#rambling thoughts

[frownyalfred]

not to make everything about a/b/o (again) but I was thinking about the typical Martha and Thomas death scenes, and the one in BVS would be so much sadder if you added the lens of a/b/o to it?

some thoughts:

Chill shot Thomas first not just because he got in front of them, but because shooting an omega/pup would send an alpha into a rage so violent Chill would never have survived intact

Shooting Thomas wouldn’t have kept him down fully, but wounding Martha (his omega) would have split his attention, badly

Bruce’s last scent of his father is the acrid smell of pain and alpha aggression

Martha died trying to touch Bruce and Thomas, covered in blood. Did she manage to brush her fingers against Bruce? If she scented him, she left her dying scent on him. Literally trailing death down Bruce’s cheek or neck.

Bruce’s pup instincts would encourage him to curl up close with them and hide until the threat was gone. And that’s how the cops found him — they thought he was dead too, covered in blood and the scent of death.

Alfred lost two pack bonds in one night. As pack beta, it must have nearly driven him insane. No pack alpha, no omega. Just a shivering pup and him.

#rambling thoughts #this may or may not make it into ASOH #I’m just thinking out loud #bruce wayne #batman #dc #myfic #theresurrectionist #a sky of honey #a/b/o mention #a/b/o tw #pack dynamics

[marquis-charbon]

Why does Gale have to kneel down so that he could connect his memories to yours. He could have just put your hand on his chest and just show you, but this man had to kneel down.

Like sir? SIR? My answer is always yes unless you're gonna ask me something else.

#gale dekarios #gale of waterdeep #bg3 gale #baldur's gate 3 #baldur's gate 3 gale #gale bg3 #rambling thoughts #this man i swear to god #im munching #im loving #this man will be the death of me

[dragon-at-dawn]

Being trans is, in itself, rooted in divinity. For what else has the power to reach into the flesh and blood and stardust that makes up your physical form and shape it into an avatar of your own creation and elevated elation?

There is power in that; power in you. The grotesque fear of what you can accomplish and the beauty of turning your soul outward towards a life of authenticity is what keeps the frail minded monsters awake at night.

#transmasc #transgender #transfem #queer #lgbtqia #lgbtq community #agender #rambling thoughts #nonbinary #enby

[fanaticsnail]

Left Behind - Snails Rambling Fic Thoughts

Tag list: @mfreedomstuff @since-im-already-here @feral-artistry @sordidmusings @writingmysanity

Notes: I think I like writing fanfic and rambling about this so much because I really got into playing mermaids, fae and princesses as a child 💀.

Also, considering the last thoughts I had on this concept was on Kid's side, I wanted to know how it would look from the other perspective.

Not a fic, just purely a concept - but a long one.

Okay, okay, okay.

But imagine being a Kid-Pirate who was left behind by your captain after he declared he was going to take on Red-Haired Shanks. He left you behind, specifically, because you were the only one who opposed him.

“That is the stupidest fucking idea you've ever had,” you'd voice your reprimand alongside your concern, “He is one of the emporers. He has a crew far stronger than we are. He has an Armada he could call for backup. His Haki is-.”

And after you've aired your opposition, Eustass Kid brushes them aside; convincing you that he'd given up on the idea. He sends you away to gather inventory, casting off and weighing anchor the minute you're out of sight.

And then the chaos, the havok, the injury, the mayhem.

Suddenly your captain is missing an arm, his skin is scorched and mutilated. There's crewmen missing, there's so much blood.

After you regroup with your troop, you rush to your captain and embrace him as he falls to his knees. He whispers between sobs, clutching at your shirt with his remaining fist.

“You were right,” he attempts to embrace you completely, his phantom limb joining behind your back as he attempts to join his wrists together, “You were right. I should have listened. I should have never left you behind.”

He expects your scolding, he expects your wrath, he expects, awaits and anticipates the screams of fury erupting from your lungs.

In it's stead, all you do is lower your tone and elevate his face with your two hands caressing his scarred skin. His cheeks were streaked with tears, his eyes full of glossy sorrow. You’d glare down at him through half-hooded lashes, your lip curling up as your silent rage begins in a low whisper.

“I will destroy them,” you'd confess in a tone darker than the dead of night, “They will bend until they break, their blood will ignite beneath the flames of my wrath.”

