#which happens to also be my opinion

[stickandthorn]

I’m so glad the general fandom opinion finally seems to have come around to realizing FCG is kind of fucking insane and a bit of an asshole. 

#this is oversimplification on multiple levles #i know #and at some point I might do a deep dive of my thoughts on the matter #idk #but it feels like I now see a very common opinion about them #being a much more neutral one #which happens to also be my opinion #so I’m happy #critical role #cr spoilers

[jq37]

Who Is Allison Moore?: A Disney's Wish Mystery

OK, this is a little off the rails and random but this has been driving me crazy since I looked into it last night.

So, Disney's 100th Anniversary movie Wish is coming out soon and people have had a lot of hot takes about it so I wanted to do some digging. As part of that, I looked at the writers and two people have a "Screenplay by" credit: Jennifer Lee and Allison Moore.

Jennifer Lee, of course, wrote Frozen--their biggest princess hit in the modern era so that makes total sense to me. If you're coming out with a new princess movie for the big centennial of course you'd tap her. But I'd never heard of Allison, and when you look at her name on Wikipedia:

No blue link. So I headed to IMDB to check out her credits, figuring maybe she was some hot new talent recently promoted from within who did storyboards on some recent projects like Moana or something. But when I went to her IMDB page, this is what I found (after a brief mix-up with a Dexter's Lab actress):

Her Producer credits come up first and...huh. That's a lot of adult live action TV projects. Well, maybe her Writing credits are where this starts to make sense:

What? That can't be right, can it? The only vaguely Disney-esque thing on that credit list is Beauty and the Beast and, to be clear, that is a CW reboot of a 1987 procedural with the logline, "A beautiful detective falls in love with an ex-soldier who goes into hiding from the secret government organization that turned him into a mechanically charged beast." And she wrote two episodes on it.

And look at Disney's official page about Wish!

Everyone else on this page has credits that make sense--Frozen, Frozen 2, Raya, Encanto. And the two credits they list for Allison?

Night Sky and Manhunt.

Night Sky, an Amazon Prime show that she wrote one episode for and was cancelled after one season. And Manhunt--and show about hunting the UNABOMBER--that ran for two seasons and that she wrote two episodes for. Those are her two credits that they put up there next to Frozen and Encanto.

I have been scouring the internet trying to figure out who this woman is and how she got this job and I have come up *empty*. This is the big 100th anniversary movie! Why would they have one of the two screenplay writers be someone who seemingly has never done something like this before??? Like, I understand that not having done something before doesn't mean you can't do a good job, but it usually means you don't get the keys to the biggest most anticipated projects in the company's history!

They presumably could have gotten anyone they wanted for this and they picked this person and I have zero clue why and it's driving me crazy. If anyone has ANY information that could illuminate this at ALL--an interview, a social media post, gossip from your cousin who's a gofer at Disney--please let me know because I feel like I'm going full Pepe Silvia over this.

12/26 Edit: A SMALL UPDATE IS HERE!

#disney's wish #wish 2023 #disney #personal #this is separate from my opinions on the movie itself #which I def do have oh boy #but I also just want to know how this happened #how did she get this job????? #she doesn't write for kids or for animation or really for fantasy very much #so why did they hire her??? #this doesn't seem like her wheelhouse at all!

[accirax]

i know you hate anyone who isn't you, but dragging everyone down with you by getting us all executed is a low blow, even by your standards.

#danganronpa despair time #drdt #drdt spoilers #teruko tawaki #david chiem #teruvid #teruvid week #teruvid week 2024 #fanganronpa #i! forgot this was happening until a few days ago!!! but i will still participate hooray!!!!! #i don't generally like posting ship art bc it feels embarrassing to me but this is unsaucy enough that it hardly counts #and also i feel like that aversion is something i should try to get over yknow? not fearing being vulnerable etc etc #so if you see me post more ships in the future... clearly it's a sign of bravery o7 #anyways this ship really grew on me. partially due to the hilarious memes and partially due to understanding both of them better #as time went on #their relationship could be a disaster or it could be exactly what the other needs #both are fun which makes the ship really enjoyable overall! in my opinion #thanks for hosting another fun event kuro! #my art #fanart

[idolomantises]

for a show and its spin off known for being extremely offensive and edgy, its weird how hypersensitive helluva boss/hazbin hotel fans are.

