#vm says

[thevillainsmustache]

'the grace, confidence, and pure sexual energy of Ewan McGregor.'

#vm says #ewan mcgregor #moulin rouge #obi wan kenobi

[volatilemask]

i love you undertale

#EVERYONE SAY HAPPY BIRTHDAY UNDERTALE NOW. AGAIN. #id in alt #undertale #flowey #asriel dreemurr #vm's art #i forgot kid asriel doesnt have horns this is now fixed

[yashley]

Fearne x Vox Machina ladies

#critical role #cr lb #fearne looking at pike like she KNOWS pike outfeyed Artagan himself she says So Heres my Soulmate and left me to rot with that #fearne coming to whitestone to fuck all the vm women like her MIND her Mind her Mind her mind #call me ahead of my time but I think fearne should 100% be able to stick it everywhere #ygifs

[augentrust]

vox machina + a softer world

(find the mighty nein version here! inspired by fear-ne's post)

[image descriptions + episode numbers + asw numbers are in the alt text]

#critical role #vox machina #cr1 #i really wasn't planning a vm edition but then the idea for the vex one grabbed me by the throat #i will say this has really made me appreciate the lighting and video quality of campaign 2 overall #august edits

[vethbrenatto]

I am so much more than “a dude.”

#the legend of vox machina #critical role #vox machina #tlovm spoilers #tlovmedit #vexlan #scanlan shorthalt #vex'ahlia #creations #look i understand these are kind of opposite sentiments in that TLOVM!vex is saying scanlan is useless #and campaign!vex is saying scanlan is only useful in a fight and for his magic #but it's the same principle of vex not realizing how much she needs him and how much of a centering force he is for VM #until it's too late #parallel

[devilsrains]

eroica fanzines

"thoughts contingent on a blythe spirit" from guns and red roses #2 (1991) by V.M. wyman

#if the original authors see this n wish for me to take these down please lmk #from eroica with love #lupin iii #gonna go out on a limb on my limited lupin knowledge and say thats #goemon ishikawa xiii #klaus heinz von dem eberbach #vm wyman #mine #eroica zines

[stupidsexpotflanders]

Unpopular Opinion

I find it weird that Logan and his Navy jobs are consistently portrayed as rosy and pristine. The franchise is always examining socioeconomic structures and institutions in general,but somehow the Armed Forces are immune to corruption. Even when there are good people wanting to do good things,they're often shown as struggling while doing so(Sacks in the movie,Keith... it's almost his whole thing,Veronica oftentimes). To top it all,the work frequently draws attention to things that look to clean and neat in order to invite a deeper look at them.

Besides,showing the Navy's dark side would've solved the whole "a well-adjusted,morally upstanding Logan Echolls is boring/we don't have anything to do with Logan" problem. He could struggle with a hard call he had to make,notice something crooked being done by some of his similarly or higher ranking officers,going out his way to pick jobs,or realize anything about how fucked the military can be. Heck,we didn't even have him snarking about some pompous shithead. In fact,showcasing the military's dark side could've been used to highlight the good in it,not to mention making the upstanding people inside it stand out. The latter one is especiialy important if Logan is going to be a true believer.

However,to have Logan be in the military without actually examining what he might do at the jobs nor have him feel any conflict doesn't exactly paint him on a heroic light,IMO. Despite being nicer and better adjusted,he's on a relatively privileged position of a structure that harms the disenfranchised all while not caring about anyone else but himself and the ones he cares about. Not quite different from his youth,IMO. In fact,the Navy might be a hardcore version of Veronica's lawyering job - neat and prestigious,but leaves a lot to be desired,ethically speaking. And I didn't see any evidence of the contrary.

#veronica mars #logan echolls #vm meta #vm unpopular opinion #logan as a guy who wants to be good but doesn't have any advantage when it comes to nurture or nature and improves through efforts #and a support system>>>>>>>>>>>>>>making him a heroic white knight by just saying he's in the navy and showing no moral struggle

[beedreamscape]

Let me write this before I lose my line of thought, (Again another RANT for the weak of heart)

but I think BH needs to lose something that matters to them, I'm talking true loss --- not like losing Bertrand or Eshteross which they mostly didn't care about, or like losing the skyship which they sacrificed willingly, or 'losing' their newfound friends/lovers to a research mission that should've ended at least a month ago.

