#it's not always source material

[morgana-ren]

Man, people are once again getting really upset about the lack of content for some characters and fandoms as opposed to others. Like 'howling to the moon' angry about how there's no content on the characters they like or the things they like or ideas they like. We're talking 'conspiratorial' angry.

Baby, be the change you want to see in the world. If you want content, make it. Row the boat all the fuck by your lonesome if you have to. A lot of people have, and they're literally the reason that there is even content for less popular ships/ideas/characters! That's how things get popular! People taking the initiative and just doing it. Don't wait around for someone else to do it for you.

Most of us work for free and are just posting on a whim from our heads. If you love something, write it. Draw it. Post about it. Make the content you want to see. Be the reason someone else has content to turn to if it's important to you. Don't stamp your feet and get upset that something doesn't exist.

Make it. Produce it. Draw it. Imagine it. Do it. Lead the tag. Make the content. Fuel the fire. Do it badly. Just do it. You won't regret it.

#morgana and friends #Man yall come on #we go through this every few years #ive been here long enough to be one of the people that had to row #and it was worth it #baby learn to write learn to draw and learn to imagine #don't get mad that others won't do it for you #DO IT #please don't try to make things too deep it ends up looking bad on all sides #just write it! make it! #if you love a little guy then make a little guy blog! #draw! Draw badly! write badly! just do it! #That's what the rest of us do! #dude i literally write about my OCs and If I can do it for them you can do it for CANON CHARACTERS #honestly that's how A LOT of people get into a certain character or fandom #by people POSTING #it's not always source material #drag others in by the hair friends

[civetside]

TLT game night

#harrowhark nonagesimus #griddlehark #gideon nav #tlt shitposting #camilla hect #palamedes sextus #comic #i am once again just thinking of semi funny dialogue that kinda sounds like them and making a whole ass comic about it #putting them in situations #modern au #long post #needlessly long some may say #every time i post one of these sillay modern AU comics i always get nervous about how detached it is from the source material #OH WELL #i always try to play monopoly on my birthday every year i hope i get friends who will play with me SOON

[circuscountdowns]

biblically accurate narilamb doodle break

#Working on a heavier comic that’s getting to me…needed to remind myself of the goofy source material… Little guys. #I always wondered why my narinder never actually Felt like narinder to me compared to other artists’ and I think it’s da forehead lol #cotl art

[daisy-mooon]

"I want Annabeth to be blonde :(" then pick up a PJO book and read it you dumb fuck

#pjo fans stop being weird about black annabeth challenge IMPOSSIBLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! #first off annabeths race isnt important to her story. annabeth could be any race. her skin colour doesnt actually impact her. her hair does #now im not blonde but im a white girl so let me explain why some pjo fans need to stfu. i have grade 9s. im called stupid for my appearance #im not insulted bc im white or bc i have blue eyes or brown hair. im insulted bc women are judged on their appearance. im insulted bc SEXIS #annabeth isnt really called dumb for being blonde. shes called dumb bc shes female. and ppl are more likely to stereotype women than men #this is especially true for black women! whatever sexism white women get is always horrifically multiplied for poc women #black hair frequently gets called unprofessional untidy unhygienic etc. its VERY likely that show annabeth has been called dumb for her hai #does this make the casting “accurate”? no. but castings don't have to be accurate. they have to ADD to the character. #annabeth being black ADDS to her character because it showcases how women (esp black women) are devalued for their appearance #movie annabeth wasnt bad for having brown hair or white hair she was a bad adaptation bc she was ooc #i just think its ironic that a core aspect of annabeth was being judged for her looks. and now show annabeth is getting judged for her look #like. you guys really missed the point here. #anyways disagree all you want but book annabeth is still blonde. no one is erasing her. theres a new PJO book w blonde annabeth SEPTEMBER 2 #GO READ CHALICE OF THE GODS IF U WANT BLONDE ANNABETH OMG! adaptions and source material can be separate and coexist! #rant over sorry #pjo #percy jackson #annabeth chase #pjo show #percy jackson and the olympians #the lightning thief #discourse #shitpost #percy jackson show #pjo discourse #riordanverse

[boyguk]

yugyeom talking about jungkook's enlistment ♥︎

#yugyeom #jungkook #bts #bangtan #got7 #jeon jungkook #kim yugyeom #yugkook crumbs? absolutely FEASTING tonight 🍴 #the quality (+ angle) of this video is terrible 😭 I make gifs like once a year & I always gif stuff with the worst source material possible #mori*

[dark-immortal-kiss]

