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thetardisisnotourdivision · 1 year

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I Am A Media Student And Will Therefore Overanalyze This Shot Pt1

Right I just want to talk about this shot here:

From Transmission.

So the first interesting thing here is their outfits - one of the most interesting things this series has been the antagonists' designs. Gabriel has always worn light colours, but before there was red too, like with Nathalie. Red is often used to connote danger and villainy, but there is now not a trace of the colour on Gabriel's outfit. The new outfit that he has designed for himself is entirely white, even his hair and glasses. White is often used in conjunction with purity and innocence, suggesting that Gabriel is trying to put forth an angelic image of himself - fitting, as he refuses to admit that Ladybug and Cat Noir aren't the cause of his problems, and continues to refute the idea that he's the bad guy in this situation. Nathalie, on the other hand, is very different. Her outfit is black with red, both colours typically associated with darkness and villainy respectively. We could otherwise see this as a very businesslike, coordinated, sophisticated style (typical business attire) with a streak (the literal red streak in her hair, the stripe on her glasses) of villainy, of vengeance, spite, malevolence, whatever word you want to use - either way, she's not making any attempt to hide it. She hasn't made any attempt to change this outfit at all, and the only addition in S5 is the back brace, aligning with the idea that she knows that she is the villain, and acknowledges the severity of her crimes. Even the lighting is significant - there are far more shadows on Nathalie and her side of the shot than Gabriel, who is almost haloed in this light. However, when you look at their eyes, you get a very different story. Gabriel's eyes are very, very dark, a sort of greyish-black, whereas Nathalie's are bright blue - which seems at odds with their design otherwise, and you'd expect them to be the other way around. However, this serves to emphasise the truth - the eyes are often described as being the windows to the soul, and eyes are commonly used in animation to tell us whether or not we are supposed to sympathise with a character (I can't find it now but I saw a post about Bruno from Encanto that summed this up perfectly). Blue eyes are normally associated with clarity, innocence or youth, here - which makes a stark contrast to everything else about Nathalie's design, and implies that there is more to her story than we know. Gabriel's eyes, however, are dark, and we can't quite tell what he's thinking.

The next thing is the composition. Gabriel has just said the line, "I'm not a monster", but the shot makes it glaringly obvious who is in the right here. Nathalie is higher up than Gabriel, having a literal "moral" high ground. Both are looking at the other - Gabriel looking up, obviously, and Nathalie is quite literally "looking down" on Gabriel - just as she's looked down on his recent attempts to get the Miraculous, and his attempts to "be a better father" to Adrien. The light directly between them gives the idea of something separating them - that something being the heroes, who are the reason they were driven apart (Gabriel's obsession) but also are the reason that neither can betray the other (because of mutually assured destruction - neither can accuse the other without implicating themselves). However, Nathalie being the one closer to Adrien's room implies that she is blocking Gabriel's path or "guarding" the entrance to Adrien's room.

Finally, the symmetry of the shot gives the impression that these are two characters who could easily have followed the others path. They're wearing similar clothes - high-necked shirts and blazers, both have glasses, and their hair is at a similar angle (if that makes any sense). Even their stances are similar here, which is significant as Nathalie usually stands slightly hunched over ever since the beginning of S4, when she started walking with the brace. (Edit: I've recently noticed that this is something that is present since S1.) This implies that both of them could have gone either way - Nathalie could have continued further and further in assisting Gabriel, either as Mayura or potentially (now that they have all the Miraculous) with another power, and continued to be the "monster" that she thinks she is. On the other hand, Gabriel could have realised that his actions were monstrous, rather than denying it, and put aside his battle with Ladybug and Cat Noir the way that Nathalie has. Either of them could easily have chosen a different path.

Anyway, there's my over-analysis! I love this shot so much.

#miraculous ladybug #mlb s5 #miraculous lb #nathalie sancoeur #gabriel agreste #transmission #ml transmission #You see I'll pass my media exam but I'm procrastinating my maths revision so --#I'll probably do a few of these bc I love them #The shots in this series are so good #The attention to detail #The subtle changes as well as the obvious ones #ml analysis #mlb analysis

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reckless-rider · 11 months

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A list no one asked for! Anyway a list of all the Wilhelm Screams found in media according to IMDB Part 1.

Happy Family

1000 Ways to Die

16 Blocks

2.0

21 Jump Street

22 Jump Street

30 Days of Night

Lost (S5.E6)

6:66 PM

A Christmas Story Christmas

A Day to Die

A Dog’s Way Home

A Goofy Movie

A Simple Request

Simpsons (S32.E10)

A Star Is Born

Abominable

Accepted

Agent Cody Banks

Ainoat oikeat

Aladdin (2019)

Aladdin (1992)

Alex Cross

Dexter: Early Cuts (S1.E2)

The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle (S1.E14)

Aloha

Always

American Hero

Manipulated by Fingers

Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy

The Angry Birds Movie

Angry Video Game Nerd: The Movie

Animator vs. Animation V

My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic (S3.E8)

Arctic Dogs

Are We Done Yet?

