#lavendertowne has a video on it that i agree with a lot

[piiinkfreak]

Poor things is shit

I first heard about it only from promotional images and fanart, then I heard the criticism and plot of it and thought "Well that's sure a horrendously bad movie". Sadly for me, I thought that I was being too harsh on it so I decided to watch by myself so I can confidently say it's shit. I do not understand the praise it's getting as it fails at pretty much everything it sets out to do.

It fails as a "feminist" re-imagination of Frankenstein as it is written and directed by men and (as many Frankenstein-inspired media) doesn't understand the original story at all, which actually is the first feminist Frankenstein as it was written by Mary Shelley, much less does anything new or interesting with it.

It fails as an adaptation of the novel "Poor Things" as it excludes the ending without any sound reason I could find. In which end, I may add, we find out that Bella never existed, that the whole book was written by Victoria's second husband who was jealous of her life and career as a doctor so he, in the words of the novel itself, "deprived me of childhood and schooling by suggesting I was not mentally me when I first met him". And the most astounding to me is that all i found regarding this change is that they "wanted to go beyond the book" regarding the scene with her first husband. That strikes me as such a missed opportunity since it could've poked fun both at reimaginations of classical books that do nothing and of the "Victorianisms" (as i understood it the romanticisation of life while ignoring the harsh reality of the working class) that Victoria in the book hated. Or say anything else, maybe about her and her husband's conflicting points of view.

It fails as a movie itself by being an unnecessarily and utterly boring movie with nothing to say or to add to any discussion. I do not understand the comedy aspect of the film as only one scene in the whole two-hour movie struck me as "funny". I understand much less the "female gaze" statment of this movie because of the reasons stated above. It's artsy, but so many other films are artsy and some of then have an actual story to tell.

Basically this film says nothing about nothing about the female experience worth noting, it doen't discuss the implication of her husband being atracted to her when she still has the mental capacity of a toddler, it doesn't touch on the themes of isolation, judgment and mishandling of science of Frankenstein, it's not faithfull to the source material, it's not enjoyable neither makes you think, in sum it's just two hours of nothing.

#poor things #why did i do this to myself #honestly sorry if you paid to watch this #sorry for my rant #edting this #it was supposed to be posted on my sideblog #to not cause interference with the flow of this blog #alas as i regret nothing of what i said i won't really change it now #i just hated this movie #and i'm so sick of hearing people praise it #it's horrible just admit it #i have waay more thoughts on it but it would turn into an essay #so let's not do that now #as i refuse to spend so much time in such an useless movie #lavendertowne has a video on it that i agree with a lot #it's truly jus a “born sexy yesterday” trope

[rhapsodash]

random thought about lavendertowne’s most recent hazbin video

i agree that her first designs weren’t that great, and her redo of those designs are so SO much better i’m obsessed, but as she explained in her hazbin redo video she was going through some stuff and her first video was the best she could manage

and overall that just got me thinking about the pressure on artists online/artists who make a career out of it. when you do something professionally, when you set the bar so high for yourself, it makes it REALLY difficult during times where you have off days, where your work either isn’t up to standards that people expect from you, or gives people who already hate you more of an opportunity to do so

and yes, when you post stuff on the internet, you’re going to open yourself up for criticism no matter the reason. i get it! i’m very critical of stuff too and think critique is incredibly valuable for people to grow as artists! but there’s something to be said at the absolute hate and vitriol thrown her way over…what? subpar designs? that’s it? yes she accidentally drew over fanart but she addressed that and good that she did that!!! but most of the hate was directed toward her redesigns

it makes me think about where i’m at in art school right now, where a good chunk of this semester has been spent on “off days,” where i know i could do SO much better but am just frustrated that i can’t or didn’t for some reason, it makes me think of my art prof who was like “at least you won’t kill people if you make a bad drawing!” which is true but a lot of people online act like you will, it makes me think of beginner artists who get harrassed off the internet or even harrassed out of doing art entirely just because their art is exactly where they should be as beginners

and i know lavendertowne isn’t a beginner at ALL, i know she has an art degree, i know she’s successful and this ultimately won’t affect her career all that much and i know she has some flaws in her art that i’ve grown to notice as i got older and i know i’m HEAVILY biased as a longtime viewer of hers, but i just want to make connections to a broader topic on how the internet is with artists and content creators as a whole

