Tell me more about kenstewy and eye contact?
It's actually not even just a Kendall and Stewy thing to be honest, I'm broadly fascinated by the way Kendall avoids eye contact and the different ways people deal with that, because I think it says a lot about certain dynamics, and not even just necessarily dynamics with Kendall. This whole cast is made up of such incredible physical performers, so getting to see them bounce off each other and respond to a behaviour like this is just a lot of fun to unpack.
In particular at the moment, I've been a little obsesed with seeing the parallels between Roman and Logan's physicality, because on the one hand, they're super different – Roman can't sit still, he exudes this energy that somehow manages to be both anxious and overtly confident – but fascinatingly, he often is physical with Kendall in similar ways to Logan.
Everyone knows this one, I think:
But I'd add:
And in particular because it's when Kendall's avoiding eye contact:
I could ramble about this a lot, but I'll spare you, haha, and just say that I think it's this sort of fascinating embodiment of how Roman has learnt gesture and physicality from his father, and that I think it's especially pertinent that in all these examples, it's when Roman's feeling a sort of baser emotion – anger and self-righteousness, grief or frustration – where he pivots towards handling his brother in the way their father would.
(Shiv and Stewy beneath the cut)
Interestingly, I think Shiv adopts a part of their dad too in that sense, but I do think it's a pretty different for her. I think especially of that scene in 2.04 where she tells Kendall to look at her:
While I do imagine Logan's said that to Kendall over the years, likely particularly when he was young, I think it carries different weight for Shiv. I think for her, Kendall not looking at her during serious conversations ties deeply to her self-esteem which ultimately means that she associates him not looking at her as him not seeing her. I don't think that's what it is from Kendall's point of view at all, but I do think it kind of ties into that sense of Kendall and Shiv being two sides of the same coin.
Kendall desperately needs his siblings to like him, and Shiv desperately needs them to respect her, and the way that manifests in their particular push-pull is so ripe. I have a lot of thoughts on this more specifically too, haha, but I do think there's this particularly fascinating contrast in this sense where Kendall so desperately wants to see his siblings in s3, particularly at his birthday party, and they pollute that with the letter and the birthday party machinations, and Shiv so desperately wants to truly be seen by them in a way that makes her feel like their equal, and they pollute that through Kendall's insults in 3.02 and then hijacking her moment, through Connor telling her everyone at Waystar was just entertaining her, and through Roman - - well. Everything he did in s3 to her really.
Where Stewy's different again I think really speaks to his character too in the sense that he finds ways to get Kendall to look at him, but it's not through physically moving him like Roman and Logan, or demanding like Shiv, but he tends to chase his gaze. He pushes himself back into Kendall's line of vision.
He does it a few times throughout the seasons, but the most obvious example to me is really in 1.03:
He doesn't even just meet Kendall's gaze, he chases it down in a way that totally affects his posture and physical shape. I think it speaks a lot to Stewy's nature (and to the way Arian is such a brilliant physical performer too), but also his relationship and familiarity to Kendall.
He knows how to meet Kendall where he's at, even when Kendall doesn't really want to be met, and it shows how his charisma and ability to be what and who people need has gotten him to where he is.
It's a fascinating thing to unpack!
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Also here’s some other fandom charms I plan to make more of with other characters kyaaa
Very obviously I have frieren god would strike me down if I didn’t draw her actually and I’d willingly throw myself into the abyss. I have a sketch of fern sleeping clutching her staff but I’m I forgot to take a screenie of it LMDAO 🔥🔥🔥
Next is momo ayase because Lawrd. Lawrddd i love Momo and okarun and genuinely the main friend group in dandandan and was gonna also sketch okarun at the time but I fucking hated drawing his possessed form -
I wanted to give her, her semi translucent hands which’s means I gotta understand correctly how Vograce does transparent stuff, I’ll probably make her charm holo as well depending on my mood
Also lastly senku oooooo I fucking finished the manga for dr stone after bingeing the anime again and I am SICK!!! SICK IN THE HEAD!! He means everything to me I fucking love scientist characters just look at modzilla and I love senku + his two girlfriends Gen and Tsukasa because I never see any content for those three 💔
Anywyas I wanted to draw him with his little catch phrase in an dynamic pose an I swear I’ll finish it he means everything to me
Technically I also have a Dipper Pines charm and some Fairy Tail charms (especially of Lucy Heartfilia) but I haven’t found a pose that’s really stuck with me for Lucy and I gotta make dipper’s thing a good bit more cohesive before I decide to move on with the design :3 I hope I’m able to make all of these cool charms tho
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"I lost a little boy..."
And Then We Danced/ და ჩვენ ვიცეკვეთ (2019) dir. Levan Akin
While analysing the movie soundtrack and listening to Patara Bichi (პატარა ბიჭი) in this scene over and over again to get as much words as a can -
the realization suddenly stroke me it's not Merab who is the main character in this particular part of the movie
It's about Mariam!
This girl is visibly struggling. First of all she's not even sure what had actually happened because it's hard for her to believe that what she suspects could be truth. Like: of course she knows such things happen but... those were always other people!
All she knows is that she's losing Merab. But she doesn't know how to deal with that, what to even feel about that: if to rather be angry for the betrayal or sad for being left behind because when considering the overwhelming weirdness of the whole situation -
all in all she's just confused as hell. And it's not until Sopo's talking about Zaza that Mary's burning emotions turn from confusion and anger to seriously worrying about her dearest friend
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