#also she loved the show so far

[readdontsleep1]

So I told my non-pjo-fan friend to watch the new pjo series, and oh boy.

That poor girl.

I asked her what her favorite characters are, and she's like, "I like Percy, Chiron, and LUKE."

Literally. He's on her top 3. I was trying to hold my laughs. I didn't know what to tell her.

#pjo tv show #she's in for a wild ride #i want to see her reaction on that last episode #also she loved the show so far #percy jackson #percy jackon and the olympians #pjo #percy jackson disney+ #percy jackson spoilers #luke castellan

[ofswordsandpens]

I'm sincerely very happy for anyone who is enjoying the show but every time I see takes that the show has improved the book characterizations or that the book characters are underdeveloped in comparison to the show...

#our experiences are very different lmao #pjo show crit #sure the show isn't completely out yet #but id argue that the characters (namely the trio) seem way more developed and well-rounded in the book by this point in time (episode 4) #and look im not saying every change the show has made is bad #but by and far there has yet to be a change to characterization that feels like an IMPROVEMENT from the source material lmao #the closest contender I'd say is show Percy does seem a tad angrier than book Percy #but again I wouldn't call that an improvement... its just different and I think that /change/ works because it feels like the same essence #but even that has had some issues because I feel like the show has inadvertently cut down some of Percy's canon book empathy here and there #I think the show has nailed Annabeth's pride and intelligence and her warped worship of her mother #... but they've also made her hyper competent to the point that she's not making half of the mistakes she did in the book #which ISNT good because book annabeth is smart but she isn't infallible #its a big point that she has the theoretical intelligence but none of the real world experience/application #she gets tricked by medusa and goes to visit the Arch just cause she loves architecture and that's okay!! she's twelve and a nerd! #I also dont like that they've cut/toned down her little crush on Luke #actually they've not even showcased the familial bond between annabeth and Luke either in the show so like lmao #and then grover #by now grover's fear of failure and repeating this past mistakes and wanting a license has already been acknowledged in the books at least #in the show?? not so much #and his canon book suspicions and wariness of medusa... were given to annabeth #like medusa in the book was Grover's moment to shine cause his instincts were right! #and in the book fight he even very intentionally attacked medusa #but his highlights there were cut completely in the show #and finally sally #...idk who that is in the show but that's NOT my sally jackson #percy jackson #mine

[doobledabbadoo]

got around making some more htf ocs!! i honestly cant stop theyre too fun to make actually

#dooble moment #my art #cw happy tree friends #cw htf #happy tree friends #htf #htf oc #htf ocs #GOD i love making ocs for this show so much #like. theres so many fun character ideas you can incorporate into the show #dont question the ethics of cerise’s attire. shes far from the most moral character #ive wanted to develop scurry a bit more to not make him just an orange generic tree friend #but i think just giving him a lot of things to do shows that hes a lil disorganized & yk what? #we love a disorganized king #also love the idea that scoffy & scoldy are like. HUGE rivals when it comes to their jobs #but theyre good friends outside of work #maybe even lovers? who knows!

[aroaceleovaldez]

they girlbossed Sally Jackson

#pjo #pjo tv #riordanverse #sally jackson #this shall be my non-spoiler only review of the show so far #just watched the first two episodes - they were good! #i might make a post about Percy's char so far cause i am very pleasantly surprised so far with the adhd experience vibes #my compliments to the writing team for the good good disabled character rep in this script #very pleased with almost all the characters and plot so far #my only one i'm iffy on is Sally as mentioned ^ they girlbossed her #like. book sally is most defined by her kindness and perseverance. this sally is just kind of. tough. she's tough. girlboss. #which is not necessarily a bad thing? she's still a fine character she's just different #also only semi-spoiler in my review: Chris is there! Love that Chris is there #he's just there! but i am a rogue demigod enjoyer #so his presence alone is appreciated

