#realistic reasons to live

[pftones3482]

I want to be excited for the live action Little Mermaid so badly

The Little Mermaid is my favorite Disney movie. Anyone who knows me knows I'm obsessed with mermaids as a whole and will watch any media that has them. Hell, I own my own tails and monofins. But every time I see a gif or a video for the new Little Mermaid, I cringe

(btw, this is NOT because of the casting. If you're against this movie because Ariel is black, you're a racist piece of shit and this post isn't for you)

My issue lies with the CGI. It just looks so FAKE. We've seen through the course of movies and TV shows that use it that CGI does not age well, and that's because technology is constantly improving. What was impressive in 2005 is not impressive in 2023 (Just look at Aquamarine, another movie about mermaids). And the CGI on Ariel and her sisters already looks fake and the movie isn't even out yet!

Compare this image from the trailer

To this screenshot from H20: Just Add Water (a TV show that came out in 2006):

You can see the details of the scales in the second image

The first image is flat. Sure, it's colorful, but it's flat. It's fake. Halle herself is the most beautiful and alive part of the image, because everything else is fake

The difference?

H20 had costume designers, ones specifically trained in mermaid tail making, HAND CRAFT every tail on the show. All of the scales were hand laid, all the tails molded to fit the actors/actresses perfectly, painted by hand

Let's even look at someone with no affiliation to TV or movies:

This is Mermaid Linden, a very well known (in the mermaid community) professional mermaid. You can tell her tail is not as high quality as the ones made for H20 (though it's still a VERY expensive tail) - but it still looks like it's a part of her. You can still see the details. Because professional mermaid tails are also all handmade and molded to fit each person. Even if they don't lay every individual scale, good professional mermaid tail makers are very meticulous about what they do.

This is what happens when Disney refuses to pay practical effects artists. We could have had beautiful, handmade tails that would look real on screen for decades to come and could be reused for promotional purposes - instead, they're underpaying and overworking their non-unionized employees to make CGI tails that don't even look real now.

(to be clear, I'm not shitting on the artists. As I said, they're being underpaid and overworked. This is not their fault)

And before anyone comes and says "But swimming in those is difficult!" Absolutely it is. You should never swim in a professional level tail (or even just fabric tails) without practice and training. Which Disney could have given the cast if they were willing to PAY people (the cast of H20 [a TV SHOW] literally learned how to be mermaids on set. It's been done before)

Disney's "Live Action" needs to be rebranded as "CGI with some real people tossed in" because that's all any of these remakes have been, and it's exhausting when I look at what we could have had.

#tlm #the little mermaid #h20 #disney #mermaids #professional mermaids #also trust me when i say i think all cgi mermaid tails look bad #but for some reason these ones just look so much worse #we saw the same thing happen with the 'live action' lion king #the lions looked SO BAD #but then you look at like???? aslan from chronicle of narnia????? which was made YEARS before the lion king #and he looked more realistic #and its disneys fault bc they WONT PAY PEOPLE

[royalarchivist]

After completing the Nether minigame, a short video plays showing some of the last things the Eggs did before they disappeared.

[Muted the irrelevant cross-talk because it was loud and distracting.]

#QSMP #Tubbo #Blue Team #The Eggs #QSMP Eggs #Purgatory #Soul Fire #Muted irrelevant cross-talk because it was distracting #I was going to wait for QSMP to post a clean video they played of the Eggs #But I know not everyone is watching stream today #Likewise I will probably not be posting any other clips from today #I don't watch streams on the weekend #also there's only two people online for this event so #* two people who are LIVE and online #Wish this had been done on Monday instead I feel bad for Etoiles and all the other streamers #I'm sure the admins have their reasons but. Two streamers #I hope green team doesn't log in at all because that would be genuinely so funny LMAO #Blue Team twiddling their thumbs like ''erm. so what now'' #realistically they could still win even if green didn't log in but that'd be BM imo #Though I don't think anyone is genuinely going to die #likewise I don't think any Eggs are going to die #it'll all be ok it's just a game

[campbyler]

hello! just wanted to provide everyone with a quick update — due to the projected length of chapter 10, we will also be splitting it into two separate parts the way we did with chapter 9. we also have an estimated upload date of may 10th!

thank you everyone for your understanding and giving us time to work on these updates! 🤍

#ch10 #i think realistically from now on please expect 1-2 months between uploads #like at Least #that’s a very reasonable amount of time to write 20k+ words in 🤍 #and even with us starting our next chapter while the previous person is working on theirs it still takes a min w our lives and schedules #but we will continue to be transparent w upload dates!

