#martianbugsbunny opines

[martianbugsbunny]

My Biggest Opinion on the Ahsoka show (other than the obvious) is that it would have been better as a full season. I'm frankly tired of this six-to-eight episodes nonsense that modern TV does; I remember the delightful old days where you got like fifteen-to-twenty-odd episodes per season of a show and that's so much better. It gives you room to explore the backstory of all the players involved so their motivations make more sense. It gives you room to mess with a longer narrative so the characters get proper growth where you can look at a scene from the beginning and a (perchance mirroring?) scene from the end and say wow, this was really bloody well executed, there's such a difference and it makes sense as to why. We could've had episodes about the Purge of Mandalore and what that did to Sabine. Episodes about how she and Ahsoka started training and how they fell out. Episodes about what Ahsoka's been doing between then and now. Episodes about what Ezra and Thrawn were up to, like how Thrawn came into an alliance with the witches and how Ezra's been evading him over the years. Episodes about Baylan and Shin so we could understand what either of them really wants or feels because I'm still not sure I do. Maybe something about Hera and Sabine's relationship because they feel kind of weird to me. Don't get me wrong, I love the show we got, I think it's very good and it does most of my favorite characters justice, but I also think it probably could have been even better if it had been a longer show and had room to really explore its subject matter in greater detail, from multiple different angles.

#star wars #ahsoka show #ahsoka series #ahsoka tano #sabine wren #Ezra bridger #thrawn #grand admiral thrawn #mitth'raw'nuruodo #a bitch has got too many names #the purge of mandalore #baylan skoll #shin hati #the nightsisters #the witches of dathomir #I feel like there was just a little bit of depth missing here and there that would've made it perfect #especially for the badguys bc idk what the heck is going on with them #martianbugsbunny opines

[martianbugsbunny]

Ngl the funniest part of Monsters University is the revelation that Randall doesn't squint all the time because he's suspicious and paranoid it's just that he can't see for shit

#iconic #10 out 10 character decisions #also I was absolutely the target market for his backstory in MU I will not lie #but then again I've always been fascinated by him so that helped #Randall boggs #randy boggs #yes I can and will be cringe enough to call him randy what of it #I am cringe but I am free #monsters university #monsters inc #pixar #disney #martianbugsbunny opines

[martianbugsbunny]

IK in Marvel you're nuts for shipping a gay couple unless it's confirmed without a shadow of a doubt onscreen (which is a horrible precedent I think was set when they said Stucky were just friends because let's be real if all that can add up to welp just friends then how can any ship with less than that possibly be legit, right) bUT all that being said the Lokius energy? great. I'm not going to pat Marvel on the back and say this is enough, but I am going to say that for them setting the same-sex heavily-implied love interest next to the opposite-sex are-we-going-to-pretend-this-never-happened love interest and making it unclear if Loki was speaking to one (or both) of them was a pretty big stride forward. They might be coming out of the era of the big neon no-homo, because the Marvel that's been so homophobic in recent years would never have left that door open for considering, would have made sure Mobius was far offscreen when that happened, would have made Sylvie the only important relationship Loki had in the season, would not have put in all the little moments (I direct you to the Don episode: the hair-fixing by Loki, the way Mobius kinda flirts with him the whole time, the way Loki is drawn to Mobius' timeline more than anyone else's, the way the camera focuses on Mobius so close to when Loki is having his "WHO" epiphany, etc.; not to mention the ways they reach out to each other throughout the season, just a little intimate touch here and there, a hand on an arm, an arm around a waist; the fact that when Loki timeslipped back he looked to where Mobius was first, the way he went to Mobius for advice when he was completely out of options, the way he and Mobius trust each other to use torture boxes and help decide the fate of the multiverse, the way they, together, were a focal point of the season, that they were a unit of two, that they were so loath to be separated). In media as a whole, is this big? Not really. For Marvel specifically, in its own little pocket context? Big step. Immense. I really want to believe maybe they're opening the door for us and we just jam our foot in the gap hard enough they'll get the message that we're a fanbase to be reckoned with and that maybe they do want to spend the effort on us after all. I love Marvel. It was an important part of my childhood and I keep watching it now even though it's kind of a mixed bag. I want to be a part of it. I want the Lokius fanbase and the Sambucky fanbase to win where the Stucky fanbase was shut down. Those little moments were intentional and beautiful and I'm incredibly happy they exist. I want them to lead to something more.

