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mungrovebingos · 4 months

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FAQ & Rules

Check our FAQ and Rules listed under the cut for the Mungrove Kiss Bingo!

FAQ

What is this?

Mungrove Kiss Bingo is a Stranger Things-themed fanwork event focused on the “Billy Hargrove/Eddie Munson” pairing. It’s low-pressure and open to all!

Do I have to sign up?

You do not need to sign-up, as there is only one bingo card for everyone, and it was already posted. All you need to participate is create something to match one or several prompts and post it in the AO3 collection, or on tumblr/twitter and @ and tag the mungrovebingos account so we can see and reblog!

What is the timeline?

The event will be running from February 14th, 2024 to March 1st, 2024.

What kind of content is accepted?

Everything! You can submit any form of creative fanwork you can think of. We welcome all forms of writings (fanfic, headcanons, poetry, song lyrics, etc.), ‘fanarts’ (traditional art, digital art, photography, knitting, cooking, music, etc.) and works in progress! For example, digital art includes drawings, paintings, gifsets, edits, fanmixes… Everything you can think of.

Do you accept late submissions?

We will accept late submissions until March 8th, 2024.

Which platforms are allowed?

You can post anywhere you want; we accept submissions to the AO3 collection and will be reblogging on Tumblr and retweeting on Twitter. If you wish to post something on other platforms such as Instagram or else, you can ask the mungrovebingos tumblr to post a link to your creation on your behalf. We also accept anonymous contributions on AO3 and Tumblr.

Is NSFW/E-rated content allowed?

Yes, adults can create NSFW content—but remember everything must be tagged appropriately! We allow NSFW, E-rated and 18+ content. If you’re wondering about specific warnings (such as non-con, underage, major character death, “dead dove: do not eat”, etc.) please check out the rules below!

What are the specifics concerning the AO3 collection?

The Collection will be open on February 14th, 2024.

Do we have to fit every square in one work?

No, you can use several prompts for one work, or one prompt per work, it’s all up to you!

Rules

1. Any type of content should be mainly focused on the Billy/Eddie pairing.

That said—other pairings are allowed, as long as Mungrove is the focus. For example: you can have Max/Lucas as a secondary pairing. Mentions of past or relationships are obviously allowed, but “Billy/Eddie/[character]” ships such as Harringroveson (Billy/Eddie/Steve) aren’t meant to be a part of this event. We obviously won’t hunt you and take you down with a sniper if the fic you write (for example) mentions this ship, but it has to be focused on Billy and Eddie.

2. No explicit situations of characters under 16 are allowed.

Explicit situations include extremely violent or sexual situations. If you are unsure whether your content is considered explicit or not, you can send an ask to the Mungrove tumblr (you do not need a tumblr account). If the characters are above 16, everything else is allowed (dark themes, smut, etc…) as long as you follow rule #4.

3. No bashing allowed.

“Spite” content must be restricted to spite against Canon or anything considered Stranger Things in-universe. We discourage bashing against characters. Being critical isn’t bashing! Portraying Neil as a bigoted, violent man isn’t bashing considering how he behaves in the show and there is such a thing as an unreliable narrator (Example: Billy thinking Everything Is Max’s Fault) and that is more than fine, but a heavy focus on making a character much worse than he actually is to create spite content against another ship for example is heavily discouraged (Example: turning Steve into some kind of awful evil ex as a fuck you to Steddie, Harringrove or Harringroveson shippers is prohibited, there is no need for such things).

4. Content must always be tagged appropriately.

No matter what platform you post on, tag your content appropriately and follow the platform’s etiquette. For example: if you post NSFW Mungrove art featuring choking on a non-explictly NSFW Twitter account, mark your content as sensitive and add “choking” to your tweet—so that people can be appropriately warned. If you post Mungrove headcanons on Tumblr featuring Child Abuse, either warn about it in your post or by using the tagging system. If you post on AO3, you must use the appropriate rating, the Archive Warnings whenever necessary, and either tag trigger warnings with canonical tags or list them in the author’s notes. If you use the Choose Not To Use Archive Warnings for surprises and/or twists, tag major trigger warnings in the end notes. For example: if you post a Soundcloud song with lyrics containing Major Character Death and Torture; add “torture and mcd” to your end notes as content warning if you decided to pick Choose Not To Use Archive Warnings on AO3.

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fashionablyfyrdraaca · 2 years

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slam dunks in ur askbox 11, 19, 8, 29, 36, 43

omg shania lore time.

also im laughing at your answer to my question about drafts because i have 1,300 things in drafts. you're braver than me

11. What is that one set you made that just won’t die? Well, I keep getting horny comments on this star wars gifset LMAO. Also this gifset I made for indiegamesource has the most notes out of ANY gifset I have EVER made.

19. What is your gifting process like? I usually watch a show or play a game and then find a scene that I like or a character I want to represent. Then I steal the scene from youtube or torrent it (or record it if its a game that i own). After that I shorten the scenes I want using the screen record on VLC media player. Then I rip the frames into photoshop, colour/sharpen, convert into gif. At this point I usually leave the post in my drafts because I like to post things between noon and 3pm so the gifset will wait until the next day. Then I pray the gif goes into the tags lmao

8. What gif trend do you hate? I haven't seen it in a long time, but I used to REALLY hate the ones that are super super dark to the point where I can barely see what is actually in the fucking gif lmao. I also don't particularly care for gifsets that use lyrics from songs in the gifs themselves, but i just don't interact with those posts. it's none of my business if people want to use their fave songs in their edits

29. Have you ever posted a set, realized you made a mistake later but it was already too late? I've had a few where I realized I didn't move my watermark to the corner so its covering someones like face or some shit LMAO but ive posted them anyway since I don't save my PSDs and I'm not remaking the whole set for one hoochie mama. I've also had a few where I noticed that things were oversharpened by accident

36. Do you gif with something specific in mind or do you just wing it? I typically have something in mind but that'll mostly just be a very specific scene for example one that made me laugh or sad. It'll also typically be like I want to gif a set showing off a character (for example, my recent Aqua from Kingdom Hearts gifset for gamingladies or my romanced Isabela from Dragon Age gifset). It's VERY rare for me to plan it down to colours or angles. I've had a few gifmaking friends who will specifically hunt down colourschemes like pastels only or they'll do only specific angles like faceless gifs. I don't get that detailed. I'm jealous of people with the patience for that though lol

43. Do you keep videos forever or delete them once you’re done giffing? I delete them LOL. I only have 2 terabytes on my laptop and I want to use that space for viddy gam.

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newtedison · 5 months

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New Year's Ask Game For Writers

thank you to @crestfallercanyon for creating this and tagging me, and also @blue-summers for tagging me as well!!!

To close out 2023…

1) what fic did you have the most fun writing this year and why? Or, if you can’t decide, what was most fun about writing this year for you?

i gotta go with How Brenda Spied-Her Man, even the title is fun. i had never written a superhero AU before let alone a semi-crossover event like this, and deciding how Minho would be Spider-man was a really fun experiment. i also just really loved creating the dynamic between Brenda and Minho in it, this is one of my favorite versions of them. maybe one day i'll write a sequel fic!

2) what’s a scene/story that you finished and felt “wow, I really accomplished that, that actually went so well”?

it's hard to say a specific scene but i think all of feet on the ground, head in the sky kind of felt like that. i'm proud of a lot of it and surprised i was actually able to pull it off.

3) What helped provide the most inspiration for stories, if anything? Was it poetry? A song on repeat? A gorgeous gifset? A walk outside? A book you read that made you want to change everything? Whatever it was! Tell all.

i think music usually is the main inspiration, i'll hear a line and it will make me think of a character, or a scene, or just general vibes of a WIP. i'm close to publishing speeding 72 which is named after a Momma song and includes some lyrics as paragraph breakers. and the fic itself is a spinoff/prequel to all we do is drive, which is quite obviously a songfic. it's usually a combination of music and me just really wanting to see a specific story be told. i write fic for me first, and everyone else second, to be honest.

