#about the prequel

[eisforeidolon]

I agree that the mismatch in dean's appearance which struck in eyes was not his outfit rather more of his hairstyle and bread. Even if he were wearing his usual flannel then also it Won't suit. We have adapted to Jensen's new look and new roles now and it is difficult to see dean in jensen when his whole fashion is different. I was first shocked, then disappointed and then angry when I saw Beau Arlen talking with Bobby in a scene-cap. I fully understand he cannot just cut his hair and beard for one day cameo of Dean Winchester especially if he is working between other projects, but still they should have been more careful and handled the look with much attention and figured out something else to make him 'dean' again rather than going with the flow and assume jensen is dean always.

(2) The hair and beard could easily be explained with Jensen not being able to cut/shave it off because of Big Sky, regardless if he would be able to grow it back in time to film. The clothes were an odd choice, because denim and flannel span decades, even when he went back to the '40s he didn't look out of place, Eliot Ness just thought he was a hobo.

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Putting these together since they're on the same topic.

Yeah, this is kinda my thought - I can understand Jensen not changing his grooming for one episode because of other projects and as i said in the other post, it's not like Dean didn't wear costumes several times. But I think Jensen & Co. really didn't consider how jarring it might seem to some of the audience when Dean's look really didn't ever change *that* much, even with the other outfits. Especially when mainly what Dean was there doing was expositional filler, which Jensen himself said in one of those interviews was rarely something left to the brothers in the OG by the end. So that's at least two strikes that are going to feel distractingly not-Dean for at least some of the audience.

#askboxery #anonymous #about the prequel #minor anti prequel sentiment

[vivicendium]

i think something that elevates the hunger games franchise is not just the quality of writing but the integrity of it. tbosas isn’t just a cash-grab by suzanne collins in the age of sequels and reboots (though i won’t pretend that didn’t play a part), it’s a character study of the main antagonist with a different structure than the main trilogy. and importantly, it doesn’t just re-hash the same old themes and beats the main trilogy had, it expands on not just the world of the hunger games but the themes as well, it actually has something new to say about the trilogy’s themes about class, capitalism, power, and control, in a way that couldn’t be explored with the main story because the protagonist of that story simply did not have access to the world that’s being explored in tbosas.

i understand the people who call for books/movies to be made about haymitch, finnick, johanna, different years of the games — we love those characters and want to see more of them! i’d kill for a novella on finnick’s days mentoring tributes, or katniss’s parents falling in love. but at the end of the day we probably wouldn’t be very satisfied with those stories being fleshed out if they had absolutely nothing new to say about the world, they’d be enjoyable, but not as interesting and engaging as tbosas has been.

#the hunger games #the ballad of songbirds and snakes #thg #tbosas #lucy gray baird #coriolanus snow #finnick odair #johanna mason #haymitch abernathy #thg series #thg meta #hunger games prequel #been thinking about this since i read tbosas tbh #rachel zegler #tom blyth #josh andres rivera #movie industry

[linkeduniverse]

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#linkeduniverse #many of them have companions/allies who've had a secret identity #Having an outline of a LU prequel (How-they-met story) it's fun dropping hints about it.

[fictionadventurer]

Personally, it's always a bit wild to me to see commentators interact with the Hunger Games franchise as if Collins were writing science fiction stories instead of essays with faces. She's just not that interested in fleshing out side characters or digging into the details of the worldbuilding. These characters are concepts and symbols before they're people. There's an almost mathematical precision to who and what she explores and how deeply she does it. This is a step or two away from pure allegory. If she were writing a couple of centuries ago, she'd have named her characters things like Innocence and Anger and Watch-Carefully-Your-Soul-Lest-Ye-Be-Damned, but since she's writing for modern audiences, she has to settle for puns and allusions. If she has another essay to write, she'll assign some faces to it; she's not going to look into backstories or other eras just for the sake of storytelling, and it's not a failing as a writer that she doesn't.

#the hunger games #the ballad of songbirds and snakes #suzanne collins #i've done plenty of comparisons between her work and tolkien but this is where she turns chesterton #this is partly in response to an article and comments about where the franchise could go next #(where the usual suspects like finnick and haymitch's games were mentioned) #and also a bit about a comment on a prequel fanfic i saw #where they're like 'you're better than collins in fleshing out the worldbuilding and characters' #as if that was something she was trying to do

[vaguely-concerned]

when obi-wan said 'I won't kill anakin' and then spent the entire rest of his life following through on that. fuck everyone else obi-wan I respect you yoda should've taken you at your fucking word

'boohoo why did he walk away and not kill anakin this time either even with all the suffering he'll go on to cause if he lets him go' he's told you why very clearly you just didn't believe him I guess!! desperately not killing anakin is obi-wan's main export. it's his universal constant, his life's work, his magnum opus. he gets creative about not killing that guy. he tries to send anakin's teenage twink son to do the job for him because he simply can't. he fucking... peaces out and dies to avoid killing anakin. that's like his whole deal. whether he's right to be like this is another entirely separate conversation but it is what he is

