#like HE watches cartoons and animes and all that

[chubphoe-linkclick]

Hey so S2E9 'Three Stroires' was fucking bonkers

LETS TALK ABOUT IT

The episode is DENSE AS ALL HELL with things to talk about, the three main things being

The titles

The art style and style of storytelling

The dialogue (or lack thereof)

Lets speedrun some analysis notes of our three favourite members of the worst found family ever!!

Storytelling Styles

All three stories are emotionally driven and told in dramatic styles without realism, though all for differing reasons.

QJ mimics the over-the-top Shakespearean reminiscent of his wife, believing himself to be the main character of a tragedy. Though this style of story telling is obviously campy and corny, it's also presented in a way where it's not immediately clear to the viewers that this isn't actually real -- it's a fabrication of the canon within the canon as a reflection of QJ's delusions.

LTC mimics QJ, however, his disposition leads to him seeing everything as a Greek Comedy as opposed to perma-victim QJ's Greek Tragedy. It also reflects LTC ultimately leaning into and revelling in killing other people as part of his hunter ethos and evolution. LTC's style does not need to be realistic because LTC isn't looking for meaning in his story, but for an experience that's enjoyable and satisfying.

QJ and LTC's style complement each other with both being able to come together to tell a more cohesive narrative overall, although each does so by focusing on themselves more than anyone else.

LTX is a silent cartoon telling of her life story, quite literally the story that's gone untold, bar the words of the gossiping crows (people with frivolous and passing interest in her life writing their own stories about the events she goes through). Her story telling style is a reflection of her mindset and being trapped cognitively as a child for all time, and is further indication that her personhood wasn't allowed to independently grow since becoming an orphan.

LTX's story is outside of QJ and LTC's narrative because she cannot speak, and thus her story does not matter. No dramatisation of reality to paint a certain picture is needed, nor is her story seen or understood in either of theirs. Her story is insular and disconnected from theirs because her personhood is disconnected from theirs.

LTX's story is told through the lens of LTC and LX's worldview: that the world is made up of beasts and hunters. There is only ever one human character (likely LX himself rather than QJ, based on how visually loyal everyone else's designs are) while LTX watches LTC straddle the line between animal (his nature) and human (his will).

Story Titles

QJ's part being called the "Inevitable Tragedy" is a reference to how he is the creator of his own misfortune as it was never based in reality but his own unchecked paranoia.

LTC's part is called the Fortuitous Comedy is because it was fortuitous for QJ to find out about the twins' powers before anyone else via Tianchen's confession and subsequent laughter. It could also be due to LTC reaching his perceived hunter-status by the fortuitous case of Deng being Liu Min's first requested kill (for the same reason LTC hates Deng, no less).

LTX's title being the "Sibling's Fairy Tale" is rather self explanatory, much like the character herself if you took the damn time to talk to her. It's childish, stuck in the past (trauma), focused on her brother and the other light of her life: their late-mother. Another piece of insight that I remembered hearing is that fairy tales don't always have happy endings, but they always have a moral to learn from. In this sense, Xixi's story is thematically the most important because no character has put that moral into practice (confronting the worst aspects of those you love, refusing to look away from the secrets they hide while you stay in a peaceful dream with their softness).

Additional Notes

QJ caring for the twins in Part II is a reflection of LTC being gaslit about reality (reinforced by QJ's fatherly love being absent in LTX's story), as well as a reflection of his sense of self and human autonomy only beginning and flourishing due to the circumstances QJ provided

LTX's story suggests that most of the time she spends with LTC involves her napping in some form, or that most of her time in general was slept away as if she was trapped in some strange dream.

The only betrayal even hinted at is LTC's betrayal of LTX's morality, a twist that literally shatters LTX's childlike world and forces her hurdling into reality. This is the only betrayal because the twins are the only two who have trust in one another among the three.

Someone else made a point about how even when the foxboy picks up the bow and arrow, he remains a fox. In LTX's eyes, her brother can act as a hunter but he's still a beast and that's not a bad thing.

