THE ANIMATIC(?) IS REAAAAAAAAAAAL!!!! it's amateur as hell but for a first real animation I'M SO PROUD OF MYSELF AHHHHHHHHH
i'm so excited i don't even know how to explain the premise
edit: watching all of the JG1 shows made me realize how cumbersome and deadly the Emperor of Destruction title was... so here is me displaying all of the "emperors" over millions of years!!!
more beneath cut (contains heavy spoilers for tons of shows)
The first Emperor is Megatron, then he get's rebuilt by Unicron to become Galvatron (repping the OG show & movie).
Galvatron dies in The Headmasters, Lord Zarak (Scorponok's head) takes the role. His transtector gets destroyed, removing him from power as he goes into hiding.
Overlord is *not* an Emperor of Destruction in Super-God Masterforce, but they are the face of the Decepticon movement for Devil Z on Earth (until later). They don't get a crown, hence the covered face. Neat detail, right? *pats myself on the back*
Deathsaurus takes the title after Overlord (for a short while) was Emperor. He goes into hiding too, or dies. It's ambiguous.
Violengiguar is created by Dark Nova. They both got close to the title, but I'd say that Dark Nova was closest. The crown get's shattered as the title becomes meaningless... for a while. After this we get into the Beast Era.
Beast Wars Megatron and BWII Galvatron are shown together as they're on equal footing, for the most part. They both die.
Magmatron appears, battling a Unicron-Possessed BW2 Galvatron. This is taken from Beast Wars Neo :) Magmatron doesn't die, so there is no mark over his face. Honestly, he's the most different from the other Emperors, so good for him.
The clock turns back and we are met with RID01's Megatron, or Car Robots' Gigatron. Depends on what version ya watch. Either way, the Beast Era ends and the final part of JG1 begins with that last scene.
Being crazy about a piece of media for any amount of time will leave a weird mark on you forever because years later you’ll see someone posting something about it like “can we talk about this frame” and you’ll be like “ah that frame. i know all about that frame. I was once a scholar of that frame.”
gamefreak was like you know what would be so funny. if we introduced two characters. alright. one's gonna be a protagonist named red and one's gonna be a rival named blue. and it's gonna explore how their friendship dissolved as a result of their rivalry and then guess what. in the sequel series we're gonna have a protagonist named kris. and SHE'S gonna be the one to have blue hair. and we're gonna have a rival named silver and HE'S gonna have red hair. and it's gonna explore how their friendship GREW as a result of their rivalry. wouldn't that be so fucking funny
vaguely working on a vampire comedy about a group of vampires dealing with the death of their sire, not because they're mourning him, but because they're rapidly realizing that a lot of the Vampire Rules were him just straight up fucking with them
what do you MEAN we can go out in the daytime, he just didn't want his neighbors to notice that he had half a dozen twinks in matching outfits hidden in his basement???
YES it’s about the stark absurdity of looking back on an abusive situation you thought was normal YES it features a scene where a bunch of vampires in anachronistic formal wear try a ton of off-brand sodas from the dollar store to see which ones make them puke
Okay, so I'm rewatching Kinger talking about Scratch and I feel like a few details are interesting and really point to the SOMA theory (the theory that the cast aren't real humans but brainscans of humans).
Mainly, the brain tumor.
Brain tumors, to me, are some of the scariest forms of cancer. Based on where they grow and what they press on, disrupting the nervous system, they can cause sudden personality changes. If you or a loved one have no idea that there is a tumor, it's like the person has been replaced overnight. Interestingly they can also cause hallucinations.
Kinger also mentioned that Scratch was trying to build something. What if he was trying to create an AI that would replicate him, just without the tumor? Even without the hallucinations and personality change, brain tumors can cause severely painful headaches, balance issues, and issues with hearing and seeing. It would also match the game the theory is mentioned for.
But there's also the idea that Scratch wanted to "cure" himself, or at least create a world where he was cured. I think it's interesting that he's mentioned as the first abstraction, as well as having the tumor. We know abstraction can be caused by Caine adding too many modifiers to a person. Maybe Scratch, still dealing with the issues of the tumor, tried to figure out a fix with Caine, but too many attempts and too many modifications killed him.
Scratch is really interesting in the way he haunts the narrative.
some of my favorite paintings of all time are the dozens of self portraits this one dude in the early 1900s made of himself in clown paint. like, there's so many. and they're all bangers
this isn't even 25% of them. check out armand henrion for more. yes this is all he ever painted hope you like it