The Church of Bradford Buzzard

UNDER 18 DNI Bradford Buzzard worship blog. 18+. Late 20s. Autistic. Self-shipper, fictionkin. Not a fandom blog. She/He/Bae/Vulture/Vultureself. Non-Binary leaning masc, Gray-Ace. I love villains. I do not share. I reblog a lot of danny phantom.

[crestedplumage]

hi i selfship and fictionkin with a buzzard <3

some dni:

if you ship bradford with an oc or a canon character other than Black Heron. or if you fetishize him or "simp" him and draw such art.

i do not and will not share him. i might not interact with other fans, as many have made me very uncomfortable. doesnt mean i dont like you or what you do, thats just my boundary. i will block if need be for myself. this is not a fandom blog, this is a place for me to post and reblog cool stuff.

dni also if you support israel or russia, if you make fun of self-shipping or don't respect it, if you're anti-immigration, if you're anti lgbt, or if you are conservative/libertarian leaning. also dni if youre a vent blog or self harm blog.

[socialistexan]

French-Iranian author Marjane Satrapi, author of 'Persepolis', dies of 'sadness' at 56

French-Iranian author and illustrator Marjane Satrapi, best known for the book and film “Persopolis”, has died of "sadness", members of her

This one hurt, her work had such a profound effect on my life, thoughts, and politics.

May her memory be a blessing

[picturejasper20]

Wait what’s happening with Zuke calling out Sugar?

It has been known for a while that Steven Universe was low budget and the production of it was quite a mess. If you check out season 4 and season 5 you are going to see that a few people that had been working for a while in the show left it around that time.

From what i recall, in a podcast Ian Jones Quartey (Rebecca Sugar husband and some point producer of SU) talked about how the team was encouraged to put all their energy into the work and make it personal, which lead to work burnout. The storyboarders had to draw the key frames from the animation because again, for how low budget the show was.

Zuke made some posts about how Sugar and others could have done a better job at asking for better working conditions and leading to such burnout in the production. There was also something about crossing certain boundaries, like treating the coworkers too much of a friends instead of coworkers.

There had been rumors about problems behind the scenes of SU for a while, Zuke just happened to confirm that.

[crestedplumage]

Post by @sevenines · 5 images

💬 0  🔁 4  ❤️ 8 · ex steven universe storyboarder jesse zuke’s most recent instagram story: i urge those looking to get into the animation i

here's a resource

[halcyoncyrus]

Liking a character who sucks is silly because yeah I hate him and yeah I want people to bully him and say mean things but if you say the Wrong mean thing I'm going to get defensive

[halcyoncyrus]

everything he does is his own fault but also some of that shit wasn't entirely his fault do you understand

[transhuman-priestess]

the way teenagers are treated these days is wild. when i was a teenager we were all watching porn, jerking off, and going to horror movies with 3000 gallons of blood. Nowadays they make kids get a permission slip to watch anything darker than Barney the Dinosaur. Insane.

[transhuman-priestess]

Every year we infantilize teenagers more and more and act surprised when they grow up to be terrified, angry, emotionally stunted adults.

[genderkoolaid]

& then for some reason people fixate more on "ugh these teenagers just want to be treated like babies!!! teenagers are to blame for the rise in puritanism!!!!!" than how this is a very obvious example of ageism and the increased control over a socially vulnerable and exploited group

[absolxguardian]

I think a commonly overlooked part of this coddling is that it teaches kids and teenagers to be afraid of things they don't need to be afraid of, which is exactly how they end up as "puriteens". I remember as a child being terrified to change the channel on the tv because I had ended up with the impression that seeing even seconds of an R rated movie or tv show would give me nightmares. And then as a tween every time I saw swearing I felt sick to my stomach because I had been taught such a thing is bad and harmful. I think I would have suffered less if I hadn't been raised with everyone around me acting like mature media was so bad. By the time I was a teenager I had figured out this was bunk, but understandably a lot of people don't. By making this whole system worse and stronger you have teens who have been told that seeing explicit or dark media Will Harm Them, and so they act in ways that would be appropriate if it really was the info-hazard it's implied to be.

