#Like I love cameos but I love the characters I like being utilized more

[azol-otl]

So I was rewatching season two of Young Justice (because I only kept up with the show while it was on television and it not existing for years meant I didn’t bother going back to it) and it seems like I still share my opinion from way back then.

Why did they use Tim and Cassie?

Like, don’t get me wrong it makes sense that a show called Young Justice would have them, but the show was already nothing like the comic. YJ!Superboy is nothing like comics!Superboy and he’s the only core member of the actual Young Justice comics to have been in season one. The show’s core cast has two gen one sidekicks, a gen three sidekick, a gen four (??? things get muddled as hell in the 2000s), a gen five sidekick, and a bit villainess. They are literally an elseworld.

Not only that, but Tim and Cassie were...pretty much non-characters during the season. Despite the time given to them, they weren’t very important to the overall arc and were wasted potential.

But you know who wouldn’t have been? Jason and Donna.

We already know the characters exist in universe. We see Jason’s memorial.

This is an unnecessary aside, but I am so sick of Jason’s death being the only thing we see of him in elseworlds. Even the ones where he’s alive they’re always like “And he’s evil because he was poor!” Like bitch do you not understand how to create a tragedy? You don’t just give us sad events you have to get us attached to the character first. This is a cartoon! It has a much wider audience than a comic! They won’t know major comic references because they are not informed! Why would the grotto scene work if we never met these people! Get us attached and then kill them off!

 But there is no point in knowing these characters exist if you don’t use them (or at least cameo them if they’re really niche), but with these two specifically they could have done something really interesting.

 They could have been Red Herrings.

Jason and Donna have both died in the comics. Their deaths were majorly important events to their respective IP’s (Batman and Titans). Not only that, but we already have Bart coming back in time to save a third person who had famously died, Barry Allen.

We know that Bart came back in time to stop the apocalypse. We know something happens to Jaime that turns him evil. We’re led to believe that Artemis dies (something that rocks Bart to the core because she didn’t die in his timeline). So we would suspect that Jason and Donna would be the first in line to die.

The Young Justice writers could even play into their reputations with what’s already present. They could have made Jason and Jaime (who are the same age in this universe) close friends. This could be used to give Bart anxiety because Jason, again, famously gets murdered as Robin and Jaime is supposed to become evil.

Hell if they made Jason take Tim’s place during the infiltration there would have been some serious investment when original Roy purposefully explodes shit and they fight Black Beetle because one of these characters has a history of being murdered. 

I would also like to push my YJ crackship of BlueJay (Jaime/Jason) because I am trash and will forever push Jason being queer.

Or with Mongul (who Jason has a major story with) you can push Jason almost dying again. And it would be through betrayal from someone who’s supposed to love you, just like in DitF. (Imagine the scene where Nightwing finds the batarang when you know that there’s a real possibility that this is how Jason dies in this universe).

On Donna’s end you can have her take more and more responsibilities after Artemis dies and she starts becoming more of Dick’s second in command with a penchant of shoving herself in front of attacks because she can survive things that others cannot (because Artemis “died” via stabbing and if you had Donna there, whoo boy that’s some guilt). So when the Bialya mission occurs and it’s the all-girls team (the all-girls team with two very squishy humans Barbara and Karen), they could just bring in a larger threat than the henchmen that are there then hey there’s more conflict and fear for comic fans. And again in Warworld where she can be fighting against Mongul and guess what there’s another squishy human there, Roy. Instead of being immediately knocked out she could have taken a blow for Roy.

Side Note: When Nightwing explains why it’s an all girl’s team being sent to Bialya (way to assume everyone’s straight Dick), Donna can have a snarky line like, “And Robin isn’t here why?”

For extra extra angst you can have both Jason and Donna reacting negatively to Artemis’ “death” and reaching out to Wally because of it. Jason because both he and Artemis are from the same place and have a similar prickliness that comes from how they were raised (we could have had an Artemis-Jason sibling bond and it would have been great), and his fury that someone who “got out” still died a violent death. Donna because of the guilt of Artemis dying but also because she’d be closer in age to Wally and Artemis so making them be friends just makes sense. And by putting more of the focus on their grief and Wally’s guilt the writers could expertly tie Wally into the “could possibly die” camp without making the audience worry about it.

And with everything that happens. With the two obvious targets somehow alive throughout the season, they still “kill” Wally West. All of the foreshadowing about sacrifice. All of the remarks about not being reckless (because this is still DC and they love blaming Jason’s death on himself). All of the near-deaths, it ends up being the person you don’t expect and it hits harder because of it (except for all the people who watched JLU who had pinged Wally dying pretty early on in the season) .

But yeah. If they were going through the trouble of confirming these characters exist, why not use them for the narrative?

#I can't believe I'm talking about Young Justice a whole ass decade after I stopped watching it #I like a lot of what Young Justice did and am really impressed by how many characters they shoved into it. #But there's a point where it's too much too quickly and they hit that pretty fast #Like I love cameos but I love the characters I like being utilized more #Me at Red Hooded Ninja: I love him and I want to know more about him #Show: How about we just give cameos about him and never utilize his potential #I get that a lot of people wanted the Core Four in YJ but wouldn't it be better if they actually had the chance to shine individually #instead of being shoved into a side role #Young Justice Cartoon #Jason Todd #Donna Troy #Sorry Donna fans I did talk about her but feel free to ignore this post

[i-am-the-niche]

Percy Jackson Analysis ep.1

(did that sound vaguely pretentious? I feel like a need a funny name for this)

SO SORRY it took me this long. To be truthful I put on My Happy Marriage to listen to while refining my notes, I'm not a huge romance lover so I didn't think I would get that invested but then I proceeded to binge the whole thing...

anyways go watch My Happy Marriage, it messed me up in the best ways

On to my children, the way I wrote these notes was chronological, including lines I thought were powerful and thoughts I had while watching, enjoy my sub-tier analysis

To start with I think the casting, as well as most of the acting in the show, is phenomenal. There are some acting scenes which aren't great, but the nice things about child actors is that they grow and improve

iconic opening line 10000000/10

blackjack cameo? *chefs kiss*

One thing that really stands out to me regarding young Percy in school is that the bullying is portrayed so well. Like, sure some kids get punched but more often it's whispers, snide comments, teachers not doing enough to stop it. Not to mention when you have mental health problems or neurodivergency on top of that it makes it even harder to fit in and gain help from authority figures. There's no way teachers weren't aware of how Percy was being treated (we even see this in the books with mortals that don't care about him getting picked on by other mortals, think sea of monsters)

GROVER!!! I know I already ranted about the casting but Aryan just does such a good job. I hope in later seasons we see him more than we did in the books.

I'm UNHEALTHILY OBSESSED at the idea that mythomagic cards are to help train halfbloods. It also gets me thinking about season 3 interactions between little Nico and Percy. But it's incredibly clever to have a game that would entice children to learn more about the monsters they're likely to face against. It's also a clever marketing move irl.

Once again great portrayal of bullying while still keeping the show appropriate for kids

UNREALISTIC their paper would never be printed with color ink /lh

I really enjoy how they displayed dyslexia, it seems very accurate to descriptions.

