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flanaganfilm · 1 year
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Hey Mike! I'm really sorry to hear about your experience on Hill House. I do a lot of work in VFX in pre/prod/post and I know that sort of production that feels like a sinking ship day in and day out. I do hope you have found some catharsis now that it's over.
The show shook me. Changed me. Made me reckon with myself as a storyteller and as a person. All for the better, I assure you.
I hope to one day tell such an impactful story of my own, either through one of my short films, or through the novel series I'm writing/illustrating. Which brings me to my question: How do you navigate the complexities of having authored a work that did so much harm to yourself but also did a lot of good for others? What lessons do you hope aspiring storytellers like myself take from your difficult experience? Thanks :)
Thank you for saying this.
It's true, HILL HOUSE was a very negative experience to make - but I will always be profoundly proud of the finished product. It's some of my favorite work. I may never again face down something as challenging as episode 6, and I love the impact it has on a lot of its viewers.
There's a weird thing that happens when you finish a project - it really ceases to be yours in any way at all. It belongs immediately to the audience, and they're given an experience that you will never have. When HILL HOUSE came out, I didn't watch it - I'd seen it hundreds of times by that point, but at the same time, I've NEVER seen it.
Every frame of it is informed by my experience making it, or my intentions, or the compromises we made here, or the line we cut there that I wish we'd kept, or a bad day on set, or a problematic actor, or a visual effect we never quite got right (there are a LOT of those in HILL HOUSE, some of them still make me wince.) So I'm never able to WATCH the show. It's a tradeoff we make all the time - if you're lucky enough to make a movie, or a TV show, that's the price of it - you'll never be able to watch it.
But, I get to see how it affects other people. More than anything else I've made, HILL HOUSE seems to have the largest and most passionate fanbase. (BLY is a close second, though that's a whole other blog entry - I could write a book about the complicated, fascinating experience of the BLY fandom).
But with HILL HOUSE, I'd hear a lot from people who lost loved ones, who navigate complicated family dynamics, and who have wrestled with depression or grief. It means the world to me. It's a strange divide, as I'll never see the show that they saw - but I am so grateful that it touched them the way it did.
I'm just about at the point where I think I'm capable of sitting down and truly watching HILL HOUSE. It takes years sometimes. I've watched a lot of my early work, like HUSH or GERALD'S GAME, and finally had the experience of really SEEING it. But HILL HOUSE has always felt a little too raw, and my memories still overpower my ability to separate myself from it. Maybe that's changed. Maybe I'll give it a shot this year. Half a decade seems like enough time.
But yes, it is complicated and strange with all of them. I so badly want to watch MIDNIGHT MASS, the project that was the most personal to me - but it flew off into the world just like they all do. I spent a decade working on it, and felt it flowing through me every day - like it was a part of me. But the moment the show was done and released into the world, it wasn't mine anymore, just like all the others. I remember feeling almost knocked over when it departed, for some reason I thought that one would always feel like a part of me... but no. They're like children, they all have to go live their own lives, and they don't belong to you. Not really.
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skeletonsinboth · 1 year
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Now please allow me to sing this movie's praises.
First, I love a sequel that knows its a sequel. It didn't try to outdo Enchanted at all. I think that "That's How You Know" is THE song from Enchanted and Robert and Giselle dancing at the ball is THE scene. None of the songs tried to be That's How You Know, or be better. They never tried to do a better dance scene. There was the adorable little slow dance at the very end but it was more in honor of the original. Everything was in honor of the original. They respected it and added onto the story in a way that made sense and was good. It was so good.
All of the old disney easter eggs got me they really did!!! We love easter eggs.
The plot as a whole was just!!!!! So good!!!!!! I love that Giselle's life wasn't bad, she just had struggles that she never would have had in Andalasia. And I also love that even though Morgan's teenager-ness was the catalyst for the conflict, she wasn't villainized for it. Giselle didn't resent her for it, she just wanted to understand and help. She wasn't "fixed" at the end. She was still a teenager, still a little snippy, she's still gonna be embarrassed by Giselle sometimes, but that's ok. And Giselle understands her better now. Her whole relationship with Morgan was beautiful. The way she was just so desperate to help, how Morgan was declared a true Andalasian daughter because she's Giselle's daughter. Morgan calling Giselle "mom" really got to me. The fact that her saying "she's my stepmother" has the power to make Giselle that upset just shows how good of a mom she is!!!! That entire dynamic was just. More than I could have asked for.
Speaking of dynamics!! Giselle and Nancy girlbossing together. Amazing. Edward trying to help Robert. Adorable. I love how Giselle and Nancy basically switching roles made them able to understand each other so well. The fact that Nancy is the one dealing with hobgoblins on a daily basis now but she can still give Giselle teenager advice. I love it. Nancy and Edward on their own were amazing as well!!!!! Big fan of them not having kids. Big fan of Edward being the largest himbo to exist even after all these years. Big fan of him sword fighting with the kids at the end. Big fan of him saying "that's all it [the wishing plate] does, we're fairly certain?" Big fan of Nancy's wardrobe. Big fan of them being Sofia's godparents. Big fan of the implication that they visit pretty often. Big fan of them <3
The Giselle and Robert content, while perhaps a bit more sparce than I may have hoped for, was just UGSFJHSDBHGBVOUBGABVSDAU. Perfect. The way he looks at her??? Kill me. I love how he loves her singing now. When he was watching her dance around the house in the beginning and when he was smiling when she started singing again that night OH MY GOD I LOVE HIM I LOVE THEM. The kiss at the end. Actually. Every kiss. They kiss and I cry it's very simple. The glimpse of the wedding oh my god??? When you can hear Robert's voice say "I do" and "You'll always be a princess to me" when Giselle's getting the memories back I DIED. And I choose to believe the princess line was a part of his vows. Yeah.
The soundtrack was great. Badder is my favorite at the moment lol. Speaking of, Amy Adams' range???? I mean I knew she had it but Giselle slowly becoming a villain was so satisfying to watch. I loved when she was talking to herself sdfbsdjf she's so funny. The humor all around was great too!
That's all I got for now. I'm sure more will come to me. Overall i really loved the movie and im really happy with how they handled it and seeing Giselle and Robert again in the year 2022 was desperately needed for my mental health. thank you.
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Boromir for the character ask?
Yessssss my man! Boromir my love!
First impression
First, first impression when I was like 11 and in theatres seeing LOTR for the first time? I couldn't tell him apart from Aragorn lol - it was two white dudes with the same hair cut and facial hair!
More serious note, like most, when I was young, I found him a bit unnerving and even frightening. Then it shifted to no strong opinion either way and now, obviously, that's vastly different.
Impression now
Love him so much. The older I get the more I sympathise with him and what he was going through. All he had on his shoulders and the stresses of his position and the expectations his people had of him to be their stalwart defender against Sauron. Let alone the whole Family Dynamic.
He is a complex, wholly imperfect person and I really appreciate that about him.
Favorite moment
In the movies I'm torn between the bit where he's teaching Merry and Pippin how to sword fight and every Fraught Conversation He Ever Had With Aragorn (there were so many).
In the books I love his response to the Balrog being: I'm Gonna Fight it.
Gandalf: We're not fighting it.
Aragorn: No, he's right, we should fight it.
Boromir: drawing my sword! it's gonna happen!
