#and the execution was fun too

[thecrimsonjaguar]

i think when it comes to the F+C finale it's important to see where the writers were coming from. And it's easy to do that, the lesson/moral they gave simon is fairly clear: Simon needs to appreciate his life because Betty sacrificed so much to get him here. alright, cool, that's good on paper.

I do Also think that the execution was poor.

up until this point, the crown has represented/could be viewed as many things. Alzheimer's, substance abuse, and anything else people have called it. In this series, a newer interpretation has arose: Suicide. And I'm certain the writers were aware of this. Depression and suicidal ideation are such strong themes in this series that they can't NOT be purposeful.

So their attempt at teaching Simon to appreciate Betty's sacrifice can ALSO be read as: Simon, the suicidal, on the verge of a relapse-man, gets put into a body of a child, (and that is very powerful imagery that does not help, actually) and is told nearly expressly that he fucked up in his relationship with the love of his life. He is told he should have sacrificed more for betty. And he says to himself: "Maybe i wouldn't have even found the crown". Basically it's simon pinning the blame on himself for his 1000 year curse on his mistakes with Betty. Which of course can be read as Simon's self loathing but the show does nothing to refute his statement, which i also have issue with. Simon putting on the crown was stated to be a Mistake. it was an accident. No matter what, the crown cursing him Was Not His Fault. Ever. It's not Betty's fault, it's not Simon's, it. was. a. Mistake.

regardless on if they should or should not have introduced these new flaws into simon's character, having simon learn his mistakes like This feels. icky. to me.

#adventure time #simon petrikov #at spoilers #at fionna and cake #I've been thinking about what I would do to change this #because i feel the need to put my money where my mouth is #i cant just say “this needs to be written better lol bye” #i need to prove that alternate ideas WOULD work #and right now my script has actually deleted casper and nova entirely #because i don't know how to keep them #casper and nova were really fun ideas #and the execution was fun too #but i cant seem to make the whole “simon possessed shermy and plays casper and nova” plot point work with my rewrite :( #will accept any suggestions if anyone's got anything! #another thing about the lesson simon learned #is that it -in universe- could have backfired so badly #simon could have Doubled Down #simon was already so depressed and prepared to throw his life away for someone else #and then he gets confirmation that “Actually. You Didn't Sacrifice Enough.” #Simon lets betty go in the bus scene #but what if he just... failed to learn the lesson she was trying to show him? #what if he goes “you're right betty. I should have sacrificed more for you like how you did for me.” #“i can't sacrifice anything for you now. i'm sorry. but for fionna and cake's world... i still have that chance.” #sorry im in fucked up thoughts land #at thoughts

[blairaptor]

Creatures bred in some laboratory

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Omega and Crosshair with a little Jurassic Park inspiration

#the bad batch #tbb omega #tbb crosshair #tbb #the bad batch spoilers #omega #crosshair #my art #had this idea for awhile and was intimidated to execute it but I'm happy with it #Crosshair looks different every time I draw him but I think the likeness is starting to settle #anyway I love JP and the JP vibes of the s3 opener were so good #and yeah i did the reflective eyes again it's just too fun

[ineed-to-sleep]

The style evolution tho. Who am I

#I'm leaning more and more into using lines for everything and I'm loving the look so much tho #rendering is fun but lines is my beautiful wife.......... #2023 and 2024 don't have that big of a difference but I can see the anatomy improvement #and the lines 👁👁 more linesss #I rlly wanna lean more into anatomy & expressions this year and developing a style that's quick to execute #I love a comic book style w a lot of lines + cel shading #and I wanna see if I can develop this to make comics at some point. without giving up halfway through bc each drawing takes too long yk #so hmmm 🤔 aiming for that this year we'll see if I can get there #sleep.txt

[inthiskingdomwewillendure]

Lee Pace in Foundation 2x08 The last Empress

#foundation #lee pace #foundation apple tv #foundation spoilers #brother day #emperor cleon #foundationedit #foundation season 2 #he looks like a greek god in the first one #he has way too much fun with executions

[willczek-art]

smol thing for a fanart competition, prompt was "Prison" so P5 Velvet Room was kind of an obvious choice :v

#persona 5 #p5 #velvet room #doodle #my art #digital art #fanart #akira kurusu #p5 protagonist #i love the concept but hate the execution on this one~ something to revisit in the future for sure #i just ran out of time and couldnt get it to work #but apparently it was good enough to not get disqualified... oh well~ #i like the blue bars more but couldnt render that for the life of me #so the other option is kinda like comic book panels that act like bars? which is fun too but also poorly executed xD #100 #thank you so much!! really happy this piece resonates with you guys! :DD #you can treat it as dtiys if anyone wants to c: #200 #300 #400 #wow you guys REALLY like this one xDD #500 #600 #700 #800

[molagboop]

Noise game.

