#amazing casting tbh

[likealittleheartbeat]

I try to generally be constructive and engaged with the show I love on here, so on this day, I’ll just say that one of the most thematically important aspects for me from the original ATLA is Aang’s emotional core of real shame for running away when he was hurt by the monk’s decision to send him away. People who feel the kind of deep-seated shame that Aang feels from this decision can understand how that kind of all-encompassing shame is not built around a simple failure or a lie they tell themselves; it’s constructed from real misbehaviors and transgressions of their own sense of ethics—lashing out, telling lies, attempting to hurt others intentionally—that then have consequences (abuses, abandonments, or deaths) which seem to far exceed their expectations or even basic logic.

The combination of the misbehavior with exaggerated existential punishments (along with a lack of support and amend-making in the immediate wake of the events) is what transforms a sense of guilt (I fucked up) into shame (I am a forever fuck-up). Then shame, that sense of being a secret monster ‘no matter what I do or how good everyone thinks I am,’ invites all the avoidance strategies (Aang puts on big smiles, makes lots of jokes, constantly tries to make everyone happy, hops from town to town without building deeper connections). One doesn’t want to acknowledge one’s true feelings or let others in to see those feelings and experiences because it’s too painful to face the grief at the same time that you have to look at yourself for being responsible—even when you recognize it wasn’t totally your fault. It’s just that if you had just been good, less emotional, less human, then maybe the world wouldn’t be so messed up. Of course, in a zen view of things, the world will always be messed up in the same way it will always be beautiful. These are constant facts that always coexist in balance, and this is the truth that Aang learns and that undergirds the whole series.

So I always loved that Aang ran away. It was his sin and his salvation. And it becomes this constant tension for the series—he gets hurt in Bato of the Water Tribe and starts to run away from Katara and Sokka, he runs away to the Guru in the Crossroads of Destiny and his best friend is attacked, he and the gaang retreat after the Day of the Black Sun failure, he runs away to meditation in Sozin’s Comet when everyone wants him preparing for war. Aang’s reluctance to be a hero and the attachments and petulance for which he gets criticized are what metamorphasize to become his most noble attributes. They allow him to empathize with others shame and, ultimately, wield the kind of compassion that can deconstruct the power and perfectionism of imperialism.

So yes, Aang ran away from his temple 100 years ago. It wasn’t the mentally healthy choice. It wasn’t the ethical choice. It wasn’t the wise choice. It was human and emotional and shameful and real. Aang is a better character for it. ATLA is a better show because of it. And we are better people when we understand these kind of tragic emotional experiences that people are trying so hard to grow through.

#aanglove #vague posting about the nf adaptation lol #I won’t go off in my posts but I will in my comments #only 17 minutes in tbh #and already amazed at realizing how cool it was that the of series wasn’t told in a linear style lol #I do think the casting department went off for the nf series tho #the kid playing aang is so perf #and all the actors fit their parts so well #but the show doesn’t understand or seem interested in depicting colonial violence at alllll #and the language of the fire nation wanting to ‘take over the world’ is so much more marvel than a colonial rhetoric #and then aang just wanting to ‘go get some air’ to clear his head…😑 #we aren’t allowed to have problematic protagonists anymore I guess #only people with perfect mental health strategies allowed in young adult fiction #because we view fiction from a moralistic standpoint now instead of an empathetic one #but 🤷🏻‍♀️

[chinzillas]

kieta hatsukoi (2021) - my love mix-up! (2024)

#kieta hatsukoi #my love mix-up! #my love mix-up! thailand #my love mix-up! gmmtv #geminifourth #jdramaedit #thaidramaedit #asianlgbtqdramas #annagifs #userjjessi #tonanons #baek1nho #tuseralexa #uservid #*gif of michael jackson putting the soldier's rifle down * don't fight guys #no but tbh i'm kind of scared too for this remake BUT at the same we have p'au so i want to trust him #as he did an amazing job for my school president #(and he's working on ossan's love too? so proud of the msp cast and crew man)

[gio-cosmo]

This is my favorite image ever I think

#burger #guys oh my GOD I had a burger the other day after not having one for like ? almost a year I think? nearly fainted #it was so glorious and amazing #bacon cheeseburger save me…save me bacon cheeseburger…bacon cheeseburger…. #I love burgers but only like once a year #like if I eat them on a regular basis I find them disgusting #I have to limit myself #okay I really don’t know why I’m talking about my burger eating habits rn MOVING ON #anyways #JINNNN🫶🫶🫶 #the Jin fixation is soooo crazy rn #obsessed w him tbh #since atlas is so obsessed w spin-offs they NEED to give me a Strega spinoff #like I do NOT need to see the phantom thieves for the umpteenth time GIVE ME STREGA PLEASEEE PLEASE PLEA #no hate to the phantom thieves still love them 🫶 I just need them to MOVE and make room for some other cast members 🫶 #IM JUST SAYINGHGGG #still love them tho #all I’m saying is atlas has soooo many cool side characters that perhaps they should oh I don’t know maybe focus on them a little more #please #for my personal sake #they should make a Strega spinoff and in the title screen say “for tumblr user gio-cosmo’’ #come on atlas I’m waiting 🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️ #LMAOOO #persona 3 #p3 #jin shirato #persona 3 reload