Assignment to Kill

Astro Boy

Asterix: The Secret of the Magic Potions

Atomic Blonde

Avatar

Avengers: Infinity War

April and the Extraordinary World

Game of Thrones (S1.E9)

Leap!

Barbie in a Mermaid Tale 2

Barbie in the Pink Shoes

Batman Returns

Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice

Battle Creek Brawl

Baywatch

Beauty and the Beast (1991)

Money Heist (S2.E6)

Ben 10: Race Against Time

Beta Test

Clarence (S3.E12)

Bionicle: The Legend Reborn

Black Sheep

Mythbusters (S9.E6)

Family Guy (S6.E1)

Bolt

House (S7.E15)

Bon Bini Holland

Borrowed Time

Bounty Killer

Brainstorming

Bratz

Calamity Jane: Wild West Legend

Captain America: The First Avenger

Cars

Cars 2

Lupin (S2.E5)

Stars Wars: Clone Wars (S2.E7)

Stars Wars: Clone Wars (S3.E4)

The Book of Boba Fett (S1.E7)

Chisum

Stars Wars: Clone Wars (S3.E20)

Clash of the Titans

Clifford the Big Red Dog

Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs

Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2

Colin

Fast & Furious Spy Racers (S2.E4)

Amphibia (S3.E11)

Blindspot (S2.E5)

Confessions of a Dangerous Mind

Corto Maltese (S1.E1)

Community (S3.E18)

Cowboys & Aliens

Cradle 2 the Grave

Crawlspace

Fantasy Island (S4.E8)

Lego Star Wars: Droid Tales (S1.E2)

Community (S2.E18)

Dragon Wars: D-War

DOA: Dead or Alive

Daddy’s Home

Daddy’s Perfect Little Girl

Star Wars: The Clone Wars (S7.E7)

Dante’s Peak

Agency of Vengeance: Dark Rising

Date Movie

Day & Night

De film van Dylan Haegens

Deadpool 2

Lego Star Wars: All-Stars (S1.E3)

Death Proof

Star Wars: The Clone Wars (S2.E20)

Two Is a Family

Despicable Me

Despicable Me 2

Diary of a Wimpy Kid

Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days

The Goldfish

Die Hard with a Vengeance

DieRy

Dinocroc vs. Supergator

Dinoshark

Drawn Together (S1.E6)

Distant Drums

District 9

Django Unchained

Community (S3.E8)

Doom

Littlest Pet Shop (S1.E23)

Down by the Riverside

Due Date

Galavant (S1.E6)

Blizzards of Souls

Maverick (S3.E10)

Ein Rabe namens Poe

Elf: Buddy’s Musical Christmas

Encanto

Enchanted

Star Trek Phase II (S1.E6)

Enthiran

Community (S2.E6)

Toren C (S2.E2)

Maverick (S2.E6)

Evening Class

Ever After High: Dragon Games

Everything Wrong with… (S9.E100)

Everything Wrong with… (S10.E105)

Everything Wrong with… (S4.E24)

Regular Show (S4.E1)

Lego Star Wars: Droid Tales (S1.E1)

Explorers

Extinct

Outlander (S3.E13)

F9: The Fast Saga

Face Eater

Fantastic Four

Feast

Feels Good Man

Doom Patrol (S2.E5)

Lego Star Wars: Droid Tales (S1.E4)

Flushed Away

Regular Show (S6.E16)

Freddy vs. Ghostbusters

Free Guy

Fresh

The Simpsons (S28.E2)

The Loud House (S1.E2)

Community (S5.E5)

Getaway

Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance

Ghost Rock

Ghosted

God of War

God of War III

Golden Dreams

Grabbers

CSI: NY (S1.E4)

Gremlins 2: The New Batch

Grey Eyes

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2

SMG4 (S6.E36)

Guns Akimbo

Family Guy (S20.E14)

Hacksaw Ridge

Halo Wars

Hancock

Hardcore Henry

Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle

Harper

Hellboy

Star Wars: Rebels (S3.E5)

Hercules

The Boys (S3.E6)

Schnitzel Paradise

Hillary’s America: The Secret History of the Democratic Party

Epic Rap Battles of History (S3.E1)

Hitman: Agent 47

Ninjago: Masters of Spinjitzu (S1.E2)

Home Team

Masters of Horror (S1.E6)

