#ranty rant

[futurebird]

Please don't forget the ants!

STOP STOP STOP Stop, making festive "bug print" fabrics, quilt patterns, children's books and drawings that include "mix of bugs" but don't contain a single ANT.

I know how you artists are. You never skip the butterfly because of the colors. You never skip the beetle because of the ... shape. You never skip a centipede or millipede because of the legs. You never skip the spider because of the LORE. But ants are "boring" --right? NO WRONG

Ants are everything. Ants are the most successful members of the most successful group of land animals on the planet!

A nature drawing without ants is like a forest without leaves. Like night sky... without any stars. Do not forget the ants. Know the ants have not forgotten you!

#ants #antposting #insects #ant #invertebrates #bugs #bugblr #antblr #ranty #kinda ranty #ranty rant #I just want to buy some bug print fabric to line my pencil case and ... so many don't have any ants!

[ntoraplayschoices]

AND ANOTHER THING

I love the fact Isaiah says he's a hugger, and the fact that Ranger hadn't been hugged in years. :(((

Well not love but ...

ITS SO SAD!

Isaiah could be one of the last people they hugged :((( and in my head range r always has been a more introverted and reserved person and they didnt make friends in an easy way. I imagine Isaiah is the opposite.

And they were best friends :((( and :(((

#ranty rant #castleaudios #castleaudios ranger #castleaudios isaiah

[xxbrightshadowxx]

How the hell did I learn about the 9th Amulet book through two brothers arguing in the backseat behind on a two hour plane trip from Arizona? I thought they were joking at first till I searched it up and it’s real and it’s coming out very soon. So after I learned that I decided to re-read the Amulet series up till 8 and decided to tell whoever is willing to read this my thoughts!

Clarification beforehand though, I do enjoy Amulet. It was one of my favorite pieces of media for a few years and even inspired me to create my own story similar to it. While I may come off a bit hatful and aggressive, I do like this series but that doesn’t mean I don’t have my fair share of problems with it

Books 1

So I’m going off the same rating scale that I use for movies so go check out my Trolls Band Together review to know what each rating means and just replace movie/film to with book. Anyways I give this book, 6/10. I enjoyed this book. This was the first graphic novels series I read and I was excited to know what happened next. I also loved how the robots and the robot house looked. I don’t have any problems with the first book. Primarily because it’s way too early to have any problems.

The reason why I rate it low though, is because while I enjoy it, it’s not my favorite. It didn’t do much to really impress me nor draw my attention. It did just enough to make me wanna see what happens next.

Book 2

With the second book I give it a 6.8/10 right between 6.5 and 7. Why? Well for starters I enjoyed the Elf plot line. To me, when I first read the series was much more interesting then the main one for some reason. This is the book where we meet Leon. Leon, for the most part was an interesting character. Not to mention we get some world building through him about the elf king and being a stone keeper.

Navin’s plotline, while useful to some degree, wasn’t my favorite. Of course it’s important but I was less invested than I should’ve. That might just have been a personal problem I have with Navin later in the series but we’ll get to that later.

My only problem with this is Luger. Now, Luger is a good villain and I found him intimidating when I first read the second book. I think my problem really stems from the fact that this is the only book where Luger gets to be a villain. This should be a book 3 problem but book 2 is where he is defeated.

Book 3

Book 3 was my favorite when I was younger and it still holds the place as one of my favorite amulet books in the series to this day. I give it a good 7.5/10. This book does a lot of things right in my opinion. I like the action sequences and the new information about Trellis backstory proving again that he is the most interesting character. I also found Rico and Enzo funny believe it or not. They are a fun addition to the party.

However, my problem was the robots. Miskit and Cogsly were just there most of the time. They didn’t really guide Emily like they were set up to be. I didn’t feel anything when they got captured. Which is not something you want your readers to feel when something bad happens. I also found Luger’s personality change strange. I expected him to be a bit more hostile and condescending after being defeated. Granted, you could argue it was the stone but still, it was odd.

Book 4

I have mixed feelings about this book. This is where certain problems that I have with Kazu start to show. First of all, I give this one a 7.5/10 as well. I was never sure if I should trust Max until the very end. I never understood Max. He was suspicious and I thought he had bad intentions some times and other times I thought for a moment maybe he did have good intentions for Emily.