4) What is something you want to share about what you’ve written this year? A particular line, a comment that made you feel really good, a scene that was difficult to write — you get to choose! What do you wish someone would ask you about when it comes to what you’ve written?

this is more a funny tidbit that when i was writing feet on the ground, head in the sky, i wanted Brenda to be reading a book, since she does in The Death Cure. but i couldn't tell from the screenshots i took what the book was supposed to be. but through some sleuthing in the Discord, lovely @smalleymcsmall was able to figure out that it was an X-Men book! so Brenda is canonically a fan of the X-Men. i have that as a note at the bottom of the chapter but i was so shocked that Laura was able to figure that out that i want everyone to know.

And to start off 2024…

1) do you have any writing/creation goals for the year? What are they?

if i can get my shit together enough to figure out what to do with this wip i have 34k worth of scenes written for but not enough purpose or structure to continue writing, then i will be unstoppable

2) is there a fic or idea that you’re really excited to be able to continue to work on in the new year?

i'm not excited for the fic i mentioned in the last answer it's more like my curse. but i am excited for the potential for people to see some of those scene cause i do like what i've written. that's the only WIP i have right now amazingly

3) What’s something new in your writing you want to try/are going to try? A different writing style? Different fandom? Darker works? Fluffier? Longer or shorter?

i would love to be able to write short fics again, like 2-5k. for some reason im allergic to fics that are less than 10k. i made some shorter things for Brinho Week which was refreshing so maybe i'll try to do more of those as writing exercises

4) what’s something you love about your own writing that you will continue to appreciate in the new year?

i gotta write more jokes! i gotta get sillier!

i'm sick and delirious so i can't think of who to tag but you can just say i tagged you if you want to do it sdjsakdh

#writing this on my deathbed <-- has had a sinus infection for two weeks

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alinastarvko · 3 years

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Hello my loves! This mess of a blog has reached 1.9k! thank you so much to everyone who decided to click that “follow” button and stick around, you make my heart flutter! Since this is a milestone for me I wanted to do a little something to celebrate, so here it is ❣️

To participate:

Must be following this anxious taurus since this is a thank you to my followers

Reblog this post (likes count as bookmarks only!)

Tell me what you’d like to see next (optional)

Send me an ask with up to two of the emojis mentioned below*

blacklist “lina’s celebration” if you don’t want to see this!

💾 gifset 🎧 playlist 💌 compliment 🎟 blog rates

Specifications are under the cut!

You can send up to two of the following, send me the corresponding emoji followed by your choice ex. 💾 + dua lipa (optional: in the love again music video) if you don’t ask for anything in specific I will make a general gift of the artist/show/movie/characters

*Mutuals can send up to 3 emojis 💗

💾 gifsets

taylor swift (will be posted on @likeprettylights)

olivia rodrigo

dua lipa

halsey

sabrina carpenter

bea miller

tv shows

movies

if you’ve seen me rb them, i can make a gifset

make me choose (shows, movies and/ or celebrities)

colors/lyrics/quotes/poems etc

You can see the entire liste of fandoms here x,x

🎧playlists (these will have 5 to 7 songs)

character/ships (from my fandoms)

personal (send me your name, a feeling or a title)

🎟 blog rates

season: spring | summer | fall | winter

color: coral trails | martini east | spiced tea | dream seascape green | garden shadow

scent: freshly baked cookies | cherry blossom | citrus | vanilla | ocean

celestial object: planet | stars | moon | nebula | comet

element: fire | earth | water | air

accessory: heart shaped sunglasses | colorful beads bracelet | smiley face ring| silver necklace| diamond earrings

💌 compliments

blog

creations (send your edits tag)

#lina's celebration #anyway thank you so much to everyone #i was going to do this at 2k but now feels like the right time so #if this flops pretend it didn't happen

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pumpkinpaix · 3 years

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Hello! Feel free not to answer this question if it is in any way too much, but I've been wondering about something concerning the "western" mdzs fandom. Lately, i have seen multiple pieces of fanart that use what is clearly Christian symbolism and sometimes downright iconography in depicting the characters. I'm a european fan, but it still makes me vaguely uneasy. I know that these things are rarely easy to judge. I'm definitely not qualified to do so and was wondering if you have an opinion

Hi there! thank you for your patience and for the interesting question! I’ve been thinking about this since i received this ask because it?? idk, it’s difficult to answer, but it also touches on a a few things that I find really interesting.

the short answer: it’s complicated, and I also don’t know what I feel!

the longer answer:

i think that this question is particularly difficult to answer because of how deeply christianity is tied to the western art and literary canon. so much of what is considered great european art is christian art! If you just take a quick glance at wiki’s page on european art, you can see how inextricable christianity is, and how integral christian iconography has been in the history of european art. If you study western art history, you must study christian imagery and christian canon because it’s just impossible to engage with a lot of the work in a meaningful way without it. that’s just the reality of it.

Christianity, of course, also has a strong presence in european colonial and imperialist history and has been used as a tool of oppression against many peoples and nations, including China. I would be lying if I said I had a good relationship with Christianity--I have always faced it with a deep suspicion because I think it did some very, very real damage, not just to chinese people, but to many cultures and peoples around the world, and that’s not a trauma that can be easily brushed aside or reconciled with.

here is what is also true: my maternal grandmother was devoutly christian. my aunt is devoutly christian. my uncle’s family is devoutly christian. my favorite cousin is devoutly christian. when I attended my cousin’s wedding, he had both a traditional chinese ceremony (tea-serving, bride-fetching, ABSURDLY long reception), and also a christian ceremony in a church. christianity is a really important part of his life, just as it’s important to my uncle’s family, and as it was important to my grandmother. I don’t think it’s my right or place to label them as simply victims of a colonialist past--they’re real people with real agency and choice and beliefs. I think it would be disrespectful to act otherwise.

that doesn’t negate the harm that christianity has done--but it does complicate things. is it inherently a bad thing that they’re christian, due to the political history of the religion and their heritage? that’s... not a question I’m really interested in debating. the fact remains that they are christian, that they are chinese, and that they chose their religion.

so! now here we are with mdzs, a chinese piece of media that is clearly Not christian, but is quickly gaining popularity in euroamerican spaces. people are making fanart! people are making A LOT of fanart! and art is, by nature, intertextual. a lot of the most interesting art (imo) makes deliberate use of that! for example (cyan art nerdery time let’s go), Nikolai Ge’s What is Truth?

I love this painting! it’s notable for its unusual depiction of christ: shabby, unkempt, slouched, in shadow. if you look for other paintings of this scene, christ is usually dignified, elegant, beautiful, melancholy -- there’s something very humanizing and humbling about this depiction, specifically because of the way it contrasts the standard. it’s powerful because we as the audience are expected to be familiar with the iconography of this scene, the story behind it, and its place in the christian canon.

you can make similar comments about Gentileschi’s Judith vs Caravaggio’s, or Manet’s Olympia vs Ingres’ Grande Odalisque -- all of these paintings exist in relation to one another and also to the larger canon (i’m simplifying: you can’t just compare one to another directly in isolation etc etc.) Gauguin’s Jacob Wrestling the Angel is also especially interesting because of how its portrayal of its content contrasts to its predecessors!

or! because i’m really In It now, one of my favorite paintings in the world, Joan of Arc by Bastien-Lepage:

I just!!! gosh, idk, what’s most interesting to me in this painting is the way it seems to hover between movements: the hyperrealistic, neoclassical-esque take on the figure, but the impressionistic brushstrokes of the background AAA gosh i love it so much. it’s really beautiful if you ever get a chance to see it in person at the Met. i’m putting this here both because i personally just really like it and also as an example of how intertextuality isn’t just about content, but also about visual elements.

anyways, sorry most of this is 19thc, that was what i studied the most lol.

