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foureyes802 · 2 months

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I feel like every Space Ghost comic since 2005 is more interested in appealing to the dozen people left that love Space Ghost but hated Coast to Coast, apposed to actually working with the excellent characters and world building that Space Ghost and friends revived after the 80s. I'm not convicted we aren't going to get a Space Ghost comic better than a 7/10 by numbers space adventure until we get a Space Ghost comic that can admit the talkshow wasn't a mistake but was actually excellent. At least we still have that new episode of Jellystone to celebrate Coast to Coast turning 30 this year

See, the thing for me is that I do love the original '66 cartoon, independent of my existing love for c2c, but I still really dislike the post-'05 comics! They DON'T appeal to me because to give Space Ghost a super serious backstory and raise the stakes of his adventures and make him gritty and brooding (*unironically* brooding, as opposed to c2c) is to betray everything that worked about the OG and made it fun. More under the cut.

I *like* that he has a million different, incredibly specific rays on his power bands based exclusively on what kind of trap he's been caught in. I *like* that he constantly announces what's going on to the audience even though this is a cartoon and they're already looking at the screen. I *like* that the villains aren't super violent or threatening, even when they do things like taking Jan & Jace hostage. It's a lot like the Batman series from the same year, but Space Ghost was a cartoon that shared its own episodes with a *different* cartoon so each one has about 1/5th of the airtime to work with. And it worked! In part because of the stuff I already listed, and in part because it was committed to itself. "We have 7 minutes to take the children of America on an epic space adventure, and that's what we're going to do, dammit!" I can imagine the writers saying.

The other thing about the whole situation is, Batman had time to become gritty. You could argue he pioneered it, in fact. In the time that Batman was influencing the landscape of modern superhero comics, Space Ghost was... doing the talk show. And Cartoon Network comics about the talk show. When the '05-'06 comics tried to jump straight into full grit, basing the tone on what was already on the shelves in '05-'06, there was no buffer for that. It's especially jarring because Coast to Coast and The Brak Show were still freshly cancelled at the time, so that was likely the version most familiar to a lot of comic book shop regulars who picked it up. Maybe they loved it then, IDK. I haven't looked at contemporary reviews. When I read it maybe a year ago I thought it was so self-serious that it was trying to *shake off* its predecessors, like, "No, that stuff is dumb, we're trying to be Batman In Space now! It's so cool and grand!" And it wasn't NOT those things, especially because the art is legitimately really good, but it also didn't feel anything like Space Ghost. A "modern reboot" of the series would have to straddle that line for much longer for me to get into it, taking itself seriously but keeping itself fun first & foremost. Also I hate the way they redesigned and wrote Zorak.

#this got VERY long and its also basically just my opinions #also keep in mind i havent watched the 80s cartoon. i saw that it didnt have any of the original villains and i said no thanks LMAO #i play favorites. can you blame me.#tl;dr i dont think you need to directly address the talk show itself to make a good modern space ghost #you just need to identify the same stuff in the OG that the boys at turner did when they MADE c2c. yknow?#anyway. thank you for the ask! i always love an opportunity to ramble on and on about this franchise #space ghost #sgc2c

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compacflt · 10 months

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I love your interpretation of Mav and Ice. I love how realistic they both feel because well, they're white men in the Navy starting in the 80s. What it does make me wonder about Carole? I know you don't write for her but your analysis of Top Gun itself just made me wonder about her. Like whether she was a traditional military wife or just kinda met Goose and fell into it. Did Goose's death and the period between his death and her's change anything? Did it make her more skeptical of the military because of the cause of Goose's death or was her asking Mav to not let Bradley fly purely out of her hurt for Goose's death and not a moral/political thing also. PS. I read your Slider fic and absolutely adored it

well… i think any attempt to flesh out Carole’s character is gonna be completely based on conjecture, because we’re not given more than “slightly naive Christian woman who doesn’t always say exactly the right thing.”

But I think it’s helpful to remember where she fits into the narrative at large, and why: Carole Bradshaw is the villain of the Top Gun franchise. Top Gun is her villain origin story.

The rhetorical purpose of the top gun franchise is: to make money, obv, AND to get people to join the navy. (to what extent it’s successful at achieving that latter goal is the topic of a different post… im certainly not the first to say it’s pretty easy to find an antimilitary reading of TG.) but if top gun is aiming to portray the navy as someplace you want to be, and someplace where you have to earn a spot to be (as I keep repeating over the last couple weeks, it’s all about honor), then Carole Bradshaw becomes the villain of the recruiting story of Top Gun: Maverick, because she (momentarily) prevented her son from joining the navy with the honor he thought he deserved, and she is to blame for the emotional through line of the entire movie. Thank God! we don’t have to blame maverick for fucking up and preventing Bradley from achieving his Dream Of Working As A US Military Contractor! we can blame his dead mom instead, so that maverick is still a good guy whom we, a moderately-conservative pro-navy target audience (🤑), can still root for & pay money to see.

so yeah narratively speaking she’s just a scapegoat. She has no agency in the story whatsoever, she’s only an object to receive blame. any backstory/reasoning/character we invent for her doesn’t really matter. It doesn’t really matter WHY she does it—whether she hates the military or not, narratively speaking we have to blame her just the same either way—it just matters that she does it. and then she has to immediately die so she can’t explain herself and maverick has to self-sacrificially take the blame. Because otherwise the plot of TGM wouldn’t happen, which would not achieve the rhetorical goals of making a bunch of money and getting kids to sign up for the navy.

