#v. fame

[lesbianfakir]

Fakir's theme (Beethoven's Coriolan Overture) always struck me as funny because it stands apart from the other character's themes. Mytho has the delicate Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy, Rue the somber Gymnopedie No 1, Duck the cheerful Nutcracker Oveture etc... while Fakir's theme is well... LOUD.

It characterizes his most aggressive moments, mainly playing in scenes where he antagonizes Mytho and Duck.

This always sat a little weird with me as it is a very surface-level character theme for such a complex character. In contrast, Rue's theme tells us something about her motivations under the Kraehe persona. Fakir's on the other hand tells us that he's mean and aggressive... something any viewer who's gotten to a scene where the song plays already knows.

On one of my rewatches, though, I noticed that he has another song that functions as a sort of secondary theme: an excerpt from Scheherazade.

This song plays most notably throughout most of episode 12, while he is bonding with Duck. It shows up a few times later in season 2, mainly in scenes concerning Fakir's struggle to write. As such, I view it as a complementary theme to the Coriolan Overture.

Listening to the song, it feels much more in line with Fakir we've come to know him. The song can be a little delicate and a little sad with gentle wind solos that lead into loud, grand orchestral sections. The repetitiveness, tempo, and use of dramatic brass and strings give these louder sections a gallant, almost desperate tone. It's super fitting that this is the song that plays throughout the episode where we get the best sense of Fakir's natural personality when he isn't putting on the cold persona.

I don't really have a deeper analysis here I just think it's really fun that as his character develops he gets an additional theme. If you think about it the music in Tutu functions as a sort of jukebox musical--the world and characters are built around the songs. Once we start to get to know who Fakir really is, the music that represents him changes to reflect him better.

#i dont know much about music pls dont crucify me if im not very good at analyzing things #also v funny itoh was like lollll I just gave him an Arabic name for the aesthetic #and then has one of his main leitmotifs comes from Scheherezade #ya know. Scheherazade. from 1001 ARABIAN nights fame #whatever i wont let her whitewash her own character not on my watch #anyways oh coriolan oveture doesnt go away it just stops being played when he's being a dick #love love love the music its so fun #other characters have secondary themes too. but this post ain't about them #princess tutu #fakir #lea posts

[stackslip]

actually i do have something to say about this chapter and it's quite critical of it but also i'm tired tonight and i've been talking about it long and hard on discord already and putting it all together in a coherent post feels like too much of a task tonight. all i'm gonna say is that part 2 was very obviously going in a certain direction from the start, and i loved that direction, and to an extent it is still going in that direction but now very obviously missing a huge chunk of what stirred it in that direction. and i'm hesitant to simply say it's fujimoto that's dropped the ball on this (though it might the idealization, who's to say) because from the actual shape of the writing + slump in paneling/art + recent bitter interview by fujimoto + japanese audience is apparently vocally not a fan of asa + my own cursed knowledge of shounen jump and shueisha editors and how they react to a fall in sales = i think the lack of focus on asa has really hurt the themes of part 2 when she was an integral part of it + i think this wasn't entirely fujimoto's doing and it's very likely because she is apparently strongly disliked in japan and there's good reason to believe that fujimoto was told to not focus on her nearly as much bc sales slump and people complain as soon as she shows up. which sucks. becaue what made part 2 work as well as it did was the synergy and parallel between the two protagonists' paths, and the absence of asa's path in the past few months (both in universe and by real time in the comic) feels like a genuine writing and thematic and emotional hole in the comic that to me shows that she WAS supposed to be there. fujimoto had fully intended to write her in there bc there's a hole in the shape of her where she is very obviously supposed to fit. it isn't simply a question of "author forgets his female character" it's a question of "this crucial part of the manga is missing and the author is painfully aware of it and bitter about it too"

#eli talks #csm #this is still not coherent i'll make a more coherent version at one point. #anyhow this still worked for me even during the denji megafocus #bc it felt like the boomerang was gonna return and asa was gonna be back in her place #and we were gonna see the counterbalance to denji's focus #her own rise to fame and emotions during this and growth with yoru #her absorption into the church and its horrors; the love bombing and adulation she finally got #the emotions about chainsaw man as a character and growing more reliant on yoru #the bitter and dramatic fall and its immediate aftermath; reacting to losing her arm #instead we get a character who until now had been an intensely emotion-driven and passive character IMMEDIATELY thrust into action #and given v little insight into her thoughts and interiority #something is missing! #it's not like fujimoto had nothing planned for her. she was written so intently and well #and suddenly it's like she dropped out of existence #and suddenly the paneling got worse and the art got worse and the hiatuses worse #and we get an interview from fjmt where he talks bitterly about commercial expectations interfering with artistic intentions #and how he wishes he didn't have to draw aymore #a guy who talked about how he was obsessed with drawing! #idk maybe it's idealization but i feel like it's not hard to put two and two together here

[italianventi]

i was looking for pose references on Pinterest to draw luci then i saw this and knew what had to be done.

