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nihoneshi · 28 days

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Welcome to Aqua Rambles on about KFP

I just finished binging Kung Fu Panda 1-3 (not 4 yet) and man outside of a few secondhand embarrassment scenes, because there are a couple of them still for my brain, What I will say is this

god I do miss KFP fandom so so much but I also was REALLY young when I first found myself in that fandom, so like, It's only a matter of time before I found myself brainrotting the movies again and even shorter of time before I re-entered Fandom Space.

So let's get the obvious ones out of the way. God I love Tragedies and the whole prophecy that was laid out hundreds of years ago, I love how cohesive the Trilogy is (I think we all agree that KFP3 was the true end of the Series, since not even the VAs liked KFP4 and it was a glorified corporate cash grab, but don't worry, AUs exist (: )

Tai Lung and General Kai are definitely by far the two MAIN villains I vibe with the most given their situations (Tragedy Affliction & Bond Brother Give-Take disagreement) I do love Shen but my love for him is extremely nuanced on the fact he's a diabolical genocidal sociopath but he's also oddly fucking dramatic, theatrical and comedic of a villain DESPITE the 3 words I JUST called him.

But also the Wolf Boss.. God he's a bastard (affectionate) but EVERY TIME HE "INSULTS" PO HE JUST GOES OFF ON NON-THREATENING TERMS homie please stop being bisexual on the battlefield lmaO /pos.

The Will to write Tai Lung just like 13yo me wanted to has not changed outside of the fact that after a decade more of writing with extremely intricate and nuanced characters with complex tragedies and traumas, I feel like I could finally do justice with this Snow Leopard (especially with Redemption Arcs, because hee-ho I write Saren Arterius, you know. Mass Effect 1's big bad villain that is just as much as a tragedy as Tai Lung but unlike Tai Lung this idiot decided to try to get parasitical genocide machines to spare them and ended up getting indoctrinated against his will)

Now onto Main Cast. Just like kid me, Viper and Mantis were my two go-to idols for KFP1, my love for Crane's realism-centric attitude and Tigress' having second thoughts and a much more intricate wake-up call in KFP2 and on became so much more apparent, like, trust me I haven't watched any of the other animated content but you can tell like, these 6 have gotten so attached to one another (Monkey and Po, especially, literally best buds love that for them)

But the SHEER amount of times I have said this phrase "Viper, Please rephrase yourself" has been in the nearly every thing she has ever said she is so upfront and has misread the room every single damn time. and don't even GET ME Started on KFP2/3 Tigress, the sheer amount of character development she gets is insane

she goes from an asshole to deep down realizing that Po has fallen still due to mental turmoil SEVERAL times and isn't keeping Po down there with Ox and Croc because she doesn't want him getting in the way but BECAUSE She doesn't want him to get hurt like him freezing up both times has gotten him. And then further more watching Po teach everyone their own ways of Kung-Fu all the WHILE TIGRESS IS HOLDING ON TO A BABY PANDA THE WHOLE TIME, EVEN FIGHTING WITH THE KID. AND THEN SHE CARRIES THEM AROUND EVEN AT THE JADE PALACE AT THE END OF THE MOVIE.

And please I can't fucking believe it took Crane several MOVIES TO GET HIS FUCKING NECK FIXED AFTER WHAT TAI LUNG DID TO HIM, HOMIE HAD A CROOKED NECK FOR MONTHS. There were scenes in KFP2 and Early KFP3 where this man's neck was still partially FUCKED. Dude shrugs it off like it's nothing and then proceeds to heal his wing in merely a few damn days max.

The Theatrics, all of the animations, the voice work.. god damn I adore these three movies so so much. But there is one thing I was not expecting and honestly I should've seen it coming.

My eventual brainrot and emotional attachment to side characters and characters with very minimal screen time (I should've seen this with me Writing Volteer from The Legend of Spyro, Nihlus Kryik from Mass Effect 1, and many more)

Dude I LOVE Master Croc, I don't know why SPECIFICALLY him but like. I like how he looks so cocky wanted to kick Shen's shit in, even laughing to himself, how he's so so loyal to Ox after Rhino's (supposed death), like you KNOW these three were inseparable and it LOOKS like Rhino reunites with Master Ox and Master Croc at the end of KFP3 that's what I hope if it was even only for a couple of minutes following what was probably Rhino heading back to the Spirit Realm.

I really love Master Croc, it is not even funny he's such a character, a silly, perhaps.

but now my rambles go to something else, since it takes place in the era that it does.. and like.. my hoard of Dragon OCs and Dragon Characters (literally all the guys on this blog ARE dragons!~ ) Like.. what would be the general consensus of a Dragon popping up in universe? Since back then they're still hailed as deities (Like the Dragon Kings, and all the dragon deities in both Chinese and Japanese mythology)

I am so so curious. But maybe I should add more to my rambles later when I am not so tired but god I have ideas and WILL enact on them.

A tiny edit: I 100% support kaiway due to the context I now have from watching KFP3, homie you have spent all the time in the world holding up Oogway's Chi charm like you want him to see everything like, they def. had something going on pre-banishment

#out of paint: ooc #Kung Fu Panda #KFP #KFP2 #KFP3

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movieanimaxe · 3 years

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KUNG FU PANDA (2008)

MY FAVOURITE PANDAA! No argument needed that Kung Fu Panda is the best action, comedy animation of all time!! I always love watching movie that have martial arts in it cause it give me that one kind of vibe that I don’t even know how to explain but it just give me happiness. For this movie, not only it consists of martial arts but the most important thing is that it have PANDAAA!! I loveee panda because I find it cute and with Jack Black as the Panda, it just make it waaaay better!