Eustass Kid would never see a rage akin to this for as long as he lives. A rage that fuelled your retribution enough to have you break away from your crew and live in solitude while you trained and readied your body to weaponize your grief .

He had left you behind, after all. Why should you continue to claim him as captain as he so easily was able to cast you aside? Although now he is no longer captain to you, he will always be mentioned in the same breath as ‘friend,' or even 'lover.'

Names, faces and titles would be committed to memory. Your persona as an assassin to invoke your revenge would have you take new names and titles of your own. You would practice by taking out some lesser captain's and their crews, claiming bounties and training against Haki-users to develop one of your own.

When you finally feel ready enough to begin picking off members of the Red-Hair pirates, Shanks immediately would sense a game is afoot. He would start off by having his sharp-shooter constantly be on guard and ready for you. That would be fine, you'd trained your body to work tirelessly. Had Yasopp? The closure of his eyes and the slow rise and fall of his chest would state otherwise.

Although it would be far easier to take out their Doctor or their Chef first, your eyes would immediately draw their focus to the first mate. What is a pinky toe to the whole body of a crew? Why should you devote your time to such digits, when you had a window to take out Shanks’ right hand first?

As you'd disguise yourself beneath the shroud of Beckman's shadow, your shock would be adamant when a slow chuckle rattled in his smoke-riddled lungs. As you’d elevated your dagger, readying your blade to strike him in the back, he'd speak up.

“So this is the one that was left behind?” he'd sigh drawing up the filter end of his cigarette, placing it in his lips, “The Kid-Pirate that stood up to their Captain. Left behind for showcasing nothing but loyalty.”

You'd halt your plunge, feeling Beckman’s Haki begin to ignite and compel your body to bend to his will. You'd shake it off, readying yourself to dive forward and take out the larger man once again.

“You took his arm,” your dark, venomous confession would ignite a small amount of fear in the base of his spine, “You mutilated my crew.”

“Aye, that I did,” Beckman would confess, a man of honor amongst invoking such violence, “But you were left behind. Are they really your crew if they left you so easily?”

“They loved me,” your reflection would cause your heart to flutter, and lip to quiver.

“Or did they think you too weak to carry out the task?” his ignition of the flint-lock lighter would break you from your trance, eyes narrowed and glaring at him as he would turn to meet you.

“I don't think you're weak,” Beckman’s confession would have you stumble more, not anticipating praise as your blade now met against his wide chest.

“And why should I care what you think?” you'd spit at him, drawing your body closer as the threat of your blade made its steel kiss the pectoral above his heart, “You're the enemy. You hurt him, my crew, and you deserve death.”

“That may be true,” he'd confess, leaning against your blade to test the resolve of your threat, “But you deserve so much more than abandonment in response to your loyalty.”

“You deserve a crew that would have you'd back,” he'd continue, “A crew that would seek to train you up, uplift you, and never forsake you.”

“I suppose you mean ‘your crew,’ Beckman?” you'd snarl, your resolve beginning to crack and scatter, “I would rather die.”

“Join us. Learn from us, then leave us,” he'd suggest, “Return to your former captain," he'd exhale a long breath of smoke away from your face, "See if they're worthy of having you as their family, or if you'd rather stay with a new, more respectful, one."

Tldr: Eustass Kid abandoned you, returning only when he was defeated and asking for your forgiveness. You didn't grant him forgiveness, but offered him retribution instead. Training for 3 long years, you had finally readied yourself to destroy the red-hair pirates. As you were about to invoke it, you were offered a place amongst the crew you swore you'd defeat. They want to train you to be better than them, a wildcard in a world of piracy.

#one piece #x reader #eustass kid #benn beckman #beckman x reader #kid x reader #concept #rambling thoughts

[mashithamel]

When I first heard Rand would be working in a sanitarium in season 2 and he’d have a friend named Errol, I was kind of annoyed. Why would they spend precious time in a location and on a character that aren’t in the books, when there is so much ground to cover and so many characters to introduce?

But they used this setting and this character so economically, and so efficiently, that I have been completely converted. They didn’t waste a moment of screentime for Errol, and in only a few minutes justified his creation as a terrific vehicle for exposition and to introduce so many important concepts.

As soon as Rand walks in the door we’re introduced to the Aiel War (specifically—I means we got Blood Snow last season but it wasn’t put in a lot of context). We get a personal view into how much Cairhein specifically was affected by it (the effects of which are mentioned a couple more times this season), as well as giving it a relative timeframe—Errol is much older than Rand, so it wasn’t just a few years ago.

