it all the time. I just love seeing them fight and work together so effortlessly, it’s delicious, I eat it up.)

#rottmnt #rise of the tmnt #rise of the teenage mutant ninja turtles #rottmnt movie #ask #answered #uniqueness351217 #Starrs Blog #Rise of the TMNT movie #WHEN ARE WE GETTING THE OST FOR REAL THO?!#i need that ost like I need water #pls I’m begging you Nickelodeon

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ayeforscotland · 3 months

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Wow. Whoever is in charge of Netfix' Avatar doesn't remotely understand Avatar. No, that's too generous. They seem to be failing Writing 101. As in basic character arcs, narrative progression, flaw being the catalysts for self-discovery and character development, layers of character expression that are not explicitly spewed out or as it is sometimes is called 'subtext' and 'depth'. Like... I don't get it. If they gonna strip the show down even more, all they are going to be left with are bare bones of logistics. Characters A, B and C traveled from Location 4 to Location 6. Riveting. /s The worst part is something else, thou. It is this quote: "that’s part of the process of going from a Nickelodeon cartoon to a Netflix serialized drama" as in 'cartoons are not real drama, it's simplistic and for children'. It's the same high horse, patronizing stuff Halo TV Show showrunners have said. Basically meaning that games are not real cinema or real art. It all reeks of snobbism and faking humility.

Saw this yesterday and it’s just a fucking giant red flag. Game of Thrones has done so much damage to creating fantasy media.

The gang won’t go on as many detours to go ride elephant koi - great, I’m so desperate for the world of avatar to be depicted in the most dark, depressing way possible.

I don’t remember anyone begging for another live-action avatar. Once was bad enough, so a lot of the excuses of “Yeah we had to make changes for live-action” immediately makes me say “Well, you didn’t need to make it live-action at all.”

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companionjones · 1 year

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Pairing: Beck Oliver x Afab!Reader

Fandom: Victorious (Nickelodeon)

Summary: You’re poorer than the average student at Hollywood Arts. Beck Oliver takes notice.

Warnings: Cursing, Smut

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Beck always noticed you. He noticed that whenever an extra-curricular activity required out-of-pocket spending, you opted out. He noticed you only had three t-shirts that you switched out with the same pair of jeans every day. He especially noticed those dark circles under your eyes that never seemed to go away.

He decided to do something about it one day while everyone was finishing up their lunches and heading back to class. Beck pulled you aside. “Hey,” he started.

“Hey.”

Beck asked, “Do you want to hang out after school today?”

The question wasn’t completely out of left field. You and Beck would hang out all the time. Only at his trailer, though. Beck had never been to your place.

“Sure,” you answered him with a smile.

He nodded. “Great. Maybe we could go to the mall or something?”

You hesitated. “Uh...Sorry, I can’t. I’m, um, a little low on funds at the moment. Maybe some other ti--”

Beck was quick to offer, “Don’t worry, I got you covered.”

You shook your head. “No, Beck. I don’t want to worry about paying you back--”

“Don’t worry about that either, okay? Just come to the mall, and have a good time.”

You and Beck stared at each other for a moment while you bit your lip, deliberating. “Okay,” you finally replied. “Now, come on. We’re going to be late for History.”

After school that day, Beck drove you to the mall. You guys were there for hours. Despite how long you were there for you, you only got two more t-shirts, and two more pairs of jeans. Beck had to practically beg to buy them for you, too. He didn’t mind. Any time Beck spent with you was fun, no matter what you were doing.

You two left about an hour before the mall closed.

“Are you sure you don’t want me to drive you home? It’s getting late,” Beck pointed out, concerned.

“I know,” you shrugged, “But my house isn’t that far from here, and I like walking anyway, so...Thank you.”

“No problem.” Beck thought that was the end of it, so he started meandering back to his car.

“I mean it, Beck.”

He heard that you were walking back up to him, so Beck turned around.

You leaned forward and kissed his cheek. “Thank you,” you told him again before walking off in your own direction.

Beck didn’t feel great about what he did next. Was it considered stalking if you truly cared about the person and were just making sure they were okay? Probably. Beck followed you to a more run-down part of town. He saw you go into an old, abandoned shop with boarded up windows.

Beck slammed his truck into park, hopped out, and ran in after you.

“Y/n?”

