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luminoustarlight · 6 months
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Your Eyes Only | Anakin Skywalker
You leave Anakin a special recording on his tablet.
rating: explicit | pairing: tcw!anakin skywalker x afab!reader | wc: 719 warnings: SMUT [masturbation, recording of sexual acts, breeding/pregnancy kink, dirty talk], swearing
this came to me last night after watching the latest ahsoka episode. no spoilers though!
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There is a special place in galactic purgatory for one Anakin Skywalker. A secret marriage is one thing but this crosses a whole new threshold.
If it weren’t for the thankful prince who insisted on throwing a banquet for Anakin and Ahsoka after rescuing him, Anakin wouldn’t be in this position. 
He’d be halfway back to Coruscant. 
He wouldn’t be in a private room with his personal tablet in one hand and his stiff cock in the other. Like he said. Galactic purgatory. 
He should’ve known better when you handed him his tablet before he left and emphasized, “for your eyes only.” 
He thought maybe it’d be a few photos of you. Certainly not a video recording of you on your bed with your legs spread and fingers dancing over your clit. 
“Do you have your hand around your cock, Ani? Are you making yourself feel good?” 
“Yes,” he subconsciously replies to you, even though he’s watching a recording. You’re massaging one of your breasts while barely slipping two fingers into your hole. Anakin groans at this, the dark desire in his belly only getting stronger. He swipes his palm over his tip and drags his hand down his length, lubricating himself with his pre-cum. 
“I miss you, Ani,” you insert two fingers into your pussy, moaning and arching your back into your touch. “You’re so much better at this than me.” Your fingers move in and out, in and out. “Your hands are bigger… fingers are longer…y’just fill me up so much better.” 
It drives Anakin insane hearing how wet you are. He hates that he can’t taste you. He hates that he can’t nuzzle his face against you, holding your thighs open with so much force it hurts. His hand pales in comparison to how your cunt feels around him. So snug and warm, he’s convinced it’s the most divine feeling in the galaxy. 
“I know you wish you were in this tight little pussy, fucking me hard… or soft, whichever you’d like… but you’ll be back home soon. Then you can have me as much as you want. Cum in me as many times as you want. Filling me up until it sticks.” 
Your voice is music to Anakin’s ears. It’s astounding how such filthy words can sound like a sweet melody when coming from your lips. Maker, he wishes he was with you. You can’t tease him with the idea of putting a baby in you when he’s on another kriffing planet. He continues to twist and squeeze his hand around his dick to help alleviate the throbbing. The image of your swollen belly is too much for him to bear. His skin is burning— with lust or shame, he doesn’t know. But what he does know is that you’re about to cum. He sees it in the way your breathing changes, when you shut your eyes and purse your lips. And then you say it. 
“Gonna cum, Anakin— oh, fuck! Ani, I’m cumming!” your toes are curling and your body is twitching as you feel an electric current course through you. 
Oh, that sends him over the edge. He bucks his hips up, fucking his hand with fervor until he’s spurting hot white seed on his abdomen. “Shit- fuck—“ Anakin drops the tablet and puts his fist in his mouth to suppress the sound of his orgasm. He hasn’t cum quite so hard from his hand in a long time. 
You’re coming down from your highs together, despite being planets apart. You crawl to the edge of the bed, your face now in clear view on Anakin’s tablet. You always look so beautiful, however, you’re especially stunning after you’ve orgasmed. Must be a result of the chemical reactions that occur during intercourse. 
“I miss you. Come home safely,”  is your last remark before the video ends.
“I miss you too, angel,” Anakin answers. Once he cleans himself up he’ll see if he can send you an encrypted message. That thought, however, vanishes as soon as there is a loud knock on his door. 
“Anakin! Are you almost ready?” It’s Ahsoka. “The banquet starts in 3 minutes!” 
Anakin scrambles off of the bed and hurries to wipe off the cum on his stomach. “Be right there, Snips.”
Yup. He is definitely going to galactic purgatory.
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live action clone wars anakin is SENDING ME and the fact that hayden just naturally looks older.... ugh. he's so yummy.
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forcemeanakin · 6 months
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Giving Anakin roadhead
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some visual and hearing aid to channel this vibe: : Link
giving Anakin roadhead during a roadtrip it's not a want, but a need of mine.
-it all started way too soon in the trip tbh. you were driving at night and he was looking so fucking good. messy hair because of the wind, arm flexed over the door while the window was down. the lights from other cars would shine over his face and the music that was playing had you in some type of mood.
-so you just went for it
-he was kinda surprised at first, but when he saw your perfectly polished hand fidgeting with his belt, he knew things were about to get interesting
-doing it to prevent him from falling asleep, or because you lost the last round of the game you were playing, or even to mess with him and see if he strays from the path
-ofc he doesn't !!! he is even driving with just one hand, the other one keeping your head in place
-bucking his hips, fucking your mouth while he's trying to figure out which exit he needs to take
-but he NEVER tells you to back down, even when his brain is melting
-you even went to a drive-thru while you were giving him head:
-"can I have a burger deluxe and...baby, what do you want?" he says, lifting his hips to reach for his wallet, making you gag
-"bachum frhsjes" you hum, dick halfway down your throat
-"can I have bacon fries and a chocolate milk-" you bump his thigh with his fist. "-strawberry! strawberry milkshake, please."
-the "oh fuck, oh fuck, oh fuck" and "jesuuuus" moment of the video it's so accurate for this head canon I'm s(creaming)
-one time you were almost caught by the police, anakin driving by a transit officer but he wouldn't let you detach your mouth from his groin. and the second you were clear, he whispered: "this never happened... never happened."
-your throat would be raw by the end of the trip
should I turn this into a one shot
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hanasnx · 8 months
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fratboy!anakin headcanons
part: 3 | part 1 ⟹ part 2
minors dni 18+
word count: 0.8k | character(s): anakin skywalker x gn!reader
notes: do not give anyone road head it is so dangerous.
warnings: no use of y/n, mention of reader being shorter than anakin, mentions of copping feels, drug use mention (weed, acid, shrooms) and mention of sex on acid, mention of road head, mention of twitter porn links.
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☥ If you sound interested in meditating and yoga, he’d ask if you wanted to join him on the basis he’s “really good at it.”
Sits quietly in meditation with a curated playlist of music and lit incense. Cop feels while he directs your body in poses.
He usually does both in the morning to stretch and center himself and get ready for his day, using a daily YouTube video from “Yoga with Adrienne.”
It’s not that you’re bad at it or know the poses by name but when he sees you putting pressure on your knee incorrectly, he comes up behind you real close and moves your body for you. Puts his big hands on your hips and pulls you back into him, and acts all innocent when you call him on it. He knows what he’s doing.
Showering you with compliments. “Lookin’ good, baby, you sure you haven’t done this before?”
and “I see you closing up here. lemme relax you.” beginning to massage your thighs, sliding up to your ass— as if it isn’t intimate enough already.
There’s a part of you that wants to keep dangling yourself out of his reach. “Ani, I don’t think we should be doing this.”
When he speaks, his lips murmur against the back of your head, warm breath washing over your neck. “It’s okay, it’s just yoga; you’re so tense.”
☥ He doesn’t sleep much. Nightmares aren’t an uncommon occurrence, but he suffers from a case of insomnia for a number of other reasons. So his time is spent doing other things. He has the graveyard shift at his job which tires him out enough for an hour or two long power nap until he can get to class or the gym or hockey practice.
☥ Extremely disciplined despite your preconceived notions. He sticks to a schedule: a healthy diet; takes his job seriously (even if he believes he’s the best person there and should move on to better things); committing to hockey and its demands; and has a brain that processes things like homework in a record time you’re envious of.
