#ama responds

[genericpuff]

Why is the art so unappealing in lore Olympus now Persephone looks like a highlighter and maybe it’s just me but the proportions like the fingers in arms are soul over the place I don’t think they used to be this bad. Am I just looking at it with nostalgia or am I crazy ?

Honestly, nostalgia does play a huge part in it, even to this day there are times I look back on old S1 panels and go-

Actually here's a great example that literally just happened yesterday in the ULO Discord that nearly had me on the floor LOL This is from Episode 70:

Like I didn't even believe that that was real until I was told what episode it was from and I was just. Astounded and flabbergasted. The over-shading of the blanket that just makes it look like a really bad edit. Insane.

And yeah, there are a lot of old panels that hit different now that the rose-colored glasses have been removed, crushed, and thrown into the trash compactor.

I think that's why it makes it all the more amusing when people come into my inbox and ask me "wait, why did you like LO to begin with?? It's always been ugly as shit, I think you're just romanticizing it" because like... there's something to be said about art and subjectivity, even if something is ugly to one person doesn't mean it isn't beautiful to someone else. It's why I try not to be too mean towards the fans of this comic for still enjoying it, because while I definitely have strong opinions about how "LO has gotten worse" and what kind of following Rachel has cultivated (cough cough), there are also just as equally valid arguments that LO has never begin good to begin with that I can't necessarily disagree with now that I'm looking back on it with a more critical eye.

That said, there's tons of media that I enjoy that is objectively awful. Like y'all, you don't need to take my opinions about a dumb pink x blue fantasy romance comic seriously, I like Starfox Adventures-

Like yeah it's a badly made rushed piece of shit that was developed right on the ass end of Rare's glory days and was really an original IP (Dinosaur Planet) that got Frankenstein'd into a Starfox game so it could "sell better" for Nintendo, but I don't give a fuck, I love Starfox Adventures and some day I wanna be in the top 10 speedrunner leaderboards for it, which I know doesn't mean much because no one is speedrunning Starfox, but I do and no one can take that away from me dammit-

Anyways. Lore Olympus has, in many regards, always had "bad art". But "bad art" can and should still be enjoyed by those who find joy in it.

And in LO's case, the world it existed in when it launched was a lot smaller than it is now - more specifically, the world of Webtoons. We can look back and see how 'bad' LO looks and reads now because there are genuinely way better comics surrounding it. It was unique and refreshing and experimental back then... now it's just "that stupid blue and pink comic for horny teenagers".

In most cases I would consider that "cringing in hindsight" feeling a good thing because normally it means something has grown and that it seeming "bad" in hindsight would mean that it's outgrown itself and moved onto bigger things. But LO has the more unique problem of "its current stuff is shit and it's making us want the old stuff more, even if the old stuff wasn't good either". In that regard, LO is closer to being like Harry Potter. Remember when The Cursed Child came out at the height of Rowling being exposed for being a TERF and even people who liked Harry Potter didn't like The Cursed Child because it was just objectively worse overall (with or without Rowling's bullshit attached)? It made a lot of people go back and re-read / rewatch Harry Potter with a more objective lens and go "wait a minute guys, I think we only adored these books so much because we were 12 when we read them". Often times it's the good memories we have surrounding certain things that make us have the opinion about them that we do.

Of course, LO is definitely not as politically weaponized as Harry Potter is, so that's where that comparison ends. But my point is that LO is definitely in a situation where it's been riding off the same privileges it had back in 2018 - having an 'experimental' art style while also utilizing tropes and characters that were VERY popular at the time (remember that 2017-18 was when Tumblr was at its height of H x P "Hades was a chill accountant guy who wore socks and sandals and didn't cheat on his wife like Zeus did" fantasizing) - and thinks that those same tricks and tropes will still work today.

Because of this, the art in LO really, really hasn't aged well, even the stuff that we look back on fondly. But I think it's the panels that we specifically think of when remembering "old LO" - the ones that stuck in our memories the most - that are the ones that make us miss or just not care about the panels that don't look good (the panels that make people question why we ever liked it to begin with).

We liked it because of how it made us feel to look at panels like these-

Those genuinely wonderful panels that we think back on the most don't exist separately from the bad panels, they exist in spite of them. Even if we can look back on panels like these and pick out problems in the lineart or the proportions or the color travelling outside of the lines, that can't and shouldn't change how those panels made us feel at some point or another. And that's why when people ask me "why were you even into LO in the first place" I don't have any one answer, because I can't fully explain how something made me feel to justify why it's good to someone who can see from the outside - without rose-colored glasses - that it evidently isn't. It's very much a "you had to be there" type of thing.

Unfortunately, nowadays even the 'best' LO panels in S3 still don't come close to what the S1 panels accomplished - because for many of us, the rose-colored glasses are gone, we can't appreciate the good among the bad because we know now how bad it truly is and so the good just feels like wasted attempts at trying to recreate something it can no longer be. It "came back wrong" so to speak.