[rogersstevie]

really and truly unless it's a discussion about why peggy/steggy fans shouldn't like endgame, at this point idk why people feel the need to continually make the argument about her having a family as if that's the biggest problem about the ending especially when i figure most people are of the belief that it was another timeline or whatever idk what the current consensus on that is in the mcu and i don't care

but what about the fact that it destroyed steve's family? does that not matter because it's not the standard spouse and children but is instead a family he built for himself with sam and nat and bucky? because it's easier to decide steve is a selfish asshole and always has been instead of acknowledging that that storyline did more of a disservice to him than to anyone else? like oh maybe peggy's family was erased and that's horrible but it doesn't matter that steve's family was abandoned in the midst of the kind of trauma he knows very well?

i've said it before but it makes me so sad that so many people just turned on steve and decided a decade of movies don't matter in the face of one shitty desperate attempt of a movie to make him look like a pathetic creep just so they could justify their heterosexual nonsense ending

#steve rogers #anti steggy #anti endgame #also just occurred to me how part of the whole bullshit about not undoing five years #was so tony's daughter wouldn't be erased (even though like hey pepper could've already been pregnant in iw and it would've been fine) #but they had no qualms about peggy's family (since the writers and directors didn't even agree about the timelines) #bc peggy does not matter as anything other than steve's love interest lol and they just continue showing that as far as i can tell #marvel does not care about her as being anything but part of a ship that only ended up together #as a fulfillment of male fantasies and to try to squash stevebucky #so idk why fans are so defensive of marvel on that front #in the end anything redeeming that they wrote for her character was negated and stripped down so she's just a girlboss and a prize #neither of which are good things no matter how hard y'all try to put a feminist spin on it!

[legendofzeldasilentprincess]

after knowing the whole story of Breath of the Wild and Tears of the Kingdom, I still can't believe Nintendo really went for the Princess and the Knight trope

#and i love it #zelink #botw #totk #breath of the wild #tears of the kingdom #cause I mean sometimes I think about the story #and I just wonder was it a fic that I read?? #did the calamity really happen and zelda and link went through all that shit and lost ppl they loved? #and link wakes up 100 years later with no memories? #but then only hears a voice of a woman to help him find his memories and learn that he's the one who has to defeat the calamity #plus how they didn't get along at the beginning #and somehow also became a 'from enemies to lovers' trope #then with tears of the kingdom the whole story just shows about the LEGEND of ZELDA #and the things she went through and what she had to do to save Hyrule #and link's whole mission for the entire game was to find her #screw defeating ganondorf he just wants his wife back #honestly best zelda and link by far in the zelda series #like what would the next zelda game be like?? #plus the game director himself is zelink shipper so 👀 #okay ill shutup now lol

[yellowsubiesdance]

i think i’ve learned a lot when it comes to not applying my own values to the media i consume

for my script analysis class yesterday, we discussed two gentleman from verona, and nearly every classmate of mine was up in arms about how sexist the story is.

and i'm not saying it's not, or that it's not infuriating to read. but i'm also not putting my energy into getting upset about something written 500 or so years ago. and i'm not about to put my own beliefs onto these characters that are not me. i'm going to let their choices speak for themselves, and interpret it in the context of the story.

all that said, this now brings me to the point of alastor in episode 5, and how viscerally people are responding to it. those of you up in arms about the choices he’s making, and the violent threat he gave husk, you’re missing the entire point of his character, of this place they’re in, of the story being told. he’s an overlord, and he became an overlord by killing much bigger overlords and broadcasting their deaths over the radio.

HE IS NOT A GOOD PERSON.

if you started this show with the belief that every character working the hotel is a good person, you’re in the wrong place. watch the good place if you’re looking for a good wholesome story about getting dead sinners into heaven, because that’s not what this show is about.

you’re more than welcome to hate him after seeing the way he exerted power over a being whose soul he owns, but you’re doing the media you’re watching a disservice by writing it off so quickly. if you don’t like to be uncomfortable watching media, watch something else. this is an uncomfortable show, it handles uncomfortable topics, and it’s going to be an uncomfortable ride, and if you’re not up for something like that, then you should take a break from it and pick up something else. you don’t have to get online and defend your own ideals while you watch a show that goes against your ideals.