#always a treat to remember that the target audience of tgm is republican dads of teenage boys #i only watched top gun bc i (teenager) was forced to by my formerly republican dad #i saw ur Carole post & i actually think she was fridged.#in case you couldn’t tell i am a little pissed about it.#very rarely are side characters just characters. everyone (paramount pictures and me included) has an axe to grind.#thanks for the ask glad you liked slider! It’s my favorite thing I’ve written for the fandom so im glad #top gun maverick #top gun #carole bradshaw #asks #pete maverick mitchell #* pissed about the fridging not about your post. i liked your post #she is killed not to strengthen the emotional throughline of the story but #solely to further TGM’s pro-navy pro-recruitment agenda and absolve the male MC of guilt.#that is the purpose of her death & her character at large in the franchise #sooooooo imo it doesn’t really matter what her outlook is/was #she’s the villain #and also part of joining the navy/having family members in the AFUSA is accepting the risk. esp if ur husband is an aviator there is so #much risk involved independent of enemies etc. people die flying all the fuckin time. she would’ve had to accept that #the fact that she doesn’t accept that is what makes her an anti patriotic villain etc etc #and remember she TOLD maverick GOOSE would’ve accepted the risk ‘he would’ve flown anyway’#again she is incredibly out of character in TGM (as is Mav) re: papers pulling & its all to serve this rhetorical goal

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marinerainbow · 8 months

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Hey! ^^ I dunno whether your new job is getting easier or not but I figured F/O's can never hurt a situation! XD Either way though, here! Have some of your F/O's finding out about/asking about your OC's ! ^^

Imagine Audrey II humming over the phone he stole right out of your hands while you were messaging a friend, scrolling through the messages about some funky little weasels and bunny rabbit~ "Oooh, these are some snazzy characters, here, sweetheart! I especially like that filly, Shiny! She's got something, huh? Heheh." You try to grab it back, though you're feeling a sense of pride and warmth hearing the loud-mouthed plant compliment your creations in a way thats so genuinly them, but they raise their vines quick before you can reach it. "Uh uh uh, not so fast cupcake~~ There's more to find out about what goes on in that sweet little head of yours, isnt there, hmm? Heheheh."

(I don't know how Audrey II reads without eyes but he does okay 😅😅😅)

Imagine Harper squinting at your phone and holding it far away from his face, using one hand to hold it and one finger on the other hand to scroll on the futuristic device. He's definitely not used to technology but you sure love watching him use it like a grandpa- even looking as young as he does. It's very amusing. So you don't mind letting him play with it for a whole, around an hour, until he finally drops his arm and the phone to his side and flashes you one of those devastating southern grins. "Well, sweetheart, you sure are talented with the writin'. And those characters a' yours... I am intrigued. I have some questions for ya. Mind if we take a walk?? I could use some time in the great outdoors after playin with your lil device, here."

Imagine how the Hessian's eyes always linger on that commission of the rabbit in your room anytime he's there. He's always wanting to ask; questions boiling inside him about this unfamiliar Thing that seems to be something important to you. Something he doesn't understand but feels he needs to- just doesn't know how to ask. He's fascinated by you, and and there always seems to be something new. But that rabbit, that always seems to catch his eye.

Imagine Russ, zeroing in on Poppy immediately and tapping a commission of her with two fingerless-glove-clad digits; a broad grin spread across his face so that his perfect white teeth graze his bottom lip. "Ooooooooh, this one's cute! Reminds me of someone else sweet as sugar I know~ " He winks down at you, the smirk not budging. "You know who I mean, babygirl??... "

Imagine Scroop overhearing you telling a friend about your OC's, namely a 'Shiny'. You don't notice him standing tall in a dark corner until your friend leaves again and he creeps out on all those spidery legs and with a low hiss. "Shhhhhhhiny, huh??... who's that?... sounds fun." After you tell him a little bit about Shiny, touching on Poppy as well and explains that you have more too, Scroop's got a tiny little smirk stretching at the corners of his bug-mouth; his eyes alight with a fiery interest just for you and what goes in on your head. "... tell me more."

