Just watching too much msp so let's talk about ep 4. I think ep 4 is sometimes overlooked because of how much stronger ep 5 and 6 are in terms of the emotions showcased. But what really caught my eye was the use of colours in ep 4 so leggo.
Gotta appreciate how much colour is brought into the Student Council room with just a touch of Gun's magic. The stark white to this beautiful mess of colours. There's a lot of pink, orange and purple hues in the scene and the diffused light makes everything appear soft. Gives off very romantic vibes. Really sets the tone for how Tinn and Gun's relationship is slowly evolving. From enemies to friends, acquaintances to somewhat friends and potentially more.
I want to thank whoever decided to get that huge neon sign of cafe in pink because its perfect. Just the right colour for the ambience. It's definitely the centre of the display of colours. Also interesting how they show us the Student Council room through a window. We can see how the outside remains the same after the decor but the inside has changed so much. Kind of like how Gun entered Tinn's life and changed his life in monochrome to a life full of colour. All the emotions he could experience just because Gun decided to sing that day in the cafe. Love these hurt comfort vibes.
All the flirting happens while they're covered in pink hues. It's almost like they're blushing or something. And there's also Tiw rolling his eyes while he's covered in shades of orange. Tinn going wide eyed when Gun kind of flirts with him and as they get closer, all the other colours go out of focus, just leaving the pinks. Interesting how when Tinn and Gun are being romantic, you can only see the pinks but when where is warm interaction we see a lot of orange instead.
Back to the warmth of the yellow and orange shades as Tinn and Gun get some distance between them and get to their tasks. Even without being flirty, we can feel the intimacy building as the colours shift.
Then we enter a new scene with an almost sage green background. The colours are muted and not as vibrant, almost grounded as Tinn and Gun's converse about their experiences and fears. A lot more light and shadows present in the scene. There's more contrast compared to the previous scenes in the Student Council room. Tinn and Gun have simple but meaningful conversations which are crucial in understanding and connecting with people. I really enjoy how they develop Tinn and Gun's relationship and it's interesting to see much emotional connections form, with such dull colours as the backdrop. Love doesn't have to be bright and scorching.
Later in the episode, as Tinn asks Gun to go back to the Music Club, the pinks fade and the orange hues are more pronounced. And when Tinn worries about Gun, we see just a hint of pink shine on him.
When Gun returns to the Music Club, we have the same muted ochre and green in the background. But as he brings back Sound to the group and they perform together, the pink and purple lights are brought back. Really highlights how love isn't just romantic and there are so many different types of love. Even love between friends is such an important form of love.
After the performance, Gun comes back to the Student Council Room and we get to see my fav neon sign. As Tinn and Gun sit facing each other, the colours are a lot darker on Tinn's side than Gun. Tinn looks like he is drowning in the pink hues whereas Gun is slowly getting dyed by the pink. To me, it symbolises how Tinn is sure of his feelings for Gun (took him only 2 years of crushing on Gun to get here) and Gun's feelings aren't as strong but he's somewhere along the way.
And ofc THE scene. Funny how Gun pulls Tinn for a with the neon sign as the backdrop and now they're both pink. A lot of glances and Tinn seeks confirmation from Gun before entangling their pinkies together. And they're finely holding onto each other. Definitely kids in love. And I'm definitely not thinking about how Gun's attention is constantly on Tinn's lips. Nope, not me.
So, basically, a lot of pinks which are always pleasant to look at. It's kind of cute considering what stage they were at in their relationship at that time in the show.
A lot of assumptions and inferences by me so nothing to be taken too seriously. And a lot of overthinking, again by me. Funny I wrote an entire post appreciating the use of the pink considering how long I hated that colour. The things msp makes me do. Anyway, gotta go watch msp again.
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Taking the current topic as an excuse to ask you to tell me all the reasons you love Rarijack. Your art for the ship is so sweet and intimate I'd love to hear any in depth thoughts you have.
Breathes in.
I think what makes their dynamic really strong is that they have opposing personalities but aligned values. It's deeper than just "opposites attract." Rarity's fancy, prissy, and femme while Applejack's modest, rough, and "masculine." But both value hard work (to the point of being workaholics), their families (both have guardianship over their little sisters), running successful businesses, and eventually each other. Their relationship can be boiled down to, "Despite our differences/disagreements, I still like you because we value the same things."