#hazbin hotel spoilers #that’s not even touching on the fact that husk was an overlord too #he also owned souls that he used as currency to supply his gambling addiction #he’s also not a good person!! #the majority of these characters are in hell for a reason: they’re not good people #i quite frankly love the way this show blurs the lines between good and evil #our heroes are sinners and overlords and demons. while the enemies are angels. but that doesn’t mean our heroes are good people. #you HAAAVE to come to terms with that!! you have to stop seeing the world in black and white or you’re not going to survive this world #if you’re upset because alastor was cruel to husk fine! be upset! but explore why you’re taking yourself out of that world. #in this world sinners own other people. there’s no ifs ands or buts #‘oh alastor is a poc why would he own people’ he was a serial killer when he was alive do you really think you can apply your values to that #(and this is me speaking as a poc. specifically a mixed race poc.) #i cannot speak to who vivzie is as a person. but i’m interested in the message she’s writing and thus far i’m finding it compelling #it’s a similar story as the good place but it’s going the distance to explore even worse people than those in the good place #i don’t think it’s responsible to write something off just because unsavory things happen in it. #and she’s giving us so many different types of representation that don’t involve race (although we’re also getting a lot of hispanic rep) #just like cool your jets and maybe process some of the anger you’re feeling. and maybe nothing will change. #but if you act. instead of react. if you understand why you’re feeling some type of way and then make a choice. #that’s so much stronger and more responsible than reacting and not thinking anything through #hazbin hotel #alastor #husk #hazbin alastor #hazbin husk #anyway let me get off my soapbox #long post

[luck-of-the-drawings]

oh the dread, oh the worry! you love your sister so much and you need to know shes okay. you trust her but you cant trust the world, and more than anything else you cant trust yourself

#jrwi riptide #jrwi fanart #jrwi riptide spoilers #jrwi show #gillion tidestrider #edyn tidestrider #RAHHH IVE HAD THIS ROTTIN IN DRAFTS FOR A BIT but im finally here n ready to POST!!!! #SO THE LIL GILLION AND EDYN ARC HUH?? #gillion as a character makes me so emotional. he means so well yet sucks so bad in every way he wish he didnt #HE CARES SOO MUCH ABOUT HIS SISTER. MAN HAS NEVER CRIED EXCEPT FOR THE DAY HE SAW HER AGAIN #HE WAS SOOO HAPPY TO SEE HER AND FIND OUT SHES OKAY. I ALSO REMEMBER SCREAAAAMIN WHEN SHE FIRST APPEARED #I HAD BEEN THINKIN ABOUT EDYN FOR SO LONG... ohhh older sisters where u at... u understand... only us older sisters get it #andNOW WHERE IS SHE..? WHERE IS SHE NOW.... working with the navy to 'undo' what the undersea has done to her precious baby brother #OKAY ENOUGH EMOTIONS TIME FOR ME TO TALK ABT MY ART #REAAALLY THIS IS ONE OF MY BEST DOODLE PAGES SO FAR. IM SO PROUDA THE COLORS N THE SCENES AND THE EMOTIONS #the lil scene with edyn comforting gillion after 'a day of alot of failure. that was the first we ever saw of edyn right? i love my colors #A MIRROR! edyn painted in red when shes often blue. framed by rock and coral and memory sharing bracelets and fire. #A MEMORY! a recent event! finding her at the bar and meeting her at a tavern. its cathartic to hear your older sister tell you its okay #even more cathartic to have her remind you that you are not your tragedies. you were just a kid. you didnt deserve what happened. #you really missed having her here #OH BUT THE NEXT. A NOTE LEFT BEHIND. NOTHING ELSE. i love you a million gillion #BUT THATS NOT A REASSURANCE IS IT? its a trust fall. emphasis on the fall. emphasis on the needle in your chest as wind rushes past #you anticipate the ground but you wish you could anticipate her arms. you wish you could trust. you need to trust. so why cant you? #instead you lash out. again. just like last time. just like always. you were never good at controlling your emotions #all you do in the end is break stuff. none of them can trust you. thats why she cant tell you. thats why he didnt tell you. noone trusts yo #chips got way too many damn belts btw. put some o those back boy u do NOT need all that mess jingling around ur gay hips. you FRUIT!!!!!!!! #I liked the scene with jay n chip dragging gillion around. its a comical scene ofc and i LOVE that balance here. but that sadness remains. #they care about gillion so much..... auuwuuuu..... #OKAY FINAL THOUGHTS. I RLY LIKE DRAWING DIFFERENT TEARS FOR DIFFERENT TYPES OF CRYING #when the tears well up so big from uncontainable joy that you cant even see

