#they had a limited budget

[scoffingatgravity]

Pros of watching the video of JLH recording “I’m Gonna Love You”: hearing her sing and watching her do her thing

Cons of watching the video of JLH recording “I’m Gonna Love You”: seeing clips from that trash-ass Hunchback Of Notre Dame sequel

#personal #hey they do speak (jamie talks) #I said what I said #yes some people liked it #or at least found the love story cute #but the animation? garbage #the way the og VAs didn’t sound right despite returning? #HOW?!?! #the majority of songs? nah #the storyline? weak af #it should’ve remained a standalone #Disclaimer: no shade to the animators #they had a limited budget #no shade to the VAs #the vocal coach did them dirty

[carlyraejepsans]

I’ve started watching Utena because of you. What. Is going on

HI. WELCOME TO THE CLUB, watch the trigger warnings. but yeah, revolutionary girl utena veers more and more towards surrealism the further you get into the series. it often and voluntarily forfeits narrative/logical consistency in favor of visual storytelling, metaphors and symbolism. i was just talking about it with nic the other day, and if the story weren't so harrowing, i would recommend it to everyone who wants to get into literary analysis, because it is SO packed with symbolism EVERYWHERE that it actually encourages you to try to decode it.

whatever you think utena is about, it is NOT. you can't go in and treat it like your 49293th classical shoujo. utena is a firework show of visual symbolism and it very rarely, if ever, explains itself to the viewer. it refuses to handhold you, but it never berates you for trying and getting it wrong either. there is SO much handholding in modern day media, but utena trusts its viewer to take away something meaningful from itself and to piece its message together on their own. it's one of my favourite pieces of media of all time just for that

#it's almost closer to a poem and to poetry than to a story in the sense that we think think about today #you see why ye standard transformative fandom was never able to take hold with utena? #my suggestion is try to actively analyze what's going on and the symbols presented to you as you go along #find recurring motifs. utena deals a LOT with cycles and repetition (they were playing into their budget limitations and did it brilliantly #what objects keep returning. what characters are they associated with. how do they relate to the irl systems of power the story criticizes #what does the white rose mean #^ had a lot of fun trying to figure that one out. i landed on something other people in the fandom also got but then nic told me his take #and yeah they basically pried my third eye open with a crowbar. #this anime made me want to try out symbolism and allegories in my own works #it's so fucking good #but hey if you finish it and still feel like you didn't get 90% of that you can go to nic metanarrates' blog and check out his rgu tag #basically 50% of the fandom posts are visual and narrative analysis. the other 10% is breathtaking art. the remaining 40% is memes #BUT! wait until you're finished..watch for spoilers #rgu #answered asks

[fireflowersims]

Honestly, ppl make bread too complicated

Yeast this additives that, rising time, kneading, moisture content whatevs

And sure, there's def a science behind it, but you can actually make pretty simple bread.

Take flour, take water, get some salt and something to flavor it with (herbs, spices or even bouillon cubes will do in a pinch) and some fat. Mix flour with flavorings, mix in some fat like oil or butter, then add water and knead. How much? Whatever feels right.

Shape it into disks, fry in a pan. no need to bother with temperatures, just put it somewhat high.

Bam! Bread.

It's a great recipe for when you have barely anything left in your pantry or when basically everything is too expensive. You don't need anything fancy to make it. Just flour, fat and fluid. Flavorings are optional but recommended.

Remember the formula: flour, fluid, fat and flavoring = flatbread (FFFF=F)

#non sims #recipes #baking #bread #flatbread #I guess I'm in a flatbread mood again #with a bit of creativity you can usually find a way to combine ingredients or make the best of a very limited pantry or budget #baking science is fun but sometimes a simple recipe is what you need #equal parts yoghurt and flour work too. yoghurt had both the fat and the fluid so it's fantastic for this type of recipe #it's more of an archetype than a definite recipe #flour fluid fat flavoring = flatbread

[spitblaze]

okay i realize i keep referencing 'pop tart aliens' from The Original Serious but do not ever clarify. It's these things. I'm sure they were very expensive to make/acquire but I look at these things flying around on strings killing everything and am like. man come on. i realize in the 70s people thought the moment spock got attacked by one was thrilling but unfortunately all i can see in 2023 is leonard nemoy getting slapped with wet toast and collapsing