So Kung Fu Panda, a 2008 movie by DreamWorks animation where a panda aka Po were chosen as the Dragon Warrior by the Grand Master Oogway. Obviously, no one is agreed with the decision as Po is just someone that accidently stumbled in the arena by fireworks explosion that does not have any martial art skill at all. For me, this movie is a successful movie and have a great message inside it where they underestimate Po, just because he is a Panda. Yes, it is undeniable that how a big fat panda can do all the martial art stuff as it requires all the speed etc but one thing that people always forget is that nothing is impossible. Everything is possible if you put effort on it like how Po putting his effort on learning the martial art but in his own way and eventually, Po became the Dragon Warrior as stated by Grand Master.

One thing that also attract me is the quote by Oogway: “You are too concerned with what was and what will be. There is a saying: yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery but today is a gift. That is why it is called the present.” When I first listened to the quote, I was like ‘ohh yaaa, current = present, why I never thought of it? Interestinggg’ Its true that we always too focus on what is already happened in our life and we worried too much about it which makes us forget that there is something way more important infront of us. There’s also a saying by another movie which I find it also connected to this situation: “Don’t let the past blackmail our present to ruin the beautiful future”.

Another one that was also can be seen in the movie is that stop worrying about what others think about you cause it only waste of time. It may benefit it you but it is very unlikely. Don’t let other people control your mind and don’t let others tell you what you capable of. Only you yourself know, hence, stand for yourself and prove to yourself (not other people) that you are capable of doing anything that you put your mind into. I always said that to myself and I always believe that whenever I put something in my mind that I can do it, trust me, I can really do it. Why? Because I believed that our mind is soo powerful and are the key for everything. It may not be easy but no matter how impossible it is, if you keep faith in yourself, you can do it.

Here’s my lovely cuteee pandaa, PO!

#ax3305 #kung fu panda #dreamworks #po #dragon warrior

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tcmpcral · 5 years

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LAYER ONE: THE OUTSIDE.

eye color: black, yellow sclera

hair style/color: red and white fur

height: just under six feet tall, if not right at six feet

clothing style: ..................clothing?

best physical feature: he thinks his body is pretty Nice

LAYER TWO: THE INSIDE

your fears: Destruction, losing either of his brothers

your guilty pleasure: being lazy occasionally, probably

your biggest pet peeve: being called stupid

your ambitions for the future: he hasn’t really. thought that far yet thinking emoji he’s mostly just following his brothers at this point in his life

LAYER THREE: THOUGHTS

your first thoughts waking up: 'ughgfjdka why did i stay up so late......’

what you think about most: impressing girls/lavender and bergamo, food

what you think about before bed: ‘why did i stay up so late????’

you think your best quality is: spontaneity

WHAT’S BETTER?

single or group dates: group

to be loved or respected: respected

beauty or brains: brains, but beauty ain’t no slouch either :v

dogs or cats: dogs

LAYER FIVE: DO YOU…

lie: yes

believe in yourself: usually

believe in love: don’t know. don’t really think about it that deeply

want someone: sometimes

LAYER SIX: EVER BEEN…

been on stage: do the tournaments count

done drugs: ...........................define drugs

changed who you were to fit in: .........occasionally

LAYER SEVEN: FAVORITES

favorite color: black, dark green, orange

favorite animal: probably something like. the. aardwolf lmao or hyenas. or maybe something completely out of left field with like. razorbacks

favorite movie: probably likes cheesy action flicks tbh also sweeping adventure and fantasy flicks like lotr and potc, but those he kinda keeps to himself

favorite game: chase, capture the flag

LAYER EIGHT: AGE

day your next birthday will be: ???

how old will you be: he likes to say he’ll be 24

age you lost your virginity: like. 21. 22?? idk

does age matter: don’t know

LAYER NINE: IN A PERSON

best personality: impulsive to a certain degree, fun-loving, somewhat immature

best eye color: don’t know

best hair color: any will do

best thing to do with a partner: sex just have fun let’s go out and paint the town

LAYER TEN: FINISH THE SENTENCE

i love: my brothers

i feel: confident

i hide: parts of me

i miss: minca

i wish: i was cooler

LAYER ONE: THE OUTSIDE.

eye color: blue as brianne, black as ribrianne

hair style/color: green and long as brianne. kind of thick and wavy at the ends

height: about 5′2″ or 5′3″ or so; she loses about an inch as ribrianne

clothing style: modest but feminine. somewhat more childish and cutesy as ribrianne, complete with bloomers

best physical feature: her eyes

LAYER TWO: THE INSIDE

your fears: failure, stagnation

your guilty pleasure: singing along with the radio

your biggest pet peeve: being discounted

your ambitions for the future: to continue Learning, become Loved

LAYER THREE: THOUGHTS

your first thoughts waking up: what’s for breakfast

what you think about most: love, how “normal” people work

what you think about before bed: ready to snuggle into her blankets

you think your best quality is: supportive nature

WHAT’S BETTER?

single or group dates: single

to be loved or respected: loved

beauty or brains: both are important to her

dogs or cats: both

LAYER FIVE: DO YOU…

lie: occasionally

believe in yourself: yes!

believe in love: of course!

want someone: no

LAYER SIX: EVER BEEN…

been on stage: yes

done drugs: no. at least. not on purpose

changed who you were to fit in: a little

LAYER SEVEN: FAVORITES

favorite color: pink, lime green,

favorite animal: frogs

favorite movie: ever after and u guys can fight me on that >8c

favorite game: candy crush something cute like animal crossing, probably. her town is filled with snooty villagers

LAYER EIGHT: AGE

day your next birthday will be: a monday

how old will you be: listen. you shouldn’t ask a lady her age but she’ll be like 89 years old bc she ages much more slowly than humans

age you lost your virginity: she hasn’t yet

does age matter: it’s never too late to find love!

