#i finished binging the she-ra show

[cherrymoonvol6]

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#i finished binging the she-ra show #and it was fine? this is what people are so angry about? #i think catra's redemption was well setup and made sense #and while i still like the catra adora romance i wish there was like... more of it #here are some gripes i have tho #1) glimmer's decision at the end of s4 feels like it has no consequences #like for starters i'm annoyed that the issue ended being incredibly black or white and it zapped out the nuance of the respective decisions #but she's like alright i was completely wrong and after bow forgives her it's like... ok surely more people would have Opinions about this? #but no they don't. missed opportunity #but the problem in shows like these (idk if it's different outside western animation) is that there's no budget to deal with-- #--cities and kingdoms having people. which makes them feel like shells that have little substance beyond being a narrative device #and yes everything in a show/piece of media IS a narrative device but you know. you gotta hide that. that's the beauty of media #but like... there's a universe where glimmer's subjects saw the consequences of her actions and rose against her. that woulda been fun! #2) adora's conflict in the finale of ohhh i have to Fulfill my Destiny(TM) comes so out of nowhere. esp when she had been against the-- #--whole destiny angle for the previous four seasons. suddenly she's burdened with it and it's clear that it's a way to isolate adora #but it's SO sloppily done and there's no buildup to it #and 3) woulda like if they did more with the first ones. there's a lot of potential there and maybe a more natural way of isolate adora #like have her have this crisis of 'there's no one here who can fully understand me' and i thought that was what they'd do with the-- #--cat creature they introduce in S5? but just ends up being catra's magic animal sidekick #idk there was a lot there to investigate. bow's dad could've been a good resource to make that happen too #uhhh that's it mostly? #at the end of the day this kind of western animated shows feel so pandering to kids. very formulaic and simple #tho i do respect that the show followed through the worst outcome in almost every occasion #(that's why catra compells me.... talk about a character who makes the worst decision at every point. she's just like me fr fr) #but yeah it was cute #i also like how bisexual the show felt at all times (except the ending where they were like ok monogamy is the goal but eh) #cute show. fun characters. easy 7/10 #catradora good #not great but eh #no show can give me compelling couples to obsess over (except for skam españa i guess)

[marvelousartcatastrophe]

gonna start saying I don't like movies cause I don't like the mcu so it's easier to say I just don't like movies

I love marvel tho

Gloomy put you up to this didn’t they

#my sister uses the same logic with anime tho #“I don’t like anime because I stopped like my hero academia after the plot line kept getting dragged out too long oh boo’ #but she watches demon slayer and attack on Titan #but because she started to dislike mha she won’t watch any other anime #she doesn’t like animated shows cause after binging all five seasons of she ra she decided she didn’t like it #but she likes Atla sooooo #I am the only on in my family who loves animation the way I do #idk if I’m much of a movie person tho #every few months when I go home now I’ve been binging marvel with my sister all in chronological order #so we just finished Hawkeye #I will admit #most of it went to shit after we finished no way home #and nwh was a random win in the middle of the ugly #Shang chi tho was great #that’s probably gonna be the last movie marvel ever pulls off where they introduce a new character unrelated to the other characters #and makes it work #like I’m so distressed by the state of marvel right now #by far the worst movie is multiverse of madness but love and thunder is another contender for worst movie in all cinema #but aside from the MCU I’m not that big on movies unless it’s related to a show I like #like the jjk movie wedged between season one and two i liked that #and this is really dumb to say given that I’m literally majoring to go into the field of cinema #anyways this was my tangent #have a good day rori you broke my heart

[eggbertith]

i'm so stressed out right now, not built for our education system i think

#egg speaks #girl help #is the stress partly my fault because i dumped everything to finish she ra? yes #but like why cant i enjoy binge watching shows without the crushing weight of responsibilities bro i just wanna enjoy existing

[padfoot-and-prongsie]

Noisy Neighbors || Fred Weasley College!AU

Character: Fred Weasley

Word Count: 1.5k

Requested: Yes!

Summary: You are summoned from your peaceful Friday evening to deal with the rowdy dorm boys next door.

Warnings: Cheeky Fred ;)

Disclaimer: I did not make this gif! Credit to the talented lovely who did

A/N: I'm back! Testing season is finally over and my writing time is here again. Thank you so much for being patient with me <3

PLEASE DO NOT COPY OR STEAL MY WORK. REBLOGS ARE JUST FINE :)

You settled onto your creaky dorm bed, a bowl of microwave popcorn in hand and your laptop tuned into the next episode of New Girl. It was a Friday night, you had no pressing homework, and you planned to binge the rest of season 4. 

“Who’s that girl, yeah who’s that girl,” you sang along with the theme song. Jessica Day was dancing along your laptop screen. “It’s Jess!” you finished dramatically, throwing several popcorn pieces into your mouth. 

There was a sharp knock on your door.

“You have got to be kidding me,” you muttered, pausing your favorite show.