(a final note: if you want to read about a really interesting painting that sits in the midst of just a Lot of different works, check out the wiki page on Géricault’s Raft of the Medusa, specifically under “Interpretation and Legacy”)

this is all a really long-winded way of getting to this point: if you want to make allusory fanart of mdzs with regards to western art canon, you kind of have to go out of your way to avoid christian imagery/iconography, especially when that’s the lens through which a lot of really intensely emotional art was created. many of my favorite paintings are christian: Vrubel’s Demon, Seated, Perov’s Christ in the Garden of Gethsemane, Ge’s Conscience, Judas, Bastien-Lepage’s Joan of Arc, as shown above. that’s not to say there ISN’T plenty of non-christian art -- but christian art is very prominent and impossible to ignore.

so here are a few pieces of fanwork that I’ve seen that are very clearly making allusions to christian imagery:

1. this beautiful pietà nielan by tinynarwhals on twitter

2. a lovely jiang yanli as our lady of tears by @satuwilhelmiina

3. my second gif in this set here, which I will also show below:

i’m only going to talk about mine in depth because well, i know exactly what i was thinking when I put this gif together while I can’t speak for anyone else.

first: the two lines of the song that I wanted to use for lan xichen were “baby, I’m a fighter//in the robes of a saint” because i felt that they fit him very well. of course, just the word “saint” evokes catholicism, even if it’s become so entwined in the english language that it’s taken on a secular meaning as well.

second: when I saw this scene, my immediate thought was just “PIETÀ!!” because LOOK at that composition! lan xichen’s lap! nie mingjue lying perpendicular to it! the light blue/white/silver of lan xichen in contrast to the darker robes of both nie mingjue and meng yao! not just that, but the very cool triangular structure of the image is intensely striking, and Yes, i Do love that it simultaneously ALSO evokes deposition of christ vibes. (baxia as the cross.... god..... is that not the Tightest Shit) does this make meng yao joseph of arimathea? does it make him john the evangelist? both options are equally interesting, I think when viewed in relation to his roles in the story: as a spy in qishan and as nmj’s deputy. maybe he’s both.

anyways, did I do this intentionally? yes, though a lot of it is happy accident/discovered after the fact since I’m relying on CQL to have provided the image. i wanted to draw attention to all of that by superimposing that line over that image! (to be clear: I didn’t expect it to all come through because like. that’s ridiculous. the layers you’d have to go through to get from “pretty lxc gifset” --> “if we cast nie mingjue as a christ figure, what is the interesting commentary we could do on meng yao by casting him as either joseph of arimathea or john the evangelist” are like. ok ur gonna need to work a little harder than slapping a song lyric over an image to achieve an effect like that.)

the point of this is: yes, it’s intentionally christian, yes I did this, yes I am casting these very much non-christian characters into christian roles for this specific visual work -- is this okay?

I obviously thought it was because I made it. but would I feel the same about a work that was written doing something similar? probably not. I think that would make me quite uncomfortable in most situations. but there’s something about visual art that makes it slightly different that I have trouble articulating -- something about how the visual often seeks to illustrate parallels or ideas, whereas writing characters as a different religion can fundamentally change who those characters are, the world they inhabit, etc. in a more... invasive?? way. that’s still not quite right, but I genuinely am not sure how to explain what i mean! I hope the general idea comes across. ><

something else to think about is like, what are pieces I find acceptable and why?

what makes the pieces above that reference christian imagery different than this stunning nieyao piece by @cyandemise after klimt’s kiss? (warnings for like, dead bodies and vague body horror) like i ADORE this piece (PLEASE click for fullview it’s worth it for the quality). it’s incredibly beautiful and evocative and very obviously references a piece of european art. I have no problem with it. why? because it isn’t explicitly christian? it’s still deeply entrenched in western canon. klimt certainly made other pieces that were explicit christian references.

another piece I’d like to invite you all to consider is this incredible naruto fanart of sakura and ino beheading sasuke after caravaggio’s judith. (warnings for beheading, blood, etc. you know.) i also adore this piece! i think it’s very good both technically and conceptually. the reference that it makes has a real power when viewed in relation to the roles of the characters in their original story -- seeing the women that sasuke fucked over and treated so disrespectfully collaborating in his demise Says Something. this is also!! an explicitly christian reference made with non-christian japanese characters. is this okay? does it evoke the same discomfort as seeing mdzs characters being drawn with christian iconography? why or why not?

the point is, I don’t think there’s a neat answer, but I do think there are a lot of interesting issues surrounding cultural erasure/hegemony that are raised by this question. i don’t think there are easy resolutions to any of them either, but I think that it’s a good opportunity to reexamine our own discomfort and try and see where it comes from. all emotions are valid but not all are justified etc. so I try to ask, is it fair? do i apply my criticisms and standards equally? why or why not? does it do real harm, or do i just not like it? what makes one work okay and another not?

i’ve felt that there’s a real danger with the kind of like, deep moral scrutiny of recent years in quashing interesting work in the name of fear. this morality tends to be expressed in black and white, good and bad dichotomies that i really do think stymies meaningful conversation and progress. you’ll often see angry takes that boil down to things like, “POC good, queer people good, white people bad, christianity bad” etc. without a serious critical examination of the actual issues at hand. I feel that these are extraordinarily harmful simplifications that can lead to an increased insularity that isn’t necessarily good for anyone. there’s a fine line between asking people to stay in their lane and cultural gatekeeping sometimes, and I think that it’s something we should be mindful of when we’re engaging in conversations about cultural erasure, appropriation etc.

PERHAPS IT IS OBVIOUS that I have no idea where that line falls LMAO since after all that rambling I have given you basically nothing. but! I hope that you found it interesting at least, and that it gives you a bit more material to think on while you figure out where you stand ahaha.

was this just an excuse to show off cool (fan)art i like? maybe ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

(ko-fi)

#Anonymous #asks and replies #art #fanart #art history #christianity #mdzs #mdzs meta #meta #mine #mymeta #cyan gets too deep in the weeds #lmfao this post is a mess ive been staring at it for like a week and at this point im just gonna post it to the wall and keep moving asldfj #hope you enjoyed

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kbsd · 3 years

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not sure if you’ve answered this before, but what’s your process look like when you make an amv? i’m just curious and in constant awe of ppl who can make videos like you do :)

hello all!!! i have answered this before and i have a vid help tag with other asks i’ve gotten about stuff like this! but i’ve gotten several more messages along these lines so i’m just going to answer a bunch of them together (under a cut since i love to ramble about editing lol). i do just wanna say i’m definitely not the authority on video editing and obv everyone has their own techniques!

edit: i just finished typing all this up and it’s SO long so sorry in advance LMAO god bless anyone who reads this entire thing

so i work in news tv and we have a very specific workflow for writing scripts, sourcing video, producing, and editing. i’ve just applied that to making amvs! for every video i make, i copy the song lyrics into a google doc and adjust them to match the song i’ve cut (i often will trim songs for time and/or content purposes). then i start planning! i’ll mark down what clip i want to use for each lyric next to that line, and any sound bites i want to use (with episode numbers!). i’ll color code between video and sound bites and lyrics, so my scripts end up looking something like this (for my honeybee amv):

doing the planning ahead of time makes everything much easier when it’s a video that spans the whole show or involves a lot of sourcing, like honeybee or sports analogies. that way when i get to the actual editing process, i already know what i’m going to do and have a game plan. for videos like happy ending or believe it or not, where i’m mainly just pulling from a few episodes, i can just plan it in my head as opposed to writing it all down, and produce as i edit. obviously i do make in-the-moment decisions while editing—sometimes a shot doesn’t work the way i thought it would, or i go where the video takes me—but planning ahead definitely helps. i know some people use spreadsheets as well, with columns for lyrics, video clips, and sound bites if applicable. once you find a system that works, it actually goes pretty quickly.

as for sourcing clips themselves/finding clips within episodes, i talked about that here and kind of here. the short version is that transcripts are a must, and the supernatural wiki is hugely helpful by cataloguing all the hugs, prayers, phone calls, etc. in the show. gifmakers that tag episode numbers on their posts are your friends. it gets easier the more video you make—that’s another huge reason i make the google docs for each video (even the ones i plan in my head, i end up going back and making a loose script with episode notes just for reference). if i can’t remember where something is but i know i used it in another video, i can easily reference past scripts!

i also cut all my videos in the same project in premiere pro, so i can flip between them easily. instead of checking a past script, i can just go to the video sequence itself and copy the clip i’m looking for! this was especially helpful when i match cut together the 5x18 and 4x22 wall slam shots for my bestie video, and then stole it from myself for honeybee hahaha. at any given time i have at least 8 sequences open:

because of the sheer volume of videos i make, it’s worth it for me to download the entire show—i have all 327 episodes in HD, plus deleted scenes. if you think you’re only going to make a few videos, i’d start with scene packs. you can usually just google “destiel [or whatever ship/character you’re looking for] scene packs” and there will be any number of ones you can download. if you need other specific scenes, you can always download/torrent individual episodes or screen record netflix (that’s what i did before i got HD download links). i’m happy to share my links if you DM, but be warned it’s a lot of disk space (about 500GB on my hard drive). someone also compiled every destiel scene, downloadable here.