He saw that you nearly jumped out of your skinned when you heard him. “Beck?! What the hell are you doing here?”

He turned the question back onto you. “What the hell are you doing here? Y/n, is this where you live?”

“No...” You were obviously lying.

“Y/n!” Beck pushed.

“Okay! I’m sorry. Yes, I live here,” you confirmed. “My parents ditched me a while back, and I didn’t want to go into the foster system, so...” You gestured around you.

Beck took a few steps forward. “Why didn’t you tell me?”

“Because I didn’t want you to think I was this poor, dirty kid who’s only good for anything because they got a scholarship to Hollywood Arts,” you answered, tears forming in your eyes.

Beck took your hand. “Hey, I could never think that. You’re such a good person, Y/n...Come stay with me.” Beck didn’t know he was going to say that, but he stood by it.

“What? No. I can’t ask you to--”

“Then at least stay with me tonight,” begged Beck, “I can’t stand the thought of leaving you here.”

The tears began to roll down your cheeks as you started to sob. You took the one step necessary to hug Beck.

He gladly took you in his arms.

So, you packed a bag and headed to Beck’s trailer for the night.

When you got there, you stood awkwardly in the corner while Beck made the bed for you. He then started to put a couple blankets and pillows on the floor for himself.

“Beck, I’m not going to take your bed from you,” you insisted.

After a little bit of arguing, you and Beck settled into bed together. He turned the lights out.

“I can’t thank you enough for doing this for me,” you pressed.

He said these next words like they were nothing. “It’s not a problem. I’d do anything for you.”

“Why?” you whispered.

Beck thought a moment before responding, “Isn’t it obvious?” He was sure you could hear his heart, it was beating so loud.

Suddenly, you were leaning in.

Before Beck could even think, your lips were on his.

Beck slowly moved his lips with yours. He put a hand on your cheek, and one of your hands ended up in his hair. He moaned. He found he loved it when you played with his hair.

Things were getting more heated. Beck rolled on top of you without even realizing it.

Then, you reached down to tug on the waist band of his shorts, and Beck was sure he felt all the blood in his body rush to his dick.

“Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.” Beck grabbed both your hands and dragged them up to where he could see them. “Are you sure about this?” he asked you.

“Yes. Come on. I want you inside me.” You pulled Beck in for another kiss.

He moaned at your words, and this kiss. Beck then helped you take off your own shirt before taking off his own. The two of you then kicked off your pants and underwear to get yourselves completely naked for each other.

“Oh, fuck. You’re so wet,” Beck cursed, coating his cock in your juices. “Are you ready?”

“Please baby.” You were gazing at him through half-lidded eyes.

Beck almost chocked on his own spit after hearing you say that to him. He pushed inside you, moaning with you as he went. Beck had to look away from you because he swore if he was looking at you while you were making him feel that good, he would’ve cum then and there.

Once he had sunk all the way into you, Beck started to pull out and thrust back in. This began a whole new series of moans from both you and him.

Beck had his hands planted on either side of your head, and your head was tossed back as you moaned each time he entered you.

Suddenly, you grabbed onto his hips. “Beck...!”

“I know, I’m close too,” he assured you before speeding up his thrusts.

Your moans only increased in pitch each time Beck moved, until finally, you shouted as you reached your climax.

With you tightening around him, Beck only needed a couple more thrusts before he was cumming right along with you.

After, Beck collapsed next to you, and the two of you caught your breaths among your tangled limbs.

Beck turned his nose into your cheek. “Stay with me.” It was clear he meant longer than that night.

You nodded, “Okay,” then turned to face him, only to capture his lips again.

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Author’s Note: Thank you so much for reading! Fill up that heart and reblog if you liked it. I would also appreciate a comment, if you have the time. If you would like to read more, check out my masterlist. Have a nice day, night, or whatever time it is for you! <3 <3 <3

#beck #beck x reader #beck oliver #beck oliver x reader #victorious #victorious nickelodeon #avan jogia #companion jones #notice #tw cursing #cursing #tw smut #smut #beck oliver smut #beck oliver x reader smut #just started listening to welcome to nightvale #just finished episode 3 #?!