#txt #and im not just referring to the criticism #which still stands because ive never seen a fandom so sensitive and anti-critical since... steven universe #but also. fans get so angry if you like any of the villains like stella or valentino. what happened to using the 'they're in hell' excuse #and if you say anything negative about stolas they'll hit you with the 'why do you hate gay men/do you think women cant be abusers?' #its a bit fucked when i see youtubers seem genuinely afraid to critique the show or have to keep prefacing it wit #'its my opinion and its fine if you like it' because people are so insecure about liking an edgy adult cartoon made for chidlren

[pitske]

ROTZBACKE! HAKENZAHN! OI! OI! OI!

#I know some people will disagree with me here and that is totally okay : #I grew up watching httyd and I absolutely prefer the german version over the og (which doesn't happen often) #I think it is so undeniably better in my opinion because it 1) is what I am used to #and 2) because I'm a northern german and the way they talk seems so close to home its just nice- #um's auf gut deutsch zu sagen: die hamburgern so schön /lh #of course in my family we mostly speak like that for emphasis or whatever but I JUST AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH I LOVE IT SO MUCH #I can speak along with the movie in its entirety in german I just-only piece of media that had more of an impact on my life than Undertale #I will say I am sadly not a third movie enjoyer. I'm sorry I just didn't like it very much but I respect the people who do #I also have only watched it once while I've watched rtte like... idk 3 times? #also finally getting to the drawing- I LOVE SNOTLOUT AND HOOKFANG SO MUCCH #also Rotzbacke's Synchronsprecher is just so damn funny- #oh btw Planzin and Tectco watched me go through the five stages of grief when I realized the reason why angel dust sounded so familiar #in the german dub was because the voice actor is the same guy who voice acts fishlegs in german #pitske’s art #pitskederdoenerhaendler #so much shit going down guys I need to draw the entire dragon rider crew #httyd fanart #httyd #snotlout #snotlout jorgenson #hookfang #how to train your dragon

[blaiddraws]

Whumptober day 16: Mind Control

admittedly this one is majorly Not Canon to the fulcrum au, which I've been trying Not to do. but i love cool neon aesthetics i cannot deny this.

how would this even happen? not a clue.

anyway. red chain + legendaries = Not Fun Times for all parties involved

#i'm pinning this because i think it looks cool #whumptober2022 #no.16 #mind control #ingo #fulcrum au #submas #pokemon #ALSO vaguely inspired by the fic Behind the Guise of Silver Eyes. which i think about so much #if only because twin dragons au ingo and the red chain #ALSO. THAT BEING SAID. while idk how specifically it would happen it. would Not be because of volo #literally what reason would he have for that especially at the point in time where the red chain exists and is whole. #<- vaguely tired of immediate villainization of volo where he's just mean and evil (especially to the train men??) for literally no reason #or reasons that are just. wildly ooc. i admit i love that weird little guy #i say vaguely tired because I'm not like. trying to stop people from posting their own takes #because everyone has the right to have said takes. but also. i personally try to have high standards for characterization #also (JOKING) my takes and opinions are always the best and are the only opinions ever #but yeah. it's not any of my business to tell people what they can and cannot post but i also have specific standards #for stuff i make and consume #unintentional ramble in the tags. whoopsies #ANOTHER ADDENDUM. i drew the red chain like that because i didnt wanna do all the individual links lol #eyestrain #twin dragons au #might as well add that one too

[ganondoodle]

reminder that my totk rants are me just rambling about my thoughts, ideas and complaints, im not trying to analyze anything, be smart, be right, debate or convince anyone who likes it that its bad just bc i think its bad or simply dont like the choices made, im literally just spilling out my brain so it doesnt keep haunting me

if you think something makes sense that i think doesnt i, and forgive me for being so blunt about it, do not care why you think it works, my opinion of this game will not change and i am okay with that

you are free to disagree with anything i say of course but i really dont care why, sorry

(sth i said only in the tags before but added now in this edit bc i think its important: its not bc i dont want to hear other peoples opinions and live in ignorance or something, but bc im tired and i PROMISE you i have seen 99.9% of those arguments already)

im not trying to be mean, aggressive or dismissive, but again, these rants are just me rambling with no intention of arguing with anyone, the only reason im still posting whenever i think of something thats bothering me (even if it might be dumb or be disproven in game bc i am not all-knowing and might be possibly misremembering something), and letting those posts be rebloggable/interactable is bc i have been told by quite a few people that they like reading them or that they feel validated in their own disappointment

thats it.