[wi1dshxpe]

based on the temple of bhaal, gortash had to have nostrils of steel to endure durge

#dark urge #enver gortash #durgetash #i mean realistically durge would probably smell better than their temple for purely logistical reasons #like you should probably not be able to smell from a mile away or smell like death if you're an assassin plus they lived outside the temple #for their entire youth so it's probably more tolerating the smell than enjoying it BUT WHAYTEVER

[maslows-pyramid-scheme]

It's disappointing but unsurprising that so many self-declared (radical) feminists prefer individualistic 'separatist' action (reading books by women, refusing to wear makeup, debates around male centrism) over actual, culture-changing action (wages for housework).

#i'm just as supportive of additional educational and employment opportunities for women #but i'm a realist and i know that some women will - for whatever reason - still be housewives #and i think we need to do something to protect them and change the culture around housework #(bc i don't think 'just don't live with men' is working)

[carnivalcarriondiscarded]

How does Barnaby meet Howdy in your modern human au? :0

oh, the entire "neighborhood" became friends in either middle or high school (except Eddie oopsies). Howdy ran a little 'underground market' (aka he sold stuff out of his locker or at his house, the goods varied) and Barnaby would often buy school supplies or, every so often, a cheat sheet from him. once or twice weed as well. but yeah they were also classmates a few times.

Howdy found Barnaby hilarious, Barnaby found Howdy to be excellent company, boom friends for life. Howdy didn't have many actual friends - just acquaintances and regulars, so Barnaby was his first real pal, and the "neighborhood" his first friend group! and only, technically

#and later on! lovers for life! also friends still just with an Added Facet! #but yeah in my mind howdy was socially adept just. bad at making friends #he prioritized The Grind and yk. could and Would scam his 'customers' #he tried to scam barnaby once but barnaby fully saw through him #and called him out on his bullshit in funny enough of a way that howdy wasnt insulted at all #Boom instant respect! barnaby is like the one guy howdy wouldnt scam from then on #rambles from the bog #wh modern human au #howdy has a lot of Lore in my mind... #reasons why hes so shrewd and finance-oriented! #why he speaks with a transatlantic accent despite being a 90s kid! etc! #listen i gotta find a way to realistically explain everyone's quirks and skills and traits in this au #since theyre People living Human Lives and not. puppets. artificially created characters

[get-more-bald]

being a tf2 fan has you searching shit like "us draft 1968" "us military drafts" "wars united states participation" "vietnam war drafts"

#its about fucking scout yeah #BTW EDIT. im talking about the vietnam war here #is he a draft dodger? did he not get picked? where do his dog tags come from? #did he get drafted but not sent to the battlefield? #also. ww2. which of the mercs fought. #spy. probably fought. maybe (probably) not on the front lines #heavy. im saying he didnt fight because he ran from a gulag and the lived in siberia. #soldier. we all know. #medic. IF he fought then probably def not on tbe front lines but im more inclined to say he didnt fight #as in he ran to switzerland or america or smth. for my personal reasons #demo. good question actually. im saying he didnt fight #a) would he be of age to fight? b) would he qualify for medical reasons? c) would his moms influence exclude him? #this shit is gonna get me googling scotlands involvement in ww2 #i want to say he didnt fight #engie. hm. did engineer from hit game team fortress 2 fight in the second world war. #i want to say he didnt but he probably (realistically) did #(except its tf2 universe so. whats realistic. is ww2 even canon in tf2 universe.)(lets assume it is as canon as it is irl) #if pyro fight they werent in the military they were just there for some reason. happy to be included in any bloodshed #sniper (by comics canon) is i think too young to have fought. also hes australian. #this shit is gonna have me googling australian involvement in ww2 #holy shit #delete later

[existential-dread-in-the-am]

Ok I figured something out.