[catharusustulatus]

Joe Keery is so good in Marmalade. Five stars. The director said “cut” Joe heard CUNT. A star.

#Joe Keery #marmalade movie #Camilla and Aldis were amazing too #but tbh I went in thinking it was going to be kinda fun but mostly unoriginal and I loved every minute #Joe Keery needs to be cast in 100 more movies stat

[snixx]

I genuinely hope stranger things gets cancelled and season 5 never comes out idc if it’s already been greenlit and probably filmed I just want to stay in this era of the tumblr fandom forever the writers will never beat what y’all come up with by the week

#firstly I’m very eh on the writers and the cast and don’t really want to support them #secondly I know that even if I DO watch the show it’s going to invariably disappoint me in a hundred thousand ways #i do not trust those writers to write well atp sorry #but I genuinely love this fandom so much #also so many amazing shows get cancelled all the time #byler fandom ily #your s5 aus are the only things I care about tbh

[mewmewchann]

by god

with Despair Time chapter 2, Heartless Deceit prologue release and Shattered Hope investigation release we are getting FED with Fangan content

as a Fangan creator (kinda Idk if I count-) it’s sososo inspiring to see ^v^

#Mew talks #fanganronpa #danganronpa despair time #danganronpa heartless deceit #danganronpa f shattered hope #tbh I forgot how much I loved Shattered Hope #my fave was only in the episode for like five seconds but I was so happy to see them again #(censored due to spoilers obviously but if you take one look at the cast you'll probably figure it out lmao) #but yeah seeing all this new Fangan content is amazing #it feels like I'm in the renaissance

[leoxxiiart]

been playing catz 2 again lately.... honestly was worried i'd ruin a bit of childhood, but it's held up surprisingly well imo! here's toby and daisy <3

#the graphics arent that much worse than some switch games the past few years! not naming names!! #it is a lot of mostly fetch quests.... id kill for a remaster with some more side quests and mini games 🥺 #having a lot of fun just fishing and yelling at snakes tbh #anyways!! LOVE like all the characters its amazing to me how so many of them feel like individuals despite having #super short appearances or only a handful of lines #and some of these cats have like NO fanart so i might just go through the whole cast list #artists on tumblr #art #digital art #petz catz 2 #toby petz catz 2 #daisy petz catz 2 #id in alt text

[yantao-enthusiast]

drv3 spoilers!!!!

personally i think having a religious character like angie in danganronpa was SUCH a wasted opportunity. because especially with v3's themes of truth and lies, how hope itself can sometimes be a lie. many of the characters' throughout the series have this belief in hope that draws a parallel to religions (i'm mostly using christianity for reference so if this isn't how other faiths operate, excuse me). this belief almost seems desperate or near delusional in many tough times but the moment something good finally turns their way, they say "this is hope, this is why i believe in it, even when it puts me through trials and tribulations, in the end, things will always turn out if i have faith."

angie, in my opinion, could've been a brilliant antagonist, similar to byukuya in the way that the killing game could've shaken her steadfast beliefs. the beliefs similar to the characters that the entire franchise had put on a pedestal. the beliefs that v3 acknowledged as overshadowed by the ultimate truth.

and i have nothing against kokichi or himiko as characters! but i think their roles in the story were.... overemphasized, really. yes kokichi's character and values can be important to the overall message but really, the same can be said about angie. they both embody beautiful lies, pretty things people tell themselves to avoid reality. but angie also carries on a message that the past games have revered, on top of the fact she also has clear emotional stakes in her faith towards her god and anyone who believes in him, unlike kokichi where his favor is hidden behind fortified walls.

what if we watched angie struggle with her faith. struggle having hope that everything will get better, that there is truly a rhyme and reason for all this senseless violence. what if we watched her get angry, actually visually angry that her friends kept killing each other when all they had to do was have hope that it all would be okay? even when it becomes undeniable that nothing ever will be after all the things they had to go through? she creates even more destruction to make sure there's no hope of escape, everything in her power to control everyone and keep them from killing again, going crazy herself and questioning her own faith at times, but she keeps going. why? because she has to have faith. have hope.