Old book fans really hating on the show, huh? As if we’re ever getting a Lestat more book accurate than Sam Thyne Reid??? I’ve been reading these books since I was 9 and I couldn’t love the show more!!!! You know I don’t know what it is anymore that they’re even complaining about if not the inclusion of bipoc stories? Is it really the pastiche aesthetic that y’all are gnawing bones over? It wasn’t even accurate in the movie!!!! If y’all have any fucking patience we’re getting timeline accurate flashbacks as soon as season 2!!! Lestat is book accurate, and I’m gonna fucking say it, so are Louis and Armand!!! Maybe y’all just haven’t read the books in a while, but whatever nostalgia y’all are salivating for is just that, it doesn’t really have anything to do with Anne’s writing. I’m rereading TVL and PL and nothing in my brain has had to shift from the show to the book, I’m seeing and hearing Sam Reid and Assad Zaman. Y’all really wanted a redhead minor as Armand? Nobody cares! Assad embodies everything that makes Armand’s character. Honestly some of you sound like the same assholes who told me I couldn’t be goth because I was black. Either that or you just don’t understand what adaptation actually means. Either it’s racism or frankly racist leaning and salivating for an ✨aesthetic✨. And y’all better not come crawling when season 3 comes around just because it’s suddenly more palatable and accurate to you. Disgusting!

#I’m so tired #if the changes are just too much for you then fine #but don’t pretend the show is wrong or bad somehow #it just doesn’t fit your narrow view of vc #a series that was always oscillating and evolving in tone and aesthetic #show louis IS book louis #just with added complexity that book louis sorely needed #sam reid was born to play lestat #we’ll never get another that is this passionate about the source material or who loves Lestat more #iwtv #interview with the vampire #the vampire chronicles #amc iwtv #vc #anne rice

[felixakranken]

I keep seeing people talk about Felix not opening the door for Jack.....please tell me you guys pay attention to the time stamps, right? Even if he wanted to, he couldn't have because he wasn't even home. Digging three graves is gonna take a lot longer than 3 hours. Jack went to Felix's house at 12am, and Felix was still at the site of the crash at 9am. For the love of god y'all turn on captions that's where Martin puts this information.

#I mean I've always known this fandom has a severe problem with not paying attention or understanding the source material #but for the love of god the time stamps are displayed on screen!!! #twf #the walten files

[front-facing-pokemon]

#alolan graveler #i always felt that out of all the alternate forms‚ this one was the closest to its “source material‚” per se #it's Basically just a color swap with some big eyebrows. all of the alolan geodude line is kinda like this #just with some big facial hair for some reason #i guess alolan vulpix is kinda like that too. it's basically just a palette swap. but it's Going for something #i wouldn't be able to look at alolan geodude and tell you that it's fucking. ice/electric type or whatever the hell this thing is #ok rock/electric fine. yeah i wouldn't be able to tell you that. but alolan vulpix Looks like an ice-type. also it's cute and this is not #alolan vulpix is a valid palette swap. i don't think this thing is #also for the record i am not being MEAN to the alolan geodude line #i just didn't know what else to comment on besides the eyebrows. i don't HATE them i just think they're palette-swaps #if you disagree with me on that then. well. i guess i am going to get the reputation of being a jackass to every pokémon

[neverevan]

Tease Tidbit Tuesday 📸

Heyooo. I decided to revive this wip while the season is still running and I have been tinkering with it in the last couple of days, so I thought I'd give you a small tidbit. 💛

You can find the previous snippet: here.

“Alright, 118, listen up.” Bobby clapped his hands together as he made his way up the last couple of steps leading to the loft. Eddie and Chim looked up from their mid-morning cereal curiously. After all, if there was an announcement to be made, it could’ve only been about the empty slot on their roster that has been there ever since McNeil finally went into retirement last month. “Someone from B shift is joining us next week.”

“Yeah? What do we know about them?” Chim asked, with his mouth full of colorful wheat hoops.

“Broke the record for the doll factory on his recertification.” Bobby said with a smile as smug as if he was bragging for himself.

“Recertification?” Hen walked up to their table with two mugs of coffee, seamlessly passing one to Chim.

“He got injured on the job a few months ago.” Bobby explained without going into any details. Eddie wasn’t sure if it was because he didn’t know them or if he didn’t want to share them.

“So, why is he switching shifts?”

“Apparently, his family just moved into town and it works better for them.” Bobby shrugged, clearly unimpressed by how quickly everyone has moved on from the apparent boy wonder's record setting abilities.

“What? Does he have like, kids or something?” Chim frowned into the soft steam of his coffee.