The fact that most people are 'beasts' and there's only one human in all of LTX's worldview really is some solid symbolism and messaging, especially considering LTX is socially classified as an undesirable a la her disabilities. It's peak reclamation and pride in Oneself.

#link click #link click season 2 #link click spoilers #link click analysis #shiguang dailiren #qian jin #li tianchen #li tianxi #li tian twins #LAN went hard with this one #they cooked

[novantinuum]

favorite bit in Steven Universe- the "man, I don't get cartoons these days" style fourth wall break

#just... steven universe as a show constantly commenting on cartoons while it ITSELF is a cartoon... #it's fascinating to me bc it injects an added dose of like... realism into events. #like we're Visualizing steven's life as a 'cartoon' but for him this is just. his existence #like HE watches cartoons and animes and all that #he's a real living person in the world of the show who has a whole life off the screen #saying it once again- number one way to make your worlds feel more lived-in is to invent fictional media that exists WITHIN the world #su #steven universe #greg universe #amethyst #pearl #garnet #connie maheswaran #sardonyx #su edit #my video stuff

[newts-frogs-toads]

#This is your sign to go watch ramshackle #he's so bbg #LOOK AT HIM #look at his smile #i love him #must protecc at all costs #look at my son #pride is not the word im looking for #Ramshackle #Ramshackle pilot #Zeddyzi #Skipp ramshackle #Ramshackle Skipp #Indie animation #Indie cartoon #Indie pilot #If you like wander over yonder watch it #Maggot ramshackle

[caseythebunnyboy]

kinda specific thing im in to but i want to have sex with a nerdy passionate person so bad 😵‍💫 while they talk about their favorite game i just keep saying "uh huh" as i reach to unzip their pants, because i got so needy once i saw how their face lit up while they were talking about their game 💜 id start riding them in their gaming chair because they just looked so happy while telling me about a cool character they got a few minutes ago, how could i not instantly mount their lap? maybe id put on their favorite show just to watch them explain every little detail from memory, and then give them a blowjob immediately after while its playing in the background 😊 (he/him, im a guy)

#casey ★ mumbling #nerdy people dm me and ill send u photos of my ussy challenge #geeky people (extremely affectionate and extremely horny) #maybe the reason i like nerdy people is because i AM the nerdy people #(still watches cartoons when hes 18)(likes mha)(likes aot)(likes jojo)(favorite animal is a shark)(named myself after a cartoon character) #theres so much more nerdy shit i do but if i say it all i wont be able to fit my general tags so anyway #gay nsft #gay ns/fw #ftm nsft #ftm ns/fw #mlm nsft #mlm ns/fw #queer nsft #queer ns/fw #trans nsft #trans ns/fw #mlm ftm #ftm mlm #gay ftm #ftm sub #ftm bottom #trans sub #trans bottom #t4t nsft #t4t ns/fw #ftm t4t

[radaverse]

There's this idea wandering on my mind

Samurai Jack making a YouTube channel to "learn the ways of the technology of Aku's futuristic world"

Jack trying to make reaction videos then being told to watch happy tree friends

#he'd just be like aww look at those cute animals #he loves animals #then at the end of the video he's just completely traumatized #why'd you do this to the child 😭 #oh so jack loves animals? let's make him watch a cartoon of cute animals getting brutally killed in all sort of ways #poor jack being 1 milisecond away from breaking down on tears #samurai jack #samuraijack #sj #jack #silly thoughts #foolish samurai #happy tree friends #htf #jackposting #radaverse

[abutterflyobsession]

my dad about to accidentally inflict deep and lasting emotional scars on his young children: here’s a movie by the same people who made Totoro! It’s called Grave of the Fireflies

#a butterfly obsesses #I dunno if he has ever managed to learn that anime does NOT equal children's cartoons :| #I can't even remember what really happened after watching that movie #there was a lot of crying and my parents trying to figure out why #mostly I just remember feeling crushed by the meaningless struggle for existence #I am pretty sure that there was no like comforting from my parents #or discussion of the film #I got handed all these things I wasn't emotionally read for and nobody taught me how to deal with it #for days there was a lot of . . . sitting quietly doing my thing when suddenly overcome by horrors #it became one of those funny stories your parents tell #in hindsight I'm resentful not that we were shown the movie but that no one helped me to handle it