#ganondoodles talks #i usually seek/like interacting with people on my posts but not really in the case for the rants #like if you also have stuff to complain about or agree yeah go right ahead #but if you are trying to take down every one of my thoughts with arguments as to why im wrong or being unfair #i dont care #and thats not bc i want to live in my own little world and never hear of other peoples opinions #but bc i PROMISE you i have seen those arguments already #alot even #too much even #and i dont care that you love the story #im sorry but i dont #i think its shit #so i will say why i think it sucks #and im not looking to be proven otherwise #bc people are biased and will always like different things #and thats okay #its okay to read soemthing you dont like and then move on and forget it ever happened #if i see a post i dont like i MIGHT go and ramble on my own without saying which one it was bc i just have thoughts that need to get out #but im not looking to argue nor bother OP with it #if i dont like something for dumb reasons i think thats just as valid as liking soemthing for equally dumb reasons

[coulsonlives]

Re-reading the comics and I totally forgot how dark they are

#zuko #zukaang #aang #atla zuko #atla aang #atla #avatar the last airbender #the promise #unpopular opinion maybe but i loved how nothing in this book was cut and dried and how everyones' trauma came back to haunt em #progress isn't linear so i don't mind zuko's behaviour here #he suddenly has a lot more pressure on him and he's obviously scared shitless he'll do the right thing etc. like shit just got real #super sad #aang didn't want to kill ozai but idk he was just being a friend to zuko here because zuko asked it of him #aang was obviously conflicted BUT he also wanted to uphold his duty to the world #which zuko totally sold him on and used as an argument for aang to honour the promise. #i can totally see that happening #i loved the ending too how zuko turned out to be right all along and it was the generational trauma that just convinced him he wasn't right #like is some of the characterization/plot contrived? sure totally! but wow i'm shocked to see how ice-cold the overall reception is #@tumblr stop messing w my tags and sticking them in the post body omg #atla spoilers

[crownedwille]

I've come to the conclusion that loving young royals doesn't mean I can't be critical about it, maybe especially bc I love the show so much I have such strong feelings about it, good and bad and I can love parts of canon and agree with it and appreciate it but I don't have to love it all. I have accepted that it's okay if I don't accept the ending and I don't have to force myself to support it. It's okay to not agree with all of canon and it's okay to not side with all of the creators' intentions/views. Loving a show doesn't mean you have to take everything the writers say on face value and that's the only version that is allowed to exist. Canon isn't everything and fandom is about curating your own experience that makes you happy and not miserable. You don't have to dismiss canon in every aspect and ignore it entirely, that's certainly not what I want but there is a fine line between being canon respectful, allowing some parts to exist and sometimes, yes, you just have to say "fuck canon" and move on for your own sanity and wellbeing

#especically in the first two weeks of a new release everyone is feelings lots of intense emotions ranging from ecstatic to angry #everything in between is a part of it and i know i'm also feeling very strongly about it right now #i always try to stay levelheaded and rational and see things from an objective pov and be diplomatic about discourse #i don't want any of what i say drift off too much into meaningless hate instead of the constructive criticism it's supposed to be #but when you feel so strongly about something and sometimes you really just wanna say yeah i fucking hate it lol #but i always try to explain why and give understandable arguments and not just blindly hate on something #for example - I'm aware there are fans who have some problems with s2 and don't love the season whereas i do and it's my fave #and there is a difference between expressing some criticism and justified concerns which you can understand where it comes from #and those who are just like 'oh it's a horrible season. it was so shitty and we should get rid of it' which is dumb hate and just not true #and i can't support people like that and take them seriously #i can have my own issues with s3 from a subjective pov which can also include some justified criticism as well #but also still acknowledge it as a truly good piece of tv media and the quality is top notch #and that's why you have such high expectations and have critique because it is so good and sets such a high standard #yrtalk #with that being said i understand ppl not wanting to see any critic about it if they are riding the high of happy wilmon endgame #but that doesn't mean that i can't express my own opinions on my own blog and i will continue to do so #and maybe one day i will feel differently and accept or even like the ending who knows #but it doesn't have to happen. it's fine if it does but it's also fine if it doesn't

[creativity-deficient]

Why do some people get so pissy if you have a popular or “overrated” character like Tweek, Butters, or Craig as your favorite?

Like Tweek is my favorite because I think he’s a genuinely interesting character with a lot of personality that people tend to overlook, and who I also happen to see a lot of myself in.