#loki #loki show #loki series #loki season 2 #lokius #mobius #marvel #mcu #marvel cinematic universe #shipping #behold: my two cents #they did that on purpose u can't tell me otherwise #and I'm going to stay excited about it #I love the ship to pieces for one thing #so happy it's low-key canon after a certain fashion #but it's also an interesting trend I would like them to follow up on #this post probably makes little to no sense because I just got out of bed and I am tired but have it anyway #martianbugsbunny opines #martianbugsbunny ships

[martianbugsbunny]

honestly I think I would've liked to see asha start out kinda selfish. yes, she is only trying to become the king's apprentice to get her family's wishes granted. no, she doesn't really care about magic, apprenticeship, the wishes of the kingdom at large. but over the course of the movie she starts to see the value in them and wants to see more people have their wishes granted and by the end she appreciates the gravity of being made a fairy godmother and is willing to spend her life helping others' wishes become reality. behold! a character arc

#there's almost no difference between beginning of the movie asha and end of the movie asha #which....it's not the best ngl #anyway! #asha #wish #disney wish #wish 2023 #disney #character arc #character growth #martianbugsbunny opines

[martianbugsbunny]

I've said it before (to my sis, who agrees with me) and I will say it again (to anyone willing to listen): there's no chemistry between Erik and Raven in First Class. He compliments/comments on her mutation a couple of times during the movie, but he always sounds sort of angry, which is his default except for moments with Charles (and that's a little here or there but it's not the point). It comes off way more as "Erik is pissed that Raven is ashamed of her mutation, because he has very strong feelings about mutants living free" and less as "He thinks she's gorgeous and wants to do her."

Idk, I'm not sure I explained it as eloquently as I could have, but the point is, they have no chemistry in that movie and that moment where she rather presumptuously shows up naked in his bed feels way out of left field.

#also yes this is 100% cherik brain originated #but the point is valid #I just don't think erik and raven have chemistry #the choice to involve them was weird as hell #erik lehnsherr #magneto #raven darkholme #mystique #cherik #xmen #xmen movies #xmen prequels #xmen first class #martianbugsbunny opines

[martianbugsbunny]

"I'm not with Gravik cause I'm with you" vs whatever the heck Priscilla's doing

#not Priscilla hate btw #in this house we don't hate on the canon love interest just because they're canon #....because in this house we ignore canon lol #but I would bet that the parallel between her and talos in episode three was set up very intentionally #they're both people who know Nick very well and have had front row seats to how hard it can be to care for someone with his job #people who have worked with him for decades #one seems to have lost faith in him and one apparently has the utmost belief in him #it's really quite beautiful #nick fury #talos #priscilla fury #secret invasion #espionage husbands #nick fury x talos #talos x nick fury #the furys #parallels #martianbugsbunny ships #martianbugsbunny opines

[martianbugsbunny]

For a guy as stern and secretive as Doc Hudson, I think the fact that the entire town calls him Doc instead of Doctor or Mr. Hudson or something shows a really nice kind of familiarity and closeness. Like, they don’t know that he’s the Hudson Hornet, but consider what they do know: he’s a grumpy old car who tends to stand on his dignity a bit because it was stripped from him once by others early in life but they don’t know that part and he’s one of the most respected folks in town and yet they’re all so casual with him because for all they don’t know the Hudson Hornet, they do know Doctor Hudson, and the affection between him and the rest of the town is mutual even with his prickly exterior. You get the feeling that he must really love them to let them call him by a nickname, and they must really love him to ever have tried it in the first place.

#doc Hudson #the fabulous Hudson hornet #because he IS fabulous and everyone should be reminded of it all the time #radiator springs #cars #pixar #hope this makes sense #like they don't know who he was #but he hasn't been the Hudson hornet in years so they do know who he is #it's semantic ig #idk #martianbugsbunny opines

[martianbugsbunny]

*clears throat* I can recognize that having Ahsoka's lekku/montrals be the correct length in a live-action show is perhaps not physically feasible whilst also being disappointed that she still has the adolescent-length lekku/montrals instead of the long, glorious, wise old lady lekku/montrals she should have

