#It Could've Been Great

[inbarfink]

#steven universe #su #steven universe future #Mirror Gem #Ocean Gem #The Return #Jailbreak #It Could've Been Great #Message Received #Log Date 7 15 2 #Beta #Earthlings #Back to the Moon #Bubbled #Are You My Dad? #I Am My Mom #Change Your Mind #Everything's Fine #I Am My Monster #The Future #tumblr polls #polls #my polls #i love polls #fandom polls #poll time

[yahoo201027]

Day in Fandom History: January 6…

With the completion of the construction of the drill, the Gems now need the coordinates to find the Cluster, so they, alongside Peridot, head down to the Moon Base to find the information they need. “It Could’ve Been Great” premiered on this day, 8 Years Ago.

#Day in Fandom History #8 Years Ago #Steven Universe #Season 2 #Episode 24 #It Could've Been Great #Cartoon #Animation

[greenflamedwriter]

little annoyed at a comment on one of my fics for scum villain.

A little about how they were upset on how I tagged it. I tagged it multi, and they said it should be tagged m/m and I'm like.

it's a harem fic, where Binghe is with his wives and they're together. So even though the main couple IS m/m there is a HAREM in there-

and I'm like they're upset about tagging on a scum villain fic.

I just wish they were acting cunty like cucumber and annoyed at the story...but the tags man? like give me some airplane/cucumber roleplay I'm the writer they're the hater but srs over tags??? what a copout I'm so upset.

#svsss #writer #reader #hater #it could've been great

[lemonsweet]

Got very excited when I saw the that new Mario commercial where they did like a 90s rap advertising style and i thought ohh are they going to have it take place in the 90s but then the lady in it immediately pulled out a modern smart phone -_-

#IT COULD'VE BEEN GREAT

[theloveinc]

omg not 2017 vld 😭😭 truly traumatizing ...

truly. TRULY.

and DON'T even get me started. i hate to admit i liked that show but i can honestly say it's the only one i ever quit bc the fandom was too rancid to tolerate. peace and love.

#just kidding #no peace and no love #(but u can have some somi just not the show) #thankfully they got to me before i could watch... season 3 i think #so they spared me from the bad writing #but that's the only thing im grateful for #it was literally a poison on our society #and i'd do anything to take it back #or delete it #IT COULD'VE BEEN GREAT #and yet. AND YETTTTTTT it attracted the worst of the worst #sigh. #caitie answers #somi!! #soumies

[ruethos]

My sister and I after watching the canned KH animatic pilot from 2003

#Kassandra talks like someone's listening #we are FURIOUS we wish this were a thing SO BAD #THE BANTER!!! KAIRI KICKING A HEARTLESS IN THE FACE!!!! RIKU'S INTERACTIONS WITH DONALD AND GOOFY #IT COULD'VE BEEN GREAT

[icarusfellintomyarms]

ah, the wii is kinda making me sad. it truly was a family entertainment system.

#it could've been great

[salamander-crimes]

if steven universe had gone on longer peridot would've had a rant about how a camp pining hearts got paired with up someone in the last few episodes when they were clearly so much better on their own. and she would've been based for it

#it could've been great

[jacuzziwaters]

I'm so mad. I could've been speaking Creole my whole life but NOOOOO y'all decided nah we're not gonna teach our kids this whole other language that's a part of our culture. So now I'm a monolingual fool who can only speak English like a loser (not aimed at any other monolingual English speaker)

#smh i hate it here #IT COULD'VE BEEN GREAT #we should've gone to Louisiana more often too #we've been to every other Southern state we have family in #BUT NOT LOUISIANA #language #jay's attempts at communicating

[castles-crumbllng]

Jonah Hauer-King as Prince Eric THE LITTLE MERMAID (2023) | Dir. Rob Marshall

#thelittlemermaidedit #disneyedit #filmedit #jonah hauer king #jhauerkingedit #jonahhauerkingedit #prince eric #the little mermaid #disney #y'all i just got back from this movie and got a little obsessed. it was good liked it but could've been soo much better. #THE WORLD BUILDING WAS PHENOMENAL but they left so many loose threads that had the potential to make it great #also i got seasick/motion sick SO MUCH during this #useralison #userjessica #usermarsy #useraish #userarry #*shale #userkarolina

