#I’m sorry about this

[tumbwr]

my oussy is sore🥺

#i’m sorry about this

[justbusterkeaton]

#I’m sorry about this #not my best work #😂 #buster keaton #comedy #the simpsons #silent movies #1920s #silent film #silent comedy

[hugsandchaos]

Those of you who are waiting for a fic, I’m sorry. I can still write the first one, but I don’t think others will come out as quickly.

If any of you have the time to type it, reblogging or commenting as much as you know about the games would be greatly appreciated and very helpful.

#danny phantom #danny fenton #he's a phantom #linked universe #linked universe x Danny phantom #Danny phantom x linked universe #I’m sorry about this

[astro-duck]

The finale of DuckTales is deeply flawed

I don’t know if I’m alone in thinking this, but I’ve always wanted to explain this to someone.

It’s not all bad. It’s actually an enjoyable watch, it’s fun and charming like most episodes are. The animation is incredible, even more so then it usually is, there’s lots of great moments that are really beautiful. I also enjoy a fair few of the plot moments, the one that stands out most to me is Scrooge immediately surrendering to Bradford the second he threatens to kill Donald, saying “it’s not worth the risk.” Really, all of Bradford’s eventual surrender to petty villainy is well done.

I will likely end up making a post talking more in-depth about why the finale is great, but that is not this post. This post is strictly about the flaws in the plot of the finale.

A few important notes:

I am not a genius media critic, I’m an asshole on Tumblr. This is entirely my opinion and if you love this episode/this one is your favorite I am genuinely happy for you. I understand that it can suck to have someone criticize your favorite piece of media, and if you don’t want to hear this then I don’t want you to hear it either. (/gen)

I, as a person, am very resistant to change. I find it difficult to cope with extreme changes to form in the media I love. I tried to look at this from a non-biased perspective, and I think I did a good enough job, but I’m sure my personal bias slipped through the cracks very frequently.

The very final episode made me cry, despite all this. I cried because the end credits were so sweet and I cried because it was over. I was watching the end credits and I cried. So, that’s something.

I will refer to the three part finale as “The episode” throughout, because this is the easiest way for me to understand it. I will specify if I am talking about a specific part, but for the most time it is just “This Episode” or “The finale”

Actual Episode Criticism:

I think May and June were a terrible idea. I think that the reveal that Webby is a F.O.W.L clone of Scrooge was also a terrible idea. I think the episode has too many plot twists and characters thrown in and it means hardly anything truly meaningful happens.

I believe that May and June were a harmful addition to the finale and the overall canon of the show. Strictly speaking from a finale perspective, they are completely new characters who take up a large portion of the finale of a show, especially in the first part. The episode should not have centered around new characters, but instead been a grand final adventure with the existing characters all having their moments, but especially showcasing the McDucks.

They divert so much of the time of the episode away from other characters that nobody else really gets to shine. Huey, Dewey and Louie sort of get replaced by Webby, May and June. They feel like the new triplets because it’s literally Webby and two clones of her. However, instead of being three distinct personalities, they’re all just literally clones of Webby, personality and all. I have nothing against Webby, but I don’t think having three of her running around taking up 60% of screen time in the finale was good.

The “Webby is a Scrooge Clone” thing is dumb as hell. Especially because Webby calls Scrooge “Dad” at the end of the end of the episode. I’ll get in to this more in a second, but it sort of shits on the message that family isn’t blood. I don’t think Webby needs to see Scrooge as a father. It also doesn’t make sense that they made her a girl, even though trans Scrooge/Webby is a good thought, it’s not canonical.

This is also another twist that they shouldn’t have thrown in last second, because it’s such a large idea to flesh-out. I’m glad they kept it for the finale though, strictly because I would not have enjoyed the arc of Scrooge and Webby being Father/Daughter. Especially because it doesn’t make sense, like if May and June are “sisters” to Webby and they’re clones of her, wouldn’t Scrooge be more like a brother? At least save Webby calling him “Uncle Scrooge” for this grand moment at the end, if you’re going to go to this terrible twist.

These two plots shit directly on the face of whatever message the show was saying up to that point, that “Family is just the people who love you.” Because when May and June show up, Webby immediately begins calling them her sisters because they have the same blood as her. She goes directly against the wishes of the people who, up to that point, were her actual family. Just for two girls who are F.O.W.L spies and who she doesn’t know.

Webby being genetically identical to Scrooge also flies in the face of this a little, because it makes it so that the Papyrus appearing to her, and Webby and Scrooge being family, arguable as being because they are genetically related. This is not the point the show is trying to make, but it still is an argument to be made. Why do they have to be biologically related at all? Why can’t they just be family?

Especially because this show had, for a while, done such a good job portraying non-standard family dynamics. An uncle raising his sister’s kids? A grandmother raising her (adopted) granddaughter? Both in non-standard environments? We don’t often see things like this casually portrayed. But with the return of Della and the Dad-ification of Scrooge it almost feels like they’re saying families aren’t complete without a mom or a dad. Even though they aren’t saying that, it’s still there.