You got off your bed, and slowly walked over to the door. You barely had it open when the person on the other side asked extremely quickly. “Are you the Residence Assistant?”

You blinked slowly, taking in the girl with the large bushy brown hair on the other side. “Is that what the sign says?” you asked boredly. 

You watched the girl’s eyes dart to the two letters “RA” that were stuck to your door. You had originally signed up for the position because it got you a cheaper room than renting an apartment would and let you live by yourself. You had thought it would be easy. What you hadn’t accounted for was the obnoxious residents like this girl who would pound at your door at every ungodly hour when they had a problem.

“If it’s a maintenance issue come back in the morning, nobody is here to fix that now,” you rattled off, having had to say that line several dozen times a month.

“Oh no it’s not that,” she said, furiously shaking her head. “The people next door to me are being extremely rowdy and obnoxious. I can’t focus enough to study.”

You sighed. “Have you tried the library?”

“That is beside the point,” she said quickly. “This is my dorm room and I expect a certain level of civility from the people sharing my walls.”

You could feel a headache coming on. It was a Friday night, she shouldn’t have her nose in a textbook.

“What’s the room number? I’ll go check it out in a little,” you said, having absolutely no intention of doing so. 

The girl scrunched up her nose to think. “Good heavens I can’t remember.”

Of course she can’t, you thought in annoyance.

“What’s your room number then?” you tried. “Are the people who are causing the issues on the left or right of you?”

“237,” she replied. “Now do you mean the left or right of when you’re in the hall or in my room looking out at the hall?”

“Bloody hell I don’t know,” you snapped. “Just pick one.”

Now you definitely were not going to check out the problem. This freshman was starting to get on your nerves.

“How about I come show you, it’ll be easier,” she decided.

“No, it would be easier if I checked later,” you corrected.

She ignored you. “Just come this way, I’m just over here.”

You groaned, but she was all the way down the hall.

“Are you coming?” she asked, turning to see why you weren’t directly beside her.

“Yes,” you muttered, cursing her in your head as you walked over to meet her.

She led you down to the end of the adjacent hall and took a left, finally stopping directly in front of room 236.

“This is them,” she said, pointing firmly at the wooden door.

“You can go back to your dorm now, I can take care of this,” you said. You were secretly hoping she would leave so you could go back to your show and popcorn.

“That’s okay, I can wait with you.”

Of course you can, you thought.

Accepting that she wasn’t going anywhere, you rapped loudly on the dorm room door.

You could hear the music that had been playing loudly turn off. There was a pad of footsteps and then the click of the door unlocking. The person behind it pulled it open. Your jaw dropped.

Standing on the other side and running a hand through his messy red hair was the most gorgeous guy you had ever seen. He had bright brown eyes that were taking you in in amusement and tousled red hair. His face was dotted in freckles that only seemed to soften his chiseled jaw. He was wearing a tight black shirt that did nothing to hide the defined muscles under it. You could see the outlines of his abs perfectly. 

You were not aware that you were staring until he reached out and closed your mouth with one long finger.

“Wouldn’t want to catch any flies there love,” he said, winking. 

You wanted to swoon.

He leaned against the door frame, crossing his arms in front of his chest. You were hyperly aware of his bulging biceps that were stretching against the fabric of his shirt.

“Can I help you?” he prompted.

“Huh- uh- what?” you managed to stutter. You shook her head sharply in an attempt to remind your brain to function.

He chuckled. “You’re the one who knocked on my door. I assume it wasn’t just to gawk.”

“She’s here to talk about you being disruptive,” the girl blurted out behind you. You had completely forgotten she was there.

“I was being disruptive?” he asked in amusement.

“Yes, your music is too loud,” she answered loudly. You turned around and glared at her. If she would just shut up for only a minute.

“Hmm really? I had no idea,” he mused.

You finally managed to pull yourself together. “You need to find a way to turn that sound system down because you’re disrupting the whole floor here.”

“The whole floor? That’s the first I’ve heard of this.”

“Listen, as the Resident Assistant it’s my job to make sure everyone on this floor is happy, and currently this one,” you pointed rather agitatedly at the bushy haired girl behind you, “is discontent with the volume of your music, so if you could please just turn it down for Pete’s sake.” 

The boy quirked an eyebrow, taking in the waves of annoyance that were seeping off you. “So you’re a Resident Assistant?” he asked.

“That’s not the point, your music is too loud!” the girl behind you interjected angrily.

You turned to her sharply. “Why don’t you go back to your room and let me handle this, you’ve done enough.”

Her cheeks turned a deep shade of red as she realized that she was getting on your nerves. Nodding softly, she turned and entered the room next door leaving you and the devilishly handsome redhead alone together in the hall.

“So you were sent to punish me?” He asked, raising an eyebrow.

For some reason that question made your stomach flutter and your knees go weak 

“Uh, umm, I–” you stuttered, inwardly cursing yourself for letting him have this effect on you.