"how it makes you feeeeel"

The lines about not everyone who looks like a hero being a hero and not everyone who looks like a monster being a monster is some of the best foreshadowing I've ever seen. It perfectly foreshadows Luke, Medusa, and generally captures one of the major points of Uncle Ricks books.

the hold fast line being used through the series *chefs kiss*

One thing I stand by in both the books and series is that I was incredibly disappointed in how little Chiron directly stood up for Percy- even in regards to mortals. Like yeah ok he's gonna be a hero but he's also twelve, help the poor boy!

The bullying Dodds shows Percy is also very accurate to real life. I've had many teachers who straight up bully kids just like this and are never called out for it.

The utilization of the word 'Special' thought the series is a great example of how "PoLite EUpHEmiSm' and often weaponized and used as derogatory terms and serves as an example of why many push for using terms like disabled over differently abled.

"childhood trauma, feelings of inadequacy" DAMN GROVER just going for the jugular, pop off. love how the show incorporates realistic convos kids would have. This instance and other little side bars we see throughout the show add something that I often find missing in television throughout all generas. it's incredibly important to have realistic convos to help solidify characters as people.

"Never ever stand up to them" "that doesn't sound right" THIS LINE 10000000/10

"there you are" we're not fools Percy Jackson

I did feel like this should have been Perseus Jackson seeing as how it's pretty canonical that monsters and gods alike only refer to him using his full name, adding on the the names have power theme that permeates throughout the series.

trauma for days

"is he dead?"

Chiron low-key being the embodiment of gaslighting, girl boss, gatekeep

UNCLE RICK CAMEO!!!

realist portrayal of adults already having their mind made up and children being unable to do anything except tell their story over and over

(also does Kronos speak to Percy in his dreams as the school principal? I genuinely can't remember, if so Kronos sure knows how to embody nightmares)

I honestly wish they would have expanded more on both how guilty grover would have felt rating Percy out (even if it means protecting him) and also how betrayed Percy would have felt. his fatal flaw is loyalty, grover was his very first and very best friend, he only really has his mother, this would have been a huge punch in the gut.

anyone else feel like grover and Percy should have been interviewed separately?

I'm sorry, I have to complain about the lighting in this show. WHY IS IT SO DARK? THIS ISNT SHOWN IN THEATERS! MY EYES ARENT THIS GOOD. IM SQUINTING TRYING TO FIND OUT WHAT IS ON THE TV!! WHYYYYY??!?!

"at least I know you think you didnt" -not helpful Chiron :/ shame on you

"you might have the most difficult journey" great foreshadowing

'SPeCiaL'

I know there was lots of discussion about how Gabe wasn't abusive 'enough' but often times abuse isn't easy to see or what TV leads you to believe. The show keeps it age appropriate while also showing how much of a leech and how controlling he is (answering Sally's phone, not wanting her to leave to the beach). Honestly I might make a separate post on this but at the moment I'm tired of seeing ignorant people claim that Gabe wasn't aggressive enough or that Sally wasn't meek enough to be abused.

I was disappointed that Eddie became a 'good' character instead of showing how abusive adults often have buddies backing them up

It's realistic Percy would talk to Gabe even though he's a dick, kids want to make connections

Sally in the rain- reference to Poseidon 10/10

Sally is just happy to see him :')

"all that matters is that your here, ok?" aww

BLUE FOOD!!!

"Is there something else you wanna talk about" mom knows

"I'm scared" damn does that resonate

once more just because Sally isn't portrayed as meek doesn't mean that that whole interaction wasn't unhealthy and abusive

di angelo reference! even if it's not our di angelo the name choice was incredibly purposeful

"it's getting angrier" personification of the storm lends well to Zeus and Poseidon

love PJO dream sequences

"who are you" does Kronos not know who Percy is? Gonna be real this confuses me, am I missing something obvious?

Sally was crying??!?!

the race from the car to the cabin is another example of the writers (and actors) creating realistic people you can connect to. the nostalgia that hit me in this scene was POTENT

It's so so so important to have a place to escape to as an abuse victim, and as a teen in general. Scratch that, just people in general need places to escape to which makes the cabin even more significant

Percy's self deprecating marshmallow talk :(

"I'm used to the world feeling weird to me" neurodivergency and mental health issues can create very isolating atmospheres making community important -camp is that community

Uncle Rick does a great job creating metaphores regarding discrimination and ableism

It's so hard to tell someone you trust and love that you think something is wrong, especially as a child. Walker did a fantastic job capturing all the mixed up emotions that occur.

"something that felt real to you but no one else could see" once again significant to neurodivergency and mental health

I don't personally like the choice to have Sally tell Percy that his father is a god. The acting in the scene also just rubs me really wrong - it feels fake. I think I enjoyed the book version better with him never receiving a clear answer until camp, and even then you can debate on how "clear" it was.

I would be freaking out so much more that Walker if my mom approached the subject like this. It would be incredibly frightening to think your mom was going insane alongside you.

"there is something wrong with my brain" once again, uncle Rick reaches out of the screen/pages to hit me where it hurts

"I don't want to see him" the betrayal he feels :(

grover pants scene (I feel no need to elaborate on this note, it was by far the funniest scene of the episode 1000000000+

"so the important thing is not to panic"

"who are you" nooo he's ur friend don't do this to me :(((

I love grover

very nice natural lead into explaining the mist

The show is unfortunately hit with the complex issue of trying to provide context to an audience who already knows and is eager to see the action. I know there were many criticisms about it but I will say my mother, who didn't read the books, felt she had a firm grasp on the lore of the show, so that counts for something?

"what else haven't we talked about, what else haven't you told me" broken trust :(((

"I'm actually 24" NOW IS NOT THE TIME GROVER

"won't all of us be safe" ha... about that

"swear it, SWEAR IT GROVER" damn, okay sally

again, WHY IS THE LIGHTING SO DARK?!?! I know it helps hide cgi but we know there's gonna be CGI in a show abt monsters and myths

"you are not broken, you are singular" amazing foreshadowing

Sally is bamf

trauma

the choice to make things silent after Sally 'dies' *chefs kiss once again

I just really love the shot of Percy surfing down the monster dust

"he must be the one" :)))

hope y'all enjoyed :)

#annabeth chase #annabeth pjo #disney plus #disney+ #grover pjo #grover underwood #percy jackon and the olympians #percy jackson #percy pjo #disney #pjo season 1 #pjo tv show #pjo series #pjo #pjo spoilers #pjo show

[lord-rosenth0rne]

Went into FNAF with low expectations and I'm glad I did. Any movie that looks THAT GOOD with legendary puppeteers creating characters that seem to have just been pulled directly from the games will have some huge drawback to it and that was the writing.

Also, when I hear "it's for the fans" coming from Hollywood of all places, I know something's up. Something got Disney-fied in order to have it appeal to a larger crowd that may water down the content.

The actors were great, LOVED Matthew Lillard and his Scream reference, the atmosphere is creepy when it needs to be and the animatronics were just perfect. The cameos and easter eggs made it so nice.

The storytelling sucks. BAD. Bad to the point that I'm going to have to sit down with my mother later after she watches it and SHOW her (because the movie has a problem with telling, not showing) what her granddaughter, my niece is actually in love with that the movie skips out on, that being the horror itself. This is a HORROR franchise and it's gotten soft over its continuation.