We are reminded that Rand looks like the Aiel even with shaving his head, reminding us about his adoption and that he’s an outsider. Here in Cairhein, even when people know and like him, the citizens are likely to have a gut reaction of surprise or fear when they first see him, something that may contribute to his difficulties ruling the place down the road. We are reminded that they are considered fierce fighters, and introduce that their women also fight and are considered deadly.

We are introduced to sword forms! We didn’t get Lan training Rand in either season (although it sounds like we will finally get it next season!), so it’s nice to learn he’s been getting at least some introductory training if he’s going to be a blademaster eventually. It’s also very consistent with the books for Rand to take advantage of opportunities to learn whatever and from whoever he can. We’re reminded about Rand’s heron-marked blade (before it does its important thing and melts in episode 8) and make the connection that it is carried by blademasters.

So importantly, we see how kind Rand is. He clearly knows and likes this crazy old man who’s calling for the guards. He speaks to him kindly without a trace of annoyance that they’re having the same conversation they do everyday (anyone who cares for people with dementia can probably understand that is really hard at times!). He puts Errol’s shoes on for him. This isn’t quite washing feet, which Biblically speaking is an act of humbling one’s self, but it’s definitely the sort of thing you wouldn’t expect the Promised One to be doing routinely. Right now it’s his job to do, but he does it with the care and compassion you might have for an elderly family member. He defends and comforts Errol when another employee is cruel. At heart Rand is kind and loving. Killing, ordering executions, sending people into danger where some will definitely die are all things he will need to do as Dragon Reborn, and his struggle with this will inform a large part of his arc over the next few seasons.

We see the inequality of the Cairheinin system (and then more blatently at the dinner party). Unsurprisingly the Cairheinin separate their health care by wealth and power, and it sounds like the poor ones may not even have a garden to walk around in? The Two Rivers doesn’t really have this type of inequality, and some of the first things Rand does in the books as the Dragon Reborn is make the elite start treating the poor and lower classes more fairly.

And of course we get PTSD and mental illness. Both PTSD and fears of going mad are important for Rand later, so this early introduction helps define the stakes for him.

It was such a short scene, and I’m sure there are other details those with more skill could expand on (the horse that Rand sets upright? the color palate?). I just really appreciated how much the writers crammed into an original character to help lay the groundwork not just for this season but for seasons (hopefully) to come.

#wheel of time #rand al’thor #errol #wot on prime #wot book spoilers #rambling thoughts

[snowyh2o]

I should be asleep, instead I’m theory crafting for season 2 of Hazbin Hotel. RIP

Ok, so. Gonna talk real quick about Alastor, Lilith, and the 7 year gap here. I think we’re gonna find out more about what exactly happened 7 years ago that caused them both to go MIA, or at least the situation surrounding Alastor when he went MIA.

In another post I did, I figured based off Zestial’s line on the rumors going around, that Alastor probably disappeared around extermination day. And based on Val and Vox’s reactions to Alastor coming back, it seems like they don’t know why he was gone either.

Now, we have confirmation that the Vees are gonna have a much bigger role to play in season 2. And coupled with the torn picture of Vox and Alastor, I think we can confidently say we’re gonna get some backstory on Vox and Alastor’s relationship. But more importantly, we’re gonna see what the fuck happened when Alastor “almost beat” Vox at something, 7 years ago, before Alastor went MIA. At least from Vox’s perspective. And THAT should shed some light on what the fuck Alastor’s whole deal is, maybe even why he disappeared for 7 years.

Cause Vox’s whole attitude in Stayed Gone makes it sound like he won based off a technicality, or that it wasn’t a complete certain win. And the comment on how Alastor’s a coward makes it sound like he ran from a fight, but if Alastor did actually run from a fight with Vox, Vox wouldn’t be acting like the devil’s knocking on his doorstep, and more like during his verse in Finale/The Show Must Go On. If Alastor suddenly went MIA, and Vox didn’t know why, that’d explain why Val called it his win, why he’s so uncertain about his win, why he called Alastor a coward even though he seemed very nervous about Alastor being back. Because Vox is super confident when he actually saw Alastor run. So this suggests that he doesn’t know why Alastor went missing 7 years ago -> he wasn’t responsible for Alastor going MIA.