A smile quirked at his lips. “Are you trying to say something love?”

“Yes I am,” you respond, finding your voice again. “You gotta turn that music down buddy or else I’ll be hearing about it for the rest of night from her.” You jerked a thumb in the direction of the room the girl had just gone into.

He didn’t seem deterred. “Buddy?” he instead asked, letting out a chuckle.

God that was probably the hottest sound you had heard all day. You told your conscience to shut up.

“Well I wasn’t given a name, but that doesn’t matter anyways,” you said curtly. “Just turn the music down and I won’t come back and bother you.”

Now you seemed to catch his attention. “So you’re saying all I have to do is disruptively play my music and you’ll be pounding at my door?”

You rolled your eyes. “Yeah, but I’ll be pissed if I have to come over here again.”

“Good thing you’re hot when you’re angry,” he winked. Your cheeks flushed red. “And when you’re flustered,” he added.

You couldn’t move for several seconds as your brain tried to start functioning again.

He raised an amused eyebrow. “Is there anything else I can do for you?”

“Uh yeah,” you muttered. You were annoyed with the effect he had on you. “I need your name for some paperwork I have to fill out.”

He grinned. “Fred Weasley.” Fred winked again. “I’m sure you’ll remember it.”

“That’ll do Weasley,” you said curtly. “Turn the music down and I’ll only write this up as a warning.”

“I appreciate your generosity there,” Fred grinned. “I’ll see you around RA.”

“Only if you disrupt your neighbors,” you said pointedly.

Fred smirked. “Then I’ll try to be as loud as possible if that gets you knocking on my door.”

~

Check out my other Fred Weasley fics:

Is That My Bra?

I Would Give You the World

Sneaking Around

Late Night Conversations

Drunken "I Do's"

Masterlist: Click Here

Other Fics:

Shut Up and Kiss Me -Sirius Black

You'd Probably Look Good in Green - Draco Malfoy

#fred weasley #fred weasley fanfiction #harry potter #hp fanfic #hp one shot #fred weasley x reader #fred weasley fic #reader insert fanfiction #harry potter fanfiction #fred weasley one shot #fred weasley x you #fred x y/n #fred x reader #fred weasley college au #harry potter au #college au #why is the gif so big? #college!au #fred weasley college!au

[lunaslogs]

Series

Here's a list of series/franchises I desperately need to re-watch or start watching. Feel free to take inspo!

Star Wars (my childhood fr, I'm an Anakin defender)

Transformers, the movies and the original series (BORN TO BE A DECEPTICON, FORCED TO BE AN AUTOBOT also someone please give my boy Starscream a break)

The Tinkerbell movies (SILVERMIST >>)

Literally anything Dylan O' Brien is in (I've been on a DOB binge and it's starting to get concerning)

My Babysitter's A Vampire, the movie and the show (I have a type and it's dorks. Ask my partners, they'll tell you)

She-Ra and The Princesses of Power (my girlfriend has been begging me to watch this and I promised I would so Lili if you see this, I'm keeping my promise)

The Frozen movies (BORN FROM COLD AND WINTER AIR AND MOUNTAIN RAIN COMBINING-)

Julie And The Phantoms (hopelessly praying for a second season that we know damn well we aren't getting)

Pretty Little Liars (I started it but I didn't finish it)

The Eras Tour (I NEED TO GET MY DISNEY+ BACK)

Teen Wolf: The Movie (I've avoided it because of all of the hate I've seen of people saying it completely screws with the OG canon and now I don't know if I should watch it)

Schmigadoon (I'd re-watch it with my friend just to traumatize her with Aaron Tveit's pants, she's absolutely terrified of how high rise they are on him)

To All The Boys I've Loved Before Trilogy (Jordan Fisher.)

The entire TVDU (I'm never getting over Enzo's death)

Back To The Future Trilogy (MARTY MCFLY IS JUST THAT GUY also thank you Broadway gods for casting Casey Likes in the musical)

Riverdale (my guilty pleasure and canonically one of the few shows I actually see inputting a polycule and not using it to mock polyamorous people or make the butt of the joke. Obviously not the best representation but it's Riverdale so...)

Ghostbusters 1, 2, Afterlife, and Frozen Empire (can you tell I was raised with 80's/90's movies?)

This is Luna, logging off!

#star wars #transformers #tinkerbell #dylan o'brien #mbav #my babysitters a vampire #she ra #frozen #frozen 2 #jatp #jatp netflix #julie and the phantoms #pretty little liars #pll #taylor swift #the eras tour #teen wolf movie #schmigadoon #to all the boys i've loved before #p.s. i love you #always and forever #the vampire diaries #tvd #the originals #legacies cw #back to the future #back to the future part 2 #back to the future part 3 #riverdale #ghostbusters

[fruity-phrog]

I’m bored, tired and narcissistic so I’m recording how I feel about my favorite shows:

She Ra - Didn’t really think about it much until I finished the finale. I just kinda froze and realized I’d never see those idiots again and binge watched YouTube to fill the hole.

