#the sequels much less so

[princesssarcastia]

i think the fundamental thing people forget about star wars, which would clear up some things for many people, is that luke skywalker is the hero of the story

#it's all about Him in the end #why the fuck do we care about anakin skywalker's journey in the prequels? #because That's Luke's Dad!!! #and also because he and palpatine fundamentally broke the republic #in a way that luke and leia (and the rebellion) then eventually fix #but it is....in the end....all about our very special farmboy #the sequels much less so #although there's an argument to be made even there #it also means that when luke throws away his lightsaber #and THEN says 'no. i am a jedi. like my father before me' #it is in fact an indictment of 'this weapon is your life. don't lose it' #idk #husborth is making me think about star wars #luke skywalker #listen i love my other star wars characters #i love them to bits #but i also know they are not Thee character #that has ALWAYS been george lucas' self-insert specialist little boy

[books-are-my-life-stuff]

Finished series, Fall 2023: Akuma-kun (2023)

"What is happiness to all humans? Are they happy if there's ample food, clothing, and shelter? Do they want self-fulfillment? Recognition from others? The psychologist Maslow said--" "Hold on. Hey, Ichiro. What is happiness to you?" "To me?"

#akuma-kun (2023) #akuma-kun spoilers #ichiro umerogi #mephisto iii #shingo umoregi #strophaia #flashing tw #eyestrain tw #my gifs #finished series gifs #long post #userartless #(hope you don't mind if i tag you even though this series might not be in your watchlist!) #one of my most anticipated shows this season and WOW I WAS BLOWN AWAY #it's really great!! i enjoyed it thoroughly #i had no experience with this franchise unlike gggnk so a lot of the references might fly over my head #but i still can enjoy this series so much i finished it in one sitting #it never fails to leave me on the edge of my seat! #shigeru mizuki-sensei's works are always astounding and timeless #(though this is less of a reboot and more of a sequel of sorts?? i dunno) #now to watch the original akuma-kun! #i actually was planning to make the entire gifset into black-white-red focused #but i wasn't really good at focusing on just one color pallette #aaaaa i was going to just choose one scene per episode for this set but i ended up making multiple gifs from one ep #this series is just so pretty and has so many beautiful scenes i can't help myself

[chellodello]

I think we should revisit Skoodge moving into Zim’s basement. As a treat.

#invader zim #zim #dib membrane #zadr #skoodge #is this the first time Gaz has made it into a doodle of mine? #skoodge moving in and immediately becoming the coolest kid in high school after a week is ideal #I imagine Skoodge has a Gibby-sequel air to him #his disguise shirt just having fried eggs on them made me laugh too much to not be his default outfit #poor Gretchen you keep striking out girl #it pushes Zim and dib together because even less people believe Skoodge is an alien and Zim hates being shown up on his mission #so like the enemy of my enemy is not my friend per say but he does get to cuddle with me in the hallways #obviously #the brainrot is terminal #chellos art tag

[yo-yo-yoshiko]

Getting used to the boy before settling in for some page inking using these old sketches.

#wake of the clash #webcomic #character art #baseball #wake gen2 #drawing the ocs playing baseball for enrichment before moving onto the usual work where they're having a Very Bad Time TM #sometimes i wish Wake was a big serialized media so i could write a baseball episode. I love superheroes playing baseball #it would be so wacky and there would be SO much rule breaking from the Strike/Glass duo #thats what gen2 is for though i guess #its the fantastic sequel that'll forever live in my brain that is slowly devolving into a baseball underdog sports story falkjesfjse #can i write baseball fanfic of my own nonsense? #i'd like to read that.... aldfjalekfjawe... would less like to draw it i think

[destinywillowleaf]

how to go from a one-shot/conversation spawned from thinking too much about an unseen father to more than a dozen fic ideas and an overarching narrative about family heritage (and the generational trauma that comes with it), the importance of communication, and how all lives touch other lives to create something anew and alive in one easy step

