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Do you think OPLA will explain what Buggy's East Blue vendetta against Shanks is? Or will it leave it ambiguous?

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Does anyone know why One Piece has a reputation for being exceptionally long when it almost never breaks the top ten in the lists I've looked at: longest still running* anime, longest still running manga by volume count/by chapter count/by initial publication? With the exception of still running anime at #9?

I thought number of chapters would do something but One Piece still came in at #13. On that, I also discovered to my surprise that JoJo's Bizarre Adventure is ten years older than One Piece and still an ongoing manga with 230-some volumes but waaay less chapters.

Basically there's degrees of difference, depending on what you're counting. But in terms of length One Piece never reaches the top five and rarely the top ten.

Is it because it's one cohesive story, with narrative and characters building up over 1000+ chapters and 20+ years??

*if I used longest in general One Piece is much much lower in these lists

#one piece #i dont know anything about most of anime on the lists with one piece so i cant comment on theyre plot and characters #but i think jojo has like a new story every arc? which is different #wsd weird brain #wsd pedantic opinions #wsd pedantic details #one piece musings #am i wrong? is there something I'm missing? #like i know case closed is longer by chapter count and years running but no one far as i know talk about it being daunting

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thinking about how giving Zoro his named attacks in live action would be a bad idea. as he's literally holding something in his mouth.

#opla #roronoa zoro #one piece musings #wsd pedantic brain #wsd opinion piece #the reason he can talk and be understood in the manga/anime is his spirit/will but how would that work in live action #would he sound normal? or...??

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Thinking more about Gear 5, and while I think it was very Looney Tunes in action (popping eyes, looseness), it doesn't look like actual Looney Tunes animation.

It's just the two times I've watched it, it feels like...very fast jello animation. Luffy takes a step and his whole ankle wriggles. If it was Looney Tunes it wouldn't be the lines that vibrate, it would be the motion that would exaggerate. Or with Fleischer the motion would just...look like the limbs don't have bones but like if a rubber hose was an arm. Again, the lines defining the shape wouldn't move/vibrate like it looks like it does sometimes in 1071.

None of this is good or bad btw. It's just me thinking too pedantically about animation. I love it a lot.

Or there's the option I don't remember Looney Tunes animation as well as I think. 😅

#gear 5 luffy #gear 5 #animation #2d animation #wsd pedantic brain #opspoilers #op spoilers #one piece episode 1071 #one piece #warner bros #looney tunes #fleischer studios #toei animation #wsd opinions

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So, ever since it was said that Anne returned in late autumn/early winter, I’ve been wondering: were she (and Sasha) at summer school?

Like, I pretty sure that’s wrong but it’d explain

Why Marcy wasn’t at school with them

How Anne can possibly return in Nov. and have a June birthday and still be in school. (Maybe school dates have changed since I was in middle school, but my birthday in late May was a hit or miss if I celebrated it during the school year. So I can’t imagine a June birthday being celebrated during th school year; well, I can but I don’t think California would have snow days. Unless schools just go that long nowadays.)

Would fit with Mr. Boonchuy’s feelings that Sasha is a bad influence

Would fit with what we learned in The Dinner, that Anne took the rap for the three skipping clsss

Would fit with Anne stating her mom doesn’t think she studies enough (maybe meaning she had mixed grades?)

Would fit with Anne’s clear lack of attention in class & dislike of teachers shown in Combat Camp

Could explain why that girl was a jerk to Anne at the beginning of Reunion + that guy playing music: it’s kids who have trouble in school for a variety of reason (not caring, not paying attention, disinterest, etc.)

Counter arguments:

Are there too many students?

Would summer school include frog dissection?