Homefront

How 13 Props are Made for Movies and TV

How It Should Have Ended (S9.E2)

How It Should Have Ended (S8.E18)

Howard the Duck

A Frozen Rooster

I Am David

Impasse

In a Valley of Violence

Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull

Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade

Indiana Jones and the Staff of Kings

Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom

Inglourious Basterds

Injustice

Inspector Gadget (S2.E26)

Community (S2.E17)

Ultimate Spider-Man (S2.E12)

Jason and the Argonauts

Jiu Jitsu

Jumanji: The Next Level

Juno

Just Visiting

Justice

Katy Perry: Roar

My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic (S3.E10)

Keeping Up with the Joneses

Kill Bill: Vol. 1

Cyanide and Happiness Shorts (S1.E140)

Kill Possible

Nostalgia Critic (S12.E28)

King Kong

Kingdom of Heaven

Klitschko

Knight Rider (S1.E3)

Steven Universe (S4.E2)

Knowing

From Up on Poppy Hill

Kung Fu Panda

Lego Star Wars Summer Vacation

Dogmatix and the Indomitables (S1.E15)

Land of the Pharaohs

Tad: The Lost Explorer

The Legend of Hallowaiian

Legends of Oz: Dorothy’s Return

Legion of Iron

Lego Beyond Worlds

Lego Marvel Super Heroes: Maximum Overload

Lego the Lord of the Rings: The Video Game

Leprechaun 6: Back 2 Tha Hood

Lethal Weapon 2

Lethal Weapon 4

License to Wed

#another list besties #but I hit the limit so it has to be in parts oops #theres all sorts of media from shows to video games to yt vids to movies lmao

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keysandopenmind · 6 months

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Uh, yeah, hi! I am not dead. I have a few tag games piling up so I thought I'd do an easy one before I went to bed. Cheers to @blind-the-winds for this tag!

Last song listened to: "The Last Rose of Summer" on Haley Westenra's Celtic Treasures album.

Favorite color: Purple and teal. .

Currently watching: Finally got back to my Doctor Who rewatch. I'm halfway through s4 now. My aim is to finish David Tennant's era by the 60th anniversary, which gives me about a month, which is doable as long I don't procrastinate.

Last movie: Does the pro-shot of The Prince of Egypt: the Musical count? Because I saw that last week and it was awesome. Other than that, I am not sure... last movie might have been Encanto? I think my last trip to the cinema before Prince of Egypt was Barbie on my birthday in July.

Currently reading: I am 17% into The Stray Spirit by @ashen-crest and it is excellent! I read her other book, A Rival Most Vial, earlier in the month so I jumped onto this as soon as I could! Cozy mystery fans, get on it!

sweet/spicy/savory: Sweet. I like salty things, but I think I like sweet more.

relationship status: My partner and I will celebrate 15 years together next January!

current obsessions: Orchestral covers of Disney soundtracks.

last thing i googled: Cate Lawley (I was looking up her website to see if I could buy her books anywhere other than Amazon).

currently working on: belated book reviews

Leaving the tag open to whoever!

#tag game #personal

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sadmages · 1 year

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I posted 1,666 times in 2022

260 posts created (16%)

1,406 posts reblogged (84%)

Blogs I reblogged the most:

annabelle--cane

totopopopo

slingerapen

dudeiwannasleep

mod2amaryllis

I tagged 1,384 of my posts in 2022

Only 17% of my posts had no tags

#reply - 196 posts

#tma - 155 posts

#tlt - 80 posts

#da2 - 79 posts

#the mechanisms - 65 posts

#gabby rambles - 53 posts

#encanto - 41 posts

#ofmd - 32 posts

#ask game - 31 posts

#mechs dreams - 17 posts

Longest Tag: 140 characters

#this is how i stare at the speakers hoping my parents will pick up the beams im sending whenever jon talks about martin and vice versa in s4

My Top Posts in 2022:

He is truly the most character ever

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Tma relisten so good it's got me jon-posting again <3

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I had a weird dream that was basically The Muppets present The Locked Tomb. All I really remember was that Kermit was Palamades.

That is. Incredible. It made this come to me in a vision

[ID: A 2 panel comic. The first panel shows Gideon Nav wearing her sunglasses and skull paint. She says: Did you know that if you put the first three letters of your last name with the first three letters of your first name, you get 'Sex Pal'? The second panel shows a close up of Kermit as Palamedes, with round glasses and grey Sixth House regalia, looking unimpressed.]