[hajimedics]

welcome back, asuka langley soryu

#welcome home #sally starlet #caption is a half joke. #NO JOKE SHES NOW ONE OF MY TOP FAVE WELCOME HOMERS RIGHT NOW. RIGHT BESIDE EDDIE #her characterization so far has been so intriguing. something tells me that she's not as oblivious as she seems #like.... shes the type to show her care in her own way #can seem bombastic and has a tendency to play with people that she can easily command #also a bit rude but like hey! this is sally! she's being silly #I hope she gets worse like eddie and his whole armchair pea breakdown so she can become even more of my top fave #and I think its funny how shes all sweet on the gals and standoffish towards the guys. super awesome. I love you sally #also me slightly projecting but imagine if she's written to be a character that can be seen as an npd haver #would make her character much more hitting for me. in my opinion.

[filmnoirsbian]

october 2023

monster mutant boogie by bloodsucking zombies from outer space

tw flashing lights and jumpscares

#tcp #my videos #geo #xavia #adriane #horror is a love letter to humanity #2 fun things about this hhn on actual halloween night: 1. in the stranger things haunt the steve actor at one point looked me up and down #and went 'call me' so geo and I had a good laugh abt steve 2 for 2 striking out w lesbians #2. in the back of some random mutant bug haunt there was a secret jordan peele easter egg haunt including the set from nope and scare actor #from us. there was NO advertisement abt this btw it really was just a surprise for anyone who happened to go on that random ass tram ride #also the purge show was actually the best one by far I was a bit skeptical when I saw it'd been voted best by audiences but by god they #really earned it #also featuring when xavia got so crossfaded she had to get wheeled out of the park

[lotus-queer]

So I'm finally watching Mysterious Lotus Casebook, and surprise! There's Chen Duling in the third drama I've watched in a row.

I've now seen her play, in order:

A gaslight, gatekeep, girlboss snake princess:

A grieving noble with post-partum depression:

A grieving asthmatic martial sect leader (?):

Tough times all around for these ladies, but a great year for her!

#not sure if that last description will remain accurate but so far it checks out #and yes she played three characters in tteotm but they are all gaslight gatekeep girlboss in different flavors #every time she shows up now i'm all “bingchang???! a surprise to be sure but a welcome one” #I also love that each of these women are described as “the most beautiful woman” in their respective worlds #what a great 2023 she had career-wise #chen duling #till the end of the moon #tteotm #my journey to you #mysterious lotus casebook #chen du ling #ye bingchang #madam lan #qiao wan mian

[x-i-l-verify]

Netflix's Pluto Ep. 2 mood.

Bonus:

#pluto netflix #pluto anime #xi yammers #dank memes #if this sweet little robot boy dies I WILL riot in the streets #You hear me show? I will do it don't test me #also it's so funny that I took a break from Dororo to watch Pluto #and only today did it dawn on me that BOTH series are adaptations of Osamu Tezuka works #i had me a good laugh over that #and don't get me wrong i don't hate Dororo it's just depressing and also it's longer compared to Pluto #Dororo the character is amazing and I love her but she can't carry the series all by herself #not that Pluto isn't turning out to also be depressing but it's not as bleak #if that makes sense? at least not yet #it could surprise me #but it's p good so far

[joblessquinoa]

Extraordinary Attorney Woo features an autistic female lead who loves whales and doesn't know how to return hugs, a male lead played by Kang Tae Oh, and a secondary character who regularly misses out on fun and important events because of moderate to severe gastrointestinal issues. Like this drama was literally made for me.

#i know its only been two episodes guys but im really impressed with the writinf #writing* #i know there are misgivings about her being a genius but overall the show's writing is very nuanced #in showing that yes maybe shes good at memorizing law but she still has her own unique issues to overcome #but she also isn't singled out in having unique issues because they included a character with GI problems #who has to eat porridge at the company dinner because her stomach is weak #like !!!!! #anyway im enjoying this one so far #extraordinary attorney woo #woo young woo #tldr as a neurodivergent person who experiences frequent gastrointestinal distress and is in love with kang taeoh i feel so seen

[arty-cakes]

i finally got around to centaurworld's finale and holy fucking shit??? they can go that hard??

