Product Placement
I'd rather be in outer space đ¸
shark vs the universe
Lint Roller? I Barely Know Her
Love Begins
taylor price
No title available
i don't do bad sauce passes
Sade Olutola
romaâ
blake kathryn
h
Monterey Bay Aquarium
Kiana Khansmith
occasionally subtle
tumblr dot com
sheepfilms
@theartofmadeline
#extradirty
Origami Around
seen from United States
seen from United Kingdom
seen from United Kingdom
seen from Germany
seen from United States
seen from Netherlands
seen from India
seen from Germany
seen from Argentina
seen from Malaysia
seen from Malaysia
seen from TĂźrkiye
seen from United States
seen from Sweden
seen from Netherlands
seen from Malaysia
seen from Netherlands
seen from Malaysia
seen from United Kingdom
seen from Malaysia
@arcpaladin-jaune
Thunderhoof and Karen Mckarenson Kiss in Lovely đŤđąđťââď¸đđŠľđŠˇâ¤ď¸đŠââ¤ď¸âđ¨đŠââ¤ď¸âđâđ¨đđĽ°đđđ
This is literally my artwork bruh excuse!?!
Literally cropped out my oc bruh learn to draw for yourself. Pick up a pencil
The difference between "animal rights" and animal welfare, everyone.
Dragonslayer week 2023 theme voting
Alright everyone voting for the themes of Dragonslayer week is up. You have until 6/20/23 to get your votes in. You can vote for multiple themes
This poll is to pick the top 7 choices for Dragonslayer Week 2023. At the end of the polling period, Dragonslayer week proper starts July 25
Emercury Week Day 2: Modern AU
https://twitter.com/paintedrecs/status/1639610323580899328
ALT
When shippers of popular ships think the fandom belongs to them so they can oppress whoever prefers minor ships instead of theirs.
A talented artist who dares not drawing our popular ship? Letâs call them out on their nsfw art!
A shipper who got upset with the hate weâve been throwing at their insignificant ship and blocked us? Letâs harass them and accuse them of horrible things!
A group of people boldly running an event or a Discord server about their trashy little ship without asking our permission? Letâs do everything to take them down!
Basically they act like you should be obedient and behave very well according to what they expect of you, including accepting all their hate as âjust a joke lol canât take a joke?â, or else youâre gonna face the consequences of trying to create your own experience in this fandom outside their nasty group.
Greetings and salutations! Welcome to the official announcement of the prompts and rules for DragonSlayer Week 2022. This ship week is dedicated to the pairing between Jaune Arc and Yang Xiao Long. This event will run from July 25th to July 31st. Please read through and familiarize yourself with the rules before proceeding.
Rules:
Posts must be Dragonslayer centric. You can have secondary and background ships, but Dragonslayer is the focus.
No bashing of characters or other ships. We mean it. If you hate or think less of a character or a certain ship, leave it out of the submissions.
All posts welcome for this. You can post art, shitposts, fanfics, mood boards, edits, gifsets, etc. The sky is the limits
Please have the tag #dragonslayerweek within the first 5 tags of your post. Also tag this blog so we can reblog your posts.
All posts on tumblr must be SFW, any NSFW posts will be on the discord server.
Please give any warnings for extreme content.
Have fun
Hereâs the link for voting on the top 7 choices for this yearâs themes.
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSccebWRYxj4a_glF7VLO1RfCd3bxG7gM127QsSTM3mgVPW7Tg/viewform?usp=sf_link
This poll is to pick the top 7 choices for Dragonslayer Week 2022. At the end of the polling period, Dragonslayer week proper starts July 25
Discord server
Hello folks, if youâre interested in joining a discord server for not just Yautja, but Aliens/Xenomorphs with some Terminator, Mass Effect, and other sci-fi on the side? Then come join us in Alien vs Predator Expanded Universe.
https://discord.gg/dPeGy24
Check out the Alien vs Predator Expanded Universe community on Discord - hang out with 18 other members and enjoy free voice and text chat.
Expensive BBQ
A black-owned family business here in urban Texas sells more than that for less than $15 dollars, and it used to be cheaper before the shutdowns and super-inflation.
Shit, for that I could buy half a pig at Daveâs.