[headspace-hotel]

^^ never heard anybody specifically talk about this but yeah. parents acting like sexual or any "dark" content in a story or show was going to put bad things in my head that were going to be there permanently just gave me a deeply distressing sort of contamination anxiety

[crestedplumage]

i wonder who's been privately reblogging and liking some of my posts

[this-is-anti-idd]

being abused into hyperperforming through childhood because if i didn't, it would turn very dangerous for me. never got a diagnosis. never got help. no disability aids until senior year of high school when my intellectual and cognitive abilities regressed and dropped in part to regression and also to brain damage.

now i see people without IDD or BID claiming because i wasn't diagnosed and use big words sometimes that i couldn't possibly have BID. also recently being diagnosed and medically recognized with health conditions that... literally cause IDD. i'm so tired. like my intellectual disability is part of the reason i can't hold a job. the opinions of chucklefucks on the internet that disregard abuse and neglect victims with IDD/BID mean absolutely nothing to me.

this is Anti-IDD!

[muse-whimsy]

I feel like people are all for autism inclusitivity until the person with autism is childish and doesn’t get social cues and can’t understand complex topics and have low emotional maturity

I find solace in kids shows and I honestly feel criticizing and picking on people for liking them is rooted in ableism. Saying “go watch Bluey” (as an insult) to people who aren’t emotionally mature always felt very wrong to me.

Same with saying someone has “low media literacy” and criticizing them for that. Not everyone can understand or comprehend complex narratives. Why is it treated like a crime to not understand fiction and, god forbid, to have bad takes on it?

This site has a huge problem with this and I will not be quiet about it.

God forbid someone process the world around them differently.

[straight-up-theming-it]

moral ocd steven goooo (to sleep)

aftermath of Little Graduation. second hand embarassment? no, he was embarassed too

[fenrishion]

ad astra, artemis ii 🌒

[freakytikigifs]

Ryan Gosling and James Ortiz as Ryland Grace and Rocky PROJECT HAIL MARY

[xxthedeadgodxx]

snapewives walked so selfshippers could run.

[cosmicsponge2004]

The Danny Phantom Flash Game NOBODY talks about

The wiki missed this one while I was binging this show so I just found out about it while looking for a SpongeBob game I used to play on Flashpoint

OMG OMG OMG!!!!!

I can't find any documentation on this but since it's in a series called TURBONICK MINI-GAMES, It had to be between 2005-2009 (TurboNick lifespan)

And considering Valerie's in the game, late 2005

One of those stealth browser games (sadly not a kissing one lol)

This game is hard

[gregxb]

That Pause Said Everything

There’s something fascinating about hearing a professional give an answer that tells you everything you need to know… especially when they almost soften it, and then decide not to.

I was listening to Jim Cummings’ podcast, and he did a whole special on Darkwing Duck. Naturally, the question came up about the 2017 DuckTales episode “The Duck Knight Returns!” You know the one. The big meta episode. The “legacy” episode. The one where Cummings himself shows up as Jim Starling, the original actor who played Darkwing… who then spirals into obsession, tries to murder the new guy, and becomes Negaduck.

And Cummings’ response?

Pause.

At first, it sounds like a diplomatic answer:

“The story didn’t work for me.”

But then he immediately undercuts that.

“I hope nobody heard that… actually I hope everybody heard that.”

That tells you everything.

Because now you’re not just hearing a polite, professional deflection. You’re hearing someone catch himself softening his reaction… and then consciously decide not to.

That’s not accidental. That’s intentional.

That’s him recognizing, in real time, that what he’s saying might be taken as criticism… and choosing to let it stand anyway.

And that hits very differently.

Because this isn’t some random viewer tossing out a take. This is the guy who is Darkwing Duck. That’s not just a voice actor reading lines. That’s someone who helped define the character’s personality, tone, rhythm, and soul. You don’t get Darkwing without Cummings.

And honestly… I get it.