if angie ended up being a survivor, in the final trial, the twist that kiibo's inner voice isn't god/atua but instead the very audience spurring on this violence would be devastating. especially since she encouraged kiibo to listen to this voice, thinking kiibo to be almost a prophet of sorts, when really he was being fed the opinions of those who created the entire game. she could realize that she herself, her entire personality and character and unwavering faith, was made to abed a killing game. her god was made up to make her encourage kiibo's inner voice, her god was nothing more than a story created by people in a boardroom, just like she was. the god that kept her going. the god that made her do each and every one of those horrible things. just because she believed. because she wanted everything to be alright.

shuichi, when convincing everyone not to give up, helps angie discover something. she never needed her faith or a god to believe in. because she and everyone around her now were alive, living proof that there's something real to believe in and that is each other. that she didn't need a god to justify what happened, she can acknowledge everything that the survivors went through was just a tragedy, not a trial of her faith or to become stronger. what happened was horrible but we can't change what's been done. all we can do is have each other now and live the truth the best we can.

tldr; angie was done so dirty, she could've been an incredible asset to the story but danganronpa hates women :/

#tbh i think a lot of v3 was a wasted opportunity #v3's cast is amazing but i think the creators should've stopped there and given the story responsibilities to someone else #danganronpa #angie yonaga #danganronpa angie #drv3 #drv3 killing harmony #danganronpa drv3 #why angie yonaga should've been the v3 antag #i should just start posting all my critiques on v3 and how i'd personally improve it #also it's pretty implied but yes i'm saying angie would've been a better survivor than himiko

[leewire]

scrolling through the amazing digital circus tag makes me feel like i’m swiping across hundreds of separate biomes that are all technically quarantined from each other but no one ever put any walls up or anything

#the amazing digital circus #does this make any sense #absolutely not #will i say it anyway #look where we are #AAAANYWAY I LOVE POMNI #rotating her around in my head as we speak #i need to draw her instantly #HER CHARACTER DESIGN her everything tbh she’s just amazing!!!!! #(i obv love all the rest of the cast because they’re all so skrunkly) #leeeeeches! #i bid thee farewell #one person reading this

[nedsseveredhead]

Neddo my friend I love you but having just looked at the trailer for OPLA (against my will, it was there when I opened Netflix), I have to ask: you're excited for THAT?

Yes 🥰🥰🥰🥰

#its really charming when ur a fan of the source material tbh #and the cast all had so much fun! #so far fan consensus is that its amazing #ive been following the development of this for several months and i was hesitant at first but idk its grown on me ❤️ #the way im just the opla guy now i guess #the unknowing spokeperson for tumblrs opla campaign :')

[viro-lil-goat]

For my upcoming comic ✌️

#the amazing digital circus #jax #hes darkskinned in my version since i see most of ppl imagining him like that too. tbh i see it. plus it would add to main cast diversity #gave him two braids to represent his bunny ears #rlly struggled with making it look alright

[wllbyers]

I’m gonna be honest and admit that katara was never a fave character of mine, I never disliked her but I never loved her either. HOWEVER in the live action she’s just so?????? where is her spunk??? HER DRIVE??? her entire personality????? I miss katara being her back

#dani.txt #dani watches things #I’m only on ep four but eh idk man #the effects look amazing #visually speaking it’s a fantastic show but idk #and like this isn’t a diss on the actress #I think she’s doing fantastic. it’s just the way she’s written is what irks me #I think the entire cast is doing amazing tbh

[aroaessidhe]

2022 reads // twitter thread

The Kaiju Preservation Society

fun adult sci-fi

A guy who got laid off bc of covid finds the first new job he can get - an "animal rights organisation"

....which turns out to be in an alternate dimension, helping protect kaiju and keep them from accidentally coming through to earth

no romance

#The Kaiju Preservation Society #i enjoyed this! it's nothing amazing but it's fun #also i saw someone say that the main character is never gendered akjdgkjf i didn't even noticed that #just assumed a cis dude tbh #but anyway that's cool #and the rest of the cast is pretty diverse (though feels a little surface level? idk) #one major character is māori & from aotearoa! wasn't expecting that lol #(well i assume he's māori from his first name #but his surname is not. and i can't tell if he's intentionally mixed race or the author didn't do enough research about māori names) #(or maybe it's just a very uncommon name? idk) #aroaessidhe 2022 reads #no romance

[catacropolis]