Gosh this post is getting long. Last thing, nobody gets any screen time. So many characters are in this episode, and they had 60 minutes to use them all, but so much of it was dedicated to Webby, May and June that it’s nearly impossible for anybody else to get a complete arc. Webby and Huey are separated from the rest of the McDucks for a while, which would be fine except they don’t even really get a proper reunion. Webby doesn’t get one at all, and Huey gets a quick “I’m so happy to see you, I used your book to find you.” Before they are immediately captured again. Most of the cast actually spends a large portion of the part just before the climax in cells, not being a part of the action.

I mean, Gyro has a few references yo feeling like he’s “losing his touch” before it’s never a big deal again. Della is mad that Donald is leaving but they don’t ever talk about it and then Della just decides it’s okay. Donald never interacts with May and June before deciding to take them on his boat with Daisy. B.O.Y.D, Goaslyn, Violet and Lena don’t really do anything at all, except for B.O.Y.D and Lena having some plot point that no one else really would have been able to do (Reprogramming the Gizmoduck armor and making the ship invisible.) I think that the addition of these characters feels forced, when they should have been a natural addition to a grand adventure finale.

Overall:

May and June are unnecessary and hinder the other characters relationships and I don’t think Webby should be genetically related to Scrooge because then it feels less like “Found Family”. I think nobody gets enough screen time except Webby and her clones, but I don’t think they should have been the focus of the episode.

I’m sorry this post was so long, remember that I don’t hate watching this episode. I just think that the finale of my favorite cartoon should have been handled better.

#ducktales 2017 #the last adventure #episode review #ducktales #please don’t take this too seriously I just have been thinking about this for a while #I won’t tag every character but I will tag: #may duck #june duck #webby vanderquack #because this is mostly about them #one thing that has always bothered me was that Dewey and Louie don’t open with ‘Huey is missing’ when talking to Della and Donald #but it’s because this episode is about Webby so they have to bring her up first #no hate to Webby but she should not have been the central focus #especially if the moral was going to come across as ‘actually genetics to matter a little’ #I’m sorry about this

[mrbigpepperoninipples]

Just another painful night

He’s had a bad day maybe tomorrow will be better

#artwork #drawing #traditional art #art #artists on tumblr #illistration #sketch #hazbin art #hazbin hotel #hazbin hotel angel dust #hazbin hotel husk #husker hazbin hotel #hazbin husk #hazbin husker #husk #hazbin angel dust #angel dust #hazbin #hazbin fanart #hazbin fandom #hazbin hotel fanart #hazbin hotel fandom #angle dust #i’m sorry about this #Valentino should die #my art <3 #my art #illustration #traditional drawing #colored pencil

[tetheredtoamast]

Do you ever stay up too late and find yourself a couple hours deep into attempting an absolute clown stylistic mashup like old school Yoshitaka Amano x Fargo 5

Don’t talk to me or my sister ever again

#fargo #fargo fx #ole munch #dot lyon #just goofin' #I’m sorry about this #needs about 500x more jewelry for real amano vibes

[a-groovy-beetle]

#I’m sorry about this #good omens #good omens 2 #no nightingales #oopsies

[ameliora-j]

eddie’s girlfriend is shy. nobody ever understood how in the world the rockstar freak ended up with such a quiet girlfriend. his friends knew nothing about you besides the fact that you were constantly hanging off of their dungeon master’s arm. nobody has ever even heard you speak really. besides a simple and quiet “hi” when passing them in the halls or sitting at their lunch table or walking into hellfire club. usually you just sat beside eddie, quietly eating or doing your homework—sometimes whispering with him. but that one fateful day, dustin walks up to you and eddie’s uncle in the cafeteria of hawkins high and you tilt your head softly, asking a soft “dusty, what’s up?” and he looks at you, and then eddie’s uncle, and then back to you before letting out a broken “yn…” and you frown as dustin continues. “i was… i was with eddie when the earthquake happened.” you sit in silence, staring at him as tears already begin welling in your eyes while eddie’s uncle asks “where’s my boy now.” up untill that fateful day, nobody had ever heard you speak more than two syllables. your voice had barely ever risen above a murmur. but the sound that tumbles past your lips when dustin pulls out eddie’s guitar pick necklace has all heads whipping in your direction. the entire town watches as you fall to your knees in a heap of loud heart wrenching sobs. and for the moment, people finally see the eddie that you saw. not the satanic cult leading murderer. your eddie, your heart and soul… and they see all the heart break and damage that he left behind as you continuously sob, screaming harshly as all you can repeat is “no” while you grip his necklace tightly in your fist.

