#also no Marvel hate at me on this post

[floral-hex]

had been thinking about seeing the new Ant-Man when it came out, ya know, on one of the discount days bc movie tickets are pricey these days. I mean, it looked right up my alley; alternate dimensions, timeline fuckery, cool visuals, Jonathan Majors ripped as hell. Buuuuut I saw some spoilers, some shitty cellphone footage, read some reviews, ended up caving and reading the plot online… so anyway, I decided to spend that money on a jug of soy sauce and bag of jalapeños, and I think that’s a fair alternative.

#I go through a buttload of soy sauce and jalapeños #they just go with everything! #also no Marvel hate at me on this post #just let me enjoy my visual junk food #is it so bad to want to see Paul Rudd towering before me on a giant screen??? #anyway… yeah… it looked really interesting to me. much more so than any of the recent Marvel movies. #I love science fiction with alternate dimensions and time stuff #buuuut… I guess I couldn’t really expect Marvel to actually do anything too exciting with those concepts #but hey! it might actually be good when I finally see it! #I just don’t have much of a disposable income and I think I’d rather spend that cash on foodstuff I know I’ll enjoy #and I’d rather not spend money on going out if I’m this ambivilant on it #critic’s reviews are mid. viewer reviews are completely unreliable to me #marvel fans will either give super positive reviews just bc it’s marvel #or they’ll tank their reviews for the dumbest reasons. like saying it’s too woke bc black Kang #fickle as cats and just as reliable #ALSO I saw tweets saying stuff like ‘oh it’s the beginning of a new phase so it’s a little rough and not that great but give them a break! #my buddy my friend they have churned out so many of these films by now #’new phase’ means nothing! they should know how to tell a good story! #and why can’t the start of a new story arc be good? you can have a good story that sets things up for the future #you butts. you fools. #I was honestly so hyped to see Kang fuck shit up 😕 #and I actually really like the Ant-Man movies #I just haven’t really been into any of the Marvel movies after Endgame #okay but again… I haven’t seen it. just read the plot and some reviews. #don’t listen to me. I’m just ranting. #I wanted something really weird and cool with characters dying or whatever I dunno… I’m grumpy about it #but I made some fried rice. it’s good. I got some jalapeño in my eye. that’s not so good. #I hope no one actually wasted their time reading through these tags. I’m sorry if you did #you can ignore this #text

[edithdraws]

Listen they barely interact face to face but Adam Warlock and Mistress Death have the funniest dynamic of all time actually.

#they hate each other they're best friends they're rivals they're lovers they're insignificant to one another. and also Thanos is there. #adam warlock #mistress death #thanos #adam magus #the magus #the goddess #and a surprise cameo from Norrin but I'm not tagging him. #thadam #cosmic marvel #art #this is old art but I was gonna draw more then just forgot this in my drafts for a year or two 😐 Being so brave and posting anyways #idk if these are even comprehensible to ppl who aren't super well versed in Starlin's comics but enjoy my sillies. #special shoutout to that time Death asked Thanos to kill Adam and he said no. :) #the way Adam just inserts himself into their relationship makes me scream this throuple is crazy

[yuttikkele]

they’re so mh g3 toradeen coded I love them <3

#STILL CAN’T BELIEVE WE GOT YURI PARKSBORN BEFORE. I-I DONT KNOW ACTUALLY IM NOT TOO EXCITED FOR GTA6 #oh i will not be shutting up about this #“It’s not even Peter and Harry!” I do not want to have the “is palletshipping reguri?” debate again. #They're Peter and Harry variants and I love them PARKSBORN CANON PARKSBORN CANON YOU GUYS #I was thinking about how parksborn’s not that popular (and some people even hate Harry apparently??) BUT GUESS WHAT. #PARKSBORN FANS GOT A CANON VERSE. HAH!!!! #and persephone is SO pretty oh my gosh y’all. New favorite spider mayhaps #oh she’s definitely a she/they #and they really do remind me of monster high g3 toradeen. It might be ms osborn’s hairstyle but it’s probably also the tiny bits… #…of personality we see. And probably also the whole “bad parent” thing. #WE GOT CANON PARKSBORN BEFORE G3 TORADEEN CANON #ack #text post #spiderman #spider man #parksborn #persephone parker #no clue what ms osborn’s name is #star spider #percy parker #marvel

[tleeaves]

The art is lovely and now I'm gonna ramble because that's what I do when I care about something.

