#might make some refs for the other characters we'll see.......

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i have small hope for macden because i feel like sunny writers room brains would go Wouldn’t it be funny if two of the characters who sucked absolute ass and have had terrible times of strain were actually healthier in a romantic relationship than the other people they hang out with… but i also believe they think it’s not as funny as fucking it up sooo bad, if they ever made it canon. this is the plight of A Sunny Loser

yeah i mean again i still think that since they went thru the trouble of bringing back the Cat In The Wall metaphor from Break Up in s15 and having Dennis' arc echo a lot of the same beats as Mac's storylines in HOHC, MFHP, Mac Day, etc. makes me think there's something being set up here... Which isn't even mentioning the more obvious Brokeback refs including Den breaking his fuckin back on a mountain at the very end and caring a little too much about a tattoo on Mac's body that he wouldn't be seein unless he's already seeing/planning on seeing Mac's upper thigh on a regular basis it's.. just... if they don't do shit in s16 i'll be fuckin confused. but i feel like the girls have said that since Foreverrrr so idk! I do agree i think rcg are def scared of botching the storyline cuz again if they didn't care about botching it they would've done something with it already, and they nearly did botch it with DDL.. and I remember while they were writing s15 last year Rob mentioned his desire but how difficult it was to specifically bring a gay man into the writer's room so I feel like part of the feet dragging is coming from a place of good intention since Rob has a whole 'i gotta do right by the gays' thing lmao. but that being said I feel like they have written Mac/Den well already, so they just need to have a little faith in themselves LOL. If they're just afraid of failure the whole time it'll come thru in the writing n it won't be good. They gotta have some confidence in what they're writing and that itself has a lot of pull.

I personally think that they should just go for it because it'd be a way to freshen up the dynamics (esp if they are really gonna keep going for a few more seasons or possibly indefinitely) while still keeping it consistent. A lot of people seem to think that Mac/Den getting together would 'ruin the show' or forsake the formula... But I feel like both the s14/s15 finales had a very 'fuck our original formula' subtext to 'em anyway. And also I personally miss Macden's dynamic being like it was in Manhunters/Frank's Pretty Woman/Dines Out... Eps like that show that just bc MacDen are happy together doesn't make them better people so it'd still fit with Sunny's overall 'this is a show about bad people' motto. And I think it wouldn't be THAT different if they were overtly out and in a relationship cuz they have been written to have romantic subtext n sexual tension right along anyway. It's just been a matter of rcg going back and forth on whether to have the characters themselves realize that and embrace it or not. Cuz we see even in eps like 'Jumper' and 'Big Mo' that rcg have concluded that always just playing it safe and sticking to the formula or "the algorithm" is less satisfying than writing to what feels more satisfying in a story. I believe MFHP was kinda a major turning point for them and also worked as a sorta "dry run" for how a MacDen storyline might play with audiences.

But again, who knows! It seems like they're having fun in the writer's room so far at least, and so we'll have to wait n see what that means for MacDen's stryline if anything when we get there LOLLLL.

#i rlly love this show as a whole so I'm not basing my desire to watch off of this one storyline #but it IS a storyline ive come to rlly care abt cuz it resonates w me #again i didnt come to Sunny for macden like that wasn't even one of my expectations for watching the show #but once i saw it i rlly cared n so i do want em to handle it carefully n do it right #and macden has a strong foundation so i believe they can do the storyline well #im not even talking abt like rcg have to do it well 'for gay rights' or whatever the fuck thats not what im worried abt tbh LOL #im just ... i want em to do right by the characters n their relationship cuz i just CARE abt the bastards #again we'll just hav to wait n seeeeee #macden

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Catching up on "My Adventures With Superman"

I've been watching this one but doing it in the stints thing where I take a break for a couple weeks and then binge a few episodes at once. Just did one of those to catch up to the present and thought I'd share my reactions to the latest episode... seeing as it features my favorite of all of Superman's villains: the illustrious Mr. Mxyzptlk.

I know I'm Super late on this (ha), given that this is six episodes in, but I think I'll just give my thoughts on the two-parters coming up as they come/conclude and then my final thoughts on the show as a whole when its over. You can already get a bit of that towards the end of this, though. Episode 6: "Kiss, Kiss, Fall in Portal." So, this one reminded me of Spider-Verse. Not the movie. The original comic. And not in a good way. It has that same "we'll introduce the multiverse to give every bit of continuity ever made an established place so that we can homage everything... but actually devalue everything by forcing it to fit into a very rigid and contrived paradigm" feel.

