i made the joke earlier about how steddyhands fans tend to like edstede the least of all the pairs, and i just wanted to elaborate bc actually i do have more to say about this
when i first watched the show i didn't really participate in the fandom (so i don't know pre-s2 fandom drama), i was neutral about izzy and i suppose i liked edstede the most simply by default. in general in season 1 i thought their relationship was charming back when the show was still firmly in the realm of a comedy. then s2 happened...
i wouldn't say that s2 ruined edstede for me permanently because i still like them, but i will say that it definitely reshaped how i see their relationship. suddenly their relationship was stagnant, going in circles, and generally starting to feel more like active bad influences on each other. which is wild considering how in s1 the whole crux of it was that stede and ed were actively making each other more authentic people. i will say though that i personally feel the reason edstede fell flat to me in s2 was mostly due to ed's behavior and the way stede overlooks it. ed's behavior in s2 will always be one of my biggest complaints of s2 (the rest of the issues are more technical).
recently i've seen the opinion that edstede are now MORE problematic than edizzy, which i don't exactly agree with. i agree with the sentiment that with all the developments in s2 edstede feels worse, but i think that has more to do with the fact that their relationship issues are far more tangible to the majority of the audience. with edizzy their issues stem from an intense bond forged by a deep codependence that is pushed to extremes. simply put their dynamic is rare. (i want to quickly note that this doesn’t make their relationship better narratively; there’s a space for both in story telling and both are equally valuable.) edstede's issues on the other hand are more grounded, to the point where most people have experienced some level of their conflicts in their life whether that be firsthand or secondhand. so it's not that their problems are worse so much as more people have stronger reactions because they can relate directly. not saying people don't relate to edizzy, it's more about the scale to which people relate.
my famous example is breaking bad (spoilers for a decade-old series) but i think one of the reasons people hate skylar so much more than walt (besides the obvious misogyny) is that they can relate to the anger of being cheated on while it's harder to relate to the feeling of your husband secretly being a drug lord. like sure his thing on paper is ten times worse but audiences usually relate strongly to the things they personally relate to.
edizzy will always be worse on paper (the toe incident alone makes sure of that) but edstede now feels worse is what i'm getting at. and sure i know izzy emotionally matured leaps and bounds in s2 but unfortunately that doesn't fix edizzy. in order for it to actually be a healthy relationship they both need to grow, so yeah they're still firmly in the toxi yuri category.
anyway i actually do like them a whole lot, but they also make me angry on izzy and the crew's behalf. and on a personal level, i just tend to prefer non-canon ships because i feel like i have more wiggle room. that and if they're canon i'm usually satisfied with that canon so i don't find myself hyper-fixating as much. hence why i didn't really get into the fandom after s1, despite liking the show more at that point.
this is just my observation but i think a lot of the reasons people are now drifting from edstede and into the safety of non-canon ships is simply because s2 stripped their relationship of some of their whimsy. a lot of people are angry with ed and stede and are seeking refugee amongst ships that don’t feel like they have to confront the glaring holes in their relationship.
but these are just my musings i don’t speak for anyone but myself.
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"There was no oath stronger, unless it was the one a woman took on being made Aes Sedai, and the oath rod bound her to that as surely as to a part of her flesh.
But this oath. By what she had been taught, breaking it would be not much less than murder, maybe no less."
The Fires of Heaven, Chapter 1 "Fanning the Sparks"
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The process work of one of my favorite pages from my comic adaptation of The Hobbit! :3 The page is from this chapter.)
I could do an entire post dedicated to the background painting process alone, which took a while, but here's the basic process of what a page looks like from start to finish...my initial thumbnails are always very silly XD. Minimalist Bilbo
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some colourful goichi pages from my sketchbook! :3c
I'd normally wanna stack a few more pages up before posting buuuut it is my beloved ichijou's 50th birthday today and I was very sad I didn't post anything new for godai's last month <3
this is my toku dedicated blog where i regularly post kamen rider stuff, but if you like my art, feel free to poke @magentameows, my dedicated art blog! :3
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NEMI IS BACK ON THE GRINDDDD
this was supposed to be...more wholesome...more cute... but you wanna know what happened? I STRUGGLED TOO HARD TO DRAW LEONA'S FACE SO I GAVE UP AND MADE THIS
ANYWAYS.
canon info about my twstsona:
-cant fucking spell
-draws in class and its OBVIOUS -> proceeds to get detention from Crewel bc not paying attention and drawing -> skips said detention -> bothers Leona again -> cycle repeat
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I'm putting together some hypothetical phylogenies for some of the creatures of Skyrim and Morrowind for funsies, and ESO's mounts and pets are going to make me go insane
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