For the love of women, please PLEASE can fan artists remember to add muscle to their Shadowhunter ladies? I'll commend Bowater for cleverly giving James that sculpted and lean look without making him a beefcake (nothing against beefcakes, I'd love to hug them), but Cordelia is once again suffering from Arms And Shoulders Too Slender It's Hard To Even Imagine Her Picking Up A Sword. There is some there, yes, but artists shouldn't be afraid of giving particularly Female Main Characters weight and toned muscle. Cordelia is supposed to be nearly the same height as James as far as I can remember, and she's curvy, and full, and she wields a sword like it's second nature to her. Please explain why she looks so tiny in James' lap.

Also I'm pretty sure marriage runes are supposed to go over the heart whenever possible (thinking about Will's parabatai rune being over his heart instead -- he didn't get Tessa to draw over the scar, did he??) and... either I'm looking at the picture wrong or James' rune is not over where his heart should be.

For the matter, where are their other runes and scars?? James' Voyance rune isn't even on his hand. And I'm pretty sure he's right handed. I could have that wrong though.

Another thing: no one can ever decide what Cordelia's hair looks like and it's the funniest thing to me. This is what happens when all you do is vaguely say the colour is like fire but also like rose petals but also a flowing river of those things but also is Red (probably for redhead, but then from there I never understand where the rose petal analogy comes from considering the typical rose is a deep bloody colour -- I do acknowledge the existence of those light orange varieties though which might more closely resemble red hair). In the end, I'm glad readers can infer what they want and imagine the characters how they like.

Anyone else think James looks like he's built like a tennis player? Oddly specific, maybe, but it was a thought I had. Mostly the arms and somewhat narrow body.

James' hair is nice, his eyes are an interesting take on gold in the shadows. Bowater managed to also make him look closely related to his father, so bravo for that.

In the end, the focus is obviously on the marriage runes and not other physical aspects outside of it being clear that this is James and Cordelia. Bowater's style is very beautiful and elegant. Love the way fabric and lighting is done too. I'll add also that it is possible to be a smaller person who is slender but still strong so I mean Cordelia's not necessarily done wrong, I just interpret her appearance differently. Obviously, they're both hot and they're both attractive and I have my qualms with the series, chronicles, and author -- the fandom I am so-so on, though I'm still here, aren't I? And I'm taking the time to ramble about my thoughts on a piece of fanart -- but this is good. Gorgeous, even. Both James and Cordelia are beautiful.

#side note: am I the only one who thought cc made a mistake trying to describe james as handsome in cordelia's eyes #as opposed to matthew being the beautiful one #when there has always been a deep and aching strange beauty to james?? #james herondale #cordelia carstairs #vaguely crediting charlie bowater though it isn't like you can't find a dozen more copies of this with the credit #also yes I mercilessly picked this apart because I am still trying to find avenues to express my dissatisfaction with tlh #I search for flaws what else can I say #I am aware of it but it's hard to turn those thoughts processes off #maybe I'll write a post at some point all about the authors I once Loved that I am now deeply critical of #a lot of people would hate me for it but eh #also we all know about the marvelisation of cinema #but is it time to talk about the marvelisation of book series/worlds? #or perhaps it has a better and more book-focused name? the jkr approach? rick riordan's marvel-esque flaw? the sjm plague? the clare affair? #we'll workshop it #maybe it's the curse of middleschool-YA series and the issue of aginh readers in fandoms #and I don't mean this as discriminatory against anyone older in fandom because there is not really a limit nor should there be #for most media #but the issue of when the readers grow up amd authors try to accomodate for that -- not necessarily by making their work more adult -- #but by making MORE because there is also an influx of new fans and they want to stay relevant while retaining the old #it's a whole thing though I'd need to sit down to properly organise my thoughts to talk about it

[fizzy-dizzie]

Hey people write Steve in character challenge GO

(warning long ass post ahead, character analysis turned Civil War analysis BC I'll never shut up about that movie)

Right off the bat, Steve isn't and has never been a rule follower. Steve has an extremely strong moral compass, he has the strongest feeling of right and wrong and he is going to go after the right thing even if he's told not too. This is so prevalent in ANY captain America movie.

