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knightsofsomethingorother · 9 months

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Starting off with Episode 2, A Knight's Quest!

The football team is running through the forest and they have this giant battering ram that I thought was an elephant at first. It's not :(

It occurs to me that this is an Isekai. Also Arthur's horse has scoliosis. Everyone's talking about how weird all of this is and Arthur and Lance come to the conclusion that this is important because there's a pretty girl in danger and also the future is in trouble or something... Whatever.

Look at this top-down view of the forest.

They find a tree glowing red (goes unexplained for the rest of the episode) and get attacked by some guys and this line is said by our lead:

"It's time for Arthur King to go forward as King Arthur once and for all."

I am 2 minutes into episode 2.

Anyway they summon their magic weapons from their tits. They also just... magically know how to do this. Also they magically know how to ride horses. Also fight. Maybe their high school had really good extracurriculars.

The bad guy has a tit snake he can summon and it occurs to me that this is an Extended Toy Commercial so I need to check something.

Yeah that's about what I had in mind. Moving on! What did I mi-

A hole in the ground opened up and swallowed two of the football boys.

A HOLE IN THE GROUND OPENED UP AND ATE LANCE AND ANOTHER GUY.

Also the villains just... fuck off? Leave. OKAY.

In this pit is Morgana. OKAY. SURE. This paced and written like a fever dream.

She demands that they answer her questions, then tells them to shut up, then says 'A few years in the dungeons and maybe you'll answer my questions'.

Don't ask what happened to this screenshot. Anyway Arthur's having a pity party. Yay. Have I mentioned it's been only FIVE MINUTES??? Now he's off to save them on his own because he's 'Got to do it himself'. And honestly if they had this characterization for the Fake-Lancelot I'd commend it for being very true to the character.

Cheeked up.

Oh and his shield summons a dragon.

He then goes to Morgana's castle on his own. Immediately. After unlocking a bunch of powers. Tension? Pacing? WHAT'S THAT?

So yeah Arthur bodies two guys, a giant bat, and a Giant Fucking Rock and saves everyone no issue. NO PROBLEM. DID YOU DOUBT HIM?

I do have to give them credit for having Morgana be a Saturday morning cartoon villain. It's what she was always meant to be. I mean it... IS a Saturday morning cartoon but shut up.

Stuff proceeds to happen and then they go home.

And then Guinevere's eyes change color in the same shot the end.

So if you want a drinking game, watch this episode and take a shot any time a fully-cheeked ass is the focus of a shot. It will kill you. I'm going to have to give this episode two ass cheeks out of five. There's a lot of little details I'm leaving out for brevity's sake, but good lord this episode gave me whiplash every other minute. And I can't do an analysis or anything without just playing the episode because it's just 'and then this happened' over and over again. This is war though and there's no time to question this shit so onto the next episode!

Episode 3, The Unbeliever.

It opens with me and the mutuals hunting down a peasant running towards Camelot. He runs and runs and runs but never seems to get any further. They also reuse a lot of animation of this guy looking over his shoulder.

There he goes! Anyway he's revealed to be placed there by Morgana and Evil Man. He says that a dragon has one of the Macguffins that they need and then one of the knights goes 'lol dragons aren't real' when LAST EPISODE Arthur SHAT A DRAGON OUT OF HIS SHIELD.

AND THEN THEY PROCEED TO ARGUE ABOUT IT SOME MORE???

Now they just... have squires. Cool? Why is he here? Ladywoman who is apparently named 'Elaine' also tells them she had a bad dream that they died on this mission and everyone brushes her off.

Which, you know. That one's close to the source materials. I'll give them that.

They get into a fight with the baddies. One guy summons a wall from his battle tower. Blah blah blah...

Guinevere tells Merlin something's up, he brushes her off entirely. Then Arthur tells that little boy with no armor or weapons that he should help them fight the dragon that definitely does exist and is just hanging out on top of a church.

Oh what do you know, it's a trap. And the dragon is an illusion. The guy who raised a stink about dragons being fake despite ARTHUR SUMMONING ONE FROM HIS SHIELD is correct.

They're then stuck at the top of the tower with baddies swarming in from the bottom. The solution is clearly to build a hang glider.

As one does.

Back at Camelot that peasant guy tries to burn the round table which appears to be made of stone and he gets his ass handed to him by one of the squires and he's blasted with Merlin's finger lasers.

Then there's ANOTHER fight... I should note here that for every fight they play the same music and the same audio of dudes shouting. I have never once seen a cartoon so thoroughly suck the joy out of the concept of fight scenes but here we are.