LAYER NINE: IN A PERSON

best personality: optimistic, supportive, determined

best eye color: it doesn’t matter

best hair color: still doesn’t matter

best thing to do with a partner: anything!

LAYER TEN: FINISH THE SENTENCE

i love: Love

i feel: excited

i hide: my inexperience

i miss: my family

i wish: i knew what i was doing already

LAYER ONE: THE OUTSIDE.

eye color: [ insert it is a mystery meme here ]

hair style/color: olive green and white fur

height: the taller side of 5′8″

clothing style: modest, with oversized, frilly sleeves. vaguely feminine and elegant, and he’s quite aware of it

best physical feature: HIS EARS ARE HUUUUUUGE

LAYER TWO: THE INSIDE

your fears: being stalked, losing another sense, various fears related to his blindness

your guilty pleasure: teasing precocious children, playing with younger children

your biggest pet peeve: stinky tofu

your ambitions for the future: refine his skills, ambitions are very short-term atm due to being low-key. stunned toward the whole erased out of existence thing (not to the degree that roh is after the ToP, but still)

LAYER THREE: THOUGHTS

your first thoughts waking up: they’re not very. coherent. he takes a good few minutes to wake up fully lmao

what you think about most: his neighbors, shosa, wtf that smell/sound is

what you think about before bed: how cold or warm it’s going to get in the night

you think your best quality is: quick to pick up new skills

WHAT’S BETTER?

single or group dates: either one works

to be loved or respected: respected

beauty or brains: brains

dogs or cats: either or

LAYER FIVE: DO YOU…

lie: doesn’t everyone?

believe in yourself: mostly

believe in love: mostly

want someone: not really

LAYER SIX: EVER BEEN…

been on stage: no, outside of tournaments

done drugs: prooobably not

changed who you were to fit in: once, a long time ago

LAYER SEVEN: FAVORITES

favorite color: it was purple once upon a time. he also had a fondness for teal

favorite animal: monkeys

favorite movie: kung fu panda 2 ok no even tho the idea of him watching something similar with his neighbor’s children is endearing to me (...okay yeah ‘watching’ but still)

favorite game: when he was younger, particularly as a child, he liked playing with shuttlecocks but uh. yeah that’s harder to do when you can’t see the damn thing fjkea; he tried drenching it in perfume once with varying results, as he’s mentioned once before now

LAYER EIGHT: AGE

day your next birthday will be: it’ll be a thursday

how old will you be: don’t be rude

age you lost your virginity: what did he just say

does age matter: yes, but it’s never too late to learn something new

LAYER NINE: IN A PERSON

best personality: self-starter, outgoing, but humble and affable

best eye color: can’t see them, what does it matter

best hair color: see above

best thing to do with a partner: go wander the city

LAYER TEN: FINISH THE SENTENCE

i love: my home

i feel: content, but nervous under the surface

i hide: my fears

i miss: my career

i wish: i didn’t have to die

Tagged by: i stole it from myself rip and finally finished it like a milLION YEARS LATER

#;dash games #lies down #it's finally dONE

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blog-aydine · 4 years

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5 Critical Life Lessons You Can Learn From Kung Fu Panda

Kung Fu Panda is an animated movie that teaches several interesting life lessons, embedded during a predictable storyline. it's highly entertaining, wiped out a Dream works storybook fashion.

Even though we first watched the movie every week ago, my kids can't stop talking about it.

In the show, the panda, whose name is Po, was chosen by a wise old turtle, Ooguay, because the dragon warrior to defeat the enemy. Unfortunately, Po was an unlikely character for he was fat and clumsy. He was viewed with much scepticism and doubt by his martial-arts teacher, Shifu, and therefore the Furious Five: Tigress, Monkey, Mantis, Viper, and Crane.

The highlight of the show, a minimum of in my opinion, clearly belonged to the varied spouts of wisdom and quotes cleverly delivered by the various characters. Animated or not, wisdom is often found anywhere. All you've got to try to do is look and listen with an open mind.

Here are 5 of the wise sayings that I picked up within the movie:

Living within the Now Uruguay: “Yesterday is history, tomorrow may be a mystery, but today may be a gift. that's why it's called this .”

beat self-doubt

We don’t get to read Eckhart Tolle’s book “The Power of Now” to find out the importance of this moment. we will simply watch this movie to find out from Ooguay about how necessary it's to abandoning of our past, doubts, and fears if we would like to be happy.

Thoughts of the longer term or baggage of the past deduct your joy within the most vital moment which is now. What matters isn't what went on or what's getting to happen.

Hence, be faithful to what you're doing. Treat each moment as a present and you'll live life fully!

You Can’t Run faraway from Your Destiny

Uruguay: “One often meets his destiny on the road he takes to avoid it.”

Ever had that tingling sensation that you simply are meant to try to do something else? Perhaps it's a dream that you have had since you were young. Or it's going to just be a recent awakening, like in my case.

I have always thought I might pursue my grand idea of being an accountant or banker. Yes, I know. It seems like an uneventful profession, but the thought of getting an iron rice bowl appealed to me then.

Even once I first started exploring opportunities on the online, making plenty of cash was my first concern. Along the way, someone directed me to observe the key movie on Youtube. Well, the remainder is history.

I never quite thought that I might be writing articles on self-help and private development. I didn’t imagine that I might have an interest during a coaching or healing profession. I’m convinced now that I'm threading on the proper path since I really like what I do passionately. every day of living this purpose feels so right to me intuitively.

Hence, if you discover yourself experiencing that sense of discomfort, that inner knowing that you simply are within the wrong job or a purpose that you got to fulfill, perhaps it's time to ask yourself what your destiny is. curiously enough, regardless of which way you switch, this destiny calls bent you.