The script should have been given to someone who was a fan of the series, particularly the first three games (can't say the books as they seem to have their own premise), AND a horror movie buff. The movie forgets it's a horror movie and doesn't seem to know what it wants to be.

There are a lot of key pieces I would have changed to make it enjoyable for newcomers while simultaneously being for the fans:

-Make this a series and not a movie. Mike should be in jail by the end of the movie with all the stuff they glossed over. Cop gets gravely injured and he and his sister are the only witnesses? With Afton "dead" and locked away, who else could have done it? The woman he's in a custody battle with is lying dead on his floor AND he has a history of violence and drug use? Yeah. No. This needed more time to deal with its issues or be rewritten entirely which I am all for.

-Garrett's disappearance needed to have a DIRECT line to the pizzeria instead of happening in the middle of BFE Nebraska.

-Nix the dream crap. Mike should have been killed the first time he ever fell asleep in that place. Next security guard, please. Though, I will say, if he falls asleep or he loses consciousness, they could have Garrett communicate with him to give a couple of clues on what he needs to do next and warn him to stay away from the animatronics.

-Speaking of animatronics, they're vengeful spirits that should go after anything with a pulse. Or at least any adult with a blindness for faces. While I can excuse how they acted around Abby, I can't excuse it around Mike or Vanessa. They should get the same treatment the idiots who broke into the place did regardless of who they are.

-Utilize the cameras more to keep an air of mystery and horror going. Maybe have Mike chase some kid through the place like Max did only to go look back at the cameras to see that he wasn't chasing anything or if he sees a kid on the cameras, he goes to find them only to find the respective animatronic standing there instead. Lean harder into the paranormal aspect.

-Have Afton's motives actually explained. WHY was he doing this? What was his end goal of killing kids and putting them in suits? Yeah, it can be a simple answer, but not one given in the movie. Also, have him more involved in the plot. Have him physically haunting the place as Springtrap. Having Mike ask him "Why" and him answering "Why not?" would be fucked up as hell and mirror real-life child kidnappings/murders. Grieving families do ask the killers of their loved ones "Why?"

-Nix Vanessa. OG fans remember when we had to piece things together through visuals. Not exposition. Mike should find out about the other disappearances through articles and such, even Garrett's disappearance which he could be trying to solve, and stumbled upon a golden opportunity when he found a Craigslist ad for a Night Guard for the very place his brother went missing. Besides, Vanessa has her own lore that wouldn't be in play until later additions to the franchise. Nothing like finding out the body of a dead child is hiding in one of the animatronics by "injuring" the animatronic to keep up the horror aspect.

-I would have kept the family angle with Mike knowing Afton was his father, he just used "Mike Schmit" to get a job at the place his father is protective over to investigate instead of "Michael Afton", given how common "Schmit" is. Afton himself probably wouldn't recognize him unless face to face.

-Bring in Henry Emily. Give a red herring that maybe HE'S the one behind all of it. Have him investigate at the same time Mike is and neither trust each other with that information, causing them to suspect one another.

You see, this movie would have been ten times better if they used what was already there instead of using an entirely different story with the same characters. They could have used old cliches and made them work.

#FNAF movie #FNAF spoilers #Michael Afton #Mike Schmit #William Afton #Abby Schmit #henry emily #FNAF review

[otakween]

Digimon Tamers - Episode 6

The pace of this show is really slow...in a good way. Not filler-y, just lots of time for atmosphere and character development. Digimon Adventure had a clear formula for each episode, this one you don't quite know what you're going to get. Also, it's interesting to see the ratio of old digimon returning vs. new digimon. I'm glad it's a mix and not all new, less is more.

Notes:

Kay so Ruki is richy rich I guess. We see her fancy academy (with uniforms!) and her grandma basically lives in a Japanese-style mansion. Her inner conflicts appear to be that she's feeling kind of neglected by her too-busy mom (typical 2000s plot) and that she's bored because she's too good at card games lol. Boohoo Ruki. Her mom can't be that neglectful, at least she showed up briefly!

In her flashback Ruki's wearing a skull and crossbones shirt with a popped collar, black jacket. Okay, goth phase...(or maybe emo?) Relatable.

One of the TCG cards shown in the beginning is Andiramon from one of the movies! Cool little cameo.

Renamon moves very ninja-like. I thought it was a little weird looking when she floated into the darkness in one scene. Is floating one of her powers or is that more of a ~dramatic effect~ thing?

Love Ruki's little TCG/digivice utility belt. Not sure what the point of the belt around her leg is. Anime!

I swear every time they show a new dinosaur digimon I'm like "oh great, another Greymon/Agumon reskin." We have enough dinosaurs already! At least go for a dino with a different shape. I guess this new one is supposed to look like an Allosaurus. One positive thing I'll say is that I like that he's furry (or feathery I guess? His muzzle's all shaggy).

Maybe I'm just dumb, but this anime doesn't really warn you when it transitions into a flashback so I keep getting confused. When they showed Ruki winning the D1 Tournament I was just like "oh, I guess she won again" lol.

So Takato and Jian manifested their partners when they were feeling really passionate about them. With Ruki, all of the digimon come to her because she's so good at their card game lol. Renamon wants Ruki to be her tamer the most I guess so she "wins" and comes to the real world. That whole flashback was pretty weird. Why'd they make it so sinister?

Finally we get our first main bad guy! Impmon. I really, really like his design. He reminds me of Kuromi (Kuromi's boyfriend? lol) I also like his "impish" personality so far. Just a little troll. He reminds me of Demi Devimon a lot.

Impmon's awkward conversation with Renamon was really funny. It felt like she was like "Let me hear this guy out...oh wait...he's an idiot."

Is this the first time the "should tamers really be partners with digimon?" question has come up? I honestly don't remember. It could have come up in one of the manga or games or something. I think this is the first time a digimon is questioning it in the anime tho, so that's fun. I feel like it's inevitable in all of these mon series. Maybe Culumon will bring in an interesting angle since he's partner-less

Speaking of Culumon...his role in this episode was so random! He just pops up out of nowhere after Renamon/Kyubimon's fight with Dokugumon. I was like "Where did HE come from?" I feel like he had zero purpose in that scene...?

So the cards definitely work differently in the games vs. the anime. I guess to make them more flashy. It's interesting that you can use them to give one digimon another digimon's attributes, but that might be kind of awkward to implement in a TCG.

I think I've seen too many nine tailed foxes at this point because when Kyubimon was revealed I just kind of felt like "well...seen this design a buncha times." That being said, it does look really nice. You can't beat the classics! I don't really like all the yin-yang symbols tho, I think they look a little tacky (maybe just keep the one on the forehead).

So it seems like Renamon was able to digivolve once Ruki started seeing her as a living being. Another route they could have taken is to have Renamon go into a dark digivolution when Ruki was abusive. That could have been interesting. The arrested development probably makes more sense this early in the season though.

#digimon tamers #digimon #anime

[cadybear420]

Cadybear's Reviews- It Lives Beneath

Welcome to the fourteenth official Cadybear's Reviews post! Today I'll be talking about It Lives Beneath, which I have ranked on the "Diamond Tier" at 10 stars out of a possible 10.