Tl;dr: season 2 will shed some light on the Vox vs Alastor thing 7 years ago before Alastor’s disappearance and help us figure out what the fuck is going on with Alastor.

#hazbin hotel #alastor hazbin hotel #alastor #vox #vox hazbin hotel #rambling thoughts #incoherent rambling

[mariaashby64]

Bro, why did no one tell me the Howl’s Moving Castle book had such bangers of chapter titles?

Like, we’re talking almost pjo levels here, with such hits as the chapter “In which Sophie talks to hats” and the chapter “which is far too full of washing,” and “Sophie becomes Howl’s old mother.”

And a personal favourite of mine: the chapter “in which Howl expresses his feelings with green slime”

#sophie has so much sas too #howl's moving castle #book #rambling thoughts #text post

[phoenix-onfire]

There's another thing that I can't stop thinking about: the concerns N mentions in their last POV scene when talking with MC's BFF. With each vampire, they bring up a different fear and I find this so interesting! It's making me wonder whether all of them are stemming from the same fact/event in their past or there's more to uncover here (yes I'm clearly betting on the latter 👀)

...and I'm once again wondering if this goes similarly on the other RO routes? Depending on who MC's BFF is, do they worry about different things in their last PoV? Or is it only N?

I'll include the screenshots soon but in summary, N mentions 3 concerns:

1. Not going to be right for MC

2. Becoming the villain in the detective's story

3. Not going to be enough for MC

Now, are these even different worries or am I just overthinking and they are all referring to the same thing? As in, N thinks they could become the villain of MC's story because of what they have done in their past and the potential of losing control and hurting MC again. Which also means that they are afraid they aren't right for MC because they could be dangerous for the detective. And they aren't enough because who would want to spend their life with someone who has done such terrible things in their past.

It may just be me but I don't find this explanation satisfactory enough, their concerns seem to be more complex to me. Their past deeds (#theMassacreOnTheBoat) definitely always come into play but N has a lot of other worries besides that.

They are just so complex and so broken behind that carefully crafted façade! They harbour so much pain and self-loathing!

I think this also has to do with their conflicting feelings about their own vampirism and longing for humanity. They don't think they are good enough for MC, likely having trouble reconciling their immortality and the morality of being a vampire and everything they have done in their past... They miss humanity and maybe they are also afraid they cannot provide MC with the security they need and the happy life they want to give them and it's breaking my heart💔

Especially since to MC, they are everything they could wish for and more. There are many times MC is wondering how someone so perfect could be real...aaaand one of my favourite lines is MC thinking of N as their haven🥺

Anyway, it's time to cut my ramblings short and show the scenes I'm talking about. I loved every dialogue (my canon BFF route is Mason) but I must say, Felix' conversation feels like the most heartbreaking one for me, he truly hit bull's-eye there.

Mason

Adam

Felix

I have so many feels and thoughts on this topic but my post is long enough as is.

As always, any inputs you have are welcome!

#because there can never be enough discussion about N #and book 3 has left me with so many questions #but i love theorising and analysing #twc book 3 spoilers #twc spoilers #n sewell #nate sewell #the wayhaven chronicles #unit bravo #nathaniel sewell #twc #twc book 3 #wayhaven #a du mortain #f hauville #specialist agent m #agent m #twc nate #nat sewell #rambling thoughts #n sewell x detective

[thv-jk97]

Sharing my thoughts about the negative take from that H*BE stylist about LWA because I need to put them somewhere, so forgive me for this post. For context, the stylist said that the MV is using disabilities and those who face discrimination as inspirational material and that they’re “romanticizing disabilities”, and while I can genuinely understand what they were trying to advocate for, their take also completely ignores massive elements of the MV as a whole, whilst also making grand assumptions about the artists (Tae and IU) that they cannot possibly know.

Listen, everyone has the right to interpret any piece of content how they see it and they’re also entitled to feel how they feel and share their opinions, but it becomes problematic when they start making baseless assumptions along with the point they’re trying to make. Claiming that IU and Tae are rich cishets with no disabilities(implying that they are privileged and not discriminated against) is such a WILD assumption to make (let’s not forget that IU does actually have a hearing impairment).

I do think that there should be conversations about who should be able to tell what stories or portray what character, especially in huge projects in mainstream media, but there has to be room for flexibility. Are we going to require people to reveal everything single thing about themselves in order to prove that they can represent a specific demographic fairly? That’s a completely unreasonable expectation, and in some circumstances, it could literally be unsafe. And their assumptions do not contribute to a constructive dialogue about this topic at all.