During this fight Dragon Skeptic summons an eagle from his shield meaning he DEFINITELY SAW ARTHUR'S DRAGON but I guess that doesn't count as a REAL ONE??? I GUESS???

AND NOW HE HAS A GIRLFRIEND? OKAY??? SURE! WHY NOT?

Also nobody directly apologized to the women. Just a 'I sure should've listened to you' to Guinevere. Nobody apologized to Elaine.

Gooooddddd that one was annoying. The only highlight was watching a child beat the shit out of a grown man. Episode 2 was at least campy fun at times. This was just dull. 0 dragons out of 5.

#bohbot #KA:TKJ #old cartoon review #arthurian shitposting #long post #really long post

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theimaginatrix27 · 2 years

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AU August: Given the Chance—Deltora Quest

So several of my beloved Mutuals, all of whom are in the Yu-Gi-Oh! fandom, do this thing called AU August every year, where they semi-casually discuss various AUs that are floating around their brains.

And I have a lot of fic ideas that float around my brain a lot, and although many are not strictly new, as AU August ideas often are, I thought I'd spend some time this month rambling at length about AUs and Crossovers that become AUs, which I have not yet posted anywhere or written down very much of. Some of them are older than my Tumblr account, but I haven't talked about them in years.

For the sake of brevity, though, Magina will not be discussed in this month of ramblings. Magina is altogether too complex for a single month to adequately summarise it and I wanna talk about other ideas.

So today, we'll be discussing the newest of my AU ideas, one that popped into my head when I was dabbling in Infinite Loop fics again (I'll get back to the Sevenwaters Loops eventually, I promise). I mentioned this on the Deltora Quest/Roddaverse server, but hardly anybody goes there so I'm putting it up here. There's not terribly much flesh on the bones of this idea, but it does have potential, and even though I didn't need this addition to my ever-expanding warren of plot-bunnies, they will insist on breeding when I have my back turned.

So the premise is, Doom dies of old age after a long life of wanderings, surrounded by his family.

He awakens at the beginning of DQ1, in the body of his teenage self, with all the memories of his life as after leaving the palace. And because he's not an idiot, he decides he'll keep a low profile, and figure out a way to kill Prandeen before he can do any more harm, and explain the whole mess to Endon after the fact.

Except he doesn't need to. Because as soon as Prandeen gives Endon the belt and it shines for him, the new young king refuses to give it back. When Prandeen tries to take it from him by force, in front of a whole audience, Endon whips off the belt and snaps it onto the Chief advisor, and the entire population of the palace watches him go up in smoke.

Endon then spins a story Doom is sure is a fabrication, about having been told by Adin in a dream that his family had been deceived for centuries, and that things had to change before all was lost.

Of course, as soon as possible, he goes looking for Endon, and finds out this whole time-travel thing is partly his fault, but was also an offer he was given by someone as-yet-undecided. Ancient dragon spirits or Opal the Dreamer, or someone else made up for the story out of whole cloth.

But regardless of who did it, Endon watched Lief's struggles and his peoples' suffering through Deltora Quests 2-3, and couldn't bear it any more, so when the offer was made to prevent all of that, he jumped at it, though he did ask for Jarred, and maybe their once and future wives as well, to be in on the memory transfer. The offerer is only too happy to send Jarred when they can, though the other two will have to consent to being given the future knowledge via the Belt.

Basically it's sorta kinda a Peggy Sue, but also Jarred/Endon and their prospective spouses are going to solve all the problems in the three DQ series before they happen, with a few exceptions (Thaegan is still a thing after all), all so Lief doesn't have to suffer and Deltora doesn't get quite as messed-up as it did in the hopefully-to-be-averted future. Also lots of people who died in canon don't die here, like Min and most of the Jalis and many of the slaves who didn't make it. And Endon goes down in history as the saviour of Deltora, though it does take many of the people a looong time to actually trust him. The Sister of the South is destroyed first in this AU, though, so that's one way to endear the people of Del to you.

Like I said, this one doesn't have much meat on it, and it's one of those ideas I've not really written down as a result. Other ideas have more substance to them and a few scenes sketched out at least. But I do rather like it.

And yes, I know it's the 2nd in Australia, but it's still the 1st in the US, and also I might not post every day. I'm bad at consistency, or didn't you know that?

#Deltora Quest #My AU: Given the Chance #Au August

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beeofthewild · 3 years

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Zora Headcanons !

Just some thoughts I had! Largely centered around BOTW Zora as they're the most 'current' incarnation. I'll probably clean these thoughts up later into something more cohesive, but for rn they're probably fine like this.