Imagine Tiffany snooping through your laptop when you go to take a shower and leave it open. What? Her ex husband was Chucky; she's learnt to be... uh... shall we say, cautious? Anyway, she's quick to check the important stuff, like email and such, but after deciding that you were good- she thought to peak at your open tabs. One was tumblr, and there was all sorts of interesting stuff on there! Her little sweet thing sure was creative!! Poppy was adorable, just like you. And Shiny was such a kick!- just like herself. Popshine was right up her alley~~ When you got back, Tiffany was reading through your fics with a glass of wine in her hand and a delicious cup of coffee for you, and she pats the the cushion next to her on the couch. "C'mere, babygirl! This stuff is out of this world! You really have a writers brain- gosh, that's so sexy. Let's read together for a while!- ooh, did you use the shampoo I got you? Smells as sweet as you look!~"

Omggggg I love this! But I'm also getting embarrassed at the thought too; these guys are reading my stuff??? My self-indulgent dumb stuff??? They read our conversations???? I... How am I going to live through this?? They weren't supposed to find out! 😅 But they LIKE Poppy and Shiny??? They like my writing???

Oh my lord, this is going to be on my mind all day AT WORK now. I don't know what I'm gonna do or how I'm gonna respond to thus. But thank you so much for this ask! I truly brightened my mood ^^

(Girl, Audrey II choreographed a whole musical number with no legs, figured out how to use a payphone, and knows where to grab prey. And you're questioning how they can read with no eyes? XDDDD what I'm wondering is how the heck did me and my friend not at all noticed the spider psycho in the corner trying to be Inkubus-)

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sawtastic-sideblog · 7 months

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Mark watched the man run from his car to the door of his house, rain pelting the brown trench coat that covered his three piece suit. With water dripping off his hat, the man that has caught Mark's eye fumbles the key into the lock. Mark's clear, bright, icy blue eyes bounce from window to window as the man goes about his Sunday night routine. He fixes a quick dinner, watches television for an hour, and, finally, goes to bed about nine thirty. Once the man is in bed, Mark wanders off and head towards his home.

It's a large house on the edge of town. It was built in the 1850s and served as a place of refuge and a makeshift hospital during the Civil War. With tall windows, even taller columns, a balcony above the porch, and a wrap around porch starting at the side of the house with railing separating it from the front porch, and a perfectly manicured lawn, including flower beds and rose bushes. The inside was also perfect, but comfortable, lived in. Mark opens the heavy, brown wooden door and steps through.

"Coat and shoes off! I don't feel like mopping the floors again, thank you!" A female voice calls from the kitchen. Mark obliges and sheds his coat, shoes, and hat. He then makes his way to the kitchen to find his friend and housemate, Amanda, mixing something in a bowl.

"What are you doing?"

"Cake," was the only reply she gave him. Mark nods in understanding.

"Where's John?"

"Out getting us food."

"When was the last time you fed?"

"Three weeks. You?"

"Same, but my cravings haven't kicked in quite as bad, yet."

"Damn you."

Just then the front door opens again. Mark and Amanda stay silent as they listen to the shedding of coats and shoes. Two pairs of footsteps head their way.

"Any luck?" Amanda asks, hopeful.

"Not tonight. I'm sorry," John, patriarch of this strange little family, responds. Lawrence runs a hand through his blond hair and takes a seat on a stool at the counter. He pushes his black framed glasses up on his nose as he takes in Amanda.

"Cravings got you, huh?"

Amanda nods and starts looking for a cake pan. Mark opens a cabinet and pulls one down for her and hold it out.

"Manda."

"Thanks, Mark," she says as she takes the pan. Mark moves over to the coffee maker and starts brewing a pot. Hearing that the hunt wasn't successful stirred something in Mark and now he is craving coffee. Maybe the hope of a good hunt was holding him over.

"I don't see why we just don't move," Lawrence says. He sounds almost defeated.

"Or just eat animals. Sure, it isn't the same as humans, but it may hold us over until we can get a human," Mark tells the coffee machine.

"Tomorrow, you and Lawrence will go out for animals then. We'll try it to see if it works. If it does then we will do that. If not, we'll figure something out. Goodnight."

With that, John leaves the kitchen and starts heading up the stairs. Lawrence looks over at Mark, who returns the look before pouring three cups of coffee. He hands one to Lawrence who accepts it gratefully before putting in the creamer and sugar. Amanda accepts hers and pours in sugar.

"Wants some coffee with that sugar?" Mark asks and chuckles when Amanda cuts his eyes at him.

"I'm going to make brownies," she responds before downing half the cup in one go. Mark chuckles again and sips his black coffee.

"Who were you guys going for tonight?"

"That nurse that killed those patients in attempts to save them and look better about herself."

"Angel of mercy," Mark mutters mindlessly. Lawrence nods.

"Yeah, she was heavily guarded. Then we tried to get the guy that gave that other guy a Glasgow smile, but the other inmates decided that he was a dick and they got him before us. I told John we should've kept the deal with the police chief when they changed over, but he didn't think Erickson would take too kindly to us."

"He has a vendetta against us. Something about being influences in the choosing of the cheif. And this house. Politics or whatever," Mark explains.

"He's a dick. Maybe we should eat him," Amanda suggests, cracking eggs into a bowl.

"Don't go outside until you eat," Mark says as he sets his cup in the sink. He bids his friends goodnight and walks up the wooden stairs. He walks along the red carpet with gold trim and details. He gets to his room and opens the door. His gray duvet with navy blue and black lines lay on the floor. His light green fitted sheet is off one corner and the light blue top sheet is crumpled at the foot of the bed. Mark takes his time making the bed and changing into a white t-shirt and blue and green plaid pajama bottoms.