Not only that, but their critique sort of implies that the MV equates having disabilities to being a victim, but that isn’t what I personally got from the MV. Their characters literally fight until the very end, in their blind and deaf/mute states, and are never actually shown as weak. And it’s just another assumption that the “love filter” takes away their disabilities, when in reality, IU still uses sign language even when Tae is looking at her through the camcorder – what is shown is a world where they don’t have their injuries anymore (injuries that were sustained in this dystopian world) and their lives are more than just fear and running. The concept of “love wins all” is that they made it to the very end of the world together and are ultimately taken out by the shittiness of this world that they’re living in – not by their disabilities.

The stylist also goes on to imply that the ambiguity of the MV is an issue because they end up wearing traditional hetero outfits (since when is sexuality linked to pieces of clothing?), and if it were meant to mean something to the queer community, they wouldn’t have included that. Which makes no sense because that’s the beauty of art – it’s meant to be interpreted however the viewer sees it, and so many people in the queer community did actually take comfort in the symbolism they interpreted from the MV.

To be honest, I can’t help but question the motive of their rant, because from where I’m standing, this person works for a billion dollar company that literally capitalizes on using the queer community for good sales (fanservice, etc)(mind you, this is only one of H*BE’s many offenses) so their issues with this metaphorical MV seem to be a bit selective (aka taking issue with things that don’t affect their livelihood). Also gonna add that they literally have posts supporting Zionists (who raised money specifically for the IDF), so it really seems like selective activism atp.

Tae and IU have both consistently shown that they are massive advocates of inclusivity and equality, so to be accused of exploiting minorities and their struggles is actually so upsetting. People can label it whatever they want, but IU’s decision to change the title of the song was not about “saving face”, it was showing empathy for a minority when she learned that they were bothered by the original title. And for this person to insinuate that Tae and IU are tone deaf and clueless to the strife of those who have been discriminated against is just plain disrespectful and such a projection based on their own personal interpretation and assumptions.

Anyway, sorry for this long-winded post. There’s never a day of peace and I am siiiiick of it.

#rambling thoughts #love wins all #mv discourse

[cosmic-light-fics]

Been thinking about the inordinate amount of time spent filming the Faks' trying to solicit money from the Berzatto family to fund their ridiculous baseball card business scheme in Fishes. The writers devoted not one but two pretty lengthy scenes in this chaotic episode for this plotline that essentially is laughed off as stupid during both conversations. Jimmy actually slaps them and Stevie says he'll give them the $500 just so he can see their reaction to the supposed "legit" cards. Knowing this show and the importance it places on the smallest of details, I wanted to try and decipher what the purpose of the plotline is and why it was given so much time on screen.

This isn't the first time we've seen Fak advocating for something he wanted. Most times, people don't take him seriously unless it's actually handyman jobs for the restaurant. We've seen him try to convince Richie to let him work at The Beef in season 1, which led to two grown men tussling on the floor and Fak ratting out Richie for selling coke. But eventually, they accept him as part of the staff. He now works FOH, which is a huge upgrade from handyman.

But that was what Fak wanted in season 1. What Fak seems to want most in season 2, what he's been shown to advocate the most for, is Carmy being with Claire. Fak was instrumental in giving Claire access to Carmy (giving her Carmy's cellphone number), and said on multiple occasions that Claire is great (even says "we love her" in s2 ep9). Out of all the people who seem to want Carmy with Claire, Fak is the biggest supporter.

The show makes a huge point to show in Fishes that what Fak wanted then, the baseball card scheme, didn't have a hope of succeeding. Jimmy didn't entertain the idea and Stevie only did so for his personal amusement. It could be that the writers were hinting at the inevitable downfall of Carmy and Claire's short-lived relationship via the silly scheme. The only reason Fak's advocation for their relationship wasn't laughed off was because others wanted this relationship for Carmy as well.

#rambling thoughts #the bear meta #neil fak #the bear fx #sydcarmy #carmy berzatto #anti claire bear

[ygodmyy20]

We got to the Onsen episode! My fiance liked it a lot. I also have some rambling thoughts. Continuing my (sorta consistent but not really) ramblings after I rewatch episodes.