#winging it #raven beak #samus aran #samus #metroid dread #metroid #chozo #metroid comic #Chozo have a habit of just making noise. it's fun! #Samus does it too (picked it up during childhood) though her smaller human throat doesn't allow her quite as much range. #make no mistake: her mimicry is very impressive. she just can't flawlessly imitate an oncoming 16-wheeler. #She can do other Things though. As Raven Beak displays his mastery over the ringtone. so too does she have this power. #she has the upper hand in some places: lips and teeth allow her more tools with which to execute the finer points of complex noises #but her elders have tricks of their own. #Raven Beak can imitate human kissy noises in his throat using the very back of his tongue #making noises at each other is honestly one of their best bonding activities so far. #though they're usually sitting across the room from each other when they come out with the ear blast-tier moves #they don't need to talk to each other. don't even need to look at each other. they can just sit in the living room and go back and forth #with noises. they get competitive sometimes. that's typically when the loud stuff comes into play. #sometimes they have these wordless competitions of who can make the most intricate noises or the loudest noises or the weirdest noises #or they try to see who can make the most outlandish sound that flesh can feasibly make. like heavy machinery. stuff that you wouldn't expec #someone to be able to make on their own without the help of equipment.

[ricky-mortis]

More SAF Mlp sillies bc I do what I want

Thanks to @cowardlykrow and @szollibisz for the cutie mark ideas, as well as every one of y’all that suggested something! Love y’all sm <3

#I love the mask idea so much #didn’t really know how to execute it tho #but this is good enough I suppose #and the martini glass is also fantastic #cause it’s such a classic spy thing and he even mentions it in spy again #idk I think they’re great #goofy little guys #these are fun to draw too #also I really like the idea that Owen’s cutie mark is covered by a scar post banana #adds to the mystery of him as dma #haha rather- deadliest pony alive #dpa I guess hehe #but yeah idk I think it would be interesting #spies are forever #agent curt mega #owen carvour #tin can bros #saf au #my art #:)

[karizipan]

get me out of here oh mt god

#I did this for fun but christ THIS IS EMBARRASSING AOQUWKR #LOOK AT MY EXECUTIVE MANAGER AND GUIDE... IM GONNA DIE. #limbus company #lcb #vergilius #dante #don't like how i drew the hands here but this was for fun as i said and vergilius' old man moe got me flustered #i think that's all that matterskwuwk2jqlqjw #THE NUMEROUS IMAGES I HAVE OD MADDSMIKK BC THATS LITERALLT MY FACE CANON FOR VERG IS ATROCIOUS. #rizdoodads #edit: adding more commentary actually. there's supposed to be more hand kissing just so you know #it was supposed to go from the palm -> wrist -> fingers. It's why in the first image you can see at like the top left part there's text #that says “stay quiet” that and a bit more dialogue was actually part of that sequence but I got too lazy to finish it

[sincerely-sofie]

Pre-Betrayal Dadnoir for your viewing pleasure

(Audio source)

#been on a Dadnoir content production kick lately #Fun fact: #there was originally going to be a bonus scene in this where it immediately cuts to the execution posts #like. dead silence and wind howling w/ no characters in sight; just the execution posts #that felt like a bit too much of a cowabummer to include #BUT I WAS TEMPTED #so very very tempted #stuff by sofie #the present is a gift au #pmd dusknoir #pmd loudred #pmd sunflora #pmd2 partner #pmd2 hero #pmd2 #pmd eos #pmd explorers #pmd sky #pmd #pokémon mystery dungeon #pmd animatic #pmd animation #pmd meme #dadnoir #pokemon mystery dungeon #pmd au #PMD Skuntank #pmd team skull

[lemonhemlock]

not to be a hater on main but i just stumbled on a tik tok claiming that tsh both takes itself too seriously and could use more absurd comedy and it nearly made me punch a wall

