It's funny but also sad, how Clone Wars, a kids cartoon, managed to be more mature, have more depth of character, more moral depth and understand and show the horrors of war and the crushing pressure of being seen as the salvation of the world(/Galaxy) better than the Grishaverse, a YA series, also starring a teen female protagonist pushed facing a massive war and a chosen one (granted, CW had them as two different characters, but the point still stands).
I love you messy artstyle i love you visible brush strokes I love you textures and rough edges I love you imperfections I love you roughness and colour blobs I love you scratchy sketches and bold stylisation and dirt and imperfections I love you ugly and raw emotion!!!!! ❤️
I look at those guys and let me tell you the soul of that thing ain't just in the puppet, it's in all the neurons carrying the thoughts and emotions, it's in the power rails that serve as the heart. All the memories in the memory conflux and all the numbers we see flicker across displays, the flux condensers, the puppet; a little avatar.
No way these massive machines see life the same way we do. They have their own experiences and senses and things they hold dear. A world we can't imagine, a way of living we couldn't even comprehend.
I could never tear an iterator apart to be just a puppet. Who am I to decide how's life supposed to be enjoyed or perceived?
You treat your creechurs however you want- I ain't gonna dictate that. But damn, hearing the thrums and buzzes of the linear systems rail? They are alive with so much power, these mechanical beasts are exactly what they should be.
hey folks who interact with creative works online! just a tiny PSA
If you don't like a character, that's totally fine! If you have a different reading of a situation in a show & have issues with stuff that's going on, that's also fine.
What is NOT fine is to ACTIVELY SEEK OUT fans of the characters you don't like and talk shit about them, the characters they have feelings about, or the content they've posted b/c you, Freddy McHatesalot really needs to tell everyone how much you dislike a...fictional character.
You are totally welcome to consume content in your own space in whatever way you see fit. It is disrespectful of the fandom space to try to drag other people into your space and interact with you if they don't want to. And dunking on a character in writings or art of them is fucking rude as hell to the person who put work into into the creation they made out of some feelings they were having.
Also. side note, it is possible to enjoy a character who is Wrong About Some Things or Isn't Doing The Right Stuff In The Right Situation. Sometimes it's possible to like a character and disagree with them, and shitting on people b/c you can't see what they see in a character is pretty trash garbage and is 90% of why I just make silly little art for me and my own silly feels and hope folks get a chuckle or some enjoyment out of it too.
The idea that Tommy, a closeted gay man who was desperately trying to fit in in a hyper macho and discriminatory environment, isn't allowed to have any growth from when he was over compensating and was a dick to Chim really pisses me off. He literally had canonical growth to the point he was going for drinks with Chim and Hen in Bobby Begins Again and they got him a fancy leaving cake.
Why isn't he allowed to grow and be better? Because he's white? Because he "gets in the way of buddie"? Because no one is allowed to say and change at all over a decade?
Like this is a queer fandom and I'd bet a lot of money that a ton of people in this fandom said and did things they weren't proud of when they were younger, especially before they came out so they could try and hide it.
I know this is quite a young fandom too but like, it was literally only a decade ago when "gay" was an insult at school and doing anything that could be get you accused of being gay was fucking social suicide. You guys have no idea how lucky you are that people at least get called out for that shit now cause they didn't when I was a kid. I would have done almost anything to just be ignored, let alone accepted, rather than being openly bisexual.
So yeah, I think Tommy is allowed to fucking change as a person because Bobby, Chim and Hen came into his life and allowed him to stop repressing. Stop being such fucking assholes. You aren't any better than him, and frankly the way some of you behave makes the way Tommy acted when he was first in the show look like a fucking saint. Touch some grass.
This started out as cat mirroring and fluff but unfortunately for Eclipse a lot of my trapcards have their origin in the first half of the 20th century and I'd like words.
Seems we've found ourselves stuck in a trope- and this closet~
Had a little free time, and maybe a touch too much confidence, sooo here's an unscripted, all recorded in one go, lil wav!~ (I absolutely adore sneezing while hiding tropes, so I had to give it a shot >///<)
Too big for the audio file limit, so here it is via s/oundcloud, hope it's alright!~
Seeing posts about the Takeover and complaining about "ship baits" made me remember why I felt ashamed about liking sonamy and sonadow a few years ago...
I can never let Astarion Ascend so I looked at the new kisses for Ascended Astarion on YouTube and I'm not sure what I was expecting but no that. No hate to anyone who likes it or Ascended Astarion, you do you. But damn, all the kiss animations made me horribly nervous. The way that Tav actually looks nervous or scared at points. The way that Astarion just pushes Tav away when he's done, or puts his hand up like "Conversation over now." Or jerks Tav around like he is insepecting his plaything It's really upsetting.
Some of the differences that I noticed was Ascended Astarion makes you get down on your knees for him, whereas regular spawn Astarion will bend down for you if you are playing a short race.
Ascended Astarion always ends if first, bc he has to be the one in control/gets what he wants until he's bored. Spawn Astarion and Tav end the kiss together, and both look happy.
Ascended Astarion only touches Tav to stop the kiss, or bite them. Spawn Astarion has his hands on Tav during the whole kiss and vice versa.
Also side note the 2nd kiss animation where Astarion stops Tav from coming in for more kissing by pushing their face to the side really looked like Astarion slapping Tav to me, and I had to replay it to notice that it was him just turning Tav's face. But boy did that make me realize that Ascended Astarion probably would hit their "Consort" during a heated argument if he wanted to.
i have to admit the phrase "curate your experience!" is kind of a pet peeve to me at this point. like i agree with the sentiment i LOVE the block button she is like a wife to me. and don't even get me started on tag exclusion my sweet darling. however the people who say "ummm just block people and tags sweaty :)" every time someone complains they dislike something are so . like. sorry you guys don't understand that sometimes bitching about stuff on your own personal blog is a way to process negative emotions and move on. sorry you guys don't understand the noble art of haterism or whatever. get well soon
my taste in ships is actually the besr thafs why, i am THE nunber one lottielee shipper by the way and like maybe top five ragapon shipper i do a lot of fanart for them i deserve a spot in the top five