☥ Does smoke weed occasionally for “spirituality.” He’s done acid and shrooms for the same reason. All three being low on the risk factor of drug use, which is one of the reasons he was comfortable trying them out.
He wants to take a tab with you and fuck. All of your senses heightened, and inhibitions lowered. It’s mind-blowing. He wants to blow your mind and your back out.
☥ Has gotten road head from you before. It only made him drive faster.
☥ Plays Minecraft with you and you have a server together. (Named after your ship name. He doesn’t tell you that.)
☥ Movie nights where you swap your favorites. You show him Pride and Prejudice (2005) and he shows you Tron: Legacy (2010).
☥ Sends you Twitter porn links captioned; “us💕”
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xstarkillerx · 4 months
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Because I'm in procrastination mode today aperantly, you know what else I've been thinking about? My dear, sweet @anakincentric. Pretty Blade, this is for you because I love your version of anakin so much <3
Tw: dead dove do not eat
We've talked about this before but I honestly love the idea of being anakin's little baby and having a dirty blog where you reblog porn gifs and talk about all the ways you get fucked into oblivion by him. Anakin knows about it of course, but he isn't nosy, you never have to worry about him snifing around.
It's a rare bout of confidence (stupidity) that leads you to ask if he wants to see it, and he honestly wouldn't have paid it any mind if you didn't immediatly backtrack. All red in the face and turning away, looking like you just realized what a bad a idea that would be and well... now he's gotta see what's on there. So, he settles you in his lap while you log in and make a big fuss about hiding your password from him. As soon as you log in there's already a gif of some big brutish man shoving his cock into a girls tight asshole, and you're whining all over again about how you change your mind and "do i have toooooo." Anakin doesn't budge. You wanted to show him, and he knows all this fuss that came after is an ill attempt at reinserting shame where it has no business being, so you proceed to your blog, pretty and pink as expected.
See, it's not so much the gifs of pretty little girls like you getting passed around and wrecked, or the videos of pussies getting stuffed full by inhumanely large dildos that you reblog, it's the paragraphs upon paragraphs you post, they're fucking filthy, kind of gross, honestly. You can feel his eyes scanning the page, his little huffs of amusement, his gentle squeezes on you arm when something was particularly vulger. You're getting redder by the minute.
"I didn't even know you knew that word, Aivela-"
"Daddy, we can stop now." Your little hands are grasping tightly at his shirt sleeve, resisting the urge to tug his hand away from the computer, you've had enough.
"No, keep going, what's that? Oh, that's a long one, you wanna read it to me?" Your nails are close to ripping holes into his sleeve, you know this one, you know this one. You shake your head, craning your neck to look up at him and give your best pleading look, it only solidifies his interest. "Come on angel, I worked all day I'm tired. Read it."
And you do, quietly, full of shame, stuttering. "Today my... Today my d- dad caught me by suprise. Mom was doing laundry in the basement while he fucked me upstairs in the livingroom. I had my headphones on, music blasting when he pushed me over the arm of the sofa and pulled my..." you flail your arms, too flustered to continue.
"Come on, I wanna hear what your dad did to you."
All you can bring yourself to do is hide your face in the crook of his arm. "you know already it's you!" you stretch every vowel, whining and cranky, he can tell you've had enough. Anakin continues reading in his head, dropping the odd comment here and there and stroking your hair while your face remains hidden against his chest.
"Oh my," "no, baby that's fucking dirty, I don't remember it like that," "you slut, is that why you asked me to say that again? wanted to commit it to memory to tell are your perv followers about it?" Every one made you squirm, and when he finished he gave you a kiss on the head with a laugh. "You like telling them them I'm your dad? Look at me, is that what you post on your little blog all day?"
You nod, looking about close to tears when he pulls you in for a kiss. He laughs like it's the most amusing thing in the fucking world, endearing even, regardless of how fucked up it might be.
"They just eat it up huh? Bunch of fat old virgin fucks in your dms?" You nod, too shy, too overhwelmed to tell him about the wealth of unasnwered anonymous asks you have stockpiled you telling you yeah well if I was your dad I'd molest you too, and no wonder he touches you he's got a perfect slut for a daughter. Love the stories <3. Those are for a different day.
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stinkythehutt · 10 hours
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my favourite NO66 good-end AU idea is the one where Anakin is bankrolling the outer rim slave rebellion via his spoutube (space youtube) holonet ASMR channel. his channel bio is “I’m good at fixing things.” video titles include “giving my r2 droid an oil bath” “re-wiring my step-brother’s moisture vaporator” “changing the plates on c3p0 (no talking, spa music)” he has a shed out back in the naboo house gardens where he collects parts and records videos. obi-wan scoffs at him until one day he uses the ad revenue on “build a prosthetic arm with me” to fix up an entire starfighter & then obi-wan sighs and accepts his fate of delivering the cut up fruit that padme makes him take out to the shed for her when it’s raining
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starwars-art-events · 2 months
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Art Event 4: Different Genres
Hello there!
This is an informal, for-fun art event, meant for any person who enjoys making art. This time, it's a two-parter: both a trade, and just a casual event for those who just wish to create art for themselves. It's a pressure-free event! No need to create a big masterpiece--just something you or others would happily enjoy.
The theme this time around is "Different Genres." You can choose any character(s) from any media(s) and put them into a different universe entirely. Make a clone a mermaid! Toss Thrawn into a K-drama! Hondo Ohnaka could sail the seas in the Golden Era of Piracy! Anakin Skywalker could be a Warrior cat! Whatever genre you can dream up, they could be in.
Types of art welcome:
Drawings (digital or scanned traditional)
Short comics
Short animation
Photo edits
Video edits (music or otherwise)
Music creation
Moodboards/photo collages
Quotes-and-photo collages
Other (contact moderator ASAP)
Dates to adhere to:
Deadline to join the trade: February 10th (There is no sign-up or deadline for free-posting individuals)
Dates to post: March 30th-31st
Rules:
For the trade: Joining requires creating art. To recieve art, you must create art! Simple as that. Many types of art are allowed (see above), and all can be adapted to how you wish to conceive yours.
You don't have to be "great" at any art to join! This is an informal event with no level restrictions. The important thing is that your art absolutely must have effort. For example, a moodboard should be cohesive, and it should contain enough photos that it could be worthy of giving as a gift. Make sure you are satisfied with what you are giving out (to your abilities levels, of course--don't expect the Star Wars Mona Lisa if you aren't to par with DaVinci's skills!).
This is an anonymous event. You will know who they are creating art for, but you will not know who you are recieving from! Until posting dates, please keep your art to yourself (or a trusted non-participating friend). In the words of Gandalf the Grey: Keep it secret; keep it safe.
Art should be created for your giftee based on things/characters/ideas they enjoy. Do a bit of "pseudo-stalking" (not real stalking) of their tags. See what the person enjoys, both in terms of mediums and concepts. If they have clone trooper OC's, base something off those guys! If they are a big Ezra Bridger fan, see what types of AUs they enjoy! If the concept of the Force makes them go wild, include that in your art! If you are at a loss for ideas, send an anon message to the person to see what they are interested in OR contact the moderator.
Please sign up only ONCE. You will recieve art from only ONE artist. The artist may wish to give you more than one piece of art, but it will only be from THAT artist alone. If you wish to make more art for someone else, arrange that on your own time, please!
If you need to drop out, that is okay! Things happen. You are able to drop out at any time. Please contact the moderator ASAP if you need to drop. Please understand that the other artists are putting their own time and effort into their pieces. The artist gifting their time and effort to you is no longer obligated to do so anymore. If you drop out, they are completely allowed to drop, too.