#amphibia spoilers #amphibia meta #amphibia theory #amphibia analysis #anne boonchuy #am I thinking too much about this? #maybe #but it keeps nagging at me so you get my weird idea too #wsd weird brain #amphibia #wsd pedantic opinions #wsd pedantic brain

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If there’s not a “Spranne against the world” in the series finale, I’ll riot

#I’m not serious #but I’m expecting it #in some context #as it’s been both season 1 and season 2 #amphibia #spranne against the world #frog friendship #wsd pedantic opinions

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Okay as someone who had lots of tubes and whatnot in me as a baby, I wanta say those are different (and far as I know, less obtrusive) than incision or cut-based scars.

I’ve seen some comments on the types of scars Marcy might have. I can’t comment on a burned incision but tubes or iv style tubes would probably leave little scarring. Of course, how a baby’s skin responds may be different than an 13 year old.

#scars cw #marcy wu #amphibia season finale #amphibia spoilers #true colors spoilers #wsd pedantic opinions #if anyone needs other tags let me know #one thing I do know is what surgerical scars are like #wsd shares #I guess? #surgerical scars #scars #disney #amphibia #true colors

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I’m curious why everyone thinks King is so young (8–10 yr old range).

Not saying he isn’t but we don’t know his lifespan or growth rate. We know Eda found King eight years ago and that King had grown since hatching. But it’s not clear how much time passed between (α) King hearing the roar, (β) King hatching & (γ) Eda adopting him*.

Though the fact that he didn’t seem to have spoken yet would imply he was still quite young. But when would a long-lived demon start developing speech in the context of human years? I’m probably just projecting my own demon biology onto this (especially since he came from an egg, a demon essential in my writing).

*Unrelated but I just realized Eda originally saw herself as saving King, but from the perspective of his caretaker, she was abducting him. I think it was better for him overall though, to be taken in by Eda.

#toh spoilers #toh season 2 #echoes of the past #toh king #toh demons #toh meta #toh demon lore #toh theory #edalyn clawthorne #toh eda #demon lore #wsd watches toh #the best king of demons #toh mr wriggles #my writing referenced #the owl house #disney #hopping queue #wsd pedantic opinions

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So the cinematic style/image of Manolo singing to the souls of the killed bulls is in a very similar vein as Moana singing to Te Ka

#the book of life #manolo sanchez #moana #vaiana #moana waialiki #m: moana #wsd pedantic brain #wsd pedantic opinions #wsd opinion piece #the context is different #but the singing as a way to calm & connect to a violent but hurt one(s) is the same #know who you are

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I mean, Brook is right there with her. He hasn’t been on the crew very long but he’s still a shipmate too? She’s not alone.

And wasn’t a big part of Robin’s rescue about how every crew member has a different strength??

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I feel like Frobo is a good example (to me) of fandom speculation and canon execution.

I seem to recall hypothesizes about what the robot from the ruins was going to do when it caught up with the Plantars. There was a sense that there was an underlining potential menace to the robot. (Of course I may be misremembering; it was just a vibe and not exactly any definite theory. Also, should note, it’s not that it was a bad theory. My point is more what the tone was, as I recollect it.)

But when the robot finally caught up with the Plantars, it (he) was just a baby, who had followed them without any real intention.

Anyway, this got longer than intended, all to say:

When unnamed-Frobo showed up, I recall there being predictions about the menace of the robot, but when Frobo was officially introduced/caught up with the Plantars, it was lighthearted, with a childlike manner for the robot and a slice of responsibility growth for Polly.

#amphibia #amphibia meta #amphibia analysis #frobo #frobo plantar #polly plantar #storytelling #narrative structure #I’m curious to see how the plot goes with marcy #wsd watches amphibia #wsd opinion piece #wsd weird brain #wsd pedantic opinions

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Ariel’s sisters

Comparing the order from Daughters of Triton (which vibes with all the content I grew up with: books, tv, magazine, comics) to Ariel’s Beginning reveals that:

Aquata (1st to 4th) and Attina (4th to 1st) have swapped places

Andrina (2nd to 6th) and Alana (6th to 2nd) have swapped places

Arista (3rd to 5th) and Adella (5th to 3rd) have swapped places

As long as I’m here typing...