LO came back just regular. But our journey to resurrecting it changed us to such a degree that even its closest intimacies are now foreign to us. Sorry dude.

This is still probably one of my favorite panels out of the entirety of S3 for being as close to "old LO" as I've seen since S2, and even it feels like a mistake, an accident, how could a panel like this exist in S3 when so much of it is a dumpster fire? It's like a flower growing in the ruins of an apocalyptic wasteland.

But wasn't that always the case? Isn't that 'always' what LO has been, since the very beginning? A poorly cobbled together mess of writing and panels that, every now and then, manages to leave an impression that makes you feel something? Did we ever truly know LO? Or have we just been relying entirely on an idea of it that we've built up in our heads that when it does do exactly what it's evidently always done (even if not made apparent until looking back on it in hindsight) we think it "came back wrong"?

#anyways sorry that was a way deeper response than it oughta have been #welcome to the AMA roulette game of “ask puff a simple question which they may or may not respond to with an introspective essay" #lore olympus critical #anti lore olympus #antiloreolympus #ask me anything #ama #anon ama #anon ask me anything

[mel-loly]

-Ai, ai, eu amo muito eles cara🫶

#não vou dizer que shippo pq se não vocês vão me matar- #mas.. pelo menos posso admitir que eles são fofos juntos? tipo- não como.. né? mas essa “amizade inimiga” é tão boa #principalmente quando o bobby disse que iria ter mais cuidado com o riri/richarlyson e o riri apenas responde que ama o bobby #e tipo- cara.. sem brincadeira... a primeira coisa que veio na minha cabeça foi essa arte aí em cima que vocês tão vendo #(sem ser a que eles tão atirando que nem uns doido) #“pq?” não sei. só sei que gosto muito deles e é isso! <3 #(oh- and I'm getting better of my flu. maybe in a few days I hopefully already come back! :] ) #qsmp fanart #qsmp art #qsmp brazil #qsmp #qsmp richarlyson #richarlyson #richarlyson the egg #qsmp bobby #bobby #bobby the egg #qsmp eggs #the two of them are on my style! #bobby is a bit inspired on: @sallomezz style #go support them! <3 #i'm mel and this is my blog✌️ #my art blog #art #my art #my art <3 #art mel #my art style #fanart #platonic ship

[mcdannowave]

#h50 season 6 #happy smile #scott caan #h50 bloopers #danny williams #hawaii five 0 #cute adorable blond smiling..w/ those crinkles there just making everything better ❤ #(i don't have the same energy i once had to look from which ep this laugh from blooper is from.Still. enjoy it) #Also.just had to test a few things w/ this gif. bc my blog is still unlight ban.ed for some reason #(If you sent me a chat msg for this blog.I can't see it.Can only see it if u reblog or tag me inside posts) #and i'm still waiting for support to respond and to finally try to fix this.bc even I cant find my stuff on my own blog anymore #Still.Only the dashboard(or clicking on my name tag) works for folks to find my stuff.That if. they follow me or someone reblogged it... #urgh... #If things weren't hard enough already.Anxiety levels just rising up (again) #had to double meds just last days when Scott released a F- one hour+ new interview on YT #It's hard fam..and tiring..all of this #mine #é complicado quando duas pessoas que voce ama é ao mesmo tempo um gatilho pro seu pior estado mental

[codewitch]

I had a colonoscopy last week and the one thing they don’t warn you about is that on your little discharge pamphlet they include photos of your colon. Like thanks, I did not want that. Nobody wants that. Nobody wants to see inside the wet tubes of their own body. Like I understand your job is looking at people’s wet tubes but that’s a you thing.

#on the other hand if I was on grinder I’d have the funniest thing to respond to ‘show hole’ with #I will not correct that typo #ama about colonoscopies I’m an expert now (no) #I’m fine

[ribesrubrum]

Pelipper Mail! A pair of fake glasses with a mustache. There! Now your blog can be taken over by an alternate you!

...

This is genius! Behold, everyone!

[a selfie: carmine has put on the fake glasses and mustache and is making a pose like she's doing that 90's shoujo princess laugh]

THIS BLOG HAS BEEN TAKEN OVER BY THE NEW QUEEN OF THE ACADEMY, ENIMRAC! Your queen will show no mercy to those who attempt to overthrow her, but she shall also show no mercy to anyone who attempts to make an enemy of this academy!

Swear your fealty to me, and you will be under my protection for eternity!