In order to let go of anger, you need to hold it first.

Meaning I fucked up by not allowing myself to be pissed off about my former friend group's bullshit and could not get over the issue for a long time until I finally allowed myself to sing along to the 'fuck you all of you' type of songs for a month, and I'm only now starting to let the feeling go.

You can't process your anger if you never admit that you were angry in the first place, you get trapped in what you refuse to acknowledge.

#like. the whole point of me and everything I've learned ever is that I don't get angry #it's unproductive and makes me impulsive and it's better to think rationally and understand why people do what they do #and then just accept that and plan your own actions based on that without feeling any way about it #but it's not always realistic to live without emotions and certain situations are going to cause stronger reactions #stronger emotions are harder to work through and calmness about whatever caused them takes time and work #and I've been trying to skip ahead straight to 'no I don't feel any way about this this is normal' when it is in fact not #and I should feel some way about it #and AFTER THAT work through the entire thing until I can have peace with it #assuming I should be unaffected by everything all the time is not a reasonable expectation

[hexjulia]

so funny how in Dunsany's The Charwoman's Shadow this impoverished nobleman says my extremely catholic son. you need to learn the Black Arts, for financial reasons. And the son is like "oh no!! Not the Black Art!! what would the priests think!" and his father responds forget the priests condemning you and consider something much worse; having to find gainful employment. Can't do that. Like some sort of peasant. And his pious son is like oh damn you're right. Well. I'm off to learn the Black Arts then.

#most realistic nobleman type decisions. makes sense he wasn't called lord dunsany for no reason #lived in a castle and all

[bylertruther]

some of you never grew up in a small conservative town as a (gay) nerd that was bullied, harassed, and excluded for years on end for not fitting in and for visibly and enthusiastically liking geek things—geek things that then branded you a satanist in everyone's eyes and as something Other, Lesser, and Undoubtedly Unworthy of Basic Human Decency even though you were literally just an actual child with harmless interests and not a satanist or an evil disgusting subhuman thing, and it shows.

you cannot apply modern views and beliefs to a show that is set in the eighties, especially not when it's set in conservative midwest eighties which is a whole other beast. being a socially awkward and nonconforming geek is something that people STILL get bullied for if you don't do it in a way that the majority deems "acceptable", especially if you live in a conservative, religious area.

your experiences are not universal and your inability to relate to a certain motif or story does not make it "lesser" or "bad writing."

#stranger things #mike wheeler #<- tagging and then disappearing into the mist again bc i don't like it here lol. #girls when they love stranger things because they finally see characters just like them with the same exact experiences written with such #care and respect for those that have been Deemed Other but people who have not had those experiences refuse to believe that they're #realistic and STILL happen to people bc if they're fortunate to have not gone through that then clearly that means that it doesn't exist #and if it does then it's not Traumatic Enough or a good enough plot to cause such inner turmoil in the characters who experience that #💥🛼 #i got bullied for being a nerd in the 2000s and 2010s. you can absolutely get bullied for being a nerd and being a nerd is enough reason #for social exile in some places. when dustin said that no one was nice to him or mike? when lucas said that girls laughed at them? and it's #all because they're deemed freaks and satanists for liking fantasy things? that's Real and it doesn't hurt any less just because you think #it's not a good enough reason to bully someone. #i was called a satanist to my face by adults. people acted like i was some Creature or whatever just because i liked fiction and wasn't #interested in what the majority was interested in and wore dark clothing sometimes. like.. hello. school shooter jokes? the way #that neurodivergent people get treated when they're visibly ''different'' and enjoy things passionately? the way that liking star wars was #a thing to ridicule until it suddenly became Acceptable and Popular to like? i feel like i'm living in a different reality than so many #people here with the way that they talk about certain things in this show. and don't even get me started on the way people approached #the angela and el situation.... #maybe just be glad that these things did not happen to you and stop acting like it's lesser or a bad story bc of that? just a thought.