I also like Alyson mostly because she felt much more real. She was fun and I liked her character. Leon, Rico, and Enzo have their moment, the prison break which I enjoyed reading. I also like the Elf racism while Trellis and Luger are at the prison. Granted, it’s brief but it’s to be expected and it does give some insight on what other people think about Elves. I also liked Vigo. I was glad to see another stone keeper on the good and he also came with more world building which I’m always glad to see.

However, Miskit and Cloglsy were both weak parts and I was confused about how everyone was dead and stone and Max’s agenda for a while. I had to re-read certain parts to fully grasp what was happening.

Book 5

Book 5 was a 7/10. I don’t have many thoughts. For one I am mad they split up the original party. Karen, Miskit, Cloglsy, and Leon felt like they were meant for more before they got shoved in the brook closet. Sure, Cloglsy is here with Navin but it isn’t much. I do enjoy seeing Navin and Alyson hanging out, that’s fun. Max’s backstory is sad..he tried helping his friend and her family from prison. Only for it to backfire horribly in his face and be thrown into prison for trying to be a good person. His hatred and need to revenge for his dead friend is such an interesting concept for a villain and he poses such a genuine threat and I love it.

Then there is the about the voice. I am not gonna lie, not a big fan of it. The reveal that the voice is the elf king felt odd and sort of out of place. I don’t know. I have mixed feelings about it.

Book 6

Max. Max, max, max. All I got to say is f-ck you, Kazu Kibuishi for screwing over such an interesting character. This book gets a 5.1/10. The utter and total whiplash I got when Max wanted to work with Trellis, Emily, and Vigo gave me migraines. There was no build up and it was so random. And his death, are the FUCKING kidding me. This just felt like a lazy way to write out a character. Max knew that Layra wouldn’t approve of his actions and that’s why he asked for forgiveness. Then he tried to justify with her and it’s such horse crap! No to mention, it was so fricking anticlimactic and just lazy!

I also wasn’t a big fan of Navin’s side plot. Also something reoccurring is that Emily is just there. She doesn’t push the narrative because she has no goals. She just does heroic stuff because she feels she has to. Not because she wants to. It makes her feel flat. Which is disappointing since she had potential to be great.

The reason why I don’t put this as a three is because the scene where they save the elves and Trellis announces himself to be the real king, is cool. Not to mention I liked Riva. She’s a character that had great potential. However this is not enough to save this book.

Book 7

Oh, firelight. You are the embarrassing sibling in the Amulet series. I give you 3/10. First off, one good thing I’ll say is I am glad we are continuing the theme of lost. Even if it feels weird, pacing wise. That’s it. That’s the only thing I really enjoy about this book.

First off I didn’t like Pil, Alyson, and Navin’s storyline. It was just there and it took up too much page time. Second, Gabilan. Oh, Gabilan. He was also just there. We get his backstory, he does some stuff and then he dies. He’s a plot device and while if you really think about it, everyone is a plot device, Kazu didn’t try to hide the fact that he is a plot device. Also the ending. TRELLIS. YOU ARE TELLING YOU DID EVERYTHING TO TRY AND STOP HER FROM BECOMING A BIRD! WHAT THE F—

Book 8

Where do I begin. First off, this book was a 0/10.

And now my problems. First off the si fi outer space plot like win Navin was so boring. Oh my god. I felt nothing. But that. That part was least of my concerns. My concerns was everything else. First of all, Trellis and Vigo got nerfed so easily that it annoys me. They stop the army and that’s fine, though they did it without trying. And that’s it for them. In the entire book. I have several issues with them shoving Riva, Trellis, and Vigo in the closet.

But my biggest issue is Emily and the void. First of all how the hell did she get out so easily. Was this even an issue if she just left without any problems any help. WHY DID SHE NEED NO HELP! If it was that easy to leave the void, why did it take people years to get out. What the fuck. Also what the fuck is with the future Emily bullshit?! TIME PARADOX ARE A THING KAZU. THERE IS A REASON NOT MANY PEOPLE DESL WITH TIME TRAVEL. Also who the hell is Moze’s dad?! Why does he have to her son?! Kazu, why?! You missed the mark by a landslide.