Why he behaves so seriously would also come from how he grew up. He wasn't taken seriously ever due to his size and his health, if he wasn't loud and clear on what he thought, no one would be paying attention. But to be honest, I think the movies kinda do him wrong when showing he isn't serious outside of battle, he's always coping with some kind of fight or dilemma or stressful situation to be fixed, especially with the role of leader on his shoulders it's his job to take it seriously. On the rare occasions we do see him relaxed we can see he's just a calm and polite guy who's just maybe a little quiet in big groups. (Which would also be a product of his pre-serum days. In big groups no one's paying attention to the little guy)

I think a reason he's misconstrued as an asshole (aside from needing to be used as a plot point in a fic) is because of how he reacts in a battle. He's stern and being the leader of the group, is telling people what to do in the heat of battle. He takes problems seriously and looks at them from a very logical stand point, (again, which is his role as the leader) which is such a VAST fucking contrast from Tony who still thinks of problems from a logical stand point too but tries to find humor in every situation, even the world ending issues.

So it makes sense if you much prefer Tony's type of character, that you aren't going to like the way Steve handles problems, which is the opposite method of Tony's emotionally.

I think the first movie really enforced that divide between Tony and Steve fans with how opposing they were. And even with Age Of Ultron to clear the air, Civil War threw out all of the relationship we were supposed to believe they had.

If I'm being honest, on Marvel's behalf, I don't think they did a very good job in enforcing that Steve and Tony were good friends before Civil War. But it will always and forever be crazy to me that Tony would ever consider himself as close of a friend with Steve as Bucky is.

"I was your friend too"

He says like he was there when no one would listen to Steve, like he was there when no one took Steve seriously. Like he was there when Steve was sick all the time. Like he was there when Steve's mother died and he had no one. Like he was there for Steve when he got into fights he couldn't handle. Bucky was there since day one.

It links back to steve wishing to have someone who 'understood his experience' the ENTIRE catws movie being about how important Bucky is to Steve and Steve being willing to let Bucky KILL him to prove how much he cared. TONY AND STEVE NEVER HAD THAT CONNECTION.

And I know that's the point. I know that's the point of the movies, Bucky being the thing Steve is willing to leave the avengers for, the avengers who have been his new family in his time where he knows no one in a new world. But when I see people saying Steve betrayed Tony I just don't understand. Bucky means SO much more to Steve. And technically yes, the Avengers were all certainly helpful when he needed it, they were definitely important to him too, but they just don't compare to Bucky.

And quick side note, don't get me wrong, if someone killed my parents I'd want them dead too. It's not like I blame Tony's immediate reaction to the information but to look me in the eyes and say Tony had the right to, is ridiculous. Bucky was tortured and brainwashed and forced to kill and do what he did. That is an innocent man.

#this isnt a tony hate post its a steve hater hate post #also if there are grammatical errors which there probably are im sorry 💀 #steve rogers is important to me guys lol #so is bucky #but god steve is so ridiculously misunderstood particularly in post civil war days #steve rogers #bucky barnes #tony stark #the avengers #cacw #catws #catfa #age of ultron #captain america civil war #marvel cinematic universe #mcu

[peggycatrerr]

At least our ship is canon.

You're a fucking snob. "Oh I'm so much better than these fans because I do my fandom differently" BUT YOU DON'T. Marvel fans are the absolute most cliche fans. Lmao this superiority complex people who don't watch OFMD have is honestly just masking the most intense jealousy. You've never watched the show, but you KNOW you're better than the people that do? Get the fuck out of here. You're pathetic.

HOLY SHIT GUYS I'VE BEEN ON TUMBLR FOR NEARLY A DECADE AND THIS IS MY FIRST BIT OF ANON HATE OMG. OMG WHAT DO I DO I WANT TO FRAME THIS <333