He thinks back to the man that caught his eye today. Mark had seen him around, sure, but today they actually crossed paths.

"Vanilla latte for Peter!" The barista calls. The man, Peter, walks over to grab his drink and starts talking to the barista. Another barista calls Mark's order and when he goes to grab it, he smells something sweet. It's not the lattes it's this guy standing between him and his coffee. The scent is intoxicating and Mark can hardly breathe. He wants to smell this man forever.

"Excuse me, sir," Mark says as the man steps back to let Mark grab his drink. They make eye contact for a brief moment and Mark lost his breath. Between his ocean blue eyes and his intoxicating smell, Mark was a goner. Then, Peter smiles. Mark's knees almost buckle. This guy is really gunning for him. Intrigued by the new feeling, Mark secretly follows Peter about his day, until he went to bed that is.

"Mark, open the door, now!" Amanda calls from the hallway.

"Open it yourself," Mark responds. His door is flung open revealing Amanda and Lawrence. Amanda has a plate of brownies in one hand and a pot of fresh coffee in the other. Lawrene is holding a cake and three coffee cups.

"You met your person, didn't you?" Lawrence asks quietly.

"What do you mean?" Mark asks back.

"Your eyes have the same gold ring around them like John's," Lawrence explains.

"Oh, I guess I did," Mark says, sitting up.

"Who is it?" Amanda asks excitedly as scrambles onto the bed. Mark shrugs and takes a brownie.

"I think some guy at the coffee shop I like. Did we get forks?"

"I have some here," John says as he walks in with forks and another coffee cup. His tired blue eyes with gold rings around his irises look into Mark's eyes. He nods slowly. "You've met your love."

"Damn you and your super sonic hearing," Amandasays to John before shoving abrownie into her mouth.

"What do I do? And why did it take you guys so long to figure this out? I can't see my eye and I haven't looked in a mirror since 1932."

"I noticed it when I walked in. I just couldn't place what was different," Lawrence answers as he pours himself coffee.

"We're all hungry. We're off our game," Amanda offers around a mouthful of cake.

"What you do, Mark, is get to know him and let things happen naturally," John answers with a hand on Mark's shoulder. Mark nods and the four continue to talk we'll into the night. About everything. How Mark is going to run into Peter again, how much the cravings are hitting Amanda, how John met his person, and everything in between.

The next morning Lawrence and Mark drag themselves from their beds, the hunger really taking its toll after almost a month of not feeding. They decide to have breakfast at a diner.

"Hi, I'm V and I will be your server this morning," the server says in an almost monotone voice. Their apron is decorated with pins and buttons. There's one with cartoonish vampire fangs with a bright red drop of blood hanging off of one fang against a black background. Another is white with a simple black text that reads "they/them", a matching one beside it reads "he/him", a third button with a light blue background and bold, yellow text says "smile." There are many more showing a dinosaur on a skateboard, an astronaut riding a jellyfish, a cat wearing a mushroom hat, pigs, cows, more cats, and one that says "I <3 Vampires." Mark and Lawrence let their eyes wander the array on V's apron

"It sounds like you're not ready to be a human," Mark jokes. The server gives a half hearted smile.

"I'm normally not a person until after four, but I took someone's shift. Need the money, ya know?" V explains, their hair falling over their eyes.

"I understand. I'm never a human," Mark jokes again. Lawrence shakes his head and smiles.

"I'm not quite either, I'm afraid," Lawrence says. The men order and V walks away.

"Where are we hunting?" Lawrence asks.

"Forest twenty minutes out of town. We go for deer. It's deer season."

"Are we sure we're quick enough?"

"We're gonna try."

"This whole lack of blood thing sucks."

"You know Erickson would've burned us at the stake if we had told him."

"We don't scare him?"

"We do. That's the problem with humans. Get rid of the threat to save yourself."

"Maybe we could reason with him."

"There's no reasoning, Lawrence. He has a personal vendetta against us. Something about having influence with promotions or some shit. Remember? And if we tell him we're vampires, we'll have an even bigger target on our backs. We have to go hunt for our blood since we can't take the death row inmates anymore. That's that."

"We can't find anyone willing to give us blood?"

"Be my guest."

"If you're looking for blood, I can get you some. I volunteer at the blood bank once a month," V says absent mindedly as they set the plates on the table. Both men are silent and share looks of worry as V retreats back behind the counter to take the payment of another man.

"Do you think they?" Mark trails off.

"I hope not, but I don't think their brain is completely awake, yet."

"Well, if it is Mark Hoffman and Lawrence Gordon. How's that no good S.O.B., John Kramer doing?"

"Very well, Cheif Erickson," Lawrence answers.

"What a shame," Erickson say shaking his hand and clicking his tongue.

"A shame, sir?" Mark asks. Lawrence looks ready to pounce.