Idea for a story
Not sure I have one off hand - obviously every iteration of Boromir Lives is a godsend to us poor mortals.
ahufflepuffhobbit will know where this came from lol - but I am enamoured with a story idea of Boromir and Aragorn and Eowyn being a power couple.
Boromir lives, somehow. Schematics aren't important. Comes to Rohan, so Eowyn is like: Oh Wow Yes. Both of these men are A+
And obviously Boromir would be like "yeah girl you kill that orc. I'll hold your mead." Aragorn would be like, "the two people I love are MANIACS who enable each other."
Anyway, let Eowyn be queen of Gondor!! She deserves it and two hot husbands!!
Unpopular opinion
Not an evil or bad man? He has nothing to atone for?
idk - I'm not sure I have one when it comes to Boromir. There are people who don't like him, but my general opinions and read of the man aren't super out of the ballpark.
Is my opinion that Tolkien undermined his own narrative purpose about love etc. by killing Boromir unpopular?
(My one like, "yeah I get it and think it's important to the story," is that Boromir's death shows the reality of the great danger they are all in and that no one is coming out of this unscathed and he represents those who went to war and didn't come home. All those sons and brothers for whom people buried empty coffins. It's an important role that is needed in the story. But Tolkien, stop killing off only people who have "done wrong".)
Favorite relationship
Merry and Pippin, obviously. The three of them have a fantastic dynamic and clearly they need to hang out together more often.
I also love the complexity and manifold layers of his relationship with Aragorn and we were robbed by Tolkien in not having a chance to see how that would have unfolded over the course of the books.
Because there is Boromir before some of the dire, insane shit the Fellowship went through together and Boromir after - and I wish we got to see that and how it impacted/informed/changed his relationships with people.
Favorite headcanon
He and Gimli are Bros! The only reason I didn't have this as "favourite relationship" (because it is), is because it's not strictly speaking canon.
But yeah, I headcanon that they bonded super quickly during the Fellowship and are just absolute besties. Boromir is best man at Gimli's wedding to Legolas. It's all great for everyone
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cryptidanathema · 29 days
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piers
Why I like them: Yeah he's hot, extremely entertaining and has great fashion sense but at the end of the day what I adore the most is that he's so stubbornly and unapologetically himself despite The Horrors. 
Why I don’t: They took my man's vocal chords 😔 Also I wish we got to see more of Spikemuth than just his alleyway and stage 
Favorite episode (scene if movie): He was in like one episode of any of the animes so that one I guess? Good ole Mournful Piers... 
Favorite season/movie: See above. 
Favorite line: Is "all of them" too much of a copout...? Guy's one snarky beautiful bastard through and through. Even when his dialogue's not particularly notable it's still an excuse to stare at him 
Favorite outfit: As cringe as Gacha games and the way they exploit FOMO to get all your dollars are you REALLY can't go wrong with Sygna Piers. His painted nails.... 
OTP: Piers/Raihan and Piers/Raihan/Leon all the way, sorry for being basic 😔 Something about thier whole dynamic is just, incredibly and profoundly pleasing, especially after the Star Tournament got added. Piers and Rai TOTALLY NOT FLIRTING when facing each other, Piers kind of taking Leons little bro under his wing...even in the base game Raihan shoots his shot *in the middle of a Kaiju rampage* and Piers sure does have somewhere to be quickly once all that nonsense is resolved...
Brotp: Several. Leon in the timelines Leon's not part of the polycule. Prehaps more controversially, a poster exists that implies he and Opal get along better than thier Galarian Star Tournament dialogue makes it seem so I think it might be fun if Bede wasn't the only feisty queer moron she's mentored. And also an..."interesting" fic I read once had he and Nessa be besties and as much as that fic was An Experience they were kinda cute together in it 
Head Canon: Many, but my main one is that his season was the same one as Leon and Raihan's and they hung out several times much like Marnie does with Gloria and Hop. Little 11 year old Raihan in particular had a fairly restrictive and shitty home life where he was subjected to immense and stifling pressure so of course he thought this scrawny little punk kid from Spikemuth was THE COOLEST and was kind of starstruck whenever thier paths crossed. No I don't have an ulterior motive for headcanoning this why do you ask /j
Unpopular opinion: "Greasy chaos demon that would knife anyone for 5 quid" memes are fun but aren't  really reflective of what we get in canon. Guy's soul is a latte /ref 
A wish: He shows up in a future game (and we finally get to hear him sing). Hopefully he's happier if it's a timeskip, guy deserves to rest and do things for himself for once. 
An oh-god-please-dont-ever-happen: He shows up in a future Legends game. 
5 words to best describe them: Uh, "tired as fuck special guy?"
My nickname for them: oies, the rodent
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horce-divorce · 1 year
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My friend just moved to a her grandmas old place and she doesn't have internet, so instead we dug out Grandma's trusty VHS collection and watched a bunch of movies from the cusp of Y2K. We also have plans to dig out more because this is our thing now, fuck Netflix. So here's my reviews so far:
Holes. what a GREAT fucking movie. Good message that is blatantly anti-prison industrial complex and anti-capitalist. good morals, good soundtrack, great casting, the author of the text wrote the screenplay so it hits hard like the book does, the romance between Kate and Sam will be goals to me forever. "I can fix that"!?!? KILL ME JFJDJWKWKFNJRNE 11/10 good shit. youuUuUUUU got to goOooOoo dig those hooooles 🎶
Another one that's still good? POTC: curse of the black pearl. Yes it's Johnny Depp Disney Garbage Trash, but it's WRITTEN SO WELL. Whatever writers they got for that shit obviously have written many a fanfic (positive! praise!!) bc the dynamics and dialogue btwn characters flow so smoothly. It's absolutely and utterly unlike real life, it's just the pirate story we all always wished we could be in, and it's still an absolute blast. for that I award it 9/10. This one was funny bc it came out on VHS in time for the commercials to be advertising DVDs.
Jimmy Neutron Boy Genius? This one's hard, cus this was one of my FAVORITE movies growing up. I noticed going in, however, that I remembered far less about what happens to Jimmy and his friends then I did about Caveman. Basically all I remembered was Jimmy's dad is stupid, and "when I sneeze it looks like a advanced species too." and that's bc Jimmy Neutron is a completely vapid and inane tale with absolutely no message, that unfortunately did not stand the test of time to me personally. It's pretty much unremarkable. they try to mix the "he's a genius baby" humor with 5th grader booger jokes and it just doesn't work, the booger humor doesn't land for adults and the genius humor isn't quite smart enough to be actually funny most of the time. Tbqh I think watching this as an adult gives me more ideas for horror movies than anything else. They go into space ON ROLLER COASTERS, WITHOUT HELMETS!!! They're fighting an entire civilization of space traveling ritual sacrificing EGGS and they have A SINGULAR! ONE! CHILD! ARMY! TO FIGHT THEM!!!! THEY CANT BREATHE OUT THERE! that's too scary I can't take it seriously lmao. 4/10 with all positive points going to Jimmy's hot mom and himbo dad (ideal romance tbh and where 90% of the humor comes from), Carl, Sheen, and Cindy, for screaming "THOSE FINDINGS WERE INCONCLUSIVE AND YOU KNOW IT" during their first on screen fight, that joke did actually land so they can have a cookie for it. And the teacher who gets turned small and gets left that way forever. What the fuck lmao
We also watched Pocahontas and I mean. Even as a kid watching that one was more of a lesson in "here's how NOT to talk about history," and as an adult, her "romance" with John Smith is more weak and pathetic than anything I've ever seen before or since! We got to "Savages" and all I could think was "Disneys orchestra really put their whole pussy into this one, huh?!?" I wish I could say the rest of the movie/soundtrack made it worthwhile but I'm gonna go with a solid 2/10 here. we still had a fun time tearing into their choices, and the aesthetic of an old Disney movie watched on VHS like nature intended is a form of ASMR. I didn't realize how much I missed the clackety clack of the plastic cases or the smell of a warm, freshly rewound tape. <3 good shit.