Like with its predecessor, there’s not much to say on it that hasn’t already been said by everyone else. It’s amazing all the way through. 

Funny how we get ILITW right after OG HSS, and then ILB right after HSS:CA. Love to see the first two MC-switch stories be released next to each other, just as their predecessors were. 

Unlike HSS:CA though, this one was strongly written and actually relevant to its previous iterations. Not to mention, it actually had a meaningful reason to have only minimal usage of its previous installment’s characters when switching MCs– being that it takes place in a completely different locational setting from Westchester and Westchester High. There’s even one recurring returning character that’s actually heavily relevant to the story, and even outside of the returning character, the smaller cameos of the past characters are actually kind of meaningful to the story. 

Bringing back Tom to be a love interest for the new MC was especially a smart move, as it helps solidify the connection between the two books and we get to expand on his character a bit more. Not to mention he’s an amazing love interest too. Like, that part in their lake day premium scene where MC can win a giant stuffed teddy in the carnival game and Tom gets upset when he didn’t win one because he wanted to put a giant teddy in his passenger seat so he could go into the carpool lane??? And then you can have MC give him the teddy???? Yeah, I’m obsessed. 

But even outside of the characters and cast utilization, Beneath as a whole holds up really well to Woods. The nerve scores come back of course, because it wouldn’t be It Lives without nerve scores. And not only that, but they vastly improved it from ILITW’s nerve score system too. 

In Woods, the only real consequences of low nerve are the fates of the characters in one chapter. There are a couple of nerve checks midway through the book, where the characters will talk about how they’re currently feeling. But you don’t see any real consequences and hardcore effects until Chapter 15. 

Beneath, on the other hand, had a nerve score system that was much more complex and fleshed out. Not only does it account for a group nerve score, which affects if anyone even dies at all, but there’s also a variety of potential consequences spread out through the chapters rather than all the fates concentrated into one chapter. Stuff like whether or not Parker will shoot Kelley and then leave the group, whether or not Danni would sell out to Astrid’s temptations, whether or not Tom would save MC from getting their finger bitten off, whether or not Imogen could stop her mom from taking her Power, all take place at certain moments throughout the later chapters and really emphasize the sense of danger our characters are in. 

And they remember these other outcomes too later on. Whether or not Imogen will be able to keep her power, affects whether she’ll be able to recruit zombified Diavolos or whether MC will remember the incantation to take someone’s Power (they’ll have a bit of trouble with it if Imogen’s able to keep her powers, because she cut off her mom in the middle of the incantation!). 

It’s this level of attention to detail that, while it’s easy to say OG HSS > HSS:CA, I’m having a harder time deciding which of the two It Lives books is better. I personally preferred Woods because I found the MC more flexible, their necessary background better established, and the characters much more compelling. But in terms of how fleshed out the lore and nerve score system is, it pales in comparison to Beneath, without a doubt. I plan to go a lot more in-depth about this in a separate “ILITW vs ILB” post. 

Overall, ILB does a great job with its story and with continuing the franchise. While I love that we got fans to make the third part of the anthology (and said third part does a lot of things that not even PB’s best works could even think of doing), PB should still be ashamed of themselves for canceling the sequel to this.

#choices stories you play #choices #choices game #choices stories we play fandom #choices stories we play #choices it lives in the woods #it lives anthology #it lives beneath #it lives series #ils #ila #choices ilb #ilb #choices ils #choices ila #cadybear's reviews

[what-the-monkey]

Let me preface this by saying AOS will always be in my top 10 kdramas of all time. It truly made me feel so many things, happiness, but mostly anxiety and stress. I don't think I've ever been more obsessed with a kdrama, which is why I need to put all my feelings down so that I can move on from this show. I am well aware that writers/directors cannot satisfy everyone and there's a lot of factors that influence the final outcome of the drama. But I just wanted to talk about the good parts and the bad parts as well as what I selfishly wanted to see. This is going to be all over the place, tbh.

First of all, my love for these characters and actors/actresses is truly unhinged. This is the first time I've seen any of them in a drama and I'll probably follow all of their careers for the rest of my kdrama life.

I think Jung Somin (JSM) and Go Younjung (GYJ) both did amazingly. They were different characters (but also the same) that did great with what they had. Not gonna lie, I was very worried about GYJ before S2 aired (this being her first lead role, her being a rookie, that she had never done romance before this, trying to follow JSM, etc. etc.) but she truly exceeded my expectations. Lee Jaewook (LJW) is my boy and it's hard to believe that he's only 24 years old. Shin Seung-ho and Yoo Insoo will always be in my heart and they're so funny and goofy (in real life especially) and I love them. Hwang Minhyun wasn't my favourite character, but the interactions of all of the actors in real life just makes my heart so warm. They're so cute!

I always have strong feelings towards writers when it comes to any type of show and I tend to feel the most hate towards them. Like do they not have moderators that go "oh, this is shit and doesn't make sense, please revise"? It always feels sad when the story that they've developed for years and the characters that we hold so dearly don't reach their potential. But as I said before these are my own selfish feelings.

Fantasy/romance genre is my absolute favourite. The further from reality the better and romance (when done well) just feeds my soul like no other. Fortunately/unfortunately fantasy has a lot of potential for world building and story telling. So where the kdrama fell flat was the plot, pacing and world building.

This drama had 30 episodes and they had multiple filler episodes that could've been used to flesh out the magical world and the dominant families and how they came to be. I loved ukiedoekie and ukyeong (my fav, tbh), but they could've given some of the other actors more screentime to better the plot.

The questions I have are: was the plan always to have Go Younjung come back? Because season 2 makes you question whether they even wanted her there. What happened with Jung Somin? Why did she not even have cameos in season 2, when clearly she should have? If it was just scheduling issues, then I kind get it, but she made that insignificant cameo when they could've made her do young Jin Buyeon's role, because it doesn't make sense that the 10 year old was there. Was the budget less for S2 than S1? Could they not afford JSM for S2 so they had to rewrite stuff? I just feel like the show really lacked cohesion in S2 and it shows and I'm trying to come up with excuses as to why. I loved Naksu/JBY/CY and how GYJ portrayed her, but the storyline and how they went about her character makes me question everything.

I do not like how they under utilized the female characters in this show. Jin Cho Yeon was just there. It's crazy to me that she was part of the oh so great "four seasons", for what?

Jang Uk (JU) and Mudoek were portrayed very well by the respective actors, I think they were great. But I wonder whether in interviews and press stuff whether it was a PR thing to not have them interact or make you feel anything when they're together (because they knew that LJW would be endgame with GYJ) so that the fans wouldn't get even more attached to them. Or did they not really "like" each other that much outside of their work or maybe their age gap was too significant? I put "like" in quotations because from the BTS videos they were always professional and pleasant with each other. I was sad when NO ONE from the AOS cast showed up to JSMs movie premier and no one really posted about her when the show wrapped for S2, except Yoo Insoo, that sweetheart.

LJW and GYJ are a whole other story. Their chemistry was extremely apparent on screen and in real life. I think they're the cutest and you can clearly see how much they care for each other and respect each other. If they were trying to distract the viewers from the plot with kissing scenes and on screen chemistry then it kinda worked, but I see you.