Important note: All skin tones and disabilities must be accurately portrayed. No skin tone should be lighter than the actor/character's actual skin colour. Disabilities must be depicted correctly. If not, you will be dropped. The same goes for respecting canon cultures. Please refrain from depicting Children of the Watch or Tuskens without their garments, unless the scenario is explicitly of situations where the removal of clothing/armour/helms is acceptable. Please cover the heads of Twi'lek women, and that of Mirialans. These requests are not only personal wishes of the moderators, but also just basic decency. Do your research portraying someone different than you. Do not fall prey to harmful tropes. This hurts others..
IF YOU HAVE ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS, PLEASE DM THE MODERATOR. You may do so here, or at @engagemythrusters or @darlin-djarin.
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thesassypadawan · 4 months
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Space Cowboy (Knight Anakin x RealWorldFemReader)
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Summary:  What better way to relax after a crazy day…then taking a space ride with the cowboy, baby.  (Listen to *NSYNC’s Space Cowboy with this, you will not regret it.)
Warnings: Just a little bit of stripe teasing.
Notes: I’ve had this song stuck in my head for a good solid week.  Every time I listened to it, I just thought of Ani.  Then the pic of Hayden wearing the cowboy hat came around and I just knew what I had to do.  Why-yi-yi-yippie-yi-yay-yippie-yi-yo-yippie-yi-yo!
It had been a long day.  The kind when you desperately count down the hours until you could return home and spend the evening unwinding on your balcony.
And so, there you were.  Curled up on your oversized, comfy chair.  A glass of your favorite wine in hand.  Head bobbing as you listened to your special playlist.  Indulging in your guilty pleasure of…reading Anakin Skywalker fanfics.
You just couldn’t help it, there was just something about ‘the chosen one’ that really got your motor going.
Finishing up a particularly spicy story, one that made you blush just a tad bit, you stopped for a second and took a deep swig.  “Oh, Ani,” you giggled.  “All the filthy things I would do to you, if you were real.”
 Just as the next song began to play, one you always associated with him, your phone chimed.  A new dm, sender unknown.
Pausing the music, you cautiously opened the message.  You figured it would be a random dick pic, instead you were pleasantly surprised with what appeared to be a Skyguy video.
Giddily, you tapped play.
Sound filled your ears, the same tune you were listening to a moment ago, and the glorious image of Anakin appeared on your phone.
Dressed in his jedi robes, with a mischievous smile on his handsome face, he danced seductively to the rhythm.  But, as the chorus began, that’s when things really heated up.
Ani removed his belt and sash in one fluid motion.  Tossing them aside carelessly into the depths of the darkened room.
            ‘If you wanna fly, come and take a ride
            Take a space ride with the cowboy, baby’
Anakin loosened the ties of his tabard and tunics.  Gyrating his hips, he turned around slowly.  Candles suddenly flickering to life behind him.
            ‘If you wanna fly, come and take a ride
            Take a space ride with the cowboy, baby’
His back facing you, Ani shot a playful look over his shoulder.  Easing off his layers, exposing perfectly tanned skin…that you would love to cover in bites and hickies.  All the while his surroundings becoming more apparent.
            ‘Why-yi-yi-yippie-yi-yay-yippie-yi-yo-yippie-yi-yay
            Why-yi-yi-yippie-yi-yay-yippie-yi-yo-yippie-yi-yo’
Rocking his hips, Ani circled back to face you.  Smirking as is he could see you drooling over his chiseled pecs and abs.  Why did that backdrop seem so familiar?
            ‘Why-yi-yi-yippie-yi-yay-yippie-yi-yo-yippie-yi-yay
            Why-yi-yi-yippie-yi-yay-yippie-yi-yo-yippie-yi-yo’
With pants resting dangerously on his hips, Anakin stood, muscular arms crossed, in the center of…your bedroom!
“Well, what are you waiting for, angel?”  He teased into the camera, hand lazily trailing down to his waistband.  “This is where the fun begins.”
The video abruptly ended.  The song still playing from inside your apartment.
Scrambling to your feet, you quickly made your way down the hall.  Your heart racing and mind buzzing.
The chorus started up again.  Grabbing hold of the knob, you threw open the door to reveal…
The man, the myth, the legend – Anakin Skywalker himself.  Positioned very provocatively on your bed.  Wearing nothing - except a cowboy hat covering his package.
Eyes blown wide, mouth hanging open in shock.  There were so many burning questions you wanted to ask, but all you could manage was a timid…  “How?”
Ani shook his head and chuckled.  “Are you really going to worry about that now or would you rather…”
The hat landed in front of you.  “Take a space ride with the cowboy, baby?”
 You didn’t even hesitate.  You tore off your clothes and pounced on him hungrily.  “Why-yi-yi-yippie-yi-yay-yippie-yi-yo-yippie-yi-yo!”
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lukecordell90 · 5 months
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Five Takeaways From ‘The Beginning’
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The Beginning was the original name George Lucas was going to give Star Wars Episode I before he changed it to The Phantom Menace shortly before the completion of the movie. ‘The Beginning’ is also the name of one of the greatest in-depth documentaries that has ever followed the making of a movie. It is hugely revealing and enlightening. You can find it on the special features of DVD of The Phantom Menace or on YouTube from the Star Wars official channel.
You may recognize clips from a number of online videos about the prequels, such as Red Letter Media’s reviews. If you haven’t seen it, enjoy its openness and honesty as Lucas and his team attempt to create the most-anticipated film of all time. Here are some observations from ‘The Beginning.’
George Lucas Had the Best Design Team Possible
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Lucas really couldn’t have asked for a better design team in pre-production. Everything from the sketches, the models, it all looks incredible. He has such a wealth of options to choose from. The director can give a small brief about what he wants and then his design team will create about 50 original sketches to show him. He can then make his choice and they will carefully craft models and beautifully paint them to his specifications.
There is a great scene in the documentary when Steven Spielberg comes to visit the set and breaks the arm off a battle droid model. It’s pretty funny seeing a great model that has had so much time and effort put into it and Lucas babbling on about how big and epic the fight between these droids and Gungans would be that would all be done in post-production on a computer.
Although The Phantom Menace is known as one of the most digital-effects heavy films of all time, the number of miniatures and sets that are real is astonishing. It was a real labour of love from the production team and it’s a shame that their hard work is often hidden with digital effects. There was a lot of blue screen but also plenty of location shooting. You get the feeling that after experiencing how possible it was to do things digitally, when Attack of the Clones (2002) and Revenge of the Sith (2005) came around, Lucas would lean more heavily on his blue screen and digital effects.
Casting Anakin was a Challenge
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Casting any child for a role in a film is a challenge. But casting a character who was talked about in the original trilogy 22 years earlier and everyone has an idea of what he is like in their head is almost impossible. Because Lucas had decided on casting Anakin younger than expected, the talent pool for such an actor to take on that role is smaller than if he had been a teenager.
Lucas is known as a director who sees his actors as tools to tell the story like a visual effect or the music. They are just expected to read his dialogue and be done with it. You can see how an inexperienced actor would struggle with this kind of direction.
You can see in ‘The Beginning’ a few different young actors reading for the role alongside Natalie Portman. It was nice to see her attempt to coax up some on-screen chemistry from children who were obviously very nervous. They stutter and try to deliver pronunciations beyond their years while being watched by a large team of people.