#nani.headcanons #eddie munson #eddie munson angst #st4 vol2 #st4 spoilers #stranger things spoilers #stranger things 4 spoilers #spoilers!!! #vol2 spoilers #angst #i’m sorry about this

[sleep-me-a-sleep]

you’re in her dms, i’m hitting a biblically accurate angel with a stick because it’s been in my attic for days and the noises it’s making are scaring my cat. please help me

#biblically accurate angel #i’m sorry about this #it’s the afternoon but this does have night time thonks energy #night time thonks #ishhhhh? #more like tired thonks

[sirphillipcranestanaccount]

Call my man’s dick The Hobbit Trilogy ‘cause it’s 3 times longer than it needs to be

#I’m sorry about this #but if I had to think it you have to read it #lotr #lotr shitpost #the hobbit #the hobbit trilogy #Tolkien

[sir-crocodile-slut]

Hey guys, it has come to my attention that I accidentally used someone else’s work without properly providing credit. For my pride post I made a pan and bi doffy icon:

While I thought I was using a snip from the manga, since I was not paying attention to what I was doing or the watermark, I accidentally stole this image originally made by @sunny-and-the-flowers

Their work is really good and I appreciate them letting me know of my mistake, but I wanted to properly credit them here since I removed these from that post.

Please check out their art!!!

#public apology #I’m sorry about this #credit artists #one piece #doflamingo #donquixote doflamingo

[zingtastic]

*Yusuke Kitagawa voice* yes I believe I may have the dumbest ass after all

#Yusuke Kitagawa #found this in my drafts #I’m sorry about this

[littlemizzlinguistics]

Studying linguistics is actually so wonderful because when you explain youth slang to older professors, instead of complaining about how "your generation can't speak right/ you're butchering the language" they light up and go “really? That’s so wonderful! What an innovative construction! Isn't language wonderful?"

#linguistics #gen z slang #english #as people in the reblog pointed out! #most gen z slang comes from (or was appropriated from) aave #honestly I was just excited to talk about how people in my field actually get excited about non standard uses of English #instead of ridiculing speakers #and I tagged incorrectly and didn’t point out the very real issues of language and power and appropriation inherent in modern slang #in that much of it was appropriated #and even that which experiences language change in the wider culture still originated in aave #aave is just as linguistically valid as any other English dialect because it is a proper language #and the grammar is incredible!!! #habitual be is fantastic and an excellent example of how a richer case system or a certain case can render an adverb unnecessary #and the phonology is just beautiful #anyway I’m very sorry #I fucked up

[anxiouslittlecarrot]

I want everybody who’s calling Ken a Trophy Husband to know that he’s actually a Trophy Boyfriend, because when Ruth Handler invented Ken in the 1960s, she was adamant that he would never marry her and instead be her “handsome steady”, so that Barbie remained a figure of independence for the little girls and was never put in the position of housewife.

Her house is hers. She bought it and furnished it with money she made in her own job. In STEM, in politics, in healthcare, in fashion, in academy, in customer service. Her credit card is in her name (women in the US couldn’t have their own regardless of marital status until 1974). And it’s all pink and fashionable because femininity and badassness aren’t mutually exclusive. No matter who you are, you can be anything.

That’s why Barbie’s slogan is “you can be anything”. Teaching these ideals to little girls is why Barbie was created. Empowering women and empowering femininity is the original meaning of the Barbie doll. It’s not that you have to be all this to be a woman, but if you are all or some of this, you too are awesome.

And somehow pop culture deliberately changed that narrative. Sexualised, bimbofied, and villainised her, when she actually isn’t responsible for the impossible beauty standards — people are, she’s just a stylised, not-to-scale toy like most others.

Men are frothing because he’s just Ken and I guess they were expecting her to be just Barbie, but that’s exactly what Ken is. Canonically. A badass woman’s himbo boyfriend.

This movie has the potential to radically change the way we collectively see Barbie into what Ruth Handler originally intended, I’m so very excited

#I’m sorry for the rant I feel very strongly about this #I have more Barbie History if you want it #I did a full dive into Barbie History for a uni project and it was the best thing it changed the way I see her forever #she’s EVERYTHING he’s just her boyfriend Ken #barbie #barbie movie #barbie 2023 #carrot.txt

[chloesimaginationthings]

William Afton into the FNAF-verse

#myart #chloesimagination #comic #william afton #dave miller #steve raglan #dayshift at freddy's #the fourth closet #fnaf movie #sister location #dsaf #dsaf dave #dsaf fanart #fnaf #fnaf fanart #five nights at freddy's #spiderverse #I’m so sorry for this comic guys #I couldn’t get this idea out of my head #HUGE DAY for DSAF likers though!! #Book Dave doesn’t really like DSAF Dave pff #also finally drew my game William design again #also first time drawing anything from the fourth closet! #so many firsts SO many wills #don’t gotta worry about them all meeting up #cause I doubt the wills will get along enough to do anything evil #just an ego competition

[definitelynot-theantichrist]

falling for a friend can be so beautiful until you are drunk, unable to sleep and the pain sets in.

how can i tell you i love you when i’ve said it a thousand times but there’s still something unsaid?

#ramblings #wlw #i’m sorry about this