Things Happen For A Reason Uruguay: “There are not any accidents.”

If events don't go consistent with your expectations, then learn to prevent fretting over your suffering and misery. Things often happen for a reason. it's going to just be a life lesson that you simply got to take.

As we all know, life isn't a bed of roses. If you are doing not recognize the lesson for what it's, you'll end up continually stuck or attracting more of an equivalent. you're during a vicious circle, unable to interrupt out. Step aside, take notes, and learn from there. Then, you'll end up moving on, becoming a more evolved and better Self.

Your Passion Keeps You Going Tigress: “It is claimed that the Dragon Warrior can choose months without eating, surviving on the dew of one gingko leaf and therefore the energy of the universe.”

Po: “Then I assume my body doesn’t know I’m the Dragon Warrior yet. It’s gonna take tons quite dew, and, uh, universe juice.”

Admittedly, it sounds a touch far fetched – to be ready to survive without eating. But haven’t you experienced several times once you were so absorbed in what you were doing that you simply forgot to eat?

It is true that our passions can keep us alive. Even within the most challenging of times, they need us going.

A friend I came to understand lately shared that her volunteer adds an Aids Organization helped sustained her during a time when she went into depression herself. If not for the patients who needed her and if not for the eagerness to assist others, she wouldn't have survived that period.

You Can Be the foremost Unlikely Hero Po: “There is not any charge for awesomeness – or attractiveness.”

At the guts of the story was a personality with no apparent gifts or talents. He had to fight feelings of low self-esteem and confidence. He had to endure snide remarks by the Furious Five. Plus, he had to undergo rounds of brutal martial arts training, that kept him from eating.

Towards the top, Po unraveled the key of the Dragon scroll from a gathering together with his father. His father had tried to cheer him by telling him the key ingredient of the family’s noodle soup: nothing. Things become special, he explained, because people believe them to be special.

As you almost certainly guessed by now, Po saved the day. He realized that he might be awesome if he chose to believe so. And he was indeed the Dragon Warrior, after all!

What you'll take from the movie, Kung Fu Panda is this:

Take action to satisfy your destiny, albeit initially, you think that you suck.

You just got to believe that you simply are special. And in pursuing your path, you'll just discover that awesomeness or attractiveness is being who you actually are. there's no charge for that!

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grayzeppelin281 · 7 years

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A New Prophecy, Chapter III: Visiting

A fanfic Kung Fu Panda novel

Author: GrayZeppelin

The Furious Five and Dragon Warrior sauntered with Shifu in a corridor from Student Barracks. The Masters of Jade Palace just had enough of hardcore training on their own. Shifu pondered about the Emperor named Huangdi, who shall journey across China to foresee classes in perspective, that he expected to have followers and politicians with him to Jade Palace tomorrow.

The Furious Five and Dragon Warrior communed to their retired master. The bird behind Shifu convened. "What is the Emperor interests before he comes to Jade Palace, Master?" Crane inquired Master Shifu.

"His preference will soon reveal soon, Crane," Shifu replied, walking in a corridor with Furious Five. Shortly as the Masters of Jade Palace arrived in the hallway, Shifu turned to his students, grasping his wooden staff and gazing their eyes. "At first, the Emperor interests us. Tomorrow, the Emperor will arrive here with his colleagues around daylight. I suggest you all five practice with Dragon Warrior in the morning. Most importantly, make yourself improvise and your preference skills you have practiced and learned all the years."

"What about you, master?" Viper asked him, slithering beside Tigress.

"I will demonstrate the Emperor by myself," Shifu answered, then pats on Viper's slither. "Po has been a teacher for ten years and skilled chi, including inner peace at such a young age. Get some rest. We have a big day tomorrow."

A moment after the Furious Five and Dragon Warrior began to sleep at student barracks, Shifu headed to Jade Palace, he lightened many candles in front of the wall with Master Oogway's painting. He desired to meditate and some time to commune the great grandmaster of kung fu. Shifu sat on his rug and closed his eyes, relaxing his muscles and calming his breath by saying "Inner peace" repeatedly. In the next quiet of meditation, Shifu seeks his vision of an old friend in front.

Oogway smirked to his old friend as Shifu visited the concept of a Spirit Realm, the red panda glimpsed every land and water made of gold: dazzle stars across the horizon, light brown surfaces. The turtle in front believed Shifu's presence, and knowingly the red panda will soon join Oogway in few years. Shifu in his vision sighted a sound of water below him. The water circulated across gently, developing a yin-yang symbol that represents life and also Oogway embarked to see his old friend closing his eyes as focusing inner peace. Just then, the water spread over Shifu's body, and the red panda peered over the reflection of old tortoise glimpsing at him with a grin.

"My old friend…" Oogway summoned, wielding his yin-yang pole. "It is great to see you again."

"Master Oogway!" Shifu opened his vision, then bowed calmly from his surprise, clearing his throat. "It's been an honor to see you again."

"You have trained Po and Furious Five for many years," Oogway pleased, the elder turtle guides in front as he carries a large green staff with yin-yang icon above. "I am proud of you, Shifu."

"My pleasure," Shifu complemented him. "I perceived that my student Po is the only Dragon Warrior saved the world I remember. I am very sorry, Master. I was too blind in the beginning to see. You were right."

"Well," Oogway patted to Shifu's shoulder, "my prophecy was nearly stumbling for my brother wanted a chi power, and I found one who will fulfill his destiny to defeat many threaten warriors." Oogway embarked strolling behind, guiding with his stick where all beam blossoms soared gently around the tortoise. "Come, Shifu. Let us walk."

For a moment of walking, Shifu experienced the happiness and pleasant where he sought the Spirit Realm for the first time.