#steph's post tag #''at least our ship is canon'' WHY ARE YOU TALKING LIKE IT'S 2015. BRO PEOPLE DON'T CARE ABOUT THAT SORT OF THING ANYMORE IT'S OKAY #I'M ALSO NOT EVEN A MARVEL FAN ANYMORE LMAOOOO I JUST HAVEN'T CHANGED MY URL SINCE 2017 #I FUCKING HATE 99% OF MARVEL FANS TOO. IT'S JUST THAT THAT POLL WAS LITERALLY ABOUT FANDOM NOT ABOUT THE PAIRING ITSELF #AND STEVEBUCKY OBJECTIVELY COME OUT ON TOP THERE????? #i'm absolutely cackling at this come on dude what year did you write this from. Keep sending me these messages they amuse me #also get out of where. that post was untagged bro you had to FIND MEEEEEEEE #also if you even read the full tags you would've noted the part where i clarified that the show itself seems to do everything just fine!! #it's just that the fans act like FUCKING SUPERWHOLOCKS FOR THE NEW DECADE #AND YOU ARE PROVING ME RIGHT. BY TALKING LIKE A FUCKING SUPERWHOLOCK FOR THE NEW DECADE #omg. Ofmd fans grab your flags we have a stinky STUCKY SHIPPER* to attack >:( #(*girl who has not given a shit about the mcu at all in like three years and is totally disengaged from the concept of stucky despite #her teenagehood love for it)

[potter-inthe-tardis]

Not to say something so capitalist as a socialist, but I kind of don't care if the Barbie movie is actually some big ploy to sell more barbies, its been so much fun to see people excited about something that is at its core is made for girls enjoyment, for a traditionally feminine interest to be celebrated not ridiculed. Also at least its propaganda to buy dolls not like military propaganda or something

#Barbie movie #my post #seeing people switch up on this movie has low key annoyed me so i made a post #we live in a capitalist hellscape anyway at least let us have this one fun capitalist movie okay #also some of the backlash has just felt super misogynistic #like we get like 5 marvel movies a year for like the last decade which is also just there to sell toys and comics and trips to disney #if were using the same logic people are using about barbie #but we get one (1) doll movie and suddenly its a problem #and it just feels like the bullshit criticism barbie always gets #like why do people hate to see the original girlboss win #feel free to reblog this if you want #idk if i clearly explained what i feel but yeah it just annoying me

[all-that-jazz-93]

Holy shit dude, Peggy haters on this webbed site have the weirdest fucking takes

I mean honestly, talk about willfully ignoring canon to form your own (wrong) opinions about a character...

#it's mostly the hardcore stucky shippers tbh #like...ship whoever you want #i like stucky just fine as a ship but damn #you're gonna hate on peggy for no fucking reason? #peggy carter #agent carter #captain america #captain america: the first avenger #ca: tfa #like i've literally seen posts saying that peggy was a nazi collaborator #or that she was based on a nazi double agent from the comics and therefore mcu peggy was basically a nazi as well like ????? #i saw one post that claimed steve was indifferent towards her in tfa and i'm just.... #i'm sorry did we watch the same movie? #and the poster claimed the reason steve was 'indifferent' was so that marvel could have deniability about steve being in love with a 'nazi' #but ALSO so that real neo-nazis could believe that steve DID love a 'nazi' so that disney could make their money either way #like don't get me wrong disney sucks as a corporation #but i genuinely don't think they put that much thought into their writing of the steve/peggy relationship #tl;dr stucky stans on this hellsite act like fuckin twitter users in the levels of ridiculousness they reach at for their beloved ship #and it's fucking hilarious #also peggy carter supremacy and peggy haters can die mad about it idgaf

[llitchilitchi]

You can mute/blacklist certain words and tags. So when those people use certain tags you can mute it and you won't see it

I know, but unfortunately the way tumblr handles it is shit, plus it doesn't work if people don't tag this stuff.

plus, and I know this will sound petty, it does get really, really annoying when I'm scrolling through my dash and all the posts are just a grey square that just says 'POST CONTAINS TAGS YOU BLOCKED: DISCOURSE, QSMP' like that's nice but that's still 30 posts in a row that are greyed out and taking up space. I might as well just J past the posts after catching the first signs of it covering something I do not want to see

#asks #I genuinely hate how tumblr still shows us the posts we dont want to see but just slaps a sticker on top so we dont see it directly #theres a lot of jokes and memes about this topic as is like OOOH TEMPTING but honestly its just kind of a nuisance? #plus the filtering is just Bad #to give an example a few years back I had a mutual who got really into Thor. and I really dont like marvel so i blacklisted the word #however i am also a huge tolkien nerd and was following a lot of lotr/hobbit blogs. lotsa bagginshield especially #so every time there was a post about thorin it would be caught in the filter because yknow. THORin #plus again just the fact that people dont really tag this situation is just :// #I am neither too interested in ccs anymore nor is this a particularly pleasant topic for me so I want to stay away from it #for the record i do have muted/blacklisted tags and words. a lot of em #it just doesnt always work #and muting people for a week would just be easier