Okay one, I did like Serizawa on the first watch (but was more indifferent tbh) but this time around, with all the serirei that I have osmosised through just being here on tumblr, ya know. I get it now guys. I get it.

Look at that face.

He be cute.

Also I forgot how much I love Shigeo's outfit, it's so cute! His fuzzy earmuffs are the best. I need to draw this. And as of editing this draft I have!!

(and I love how dorky Ritsu is, the outfits in this episode were such great little additions to their characters. I really liked Reigen's too! This is where we first see the trench coat!)

Second, my terumob senses were tingling through this whole thing. Teru asking Mob whether he has a crush is still comes out of nowhere even though I was expecting it. Like even if this ship didn't give me happy feels, Teru is clearly trying to make Mob uncomfortable. Mehaps it is....a bit...

Flirty?

and his laugh my god Teru you're as subtle as a spotlight.

And the scene where they all are in the hot springs was...unusually...tense? Haha Like I don't remember that and now I'm like "Oh......OH"

I know the joke and tension was supposed to be “Does Teru have a wig anymore?" but I was just over here giggling about other things. Having a great time. Mobs face here. Just me kicking up my feet in happiness over these awkward dorks.

Also Reigen losing his mind *chef kiss* always a delight. Tried to find a gif from the episode and I am not finding one I like.

Anyway, byeeee we start season 3 next and I think my heart is going to explode.

#mp100 #mob psycho 100 rewatch #mob psycho 100 #rambling thoughts #just having a good time on the rewatch #and yeah teru and mob #cutest dorks in existance #terumob #yeah I reference it enough I'm tagging it #shigeo kageyama #teruki hanazawa #reigen arataka #ritsu kageyama #serizawa katsuya #rewatch #mp100 rewatch

[trashquisitor-shirozora]

I saw the thing. Both of the thing. The two things. Those things. Star Wars things.

RIP Luke Skywalker's relevance post-OT, we hardly knew ye.

[spoilers and shit below the cut]

I mean... the first two episodes did their job? They certainly felt like a typical Star Wars, whatever your definition of Star Wars is. It just feels like these people at the top have no fucking idea what to do with the galaxy post-Empire and pre-First Order. Like, there is no obviously Big Bad Fascist group of baddies that our plucky underdog rebel heroes have to fight. The enemy is not clear as bright fucking day. What is the enemy? What are we fighting? Is this why we're plundering the depths of the EU and overwriting EU!Thrawn with Disney!Thrawn? Is this why we're turning the New Republic into an uncaring out-of-touch wannabe Galactic Republic/Empire?

There are many, many places where the Volume is painfully obvious and it is incredibly fucking distracting. Personally, Peter Jackson's LOTR trilogy and the POTC trilogy really sold me on the possibilites offered by the marriage of practical FX and CGI. I've never been convinced by the "gimmick" that James Cameron's blue cat people promised, and seeing how increasingly terrible and cheap and fucking greedy the Hollywood studios have become since then has me convinced that we're fucked. I still want to one day get a job in entertainment design but I am increasingly gritting my teeth and side-eyeing the state of things.

There has to be better way to paint non-human skin tones onto actors right. The lack of emoting also really frustrated me. I hope it's just people settling into their roles but I also don't know the sequence in which they shot their scenes. It's just... I felt nothing. I lied. I felt something for Sabine's lothcat. I get Ahsoka at this time being aloof, distant, cold, closed off, but everybody else? I didn't feel it. Maybe from Skoll and Hati, our non-Jedi Norse wolves. Nordic? I don't fucking know.

Someone please explain to me how Sabine is suddenly a Padawan, an ex-Padawan, and now a Padawan again. I never saw Rebels but I know enough canon to know that Padawans are supposed to have some kind of Force sensitivity? Why is Ahsoka deciding who to take in as a Padawan? I thought she left the Jedi Order before she became a Knight? What the fuck is going on? Is she just... making up the rules now since there isn't an Order of people to say, "Hey, maybe don't"? Or is she just picking up where Ezra and Kanan left off? I don't know Rebels and it is midnight; I sure af am not going to decide to read summaries of everyone right now.

Sorry to Luke who either never blipped on Baylan's radar or was just that unimportant to him. Somehow. Sorry to Cal, though I don't even know if he survived to see the Empire's fall.

