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I don't know how many dsmp-ers agree with this, but from a storytelling standpoint, c!Dream is just. A bad villian. I think it's a big reason why the ending is so universally hated.
I think in the beginning, it was okay, because we were all expecting more depth to get added to his character later. I saw so many fancomics and theories and analyses that gave such good ideas for a solid character, motive, and overall, a good villian. But we never really got that payoff.
He starts off with a basic "control obsessed" trait. He opposes the L'Manbergians for a mildly valid reason, and then only gives up the fight for control over Tommy (the discs). Then, Schlatt gives him the revive book; he gets even more control crazy. It's a good setup, but it never pays off in the way we want it to. The ending is unsatisfying for many, and nobody really stops to pity Dream, even though that's what they're trying to do. They're trying to pull this "aw, what a tragic character" card, but it's ultimately unsuccessful. Why? Well...
As I said, the setup is good, but things get muddled in the middle. After Dream gets the revive book, there is not a single moment where he's protrayed in any positive light. In fact, after this point, people's view of him gets worse. He slowly becomes more and more unforgivable. The problem with this is that after a certain point, characters cannot have a redemption arc. Or, at the very least, it would be very, very difficult. Dream hits this point. Once he hits that, the ending that people are expecting for him likely ends in death, or worse. The most satisfying ending for the audience is for him to die in a dramatic fashion—kind of like what happened with Schlatt. Schlatt's a good villian with a good ending; it's a satisfying end for a villian while still making it clear that our protagonists' stories are not over. We expected something like that for Dream, and frankly, nothing else would make sense. He had become so evil that the only option was death. There was no pity.
After he escapes from prison, we were ready for this ending. Clearly, it was ramping up for some big finale. And then, he never shows up. I recognize that there were other things going on behind the scenes that led to the lack of content, but it got to such a point that I was beginning to doubt if it ever would get an ending. I started to think that the dsmp would just fade away, all because their lead villian would not show up. All that build up to a dramatic death was, well, dying off. It was taking too long.
And then, when the ending did come along, it only pushes his "evilness" more. He reveals his revive book experiments and his end plan for Tommy and Tubbo. For a moment, the fact that he was gone for so long disappeared. The tensity is back.
And then they pulled the pity card.
It felt like a cop-out. There was no build up to it, no extra scenes with him before this moment where we stop to see his stuggle. No earlier streams where we can see him in an even slightly positive light. It just doesn't happen. So, of course, when they pull the "why can't things just be simple?" we all are yanked from the illusion of the world.
There are a lot of problems with the ending, but the failure to understand Dream's character, role as a villian, and audience expectations for him definitely harm the ending more than others.
I'd love to hear if you guys agree or disagree or just have anything to add! This is just my opinion, so I'd love to hear if anyone thinks differently. I like analyzing <3
#im trying to fix this in my comic#dsmp#dream smp#dsmp discussion#dsmp dream#dsmp discourse#dsmp opinion#dsmpblr#dsmp tumblr#dsmp theory#dsmp analysis
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study of this masterwork
#wayneradiotv#rtvs#sonic the hedgehog#after '''''typesetting'''''''' this thing I almost forgot how to spell hedgehog#the caption is fully unironic btw this is for educational purpose. its very fun to draft a comic from an existing ''thumbnail'' it turns ou#but also I just love comics dude. I just love sequential art its so cool to see how anyone arranges things in their own comic#like. wayne's sprite on top of the ''what!!'' speech bubble. really fucking good#little bit sad I couldnt catch the streams live even tho they did run in my timezone... bc Im bad at sleepin#but! Im gonna try and set an alarm this weekend. wanna hang out for a bit#also yeah all dialogue in this is accurate to the original. no use fixing whats perfect as they say#debated printing this out and scuffing the paper with eraser and then re-scan it. for authenticity. but Im tired and dinner soon so#sorry cosme my friend cosme I couldnt commit. I couldnt do it....#anyways yeah. I dinner now#have a good day lads! what u see truly is what u get