Stay tuned for more of my 20 Years Later: VHS Reviews No One Fucking Asked For! we're holding out hope that her parents still have my friends own VHS collection bc her and her sister used to have a banging VHS collection and I NEED to see Quest for Camelot.
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sleepis4theweak · 8 months
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What’s your favorite TMNT show? (and why) :D
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Very good question...
I guess I would say tmnt 2012? However only because it gave me the most to think about. I think we've all heard people talk about the bad things with relationships in the show (both brotherly/platonic and with the romances), but I actually find them really interesting. There are some things about it that I just flat out don't like (like how April and Donnie's relationship was portrayed or some other select moments throughout the show), but I like my characters a bit messy, ya know?
For example, a lot of people say Mikey 2012 is abused by his brothers, and a lot of people say that is just how siblings act. But I think that is just how siblings in their situation would be expected to act. Being isolated from the entire world, being put in the situations they are put in and just kinda Splinter in general (who I could go on for days and days about) shaped their relationships with one another in some not so healthy ways. But at the end of the day they are still kids. (Brings up some important philosophical questions, but I won't bore you with that haha)
Tmnt 2012 is messy, with characters that make a lot of wrong decisions. They misunderstand each other constantly, and also fight constantly, but at the end of the day they still love each other! They are still brothers. Maybe it's just the little writer/artist/psychology-lover in me that finds the dynamics interesting, but still.
Tmnt 2018 is a close second though (which I feel like people would expect to be my fav, given the whole mass producing content about them thing hehe). I think it would have grabbed my attention more had there been more of the series (rip), but although we definitely got to learn a lot about the characters, a lot of their development also got cut short. The Rise fandom has more than made up for it, which is the reason why I like posting and reading about them so much, but the show itself is still my second favorite.
In Rise we definitely got hints to characters and their 'messiness' so to speak, but we didn't see those insecurities and traits mature like I wish we had been able to. At least, not until we were slapped in the face with them in the movie lol.
I love Rise to bits, but Tmnt 2012 just baaaarely beats it hehe
(and as for Tmnt 2003, so far I think it has the most accurate or at least funniest sibling dynamics but also I'm like... 4 episodes in so I'm reserving judgement.)
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boxfullaturtles · 28 days
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Since Donnie is your fav I am curious how do you feel about Raph? For iterations 03 and 07 also rise because I don’t think you watched 12
(i watched a bit of 12 and i do not care for it. nuff said.)
You are correct, Donatello is my favorite turtle in every iteration. I love an unhinged scientist.
But Raphael in all iterations is so important. And in every iteration he has the softest heart and the biggest feelings.
I did write a post a while ago about how my feelings on 2003 Raph had changed as an adult. As a kid, I didn't like him all that much because he always seemed mean and angry and loud. But now I understand that anger and how he acts tough because he's a big softy. He doesn't like to be vulnerable, so he acts brash and mean. He buts heads with Leo because his emotions are so big and he can't keep a cool head when his heart's on fire. He's a very passionate kid and he keeps an eye on his brothers. I think he knows them a lot better than they think he does. One of my favorite moments for him is actually the episode with Mrs. Morrison. He cares about people and he's really a gentle soul underneath all that attitude.
2007 Raph breaks my heart. I know a lot of people took his attitude in that movie out of context and misinterpreted it to hell and back. Raph doesn't hate Leo, he missed him. Leo is their big brother, their leader, the one who was supposed to be there to guide them. When Splinter sent him away for training, they expected Leo to come right back after his time was up. But he never did. He didn't say anything. He never came home. Can you imagine that betrayal? How much that must have hurt? Leo is always the opposite for Raph, usually as the cooler head to Raph's heated temper. But Leo was gone and as far as anyone knew, he wasn't coming back. And Raph just had to watch Donnie run himself into the ground trying to keep them together. Watch Mikey try and keep up a smile when there was a big gaping hole in their family. Watch while all the scum in New York started getting ballsy again because no one was out there knocking heads. So when Leo finally comes home and acts like nothing's changed, of course it pisses Raph off. Of course he's angry. His big brother disappeared without a word, and then has the fucking gall to show up and expect them to fall back in line, for things to carry on as usual, for it all to pick back up again right where he left it. But it can't. Because Leo was gone and that drastically changed things. And Raph's so angry and hurt, probably feels betrayed and abandoned. His brother just fucking left them behind. The dialogue before their fight on the roof in the movie hits me hard every time. Raph's letting out all his pent up emotions, all the frustrations and hurt is spilling out of him, and that line, "We got along just FINE without you!" Goooooodddddd that scene kills me every fucking time. And how pissed at himself he is when he realizes what he's done, how terrified he looks when he realizes how much he damage he could have actually done. How much he probably hates himself for it. I really, really wish we'd gotten the other movie(s?) that had been planned for 07. I wish we could have had more time in the 07 movie to explore how things had changed between the turtles and how they had to figure out how to work together again. 2007 are MY turtles and I love them with my whole heart. They also break my heart when I think about how messed up their family ties must be now.
Rise Raph is kind of like a breath of fresh air. I love that Rise took a chance and changed up the dynamic of the turtles and gave them a chance to show off in ways other iterations really hadn't allowed. I think Raph being the one to shoulder the responsibility of leadership forced him to mellow out and learn how to control his temper. We still get glimpses of that Raphael temper, and I really love that it especially shows up when Leo's the one needling him. It's always been Leo and Raph butting heads and that doesn't change in Rise, the nature of it just shifts a little. Rise Raph being the biggest and oldest, learning how to be gentle where his other iterations never really had to. Rise Raph is a sweetheart and he wears his emotions on his sleeve just as brightly as every other Raph, they're just in a different color. He's a big guy, with a big heart, and big emotions. I love that he's big enough to hit as hard as he promises to, I love that he uses that to do exactly what every other Raph has always done--throw himself into harm's way to be a shield for his family.
And I know you didn't ask, but I'm just gonna take a second to mention Mutant Mayhem here. Because, my gosh, those kids are about to go through it, I'll bet you anything. Somebody book them a farmhouse, we about to watch Shredder wreck their shit. MM Raph is a riot. This kid has been cooped up in the sewers his entire life, with his paranoid brother hovering over his shoulder. And the second he's finally let loose, he goes off. And I love that for him. We haven't seen a lot of that classic Raph temper, but the kid's definitely got a lot of energy and emotions inside him. I hope the show gives all of the turtles their own individual arcs that let them grow, I hope we get to learn more about them. Because that's one thing the movie really lacked, was fleshing out their personalities and letting them be individuals. I'm really looking forward to what Mutant Mayhem has in store for us.
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randomalistic · 5 months
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I watched kung fu panda 1 & 2 back to back and Cried. MY THOUGHTS AND FAVORITE PARTS BELOW!!