#also it's a prequel and I think we would have noticed if obi-wan killed vader before luke even met him lol #star wars #obi wan kenobi #if anything it's a thrill to me that he had the chance again and. didn't do it. like I said universal constant #'What if I simply. didn't'. and then he didn't. and was sad about it forever. it's the good stuff #this is entirely performative indignation btw I am not vagueblogging at anyone I'm just waxing histrionic for fun lol

[starfilledsea]

trying to describe black sails to people is my personal sisyphean task. “it’s a pirate show” bad. “it’s functionally a prequel to treasure island but also it’s not at all” bad again, and also confusing. “it’s about pirates trying to destroy western civilization” mostly only true of the second half of the show and also doesn’t fully capture what i love about it. “it’s a pirate show about the power of stories, how civilization uses shame to keep people in line and turns them into monsters, and the power of queer rage. it’s got some of the best acting, writing, everything of any show i’ve ever seen.” the most accurate, but way too long and makes me sound pretentious and insane. send help i just want to talk about my favorite show.

#black sails #i usually just got for ‘it’s functionally a prequel to treasure island’ but that says nothing about it. i tried to give my coworker the las #one yesterday but i do think i just sounded unhinged lmao #does anyone have a way that works i’d love to hear it so i can stop living like this

[anna-scribbles]

just thinking abt stuff

#my art #ml #thirteen #miraculous ladybug #adrien agreste #emilie agreste #felix graham de vanily #felix fathom #btw if there’s anyone out there who just wants to talk to me extensively about the year adrien was 13. just let me know #i just think that if felix knew all the senti stuff he had to have known his dad was dying while it was happening f #and i imagine he assumed that the same was happening for adrien #until he found out it was emilie #(me cobbling together everythjng i can find in canon into a feasible timeline) this prequel would be so good u guys just trust me

[genderlessghoul]

For your consideration on this fine afternoon :

A picture where you can see how the guitar strap wore down the fabric of the ghouls' Prequelle coat over time.

#the band ghost #ghost bc #nameless ghoul #nameless ghouls #prequelle ghouls #prequelle #meerkat talks about ghost costumes

[stealingpotatoes]

i have one braincell and it is constantly occupied with the twins going to naboo and meeting padmé's family

(support me on kofi!)

#pooja naberrie #luke skywalker #leia organa #princess leia #star wars #my doods #comic #in my being normal about padme in the og trilogy era! #look ive been living in padme lives aus since i was like 7. for my own sake. but im finally taking a peek into the outside (canon) world #also my prequels fan is showing this is the first time in 14yrs of being into sw that im drawing luke #skywalkers & naberries

[stopblowingholesinmyships]

nothing will ever beat baby anakin saying "qui-gon sir i don't want to be a problem" and qui gon telling him "you won't be ani" being followed by numerous movies and shows where he was in fact the galaxy's biggest problem

#anakin skywalker #star wars #star wars prequels #darth vader #for the purpose of this post i am talking about the timeline order not our chronological order

[inquisitor-apologist]

God I’m just thinking. And ugh, the Jedi’s martial arts must have been amazing. They had seven distinct styles, passed down over a thousand generations, by uncountable lineages.

Every lineage must have had their own katas, their own training methods and distinct variations on the forms. There were probably inter-lineage feuds on what type of sparring they taught, variations on specific katas, which techniques were acceptable in sparring, anything. You KNOW those High Republic Outpost Jedi must have created new styles that were gradually subsumed into the 7 forms.

What would a Jedi Tournament have looked like? Were there ones for specific forms, like Soresu-only competitions? Did they have some kind of point sparring? Was there an endurance/blocking division? How would they have measured Force abilities in a tournament setting? How did they score?

In conclusion, SHOW ME THE SECRET JEDI MARTIAL ARTS LORE LUCASFILM

#this is brought to you by: kid who has been doing karate since 8 thinking about how Mace Windu developed his own style #Lucasfilm I am in your walls I need to know #star wars #prequel jedi #Jedi order #jedi culture #Jedi martial arts #Jedi tournaments

[eisforeidolon]

Mmmm BUT Jensen,Robbie Thompson and Danneel have in fact deleted Sam from TW and therefore from SPN franchise, it’s not about Jared, I don’t really give a damn if he is in that show, I actually hope he won’t, but they have LITERALLY deleted Sam,I get you all don’t care and it’s fine but facts are facts and Sam fans feelings are valid you know?

They ~*deleted*~ Sam, huh?

Personally, I don't remember Sam having any role in John & Mary getting together, which is primarily what TW is about. In terms of the main narrative of the prequel? A character can't be ~*deleted*~ from something they never had a role in.