"This... is beautiful, Master," Shifu looked all the golden heaven and mostly a land of peace as wind murmured. The water colored in made of gold and gloss waves below. It was this prosperous realm to occupy beside with demise masters as you could lay rest upon the fields of grass caressing your back, and floating a surface of the golden ocean. "My students are exceptional and well trained. Po is in charge of being a teacher instead. My retirement is what I must regard my life because my teaching days are already over for me. I am old now, Master."

"So am I, even in eternal as my age is immortal and still old like you." Oogway joked, chuckling politely.

"My wish is to be living a new home instead of aging enough," Shifu said.

"Someday, my old friend," Oogway said sagaciously. "Someday."

Shifu crouched to the dirt as he touched the golden water-like chi, pouring down back from his palm he sensed warmth with light that sparkled like stars. "I have someone coming to Jade Palace, Master Oogway," Shifu informed, meeting his eyes to Oogway's. "My old friend will soon bring her students to confront the Furious Five. And she seems does not know you are in Spirit Realm."

"The elder tigress," Oogway revealed. "I assure you she will understand my presence."

"I do mention her name," Shifu deemed, glimpsing the pink flower next to his feet it dazzled into a rising sun. "She made a promise to herself she will return."

"She has," Oogway reconsidered. "The elder tigress created her class of Wing Chun. Nine of her fellow students are similar to your students' origin. My soul mate gradually sought his grandson to one of the Nine students having a trouble of his past."

"Who, Master?" Oogway pondered.

"Clever student," Oogway detailed. "My companion once spoke to me that his grandson could not remember his memory except the disturbing past where continues haunting his life."

"I can offer Po to support Ming's student if I must," Shifu promised.

"Hmm," Oogway nodded. Just then, the turtle immediately turned through his reflection, seeking a white tigress wearing a brown travel cloak over her. Oogway chuckles softly.

"What is it, master?" Shifu asked.

"A visitor you have, my old friend," Oogway answered.

"Who?" Shifu asked once again.

"Your sister." Oogway smiled. Shifu noticed a sound of footsteps in a matter of short seconds as one of his large ears twitched. Shifu's vision returns to his normal life.

The red panda opened his eyes apparently, and softly. Jade candles ahead of Shifu darkened as the wind breathed gently, and Shifu sensed someone behind him. The red panda rose from his rug, checking his surroundings in a Sacred Hall of Warriors everywhere. The large doors remained open for a while, and Shifu noticed a visitor could open those big gates. Shifu peered to the elder tigress in a brown cloak with the hood, standing still. Her eyes met both blues of the ocean, remembering her partner master in the youngest age with Shifu.

"Ming," Shifu surprised the elder tigress. Ming removed the hood as she blinked her eyes with a nod, releasing a single tear that poured next to her cheek. He could tell his companion smirked. The elder tigress thought to herself before her arrival Ming would have confronted Shifu and Oogway for a return. Then, as she turns out, Shifu touch Ming's paw, and the elder seeks down to her closest friend. "You look old."

Ming beamed. Her other paw pats on Shifu's hand once she crouches. "Same look on your cheek, and robe with a blue shawl."

"Oh. I have different outfits instead of the same clothing," Shifu added truthfully, making sure he does not wear the same outfit every day. "You traveled long enough from West?"

"I've already sauntered for too long," Ming grinned. The elder tigress seeks Oogway's staff behind the candles. "How was Master Oogway?"

"He was better after you left," Shifu replied. "Making himself comfortable in a better place." Shifu carefully met his eyes on her expressional feeling: broke, kindly, and serene. Ming immediately hugs Shifu for a friendship reunion. "You miss me very much." Ming could tell Shifu do miss her in years. She would have thought masters will never be disappointed any student's return.

"I miss you too, brother," Ming twinkled her blue eyes and then grins.

Later on, both Ming and Shifu went inside the Training Hall as the elder white tigress ventured across the enormous room filled with potential, and lethal training. The red panda guided her to indicate his gift of Wing Chun dummy beside the Panda model. He adored how this doll was once made with wood and barely metal as harder than metallic. Ming forged this dummy as if she was an expert designer along with her goose servant named Kong, who was the Nine's Messenger he became skillful of the architect to forge history with weapons.

Ming indicated Shifu with ten blocks of chi sao, part of the advantage to enhance your skill to counter enemy strikes. She stroked her punches on the center, deflecting dummy's arms with chi sao blocks; Ming palmed to doll's jaw where its head thrust back, as the white tigress enabled a chi strike, yet again, diverting arms and pushing her kick to model's belly. Shortly after Ming's indication, she and Shifu sat on a flat surface next to the panda design. Their cups filled with tea and many candles are on opposite sides on the ground to enlighten bright lights instead filling more on surroundings everywhere.

"How is your grandson doing?" Shifu inquired when he drinks his tea. "I like to wonder who he is."

"He's been substantially fine," Ming answers. "Xing has been sparring well with other students of mine. Before my son's death including his wife, my grandson has no parent to be taken care of while I lost my home long time ago. I have seen the worst enemy after my son died from the fire. I could not engage that hatred person because I had to save my grandson from him. Although, in some monthly mornings in his young age, Xing had some experience of a nightmare in which haunted his fear, a fear of a lost parents killed by a monster."

"That's very sad," Shifu vehemently apologized for Ming's loss. "I am sorry about your son."

"Xing disciplined throughout his time," Ming interpreted. "He's no longer having nightmare issues. There were many disturbances I've encountered, both Xing and I had to hide somewhere where not anyone will find us."

"From whom, Ming?" Shifu asked worriedly. "Who was following you both?"

"From evil's souls who wanted us slain," Ming added, caressing a tip of mug she revolved her finger. "Not just me and Xing. For some whereabouts, I could not tell who controlled bodies of men in China. For what I convince, they remained silent for years, and some other places have rumors back then have once assumed that person name 'Ruler of Retaliation,' has come to Mortal Realm and will avenge his father."