#pokemon #sir aaron #blood curse of sir aaron #no seriously this was supposed to be a one-shot with maybe ONE sequel. now there's 4 sequels and at least 7 directly related side stories #and three (3) fics that are more or less gonna serve as prequels/background for all my canons at this point when riley's involved #it was also only supposed to be one and then i had Ideas and did not stop them. #(benefit of setting things during legends arceus and promptly ignoring the actual protag) #i've only had the core idea rolling around my brain for 6 months and there's this many fics. prequel 1 came before but the others are newer #at least i'm not trying to write an entire game plot this time unlike my other big pokemon project #so much of the conflict could've been avoided with better communication. not all of it mind you but the big issues? yeah #at the very least they could've been handled a LOT sooner #<- series name for all this nonsense in case i wind up talking about it more here. will probably post links here once more is written #i've got a scattered 20k worth of it so far of actual fic and over 10k worth of notes. 2k of those notes are for a single episode rewrite #i know that might not sound like a lot to some people but only the first main fic is done. the third one is arceus chronicles. #im making. choices. that's for sure. and writing so much aura lore you have no idea #i might need to make a family tree soon

[crystalromana]

if you're enjoying the 60th specials,,, you may like Dalek Universe (it's not as daleky as the name implies). Ten is still ten but there is actual emotional beats in it and Anya my beloved and and an ongoing plot (the Doctor is stuck away from the TARDIS) and great writing.

#Oh god I really do like dalek universe and I think about Anya Kingdom so much #She gets the short end of the stick and it literally isn't her fault #She should have gone with him </3 but that sequel hook #Doctor Who #Oh it really is much less daleks than the name dalek universe implies its just set in the 60s expanded universe #With the space security services and all that it's quite refreshing and an interesting take

[darken-hollow]

Should have the first chapter of this Adam and the batfam crossover shit done either today or tommorow yippie!

#I been planning this fic for a few weeks with my gf #technically it started off as a dcau fic #but we both loved the idea of Adam and Bruce dating so much we focused on that #like there still be some justice league #but mainly Adam and Bruce #we have the whole fic planned out #and have plans for a sequel and spin off #should be around 61 chapters though maybe less #idk man #I should have a fanfic tag #Darken talks about his fanfic #btw my ao3 is also Darken_hollow #so fucking happy my user is weird but nice spelling #I only have one account where I had to somewhat change it since it was taken #even then the o's became 0's #getting off topic lol #anyways fic going to be called The birds and the bats

[pyreofsunflowers]

okay I finally finished Hellsing 2001 and it IS better to a certain degree. Obv the art direction and soundtrack is superior (though 2001 had its fair share of low budget animation moments, I prefer the style, framing, backgrounds and colors over Ultimate.) I also think they did a better job at showing Integra and Sera's characters and establishing Hellsing as an actual military organization. The lack of the poorly thought out Nazi plotline also deeply helps. Oh and there's no comedy, I don't miss the comedy at all. THAT BEING SAID - Ultimate had more money which means the combat is better because they could go bananas with it. Which works much better with Alucard's style of combat. 2001 is also extremely short and cramped, I really wish the episodes were longer. There's a lot of stuff that just happens and doesn't get the attention it deserves or gets abandoned by the plot (like Anderson for example) Oh and the end villain STINKS and it falls off pretty bad on the last three episodes. ' It's much more of what I was expecting - a fun, loose, quick little vampire story. Overall I would say watch 2001 and read the manga if you want to get into Hellsing. Or if you want something you can watch in a day for some background noise while you grind in a video game or do chores or whatever.

#Hellsing 2001 #anime review #the sequel #much less of a rant #Hellsing Ultimate #im starting twin peaks now so get ready for me to be relaly annoying about THAT

[unproduciblesmackdown]

blade gunnblade !!!!!!!!

via eliza simpson:

There are no words for this true warrior. They kill me. MMM: went in for a post show hug. Me:"ow!" Asia: "oh sorry, that's my bullet necklace." 😳........ 😍