#god i cannot put into words just how fantastic that finale was #it just makes me so... disappointed that the rest of s2 was so boring #like i had to rewatch s1 when it came out before i could actually appreciate it because its so far from my kind of thing #BUT THE FINALE FELT LIKE IT WAS AN ENTIRELY DIFFERENT SHOW? And it was RLLY GOOD #that last episode practically carried this season holy fuck. #the nowhere king is such an amazing villain and i am just so confused . #i wishhh s2 focused more on picturing the past for us and answering s1 questions and maybe even developing characters like the princess #(where did she even go actually i didnt see her in that last scene) #because i still have questions about some things but they come from a place of pure interest in the world only because of this last episode #girl i dont know how to word this at all. i feel like we couldve had something great #anyway s1 is fun as an introduction to the show s2 is boring because i expected more answers about the past and im not #as interested in the centaurs anymore but i liked the main casts backstories i guess and the finale was pretty amazing all around #this show just keeps bouncing around for me lol. also it feels like the cast had so much fun with it. i wouldve too! love that

[kerizaret]

Let's run to a new world together!

#the new outfits!!!! they're so gorgeous!!! I'm in love #they all look more grown up and mature and i feel like it shows their development so well #i had to draw them #actually i screwed up and drew ruis pose while forgetting i CANNOT SEE THAT SIDE OF HIS OUTFIT. So. His fit is mostly speculation HDHSH #i do regret not doing it in colour but also was worried I'd screw it up so. b&w it is #I feel bad for having emu so far behind but I wanted to reference the fact they had to convince her to join them as freelancers #and she almost stayed behind #that's also why tsukasa is holding her hand as if pulling her with them #Rui is holding out a hand as if pointing them the direction to go in because it was bis idea to go freelancing #its the little things #they make me insane #prsk #prsk art #prsk fa #wonderlands x showtime #wxs #tenma tsukasa #kamishiro rui #kusanagi nene #otori emu #kerizart

[fatuismooches]

ok so… Arlecchino x reader /spoilers btw(I think) also I’m currently sending this tru my iPad so I’m sorry for any mistakes.

yk how Lyney, lynette and freminet call Arlie father, so what if they then called reader as their parent too. I know it’s not really that harbinger related but still… it would be cute and yeah. I actually found out that Arlie is a really good parent figure, aparently, and takes care of the kiddos, and she even does it well.

It could also be that like the reader is from Fontaine(maybe??)and is helping them with their mission or smt like that. Like the reader is basically their actual parent figure, but instead of helping them with homework they help with yk set ups for a show or reading for the kids while Arlie(or the older kids) isn’t there.

I will admit this has been on my mind since I found out that they call her “Father”, hehe.

Ofc I’m not expecting you to actually write anything or even respond, since it’s more about the Fontaine siblings than any of the harbingers, luv ya.

-from somebody that writes but is too lazy to, and thinks that your writing style is so much better. (Pls don’t actually call me that)

Nah I am eating up the idea of reader being the siblings' parental figure completely. You're a lot more hands-on than Arlie is for obvious reasons... You try your best to raise them as "normal" as you can with the current circumstances and give them a taste of the familial love they need and deserve. You know their life will be far from normal considering they're in the Fatui, but you still think they deserve to have someone to fall back on in times of need. You're not just that person for the trio, but for Arlecchino as well.

Oh helping them with their magic show :( to this day you still are amazed by their little tricks... with Lyney, you indulge his extroverted nature while you're much more laidback with Lynette and Freminet, which they're very thankful for.

Father's love is very complicated... but your one is very genuine and open. Not everyone can accept it, but without the two of you, family wouldn't be family.

#smooches talks #i am PUMPED for arlie #arlecchino love notes <3 #i want to know everything abt her #she clearly has a good and evil side #scara says shes completely crazy #but so far no one has said anything abt that #she doesnt appear to show her insane side to the orphans #regardless im a lyney lynette freminet lover! best siblings! #you also probably trained them with their vision too #if someone put so much as a scratch on your babies youd go crazy