having every episode already loaded in premiere for all my projects also makes it a lot easier to source clips. once i use a clip in a video, i’ll put a marker on the episode file, so that after a while i have most of the important scenes/lines marked to easily find them. to give you an idea, this is my episode file in premiere for 12x10 lily sunder has some regrets (markers at destiel scenes, the car fight, hot girl cas, etc.). markers are the green tabs along the bottom:

premiere also lets you color code and name markers, so ONE DAY i will go back and color code them all. the ones above are all the same color, but in a perfect world, i’d have a myraid—for destiel shots like hugs, touches, looks; for important pieces of dialogue; for action shots; etc. but for now this works ok for me, so that’s a project for another time!

between detailed scripts, one giant premiere project, markers, the wiki, and my own memory, i have so many points of reference that i can usually find any clip i need in about 2 minutes max. sound bites are often harder to start out, or tiny specific shots i haven’t used before, and that’s when i turn to tumblr gifsets or beloved mutuals to crowdsource. but if you’re as obsessive about marking/keeping neat scripts as i am, it gets easier and easier with every video you make. that’s part of why i’m able to cut videos together so quickly. (also i want to stress i do this for a living and have to produce/edit a new piece for my show every day so i’m used to it. and compared to constantly updating content/sources and news that changes every day, 327 highly documented episodes that never change are much easier to handle hahaha)

this is all great for me since i make so many videos and plan to continue doing so, but if you’re only making a few, this level of work isn’t worth it imo. really it’s all about developing a system that works for you. whatever you do with episodes/sourcing, though, i cannot recommend planning things out in a script ahead of time enough.

everything i just mentioned is producing, though. for the editing process, i usually do it in this order:

music first. any parts i want to cut, i make sure it all sounds smooth

then soundbites. i usually try to weave them into the lyrics—i have characters talk in breaks between lines or instrumental sections as much as possible. i’ll sometimes go so far as looped/extending an intsrumental part to make room for the soundbite i want there lol. if i do have dialogue over a line, i do the sound mixing/levels at this point as well to make sure everything is audible/one doesn’t overpower the other. (also i always include the video that goes with these bites when i drop them in, and decide later if i want to show the character speaking or have other clips cover the dialogue)

once i have all the audio locked in, then i bring in all my other video clips. sometimes i edit completely chronologically, sometimes jumping from section to section—it depends on the song or how i’m feeling

double check sound mixing. i usually listen to my videos through a few times, with headphones and without to make sure it’ll sound good no matter how people watch it

once i have picture and audio lock, i go through and color correct my clips. i’m basic and just use lumetri color in premiere, and usually just play with brightness, saturation, temperature, and tint until i like it

render and export! :)

i always have several audio tracks, but i try to keep my video tracks condensed. i’ll drop clips on a V2 level, and edit a section there, and drop the whole chunk down to V1 so i know it’s finished. that way when i leave and come back i can know where i left off/what’s done/etc. to give you an idea, this is the timeline for my what the hell video:

i always render as H.264 with high bitrate, and make sure to check “render at maximum depth” and “use maximum render quality” for the best quality. i’m sorry, but i don’t know what the equivalent options are in final cut, imovie, kdenlive, etc. i post on youtube mostly so i don’t have to sacrifice quality, but usually just using a lower bitrate will get you under the tumblr file size limit and it’ll still look good.

as for the anon who asked about “polishing”: first of all, thank you!! second of all, it’s in the details. all of this is a matter of taste and my own insanity, but here are some little things i always try to do:

after i color correct, i blur out any credits from the starts of episodes. i use gaussian blur for this, but really any blur tool works

as much as possible, i avoid clips where we see a character’s mouth move but don’t hear the words. in tv/film we call it “lip flap” and i just think it looks messy. also i’m trained to avoid it at all costs at work hahaha. it’s more for serious videos that this matters a lot to me (e.g. i think i did a really good job eliminating lip flap in my happy ending amv)—for comedy videos i don’t sweat it as much

i put audio fades on the start and end of every single audio clip i use, even if i don’t think i need it, to make sure everything sounds smooth

i use markers for timing, especially in action-y videos like what the hell. i’ll put a marker on the clip i’m using at the exact moment a punch lands, and in the song on the beat. if i have the magnet/snap in timeline tool on i can just easily snap them together instead of having to spend time finagling it

this is such a small thing but i dip/cut to black for a tiny bit at the start and end of every video. this way if i post with tumblr video player, there’s black between the loops, and it gives you a beat before the video restarts. i do this even on videos i post on youtube, just because i think it looks nicer/more professional

this is 1,500 words so i’m going to stop myself before i pull something. if you have follow-up questions feel free to ask and i’ll continue to add them to the vid help tag, but any more questions about sourcing clips or my process in general i’ll just link this post going forward. anyone who made it this far, i am sending to a telepathic kiss. thank you for reading and happy editing!

#i typed this all up at 4am so i'm just scheduling it to post sometime today #ask #vid help

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kalemakar · 3 years

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Hi guys! I hit a small milestone of 500 followers and I wanted to celebrate! I can’t believe that y’all would follow me but I’m happy y’all are here and I am so grateful for each and every one of you. I have met so many wonderful, talented and nice people on here and tumblr really did become one of my safe spaces because of you guys. So without further ado here’s my little celebration!

this is just for my followers as this is a follower celebration

please keep in mind that i’m in my most stressful year of high school so this celebration may last a really long time so bear with me!

I’ll have a list of movies and shows y’all can pick from but if you have something else in mind and you think i watched it you can request it just have a backup show or movie from my list!

send me a 🎁 with a few fandoms/characters you like and i will make a surprise gifset for you

send me a 💖 with whatever specific giffing request you’d like (like idk a character with a specific quote or song lyrics or like colorful or overlays go wild tell me what you want)

send me ✨ and I will tell you my top five favorite gifsets of yours and why! (with a reblog bc yes)

shows and movies: marvel (most shows and movies), wonder woman, 911, 911 lone star, merlin, the witcher, julie and the phantoms, avatar: the last airbender, the legend of korra, the old guard, the umbrella academy, how to get away with murder, schitt’s creek, b99 (been a long time), enola holmes, new girl, stranger things

aight here’s the part where i’m sappy to some of my wonderful mutuals:

@embeddedinmybrain tasfia ma’am you’re amazing and i’m so happy your in my life even tho we don’t talk that much anymore

@strandtk thai you’re a saint with me thank you so much for listening to me about anything (from 911 to heavier topics, youre always there so thank you) and i enjoying talking to you so much <3333

@arthurpendragonns maria you’re an angel and i’m so glad i get to be friends with such an amazing person. talking to you is a highlight of my days and im glad youre in my life <3 i hope we continue to talk because i really do enjoy our convos

@earthlingeliott my wife, thank you for being there ik we dont talk much bc life but you’re such a delight to talk to and you put up with my dramatics so thank you babe

@agathaharknss valentina! ma’am i feel like i can come to you for anything and while our conversations are not great in number, i love texting you. youre an inspiration with all your lovely gifs and I cant wait to interact with you more

@katnisseverden fizzy ily and imy and youre such a kind big sister presence in my life

@suburbanenigma carmen ilyyy youre always in my notifs and i enjoy seeing you on my dash! youre so funny and sweet!

@lesbeanfatou clara ily and thank you so much for talking to me even tho i have long buffers between our texts. youre a lovely person!!