Steven Universe - Didn’t really love it first watch around, but now I love it to fucking bits. Give me Lapidot content any day. I will devour it like a starved bear.

Amphibia - Started off as a time killer, got invested in season 2, now I cry every time I think about how Sashannarcy canonically split up. Also. Matt. Man. I just wanna talk.

Stranger Things - You’d think I’m totally obsessed, but honestly I’m just being carried by Byler. But Byler as a whole? Yes. Very obsessed. But also Elumax and Steddie and Ronance-

The Good Place - Love it to bits. I cry every time I finish it, and give me that reboot where Tahani is Elanor’s soulmate any day.

The Owl House - What the fuck, guys? This thing was a mean prank. I was told to watch it, I watched it, and now. Why. What the fuck. This show means the absolute world to me. Screaming, crying.

Adventure Time - Holds a very special place in my heart. It was my first proper show, and everything about it is perfect. There are no flaws. None. Bubbline is immaculate, Finn’s character development from cretinous 12 year old to mature 16 year old still makes me sob, Jake being dead is...certainly something. Everything. Love it. Insult it at your fucking peril.

#cedar crap #me #stranger things #byler #adventure time #the owl house #spop #amphibia #the good place

[convenientalias]

My 2022 Kdrama Roundup

Making my 2022 cdrama roundup is taking too long (...I watched so many fuckign cdramas this year) so, since I watched considerably less kdramas, I decided to just do a post of them first!

KDRAMAS I FINISHED THIS YEAR:

The King's Affection--A kdrama targeting me personally. A crossdressing female crown prince would have been enough, but did she have to be so lethal? So handsome? Did she have to be good at both archery and swordfighting? And schemey? And did her love interest have to be a bisexual Rowoon? I was Attacked. My favorite kdrama of this year!

Eve--I'm always here for a solid Monte Cristo. Just people coming back with a new identity to fuck up the lives of those who wronged them. Lee Ra-el really goes for it. The drama, the angst, the fashion! Also the femslashy tension with Han So-ra was great, I need more female archnemeses in my life. The only thing is I didn't really like the actual romance that much? Maybe I just don't understand the tango.

Alice, the Final Weapon--More of a miniseries. The dynamic is a female assassin/a kind of suicidal masochist who becomes more invested in life after meeting her. And they're both highschoolers? Honestly the only way to sell me on a teenage romance is to make it this insane, I did enjoy.

The Silent Sea--Ngl it did creep me out a lot. The lunar water, that is. Didn't feel super connected in the characters bc this show is more about plot, concept, and action than character development, but it was quite tense and I was certainly invested in whether they were going to survive.

KDRAMAS I ALMOST FINISHED BUT DID NOT BUT WILL FINISH IN 2023, OKAY? REALLY!

Alchemy of Souls--I love Naksu/Mudeok! I love her fucked up mentorship with Jang Uk, especially in the early episodes where her attitude is just "throw him at death and see what happens". Also enjoy the obnoxious crown prince lols. I have only two episodes left (of the first season, at least) and have enjoyed both the scheming and the character development, but I have to say it can sometimes be a bit slow, and I don't care that much about ALL the supporting characters that have to have their moment in the limelight EVERY episode. (Park Jin and Park Dang-gu, I'm looking at you!)

Flower of Evil--New obsession! I had to stop watching for a week or so bc I was just bingeing too fast and losing sleep lols. The suspense is way up there, the whump is a thing of beauty, and I found myself super invested in Do Hyeon-su's life of fake (but come on, it's not really fake!) domestic bliss. Just so intense. I was kind of scared off by the hype for this show when it first came out but the hype is real, this show is incredible. Just hope the ending lives up to the rest of it.

Connect--An enjoyable thriller, but I don't really see why you have to make the antagonist of a show that already has organ traffickers, mad science and mutants... a random serial killer? On the other hand I do love his weird vibe with the surprisingly normal mutant MC so. I am not immune to serial killer antagonists.

OVERALL

A good year for morally dubious female protagonists (yes, I am including Lee Hwi/Dam-yi! she comes very close to murder multiple times and I am including her!). I watched less kdrama thrillers than usual bc I was watching cdrama thrillers instead, but the ones I watched were enjoyable. I want more fanfic for all of these shows but the fanfic wants I have are immensely specific so I should probably just write some but we will see.

#kdramas

[dormant-poet]

I just finished watching She-Ra, and wow! What a great show. I was binging the last two seasons so hard. Amazing series!!!

#she ra

[nihilasta]

I never thought I'd have to make this

My best friend is gone. I've said it in my head countless times these past few days, and it still doesn't feel real. I'm not sure it ever will. I'm not sure I want it to.

I hate this. I was in Leeds Station on Sunday and kept thinking I saw you, movie cliche as it is. All I wanted was someone I knew to emerge from the crowd so I could just break down on them.