On paper, “The Duck Knight Returns!” is clever. It’s very much in line with what DuckTales 2017 liked to do. It’s meta, self-aware, commentary-driven. You’ve got the “old guard” vs the “new guard.” You’ve got fandom baked into the premise. You’ve got the idea of legacy, ownership, and reinvention.

All of that sounds like it should work.

But here’s the problem.

It reframes Darkwing Duck through a lens that feels… cynical.

Jim Starling isn’t just an outdated version of the character. He’s not someone who’s struggling to adapt. He’s not even tragic in a meaningful way. He’s bitter. He’s delusional. He becomes violent. He tries to kill his replacement. And then he becomes Negaduck, because of course he does.

So what’s the underlying message here?

Let go of the past… or you’re toxic.

And look, I understand what they were going for. This is clearly about reboots. About fans who can’t move on. About people who feel entitled to a version of something that no longer exists.

But when you build that metaphor using a character that is someone’s life’s work… you’re playing with fire.

Because whether it’s intentional or not, the parallels are obvious. The “original Darkwing” is a stand-in for the guy who was Darkwing. The “new Darkwing” represents the reboot. And the story positions the original as something that needs to be discarded… or else it curdles into something ugly.

That’s a hell of a thing to hand to Jim Cummings and say, “Hey, want to play this?”

And yeah, he did it. Because he’s a pro.

But that doesn’t mean it sat right with him.

And beyond that, there’s a deeper issue that just comes down to characterization.

Darkwing Duck, at his core, is a character built on ego, yes. But also sincerity. He wants to be a hero. He’s ridiculous, he’s flawed, he’s self-aggrandizing… but he’s trying. That balance is what makes him work. You laugh at him, but you also root for him.

Jim Starling strips that away and replaces it with something meaner. Smaller. It’s not an evolution. It’s a deconstruction that doesn’t quite remember why the original worked in the first place.

And that’s where the episode loses me.

Because this is something I keep coming back to, whether we’re talking about Gargoyles, Babylon 5, or anything else I love. There’s a difference between examining a character and flattening them into a commentary.

This felt like the latter.

And the irony is kind of incredible when you think about it. An episode about legacy ends up feeling like it doesn’t fully respect the legacy it’s pulling from.

Which brings me back to that moment.

“The story didn’t work for me… actually I hope everybody heard that.”

No rant. No trashing the show. No burning bridges.

But also no hiding what he really thought.

And if you’re paying attention, that says even more than the pause ever could.

[danieldrivesfast]

Lando did not block you/your friend/that account for no reason, he's blocking people for harassing and threatening people he cares about. He "doesn't care" about you because why the fuck should he when you obviously don't care about him, the people important to him, or his mental health?

"I don't know why he blocked me!" and there's a manifesto towards one of his loved ones about how they're a bad person or that they should die. No, babes, YOU should for thinking it's okay to act like that.

There are actual bad people doing actual bad things that get ignored, meanwhile some of you are obsessively jealous because you're broke, ugly, and Lando will never fuck you.

The parasocial shit needs to be studied. You people are sick and actively make the world worse by existing in it.

[koshercosplay]

spin the wheel and get assigned a jewish food (if you get something unfamiliar, I encourage you to look it up and discover something new!)

what do you think of this food

I love it

Meh/neutral

I don't like it

I've never had it but I would like it

I've never had it but I would NOT like it

Voting ended onMar 30

*obligatory notice: don't do any "this thing isn't actually jewish it originates from [insert country] here" bc jewish people are allowed to adapt and enjoy foods from the cultures that surround them, thereby making said food, in fact, a jewish food.

[alexseanchai]

Tabbouleh. None for me, because wheat has gluten. 😭

[thisweekinfandomhistory]

"Not to come after anybody, but I feel like it shows a lack of creativity... Oh, yeah, you hate the canon? Guess what you're gonna do? You go on Tumblr, and you say, 'Hey guys, guess what I have in my head!' And you make content, you draw art, you write fanfiction, like -- it's just what you do."

Wise words from @dearmash1975project on Episode #155 | March 18, 1975: M*A*S*H Says "Abyssinia Henry" of This Week In Fandom History!