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imigane clover ever letting slip how fucked they family life was and ceroba just being mortified
the gang ends up on the local news
#my art#monster clover au#undertale yellow#starlo uty#ceroba ketsukane#martlet uty#clover uty#i think clovers parents were neglectful and strict based off of canon hints so thats kind of what im going for here!!#they neglected their house and their kid and expected clover to fend for themselves#and yet expect them to do everything and follow their rules#so its weird for them to actually. have reliable adults#(even if those adults… did try to kill them at first and let them kill themselves and didnt stop them but you know. everyone has flaws!!)#(theyre getting better at being adults LMAOO)#ALSO I JUST REALIZED I COVERED THE PANEL OF MARTLET FIXING THE ROOF SO U CANT TELL WHATS GOING ON?!??!#im too lazy to fix it. but im mad i covered it up#mcau comic#mcau art
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Have I ever mentioned how much I enjoy the fact that when Barry came back to life he was all "??I should just be dead??? I don't want to be here??? Let me go back?!?" and then Hal took him to the Flash Museum to cheer him up and was forcibly stopping Barry from leaving and Hal was just like "Barry! 😄 My best friend and buddy who is alive!! 😄😄 I love you and you aren't allowed to die again! 😄😄😄 If you leave my line of vision I will hurt people! 😄😄😄😄 You suicidal mother fucker I will chain you to a fucking wall!!!! 😄😄😄😄😄😄😄"
Anyway I think that was great and I'm glad they dedicated an entire issue to it
#.... ill be quiet about this. for you.#its just so great#Hal was following Barry around like a puppy. desperately trying to Barry cheer Barry up#then Barry killed some people. which was pretty cash money of him#then Hal was like which was pretty cash money of Hal tbh#and then Barry wanted to die and Hal restrained him and tried to get him to the watchtower and Barry just#vibrated out and ran back into the speedforce#and Hal just screamed#anyway Wally tracked him down and together him and Barry kicked Eobard's butt (which is speedster therapy) and everything worked out#but for a second there... oof#dc#dc comics#the flash#barry allen#hal jordon#green lantern#i fucked up my tags cause i forgot about quotation marks but im not fixing it
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sabolaw...and corabug...like imagine ur not so boyfriend but boyfriend pulling up one day and meeting ur two clown dads....
SORRY THIS TOOK ALMOST A MONTH TO GET TO BUT LOOK SILLY COMIC!!
sabolaw and corabug make me so insane omfg i was originally gonna make some drawings based off your idea where they somehow meet in regular op world but it morphed into me making a modern au comic
also apologies for the formatting of some of the panels i just kinda put shit wherever i could fit it hopefully its readable
#one piece#one piece fanart#op#op fanart#trafalgar law#sabo#sabolaw#corazon#donquixote rosinante#buggy#buggy the clown#corabug#citrus art#getting back into the swing of drawing and actually being happy with it#also quick announcement since im alr talking here but my posts will be a more traditional than digital for now#because my apple pens pressure sensitivity has been messed up lately and i can barely draw with it 😭😭#im gonna try and bring it to the store sometime soon to see if they can fix it instead of me having to replace it#ok announcement over hope you enjoyed the comic 👍
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Fixing history using the power of editing and my editing skills!!
For today we have, New Titans (1980) Issue #100
✨ Wedding Special ✨
@robstarblog @robstaryeah pinging yall just in case so that this doesn't get lost in oblivion (It'd be painful since I worked 5 hours non stop on it lol)
I think the most time was taken by the final panel and adding in the finishing touches since I pretty much had to change everything to the pixel level, quite literally lol (I'm serious, I did)
Welp I hope the results were worth it! And with that, another one gets a good ending!!