Naksu, Naksu, Naksu. That opening fight scene was the biggest clickbait I've ever seen in my entire life. I loooooove physically strong female leads that can fight with the boys and hold their own physically. Please see that I'm saying physically, because obviously emotionally or mentally strong is inferred. So to say I was sad that we never truly got to see that again is an understatement. In S2 I get why they ended it how they ended it, but if Naksu/Cho Yeong (CY) was never going to use her mage powers they could've fleshed out the priestess powers to make the ending more satisfying. (See earlier note about budget or them making JU look the strongest at the expense of the female character.)

I would've like to see JU and CY seeing each other when they found out that they could be together forever. Even if it was just them looking at each other from a far. (I just know that their micrexpressions would've slapped) I wish we got more interactions with all of the actors together. I wish that the final scene was them hunting a relic in Daeho and all the village people in awe of the power couple and seeing the faces of their friends and family knowing that they're home. That would've been cute. If they made half of season 2 about them hunting relics, I would've been so happy. I hate that they never cleared Naksu's name. Does the main cast know that she's Naksu or are they still lying to people? That's something that should've been cleared up. I also feel sad about Danggu and Mudoek's relationship that never got closure, because they were besties in S1. I would've also like to see more of Cho Yeon and Naksu's relationship, it was eluded to in one of the episodes that Cho Yeon is aware that Jin Buyeon is Naksu and she still treated her like her sister, which I found very endearing. So I would've like to see them being chosen sisters instead of just blood sisters. I quite like how they never bother to mention to JU that GYJs face is Naksu's original face, like they don't compare the two and JU immediately accepts it because he loves her soul. Cute.

I feel like they didn't let Naksu/CY deal with her trauma. That chick has been through a lot a lot. Like a lot. And they were just like "vibes, she continues". Why, when they gave JU time to heal from his trauma? Yes, in the end it was her choice to give up her sword and not train, but why couldn't they show us her healing process and how she decided that?

This brings me to the pacing of the show. S1 also had shit pacing, let's be honest, but S2 was worse because they could've had so much plot filled episodes and they still decided to give filler episodes. Season 1 kept on opening so many doors that they never closed and that continued on to S2. They dragged that amnesia plot and then the last 2 episodes were rushed. They very much showed the conflicting sides of JU in S2. They showed his reluctance to feel anything towards JBY and him pushing her away (I found him to be really mean at some points) and then his inability to see her suffer and caring for her from a distance. But to drag this out was also unnecessary, he was still mean to her up until ep 7.

That doctor chick was so fucking annoying. She literally had no point in S2 (or S1 really) except to be exceptionally annoying (please see earlier note about how female characters were underutilized and sidelined).

Anyways, regardless of budget and politics the storyline of AOS could've been much better, but I will always be grateful to the Hong sisters for giving me these characters and showing me these actors/actresses.

May 2023 bring in all the good kdramas and HEAs, because 2022 was a bit much. (A part of me hopes that GYJs new action kdrama "moving" is fucking amazing just so that the Hong sisters regret never giving her another action scene.)

#AOS #alchemy of souls #lee jaewook #go youn jung #kdrama #alchemy of souls: light and shadow #jung somin #hong sisters #yoo insoo #shin seung ho #hwang minhyun #jang uk #jang uk x naksu #naksu #ukyeong #cho yeong

[sapphire-weapon]

Hey, same ship anon and you summarised my feelings about Ada quite well! I'm very new to the franchise (and I first met her in original RE4) and just adored her. I saw so much exciting potential for this character and then the more I dived into it, I just became really disappointed!

It feels to me like they write absolutely nothing for her, other than to make Leon slightly more interesting and it's come across as lazy and misogynistic to me. Even her tumblr tag is completely saturated with him... It's why I really don't like the ship, because god she could just be so much MORE than "sexy cameo for the main guy".

Also yes, the Leon story wouldn't be severely impacted without her either. I would love for a separate Ada story altogether! Thanks so much for sharing your opinion with me! Have a lovely weekend.

Fingers crossed that RE4make's Separate Ways gives us the Ada story we've always needed.

The thing I like about Ashley, since you did ask earlier, is that she never tries to be anything other than what she is. Part of that is just because she's only ever been in the one title, but like. Some of the characters in RE feel confused just in concept.

Steve Burnside is probably the best example of this, where I have no idea what the fuck the idea behind him was ever actually supposed to be. He's a prisoner except it's only because of his dad and he can dual weild Lugers despite being a total dipshit who's only like 17 and he's in love with Claire because ??? And then he gets infected and Wesker steals his corpse and DID CAPCOM HAVE A PLAN AT ALL WHEN THEY STARTED WRITING CODE VERONICA

Ashley is just Ashley, and she never tries to be anything or anyone else.

And I really like the idea of Ashley being a grounding sense of normalcy for someone like Leon, who has the most complicated and miserable life of any of the main cast. And I love that he, in return, breaks her out of her privileged rich girl bubble and she's actually able to experience being treated like an actual person for once and know that her achievements are her own.

There's a potential there for the two of them to actually enrich each other as characters, because their relationship in canon is only just beginning and leaves the door open for more.

The issue with Leon and Ada is that, while they did also have the potential to enrich each other, that story between them ended pretty decisively at the end of RE2. But for some reason, it still tries to hang around, even though there's nothing more that the two of them can gain from each other. So they're just... aimlessly hanging on to each other in a way that does nothing to benefit either of them and makes the entire narrative shittier as a result.

I could go into more about Leon and Ashley's dynamic and all of the things I love about them, but since we were specifically talking about character roles in terms of the utilization of them in canon, I did just want to touch on that one point real fast.

[javaelemental]

(Netflix) Avatar: The Last Airbender, Ep. 5

These last few episodes have been pretty decent. Shame the first two were so rough. Spoilers.

June and Koh and Hei Bei... These weren't all the same story in the first season of the original, were they? Maybe they were. If they weren't, they were all pretty close together. It's been awhile since I saw the cartoon, so I don't quite remember.

Cameo from the Knowledge Owl here... not sure I love that. I suppose it's better than a random monkey, though.

Didn't care for the bit with Gyatso at all. It just seemed trite. Like here's the fellow you feel like you let down, now you can clear the air and move on. Sometimes you don't get to do that, kids. Sometimes you just have to carry that with you. I kind of liked that that was a thing that Aang had to carry, and learn to live with. Here it's just blessed away.

I do like the expansion of Koh's part - he always seemed under-utilized in the cartoon. Like, here's this incredibly cool villain, surely we'll be back to deal with him later - wait, what, no? Never again? Huh.

The "face the truth and sink into despair" thing is sooooo overdone. One time, people. Just one time I want to see a character go "Well, that fucking sucked, glad that happened several years ago and I'm over it now. Anyway..."

I like this direct competition aspect between Zuko and Azula that's being set up here. That wasn't in the original. Zuko was thoroughly out of the running, and Azula was absolutely on top in the original. This way gives their relationship more bite. I like it.