As we all know, Jake Lloyd eventually got the role that would ruin his life. It’s sad watching the scene where he literally signs his life away on the dotted line. He is excited but his parents and big team of agents and coaches are even happier that they are going to get a cut of the proceeds.
To be fair to Lucas, he is seen to be supportive to Jake Lloyd who obviously struggled with some of the dialogue. Lucas doesn’t seem to let the frustrations get to him and just does more takes of the scenes. You see Lloyd play with sand while they set up the shot and remember that he is just a kid in the middle of a busy working day surrounded by strangers.
Jake Lloyd was bullied extensively at school for the role of Anakin and harassed by the press. He had severe issues with his mental health, most likely as a cause of this constant stress, and was diagnosed with schizophrenia. It’s hard to say if this would have happened to anyone who got the role, but it certainly all makes us think about the aftercare needed when casting young actors.
They went all in on Jar Jar
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It was not only Jake Lloyd’s Anakin that came in for a lot of critical flak. Ahmed Best’s Jar Jar Binks also experienced an enormous backlash from all corners. It is intriguing in this documentary how Lucas sees Jar Jar. At one point he says, “Jar Jar is the key to all this because he’s a funny character than we’ve had before.” I would love to know the rest of the context for that conversation because I want to know why Jar Jar?
Was he just a way for Lucas to show off what he could do with digital effects? You get the feeling that he wanted to pioneer the new era in filmmaking with The Phantom Menace and maybe that’s why Jar Jar was the key to him.
Whatever was the case, so much time and effort really went into designing the character, how he walked and talked and did just about everything. It’s nice seeing Best’s performance inside the suit and he truly seems like a great guy who didn’t deserve any hate. He was just acting the way he was told. There is also a part where Lucas is annoyed at spending $100,000 on a suit that the effects team didn’t actually need.
The documentary also lets us see how many hours of work it took to digitally develop Jar Jar. You think they focus a lot on him and how long that all took so it must have took just as long for Watto, Boss Nass, the Battle Droids, the huge army of Gungans. Did they give themselves too much to do with the visual effects and therefore unbalance the film?
Nature Is Cruel
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I’ve talked about the ubiquitousness of the digital effects in The Phantom Menace and how they increase with every film in the trilogy. Well, part of this could be explained with the sandstorm that happened when filming in Tunisia.
Lucas and his team head out to Tunisia, the same county that was the location for Tatooine in the original trilogy. They are all ready to shoot the exterior shots of the Podrace when a huge sandstorm devastated the set and most of the pod racers that had been painstakingly crafted by the design team. It is heartbreaking.
Producer Rick McCallum is freaking out trying to figure out what to do next while Lucas is more stoic and saying how he has dealt with this before on the set of A New Hope. He is content that everything else can be made right with digital effects later in the production process. Could we have seen more practical effects in the next two movies if this storm had never descended upon Tunisia?
It’s a shame to see a set destroyed like this but it reminds us that when shooting on locations there are certain risks and you are at the mercy of the environment and natural elements. I wonder if the crew ever found Liam Neeson’s beard and wig that apparently had been blown away by the storm.
Lucas Was Perplexed by the First Cut of the Finished Movie
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“I may have gone too far in a few places” was the response uttered by George Lucas upon seeing the first cut of his completed film. I love his honestly when he realizes that the four endings might be a bit excessive. “It’s bold in terms of jerking people around” and admitting it might make a normal person go nuts are his real assessments of the movie’s finale as he then thinks of ways to tone it down a bit.
We don’t know what was in that cut because it would have been changed in the editing room since, but you get the feeling it’s everything in the finished Phantom Menace with a few extra scenes like Anakin returning from the droid control ship and Padme and Panaka being told by the royal guard that the ship had been destroyed.
Here is a filmmaker who is confronted with a reality that I’m sure so many directors have had, although Lucas is being filmed and this footage will be around forever. He keeps his team motivated by saying everyone will be listening to John William’s excellent score anyway and not paying attention to what’s going on onscreen. However, it seems him, Rick McCallum and editor Ben Burtt are slightly worried about this screening.
I can’t believe that Lucas would allow this scene to stay in the documentary, let alone put it on the DVD. But it shows the real challenge it is to make a coherent film, especially one with lots of characters and threads. Lucas would limit the amount going on in the denouements of Clones and Sith and learnt his lesson from this cut.
Thanks for reading,
Luke Cordell
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amadwinter · 3 months
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For this ask game.
🛠 What tools/programs/apps do you use to write?
Microsoft Word for writing, Excel for my word count spreadsheet, and OneNote for random notes and assorted things. I also pull out a pen and paper sometimes when I need physically to write down all the different projects and attempt to prioritize them.
🎶 Do you listen to music while you write? What song have you been playing on loop lately?
Inconsistently. Sometimes my brain needs background music (video game or movie soundtracks), sometimes it needs silence. Sometimes I write with Skyrim lore videos open on YouTube in the background. I've stopped trying to question the process.
I haven't been playing it, but Lady Gaga has been stuck in my head on repeat nonetheless.
⛔ Do you have a fic you started, but scrapped?
So so many! If it's not working, I throw it into a folder on my computer called "On Hold" because I'm terribly optimistic that I'll return to it one day. One of my favorites of these poor orphaned children that I really want to write one day but I have no clue what to do with is a fic where there is no such thing as alphas or omegas, until Anakin is born as both and suffers because no one has any idea how to help.
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The Clone Wars 4x9 ‘Plan of Dissent’ Reaction
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Hardcase NO
I was tearing up at that. “Live to fight another day.” *sobs*
Fuck Krell. Absolute heartless bastard.
Really not impressed with Dogma at this stage so I’m guessing a lot happens in the final episode of this arc.
Poor Tup. He really reminds me of the friend that is pressured into doing things that they really don’t want to do. And the poor thing is so anxious and worried. I’m relating to him far too much.
Fives with his legs splayed open on his back under a ship doing mechanical work? HELLO?!?! First Tech, now this?! Though I guess technically (heh) it was Fives first then Tech. Either way, most excellent crotch and thigh shot. 
Speaking of thighs, this is where those gifs of Rex’s thigh plates come from! 
Help me why am I having thots when everything that’s happening is so awful
That was some look from Rex when he saw Fives, Jesse and Hardcase flying off in the Umbaran fighters. Long suffering “why are those idiots doing this” combined with admiration and respect that they actually went and did it.
Omg the chaos in the hanger with Hardcase trying to fly the fighter and destroying everything and Fives doing his best Han Solo impression of trying and failing to definitely not sound sus.
“That’s gonna leave a mark” CACKLING
Hardcase actually did a fairly decent job of coming up with a fairly believable story and making it believable enough. Not wholly believable but better than I expected. Fives though, baby, you really need to get better at acting. 
Speaking of, the shot of the clones at the start and Fives leaning on the wall looking down with his ankles crossed definitely looks like the start to some 90s boy band music video. I know I’ve seen this mentioned before but it’s hilarious how accurate that description is.
Rex trying to take the blame for Fives and Jesse and then Fives refusing to let him and Rex looking at him and saying “Fives!” all anguished and just ugh ALL OF MY EMOTIONS
Is Appo the one with the downward pointing white arrow surrounded by blue paint on the forehead of his bucket? Just checked Wookieepedia and yup, he is. Also, he's a CC. So why is he a Sergeant?
Hardcase with his little sneaky wiggly fingers. I love him so much.
I’ve noticed this with a few clones but they have these 3 lines of utterly adorable crows feet when they grimace or scrunch up their faces in certain ways and I just want to kiss them they’re so precious.