“No, it’s hi—”

Whatever Bobby was about to say has been shrilly interrupted by the ring of the bell. Tabling the conversation for later, they all jumped up, leaving their plates and mugs behind, and made their way downstairs to gear up.

✨I have been tagged by and am tagging the ever so lovely @sunshinediaz @spagheddiediaz @goforkinard @exhuastedpigeon @nmcggg @disasterbuckdiaz @daffi-990 @diazsdimples @honestlydarkprincess @watchyourbuck @actualalligator mwuahhh 💛

#I really gotta get to my oneshot wips cuz this is planned to be about 20k or so #but it just reminds me of early seasons buddie and it has me emotional so I'm playing around with this one for now🥹 #getting back to the writing business is always a bit hard after posting a long multichapter fic #but having such a lovely source material definitely helps 🫶 #buddie #911 #wip #the insta fic

[bixels]

Do u have 90s Anime OVA reccomendations?

The Little Witch Academia OVA is my favorite thing to come out of Trigger. FLCL, obviously. I liked Gunsmith Cats a lot. Birdy the Mighty has stellar character animation and a fun body-swapping premise that avoids being creepy. If you like stories that take place in the Pacific Islands, I'd recommend this really obscure OVA, From a Distant Ocean Came Coo, about a young boy finding a baby plesiosaur. Sonic the Hedgehog OVA is a classic. I need to watch the Patlabor films. While technically not an OVA, the anthology film project Memories is absolutely stellar; Magnetic Rose is one of the best sci-fi horror flicks out there.

#i need to watch golden boy and gunbuster and angel's egg too #lots to watch #ask me #anon #i love ovas because they're not burdened by any source material #so they're often tightly directed and written miniseries or movies with a great premise #and they're always bitesized so i can sit down and finish one in a single go. i don't have to dedicate weeks working through a series

[boyybites]

So last night I was playing palworld and was wondering what a Lovander Noct would look like so I made 2???????? But obviously I got carried away so they're my ocs now.

Anyway I love noct designs in palworld because yeah they could've just recolored them all black and blue and been done with it but some of them have the coolest ass little tweaks of their design ever.

#art tag #palworld #lovander #sorry for fanart on main but you expected me to jsut not do anything for tall pink heart themed creature #specifically made for me???????? #anywho the first one is hauper and sephiroth bang southern goth cowboy is nidus #i can tell their designs specifcally are gonna evolve out from lovanders as I keep them #fan ocs i make always do #its why i have like 2-3 fan ocs now that none of you would know were originally fan ocs #and im taking my first one to the grave with me i refuse to be associated with the source material anymore

[accirax]

Nene’s Role in Wonderlands x Showtime

The release of The Miniature Garden’s Coral seems to have confirmed some things I’ve recently speculated might transpire in future Wonderlands x Showtime events-- namely regarding Nene and how she may actually be the most important member of the troupe-- so, let’s talk about them! I’ll be using zui’s lyrics video for my translations, so hopefully they’re accurate.

With the past couple of WxS events in mind, it’s easy to see that this 3DMV is also about endings. While the MV begins in a sunny blue afternoon light...

...the characters and set eventually bask in a beautiful sunset orange, signaling the end of the day. The lyrics even mention being “between the end of the blue sky and the beginning of the night sky,” further emphasizing that we’re in the middle of the story. When the sky is blue, the troupe expresses uncertainty: Rui mentions that he feels lost, and Tsukasa, scared. But eventually, Nene admits that, in this beginning period, she was “spoiled by the sound of the waves,” AKA that the commotion surrounding WxS’s formation led to a troupe that became a source of comfort for all of them.

Once the sun sets, there are a lot of “even ifs.” Nene sings about how she’ll continue to sing this song, even if things are starting to look unsteady and she’s not sure if she should proceed. However, by the end of the song, she resolves to "still sing this song” while keeping up a smile.

I think that the fact that Nene says she will sing this song is incredibly important, because, as established, this song is about endings. Meanwhile, back in Mr. Showtime, Tsukasa firmly didn’t want WxS to end, and was holding out until closing time. Rui’s What Sort of Ending Are You Wishing For? and Emu’s Starry Sky Orchestra seemingly both acknowledge an ending as well, but it’s not at all easy. Rui seems to fall into a resigned depression at the thought, keeping a whimsical facade up when the very thought of separating kills him inside. The thought haunts him, MV riddled with hourglasses that he can’t get out of his head. Emu can only tolerate taking the first step towards a breakup with tooth-rottingly sugarcoated promises of eternal togetherness and literally holding hands as they go (I love her btw this is not Emu slander). She never even says the word “end,” only “tomorrow.”