#ATLA #NATLA #Netflix' Avatar: The Last Airbender #Avatar: The Last Airbender

[sailorsally]

imo I think they didn’t want to even acknowledge the confession or cas because it was too much to unpack and they (jensen and misha) don’t know how, they’ve been written into a corner. Misha has had a love-hate relationship with the show/fandom for the last few years and had to process peoples reactions to Cas’s unrequited feelings at the same time as his divorce (which made a lot of his cameo vids awkward) and told people at m&gs as late as December that “the show cost him his marriage” (idk why he’s telling fans this). so I don’t think anybody wants to bring cas back unless they have some utility for his character, and I don’t have any more expectations for the confession being addressed beyond Cas reassuring Dean that he doesn’t need anything from him, because Misha was pretty determined to find the beauty in Cas finding self-acceptance through unconditional love for another person.

Oh, I have never thought about how the cameos coincided with his ongoing devorce 😬

As for them having been written into a corner, that checks out. There are only two ways out: 1) Dean says it back 2) Cas assures Dean it's not that important and they basically brush it off. Which with Jensen Not Getting the romantic nature of Destiel, is a real fear I have.

As for Misha saying the show cost him his marriage... That makes me very sad for him. Relationships are hard and it's even harder when you have 14h long work days and extra 2 hours of commute pretty much constantly. I think he is so fixated on spending time with his kids now because he missed a lot from when they were younger. I have a hunch that in the end, Vicky didn't really appreciate being stuck home alone with kids most of the time. And no, I am not calling Misha a deadbeat dad. I wish I had a dad as caring and present as him. It's just, hours are brutal in film industry. From my personal experience filming is like running a sprint. Your body can just barely make it to the end of 30 day shoot and then you need months to recover. Doing that for 12 years is unimaginable to me.

Anyways he probably said that to fans because he felt safe, not because he was bitching or complaining. I also think Misha is emotionally mature enough not to hold 'grudges' against Cas or SPN for his failed divorce. Plus I genuinely think he loves that guy. He just loves Cas! He has said so! Cas is his bestie 💙 And he cares about us fans a lot so I think he's be game to return. (Said so in the recent interview didn't he?)

As for Misha being determined to find beauty in Cas loving Dean unconditionally and not needing to hear it back, thinking about this now, I think that is what he personally needed to hear at that time. It's apparent that he was still deeply in love with Vicky even after separation. So I say if we get to have Cas comfort us, Misha deserves his own piece of comfort too. Though things change, perspectives change, feelings come and go, and besides it's not Misha who is writing is it? All in all, I can't believe I have ranted so much but I would say I still have more faith in Misha than Jensen. Sorry but that's how I'm built 😌

#ask sally #very long and unnecessary rant about the actor man and adjacent events

[total-drama-shark]

ok so first off: the zoey split is an awesome idea and i love the fact that ur bringing back molly for this. but im curious abt them and also your rewrite in general for example, zoeys title in td is 'the indie chick' and she has a lot of lines abt being an outcast and nobody really liking her at home. she has pretty obvious self-esteem issues at times, so im curious if this will transfer into your new zoey? and what would happen to commander zoey? do u lean more into the radioactive aspect of camp wawanaka now or is it just. gone. are any other characters drastically changed?

I’m so happy you like the idea! Okay here’s how things go down in the rewrite

Molly gets the indie chick label while Zoey gets a brand new girl next door label, her insecurities about being lonely aren’t because she was an only child anymore but because she actually recently moved to Canada and has been struggling to make friends and adapt to the country’s customs (I really want to make her Polynesian btw) this would also give a bit of an ironic twist to the girl next door label which I think is a bit funny.

Commander Zoey is still a thing! I’m my rewrite Molly and Mike basically get voted out back to back so Zoey’s snap has more to do with her losing the two people she was closest to instead of just Mike, I like to think a few of the skills Zoey get as Commander Zoey were taught from Molly :)

I’m still very undecided on wether to lean on or against the toxic waste gimmick because I think it makes the season unique but idk how I’d utilize it or take advantage of it.

Zoey is the most drastically changed character but Scott get more strategies besides throwing challenges and doesn’t get maimed by fang, Mike learns to coexist with his alters (and trust me I do not mean by integrating/fusing) and Dakota also get some changes with her elimination episode actually being one were she gets tired of Chris’ bull so she locks him and Chef up in a closet and hosts the episode and everyone has a ton of fun and once Chris get out Dakota quits right before he can fire her.

Also a gimmick I wanted to play with more is the gen 1 cameos, I think it’d be fun if one contestant of the first Gen would cameo every episode and maybe even had some challenges themed or created by them (I have some ideas already for Harold and Katie and Sadie)

#total drama #total drama revenge of the island #td zoey #td dakota #ask

[umbrellasareforever]

Power of the Doctor is such an interesting episode because there’s honestly a lot I enjoyed about it but I’ve seen a lot of very good critiques that I can’t help but agree with as well. It’s honestly been a minute since I’ve felt so divided on an episode. 

Let’s start with the things I really dug. 

First off, I don’t care if it doesn’t make sense in terms of regeneration science, I really enjoyed the idea of the Master having the plan to literally steal the Doctor’s body and go around the universe ruining the Doctor’s reputation. I think that’s a really fun plan and it feels different from a lot of other Master plans and yet a good evolution from other plans the Master has had. 

Somewhat connected to the plan, I really REALLY loved seeing the visual manifestation of what regeneration is like. The idea of the previous self essentially having to let go to let the next incarnation take over? 10/10. The Guardians being various faces of previous incarnations giving us a chance to have multiple past-Doctor cameos? 100000/10 that scene made me so insanely happy and it also made me dislike Day of the Doctor even more because my god it’s such a genius idea. Not to mention it was just so beautiful to see Sylv and Colin and Paul again and the addition of using David Bradley once again as the 1st Doctor is just pure chef’s kiss. 

Another aspect I really, really dug (again, somewhat connected) is the absolutely lovely moments of closure with Teagan/5 and Ace/7. I honest to god got teary-eyed during both and I would watch those scenes over and over again. I know it’s incredibly fan-service but 1) I love it 2) it’s the centenary special as well as Jodie’s finale so I think we deserve the fan-service.

Now, a couple negative things. 

While I really loved the Master’s plan, I do think it gets very buried under a lot of other things. It’s tough for me to say this was a problem because I also feel like the focus of the companions (and primarily Yaz) doing everything they can to save the day was also good. The “power” of the Doctor as it were is her friends and the people who would do anything to help her, so of course the primary focus of the episode is going to be her friends doing everything they can to stop the evil while the Doctor is rather indisposed. 

Somewhat similar to that negative; the idea of a Dalek betraying the Dalek race because it thinks the Dalek’s have lost the right to survive is SO GOOD and SO LOST in this story and that kills me because genuinely what a fascinating idea!!! SO INTERESTING!!! But just completely buried within all the other stuff. 

Okay, okay now this one is an honest negative that doesn’t have a positive blended with it; why the hell was Ashad there? I don’t mean that in a, “how did he survive?” way, we got a BS explanation for that. I mean, what was the point of him being there? He didn’t add anything to the story, he didn’t do anything that screams Ashad™️ to me. Just felt a bit pointless. 