@danispowell heyyy aurore i love screaming with you about 911 and lonestar and oure my giffing pal because you helped me sm

@sailors-moon vicky i loved talking to you about 911 and lonestar our talks were iconic and i cant wait to talk to you even more

@tsjernobyl thank you so much emma for creating mega links for me and youre so energetic and fun and i love seeing you on my dash <3

@annabeth182 girl youre here bc i love u ok britney youre literally one of the best friends i have currently and thats not an exaggeration. talking to you makes me feel safe in numerous ways. i feel like i can talk to you anything, whether the topic is heavy or light like our marvel convos. youre wonderful and ily

mutuals i admire from afar because you guys are so talented with your creations and seem so nice:

@miriammaisel @officereyes @onceandfuturehimbo @chris-evans @merlinsprat @jakeperalta @laracovinskys @deckerschloe @elenasyd @madisonreyes @timothyolyphant @julie-molinas @tkstrrand @reyescarlos and so many other people (that I can’t remember because I did this part on my phone)!

#500celebration*#sb plz

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dawntainbobbynash · 3 years

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911dawnstar’s 1k Follower Celebration!

I actually hit this milestone a little before the end of hiatus, and I am still blown away. I started this blog on a whim when I was still pretty new to the fandom and never actually expected to get all that many followers, let alone this many of you. So I wanted to thank y’all with some giffing!

Rules:

You don’t have to be following me, but it would be nice!

Reblogging this post is also not required but very much appreciated!

Requests are open for both shows!

Limit of 2 requests per person

Requests will be open either through the end of October or until I get enough to feel overwhelmed, whichever comes first, so the sooner you ask, the better! Requests closed!

If your request is something specific to an episode, please do your best to tell me which episode(s) it’s from. Unfortunately I can’t memorize 6 seasons of TV lol

Ships I’ll gif: Any of the canon ones (except Buck/Abby), plus Nancy/Marjan, Buddie, Marjan/Mateo, Owen/Michelle, etc. Mostly just don’t ask me to split Tarlos, Madney, or the married couples (unless it’s situations like Bobby/Marcy or Athena/Emmett). If you’re not sure if I’ll gif it, ask me!

Send me an emoji or category title + your request in an ask! (Categories are below the cut)

Categories:

❓ Make Me Choose!

I realize I don’t say much, so here’s your chance to get to know me a little! Make me choose between two things. [Some suggestions (bc I know my mind always goes blank when I see these things): Show vs show, ep vs ep, season vs season, scene vs scene, ship vs ship, brOTP vs brOTP, character vs character, music moment vs music moment. But these are just suggestions! Be creative and ask whatever you can think of]

🎶 Lyric or Quote Edit

Gimme a song or quote you love, a character/[friend]ship/show/whatever you think it fits, and I’ll make a gifset with them! (You can also just give me the lyric/quote or character/whatever and leave me to pick what/who to pair it with)

🎥 Scene Request

Just straight up, simple scene requests. Can be one scene, parallels, or compilations, from either show and any season. (Just please tell me which episode(s) it’s from!)

🌈 Color Palette

Go here, pick a palette you like, and send me its name + a character/[friend]ship/show/etc you want me to pair it with! (Or, again, just pick the palette or character/whatever and let me choose what/who to pair it with)

Request away, feel free to ask any questions you may have, and thank you so much again for 1k followers!

#911 #lone star #mine.#to my followers #1kfc #text #gifs #edit #signal boost #ogfirefam #lsfirefam #general

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yurionice-secretsanta · 3 years

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Secret Santa Guidelines 2021

All your gifts have to be Yuri!!! on Ice-related, but characters, pairings and the rest is all up to you!

TIP: If you’re unsure what to make, you can check out the tumblr/AO3 of the person you are making a gift for, - to see if they for example - likes Victuuri, Otayuri, canon or AU’s and etc. You can also send them an Anon Ask, asking what they’d specifically like! Just don’t reveal yourself to them ;)

Your Ask Box (if you have one) has to be open at all times, and allow asks from Anon, how else is your Secret Santa suppose to get in contact with you?

If you change your tumblr/AO3 url at any time during the Secret Santa, then please let me know. Otherwise you’re gonna end up confusing me and the person who’s making you a gift and that’s not very nice?

For Fic/Drabbles:

Minimum of 500 words

You can write several smaller drabbles, one big fic, or a multi-chapter fic.

Fic’s have to be completed before being submitted

You can submit you fic through the AO3 collection or the submission page or email it to [email protected] instead.

For Art:

Can be drawings or still graphics.

Minimum width size has to be at least 1000 pixels, height is optional (max file size for jpg and png is 20MB!).

Animated graphics are allowed, as long as they don’t exceed the Tumblr limit.

Drawings/graphics has to be finished works of art (coloured or black & white).

Lineart, doodles, sketches and scribbles are not allowed.

If you are drawing on paper, no lined / checkered paper allowed.

If you’re drawing on paper, please submit your drawing as a scan or as a high quality photo.

Art can also be submitted to the AO3 collection or the submission page or email it to [email protected] instead.

For Gifsets

Has to be at least 6 gifs in one set.

Gifsets have to be Tumblr-friendly (aka the gifs can’t be more than 3MB).

Read the rules about what you are allowed to use, before you make one!

Gifsets can also be submitted to the AO3 collection or emailede to [email protected].

Please number your gif file names in sequence order and if you’d like, you can send me a private Tumblr post link to show me how you’d like the gifset to be posted if you choose to email it.

For Fanmixes:

Has to include a front and back cover graphic (like CDs), be sure to read the rules, before you make one!

Minimum of 10 songs.

Maximum of 20 songs.

Can do 2 small fanmixes or 1 large one!

Have to upload the songs anonymously somewhere (e.g. 8tracks).

Inclusion of lyrics can be optional.

Fanmixes can be submitted to the submission page or email it to [email protected].

For Fanvideos:

Minimum length of 45 seconds .

Maximum length of 5 minutes.

You can make one big video or several smaller ones.

Read the rules about what you are allowed to use, before you make one!

Fanvideos can also be submitted to the AO3 collection or the submission page or email it to [email protected] instead.

ALL GIFTS HAVE TO BE NEW, DO NOT RE-USE EARLIER CREATED/WRITTEN STUFF! Please put in some effort for your gifts, would you not have your Secret Santa do the same for you?

Please submit your gifts to the AO3 collection, the submission page, or you can mail your gifts to [email protected] instead. When you submit your gifts, on the submission page or email it please include your Tumblr/AO3 URL and that of your giftee ^_^ If you submit on the AO3 collection please also send me an email or a submitssion with a link to you gift, your username, your giftee and any additional message you’d like me to add to the post ^_^

SUBMISSION DEADLINE: SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 21TH (no specific time, just submit on that Sunday or on any day prior to that!).

FRIENDLY REMINDER: Do not post your gifts before I’ll post them on December 24th/25th, nor reveal yourself to the person whom you made gifts for. Otherwise it won’t be a secret santa anymore! After December 27th you’re free to post your gifts to wherever site you want to ^_^

If you have any questions, let me know here! SIGN UP HERE

#Rules and Guidelines

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adetectiveandadoctor · 4 years

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Five Favourites

The rules of this circulating challenge are as follows: it’s time to love yourselves! choose your 5 favourite works you created in the past year (fics, art, edits, etc) and link them below to reflect on the amazing things you’ve brought into the world. tag as many writers/artists/etc as you want (fan or original) so we can spread the love and link each other to awesome works!

I haven’t been tagged for this, but I have seen this challenge go around during the last few days, and then decided to do this anyway, to give myself a little boost of morale.

Because, I have been struggling lately, to make progress with and let alone finish any of my fanwork projects. And as I came across this challenge, I thought I hadn’t completed five fanworks (gifs, edits, fics in my case), let alone more than five, in the last year.

But when I went and checked what I had created between May last year and May this year, I was surprised to find that I had created more than five fanworks, and that I even found it a little difficult to choose just five out of them.

So, here they are.

The first four are gifsets, the last one is a fic. (Just click on the underlined text, and it will lead you to the respective gifset or fic.)

In addition to linking to them, I am also going to use the opportunity and talk a little bit about what the works mean to me and about the thought processes which lie behind them.

A gifset of Sherlock and John repeatedly ignoring Jim Moriarty at the pool (in TGG) and communicating with each other instead, via words, nods, looks.

This one actually forms a nice pair with another, second gifset that shows Sherlock and John communicating in their very own kind of language/ways.

(Yes I know, I am cheating a bit, putting two gifsets under point one, but these two sets just belong together.)