#blade gunnblade #asia kate dillon #kapow-i gogo #eliza simpson of [angel & others in the mysteries] & [the mother line story project] & [saw ak dillon in triptych yes we're jealous] #& [princess cloudberry in kapow-i gogo] #here we also see stephen stout in the 1st pic but going ''!! surely our dear cherished blade gunnblade's back. hair's long though hmm'' #only to have that cleared up by the 3rd pic thank god ='] #i guess at some point blade gunnblade has blue hair & i do love that for them #i believe they're in part 3 but i have all the less information about that plausible appearance #(and of course still no info on [asia perhaps doubling roles with the longer black haired wig & ultracorp jacket in that one pic?]) #one thing that would be fascinating & fun is if part 3 blade has more of part 1 kapow-i's look. the bright blue hair #looks like pink lipstick. Pure Speculation but i know the like [this is reaction to You Know How Media Is] element discussed like #part 1 thinking most [sat. morning cartoons experience; the legend of] part 2 is like when these series get sequels or just some #ep or turning point that upends its own previous established conventions. Darker more Serious / Mature Themes etc #part 3 like well sequel to That which adds yet another layer of the same factor there lol #i'm not really that versed in All This Media directly b/c i'm not that versed in / familiar with much of any media directly but #i am also not completely at sea & also one thing i could think of is like. blade is our revenge vengeance tragic anti antagonist lmao #what if after that they get to lighten up in delightful contrast to the torment & tragedy. turn more optimistic moral support bestie etc #but like i said utter speculation based on ''oh this is a look they have?'' & comments on [comments on material commenting on itself] so #could be anything! or nothing! except that it's Something enough to have been photographed a couple of times. thank god #oh hang on also we can see that that's stephen stout's character in the pic of Wearing A Black Longer Haired Wig & Ultracorp Jacket #who's to say it isn't also: yes that's blade disguised or something. underneath they have this bright blue shorter wig & Blade Outfit lol #i would cheer for that. compelling #(also noting that it didn't preclude a doubling of roles instead but; that figure Is wearing blade's necklace. makes it easy to switch to #Blade Mode backstage; makes it easy to switch to Blade Mode onstage....) #which: noted! bullet necklace! makes sense lmao. sort of #also pic 2 ft. director kristin mccarthy parker fyi. and the typical blade hair length i.e. simply asia's own. #''😳........ 😍'' soooooo true ''MMM:'' standing for ''most memorable moment:'' and also sooooo true as well #blade gunnblade is everything to me. if they died in part 3 i'm blowing this whole building up. they have bright blue hair now

[seventh-district]

it’s finally getting cold enough that i can bring my cardigan collection back into rotation without feeling like i’m gonna melt into a puddle the second i step outside!!!

#Seven.txt #my face #i have rematerialized back out of the void to once again make my once-in-a-blue-moon selfie & life update post #i’m running on 4 hours of restless sleep and the single banana i ate for lunch earlier today. let’s do this #hrrrrg i hate the lighting in my bathroom but i refuse to take pictures in the absolute Mental Illness Disaster Zone™️ that is my bedroom #anyways. got diagnosed with Mystery Pain Syndrome at the dentist today. so now i take ✨steroids✨ #the less funny explanation is that my tooth still hurts with pressure nearly a month post-root canal and That’s Not Good #so we’re trying some new medications to see if that fixes it. and if not then who knows. root canal pt.2 the sequel. or extraction. sigh #and so the Dental Saga continues. todays visit went quite well in spite of the unforeseen mystery pain delaying the tooth-shaving plans #we had some time to kill so he managed to fill some of my other tiny cavities while i was there today so that’s good #okay moving on. what else. uhh. OH they finally came out and ran the fiber to the house last week!!! now i’m just waiting on one more- #-guy to come and finish the interior install and the long awaited fast internet will finally be mine eheheheheeeee #now i can feel my hours upon hours of unedited gameplay footage breathing down my neck :) #man i’ve got so much stuff piled up right now. i’m drowning in Tasks and it’s a lil overwhelming but i’ll handle it all! eventually #uhhhhm my current writing project is coming along well! i’ve never put so much time and effort into a oneshot before in my life #its a labor of love though and i think i’m gonna be really proud of myself (and the fic) once it’s complete #even if no one reads it bc it’s so goddamn self indulgent and kinda lowkey throws canon out the window but like. fuck it! #if i want Astarion to write a song on piano and perform it for me while mentally taking me on a trip down memory lane. then so be it #fr though i’ve never written anything quite like this and i rlly want to do it justice. even if its unrealistic i still want it to be Good #in other news i received word that one of the chickens i sponsor at my local Gentle Barn has passed away so i had a lil cry abt that #i feel so bad for his little tiny chicken wife. they obviously loved each other and it’s like. so sad when one half of an old couple dies #like. she pulled him out of his depression after his 1st wife died. now who’s gonna be there to pull Her out… #anyways let’s not get all sad about that again. in happier news my cat who i presumed died/got killed has returned home uninjured!!! #after that huge stray dog chased her into the woods i thought we’d never find or see her again #but then the morning after i started grieving her she showed back up hungry as hell yet completely unharmed like the enigma that she is #so that’s one definite highlight from earlier this month. uhh what else. rapid fire summary of the past few weeks let’s go- #Jersey turned 10! Bullet turned 10! my 6 year Veganniversary happened! i’m approaching 700 days on DuoLingo! #i’ve written more than 20 thousand words! i’ve been facing some fears! fighting my OCD! taking care of myself! (kinda!) #anyways things are far from being all sunshine and roses around here but i’m trying to focus on the good stuff for the most part #for now tho i have a headache and have reached 30 tags so it’s time to go shovel some mashed potatoes into my mouth :)