"Yeah, a shame. Once that old geezer kicks the bucket, I'm gonna take that beautiful house that he's turned into a halfway home with your sorry asses and make it my summer home."

"No offense, chief, but you sound like a villain from a children's film," Mark says as he brings his coffee cup to his lips.

"And besides, the house goes to Mark if anything happens to John. So, unless Mark wants to give it up, you're not getting it," Lawrence states defiantly. Erickson glares at him. Mark chuckles as V comes back to the table.

"Everything to your liking, gentlemen?" V asks.

"I believe so, V," Mark answers.

"Can I get you anything else?"

"No thank you," Mark answered again. V nods, writes something down, and places the check on the table. Mark grabs the check and stands. "You know, I think the mayor would love to hear what you've been saying about his dear friend. Don't you think, Cheif?"

Erickson glares as Mark gives him a devilish grin. Lawrence follows Mark up to the counter where V rings them out.

"I'd watch my back if I were you, Hoffman," Erickson says as he leans against the counter

"Is that a threat?" Hoffman raises his eyebrows.

"It's a promise," Erickson says. Mark, Lawrence, and V watch him walk out.

"Wow, what a dick," V says as they open the cash register. "I can be a witness, if you turn him in."

"Thanks, V, we'll keep that in mind," Mark says and gives Lawrence a look. Lawrence nods and takes off his glasses.

"Hey, V," Lawrence calls in his soft voice.

"Yeah?" V asks spinning around and looking at Lawrence, who makes sure that they make eye contact.

"Have a great day," Lawrence says with a smile. V looks almost in a trance until Lawrence breaks eye contact and puts his glasses back on. They shake their head and looks back at Lawrence.

"Yeah, you too," they say, confusion lacing their voice. The men exit the diner and start walking down the road.

"What did you put in their head?"

"What I needed to. They'll help us, though."

"Good. Now, let's go get some blood."

#saw 2004 #saw franchise #lawrence gordon #amanda young #john kramer #mark hoffman #saw fanfic #took me like a week but i finally got it done #work and school are kicking my ass #hope yall like it because i have lore now #also 90s villain erickson is my new favorite thing #not entirely edited so forgive any mistakes

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inmyjaws · 9 months

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Skipping around in a circle Mandy Mandy Mandy Mandy Mandy Mandy amandaaaaaaa

#It’s so embarrassing I’m like giddy #Like I got into saw years after she exited the active franchise I never ever thought oh my god she’ll be in THEATERS #AND I CAN SEE HER THERE WOOOOOO #I’m really really really really excited for Tobin Bell too he’s one of my favorite horror villains ever #Like I don’t know if it’ll be good who CARES though #I honestly wanna try and get in on the premiere I wanna wear my whole saw outfit and such #Not that it’s a very impressive cosplay it’s. A white t shirt an XXL dress shirt and jeans which are now so ripped as to not resemble adams #It’s ok honestly buying that shirt was a fantastic decision #Thrift store like $6 it is a STAPLE item in my wardrobe has been for years #What the fuck am I talking about oh yeah Amanda young is coming back everyone how about tbat

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au-tumn-al · 2 years

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here are some of my favorite video footages of me playing the game in gif form + the video form of Mio and Noah playing the flute under the cut

I want to do a bit of a write-up for this game like I did Torna ~ The Golden Country so this is xc3 lowkey reviving this tumblr account :')

#xenoblade chronicles 3 #idk how i feel ab the villains at the end of the day #or even the story as a whole post-chapter 6 #but i do know that i love noah and mio to pieces #and noah is probably my favorite protag from the xenoblade franchise #also i love how noah sneaks a peak at mio while they are playing the flute #very cute #big cute even

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devotedlystrangewizard · 2 years

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im not sure whether it would be worse if my affection for villains came from something in my life or if its just. me

#i got it from my dad actually #his favorite star wars characters are darth vader & maul #which is funny bc star wars is coincidentally one of the rare franchises where my fave ISNT a bad guy. obiwan ily #i genuinely cannot put into words the way i love villains #like so often people are like 'you cant like them they did [thing]' and i dont?? get it??#what about the drama. the flair. the edgy clothes. god i fucking love villain armor

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neofelis----nebulosa · 5 months

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Uhhh why aren’t the furious 5 in the king fu panda 4 trailer

#what’s going on #trailer looks awful but I’m not too scared bc dreamworks always makes their trailers super juvenile #and they’ve done this franchise especially dirty #I go into them more assessing if the concepts are interesting and I think they are #and I like the design of the new wolf/fox character idk what kind of canid she is #the shapeshifting villain seems really cool and I like the layer of having to take over the characters she is able to transform into #it does seem a bit too similar to the jade zombies from the last movie so I hope they make an effort to thematically differentiate them #if that makes any sense #overall the animation is obviously great but it’s not that much of a step up from the last one #like the quality of the CGI is about the same #I can see a lot of potential for visual spectacle with the villain #and really playing with the animation style #bc one of my favorite thing about the kfp movies is how they do that #like with the 2nd one how they used different art styles to represent different levels of reality?? (ig that’s they best way I could put it)#like the present reality would be in the typical 3d textured animation style #and the dreams were in the 2d style #and the stories were in shadowpuppetry #so yeah overall I’m not to thrilled about them making a 4th bc the og trilogy works so well thematically as a trilogy #with the whole body mind spirit thing #but overall it looks like there’s some promising concepts #but like please don’t push tigress to the background she deserves so much better

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got-eggs · 7 months

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Having a conversation with myself hell yeah!