[scalproie]

Metal Fight Beyblade (メタルファイトベイブレード, Metaru Faito Beiburēdo), is a Japanese manga created by Takafumi Adachi, serialized in Shogakukan's monthly magazine CoroCoro Comic between September 2008 and February 2012. The series is a spin-off of the original Beyblade manga series written by Takao Aoki. The manga inspired an anime production, retroactively named Beyblade: Metal Saga, which

#i can post about a cartoon for kids. i was a kid when i liked it #anyway a lot of my current tastes in character can be traced back to ''crazy bitch'' ryuga over here. he was the blueprint #tagging later #mfb #the spinning tops anime show is insane you all should watch it i prommy wommy its a good hysterical time

[mrpuppett]

it's a little sad how sometimes whenever I bring up anime there's this kind of... atmosphere of "ugh not this" because there's a general idea that all anime is like big shounen anime, fanservice or something geared towards small children, and won't even really give me the time of day when I try to introduce them to movies that they might enjoy. Like yes, I have a lot of varied interests, so I'm always fine talking about other things, but anime was a massive part of my childhood and my life, and so it's a little sad to have people not even want to hear me out when I talk about it it's like crickets so fast

idk this is super cringe probably but I do wish ppl would try to have a more open mind when it comes to anime, obviously not everyone is going to like it and that's fine, but it fr hurts my feelings when I mention something even in passing and get straight up ignored or condescended to.

#like i was talking to an acquaintance who LIKES ANIMATION #so I mentioned to him oh have you watched [insert anime movie that is in the same genre] #and he just immediately went 'no i hate anime it's terribly written and all bad' #while he's talking about a cartoon network show that ALSO gets shit on and underestimated for the same bias #like don't be a hypocrite first off

[boygirlctommy]

no way you guys can guess what clip im animating right now

#my post #iamso tired rn though i think im done for now #i did. all the lines. and the bgs. #i did like maybe half of fundy throughout it and i havent started coloring jack #ough and then i need to do some tweening.. and maybe some lighting idk i might just fuck around with different layers #anyways :] this is fun #ive been watching a lot of videos by professional storyboard artists and wanted to try some different stuff out n like #do some more of just people talking to eachother #so of course i go to yt search and look up iconic dsmp moment compilations #also ignore that fundys not wearing pants <3 hes a cartoon animal he does not need them #also also i randomly went w jack manibot for this. bcus i was like 'hehe hes buffering or something instead of just being afk'

[thelastspeecher]

honestly with watching the Kingdom Hearts III cut scenes all at once I have been doing some skipping around bc ten hours is a LOT

and I am v consistently skipping the Maleficent scenes. girl, you haven't been relevant since the first game, just give up.

#I also skipped almost all of the Frozen world bc damn it was boring af #I really enjoyed the Tangled and Toy Story worlds #and I fucking LOVED Sora's monster form holy shit he was so goofy and adorable #(I did realize that of the main plot worlds the only one based on a cartoon was Olympus #and....that makes me feel a bit weird in a way I can't quite articulate) #(also the worlds based on CGI animation look SO MUCH like the movies they're based on #and it wigs me out just a bit #like Rapunzel looks SO CLOSE to how she is in the movie but they fuck up on the hair a tad #which makes sense bc they had to do serious computer magic to animate her hair in the movie #but anyways the worlds based on cartoon or live action look accurate but not like almost SPOT ON as the CGI ones #and idk it just is strange bc I feel like I'm watching the movie but then there's a small something that makes me realize I'm not #....also there isn't a giant talking duck in Frozen. but maybe there should be.) #oh and the biggest development of watching KH3 cut scenes #......I kinda ship Soriku now? #I don't really ship much of anyone in Kingdom Hearts #(except maybe Isa and Lea) #but I def wasn't a Soriku fan #now....I might be changing my mind #idk some of their interactions are v ''hmm interesting'' to me #speecher speaks #(yes I am putting most of my thoughts in the tags I didn't want to put it all in the post proper #leave me alone IT IS MY BLOG and also I'm kinda sick so be nice to me)

[katyspersonal]

Hello, I just want to say that your art is amazing and not to worry because fandoms are made more fun and tolerable by people like you who really care about the source material and not using it to spread hate. I hope you keep making art.