3,832 notes - Posted March 18, 2022

Actually I take it back the only tma show adaptation I will accept is if they try to recreate the fact that we only hear what is recorded on tape by framing everything from the tape recorder's perspective so all of season 1 looks like this

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My #1 post of 2022

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Get your Tumblr 2022 Year in Review →

#Gabby rambles #Not fucking prime minister down being my legacy this year. God #Also anne win!#Da2 win! The brainrot lives on

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threeawfulfruits · 2 years

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Tag Nine People You Want to Get to Know Better

💚 Thanks for the tag, @glitternightingale!!! 💚

Fave color: Green! Misty jade and deep forest and lush grass and bright emerald and dusty olive my beloved. Favorite color combos are seafoam/coral and green/gold.

Currently reading: Working through a re-read of my favorite book, House of Leaves (Mark Z Danielewski). Slow going, naturally. It’s a monster. Also steadily making my way through my “marked for later” list on ao3, haha.

Last song you listened to: “Ballad of the Lonely Robot Song” - Morusque (Stray)

Last series you watched: Just recently got caught up on S3 of “What We Do in the Shadows” so I could watch S4 along with @beansprean!!! Ahhh, it continues to be a brilliant and comedically genius romp. Colin Robinson my beloved. Guillermo, you absolute babe. I also FINALLY started “Archive 81” on Netflix and holy SHIT it is so good. Mamoudou Athie is incredible as always, and the series is like the perfect mix between The Magnus Archives, The Shining, and Shutter Island. HIGHLY recommend.

Last movie you watched: “Room 203.” Pretty dumb horror flick I turned on as background noise lol. Interesting subversion of the “male savior” trope at the end though, that was appreciated.

Sweet, spicy, or savory?: Spicy, babyyyyy!!! Bring on the heat and the flavor!!! I do have a massive sweet tooth too, though. Catch me with a ghost pepper in one hand and a cookie in the other. (My digestive system HATES me.)

Currently working on: Chapter 2 of Benediction//Malediction (going VERY slowly, augh) as well as a post-canon Encanto one shot from my long list of ideas (here’s hoping it works as a palate cleanser). That one will probably be finished soonish, it’s just a lil fella! 💚

No-Pressure Tagging: @usedtobeguest123 @blairaptor @sokkas-first-fangirl @azucareraart @sketchnwhatevrmain @pinwheelwhirl @pensandpizza @thecrazyashley-blog @becstuffs

#no pressure and sorry if you’ve already been tagged!#I’m a very strange human but that’s fine I’ve learned to embrace it #tag game #ask game #it me!

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allisoooon · 2 years

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I'd like to see more of Dave but I also want to see Klaus make progress first. In both the comics and show Reginald experimented on Klaus way more than the others, and he consequentially refused to explore his abilities and instead turned to drugs and alcohol and abusive relationships. Dave was likely the first healthy partner he had. Reg, Pogo, and Five all say separately that Klaus may be the most powerful sibling when he's sober and trying? According to Five his connection to the ethereal is one aspect of a wide variety of psychic powers including telekinesis and telepathy. In S4 I'd love to see Klaus start to discover the potential everyone always scolds him for wasting and how directly it correlates to his healing process. He may need to be in a better place before Dave can come back into play. Continue the power crawl arc they set up.

I feel the same. I ship it a lot, but that's why I want it to last. And for it to last, Klaus has to do some work.

I really love this therapist on Youtube who does character analysis (his channels are Cinema Therapy and Mended Light). Something he says is that it's very untrue that you can't love someone else until you love yourself. What is true is that you can't let someone love you until you love yourself. When they love you, you can't believe them.

Klaus is already making progress here, especially this season. He seems to actually believe his siblings love him, which is an incredible improvement over his mindset in season one. He has gotten over his biggest psychological hurdle in terms of mastering his powers--but now, he has no powers. All his newfound confidence is wrapped up in his powers. Next season, he's going to have to find what it is that makes him special. You know, going a bit Encanto with it.

So I don't think he needs to get better with his powers before he's ready to be with Dave. I think he needs to find what it is about himself as a person that's worth a damn and come to believe in it. And even when he does that, that doesn't mean he doesn't have PTSD and SUD, both of which are going to be issues whether he loves himself or not. But in order to confront those things, he has to decide he is a person worth fighting for.

Fortunately, he's started fighting for himself. That means everything.

#tua meta #the umbrella academy #klaus hargreeves #ask answered

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herroyalbubbliness · 1 year

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MASTERLIST

Let's talk series and movies

Series:

1. Afro beats: The Backstory

2. Alchemy of Souls

3. A Teacher

4. Black Bird

5. Blacklist

Raymond Reddington

The Inner Voice

6. Blood & Water S2

7. Bridgerton

Quick Thoughts on S2

Additional Thoughts

8. Chernobyl

9. Cowboy Bebop

10. Echoes

11. Firefly Lane

12. Gilded Age

S1E1

S1E5

13. Godfather of Harlem: Home

14 Gossip Girl:

Gossip Girl Reboot S1E4

Gossip Girl Reboot S1E5

16. Inventing Anna

Gossip Girl Reboot S1E6

15. Interview With The Vampire

In Throes of Increasing Wonder

17. Killing Eve:

Villanelle

Villanelle 2

Is there really a side to pick?