I kinda didn't add sleeves in the first two panels of the final page because it didn't look good and looked janky with how I was editing it so yeah please ignore that-
#teen titans#robstar#dick grayson#koriand'r#starfire#dickkory#Changing history#using the power of editing and my own skills!#giving the good ending to characters who truly deserve it#it took me 5 hours to complete all the editing to the miniscule level#i paid attention to every detail to match each panel#it took a lot of effort but it was worth it!!#but damn man there have been so little dickkory content that I really had to search hard to get myself a suitable pic to edit out of#we have a lot barbara content with dick but barely much with Kori honestly#anw hope this is nice#self editing#also#Donot remove my watermark while reposting otherwise I'll consider it as stealing >:(#dont steal#that damn priest took so much time to edit like holy cow#I really went above and beyond to get all the details right and consistent throughout#I let my perfectionist nature manifest#but yea#now Dick and Kori can have an uninterrupted happy wedding <3#im so happy#I may try another one of these fixie thingies if I find anything^^#this was really fun to work on#i fixed canon#but fuck the actual canon#cuz most comic writers cant even do just one job right
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the eraser on my tablet pen has broken D: the rest of the pen works just fine but it's a hardware issue not a software one, not something i can readily fix o|< augh
#the wire coil that gives the pressure sensitivity power has been severed#apparently there was supposed to be springs in the eraser bit and i. lost those LONG ago#so the wear and tear of rubbing against that bit of plastic for so long must have just finally broke it#augh#noooooooo#my software has a change pen hotkey so it's not too bad i guess but augh#it'll be mspaint rules from now on i guess#just manually switching between pen and eraser instead of just being able to flip the pen#o|<#bro im trying to speedrun 8 pages of a comic this is NOT helping#girl please i already have a headache i can't fix rn
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Was meant to be self-sacrifice and somehow turned into Shenanigans instead: welcome the yj core 4 being three badly-raised teenage guys and one "normal" teenage girl who Does Not Deserve This Level Of Mortification (also, there's a vampire)
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"Okay," Tim says, and then again, a bit more breathlessly, "okay. We can do this. It's fine. It's fine? No-one's injured, and without blood their tracking won't be-"
"Shit," Cassie says. Tim's attention immediately snaps to her, which is not what she wants but also entirely what she expects.
"What?" he asks. "Did you get hurt? Are you okay?"
"No," she says, humiliation making her cheeks burn, and Tim gets even more concerned.
"No what?" he asks, and then, too fast for her to get an answer in, "No to you being okay? No to having an injury? Cassie-"
Oh god this is the worst, she thinks, because this is the punchline to the world's most misogynistic joke - an alien, a too-old baby, a socially awkward teen therapist, and a girl with- "I'm on my period," she says, and hates how squirmy embarrassment feels in her stomach.
Kon stares at her, looking vaguely panicked. Bart at least just cocks his head, but Tim can't even look at her, and he's turning pink under his mask-
"How- much blood?" Tim asks, sounding as awkwardly as she feels, and Cassie hisses.
"I don't measure it! I dunno, Robin, enough for a freaking blood-sniffing vampire to track-"
"Just turn it off?" Bart says, and Cassie makes an offended noise in the back of her throat.
"Wait, she can do that?" Kon asks, now looking even more panicked.
"No!" Tim and Cassie say in unison.
"I wish," Cassie adds, and this time it's Bart's turn to reel back.
"So you just bleed?" he asks, aghast.
Cassie's tone probably matches his when she asks, "Imp, has no-one had the talk with you yet? Is there no sex ed in the future?"
"Shots not," Tim says, and Cassie immediately repeats the phrase, desperately.
"What!" Kon says, "No, no, no, no, I am not- I can't! You want me to teach him? I don't even know if human sex ed is different from Kryptonian sex ed!"
"Not like Superman gave you many pointers on either," Tim mutters, because he takes every chance he can get to snub Clark, and Cassie steps on his foot.
"Nobody has to tell me about anything," Bart says crossly, "I'll just go to the library and teach myself-"
"Vampire!" says Tim, grabbing Bart's bicep before he can flash from the room. "Oh my god do not go out there right now."