Rui, Emu, and Tsukasa are basically Denialx3. Rui tries to deny his emotions regarding disbanding, Emu tries to deny that the ending is coming at all, and Tsukasa tries to deny that there’s nothing he can do to keep them from inevitably drifting apart. And that’s where Nene comes in again.

Rui’s dream is to perform technically complex shows that will resonate with an audience. He can do that from Phoenix Wonderland. Emu’s dream is to keep the Wonder Stage up and operating forever. She has to do that from Phoenix Wonderland. Tsukasa’s dream is to become the number one world star and make everyone smile. While this would likely take him away from the park, in another story, I could see it being possible that, in the end, Tsukasa decides that making the people in his local community happy is more important than trying to change the entire world. Thus, he could also follow his dream from Phoenix Wonderland, even if it’s not ideal.

But then there’s Nene. Her dream is, and always has been, to perform in Broadway musicals. Broadway is a live performance in New York City. There is no possible way for Nene to get what she wants while staying in Phoenix Wonderland. And that is possibly why Wonderlands x Showtime’s ending is the easiest for her to process.

Now, I’m not trying to say that Nene doesn’t love her friends. She adores them. Her three previous commissions have proven that. It’s the amount of love she has for them that will propel her to make what is actually the best choice for their dreams. Nene is the little mermaid, both when swimming freely the oceans with a beautiful, unstoppable song, and when enduring pain herself to stand with and for the ones she loves. Her friends, in this situation... are coral.

Remember that coral, “blurred” and uncertain in the water and “stained orange by the setting sun”? The miniature garden is Phoenix Wonderland; the coral is Emu, Rui, and Tsukasa; and that coral is stained orange by its desperation to keep rereading the final chapter instead of closing the book for now and putting it away to revisit in the future. Coral, while a beautiful living organism, is also completely static.

Static like stone statues which, at least by my interpretation, is what the rest of WxS turns into at the end of the 3DMV. The three of them (and Kaito) are paralyzed with the fear of the suffering an ending would bring. Only Nene is alive and human to be the one to show the group the benefits it can bring as well.

There are a lot of aspects of this song and Nene’s entire personality that lead me to believe that she will be the one to bring about change in WxS. First, she most often “has the braincell,” so to speak. I don’t think it’s a coincidence that she performs this song with Kaito, the most mature of the WxS vocaloids, either. During April Fool’s 2023, she was put into the Solid Heart class. One might think that troupe leader Tsukasa should be the Solid Heart, and that shy Nene should be the Cautious Heart, but they (accurately) sorted it the other way.

Nene is a very strong-willed person. In other stories, it might be seen as a negative that Nene is always the most hesitant one to get into shenanigans, or that she would even dare to be the one to suggest a WxS split in the first place. What an ungrateful wet blanket Nene is, willing to throw away her friends for the sake of her own selfish dream. But in this story, staying at Phoenix Wonderland isn’t really what will make Rui or Tsukasa happy, and even Emu may have to graduate to focusing on the entire company instead of just one stage someday.

Nene’s friends brought her out of the darkness and into the light of day, and she is so grateful for that. She knows how amazing they are, which is how she knows that they can make more friends and continue to do even more amazing things in the future if they can bear to leave their high school part-time jobs behind and enter the real world, just like her.

So, Nene’s role is to be Wonderlands x Showtime’s guiding light. She’ll tell Rui what sort of ending she’s wishing for, and then console him when he can’t repress his tears. She’ll be the one to hold Emu’s hand while they take that next step into tomorrow. Her three best friends helped her to grow from the loner who operated a robot from the theme park bushes, and she’ll help them step out of that theme park and be who they truly want to be.

There is one other thing I wanted to mention, though...

Tsukasa.

As I mentioned previously, while all three of Rui, Emu, and Tsukasa are in denial, Tsukasa is the most actively in opposition to an ending. He’s also the troupe leader, and the sole creator of the Wonderland Sekai. If someone is going to actively try to stop Nene from suggesting separation, it’s definitely going to at least start with him. But as Nene has already stated in The Miniature Garden’s Coral, despite any opposition that makes her question whether or not she should proceed, she already plans to continue singing her beliefs about a bittersweet yet timely goodbye.

And, their conflict is something that’s basically been foreshadowed from the beginning too, right? Nene has always roasted Tsukasa, giving a counterpoint to his blindingly bright worldview. In upcoming chapters, however, I believe that may start to transform from simple fun banter into a genuine conflict with clear sides drawn...

And THAT’S why ColoPale gave them Childish War.