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legend-of-the-iron-dragon · 8 months

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listen listen listen

dude, I am freaking SICK of companies pausing/canceling tv shows for stupid reasons. And as a die-hard ROTTMNT fan, I’m not just going to sit by and let this slide once again. A bunch of ROTTMNT fans are banning together to make a Google doc letter that will eventually be sent to Nickelodeon at Twitter to show how many people care about this show and to beg for it to be continued. Look, I don’t care if you’re not a ROTTMNT fan, or even a TMNT fan, but for the love of Moses please please PLEASE add onto that doc. We cannot, I repeat, CANNOT, allow companies to keep pulling this crap, and if we all come together and succeed we can be an example to fandoms everywhere that you don’t just have to sit by and let greedy-unartistic corporations ruin modern media. Just simply Google “ROTTMNT letter” and a tumblr link will show up as the first result. Let’s all come together and stop stupid Nickelodeon from ruining something so special to so many people, myself included.

#rottmnt #save rottmnt #unpause rottmnt #rise of the tmnt #tmnt #rottmnt donnie #rottmnt leo #rottmnt mikey #rottmnt raph

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clue-pursuer · 10 months

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Blue’s Clues headcannons (and one singular question): part 5

(continuing from my main tee hee)

• HC: Josh REALLY REALLY REALLY likes playing doctor it’s like his second favorite thing to do. Medical stuff is very interesting to him

• HC: Josh will make his bed but hardly ever sleeps under the comforter because he just likes his blanket that much

• HC: During his era, Joe has a MacBook laptop and takes it everywhere. He doesn’t do anything important with it ever. He just likes to hold it, click on stuff, and play purble palace for like 3 hours. Nowadays he actually uses it but it’s from 2005 and Josh is begging him to upgrade it to something the functions more than 50% of the time (yes this bc is based off that one picture)

• Once again. I implore us to ask how old the hosts are. There’s a very specific avoidance the show has for all of them where they’re allowed to acknowledge they were once kids but aren’t allowed to literally present as adults (ex: they never cook on the stove, use ovens, or drive). They can have grandparents, but if they had parents, then it would age them to certainly be adults. But the show just. Doesn’t do this. How old are they Nickelodeon. How old.

• HC: Whenever Steve is on the phone with Miranda he’s kicking his feet and giggling. I’m talking pacing around the room and forgetting where he is bcs he’s so wrapped up in her and her voice and how much he likes her.

#they’re on the brain again u guys #thinkingthoughts #blue’s clues #blue’s clues and you #steve blues clues #joe blues clues #josh blues clues #blues clues

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transboysokka · 7 months

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Chris rewatches and liveblogs the awful The Last Airbender movie for the first time since it was released 13 years ago

ok I saw this once when it was in theatres when I was in high school and I never watched it again. I remember being disappointed and uncomfortable originally

I only remember Aang was pronounced differently and Katara was some blonde chick I remember literally nothing else so here we go

oh damn ok right away the bending animation is kind of giving but the weird cursive stylization of the element names in the intro… not a fan bc my bad Chinese reading self can’t read it and I wonder if that’s even like a real style lol I wouldn’t be surprised either way

Also like just KEEP the TV intro instead of plagiarising but a little to the left?? sorry I know I’m nitpicking

Why are Katara and Sokka like MAGA-white that’s SO uncomfy

Sokka is not giving me the correct vibes

Why would Katara go with Sokka to go hunting?? p sure that happened in the cartoon too but ???

Already changing my mind about the costumes and possibly the Sokka vibes

Okay Aangs tattoos fuck actually

Okay yeah the tone of this whole thing is so boring I can’t put my finger on it yet like something is DEFINITELY missing

Okay yeah the costumes suck

ZUKO??? why is his hair so boring why is his scar so tiny

Gran Gran is white too?? but all the other villagers aren’t lololol okayyyyy

First impression of the sets (like the SWT village were good) but actually they suck they make ZERO sense there are just like open windows and no door?? But it’s cold outside???

OH NO what did this film do to Appa I’m so sorry sweetie look how they’ve massacred my boy

IS THAT UNCLE IROH IM AHSJDKLFNFGSJSKD

EEROH again I guess that’s more accurate but WHY

The vibes in this movie are all off lolol how did Nickelodeon endorse this?????