‪I fucking love movies that are so confident in themselves and their identities. Kung fu panda was never unsure of itself it just went All in on amazing fight choreography and colors and animation and Awesomeness silliness . AND INCREDIBLE PLATONIC RELATIONSHIPS. ALL THE CHARACTER INTERACTIONS ARE SO BELIEVABLE. No forced heterosexual romance?? (Or ANY romance.) In MY western animated 2008 movie?? What is this????!!!
I fucking love that Tai Lung is hyped up so MUCH to be unstoppable and intimidating throughout this whole movie and yet the final battle with Po is so believable. They didn’t nerf Tai Lung at all to be equal with Po, Po is just so confident of himself and his fighting style is unlike anything Tai has ever encountered. HE HAS NEVER FACED SILLY FIGHTING. That’s his weakness….. He wasn’t silly enough. And throughout the film Po is like. Really doubting who he is and hating on himself but it’s so empowering by the end. He’s just so Him! And IT WORKS!!!!!!!!
Okay ?!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! There were a lot of really cool shots like this😊😊😊 it’s kind of an anime .
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Tai lung is so awesome and idk he’s hot too what else do I say. Great backstory too. Although I wish he had a little more.. why was he so power hungry? Was he just Like That. Fair. Also They make thr villans kind of objectively hot in this franchise. I wouldn’t PERSONALLY…. But if you said you would… I totally get that….
Tigress is the best character also. She was totally living in tai lung’s shadow I wish she got more validation from shifu it’s so sad. I LOVE HOW WELL THE FLASHBACKS SHOW DONT TELL !!!
OK ACTUALLY MAYBE OOGWAY IS THE BEST CHARACTER. I love how they made him so old and trembly. But so wise and at peace . That’s a silly detail but I liked it ok
Also shifu and po’s dynamic is so fucking good. And very cute! HAVE I SAID GREAT CHARACTER INTERACTIONS. The “you may now eat” dumpling bowl scene is the best scene in the whole movie. It’s so delightful.. probably followed by tai lung’s prison breakout and oogway’s passing.. THE RANGE OF THIS FILM!!!!!!
I love the “you’re a monster and I created you but I loved you” thing going on with shifu and tai lung.. I’m crazy.
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Oops that’s another tai lung gif it was an accident!!! I would pet him and then I would die
I just wish the rest of the 5 got to have some more character development but there’s Five of them and that’s a Lot . The sprinkles we get of their characters is nice though ! I mean Sprinkles. TELL ME MORE ABOHT VIPER PLEASE SHES SUCH A SWEETHEART. WHAT WAS HER CHARACTER GROWTH WITH NOT HAVING FANGS… tell me….. do the others have something about them too…
Anyways super fuckin iconic movie and beautiful
Another thing I liked was when the characters made Animal Noises of their irl counterparts like tai lung making kitty meow (in pain) and shen making peacock calls while fighting. I just love little details like That okay!!!
Me???? Crying at kung fu Panda 2 ? Po finally coming to terms with his past repressed childhood memories and his village being massacred and from that still being able to embrace who he is in the present got to me ok‬!
Shen is so tragic and Delightfully Evil. He’s so unhinged and he has so much inner turmoil that he Never reflects on constructively. And He’s destructive about it! She’s a sadistic War criminal! And a little bit theater kid. very Theatrical. Kind of gay. “Your parents never loved you” PROJECTING MUCH? ?? 💔💔 AND THE WAY HE JUST ACCEPTS HIS DEATH FROM HIS OWN WEAPON AT THE END. He literally just closes his eyes and Takes It at point blank range. He was not ok. He reached a point of no return the moment he tried to kill off the pandas. AND HE WOULD RATHER DIE THAN SHOW WEAKNESS… HES SO FUCKED!!!and My friend used to have a crush on him. Did I mention cool as fuck character design. I love his metal talon things it makes him that much more menacing
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Ok girl your scary
My friend made such a good observation about the inner peace/raindrop motif. The raindrop/drop of water that keeps hitting his head… annoying him… nagging at him… that’s symbolism for his Repressed Memories.. his identity crisis .. the incredible repeating urge to need to know who he is So Bad so much so that he’ll go in DEATHS WAY to know!! 🥴 AND IN THE SCENE WHERE HE RELIVES IT… IT RAINS… AND HES OK WITH IT…. THIS MOVIE IS FUCKING BEAUTOFUL AND I WASNT EXPECTING ANY LESS!!!!!!
ALSO I LOVED THE FOCUS ON TIGRESS / PO INTERACTIONS IT WAS SO CUTE. I’m so happy they’re friends now.. tigress definitely hated him The Most in the first movie . she called him a disgrace to kung fu and everything it stands for To his Face. Ouch ! But they are chill now I think.
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They’re so fucking sad and wet here. I love them…
I’m also glad they toned down the fatphobia in the 2nd movie . In the first film Even though it was usually framed as a hurtful thing towards Po, it was also frequently used as a joke thing at his expense💔kinda mean spirited !! But hes still framed as cool and awesome anyways so. Ur giving Mixed Messages….
MR PING IS SUCH A GOOD DAD. WAAUUHGHHHHHHHHHH HE CARES ABOUT PO SO MUCH
There are certain details you might not pick up on if you dont watch these movies back to back also. I like how Mr Ping mentioned he wish he sold tofu in the first movie and then in the second movie he sells both noodles AND tofu now!! It’s just very cute and shows that a lot of care and passion goes into these :)
What a great franchise also. I saw the 2nd movie once on theaters and I only remembered parts of it. I’ve never seen the 3rd movie! And I just might!! DREAMWORKS DOESNT DISAPPOINT!!usually
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tenteen · 2 months
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hi beautiful. what are your buffy opinions. lay 'em all on me
Riley sucks i hope they kill him horribly . i hated him the second he showed up i knewwww it was going to be a romance i hated watching. elaboration: hes like if they made everything about Bangel uninteresting and (as far as i am) have not at all examined any power dynamics between the two, and i feel like if they do they will find a way to position Buffy over him since they love to connect them on the monster hunting front but since shes the mystical slayer she has some kind of power over Riley. I can see it now. Also he treats her like 11 treats clara with the whole obsessing over her being enigmatic or whatever and i hate him
i used to be a Xander hater but hes grown on me a lot but he still can be so sucks sometimes and also it gets annoying when all Joss does is use him for a mouthpiece for his jokes. I understand hes a self insert but it makes it even more annoying
I wish we knew anything about Olivia its cool to see her in the show and its not like. super important but if shes going to keep showing up in Giles’ life i want to know about her !!
I’m all for gay willow im ready for it but the way they made Oz leave the show was so OOC and i loved him and willow together and honestly? Wild At Heart wasnt a terrible episode i enjoyed it even and from my understanding Seth Green had a movie he wanted to be in so he was written out. well :p he did not deserve that
I have not watched any Angel yet and I really miss cordelia… badly
willow buffy should be end game. to me. thank you and goodnight
s3 was probably my favorite so far the mayor plotline was legitimately so good and fascinating. ok ill stop ramblint bc i cant think of anything else ive been thinking abt super hard. Im so excited to see more of Tara and still being grateful i know fuck all about this show. Hush was episode of all time. also BEER BAD IS NOT THAT BAD OF AN EPISODE I HAD FUN WATCHING IT IT WAS SO SILLY.
also it was criminal how short lived some of the best characters are. Faith Oz Drusilla …… And Angel i get he got his whole own show but I really just enjoyed seeing him in Buffy sometimes 😭 Do not talk to me abt S3’s ending or Amends or The Prom or any of that bc … I went insane for so many reasons and Bangel made me genuinely unwell
ok now i’ll tell u my fave characters (in order) and finish this post . thank u for asking feel feel to rip me apart in my replies and pls dont spoil me for anything !!