I could add Laudna to the above list since everyone knew we'd get her back eventually, but at the very least it gave them drive (which gave us one of the coolest battles in the campaign which was worth nothing in the end, hey Delilah...)

But lose something that makes them ache, that shifts their dynamic into life and gives them purpose --- like losing Dorian! like fumbling the Paragon's Call infiltration and losing that battle in Bassuras with three party members down! like dropping a ship on a wizard's head and meaning very little! like 'losing' each other across a communication-less Exandria when you thought victory was within your grasp! like aaaalmost losing a friend to a million pieces for a decision he made!

There's so much stagnation in Bells Hells that it drives me insane, they're not the same people from the beginning but maybe apart from FCG and a little bit Orym and Imogen, most of them are still committing the same fallacies as they did in the beginning.

#bells hells #i say this bc i like them btw. b4 someone assumes otherwise bc it has happened b4 #i want them to thrive NOT like the previous campaigns but in their own fucked up way #like Fearne was the same consistently throughout the campaigns. but when she almost loses Ashton we see truly angry furious Fearne #when FCG received that big rejection from Dancer and got damaged in the Deathwish Run that was when he broke the first time #and it shifts his perception of himself for the rest of the campaign #and this is going pre-campaign. but Orym losing Will!! #the classic example out of BH was losing Molly. even b4 that 'losing' Scanlan after VM fucked up with him #losing Vex!!!! which creates a chain reaction to losing Vax!! Permanently!! despite his friends attempts to keep him #even the crown keepersssss. losing their place in emon. Opal losing her innocence after they try to kill her then changes again #after she almost loses her sister. #do you see where i'm going? #critical role #rant ish #analysis? kinda

[tutuandscoot]

hi! i am a new ice dance fan and was wondering if you could explain why everyone is saying the sport is going downhill?? just trying to learn!!!

Oh boy…. That’s a long story.

The quick version, as pertains to ice dance:

There used to be 3 segments of competition: compulsory dance, original (then short, then rhythm) dance, and the free dance

In the 70’s,80’s,90’s (and earlier?) teams would compete at least 2 compulsory dancers, then OD and FD. It was cut back to one CD around 2000- so eg the 2002 Olympics was one CD, OD, FD. After many scandals relating to judging and corruption, the ISU got rid of the 6.0 scoring system and brought in what is used now known as the Code of points.

Through 2000-2010, teams competed the CD, OD and FD. After the 2010 season (where VM won olys and worlds) the ISU abandoned the CD from senior competition bc ‘it was boring’ and ‘took up too much time at competitions’

As a compromise they rejigged the 2nd portion of competition- renaming it the ‘short dance’ which was very strict and technical- each year there was a chosen rhythm and set pattern dance within their own choreography every team had to perform- so it at least had a compulsory portion where every team was compared directly against each other. After 2018 (when vm won again) they renamed it the ‘Rhythm dance’ and since then have slowly been loosening to rules and requirements to make it less objective- so essentially judges didn’t have to justify their scoring and could just award what they liked. There is also a scoring component called GOE- grade of execution which was increased from 3 to 5 (plus or minus- a score which is added or deducted from each element base value)- this part of the score was given much more weight and priority so essentially a team could perform a fairly easy lift which isn’t worth many points, but the judge decides they really like the lift and can make up that teams points with a high GOE mark if they choose to. And vise versa- give a team low GOE to knock them down even if they are technically strong.

After 2022 olys the set/compulsory pattern was removed all together- so there is no part of ice dance competition now that offers direct comparison. Judges don’t have to reward the actual best team‼️This is where you get fans complaining about teams that are not technically strong scoring well/winning bc the judges “like” them or there is some other (bribe/political) incentive to reward that team.

It is impossible I think to get rid of all corruption in skating, but the 2007-2018 era/s at least had *some accountability (don’t get me started on VM vs DW)

The announcement yesterday that there is not even a solid set ‘theme’ or rhythm going forward (aLeDgEdLy) is infuriating. Add to that that there is no traditional, classical dance left in ice dance- no ballroom, latin, classical ballet. Die hard fans love compulsory dances like the golden waltz and tango romantica bc when a team ( VM) does it well it is ice dance at its purist.

