#infinity train kind of

[yardsards]

people have brought up the difference between "this piece of media is good" vs "i like this piece of media". i would also like to mention the third axis "i would easily recommend this piece of media to others"

#eliot posts #like for example. taz balance. i like it SO MUCH and i think it is mostly good #but i only recommend it to a select few people because it is SO LONG and is a little niche in terms of taste #so i need to know more abt what kind of stuff you like before i would ask you to invest the time to listen to it #meanwhile a show like infinity train i recommend to almost everyone #(well. after asking them if there's anything they need content warned about bc that shit can get HEAVY) #bc it's short and it's got an appeal that is good even for ppl outside of my ''adults who like kids cartoons'' circle w its storytelling #(as opposed to a show like the owl house which is good but i would generally only recommend to ppl who Like Cartoons)

[sketching-shark]

Been a couple of years, but I still think fondly of Grace Monroe from Infinity Train for achieving that very rare redemption arc narrative of "the people you hurt are allowed to sever all ties, and you can still become a better, happier person."

#grace monroe #grace infinity train #infinity train #in a sea of demands that you must always forgive the people who hurt you no matter what #it was nice to see a plot that gave good weight to feelings and motivations on both side of the equation #hm. #come to think of it #it seems a lot of redemption arcs usually go the route #of redemption through death #or very quick if not immediate acceptance into team the people you traumatized #much more rare to see a redemption arc #where the one on the journey to redemption has to accept that at least some people they've hurt can't or won't forgive them #but that this doesn't automatically mean they can't become a kinder person #hell in grace's case it was pretty shocking/refreshing to see that it was precisely because someone set a hard no-contact boundary with her #that she lost someone she loved but still hurt #which really forced her to reconsider what she was doing #it was a true 'oh no not the quencies' kind of story #but also a 'you will accept the quencies and go forward with your life & hard gained knowledge' narrative #redemption arcs

[zombieteddybearz]

hey guys. more gay people

#rymin #infinity train #ryan akagi #min gi park #ty to everyone who comments on my art btw i love yall ur kind words truly keep me going :'3 <3

[cheesecakemermaid1048]

Having sex is great and all but have you ever had a ship and been like

”Damn,I dont even care if these two kiss or not.They deserves each other,and I will be very upset if anything happens to them”?

#cheese talks #cookie run #cookie run ovenbreak #cookie run kingdom #sk8 the infinity #Wednesday #spy x family #danganronpa #deltarune #undertale #five nights at freddy's #kaguya sama: love is war #infinity train #league of legends arcane #shipping goals #the best kind of ship is one that works as romantic and plantonic #buddy daddies #project eden's garden #animal crossing #millionaire detective balance:unlimited #steven universe #Owl House #amphibia #welcome to night vale #welcome home #master detective archives: rain code #rain code #sonic the hedgehog #scott pilgrim takes off #hazbin hotel

[oh-cosmia]

I don’t think I ever shared my solo au doodles here? Here they are

#rymin #infinity train fanfiction #ryan akagi #min-gi park #ryan is gnc/nb here but hasn’t really talked to anyone about it yet #Dude’s been pretty self-isolated and hasn’t tried much to interact with any kind of community tbh? #solo au #art tag

[escapedaudios]

Comments like these make me so happy!!! I did months of accent training for Fletcher. I'm always worried about misrepresenting accents so I obsess over getting them right, I'm so happy when they pay off.