Heeeeeey! Don't do me so dirty - I DO spread hate..... towards people that don't care for the source material and just want to hate. XD Aren't we all just hunters vs beasts loop, not realizing we are ALL beasts with the only difference in time passage?...

Ffgfuhhjv okay but seriously, thank you very much for the nice words, anon. It just sometimes feel like there is little to no point because not many other people are deep dive fans learning every single detail. Randos that do not even like the source material all that much come in a fandom to use the stories and characters that we hold dear to sell their products and their ideas.

And don't get me wrong - we love products! Keychains with Henryk and Gascoigne? Hell yes I'll take both! Doll plushie? I'm buying the entire stock! Like, good, THANK YOU for the products! Official merch is so often underperforming in quality or missing characters we really want to hold. But like... won't it be nicer coming from someone who loves the source material for what it is and is willing to listen to the actual fans when they correct them about wrong take or design error? I remember there was a newbie that started doing STONKS very soon thanks to their skill but I could tell they were dramatically lacking source material knowledge and just checked what takes were popular in the fandom to deliver them (leading to missing important characters, doing wrong lore assumptions and even drawing strongly wrong colors of characters). But they proven that they respect the hardcore fans and listened on being corrected, and it was so refreshing!

That's why no gatekeeping should be absolute, because any other person that is not well-versed might be willing to learn more and gives us credit. But reverse happens too - us 99 lvl autism fans get mocked for "having no life" or "being obssessive" or "having no girlfriend", and this is just... bad. Fandoms should be safe space for loosers, geeks, autists and alike first. The normies got the whole world yet they choose to come to one place where we can obssess over a thing and bully us FOR obsessing because... why? Right, because this is a good grinding ground for audience. Endless loop of 'but no one cares about original universes!' vs 'but we want people who care about the source!' that I don't know how to break either. Right, nobody should feel obligated to dive into [insert a fictional univerce] just to get enough people to hear out what they ACTUALLY wanted to say, but also there is a good reason WHY this or that fandom is so popular - because source material spoke with people's very hearts!

In grand scheme of things, of course, the true problem is that nowadays EVERY single person is looking for their purpose in creative field specifically, because alternative jobs are just so terrible and soul-crashing for the same low income. So as far as it goes on, fandoms ARE threated as grinding area for "platform" for those creative jobs to go swell. The big problem is that not everyone's very ESSENCE is to create, yet everyone has the potential and skill (if they study enough). And creative work is the last resort where peoples souls do not get destroyed. That's why I hate AI "art" so much - it is destroying the last place where a SOUL can exist and grow and heal. But really, the true issue is that alternative jobs should be less soul-crashing - so people who are not built to be creators can work at factories, in offices, malls, stores, transport, etc without feeling like such pitiful existance is not even worthy of this low ass paycheck. And that... well, not getting fixed anytime soon, if at all. I am speaking as someone who used to work a normal job but capitalism disease rotted it TOO, and now it is not about being useful but about doing the sales plans and too many jobs for one person, and it IS soul-crashing. -_-

Alright, sorry for the rant, I just have a lot to say on the matters of fandoms! I think the most ironic thing is how fandoms also often attract the opposite; so very dark, fucked up fictional universes that teach you how to just give up and die tend to attract nice and level-headed individuals, but wholesome, bright and lovely ones that teach kindness attract the most toxic people ever, but I don't have theory on why is that. I just know one thing - whatever will be my new fictional special interest, I am not touching any E or PG-13 rated universe with a ten yards stick. Only 16+ and darker, babyyyy!