So uhâŚ.some dude apparently recreated Adobe Photoshop feature-for-feature, for FREE, and it runs in your browser.
Anyway, fuck Adobe, and enjoy!
Give credit to the 30-year-old who did this shit for free and offers this remarkable thing for free!
you are allowed to dislike or hate ships.
you are allowed to be against shipping problematic pairings.
you are allowed to view ships as disgusting or gross.
you are allowed to view ships as weird or cringey.
however
the moment you decide to harass, bully, or suicide-bait people over it?
you are automatically the person in the wrong.
Worldbuilding of RWBY - The reason i HATE and LOVE the show in equal measure.
I love exploring new fantastical worlds. Be it through books, video games, anime, movies or any kind of media. To me, all of those creative endeavors are not just about the story that is being told, it is also about the world that is being presented to me. Harry Potter and Lord of the Rings being one of my first influences in just experiencing new worlds.
RWBY is no different in this regard. While the fights captivated me as much as anyone else, its the world that attracted me the most. It was during the retcon period of League of Legends and (in my opinion) the total failure of a story from âSunriderâ that i got fully immersed in RWBY as not just a cool show with cool fights, but as a full world full of wonder.
And this sense of wonder has only been growing since V1, with each volume bringing in new information, or series such as âworld of remnantâ that also gave extra information about the world. Even with my opinion that the quality of the show is not the best, anything the show gives i like in a creative sense (to an extent).
Imagination and Freedom
The reason why i care about worlds like RWBY is because they allow imagination to run free, for not only the creator but also the consumer. Let us take the universe of âShadowrunâ games for example. It is a dystopian cyberpunk setting with fantasy elements in it. Through this universe i have seen stories, met characters and even explored ideas that i never thought about before. And so have the writers.
We have a cyberpunk setting with fantasy elements? Well, why dont we explore what would happen if a corporation exploited the concept of âFeng Shuiâ for its own gain?
Why dont we explore transhumanism through one characters quest to achieve immortality of all humanity through integration of machines?
Why dont we explore how becoming an outcast and finding strenght in it can lead a person to reject and even fight against values instilled in them by others?
I could go on for hours about the stories i have experienced in Shadowrun. Characters i have met. And the world itself of course, the differences and connections between different corporations. European war 1 and 2. But most importantly is that while there have been a lot of things explored, i still feel like the world has a LOT to go through. As such i both feel content with what i have now, yet i want more.
Remnant, a world underutilized
This is not the feeling i have with the world of RWBY as much as i would like to. While i still want to see more of it and can tell you about the world of Remnant, i cant even tell close to the ammount of stories that i can about Shadowrun. And its simply because RWBY barely utilizes its world and even characters, at least the main show does.
The books i have heard about quite frankly sound more interesting and more exploring of the world than the show. A brother and a sister working together to recreate a monarcy as they believe to be the righftull descendents of a great ruler? The details i have heard about those books are great, they explain why civilians dont have aura, how Vacuo was fucked over by the other kingdoms.
Or what about stories about Ozpin? Him in his various reincarnations? Him living different lives and influencing legends and stories that outlive his own hosts?
And yet the main show over 8 volumes manages to run over 3(4) kingdoms without barely exploring ANY of them. Why does Vale look so âmodernâ? Does it even have a consistent city plan that does not change between Volumes? What culture does it have? How is it ruled? How do criminals like Torchwick and Junior come about? The same can be said about other locations as-well. We barely saw Mistral, most of our time in Menagerie was in a literal palace and while V7-8 do try something with Atlas, it is quickly cut short due to Salem being included in a place that she genuinely did not need to appear in.
It just feels like im sitting in a train looking out the window and see so many interesting things pass by, yet being unable to focus on any of them.
This is why for the most part fanfictions of RWBY keep me an avid fan of the show. I have seen fanfictions that create/explore the military life of Atlas. Fanfictions that explore the relationship between huntsmen and simple civilians. Fanfictions that explore a possible crime underground in various kingdoms. Fanfictions that truly explore and utilize the world that the show has, and does not use.
What is a Huntsman
In the end, some of you might say âWell, RWBY as a show does not focus on those things, its fine if they are not shownâ, and that is partially correct, RWBY as a show is about different aspects of the world than i have listed previously. The problem isâŚ.