#I'm kind of insecure about doing accents #Probably because I get so pissy when people mess up a Castellano accent #so maybe I'm projecting #but it motivates me to do accent training before attempting any accent that isn't my own #so I guess it pays off #escaped audios #blue Infinity #escaped audios fletcher

[keeperofthebox]

this is the one that i intended but he can be talking about any song that your heart desires

#rymin #ryan akagi #min gi park #infinity train #keeperofthebox art #Will he ever make art of them that does not have to do with music again...............probably not<3 #also look at me actually kind of finishing a comic #Also apple music chose to play in your eyes by peter gabriel while i was making this and i had to pause for the entirety to laugh my ass of

[grendelsmilf]

i don't want to act like corporations won't make homophobic decisions in their quest to further their financial interests. of course they will, because no capitalist would get anywhere without making the strategic decision to pander to the most powerful members of society, and we obviously live in a patriarchy that violently imposes a dogma of heteronormativity as a crucial method in its system of control. so there is, of course, an incentive to systematically erase any [gender] nonconformity from their product if it's no longer lucrative to present themselves as (pseudo)progressive in this way for whatever reason. so in the case of corporate tv executives, the idea that a show could theoretically get cancelled for being too unapologetically gay isn't ridiculous or far-fetched. in fact, the strategy to produce one or two seasons of a niche show with overtly lgbt characters and then cancel it once it's no longer turning a significant profit is pretty sound. especially if that show happens to be a piece of genre fiction, and especially if that show is bad. that way, the show can garner enough of a fanbase (the intersection of, say, sci fi fans and lesbians in your low budget lesbian sci fi series) that it gets promoted without the company itself having to expend their budget on marketing (which they can instead dedicate to more surefire mainstream hits), and gets viewed just enough to turn a profit. it's an experiment that can then get toted by the company as evidence of their progressive inclinations, without actually having to commit to any sort of reputation as a champion of lgbt rights. the fact that these shows are often qualitatively poor means that they can retroactively justify their premature cancellations by pointing to the low quality rather than the content. it's an insidious strategy.

of course, it's not necessarily true. lgbt media does actually happen to be profitable these days, especially when it's presented as either as a) salacious and shocking or b) heartwarming and wholesome. the fact that most of the shows that people have kicked up a fuss over are just undeniably not good and too niche to be lucrative makes the argument that these cancellations are all motivated by pure, unadulterated homophobia and nothing else (such as viewer retention rates and other fiscal concerns) seem somewhat silly. the desire for more authentic, compelling lgbt exploration in our media should not take the form of clamoring to renew mediocre (or just straight-up-bad) shows ad infinitum, but rather to acknowledge that there will never be true artistic depth rendering our community with love and authenticity to be found in corporately produced mainstream art. the issue isn't that these faceless executives are all individually spiteful homophobes, but rather that they operate under a structure that demands that these systemic injustices continue to be exploited for the sake of accruing capital. i'm not saying that homophobia isn't a real concern, but it's entirely incidental to the primary issue which is profit motive under capitalism. but you guys could also just stand to watch slightly better tv.

#sorry i just saw a rly cringe screenshot (about the flag show) and then started thinking about first kill again... and countless other shows #like i will never forgive hbo/max/whatever for they did to infinity train #but in that instance we all recognize that the issue is capitalism. so it's okay and valid and true #the irony of course being that the flag show and first kill are also both wildly racist #so their cancellations are in a way kind of progressive victories in and of themselves. lol #o

[jesse-cosay]

love love your interpretations of lake ❤️

I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT SPECIFICALLY SPURRED THIS, BUT THANK YOU!

There are so many ideas I don't even get around to sharing because I mention them to friends and then forget about them.

I don't have much to offer rn bc I'm writing a lot, but here are some doodles based on my fics. (Only one of which is posted rn)

#ask #infinity train #jesse cosay #lake infinity train #infinity train lake #infinity train book 2 #jesslake #yellow’s art #gosh you guys are just!!!! So sweet!!! #Im sorry i got to this ask so late im kind of spacey

[crayolacolor]

i can't believe that post i made about the among us show announcement causing infinity train to trend keeps getting notes lol

#color rambles | personal #infinity train #kind of #i had a bit of a mini containment breach with that one

[ultrafangirlishness]