[thisbravegirl]

My dream casting for Ares was Chris Evans, and I’m still sad it wasn’t him

Just imagine this face but with flames for eyes

I mean he plays a cocky bro/jerk really well

But also, and this is just my fangirly fantasies here, the amusement park scene could have been so much funnier (even though it was great, esp the tunnel of love scene, and don’t get me wrong bc im loving the show)

Like when they try to find the shield they keep finding shields but not the right one and one of the wrong ones is a cap shield and they’re like “oh that one looks cool- if you want a dinner plate as a shield” or something snarky just bc it would be funny. To me.

But yeah even that aside, I really wanted Chris Evans to be Ares but this guy is good too

#anyways #this has been a post #I am marvel trash #just leave me in my marvel trash heap #also this is the closest I’ll ever get to writing fan fiction #so if you hate it just ignore this #I think my ideas are good

[faeriecap]

i love how i have barely posted if at all about all the newer marvel movies since shang-chi bc i haven’t SEEN any of them (🤡) and ofc i also haven’t seen across the spiderverse yet but i’m still reblogging art like a feral little gremlin like the spiderverse posting rlly got me huh

#i speak #atsv #LISTEN !!!!!!! #the art is so good and i am so excited to see it #idk when bc i literally have 0 friends who live less than 8 hours away from me who want to see it #extremely upset bc i was supposed to go on a movie date with friend i am in love w and it ended up not working out 😭💔 #so i have no one to take me bc hehe can’t drive #and to go to a theater alone and see it just feels weird to me idk i literally never have #also no hate to any of the other marvel films i just stopped being able to go to movies after shang chi came out it’s not personal #ik i could watch them on disney plus by myself but at this point the sheer amount of content i’m behind on feels so overwhelming 💔 #and my body double and i both got super behind and now don’t talk as much as we did during lockdown and IDK I JUST HAVENT IM SO SORRY #it’s the adhd even when i rlly wanna watch smth i just…cant lol #this is also why i barely barely watch tv #my attention span for visual media sucks esp if there’s not subtitles #i’m so sorry good mcu releases post 2021 one day i swear

[no1ryomafan]

In my constant brain rotations of “why are people in the west so hard on mecha aside from the fandom can be a bit unfriendly” I think one thing I realized as much as I hate to say is how mecha is sometimes treated remind me of the constant hatred superhero stuff gets.

It’s such a weird comparison because with mecha I do not know what the root of it was-and I’d love to know why but I feel there’s either no clear answer or there is one and it’s stupid-where as for superheroes in the west while there’s still a dedicated community the mainstream audiences have become tired of them due to over-saturation, which I understand, but it’s caused such a massive dismal to the entire genre of it much like mecha.

People think superhero stories can’t have any substance because it’s all about fighting and not about the characters- yet forget the SIGNIFICANT impact they had to so much pop culture. How superhero stories were rooted within comic popularity, how superheroes inspired countless of stories, even so far as reaching japan since so much early anime was taken off of western media which birthed its own genre of superheroes. It’s no different to how mecha help started up the anime industry making it one of the most important genres to japans history, yet most people don’t know it and belittle it.

Yet in superhero story cases it’s even WORSE when people are against it yet then go to see one superhero movie because it’s animated and put it on a pedestal and don’t bother to try other superhero content even though they consumed is no different from the norm. It’s the exact same shit when people watch eva and then think all other mechas don’t compare to it, when the genre always had darker, mature and emotional elements, just only a select few decide to canter to a audience who doesn’t even accept what genre it’s from which makes it all the more frustrating to deal with.

I’m someone who’s hardly into superhero stuff even if some of it catches my eye but it sucks to see that the situation is pretty identical to how mecha is seen, that I can’t help to feel sympathetic whenever I see some comic book fans upset at the mainstream audience even if they too can be a little hostile.