Even when it comes to the framing story with Dean? Unless I've missed something massive (possible, tbh), he's only appeared onscreen twice, once in a photograph, and nothing has been revealed as to why he's there narrating or when it is in his timeline. He's been that much of a nonentity.

If Sam is off living his mortal life, he's just not there right now - the same way Dean wasn't with him in the last part of the finale. It's not just inaccurate but really melodramatic to refer to that as being ~*deleted*~. Like, seriously, a few paltry voice-overs narrating someone else's story is that threatening to your understanding of Sam's importance? Wow.

The only sense in which Sam might have been deleted is if the framing story is about trying to set some kind of interference with the main SPN storyline to rights. As Jensen and Robbie have pointedly said TW will not negate or change the main continuity, not only would that be temporary and exclusive to TW? The entire point of said story would very much be about un-deleting Sam. Which again, very weird thing to be salty about, IMO.

#askboxery #anonymous #about the prequel

[raepliica]

one of these nights

#trigun #trimax #trigun maximum #vash the stampede #nicholas d. wolfwood #vash centric? #vashwood #<- if u want it to be #its about the codependency of it all🤌 #going back to my old art from this past summer and trying to finish them part.1 #tried to fix the dialogues so many times bc no they wouldnt fcking say that #was reading trimax vol.1-2 at the time so i got inspired to sprinkle some of the slight tension they had going on👍👍 #vash turning miserable & acting like a dog who got left in a cardboard box under the rain when the guy who keeps him in check leaves shortl #if 98' vash is the silly over-drinking with strangers type when he's by himself then trimax vash is the moppy lone wolf drinker #i need more miserable drunk vash #also the way i ended the last page unintentionally makes it look like the prequel to my <Heartbeat> comic haha #drafted both around the same time and i didnt even realize #raepliica_art

[r-2-peepoo]

I just saw a really stupid take from a Star Wars fan (I know, absolutely unheard of! (heavy sarcasm)) so here is a reminder:

People who ship clones with Jedi are more than aware of the power dynamic. That’s a huge part of what makes them interesting. If we were to to ship Cody with basically anyone else other than Obi Wan, it probably wouldn’t work as well because Obi Wan is precisely the last person who would ever want to pressure him or cross his boundaries.

The Jedi were totally screwed over and backed into a war that goes against so much of what they stand for and on top of that, now they have an entire army of brand new humans to lead. All of those brand new humans are totally unique and just experiencing the world for the first time, even though they’re all mature adults too. It’s a totally screwed up situation which puts so much added pressure onto the Order, so we throw romantic feelings on top of that and we’re not supposed to find that absurdly compelling?

Obi Wan is literally defined by his empathy and his kindness. The reason shipping him with Cody works so well is because there is no one who represents what the Jedi are meant to be better than him. Goodness is at the core of his character. There would never be a day that he didn’t value Cody’s wellbeing over his own feelings. Not to mention that they’re both so dedicated to their beliefs and responsibilities that a relationship is never even realistically an option while the war is going on.

Codywan is about the yearning. It’s about them both knowing they have feelings for each other and not being able to do anything about it because they are fighting for something much bigger than themselves. It’s about the infamous “after the war” conversation that they never got to have. It’s about them meeting again on Tatooine years later, finally on equal footing and completely alone in the galaxy, bonded together by their grief.

That’s why people love Codywan. The suggestion of anything otherwise is just an insult to the hard work all the artists and writers have put into making some of the most incredible fanfiction and fanart and fanon lore I’ve ever seen in any fandom ever.

P.S.— the portrayal of something in a piece of media doesn’t equal the condoning or promoting of that sort of behaviour. I thought we’d long since established that. Let’s use our brains here.

#preaching to the masses by putting this in the codywan tag but nvm #if your media literacy is dead I totally get how these ships would seems weird to you #pretty sure every sw ship comes with its ethical complications bc that’s how adult relationships work #it’s about how you handle it #all of my long posts are motivated by either anger or spite #codywan #clone/jedi ships #obi wan kenobi #commander cody #star wars #clone wars #star wars prequels #sw

[vaszametili]

them—

original

#star wars #star wars prequels #star wars fanart #anakin skywalker #obi wan kenobi #obikin #kind of? bc i was thinking about them when i was painting

[qourmet]

[ prev ] you guys will Never believe what someone asked me to continue LMAOO

c0mm'd by @micchikureshima & @thebiscuiteternal

+ an extra (cw for canon-typical violence & slight blood)

#muppetverse mdzs: the thrilling prequel #AND sequel #mdzs #lan xichen #lan wangji #wei wuxian #nie mingjue #nie huaisang #qin su #jin guangyao #everyone go say ur thankyous to the two @'d cos this was an incredibly silly c0mm to have gotten LMAOO #i'll link the og to this & vice versa in about #muppet!mdzs