How is Rex keeping it all together? Poor man. I didn’t think it would be possible to want the walking disaster that is Anakin back but here we are. Do we ever find out why he was so suddenly and conveniently called back to Coruscant immediately? I’m assuming it’s Palps meddling.
Still loving Jesse and his little nose scrunch every time he turns up. There’s a heart and gentleness to him and that’s really evident in his little moment at the start about valuing the lives of the clones. I’m still not sure if I should be referring to them as clones or men so it’s just sort of bouncing between the two at the moment.
You can see why Jesse ends up becoming an ARC. I did have the heartbreaking thought the other day that seeing as Jesse becomes an ARC after Echo dies, does that mean Jesse replaces Echo as Fives’ ARC partner? *gross sobbing*
This is also the episode where that gif of Rex glaring over his shoulder comes from!
Tup gesturing with his space screwdriver thingy and waving it around. Bless.
The clones' voices are also starting to sound noticeably more distinct. Jesse’s is softer. Rex’s more gruff, no nonsense and laced with authority, which makes sense. Hardcase is utterly chaotic, rambling and slightly higher? You can hear the nervousness and worry in Tup’s voice. Dogma’s voice is also higher and much more tightly wound. I’m not sure how I’d describe Fives’ voice but it’s noticeably different to Rex’s and everyone else’s. I’m so glad they’re finally building out their characters and it’s not just generic clone voice for all of them.
Also, Rex running interference for Fives, Jesse and Hardcase and intercepting Dogma and Tup. “Yeah, that’s what I thought.” UGH 
What’s Fives’ role in the 501st and Torrent? He seems like Rex’s second in command and right hand man but he doesn’t have a rank. Wookieepedia just lists him as an ARC Trooper. Are ARC Troopers just in their own special little box of bonkers BAMFness?
I keep adding to this reaction because I’m putting off watching the final episode of this arc. Ugh, MY EMOTIONS.
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10 fandoms/10 characters
Many thanks to @tomatette, @jaynesilver, and @fallingdeeperintothispit for tagging me 😁.
Star Wars (Sequels): Armitage Hux. I really do love Kylo too—Ren is such an interesting, dramatic character, and he's absolutely perfect for Hux, seriously. But Hux with his emotional unavailability, hard, overly-composed exterior, his passion/drive to the point of his own detriment, traumatic past...he's everything I could want in a character, because I am also all of these hard-to-love things (though thankfully minus the space fascism).
Star Wars (Prequels): Anakin Skywalker. Look, I know he's a bit whiny sometimes but damn if I don't love a murderous pretty boy on a fool's errand for the person he loves. Mystical space powers and dramatic sweeping outfits are just an added bonus.
Beauty and the Beast: the Beast. For the handful of people following my BatB Kylux fic, this is TOTALLY shocking, I know (and also you guys are amazing ❤️). I do love Belle—she's a book-loving introvert, so that's a given. But the Beast (notice I didn't say Prince Adam)...yeah, I did NOT know how to deal with my attraction to him when I was younger. Mercurial, cursed, awkwardly endearing, dark-haired, passionate, and desirously fluffy?! Wears dramatic capes, has an enchanted rose determining his future, and has the library of my dreams that he is willing to share?? What the fuck more could I want?!
LOTR trilogy: Aragorn. Do I really need to explain that to anyone?? (Also: sorry, Legolas...you were a VERY close second).
Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.: Jemma Simmons. Brilliant, adorable style, much more resilient than she looks. Her quote that goes "Past events...have shown me that I’m not good at improvisation. However, I excel at preparation" is not that great out of context here, unfortunately, but regardless, it was so validating to me. Me too, Jemma!!
Once Upon a Time: Killian Jones (Captain Hook). My husband loves this show, so we have watched it so many times. Hook is a seductive, charming bad boy who eventually really does try his best. And his pirate get-up? UGH, have mercy. (Also, wow, apparently I really, really have a thing for pretty, dark-haired, dangerous men who wear mostly black INCLUDING at least one garment that falls to at least knee length. Huh. That's...rather specific.)
Harry Potter: Hermione Granger. I related hard to a bookish girl who had a hard time making friends when I read these in grade school.
Howl's Moving Castle: Howl. I did not know how to process the extent to which I was attracted to him either, especially because he's not even human some of the time (which I liked, a lot). It was a revelation to find the world of online fanfic where I was very much not alone in those kind of thoughts!
Mean Girls: Janis Ian. Yeah, I know Janis does some shitty things in this movie, but she is unapologetic about who she is. I totally admired her boldness in high school, especially since I too dealt with the horror of rumors being spread about my sexuality (except the ones about me were true ahaha). And I always leaned much more Victorian goth than punk, but I nonetheless appreciated her style as well.
t.A.T.u.: Lena. I would be remiss to leave off this duo, even if they were a musical group, which is not one of my usual fandom sources. BUT they were the first pairing I actually read fanfic about online, way back when, and wrote a ton for them too (unpublished). For a 12-year-old who was struggling massively with...well, everything, but especially feeling incredibly alone and terrified of my sexuality, their music video/song "All the Things She Said" blew my mind. Unfortunately I never got my own chance to make out/run away with a pretty redhead in the rain, but still.
Tagging: I think I've seen this done by most people I follow already? But if you haven't done this and are reading it, please consider yourself tagged and do so, if you wish! I love these get-to-know-you things and would genuinely love to hear about you :).
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allamericansbitch · 1 year
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Hi everyone! Here’s this weeks addition to my Creator Shoutout Series (october 9 - october 16)! For info about the series, I explained it in the first post here, but generally, it’s to show appreciate to editors and their creations that i love from the past week. To track this series or look at previous shoutouts, please check out the tag on my blog *creatorshoutouts. Have a great week everyone!
stranger things: will and eleven gifset by @anakin--skywalker
taylor swift: ivy graphic by @iseedaylight
selena gomez: my mind and me gifset by @selenas-gomz
get out gifset by @elletao
jessica chastain gifset by @zen-coleman
taylor swift: midnights gifset by @starlighdt
the office: costume contest gifset by @nero-neptune
i know what you did last summer gifset by @breakfastiffanys
taylor swift: begin again gifset by @antoniosvivaldi
halloween (1978): script gifset by @talesfromthecrypts
scream (1996) gifset by @breakfastiffanys
taylor swift: midnights gifset by @treacherous
pride & prejudice gifset by @duchessofhastings
stranger things: the piggyback gifset by @zombiesteve
taylor swift: you are in love graphic by @notmuchfordancing
euphoria: rue bennet gifset by @kiekiecarrera
scooby-doo: monsters unleashed gifset by @steverobin
the black phone gifset by @frodo-sam
taylor swift: right where you left me graphic by @cruellesummer
hocus pocus gifset by @william-byers
what we do in the shadows gifset by @outtagum
taylor swift: glitter gel pen lyrics gifset by @thatwasthenightthingschanged
selena gomez: my mind and me gifset by @levy-tran
stranger things: eddie and dustin gifset by @eddie-dustin​
pride & prejudice gifset by @branfraser
taylor swift: 1989 (taylor’s version) concept design by @ssafeandsound
heartstopper: nick and charlie x delicate gifset by @swearphil
nope (2022) gifet by @wongkarawai
knives out gifset by @saws2004
taylor swift: midnight rain merch concept design by @idsb
succesion: roman and tabitha gifset by @rvmanroy
ready or not gifset by @saws2004
horror movie locations gifset by @charitydingle
taylor swift: the other side of the door graphic by @micasa
the midnight club: season one gifset by @batladies
scream (1996): stuart macher gifset by @ashwilliam
stranger things: mike wheeler season one gifset by @dressedforwinter
taylor swift: midnights album cover concept design by @ohgaylor
scream 3: music in film gifset by @madeline-kahn
stranger things: eddie munson gifset by @nicknellsons
taylor swift: 1989 tour gifset by @madeline-kahn
halsey: if i can’t have love, i want power graphic by @h-f-k
ready or not gifset by @buffysummers
taylor swift: midnights tracklist edit by @talaypuens
f.r.i.e.n.d.s: rachel green + green outfits gifset by @maya-hawke
paramore: this is why gifset by @userparamore
taylor swift: midnights side b graphic by @userethereal
ready or not gifset by @elletao
it follows gifset by @buffysummers
taylor swift: i knew you were trouble music video gifset by @tayloralison
stranger things: max mayfield gifset by @minasmurrays
all too well: the short film gifset by @lovestory
final girls gifset by @amandaseyfried
bodies bodies bodies gifset by @thequantumranger
severance gifset by @lousolversons
taylor swift: midnights vinyl concept design by @sparksflys
heartstopper: 1x08 gifset by @simon-eriksson
lorde: fallen fruit graphic by @andtosaturn
taylor swift: midnights tracks as color versions gifset by @antoniosvivaldi
the midnights club gifset by @sulietsexual
nope (2022) gifset by @bollyswood
i know what you did last summer gifset by @queenage
taylor swift: lavender haze art by @marvelous-tunes
anne hathaway gifset by @r-pattinson
brooklyn nine nine: jake peralta gifset by @chrrispine
halloween art by @titsay
the midnight club: episode titles based on christopher pike novels gifset by @nessa007
olivia cooke gifset by @ethanhunt​
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mayxthexforce · 18 days
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GET TO KNOW THE MUN.