Still not sure why this feels so flat like I really don’t care about anything happening?? Maybe bc the original show is so character driven and this movie hasn’t even let us get to know any of the characters?? I remember thinking the first time I watched this that it moves way too fast so I guess this all could come down to a pacing problem

Gran Gran’s explanation to like send them after Aang makes no sense at all actually

I know they were trying to be like accurate with the costumes (a laugh tbh) but I do think it was a mistake to get rid of the color associations

MOMO OH NO I’m so sorry sweetie

Again with the air temple set, the vibes are right but it doesn’t look quite like anything I ever saw in SEA or in research...

The sequence where he finds out the airbenders are gone is pretty good. Seems they could do more with that than in the show but okay now he’s having some weird vision with a dragon????

Wait Soe-ka? Knock it off w the names I s2g where is the franchise continuity

Are the gonna explain the weird ass dragon vision??

The FN ships are so bad

Zhao is not creepy enough. Asshole enough though.

I KNOW I’m nitpicking but even the food seems wack

Weird that the firebenders seem to be only able to manipulate fire here, not create it

I do wonder about the authenticity of the costumes. I’ve heard they suck but I’d be fooled which begs the question, why not just BE authentic to the cultures they’re supposed to represent

Is it the acting that’s flat here, the writing, or the directing? Whose fault is it??

Interesting choice to have the earthbenders imprisoned within reach of their own element. I kind of like that, showing how defeated their spirits really are

Of course they gave away Katara’s motivational speech

These bending motions CANNOT be based on real martial arts lmfao it seems so clunky

Wild how I just don’t care about any of these characters lol

The writing isn’t ALL bad like I actually like the way different plot elements were connected for the sake of the movie but the execution is just so bad

Princess Yue leads the NWT? Again… a Choice

Wild how they are leaving the best episodes out of this narrative. Like the ones that gave the characters life

LOVE that there’s an African-inspired Earth Kingdom village, I’ve been thinking about this concept a lot actually

Why does the Fire nation look like that?? Why does Ozai look like that??? Why are we introducing Ozai already I don’t like that choice either???

I HATE the Fire Nation aesthetic SO MUCH

Ozai is not evil enough AT ALL

I DO like the creative directions they took w diversity in the Earth Kingdom like in different towns

AGNI KEE I’m

Aww lil Azula is cute

What a weird ass way to fit in Zuko’s backstory. Again, I don’t find myself caring about it at all

Starting to really hate the bending actually. The elements don’t seem to be interacting w the movements of the bender at all

The statue room looks cool

The dragon again wtfff

The Blue Spirit. Cool but it doesn’t hit as hard bc we don’t CARE about Zuko or his past and tbh it probs won’t make any sense to a casual viewer anyway

Also why does his mask need to come with a wig I mean it looks so unserious

Iroh just creeps me out idek why

OH we’re blowing up Zuko’s ship NOW okayyy

Aww some Sokka/Yue vibes but it’s a real shame I don’t give a shit about this version of Sokka

I think one reason I don’t like this version of bending is it takes so much handwavinv before anything even starts happening

Not digging this NWT aesthetic either tbh

Pakku??? Why does he look like cheap knock off Theodin? Why is he like… nice???

Why is Aang trying to talk to this Dragon Spirit and not like… Roku?

Wild how the one thing they left the same from the actual show was how Zuko snuck into the NWT lol

Hate the spirit oasis, actually

Least helpful Dragon Spirit ever

Cool that iroh is the one who can make fire out of nothing (he obviously taught Zuko) but lolol what a random time to do that

Okay the scene between Yue and Sokka before she turned into the moon was nice. Probably the most emotion we’ve seen in the whole movie

More morbid that her body is still there though lol

And no Ocean Spirit to fuck things up??

Drowning someone w waterbending is very dark but actually a great touch

I like this idea of Aang mourning his people and using that to harness his waterbending and then he can beat the FN on his own without a spirit’s help. That’s nice.

Also the music for that scene was nice. The only good soundtrack all movie too

So he’s just scaring them with water?? Lmaoooooo not even like killing anyone they just all ran away?? that’s actually…. A fucking terrible plot point never mind

Sweet he gets another chance to like. Accept his role as avatar and bow back to everyone?

AZULA

Okay yeah that was AWFUL

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secretgamergirl · 11 months

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Absolute Shameless Lying Edutainment Commercials from the ‘80s

I don’t know why it suddenly got into my head to talk about this, but I just randomly remembered these two commercials I saw when I was very young and what serious BS both of them are. First we’ve got The Sweet Pickles Bus.