I'm gonna try to keep these as General Thoughts, and I'll delve into more detailed topics as i go.

(also pls note that when there are scientific issues of how smth would work, I'm applying "because Magic" as the fix-it, lmao... Also Canon can suck my entire ass, if it contradicts me it is They who are Wrong)

Zora are fish-like amphibians, most closely related to giant salamanders.

In fresh water, they breathe mainly through their skin (like frogs and salamanders). On land they use their lungs. When exposed to salt water, their skin 'hardens' and their gills open up. Zora are great at breathing.

Technically they're omnivores, although most of their diet consists of fish as adults.

Zora have their own unique sign language, developed to communicate underwater in tandem with high frequency songs and clicks.

Zoran pronouns are based on color, rather than gender. Due to some poor translation of Zoran to Common Hylian, 'Red' ((or more specifically, 'the red one')) commonly became translated to 'she', and 'Blue' to 'He'.

Sidon gets a he/him treatment due to more translation errors, but also because he's trans in a Zoran sense!

That's because Zoran genders are based around their 'Aspect' (i.e. some Zora resemble dolphins, others rays, whales, sharks, etc.), dictating their role in society and supplying attributes they ought to embody. (Sidon is Trans because he is not inclined to what his shark-aspect would dictate he be.)

Zoran culture is entirely about the well-being and safety of the Pod (the group) as a whole, with a strong emphasis on community wellness. As both long lived and highly social creatures, they rely on each other heavily for safety and resources.

#bee talks #headcanons #botw headcanons #loz headcanons #I have many more thoughts and can elaborate on a lot of these but for the sake of brevity and my sanity i'll leave things here lmao #yeehaw!

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thejustmaiden · 3 years

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So out of nowhere I was tagged and quoted by a SR shipper for a blog of mine posted in August of last year. Talk about throwback but, hey, gotta appreciate that level of snooping. 😉

Back in the day I actually used to encourage discourse amongst Inuyasha fans- both shippers and antis alike- but I've since realized that it's a lost cause. But for you, @feministmetalgreymon , I'll grant this exception. Just 'cause it's been a while so why the hell not. haha

I want to assure you, however, that nothing you say will ever convince me that Sesshomaru and Rin are meant to be together romantically or that the story intended it so. Nor will you find any validation here. You can ship them for all I care, but please for all that is good and holy while I have your attention try- I mean really try- to understand why it is so many of us Inuyasha fans are so against this pairing in the first place (newsflash: it's not about ship wars), and why we believe a romance between the two of them is completely and utterly out of character.

For those of you interested in reading this, the blog of mine in question that the above shipper mentions in their counter-argument is here for reference. It's titled "Jaken = Rin's Dad?" I'm going to try and keep this short, but I'm also making no such promises. After all, I'm not exactly known for my brevity. haha Now let's get crackin'!

Like you, feministmetalgreymon, did for your recent blog here where you took screenshots of mine to address certain parts, I will be doing the same and dissecting yours accordingly.

[Snippet 1]

I worked with kids for many years as a teacher, and many people in my family have too or still do. Two of them happen to be just over 5 feet which is quite short for the average adult woman living here. I've also worked alongside many a women of short stature, and never did I hear any of them complaining of issues with their students having difficulty differentiating them from their own peers just because they were short as well. I'm sorry but that's just ridiculous. Kids are quite smart and pick up on a lot more than you seem to give them credit for. Height is not the only characteristic they look at to determine who's an adult and who's not, and it's foolish to suggest otherwise. So unless you're a babysitter who's still in their teens and/or who has very childlike features or behavior then I'm afraid what you're getting at is total hogwash. This is just another example of how you shippers offer nothing of real substance to your reasoning, it's only ever cherry-picking or strawmanning from you guys. Stop deflecting from the real issues please, because this certainly isn't one and only winds up being a complete waste of time for all parties involved.

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Okay, calm down now. I wasn't insinuating that relationships between parents and children can't change over time in terms of how they get along. Of course that's possible, as all families experience their fair share of estrangement and abuse. What I was speaking about was in reference to the overall dynamic between the two. Because a bad mother or father can still be viewed as a parental figure to their child even if say they're not in said child's life anymore. Since Sesshomaru and Rin share a healthy bond- and just a friendly reminder that in my blog I even said that he doesn't have to necessarily be labeled her father but that a romantic relationship later would still be inappropriate- I didn't deem it necessary to address what you brought up. Plus, it kinda, umm, misses the point?? Please, let's stay on topic. And it's not captured in the screenshot, but stop acting like there isn't a small part of them that idolizes their parents at some point during childhood. Just like you mention later on how it's normal for kids to have innocent crushes on adults that they eventually grow out of? Well, guess what, the same concept applies here. Kids eventually learn that their parents are far from perfect and make mistakes too. Rin is so damn young in the OG series though that we never even get to see her reach that maturity level.