Even that is done poorly in regards to worldbuilding.
Aura has been retconed in V5, and even to this day, from the show itself we barely know ANYTHING about it. It can shield people but we dont know what for example decides aura reserves, why do people have different ammounts of Aura? Why are certain weapons (like snipers) not more popular since aura is active? How is Vytal Tournament even a thing if anyone can die from stealth easily? Why are aura trackers seemingly used in the tournament and almost never make an appearance again?
Hunters are basically trained mercenaries right? What governs them, does anyone? Is there any way of ensuring loyalty? Are there many rogue huntsmen? Do businesses or governments use them for some shady stuff? Is that not allowed or allowed? How would you even take in a rogue huntsman and keep them in jail? Can you negate semblances or Aura of people somehow?
Are they all trained to build/maintain their weapons? Where do they get the parts? Who teaches them? Does everyone do that?
I can ask these questions all day and night and receive barely any answers to any of these, while i can go into a single Shadowrun game and get many, if not answers, at least directly proposed theories and information. The same cannot be said about RWBY.
And the questions i gave before? All related to huntsmen, the people we are following on their adventure right now. They even have Qrow with them, a supposed veteran huntsman of a bad background that could be utilized to tell the heroes at least a few of these things.
And yet, nothing.
End
I love the world of RWBY because it allows a LOT of creativity in those who look at the world and want to add to it. But i also hate the show because it REFUSES to do the same, to take the world it has created and fully utilize it.
RWBY genuinely could have been on the level of Avatar with its worldbuilding. An adventure during which our heroes discover/learn more about the huntsmen system and the kingdoms that they are supposed to protect.
And yet as many have described what RWBY has is a world that is as big as an ocean, yet deep as a puddle. It has so much at its hands and does nothing with it.
And it is frustrating.
I WANT to know more, yet the show refuses to do so and instead looks like its running head-first into the end of the series.
You know, I can break this whole thing with another comparison.
My Hero Academia.
Tell me, how does Bakugo prevent his sweat from destabilizing and turning volatile? How pure is the nitroglycerin in his sweat? Why does he have nitroglycerin in his sweat? How does it affect his body in other ways? Is he not allowed outside during the winter due to how unpredictable frozen nitroglycerin is? Are people like Denki not allowed near Bakugo due to how their Quirks can accidentally turn him into a bomb? If they are, do they need proof that they can control their Quirks? Has Bakugo been scouted by demolition crews and explosive manufactures due to his Quirk basically giving them cheap and easy access to a potent explosive?
I can go on and on with this idea with just Bakugo alone. And heâs not even close to the most egregious case of this in that series (that would be something like Erasure) let alone be the general world building.
And yet most people would argue that MHA is a good if great series despite having about the same amount of depth as RWBY in terms of world building. And this isnât an isolated thing either. Dragon Ball does this even more than the other two and yet itâs still highly respected. What youâre describing is the exception, not the rule.Â
We could talk about what separates an isekai series from a battle shounen series and talk about what constitutes quality, but you donât bring that up. You donât even try to argue that this is a goal of mainline RWBY. This is not even touching the whole âAura was retconned!â thing which you donât explain either. And my experiences with arguing that subject make it worse, not better for me to assume.
For a guy who talks about details, you arenât very good with them.
OP, how are your comparing Shadowrun, a tabletop game where the DM bullshits world details on the fly to fill the gaps in the rather thin material provided in the rulebooks to an pinging action show?
Also, I love Avatar, but it had very little worldbuilding. We learn about as much as we learn in RWBY.
RWBY isnât even a completed series yet and itâs done on a very tight schedule with a shoestring budget. Chill and cut it some slack.
Yknow... I cringe whenever people would bitch about retcons in RWBY, because... I literally never see any. The things they call "retcons" are usually just "oh, this thing hasn't been mentioned in 2 seasons, they must have forgot about it" or things that don't align with their personal headcanons of the characters.
For example, for the first one, i saw someone complain that they retconned Yang's burning hair when she activates her semblance because... she didn't use it for 2 volumes. Later turned out to be bullshit because, yes, she does still light up, she just didn't need to in either v4 or 5.