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So the actual product here is what I’m pretty sure was an honestly shamelessly overpriced plastic box containing like, half a dozen flash cards with letters of the alphabet. Pretty sure you didn’t even get the whole alphabet. Which is such a huge waste of money. No child wants a plastic box of flash cards, no parent wants to buy that. Wasn’t really a reasonable price either. But that is absolutely NOT what this commercial was selling. What we CLEARLY SEE here is a promise that your box of crappy flash cards is going to be HAND DELIVERED BY SOME KIND OF MUPPET DUCK DRIVING A GIANT PICKLE BUS WHO WILL PERSONALLY PLACE IT IN THE HANDS OF YOU, A SMALL CHILD, AND YOU WILL HAVE A LITTLE INTERACTION. That is something I could, and in fact did, beg my mother to pay for like the snot-nosed little toddler I was until she caved.

And guess what? There was no bus. There was no duck. They just shipped this box of garbage through the regular mail. I think my mother made the really bad call of trying to keep up kayfabe and insisted that the duck was in a hurry and I missed him because I was asleep which gave me a haunting regret for years. And the thing is, it honestly wasn’t that plausible that this was legit. It’s not like, a cartoon duck here. You can customize a van, you can get a mascot costume. This might have been a weird local thing because local ads were a thing back then. Kind of a birthday clown business model, you know? This is why a few years later commercials for toys and board games started really covering their asses with stuff like “game cards do not actually talk.”

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Like yeah, free floating living cartoons are not going to burst out of this cheap game, even a small child should get that, but they absolutely could have had a guy in a duck suit drive a delivery van around. That’s straight up misleading.

The other one popping into my mind today though is freaking Muzzy. Does anyone remember Muzzy? This is Muzzy.

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So like... that really is not, in fact, French those AMERICANS are speaking. That’s not even proper French Muzzy is speaking. This is butchered French gibberish I have to assume was the result of people looking up one word at a time in an English to French dictionary. Transcribing it, we’ve got:

“Je suis, le grand Muzzy.”

“Je suis la jeune fille!”

Literally, one word at a time, that’s:

“I am, the big Muzzy.”

“I am the young girl!”

Even in English that’s super weird and awkward but like... this is not at all how French is structured. This isn’t even something you need to be a native speaker to know, this is like, literal day one high school French knowledge.

First off, I would never, ever say, in French, “Je suis Violet.” I would say “Je m’appelle Violette.” Literally that’s “I call myself Violet,” with the explicitly femme version of the name. “I am” is reserved for like, a type of thing/person you are. Also, adjectives always come after the nouns they describe, and even in the right order, “la fille jeune” kinda suggests that she’s the ONLY young girl. In English you’d say “a young girl” here and that does translate across, so that should be “une fille jeune.” Which is also still just a weird thing to exclaim but at least it’s proper French and not gibberish. I’m not even totally sure what they were trying to have Muzzy convey. Was it a nickname? Was there some sort of small Muzzy he needed to distinguish himself from? Is this some kind of Bigger Luke thing? Regardless it seems pretty clear these tapes were thrown together by someone with just no actual qualifications at all, and they drilled it into a whole generation.

I don’t have any sort of larger point here, just, wow screw these hucksters who plastered ads all over like, Nickelodeon 40 years ago. This is awful.

#muzzy #sweet pickles bus #fraud #80s nostalgia

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that-gay-gal · 2 months

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March for Raph day 15!:

Fireworks 🎆

He’s so me-coded you guys (I’m unreasonably afraid of fireworks, specifically lighting them)

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sokkastyles · 2 years

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Reading ATLA: The Promise - pp66-93

Note: I'm reading the Promise Omnibus digital scans which has parts 1-3, and I'm assuming I'm done with part 1 since I'm about halfway through the story, but there's been no indication of that so far so I'm not sure which part I'm on anymore or if the Omnibus just combined them all into one consecutive story and did away with the parts alltogether. Anyway, let's move on!

Katara and Aang deciding to set up a meeting with the Earth King is good, but it kind of begs the question of why this couldn’t have been settled when they all met together at the beginning of this comic.