[gifti3]

I was trying to do a little catch up in nightbringer

I finished lesson 20 and they like joke(?) about moving to the human world and staying at the MCs home if they cant stay in the devildom

And i just wanna seriously consider the logistics of MC trying to house 7 other people

Most of us are probably living with other people (who may not be okay with sharing a space with so many strangers suddenly) and/or dont have a giant sized place

And this is assuming the mc is staying at a house and not an apartment....

#obey me nightbringer #dont think anyone will last a day in this situation. #realistically theyre all gonna probably have to share 1 room right.... #2 if we r lucky #at my home we have an extra bedroom and a living room #and the extra room technically belongs to my grandpa when he visits from ghana so... #id be like....yall gotta come up with some human identities and find jobs so you can move into a different place #im not trying to abandon them in the human world of course #especially mammon for several reasons #but yea.... #and outside of living arrangements mc would have to teach them to live in this damn world #and navigate new social norms urghh #my head hurts thinking about it #like “noooo u cant fuckin threaten people so flippantly when they piss u off unless u wanna make my life more difficult!!” #ik they could take ppl in fight sure but god #what if they get arrested #ugh sorry my mind is just going towards all the worst case scenarios lol #anyways im gonna try to start next lesson but im already getting tired of playing these rhythm games sigh

[silenthillbunni]

i think the reason i always feel so lonely is bc rlly all i want is a romantic relationship that is kinda co-dependent but we love eo nd it works for us. idc that it's generally considered toxic. that's what i need nd want. like i do want to experience nd go thru life w someone always by my side. i need someone close to me all the time to seek quiet, verbal nd physical comfort nd reassurance from. i need to share the burden nd horrors of life w someone else. have their warmth nd closeness be an anchor for me.

#nd it wouldnt get 'too much' bc im actually not like that #i can be content w the same thing for sooooo long. thats comforting to me #nd like to have this we wouldnt need to be attached to the hips or anything. we could be in different rooms or go for a walk alone or whatev #but rlly i want someone to spend most my time w. i want someone where the love makes us want to be close even if we're silent #nd not doing anything. being alone yet together #there r prob lots of psychological reasons for this but honestly i dooont caaare #i want a comfortable life im sick of being scared. nd i dont want to be 'brave' or push myself to live how others want #idk.... i also think this would be realistically possible for me bc im not a person who fights lol #like i just dont. if im in a bad mood i say im in a badd mood i need to be quiet nd thats that. i can coexist without causing friction #but yeahhh it's (part of) why i constantly feel alone. this is what i need to feel truly satisfied nd nothing else can soothe it #📓💭

[greenreticule]

Thinking about thinking ABOUT how - in Padawan - Obi-Wan's first introduction to Dex was this blasé guy telling Obi to stay out of the miner's business.

But our first introduction to him as readers was him challenging the villain on behalf of his coworkers, crying because he wasn't able to help them.

We get "they didn't sign on to die for you!" as his character defining moment for us, the readers. And then when it's revealed that this is Dex, he's already got his signature cheery mask up to hide how he feels. But we, the readers, we know. Because we already saw his tears.

The first thing we learn about Dexter Jettster in Padawan-

Before we learn even his species or his name-

The first thing that sets him apart from the ensemble he's a part of-

The one thing that makes the villain take note of him-

Is that Dex fucking cares about others.

#dexter jettster #padawan novel #padawan #obi wan kenobi #i just fucking love that one of the most cunning scoundrels in the galaxy is KIND #because so often being a realist or intelligent is a reason for being indifferent or cruel #and compassion is painted as naïveté #but in dex compassion and cunning live hand-in-hand... -in-hand-in-hand

[friendamedes]

honestly disappointed that tcw didn't regularly pull a ds9 and plot an episode with wildly unbalanced A plot/B plots. A plot: the horrors of war feat. rex's third mental breakdown of the week; B plot: anakin gets the flu but is utterly convinced he's fine.