I believed in you 🥲

#i mean dont get me wrong. i do love a good villain arc #he just had so much... potential #he had it in him to be kind amd caring #but he chose evil instead 🥲🥲🥲 #simon laurent #infinity train simon #infinity train #infinity train book 3 #my art #my drawing #digital art #digital drawing #as i was drawing the outlines for this i couldnt help but also see this as ed elric and/or magnus chase lol

[yardsards]

people have pointed out the symbolism of mace repeatedly referring to lake as “girl” and how that plays into the transgender metaphor, how he represents society’s bigotry and bias and whatnot and done really good analysis about that

but i would also like to draw attention to him referring to jesse as lake’s boyfriend while taunting them

and how lake doesn’t really react to that, just disdainfully ignores him

compared to following scenes where lake fiercely defends the validity of their and jesse’s relationship and only ever uses the term “friends”, doesn’t even use ambiguous words like “he loves me”

and idk i just feel like that kind of ties in as like, mace enforcing heteronormativity/amatonormativity onto lake and jesse’s relationship, just like he could be interpreted as forcing a cisnormative gender onto lake, just like he is canonically forcing mirror law onto them.

and i may be projecting as an aroace (just like i may be projecting as a nonbinary, tho the trans metaphor is a lot more blatant) but. idk it just means a lot to me that a friendship can be so fiercely defended and a platonic bond can be strong enough to bend the laws of the universe

(and this isn’t a diss if you headcanon lake and jesse’s relationship as romantic; i myself have even enjoyed romantic content of them. but i think even if they did enter a romantic relationship, it’d be done in a way that rejects amatonormative and heteronormative roles and instead would be done based entirely on their own terms rather than on society’s rules)

#eliot posts #infinity train #intr #infinity train meta #infinity train book 2 #lake infinity train #mace infinity train #jesse cosay #queerplatonic jesslake #aroace #amatonormativity #idk if i even headcanon either of these two as aroace or even anywhere on the aspec but #you don't have to be aspec to have a qpr. a qpr isn't somethin you settle for when you cant feel romance #i also kinda like them as friends rather than explicitly in a qpr cuz a friendship can be your most important relationship #...but i also like them as moirails because homed stuck brainrot and it fits their dynamic SO WELL #i don't mind seeing them as romantic or (in the opposite direction) as a kind of familial bond tho

[lake-cosay]

alan dracula is just a ptsd service dog in the body of a deer god

#maybe not specifically ptsd? but some kind of mental health service dog #you cannot change my mind #ghost.text #infinity train #alan dracula

[horizon-penblade]

Is there a word for that type of horror we get in Milgram and Infinity Train where it's like. Your actions and mental state are being supernaturally judged in quantifiable form by something that apparently knows your thoughts, but everything else about the environment you've become trapped in indicates that the powers that be are ethically dubious at best. Is that like its own thing or is it just. Cosmic Horror But Specifically For People With OCD

#infinity train #milgram #At least in milgram we know where the judgements are coming from (it's us the audience) #But in both situations it's like. Ok what is this place. Where did it come from. #We have some people who are kind of *in charge* of the extremely messed up judgement trap but like. #It's still not clear how it started or what it is or where it is or #Basically I rewatched a bunch of infinity train today and i have SO many questions that... will never get answered because of capitalism #actually ocd

[ankylosaurusthesaurus]

this brand of ship just means so much to me

#the owl house #toh #huntlow #infinity train #jesslake #atlantis #milo thatch #kida atlantis #complete and total dork x someone who could easily beat them up #pls i am very much a socially anxious nerd where is my jock #this is the only shipping dynamic that matters #i couldnt care less about any other dynamic this dynamic is far more interesting and culturally significant than anything else #these kind of ships give me a will to live

[alicethenobody]

They way Ryan smiles at Min here and encourages him and the way he immediately relaxes <3

#infinity train #ryan akagi #min gi park #rymin #infinity train book 4 #ryan is actually a very kind and caring person I won’t take criticism #when he knows min is scared he always encourages him he wants min to be confident in himself #he loves min soooo much