#applies to many shows actually

[thankstothe]

Episode: breaks the mold and stars to go surreal, flips the script, plays with the timeline, generally confusing

Excited me to me: I'm gonna love it aren't I

#house md #those are the best episodes #love it #im so simple #applies to many shows actually #but there's has to be mold to break it #that's what some shows miss #and sustainable mold is arguably more challenging to set up #s05e19 “Locked In” #it caused me to write it out #but that one episode from s1 still lives in my head rent free and is maybe better example and its prob my fav episode so far

[the-badger-mole]

https://www.tumblr.com/vampireapologist/742154547980648448/i-can-fix-him-good-for-you-i-can-be-the

I saw this and it reminded me of some of your takes on aang

No notes. This is a perfect breakdown of how Katara was treated, right down to literally being a metaphor for the entire people Aang lost. I just wish she had been able to dump the little creep and have the ending she deserved with Zuko

#atla #zutara #anti aang #anti kataang #i'm not blurring out the op's name because this is a brilliant post #it's not actually about atla or kataang #they might not have even watched the show for all I know #and isn't it just such a shame that something like this can apply to SO many stories?

[vaggieslefteye]

MORE THAN ANYTHING - REPRISE ↳ from Hazbin Hotel Season One (2024): 1x08 - "The Show Must Go On"

#hazbin hotel #charlie morningstar #vaggie #hazbin vaggie #chaggie #hazbin charlie #KILL ME KILL ME NOW ACTUALLY LOOK AT THE WAY THEY LOOK AT EACH OTHERRRRRRRRRRRR #AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA #the fact that they integrated the familial love song into a romantic love song makes me think.... makes me THINK THAT THIS TUNE #can be the ''Main'' Theme for the rest of the show. PLEASE tell me im guessing right i will literally die it can apply to SO MANY SITUATION #more family love. more romantic love. more platonic love. more of ANYTHING ELSE. scenes with any flavor of affection and connection. #IT CAN BECOME THE THEME OF THE CONNECTION FOUND BY THESE WAYWARD SOULS AND THE UNIQUE BOND THEY'VE COME TO FORM #*slams hands on table* THEY CAN ALSO BE EVIL AND USE A SLOWED DOWN VERSION AS A SAD SONG!!!!!!!!! WHEN A CONNECTION IS BROKEN! #WHEN A FRIENDSHIP IS LOST OR CALLED INTO JEOPARDY! WHEN A TIE BETWEEN CHARACTERS IS SEVERED #BY EITHER CHOICE OR TRAGEDY. #THEY CAN PLAY A DRAMATIC ORCHESTRAL VERSION WHEN SOMEONE STEPS IN DRAMATICALLY TO SAVE THEIR FRIENDS. AAAAAAAHHHH!!! #FUCK ME UP!!!!!! JUST FUCK ME UP!!!! #my videos #music vids: s1 #song: more than anything (reprise)

[aramblingjay]

#it's okay, geralt, the word you’re looking for is husband

#the witcher #geraskier #thewitcheredit #witcheredit #geraskieredit #geralt of rivia #jaskier #ughmerlin #useravia #userbecca #arthurpendragonns #my gif #geralt calls so many people friend throughout the show #even people who really probably shouldn’t deserve that title (looking at you nivellen) #so why does he struggle to apply that label to jaskier? #(bad writing is probably the actual answer but shhhhh) #let me dream

[astranauticus]

orv sketchdump while i try to recover from midterms burnout

#orv #omniscient reader's viewpoint #orv spoilers #han sooyoung #yoo joonghyuk #secretive plotter #oldest dream #art i made #is the text legible?? wtf happened to the resolution #i wanted to do a version of the traumatised and sparkly traumatised as yjh and kdj but i ran out of space and also patience #genuinely love that 1863 hsy canonically smokes bc WOW thats hot <- insane #most of this is just me clearing leaves out of the drain stopper but i'm actually proud of that ONE 1863 hsy. god i love her #anyway go check out my translation of eternal loneliness the chorus is very 51%kdj coded #kind of a weird thing to say about a song thats so much like. quotes from soure material by volume (its a tv show ost) but like. its true #世界隐隐作痛 像永恒孤独 你却留下爱 恒星如灯塔指引我重生 can apply to so many orv characters tbh #yoo joonghyuk? check. the oldest dream? check. 51%kdj? check (kinda)

[justafriendofxanders]

i go back and forth a lot on my interpretations of ats s5, ie. what parts of spike are 'in character' or not, but the one thing that stays constant is my belief that spike and angel fucking would have fixed most of this.

