#alo talks

[missingalo]

Gimmie a scene or panel of any of the Wings Of Fire comic adaptations and I'll redraw one of them. :)

(be sure to either send the page number or TAG me in a post / repost) So I can see them

#wings of fire #wof #wings of fire comic #alo talks

[chonnysinferno]

the going thru it guy

also somewthing that i cant explain. yea like only one person could get what this is referencing

#chonny jash #cccc #chonnys charming chaos compendium #cj mind #cj heart #yeag.... #kind of made this because.. im going thru it rn #alos i project onto heart a lot. uhmmm! #also also this isnt me like. making him the crying sad guy or qwtv i just think he handlkes breakdowns like me (refer to prev tag) and uhhm #just fucking curls upinto a ball #mind wont touch it cause he knows heart needs the space but will sometimes try to like. pat him????? #as a way to signal a kind of “im here for you if you need anything btw but i wont forceyou to talk tome if youre not ready” #(thats why theres a cord there ilike mind having a cord tail thingie hes patting heart 2with that cord thingie) #anywyas need more mind comforting heartin my life. isw that so much toask for /j #sorry for the long rant i just like talkingf about this stuff

[blaithnne]

I ever tell you about my Frilda fanchild? Her name is Alora Astrid Folke, she likes going by AJ!

#honestly I’m too tired to talk abt her personality rn lol #but I realised I never posted this (cause I wanted to have something better b4 I posted) #and I realised I was just procrastinating so #here’s my baby! #her hair was so much fun to design #btw the aloes part comes from Lauren’s name #*alora I meant lol #hilda #hilda the series #netflix hilda #hilda netflix #art #my art #digital art #fanart #doodle #drawing #Hilda oc #oc #my oc #Alora Hilda #Hilda Alora

[heartorbit]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY NENE 🐠💚

#project sekai #pjsk #prsk #emu otori #nene kusanagi #Le fishe. #noposts for like 2 weeks sory i havent really been drawing other than trying to finish my last comms lined up. worlds slowest drawer #actually i forgot to post one of the finished comms here...? i feel embarassed postingthem. maybe later #MY BAAACK HUUUUUUURTS #MY FRIDGE BROOOOOKE #LOATHESOME . JICE #um but i rethreaded my sewing machine and fixed it a bit and found out it came with a twin needle...!! waow ! so cool! #its a hand me down form a very nice old lady it gave up on me like 10 hours before i left for a con i crode #i hotglued SO much of my daibanana cosplay together. help. i dont have an iron though so not doing much with it yet #am gonna make my first project sekai cosplay... heheh..... #Dont tell wnyone. I love talking in my tags OMG ACTUALLY #MANIFEST FOR MEEEE. alos OHH MY GOD NO SEKE NO FIND IS MAKING ME EPXLODE I CANT PULL AUUUGUH SAAAKIIIIIIIIII AAAAUGH #emu. cgo rmu... im sorry. emu is lim saki os forever

[gregoftom]

what do you mean you don’t think you’re gonna be buried at my side

#I CANT STOP LAUGHINGGGG AT TOMS EXPRESSION IN THE THIRD SHOT HES LIKE. AND THATS THAT ON THAT #HES SO RIDICULOUS!!!!! I LOVE IT WHEN HE'S UNHINGED #greg you DUMMY if I get fired if I die you are coming with me!!!!!! #greg: he likes me so i'm safe tho #tom: huh???????????????????? how is that relevant???? we're one and the same????? if i die so do you ??? you're my soulmate? lmfao #the only mf you can trust is ME or did you forget that. idc if he likes you you're MINE and only i will take care of you #WHO HAS EVER LOOKED AFTER YOU IN THIS FUCKING FAMILY #ALO THE WAY HE LOOKSA T HIM WHEN HE SAYS THE HIGHEST PAID ASSISTANT GOOD GRIEF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! #he can't even talk shit any more without looking at him like he's everything to him TOM YOU ARE SLIPPIIIIIING #''its the family death march'' stop SAYING that!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1 WE GET IT YOU COUNT GREG AS YOUR FAMILY!!!!!! YOU COUNT HIM AS #YOUR EVERYTHING!!!!!!! I GET IT!!!!!!!!!!!!! GOD!!!!11111111111 #tomgreg #yall just. just ANNOYING #also alsooooo the fact that tom was like did i do good? did i sound good? like greg was his little spouse brought along to a #work meet thing. that sounded good to the boss right? what do you think honey? sounded okay? #i hate them fr #ALSO SUGAR BABY GREG! SUGAR BABY GREG! SUGAR BABY GREG! S

[monado-stew]

finished playing signalis earlier this week and like,,, i have so many thoughts about this game i can't even put them all in one post

it's just such an incredibly beautifully horrifying game, and it deals with so many themes which are near and dear to me

everyone please play it. now

#jade talks #signalis #alos hte game is kinda. hot. im normal about this

[sexyleon]