[scalpho]

it still baffles me that for the sci-fi comedy zac came barelling in with a cerebro-slug infiltrating the brain of an ex-military man whose memory was wiped by his commanding officer after he was ordered to secretly dump dead bodies, all of which with exploded heads, and also the slug is the slug prince and the slugs have taken over the bodies of billions of people in an attempt to conquer the galaxy and his slug father is responsible for the deaths of all the brothers of one of his friends and crewmates. and then for the actual horror season his character pitch was "i'm a little kitty cat. i'm little and small"

#i know skip was played for comedy (as was everything in aso) but it's such an insane concept with such great potential for horror #it could've been just like among us guys.... #dimension 20 #a starstruck odyssey #neverafter #skip takamori #pib neverafter #zac oyama #scal txt

[ewingstan]

Take the following observations:

Taylor kissed Rachel to cure bonesaw's miasma (wildbow 2012, part 14.11)

Taylor could have spit on a bug and had it fly into Rachel's mouth to cure the miasma (@ty-bayonet-betteridge, 2023)

Wildbow has stated numerous times that neither of these characters are supposed to be taken as queer.

Taylor kissing a girl on the lips in a scenario when there were other options she likely would have thought of to cure her is Gay

These three observations all seem to contradict with each other, such that we cannot take them seriously without one of them giving. Most would place their doubt on 3, claiming that wildbow intentionally created a yuri moment for his readers and then backed away from the implications this would have on the larger story. However, careful reasoning reveals that there is no necessary contradiction:

A normally gay action isn't actually gay if all your alternatives in the situation would be more gay.

The most-often stated alternative for what Taylor could have done involved flying a bug down Rachel's throat.

Taylor's swarm is noted numerous times to be an extension of her body.

We can thus conclude there is no contradiction between are initial quartet of observations as long as we accept the following: Taylor having a bug fly down a girl's throat is more gay than simply kissing them.

With this out of the way, we can turn our attention to a section from 19.7:

We have an instance of Taylor doing what she was fully capable of doing in the miasma incident, and sticking a bug down her teammate's throat—in this case in order to stop talking. Based on our above reasoning, we can conclude that Taylor did the equivalent of dipping Lisa into a surprise kiss sloppy style to shut her up. The fact that this strategy worked and Sundancer did in fact nuke those guys is an important piece of evidence for my ongoing theory that Worm acts on the logic of a romantic comedy—

#wormblr #wildbow #parahumans #taylor hebert #rachel lindt #lisa wilbourn #leo reads worm #leo says #this is a great day for smugbug lovers everywhere and a sad day for wolfspider lovers. Could've been gayer turns out

[yahoo201027]

Day in Fandom History: January 6…

With the completion of the construction of the drill, the Gems now need the coordinates to find the Cluster, so they, alongside Peridot, head down to the Moon Base to find the information they need. “It Could’ve Been Great” premiered on this day, 7 Years Ago.

#Day in Fandom History #7 Years Ago #Steven Universe #Season 2 #Episode 24 #It Could've Been Great #Cartoon #Animation

[dangerousdan-dan]

I’ve been thinking a lot about how Cass’ journey as Batgirl (more specifically after losing her abilities) directly relates to her perspective as a martial artist.

I’m convinced that her choices wouldn’t have been the same if she weren’t a martial artist. The thing is, when you love fighting, and when you’re good at it, you become addicted to a lot of things. To winning, to discipline, to having absolute control over your body, to enduring pain for the sake of greatness. And as someone who, same as Cass, lost all of that without consent because of someone else, I totally understand why when given the choice to be “mediocre for a lifetime or perfect for a year,” she chose the latter.

That’s what training is, after all. Your legs shake and burn to get that stance just right, your knuckles bleed because you can’t afford to let the skin get soft, you practice that kick a hundred times because you can always make it faster, harder, smoother. In the back of your mind, you know that you’re dooming yourself to the aches of the future, but you keep going because the idea of not achieving perfection is worse.