#moral of the story be nice on the internet! idk #controversial but i think a lot of what i said can apply to vivziepop too #and i’m still wrestling with that as someone who both likes hazbin bc it appeals to me Specifically in a lot of ways #but also has a lot of critiques of it as a writer and an art student #and then i know viv has controversies but idk much about those so i won’t talk about them #ok i’ll stop talking about hazbin tho and i refuse to tag any more hazbin stuff bc the fandom fucking SCARES me #lavendertowne #art community

[just-antithings]

As another lavendertowne fan, I agree that first ask was very much in bad faith. She has expressed her own personal discomfort with some over-sexualized designs -especially for underaged characters- but I have never gotten the vibe that she thinks the people who enjoy these types of designs are bad for liking them. One of my favorite videos of hers was when she was drawing fanart for shows she doesn't like.

Shes super chill, and personal discomfort is totally allowed, the one underage character she draws her main complaint was definitely "they say shes 16 but looks the exact same age as the 8/9 year old" but also the her body doesn't support the boob size but she does keep the character busty. And the 1 revealing outfit she gets given she does in a way that still shows a similar amount of skin in practice. (She adds zippers everywhere that if unzipped would give a similar look to the original while making it so she has more access to areas perviously covered)

Also in her making websites cute girls she makes a character look like a Fujoshi and she means it in a positive way. I also love that when she does intersting topics (personifying poisons or plagues) she like give lessons on the topic and like puts a lot of research into her designs!

She is like regularly regarded as someone with a bad art style to which everyone has opinions but like

Id hardly call this bad art, this is actually a screen grab from this video

Which the third character not shown in the thumb is an animal character, and the drawing of the character are pictured above is in its source a humanoid dragon so like, also one that she did was clearly a racist stereo type so....... She also made she hulk a giant woman instead of just green in part 2 of this.

Still anon this essay is not for you as im sure you understand.

TDLR: she is super chill and is not down with shaming people for things, so as far as im concerned shes really cool and does interesting work and i think people should definitely watch some of her stuff/series before passing judgements.

#mod gatito #asks #mod rant unlocked

[elodiethefirst]

I did a frozen redesign!! Overall, my idea was to make Anna and Elsa more visually distinct in meaningful ways, while still keeping them united. I put a lot of thought into the changes I made, and i elaborate below the cut!! 

Ok so first, their bodies 

I read on a tumblr post a long time ago that if any princess should be chubby it was Anna, because it would be a visual representation of her warm/sweet nature whereas Elsa, the “colder” sister, is more angular. I totally agree, and tons of siblings have very different body types so you might as well exploit that to further the visual storytelling. Plus, she shows some incredible feats of strength in the movie, so in general I wanted to bulk her up and give her body a LOT more volume. I also made her white streak more visually distinct, and changed a bit of the silhouette of her hair just to look even softer. I emphasized her freckles a bit more to give her that summery/sunkissed look to contrast with her sister! I also made her a bit shorter than Elsa but not by a significant amount, just to further that big sister-little sister dynamic physically.

I made less changes to Elsa’s body than Anna, but there are still a few key things. I wanted to make her face slightly more otherworldly/mythical while still keeping her similar enough to be Anna’s biological sister, so I made her more angular and have a more distinct smile, cheekbones, etc. while keeping her nose, brow ridge, and freckles similar to Anna’s. Also, we know her powers come from her mind/emotions, but she also obviously performs a lot of incredible feats of strength with her powers, so while keeping her fairly skinny, I beefed her arms/upper body up a bit to represent that strength and make it more realistic that she’s able to do those things. I also changed her hair to be even more wild/windswept, to give it a silhouette that looks more like a snowflake. I also toyed with that very short hair in the front from her bangs similar to Anna’s in the start of the film. 