Also the elf king. WHAT. THE. FUCK. IT WAS SO FRICKING EASY TO DEFEAT HIM. JUST HAD TO TAKE OFF HIS DAMN MASK. TELL ME THIS. IF THE ELF KING WAS THAT EASY TO DEFEAT, WAS HE EVER A REAL THREAT IN THE FIRST PLACE?! NO! WE HAVE BEEN BUILDING UP TO THE ELF KING AS THR BIG BOSS SINCE BOOK 2 AND WE DEFEAT HIM IN THE MOST ANTICLIMACTIC WAS POSSIBLE ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME?! NOW THE MAIN THREAT IS A BUNCH OF SHADOWS?! WHY?! WHY! AND IF YOU TELL ME THAT THAT ISNT WHAT BOOK 9 IS ABOUT IT STATES IN THE AMZON DESCRIPTION: “Emily finally understands the stone's power and what she must do to defend Alledia from the shadows.”

ALSO THE FACT THAT EMILY IS ALIVE SEEMS LIKE A NO BIG DEAL TO VIGO AND TRELLIS ALSO THEY JUDT LER HER LEAVE TO GO KILL A BUNCH OF SHADOWS ALONE?! ALSO OLD EMILY WAS THERE TO GIVE EMILY HER STAFF AT THE END. AGAIN, TIME PARADOXS ARE A THING KAZU.

Overall thoughts:

It’s obvious that Kazu Kibuishi wrote this story without a proper outline. What does that mean? It means Kazu didn’t know how he was going to end the story or the middle. He knew the beginning and instead of trying to figure out and plan the entire story, he wrote what he thought of right on the spot. When waverider comes out I will buy it and read it. I will also most likely rate it and write down my thoughts. Till next time though, if you actually took the time read this post and indulge in my thought process and ideas.

#amulet books #amulet #kazu kibuishi #emily hayes #Navin Hayes #prince trellis #Vigo Light #book review #this is a long post #when I’m passionate about something I talk a lot about it #max #ikol #waverider #ranty rant

[avecesseavecesno]

I made this blog for rants and rant i shall.

I will never not cry about murderbot still not believing/being shock when it realizes someone cares for it. Because i feel that so hard in my bones. I don't know why i never feel like people actually love or care for me. I mean, its like i empirically know? My friends are absolute gems filled with love and glitter and i love them? But my brain still convinces me that if i disappear they won't think of me often/wont notice? Even writing this i know is irrational. But yeah. Murderbot has lived through *several* examples of situations where its friends didn't abandoned it, and when it happens again it's like *insert picachu meme*

#murderbot diaries #SecUnit #ranty rant

[darlingmarie3]

Is it just me or does anybody else realize that when we have a lead trio is TV/movie pop culture, two of the three are much more popular than the third one. And if it’s a friend group with romance in it, the love interest to one of them is the less popular one. With Harry Potter, it’s Ron Weasley. With Star Wars, it’s Han Solo, then Cameron in Ferris Bueller’s Day Off. I was going to say Shawn from Boy Meets World, but let’s be honest, he’s very popular XD

#shit posts #ranty rant #lowkey was just thinking about this and had to say something #harry potter #ron weasley #hermione granger #star wars #han solo #leia organa #luke skywalker #ferris beuller #cameron frye #sloane peterson #shawn hunter #cory matthews #topanga lawrence #ron x hermione #han x leia #ferris x sloane #cory x topanga

[thenewaromantic]

I'm browsing through shoujo manga aesthetics on tumblr and it really strikes me how bleach's (once) most significant relationship (ichigo and rukia) can have such a shoujo feel to it (which is ironic seeing who it's written by)

like. going thru hell and back to save your new bestie's life no matter what, bc you want to see her smile again? OKAY

#bleach #ranty rant #ichiruki

[chaotic-sundown]

hi- I was sketching for an AU (specifically barnaby and Wally) and I just liked the way I drew barnaby so here ya go

this is also an entirely different au than the ones I’ve posted before, meh I have issues with acting on my ideas . And that’s probably not okay- but who’s gonna stop me? I’m also not done with his design either. I can’t decide between long and fluffy or short and kinda messy.