#hes having some cones #dont mind him #v art #i drew this in 10 minutes please #obey me #mammon obey me #mammon #shitpost #artists on tumblr #fanart #digital art #obey me shitpost #obey me mammon #obey me fanart #600 goddamn #700 #800 #v hall of fame

[moeblob]

Touma Akagi is my son (and Kiria is my daughter so I drew her again bc I love and cherish her) and I just. Think that he's a funny fella. A little guy. The Mirage relationships are so funny cause it's like. Main guy > similar wanting to help everyone vibes and Mirage is supportive. Main girl > very affectionate looking out for her by Mirage. Touma and Cain > "Touma, you concern me" "that's mean to say out loud :c" "very well..."

Touma is just fun ;w; I like him. I want him to just be friends with absolutely everyone.

#tokyo mirage sessions #touma akagi #kiria kurono #please im dying dont say that OH I THOUGHT HE WAS THAT GUY FROM 3H cause i know people will #please let me just enjoy my son touma akagi of tms fame #also kiria is my most used unit in feh and imagine if i continute to vote every slot for a brave touma #they can be buddies and i can be v happy about it #also why is his hair so bright in art and then dull in game screenshots this is confusing me #im very bad with colors as is...

[detragallery]

first four octopath charm designs are done -- four more to go!! thank you to everyone who voted in my poll <3

#octopath traveler #octopath traveler ii #octopath traveler 2 #temenos mistral #osvald v. vanstein #castti florenz #ochette #hall of fame

[bionicboxes]

having fun drawing them :)

#Checks V. Addison #addisona #deltarune oc #addison oc #addisons #box art #if you say no they're going to lock your device until you go drink water #Checks is very funny because their whole thing is making sure people are taken care of to #the point of being annoying about it. and ive decided spamton is their uncle. #they're young enough they didn't really know him and lost the chance after his fall from fame but. #god if they meet him. they are going to drag him into being a functional member of society kick and screaming

[capri-i-i]

they need to start giving the shitty options to shiver im so tired of her winning

#splatoon #bc i know good and well if she got team fame and not frye love wouldve won like it did the other 2 times #i dont even get why people like her shes so BORING #boring personality boring design boring boss fight boring dialogue #i think this is the result of fests being regional #cause yeah 3 teams on its own can work well IF THEY WERE KEPT REGIONAL #cause now nintendo has to come up with themes with 3 options that resonate with the whole world #which is hard!! cause cultural differences and all that stuff and also just trying to make a theme that isnt boring #which is how we get shit like spicy v sweet v sour and gear v grub v fun #and thats sad considering a good amount of peoples first time playing a fest will be in splat3 #but whatever. thats just my two cents. this fest pretty much ruined the whole event for me #splatfest #money vs fame vs love

[dnangelic]

on one hand my stubborn refusal to make a lot of crossover verses (i refuse to ever separate dark and dai AND it's hard as hell to get the depth of their shared existence juuuust right) may someday be the death of all interactions for me, BUT on the other hand i also think it's very cute and potentially really interesting that dark and daisuke can world-jump already. it CAN add another fun fairy tail/biblical layer to things whenever it happens. here's alice in wonderland who's come through the looking glass, here's a monstrous boy-messiah fluttering out from the frame of a beautiful painting. here's a red-headed cherub lost and bewildered after dropping like a shooting star into your yard or your camp, here's a fallen angel landing at your feet from someplace beyond, suddenly lifting his head up and talking about/knowing completely bizarre things that nobody else in the world they've only just arrived in knows about. daisuke's sense of 'mundane' can be completely, utterly incomprehensible to some crossover muses, the same way he can end up lost and alone in their worlds. just like a real angel, even if daisuke is just an ordinary, albeit cursed boy by most standards. do u get what i mean!!