graceful, oldest VS clumsy

jokester, acrobatic VS practical joker

“horse girl,” reckless VS jazz musician

shy, bookish VS oldest, dutiful

vain, fashionista VS boy crazy

sweet, gardening VS skin care, beauty

#the little mermaid #disney #aquata #attina #andrina #arista #adella #alana #disney musings #wsd pedantic opinions #daughters of triton #wsd pedantic brain

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Disney details that get conflated:

“When You Wish Upon A Star” is from Pinocchio, sung by Jiminy Cricket

“A Dream Is A Wish Your Heart Makes” is from Cinderella, sung by Cinderella

“They say if you dream something more than once, its bound to come true” is from Sleeping Beauty, spoken by Aurora

Cinderella never says (or sings) anything about wishing on stars or about dreams coming true. She says that dreams are wishes of your heart and they’re your private business.

#disney #Cinderella #Pinocchio #sleeping beauty #aurora #cinderella (1950) #m: cinderella #m: Pinocchio #wsd opinion piece #wsd pedantic opinions #but not really #when you wish upon a star #a dream is a wish your heart makes #dream is a wish paradox #queue: on a cruise #hopping queue

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I think the Aladdin sequels and Series might be the only other continued Disney canon movie story that matches Tangled and the Tangled Series/Rapunzel’s Tangled Adventure in narrative breakdown:

Series set up = Return of Jafar & Tangled: Before Ever After

The Series

Series conclusion = Aladdin and the King of Thieves & Plus Est En Vous

In Tangled these are narratively connected; in Aladdin these had the same people working on them (just like Tangled), but were more narratively isolated.

#disney #aladdin series #aladdin tv series #tangled the series #rapunzel’s tangled adventure #narrative structure #narative parallels #kind of #theres other disney sequels #and other disney series #but aladdin’s the only one where the series & sequels are connected #and the length of before ever after & plus est en vous #match well with return of jafar & kot #wsd weird brain #wsd pedantic opinions

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Just realized Jasmine’s might be the most jarring for me because it’s the only one using a personal pronoun that isn’t actually hers. It’s doubly jarring because Aladdin’s one of my super, special favorite characters. It’d be if like a real favorite character of yours has a quote/song quote that uses a personal pronoun, and thus evokes a personal view/action/desire of said character, but it’s attributed to a character that is, generally, more marketable and popular.

Or it’d be like if Mulan had “I’ll make a man out of you”; the personal pronoun doesn’t belong to her. “I can show you the world” doesn’t belong to Jasmine, although AWNW has other lyric where Jasmine uses a personal pronoun.

#i try not to say much about it because i do actually really like jasmine #and i know there other characters in disney animated canon who get **waaay** less attention #but i cant deny it unsettles me and can feel like a punch in the stomach #it doesnt help that the song lyric is very much important to me #and is very much An Aladdin lyric #and is very much an Aladdin to Jasmine lyric #but maybe that was the point? #it was suppose to evoke jas by being directed AT her rather than spoken/expressed BY her #like all the rest except belle’s #but its still jarring because jas has personal pronoun expression in the song?? #e.g. a dazzling place i never knew... i cant go back to where i used to be... #rambling tags #disney #wsd weird brain #wsd pedantic opinions #aladdin #my inspiration #jasmine #welp i guess theres a reason al’s one of the few characters to have a special tag #and the fact of what it is #is probably significant though is never quite noticed til now #(probably because i chose it on instinct :p)

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I’m fascinated about when “La Belle et la Bête” changed from a story about a young woman accepting a non-handsome (beastly appearance) & non-eloquent (simple conversation) husband into a story about the transformative power of love (from beastly behavior into a kinder, more human person).

#disney #beauty and the beast #is the latter #fairy tales #la belle et la bête #batb #wsd pedantic opinions #wsd weird brain #wsd text