For the second one, it's the most obvious and common: "they retconned Adam's character! He was never a yandere!" while ignoring he literally only had 7 lines up to the point before "hello my darling" and none of them gave him any character depth whatsoever. They more just established that he was a leader of the white fang and less established anything concrete about his personality.
I have not seen a true, honest to god retcon in RWBY as of yet. They've been pretty consistent with their own lore so far.
What's the most common 'retcon' claim with RWBY?
That Aura was retconnned in V5 because of the word 'passive'. This despite not only Pyrrha mentioning that you needed to ACTIVATE Aura but that Neo went in for the kill after Yang was knocked unconscious with no indication that her Aura was done other than said unconsciousness, implying that Aura was only active if you were conscious. AKA the opposite of being without activity (passive).
People will claim that it was retconned despite being identical before and after the retcon because of a single word. ... That we associate with subconscious in the first place.
But Torchwick supposedly being this great fighter despite turning tail the first chance he got in Episode 1 and his supposed right hand not even getting a mention until Volume 2? Nah, that doesn't fit retcons...because fuck you.
That's my issue with the retcon thing. There have been moments of miscommunication with the audience in RWBY as well as changing things retroactively (like Penny's secret of being a robot being contradicted by her fuck off lazer beam in Volume 1) but no one gives a shit because most of it isn't this big grandiose shit they can benefit off of. No, gotta go after the shit that sounds big until you realize that it's basically a peacock spreading it's feathers. Which in turn make actual criticism HARDER.
It's not about continuity issues- it's about 'RWBY bad'.
Is that piece of media actually bad or did it just not go the way you wanted it to go?
Is that piece of media actually bad or did it just not live up to the expectations you set for it?
Is that piece of media actually bad or do you just personally dislike it?
Is that piece of media bad or did you project your own cultural baggage onto a piece of media from the past or from another country?
âFMA is bad because it portrays war criminals as sympathetic, likable peopleâ bro thatâs the point. Thatâs the whole point. That is THE point. Did you think Ethnic Cleanser is some kind of special category of person that gets separated away from all the Good People at birth? Did you think thereâs some kind of barn full of Genocide Doers that only gets deployed into the general public during world wars? Did you think assholes who do terrible shit in real life are never charming or likable or capable of doing good things and helping people? One of the best parts of FMA is how we the audience realize that some of our core protags have made irredeemable choices, and we have to reckon with the fact that theyâre still people, with the unalienable rights and qualities thereof. Sorry if the Problematics arenât constantly wearing a dunce cap and a list of all their crimes and this makes the media incomprehensible to you Â
These tags have passed peer review
The point of making sympathetic, likeable characters war criminals isnât to make war crimes seem good. Itâs to show that people who appear good can still be war criminals
Itâs also to show you that, even if you make terrible mistakes, itâs never too late to change yourself and make your world better as you work to correct the harm you may have done. And if terrible things were done to you, you can still live and grow and heal. Even if you think yourself irredeemable, someone out there will be able to find forgiveness for you, just make sure youâre worthy of it when it happens.
âYou have two good legs, get up and use them.â
Happy motherâs day to the best mom!
Greetings and salutations! Welcome to the official announcement of the prompts and rules for DragonSlayer Week 2022. This ship week is dedicated to the pairing between Jaune Arc and Yang Xiao Long. This event will run from July 25th to July 31st. Please read through and familiarize yourself with the rules before proceeding.
Rules:
Posts must be Dragonslayer centric. You can have secondary and background ships, but Dragonslayer is the focus.
No bashing of characters or other ships. We mean it. If you hate or think less of a character or a certain ship, leave it out of the submissions.
All posts welcome for this. You can post art, shitposts, fanfics, mood boards, edits, gifsets, etc. The sky is the limits
Please have the tag #dragonslayerweek within the first 5 tags of your post. Also tag this blog so we can reblog your posts.
All posts on tumblr must be SFW, any NSFW posts will be on the discord server.
Please give any warnings for extreme content.
Have fun
Hereâs the link for voting on the top 7 choices for this yearâs themes.
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSccebWRYxj4a_glF7VLO1RfCd3bxG7gM127QsSTM3mgVPW7Tg/viewform?usp=sf_link
This poll is to pick the top 7 choices for Dragonslayer Week 2022. At the end of the polling period, Dragonslayer week proper starts July 25