"'Ruler of Retaliation?'" Shifu repeated with a confuse.

"Whoever was that name 'Ruler,'" Ming considered. "Then something dark merges shortly, where I believe a young Ox who was a prince in seven hundred years ago will savage China and the rest everywhere. Since I meditated last week on the weekend, my ancestors once informed there was a young prince who is a son of Emperor Khan, craves to rule China and devastate martial arts we have created."

"That sounds horrifying," Shifu noticed her clarification.

"I am aware of that prince will be returning soon," Ming thought. "My grandmother in a Spirit Realm I saw her during my meditation warned me about a sickness lies near a hidden summit somewhere on a northwest of China. She has seen many darkness armies, and said they are all growing in border and soon will come."

"I believe your words are giving me a warning call," Shifu agreed about Ming's grandmother's vision. "But is there any situation that will prevent terror?"

"I do not know," Ming shook her head. "One of the messengers from Master Wolf's palace went over to the northwest and then disappeared for at least a day. I recommend not to send one of your messengers to head over North. Because, in what I concern, the enemies are clever and can explore the skies to snatch any bird messengers."

"I appreciate your tip," Shifu nodded, sipping his tea as he swallowed green with warmth flow that soothed his voice and his throat.

A moment on for a short conversation, Shifu and Ming spoke about their students. Ming contemplated to the red panda's confrontation of Dragon Warrior's arrival in the beginning, Tai Lung's darkness heart in which she remembered rumors about the escape of Chorh-Gom Prison, the ambitious Peacock in Gongmen City, and then Kai's final days of power hunger Chi to everyone's defeat. The elder tigress amazed Shifu's life plot including the Furious Five's origins.

"I would love to see your students one day including Dragon Warrior, brother," Ming immediately interests the Furious Five as soon as Shifu finished his tea. "I should have seen everything I missed. My grandson will be honored to greet them all, especially your student Po." Just then, she remembers a sister of her kin. Ming also had a sister before in which she notices about Tigress and including her family as well. "I just wanted to say, that I deeply miss your student's family I'd known them for years. Tigress must realize she's no longer in solitude. I've always wondered she was just like her mother, and she's valuable to Furious Five. I'm delighted you raised my niece, and I shall like to meet her soon."

"That can wait, sister," Shifu patted on Ming's paw. "It will be a great pleasure to greet my students in the morning. I have some important schedule to do. The Emperor will arrive Jade Palace here to see a demonstration."

"I understand," Ming comprehended.

"You have your place, right?" Shifu demanded as his pupils grew across his ocean eyes.

"Of course," she smirked, chuckling lightly. "My palace is not far from here."

"Where?" Shifu asked politely to know where Ming's palace.

"About ten miles west from here," Ming answered, pointing west. "The Prosper Valley is where I live there with nine of my students.

"Great!" Shifu murmured to such excitement. "I'll be there with my students if we are in luck on a top three list of martial arts."

"Brilliant," Ming finished her tea.

Just then, Ming and Shifu approached through Hall of Warrior's front door to exit. Shifu thought about her closest friend all the time, and then sort of think about losing her in which is Ming on her final day of Kung Fu class back then with Master Oogway had an urgent problem to head over West.

"You are just going to have to leave again, right, sister?" Shifu pondered, worrying.

"I won't do the way I left you both since our early days," Ming urged. "After I left since Tai Lung's heart of darkness, it was such broken through my heart and forgot about your interest of Wing Chun. I should have done that in the beginning to teach you."

"You've had your choice," Shifu comprehended her a moment of hardness. "I know you had to leave and go save your family from danger and take good care of your only grandson. Your apology is accepted. Master Oogway and I wondered you would return someday, and then many years later, you have returned."

"It was a long trip I had gone through before I came here in annuals," Ming said. "I just hope myself I would forgive my son's death and his wife." Ming immediately turns to Shifu and gives a hug at once again for a great reunion. A long hug Shifu accepted a friendly hug. "I will return, brother."

"I know you will, Ming," Shifu admitted. "If you would like to come by here with your students, you are welcome to Jade Palace anytime."

"Thank you, Shifu," Ming accepted Shifu's welcome. Next, Ming wore her traveling cloak and her staff to walk. Before she strolled on the largest stairs, Shifu immediately called her sister.

"Ming," Shifu called her. "One more word before you go back home. Is there having any issues to one of your talented students?"

"Just one of the Nine students only, not my grandson," Ming explained. "Xing sometimes seeks his Peacock brother having misfortune on his past he cannot remember. His peahen mother I confronted her once said I must raise and protect her son from peafowl husband who's been driven himself mad, poisoned and desired his son to show him something potential." Shifu nearly perceived her explanation words to describe a hint about Lao's origin. The red panda ultimately understood the meaning of student's trouble, and also for another shock through his thoughts, the peacock's father might be one of Royals and for "soul mate" from Oogway's friend is a peacock.

"Master Oogway told me that his companion is watching over your student, his grandson. He explained to me about your student's long lost memory in which continues haunting his nightmare."

"Master Oogway told you that? You cheated me," Ming joked. Shifu nodded as both chuckled. "Amazing. I'll greet to our Master later on, but I have to see what my student is having trouble tomorrow morning."

"You can," Shifu advised. "Meditate yourself alone with a green candle, and you shall see our Master in a moment. And show your students to make Inner Peace."

"Thank you for the tip," Ming appreciated. "I'll teach my students a new lesson." She just swiftly turned gently without a rush on a stairway. Although, Shifu notices something about "protect her son from a husband who's driven himself mad, poisoned." The red panda recalled the glimpse of peacock's rage that Shen's orbs lightened with fire, and howls of wolf army in Gongmen City.