For a while I've been starting to think the people who make this show don't actually see Superman's world and characters as especially interesting, which is why they've mostly been turning them into imitations of other things. The Legion of Lois'es, especially, really brought that feeling out: so the ultimate evolution of every prominent Lois Lane in every previous Superman property we've ever seen is... to cease to be Lois Lane and become Flash Gordon instead? It's such a jarring contrast for the primary Lois in this series to be someone whose main motivation is to become a reporter and help people by getting answers, only for the show to say "once you become the best you can be you won't even need to be a reporter anymore - then you'll be a cool sci-fi hero and do cool sci-fi hero stuff!" - and it then feels like Lois feeling insecure falls flat because none of these characters even do the things she or any other Lois we've ever seen cares about. I think it mostly hit me this way because this doesn't really get a resolution. The characters give the Multiverse Police the slip (which I do love, see below), but there isn't really a "I'm going to be the best I am because that's who I am, not what you think I'm worth" moment from Lois. She (and thus, the show) just kind of internalizes it.

I might be being harsh on it, I think. But it's comes off an idea that was intended as a homage on paper but ceased to work as one in execution - and instead maybe felt a bit like the opposite. On top of that "we love these characters and put them on a pedestal through nostalgia, so what if characters in-universe actually had the same reactions to those same characters and treated them the same way" is pretty much an idea I've never seen work out - it always just ends up turning characters into reflections of fan reactions, instead of allowing them to be... well... characters.

I'm explicitly not getting into the Clark implications, firstly because everyone overreacts the hell out any time an evil Clark or Clark-like character shows up in anything these days, second because the issues with the concept are evident even before Clark comes into it, and third because - due to the first - I think people are focusing too much on Clark specifically and not enough on how the concept as a whole wasn't great to characters involved (except Jimmy / Jalana because this show's versions of any Olsen continue to be a treasure).

And fourth because the "the characters discover some versions of their friend went bad" does actually line perfectly well up with the season's overall plot about Lois' dad being a paranoid nutter, but the Kryptonians maybe being evil and Clark being an unclear cog in the gears of this strange mystery. It's a plot decision I really liked in this show: I'm suspecting we might end up with something Iron Giant-esque, where all evidence points to the hero being a monster, but the hero refuses to fall into expectation as their friends refuse to fall victim to the fearmongering.

But... overall, all that is why I really liked how the main characters' ultimate response to the judgmental multiversal police squad was a "screw you guys, we're going home" without even a goodbye. Screw that noise. Presumably the Lois'es from other continuities who pointedly aren't among the Lois'es actually in the judgmental multiverse police squad did something similar. Live your life as yourself. Good message, though I think show could've been more overt about delivering it.

On the flipside, Mxy was fun. He was a tread to Lois & Clark's "more malevolent Mxy who wants to be a god" idea, which is... hate to repeat myself... fun. But being fun it what's most important where Mxy is concerned. It's a little less interesting to have a Mxy who needs power because he wants to be a god vs a Mxy who already has power and finds concepts like godhood boring, but I don't think traditional Mxy is in line with how this show envisions threats, and regardless he was delightfully tricky and - let's face it - is one of the two big things absolutely carrying the episode (the other being Clark and Lois' relationship, as usual).

All in all, the show continues to hit me two ways at once: I really love the way it's interpreting the characters and their relationships - again, Jimmy is fantastic and Lois and Clark's relationship is nuanced, adorable and continually keeps me invested - but the plot decisions that surround those great characterizations keep missing, often feeling like they're wasting good concepts.

I hope I'm wrong about the feeling I'm getting that the writers maybe have some overall apathy for Superman's world and characters, but bit by bit the show keeps making me wonder - I just wish the show would start feeling excited to reinterpret these characters rather than flippant.

Either way, though, fun episode. More Mxy is always a treasure.

#my adventures with superman #clark kent #lois lane #jimmy olsen #multiverse #mr mxyzptlk #kiss kiss fall in portal #episode reaction #animatedmindsforanimatedtimes #animation review

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7. What was the worst phase in your life?

Uh. Krang and right after. Getting possessed by a fucking demon because I was convinced I was better off dead is pretty high up there too.

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14. How do you feel about sharing your password with your partner?

I need you to look me in the eyes and understand what I'm about to say.

Some things on my computer can never fucking see the light of day and I am not about to expose Usagi to that.

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21. If you are in a bad mood, do you prefer to be left alone or have someone to cheer you up?

Depends on the kind of bad mood.

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28. Did you ever write a journal?

I kind of keep one for therapy purposes 'n shit. Should probably write in it for more than just keeping track of triggers, but hey.

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35. What’s on your bucket list this year?

I kind of make my bucket list up as I go, to be honest, soooo. We'll see.

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42. What did you want to be when you were younger?