#my quest to find agreeable creators on booktok and booktube leaves me v frustrated sometimes #!!! i accept no criticism of this book #but even without stan goggles on how can say with your entire chest that tsh takes itself too seriously #when it literally makes fun of 'dark academia' types TO YOUR FACE #which is ironic for the book that spawned the entire genre #it's a comedy of manners at the very least #'this book that contains copious amounts of absurdly comedic situations and makes fun of pretentious twits obsessed with aesthetics #could use more absurd comedy and is not satirical enough' #recognising those basic building blocks of the text does NOT even mean to have to like it?? #i hate to be bringing the Reading Comprehension debate again but good lord. and this person claims to have a phd in literature too 🤦‍♀️ #i am so over this pretense at criticism that basically boils down to 'i didn't like this thing so i can't be seen to admit it executes #anything well. so instead i'm going to pretend basic obvious techniques in the text don't exist and peddle it as groundbreaking critique' #stuff like recognising basic genre. what happened to that. #i don't like The Hangover either but it would be very strange to call it anything other than a comedy #the secret history #donna tartt #again you don't even have to like the book!!! #I'M SORRY BUT IT MADE ME WANT TO RANT SO BAD #livresque #booktok and booktube are satan's garden

[movedtodykedvonte]

No cause the moment they discover Spidey is barely in his 20s, like hasn’t even reached it, their perspective changes wildly.

This isn’t some annoying dude fucking with them anymore, this is a kid with a sense of justice and they respect the bravery it takes to come out here as a child and fight the likes of them. Even if they find it incredibly dumb and overly self-sacrificial. They don’t throw their punches but they miss more. Their plans are just as dire but straight forward, easier to thwart. Not intentionally, just the subconscious thought and agreement they don’t want to be the one specifically responsible for death of a child. 

Like imagine in battle Spidey sacrifices himself and they all just gotta be like “Yeah we did it!” for like the news only for the inside of their heads to be like “That is a child.”

#every six memember has been shown in one continutiy or another to not like hurting kids or actively avoiding it #rhino and miles saving those kids #electro not wanting to fight spiderboy #the many iterations of Sandman that has a kid and hates collatoral #doc ock and his hate of bullies plus that kid in superior he wanted to save #vulture is an uncle or father too #idk about mysterio or shocker but eh Im sure they wouldn't punch a child #there are fics that execute this really well cause spiderman villians most of the time arent blood thirsty maniacs unless you piss em off #worst thing about spidey comics is sometimes the villians feel evil without that remorse #the reason or the morals they have albeit scewed #like they are just doing shit and it aint fun no more #the sinister six #peter parker #spider-man #spiderman #marvel comics

[solivagantingrebel]

Soap and Gaz not being canonically as close as most of the fandom deem them to be is great for the sole reason that I can now just build their friendship from scratch and decide What It Is in my fics. Game's canon is what I decide, now.

#i say this without knowing if i executed it properly im #I'm trying okay 😔 #but building a relationship from the start ™️ is fun too so you know #kyle gaz garrick #john soap mactavish

[facetsofthecloset]

i'm sure it's been said but i feel like both Raxtus and Ronodin can be argued as "the only gay kid in the family and consequently shunned/rejected" and it's like. so weird bc Mull is so Mormon he'd probably rather eat his shorts than even acknowledge the possible existence of gays but

i mean. Raxtus literally has a fairy form. he's a fairy dragon.

Ronodin was just emo lol

and they both get so thoroughly rejected and sidelined by their families their whole lives and it turns Raxtus into an awkward but basically decent guy who runs back to the approval of his family once he's performed masculinity/violence enough to be accepted, only to then realize that he's basically just being used and still not fully trusted/accepted and having to betray them to save his real friends

(who sadly are probably actually homophobic but that's ok bc they're not dragon-phobic so that works out for him)

while Ronodin's like "fuck it. chaos and murder then!" and can you really blame him? he spent his entire life trying to conform to the "right" (in this case, Light) way of life, started spending time with the outgroup and learned to question things, then was told he was "too corrupt" to remain in his home

like. the symbolism is right there.