#spitblaze says things #star trek #star trek the original series #star trek tos #st tos #that being said this episode seems to be mostly remembered as a Vulcan Lore episode. which is fair #anyway I TRY HARD TO APPRECIATE THE ORIGINAL EFFECTS! I KNOW THEY WERE LIMITED BY BUDGET AND TECH BUT I TRY TO APPRECIATE WHAT THEY DO #and i DO appreciate these! the puppetry to make these things look ALIVE and the material that makes them look ORGANIC is good #just. not the puppetry that makes them fly around. or the scene that apparently had people on the edge of their seats #im sorry all i can see is nemoy getting slapped with something wet and eating shit. im sorry. its hilarious i wish it wasnt but it is #Youtube

[overthinkinglotr]

RE: Amazon's Lord of the Rings series: I think this excellent video from Sarah z -- about the way that right-wing backlash against certain media properties makes it nearly impossible to have genuine conversations about them, because you can't talk about them in good faith without inadvertently adding to the right-wing dogpile of people criticizing them for racist sexist reasons -- conveys pretty much everything I should probably say about it ladjflksdfs. Sarah Z makes a great point that this kind of vicious right-wing backlash often tends to deliberately focus media properties that are mediocre because of other reasons (like boring corporate mandates) and claim they're mediocre because of diversity. Right-wingers intentionally ignore properties that have diversity and are Good, and intentionally ignore the billions of shows/movies that aren't "woke" but are also similarly mediocre. Because right-wingers don't actually care about the "quality of art" unless they can use that as a weapon to attack the people they hate.

#rings of power #i watched it in an airbnb that had it on while fleeing a hurricane #it's sad because i think the copyright issues dogging the amazon series are so interesting!!!! #and id love to talk about them #the show itself is a blandly fine okay generic fantasy show #because theyre like mandated to be generic since they dont have the rights to the specifics #but the rights issues are fascinating! #and really shows how copyright law in the united states hamstrings ANYONe's ability to create meaningful transformative work #like one interesting thing I noticed is that the series uses practically None of tolkien's words #almost as if the complicated rights issues also limit the amount of quotes they're allowed to use #(I counted only 2 highly edited Tolkien quotes within the 8 hours of the first 6 episodes) #and the absence of the language is so strongly Felt #which I think is fascinating #which separates it from every single adaptation before it as well (including the obscure low budget ones) which always utilize the language #like wow it's almost like Language is super important to the story #also wow I wish this series were as progressive and far left as right-wingers claim it is alkjsldkfjsdf #it is Not #it is very obvious while watching it that the writer's room was Waaay less diverse than the cast #and the cast itself really isn't all that diverse when you get down to it #lotr #is posting this a mistake? #idk I got dogpiled by right-wingers the other day so I dont fear death anymore

[pedanticat]

As I re-watch volume 7 of RWBY, it reminds me of my biggest "issue" with RWBY. Mainly that I wish we had more RWBY. Volume 7 is a pretty solid season with it being structured very well. But a lot of the plot threads and characters introduced could have been explored more if we had more episodes or perhaps even another volume set in Atlas.

#pc thoughts #rwby #robyn hill #ace ops #penny polendina #happy huntresses #general ironwood #rwby volume 7 #marrow amin #clover ebi #harriet bree #Honestly the fact that RWBY is as good as it is #despite its limitations is pretty impressive #But its moments like these that make me wish #the series had a TV budget so that #we can explore more of these characters #and plot threads more in depth.