#ask replies #fandomry rambles #awwwww anon said i make fandoms better :3 #about the last point.... yeah. i dont know why only opposites attract #the kindest most understanding people delve into fandoms for a thing thats just blood and insanity #but then shit like cookie run or animal crossing is the toxic pool that will make miyazaki feel incompetent #shame because deep down i am a baby and part of my brain will always need silly bright- #-colorful stuff for kids even when i am 40 or 50 or 60 #if you support all neurodivergency you will support me watching cartoons for little babies at morning!! #i will be real tho autistic men have it waaaaaaaaaay worse. #us autistic girls have it easy because people think us liking cartoons for kids is cute #but when man is the same? ohhhh boy the EXTENT of mocking and bullying #and fake accusations of being [REDACTED] #i am talking fandoms tho. fandoms for adult things are more reasonable and pleasant. #if you look at my kirby fanart era you will notice i have a bigger knack for drawing cute and silly stuff #bloodborne kinda suffocates that side of me with all the darkness and realism... #but people are nice! #some toxic maria fan: gehrman is misogynist creep because he made a doll of the dead instead of a statue or a portrait #me: EXCEPT THAT ONE!!!!!! #hgjjlhguj okay sorry

[angelamontoo]

I received The animated Peter Lorre as an early birthday present and I absolutely love it! Its an enthralling read as a fan of both Peter Lorre and animation history(I'm still surprised by how many characters I grew up with, who I didn't know were Peter parodies till I read the book) and I'm thrilled to own it for myself.....but I do have an issue with it(cause god forbid I enjoy anything without finding something to later complain on tumblr about)

OK so this is the epilogue

And I just.....

#like im sorry im being such a jerk csuse obviously im eternally grateful that someone took the time to compile an index about every peter #lorre caricature/reference in animation they could find #but how does one compile such an index and not notice that references to the actual peter lorre went out the door a loooong time ago #but anyway this is a very cool book #i remember becoming obsessed with the beatles cartoon for a brief period a few years back for how damn weird it is #and one of the funniest things anout it to me was George harrisons weird ass changeable accent #and i had no clue that he sounded like that because his VA just gave him a peter lorre impression #the one about weevil from yugioh was interesting too #cause i grew up with that anime but ive seen yugioh abriged so many times in my teens that i can only hear him sounding like beavis lol #also im pleased about the chameleon from Tuff puppy #cause thats one i actually did recall all by myself and it was nice to have it confirmed #peter lorre #the animated peter lorre #also i dont agree about petes actual image slipping away #if anything i think its the opposite #in an era where his older films are easier for any jo schmo to watch than ever #(i still have faith that well see more of The missing wife in my life time) #i think petes parodies help new generations discover him #whenever i first discovered peter lorre part of my fascination was the weird familiarity i already had of him from cartoons #and now ive been obsessed with him for over two years #matthew hahn #just realised i spelt his name wrong in the meme fml

[bumbleblurr]

g1 blurr & rb blurr are the only 2 blurrs designed to be alive. Everybody else gets to die and suffer

Edit as I was typing the tags: OH YEAH ARMADA BLURR I'm p sure he gets alive privileges too