On that note of pointless characters, as much as I know that Vinder was there because “friends of the Doctor are the Doctor’s greatest power” he also felt just so insanely pointless beyond “we need someone to shoot a gun” like?? ok?? Get Ace or Tegan or KATE to do it???

The biggest bit I’m conflicted on, of course, is the regeneration. 

The effect was gorgeous, her last words were genuinely wonderful, and I really enjoy a regeneration episode regenerating on a high note rather than a grim and sad note... buuuuuuuut regenerating into Tennant. Let’s talk about that. 

Do I like the idea of a regeneration that’s being tampered with and leaving us on a rather unique cliffhanger? Yes. Do I think this cliffhanger would’ve been better utilized if we didn’t have to wait over a year to get answers to it? YES 1000%.  I think that is where my biggest problem comes in is that, unlike the Stolen Earth cliffhanger of 10 regenerating after being shot by a Dalek, we aren’t going to get a resolution to it in a timely manner. Meaning that it’ll have time just to sit and stir and for people who didn’t like it, that’s just going to make them like it even less, and for those who did like it, they may change their minds or come up with theories to it that will inevitably be better than what we actually get.  I also think that, while I enjoy the idea of really playing with a regeneration moment and trying to give it a unique shock factor, there is something really disappointing about Jodie regenerating into Tennant. I think it’s the fact that Tennant is still considered by many to be the best/most popular New Who Doctor so to go from a Doctor that got an insanely unfair amount of criticism to an actor that gets nothing but praise in the role does feel a little crappy. Had 13 regenerated into Paul McGann? That would’ve been wild and the idea of Paul McGann and Donna running around together is very interesting. 

I think another problem with it is the fact that Russel is treating it very much as Tennant is now 14 and Gatwa is going to be 15. While I think there’s something amusing and interesting about an incarnation only being around for 3 episodes, I also just think it leaves a weird taste in the mouth saying that Tennant has played 2 separate incarnations of the Doctor  in the span of a decade or two. Again, a big part of that just comes from the fact that he is surrounded with so much praise I think. 

Of course, I also wouldn’t be surprised if Russel was totally messing with us and it’s going to be revealed that this version of Tennant isn’t an incarnation and is the Celestial Toymaker (or whatever Neil Patrick Harris is playing) totally messing with the Doctor and having a bit of fun. I think the fact that the clothes changed along with the Doctor is a big giveaway to that because let’s be honest, a proper regeneration hasn’t changed the clothes since the first regeneration back in 1966. 

However, my biggest issue with the regenerating into Tennant is that it is the thing I think most people are thinking about and talking about, whether positive or negative, and that means it took away focus from what was most important; this was Jodie’s last episode. 

Yeah, the regeneration and the new Doctor is always a big talking point when it comes to a final episode, but this is just so different. It’s an actor who’s already played the Doctor, it’s setting up some big story that’s gonna span 3 anniversary episodes, and it’s David Tennant. It’s a hell of a lot different than the chatter that normally occurs when a new Doctor graces our screens. 

Okay. That’s the extent of my thoughts for now. I’m sure I could talk about a hell of a lot more, but these are the immediate thoughts that are racing through my brain a little more than 12 hours after viewing it for the first time. If you’ve read this far, thank you very much! 

#Power of the Doctor #Doctor Who Spoilers #Jodie Whittaker #13th Doctor #Sacha Dhawan #The Master #Chris Chibnall #David Tennant #Ace McShane #Sophie Aldred #Tegan #Regeneration #my thoughts #Daleks #Cybermen

[nostalgiaruinedme]

Honestly, I blame the executives at Nick more than I can ever really blame the Rise crew (apparently, the crew had a TON of arguments with them over getting ANY original Rise characters in and were only successful in at least getting Hypno and Warren significant roles an brief little cameos for those like Todd and Cassandra). Given TMNT is a generations-old franchise, it would make sense that Nick executives would be so iron-fisted about what they want publicly shown in the movie in contrast to Disney's executives being lax with the newer and more original TOH series, their mindset likely being "Meh, do whatever you want. It's still gonna get canceled anyway."

Granted, I also personally don't have any problem with the character of Casey Jones Jr. (Haley did a great job performing as him). If anything, it reminds me of that IDW comic arc in which Casey has a daughter in an apocalyptic future named Cassandra. While I do wish characters and story elements were better utilized in the movie (though with the characters, the movie apparently takes place two years from season 2's finale), I do think the executives had a much stronger hand in how the movie was portrayed than in the show itself (honestly, the same could be said for story elements of the live action films minus the explosions and violence [the Nick executives clearly let Micheal Bay go buck wild with at least those aspects as long as the quota of central TMNT characters and references was met]), especially since movies (particularly animated ones) are treated much differently and are portrayed as a bigger cash grab than their TV shows.

Regardless of how the movie was done, my hope is that it leads to Season 3 being made as it would give the Rise crew a greater chance to fix and utilize things from the movie to better fit the series and add further lore for us fans.

Sorry about the long response. 😅 Just wanted to give my share on the matter. Hope you have a lovely day!

While I understand your position, I gotta disagree (but I do appreciate your ask being so nice <3 respectful debates are great).

Whether it was the executives or the crew, the end result stays the same that the movie just… really abandoned everything that made Rise great. Future Casey wasn’t portrayed as a lineage of the actual Casey, but as a replacement- literally no one batted an eye at them having the same names and no one even brought up Casey until the very end. It’s just not the same as bringing in a character’s child, because he really was a replacement.

And I have my issues with both Bayverse movies, but they both still felt like they were a part of the same universe. The 2nd one still felt like the characters were the same people, and not replaced with new ones who had their minds wiped of what happened in the previous years. And I don’t think it’s fair to just say this was an issue because Rise was an animated movie - the Batman vs the TMNT movie respected its characters WAAAYYYY better than the Rise movie. It’s not just an animation

I still don’t think Season 3 would be good for the series. I think it will further ruin the show, maybe completing abandoning Casey and Yokai and Draxum… I’d rather it end on the high note that was Season 2. I don’t wanna see it stray even worse.

But yea, that’s just my view. Ofc you’re welcome to have your own, and I hope you have a good day too!

#tmnt #rottmnt #rise of the teenage mutant ninja turtles #asks

[uss-copperright]

Teaser

So I set the poll to run for a week, so obviously I don’t have the final results yet. However, inspiration struck shortly after that poll released and I came up with an idea for a story that I think would be really cute.

Below is a teaser for a story that, for the time being, I have titled The Niece. (I know I’m terrible at titles. I’m still working on that bit.) I wrote this pretty quickly, but I am proud of how it turned out. It is told from Reginald’s perspective, in case that is unclear.

I was hoping I would be able to utilize asks as a method for storytelling with this, but in order for that to work I would need people to send in asks. Don’t get me wrong, I can create a couple of plot-centric posts without prompting, but I think that this would be especially fun if audience participation was part of it.

And look, I know that the THSC fandom is mostly dead now. I know it’s been years since the last game released. Still, I wanted to at least try something like this to see if people might enjoy it. If this is something that you want to see more of, please like and/or comment on this post. I know from trying something kind of similar in the past that it is hard to stay motivated on a project like this if it doesn’t seem like people care.