Aside from how dangerous it is that Aang relying on Katara to calm him down is romanticized, there’s something else that bothers me about this conversation. Katara tells Aang that if he is going to have to kill Zuko, he has to be calm enough to know he’s making the right decision. But wasn’t Aang’s whole stance in ATLA that there is never a justification for killing? Specifically in “The Southern Raiders,” Katara was painted as out of control because of the implication that she might kill Yon Rha, yet she does make a rational decision in the end despite not following Aang’s advice and not letting go of her anger. And here, yet again, she is tasked with being the voice of reason despite how negatively that episode painted her when she faced the same exact dilemma that Aang is facing now, except that Aang is treated with much more compassion for flying off the handle for a much less justified reason. And here, the conflict isn’t centered around the morality of killing at all or the fact that Zuko is their friend, but because Katara “hates seeing Aang get like that.” Okay.

Also, now that they’ve agreed that Zuko actually has a point, I’m not sure why killing him is even still on the table, other than some weird “blood determines your destiny” BS.

Hold up. I know that lack of communication is a chronic problem throughout this comic, and Mai says Zuko left without telling her where he was going, but it also seems like Mai doesn’t communicate very well with Zuko either, since she seems to just pop into the throne room unannounced, which he is totally surprised by. And “you’re doing it again?” Again as in, that time he broke up with you to save the world because it wouldn’t be safe to break up in person, and you also showed no interest in communicating with him when he tried to express to you his concerns about the Fire Nation? So Mai has to know where Zuko is at all times because “I’m your girlfriend” - even though she wouldn’t accept it when he broke up with her - but she gets to come and go as she pleases and decide when she’s interested in hearing about his life and when she isn’t?

How is this the fault of Zuko’s bodyguards, who we saw earlier being unfairly yelled at? This does explain how the Kyoshi Warriors got to the palace, though.

Also, the fact that Mai didn’t know that Zuko wasn’t sleeping well and Zuko was surprised that she could tell tells me that they’ve been having some deeper relationship problems that it’s unfair to blame on Zuko, especially given the history of their relationship in ATLA and Mai's chronic inability to care about literally anything.

And I know it’s Nickelodeon, but if Zuko is old enough to lead a country he’s probably old enough to have his girlfriend sleep with him, especially since she herself is a trained fighter. It also seems like it would be more Mai’s style to decide she needs to protect Zuko herself instead of getting five other women to do it for her, but I guess that would put a dent in her carefully affected apathy.

Zuko can’t sleep again so he tells Suki and Ty Lee, who are now guarding his bedroom, that he’s going for a walk. He goes straight to the prison, of course, because what better way to find a good night’s sleep than to visit your estranged father who obviously has malicious intentions towards you? Also, despite how heavily guarded Zuko’s chambers are, no one is guarding the prison where a deposed dictator is being kept? Maybe Zuko’s guards ARE idiots.

Or...you know, you could have gone with Aang and Katara to meet with the Earth King. Just a thought.

Toph and Sokka go back to her metalbending school because Sokka wants to get away from Katara and Aang being all lovey dovey - me too, Sokka - and they find that it’s been taken over by a firebending master and his students, who say that it’s HIS school now because Fire Lord Zuko has withdrawn support for the Harmony Restoration Act. They agree to have a match between their students for ownership of the school. I actually like this scene. It shows the entitlement of the Fire Nation colonists towards Earth Kingdom land. I don’t particularly care about the conflict, though, which just seems to distract from the main focus of the story.

Katara and Aang head to Ba Sing Se to meet with the Earth King. They land and intend to stay at Iroh’s for the night, but then Aang runs into his fan club and of course they end up staying there instead. Katara gets jealous, and I won’t rehash what other people have already said about how gross it is that Katara is punished for her jealousy, but this entire subplot is full of misogyny and Bryke getting another potshot in at fangirls. Not only do the other girls act like catty bitches to Katara, but their dialogue is full of valley girl stereotypes.

I also feel the need to point out how of course the shorter, larger girl is the one who threatens to steal Aang from Katara and is portrayed as grotesque for aggressively pursuing Aang.

The theme park-ization of the Air Nomads is also weird and uncomfy. Remember how mad Aang got in the series at the Earth Kingdom refugees for co-opting Air Nomad culture? What, is it better when it’s a bunch of girls who are showering him with attention instead of disabled refugees trying to survive?