Recently, “myfirstisthefourth” commented on the second of the two gifsets in the following way: “YES!!!! The quiet subtleties of their relationship are practically Screaming. #communication #we have an understanding #a different kind of intimacy”

I couldn’t express it better myself, what these two gifsets are about. The intimacy and love between John and Sherlock, visible in the subtle ways they communicate with each other. And this is such a big part of what love and intimacy are about, aren’t they? To know and understand one another, and those times that one doesn’t, wanting to try and gain that understanding?

The second fav I choose is one of the first gifsets I ever posted and also my most popular one to date. It’s a collection of Sherlock’s little appreciative smiles when John is being bold and clever, and/or supportive.

And I love this one myself, because, it raises the spirits, it shows how much Sherlock loves and appreciates John, how competent and intelligent John actually is, and, last but not least, it shows how well John understands Sherlock and how supportive he is of him.

Take the second gif, for example. Sebastian Wilkes has just demonstrated his disinterest and disregard for Sherlock’s deductions and for Sherlock himself.

John however, knows that Sherlock didn’t ask Sebastian’s secretary about his trips around the world. That Sherlock said that just to “irritate” Sebastian. John tells Sherlock that, and Sherlock smiles.

And then, John tops it all of with, unlike Sebastian, actually showing interest in Sherlock’s deductions, asking him, “How did you know?”

My third fav is a gifset inspired by the song “Renegades” and Sherlock.

This one is actually very personal and means a lot to me, even if that might not be apparent on first glance.

The song’s lyrics are a beautiful illustration of what Sherlock, the series, is about for me, of who Sherlock, the character, is in my eyes, and, consequently, of why I fell in love with both the series and the character. (I am not much of a fan of series 3 and series 4, but I still love series 1 and 2.)

At the beginning of ASIP, John's afraid to deviate from the norm, of not fitting in, that people will talk. He tries to live a normal, ordinary, civilian life, to function in society, but that's not who he is or what he can be.

On his blog, John describes Sherlock as someone who “sees through everything and everyone in seconds.”

And this is what Sherlock does when he first meets John, what he does for him. Sherlock sees him, really sees him, understands what kind of a person he is, the way he works, who he is.

Then he makes a plan of how to stop John’s leg hurting, of how to stop John hurting. Of how to give him back his agency, his confidence, and also fun and happiness in his life.

Sherlock comes along, gets John up on his feet again, and basically tells him: “People will always talk, that's what people do, but it's okay to be yourself, it’s okay to be different. And you are not alone, you can be different with me together. From now on, it's just us against the rest of the world.”

Like the gifset before, this gifset, a crossover between Sherlock and the poem “Alone” written by Edgar Allan Poe, is also very personal and means a lot to me.

It is about Sherlock as a character. About him being and feeling out of sync with the world and other people. And the boredom, sadness, and loneliness he feels as a result.

I chose certain lines of the original poem and rearranged them, changing their chronological order. Then I matched them with gifs from certain scenes of Sherlock, illustrating them, and extending the meaning of both the lines themselves and the scenes.

Last but not least, I choose my fic “ Sources of Light and Warmth” which I wrote and published in late summer/early autumn of last year.

It is a Johnlock fic, that imagines an alternative way of how Sherlock and John’s relationship could have progressed after s1.

This is how I summarized the fic on AO3:

Sherlock reopens his eyes to find John standing in the kitchen entrance, drying a mug with a towel and looking at him. “What were you thinking about?” John asks, a warm smile passing over his face. “You.”

Not tagging anyone specifically. Anyone who sees this and wants to do this, go for it!

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loganandveronica · 5 years

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Hello everyone! After the, let’s call it *incident* this year we could use some extra holiday cheer, right? Well we want to try to help with that! But we’ll need your help too! This blog is hosting a gift exchange for the LoVe fandom. Everyone that participates will receive another person that you will create at least one gift for (you are absolutely free to do more than one if you’d like!). This will be Secret Santa style, so don’t reveal who you have!

If you want to join in all you have to do is send in a submission with the following information (everyone that signs up must also be willing to create a gift, not just to receive one. Otherwise we won’t be able to do a proper exchange! :)) Please note you must sign up via your url–not on anon–otherwise we cannot give you your secret santa!!:

Name or how you want your secret santa to address you

What types of gifts would you like to receive? Give us a few preferences you may have such as gifset, video, fic etc. Also you may give prompts so your gifter can have some direction. Prompts can be specific scenes, song lyrics, or quotes for a gifset/video and for fic things like general time period/au/fix-it etc.

Things you absolutely do not want: let us know if you have any triggers or anything you don’t want to see i.e. angst, certain characters, that scene from season 4 (let’s be honest, several scenes from season 4) or things that are nsfw, etc.

Types of gifts you can make: let us know what you are able to make – fic, gifset, video, photo edits, fanart, fanmixes, or anything else you think would be a nice gift for a fellow fan :)

Things you won’t do: nsfw/smut, angst etc.

Are you able to take on an extra secret santa in case we have an uneven amount of participants or if someone needs to drop out?

Sign ups will be open for 10 days, from today, October 25 until midnight PST on Sunday, November 3. If necessary the deadline can be extended! Once you receive your secret santa we encourage you to send them nice anon messages, headcanons, random reminders/feels etc from that time until December 24 at which point we will begin posting gifts. You may post any time from December 24 until December 31 (whenever you have it done!). When you post, feel free to @ your secret santa in the post itself as well as tag their url & #lvholiday2019 and any other fandom/edit tags you’d like to use :). All gifts will be reblogged here!

#veronica mars #logan echolls #logan x veronica

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nuclearanomaly · 4 years

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CHARACTER PROFILE – NINIRA NIRA – MUSIC EDITION ♪

For many of us music is a source of inspiration for our characters, so I want to know what songs inspire and/or relate to your muse! Chose between 10-15 songs, compile them into an album and tag some friends to share the beat!

Peace & Quiet – White Lies I feel this great pressure / Coming down on me

Human – Daughter Despite everything / I’m still human

Creature – half·alive Even the depths of the night cannot blind me / When you guide me

Pompeii – Bastille And if you close your eyes / Does it almost feel like / You’ve been here before

My Friends – Oh Wonder Oh my friends / I am heavy / Can I beat within your heart

King and Lionheart – Of Monsters and Men As the world comes to an end / I’ll be there to hold your hand

Heaven – PVRIS You took my heaven away

Shelter – Porter Robinson & Madeon I’ll give them shelter / Like you’ve done for me / And I know / I’m not alone / You’ll be watching over us / Until...

Trade Mistakes – Panic at the Disco So let me save you / Hold this rope / I am an anchor / Sinking her

Under the Tide – CHVRCHES No fear / I’ll be your eyes / I’ll be a lifeline

Run – Daughter And if I try to get close / He is already gone / I don’t know where he’s going / I don’t know where he’s been / But he is restless at night / Cause he has horrible dreams

Little Dark Age – MGMT Burn the page / My little dark age

Destruction – Joywave I've been sent to torch the palace down in broad daylight / I wanna know who you told 'til they're all laying on the floor / Frozen to the core

Key – Virtual Self ♪

Goodbye to a World – Porter Robinson And if it’s true / I will surround you / And give life to a world / That’s our own

Welcome Home – Radical Face Peel the scars from off my back / I don’t need them anymore

Tagged by: @to-the-voiceless & @lunarosewood23 Thank you both

Tagging: @ahlis-xiv, @aethernoise, @holyja, @stars-bleed-hearts-shine, @kukurubean, @marjiandco, @voidwife and anyone else that wants to do it

Further rambles about the specifics of the songs etc under the cut for any interested

Peace & Quiet, Human, Creature, Pompeii & My Friends are all big WoL vibe songs. I mean I’ve already made gifsets inspired by Peace & Quiet and Human. Human also walks the line of a ship song, but more due to the parallels of experiences and the application of the lyrics in that regard (see the gifset for further understanding of my logic). Creature, easily relatable as we’re Crystal Mom’s lil minion off to save the world by her guidance. Overly religious songs are so easy to apply to a character like the WoL lmao. I once scribbled thumbnails for a picture idea for Pompeii which I think ultimately lead me to making this gifset (I forget which came first). The constant endless fights all blurring together regardless of how climatic they may seem. In my sketch I also included a final panel that was the Calamity for the “you’ve been here before”... My Friends I think speaks for it’s self, it’s also another song that resulted in my planning out some overly ambitious art ideas around the time of 4.5 when our friends were dropping like flies. I still like the concept, maybe some day.