respond to the prompts out of character!
what made you pick up the current muse(s) you have? Hard to say. I gravitate towards obscure and tertiary characters because of the freedom that gives me to develop them beyond what we were given, but I also have some characters who have A LOT of lore (Obi-Wan, Luke, Leia, Han) because of how much information there is to pick from. I guess something else that most of my muses have in common is that they are, to different degrees, confident and passionate about whatever goals they have, no matter how different those goals might be or how different their alignments are. They might not be too sure about who they are as individuals, but they know where they stand, they know the role they play, and they're either embracing it or actively rejecting it.
is there anything you don’t like to write? There's a few. A big one is smut for the sake of smut and violence for the sake of violence, for both I need a certain amount of plotting and some kind of chemistry between the muses + understanding with the other mun of how things might go. Cheating plots are a huge no, I don't want my muses to cheat nor to get cheated on. Obviously incest, non-con, anything involving bathroom stuff in the bedroom. Also I don't enjoy writing one liners-single paragraph replies, the shortest I can give is 2 paragraphs without counting dialogue lines and even that is super rare.
is there anything you really enjoy writing? I love fleshing out dynamics that didn't exist in canon (e.g: Han and Dryden, Maulkiller and Maul, Myles and Din, Koska and Paz, Roan and Anakin, Nuru and Thrawn) or didn't get explored as much as they could have because they were more background dynamics (e.g: Quinlan and Agen, Sabé and Anakin, Garen and Obi-Wan, Medrit and Boba, Bossk and Jango, Elodore and Dooku). I also love writing the scenes in between, the things we didn't get to see but that could have led to how things went.
how do you come up with headcanons? I look at a character and focus on the gaps in the story. Be it a blank in the plot like what Sabé's family life was like for her to so quickly and happily leave them behind and never look back, or something small like what about hoi-broth makes Obi-Wan have such dire allergic reactions (it's the oxidized spices).
do you write in silence or do you play music? either with instrumental/repetitive music or with some random YouTube video (analog horror and AITA compilations are very useful for this lately) in the background. A personal favorite for writing or Under Giant Trees by Agnes Obel.
do you plan your replies or wing them? I plot them a bit. First, I figure out what my character would do and say in response to what my partner's reply said, if it's a longer reply I even do bullet points, and then I actually put it into words.
do you enjoy shipping? I love shipping. Romantic, platonic, familial. It's all awesome!
what’s your alias/name? Mica.
age?  23.
birthday? October 29th.
favorite color?  Green, red, purple.
favorite song?  Zombie by The Cranberries.
last movie you watched?  Diary of the Dead by George A Romero.
last show you watched?  The Simpsons.
last song you listened to? Ainsi Bas La Vida by Indila.
favorite food?  Rice and tuna with butter and cheese.
favorite season?  Spring.
do you have a tumblr best friend? I have a few. Tanya (corruptedforce), Vani (galaccias) and Luna (foundjarin) have been here since my humble beginnings. Break (mutatiio) is a more recent addition but I'm just as attached. Cato (monstarousmythos) isn't in this fandom but has put up with me through it and through so many other fandoms, and then there's Liz (nieithryn) and Viktor (@virulentmastermind) who I've been talking to a lot lately and really enjoy our conversations. Special mention to Dylan, who -while most of our interactions happen on discord- first interacted with me through Tumblr and I wouldn't be this deep into Star Wars roleplay if it wasn't for them being the first nice experience I had in this RPC.
TAGGED BY: Stolen from @nieithryn.
TAGGING: @galaccias, @corruptedforce, @d4gangera, @monstarousmythos, @mutatiio, @k4ssa, @tacticalvalor, @foundjarin.
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Comparing Chirin from Chirin no Suzu/Ringing Bell with other characters
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Many commentators have compared and contrasted Chirin from Takashi Yanase's storybook Chirin's Bell with Bambi from the Felix Salten novel of the same name (I won't say Walt Disney because Salten made the character first), but there is little to connect the two animals other than being cute quadrupeds who lose their mothers to a vicious villain. For one thing, their stories and ultimate fates are complete opposites and they do not end up becoming the very thing that took their parents away from them. Here are a list of characters that fit Chirin better than Bambi, just to clear up some misconceptions.
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Anakin Skywalker (later Darth Vader) is the first person I compared Chirin to; both turned to the dark side after losing their mothers and sought vengeance on their murderers. One key difference is that Anakin already kills the Tusken Raiders (like what Woe did to Chirin's family in the book) and this story is what if Anakin became a Tusken Raider to avenge Shmi. But since he is already a Jedi, that ship has sailed. It isn't until Episode III that he finally becomes Darth Vader and Chirin's wool is just as black as his armor. Another key difference is that Palpatine was manipulating Anakin into betraying the Jedi while Woe just simply gave him the harsh truth of the world and with this knowledge, Chirin became corrupted. Another similarity is that Chirin idolizes Woe the same way Anakin idolizes Palpatine because he thinks he's better than the other Jedi (or the other sheep), looking up to him enough to agree with everything he says and this seals their doom. Unlike Vader however, Chirin is not redeemed by his son (even if he had one), but like Vader, he realizes that his quest to save Padme (in Chirin’s case, a quest for revenge) was all for nothing and he is stuck as a robotic monstrosity. Another Star Wars character is Darth Revan, who started as a Jedi, then a Sith and finally became somewhere in between, just like Chirin. Chirin could also be compared with Galen Marek from the video game *The Force Unleashed*, growing up and training under his father's killer, then turning to the light. Unlike Chirin, however, he dies. Obi-Wan Kenobi could not have put it better: "You've allowed this dark lord to twist your mind until you've become the very thing you swore to destroy" and this applies to both Chirin and Anakin.
