I know it's a comedy manga, but the ww manga probably has one of my favorite manga interpretations of Link. Mainly because he feels accurate to his games. He's quiet, he can talk, but he mostly just communicates his thoughts through his actions and body language. He's also just a silly little guy.
you know im thinking. im thinking maybe Yoichi wasn't even that into captain hero as an adult, but AfO kept bringing LITERALLY every conversation back to that because he decided to Be The Demon Lord and so Yoichi like, can't get an argument in unless he uses the same material so he's like 'oh my god i haven't even thought about that comic in ten years but even i know the bad guy didn't win. you should not be basing you whole identity, business model, and world destruction plan on your five-second impression of a comic book bad guy who didn't even win! also you shouldn't kill people!'
I kinda forgot how to draw before doing this LMAO I hope I managed to follow the assignment anyway. You guys are so insightful I was BLOWN AWAY, thank you so much!!! Despite these asks being primarily observations, they feel like compliments for some reason and y'all have made me really soft ;3;
I have to disagree about the cell shading though because in the last year I've only done two cell-shaded pics (+ used it in Leonardo's new prosthetic)
But Moss. Moss your bit about my lineart genuinely made me tear up oh my god I don't really know why but I Sure Felt Emotions ;_;<3
[Discusses Charles' dislike for understeer and preference for oversteer/loose rear end.] It's something that's been said of Max as well, that he likes to have a car that's 'on the edge.' Do you ever sometimes look at that Red Bull next to you and think 'I wonder what I could if I was in a direct competition against Max'? Because you raced against him for so much of your career as well.
Charles: "We did race together for a very long time in karting. Then we had a slightly different path in formula racing until we got to race each other again in Formula 1. For now, unfortunately especially in a year like this, we don't race very often together as they are in a league of their own. I don't really think to that because Ferrari is so special, and I wouldn't change my position with anybody else on the grid. Do I want to win world championships? Of course, this is the same for everybody. But do I want to change my place with anybody? No, I don't."
The reason this fandom hates IDW Optimus isn't because he's a cop (plenty of people are fine with Prowl) or because he's a bastard (most characters in IDW are) but because he commits the crime of being an actual person who's messy, flawed, and makes a shitload of high stakes mistakes fitting for the intense situations and pressure he's put under constantly.
But we can't have Optimus actually react to his situations by lashing out or being unpleasant, no, he has to have the personality of a cardboard cutout of G1 whose only defining personality traits are "dad, funny, nice," and if he ever vents negative emotions it can only ever be #relatable depression or him being sad on his own without ever letting it show during the important parts of the story. If Optimus dares do things like be angry or frustrated or bitter it's just a sign that he's a bastard and LITERALLY the worst Optimus ever. If Optimus ever makes mistakes or does wrong things in the heat of anger/frustration/stress it's because he's just an evil bastard with no redeeming traits.
God forbid Optimus go through an unending gauntlet of war, politics, atrocities, near-complete loneliness, and a seemingly endless cycle of violence for his entire life and come out of it kind of bitter, angry, and tired of dealing with people's shit. He's not allowed to be a realistic person, context doesn't matter, sympathy doesnt matter. IDW Optimus doesn't fulfill the fandom's fantasies of Father Figure or Perfect Cultural Icon or Twinky Fucktoy and since that's the only reason most people care about Optimus in general, the fandom collectively trashes on IDW OP.
All because he can't fit into the overly simplified and childlike double standard the fandom has where if any other character is messy and flawed, that's good writing and interesting and compelling, but if OPTIMUS is messy and flawed, he's Literally The Worst and he's an asshole for no other reason than He Sucks, context be damned