Among the bipedals who speak Basic, Morgan Elsbeth wins the award for "Most Interesting Character" because Diana knows how to chew up her scenes and has the charisma to keep me interested. I don't recall she was ever revealed to be a Witch in her Mando episode. But now she is? What? Why?

The baseline world development of the Corellian shipyards fucking kills me. I know nothing about Lothal from the show so I can't say shit, but from what I've seen of the city itself, it's so.... clean. CG clean. "We can't let people know we live here" clean. The Volume was screaming into my eyes on Arcana, and I can't believe the fucking planet is called Arcana.

But what is the reason why Sabine put away the parts of herself that are Mandalorian? Is it so that we can see her floundering and struggling and letting her hair grow long while she tells everyone to fuck off? Is it so that we can then see her saw off her long hair a la Mulan (or Kanan, I guess) and become a Mandalorian again? I... I don't have any emotional investment in this. I didn't see Rebels, therefore I don't have any actual emotional investment in this. It's just, cool CG, lightsabers whee, classic Star Wars-ish music to yank at your heartstrings, droids, magic, the Force, Force shit, more lightsabers, pew pew, wheeeeeeeeeeeeeee. And people I only recognize because of the Galaxy of Heroes games, fandom osmosis, and cursory skimming of the Star Wars wiki. If I was a true outsider who knew the bare minimum from previous D+ shows, waht would my investment level be?

Is anyone surprised that Andor keeps showing up in these conversations? I want to rip my hair out and scream at people who hate the discourse because they say people just want more shows exactly like Andor (grimy and dark and grimdark with no Jedi and no Sith and no pew pew space fights and no bzzzzzzzzzzt lightsabers and all politics and politicking and hard decisions made by morally gray characters either trying to survive or trying to see the Rebellion survive) instead of the campy unseriousness with color and bad CG and silliness and pew pew space lasers and shit. I just want more shows made with love and care and a basic understanding of storytelling. There's a difference between telling a story and telling a Star Wars story. The Felonious Showrunners are telling you a Star Wars story full of Star Wars. Did you see the Star Wars? Look at the Star Wars. Listen to the Star Wars. Feel the Star Wars. Yes, I get it, but are you also telling me a story? Is this all really just a buildup to Thrawn returning to the galaxy to take control of the Imperial remnants to make a second Empire or some shit like that? And as always, does it really matter when Thrawn and Ahsoka and Mandalore didn't have ANY impact on the galaxy or the fate of the New Republic and the First Order in the ST?

Fucking hell, looked up serial vs episodic because I forgot the terms and then deleted the entire paragraph because what's the point l o l. Look, the problem for me is that this show relies on working knowledge of Rebels and also The Clone Wars so that we can understand who these people are, what their history is with each other, and where they're coming from when the Norse wolves sprung a witch from her cell. I don't have the time or energy to do any of that, so I don't... I don't care. Who are these people? Explain them to me. Tell me why I should care without assuming I already watched the other shows. All we had of Andor is Cassian Andor, who dies at the end of Rogue 1. Yet somehow we got to see all these new faces emerge and bloom and keep rising or dying for the sake of the nascent Rebellion. We got to know who the fuck they are, what the fuck they do or did, what their relationships are to each other, to the Rebellion, to the Empire, to Cassian. We got to see and hear what they believed in and why they fight or don't fight.

You don't need the 3 episodes of fleshing out Ferrix or any of the characters integral to a story arc. You already have the settings and the people. You already have the history. It would take a lot less work to introduce who they are, what they did or do, how they relate to each other, what they won and lost . It just... it just feels so damn shallow and half-baked and stiff and light like cotton candy.

I think if not for Andor, these first two episodes of Ahsoka would be perfectly acceptable in the Star Wars D+ series pantheon. But Andor is fucking Spiders Georg and fucked over people's expectations of what a good Star Wars show is and can be.

ACTUALLY. WHY NOT TELL THOSE OF US THAT AREN'T FAMILIAR WITH THE DISNEY STAR WARS LORE WHO THE FUCK THRAWN IS, WHAT THE FUCK HE DID, AND WHY WE DON'T WANT HIM BACK. Oh he's the last of the Imperial Grand Admirals - so what. Moff Gideon is beneath the likes of Vader and Tarkin and Thrawn and he did a lot of fucking damage. Andor showed us very clearly what kind of power and damage the ISB can do. So how much more damage can Thrawn do if he did come back? What kind of threat is he? TELL US HOW DANGEROUS HE IS TO THE NEW REPUBLIC. TELL US WHY MORGAN IS TRYING TO BRING HIM BACK. FOR HER OWN AMBITIONS? TO HELP OUT THE OTHER IDIOTS HIDING IN THE DARK, LAUGHING AT GIDEON CLONING HIMSELF IN A PATHETIC GRAB FOR POWER? COME ON. TELL ME SOMETHING.