When Batman tells her “it doesn’t matter how long it takes, what matters is that you give it everything you’ve got”, the most painful part is that she had already given everything. Cass gave her childhood, her happiness, her sweat and blood. When Cass lost her abilities, it was the equivalent of dismissing all the sacrifices that got her where she was, like saying none of it was worth it. She was the best because she had earned it. So, even if she tried to achieve that same greatness again, the I could’ve been more would’ve haunted her forever. She would’ve mourned that potential for the rest of her life.

Lady Shiva herself is a martial artist, and she was perfectly aware of what had been taken away from Cass and what offering it back would mean. Refusing her offer was never an option. The proof?

Just look how happy she is immediately after getting her abilities back. She doesn’t even care that she’s going to die.

She’s great again, she has agency over her body again.

Her sacrifices matter.

Batgirl (2000) #9

#maybe I'm projecting onto her a little too much #but truth be told I mourn what I could've been every day #(i cried a little writing this post not gonna lie) #I'm sure leaving that chance behind would've killed her #so it doesn't matter to her if fighting lady shiva means dying anyway as long as she gets her year of greatness #batgirl (2000) #cassandra cain #batman #lady shiva

[thundergrace]

Yeah, about now, it does feel worth mentioning that this film exists. It is a literal continuation of Romeo & Juliet. Juliet doesn't die because she's turned by a vampire but Romeo does die and because of that, Juliet is just bitter af forever until she meets this woman. Then she's still mostly a jerk but then she falls in love with her and is less of a jerk.

#and surprisssse yes with a white woman anyway #I've mentioned this one a few times #it's not a great film #it feels like a play and perhaps should've been that #it also could've been a great series #but as a movie it's just too on the surface #it feels superficial #an intriguing idea that i wish they were about #able* to do more with storywise #with a kiss i die #first kill #first kill netflix

[misty-wisp]

sumire could've been so much more interesting, like. okay. i get it. kasumi was really nice but at the same time she was insensitive as fuck to her sister and that made her feel like shit 24/7 and you'd think that'd piss sumire off, no? or at least you'd think it'd be made clear that she's not pissed purely because she thinks so lowly of herself. no. she just sings kasumi's praises even with everything in mind.

like. you'd think "hm maybe kasumi wasn't the best sister even though she meant well" no. no she's the perfect person and sumire still loves her and looks up to her well enough to wear her likeness even after accepting herself as sumire post-3rd semester. sumire didn't even like gymnastics as much as her and she obviously had more of an interest in cooking but she's gotta go on to fulfill her sister's dream even though hey maybe that's not what she wants--no that's exactly what she wants it's what the game says can't you read.

idk man sumire continuing to think her sister was perfect and following on with that "dream" of theirs even though it was holding down her mental health doesn't sound much like her rebelling to me. ik her real awakening was meant to be rebelling against maruki's reality but in that case her whole personal deal regarding how she sees herself and kasumi doesn't mean that much. she doesn't get to do her own thing. she has to go and achieve what her sister wanted for her, because god forbid sumire be her own person with her own interests and wants that have nothing to do with her dead sister.

fuck, kasumi could've been more interesting too. she doesn't have to be this perfect, well-meaning sister who did nothing wrong except make an oopsies that got her sister to have a mental breakdown and accidentally get her fucking killed. like, c'mon, you could infer that kasumi may have had her own ego over getting constantly praised for her efforts and skills and maybe that was what got her to be so insensitive to sumire's mental health. maybe she was so far up her own ass she couldn't see how she hurt her sister over the course of them doing gymnastics together because literally all she knew was that praise. maybe the way she was being treated got her to emotionally abuse her own sister without her even realizing it. maybe we could've seen more of how that affected sumire's mental health after her death--oh what's that? she still has to be a perfectly marketable waifu with next to no personality aside from being nice and cute and romantically interested in the protagonist? okay, ATLUS!!

#gripping sumi by the shoulders i can fix her i can fix her #idek if this is a hot take or not i just. i don't like how sumire's character was sacrificed for marketability #bc she could've been SO FUCKING GREAT #i liked her? at first? but then i thought about it #and i watched my bf play royal and realized WOW she got fucking shafted #it's been a hot minute since i've seen this fandom's thoughts on some chars so uhhhh go easy on me or smth #i know i made a post last year saying 'wow sumi's much better implemented into the game than marie' yeah no i was wrong ignore that #persona 5 #p5r spoilers #sumire yoshizawa #misty says things