Willow
Buffy
Giles
Spike
Drusilla
Oz
Faith
Cordelia
Angel
Harmony
Xander
if u read all of this bless u
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lyta 1 4 6 20 :)
thank u !!
1. Why do you like or dislike this character?
she's just The Character Ever getting raised in a cult! and becoming god's best friend! and getting body modifications and super powers! and going off the deep end after being used and abused because she realizes she deserves better! and getting to become Close Roommates with the universe's favorite narn! like being lyta is suffering but also... being lyta is kinda fucking cool.
and also her eyes glow. you can't beat that.
the only Dislike i have is the idea that she d*es in the teep war but no matter what we may/may not see in any canon that happens later down the line, you can't ever convince me she isn't capable of faking her own death.
4. If you could put this character in any other media, be it a book, a movie, anything, what would you put them in?
SO MANY THINGS BUT MY FAVORITE SO FAR IS FARSCAPE
basically instead of dying in the telepath war she rips a hole in time-space and gets thrown onto moya!!
i'd love her dynamics with many characters but particularly zhaan because zhaan would remind her of delenn and force her to work through some shit with that realization j;klasjdf, and also zhaan would just... be good for her to talk to i think. lyta needs some meditation and self care and space drugs.
she also gets to relate with aeryn on "human" weaponization and upbringing, maybe embrace more freedom with chiana, and be completely bewildered by the only other sorta-human around bc crichton keeps referencing pop culture stuff she thinks she MAYBE heard garibaldi talk about once but, apart from the fact their childhoods were centuries apart, it makes her realize how little entertainment the corps provided her with lmao. storytime with crichton becomes mandatory.
LASTLY she'd probably be able to have some Reflective Moments watching pilot and moya and thinking back to her and kosh :"))) i feel like she could use her powers to ride along their connection a bit for the sake of some bittersweet nostalgia.
i've been wanting to rewatch farscape forever to maybe do something with this but idk, i have not had the time. i know it would have to be before bad things happen to zhaan (UNLESSSSS lyta and aeryn have some convos about delenn and zhaan respectively for a similar effect) or in a sorta fix-it. but at the very least the Vibes of it keep me warm. <3
6. What's something you have in common with this character?
at the time i got into b5 SO much and i feel like going into that would necessitate traumadumping because there isn't much else to relate to her on, so i am going to proceed with caution ajlkskdfj.
but due to The Horrors i always relate a lot to characters that grow up under conditioning like the corps and everything that comes with breaking free of it, so that was one big point already.
but the reason i think i gravitated more toward her than someone like talia is i also felt a weird mix of being used/abused/ostracized/weaponized/etc in the ways lyta had been over the course of my life, plus i had lots of abandonment issues that slotted nicely into her vorlon stuff. so the Tired Of Being Nice Don't You Wanna Go Apeshit arc appealed SO HARD.
i have since evened out in ways i hope lyta has post-canon sjldlfkj and that's why i love g'kar's dynamic with her so much tbh, because it's such fantastic wish fulfillment to have someone see you at your lowest and want to help you up out of it and just see you for You instead of how everyone else does ;-;
but no matter how much i can/can't relate to her at a given point she is always The Blorbo Ever to me because !! how could she not be !
20. Which other character is the ideal best friend for this character, the amount of screentime they share doesn't matter?
(i accidentally ran through her dynamic with like.... 85% of semi-viable characters for this one oops)
so like. g'kar is the obvious answer for me jal;ksdfj, friend or otherwise due to the whole godlike telepath / deified narn thing.
zack is... an option, but he isn't Ideal tbh because he tries but i think there's a lot he just... doesn't understand, and needs a lot more time to understand than canon permits. him having romantic intentions with her also did kinda ruin it for me a bit :(
weirdly i've always wanted to see her and marcus be friends and how that could change things up for her though. i think they like, stood next to each other and exchanged some plot dialogue on a white star once lol :') so y'know, maybe they had naptime together on the slanted minbo beds once and chatted idk. i want to believe he introduces her to some non-corps entertainment like old myths or shakespeare at least, which probably makes her even MORE Weird to everyone else but i dig it.
other than him i think stephen and lyta had a lot of great moments together that just... never went anywhere. stephen is sympathetic to the telepath cause (underground railroad babeyy) and sticks up for her to sheridan iirc, putting everything lyta's gone through quite plainly. so he does see her and the injustices done to her and how she deserves better. i just... don't know what else they'd really connect on outside of that and their missions because at the end of the day stephen is quite clinical, so i think anything involving her vorlon stuff he would take an an unintentionally inconsiderate scientific approach to that she would, at that point, perceive as another person using her.
another thought, i talk a lot about how much she has in common with other characters like delenn or lennier, but delenn would want to keep telepaths at arm's length and has lots of secrets that, although she could relate to lyta on, she wouldn't ever dare say. if delenn's ostracization had stayed "severe" by the time lyta was around more, to the point where lyta was her only option for socializing maybe they could've gotten tea together sometimes?
and lennier's similarities post-canon are more of a negative thing they would not be able to Productively bond over. he is not having a good time.
HOWEVER lyta technically being an aide means she should have gotten to hang out with earlier-seasons lennier, vir and na'toth. lennier kinda hates humans and is too delenn-brained to really have a friend (or maybe a genuine friend would pull him out of it a little), and na'toth i always envision having a lesbian thing going on with lyta if anything. BUT TBH SHE AND VIR COULD'VE BEEN PRETTY GOOD FRIENDS? i'm gonna rotate that in my head for a bit hmmmmmmmm.
last thing, i really do wish she and ivanova had gotten to interact more, and i do headcanon some stuff about that for post-series times, but ultimately susan is going to see lyta as the person who killed talia at least for some time :') so i think that puts an axe in that idea until those post-canon days as well.
it is worth noting she had some time together with talia during the corps, and i imagine they would've been able to relate to deconstructing and having elevated powers had the control situation not happened, at least, and i should think about what could come of that more someday.
last-last thing, not entirely friendship, but i always wish we could've gotten sinclair being a dad figure to lyta, and i feel like if you swap her into some of talia's scenes with him that's what the intention would've been. and that just makes me feel nice. :^)
i have more thoughts about lyta and characters and they are not stopping so im cutting myself off here thanks for coming to my ted talks goodnite.
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How about MCU wongstrange? What was your first impression of them? Any headcanons?
I want to to know more, of what you see. Because for me personally, I think I ship them after mom. And I wonder if I missed more than two moments or scenes that flew over me
Hello Hi!
You came to the right place. Because I jumped on the WongStrange Bandwagon before No Way Home I’ve had plenty of time to analyse past content and also pick out bits from recent films which I thought were fruity!
I’ve just compiled the images in my camera roll because I can’t be bothered screenshotting and looking up all the scenes, I hope that’ll suffice!
Doctor Strange 2016
If I’m being completely honest, Mordo and Stephen have a better dynamic in this movie, but Wong still has his moments! Obviously the iconic Beyoncé scene, the weirdly tense library interactions, Stephen reviving Wong and Wong trusting him without hesitation etc etc. 