You were one of a kind. It was always the three of us. You and me coming out with the most bizarre meme-filled nonsense, and Ellie eternally being done with our shit. All the dumb in-jokes no-one else would get. Your theatricality, your eccentricity, your wackiness, your own way to light up a room with that exuberance that was so uniquely you. The actual tiny violin you kept in your bag at Uni to mock people with. Never got old that one, somehow.

We hadn't seen each other since April. We kept meaning to catch up properly. And now I'll never get that chance. Ever again. There's so much left unsaid.

There's so much we never got to do

We never got to go to Japan. I still have the itinerary I made saved on the old laptop.

We never started that DND campaign we'd been planning since before the pandemic.

I never got you to change your mind and give One Piece a try (still maintain I would've worn you down eventually and got you to see how great it is. Guess you win that one).

All the movies and shows we were gonna binge. At least you got Ellie started on the new She-Ra (me and Carli got her to try again. She is still skeptical but I think we'll get her to embrace the campness of it all soon enough).

You never got that cane sword you wanted. Still not sure how that was gonna happen but you'd've found a way I'm sure.

All that whiskey and rum you'd collected you wanted me to try.

We never got to meet OSP. I dunno how we were going to but I know they'd've loved meeting you. You never got caught up on the podcast, there were so many great moments you had yet to discover man. Did you ever get to the episode with Indigo's Batman villain idea? It's wild. I still hope they animate that one, I just wanna see Red and Blue's facial reactions to it immortalised.

I never got you to come to a gig. Still think I coulda got you to a Nightwish show someday.

I never finished your story. I swear I will.

I finally saw Ellie again. I feel like I have to fix this, but I dont know how. We'll get through it together. No idea how. But we will. Oh and I know what that pic she sent in the group chat was. It was her face in darkness. Yeah I don't get it either mate.

This wasn't how it was meant to go. We were supposed to have the rest of our lives. Annoying the shit out of each other and everyone else till we were old and grey. With big dumb Gandalf beards n all. I'm not ready to do this without you man.

I told you next time I saw Ellie I'd bear hug her so hard it'd be like a black hole absorbing a star. And you too. Now I'll hug her hard enough for the two of you.

There's still so much to say. But if I don't stop now I don't think I ever will.

"He said one day you'll leave this world behind. So live a life you will remember."

You did Tom. You really fucking did.

My best friend. My partner in crime. My Nakama

[mantictiger]

I’m a couple days late to the 2-year anniversary of Enchanting Grom Fright, but I wanted to make some sort of post involving it because the episode means a lot to me (I’d also like to be funny but it might be a bit of a serious post).

I initially watched the episode in mid October of 2020. It had been maybe six months since I realized I was a lesbian and only maybe two or three months since I had accepted myself as a lesbian. I had just finished watching She-ra (2018) maybe a month before, and all the gay shit in that was wonderful. I still didn’t have the confidence to come out to anyone in my life even though I was pretty sure everyone would be pretty supportive (which I’m so damn grateful for). I was still scared though.

I remember watching Enchanting Grom Fright for the first time. It was around 9am on a Sunday morning in October and I was on the couch in the basement with my bowl of cereal ready to watch. I had binged the hell out of the show the past two days, excited for this episode because I had spent enough time online to know that this episode was gay, but I wasn’t prepared in the slightest.

I cried. I sat on the basement couch at 9am and cried over two girls dancing and one wanting to ask the other out but not being able to because of her own fears and anxieties.

Something about it was so much different than all the emotions I felt while watching She-ra, and I think it had to do with the fact that I was close to Luz and Amity’s age when it aired. I still am (unfortunately. Being a teenager fucking sucks), but that age similarity had made it all the more hard-hitting for me. They were my age and they were happy and maybe everything wouldn’t be terrible and I can be happy.

I came out to my family about a month later. I think that episode had given me the courage to be myself.

It’s now been two years since that episode aired and almost two years since I watched it (and I watched it; I ended up watching it 100 times in about 4 months and can now recite the script when watching. Oops) and a lot has changed, but The Owl House still manages to make me cry (and not just with the gay!). I watched Clouds on the Horizon with my partner the night it released (on The Owl Club because cable sucks and Canadian Disney+ wouldn’t have any of the episodes for another month) and it was just as amazing as the Grom dance for me, because even though I’m secure in my sexuality it’s still so validating to see queer people on tv.

I’m so happy I got to watch The Owl House, even though it will end (undeservingly) early. I’m forever thankful for Dana Terrace and the entire Owl House team for this beautiful show, and especially for Enchanting Grom Fright.

(Sorry for the long post I just had some feelings. Also I’m sorry if the formatting is shitty mobile tumblr sucks ass and my laptop is 9 hours from my current location)

#i am feeling #the owl house grom #the owl house #lumity

[karlyanalora]

🛒 What are some common things you incorporate in your fics? Themes, feels, scenes, imagery, etc.