#yj98#core4#core four#young justice#cassie sandsmark#tim drake#conner kent#bart allen#superheroes#dc comics#nari is writing#unfinished fic snips#i may cannibalise it for spiderkon but it would also be fun just to have SHENANIGANS you know?#and if i do change it i have to fix the line abt the aliens#i was trying to go for cassie: fuck im the only girl rn and i have to tell three teenage guys about my period#the teenage mortification of being a year into it so everything is the worst and you hate your body and it still Hurts So Bad#sorry cassie <3#the thought came to me at 12:03 and would not leave me to stop giggling#HOW AWKWARD. TO BE HUNTED BY A VAMPIRE AND HAVE NO INJURIES BUT YOUR DAMN PERIOD#anyway the self sacrifice was gonna be tim giving himself an injury so his blood was fresh#but then i decided lmao maybe from a plan standpoint#- and sorry here bart -#they just use bart as a blood letting machine and lead the vamp to a trap#he's a speedster!!! the blood replenishes faster!!!#fic snips
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quick random poll because this has been bugging me since frontiers came out
cutscene in question -> X
#if you have stuff to say please tell me i wanna hear thoughts on this#not to sway the poll but its felt like such a weird cutscene to me and not right for their characters#but i dont know if i have any reasoning for it#something about how maybe knux is too trusting ? but he really hasnt been lately#tryna work it out in my head. different situations sonics been in and how hes handled them#he kinda just rolled with merlina. then again she wasnt directly working against him at the start. same with shahra#maybe im getting a mix of idws sonic in it and thats whats rubbing the wrong way#its got a similar feel to the whole 'i can fix them' attitude he has toward enemies and rivals in those comics that just isnt my favorite#dont want to get into idw arguments but it does bother me#rraaaaaa ive gotta stop trying to analyze sonics character its gonna drive me crazy#rambles#sth#sonic frontiers spoilers#anyway this is just genuine curiosity and asking for clarification if anyone does think its in-character and why#i like hearing thoughts on this stuff#can you tell its midnight for me
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Since tumblr exists, I might as well post this thing here
I’m still trying to finish the first book and there’s already a second? how do people even write so much, my dear god, the first book is massive
#lord of the mysteries#klein moretti#arrodes#LotM#lord of mysteries#comic#jrcss#im trying to remember how to tumblr#it's been a long while#my tags page in the blog is still messed up#and im too lazy to fix it#but might as well drop the drawing here for whomever is in need of LotM content on this website#I posted it on twitter first but let it be here too
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Kinda hate my art rn imma be so honest
#idk i think it just looks so??? lazy??#like my studies i like#but my comics I abhor#i feel like theyve been in a downward spiral for a while#👎👎#anyway if it looks weirdly experimental rn thats why#im trying to fix it
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Things that make me a real star wars fan:
the og battlefront games are some of my favorite games ever
I've read over 100 of the books
I've read most of the pre-disney star wars comics, including the strips from the 70s and 80s, and many of the post Disney comics
I played all the Lego star wars games as a kid and then paid to play them again with the Skywalker saga
the 2003 clone wars specials are some of my favorite animated media ever, and I've watched the clone wars series several times over
I rewatch the OT and PT about every 3 months and actually force people to celebrate may the 4th and may the 6 with me
I own star wars Lego sets. Yes the small ones, but even those are overpriced. Still own them though.
I've watched most of the Disney+ cashgrabs shows
when I went to comic con the only thing I bought was a han solo art print that I got signed by the artist (I then left early because I have autism and had an autistic meltdown. I haven't gone to a convention since but I want to try them again, so if you're autistic give me tips you use at conventions pls!!)
i own the star wars archive books
i have several of the newer star wars games
Things that make me a fake star wars fan:
i constantly forget jango fett's name
i think that both luke and mara jade are gay and each other's beards.