King and Lionheart, Heaven & Shelter are my little tributes to Haurchefaunt ;___; King and Lionheart speaks for its self really. I started making a gifset for it ageess ago I think I was having trouble with sizing it all within the gif limit so I gave up lol. Heaven, is one I interpret as like a power ballad for stomping Thordan. Thordan & his Knights took her best friend away. Was it doomed to always be that way? Shelter is for processing grief for and for applying all Haurchefuant taught / believed in to the people she cares about in her life.

Trade Mistakes, Under the Tide & Run. [Rips off Shirt] EstiNi!!! Slaps the top of these three songs, these babies can hold so much angst. Angst with underlying tones of not angst? Anyway I’m sure their common theme can all be boiled down to Estinien keeps leaving and it’s breaking my heart. Please, let yourself be loved. Under the Tide makes me go feral, you can pry anything that lets me indulge in “Estinien’s been shadowing the WoL” from my cold dead hands.

Little Dark Age just gives me BLM vibes. But also if you want to dig deeper the lyrics breath of exhaustion which Nini ultimately is.

Destruction is fighting music. I listened to this song a lot around 4.4-4.5. I was so ready for things to just go so so wrong and for Nini to just lose her mind. Give me strong people that just go ballistic when given reason and destroy everything before coming out of it and realizing what they’ve done :)c

Key is just a good vibe song, gives me imagery of flight which Nini finds exhilarating. I always like to picture her just flying around on one of her mounts when I listen to it. The way the beat slows into a heart beat too, like this thing makes her feel alive and happy ;u;

Goodbye to a World is a Bad End song. Self sacrifice for the preservation of everything for those she loves? Don’t think she won’t do it -jazz hands-

Welcome Home is in contrast a Good End song. Let her have a home. Let her rest. Let her retire from being the hero and just relax in the world she saved surrounded by those she loves.

#oc meme #Ninira Nira #I know some yall been tagged already but... w/e #you should do it because I like seeing what songs people associated their characters with >:)#tfw /hum is not a single loop but possibly a double loop animation #just don't look too close for the stutter >>#I mean the sky stutters anyway but it was moving so #anyway I made myself narrow this down or I could be here all day

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alinastarvko · 5 years

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ok, everybody, i have no idea how this happened but i am beyond thankful for it!! 1.3k people follow me?? how is that even possible?? from the bottom of my heart thank you! to everyone who likes or reblogs my posts(original content or not), to the ones that leave nice comments in the tags, to the ones who send me asks on and off anon, to the ones who have sent me messages telling me they decided to talk to me because my blog and i seemed friendly, thank you thank you thank you!! it truly means a lot to me

now, enough of the sappy introduction, here’s how we’re gonna celebrate!

important things

you must be following this allie stan

reblog this post (likes are only for bookmarks)

vote for my new url right here

tell me what you voted for and send me one of the following emojis

you can pick up to 2 options! please be as specific as possible if you choose an edit!!!

if you’re a the society stan you are more than welcome to join this discord gc

blacklist “lina celebrates” if you don’t want to see the posts

please be patient, creating things from scratch takes time and i like to do them right :’)

pls don’t let this flop, if it does campbell made me post it

options under the cut

💫 for a name aesthetic

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💞 for a ship gifset (the society and aftg)

💌 for a blog compliment

🖼 for an icon (i am very new on this whole thing so it might not be perfect but i will try my best and i’m doing it with love, you can see some of them here)

🔮 for a 5 song playlist

🔀 this or that (you send me two characters/ships/artists/movies/episodes etc and I make an edit with my answer)

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#lina celebrates #we'll see how this goes

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karedevilsquad · 5 years

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How long have you been in the Daredevil/Defenders fandom? So, according to my archive, I posted my first DD-related gifset (which of course was a Karedevil one) in November 2016. Wow, it’s been some time!

How many times do you think you’ve watched the show(s)? Well, if we’re talking about a proper rewatch, then not many, maybe once or twice. When it comes to the Karedevil scenes though, too many to count!

What is your favorite thing about Karedevil? I love the fact that they have a lot in common, as they began to realise during Season 3, that they can understand each other without judging and critising one another, that they support each other since day one. I can’t choose one specific thing. I’d say it’s their chemistry, the way they behave, move or talk around each other, basically everything about them. I’m such a sucker for KD!

What do you look for in a story? Well-written characters are the most important thing imo.

What is your DDS4 wishlist? Matt and Karen rebuilding their relationship, a lot of flirting and them being adorable, some well-deserved happiness. In general a lot of Karedevil! Also, the core three being a team again, working together and of course getting in trouble together!

What are your favorite creations that you’ve done and why? It’s so hard for me to choose…but giving no real answer is pretty boring, so let’s see.

Ok, so this one I love mostly because it’s one of the first KD gifsets I’ve posted (for some time I thought it was the very first one, I don’t know why) and it reminds me of my first days in the fandom. Also, even though at that time I didn’t really know that much about giffing, I think it turned out ok. I like the coloring, which, if I remember correctly, was a product of pure luck!

This one has a special place in my heart too. I think it’s one of my most creative ones because of the quote I used and the “unusual” technique of adding a lot of successive snippets of scenes in one gifset. I feel like I kinda created a story there, how Karen felt about Matt being gone after TD, my one version of it. Does it make sense? haha

Do you have any advice for other creators? As simple as it may sound, I’ll go with my first thought when I read this question. Do your thing. Create what you want, make something that makes YOU happy, that inspires you, that makes you feel creative, that entertains you, that you feel proud for. Always with love, kindness, and positivity.

How do you come up with ideas for creations? In no specific way. Randomly I’d say. I might listen to a song and find some lyrics inspiring, I might read a beautiful quote while browsing, I might rewatch a scene and feel like giffing it or connect it with another one and feel like doing a parallel. I also have amazing friends with amazing ideas. Ideas come from everywhere!

What are your top characters from the Defenders in order: I’ll give you my top 4: Karen Page, Matt Murdock, Foggy Nelson, Jessica Jones (I’m not that strict with the order though)

Anything else? Yes, something very important! One of the BEST things about shipping KD is without a question the Karedevil Squad ❤

Send me asks any time! I’m always happy to get requests! Accepting: Prompts, General KD questions, Creator process questions

#Karedevil Squad #KaredevilCreatorsWeek #Karedevil #Daredevil #spotlight #Karedevil Creators #2019 #Karedevil Creators Week #lifeisjustalonelyhighway #Creators Showcase

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mavrustheunskooled · 5 years

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Why is Bare: A Pop Opera not as super popular as Dear Evan Hansen or Be More Chill? The fandom loves LGBT rep (which Bare has) and the songs are amazing and I think B:APO is actually superior to both of those. Thoughts? I mean the musical fandom tends to try to find LGBT characters even when they aren't stated, so why do you think Bare is not as popular?

this is a very interesting question and I am hopefully going to do it justice by analyzing Fandom, Musical Writing, and Many Other Things I’m Super Passionate About

the short: many factors and a lot of luck

the unnecessarily long:

(opening disclaimer: I love dear evan hansen and be more chill, and I’m not upset that they’re popular musicals because I feel that they’re popular for a reason. anything that sounds like an insult in the following response isn’t such because I truly enjoy both of those musicals a lot)

(another disclaimer: spoilers for bare, DEH, and BMC, also mentions of homophobia)

on paper, bare seems like the exact sort of musical that would be popular. bare the musical (cursed as it is) has a cast of super popular actors like Barrett Wilbert Weed, Gerard Canonico, Taylor Trensch, Alice Lee, Alex Wyse, a high quality bootleg exists of the 2013 LA cast, it’s got LGBT+ rep, complex women characters… and yet it’s got a tiny fan base. Why?