#im just talking/ranting to myself about the musical scores of Spider-Man(and just the story conveyance of music in general)#and the movie costumes of the early 2000's and now #like music is very important when it comes to superhero movies in general #it delivers tones and well stories of who the character(s) are #i really like the musical scores of the first 2 Spider-Man movie franchises #i really like Tasm especially(its my favorite spidey films i like the 2nd movie alot electro is sucha killer villain)#also the costumes and effects where top notch(bettter than todays may i add)

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boyfrillish · 1 year

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I’m still catching up to all the available story stuff in pokemas and I’ve been crying since midday over Nate starring in “Father or Foe” 🥹🥹🥹 I don’t have the brainpower or eloquence today to properly say just why or how I feel so happy and blessed so I’ll just leave it as he’s my fav protag and everything aligned so, so well with my forever headcanons & feel of him and just 🥹🥹🥹 feeling blessed on this bday’s eve of mine

#crystext #i'm doing some live reacts on twit lmao the amount of this emoji i've used at various points #i expect nothing bc i know the nature of these inter-franchise crossover gacha games *glances at feh* but then ??? I get blessed????#there's more of a favoritism for girlprotags & from vague spoilers/reacts I saw about unova chapter a BW bias #but still ... i get all the crumbs i can get ... whether that's otp/ot3 (CHAPTER 18 HENLO!!!) or Nate #I didn't even know Nate would be there! I was fully prepared to just not see any Nate story content ever! and there he was!! 🥹#anyway I'm only in the middle of johto chapter & it's already 5:30pm but I WILL try my darndest to catch up fully to villain arc tonight!#it's what I deserve on this bday's eve of mine & hoping I get some bday good luck tomorrow I want my boys home #(also Hilda and Bianca bc I want the whole crew I love them all)

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worstcharacterpoll · 1 year

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[Image description: A tournament bracket of 32 contenders, labeled "Tumblr's most hated." The matchups on the left are Vriska vs. Pearl from SU; Rex from Victorious vs. Rick Sanchez; Ansem the Wise vs. Gul Dukat; Kylo Ren vs. Kokichi Ouma; Scrappy Doo vs. Sheldon Cooper; Pierre from Stardew vs. Mort from Madagascar; Seraphine from League vs. Heimskr; and Jurgen Leitner vs. Andre Glacier. The matchups on the right are Walter White vs. Light Yagami; Buck Cluck vs. Ross Geller; Bramblestar vs. Starlight Glimmer; Goro Akechi vs. Pariston Hill; Katsuki Bakugo vs. Berdly; Angel Dust vs. the Impostor; Olaf from Frozen vs. Hooty; and Zenos viator Galvus vs. Tony Stark. The bracket is red on a black background. End ID]

Here is the official bracket for the most Hated Character on Tumblr! Each round will last 24 hours, with a 12 hour break in between. Round 1 should start Feb 9, 2023 at 9:00 AM CST.

As a reminder, this tournament is for the characters that you hate the most, so always vote for your least favorite of the two options. The winner will be publicly executed.

FAQ under cut:

Q: Why did you put in x character and not y character? Aren't there more hateable characters from that franchise?

A: I wanted to keep the competition light-hearted, funny, and interesting. I intentionally avoided most shitty parent characters, dictators, characters who were meant to be hated, etc., as well as characters heavily associated with bigotry and sexual assault, and gravitated towards characters that were more divisive in fandom. Exceptions were only made for characters I am familiar enough with and can use my own judgement for. Using Zenos as an example: He is a villain who is very evil and meant to be hated, which I mostly avoided when taking suggestions for things I wasn't familiar with myself. However, he's very divisive between people who think he's a good interesting villain, people who don't think he's a good villain and don't like him in the story at all, and people who want him carnally. Walter White is also meant to be hated, but he has a meme status, and as a villain protagonist I think he's more interesting than most "meant to be hated" characters. Also, there are certain franchises that I simply didn't want to include. If JK Rowling wasn't such a real and horrible political presence, owing all her influence to Harry Potter, I would've definitely put Snape on the poll. As it stands, I don't really want to give HP any attention. TL;DR answer: Because it's funnier that way

Q: But I LIKE that character :(

A: As mentioned before, I specifically gravitated more towards characters who are more divisive rather than universally hated. They are usually more interesting, and there is more variety with those types of characters - you don't have shitty dad character #1 vs. shitty dad character #2. I actually looked for "anti-(character)" tags and discourse about that character when making decisions about who to include. lol If you actually like some of these characters (uh, my condolences), vote against them in their respective matchups.

Q: Is it too late to suggest a replacement?