💖 What made you start writing?

🧐 Do you spend much time researching for your stories?

🦅 Do you outline fics or fly by the seat of your pants?

🤗 What advice would you give to new fanfic writers that are just getting started?

Well, this got long. The really long spiel is under the cut.

🧐 Do you spend much time researching for your stories?

Probably not as much as I should tbh. But I do a fair bit of googling. Too much research sucks the fun out of it for me and leaves me paralyzed.

🦅 Do you outline fics or fly by the seat of your pants?

Both. Sometimes I go by the seat of my pants for a long while and then write an outline for the rest. Others have outlines ready to go before I start typing. Some just have random things I know I want to happen at some point. Most of my one-shots are spur-of-the-moment things.

🛒 What are some common things you incorporate in your fics? Themes, feels, scenes, imagery, etc.

Redemption. I’m a sucker for it and I feel fiction is a great place to explore it at its extremes. No one irl has blown up a planet, but what would redemption for Darth Vader look like if he lived? What should his punishment be? What is the balance between mercy and justice? Who will find it within themselves to forgive him? Starscream, Megatron, Loki, so many Decepticons, what would that journey look like?

Of course, this has to be balanced with narrative sense. I might redeem one character in one story but leave them evil in another. That’s just what fit the themes and message of the story. Also, some characters will just always be plain bad in my books: Overlord, Palpatine, Ra’s al Ghul, etc. That doesn’t mean they can’t have moral complexity like Ra’s! But I don’t see them reformed.

It probably goes without saying that the theme of forgiveness shows up a lot. Also what I think true love is: a verb before it is a noun. No one and onlys here folks.

💖 What made you start writing?

This is a fun journey. I can remember my first attempt at fanfic was a fairly dark self-insert involving Robin. I was no older than nine in the back of the car and I can still remember the plot though I maybe got down two pages. Didn’t even know fanfic was a thing but I’d just found a single issue of a comic based on the 2003 Teen Titans cartoon and I was hooked.

I’ve always had a very active imagination. I tried creating original works for NaNoWriMo but I kept writing in loopholes so I could fit in my favorite fandoms.

In 2019 some family friends tried to get us into the YouTuber business. It didn’t last but I wanted to make a crossover cartoon and actually emailed Star Wars, Marvel, and DC for permission. Only Star Wars replied and told me no since I was planning to monetize it. I was going to do it anyway and started writing the scripts.

Sometime before this, my best friend introduced me to fanfiction along with the guidelines for browsing it that I still live by. She sent me “Though She Be But Little” by @theredscreech. Amazing fic. Finished it and didn’t think about fanfiction again.

Until the Winter of 2020 lying in my bed as a college freshman craving Transformers content. All I’d seen was Transformers Animated at this point I think. I’m not sure if I’d even seen Prime yet. But I remembered fanfic was a thing and in a fit of madness hopped on fanfiction.net. I stayed up until 4 am binge-reading “Redeem the Stars” by @megadoomingir. That was the moment I realized I didn’t want to make a cartoon; I wanted to write fanfiction.

The basic storyline and premise of that cartoon has remained the same but has also undergone major changes so it would now be completely unrecognizable. Published works have been scrapped and rewritten. It originally, back when it was going to be a cartoon, had a shameless self-insert and featured my heroic origins as the Foosa and my family too. No first name changes either. My editor and sister @anileahvictoria convinced me to scrap that and eventually also the leftovers from my “original” NaNoWriMo story of which a changed Fiera Adele is the only survivor.

I had and still have big plans for my “Ultimate Universe” series. I sent some messages and ff.net to some lovely Transformers authors for permission to incorporate their stories or versions of those stories into my future writing because they permanently shifted how I viewed Transformers. I got some very lovely responses. I’m honestly not sure if I will end up working with that version of Transformers that continues to live in my head because it feels kind of weird to ask your readers to read homework fics, ya know? But I’m not sure how to separate those stories from the Ultimate Universe if I do include Transformers. Hence why I have started a different au to get the robot feels out. Anyway, it’s probably all a moot point because my editor will quit if I work Transformers into the current version of the Ultimate Universe (which is a pity because how I got it to fit with DC and Star Wars was genius.)

As it stands now, the Ultimate Universe will only eventually include in order, DC, Marvel, and Star Wars and I shall probably never finish writing the adventures that happen therein. Probably more than you ever wanted to know, hehe.

🤗 What advice would you give to new fanfic writers that are just getting started?

The grand spiel above was in part to set the stage for this piece of advice: Nothing is written in stone.

It’s partly why I love writing fanfic. I can change my mind at any time. I have rewritten everything I have published in a story. I have completely changed a story. I have deleted stories and written a new story that resembles it with some very big changes. You learn and grow and change as a writer and so can a story. Warn your readers that major rewrites are coming and go for it. If you feel it will create a better end result, don’t be afraid to start over.