#meg text #to clarify I do agree 100% live action superhero movies especially the MCU got really stale #but that doesn’t mean those movies being stale should single out all superhero content when the stuff before is still GOOD #I was in a server that wasn’t mecha but someone was like “I hate superheroes” yet the discussion was just about a old Justice league cartoo #again- what’s so wrong about the animated ones? when they were from a time pre-saturation and people praise shit like spider verse? #I seriously cant tell if this is also a factor of the ever growing issue of people don’t wanna check out old things despite their importanc #*me awaiting the day someone unironically saids the boys/invincible/spider verse is a deconstruction so I can sigh in pain with actual fans #I hope to god that doesn’t happen but it feels like it’s close to why people already say superhero movies don’t have characters #and maybe that’s true bc I haven’t watched a marvel movie in ages but also I think you more so mean “characters being expanded upon” #because… every story has characters… just some can lack dimension and depth… but their still characters… #oh and it’s funny how it’s always these two that get singled out for focusing on action but shonen gets a pass 😑 #action doesn’t equate to less characters!! How do people not realize this? #it’s fine if not your preference but fights can LITERALLY be CHARACTER DRIVEN #a lot of them are in fact because there’s always a purpose to these fights! Even if the meaning is sometimes barebone #also I know there’s gonna be a mecha fan who hates superhero who finds this post #and hate to break it to you but I’m pretty sure the super in super robot came from superhero and just not super powered #especially when a lot of the stuff Nagai made/worked on was him clearly tackling a superhero story from another angle #of course mecha isn’t entirely a superhero genre since we have “reals” but the 70s robots? Oh yeah meant to be superhero’s #and what I said above I think the comparison is warranted because the downplaying is unreal sometimes #will say between the two superhero’s probably have it worse because mecha honestly is more so “im curious but idk more then 5 shows” #because my god I can’t have some conversations irl where this shit doenst get unnecessary heated #had a whole English teacher who wouldn’t stop complaining about superhero movies last semester in college 💀 it’s that bad #that said mecha still suffers from people liking one show and shooting down the other it’s just not as prevalent bc mecha content is low #it’s not dead like others say but it’s mainly been gundam and people now just think gundam is every robot (which is PAINFUL but whatever) #moral of the story is don’t judge a book by it’s cover especially when that book is actually really important to fucking pop culture

[leatherbookmark]

ootd features the words "black dress" in its lyrics and people are like oh! this is a reference to another group's song, "black dress"!

i'm unwell.

#shrimp thoughts #also 'you people just Don't Understand' part 2: apparently there will be Part Two. just like with gee idle's allergy and queen/card #which. lol. apparently 'when allergy came out people were shocked because the it was basically 'if you're ugly tough shit just get a #surgery' but once queen/card came out everything was clear!' and like. how was it clear. what was clear. #one song is 'boo hoo i'm so ugly i hate looking at myself in the mirror and no one likes me i should get plastic surgery' #and the other is like 'ya hoo i'm so hot and sexy i'm like these two western celebrities!!!! i'm so cool i'm twerking on the runway' #kp/op kinda sucks balls in that it's like.... musical equivalent of tjlc crossed with marvel. it's basic ass pop made to sell except with a #faux deep garnish. and sometimes the garnish stands on its own! like if you take guerrilla it's clear that there's actually no deeper or #more detailed philosophy behind it. it's not really n.o where the 'rebellion' was actually supposed to be against something concrete #it's like. we want to feel! we don't want... not to feel! but the sound and visuals are strong enough that you don't mind it #like fuck yeah the lads are staging a revolution now! and now they're outlaws in a western! sort of! and now it's alice in wonderland! #but v often the companies actively make use of the fact that kp/op stans will obsessively look for Depth and Serious Themes in their #cultural reset slaying sotys. a girl looks at a butterfly? oh the song is about having an identity crisis like in that one poem about a guy #dreaming about being a butterfly. it's actually very deep and you can see it was all planned because there was a little butterfly icon #above the tracklist. and the fans get so attached to their headcanons theories and interpretations that they don't stop for a second #to check if there was anything in the 'text' in the first place #remember that one magritte post? this is also how kp/op stans interpret things. she wears a blue dress here and blue is the color of summer #and summer is when you have holidays and don't have to go to school! so by this blue dress she's trying to say that you should love #yourself and strive to be the best version of yourself by embracing your hobbies and extracurricular interests. this is so genius 😭

[laesas]

Gif Colouring Process | Ramking Set

There are various steps needed to adjust the colours of a gif. Good colouring can match tones of different shots, make colours look more true to life or cohesive, adjust so lighting is kinder to skintones and make scenes generally prettier to look at.