Anyway, sorry to Luke Skywalker who's stuck on Ossus fucking around with Artoo and a bunch of spider droids, locked out of some greater story about an apathetic former Padawan and her own Mando Padawan looking for a lost Jedi while also trying to stop a blue man from returning to the galaxy. Maybe he never should've returned to Star Wars and stayed a grumpy old Jake who died all alone on some fuckoff island.

Let's see what the next episode will bring! At least it makes great background noise while I do other things.

#rambling thoughts #it's late and i'm tired and deeply meh about things #ahsoka critical #ahsoka show spoilers

[oooziggy]

Hoo boy, I have a thing or two to say about this one

The first time they revealed monster sprite my brain went full throttle with headcanons - those wing-like attachments could be extra limbs, or biblically accurate wings, or tails (POSSIBILITIES ARE ENDLESS from soemthing celestial to something animalistic looking) So many routes to go for: It looks pretty disastrous - everything is being mashed into one costume, unless you break it down into something simpler And so I did, it was still difficult to execute - the further I went with drawing the harder it was to finish. In the end I dropped the piece on this stage Oh well, it was a good practice nevertheless

#twst #twisted wonderland #vargas camp #divus crewel #this costume makes me go crazy istg #i will get it right one day #rambling thoughts

[whiskeysweetheartt]

I’m at the age where I’ll probably think you’re cute, but wanna bang your Father. 🤌🏼

#rambling thoughts

[xantchaslegacy]

The more I think on it the more the sylex's inclusion at all in the BRO -> ONE storyline vexes me.

On the one hand, yes it did provide a nice excuse for the game to double back and give the Brother's War a more narratively fleshed-out set (which I have...varied thoughts on for another time), but at the end of the day it was just another red herring artifact, which is again fine, but given we *just* did this with the blackblade during our last big event, I can help but feel a bit...unimpressed(?) by the sylex's use here. I can't help but feel unsatisfied by its return to focus, only to be easily replicated (I HAVE THOUGHTS) and ultimately pitched into the void.

There's also the matter of Teferi having already witnessed the moment of the Sylex's detonation in TS but that's not a real complaint I have and it's easy to reason why he'd still want to go back for a second peek so let's set that aside

If I'm really honest, it's not so much *That* the sylex was used, or used as a false lead, but that, much like the Blackblade before it, its failure feels like failure for shock value's sake alone, and that feels like what a lot of what old stuff is brought back for nowadays. Weatherlight comes back to be compleated. Slobad and Venser return to be walking bodies glimpsed briefly during the venture into New Phyrexia. I don't mind that these things returns happen, I just wish the story around them were a little more...interesting? felt a little more full of...intent? Affection beyond flashing a familiar face?

PS - As with a lot of other posts I've made and will make, I say all the above acknowledging that we still have aftermath content yet to come that may address all of these gripes; sometimes you've just gotta lift something of your chest, y'know?

#mtg #mom #one #rambling thoughts

[thejessc0de]

As an artist, where do you draw the line between stealing an idea and being inspired by it?

Oh wow, pulling out the tough questions, eh? Tbh, I feel like this line can be very difficult to pinpoint because when it comes to art, what necessarily is an "idea"? Fan art can be especially complicated by this too - some ppl think it's "stealing" or "unoriginal" while others see it as a celebration, continuation, or commentary on the original source materials. Some people are also weird about using references (which every artist should be using!). This type of discussion is carried out daily on any social media site of your choice.

For me personally, no matter what reference or source of inspiration I'm using, I'm still trying to tell a story from my point of view, and in doing so I'm attempting to transform whatever materials I'm basing it on. It's a work in progress as finding your own art style/vision/topics to present is never ending.

All that said, I think outright stealing is usually pretty obvious, and intent matters too. I think most people will do just fine listening to their gut when using references and finding inspiration 🙂. Hopefully all that makes sense, I'm not a good writer 😅

#tumblr asks #asks #rambling thoughts