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Elphaba Thropp from the book and musical Wicked shares similar ambitions with Chirin in seeking power, becoming failure heroes and ending up becoming a horrible monster (Chirin became a wolf-like ram, Elphaba became the Wicked Witch of the West). Some of the songs from the musical version of *Wicked* seem to fit well with Chirin. "The Wizard and I" fits with Chirin's ambitions of being Woe's partner, while "Defying Gravity" resonates with his passion of becoming a greater force while "No Good Deed Goes Unpunished" represents Chirin's feelings at what he has done. The song also could provide an alternate interpretation to the ending where Chirin decides to live up to his reputation as a monster, just as Elphaba did to the denizens of Oz. Glinda, the book/show's deuteragonist could also be a representation of Chirin's mother's spirit trying in vain to bring him back to the light. Like Elphaba, they express heartbreak over losing their loved ones (Fyero and Wor) in the climax, but unlike Elphaba, the only ending Chirin gets is worthy of the real Wicked Witch of the West.
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Eren Yeager from Attack on Titan also has an all too familiar story. Chirin's mom was eaten by Woe, Eren's mom was eaten by a Titan. For this, they became determined to become stronger, but while Eren joins the Survey Corps, Chirin joins Wor and they both end up becoming the very things they swore to kill. There are two key differences, though: Chirin's transformation is motivated by revenge and a desire to prove himself as a predator (in the Sanrio adaptation, he is manipulated by Woe), while Eren's is motivated by a desire to protect his friends and his people from the Titans. Additionally, Eren's story takes place in a much larger and more complex world, with political intrigue and a wide range of characters with their own motivations and agendas. 
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Thorfinn Thorsson from The Vinland Saga was raised by the man who killed his father (Woe in this version is Askeladd) and is probably more accurate than Eren because I've other commentators make similarities between him and Chirin. However, as Thorfinn's story progresses, he undergoes a significant transformation. He starts to question his own motivations and realizes that his pursuit of revenge has consumed him and caused him to lose sight of what's truly important. This realization leads him to start seeking a different path, one that's focused on building a better future rather than avenging the past. While there are similarities between Thorfinn and Chirin in terms of their initial motivations and desire for revenge, Thorfinn's story is much more complex and nuanced, with a wider range of characters and themes. Additionally, while Chirin's transformation is largely physical, as he becomes a stronger predator, Thorfinn's transformation is more internal and psychological. Unlike Chirin however, Thorfinn is unsuccessful at killing Askeladd (Canute kills him for him) and when he does die, Thorfinn feels just like Chirin: empty.
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Bruce Wayne/Batman from the DC Comics universe is also an accurate example. Like Chirin in the Lyrica and kamishibai adaptations, plus the very first version of the story found in Takasih Yanase's Twelve Pearls, he loses both of his parents. But while Chirin was consumed by vengeance and trained under Woe, Batman did his best to keep his emotions in check and was trained by a great deal of masters. Chirin's adult form is just as terrifying as Batman's costume in the eyes of his enemies. Like Batman, Chirin does confront Joe Chill, the man who murdered his parents, but the gangster ends up getting killed by his own men. Chirin also has some similarities with Batman sidekick Jason Todd, who started as Robin, then he and his mother were murdered by the Joker and he came back as the Red Hood to avenge her death.
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Inigo Montoya from The Princess Bride. Obvious reasons but with a more comical effect.
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Ken Amada from Persona 3 also lost his mom to a monster and sought revenge on her murderer. Both characters also undergo transformations as a result of their experiences. Chirin becomes a fierce predator, while Ken becomes a Persona user and gains the ability to fight against the Shadows. However, there are also some key differences between the two characters. Chirin's story is more about his personal journey and transformation, while Ken's story is more closely tied to the overarching plot of *Persona 3*. Additionally, Ken's transformation is not solely driven by revenge, but also by a desire to protect his friends and to make a positive difference in the world. Not to mention the fact that Ken understood that revenge will not bring his mother back while Chirin does not outright say this out-loud.
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Jack Marston from Red Dead Redemption is also another similarity. Lost their dads and sought revenge on the persons who murdered him. At least Jack is more sociable then Chirin though.
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Hope Estheim from Final Fantasy XIII. Same as Ken, but fails to exact his revenge and looks up to Snow as a father figure, just like Chirin and Woe, but on a sweeter level.
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Clay Lincoln from Mafia III. Like Chirin from the book and other literary adaptations, he loses his family to a criminal and spends the entirety of the game teaming up with other criminals to take over New Orleans. Like Chirin, he even questions his actions after killing the mob boss and the guy seems perfectly willing to let Clay kill him.
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Ichigo Kurosaki from Bleach is a more heroic version of Chirin that aligns more accurately with the Bambi comparison. After losing his mother, he too gains power in the form of seeing the supernatural, whereas with Chirin, it's becoming stronger and that is what Ichigo does. Had Chirin protected his flock in the aftermath of the story from afar, then he would be more in tune with Ichigo's desire as a Soul Reaper to protect the people from evil spirits.
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Miss Bellwether from Zootopia. Nothing much other than the evil sheep angle. 
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Superman in the Injustice video game revolves around the Man of Steel losing his wife to the Joker and then killing the clown. Like Chirin, Superman ends up becoming a feared and darker shadow of his former self. But at least he redeems.
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Arya Stark from A Song of Ice and Fire, although I think she's more like Thorfinn in the sense of losing their favorite parent and being raised by that parent's killer. 
Yona of the Dawn also begins with a protagonist being thrown from her carefree life into the harsh reality.
Any other comparisons?
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britesparc · 1 year
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Weekend Top Ten #558
Top Ten “Weird Al” Yankovic Songs
In retrospect, I should have done this last week and the Tarantino list this week. But really, what is more Al than just randomly getting something very, very slightly off? Because there’s a fillum out and I want to celebrate. Weird: The Al Yankovic Story stars Harry Potter as “Weird Al” Yankovic in a hard-bitten biopic of drugs and excess that is only available on a streaming service you’ve never heard of that isn’t even accessible in the UK, and is both the true story of Yankovic’s rise to success and also completely made up. And as someone who’s been a huge Al fan for over twenty years, this is incredibly exciting, hilarious, and rather frustrating in equal measure. Anyway: to celebrate, here’s a list.
Yankovic is an incredibly gifted musician and performer, something that I think is often hidden by the fact that he’s most famous as a parodist. But it’s one thing to just change the words of a song to make a joke; it’s another to spend forty years adapting multiple genres and styles of music, as well as expertly recreating famous videos, as well as making parodic references to everything from Star Wars to Santa Claus. The breadth of his talent and musicality, to say nothing of how funny and effective he is as an overall writer and performer, is frankly astonishing; in his career he’s turned is hand to everything, from gangsta rap to piano ballads and all sorts in between, to say nothing of his legendary polka medleys of popular songs.
All this brings us to the list itself, which at the end of the day is just my favourite of his songs. And I tell ya, it was hard! This was one of the hardest ones I’ve done, I think! Like with all kinds of music, really, you veer towards different songs at different times, so how does one compare American Pie to Pretty Fly for a White Guy, the works of Billy Joel to the works of Coolio? So we just come to my basic criteria, which is: how much do I enjoy the song? How funny is it? And, if it is a parody, how well is it doing with the parodying? Because one of the things I love about Al is that, as well as homaging different styles of music or plots of films, he often peppers his songs with lyrics that reference so much stuff. It’s a delight unpacking them from a comedic standpoint. Sometimes it’s not even a reference, sometimes it’s just hilarious wordplay. So that’s all factored into my complex algorithm. And this is the result!