The isu is essentially telling us what is good when we all damn know it’s not good. They are taking us for fools, they are pandering to tik tok audiences bc they know people don’t have the patience or interest to watch actual skating competitions and think they will get audiences back by “modernising” the sport bc people these days can’t relate to tangos and waltz.. which is BS bc back in the 80’s people weren’t getting around waltzing and tangoing at clubs and parties- this is classic dance and art that actually works on ice bc it is adapted from ballroom dance. Not sliding on the ice breakdancing to Party Rock Anthem!🤮

I’ll stop there bc this is getting long and blogs like @macaroni-rascal @anewbeginningagain etc can explain the technical stuff much better than me

#if you have anymore specific questing feel free to send them through #idk everything but can try to answer xx #ask #and when u say ‘new fan’ I hope yo I go back to the start of VM’s career and live in that era of ID

[utilitycaster]

FEARNE STEAL SOMETHING PRICELESS FROM KEYLETH YOU KNOW YOU WANT TO

#critical role #critical role spoilers #do the resurrection ritual rob VM blind say hi to Jarett and split

[thevillainsmustache]

Incredible that someone named Savage Opress could be a complete fucking doormat.

#star wars #clone wars #savage opress #darth maul #vm says

[volatilemask]

hey girl are you making me lightheaded or is that the hypothermia slowly killing me

#id in alt #ultrakill #v1mdk #v1 #mysterious druid knight #(and owl) #vm's art #i would say “can skeletons even get hypothermia” but i think he would still have a brain maybe and that would probably not be good for it #would he have a brain? the real question. just pretend he can feel the cold regardless

[revvethasmythh]

actually one of the things I most hope they include in the animation is Caleb (and Frumpkin!) pissing on a crownsguard helmet in front of the random Kryn soldier they fight in the sewers of Zadash, right before Jester shoves a donut in his mouth

#considering every thing with the vm show. I think it is actually possible that this could make it #critical role #the mighty nein #yes another c2 rewatch #cr2e13 #''he seems demoralized'' you don't say matt

[aq2003]

i dont rly get ppl characterizing keyleth describing percy as "a brilliant mind with specific limitations" as a diss in the context of her telling the gang why they can't like.. call him up about enchantments.. like percy hates/distrusts magic (and even if he somehow warmed up to it over time it's still not his area of expertise and he's well aware of that)

#vox machina #bells hells #cr #cr1 #cr3 #cr spoilers #also she is not at all avoidant to telling him when she thinks he's wrong! or swinging a bat to his ego! #infact she is probably the one person in vm that does it the most! #when she says 'don't tell him i said that' it's bc out of context secondhand from someone other than her it wouldnt come off how she means #And i wouldnt be surprised if keyleth knows that bh minus laudna kind of hate him lmfao #Understand me. look into my eyes. i have overdosed on percy keyleth qpr cocaine for months

[faindri]

people who get so mad about trans vash headcanons make me laugh, bro. trigun is the first fandom ive been in where trans headcanons are widely accepted and i dont fear im gonna get harassed for it. (i still fear im gonna get harassed for it or told my fanworks are 'icky' bc vash isn't cis) and yet ppl complain about it!!!!! no one is stopping you from creating ur own cis vash fanworks. i like cis vash too!! he is a barbie doll!!! do what you want with him!! it's fine!!! just, holy shit leave those of us who view him as trans alone.

#roan talks #and quit complaining about him not having a dick in fanworks too #go make your own or something idk #just say you dont think trans men count as men it'd make my life easier #transphobes in the VM fandom fuck off challenge #this post wasnt sparked by one specific instance its just been building #roan vents or something idk

[laurasbailey]

very glad they’re doing another live show but damn i want such an important canon event to be streamed live so bad 😭

#text #it’s an interesting concept #whats stopping the mighty nein from steamrolling ludinus and otohan #then bells hells just shrug like oh well! campaign’s over! lmaooo #i’d also say what’s stopping vox machina from doing the same #but keyleth is literally their only way of getting anywhere that isn’t a teleport circle HFJDJFJ #i enjoy that vm truly are god tier heroes but matt knows all he has to do is eliminate keyleth and that’s enough to fuck them over hdhcjdh