Second, their outfits 

I kept Anna’s essentially the same, I really enjoyed her outfit in the movie and didn’t think there was anything “wrong” with it or that I would want to change. I just removed a few minor details, like the poofballs on her cloak, and I changed her heels into smaller wedges. Her heels weren’t unreasonable in any way, but sometimes even the shortest heels can be hard to walk in and I wanted to make her “adventuring” outfit as practical as possible while still keeping some princess-y flair to it.

I obviously made a lot of changes to Elsa’s outfit. I have always had an issue with characters who wear clothing that looks jarringly different in time period/style to the other characters in their movie. Elsa’s dress and makeup didn’t bother me the first time I saw the movie in the theatre, but the more and more I see it the more and more she sticks out like a sore thumb to me. Some of the changes I made were based on @lavendertowne and her Elsa redesign video, because she brought up the very good point that at the part of the movie where Elsa and Anna are  growing closer, they look the most jarringly visually different. However, I understand that her new outfit was made by Disney to symbolize her freedom, therefore her ice “fabrics” are more loose and flowing than the dresses she had to wear in Arendelle. So I tried to merge those two concepts, and make her visually similar to Anna while also keeping her looking free and flowing, while adding in practical touches as well. 

I decided to give Elsa a cloak made of ice to keep that flowing, veil like aspect to her design, while also giving her an item of clothing that mirrors Anna’s outfit. I chose the collar because I associate that kind of collar with dramatic villains, and I thought it would be interesting to incorporate that idea into Elsa’s design, as she does some morally questionable things in the movie and occasionally sees herself as a villain. I made her dress look a little more sturdy, and on both the cloak and dress I incorporated ice-patterns from her original dress. I remember seeing frozen for the first time, I really noticed the slit in Elsa’s dress and really wanted to keep it in this design. I decided to give her two slits in her dress, which would give her even more freedom/mobility and gives the dress more of a warrior-queen vibe, which she reaches her peak of in the middle of the movie wanting to stay in isolation in her castle. I brought the edge of her dress up from the ground because, as someone who has worn plenty of dresses, it is much easier to move in ANY dress if it’s not dragging on the ground. I also changed her ice slippers into boots, because the idea of heels made of ice makes me cringe because I imagine they could shatter at any time. I like the boots because even though I know she is immune to cold, putting your foot onto something freezing cold like ice or snow is one of the worst feelings ever and I wanted to prevent that association for the viewer by having her go barefoot or something. I actually took the poofballs from Anna’s cloak and gave them to Elsa in the form of iceballs, because the concept of ice dangling off of the cloak was really cool. I also gave her a choker because it looks sick. I removed her eyeshadow because I think it was one of the main things that made her look out of place compared to the other characters, and I really like the overall effect it has on her look and keeping her face looking cold and wind-chapped. 

I hope you guys like this design/my reasoning behind it!! This isn’t serious and i’m not correcting something I think disney did “wrong”, just what I would have picked to do if I was in charge of their designs. 

#frozen #frozen ii #frozen elsa #frozen anna #elsa #anna #disney #redesign #elodie draws things

[thetwinshere-blog]

Some Harry Potter Books/Movie Debate

I’m going to suppose that you know Harry Potter, if not, don’t worry, it’s everywhere. So in medias res, folks: me and my twin sis stumbled upon a YouTube video recently:

Basically, she compared the three main characters’ looks in the books (looks in the books, you go rhymes!) and in the movies, and tried to draw their appearances accurately based on the books. 

Probably as soon as one does something that’s... a hot topic, meaning, what loads of people care about (like Harry Potter), there will be a wave of criticism attacking them like a sea monster.

Honestly, I don’t see why she deserves hatred, while other comments are just kind of... dumb. (Sorry :() If you happen to be one whose comment I include, I’m honestly sorry for being the first one to criticize your remarks (I wish someone would have done it before me).