[kingofthewilderwest]

Given what you said don't ignore this from the following sentence as it wont spoil or give any ruin to anything. I finished S3 of Amphibia within the last week and going back over the series and other series I just see a lot of writers not being able to commit to longer or more in depth series. Seems like the best series are the ones that KNOW they wont be longer than 3-4 seasons. I havent been too close to many TV shows but all shows nowadays are either limited or being canceled before they do anything worthwhile

From this.

I think it's fascinating you brought that up. I was talking with a friend this week about the trend of children's animation increasingly making long-term narrative arcs, and how there seems to be less focus on episodic children's animation.

I'm going to get rambly, veer all over the place, but more or less stay prompted by what you brought up.

It makes sense we've seen a renaissance of long-term plot forms. Streaming and binge culture allows people to reliably follow a story and see every episode, right? And so we've gotten Gravity Falls, She-Ra, Amphibia, The Owl House (at least from the few episodes I've seen), you name it. Since it's a recent phenomenon that we can safely tell long-term arcs, creators will dive into the new opportunity. I think that in most animation, we're going to see them veering there because They Can Now.

I celebrate the longer plot arcs. It's made beautiful art. And it's unlike periods that came before! At the same time, I hope the pendulum will eventually swing into the center. Once the newness of long-term structure fades, maybe we'll get more balanced numbers between shows that are one form versus the other, each show picking what is best for it.

And going to what you said about long-arc execution... writers have to know they will be able to finish it, right? And with the way Western media still cancels or renews its shows... Western media can't as safely create long-term media. Which means you're limited to:

Writing plots that have the length of an episode

Writing plots that have the length of a season, max

Writing long-term narratives with a specific several season goal, and hope you'll get renewed

Writing long-term narratives, but do so within a safe contract bet (that "they KNOW / are reasonably confident it won't be longer than 3-4 seasons)

Having an "oh, we'll just write, and figure out making that ending when cancellation starts threatening us" (terrible idea)

I think good writing, structure-wise, usually knows how long it's going, because you can't have good, incremental plot scaffolding without knowing your duration. If you're doing #3, you have your scaffolding prepared, but you could get cancelled before your structuring pays off. I see #5 happen more with live action adult media, and that's often a hit and miss, because you are forced, by the uncertain world of potential cancellation or unrenewed contracts, to adlib.

Getting back to Amphibia, even without me knowing what their contract situation was, I can tell they were operating on #3 or #4. Which means it's going to work better structurally.

I think it's fascinating. While I was writing my thoughts last night about Amphibia's structure, I knew that I could write an incredibly robust post about all the ways their scaffolding works. How they successfully implemented it. Because it's very structurally sound and there's tons there. The fact I was writing, from an emotional perspective, about whether I liked it... was going in the face of everything I logically saw working.

It's hard to pinpoint and/or vocalize, studying the well-implemented structural side, why my emotions weren't 100% sold with what I got S2. I can say things like, "It feels like Hop Pop, Sprig, and Polly aren't as integrally tied to the long-term narrative as they should be, given the centrality of family messages in S1," but I can also point to plot events like Hop Pop burying the box that were intended to be central to the long-term whatnot. I still think I'm right. I still think they're not as central, because long-term it is about King Andreas and Marcy and Sasha and Anne and stuff... and what does a farming frog contribute to toads trying to dominate the land?

But in the end, my post wasn't even intending to be structural. My post wasn't intended to say "this is working well or not." Because it is working well? It's just processing, from a purely emotional perspective, that my emotions were weird. It'll be interesting, as I watch S3, whether or not my emotions will or won't align with the structural implementation.

Obviously, you, as someone who's seen S3, will know how that structure plays out. And you will know whether the structure was good. I appreciate you respecting my request to have no hints, even in the slightest, of how S3 goes down, even in vibe. Maybe I'll poke you again about structure when I have completed S3 (probably pretty soon), and talk about that phenomenon you brought up.

I do want more shows that are episodic again. That's a way to escape non-commitment to longer plot arcs, being limited, or being cancelled before going anywhere.

I don't know if I tackled anything you were thinking about, since I went all over the place. But I enjoyed your thoughts. It's cool to reflect on.

#I feel like my brain isn't working that well so I'm sorry if I am going weird directions #analysis #long post #my analysis #Amphibia #Amphibia spoilers #Amphibia S2 #Amphibia S2 spoilers #non-dragons #ask #ask me #rushthetoastyboy #always enjoy hearing from you

[penname-artist]

What’s your favorite tv show

(Centarworld does not count)

Aww why not! XD

I have several favorites here. My Little Pony (gen 4) is an old classic that will forever go down in history. I'm also trying to binge Amphibia and The Owl House though I'm not finished with either. Our Flag Means Death is also AMAZING and I am SO READY for season two!!! Gay pirates!!! Anyways Helluva Boss and Hazbin Hotel are also cool, and She-Ra is nice but I need to finish it.