#*･ﾟ⊰ 𝐎𝐔𝐓 𝐎𝐅 𝐂𝐀𝐑𝐃𝐒. ⊱ ✦ › OUT. #azumano itself is v important too. to dark as his empire; his cult and central sphere of influence <- that's all metaphor #for his fame which he doesn't actually have if he goes someplace -else- #to a completely diff world #dark has no troubles wanting to spread it either. the motto of a phantom thief should remain #a la 'no matter what it is. no matter -WHERE- it is. anywhere and anything dark can steal it' #daisuke too - if he isn't drawn in by an artwork itself. then he'll come sprinting at first cry #wanders around afterwards just because he feels like it #i dont talk enough about him moving through the artworks though.... #even t hough a r/s can be so interesting once u throw this stuff in #lilo vc i need someone to be my friend maybe send me an angel. the nicest angel u have #dark: (LAUGHS EVILLY) <- actually is the nicest angel we have

[shiftythrifting]

#thrifting #shiftythrifting #submission #vacuums #appliances #kirby #thrift finds #hall of fame #lmao #v punny

[womenofwrestlingfashion]

Juniors' Sequin V-Wire Gown in Royal from Emerald Sundae ($49.98 - on sale)

#Shotzi #Shotzi WWE #Ashley Urbanski #Juniors' Sequin V-Wire Gown #gown #gowns #royal #Emerald Sundae #women of wrestling fashion #wwe #wwe hof 2024 #wwe hof #wwe hall of fame

[vogelmeister]

as much as I love Taylor Swift I think I am even more thankful for the ones that are inspired by her bc I’m their age so I find them slightly more relatable bc of generational things

#‘Nah she’s like a cool older sister for me anyway’ my friend on the matter #like there’s something about Maisie Peters and Olivia Rodrigo being in their early 20s at the same time as me #where taylor takes a more mature perspective on it all #like being 21-22 in 2010-11 is v different to that age in 2022-23 #i should relisten to reputation #but yea because taylor has more lived experience it kinda different #also Taylor’s fame has v much played into her songwriting and experience #making it less relatable than Maisie or Olivia #not to say anything i love Taylor but i don’t relate to her As Much #i know I have ex friends who would hate this take #taylor swift #maisie peters #olivia rodrigo

[ventiswampwater]

Ok stupid question but I had to ask BC I love the way you answer things haha 💓💓 (Sorry if that was worded weirdly)

So Jonesy (I think that's the dog's name in House of Wax) from all the Sinclair brothers who do you Jonesy likes the most and who do you think likes Jonesy the best?

it's not weird at all!! now that my HOW brainworms are back, any excuse to ramble incoherently about this dumbass movie and the characters is like. PURE gold. lmao 💀

okay, so imo, vinny is definitely the favorite. the first place where we see jonesy in the movie is in the wax museum and that is def not a coincidence!! they were hanging out!! jonesy just got bored of watching her dad labor over the fine details of the wax titty & wandered upstairs.

they're best friends!! I just know it!! that shot where vincent's turning wade to wax? and jonesy jumps up on the bed? the CUTEST. rip wade 🙏 but?? I adore that sm.

and he takes the puppy w/him when he goes to murder blake & paige. unhinged dog dad behavior if I've ever seen it. I can 100% see them both quietly coexisting in the same space together for hours on end—vincent sculpting and sketching, jonesy napping next to him. padding upstairs in the middle of the night to have a midnight snack. UGH

I v much also subscribe to the line of thinking that lester doesn't live in corpsetown & has a lil shack of his own in the woods. but he absolutely hustles up to the house routinely to bring jonesy weird roadkill snacks and play w/her in the backyard. if anyone in the family is committed to getting her energy out, it's v much him. they're just outside for hours n hours tossing a mangled deer leg around and kicking up dirt. I feel.

as for bo. well. he v much strikes me as the kind of guy who pretends to be fairly ambivalent about the fact they have a dog running around. if jonesy ever stirs up trouble or chews thru smthn, he's the first one to be like, "UH??? it's your fuckin' dog?? I ain't never ask for this??"

v much onery dad energy. he catches vincent giving jonesy some food off his plate and immediately starts talking about how he's spoiling the damn dog and THIS is why she knocked over the garbage can & got coffee grounds and eggshells all over the kitchen floor.

never mind that he's always giving her scraps of whatever random concoction he's eating. she's chowing down on eggo waffles and beef jerky and hostess snacks whenever he's around. but no, it's vincent who spoils her. sure, jan.

he wants a huntin and fishin dog, but he's not much of a hunter or a fisher. so he gets a couch potato that sits next to him while he drinks beer and rewatches old spaghetti westerns. and he totally doesn't care about it or like her. totally.