I felt that post of yours about the Dracula fandom and the way it talks about adaptations tbh, like, I'm someone who was very involved in DD last year and I've written critique myself about Dracula adaptations bc I love comparative analysis and really thinking about the choices adaptations make, for good or for ill, but from my personal experience, a lot of fandom commentary on adaptations isn't really thoughtful analysis, and don't get me wrong, I'm a hater sometimes too and enjoying venting, but I noticed that this year, there were so many posts that started out as thoughtful commentary on the book, then launched into bitching about the evils of adaptations out of nowhere, and people can write what they want, but it got tiring after awhile to be in a fandom with so much angry energy, not to mention the divergence in canon vs fanon that was much starker this year that made me feel like I had read a different book.

Also, every time I see people point at re: Dracula to be like, see, it's so easy to do a perfect 1:1 adaptation of the novel, why can't other adaptations do it?, it's like, it's an audiobook, a movie can't be that long, even a television mini-series would have to make cuts. And I might dislike a lot of choices adaptations make, but creatives absolutely have the right to take a public domain work and put their own spin on things beyond book accuracy as the number one goal - and like, do we truly want a 100% accurate adaptation when the novel is still ultimately a xenophobic reverse invasion story? Like, I would hope modern directors would seriously grapple with those aspects of the original story instead of reproducing Victorian bigotry unquestioned.

Hi, thank you for your response! I'm glad that my post resonated with a few people!

I definitely also felt a shift in energy with this season of Dracula Daily, and I'm pretty sure it is a direct result of the phenomena that is Re: Dracula. Don't get me wrong, I am a HUGE supporter of RE: Dracula, and I found it to be absolutely delightful specifically because it was a 1:1 adaptation of the book, but I also think that it has skewed the way people engage with all the other adaptations of Dracula. You are so right when you say that Re: Dracula's media as audiobook is what allowed it to be so authentic. Even if it was a long-form series, there would have to be creative liberties taken to account for visualising certain aspects of the text. I am 100% sure someone would be able to do it, but it would undoubtedly be a labour of love and expense.

I think the biggest thing that got lost in translation in my post is that I was speaking specifically on the rhetoric of "bad adaptation = bad media." I don't even like to use the term "bad adaptation" because it feels inaccurate and gives the connotation of being holistically terrible; "failed adaptation" or "inauthentic adaptation" seems more apt when discussing how close an adaptation relates to the source material. I think it is unfair for any adaptation to be written off solely on the fact that it does not strictly adhere to the original text. This can be in way of narrative, characterization, theme, etc. I don't think it's fair to say "x adaptation is bad because it ignores x from the text" because that fundamentally dismisses all the other attributes that contribute to whether or not a piece of media is subjectively good (because honestly that's all it is-- subjectivity). Media, especially film and stage, has so many dynamic and moving parts. There are so many attributes that contribute to the success of any one given thing, especially adaptations (which can claim the title with even the loosest references to the source material). I feel like the black and white thinking when it comes to this doesn't really allow for a dialogue to exist between people who enjoy Dracula adaptations for what they are and, forgive me for saying this, book purists.

Understandably, there is criticism against some adaptations that have claimed to follow the source text closely, but very distinctly did not (Ahum, Cappola). However, I think it does everyone a disservice to deny the impact of a lot of these (mostly) films. Someone in the reblogs of my original post did a good breakdown of the origins of the Dracula genre itself, and I think it goes to show that the story of Dracula has a life of its own outside of the pages of Bram Stoker's book.

The most annoying thing about the responses to my initial post was the refusal to believe that anyone was making these comparisons. I really would not have gone out on a limb to rant about this if I hadn't been consistently seeing vent posts in the main tag with mostly negative responses to a lot of different adaptations of Dracula based on the authenticity of them to the text. I admit I was frustrated when I wrote it, but it really was meant to just address the black and white thinking re: failed adaptations making bad media. This is not to say that criticism of adaptations isn't valid, but I think there should be more nuance to this conversation and that's what I wasn't seeing. It's not fun to dive into the broad Dracula tag and find post after post shitting on your favourite media because it isn't like the book.

Sorry this was a bit long! I am just really passionate about Dracula okay!! And I really really really like all the shitty little shows and movies and plays and comics and all other media that comes out of his name (because YES, a lot of adaptations really make vampire synonymous with Dracula and ROLL WITH IT). Vampires are really neat and the Dracula genre of film has been a huge influence on horror media. I think there is a lot to be said when analysing adaptations, but none of it can come from blanket statements against them.