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LOL! Alright, okay, so the "unbreakable bond" bit you're mentioning was actually me quoting you sessrinners. Did you not catch that? I literally spelled it out. *sigh* The whole point I was making is that shippers like yourself make hypocritical and contradictory statements all.the.goddamn.time. One moment you guys claim that Sesshomaru and Rin were essentially strangers and meant very little to each other, only to say in the same breath a few seconds later that they were destined to be together and their bond is like no other. I agree, their bond is special, but why must that mean they're going to fall in love?

That is the root of the matter here. Too many animes/mangas have romanticized this older adult man & young girl growing up falling in love trope that it's become way too normalized and widely accepted across the world- and yes, in some cultures more than others. Sadly, you lack the awareness to recognize how this all works. You know how we know that? When we see that you shippers are so desensitized to sexualized images of girls in the media that you share posts like this one below which *subtly* imply a future romance although one half of that pairing is still just a child in the pic and then try and pass it off as cute. That's like super fucking problematic and it scares me that you can't see that (or deny you do). 🤢

After all that's said and done, Sesshomaru leaving Rin in the village with Kaede is to me the strongest indicator more than pretty much anything else he's done for Rin that proves he is her adoptive father. It's so funny to me how you somehow see the exact opposite though. 🤔 What I think is happening is that you got yourself on some squeaky clean ass shipper goggles fresh out of your little echo chamber. Because I hate to tell you, but what you're fantasizing is what you want to see and not what's actually there on screen or was written into the story. I'm strictly talking about Inuyasha and the manga of course. [For the TL; DR version skip to the last paragraph.]

Parents looking after their kids is what parents are supposed to do. A good parent will do anything to keep their child safe and ensure they are cared for, so what he did for her by leaving her there was in her best interests clearly. Besides, as a babysitter, you more than most people should understand that parents aren't always able to be there for their kids so sometimes others gotta step in to help. Haven't you heard of the saying, "it takes a village to raise a child?" Which in Rin's case is literally true! 😂 Sometimes kids are even sent off to stay with grandparents and that's who raises them instead. Or maybe they have to temporarily live with an aunt or uncle because their single parent's job requires they work out of town 4-5 days of the week so they're hardly home. But that doesn't mean that the parents care or love their kids any less, and it's foolish to assume that Sesshomaru must have thought very little of Rin simply due to the fact that he made the decision to leave her in the village. Come on, y'all are acting like he abandoned her there!!

It's just given the circumstances Sesshomaru finally came to learn that Rin traveling with him was no longer safe. I also like to think it's because he wished for her to live a more normal life and to learn how to fully trust humans again. Plus, continuing to travel with him as young as she was would have proven dangerous and unwise. Now for you to know all this and still manage to turn his past actions towards her while she was just a child into a romantic gesture is what boggles my mind. Regardless of how you look at it, from my perspective or your own, Sesshomaru is in the wrong. Either he's a father figure who impregnates his daughter at the young age of approximately 14. OR he's this man she used to travel with who maybe isn't a father to her but who nonetheless basically rapes her since kids her age can't consent to sex with an adult. Idk about you but it sounds to me like nobody here wins with either scenario we're given. In other words, you should be just as mad as we are. If only one side didn't choose to forsake their morals they know we both have in common for the sake of a ship. Welp. 🤷‍♀️

I agree, incest is disgusting but that's not the only problem we have with this pairing. A romantic bond forming between Sesshomaru and Rin would also constitute as grooming.

You realize that over the years he visited her in the village that he brought her gifts too and essentially watched her grow up right before his very eyes, right? I mean, I know you do, but I really shouldn't have to explain further why pursuing a romantic/sexual relationship with each other is plain and simple wrong. And before you say it's not because he didn't have any malintent, please understand that considering their history and power dynamic up to then that yes this is still considered grooming even if Rin supposedly "wanted it" or "made the first move." Whether you consider him her father or not, as the adult who took on a role resembling that of a caretaker in her early life- a critical developmental time for a child- Sesshomaru is obligated to turn down any advances by Rin and most definitely should not initiate any himself. As the first close adult figure she's had in her life since her parents died, it's unfathomable to imagine how Sesshomaru could go through with taking advantage of this young girl who was under his care and supervision since they met. To think he could be capable of betraying that trust sickens me to the core.