Can't help but think of Villanelle

Parallels

It breaks my heart

18. Leverage: Redemption

Thoughts on S1E1-S1E8

Thoughts on S1E9-S1E16

Thoughts on S2E1-S2E3

19. Lucifer

A Scene From S4E1

S6-The Finale

20. Money Heist P1V1

21. Never Have I Ever: A Celebration of Quirks

22. Power Book II

S2E2: Selfless Acts...?

S2E8

Detective Diana

23. P-Valley

S2E8

S2E9

I miss the valley already

24. Scenes From a Marriage

S1E3

S1E4

25. Severance

26. Sex Education

27. Shadow and Bone:

Kaz Brekker

Matthias Helvar

General Kirigan

28. Ted Lasso

Intro

S2E12

Fatherhood

29. Tell Me Lies

30. The Bold Type

31. The Chair

32. The Handmaid's Tale

33. This World Can't Tear Me Down

S4E10

34. The Time Traveler's Wife

35. The Witcher

S2 Intro

Who is a Monster Really?

Don't You Just Love Their Banter?

MINE

Scars To Your Perfect Ying Yang

I want to be powerful

Parallels

Kim Bodnia

The Darkness Growing Within

36. Virgin River S4

37. What If...?S1E2

38. Why Women Kill

39. You

Film

1. Don't Look Up

2. Encanto

3. Everything Everywhere All At Once

4. Free Guy

5. Gunpowder Milkshake

6. Help (Channel4)

7. King Richard

8. Kissing Girl Booth 3

10. Passing

11. Taylor Swift - All Too Well

12. Tick, Tick... Boom

13. The Harder They Fall

14. The Last Duel

15. The Man From U.N.C.L.E.

16. The Suicide Squad (2021)

17. The Tragedy of Macbeth

18. Vivo

#her royal bubbliness #masterlist

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vulnerabledime · 2 years

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Encanto OC Maker

Thank you for the tag @lasswithumor 💛

Here are my three current OCS:

Lila (s2), Trinity(s2) & London(s4)

I love all my OCS so much 🥹

Tagging: @willkimurashat @crimswnred @mercedesdecorazon @mrs-youcef @mrsbsmooth & anyone else who wants to join!

#I love how all my ocs turned out #this was so fun and cute #oc tag game #diamond ocs #tag game

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writingforfun0714 · 1 year

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I just finished binge-watching The Dragon Prince S4 and I thought I’d share my thoughts as a show-only fan.

Warnings—spoilers for TDP S4, long post

*I’VE NEVER READ ANY OTHER MATERIAL

**I remember hearing from Wonderstorm (the animation studio) that it wasn’t necessary to read TTM (Through the Moon) to understand the story, so I never bothered with it—but boy I’m assuming it’d be helpful

Out of every season, I thought it was ok, however, definitely the weakest of the seasons so far. I’ve seen people make excuses, the most popular one is that ‘it’s just setting up the arc, it’s not supposed to wrap everything up’. To those that use the ‘it’s not finished’ excuse, may I point to you S1??? The first season of any show is hard to pull off b/c of world building and introducing the story. I’d say that TDP’s 1st season is much better than season 4. Yes S1 had wonky animation, but the story was great! It kept me engaged and that’s the goal of every story: to be interesting.

So here’s what I liked/enjoyed:

By S4, the animation has improved and looks amazing. The music is also not bad. S1 I thought did just a bit better with the music (ep3!), but definitely still good. There’s a 2yr timeskip so Callum is about 17 and Ezran is 11-12. Loved everyone’s new look (though Ez’s voice threw me but I understand a lot of boys don’t start puberty until about 13–my 12yr old brother is just starting/and the VA is female so dunno if they’d just pitch her down or what).

I know a lot of you didn’t like that the pastry chef guy was made like an official member of the royal council or whatever, but I actually loved it. It’s a refreshing take compared to having solely important people on the council. Adding people who seem like ‘normal/everyday’ kind of people to a high position (yes, it’s cooking/food, but he can be in charge of feeding the needy in Katolis or something) isn’t something that’s normally seen in fantasy stories imo.

Also know that some of you didn’t like that Igneous Rex was swayed by a pastry. His explanation though really made sense. He wanted to try something new (think Isabella from Encanto). It made total sense and I loved it. Also immediately knew it was chocolate. Never once did I think it was like cinnamon or something. Chef man is gonna bring world peace w/ chocolate calling it now.