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This deleted scene as well. Rolling on the floor crying. This also sort of confirms they’re living together in the sanctum now, so that’s also a thing.
Multiverse of Madness 2022 This movie was kinda shit, but we got some pretty decent bits all things aside. Their overall banter and dynamics are fantastic at times, and whoever made their outfit colors so fucking complimentary deserves a wet sloppy kiss.
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Why are there so many shots of them looking at each other.
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Honestly I can’t even describe this one. Why is he looking at him like that.
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Christine tells him to face his fears so he immediately opens up a little to Wong and trusts him. Okay. Cool. Okay.
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And of course the bow scene. Peak symbolism regarding his respect towards Wong and his growth as a man. His eyes remain fixed on Wong when he does this and I think they were insane for this. I fucking love this scene.
Infinity War
Not much content in this because Wong peaces out like two seconds into appearing, but we get some good shit in that time.
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Matching battle stances are so romantic, boys.
That’s the only stuff I’ve got, but honorable mentions is that this further confirms Wong and Stephen now live together in the sanctum. The money and tuna melt banter at the start, Wong saying that the Hulk Ice cream is ‘our favorite’ implying ice cream nights and a conversation where they have confirmed to each other that that flavor is their favorites. Marvel I just want to talk, please, I just want to talk about Sanctum Sanctorum ice cream night please.
Endgame
I also don’t have any images for Endgame, but the fact that Wong likely organised the majority of the portal scene makes me yell. Due to Stephen reappearing on Titan (as seen in his entrance scene) it implies that he had to have had communications with Wong previous to dusting. Because of his lack of presence he wouldn’t have been able to have actually put anything into action, thus Wong has to be responsible for the most iconic scene in the MCU!!!
The fact that they’re such a power duo offscreen and unknowingly carry the whole battle is insane to me and no one talks about it.
No Way Home
Banger film. Great WongStrange moments.
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Marvel tell us what happened at the full moon party IMPOSSIBLE edition.
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Stephen using puppy eyes to fucking win Wong over to let him use a dangerous reality warping spell. You know, just a casual Tuesday. AHHHHHH AHHHHHHHH AHHHHHHHH.
Also introduces Sorcerer Supreme Wong which I shat my pants about. I adore that they let him be Sorcerer supreme but dearly wish they took him more seriously. But we’re not here to talk about that. Onto the next.
What If…? Doctor Strange lost his heart and not his hands.
God I remember the soul shattering experience this was when it came out. The WongStrange content was surprisingly nourishing though.
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‘We’ve’ been through weirder.
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Stephen putting aside his crippling heartache for Christine just to save Wong? Like not even considering the actual rest of the world that’s fading outside? Okay. Cool. Cool. Okay.
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Wong also is the one to comfort Stephen about Christine and is a part of the pinnacle point in time determining wether Stephen uses the timestone and turns into Strange Supreme or not. 
Now the second two aren’t technically a part of the MCU, but they are related to it. I don’t know where they’re to be put in the MCU category but they exist so I’ll consider them canon.
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This book is just silly and goofy. No comments just read it for yourself.
Infinity War Prelude 2
This comic is so overlooked, and I don’t know why. The Doctor Strange Prelude is as well. They kinda do Wong dirty with the art, but the content is pretty cool. Also gives us an insight into Ragnorok and just how the sorcerers operate.
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Wong casually recounting Stephen’s whole journey for no reason.
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I just like them in this panel tbh. Stephen is kinda scrumpled.
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Stephen pulling a John Watson with the “stop being mysterious” thing. Implying Wong has been cryptic and mysterious enough for Stephen to recognize this as a character attribute.
That’s all I have, honestly I’m too tired to come up with a capping off statement, but I hope this pile of various moments is enough! The MCU is yet to really explore their dynamic, and let alone Wong as a character, so I’m excited (and a bit afraid after MoM) to see where it goes!
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I've been following you for a coupla years now ever since your xicheng era. It's interesting to see whenever you get into new fixations, it introduces me to lesser animes or BLs or new ships that otherwise I would never think of and more often than not I got hooked to them thanks to you 😁 I'm very shy and awkward so mostly in fandoms I'm in im just a silent enjoyer and follower. I'm so happy when you started posting and reblogging jjk because it's a fandom I've been silently lurking for years and moreover because you like stsg and also chousou because they are one of my favorites too. I pretty much enjoy reading your posts and your reblog tags, they are funny! May you share how you got into that? Because you mention one time that you regret those who drew you into jjk 😅 is it something to do with big fandom?
Ps. I like your fic so much, it's like a healing session after chapter 236, I thought i'd let you know here because i'm too shy to comment directly on the fic
Omg this is so sweet of you, anon, thank you! I hope y'know your kind words just made my whole day <3. Wow if you've been following me that long then you shud go off anon so I wud know who you are ^^ but I get it! I enjoy being silent lurker and follower too from times to times.
Also wow I'm amazed you've put up with my everchanging fixations that long lol I know I'm annoying that whenever I'm into new fixation then I wudn't shut up abt it for a while and too lazy to ever make sideblogs. Anw, I don't really remember when I said that ahaha I'd most likely just joked or be sarcastic when I wrote that. I did feel so much pain knowing my otp is a doomed ship but it's nothing I didn't know before I even started jjk. Moreover it ended in a good note for me what with the latest chapters of them so it's all good now. The abundant loveable characters of jjk making it easy to explore other dynamics and ships too. Even dynamics I'd usually nvr entertain so it's been an eye opener experience! I don't regret a thing. Glad to know we share similar tastes :)
but yea I'm really not good with big fandoms overall and am usually content with the tiny corner of my own. My last experience with big fandoms, before I switched completely to obscure fandoms, were too unpleasant that I didn't wish to ever repeat it. But I'm more adept with curating what I wanna see now so I won't get put-off or get bored quickly. Tiny fandoms are nice and comfy but they were oftentimes unsustainable for me due to the lack of interactions. Still, I'm so happy to hear my shitposts could actually introduce you to new fixations!
Abt how I get into jjk. Well, unlike any other animes mangas I'm into, I actually have irl friends and coworkers that are fans of jjk. 3 of them are close to me (one of them is my spouse lol) and had literally pestered me to try it for long so they'd have someone to talk with. So I'd known about it since around 2 years ago when the movie came out. I was curious bcs it was such a hype around me even though they were all adults who usually didn't even watch anime so there must be sth different abt it. Yet I kept putting it off cz I was just not into supernatural fantasy shounen. I decided this year would be a good time to start since with season 2 the hype around me was too high that I just got swept in it, naturally. I cudn't tamp down my curiosity any longer plus I got time now during this break so why not, right? The thing is my irl friends arent into simping let alone shipping (at least not that I know in public, who knows what they might be doing in private) so I keep that side here ofc!
Awwwh thank you so much for letting me know you like my fic! Ch 236 was indeed devastating for a while tho it was still a HE in some aspects (for me). It's an outlet for me to pour my HCs for the characters that stuck with me. I hope you know that even if it's just excited emojis, a comment in the fic worths a lot for authors cz it let them know not just abt whether their fics are being read and liked, but how their works actually affect the readers, it's a potent drive for authors and feedbacks are helping authors so you don't need to be shy 😉
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demigodofhoolemere · 1 year
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Disenchanted thoughts
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So, not as bad as I feared it could be, but also not as good as I hoped it might be. There were definitely elements I enjoyed and will be cherry picking out of it but definitely also things where I was like… ehh, not sure how I feel about this. Overall, mixed bag.