#not that it would have fixed their problems i just mean it would introduce new problems that i would find entertaining as a viewer #anyways i don't like saying a character would NOT say/do that but sometimes i'm not sure if he (spike) SHOULD do that #in terms of showing off the more interesting parts of a character while also carving out a unique arc/dynamic for him on a new tv show #ats rw #i think what's misunderstood about spike is that he's NOT a solo sigma male lone vigilante bad boy action hero #like i think angel is actually the one who has a history of isolating himself #but spike is your friend who always has to be in a relationship (which i think btvs got correct with harmony) #idk. i think oz has that line in btvs where he's like 'i gotta go do that guy thing where i isolate myself now' #and i think that gets transposed onto spike when he goes on the 'guy show' doing 'guy things' #and then kinda blended up with the tension that many of the guys on ats experience between #being a tough guy capable of doing things on his own versus the desire to belong in a crew #but like. that's not a 'guy' thing that applies to all men. that's a thing that certain individuals experience. and spike is not one of the #like i don't think spike cares about how he fits in with society or the collective but i think he DOES care about how individuals #he's close to perceive him #anyways. today on 'reading too much into a tv show that stopped airing 20 years ago' #i gotta make a separate post about this #buffyposting

[girlinthetardis04]

Me: the MCs for otome games need to be more varied! Not everyone is a brown eyed brunette white girl with bangs!

Also me: *is in fact a brown eyed brunette white girl with bangs*

#it's actually part of the reason im hesitant to show my mc/self inserts #because im scared someone will complain that they look all the same and 'basic' #even though thats just what i look like #but ive seen so many people comment stuff like that under art or fanfic #anyway #im not sure what to tag this #it can apply to a lot of games #arcana twilight #twisted wonderland #ayakashi romance reborn #a villain's twisted heart #blood in roses #blood moon calling #obey me! #my post

[heavencasteel420]

I don’t ship R*nance, but, man, it’s wild seeing people go “um, why would you ship that, Nancy is so mean to Robin” when they ship H@rringrove. Shouldn’t they be bored because Nancy’s not mean enough? She doesn’t even pop up when Robin’s gazing longingly at Vickie to go “huh, guess your crush is getting porked by Mr. Mullet tonight,” let alone break crockery over her head.

#tbh my real hot take is that Steve’s stank attitude towards Eddie #(while not actually a big deal) #is less sympathetic than nancy being short with Robin right after seeing a dead body #st*ddie is fine to me #it’s a McDonald’s happy meal #unremarkable but good at the right moment #but I’ll be real with you all I don’t see what’s in it for Eddie based on the show dynamics #some people write it good though #I will be additionally real with y’all #the real reason I lost interest in r*nance #is that I read one too many fics where Nancy is disappointed in jonathan #for smoking weed when she taught him that poetry is just another way to rap #not literally but close to that #like. ugh. why make her so uncool and condescending #also—and I don’t think this applies to most people who ship it #just a subset of Steve stans #sometimes it feels like a way for Steve to win their breakup #it’s a bummer #okay. ship diss track over.

[sysig]

Getting up to trouble is his speciality (Patreon)

#Doodles #SCII #Helix #ZEX #The Captain #Mixed set! :D Lots of singular doodles - one-offs or ones that apply to a few different scenes #The kiss is random tho <3 I still haven't gotten to ZEX showing off his uniform to Zelnick! I want them to!! #Him seeing his Captain in his uniform was so lovely tho <3 I love Big Love and that was so <3 Hehe #Smooch ♥ #ZEX does not eat enough ;; He eats like a bird and it's highly distressing #I actually wrote in my notes that I was surprised he wasn't hurting In The Same entry as when he was experiencing hunger pangs haha #It doesn't help that he tends to talk through meals rather than eat - he's so much more interested in making connections with humans! #As far as metaphors go - killing himself for the sake of trying to bridge that gap - I mean it's apt but ZEX please #I think it was while he was talking to Wally at one point that he framed the War in a very flippant light-hearted way which was funny to me #I don't think that's the descriptor most people would use haha #Swearing <3 <3 VUX terminology <3 <3 #I want a VUX glossary of terms so badly hehe I've been slowly compiling a few here and there :3 Direct translation! The dream ♫ #Him getting stressed enough to swear is very endearing haha ♪ What do you mean I'm endeared by everything he does don't be silly #The next one of me deeply enjoying when he's creepy is not proof of anything! Just because I Happen to also like that!! #I do really love when he's creepy tho agh <3 <3 The mental image of him as The Hunter - casually cornering and capturing his prey <3 #In that instance he was interrupted pretty quickly but the setup was there!! And it was extremely good!!! #I love how huffy he gets as well haha ''All these humans interrupting my seduction attempts >O( ...Wait O|'' lol #And finally an exchange on the board between him and Scarecrow haha so many fun faces around!! #I love him being completely baffled by a non-mechanical construct it just short-circuits his brain haha ♥ #He's so intelligent but there exists things unknowable! #The image of him tapping his pen is so Incredibly cute ah <3 Where did he learn such a thing! Does it translate from his VUX form to this ♪ #Anything everything ♥ Learned or known! It's wonderful