The bond between Zym/Ezran reminds me of Eragon (especially w/ Ez being able to see through Zym’s eyes) and I’m absolutely living for that.

The new characters introduced are ok. Definitely love Terry. Honestly, I was wondering why he wasn’t freaking out when Claudia would do dark magic (since he’s an elf), but after thinking on it, I realized Terry’s probably never seen anything bad happen for using dark magic. For being so smitten w/ Claudia, I assume they’ve known each other for maybe a year or so. Enough time to get to know her but to not know everything about her. And even though Claudia is clearly traumatized by what she had to do to bring Viren back, she brought someone back from the dead. That’s gotta be amazing from a bystander POV.

I also loved Viren’s brutal talk with him and how Terry chooses not to follow that advice. I hope their relationship grows. I wonder if he’ll start to see Terry in a different light. Assuming it’s just been Soren, Claudia and Viren for years, having a stranger come in and say that he loves Claudia has got to be weird/foreign for Viren. Speaking of…I loved how Viren and Claudia’s relationship now has pretty much flipped, with her being the one in control and he just kinda has to do what she says. Really mirrors their S1 relationship. I’m sure she wasn’t forced, but I’m sure Viren’s words sway her to do what he wants. I hope that Viren and Claudia’s relationship is explored more cuz when she was forcing him up the spire, she really didn’t seem to see anything was wrong (that he was freaking out).

I also kind of like the fact that I can’t really tell if Claudia is really having feelings for Terry or not. He clearly loves her no question, but we haven’t really heard Claudia talk about Terry in the way he does about her. I’m worried that she’s using him in some way/will betray/leave him (especially considering that speech she gave Soren when they reunited. Like ??? Girl, you’re dating an elf??)

I ABSOLUTELY LOVE THAT FIGHT SCENE BETWEEN IBIS AND CLAUDIA with Ez’s speech narrating over it. From what I remember, I don’t think we’ve seen a mage vs mage (magic v magic) fight before. It’s interesting because a lot of the sword fighting shown isn’t really dangerous or anything because anytime someone loses their sword, it’s considered that they lost. I think how sword fighting is typically portrayed though there are exceptions, but especially within children shows (obviously). The fight starts out with magic until they both disarm each other and it switches to a free-for-all, doing anything they can to get the upper hand. This is truly a fight for their lives. Ibis manages to stab Claudia’s leg and she kills him, leaving him on top of the spire. More fights like this please!!

I love how we were all expecting Aaravos with beautiful wings or something to come out of the cocoon and we get Gollum with wings that Claudia names sir sparkle puff. Perfection. They made the ‘winter is coming’ joke in S1 for GoT, is this their version of Gollum for Lord of the Rings? Also loved the callbacks to Avatar the Last Airbender (Soren saying yip yip and the shot of Igneous Rex’s treasure hoard that has Aang’s glider and Sokka’s boomerang).

I liked that Aaravos has targeted Callum and while possessing him, calls out everyone’s ‘flaws’/insecurities. I haven’t really seen anyone mention this but while Aaravos basically confirmed that he targets mages, I believe Callum won’t be like any other mage Aaravos encountered because Callum is the only human known to use magic w/o help. He uses the primal stone at first, but he quickly starts using magic all by himself, simply recalling spells he’s seen/heard. I always thought that was weird and hopefully will be explained in future seasons, but I definitely think that will play a role with the whole Callum/Aaravos relationship.

The last thing I enjoyed was Janai and Amaya’s relationship (but thought the story there was a little underwhelming/predictable).

Now that I’ve gone over things that I enjoyed out of this season, here are things I didn’t quite enjoy personally:

I think the most obvious and one that I’ve seen most people talk about so far is Callum/Rayla’s relationship. As stated before, if you haven’t read Through the Moon, like me, S4 is super confusing for their relationship. I did like that Callum didn’t forgive Rayla immediately and was pretty icy towards her. He’s been hurting immensely since she left, which I think is part of why he asked her to kill him if he became Aaravos’ pawn. She’s hurt him before, she can do it again, at least in Callum’s mind. What bugs me is that even though Rayla said she was so focused on getting revenge for what happened, she just..gives up? After 2 years? She left Callum, obviously knowing how deeply it’d hurt him, and didn’t see it through to the end (something her character arc wrapped up in S3 becoming a dragon guard). In S1, she didn’t finish killing the Katolis guard, putting her friends in danger. S2, she didn’t finish finding her identity/who she wants to be (the pirate ep and the ep where she chooses to save the dragon). S3 finally wrapped her character arc up by her choosing to pick up where her parents left off, in becoming the last dragon guard.