If that makes me “basic” and “boring” then so be it guess.

#he’s also a lil guy like look at him :))) #Kenny is my favorite too but I don’t see Kenny fans get as much hate which is why I didn’t include him #but yeah sorry my favorite character just so happens to be a fan favorite and not background character 67 #it doesn’t mean that I only like him beacause of creek or that I don’t love the other characters #I would just like to enjoy a character without some rat complaining about how overrated he is #idc :)) #also unpopular opinion but none of the characters are overrated to me #like they’re all well rounded and interesting characters #Ik there are some people who tend to treat tweek and Craig like they’re the only characters in the show which CAN get annoying but #that’s not necessarily the fault of the characters themselves? #anyways yeah sorry if I sound so salty LMAO #it’s mostly tik tok I see do this

[willowcrowned]

“Making anyone over the age of 8 watch tcw should be forbidden” okay, but why?

because it’s bad in the way only bad kids shows can be. and then it’s also bad in fifteen other ways

#I don’t think it’s uniquely terrible but I do think it sets out with some very lofty goals and faceplants in an attempt to achieve them #also it gets anakin’s character really wrong in a way that I think undermines a lot of what’s compelling about him #I will say something I do like about it is that it fleshes out the clone wars in greater detail #like the bits with syndulla on ryloth #but it fails to do anything compelling with those bits in a cohesive way #it’s so wrapped up in conveying an obvious moral lesson that it loses nuance #which! of course that was going to happen! #you can’t pick a tangled political morally ambiguous war as a topic #and then use a kids show to try and depict it without losing nuance and cohesion and a host of other things that make good storytelling #even kids shows that are about war and do it well (like atla) aren’t dealing with wars as tangled and difficult as the clone wars are #like. tcw was just never going to be able to say anything about politics or war #with the depth and coherence the clone wars necessitate #in my unprofessional opinion tcw was. much like the prequels. and anakin too I guess. doomed from the beginning #asks #anon #star wars #this is my highly developed opinion

[cocoabubbelle-newblog]

My personal opinion

Spoilers

Marvel Writers: Hank McCoy/Beast is irredeemable. He is a despicable villain. The version you will see in the upcoming comics is a clone of himself with only up to his mid-1980s memories/portrayal. If original Beast does come back, it will still be as a villain and he can never come back to the original team as a hero. He has no one to blame but himself.

#xmen #x men spoilers #justice for hank mccoy #justice for beast #justice for moira mactaggert #and don’t get me started on professor charles xavier #is he sketchy as heck? #yes #does it make sense for him to butt heads with his own students as they grow into their own? yes #does it make sense that he kills rachel summers and that apparently the idea and goal for the x-men wasn’t his original idea after all #marvel comics will tell you yes #this is why i like aus #current comic storyline and character journeys exhaust me in a bad way #hank mccoy #the beast #moira mactaggert #charles xavier #professor x #professor xavier #spoilers #just my opinion #but #i consider the krakoa arc to be one of the worst arcs to happen for the X-Men and Marvel in general #i also roll my eyes whenever marvel and dc comics insist on a current change/retcon being officially PERMANENT and unchangeable #because that’s when you know they are being so stubborn to make the changed thing work #but wind up limiting themselves in terms of smooth story arcs and character growth #friendly reminder that them flip flopping over Jean Grey’s actions and death resulted in the most memorable and iconic introductions to #The Phoenix Force #which then has been a significant part of her character for the rest of her existence for both good and bad? #also why make the most mutant-looking guy of the original five into the most irredeemable villain who gets no redemption? 🤔

[spikeface]

scott mccall x guts julia armfield

#scott mccall #teen wolf #usermem #this essay covers so much that is relevant to teen wolf #the theme of possession obviously touches on not just scott but also lydia/jackson/stiles/kira/mason #and the gendered violence was really good for lydia especially in my opinion #but i had to go with my boy scott! because! #what i was trying to gesture at with these quotes #and these poorly edited images #(WHY is tw so bad at light and HOW do people make gifs and edits look so beautiful seriously you're all so talented) #ahem anyway #the point is that scott's journey begins with the nightmare of the breached body #and then there's this thing inside him #and i thought about adding peter and gerard and deucalion and kate and theo #all of the people who try to possess him very literally #but what i really liked about this essay was the way it explored the innate monstrosity of your body #which the show explores through the lens of being a werewolf #there is something dark inside scott's body that wants out #and not just the weird black goo of werewolf healing! #to be a werewolf is to know something bad is going to happen #because you have a body because this is a horror movie #and it ties in too with scott's self harm #scott does harbor something inside him which wants to hurt him #and it's not just his own mortality or the raging supernatural beast he keeps on a leash #scott's body is forced to accommodate the inhuman when theo stabs him #but scott keeps the wound afterwards #and whatever is making him do that is something he harbors inside himself