#i am not joking Actually thsoe 2 are literally are not meant to not die #rb blurr is in a baby kids show hes safe from all harm #and g1 blurr. is very much not supposed to die hes supposed to replace ppl that died #tf the movie had everybody die so the new cast can come on in. and blurr is a part of that new cast #the irony of this is not lost on me and i think its hilarious #blurr is introduced in the everybody dies movie and doesnt die. most interations of blurr following that very much die #i constantly see ppl mistake the last blurr on the disadvantages of blurr as g1. this isnt entirely accurate #and i didnt tag it as g1 bc of this. thats uk marvel comics blurr not cartoon g1 blurr #which. sure thats g1 too ig but are u seriously gonna tell me when ppl say ''g1'' they are thinking abt the marvel comics. #no theyre thinking about the cartoon #and i have to reitarate so hard. cartoon g1 blurr is So Specifically not a blurr that dies or gets close to it #u may be asking ''wooly why do u give so much of a shit about if ppl think g1 blurr is a part of the blurr death club?'' #well i can answer that. its bc i can. this isnt actually important at all lol #i just get irrationally huffed up when ppl are wrong abt stuff i like even if its completely inconsequential. im a nerd you see. #OK THIS IS THE POINT I REMEMBER ARMADA BLURR #i dont think he dies. idk i havent seen this one i just watch clips of it and go ''i like the hot shot guy :]. blurr is cool here too'' #i love his design in that series even though its not meant to be blurr originally i think #but orange and blue is p swaggy and the red demon eyes are cool i cannot deny this #i do think his characterization is actually not far off from blurrs base character #like ppl say the anime tfs have like no relation to their other counterparts (and include blurr in this statement i think) #but from what i can tell.. i dont think that's rlly the case with blurr? #like yeah hes much more of a brooding kind of serious and gruff than other blurrs #but that falls in line with how tfa blurr is p serious (even if he didnt exist at this time) #and hes a former racer & p competitive thats sounds like ur typical blurr following idw #its just a different way going abt it which i might..prefer over typical modern blurrs??? #idk i havent seen the whole show/trilogy but i like it when blurr is serious and a stick in the mud #so basically all this shit i have to say abt armada blurr boils down to. i dont know enough abt him to explain why he doesnt die #he just doesn't. he gets treated as a normal character and not canon fodder #and never again does he get this treatement if hes not protected by baby show immunity <3 #🐝 could you repeat the last part? 🟦

[gideonisms]

anime english dub:

*voice of the lady who reads out side affects for diarrhea medication* Wee will be Together forEVer.

*voice of an adult mimicking a 2 year old* Yees wE willll!!!!! Our frIENdship will change the WORLD!!!!!!!!!!!!! *hysterical laughter*

#i switched to the dub of utena for a second. oh god #where is the low calm anthy voice why is she suddenly 5 #american cartoons are like this too. hell!! tfw ur trying to watch an animated show but the actor sounds like he needs to belch #i cannot. and i don't have this problem with audiobooks at all #sometimes i do with podcasts. t*a was the exception because the dialogue was natural and most of it was just. audiobook anyway

[lightningflvsh]

i have GOT to start looking into the green lantern comics because i just keep doodling hal jordan. help

#.txt #it’s not even anything worth posting it’s mainly me trying to get the mask and his hair right #got a very clear vision of what he should look like in my style in my brain #it’s just gettin my hands to cooperate with me #my explanation for all this is that i watched jl war for the first time the other day and was instantly enamoured #i did watch gl the animated series as a kid #but the only character i rlly remember from it is aya #i think john is still my favourite lantern for now #if only because ik more abt him (roughly. i’ve watched the jl and jlu cartoons) #hal is just funny

[hibiscusangel15]

idk how to feel knowing I relate a lil too much to Fionna and Cake Simon tbh

#I won't elaborate more than that tbh #I still have thoughts about the respective AT finale(s?) that i want to get out #but I think watching Fionna and Cake first will help me word them better #(spoilers) anyway I didn't expect straight up blood in Adventure Time??? #I knew Fionna and Cake was going in a more adult direction but like...Finn straight up stabbed a monster in the head #and blood spurted out #I'm not bothered by it just shocked ig bc all the monsters Finn or Jake 'killed' would always explode or run #tbh I do really like the trend of cartoons previously meant for children getting animated adult reboots #not for nostalgia purposes but mostly bc they expand on themes the og show touched on and now have the freedom to delve into #Samurai Jack fumbled its end for me tbh but I loved his descent into madness in the beginning of S5 #and his utter shock and repulsion when he legit kills another human without meaning to #idk im rambling but the blood in Fionna and Cake reminds me of Samurai Jack's evolution tbh #personal #ignore me #I'm only on Ep 3 rn lol