A: Yes.

Q: Why are you doing this?

A: I feed off of hatred and violence. I want to see who tumblr users REALLY hate.

Q: Why Pearl?

A: It was quite a while ago now so I get it if people don't remember, but Pearl discourse used to be a big thing and people argued that she was irredeemable for many of the things she did early on in the show. If you remember the "Pearl hates the Irish" meme, that was a parody of how much people hated her

Q: Why Hooty?

A: I haven't seen the Owl House but I'm told many people think he's annoying. Also he's voiced by Alex Hirsch and fuck that guy he did my boy Ford so dirty I'm still mad about this

Q: Why Starlight Glimmer?

A: MLP:FiM is another show I didn't really watch but she was a villain who got redeemed and became a main character and a lot of people think her redemption arc was rushed and botched and she actually made a lot of people quit watching the show. One of my close friends really really really hates her and I don't think that's an isolated incident

Q: Why Berdly?

A: Annoying. Personally I think his arc of becoming less annoying was pretty fun but a lot of people still hate him.

Q: Why Bakugo (instead of Mineta)?

A: I actually debated this a lot and held a preliminary poll which Mineta actually won. But then I decided democracy is dead because Mineta really wouldn't be as interesting as Bakugo in this tournament because he's basically universally hated. Bakugo is more interesting because people who hate him REALLY hate him, while people who love him REALLY love him. Kind of like Vriska. I think. I never read Homestuck and I don't plan on ever doing so.

Q: Why Tony Stark?

A: He's a heavily divisive character because he's a war profiteer billionaire with a superiority complex, but the narrative treats him as a morally pure hero. Also, he's MCU Spider-Man's mentor and most of MCU Spider-Man is basically defined by Tony Stark and he's not allowed to be his own character. There's a bunch of other stuff but I didn't watch and I don't care about most of the MCU. Personally I'm a really big Spider-Man fan and I despise him for what he did to Peter Parker but I shall refrain from making this a long rant.

Q: Why did you include characters that you're not familiar with?

A: I didn't want to exclusively have characters from my interests. I wanted a bit of variety. Before the poll started, I accepted submissions for candidates, and basically trusted submitters to send in decent characters. Some of the characters I ended up with may go against the vague guidelines I set for myself, which kind of sucks, but that's how it is now.

Q: This bracket sucks.

A: Make your own tournament then. I'm just some guy making a tournament on tumblr dot com for free. Don't take it too seriously.

#polls #worst character poll

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ramen2jpeg · 2 months

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Hai! Im not dead ^_^

I been in a slump for a while BUT i played a bit of SS for the first time in a while and i drew some stuff for it hehe

Ghirahim is actually my favorite villain in the entire zelda franchise oops

Fi has been my favorite companion since i was like 8 LOL

Its not fair that we cant keep one of these as a pet…

Anywho thanks for looking at my stuff! With this account i might start posting more than just LU and zelda stuff, but im not sure yet >< either way have a nice day ^w^

#the legend of zelda #tloz #art #digital art #linked universe #skyward sword #ss link #tloz ss #linked universe au #tloz link

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bogleech · 3 months

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MY DRAGON QUEST MONSTERS THREAD

Dragon Quest Monsters: The Dark Prince is the first DQM game I've ever gotten to play after admiring the series since childhood. The bad news is that it leaves out exactly the three DQ monsters I love most. The good news is that everything else about it is great. I've been taking regular screenshots as I play and I am going to start adding things about it to this post, so it is going to get long. First of all here are exactly my next three favorite monsters in the franchise, which they fortunately did include, and were all available to me by almost the first area:

"Mad Mollusk" or in other dq games "taileater" is great because it has a sad flabby slug face at one end and a fanged leech mouth at the other end. When it uses magic, it reveals giant eyeballs in its antennae somehow?! Love how big the "carnivorous" mouth gets in the attack animation. What a stretchy guy!

"Lunatick" is just called "meda" (eye) in Japanese, I'm glad they decided it was like a parasite thing in the localization.

Finally there's DROHL, a classic DQ enemy that looks like...well I'm not gonna say what it really looks like but I think it's a cool little freak unrelated to that and I think it talks exactly like Droopy dog. Oddly it's known as a "Drohl DRONE," and I believe there are other "castes" in other DQ games, but only the "drones" are in this one sadly. I've yet to find this in the wild; I got it through the breeding system!

....Which is by far the most addicting thing about this game. The actual gameplay is good solid turn based RPG stuff, if a bit basic, but every monster can be bred with another monster to unlock a slew of other species. This is one of the first games in which they actually call it a "fusion" system now, I guess dropping the word "breed" from the English localization, but all other in-game dialog still calls these the 'parents' and 'offspring' and even makes jokes that they're getting married, so yeah, it's still breeding. What happens when you breed a slime with someone's dead grandpa??