Just a lot of talking below this btw (it’s not lore just me talking)

I think I’m gonna come back from my break early. I still won’t post as much but I’ve been able to draw more and I’ve been rather happy of so said drawings. I mean I haven’t gotten shit done or at least just small minimal progress with the stuff I was supposed to try and finish But I sorta can’t focus on anything, and when I basically gave myself a deadline I procrastinated, and also made me dread drawing.

And you aren’t supposed to dread something you usually love!

so I’m gonna take things slow and hope that I can get it done on my own time.

#welcome home #welcome home au #my art #fanart #ranty rant #barnaby beagle #barnaby b beagle au #This is supposed to be called the towns keeper au #So I’ll label and tag it as so #Hehe only the people who read tags will know this lmao #TownsKeeper au #I also spent like an hour trying to draw the human version of this dude #I mean I’m not done with his character entirely yet #But it took so long I kinda wanted to cry lmao #Still love the sketch tho #I was gonna put something else here but my train of thought cut off and now I’m just confused

[just-some-random-blogger]

first of all,

whoever flagged ❤for your eyes only❤, email 1, block me. i write so many fics like that

second of all,

whoever flagged accidental targ, scene 1 🧍‍♂️ be so for real. if that fic got you feelin some typa way that you had to report it for sexual themes-

✨touch some grass✨

#ranty rant #hope you have a wonderful day whoever you are #also maybe get more productive hobbies #unless you're matt smith who's freaked out by my fics #in which case MATT STOB IT LET ME HAVE THIS IF I CANT HAVE YOU #accidental targ #for your eyes only

[tabbyofwisdom]

One thing I find interesting about the whole Chris Pike hasn't changed his very easy to crack password in a very long time is that Una let him get away with that?! This woman is on top of things and I can not see her letting him make his password 246810 but also letting it stay that for that long.

#ranty rant #una chin riley #christopher pike #strange new worlds #star trek strange new worlds

[meer-anonymity]

Missed the date of a job I actually really wanted, missed my friends baby shower, missed the begining of semester 🙃 i love my brain

#it's really fun and not frustrating at all #ranty rant #adhd

[ntoraplayschoices]

I hope this makes sense but I'm like so happy that mc kind of expressed some insecurity/uncertainty in chapter two? I feel like it's very human and I like how they showed that. Like, after their nightmare, after missing for a year, it's normal that they would feel left out or/and a bit insecure. And I liked that they added that because it makes them feel more real, like an actual person you know?

I feel like the line "Not that my friends don't want to see me" kind of betrays a bit of uncertainty? Like, they feel the need to -in a way- reassure the watcher -and themselves- that their friends really do want to see them. Maybe it also hints at their nightmare, about you know. How besties attacked us (still emo about that). And I love it to be honest, because it makes so much sense that they would feel this way.

Bonus:

The choice where mc apologises to Kade for not saving him sooner.

I feel like those pieces of dialogue make them more real, I guess, like they can express more feelings, and like guilt or -potentially- insecurity. And I honestly feel like that makes so much sense for them and for the story, considering what has happened in book one and in the first chapters of book two !

You don't have to agree with me or anything, it's just my perspective and I like that those pieces of dialogue can be read like this and give me more angst basically.

#ranty rant #bolas #blades of light and shadow #bolas 2 #bolas mc #choices #bolas choices

[xxbrightshadowxx]

It’s been out over a week and half since I read the finale amulet book and I’ve been thinking nonstop about Waverider and I am still mad.

*deep inhale*

Sigh.

I consider myself to look for the best in things. I told myself that since Supernova was very, very bad, Waverider couldn’t possibly be worse?

Then page 25 happened and all of my hopes went so far that they in the burning ashes of hell. And if you don’t know what page I’m talking about, I’m taking about the part where Trellis tells Gablian that he is fucking king.

I’m sorry, the fuck?

Let me tell you a little fun fact, Escape from Lucien is my favorite amulet book in the series. Now I rated that book 5.1 on my rating list, and that’s quite low for me. So why was that my favorite book? Because of the scene where Max tells Trellis he was the true king, Trellis saving his people from their ship exploding, and the scene where Riva realizes the trees were talking about Trellis.