Don’t mind me having a whole breakdown and a half loosing my mind over this

#twst chapter 7 spoilers #twst chapter 7 #twisted wonderland #twst #twisted wonderland chapter 7 #SPOILERS FOROM HERE ON OUT PEOPLE #SPOILERS #ok well holy fuck my dudes I am loosing my shit rn #silver lore and malleus lore omg I’m shitting bricks #finding out what everyone wants to go into a career was just so amazing #color me surprised to hear rook going into fuckin archeology and Leona beings geologist what #not surprised that Idia has job opportunities but more surprised taht his parents were so encouraging about it tbh I’m confused #malleus moments here were great it’s good to see yuu question about the seven and who they were in the eyes of the cast #lillia is making me sob and laugh and loose my mind and I can’t handle this man #I love silvers character he’s one of my favs and I genuinely think about them constantly #I want to see him and lillia have more father son moments and I want lillia to stop being criyptic as fuck like the bracelet who gave you it #was it from malleus was it from a former lover was it from mals grandma wtf man #we all knew but I’m still loosing my mind over it but like silver being royalty holy shit man I want to know more #why does it make him sleepy is he going to be affected by his curse more often because of this is this the source of his curse and who did #seeing malleus vunrable about his childhood and loneliness before yuu ripping off the bandaid and saying we’re leaving #I love lillias parental moment there of showing malleus the consequences of his actions and inviting him to change and fox it on his own #like man he’s so great I want him to be my dad #I do wish we got more Sebek and lillia interaction and silver was being way to nonshalabt about his dad #tbh don’t think he has prossessed it quite yet #I’m really hoping we see Sebek and malleus have a fight Sebek sees malleus the way malleus doesn’t want to be seen and I want them to fight #I want mal to push Sebek away and just be brutal to him #guys pls don’t kill me I love Sebek but he’s so steadafast in his belief that his vision gets clouded and he can’t see the full picture #I think it would be eye opening and really good for him to see the imperfections in the person he idolizes so much #holy shit this is long ummm anyways hope none of y’all were spoiled cuz this sequence hits harder without spoilers

[yioh]

the whole csm discourse on twitter is so dumbbbbb oh my god😭

#like fujimoto writes interesting women … why is that so controversial HXKXHDJDN #i feel like ppl are so used to hating male shounen writers that they can’t stand when a good writer gets complimented 😭 #he’s not the father of girlhood or whatever like that’s a p dumb title anyways but the way he writes asa’s character and depicts her #specific girlhood is so cool !! that should be celebrated if anything smh #tbh i kinda wish there would stop being a war between whether shoujo or shounen is better or male or female writers are better #bec both are dynamic and have great and terrible characters + writing #shoujo has a lot of flaws as do female authors but they are different to flaws of shounen and male authors #not to mention men can write for shoujo and women can write for shounen too #shoujo struggles w misogyny too !!!!! #i think it’s more of a societal problem imo #this is a v interesting topic of debate tho i’m sure im missing a lot of nuances but #in the end i think fujimoto is doing a great job and we shouldn’t discredit his successes by saying it’s the bare minimum? #there’s not a linear scale for writing women where 0 is bad and 5 is minimum and 10 is amazing #fujimoto depicts varied women (some written well some not) and his cast of women is so dynamic and interesting and so human !!! i think that #this is something we should see more of! it’s not the bare minimum for me because his characters like quanxi and kobeni and power are so #fulfilling to me #anyone can write amazing and terrible stories regardless of their gender #like their gender definitely influences the type of character they write but i think authors should be seen as a collective instead of #judged upon depending on what gender they are? #many thoughts lol

[krackkokichi]

you guys are being so unfair to the new VAs just cause you're attached to the old ones. it's unfortunate that they weren't asked to return, but i'm sure there were reasons behind it. especially with a certain someone who, bless his heart, cannot sing (at least in a character voice), which is really bad for a musical show, and probably was a motivating factor in the recasting. instead of harping on the past and bothering the old VAs about it, why can't you just wait to see how things shake out in the show? you could grow to like the new people. we have only a few seconds of dialogue for most of the characters, so don't be so quick to pass judgment.

#its just really frustrating to see so many people say 'there was no reason to replace x' when they dont know what happened behind the scenes #especially with angel. i have listened to addict countless times and while i love it. it is heavily autotuned and its super noticable #i dont have a preference for most of the voices cause tbh most of them sound really similar to me but ive heard blake sing and he's amazing #no hate to michael. he seems really nice but i can see why they decided to recast. and with a couple of the characters #they managed to get the people the original cast was trying to replicate the sound of. which is super cool imo #it would have been nice for some relatively unknown people to make it into the big leagues but tbh hazbin is still super niche #and the big voices help legitimize it as a 'real tv show' instead of just a youtubers passion project #and theyre actually talented too and not phoning it in