Animaker wrote:  “I don't really agree on your points. I belive they look fine in the movies”

The commenter is not being impolite, yay, but I honestly think this is not a very smart comment, still 757 people have liked it - so far. Of course they look fine in the movies, but that is not quite how it is in the books. LavenderTowne, who made the video was not quite happy with Hermione being a glamurous nerd. Honestly, neither am I, because in the books she is not particularly pretty, but let’s face it, in the movies they really went for that - like movies generally do. There’s nothing wrong with that, but I’m still happy that her looks is not in the centre of the books.

Jennifer Morales: “Hermione’s first year hair is actually really on point. Unwell kept curly hair looks like that. ...” (2.5K likes)

Ida lovinden:  “ When i take Care of my hair it looks like the second picture of hermione. When i dont take Care of my hair its like in the first photo / first and second movie. They Got hermione super right after my opinion. Also there is something called puberty if you know what that is. People OFC change from the age of 10 to 20! Also most People’s hair changes alot from being frizzy to more straight or whatever its called which obviusly happened to Emma / hermione.“

Vamos. Obviously, they didn’t get Hermione super right since that is not how she’s described in the books. She’s not particularly pretty there (as I’ve said) and already in the first one, she’s extremely annoying and far not as likeable as in the movie. Thank Goodness (and Rowling) for her character development.

“There is something called puberty if you know what that is.” Now that’s rude... I’m sorry for the girl who made the video, since this is just the tip of the mocking iceberg she received.

Well, the “problem” here with the movies is obviously not how Hermione’s hair changes as time progresses. LavenderTowne talked about the effort that’s put into her hair and makeup in the second picture, and compared it to the Hermione of the books. This effort is totally understandable, since we’re talking about the big - and small - screen, but calling a visibly curled hair a natural phenomenon... oh well.

Wolffie Girls: “To be honest, the way I saw this video was that you were sort of "picking" on the actors, they can't get it perfect you know.”

Gacha React: “Exactly!”

Jaspreet Digpal: “Yesss! She was literally moaning that Rupert Grint had normal sized hands and feet!“

...

Why would anyone criticize the actors for not looking exactly like book characters? I really don’t think she was “picking on the actors” in her video, but in some cases on the way they were depicted, and in others she mainly highlighted the differences. Sometimes depicting a character differently is unavoidable, since they cannot look exactly on point, naturally, but I fully agree that making Hermione a “glamorous nerd” has kind of a “being smart in itself is not enough if you’re not pretty” message - since cinema usually suggests this, and also a lot of books. - But I love those movies (e.g. Grease). O.o *.*

All in all, what these commenters really don’t get is that for somebody who loves the books the way they are, it is quite difficult to cheer for somewhat significant changes when they watch the movies. Harry’s eye color is one example since his “maternal heritage eyes” pretty much accompany the whole story. Of course, it can’t prevent a good actor from getting the role and he couldn’t wear contacts, as they say, but people should also be considerate to those who love the books so much that a change like this is not utterly unimportant for them. Another example is Ron’s height and long nose, which is the exact opposite of the movie’s Ron, but I’m perfectly okay with that since I love Rupert Grint’s acting.

We could again talk about Hermione. So let’s do it, shall we?

madison morren wrote:  “ Idk if anyone else has mentioned it, but the reason hermoine in the film gets more 'glamorous' was actually at the request of the actress, not the film director. She didnt want to look frumpy and requested to be able to be done up throughout the film. ... From what im aware of. I heard about it a few years back. She didnt want to be defined as a frizzy haired girl who wasnt conventionally pretty. I think there may be a small interview on it, if i find it ill link it here. Im sure this is the reason for many changed in lots of these multi series movies but the actors just dont say anything”

NCC-1701-HUFFLEPUFF “I could understand that. She was a child in the public spotlight so it's normal for her to be self-conscious about her appearance, even if she's acting in a film.“

Well I can’t understand. If Emma Watson really didn’t want to be defined as a not conventionally pretty character, then that is downright shallow and disappointing from a great actress like her. Honestly, I didn’t go do a research on this as I’m too lazy, my bad. I know though that she’s generally kind to her fans, so I still don’t hold it against her, even if it’s true (though I could... because it’s shallow).

See you next time. Have a nice... life.

#harry potter