[james-stark-the-writer]

sometimes the way you people talk about Riverdale really makes me feel like you guys are anti-art lmao

#the day society thought there was 'bad art' and that inherently meant it had no value and was better off not existing was the day we lost. #'oh we're so glad it's over' you don't even watch the show. #'how did they ruin such a good show?' i don't believe you have actually seen S01 bc it was actually garbage. easily the worst season. #like S01 legitimately is some of the most boring TV. #and if you like it that's fine but to say it was a good show in S01 is so wjfsjfnsbdhd #raise your standards please #anyway uh some of you just are assholes and very much anti-art with the way you talk about some stuff #art is like meant to communicate something and express a feeling and evoke an emotion. my god. #the way some of you conceptualize it as just mindless entertainment is so embarrassing and sad. #like truly i mean i'm sad for you. you're missing out on so many unparalleled art experiences if all you're looking for is 'good art' #won't get into it under here but that FriendlySpaceNinja Riverdale video is so dogshit specifically BECAUSE it embodies this exact idea #'good writing always wins' you don't get art. you flat out don't. #to conceptualize art as only being 'good' (having value) if it has 'good writing' is such a stupid and capitalist way of thinking about art #anyway that societal critique would eat away at my tag limit so i won't get into it. #james talks #riverdale #not exclusive to Riverdale by the way. also very much applies to something like twilight. #like we've already done such a cultural reevaluation of twilight but i still see so many takes on it that are like 'this shouldn't exist' #and it's very inherently anti-art. also fundamentally the idea of 'good art' is just such dogshit but like go watch the CJ the X video— #on subjectivity in art for a much more comprehensive take on that. they break it down a lot better than i can in tags. #disliking something and understanding it isn't for you isn't the same thing as saying it shouldn't exist btw. #'twilight was not my taste' and 'twilight ruined vampires' or 'twilight is toxic and should've never been written' aren't the same. #like disliking something as an artistic piece bc it doesn't do anything for you is fine! good even. that's like the whole point of art! #but the whole 'burn it down' and 'this is ruining culture and TV' takes are so insufferable and anti-art lol

[inkedmyths]

It's not necessarily a knock on ppl but man there's something about being in a fandom and seeing people who's lineup of favorite ships are all the most. Like. Hetbait ships? You know what I mean?

And it's like one or two you can go "yeah I get it, there's at least some canon backing to it" but when that's all they're into and it leaves you going like. Where's your imagination dude these are all so... basic. Like it's not even necessarily that they're straight ships it's that they're the most surface level things you could come up with. And some of this is dependent on the way they treat their ships ofc but still

And its not even that they come across as anti-queer (at least outwardly) its just the general feeling that the idea of something that isn't a heterosexual romance even crosses their minds. They live in a little vanilla bubble, and you're watching them floating along, wondering how they can't be so so bored

#ink thinks #it depends on the fandom and the person tbh. like if the person only really ships one or two things and they happen to he straight #then that's a different situation than someone who is kind of a self-proclaimed shipper or whatever #and they show u 10 different ships in the same media and they're all straight. then u at least kinda go 'hm' #and its not even that its a lack of gay ships necessarily but the general impression also that #they struggle with just letting ppl of opposite genders be friends lmao #it's not Het Ships Bad it's. the heteronormativity of the way they go about it #and also the lack of variety. which is actually something i'll say applies to ppl who only show you m/m ships #where's ur women. #sorry. huge tangent. i just think ppl need to broaden their horizons and think its weird when they don't #TO BE FAIR YES this is me being queer and forgetting how many people still don't really grasp things outside a cishet mindset #which to me comes across as childish bc that was the way i thought before i was like. 13 and realized there were more options lol

[mexreny]

is it “I take creative liberties with my art designs of other people’s characters because they’re mythical creatures or monsters or animal hybrids or something but look I kept the roleplayers’/streamers actual in game skin AND irl physical characteristics into account because I drew them with colored hair or glasses or I made them short !! !!” or is it “i just don’t want to draw characters that aren’t thin and pale and even though their characters as well as actual bodies are not thin nor pale or blue eyed because their look as a person and their characters they’re playing in game doesn’t represent the idea of a desirable hot design of a person I have in my mind and I’m going to hide my abhorrence to certain facial and body features behind the argument that because they’re fictitious people I can mold them however I want”