[epicfranb]

New Etho video and i still haven't watched Bdubs's one or Scar's or Grian's or Gem's or the Tango VODS i have in my watch later and I'm definitely not going to watch the MCC tomorrow. Sorry guys I'm busy with 3 other fixations i have rn 🥲 no time for mcyt gotta draw more fairies and collect pokemon and solve murder cases. I'll be back tho

#life updates #I'm enjoying taking a break from anything Minecraft or mcyt related!! #it wasn't an intentional break and as you can see I'm still reblogging lots of fanart #ethubs are still as much in my mind as always and I'm kinda writing a lil ficlet I'm planning on actually finishing #which is sort of a spiritual sequel to that one little draft i made about them just peacefully hanging out #so yeah I'm here just. a little less here. future me will have a lot to catch up on :'''D

[spaceprincessleia]

I love writing Star Wars fanfiction, but I'm in such a weird place with it right now, like, I'm happy when people read what I write, but at the same time I only want to write rare pairs that only like 3 people will read to begin with because they fit my niche ideas so much better.

#the underlying message here is that nitearmor gives me anxiety lol #i already love mon/ceanna #because it's so obscure #same with the bartender from mando s1 that no one even knows #or the two sapphics from the sequels that got the three-second kiss #i have original ideas that fit less established characters much better #my writing

[thefirstknife]

also to add on to your "destiny dying long live destiny"

its the Monday after a holiday weekend for the states. people are exhausted and probably going back to work or trying to down tune

also also its the holiday week where a new mainline Pokemon game just released. regardless of your opinions/the quality of it its still a brand new Pokemon game. thats gonna pull ppl from anywhere.

Yep! It's really interesting how November without an expansion in Destiny has been low two years in a row. And incidentally, both Novembers, there's been a Pokemon and Call of Duty release (on top of other major releases).

I know Aztecross said "don't tell me it's because it's Monday, it's Monday for other games too and there's 34 games above Destiny by player count." But it does matter. Those other games also probably have fewer players than they do when it's not post-holiday Monday.

And ofc, not all games are tied to seasonal cycles. People know there's nothing left to wrap up in Destiny so they moved to other games that they may have been neglecting during the Destiny pinnacle grind. I've neglected other games for Destiny this season and I've been catching up with them now that Destiny's season is ending and I have nothing left to do. If I have to choose what to play on a Monday before the new season, it won't be Destiny. Cringefail confession, but I spent this Monday catching up with levelling my battlepass in Overwatch. Yeah it's Monday, but I have things left to do in Overwatch and none in Destiny.

