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So due to the new lore drop and theories thanks to season 5 I decided to edit the SI!OC I was making for my Mobile Kid fic. Here’s their new appearance.
Also sorry if it spoils anyone, I tagged this as best as I could to have the filters catch it but I know it sometimes slips past it
basically just me rambling about how i feel about the animation. i'm not going to talk about plot but i tagged spoilers just in case :3
First, to put it bluntly:
No, I do not like the look of season 5. The movement of the characters is regularly stiff and slow, the character proportions are odd, lines are oddly angled instead of smooth (like the monkey tails), you can tell they're still adjusting to how LMK does character lighting, and it's not as flashy and fun in my opinion. I think some of the sound design was a little weird this season, too (in EP3, Wukong busting a giant hole in the wall makes like no noise? Just seems weird to me). The space cracks are oddly... solid, if that makes sense? In season 4 they appeared much more delicate, while in this season they're, in a way, heavy? Also, this is certainly a personal irk, but the blended style for the tears? Not a fan. I could be misremembering, but Flying Bark made them crisp.
Having said that, it's not nearly as bad as I (and others, I imagine) thought it would have looked, judging from the trailer. Part of this is probably because they reused a lot of animation from previous seasons; which, by the way, isn't bad, it saves time and I'm sure it's a lifesaver while they're learning. It's just... obvious. Very obvious, especially because you can tell they did it more this season than Flying Bark did.
I've watched some clips from Carmen Sandiego because I think it's one of Wild Brain's most recent shows, and I think you can see the similarities. I didn't watch a lot, but it seems to me that characters are less expressive with their body language and more stagnant. They also don't seem to be super facially expressive to me, but like I said, I didn't watch a lot. Now, Carmen is a beautifully animated show! But it's different. And different's not bad, it's just... hard. Unsatisfying and disappointing, currently. Flying Bark's style, in my opinion, had the characters constantly moving. Whether it was a tail twitching, a position shift, a little expression in the background, they were moving. And they moved fluently and quickly. It really made the characters feel alive. I THINK it's also a different between puppet animation and frame-by-frame animation but don't quote me on that.
ANYWAY all of that is to say that yes, there are visible differences and they're upsetting. I hold LMK very near and dear to my heart as I'm sure many of us do, so as thrilled as I am to have season 5, it does hurt a bit.
HOWEVER.
Wild Brain isn't responsible for that. Flying Bark had a learning curve just in season 1 vs season 2. We have to give the new studio TIME to grow and adapt to the style. It's really unfortunate because now we have what feels like a very crudely animated season that I just know would have been better with the style we all know and love, but hopefully there will be more seasons, they'll get better, and we'll realize that this is just a blip in our hopefully long lives.
And to the neurodivergents: you are valid, we are valid. God knows I loathe change. I was really hoping the studio change was just a misunderstanding, but unfortunately it's not. LMK's visual aspect is important. If you decide to leave the show behind, that's okay! If you don't, welcome to the ship I'm trying to keep afloat!
Back to everybody now. Your decision is yours; don't let others make you feel bad about leaving or sticking with the show and most DEFINITELY do not lash out at the studio, because istg if the show gets cancelled from backlash I'll jump off a bridge (/dramatic).
Anyway idk if this is really an analysis. But it's something! Less than 4 days for the english dub, whoop whoop!
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Got a fic idea featuring a SI!OC ending up in Lego Monkie kid as a Celestial Monkey.
This is what I came up with using a picrew and if anyone is interested in this picrew the link will be at the bottom.
(Note they and others won't appear as Lego-looking characters in the story, just letting you guys know.)
This fic will for the most part have angst in it due to the SI!OC suffering from body dysmorphic disorder, panic attacks, and depression.
It won't be like that for the later chapters of the story but the first chapters will really show that they is not in the best mental place due to, well, dying, finding themselves in a strange place, not having their original body, and of course having no one to help them.
Well, besides a cat they’ll find in chapter two or three.
Right, now I'm just debating if I should have them end up in there before or after season 1.
Anyway here the link to the picrew, if that doesn't work, it's under the name Monkie Kid Oc Maker.
Monkie Kid OC Maker!
Update: 7/June/2023
Update: 25/May/2022
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Feel free to create your own
also just wanted to mention i drew this with my mouse 100% !! you don’t need a tablet or any fancy programs to get into pixel art, if you have the desire you can create 🖤
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