Because gifs allow for fewer colours than videos, it also involves prioritising which colours are needed in a scene and adjusting accordingly.

It can also be used for effects: subtle ones (like in like in gif 4: fading colours to highlight the focal characters in a photograph), or much more dramatic or stylised effects.

This is a tiny tiny glimpse of what gifmakers do when we refer to "colouring". 🖤

#flashing gifs cw #flashing gif cw #gifmaking #gif making #gif colouring #bee.gif #obviously I thought it would be interesting but I also wanted to highlight just how much work goes into each gif #also as a Not White gifmaker that is (mostly) giffing Not White people it's really important to me that I get the skintones right #so that's a huge factor in what makes a good gif to me #and each layer isnt just 'hit the curves button' or 'hit the selective colour button' #each layer is adjusted to that one gif specifically #unless it's from exactly the same scene and exactly the same angle you cant really copy colouring across from one to the other #you're relying on a person and a gif maker as a kind of visual artist to learn what's needed and what actually looks good #and I hate hate hate to turn this negative but it's why it's so hearbreaking when gifs are stolen or reposted without permission #and to counterpoint why its so very lovely when people reblog gifs to share them - or ask the artists to share! #There are some really great tutorials out there on how to make gifs #also gifmaking is really a easy to get into and it takes such a short amount of time to train your eye and create really lovely results #I mean it does make you go hRRRRR I COULD FIX THIS when a show or film lights something badly and doesnt fix it in post lmao #if you're a marvel gifmaker you're stronger than god btw #I justify fixing the shitty lighting in these scenes because the budget of my engineer was about 43p and a button #multimillion dollar blockbusters with teams of professional colourists should not look like that. #i digress #do not talk to me about the third gif I dont want to fucking know I dont care I never want to look at it ever again dghjksghjkrs #my worstie my behated #I was fighting for my life #I had to use red text on it as well because it dropped all the magentas out of the colour slots and it their lips went grey #like also because each gif is shown thorugh lots of iterations of colouring there are fewer colour slots overall #so the change is even MORE dramatic than what's shown here #but I made these mostly as an illustration of how much thought went into the set :) #hopefully the vibe still comes across anyway lol

[tin-can-iron-man]

Yes I still love Tony Stark

#haven't made an original post in a while whoops #I'd be making more IM posts if *makes fists* the current series didn't suck so much #iron man #tony stark #I think me and Rowan might go and read it out of morbid curiosity. also hate reading. I think it would be funny. #anyway a lot of marvel fans follow me pop into my inbox and recommend me comics to read cuz my lists are running out #Iron Man is obviously okay #I'm also very much into Hawkeye #and several magic users within marvel are all growing on me at an alarming rate (I blame my dr strange friendblog) #also if there's anything you're burning for someone else to read lmao #just. honestly anything.

[mimiri22-6]

I have to give it to marvel, specifically the X-Men series.

Charles and Erik do be gay and in love

It's either a testiment to how I can only catch vibes when the vibes are from fictional characters, or the vibes were that strong that 7 year old me was seeing rainbows. Either way the vibes were stong because even as a kid I was bullheaded and didn't even have the word 'gay' in my vocab, but I for sure knew they were more than friends.

#x-men #marvel #specifically the movies because i was a wee baby child and the only books I read ranged from dorkdiaries to geronimostilton #...also it's been years since I've even seen a clip of one of those movies. they still be gay right???? #erik lehnsherr #charles xavier #xmen #professor x #magneto #xmen movies #also i was a bit homophobic when i was little. mainly because people around me framed being gay as bad #specifically a tomboy a supposed lesbian and justin beaver that one time #tho i was more confused on why it was bad but kept up face just to fit in. i never like went out of my way to hate them. #just kept distance to kept face w my shitty relatives #if anything being told they were evil made me want to approach them more. to talk w them and see for myself #huh. that really is a testiment to how we gravitate towards eachother. #oh. that went off topic...oh well *send post*