I like animation if you couldnt tell, lol. OFMD is the only exception to that XD

[ghostofapineapple]

I just finished binging The Owl House. I binged the She Ra reboot last week, and Good Omens back in August.

Oh wise gods of Tumblr, please give me some more of your tv show recs.

I'm loving the genre of "Gay guys get put in situations, but they ultimately defeat a fascist/puritan/literal god with the power of love" and would like to see more.

#toh #the owl house #good omens #she ra #spop

[crest-codeagm]

FIRST POST!

First post and I'm here for the violence. This post will be short and about my gripes with She-ra.

So... Basically back in like 2019-2020 I was hanging out with my cousins who kept clowning on me for not having seen the show. I decided to binge the whole thing and that took maybe 2 days of consistent watching and much attempted phone throwing to finish it. There were so many shitty characters, bad jokes, and stupid plot points that I wanted to just give up. Of course because I had already suffered through it once I went home and made my mother watch it with me again.

ROLL CALL!

Catra is an irredeemable ass who I guess tried to do the Zuko redemption ark thing and fell flat on her face. Still by far one of my favorite characters though. Adora has one of the worst haircuts I have seen in a while and her being a dumbass who still falls in love with Catra despite Catra actually being the cause of one of her friend's parents deaths is insane. Glimmer. Never liked her and I never will. Bow deserved better than GLimmer he really did. Entrapta is big relatable. Scorpia deserved better friends. Hordak is just daddy issues. Shadow Weaver needed her weave snatched. And the rest of them are not important enough for me to remember! In short fuck em. Fuck most of these low iq assholes.

The relationships roll call!

Catradora is a toxic disaster that was not well written in the slightest.

Glimbow or whatever you wanna call it just shouldn’t have happened. They didn’t have nearly enough chemistry and Glimmer spent the large majority of the series being an immature ass. Bow should’ve just stayed single.

Spin lady and Net toss lady I don’t give two shits about, they barely got enough screen time for me to even remember they existed with the exception of season five(?).

Entrapdak idk Hordak got them severe anger issues, I don’t see them lasting long.

Mermista and Seahawk I prefer them separate just because Seahawk was just too pushy.

And all the other weird little relationships that were probably better that were hinted at or teased get an honorable mention as it is what it is.

That’s just the people related things that bothered me but I’ll probably never make another post about this godforsaken show.

#she ra #rant post #spoilers #she ra spoilers #shera sucks

[moodydarkandheavy]

50 things i am going to miss about college:

my hall's infamy

how MC will always catch me off guard by saying the most outrageous things

how H smells when he comes back inside after a cigarette break

the pop tabs that people leave on my door because they know i collect them

the decorations in the common room

the gross green couch that multiple people have had sex on

our RA who loves us but is also kinda scared of us

calling my mom

cherry blossoms in the spring

snow in the winter

red leafs in the fall

blueberries in the summer

the flowers in front of W’s door after they died

when we got nominated virgins of the week by the virgin club

my roommate who is much neater than me

my advisor who believes in me even though i'm failing

when S talks to me about hockey even though he doesn't watch it

franky the cat and his friend jameson

N when he smokes so much weed he cant stop smiling

getting excited when i finish a lab

actually understanding the materials

when i finish something i worked hard on

skateboarding late at night because i'm really bad at it and i don't want anyone to see me

when the stoners think i'm smart

when someone tells me i'm pretty

the rugby trophy in my room that has my name engraved on it

finally being good at something

my rugby captain who cares enough to help me

my coach who shows up even though the school can't pay her

the puzzles i buy even though i don't like puzzles because the people in my hall sit at them for hours

binge watching shameless and it's always sunny and new girl in the common room

watching EH wear mittens because she wants to eat ice cream straight out of the pint

going to rugby socials and somehow getting drunk off of just beers

parties that the over half the school goes to but the school is so small that we all fit in one yard

seeing people i hate and just really allowing myself to hate them

running into S in the middle of the night because neither of us actually sleep

ES telling me he loves me

L planning for the future and including me in that future

learning to crochet even though my roommate thinks i'm horrible at it

my roommate

hall-mates who help make my paranoia and mania somehow bearable

MU calling me even though its super late in croatia

EW picking up the phone no matter what

playing 8-ball in the cellar

running into people i know on campus

when the heater broke and we all had to wear parkas inside

snowball fights

water-balloon fights

cooking in the smallest kitchen known to man

everyone i met, good or bad

#vent post #tw paranoia #tw mania #cw smoking #cw cigarettes #cw weed #tw death mention #i don't really need anyone to see this i just don't have a therapist so this is how i handle loss now #flunking out of college #there's a matching green couch and someone came in and rearranged the chairs and now no one knows which is the sex couch #we were the first entire hall to get nominated #my rugby captain is like a mother to me #or maybe a big sister #i've never really looked up to someone the way i look up to her #eric tells everyone he loves them but it makes me smile anyway #i literally could write so much more but i have to draw the line somewhere