Good:
- Edward and Nancy. Everything about them. It wasn’t as much as I wanted but I will take any freaking crumbs I can get. I’ve waited fifteen years to see this marriage, dang it. I loved every moment of their presence and getting to see them happily in love, and that Edward wasn’t portrayed as a total idiot that Nancy is embarrassed to be with, which I feel like totally could have happened these days. Not only did we get to see them as a healthy and loving royal couple (who sing together!!!!!) but we also got ANGST. Legit Edward/Nancy ANGST. They cared enough about them to give them a wonderfully fanfic-y, shippy angst scene. This movie was worth it for these things alone if nothing else.
- Giselle and Robert were adorable when we got to see them together. I wish there had been more but I’ll take what we have. I love that they’re just as in love and Robert is downright smitten, still after ten years together. The ending scene especially was precious perfection. And so so cute throughout with their little baby. Also, KIND OF A WEDDING FLASHBACK!
- Anything going more into the family dynamic. The memory tree scene got to me a lot in particular. I appreciated moments that were more grounded like stuff with Robert and Morgan or Giselle being called “Mom”.
- The music was of course never going to be as good or memorable as the original but I enjoyed it for what it was. Amy killed it, I liked seeing Morgan sing, I got my long awaited little tidbit of Robert singing, and Edward and Nancy are beautiful.
- As always, plenty of Disney references, some hidden and some not that hidden lol. And little blink-and-miss-it things like the Rachel Covey cameo and the adorable little Edward at the very beginning as it opens on Andalasia.
- Little scroll guy, my beloved.
Not So Good:
- Just not really here for the basic concept. Already by the end of the first movie Giselle fell in love with the groundedness of this world, didn’t particularly want to go home anymore, and wasn’t as naive or clueless as she started. In this one we have her pining for a perfect fairy tale for some reason (echoes of Steve Rogers randomly wanting the 40s back…) and not understanding things that she should absolutely understand by a decade later. I wasn’t comfortable with having Giselle make that wish and all of the drama that ensued. There was a lot of stuff throughout the movie that I was just… not comfortable about and felt awkward watching. Not a good sign if I’d change the basis for the whole plot lol.
- One of the things I was particularly uncomfortable watching was Pip. Having a different voice threw me off immediately (really, it can’t be hard to get a hold of Jeff Bennett, can it?) and it got worse from there. Everything with him as a cat and the way he spoke and was animated was just… a big no for me.
- WHY WAS THE ANDALASIA ANIMATION DIFFERENT. I want to be excited about finally having more animated sequences there but the experience felt very cheapened by how jarringly different it was. To go from beautiful, perfectly flowing James Baxter animation to a flat-feeling, low-budget-Netflix-cartoon type of animation that moves somewhat choppily and gives people exaggerated movements and expressions… why??? I don’t know if the department that did the original is still around, I know a lot of animation studios have gone out of business in recent years, but if they couldn’t still get the same as before then they could have at least tried better to emulate it. The Andalasia animation in the original is some of my very favorite animation in existence and I was so excited for more and just feel cheated instead.
- I wish there’d been more focus on the family dynamic. They were so embroiled in the drama of the plot that we don’t really get to see as much of them together. In particular I feel like Robert got the short end of the stick because he spent so much of his screen time under a spell so we got less of him just being him and less of his relationships. I love that the first movie has so much depth to the relationships between the characters and each of them individually, and while it’s not two dimensional here, it’s certainly not what it could be either. Like, we got to see more of them, but at the same time we didn’t really see more of them.
- No acknowledgment of Giselle’s business? It’s like it never existed and she had nothing to leave behind. Did she turn the company over to someone else to focus on the baby? (Speaking of forgotten things, I hope Nathaniel is doing well these days and wasn’t too scarred by suddenly beginning to die without explanation.)
- I know there are other things I’m not thinking of at the moment but there was just a general vibe of discomfort and “this isn’t right” peppered liberally throughout.
- On a lighter note, where was the moment from the trailer where Edward says the kingdom was once trapped inside a whale?!?! I need ANSWERS about that, Edward!!!!
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So, mixed bag. I’ll be taking away emotional moments, cool looking moments (shoutout to Robert trying to stop the clock with the sword), and literally anything of my beautiful ships returning to me, but probably gonna ignore the rest of it. I would like this much better as a fanfic.
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juniperhillpatient · 11 months
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Scream 6 re-watch thoughts (SPOILER alert!)
-there are so many details & references in this movie! I feel like I’ll catch more every time I re-watch
-quinn’s fake death is hilarious on re-watch. I love the kirsch siblings they’re so fucking funny. she didn’t have to fake be on the phone worried about the killings while ethan loomed behind her ominously for danny to see. iconic. theatre kid vibes. I bet richie sometimes let them be in his movies & they loved it & got all cutely excited
-on that note we were robbed of more quinn & ethan interactions 😭 I’m not sure what I would do to change this because obviously the mystery has to be kept alive but I love them & I wish I could see more of them being siblings
-the script is actually SO smart. every bit of dialogue between the heroes & villains before Ghostface is revealed is so well done with the consistent theme of “you fuck with my family, you die” except you don’t KNOW til the end how important some of those dialogue moments were. Idk just brilliant
-the parallels with this being a story about siblings killing for their sibling & the way the lines between Sam & Ghostface are blurring! ooh it’s so well done
-I love the carpenter sisters & the meeks martin twins i don’t care how corny the whole “core four” “we’re a family” thing is. inject it into my blood I love found family I love siblings who have a fun or complicated dynamic & would do anything for each other. the core four’s dynamic is my life actually
-I’ve seen a few people who didn’t like the final battle but this was possibly the best final battle of the entire franchise to me so far & I’m extremely confused by this bizarre take. like. I’ve seen it said a few times now but I don’t get it. Ethan & Wayne’s deaths were iconic. the whole “you have to let me go” thing. the reveals. the way I fucking CALLED it the first time I watched oh I KNEW it as soon as Quinn mentioned a dead brother! the synchronized knife swipe!!!
-the SYNCHRONIZED KNIFE SWIPE!
--the SYNCHRONIZED FUCKING KNIFE SWIPE! 🔪🔪🔪🥰🥰🥰💖💖💖🔪🔪🔪
-have I mentioned the synchronized knife swipe???
-Ethan’s death was so sexy sorry to his fan girls but I could watch Tara twist that knife into his skull all day
-Sam & Billy are the father daughter duo of all time I love you badly cgi’d skeet ulrich & I’m being totally sincere
-Chad almost dying should be a thing in every movie. I want him to have Vam Palmer Yellowjackets same ability to defy death it’s so funny to me
-“more main cast members should’ve died!!” I get this. I do. it’s a tough one. but. Ummm consider this. it’s secretly a feel good found family movie??? and also I don’t want my characters who I love to die 🥺 thanks for considering! the movie was perfect argument over forever
-my biggest critique is that my girl quinn had such a fucking lame death they could’ve had Sam & Tara team up on her, they could’ve done anything! sorry to Wayne & Ethan girlies but she was the most fun & charismatic Ghostface of the movie & her death was wasted. that’s literally my only issue with the entire movie.