#idk this is just my episode pitch #o'brien is a hot streak at the dart board! #quinn txt #the clone wars #realistically i know it's for tonal reasons + the episodes are too short to allow proper A/B plots #which is why several arcs stretch out into three or four episodes (which is almost ALWAYS boring) #but the secret tcw that lives in my head is so good #my actual serious critique of tcw is a whole essay that honestly no one wants to read (and i don't want to write) #but this makes a better post

[labyrynth]

honestly the thing that baffles me the most about all the disney “live action” remakes is that they won’t touch the live action adaptations that not only existed long before their remake plans, but have been WILDLY successful!!!

the theater/broadway adaptations of beauty and the beast, the little mermaid, and the fucking LION KING??

disney, you already own all of this material. why are you dumping money into mediocre remakes when you already have the exact thing you’re looking for, but better??

#moi #disney #beauty and the beast #the little mermaid #little mermaid #the lion king #lion king #WHY WHY WHY #JUST GIVE US THE BROADWAY VERSIONS #I WOULD RATHER HAVE ‘human person in a costume’ THAN WHATEVER CREEPY CGI UR GONNA SHOVE AT US NEXT #there’s a reason these films weren’t made live action to begin with!!!! #and it’s because the more realistic you try to make it #the weirder it feels! #because these stories are full of impossible things and magic #which works great for animation #and for theater #because both of those are mediums that ask you to suspend your disbelief #weird animated tiny candlestick or guy in a candlestick costume holding a smaller candlestick to represent the actual size? #i will take guy in a candlestick costume thanks #can you imagine if they had done like a beauty and the beast live? #these shows aren’t easy for people to see! #they could have just made a film ‘adaptation’ of the broadway versions #and shipped that #it would have been better than what we got

[lord-squiggletits]

I know there are as many religious good guys as there are religious bad guys in IDW, but I think I pinned down the reason why it feels like the most prominent religious figures are all bad guys and it's pretty much due to the worldbuilding.

Maybe my memory of the comics is just really bad, but the religious worldbuilding in IDW is....kind of trash honestly. I'm not sure there's a single religion or religious custom that doesn't exist solely to further the plot along. Like, it's one thing for the Camiens to worship the Primes and that causes a lot of stuff in exRID/OP, but what does that worship actually look like? What are their holidays, customs, religious texts? What about "spectralism" which basically the only thing we know about is the Festival of the Lost Light and some hippie color coding and aura shit? Like sure, there are characters who are religious and their beliefs come into play sometimes, but it honestly feels (especially in MTMTE) more like their religiousness only exists when it's relevant to the plot and it's just kinda. Disappointing eh. Lacking in worldbuilding. Plus the more religious a character is the more it's written as their entire personality and the driving force making them evil so it just kinda made me cringe to read honestly.

#squiggposting #i think there might be more 'religious moments' than i remember since it's been a hot minute since i read #but i remember during my first read/while liveblogging it was something that disappointed me #i know it's probably unfair or whatever but it still makes me cringe so hard #that the reason tyrest suddenly became a religious zealot was because he got shot with a brain altering bullet #and his religious fervor is almost literally just a product of him being brain damaged and delusional #like oooooooooooooooooooooooof it's so fucking cringe lol #i'm not sure if i'm making sense honestly. it's not so much the NUMBER of evil vs non evil religious characters #but it's more like. the more prominently religion is part of a character's personality or motivation #the odds of them just being an evil guy shoots up to almost 100% #also then there's dr/ft who's a fucking clown and 'spectralism' is just some half baked hippie shit i can't take seriously #guess my problem isn't with IDW so much as it is with JRO lol #anyways not an objective analysis i might be wrong on some counts that was just my feelings as i read #and also i just don't like it when the worldbuilding around culture only exists when it comes to plot related stuff #it really makes the world feel less lived in/realistic when it's established that there are multiple religions #but then as far as actual customs- beliefs- texts- philosophies- etc there's hardly anything #so the good guys may be religious but there's not much about what their beliefs actually entail and how they impact their daily life #and on the other hand the bad guys are screaming about how they're god's chosen all over the place