If Destiny is someone's primary game, they'll prioritise it in the first two months because of the pinnacle grind. I have to get my power level up so I can do GMs. I always prioritise Destiny first. So when I'm done, last month of the season, I play less because I have to go back and do stuff I neglected in other games. It's really simple. The fact that it's the final week of the season is crucial context.

And it's really hypocritical of these content creators to do this after they spent months farming negative attention and bad press for the game. Maybe fewer people are playing because you convinced them that the game is shit? They never seem to like taking credit for the negative, just the positive. You influence people's opinions! When you post the newest god tier build, everyone and their grandma copies it. When you shittalk the game for months, your fans listen to you. I don't know why that's difficult to understand.

There's obviously legitimate reasons for everyone to personally dislike the game! I have my gripes too, everyone does. I think we could have really important convos and feedback with Bungie about the issues we have. But this specific way of doing it? Constructing outrage by using "numbers" stripped of all context to "prove" that the game is objectively bad? It's sleazy. And it helps no one. Worst of all, it results in really awful online behaviour under the guise of anonymity and perceived justification: "bad devs ruin the game, we have the right to complain!"

Bungie knows the numbers better than any of us. If they're concerned, they will deal with it. And ofc, we'll see the numbers skyrocket in December. And then drop in January. And then skyrocket in February. And so on.

#destiny 2 #bungie #community #ask #its so easy to just see a bad number and call it a day #it took me two days to make edits for that chart #its a lot of work to consider five different outside sources and connect it by month across 3 years #its so much easier to say 'pvp is bad now to me and clearly im the center of the universe and i have proof im objective' #also please. even people who are just into the lore have issues with this season #I've had extensive discussions about how disjointed and cramped this season felt #people tuned out and are waiting for greener pastures #this idea that every season has to beat the previous record is some capitalist bullshit mindset #some seasons will be less interesting. it is what it is. we've all been there #thinking that each season will beat the last is an easy step towards crunch #im personally okay if some seasons are 'mid' to use twitter lingo #im okay with reused assets. im okay if devs take shortcuts sometimes #im okay with less engaging periods. its fine. i still have criticisms but ultimately its fine #all media is like this. i feel like people playing are literal babies sometimes #they never seen a mediocre season of a tv show? or a mediocre movie sequel? bro #give your feedback and move on. no need to create an entire personality out of it

[randomszzz]

Pouring one out for those who based their expectations for neo off of twewy (A standalone game and story built around the ds and certain message), and not A New Day (A different writer like a decade later tries to pull a series out of it). 

Seriously the biggest problem with neo’s story (though not its only) is that it’s a sequel to twewy and it’s sad to see people rag on neo for what it’s not instead of appreciating what it is

#twewy #neo twewy #ntwewy #the world ends with you #neo the world ends with you #it's understandable to a certain extent #plenty of people didn't play a new day before neo #or take the time to think through the chances of a sequel actually being as good as its beloved predecessor (cough atla/korra cough) #or watch the anime and become inured to slightly subpar twewy adjacent media #Of course in my heart of hearts I wanted neo to be just as good if not better than twewy #but the standard I settled on was if it's half as good I'm happy #And Neo is waaaay better than that #pound for pound the characters and story in neo isn't as engaging or impactful as twewy and it is disappointing #oh woe is me this game's story isn't as good as my favorite ever but I still had a grin on my face and joy in my heart when the credits roll #I really appreciate that neo doesn't like. even try to one-up twewy. it takes an entirely different approach to its story and characters #except so much of the audience was expecting something as direct and overt as twewy and then neo decides to be far more grounded and subtle #leaving them unsatisfied #I do think it was less engaging! Neo has problems and I wouldn't heap adulations on it like twewy #but it's not uncommon to see people write it off for not offering the same strengths as twewy #And even if I can sort of understand it it's not fair or reasonable to expect neo to offer the same experience #To say nothing of how much some have aged. There's fans of twewy who didn't really age at all before playing neo #and then there's those like me who played twewy as an impressionable teenager and was hit like a ton of bricks only to return a decade older #TWEWY'S SUCH A TOUGH ACT TO FOLLOW #give neo a break

[chesthighwater]

I am really curious about lupus pilum mutat. Is it about Daud and his time in Tyvia? Is it even about Daud? Will there be a second part of the expression or perhaps another variant with a fox instead of a wolf?👀

thank you so much for asking!! it is in fact about daud (because of course). now, long term listeners will actually be familiar with this one- i've posted little snippets from it before (and am slowly running out of sfw content to share. and i dont wanna spoil all the good bits.) in terms of the title (also Excellent questions)- very tentative for now. obviously i love it because of the callback to daud's "motto", we'll see if i still feel like it "deserves" it by the end.

but as promised. snippet be upon ye!!