-and I guess they could’ve done more with nyc & also I’m sad there was no beheadings except a mannequin but like… oh well. those things I can move past pretty easily. the did do a lot with nyc. the alley scene, the subway scene, the convenience store scene, & the ladder scene between apartments were all amazing. gale’s battle with Ghostface was a bit lame but I’m not sure what I would change since I don’t like. want Gale to die lol (maybe a little tiny bit I did but it’s complicated)
-Kirby’s role was perfect I love her & Hayden’s facial expressions are almost as good as David arquette’s
-anywho Sam wearing her daddy’s mask & using her daddy’s weapon & being a boss ass bitch was great. the gray tank top is my actual favorite character ❤️❤️❤️
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Top Ten Disney Couples
Well it’s been 100 years of Disney and with Valentine’s Day soon I’ve decided to mark the occasion by counting down my favorite Disney couples. I know that the House of Mouse is an evil capitalist empire that needs to stop eating IP’s and should at the very least pay their employees better. But they have a lot of blorbos so let’s see who I like together.
Now this is a couple list, not a ship list. So canon couples only. Not even if I like the ship. So two characters hugging once doesn't count. Now without further adieu here are the top ten disney couples.
10) Goliath/Elisa
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From the early nineties classic Gargoyles, we have Goliath and Elisa. The biggest furry-ish couple on the list aside from the actual funny animals. Goliath was the leader of the mythical creatures awoken in ‘modern’ read early nineties, new york. And they met police detective Elisa Maza. And over the course of their adventure the two develop a deep longing for each other.
Putting them on the list is a bit of a cheat as their relationship never goes beyond deep pining. Due to the whole interspecies thing. I haven’t read the comics, so I’m not sure if anything came from that, but they have a great dynamic in the show.
9) Phineas/Isabella
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Yeah, they ultimate well they or won’t they of Disney couples. Star and Marco tried this, but hit it a little too hard. But Isabella’s crush on Phineas is super enduring and a great source of jokes. I am bummed they waited until almost the last episode to get them together, and in a flash forward too.
I almost put Candace and Jeremy here, them getting together season two and just being a couple got big points with me. But Jeremy is kinda of bland so phinbella it is.
But Phinbella are a sweet couple.
8) Cinderella/Prince Charming
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Not gonna lie, the bulk of the heavy lifting is being done by Cinderella III. But even then this couple always was the strongest of the three classical princess romances. Yes they fall in love over the course of a song like they others but the song plays while Cinderella and the Prince have a quiet conversation that the audience doesn’t hear. It’s nice compared to the bombastic songs Snow White and Sleepy Beauty had.
But even then, Cinderella III puts this on the list. Giving the couple some struggling, and the Prince a fun goofy personality.
7) Donald/Daisy
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The ultimate disgruntled couple. Told over the series and comics, Donald and Daisy are the ultimate on again and off again whirlwind. It’s fun to see how these two are played.
Donald’s grumpy demeanor plays off of Daisy’s sass really well.
6) Belle/Beast
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Okay, elephant in the room. Stockholm Syndrome is bad. Hot take, I know. Elements of this romance are really, really bad when applied to real life. But in fiction, two people bonding and learning to grow in extreme situations is a good story.
These two were the first princess romance that felt equal. The classical Princes, and even Prince Eric felt like props. The movie lives up to its title and makes both feel equal in a way we hadn’t seen before. Watching Belle’s good nature warm Beast’s heart is nice. And seeing Beast learn to like himself is nice too. Gaston's self centeredness and entitlement is a great foil for these two.
5) Kim/Ron
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Not gonna lie, did not actually ship these two during the first three seasons. I just thought they worked as friends. So the ending of So the Drama was a bit of a head tilt moment for me. But once season four showed them as a couple, it just worked. It didn’t need to break the characters or their dynamic to make them work as a couple. I wish more shows realized this.
4) Jasmine/Aladdin
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Jasmine and Aladdin are great. Both of them want the same thing, respect. Aladdin wants to be seen more as just a thief and Jasmine wants to be more than just a royal and be free to make her own choice. It gives their romance a nice synergy.
Also having two whole movies and a tv series before the two tie the knot helps with the whole too fast relationship thing that plays the other Disney princesses.
3) Rapunzel/Flynn
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This is the latest main Disney romance in their animated movies. That’s weird right? Tangled was almost 13 years ago. I know Anna and Kristoff are a couple, but that’s a subplot compared to the sister drama. Hell Frozen II even dropped the proposal subplot halfway through. I mean Disney animation is known for their couples, I guess that’s why they stopped? I guess cause princess movies are considered girl movies and girls should have more than romance. I’m not saying every movie needs it but I do miss it.
But Flynn and Repunzel are actually really cute together. They have great chemistry and are sweet together.
2) Mickey/Minnie
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Surprisingly veristital. Mickey and Minnie are absolutely adorable with each other. Whether they're just meeting or been dating for awhile, I always enjoy seeing these two.
1) Luz/Amity
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And here they are, my favorite Disney couple. And it's not just cause they're sapphic. They are a general well written couple. They set Amity up like in her second appearance. I am so glad they didn't drag getting these two goobers together. Because watching Amity growing and Luz getting support from her, warms my heart.
The cut kisses, blushes, and pet names have done wonders for my mental health. Now there is still one more episode so it's possible to fumble at the finale line but I trust the staff.
Hail to the queen's of love.
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jay what did you think about ppp? i'm dying to know
as a purely vibes and dynamics watcher i wrote this pretty lengthy breakdown/interpretation shortly after my second attempt of watching this movie (the first time amc canceled my showing when i got there which was soooo dumb)
and it was basically me trying to give the writers the benefit of the doubt of what they were trying to do w kou in this movie and the State of the Akane and Kou Dynamic as a whole but the more i read it the more i think im just reaching for the sake of seeing my boy totally not get shafted into irrelevance here bc im sorry but he really felt extraneous like it just seemed like he was written there like logistically bc we gotta go from A to B and they had to fill the Action Punch Scene and Fan Favorite Showcase quota but like conceptually? holistically? thematically? spiritually? at the beating emotional burning heart of this series? for the amount of screentime you got what are you still doing here kou? what are you serving? really giving major how ya doin fellow kids energy and it HURTS 😩
long story short i think this is a culmination of the writers flailing on what to do w him after s1 and on a more generous reading, what happens when a person outlives their purpose. i wrote a season one kou-centric fic for the 10th anniversary zine (which i still need to post lol) with an epigraph by anne carson: "to live past the end of your myth is a perilous thing." that was all i could think about.
anyway other thots
this was akane's movie through and through. she has always felt to me the most complex and most complete character of this entire series and this movie proved that and then some. girl did that shit. makishima WISHES
saiga's ending? mixed. still marinating on it
i did overall enjoy the movie in the wider context of the series as it did make me appreciate season 3 more for making it more cohesive in retrospect
gino ponytail/manbun apologist 4evs. love my boy wish he got like some real meat to chew on but at least they gave him emotions and shit
akira "nooo don't you're too sexy to die"
mika tsun to her senpai. CUTE 😍 if i didn't also feel so conflicted on the general writings treatment of mika i would have enjoyed this without qualms
idk i think reading the spoilers beforehand from my mutuals already tempered my expectations so my general vibe of the whole thing was just like "yeah that tracks". i do have to watch it again for me to feel like ive properly judged it
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