#ahsoka tano #ahsoka series #ahsoka show #star wars #lekku #montrals #really loved her look in that end scene in rebels #(and that's probably not the full extent of how long they could be) #and I am disappointed that didn't translate over to her show #martianbugsbunny opines

[martianbugsbunny]

The fun thing is we probably don't need to worry about the MCU bringing in and ruining the Fassavoy version of Cherik solely bc the MCU sees James McAvoy in their nightmares

#he refers to them as Cherik completely unprompted #he's standing at the captain's wheel of our lovely ship #he can barely make it through an interview without talking about their love story #MCU makers must quake in their boots just imagining what it would be like to have him in a project #I love him ur honor #can you guess who's gone down the xmen interviews rabbit hole lol #it me #I've watched little else (other than the actual xmen movies) for DAYS #James mcavoy #cherik #mcu #xmen #martianbugsbunny ships #martianbugsbunny opines

[martianbugsbunny]

You're A Star never stood a chance when I saw this first:

like everyone else can go home, we already have a winner in the People-Are-Stars poetry category

#I love the category #it makes me crazy inside #but nothing stands a chance against this gorgeous little poem #no hate to the song #(shade to it tho) #wish #wish 2023 #disney wish #disney #music #disney music #you're a star #nikita gill #got the quote off Goodreads btw #martianbugsbunny opines

[martianbugsbunny]

What this website really needs is a button that will allow me to filter all y/n content out of my feed so I don't ever have to see it because I absolutely can't stand it, my ass does not want to be in a relationship with my favorite characters my ass wants them to be dating each other

#also no salt at people who do like it it's just really not my personal perference #it just kinda icks me out #also y/n is just awkward to read I'm sorry but it is #(also if u see me posting I wish X was my bf/gf/nbf no u don't and it's a theoretical anyway) #I don't want to read fic about me and Character X #I want to read fics about Character X and Character Y and in some cases Character Z #ALSO IF THERE IS A BUTTON THAT DOES THAT ROAST ME GENTLY #and I don't mean the filtered tags thing bc you can still see the posts in ur feed u just can't look at them #I know it's a semantic difference but it would also be irritating to scroll through a character tag #and be seeing THIS POST CONTAINS FILTERED CONTENT in every two to three posts #anyway that's my little grumble for the evening #once again: no salt to people who like this stuff that's not what we're here for I'm glad it makes them happy #this is literally just my own personal feelings do not assign other motives to it bc I will throw worms at you #that just feels like a thing u have to say on the internet sometimes #martianbugsbunny opines

[martianbugsbunny]

Death of the male character to bolster the female one is a sign of weakness. huge red flag. don't trust you if you do it. if you kill Danny Ocean to put his sister in the spotlight that's a no-go. if you have to have to have the Hulk's cousin belittle him to make her look strong that's a hard pass. if you have to make Loki less competent to define "Lady Loki's" power that's a turnoff. make her stand on her own two feet without touching him or admit you've got nothing.

#ocean's eight #ocean's 8 #anti ocean's eight #anti ocean's 8 #Debbie ocean #Danny ocean #loki season 1 #(AND ONLY SEASON 1!!! IT GOT SO MUCH BETTER IN SEASON 2!!!) #loki series #loki show #sylvie #loki #she-hulk #anti she-hulk #VERY STRONGLY #female characters #martianbugsbunny opines

[martianbugsbunny]

I'm sure someone else has already pointed this out but did y'all notice that extra little way Regina punked Snowing during the Curse? She co-opted Snow's place in Charming's life. She made it part of Storybrooke's...well, story, that she was the one who originally found comatose David. She found him. She stole Snow's job.

#ouat #once upon a time #regina mills #the evil queen #snow white #mary margaret blanchard #David nolan #prince charming #snowing #the dark curse #storybrooke #martianbugsbunny opines

[martianbugsbunny]

In all the videos I've watched about the modern character structure of Disney princesses, I've seen people say that Rapunzel, Anna, Moana, Asha, Raya, Sisu, and Mirabel are generally very samey characters in terms of personality traits and movement styles. But I have yet to see someone say that in Frozen 2, Elsa took on some of those traits, and my horribly capped evidence is under the cut.