Nenekasa nation get ready, ‘cause I don’t think this is the last Nene and Tsukasa fight we’re going to see.

#project sekai #pjsekai #nene kusanagi #tsukasa tenma #rui kamishiro #emu otori #wonderlands x showtime #as always thank you so much for reading!!! #i can post things about the rest of wxs too not just tsukasa i love all of them #on that note though i was reading something lately about angstkasa #and how a lot of the people who haven't read the source material mischaracterize him (and others) #and uh well. i haven't actually read much of the source material #so i'm SUPER sorry if i'm mischaracterizing him here it is not at all my intention #i just hear a lot about what happens on JP and have thoughts and feelings about it so i post #my theories regarding sekai are always meant to be a best case scenario #where the stories are as interesting and the characters are as deep as possible #i fully acknowledge that what i wrote here might not actually be true #i don't want to get anyone's hopes up about something that i have no guarantees will actually happen #i just want to have fun while we're all here y'know? :) #that is all. i can't wait to see where the story goes from here #my theories #WXS

[workinclass]

Apo Nattawin in Harper's Bazaar Singapore

#apo nattawin #apo nattawin wattanagitiphat #kinnporsche #kinnporschesource #kpedit #kinnporscheedit #* #did i open up ps after over 10 years because i loved how fem apo was in the second one but hated how whitewashed he looked #yes yes i did #he was so badly whitewashed in that second one that it was more like i was trying to colourise a black and white photo #i've never done an edit that has skin tone correction specifically in mind before as i always tried to avoid source material that requires i #so if anyone sees any problems with this or has any tips for corrections i'm all ears

[freaky-flawless]

Well...damn.

I finally watched The Phantom of the Opera, and now I have to grapple with how much Operetta makes absolutely no sense.

Like I'm wracking my brain, and the only conclusion I've come to is that she'd make sense if she wasn't a ghost at all, but a siren.

Maybe after years of being cast out by his fellow humans, Erik finds refuge in the monster world which welcomes him with open arms, and also gives him the chance for a new start.

And given his love of opera, he falls in love with a siren and they have a child together. Thusly making Operetta half human, half siren.

This way, she can keep her hypnotizing voice, since she sure as hell wouldn't have gotten it from Erik.

#monster high #operetta #before i had the deniability of not being familiar with the source material but thats just gone #now im grasping at straws trying to make her work #i do appreciate certain details of her character tho #like i always thought she knew her way around the catacombs because she was down there a lot but no #thats something very much inspired by the phantom which is cool #and im not sure if this is a detail thats in all the adaptations but the movie at least suggests that he's of romani heritage which is neat #were they tactful and respectful about it? hell no #her design wouldn't even have to change that much #just add some fishy or bird-like features and bam! #couldnt even tell she was a ghost anyway #its funny that she's a ghost and invisibilly isn't lol #text post #this feels like a stretch tho #“that phantom of the opera's daughter who isn't a phantom at all because neither is he”

[bigmammallama5]

Vǫlva

On the evening of the fifth day Lena spotted the tops of the Uppsala territory posts in the misty dusk. It marked the line into neutral ground, and a sigh of relief rippled through the caravan as they passed between two pillars. Lena sucked in a deep breath as her horse plodded past the nearest post and looked up at it, her face chilled from the dew as she clutched at the reins and the high pommel of her saddle.

And then something tapped gently at the back of her mind.

Lena froze in her saddle and listened, her heart in her throat as the tapping continued.

Greetings.

Or, the second and most likely final fic of my enjoyably messy Viking/Seer AU, this time from Lena’s eyes. Please read the tags and author’s note before proceeding, and I hope you enjoy reading! <3

#supergirl #supercorp #i need a writing tag #viking au #arting #yes arting bc i did some real face editing yesterday and i always forget how challenging it is #ima need mrs benoist to be in a few iron age and or medieval age productions so i can have some freaking source material my god #WEH okay ill stop messing with this yeet

[beholding-moth]

so that second half of the hbomberguy video huh...

#yes i know im late to the parade as always ahah #even tho the video IS BARELY A DAY OLD GUYS HOW DID IT EVEN COME UP ON MY RADAR WITH HOW MUCH I LIVE UNDER A ROCK- #hbomberguy #if u havent watched it yet tho i recommend it big time!! hbomberguy makes a lot of rly good points and its good to learn a thing or two abo- #about how to cite ur sources well and how to handle the materials you cite! #i cant believe im saying this but its not even about the plagiarism for me.... its the blatant theft and erasure of queer content creators- #that resulted from that plagiarism thats getting to me..... like thats some huge and wild shit. a very big smelly dump of it.