We see their relationship develop so much. In the first season, they can't stop bickering about surface-level differences. By season four, they still bicker, but will mend their relationship because they can't help but do nice things for each other. In Trade Ya, they start off arguing over personality differences (Applejack likes old junk and Rarity likes useless crap). Then they pivot and start arguing that they value their relationship more than the other. In the end, they mend things by sacrificing their needs and buying each other a gift. Even if they don't understand it, they know it'd make the other happy. And that's all that really matters. It's a genuinely sweet moment that shows how arguing can be healthy and necessary for relationships to strengthen.
We even see them dropping their hang-ups about each others' personalities. In Made in Manehattan, when Rarity runs off in dramatics about someone's fashion, AJ doesn't roll her eyes or scoff, she smiles. Oftentimes, their conflicts are very common domestic conflicts romantic couples face. Applejack's Day Off is about a woman's inability to balance work and life and find time to properly spend with her partner, causing her partner to feel neglected.
By season seven, they're actively participating in each others' interests. Any problems or conflicts that arise are dealt with, and they come out the other end stronger and closer. In Honest Apple, AJ pretty much spells out why their relationship works so well: even though she doesn't understand fashion, she can recognize and appreciate how much work it takes and wants to respect that. When she realizes her mistake in the episode, AJ goes above and beyond to fix things and apologize to Rarity. They care about each other so much.
The two go out of their way, sacrificing their personal desires and beliefs and doing things they normally wouldn't, to make the other happy. That's just love.
There's Simple Ways, where AJ gets stuck in an unwanted love triangle between Rarity and her hipster crush. And her frustration and anger can be so easily interpreted as AJ finding herself in a terrible position; the girl she loves wants another man, and that man wants her.
I dunno. I've always had a preference for opposites attract ships, but Rarijack's stuck with me like a brain worm because they have the perfect chemistry. The way they show they care, or do things for each other, I've always read it as the truest representation of romance in the show.
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Nico and Percy's dynamic through the series is eternally funny to me, because it's just. like.
Percy's having a constant mental struggle between his fatal flaw of loyalty with a promise he made to Bianca to protect Nico, versus his Big 3 kid desire to maim other Big 3 kids / Poseidon descendant urge to totally maim Nico specifically. He hates Nico so so much. He thinks Nico's annoying and weird at best, and creepy/sketchy when he's older. The only positive thoughts Percy has towards Nico are "He's Bianca's brother and Bianca was my friend and I owe her/He's Hazel's brother and Hazel is my friend and would kill me if I was mean to him," "He's a powerful asset and useful ally (if questionable)," and "He's kinda pathetic and I feel maybe a little bad about it." Percy has multiple occasions throughout the series where he strongly considers - and on one occasionally actually goes through with - throttling Nico.
Meanwhile, Nico is following around Percy like a lost puppy. He explicitly can never bring himself to even dislike anything about Percy no matter how hard he tries. He has a whole bit in BoO where he's mentally going "UGH he's so stupid BUT IT'S ENDEARING HOW DARE HE." He's totally smitten. He's making deals with his dad for Percy. He's making convoluted plans to help Percy stand a chance against Kronos. During the entirety of BoTL it's like he's playing tsundere - "I'm helping NOT PERCY SPECIFICALLY with this quest! Me helping Percy would be SILLY because I DEFINITELY HATE HIM." Then he proceeds to show up to Percy's birthday party to basically ask him on a weird date and spend the entire next book scrambling around trying to help him or protect him or impress him. And Percy could not give less of a shit.
Just. That dynamic is so funny to me. Percy is the founder of the Nico Protection Club in that he's the one they're all protecting Nico from and meanwhile Nico is throwing himself at Percy to the point where the literal god of gay love calls him out on it.
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Hey, I had a thought for the fantasy au! So on one of the previous versions of the WH website, there was a rhyme for the show that went:
A house is a place with four walls and a floor,
with a ceiling above and a lovely front door.
There's a bed to cradle you safely at night,
and windows to bring in the morning sunlight.
Your house is a mirror of just who you are,
A reflection that tells you to never stray far.
Which I thought might make a good incantation for when Wally properly summons Home (I can't remember if that's ever required for Warlocks but hey, it's still a fun poem regardless).
ohhhh this. i like this...
bonus og sketch! big ol eyes...
& no capalet because uhhhh eh nah and also i wanted Home's pendant to be on full display!
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