There it was. His greatest privilege- being subject to Daud's cruelty a moment less than everybody else. When he shatters the ground Martin stands on, he does so almost gently.

And then his gaze drops to the smear of blood on the ground, oxygenated dull and tacky, left in streaks by Daud's careless bootprints. In succession, Martin thinks: of Daud's hands around the hilt of his blade, paring open a throat; of slowly-cooling corpses stacked in a corner, masks askew; of a mounting pile of casualty reports on his desk; of a mounting pile of excuses. How tension floods a room when the only sound reaching its high ceilings is the tinny drip-drip-drip of foreboding red on its marble floors.

Jaw set, he stares him down. Stays quiet when he speaks to chastise, the tone that has Junior Overseers shivering at potential consequences. “I had good men stationed outside of that door.”

He hopes the barb stings, hopes to see a flash of guilt on his face- that rare little twitch of his lip and sidelong glance that hides rapidly suppressed tumult. And not for the dead Overseers- Martin himself is grieved more by the inconvenience than the loss of life, couldn't possibly expect more from Daud- but for Martin's displeasure. Daud scoffs, no more room left for guilt. “You didn't care for them,” he says, a touch annoyed at perceived sentimentality.

Martin wants to curse at him. Almost does. Instead he feels the truth unfurling, a slow release, and tries to push it down.

“No,” he concedes, “I didn't. But I can't suffer casualties this early. I'll look incompetent.”

Amusement pulls at the corner of Daud's lips. That boyish delight in having taken more from him, chipped more away. Oh, Martin thinks, he'll hollow me out one day.

#ask #don1t1red #THANK U SO MUCH #there are only 2 wips left i havent been asked about yet. fight fight fight #(im kidding.) #i realise you were asking more whats its about #and less “hey drop me a snippet with no context” #but i am very good at dropping contextless snippets and very bad at making my ideas sound good LMAO #oh. blood tw. and death. #another regular tuesday in the tumblr user chesthighwater household #AH RIGHT will there be a sequel?? maybe :3 mayhaps. a role reversal. #we shall see i need to actually finish this one first #wip

[james-stark-the-writer]

oh. praying for her lmao, girlie, best to get off of socials while you can, for your own sanity.

and the rest of you lot, don't fucking watch the show. especially not with how zionist the game narrative was.

#james talks #the last of us #tlou #interesting casting choice ig but let's see if her performance will be as mediocre as Pedro's or as immaculate as Bella's #it looks more and more like S02 will be young Abby training and Ellie in Jackson so it'll be exploring shit the games didn't #i mean i'm probably not gonna watch it given all the zionism of the sequel as much as i think it's a masterpiece— #but it is interesting at least. #i think it's likely they either end S02 with THE scene or when Abby gets a lead about them during Christmas and S03 is the actual game #i mean i think it'll be a proper fucking disaster more than likely bc TLOU2's story would fundamentally never be the same bc of how much— #the first season changed every character's purpose and how much TLOU2 relied on familiar cycles and ideas how Ellie's character arc's— #potential was butchered bc she and Joel just do not have the relationship for the story of Part II to make any fucking sense in this world— #and Dina's dream was just stolen and given to Joel in S01 bc that was something they wanted to do in S02 ig and make Dina even less of a— #character and i don't think i want to see them butcher it even more than they did the story of the first game— #(and you can look up my thoughts on that on my 'the last of us' tag if you want) #especially bc of how much i adore the second game even beyond how much of it is framed in a zionist lens.