@spider-xan

#dracula #dracula daily #plz no sexyleon #honestly i lived through the hobbit movies and the book puritism that came out of that and i think it has influenced my opinion on this alo #again because there were some that didnt get it: i am speaking specifically on black and white thinking regarding this #if you don't like cappola's film because of all the shit that happened behind the scenes or because of the narrative itself outside of it's #relation to the original text??? i'm not talking about you

[aloetech]

i wish there were pants to match the og christmas and snowflake capes...

#tgc listen i just wanna talk #pspspsps #aloes art #doodles #sky cotl #didnt colour them but you get the idea

[melanirana]

So I went outside today

It's fine

(We went cycling for about four hours, it was nice)

Also my ass hurts

#mel talks #I already put some aloe vera #but damn #I got cooked without even knowing it

[an-theduckin]

Sometimes I wish twomp wasn't so centered around plargos. Like yeah they're cute n all but I kinda want 2 see more side characters yk? Most characters just appear in one episode for a few seconds n just disappear forever n yeag I just have alot of love for them n it just makes me sad 2 know I probably will never see them again. Ashur is def expanding on the world building n lore rn so it's probbaly not gonna be 100% centered around plargos in the future but like. More side characters pretty please <33

#just remenebred there is one character that appear alot! Timothy the many eyeballs man! #<- well not really “alot” since he only appears in 2 episodes but. thats alot in twomp bg character standards #i hope we learn more abt him soon #also sorta unrelated 2 what im just talking abt rn but #if ashur stretch out the side characters backstories n personalities n stuff #there is so much potential for like. quizes of “what twomp character r u” and stuff like that #so yeag itd be pretty cool #ik its hard 2 write side characters without making them take away the spotlight from the mcs but. yeah #an_theduckin #twomp #ashur gharavi #my text posts #ALOS ALSO I HOPE WE SEE MARK MORE SOON I NEED 2 SEE HIM MORE #mark and friends #my ramblings #the world of mr plant #eye love you #plargos #twomp side characters

[captainshyguy]

this is gonna sound a little mean but idc, i have literally never been in a more self absorbed fandom than the m*rio fandom. im literally begging u people to learn how to have conversations that arent just talking incessantly about your own projects and thoughts. please for the love of god learn how to listen to the people ur supposed to be conversing with and actually acknowledge what theyre saying im gonna turn into the fucking joker

#this may be surpisungly but people dont often like being talked as as if they could be replaced with a lamp! #and then having their stuff completely ignored bc they have served their purpose (being a wall to talk at) #fandom is supposed to be about COMMUNITY #not hundreds of people shouting into a void #and the people who do actually listen getting complely walked over and taken advantage of #watching this happen to people i care about dearly is making me chew the fucking walls #like for the love of god read the room. #luke rambles #if anyone wants to fucknig argue abt this i will block u im not in the fucking mood. have some damn self awareness #alos it goes without saying this is not about any mutuals ur the poor bastards this is happenig to ily

[slightly-gay-pogohammer]

saw the waven paladir skins /// feat my lad and @niximilart's girlie

#waven #waven oc #gio talks #aloe #eve

[lesbianleonardo]

LAST RONIN 2!!!!

#LOOK AT THEM!!!! #alos sobbing they cut my girl off lol #tmnt the last ronin #the last ronin #tmnt #tlr odyn #tlr moja #tlr uno #tlr yi #turtle talks #tmnt idw

[sammygender]

all mental health advice is useless because it focuses so much on how to stop feeling sad. i don’t feel sad i rarely feel sad like when i do it is overwhelming and i cant do anything except it but usually its different. my distress is from intensity not from sadness. like u google stuff and results are all just like. vitamin d supplements or go for a walk but that doesnt help me if im like this

#the issue is Not that i don’t want to go for a walk the issue is that if i go for a walk i start jumping around in front of cars for fun #i hate everything #The only real solution is burn my life to the ground or self imposed isolation whic would alos burn my life to the ground😁 #whatever hopefully ill have evened out by may #oliver talks

[caffeinatedopossum]

Thinking about how far I've come from being that terrified 18 year-old, fresh out of an abusive household, having flashbacks and hiding in closets while I cried and panicked for hours

#the ptsd is always worst right after you get out #thankfully i had wonderful roommates and friends #one time a roommate of mine discovered me having a flashback in a closet and asked me if i was okay #i answered honestly and said no and they were just so accommodating and understanding #they asked if i needed anything or if i wanted to be alone for a bit and i said i wanted to be aloe #i was so scared of everything. so scared of people. so scared of being discovered #i was so embarrassed that my roommate had seen me like that but when i finally ventured out about an hour later #i discovered my roommate had told another one of my roommates what was happening and she made me tea and soup #and encouraged me to talk to her #it was so nice #ive been through a lot of pain but ive also been through a lot of healing

[hyunchanz]

just a heads up but @/helenjin is reposting my gifs so please don’t reblog them

#I tried talking to me but they said they don’t know English.. #I alos used a translator but I don’t think they saw it