Zuko: but what does this have to do with the pressures of rulership...?

Ozai: Nothing, I just like thinking about that time you almost drowned.

I kid, but shout out to that time that someone tried to use these panels to prove to me that Ozai was a good leader. The social Darwinism argument isn’t actually a good argument for rulership, though. Ozai is able to sleep at night because he doesn’t care whether the decisions he makes are morally right. That doesn’t make Ozai a good leader. Zuko is a better leader because he agonizes over whether the decisions he makes are the right ones. It shows that he’s a leader that actually cares about people. I guess the lesson should be about the dangers of inaction or trying to both sides things, but Ozai's point seems to be to "let nature take its course," which is a decidedly amoral stance when you're talking about people.

Also, Ozai apparently loves tea now.

I do like the last panel, where it looks like Zuko is the one behind bars instead of Ozai. It shows how Zuko’s father still has a hold over him psychologically, even when he lacks physical power and freedom. No wonder Zuko can't sleep, with Ozai so close by. I think it would be a long time before Zuko feels totally secure and free of his father.

#the promise #atla comics critical #antikataang #katara #zuko #aang #toph #ozai #mai #antimaiko

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siliconforbrains · 1 year

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I was aware of the very clear implications of the Krang being the “demons” who gave Shredder his armor.

But was no one going to tell me there’s a fucking Krang corpse shown full screen in the last ep of season 2????????????

LIKE??????????? That a whole ass dead chewing gum-looking bitch in there. And the only reason i noticed is because I was watching as my friend caught up with the series.

In short, I am now even more in need of Hidden City lore, Crying Titan lore, and season 3 can’t come soon enough Nickelodeon i am begging on the ground here.

(Also, if we don’t get that lore soon istg i will write it myself. I have ideas. And 3 more fics I’m working on but we don’t talk about that ssssssh)

#rottmnt #rise of the teenage mutant ninja turtles #rise of the tmnt #rise krang #save rise of the teenage mutant ninja turtles #listen i'm a sucker for world building i will genuinely just find a way to incorporate it in my fics #having thoughts and ideas #so many #brain go brrrr #but yeah i never noticed this and never saw someone point this specific thing out so #dashboard you get to hear me screaming about this <3 #maxisrambling

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fifitheflowertoot · 9 months

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Fashion items I desperately wanted from the 2010-2015 fashion blogger era

1. Studded Bracelets

The Hermes Collier de Chien, Valentino Rockstud bracelet and the (Pre-Demna) Balenciaga Arena Studded Bracelet. These bracelets were in ALL of the fashion week street style close ups. They were and still are so incredibly chic. Bonus points if these bracelets were paired with a watch or a Clic H or both. THE ULTIMATE ARM PARTYYY.

2. Isabel Marant Bekett sneakers

THE it shoes. I swear this shoe birthed my love of heels. OMG, EVERY celebrity, every established (rich) fashion blogger had these. In my opinion they are still incredibly chic.

3. Huge handbags

I think Disney Channel and Nickelodeon were the reason I was exposed to this fashion trend. As a child I thought teenagers in Disney Channel movies holding huge handbags on their arm were the coolest people on the planet. I was in awe the day I saw my very own mum, carry her huge Celine Trapeze bag (which she still owns but refuses to allow me to touch). The Celine Luggage tote, Givenchy Antigona and Ghesquiere’s Balenciaga Motorcycle City bag were my dream bags.

4. Loubitins

Red bottoms. OH. EM GEE. The heels and trainers were popular in this era. Am In the only who remembers those pictures where couples and best friends would wear matching red bottoms? Loubitins of all types were trending in this era. Studded Loubitins, the Lady peep Loubitins, Neon coloured Loubitins. These were the height of fashion because the heels were so distinguishable from other heels because of the bold colour of the sole. I’m also pretty sure my heel-obsessed primary school headteacher had a few pairs in her office.

5. Gold button blazers

These were the sh*t. Business casual ruled the fashion world. Blazers were the height of chic. They were EVERYWHERE, including kids shows and movies. The Balmain gold button blazer was the height of fashion to me. I remember my ten-year-old self begging my mum to let me have one . These blazers had such a military sailor-esque vibe (which is what I was told when I wore my own gold button blazer to school).