Now w/ S4 out we find out Rayla has given up her search for Viren after only 2yrs. And the worst part? She doesn’t even seem to realize what she did was hurtful to Callum. Rayla expects to pick things up right where they left off when Callum is still clearly hurting. Neither of them are the same after the 2yrs but she expects things to go back to ‘normal’ when that can never be the case. Causing that kind of emotional pain can’t be repaired with just time, or even with apologies. It’s frustrating that Rayla doesn’t acknowledge that she hurt Callum or even apologized. Callum clearly has some choice words for her and he’s just…deflecting and rejecting her any time they see each other because he doesn’t wanna talk about it. I get it, Big Feelings, I know, but this talk clearly needs to happen.

Honestly I could go on about their relationship, but I don’t want this post to get too long.

Next, I really didn’t care for the humor/jokes. Honestly even in S2 and 3, the humor seemed to be dipping/going down hill. The cringe-iest one was obviously the fart joke. Like…really?? It seems like kid shows have been putting those in more (even in Legend of Korra-Meelo). AtLA had 0 fart jokes. Humor can be more than fart jokes in kid shows! The other really cringey joke was Soren’s pajamas and stinky feet waking Rayla up. I know a lot of you guys also think this too so I’m glad I’m not alone.

Also I felt that adding ‘Stella’ the purple cuddle monkey thing Rayla has as a companion was too much. We already have Bait and Zym, this is just too much. Also the portal thing Stella can do is too OP for an animal imho. Like it’s cool for animals to do stuff that’s helpful (Bait glows, Zym fights), but this just felt…tacky/too unreal? Yes dragons are a thing and yes it’s a fantasy show, but Stella doing the portal thing seemed really out of place for me. Stella really just felt like a ‘marketable creature’ inserted to make money as toys. Also she interrupted Callum!!! HE WAS GONNA TALK UNTIL SHE SCARED THE SHIT OUTTA HIM AND HE CLOSED BACK UP!!!!

If I’m being completely honest, I didn’t really like Ezran’s development (or lack of) this season either. He’s always portrayed as the innocent/naive kid and even though he’s king now, he’s still the same (despite everything he’s gone through). He’s the pure character for the sake of being pure and is incorruptible. His whole deal of trying to get the humans and dragons to get along was ok, it made sense for this animal-loving boy king, but we’re in the 4th season, over the half-way point. Ezran has to have more to his character by now. I wanna see him struggle like Dany in GoT when that guy brought his daughter’s burnt corpse to her and she had to lock up her dragons. Let’s see Ez wrestle with a horrible accident caused by Zym or another dragon.

Also didn’t really like that they sidelined Soren and Viren. There’s so much trauma to explore there and I’m surprised we haven’t seen anything from Soren’s POV like a nightmare of him killing Viren or something.

And as I said earlier, the whole Janai struggling w/ ruling her people and the whole humans vs elves thing was a little…basic. And Janai’s brother Karim was so predictable. I knew he wasn’t gonna win that fight. I did like that he didn’t try and break up Janai and Amaya cuz of their species and instead wanted for them to live a humble, peaceful life somewhere else and he would rule instead. I think it would’ve been better writing, story-wise, had Janai listened to Karim, given up her crown, then regretted that decision, and have to fight Karim to get it back as the rightful ruler.

The only thing that I can take or leave is Claudia and Viren’s redemption. At this point, I see Viren folding/wavering slightly, especially when he talked about just living out the time he has left with Claudia, despite that ending of him transforming back with the all black eyes/gray skin. If done well, I’d like to see both of them being redeemed, though at this point, the way Claudia describes bringing back Viren, I’m not sure if redemption is possible for her (though Terry seemed to really get through to her w/the coins and Rayla, so maybe Terry can help). Either way, I think their relationship/story is the most interesting at this point (especially since Claudia has the power now in their relationship).

I haven’t seen anyone mention this but I hope Sir Sparklepuff isn’t killed when Aaravos finally does arrive. He’s been somewhat helpful so far and I wonder if, being related/conjured/created by Aaravos, Sir Sparklepuff would be able to find/make the key (the star diamond things). Something is definitely gonna happen to that map Terry made out of the goop stuff, I can feel it.

Well I think that pretty much all my thoughts on Dragon Prince season 4. After watching, I definitely would recommend reading Through the Moon to understand Callum/Rayla’s relationship cuz I was confused af (even though Wonderstorm said ‘don’t worry about it’/not needed). I definitely think it’s the weakest season so far, but the animation is gorgeous and everything with Aaravos is just interesting enough to keep me engaged. S1 arguably had a harder time to find its footing with the story, but I think it did a better job than S4. We essentially start of with a rocky relationship between humans/dragons and humans/elves, and we are still there by the end of S4. I would think, being past the half way point, at least one of those would have been resolved by now (considering how built up of a villain Aaravos is—I would assume everyone-humans, dragons and elves would need to pitch in).