it's so funny, because sure Raxtus isn't a bad guy, but Ronodin definitely is and he pretty much gets sent to a type of hell at the end of Dragonwatch

and while Raxtus gets kind of a happy ending, like, him becoming an effective killer in a war and being accepted by his dad for being Good At Murder in the first Fablehaven series is presented as a happy ending. if Celebrant didn't wind up being the main villain for Dragonwatch, that probably would've been the end of it! gay kid learns how to soldier and is finally accepted by his homophobic family bc he's finally aggressive enough for them to love him

(i mean i have MANY issues with Celebrant being the main villain later and the reasons he's framed as bad but like. that's a separate rant lol)

the queer reading is right there. but also it's very bad and you can tell completely unintentional. or at the very least highly repressed. idk man i don't look into Mull as a personal individual bc i doubt i'll like what i see and i don't care that much but Dragonwatch was SO MUCH MORE MORMON than Fablehaven already was and it's so weird, seeing the fingerprints of it all over.

i feel like he either has a new editor or he's been doing this for long enough and sold enough books that he has the clout to veto changes made by editors or SOMETHING, bc i feel like? he's gotten worse?? and more unfiltered?? that or something happened and he's like. even more religious than before or something idk

like fablehaven was just kinda generic/bland fantasy with some fun ideas for magic items/powers/one sentence character premises, with just a hint of sus Mormon ideology, and then Dragonwatch just went. Full Mormon.

but then there's somehow even more weirdly queer shit. like. he's repressing so hard he's approaching queer from the other side??

idk man i wish this deeply mediocre man's writing wasn't a formative piece of middle school reading, leading to me still giving more of a shit than i really should over questionable children's literature now

#i mean it seems like his wife may or may not have divorced him between the series's so maybe that had something to do with it #i didn't look too deeply into it i just kinda guessed from his about the author blurbs wording changes #also wtf was up with the weird borderline piss/humiliation kink thing in the latest candy shop war book? #like. that was. that was not funny at all if it was meant to be comedic. like the execution was SO BOTCHED if so #and if it wasn't??? it was just????? UNCOMFY??? #sorry i'm tired and kind of delirious and for whatever reason this man's writing's squandered potential still haunts me #like genuinely if i ever publish original fiction there's a good chance it'll be fanfic of this with the serial numbers filed off #like 'MINE I'LL DO IT /RIGHT/ OK GIMME' #fablehaven #dragonwatch #i know ronodin is overrated and like. yeah he's not really a sexyman to me but he IS still compelling as a character #i think he's funny i wanna be his therapist #like stereotypical him lying down on a chaise longue thing #but also i reserve the right to make fun of him so like. not a very ethical therapist lol #get it all out queer boy let's get you to a gay club and find some fairies who WILL accept you #just cool it with the murder and the manipulation a bit y'know

[fizzytoo]

i wanted to stay away from having my sims settle down right away with the first person they fall in love with in this gen and instead i have these ambiguous relationships i don’t know what to do with 😭

#*fizzyspeaks #bc i have favorites 😭 but is that something people will enjoy? #with karlee i actually have some idea. it’s just executing it will be difficult #i need to learn how to convey it with just pictures and i don’t know if i can create the idea i have in my head #and amaya… well i’m soft on dali if it wasn’t already obvious and i can see them together. but is it predictable? #i know this is a legacy challenge and i’m drawing it out for so long so maybe it doesn’t need to be as complicated as i’m making it #as much fun as i’m having with this. i’ve been too sad and low energy to really do what i wanted to do

[softerhaze]

ruthie’s last week of high school 😭 (♪)

#ts4 #*ts4gameplay #z #ruthie has another week as a teen but she'll be on summer break :/ #SO my honest review of hsy: a v cute concept but just too broken in ways that make it v obvious #the devs weren't really thinking about how it would integrate into saves or how people like....actually play the game #social bunny was fun at first but got repetitive FAST (and was broken) #and schools not ensuring that you see the same people every day is so??? you shouldn't need a mod for that #sneaking out was cool but needed mods to integrate with parenthood -_- #like the BASE of the pack is there but the execution just isn't and once again modders save the day thanks 4 reading #*ruthie #*sunday save #*sunday save gen 1

[pcktknife]

finished fontaines story last night and I swear to god if tighnari really did mess up my pull

#the story was really good the execution was fun too i think its my favorite arch so far #definitely the one that i think shocked me the most #like watching the story come together esp in those last parts wowie #kae.txt #mhy