6. Clutches

Everyone and their mum had a clutch at this time. I remember taking my mum’s to all my school disco’s. Clutches were a huge thing and some of them were so big that today they would be considered as laptop cases.

7. Faux fur jackets

Timeless fashion statement. Bonus points if it had cropped sleeves or was a faux fur vest. They are so unbelievably chic. I love wearing mine when I go anywhere: to the corner shop, on a walk, to the supermarket. It’s so fun to look so extra.

8. Tall boots

These looked so good paired with skinny jeans, dresses, and skirts. I was obsessed. I also had a fixation on Victoria’s Secret models and all of their off-duty looks look this this. They are so unbelievably cool omg. They instantly make an outfit look great. I’m pretty sure Tori Vega and Victoria’s Secret models started this obsession for me. I whole heartedly believed that to be an adult was to wear heeled boots.

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fredseibertdotcom · 10 months

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Larry Huber, official Oh Yeah! Cartoons portrait, 1998

Larry Huber.

Starting out in the cartoon business at 40 years old was pretty daunting. I had worked on some very short form animation in my previous lives, but cartoons? Completely different. Characters, layouts, storyboards, voice acting... A whole new world. When I first met with Hanna-Barbera’s senior staff –veterans all– I told them the truth.

“I watched, and loved, cartoons as a kid. I don’t know much about making them. But, the good news is that you do. So I’ll listen to you about what we ought to do.”

At least, I thought it was good news. But honestly, pretty much only Larry Huber stepped up to help. And he’s been stepping up in my cartoon life ever since.

Larry’s a complete pro. He came to Los Angeles and studio art and animation, started in the business in the early 70s. He knows everything about the actual making of cartoons, which is great. But, better yet, he’s got great judgement, and though he would like to convince some people that he’s a curmudgeon, he’s one of the most caring and generous professional a newby, or a professional, could have as a colleague.

And that’s what he’s been for me. Actually, and more importantly, it’s what Larry has been for dozens of folks who made short films and series at my productions. Starting as the supervising producer on What A Cartoon! (he even designed the opening titles), coming on as my co-executive producer on Oh Yeah! Cartoons and Random! Cartoons, and continuing to help filmmakers on individual shorts at Too Cool! Cartoons and GO! Cartoons, and series spin-offs like Bravest Warriors and Bee and PuppyCat.

Larry’s got the obvious skill set –art, animation, storyboarding, directing, producing– but, I have to say what’s always blown me away is his instinct for filmmaking story. Obviously, there are a lot of ways to tell a story, whether it’s a short story or a novel. But, a film story has it’s own logic. And honestly, Larry is one of the few people I’ve met over the years that really gets it. I’m jealous, because I don’t really. At least, not like Larry.

And wow, what a mentor. My instinct for years has been that if you can pair a veteran professional, with the right first time wanna-be, usually young, professional, the results could be spectacular. Larry is the absolute proof. From Donovan Cook/2 Stupid Dogs, Genndy Tartakovsky/Dexter’s Laboratory, Craig McCraken/The Powerpuff Girls, Butch Hartman on all the shorts he did that led to The Fairly OddParents, Rob Renzetti/My Life as a Teenage Robot, Pendleton Ward/Adventure Time... I could write a whole post on just the young’uns he’s mentored. Including me (though I’m only a few minutes younger than him), I didn’t even know what a layout was before Larry filled me in.

With all the help he’s given others, it would remiss of me not to mention Larry’s co-creation, with Bill Burnett, of the fantastic ChalkZone, his series that ran on Nickelodeon for 40 episodes in the 2000s.

OK, I’ll spare you on the warm person that Larry is, a wonderful husband, father, grandfather, collector of HO trains and a cowboy and Civil War fan/scholar.

To me, Larry Huber made my professional life worth it. Thanks bud!

I’ve posted often about my mentors, the people I’ve learned the most from. And I’ve noted how often how many of them beg to differ as to whether or not I should credit them as such. So, I’ve calmed down in my titling. But still…

Larry Huber illustration by David Feiss

#Larry Huber #ChalkZone #What A Cartoon #Oh Yeah! Cartoons #Random! Cartoons #GO! Cartoons #Too Cool! Cartoons #mentors #Hanna-Barbera #Frederator #animation #cartoons

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