"Do you notice about your Peacock student who had his father?" Shifu asks Ming in a notified situation. Ming knew the secret in which the Nine does not know a Peacock's biological father. Lao's peahen mother in his child age told Ming about a perilous situation that can pull her and Lao through sickness. A disease that the albino created powder and even metal to spit and breathe fire. Ming knew Shifu that can warn her about her student's father. If Lao reveal a dark secret soon enough on his memory, the elder tigress might be at risk of losing her student.

"I already notified," Ming revealed without even looking back to her closest friend. She in her own heart goes into guilt barely enough. "His grandparents were Peafowl Nobles, then followed their son before my student. He doesn't know his father. One thing he perceived, was only a history of Shen lost the battle. I will be regret if my Peacock student I've known as my lovely son will find out the truth by himself. He's just a kid, like his father but not very aggressive emotion. I just need more time in a right moment after the Tournament."

"I see why." Shifu realizes. "What's his name?"

"His name is Lao," Ming identified her student's name. "My grandson nicknamed him as a brother since peahen and her son came over to my Palace. His actual name for his Peafowl Noble bloodline is Dōngjì, meaning winter."

"That's a good reputation to your student," Shifu likes the peacock's right name. Ming nodded at once when Shifu has discovered her difficult situation that Lao will soon reveal his full memory. They both gestured their hands each other, and Ming sauntered down the stairway path to lead Valley of Peace where she must return to the boatman and ride back on a stream towards Valley of Prosper.

Shifu in his memory sought a perfect life along Oogway and Ming. He does miss his closest friend ever known onto his lifetime of all, waited and waited for years of Ming's return. A blossom leaf soars in a gentle wind glosses Shifu's cheek, and then his mind pops out rapidly as the red panda realize a night turns a midnight.

"Oh!" Shifu surprised. "I almost forgot to go the bed. I have a big day tomorrow."

Shifu returned through the door, and now closing a large door of Hall of Warriors. The sky that shaded gray and midnight remained peaceful where a Sacred Peach Tree near Student Barracks gleamed with pink as divine. The wind communed a blossom leaf, Shifu embarked entering his room of belongings and began himself perching on the bed, covered with a brown cover.

Shifu dozed peacefully; Oogway in the Spirit Realm peeked the ocean reflection of an old tortoise, vortexing into a vision of Jade Palace stairs, gleamed into yellow in his eyes. He viewed his Wing Chun student in brown, hooded cloak sauntering down the stairs as Ming nearly arrived the Valley of Peace.

"Awesome." Oogway smiled heavenly.