one time at dnd i was talking about star wars and referred to basic as common
i call jizz jazz
#star wars#original trilogy#prequel trilogy#star wars prequels#star wars original trilogy#i am a bad star wars fan#i have annotated all the star wars books ive read to prep for writing a fix it fic but i didn't recognize the AT-AT foot in the kh4 trailer#jango fett#actually autistic#im not kidding if you have tips for surviving conventions please give them to me#i love cosplaying but i cant show off my costumes because im scared of having a meltdown at a convention again#when i had it a nice lady saw my dad and sister trying to calm me down and helped us get to a quiet area and bought me a water though.#either her son or her nephew or smth i dont remember exactly had autism so she recognized what was happening#@lady at boston comic con 2016 who took time out of your convention going to help an autistic teenager who was melting down over#not getting into a voltron panel thank you you are a real one random nice lady
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One of these days I will figure out the secret to turning my brain off to go to sleep when it is in Project Mode and then it's Over for you fools
#ramblings of an arrow#I will be so powerful#as it stands currently I cant sleep because all I can do is think about Trap Troubles#and how damn excited I am to thumbnail this comic#and how much I want to be doing it Right Now#planning panel layouts in my head#is not conducive to actually sleeping#but anyways all of the characters are like blorbos to me#and I cant stop turning them around in my head#and trying to plan visual foreshadowing#soooooo full of project thoughts and excitement do not know how to fix it#perhaps I will post the character line up I did sometime tomorrow#anyways if I can keep this excitement and momentum up for the rest of the month that bodes Very Well for my ability#to eventually pursue something art related for a living#or produce my own webcomic#its also just EXTRA FUN because its a collaboration with my wife and she is SUCH a fantastic writer#she really carries the whole thing#and it helps me be less self conscious because im not worried about whether or not the writing is good#I KNOW the writing is good#and I know my art will be Good Enough#because a myriad of art mistakes can be forgiven when the writing is good#takes a lot of pressure off my brain lol
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comics mutuals how do u find what issues a character is in if theyre from a more obscure publisher/nothing is documented securely on what issues theyre in and what issues they are not in
#twist rambles#im trying to get into stuff w avengelyne bc im sorry. i could fix her. shes catholic and could be a girlflop to me. but bc its image comic#the resources that are out there 4 dc or marvel are NOT there. im this close to just. having to scrape info togehter and make my own best#chrono that i can manage. which is SCARY
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"There's no way I'd let Pei Ming pin this on the State Preceptor of Banyue and protect Pei Xiu. It doesn't matter if you're a mortal, a god, or a ghost, you have to be responsible for your own actions. Bullying a little girl is low."
Sometimes I wonder how much these exact words come back to haunt Shi Qingxuan after everything is said and done because those have been and always will be her convictions: you can't trample over others and expect there to be no justice, whether it finds you in one year or one hundred years or a thousand years. It's unforgivable to use another's life as currency for your own. And yet, she might as well have been talking to herself. Even if she hadn't known, she benefitted from the lowly actions of 'bullying a little girl.' What Banyue was rescued from, He Xuan's sister and mother and fiancee weren't. All because of her (in her mind, anyway; the way she interprets her brother's actions being her fault is another can of worms). I think on late nights when she's nursing the aches of a mortal body, she'll remember so confidently saying those words to Xie Lian and cry for the girls whose breaths were smothered out and traded so she could know the wind as its master. Even though it's presumptuous, she'll cry for them and feel nothing but the type of shame that wells up from knowing her tears, too, are stained with their blood.
#▌ ◈ SHI QINGXUAN ; ⌜ study ⌟#hi guys. do you like my new pfp. i need to fix the dimensions since their feetsies are cut off.#ended up NOT being here over the weekend since many things happened but hiii im gonna try to write one or two shorter things!#anyway. sqx is too remorseful and empathetic to NOT think about those poor women#every time i think i'm done considering just how fearful and devastated and ashamed sqx was upon learning the truth#something brings another layer to mind and i do the family guy death pose#did i thumbnail out a comic for this. yes. will i finish it. um!
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ggggrrhhh. This bad (not at all...bad cop and good cop more like....like...)boy can fit so much trauma in him (please be careful.)
#dear god I haven't done digital art since last year#everything has been on paper and I've been dying to fix my drawing tablet sometime soon#it looks so rushed because it was and I was trying to work on the shading of everything#barry allen#the flash#dc#dc comics#my art#IT LOOKS SO WEIRD IKK IM SO SORRY
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