[nevarroes]

who tore off Cas's wings and for what?

oh I suppose I mentioned this vaguely but never in great detail so... Cas lore dump time🔥

The slightly more elaborate but still short version is that Cas, in his time in Cania, was forced to work for an organisation of succubi and incubi that snatched him and his brother when they were children to pay off their father's debts and mishaps (because their father sold them out without their knowledge while he was still alive). The organisation was directly working under Mephistopheles which... basically bound him to Mephistopheles for life so he kept striving to try and kill Mephistopheles for his freedom.

At this time (and also mind you Cas is really REALLY young still for a devil) Raphael was already in the whole "trying to get the crown from his father thing" obviously where…. I believe he would’ve at least done a few attempts at (indirectly) yoinking the crown himself... and failing, clearly😭 Cas got involved in one of these with the hope of snatching it himself to kill Mephistopheles in the process but got in over his head to the extent where it came to an actual confrontation and Cas got his ass handed to him.

Mephistopheles ripped out his wings in a naked, public display to disgrace him as some simple incubus that thought he could fight him and then also cursed him to rot away from the inside and die slowly and painfully

#blakemail #if ur wondering what happened after that #the simplified version is that he managed to drag his ass out of the Hells just to technically die on the mortal plane anyways. rip lil bro #where he was then pieced back together by Bhaal (which also freed him from the contract because he DIED) but in return bound to Bhaal #by blood and stuff. he was qutie literally reborn and went from one type of servitude to the next LMFAOO #and in my humble opinion. just because I can't take Bhaal seriously.... #he just really wanted to have a Cambion as a Bhaalspawn because he thought it'd make a follower finally strong enough to fulfill his plan #too bad this one doesnt fucking listen... ever #i need to start tagging these as cas lore or something for anyone that may care oughhh #cas lore

[jaegerbroshoe]

Okay so it seems like Vander betrayed Silco a long time before the bridge massacre. They both look much younger during the betrayal scene and Silco says he was about Deckard’s age when it happened, so probably when they were in their early to mid twenties? Vander looks at least in his thirties during the bridge scene.

But I’m just confused as to why Vander tried to kill Silco. If it was because Silco had plans beyond the Lanes (which Vander brings up as a bad point against Silco during their conversation) but Vander was satisfied with them having control of just the Lanes, why did did he go on to lead the protest at the bridge??

It also sounds like he made Silco an outcast in the Lanes (based on what both Vander and Benzo say)?? But I don’t get what Silco supposedly did for people to believe that he’s some monster who deserves to be cast out. Especially if they saw his eye afterwards, it’s clear he was the victim. And I don’t believe he used the same extreme tactics when he was younger for people to shun him, as he attributes the betrayal with having taught him that lesson. So the only thing that makes sense is that Vander made up some lie about their falling out. I doubt he disclosed that he tried to murder Silco first…

#also I don’t get vander #one second he says silco had his respect until he got too ambitious supposedly #(which silco reminds him wasn’t true because his dream had always been the nation of zaun not just the lanes) #(and it’s vander who turned his back on that) #but then he backtracks and admits he betrayed silco and hasn’t forgiven himself for trying to kill him #(yet he still continues going around badmouthing silco?? and he never tried to make amends??) #so like which is it #also if the betrayal happened after the lanes were established wouldn’t that mean vander didn’t build the underground on his own #but why is he getting all the credit? #it just sounds like he wanted all the power to himself #because if he tried to kill silco cause he wanted to be a pacifist like he is later the bridge scene doesn’t make sense #it’s just hypocritical of him to say silco is doing this for pride or that he’s wrong for striving for more when he went on to do the same #silco #vander #arcane #my opinion #oh also I don’t get this thing I saw about how originally they were gonna show silco being the instigator of the bridge massacre #because he throws a molotov cocktail or something #when the timing doesn’t work out #if vander betrayed him long before then he wasn’t part of the bridge crowd at all