#carmine's ama #//I WASN'T SURE HOW I WANTED TO RESPOND EARLIER BUT NGL #//I LOVE THIS. THANK U ANON THIS IS ADORABLE #//i had to have carmine commit to the bit

[realmettatonofficial]

When are you gonna tell Blooky you're their cousin? I bet they miss you

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#(*Mettaton is not responding.) #AMA

[dumbunnii]

bees were my special interest in high school :3 i love them sm

#i love bees AMA #(sry still not responding to dms but i am checking my inbox again)

[amatres]

Shadowheart: I suppose Astarion is a part of the vampire aristocracy now. I hope he doesn't expect us to bow to him.

To finish off my posts, here's all the companions reactions back at camp. Isobel and Aylin don't say anything, from what I saw.

Wyll: Thousands were sacrificed, and the servant became lord. I am sure Astarion's quite pleased with himself. Wish I could say the same.

Halsin: Astarion… he has ascended amongst the ranks of the undead. I can only hope that he does not come to regret the price that he paid.

Jaheira: It is said vampires only make a show of feeling - that their only true emotion is hunger. But those screams sounded real enough. Seven thousand souls. Astarion inherits his master's debs as well as his very fine palace. And when all of this is done, I plan on being a very nosey neighbour.

Gale: So, a vampire lore walks among us. A powerful ally to have at our side, and a powerful enemy should our intentions diverge.

Karlach: So we're knocking around with a vampire lord, now. We sure this is a good idea? Balaerra: He is stil our friend - still Astarion. (paraphrased) Karlach: I hope he still sees it that way. Something tells me he's not the same person we knew. Not anymore.

#ama plays baldurs gate #balaerra (oc) #also for the karlach convo if you had already been turned into a spawn you can respond for her not to 'disrespect your master' #and she basically goes 'oh god he's made you his spawn. once this is over i think we have to go our separate ways' #from what i saw of another persons post. idk if theres any more spawn reactions or if she says that with every response #but the more you know! #i realized you can rent rooms in the inn right before doing the quest which is why were no in an alleyway anymore lmao

[mylifeinslowmotion]

Ask Me Anything (except where I live)

Hi! I'm a sapphic, gender nonconforming, latina firefighter and author.

I write Urban Fantasy and Horror targeted at queers in Late Highschool and onwards.

Honestly, I'm still pretty new to Tumblr. I used to be on here back in middle school, but then when I dealt with a problematic ex I basically gave up all forms of social media.

I'm trying to make friends. Start conversations. Learn new things.

So, Hi! <3

#Ask Me Anything #AMA #writing #LGBTQ #firefighter #first responders

[shield-o-futuro]

Eu quero conhecer o Dimitri!!( o filho do Logan também).

Gente, eu JURO que queria MUITO trazer o Dimitri aqui, porque as interações dele com a Scarlett e a Anya seriam incríveis ashuashuashuas infelizmente, eu vou ficar devendo dessa vez porque eu escolhi um ator perfeito, porém ele não tem quase nenhum gif ainda :/

Então por hora, vocês podem ir fazendo perguntas sobre ele pro James que ai vocês vão conhecendo ele pelo menos um pouco sahuashusahu e talvez, mas só talvez eu posso até fazer um conto delas com ele pra compensar, não sei.

#cat responde #a anya já ama ele e só sabe o nome por enquanto #sobre o do logan jajá vcs sabem mais sobre suashuashusa

[pynkhues]

Plz don’t live brio fic world!! You’re a queen fic writer , don’t abandon us😩😭

Oh gosh, hahah, thank you, anon! I'm not planning on leaving, but I'm also not trying to push anything that doesn't want to be pushed right now either.

I've actually been writing a lot recently, having written about 20k new words (and edited a lot more) of an original project and somehow written 25k new words of a Stranger Things fic in about three weeks, and giving myself over to other creative projects I think has shown me how much some of my writers block has been attached to GG specifically. I've always used fic as warm ups / cool downs for original work, and I think I confused feeling burnt out by GG as feeling burnt out by writing, which I've actually been pretty relieved to discover.

I still have lots of GGs fics that I want to finish, but right now I just want to nurture the stories that are begging me to write them and to ride what's been a pretty fun and creatively invigorating tide. I know that some of my brio fics will be the ones wanting my attention again soon, but right now, I think I just need a little break from them. I'm sorry the timing sucks!

#i do still hope to finish one gg fic this week at least #but yeah #we'll see #it was pretty telling to me earlier tonight when i opened the file and just felt tired #i've written a lot of words for gg over the last five years y'know? #and i love them but idk #i have complicated feelings towards the whole thing these days i guess #and i've been feeling that a lot again lately particularly with the way people responded to the situation with retta #fic asks #welcome to my ama

[inc0gnit0-m0de]

Oi do u know who succumb is

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#I'm not responding to this and istg if this is you ama I don't want you fucking replying

[putemindirt]

finally got that flag question answered, thank you j3t

#our fav ally funnyman #hollywood undead #also that ama was like barely 20 minutes and you couldnt even see what questions he was responding too. lol

[favesblog]

ask me anything

#mine #or tell me anything i'll respond #ama #anon is on