#I'd love to find out the true origin of the name jonesy tbh. it's fanon. and I know it's a ref to alien. #but like? whomst started using it first? bc everyone has adopted it @ this point #obsessed how this one headcanon took over the whole community omg #that's def a claim to fame lmao #it's cute!! love that our girl has birthed so many cute fan theories #even tho I think? the puppy in the film is also a boy? don't quote me on that but. I THINK #and even tho I'm v in love w/these boys having a female dog. the idea of the pup bein a boy and this whole dumb town just bein Boy Central? #kinda love that idea lmao #@ this point calling the dog anything else in a fic would feel like cognitive dissonance from the fanon. bc it's so v widespread #EDIT: I literally just googled it and found the source! @slash-em-up #and it's not an alien ref actually. she's named after jocelyn jones from tourist trap. v interesting #sinclair brainrot hours #asks #anonymous #long post #when I first got into this fandom I thought about mixing it up in a fic & naming the puppy smthn else. #I almost never mention her in fics bc it bugged me that we didn't have a canon name lmao 😭 bc my brain is wired strangely ig fhsjsgshsgsg #but I love knowing the fanon lore. v nice v cool v tasty

[otrtbs]

Would you ever consider writing a one-shot (maybe for the 1 year anniversary?) with what would have happened had reg made it out alive (I would cry)

hi! i don't know if i'm going to put out anything for the one year anniversary of art heist but if i did it wouldn't be a regulus-living-situation sorry! any situation that comes out of art heist where regulus lives is an alternate ending to me. and regulus living was just,,, never the story i wanted to write. and tbh my fear is a lot of people would read that ending and say "this is the ending we deserved" or "this is how it should've gone" or "i'm pretending this was the original ending" and none of those things feel super great i can't lie! and i feel like it detracts from the original intent of the story i wrote which makes me :((( yk? (maybe you don't know and that's okay) but regulus was always supposed to die! he was never meant to make it out alive in this story so as far as any writing from me goes in the ahb! universe,, regulus will be dead

#but who knows! i have a 10 hour flight coming up and i could work on something to put out maybe....MAYBE #there's a whole chapter of berlin where barty and evan go clubbing that i cut from ahb! and then reworked for tcb! #and then IT STILL DIDN'T MAKE THE CUT HAHAHA #asks #art heist baby! #but im attached to the original ending in ahb! #im attached to the way the characters grieve #and the way it brings them all together #and how you can unify and make a family and have a legacy after death #even if the legacy is different than the original one you imagined #the legacy is love #btw #regulus wanted to live after death w fame and in infamy but he lives on after death in the love he had 4 others and the love they had 4 him #regulus living takes away from that a bit #a lot #so mans is staying dead #okokokokok im done #sorry anon u didn't sign up for all the ramblings but alas the ending of ahb! is v tender 4 me sorry

[opelman]

Harvard by Treflyn Lloyd-Roberts Via Flickr: The back seater gives a friendly wave to the Park & View crowd as Harvard IV D-FAME arrives at Fairford to take part in the static display at the 2023 Royal International Air Tattoo. Aircraft: Flying Legends GmbH North American Aviation AT-6 Harvard Mk.IV D-FAME/LE-W. Location: RAF Fairford, Gloucestershire.

#back #seater #give #friendly #wave #Park #P&V #View #crowd #Harvard #IV #D-FAME #arrive #Fairford #take #part #static #display #Royal #Air #Force #2023 #International #Tattoo #RIAT #heritage #aviation #warbird #World #War

[soleminisanction]

I do not have the time or brainpower to go into it in detail tonight because it's part of a much longer essay I've been trying to string together for ages but.

Someday, I need people to understand that everything you think you know about the infamous "Batman and Robin are gay" section of Seduction of the Innocent is wrong. It's not about sex. There's not a single implication that the comics depicted or even implied a sexual relationship. And it's not some out-there interpretation that Fredrick Wertham pulled out of his ass because he was some weird, paranoid conservative weirdo.

It came from his patients. His gay patients. Gay men and boys who described, in interviews with Wertham and other psychiatrists, how they discovered their sexuality by reading comic books and finding themselves attracted to the idealized depictions of masculinity depicted therein.

With Batman and Robin specifically, the focus is entirely on their emotional bond, the way they care about and constantly look out for each other. There's a quote from one of the patients that starts with, "I think I saw myself as Robin," and ends with, "I thought I would like to be loved by someone like Batman or Superman" that's stuck with me for years.

Mind, this is still framed as a not-good thing, because this book came out in 1954 and homosexuality was still pathologized... but it's always stood out to me that Wertham is not the one going, "Ewww, the icky gays got their gay in my superheroes, so immoral, get it away." That was the mainstream audience's reaction to being told that some gay people were fantasizing about being in a safe, happy, and loving relationship based on that of a superhero duo.

#meta #dc comics #batman and robin #batman #robin #rambling #I'm a little high so forgive me if this makes no sense #but I was thinking about this and I got excited #seduction of the innocent #is a fascinatingly weird book #and the history around it even more so #did you know wertham's prior claim to fame was as an anti-racism advocate?? #he testified against segregation at the brown v the board of education trials! #and he spends a big chunk of soti's first chapter criticizing the legal system for unfairly institutionalizing young black boys #it's a real trip if you go into it blind

[vulnerabile]

ieri (</3) e oggi

#che fame #v