“it wouldn’t be realistic to draw an _______ as the way the actual streamer looks” why not? why keep the certain features of certain people into your representations and not others? am I making sense? probably not nvm

#this is probably unreadable but it’s late and I’m kind of annoyed #should I tag this qsmp? You know what yeah #qsmp #because I’m seeing just a lot of noticeable things in art where Some and I repeat Some #artists are designing cubitos in a human form #and it’s strange to me #because some of the designs of the qsmp characters played by the streamers actually look like the streamers #and some jsut #dont #But the ones that look like the streamers have certain characteristics that are either thin and white #and the streamers that aren’t thin nor pale get kind of altered to appear that way even when their cubitos don’t #look that way? #Yea I feel like I’m being a little bitch but #I see a lot of people airing out their opinions and you know what this is mine #And this ABSOLUTELY does not apply to just the qsmp community #this applies to SO MANY FANDOMS either in Minecraft or in media like movies and tv shows esp animated ones #its just been on my mind #also routeriver does a beautiful amazing job of fusion between cubitos and the irl streamer’s characteristics. Love their art #I feel stupid but I’m still gonna post #Ik Mike in particular has a pale lil cubito #but the streamer himself isn’t but since the cubito looks different I guess it’s fine ofc #but I just don’t know how to explain it #when all your characters look the same #with the same small nose and the same big eyes and the same sharp no fat jawline #when the irl streamers who look like their cubitos don’t look like that #with thin thin bodies and white faces when the people just are not white when there’s much more white rep in the art community than there #is other ethnicities and races #bc there is btw #idk #My friends and I just don’t feel

[swiftfootedachilles]

the shameless fandom baffles me because theres no way yall watched the same show as me

#the mischaracterizations blow my mind like???? #yes im being vague on purpose bc this applies to SO MANY THINGS so many plots so many characters #and it applies to so many fans likes obviously this show has millions of fans some of them are bound to have no critical thinking skills #a.txt #'they are just dolls i play with' go write your own OCs then? like youre just obsessed with the actors and ignoring the actual characters...

[ectonurites]

hm. i am once again annoyed by the 'tell instead of show' trend within modern comics

#this post applies to many things but is specifically prompted by the tim & connor story in the pride anthology #the idea of 'tim & connor had talked about identity stuff in the past' is not a retcon im at all opposed to but GOD i would have preferred #*flashbacks* to those conversations? to show us how they actually approached it? how it worked within their friendship? WHEN they happened? #especially when it's just. this is the first time they're interacting in OVER A DECADE so figuring out exactly where they stand #with one another is like. complex enough. but just... idk man things being just these mentions in the past tense feels so #surface level and it's annoying because THE IDEA of them talking about this stuff before being fully ready to acknowledge it IS COOL. #but for it to be. 'oh yeah btw that happened' and giving us the tldr is just... disappointing #grandpa max is god? i go to church now

[marchsage]

unova dexholders my beloved <3

#pokespe #white (pokespe) #black (pokespe) #lacktwo (pokespe) #whitwo (pokespe) #my art #im not.. overly pleased w the bottom two bc the cropping ended up weird but like. if i didn't crop them that way they wouldve had a ton of #empty space to fill up which is meh #I LOVE THE UNOVA DEXHOLDERS ACTUALLY. this applies to b1anca and ch3ren who im not tagging proper bc itll show up in search #white's was for her bday and then blacks was for his... peak romance that their bdays are so close #i like whitwo and lacktwo a lot too honestly theyre p wild kids #i have many thoughts abt which snr dexholders theyd interact with <:3

[neptunesenceladus]

thinking about Themes and Motifs and how Tone can be conveyed through the layout of the page

#in other words: #thinking about dress rehearsals by Madison Godfrey #i want to say it’s really post modernist #in how it explores the self and how it conveys that with more than just prose #brilliant book if you ever feel like some poetry and prose that will rip you apart #i feel like rus and rowan would both enjoy it #many of the pieces are written in fractured lines which perfectly show in a visual way the feelings #photography teacher had us do an essay on wether art is defined by the artist or the audience #and i feel like godfrey does a really good job of telling you what they feel and mean by it #and then letting you decide what it makes you feel and means to you #so you get two definitions #the artists and the audiences #and each audience would have a different definition of it cause the stories it tell won’t apply to anyone #because of the theme of performing womanhood and sense of self #so some people will be looking through a window while reading it #while others are inside the room #which them makes me think of a room of one’s own essay/speech #which i need to reread #sorry for the essay in the notes #it’s cause i’m not confident about my own words to write and actual essay #en thinks thoughts #also this was supposed to be about how the work is typeset but i got so sidetracked #this is why my literature essays were never an a grade #i get too sidetracked