Best of 2023 Animation (both movies and TV shows). Or at least the best animated projects I've seen in 2023.
In no particular order:
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
The Super Mario Bros. Movie
Nimona
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem
Four Souls of Coyote (Hungarian title: Kojot négy lelke)
Chicken Run 2: Dawn of the Nugget
Ruby Gillman: Teenage Kraken
Leo
Kiff
Hailey's on It
Hilda Season 3
Disney: Once Upon a Studio
The Owl House: Watching and Dreaming
Wish
Here's to hoping 2024 will be full of awesome Animated Projects too!
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I'd like to know what happened one generation before this that caused all the story messages to be "you should be whatever you want to be--as long as it's a position of power and authority."
what goes on?
Why'd we go from messages like "if you really want to live your dream it'll cost you everything," or "true love is innocent and pure" or "don't judge a book by its cover" to variations on:
"Be whatever you want to be: and want to be powerful."
And then second of all, I'm bored. I'm tired of having twenty stories that tell me I don't have to be what everyone around me tells me to be. I'm tired of having every movie tell me that I am powerful and I should be in authority.
I got it, I heard you the first forty times, Barbie, Across the Spider-Verse, Elemental, even freakin Super Mario Bros.
Now tell me something different. Something I can actually appreciate or chew on or use to be better. That's enough "write your own story, be who you want to be, choose what you are, become your own power--" That's enough.
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ballister boldheart
okay, here's a Thought
if we go with the headcanon that ballister is an orphan and grew up in an orphanage, can we also assume that he doesn't know his biological family?
and, if he has no ties to his family, that would include not having a last name (surname)
so now I'm picturing a scene where young ambrosius meets ballister for the first time and introduces himself as "ambrosius goldenloin", to which ballister replies with his own introduction
ambrosius might get a little confused, in his childlike innocence, as to why ballister didn't introduce himself with his first and last name. after all, ambrosius is nobility and is probably very used to the formality of full name introductions
so, there might be a conversation like
Ambrosius blinked. "Just Ballister?"
The kid in front of him gave an offhand shrug, idly tossing the wooden sword he was playing with from one hand to the other. "Just Ballister."
"Ballister... what?" Ambrosius prompted, tilting his head to the side, as if trying to get a better read on the other. "What's your last name?"
"Last name?" Ballister echoed. He tried to throw the wooden sword from his left hand back to his right, but dropped it.
"Yeah," Ambrosius said, ignoring the mistake. "A name that your parents have and give to you to show you're their kid." Ballister hummed.
"Well," he said, kicking the sword to the side and beginning to walk away. "I don't have parents, so I don't have their name."
Ambrosius felt his jaw drop a little. "You don't have parents?" he managed, as if unable to comprehend the tragedy in front of him. He scrambled to keep up with Ballister, surprised at the speed that the kid could walk. "Why?"
"Don't know," Ballister replied curtly. "Maybe I was born without them. Or they died." He, without missing a beat, grabbed a nearby tree and began to climb it. Ambrosius, in his shock, could think of no better option than to follow him.
Ambrosius thought about this for a moment. Thought about what it might feel like to grow up with no one telling you exactly what to do and when and how to do it. What it might feel like to grow up to not have an adult tell you exactly what to do with your life. He thought it might be a little bit terrifying.
Ballister eased off the tree and onto a low, flat roof. Ambrosius followed, distantly wondering how much trouble they'd be in if they were caught.
He wanted to ask about what Ballister had said. He wanted to ask Ballister what it had been like, being alone from birth to when he'd jumped the gates.
Ballister kept walking, and Ambrosius found himself struggling a little to keep up. Throughout all this, Ballister hadn't spared him a single glance.
The words that came of Ambrosius out surprised him. "Well, if you could choose a family name, what would it be?"
This question seemed to stump Ballister, as he stopped in his tracks. Finally, he turned around and looked at Ambrosius. It was a deep look, one that dug through his soul and unpacked everything in there, one that pierced through him like an arrow. One that made Ambrosius question his own ability to breathe.
"I don't know." came Ballister's honest reply.
Ambrosius clasped his hands behind his back and rocked back and forth on his heels. "Think about it."
Ballister gave him a long look, then lifted his head just barely. It was at that moment that Ambrosius realized that Ballister was probably looking at the statue of Gloreth, which was probably visible from behind him.
"I don't know," Ballister said, quieter this time. "But I would want something worthy of a knight."
uh that was way longer than I planned LMAO
anyways, that's the end of that conversation for a long time, until a decade and then some later when they get knighted
that's when the queen gives him the name "boldheart"
the scene where everyone is cheering for ballister ("boldheart! boldheart! boldheart!") is the first time ballister hears his new name, and since a last name is a name given to you by family, it made him feel as if, almost, valerin was giving him a family
and when ambrosius cheers his new name, it holds some extra meaning to ambrosius too, because he still remembers the above conversation and understands the significance this has to ballister
and for a moment, ballister feels as though everything is perfect- the kingdom has accepted him, the queen has given him a family name, and he's achieved his dream of becoming a knight.
uh, and then everything goes wrong, but y'all already know how that goes-
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is it alright if you show us your art progress?
Progress is "I stopped drawing noses" and also "I get very lazy very fast so most of my art is simply doodles these days". I tried to just pick art that wasn't overly lazy but wasn't overly complex but man back in 2011-2014 I looked like I was having more fun with art lmao.
That said, it's an immense stress relief to me and has been for years. So the fact it's my hobby is for the best cause even if I'm not producing 'the best' or spending heaps of time on stuff, I get to enjoy the feeling of less stress while drawing and then stress the rest of the day.
(if you meant the art process that's very different and also very disappointing but I am willing to provide that if you want)
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