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The Saga Begins (1999): whilst I was broadly familiar with his work, this is song that really made me a fan. I remember it being a news story on the Empire website, and trying to watch it on my flaky dial-up at the time – probably the first music video I ever watched online. And I still think it’s just hilarious. I think the funniest thing is that, unlike some other songs, it’s not really parodying Star Wars; it’s actually a fairly straight retelling of the events of The Phantom Menace, just sung to the tune of American Pie. But the lyrics are golden; “My, my, this here Anakin guy/Maybe Vader someday later now he’s just a small fry”. It’s so perfect that it’s not only damn funny, not only a beautiful love letter to Star Wars, but also it just works as a song. I’ve sung it so much I know all the words and it was actually a bedtime lullaby I sang to my kids. And however much I love some of his other songs, I can’t say that about The Night Santa Went Crazy.
Dare to Be Stupid (1985): is it possible that I love this one so much because it was the first Al song I heard? That it is, in fact, featured on the soundtrack to The Transformers: The Movie? Almost certainly yes, but I don’t care. I am not, in truth, very familiar with Devo, so the intricacies of its parody are mostly lost on me; I get that he’s doing a bit on their songs and the video is referencing them too, but for me it’s just a really catchy song full of terrific, hilarious lyrical gags and references. And it’s played when Hot Rod and Wreck-Gar are dancing on the planet of Junk.
Don’t Download This Song (2006): rather than lampooning a specific song, this is a satire on a genre, perfectly parodying the pretensions of those Band Aid-style charity singles by earnest celebrities. As well as skewering the style so succinctly, it also has a tremendous target for the early noughties – the downloading of “free” music from file-sharing sites. Whilst incredibly of its time, it’s full of on-point references, including Lars Ulrich’s famed disdain of downloaded music, as well as mocking celebrity excess. This is all incredibly hilarious for me as, after really getting into Al in 1999, it was finding more of his music via Napster when I was at university that really made me a huge fan of his back catalogue. And don’t worry – I’ve also bought it on CD, too.
Jurassic Park (1993): this song is probably unique in the annals of all parody songs by virtue of it being more sensible and making more sense than the song it’s a parody of. The genius realisation that “Jurassic Park” scans perfectly with “MacArthur Park” is just the start, as it runs through the events of the film in hilarious manner (“I admit it’s kinda eerie/But this proves my chaos theory”). Apparently the stop-motion video was approved by Spielberg himself! Nobody leaves a cake out in the rain, however.
White and Nerdy (2006): talk about your references, this is the motherlode; and, quite frankly, it speaks to me. A veritable spreadsheet full of nerdy ephemera, the hilarity obviously coming from the juxtaposition of edgy rap with, well, Al Yankovic, almost every geeky IP or pastime is namechecked: Star Trek, Wikipedia, D&D, bubble wrap… the exquisiteness of the lyrics and speed at which Al cycles through them means it requires multiple listens to catch all the gags. And it has perhaps my favourite of all his lyrics: “The only question I/Ever thought was hard/Was do I like Kirk/Or do I like Picard”.
Ode to a Superhero (2003): ah, now we’re back to the soft gentle ballads and another recounting of the events of a summer blockbuster. Somehow singing a song about Spider-Man to the tune of Piano Man is perfect; after all, both Peter Parker and Billy Joel are New York legends (one’s from Queens, the other’s from the Bronx). Like The Saga Begins, it’s funny not just because, well, singing about Spider-Man is funny, but also the specificity of the references; like Mary Jane preferring guys “who can kiss upside down in the rain” or Norman Osborn wearing a “dumb” mask but being “scarier without it on”.
It’s All About the Pentiums (1999): another fabulously fast-paced rap about something exquisitely geeky; except this time it’s honing in on millennium-era computing technology. It’s another example of playing spot-the-reference but one thing that I find increasingly delightful in this case is that it’s so fabulously outdated; references to Y2K, newsgroups, “a hundred gigabytes of RAM”, and even the very fact that it’s got “Pentium” in the name. I can’t help but feel that this one’s just gonna get funnier as it gets older.
Pretty Fly for a Rabbi (1999): again we see the comedy emerge from the collision between a fast-paced, hard-edged style of music (in this case, millennial American punk) and frankly ridiculous lyrics. It’s not just the silliness of something as benign as a rabbi being the focus of an edgy rock song; it’s also the incorporation of Yiddish and stereotypically Jewish turns of phrase into the lyrics. Partly responsible for my assumption that Yankovic himself was Jewish!
Amish Paradise (1996): an infamous Weird Al song in that, whereas usually the original songwriters are chuffed to have him parody them, this one actually pissed off Coolio (RIP). But it’s part of the genre of tough songs about silly shit, the gangsta rap ballad of inner-city life and crime transmogrified into the badassery of the Amish, raising barns and milking cows. Perhaps it’s a bit mean to the Amish, in retrospect; but “you know I’m a million times as humble as thou art” is still a cracking lyric.
Bedrock Anthem (1993): I don’t think I’ve really expressed enough just how on point his parodies are; how well he raps, how closely he mirrors the style of the homaged artists, even in videos. But this is exquisite; somehow Al even looks like a Red Hot Chilli Pepper. And it’s just bonkers; I mean, how on earth do you get The Flintstones from Under the Bridge? I’m guessing – and this is just a wild guess based on nowt – that it was doing the “Yabba-dabba-dabba-dabba-do now” to the chorus that spawned the rest of the song, but who really knows? And once again we have lyrics that give me such joy, especially the way he throws in – out of nowhere – references to Bedrock life, such as “got a baby elephant vacuum cleaner”. Joy!
Now whilst I am gutted I didn’t find room for Bob, Yoda, or Santa, I’m also a bit gutted that I never got round to one of his polkas. These are really impressive works, how he manages to translate such a wide variety of songs into a polka style, and then turn it into a big medley, bouncing from track to track and even from genre to genre within the same song. Seriously, the man’s a musical genius. Maybe that’s why only Daniel Radcliffe could play him; he’s used to playing wizards.
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🤍 Sabé x Anakin
Who cooks meals for the other? Sabé. Anakin cannot cook to save his life. He can barely manage a sandwich and that even is a disaster at some point.
Who spams the other with memes? Anakin. Constantly.
Who likes to tidy around the house? Neither of them. Sabé does it more than he does, and he can be given enough incentives to pick up the trail of his things that he brings back from missions. But, he is an adult child.
Who likes to play pranks on the other? They're both a litle too serious for that, for the most part.
Who asked the other to move in with them? He wanted to ask her two days in, but he more moved in with her unofficially due to the Jedi thing.
Who is in charge of the music during a car ride? Anakin controls everything on a ship. He's a control freak.
Who is more likely to tickle the other mercilessly? If it happened, it would probably be him.
Who needs to hold the other during scary movies? Sabé probably has to hold him, or he does her, but he tends to have a running commentary during everything they watch.
Who has to help the other when it comes to technology? Anakin. He's Mr. I know how to fix things and he's good at technology too. He can hack into most anything.
Who likes to get a bit frisky in public / an inappropriate setting? Anakin.
Who wakes up first, and do they wake up the other or let them rest? Anakin. He doesn't sleep much, so he lays theer and sometimes, he'll get up and let her rest or he'll eventually do something inappropriate to try to get her attention.
Who is always taking pictures of the other when they aren’t looking? Sabé takes more pictures than he does.
Who always forgets their wallet and never ends up paying for anything? He is bad about remembering it, because he's a Jedi and doesn't tend to have money.
Who can’t sleep because the other snores or moves too much at night? Probably Sabé, because he moves constantly as he fails at sleep.
Who is better at video games, and do they let the other win or show no mercy? They both are fiercely competitive and don't like to lose.
Who always gets up in the middle of the night to use the restroom and accidentally wakes up the other? That would definitely be him.
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