nobody asked but since I've seen a lil chatter on the DCTL Graphic Novel on tumblr too, here's the thread I posted on twitter, speaking as someone who's done a little freelance work as a comic artist, under the jump:
Main thought about the DCTL graphic novel preview is: yeah, I've made designs like that when I was being paid by the page and expected to just throw in extra design work for free and I have a deadline and no time to scour the source material or really put my heart into the design
No shade to the artist; every complaint I have about the pages we've seen is that this looks like someone who was just working (quickly) from a script. The artist is likely not a Big Fan, so they only know the info and descriptions they're given.
And the artist's portfolio shows they're capable of the kind of designs and dynamics this comic needed. its possible they phoned it in for no reason, but feels more likely to be "not enough time/not paid enough/not given enough info to give it that level of care."
Which, don't get me wrong; an important level of craftsmanship and care is missing and im not gonna blame the artist but i AM gonna be a hater abt it lmao
It's not just about designs; the convo with Joey is another good example. It's a literal illustration of the things Joey said and did in that scene, but it's missing the point -- that scene is our introduction to the way Joey throws Buddy off-balance. That energy is missing.
And that's the sort of thing that needs the script to convey this purpose well to the artist, that needs the artist to have time & freedom to invest in portraying it, that needs time & investment & knowledge to ask for adjustments at early stages and get the page right
one more note: begging batim fans 2 think abt the plot of DCTL and realise why "maybe we will not make the creepy guy who dies at the end a black man in this" is perhaps a reasonable choice. like im a fan of poc norman headcanons too but pls recognise this would be a tough call!!
anyway, genuinely cannot wait to see how off sammy is gonna be in this lmao. will he be a mid non-design like norman or will he be conventionally handsome or will he get graphic novel dave miller vibes b/c hes an antagonist? will we get the fabled black hair sammy??? i cant wait
TL;DR I strongly suspect this was an issue of not enough time/not enough money. That design looks nothing like the description of Norman, right? Like, there's hundreds of different AU designs of all shapes, colours and sizes that you could create that would still look like Norman Polk, but somehow they managed to make a character that isnt ANY of them, lmao??? So... how could that happen, unless nobody gave the artist a description of Norman? Or if they did, how did that design make it past anyone else, unless there wasn't time for revisions or a system worked out for revisions, unless whoever was managing the comic project thought it was fine if the designs didn't fit with the descriptions in the book? If everyone is doing their job, then the artist is given the information they need without having to go do unpaid YA novel research before they can start drawing. That's why you have a writer adapting it!!
("they should hire fans, a fan would've done a better job" OK BUT THATS B/C FANS ARE MORE LIKELY TO ALLOW THEMSELVES TO BE EXPLOITED AND DO EXTRA UNPAID WORK B/C THEY CARE!! THATS NOT A SOLUTION!!!! THATS A JOEY DREW STRAT!!!!!!!)
Anyway I could yell about this for 15 years so I'm going to shush for now BUT I JUST FEEL VERY STRONGLY ABOUT IT LMAO.
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more reverse au! this one’s from one of the asks that my beloved mutual @daisyybellls sent me
bonus: after-
demi bertie for the fucking win
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twelveclara for ship bingo. you did reblog the tardis sex post, you brought this on yourself. tell us ur thoughts about them.
you're damn right I reblogged that post and I will gladly tell you my thoughts anon
I feel like their wholeeee dynamic is "my therapist told me to stop fucking you" except neither would go see a therapist in a million years and what they're doing is not physical sex it's like. psychological mind games that they can't get enough of
they should DEFINITELY get weirder with it. tardis telepathic sex is just the beginning of it. also they give me "we keep getting married and then divorced" vibes
it's funny I watched the transition from 11 to 12 live when I was a teenager and subsequently saw clara with both of them and I remember the first episode of twelve being like nooo it's like they broke up and then like barely an episode or two later it's like oh. lol. lmao even
(also the whole "clara I'm not your boyfriend" thing is funny when you keep watching cuz it's like yea no yall aren't dating. something much worse is happening here (affectionate))
and ofc the end of clara's arc. oof. OOF. forcing one of them to forget the other bc the UNIVERSE depends on it? my heart
I also just like both of them individually especially later in s9 <33 anyways thanks for the ask and letting me rave about them 💖💖💖
ship bingo
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-Shiloh was pretty ok but kind of boring. The beagle was cute tho.
-101 and 102 Dalmatians were both pretty good. Glen close carried the movies for sure. Also Mr dr house who is in the first movie as a burglar. There were also a bunch of on screen tricks that the dogs did which is fun.
I would like to note that the description for 102 Dalmatians is “oddball the spotless puppy goes on an adventure to find her spots” and that is definitely NOT the plot of the movie? Why they would just lie about this I’m not sure. But the plot is that Cruella devil has been “rehabilitated” by dr Pavlov (of the Pavlovian response and also the dogs) and must do community service. But Big Ben (the clock) triggers her to return to being a puppy killer and she must be stopped. Again.
Shout out to this stuffed dog who is hanging out with a bunch of actual puppies. It made me cry laughing.
-Old yeller…. Holy shit. They just let that dog attack a bunch of animals and filmed it. By my count they had him on a rabbit, raccoons, mule, pigs, cow and an actual bear and maybe a wolf or just another grey dog it was hard to tell. They just let u do fucking anything in Hollywood for a bit there, huh. Also? Racism.
-Because of win Dixie is probably my favorite so far, they didn’t kill the dog and it still made me cry (but like? Happy cry) it was one of my favorite books as a kid and I think they did a really good job with the movie. The Picardy shepherds r darling
-Snow dogs marks my second sled dog film, and I gotta say it was way more fun than 8 below. Honestly, maybe the funniest movie I’ve watched so far? The border collie was very darling. But the best bit was these two characters, who had barely a line between them, that became dentists by the end of the movie
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Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Category: Gen
Characters: Sister Lilith (Warrior Nun), Shotgun Mary (Warrior Nun), Mother Superion (Warrior Nun), Ava Silva, Jillian Salvius, Sister Beatrice (Warrior Nun), Father Vincent (Warrior Nun), Cardinal Duretti (Warrior Nun), Adriel (Warrior Nun), Sister Camila (Warrior Nun)
Additional Tags: Angst, It's all of their relationships to one another and to the halo, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence
A short AU for if Mary hadn't arrived on time and Lilith managed to get the halo in 1x05.
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Bluey paper doll i made for my little brother (he’s obsessed with them rn)
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lay down my sword and shield
5k words, T. as the stressors in trent's life pile up, he asks isaac for his once-a-season haircut and gains valuable hair care tips, as well as some life advice
(read the fic here!!)
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