.....There are multiple monsters you can get from that, but one of them, and the one that makes the most sense, is Slimeshroom! This is a new DQ slime that's some fungus! What's also fun is that every monster has up to three skills, and each skill actually unlocks a ton of spells, attacks, boosts and effects as you spend skill points on them. Then when you breed two monsters, you can give the baby any three skills from the parents. Any at all! I used this to make my Slimeshroom both a healer and a fire mage in the early game. This catches you up with the same progress I talked about when I first got the game almost two months ago so here's some things that have happened since:

I bred a flying cat and a vampire chinchilla to get a.....sexy bat??

I helped a fat rat - that's the name of his species - rescue his son

I bred a people ghost with a lamp ghost to get a bag of dirt!

I fought this bastard giraffe man who called an elderly wizard a "naughty boy" and put him in candy jail.

"Duffer" from the Giraffe quest is also best friends with Eileen the eye demon, and when you rescue him, they become your loyal subjects! BAD NEWS: this entire game is actually a prequel to Dragon Quest 4, and the player character of this game is the villain of Dragon Quest 4. Duffer and Eileen are also in Dragon Quest 4. They die :( .......Maybe this game gives you a chance to fix that future??? I don't know.

#dragon quest #dragon quest monsters

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Just curious, what’s your opinions on Kristoph and Phoenix? I see you reblog ship posts about them sometimes and I’m really curious about your opinions on their dynamic both inside and outside of ship stuff, because I didn’t really know how to interpret Kristoph in particular. I think he’s one of the worse villains in AA tbh, it’s been a while so I may be misremembering, but I just didn’t… get that much substance from him?

kristoph is certainly a really hard character for me to fully develop an opinion on in isolation. i think the only area where i'm capable of saying anything about him i can back up with significant references to the text is in regard to his relationship with phoenix, because that's where the meat of his character interactions are. and more broadly because as a #phoenixhead my primary means of looking at the entire franchise is how things relate to phoenix. if you'd like to read about my interpretation of phoenix and kristoph's relationship more specifically i've got a post on that subject here. i think it's a character dynamic that has a TON going for it relative to the screentime if you're able to disregard fanon and look directly at what's in the text.

but more on kristoph individually

kristoph suffers from the same thing that all of aa4's major characters and plotlines do: not getting another game. there was clearly more to the gavin brothers' story we didn't get and will never get, and knowing that there's Something there we have absolutely no means of predicting or unraveling makes it hard to theorize. he kind of exists in a quantum state for me where i can see a ton of alternate perspectives on his character's complexities and just buy whichever one i'm feeling at a given moment. i personally wouldn't say he lacks substance because every interaction he has with any other character is, imo, very compelling and gives me a lot to chew on. but he's a character that's all questions and no real conclusions for sure.

i don't think he's a cackling machiavellian serial abuser. i think hes easily the kind of person who has the capacity to be emotionally abusive and manipulative to the people closest to him without being Pure Evil. because we have so little on him it's very easy to portray kristoph as the kind of sinister that provides whatever OP's favorite flavor of angst is. and i'm certainly no exception to that; i just happen to be a person who is into maybe some subtler flavors.

he's both one of ace attorney's most calculated villains, with poisoning vera's nailpolish being an incredibly cold maneuver that suggests a lot of foresight, and one of ace attorney's most brutal murderers, capable of getting aggressive enough in a moment to bludgeon a man to death with a bottle. i think kristoph can be understood as a character whose primary motivation is control, both over himself and others. there's that critical line in turnabout succession where he tells klavier he's out of control, and klavier says "whos control? mine, or yours?" his reputation is built on his ability to stay calm under pressure, and his ability to stay calm under pressure is built on his tendencies to preemptively engineer situations in his favor. the stuff with phoenix and the gramarye case represents what we can presume to be the biggest failure of his career.

i think this puts him very much in line with AA1's main villains. people like to compare him to dahlia a lot for obvious reasons and there's some fun to be had there but i think it lets people overlook how well he ties into AA1. redd white controlled the press and controlled the judges to get away with his blackmail ring. von karma controlled the witnesses to engineer his perfect cases. damon gant controlled the police and the evidence, and then controlled lana to control the prosecution. although those were all one-case villains i think kristoph justifies his larger scope in aa4 by the significant and longstanding personal connections he has to the rest of the main cast. kristoph represents the mirror image of those AA1 villains; aa1 shows the way the deck is stacked against the defense. kristoph shows what it looks like when someone tries to stack it in the other direction

i think kristoph plays an important part in the larger franchise by showing what corruption looks like from the defense's bench, and how this corruption takes a different cadence when it lacks the systemic power that the villains like gant had. i think his cold, calculated approach to defense works well as a foil to the type of defending we saw from phoenix who is all heart and charges in head first. i think apollo works well representing a sort of compromise between the two, being a little bit shrewder than phoenix but no less earnest. i think klavier, then, as a prosecutor who is much less aggressive than the previous 3 both personally and professional serves to further invert the expectations set by the trilogy in a way that's really satisfying.

is kristoph missing some pretty critical backstory that i would love to see? yeah. absolutely. but i think when you look at him as a story device rather than an underdeveloped character he adds a tonnnnn to the series. that said, i will die wondering.

#ace attorney #long post

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