[victor-v]

to be honest how much they cut from the book was ciminal, not because the movie was bad but because everything was amazing, it deserved to be properly developed and they barely scratched the surface of the story and characters

#i know it's all a matter of budget #it could eaaaasily had been a limited series #it could have also been a 3 hs long movie (even tho i hate long movies but this deserved it) #rwrb #red white and royal blue #fuck you amazon

[beldaroot]

mind you minnesota's uncommitted goal was 5000 votes and we ended up with 45000 votes and sending 11 delegates to the DNC :)

#the main organizer is a friend of mine and they literally only had one week to organize with a v limited budget! #i'm just really proud of my state sometimes - definitely have to give props to our somali community too haha #thankful for the michigan uncommitted organizers that really rallied this movement across the nation :) #a lot of people are trying to downplay the uncommitted votes esp in mn since it's always a blue state #but the message is still clear: we don't want biden even if he's on the ballot so you better change your candidate and policies before nov #politics

[captainobviois]

I ate one day past expiration date fish because I’m low on grocery store funds and I may have given myself food poisoning lol

#don’t mind me over sharing on the internet again #I spent all my money on sight seeing and trips bc I’m only studying abroad once in my life #but now food budget is limited #I had to eat the fish it would have been wasteful #:( #my stuff

[icharchivist]

Is Sakyo like a Lu Woh type who's such an annoying uppity twink that you just want to dig your teeth into like a chew toy and then shake your head a bunch?

THAT DESCRIPTIONS PLEASE.

a3 is such a wholesome series but after what YOU GUYS did to Lu Woh in particular i feel fearful bringing this on Sakyo 😭

and i think it's not an *unfair* comparaison tho.... Like they're both more on the reserved side, they try to take things seriously even if no one around them do, they can resort to threat of violence to motivate people while actually they care too much to really carry through with it, they're both surrounded by groups who tend to want them to loosen it up, they both tend to lecture people over what should be done, reminding them of their duty and everything....

so they do have a lot in common. I would say on the difference is that Sakyo is much more likely to actually get angry (Lu Woh, despite threatening to be, tends to be pretty lowkey), and Sakyo also doesn't hesitate to be soft when the time is right (Lu Woh, so far, has kept the Tsundere energy through everything). Sakyo is also more passionate in general i'd say, he's more in contact with his own feelings and shortcomings than Lu Woh.

So they are pretty similar i'd say, not fully obviously, especially due to the fantasy vs down-to-earth distinctions of their arcs, but they do have major draws in common here and there.

now whether it means you want to dig your teeth into him and bite him like a chew toy........ i do know people who would do that to him.

just don't hesitate i guess?

#also if you want to picture it because it's funny-- #our fashion designer in a3 is Yuki who's a middle schooler who likes to wear gnc clothes in general #but is also the most sassy cutthroat person you can imagine #anyway Sakyo is stingy over budget (bc of the debt) so he's constantly trying to limit Yuki's creations #and Yuki instead is just constantly picking fights with him because he's not going to cut down on quality tf #anyway down the line they have a system where Yuki goes to negociate low price for fabric in store #and if he doesn't manage to do it with his sass alone he calls Sakyo so Sakyo does the intimidation instead #efficient system going on #i feel like it's important to picture fully the type of person Sakyo is #also once Taichi had to watch a zombie movie to learn from his role but he was too scared by it #that Sakyo got pissed at him for not being serious and basically forced him to sit down #so he would be forced to watch every bit of the movie because 'don't slack off damnit' #that's the type of person Sakyo is. I don't see Lu Woh do those things. So it adds to it yaknow? #ichareply #ichafantalks a3 #ichafantalks gbf #anonymous #god it still makes me want an a3 x gbf collab. granblue have you been hearing me. it's been years.

[yoko-goto]

Alright fellow nerds come on, let's show BlackBerry some love and fill up the fandom AO3 tag like there's no tomorrow

#i mean i know why theres hardly any fanfics of blackberry #the film had a limited budget and so had like. zero advertising or marketing #still tho. its time for me to write blackberry fanfics till i can no longer stand it or die #whichever comes first #blackberry 2023 #the social network #silicon valley

[vynegar]

FINALLY BROKE MY HARD PITY STREAK 😭😭😭😭😭 THANK YOU ARTEM FOR BREAKING IT AND LUKE FOR FOLLOWING CLOSE BEHIND!!!