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Trolls

(Angry) This is something I’ve been meaning to write down for a very long time, but I couldn’t quite write everything down for some reason. But I believe I have it down now. There are very few movies that I hate. Honestly, the films that I’ve reviewed on this show don’t even make me that angry. I like to view each bad film as a learning experience for people who want to tell their own stories. Extract the things that work or could use a little touching up, explain where the film fails, and then thank the film for offering something to art. But then are movies like Trolls. At first glance, this film seems like another film that your kids will sing-along to for some months before you finally grab the belt and start wailing away at the children until the only thing that comes out of their mouths is sharp exhales whenever you open your mouth to say literally anything, because they’re so scarred and broken from the beating that anything that comes out of your diseased brain will likely make them jump in fright. Anyway, if you actually take the time to sit down and analyze the film, because when a film’s message is to find happiness perhaps that’s an invitation for people to look at it, you’ll find that the film’s quickly slapped on message is a little more flawed, and a little more dangerous. Kind of like you... you monster. So, Trolls is a film... unfortunately. And it’s one that comes to us from Dreamworks animation. The same guys who brought us How To Train Your Dragon 1&2 and Kung-Fu Panda 1&2. 3 is fine but it’s meh compared to the first two. These were the finest films that Dreamworks has created, and they’re some of my favorite movies of all time. Really, these movies are so good, that thinking about them inspires me. I love the characters, I love the emotional sincerity, I love the animation, I love every single last bit that these movies have to offer. Then I take a few steps back and look at Dreamworks as a whole. Dreamworks is a studio born of spite and anger towards Disney. As a result of that, we got such films such as Antz, made to deliberately screw over Pixar’s A Bug’s Life, and Shrek, a movie that tears apart Disney’s various tropes about its fairytale movies. And then Disney started doing that itself. Oh, no, don’t worry, it’s totally not distracting, you keep breaking your own immersion just to point out that this is not the typical Disney princess movie. What, no, it’s totally within these characters to point these things out, just shut up and get on with the film! And now, I feel either a coincidence or a reaction from Dreamworks about Pixar’s Inside Out. “Hey, their film about colorful small creatures that has themes of emotions and the importance of them did really well, I bet that we can do that too! I want it done in seven months.” Only, with Trolls, Dreamwork’s avaricious tendencies kicked in, and they thought it best to cast pop stars and have most of the film’s soundtrack be tired songs from recent memory that are boring and uninspired at best and insulting at worst. You’re going to notice a lot of comparisons to Inside Out here, because Inside Out and trolls are very similar. Tiny, colorful creatures going on an adventure to rescue something important, and learning a thing or two about emotions. I’m taking a stand against these kinds of movies. Those that decide to make a playlist of songs that were popular for a time and crafts an uninspired movie around it in order to make bank on the soundtrack. They’re selling you things that you already have and could easily make yourself. I do not need five covers of the same song. I don’t need to hear a song I had gotten tired of over and over again. Plot! Trolls escape giant creatures called Bergens. They live their lives in peace and banal harmony for some twenty years until the princess, Poppy voiced by Anna Kendrick of Pitch Perfect fame (because kids totally watched and understood the humor in that movie), throws a big party to celebrate escaping the bergens all those years ago, and then ironically and conveniently gets her closest friends taken to get eaten. And then I was half tempted to leave the theater and not know how the film ended, because I didn’t care about her friends because all I got was this out of them. *farting sprinkles* *dated lingo* *insufferable dialogue* *annoyance* Also as a side note, when Poppy says, “Will you go to Bergentown and help me save everyone?” There was only six trolls that were taken, and several hundred Trolls left, but then later on all the Trolls were taken to be eaten, so I think that while writing the early drafts of the story, the writers opted not to write another draft, they just went back over the previous draft and made slight edits here and there to save on time because when the main gimmick of your film is appealing to a crowd of screaming children by using dated lingo and beating dead horses until your arms give out from exhaustion, time is of the essence because you only have a very limited time to capitalize on the success of others instead of thinking about making your own songs, you’re not Disney and no matter how hard you try, you’re not going to beat Disney, you’re a joke! So, some dated, overrated songs later, we get to the climax of the film which involves the Trolls explaining that they can be happy without eating Trolls. And then they don't adequately explain how the Bergens can be happy or how they even know the neurological properties of a Bergen’s head. Instead, they sing a song that had already been drawn into the street and publically humiliated and then forgotten about. It’s obvious, but the main message is to be happy. Plain and simple, really. However, let’s talk about sadness. What’s the purpose of sadness? Well, despite what you might think and what society explicitly tells us, sadness isn’t just something that happens to us whenever something unpleasant happens to us. Twentieth century compulsory happiness is pretty much trying to drive sadness out of everybody’s heads. As Dr. Heidi Lepper explains in her article, “Sadness Serves a Purpose” quote, “Like all emotions, it is believed that sadness evolved because of its adaptive value, something about it served us well long ago, and we can use that knowledge now to help us cope with it in ourselves and within others.” Unquote. We use sadness in order to slow ourselves down and examine whatever is making us sad in order to deal with the problem. What Trolls tells us is that sadness hinders us. You might think that I’m a terrible villain who wants nothing but sadness and depressing art from films, however, I thoroughly believe that not every movie should be artful and inspired. I have plenty of films that I like despite the fact that they’re nothing movies. “Cloverfield” “Monty Python and the Holy Grail” “Pacific Rim”. And you can also use the age old argument that you throw at people who complain about children’s media, “It’s just a kids film, quit taking it so seriously.” Here’s the thing. When we talk about kids, the next generation of people, they deserve something better than a loud, colorful film that shouts at them constantly. Children deserve better media. They’re the ones who will run the world once we’re all dead and buried. You really want them to take these memories with them? *YouTube kids* *Teen Titans GO* We need quality content for kids. They deserve better. We can’t keep making this garbage for a profit. Our future will lie in the hands of these people. And I’m not saying that every single bit of children’s entertainment should be artful and inspiring. We do need some silly, goofy humor. There needs to be some breathers in between all the heavy stuff. We as human beings can’t handle that kind of stress all the time. But quite frankly, there needs to be more serious stuff for kids out there. Why can’t there be more mainstream kids movies out there that make the kid feel something other than happy? We have other emotions for specific purposes. Pushing them out in favor of happiness is dangerous. Trolls even accidentally contradicts itself. It shows unhappiness as a bad thing, but in the climax of the movie, when all the trolls lose their colors, Branch is inspired to help all of them. That was Branch using sadness in order to make them all willing to try and escape. Which was the message that Inside Out had. Of all the problems that the current generation has, compulsory happiness is certainly one of them. We push out anything that’s sad out of our heads, we purposely avoid negative art because that would make us be negative, and we even make sure that people who are sad are happy when they really need to be sad. They need that sadness in order to figure out where things are going wrong. Our negative emotions have purposes. Fear keeps us safe, anger makes us aware of the unfair things about the world, without lust then we wouldn’t be able to procreate and give children, suspiciousness makes us aware of shifty people, etc etc. The line that makes me the angriest is a line from the Russell Brand character. He says, “Some people just don’t want to be happy.” No no no no no no no no no, and f**k you. There are several factors that influence unhappiness, such as an unfair system, see happiness industry, mental problems that stop the flow of certain hormones, physical and mental abuse, I could go on but I need to make a point. There is not a single person on this planet that chooses to be unhappy. There are those who have a bad attitude, but that is never a choice they have a choice in. Something made them make those choices, they are not unhappy simply because they want to be. That line also implies that people who are unhappy have something wrong with them. There are some that really do have something wrong with them, but those who don’t suffer from anything serious, they believe that sadness is something to be avoided at all cost, not realizing the purpose of it, because they won’t let it do its job right. As I said, there are lot of factors that influence unhappiness, it’s not because people hate everything and choose to be unhappy. We all find happiness in different ways. Just because somebody doesn’t like what you like, it doesn’t make them unhappy. Also, what about that little kid who feels sad all the time. He doesn’t quite know why, but that’s something that he needs to deal with. Imagine him seeing this movie and being hurt and confused when the movie tells him to be something he can’t be. But the bottom line here is that life is hard. Life is really hard. Films like these aren’t going to help with that. They’re going to paint life as a happy skip and hop. There may be some adversity, but if you always keep a smile on and March through the hard times, then life will be just peachy. What about the times when being happy didn’t work for you? Nobody goes through life completely happy. Everybody has their trials. But kids wouldn’t know that, because they weren’t adequately prepared for that. A little sadness here and there is not inherently bad. It really isn’t. It’s how you handle it that might be the problem. I truly hate Trolls. It stands against everything I’ve stood for in the past three years, and it’s a garbage fire in all other respects. There hasn’t been any other film that has made me this angry. Die in a fire. I’m All of the Above, thanks for reading.

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