In all honesty, I really hope this post does well. As some extra incentive, here are some of the things I am planning to include:

Exploration of the Copperright dynamic

Two bumbling but sincere men struggling with a new challenge

Angst, but not enough that the story becomes overwhelmingly sad

Possible cameos of other THSC characters, especially other Toppats

The honeymoon phase of a relationship

Flashbacks where a gay man is crushing on a “straight” man, and the latter turns out to not be straight at all.

When I first got the message, it was around 4:00 on a Thursday. It was a day like most others, or at least it had been until that fateful moment that the email was delivered to my public mailbox. The subject line was general enough: Urgent News for Mr. Copperbottom. I wanted to ignore it, but I couldn’t help but notice that the email address the message was coming from was associated with a hospital near the town where I grew up. Against my better judgment, I opened the message.

I had to reread the message three times to understand what it was saying. Rory— Aurora— was… dead? And her daughter needed a parent. God, that poor kid. I decided right then and there that I was not going to let Autumn go to foster care. I would figure something out. I just had to find a way to cover up my… record on the adoption papers. I didn’t have any clue how I could find the time to raise a child on top of my heavy workload, but I would cross that bridge when I came to it. Right now, I just had to find a way to help my niece.

What do you think? I’m really excited about this project, but I would love feedback on this teaser. If you would be at all interested ins Ewing where this goes, like the post or otherwise interact with it to demonstrate that to me. Thanks!

A poll for the sake of getting people to interact:

#thsc #thsc reginald copperbottom #thsc rhm #copperright #thsc fandom #thsc henry stickmin #thsc sven svensson #original post #gay #original content #plot #digital art #please like this #please like and share #please give me a shot #big project #teaser

[voidsentprinces]

I standby the fact that Nero became 1000% more powerful, the moment he stopped being jealous of Cid and realized he could irritate the fuck out of Garlond while being as dramatic and smug as possible. Honestly, seeing him in his envious schtick for the Praetorium cutscene made me realize just how dull he was. There were hints he could do SO much better and then Stormblood happens and its like, “YES! LET NERO CHEW THE SCENERY AND BE ABSOLUTELY TO 11!” love the character, really sad they didn’t utilize him in Endwalker more than a brief couple cameos. I would of loved to have him join us to Ultima Thule and investigate the Loporitt’s tech. Alas...

[distort-opia]

Hi :) I feel, as a big Bat-comic fan, you probably watched a lot of DC shows and cartoons (or at least Batman related). Do you watch superhero productions not DC related? If I remember correctly, you once mentioned Loki.

Currently? Not... really. I didn't even finish Loki, only got to episode 2 or 3, because it went entirely downhill from there, characterization-wise. For me, both Thor and Loki as characters are not the same ever since Ragnarok. Which I am bitter about, because I used to love Loki a lot.

But this makes it obvious I have watched Marvel stuff, besides DC :)) I haven't kept up with all their TV series, but from the more recent ones, I did like WandaVision (minus the finale, I am still pissed off about it) and Moon Knight. God, really loved Moon Knight, fully recommend it. I liked Jessica Jones too, and the first season of Daredevil. But, in general, I've gotten just as disillusioned with Marvel as everyone else on this webbed site, so I've long stopped actively following their stuff. That being said... I have seen (checks letterboxd list) 82% of all existing Marvel movies, apparently. Sigh. I even watched Doctor Strange: Multiverse of Madness, which had the sole redeeming qualities of camp horror and seeing Wanda go feral (because ohoho, that cameo from Patrick Stewart as Charles Xavier made me so mad; it was utilized in the dumbest, most OOC way). But I'm certainly not planning on going to watch any other Marvel movie very soon. Maybe pirating one, but not paying for it.

X-Men though! I've watched both the original and the newer movies, plus the X-Men animated series from the 90's and X-Men: Evolution (which is great). If I haven't been insane about it enough on this blog, I must say I love Michael Fassbender as Magneto and James McAvoy as Professor X. X-Men: First Class is pretty much a friends-to-lovers-to-enemies fever dream with extra found family on the side. If you haven't seen it, I highly recommend it. Then, Days of Future Past I also stand by, but Apocalypse and Dark Phoenix are horrid.

#I have also tried out The Umbrella Academy which technically. is superhero stuff #but it didn't pull me in. thinking of revisiting later #and now I am of course considering starting The Boys #it's all over my dash because... Jensen Ackles looking like THAT. obviously #we shall see #thanks for the ask! #don't know if you've adventured into the Marvel world too much but #but if you do now... stick to pre-2016 stuff at least :)) #asks #marvel negativity #marvel stuff

[clueless-fan-critic]

Thor 4: What to Love and Finding its Thunder

SPOILERS. Like Seriously, don’t read unless you want to be spoiled.

Review

With the return of Taiki Waititi in the director seat, Thor is back with a fun bang of an epic soundtrack, silly action, and heartfelt moments. The movie itself was a fun adventure movie and little break from the MCU’s serious setup of the Multiverse. I personally like the movie as a popcorn film with a genuine amount of love in it. Its real strength comes from its fusion of intense action and absurd fun ranging from Thor doing a split to stop two space motorcycles to having an army of super children fight monsters. But the more heartfelt moments do tug at your heart from time to time including Jane’s death and Gorr’s wish for his daughter to come back to life.

Thor Odinson

Thor returns to his former glory from his Endgame breakdown into a strong bod god. Thor is the perfect blend of trying to find himself and who he is without being the superhero or Prince of Asgard. His interactions with Jane after their breakup was surprisingly sweet yet awkward like a lot of people who’ve broken up might act like. In the end, Thor takes up a father role adopting Gorr’s daughter and teaching her to become a hero.

The Mighty Thor

The return of Jane Foster begins with her dealing with cancer and finding a way to cure it, so she resorts to using Mjolnir and suddenly gaining the powers of Thor. The Mighty Thor comic is one of my favorite stories from Marvel that explores Jane’s willingness to become a hero in the face of death, thus an aspect of this story integrated into her movie portrayal. Her actions seems are incredibly fun with Mjolnir, fully assembled but still broken after Hela crushed it, breaking apart like a meteor shower and reassembling in her hand was one of the best parts to watch. I mean, it’s just satisfying to see the piece quickly reform back into the hammer.

Other Characters

Honestly, I don’t have too much to say about the characters outside of them being both fun and bizarre in a sense that they’re not as utilized as I thought they would be.

The Guardians of the Galaxy take up the same role as Doctor Strange in Thor Ragnarok, being a brief cameo rather than actually playing a direct role in the film.

Gorr the God Butcher is your typical movie bad guy with a sad backstory that makes us empathize with him. Christian Bale’s acting tends to swing from Joker-esque villain to quiet, subtle madman.

Valkyrie is surprisingly underutilized throughout the film with some standout moments and fun fighting.

The introduction of the gods in the MCU wasn’t as exciting as the rest of the film. I was kind of hoping for Gorr to find them in Omnipotence City and basically destroy most of them in an instance. Zeus was made more of a joke character rather than an intimidating threat, which is fine but would have been better to see a Thor vs Zeus battle.

OVERALL

Thor Love and Thunder is fun mixbag of action, romance, and awkward comedy with the typical MCU-isms you’d expect.

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