#got them both in the discounted 40 pulls before even getting any limited tears TTTTTTTTTTTTTT #ik i said luke was my only priority but i had decided to give artem up to ~60 pulls and if not then commit to one hard pity for luke #i was doing 10-pulls but based on the pity count i got artem at 27 and then luke at 32 #tbh i could go for marius at hard pity and still be within budget... but i'll just slow down for now and only use limited tears #and decide at the end of the event #but ahhh both were such a surprise. i even tapped through the SSR animation for artem #for luke i was just hoping to at least get peaceful place too but then he appeared literally the next pull TT #faith restored in mihoyo. maybe they got spooked by my not devouring new CN server event at first opportunity #tot liveblog #anyway how about those classic nxx group trip shenanigans right after main chapters where they only acknowledge each other in disdain

[humanveil]

anyway one thing about me is that i treat grocery shopping like a military operation

#it’s even worse when i have a v limited budget. and even worse again if more people are with me #just had $15 to get 4 days worth of food for 2 people at PEAKHOUR. i won but was dripping in blood and guts on the walk home

[seraphim-soulmate]

I was very very brave today and did research and made phone calls to doctors !!! ⭐✨💫

#personal #me #im gonna see a dietician to either prove my doctor wrong or to get help. we'll see what happens lol #i left VOICEMAILS!! i did RESEARCH !!! #also i mentioned offhandedly to my fav roommate that I thought about asking her to live with me but that our budgets were too low #and she was like ''well personally im still looking and i had also thought of that! ill let you know if i find anything!'' #so that would be a dope solution but a 2 bedroom for less than 1.000 would be a crazy find #i also have some specific ass requirements and limitations bcs of disability

[thesquidkid]

Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Roswell New Mexico (TV 2019) Rating: General Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Max Evans/Liz Ortecho Characters: Max Evans, Liz Ortecho Additional Tags: Gift Exchange, Books, Max Evans is a book nerd, Fluff Summary:

I will buy you everything you want at Barnes & Noble. However, there are a few conditions. 1) You get 5 minutes to look at the books; 2) You have 90 seconds to grab what you want; 3) Every time you bump into someone, you get 1 book deducted; To ensure you don’t use telekinesis, I must be able to carry the pile.

Liz offers Max the greatest and most difficult present he could ever think off.

#this was fun to write! #this is the ideal present to get ngl #i also ended up buying two books when i did my research 😂 #having a time limit in a bookshop is a really hard thing #i had a budget limit and i spent hours deciding #roswell new mexico #rnm discourse #rnm fic #rnm echo #max evans #liz ortecho #thesquidkid writes

[sanstropfremir]

I agree! I wish with the ditto mv they kept that grainy feel instead of going back to the polished hybe money scenes. Like it's supposed to be vintage and nostalgic!! It's okay to be messy!! Other than the acid angel from asia generation similarities I saw fifty fifty's lovin me. The mvs are different but both are trying to evoke that nostalgic indie like feeling I think. What do you think?

Also I feel the reason things like f(x) pink tape worked well is because that art film was made on a limited budget.

yea i'd agree that fifty fifty's lovin me was also trying to evoke a similar nostalgic feeling, but imo lovin me is much more 2010s than 2000s in its visual language. like the mvs that it brings to mind for me are ones from the mid 2010s like boa's disturbance or hyolyn's erase, or even later ones jonghyun's lonely and vromance's star! there's like a very specific sort of hipster-y vibe from that era, with the desaturated colour palette + low contrast and lots of fabric + flowery (not literally, but it's kind of the best way to describe it? like there was a lot of like. vintage bric a brac baroque-y type stuff) bits that lovin me is trying to emulate more than the y2k trend. which just makes me think about when THAT trend makes it around to the nostalgia cycle in the next ten years and how that's gonna look lmao.

#like if i had to categorize the nostalgia its: aaa + nj are y2k and fifty fifty is ''indie'' #i love watching taemin in the disturbance mv bc like. who IS that? #nobody is allowed to say that taemin cant act bc he CAN!!!!!!!! #kpop questions #newjeans w #also yes youre right about pink tape being good bc of the limited budget #limitations usually make better art bc it forces you to problem solve creatively rather than throwing money at something #answers #text #GOD when the hipster trend comes back around its gonna be so fucky like how is anyone gonna make all that fashionable again #such a strange era of fashion it was like it was fall all the time for several years straight