I wanted to grow up to be just like Lou Jitsu.

....mission sort of accomplished, I guess?

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49. What qualities do you admire about your parents?

Dad never gave up. No matter what. Even when he really, really wanted to. Even when a part of him--which he's said to me and he feels really really ashamed of--wanted to leave us behind, he didn't. It was hard for him, but he stuck it out.

I love his sense of humor, too. And I love that he's always willing to listen to me and offer advice. He didn't used to be so good at that, but after the Krang he got loads better.

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56. Why do you think you’re still single?

Bold of you to assume I'm single.

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63. If you could live anywhere in the world where would it be?

I'm not moving away from New York for shit. I don't care how good Chicago pizza is supposed to be.

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70. Who was your favorite teacher and why?

Didn't really have a "teacher" other than Dad, so. I might be biased.

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77. If you could tell your former self one thing right now what would it be?

Listen to people more, because it turns out sometimes you're wrong about shit.

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84. What was the last book you read? And When?

Read that Hunger Games prequel or whatever.

Man, young Snow was kinda a douche, huh.

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91. Why are we here?

Just to suffer. Every day I have to answer emails. Slash ref.

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98. What fictional character do you most relate to?

Huh. Hmm. Never really thought about that. Guess Lou Jitsu isn't really a fictional character.

....Donnie says I sound like Sonic the Hedgehog. If that counts.

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Aether

#post #my art #digital art #aether #realms of reality #my oc #HI none of u know this oc BUT he's for a story im working on atm... #i have like 35465324 story wips so that might be kinda vague AHAHIQWUREU #might make some refs for the other characters we'll see....... #if ur interested i might giv sum context in my ask box lOL #ALSO i revamped my style a lil!! #im trying to use more dynamic face structures and body types

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ok so im gonna post like some refs and screenshot edits soon and ill show you those but basically through some complex stuff involving professor mystery(from lost in danville. might not actually exist in the main dimension bc that whole ep took place in another one but i say he does exist) and a basically oc of mine bc we dont even have their name background character, trying to become a god. uh.

all the main(extended, extended main. i mean like. if they show up more then once, are interesting, and worked thematically) characters, who, basically were part of this pantheon connected to danville, were basically forced into human lives. not possessing or just appearing, but from when they were born, that energy. and no memories of being deities. of knowing each other at all properly.

parts of them, such as eyes, pretty much any markings, so from freckles and birthmarks, to wrinkles and even like. those lines on your hand. i know they have a name i just forget what. but anyways, they glow. literally radiating out a power. now, the color and power, and how in manifests in other ways, changes depending on the person. their powers are linked to their godhood, and what they had deityhood over, but not necessarily in the way you would think. for example, while candace has fire-based powers, shes not exactly the goddess of fire.

obviously this isn't without its downsides. in fact, there are usually more downsides then upsides. almost all the main cast don't know the others are also deities until later, for like. twenty reasons ranging from: "i got really anxious about it originally, didn't ever tell them, and now they'll probably hate me if i tell them" , to "this is literally half of my existence and it hurts and maybe if I keep pretending it doesn't exist, the pain will stop and everything can be fine and normal and not deadly". also like. having actual fire or poison or metal or lightning in your veins isn't that fun. your emotions are too extreme, because they're yours, and that makes everything flare up, and now it hurts to feel, and that makes the emotions so much worse, or every step feels heavy and sluggish, even if it's just as normal as everyone elses, and you just want to run and not stop, because maybe then you won't feel this way. or every bad memory just makes you feel worse, sick or drowsy, and you know it's all in your head. but you're starting to see things and you just have to pull through them. or every time you move, you start generating energy, the kind that your body could never keep up with, and it feels so right, like you could do anything, but if you don't get rid of that feeling early, you'll overcharge something, or even your own body...................

And of course there are workarounds. unless the emotion you feel is that extreme, makeup can cover up the glowing freckles and hands. just don't look at anyone when it's dark enough to see your eyes. don't let yourself get too emotional, or you'll start fires or every tree in the vicinity will uproot, or something else will happen. and these don't always work, but avoid too much or events at night, and you'll be fine. obviously that's not so much an option in danville.

theres obviously a bunch of changes to the plot, characters, and what generally happens, but suffice to say the parents have been trying to figure out what the hell they were deities of forever, and while the idea of phineas and ferb having figured out something they were literally gods at so early just seemed a bit too much like exaggeration to linda at first.

also all the parents are watching the kids and trying to explain that like. maybe the rest are all deities too kids. maybe you could stop being anxious about how much they'll hate you and just fuckin tell them. please. we'll have to explain too much if we just tell you but like. gosh can you please just. not. just once.

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