This. Now THIS is how a parent/guardian or a similar adult caretaker (babysitter, teacher, etc.) talks to a child. And, in turn, this is how some young children talk to adults. You'd be insane and delusional to deny it! We see it in our everyday lives, do we not? From where else do you think our stories draw most of their inspiration? Yes, obviously these fictional universes have aspects of fantasy that don't exist in the real world, but so how then do you suppose we're able to relate to them? The reason for that being is because these stories are written by people for people, so naturally there are going to be real life aspects embedded throughout. Sure, a little escapism doesn't hurt as we don't need to take everything so seriously, but ultimately we all need to recognize that the messages in the stories we tell matter. Most stories possess a combination of both light and dark themes, but when it specifically comes to the latter we gotta be careful with how we tackle this in children's media since kids are far more impressionable.

So if at the center of a story we have two of the main protagonists whose mom is basically their same age and to top it off she knew their dad when she was just a girl and who just so happened to help raise her, wouldn't you say that's beyond fucked up or at the very least so fucking weird? Like why would we think it's even remotely okay for our children to watch this garbage?? Really think about it. Try and be objective for once and think about how it would sound explaining this storyline to an outsider who's never watched IY or HNY. Well, antis have tried this before many times and we always get the same reaction: Ewww!

Like I said earlier, if you wanna ship it then fine, but 1) please stop seeking our approval or trying to change our minds - your ship wish came true didn't it, so why do you need us to validate it? 2) even though it's not canon, respect that we don't support this sequel portraying pedophilia in a positive light. It's harmful af to not only allow but glorify the continuation of sexualized images of young girls everywhere. And I shouldn't have to say this, but just because this trope is popular as you say does not make it right. Lolicon themes in the media have been an issue forever and it needs to stop. Yes, even some people in Japan or "the East" would agree. Shocker!

We're pissed off and rightfully so because Yashahime's TV rating is 14, not to mention it airs at the prime time kids in Japan watch TV after getting home from school. That's Towa and Setsuna's age, true, but if Rin being the mom when she's like only a year older than them (please don't argue w/ me about the math- antis have so far been right every time with it) is straight-up disgusting and not something we should be supporting or endorsing. Rin's a whole ass child!! Please don't start with the "but times were different then so her having kids at 15 is acceptable" argument either, because we've already debunked that and every other single excuse you guys throw at us. Besides, how or why would you expect young viewers to know these historical "facts" anyway, especially if as you suggest fiction doesn't affect reality so what does it matter? Yet here we are, arguing over a fictional show in real life almost a year and a half into the "Sesshomaru fucks?" sequel being announced. My ass, your ass, hell all our asses fiction doesn't affect reality!

Look, I do apologize if the tone of this blog came off as snippy or condescending at times. I do not wish you any ill will, it's just I'm not really sure what you expected to get out of all this besides maybe getting on my nerves perhaps. haha A lot of you shippers have been desperately scrambling to interact with us, lurking in our tags, jumping onto our posts screaming canon and getting so defensive even though you sought us out first. We've been sticking to our tags, so how about you stay in your lane too. By the way since we're on the topic, have you seen Twitter or Reddit?! SR shippers there are the actual worst and many Inuyasha fans (not just antis) have complained of not feeling welcomed to engage in fandom spaces anymore. Shippers swarm them and scare them off simply because fans don't like your ship and refuse to accept it. It's pathetic, really. No one should ever be bullied or harassed just because they don't like something you might. We're all fans of Inuyasha, aren't we? So let's act like it. Yashahime on the other hand, you guys are welcome to that pungent heap of trash. Fans have a right to criticize it too, but if you like it then good for you, so keep on liking it and don't mind us.

I'm almost done, but real quick back to Jaken! Let's not forget about how the official Yashahime website- which came out after my blog, mind you- described Jaken. This translation isn't the best one available but it's the only version a fellow anti friend could track down. They do recall a better one done by a native Japanese speaker who was also an anti, and that member confirmed that Jaken is indeed called Rin's babysitter. So you see, I was right in my interpretation. In the original post I did compare Jaken to a brother, but after talking to others (some comments can be found under said post) I did acknowledge that he's more of a reluctant babysitter who's not related. And if he's not at least a brother to Rin, then he's definitely not her father.

At the end of the day, the creator Rumiko Takahashi has the final word. Which is guess what? Hogosha. 💖 Probably should've just started out with that and saved us all the trouble, huh? Good day/night to you.

Papamaru bids you adieu now. 🤞

#anti yashahime #anti sessrin #sesshomaru is rin's dad #papamaru #hogosha 💖#the sequel may not be canon but sunrise can still burn in hell

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