Big thanks to all of you that made it through this whole post. Can’t wait to see what happens next. Lemme know what you thought of The Dragon Prince’s S4.

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PS—I know I keep saying this, but I promise I’ll be back with a fic/chapter soon. I’m currently trying to write Chapter 4 of Older Sister, a Bad Batch fic and am writing 2 different versions before deciding which one I like (I made a post about this here so if you have a preference lemme know).

#the dragon prince #tdp spoilers #tdp s4 #the dragon prince season 4 #what happened??#like seriously #the fart jokes gotta stop #kids are smarter than you think #my twin siblings hated the fart joke #and the pajamas #they are 12 the intended audience age

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For the Encanto Inspired au, do you think maybe you’ll add the Lion Camel Ridge trio there?

I think I will! I am glad I never started writing my fics for this au yet because of that. Considering how DIFFERENT the au is to canon because of SWK's premonitions I can see him trying every possible way to prevent the events that lead to S4.

And they may be part of the new reason why he leaves.

#skelleask #monkiekidspoilers

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willkimurashat · 2 years

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Hello my lovely friends!

Just wanted to put together the things I’ve worked on/am working on currently, all in one spot :)

First Impressions Don’t Have to Decide Everything, Right?

My take on if we were to get a “meet the family” episode in season 4

(Will x MC, one shot kinda thing, completed)

Stargazing

My ambitious plan to do a season 4 rewrite

(Will x MC, multiple chapters kinda thing, wip, 8/? chapters so far)

MC faceclaim

The Answer was Simple

The Lie Detector Challenge prompt from litgwritersroom

(Suresh x MC, one shot kinda thing, completed)

S5 MC tag (Eloise)

Fanart

I’m sorry, Will’s just really hot🫣

Will with their hair down😏

Angie the Queen 👸🏾

We do talk about Bruno😋

My light, my life, my love🥰

My light, my life, my love: sketcheroos

For funsies

S4 Islanders’ Styles & Aesthetics

Songs for my li’s

S5 MC application

Get to know me tag :)

This or That: Fanfic Tropes

Stuck With You Tag

Favorite films in gifs

MC using Encanto creator

My Top 15 Songs

Favorite shows in gifs

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stargazing-enby · 1 year

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I love transitioning as an act of embracing my femininity. Being transmasc not as in butch but as in femme. Going on testosterone HRT so I can become my girliest self.

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what husbands are for - a meme fic rec

These memes were created for what husbands are for (Drarry, 52k, Explicit) by @softlystarstruck. Featuring:

- A political marriage (ft. mating bites)

- A very gay Victorian vampire with a hidden heart of gold

- A flannel werewolf with chipped nail polish and overflowing earnestness

- Height difference

- A cabin in the woods (tender)

- A porcelain husband

Without further ado:

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Testosterone is beautiful

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I love how the lyrics of Dos Oruguitas show that the mountains around the Encanto needed to crack open. The house needed to fall down. Because when showing abuela Alma's story, the song says:

Vienen milagros, vienen crisálidas

This translates to:

Miracles are coming, chrysalises are coming

The song also refers to Alma and Pedro as oruguitas, “little caterpillars”. Their miracle is a chrysalis because what they need in that moment is safety in a moment of trauma, fear, and usnafety. What they need is a hiding place. What they need is to survive.

After Mirabel and abuela Alma talk, though, the lyrics change. They refer to Mirabel and Alma as mariposas, “butterflies”, and the line about chrysalises changes to:

Ya son milagros, rompiendo crisálidas

Or, in English:

They're miracles, breaking chrysalises

All this time, they've been living in hiding (in a literal chrysalis of mountains), in safety, in survival mode. Abuela never left behind her fear of losing her home, of losing her family—she never healed from the trauma she endured, and because of that, she hurt her family in trying to keep them safe. Now it's time for the chrysalis to break, for the butterflies to come out and be free and fly. The mountain breaking in half and allowing them to reach the river perfectly symbolises the chrysalis breaking. And this time, when their miracle is reborn in the same river fifty years later, it's not born from grief or fear or a desperate need for safety—it's born from love and acceptance and finally letting fear go.

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how I sleep at night knowing trans joy will exist for as long as humanity exists:

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#tumblr2022 #year in review #my 2022 tumblr year in review #your tumblr year in review #Lol I absolutely love this and I love that so many of my most popular posts are about being trans and THEN there's my Encanto ramble lmfao

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