Alright, to start with, let me explain a little bit more. Elsa in her debut movie is very restricted and repressed, that's true, but she's also by nature elegant and graceful. Once she figures herself out a little bit more, and she's comfortable in her skin, these aspects of her don't go away, in fact I think they're enhanced by her new confidence and self-assurance. Anna, by contrast, is clumsy and a little awkward, and that's not all down to her upbringing, either. It's who she is, and the contrast between them makes both of their personalities pop. It also makes them realistic, because in human beings and in sisters, you will not have two people who are identical in nature.

However, in the second Frozen movie, Elsa moves and gestures more like Anna. More like the new cookie cutter of the awkward (I hesitate to say "adorkable" because I'm utterly sick of the word at this point, but it's kind of apt) Disney girl.

This is the worst cap I have but watch this little scene where Elsa is startled and her powers activate is one of thee most egregious examples. The entire sequence of movements she has here feels completely detached from her; it's more like the way Anna would move than the way Elsa would move.

This. this is from the scene where she tells Anna she woke the spirits and decides to go to the forest. There is no universe in which the woman from the first Frozen movie would make these faces.

These are from the scene in Ahtohallan where she's watching her past. The cringe, once again, in the way it's animated, feels incredibly alien to her character. The little dance and the facial expressions when she comes across ice!Weaselton are incredibly Rapunzel, I think, but not very Elsa.

This one is the least offender in the bunch. But I still think in this particular scene, where she's doing the typical-of-modern-Disney thing where she's talking to the cute animal friend made to sell plushies, she doesn't feel quite right. The whole "they're all staring at us, aren't they" bit of dialogue contributes to the off-ness of the scene.

Now, allow me to present exhibit B: some of the expressions that I'm comparing her to.

You can see how similar they are, right? All of these to each other but also to the caps of Elsa? It's become the new style to just have all the characters making these faces. It's weird to see it all on them (particularly when it makes no sense for Raya, Asha, and Moana, but that's besides the point) and it's even weirder to see it on Elsa, a character who did not originate with this trait.

Here are a couple of caps of Elsa from Frozen. Her facial expressions are distinct from Anna's, because they have different personalities and would express their emotions physically in different ways. Elsa has a reserved grace and a boundless joy by the end of the movie and it shows through in the way she smiles, the way she frowns, the way she moves. Who she is, is indicated by her movements, which is an individual being and not a standard model.

Now, I'm not dunking on any of the other princesses listed here. I love most of them. I'm emotionally invested in their stories and I cry during their songs and I spend hours sketching them. But do I think I could love them just a little more if they each moved a little differently and their cores were expressed in their physicalities? Yes, I do. I also think it might force Disney to develop their individual personalities better if they weren't just falling back on standardized traits, because more specifics in one department might lead to more in others.

Anyway, that was my little thesis....kay bye.

#disney #disney princesses #elsa #anna #rapunzel #mirabel #moana #raya #asha #sisu #frozen #frozen 1 #frozen 2 #animation #disney animation #martianbugsbunny opines

[martianbugsbunny]

Not even 40 in human years my ass, doesn't marvel know that letting Talos just be old actually increases his score on the Babygirlometer?

#in my mind he's at least 50 in human years #like honestly marvel mendelsohn is 54 according to wikipedia so...what's the point? #let talos be the old skrull everybody already knows he is #talos #my babygirl #never has a person exemplified babygirl like he does #literally never #secret invasion #captain marvel #ben mendelsohn #also like....he's drop-dead gorgeous at fifty-four #imo he's more gorgeous now than he was when he was younger #it's part of the babygirlness of him #help idk what I'm doing anymore #other than being obsessed with that old skrull obvi #bc my brain is wormy about him #losing my grip on sanity after those last two episodes my dears #martianbugsbunny opines

[martianbugsbunny]

I think Kitty brought up Santa Coloma while Puss was dangling off that tree because of what she overheard Puss and Perrito saying. She already knew that Puss was ashamed of and regretted not showing up for their wedding, and that Perrito suggested that Puss tell her that, and she also knew that it would be hard for him to bring it up himself, so she extended an olive branch by mentioning it again and giving him a slightly easier way to bring the conversation around to an apology.

#kitty is a class act #I love her #and i love them for loving each other the way they do #kitty and puss both deserve the kind of love they found in that movie #kitty softpaws #puss in boots #perrito #puss in boots the last wish #the last wish #cat romance #santa Coloma #kitty x puss #puss x kitty #martianbugsbunny opines #martianbugsbunny ships