Those scene were my everything, I thought about that book for three weeks straight, no other thought registered in my head, zero, zip, nada. Nothing but those scenes. Was I biased because I loved Trellis and thought that the elf king plot-line in a series that went off the rails so quickly? Yes. However, that book solidified the excitement younger me had to see Trellis take back the throne and save his people and become a proper ruler. The set-up had me excited and the description the Amazon summary didn’t help calm down the flames of my passion at all.

Then I fucking read Waverider.

First of all, Gablian would not be a good king. I’m sorry but the assassin guy? The guy that stole people’s memories? The guy that chooses violence and aggression over anything else? Really? Thats the best candidate for being the new king? Really? The guy’s moral compass is a fucking roulette wheel! He made one reference to being king in the second book and it was made to be a treating, villainous way!

Why?! Just why, and with Trellis right there?! Are you kidding me?! Trellis being king has been set up for such a long time. Like the idea of Trellis not becoming king right away because he isn’t ready is an interesting concept on paper. However, the execution doesn’t flipping work. Gabilan would be a terrible leader, he’d a tyrant! He’s shown no interest in being a leader while Trellis’s ENTIRE thing was being king and saving his people. It’s like Kazu Kibuishi was handed a six course, 3 Michelin star meal and decided to flip the meal onto the ground and eat the musty crusty, rotting rat corpse instead.

You know what? I could be overreacting. I honestly could. But all I know is that if I don’t go to sleep now I am going to set Waverider on fire.

#amulet #amulet books #kazu kibuishi #amulet waverider #prince trellis #waverider #ranty rant #rant #book 9 #i want my money back #i am going to scream #or cry #maybe both #get the gasoline and matches ready I am have a bonfire and Waverider shall be our fuel

[rosesutherlandwrites]

So I’ve mentioned previously that my day job has currently been taken over by the Play That Is The Continued Story Of The Wizard Property Written By A Noted Transphobic Twatwaffle. Do I wish I could just not have to work there anymore? Yeah. Do I have much choice about it? Not really if I want to eat and pay the rent (but I’m enjoying how ticket sales are lousy and this thing Will definitely close within the year so hopefully we will have something to replace it after that). However every single audience member who comes to see it DOES get a choice, and I’m beginning to want to say some deeply customer service inappropriate things to  one specific type of guest: Ones who spot my rainbow/pronoun pins and proceed to tell me the entire story of how conflicted they were about coming and why they decided it was okay actually, because they want me, personally, as An Real Live Queer Person, to absolve them of their guilt for still choosing to support this thing when they know exactly what She Who Shall Not Be Named stands for. Like, if you want to go ahead and do something you know perfectly well is problematic, you can sure do that, but you need to own it. You’re not as good a person as you want to tell yourself, and forcing shitty awkward conversations on people who aren’t allowed to have a real opinion if they want to keep their job so you can try and pretend to yourself it’s fine...actually kinda proves it.

#it has been a night at the old day job #and I am tired #of a lot of things but this thing in particular #don't pull this shit on people its not cool #if you feel guilty about something probably its because you SHOULD #and the answer is to not do that thing #and not to ask other people to tell you you're not a bad person #ranty rant

[halteinfachmaldeinefresse]

my artistic levels are on a low rn and its pissing me off ugh. I got a grade 3 on my last assignment, like I never held a paint brush in my hand🥴 I just want to create art without wanting to burn it afterwards 🧍‍♂️

#ranty rant

[tearsofthekabak]

I should have called that cat navi because that thing is annoying

#or maybe midna because she bosses me around #you think I'm gonna be in a good mood after you wake me up every hour??? #ranty rant #interupting the free sidlink cinematics too #id die for her

[chaotic-sundown]

I found all those other doodles that I did (Frank, Eddie, and howdy)

But they all look terrible when I take pictures of them so none of y’all are gonna see them… anywho-

#ranty rant #welcome home #I’ve been questioning all my life choices and I’m not sure why #One a slightly related note #I think I may be aromantic #Shitpost