first let’s look at why dear evan hansen and be more chill are popular. I’m more well versed in bmc, so let’s look at its history (disclaimer: I’m estimating dates but this is roughly the timeline)

the original bmc run was in 2015 I believe. they recorded a soundtrack, everything was fine, and they closed. in 2017, people began discovering the soundtrack in hoards. specifically, they were discovering one song: Michael in the bathroom. that’s even how I learned about the show- I heard that song and had to look up the rest of the soundtrack. and in February of 2019, they’ll start previews on broadway because the fandom was revived

why this song? I think a ton of fame comes from talent, yes, but also from luck. I think bmc was lucky that Michael in the bathroom, a great song, was discovered as the great song that it is. I also think the fame came because that song is super relatable. as someone with pretty bad anxiety, that song really touched me because I’ve definitely spent parties hiding in the bathroom and avoiding everyone and wishing I was dead because I’m so overwhelmed with anxiety. it’s relatable, so people flocked to it.

this made me pause to think “what is bare’s hook song” my first thought was a quiet night at home if we want a song in the same vein as MITB, but that song isn’t as hype as MITB (and fandoms don’t care about fem characters as much as it cares about masc characters). my next thought was are you there because I think it’s a bop and a relatable “pls someone help” kind of song, but I don’t know which song everyone could relate to as much as everyone could relate to MITB

and speaking of relatable content- that’s where the DEH connection comes in. dear evan hansen is similarly relatable, although it takes that to an extreme given what Evan does as a result of his anxiety. Michael and Evan are relatable characters, even if you don’t condone everything they do (and if you condone everything Evan does, we have much to talk about)

but doesn’t bare have relatable characters?? absolutely !! there’s Peter, a closeted gay kid who wants to come out, and Jason, someone who acts tough but is secretly very insecure, and Nadia, with her body image issues, and Ivy, who people won’t take seriously because they’ve decided they already know her, and so many other complex characters. so why are they left behind?

let’s look at bare’s history:

bare was originally written in the 90s (I want to say 1999, but I could be wrong) the performance most people consider the quintessential bare performance was in 2004 with Michael Arden, John Hill, Jenna Leigh Green, etc.

if you compare this to DEH and BMC, the first issue is clear. DEH was hugely popular around 2016. BMC began to grow in popularity in 2017. these are very, very new shows. 20 years doesn’t sound like a lot, but in our current age where time seems to pass so quickly which each new fad, bare seems like an older musical, and a lot of people aren’t the biggest fan of older musicals. and they don’t have to be !! but it’s a personal preference of some people that could affect how they view bare as a potential musical to be a fan of

in terms of the music of bare, it’s definitely catchy, but it’s not like a pop song. (again, no shade at DEH and BMC because those aren’t jukebox musicals or anything). bare is simply not as easy to listen to as DEH and BMC are in my opinion (and it’s not the most complicated thing ever either, but holy cow its lyrics are smart and I have to throw that in here)

now let’s look at reasons why people may not want to watch bare. while it is great that it has canon gay characters, compelling women characters, and is very cleverly written it also has issues that can be turn-offs to people. this includes:

-bury your gays

-gay-guy-cheats-on-boyfriend-with-girl trope

-gay-guy-gets-outed trope

-and potentially other homophobic tropes

I’m not shaming bare for perpetuating these tropes because it was written 20 years ago, and lgbt+ people are allowed to enjoy media in spite of its perpetuation of negative tropes, but for some people these things are enough to turn them away. and I don’t blame them! I watched bare the musical before I watched bare a pop opera, and when Jason I died I closed out of YouTube without finishing the show because I was so Sick of bury your gays.

I am aware that there are reasons Jason died at the end of bare (they’re making a statement about how homophobia kills, particularly how homophobic religious people can have an awful affect on young religious gay people), but there comes a time when “reasons for a gay character to die” is just too much. sometimes, you just want the gay character to live, and I completely respect that notion because I felt the exact same way when I watched bare the musical. I remember when I first watched bare the musical I wrote a thread about how as a Romeo and Juliet adaptation, bare follows some things closely (like death at the end) while avoiding other extremes (Romeo running off to another country) and I thus felt the death was unnecessary. if someone else feels similarly about being sick of gay characters dying, they have every right to not want to watch bare

that’s enough on why someone might not want to watch bare. let’s get back to bare vs DEH and BMC

I also think a big aspect of fandoms is shipping. the fetishization of MLM (and consequently ignoring fem characters completely, along with focusing solely on white men for their shipping and ignoring men of color) is a huge problem in fandoms that I could talk about forever, but for the sake of this response, I’ll keep it a bit shorter

DEH and BMC profit heavily off of shipping in terms of gaining popularity. people love Evan x Connor (and other ships but that’s the main one I see), and people love Jeremy x Michael (and others). so why then do people not care about bare, a show with a canon relationship between 2 basic white men, which is their ultimate goal?

I think people like the idea of these mlm ships more than canon content. if there’s canon, it’s harder for them to make a variety of ships because it feels like everything else has to rotate around the canon without touching it (which is where the bare fandom gets Matt x Lucas because they’re the closest they have to 2 basic men- I can write my criticism of them another time though)

I’ve also seen posts saying that things with canon lgbt+ characters sometimes have smaller fandoms because there is no need for lgbt+ theorizing- it’s right there, and if you want lgbt+ content, watch the thing. I don’t necessarily agree with this for myself (I’ll reblog every pilgrim’s hands gifset I see) but I can definitely see how other people might think this way

failing to hype up stuff with lgbt+ characters can have a negative impact. BMC is the prime example of how a show can be revived by its passionate fan base. if people aren’t talking about bare, it’s not going to spread like other shows do

this is kind of all over the place but anyway- I want to talk about characters more. one thing DEH and BMC have are great, complex characters that are very easy to boil down to a fandom’s favorite stereotypes. I am absolutely not saying DEH and BMC have simple characters because I think all of them have layers; however, fandoms do love to go “this is precious cinnamon roll who can do no wrong and this is evil awful terrible irredeemable person” and it’s a bit difficult to do that with bare.

you can say Peter is your perfect son, but he does try to force Jason out before he’s ready. you can say Ivy is the evil seductress trying to tear apart your gay babies, but I will physically fight you. there aren’t any black-and-white good or bad bare characters (except Father Flynn- hate him), which doesn’t fit in line with the way fandoms function. sweeping generalizations about the current state of society based on the internet are exhausting and bad, but we do live in an age where everything must either be perfect or evil, and you can’t do that with bare. no one “did nothing wrong uwu” and that’s what fandoms Want

(note: they will excuse wrong actions, such as everything wrong Connor Murphy has ever done, if the character is played by a mildly attractive guy they want to ship with another mildly attractive guy)

another point that I don’t have fully fleshed out thoughts on enough to devote too much time to is the integration of parents into the shows. in both DEH and BMC, the parents get redemption arcs. in bare, Claire does say she love Peter at the end, but she’s much less of a sympathetic character than Mr. Heere or Heidi (that’s her name right- Evan’s mom) or the Murphys. when I was younger, I wasn’t allowed to watch anything that painted parents, or adults in general, in a negative light, but maybe that’s not a universal experience

this is getting way too long and it probably has more thought put into it than what was necessary, so I’ll try to close this quickly

I think, first off, that DEH and BMC completely deserve the hype that they have received. they’ve got compelling stories, interesting characters, and fantastic soundtracks. I also think that luck factors heavily into them getting what they deserve. there are plenty of great shows, like bare and the boy who danced on air and spies are forever and probably more that I’m not thinking of, that have great music and characters and story that, out of sheer chance, don’t get the chance they should have been given. there is no bulleted list someone can follow and at the end they’ll be on broadway with an armful of tonys; is the luck of the draw, and bare has not been afforded that chance

I’ll end with some reasons why anyone who happened to read this but might not be a bare fan should listen to or watch bare:

- it is an amazingly clever show; every time I watch it or listen to it, I realize another moment of foreshadowing or a line I originally brushed off was actually very significant or there’s another recurring motif/theme in the music

- it’s full of bops (go listen to you and I or are you there or portrait of a girl)

- canon gay characters in a canon gay relationship

- 3 dimensional fem characters that actively criticize stereotypes

- it’s about a religious gay boy who grapples with his religion and his sexuality and how those two things can coexist

- it is Very Very Good

in conclusion: bare is very good and deserves attention xx

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