i think The Powers That Be (the big media) are failing to understand that not everything has to be a franchise. not every n years old piece of media needs a reboot, or a version in a different medium, a sequel or a prequel or a midquel, or a live action version.
and i think that we're seeing this at it's worst right now with things like the minecraft movie that is lacking soul enough that it makes our animal brains shriek and recoil because the uncanny valley sense lights up - but not in an 'it's a mask or a doll that's close to realistic but not close enough' way but in an 'oh my god, this is a corpse' way. it's shaped like something you love but doesn't act like it, doesn't move like it, doesn't feel like it. the main component of what made it it is missing. it's entirely money-motivated and we can tell just by looking at it, it's like a zombie.
(putting most of the post under the cut because it got like. long long. embarrassingly so.)
it just kinda feels like we're mid-stagnation of culture. original stuff just isn't being made as much anymore because it's seen as "risky" by the industry. and there isn't even any experimentation going on, just adding on things or getting rid of stuff, and the goal of all this is to make the final product more Digestible, but the side-effect is just this blandness. you're adding water and taking away the seasoning because what if it's too salty for some people, what if it's too spicy because some are more sensitive to that than others, and you end up with a vaguely tasteless sludge. nothing is gained. there's just a ghost of an aftertaste.
and the executives that mainly decide on all this want to continue doing this so much, and for the audience to be like little money-generating sheep blindly watching the same thing over and over again. but unlike sheep, we cannot regurgitate the same thing ad infinitum. we don't have the stomach for it. there's no substance and, arguably, no art in all this.
eisner was kinda onto something when he said that to make money it's necessary to make history and art, and some kind of a statement but it kinda feels like they're trying to skip this step, just keep serving us the same thing. but even the most delicious food, given enough time, gets old and boring, grows stale, and, eventually, goes bad and spoils.
i think that all that is additionally sad because it will inevitably lead to the current media cannibalizing themselves. they're already reaching for laughably young cultural texts like moana and harry potter. what will they do once they catch up to the point of history we're at right now?
the thing that hit me hardest was the little four wheel scooter things, my tiny child engineer brain looked at those thing and was like “i wanna make it go fast, ima put a engine on one of these someday and ride through town” and now i once again want to put a motor on one of those and find a way to give it enough battery power to take me to the next county and back. We ride in style here bois
Yo, to the anon who told me to do a wrist reveal and told me that nobody would care if I relapsed or offed myself, you'll be sorely disappointed bc thighs exist bestie and even then you wont see anything bc they're all faded for the most part. I'm not gonna do anything solely to spite you. You got the whole squad laughing with the wrist reveal joke 😐
To the other anon that told me that I'm a bad person and a failure of a writer for taking a hiatus for my mental health when I have tons of requests to do and three series to finish, I am not a writing machine. It may come as a suprise to you that I am indeed human and theres only so much I can do before I'm drained and cant do much anymore. I'm sorry you feel that way, but I am putting my content out there for you to consume and asking for nothing in return. I'm sorry if that sounded rude/narcissistic in any way, however I didnt know how else to word it.
Your asks have been blocked so I do not look at them or receive anything from you two in the future, you unpleasant douche canoes
Also, posting this before I lose confidence and working on being more assertive cheeeck
if someone wants to say shit like this, anyone reading this who has the slightest inclination to do this, dont hide behind anon, own up to your garbage decisions in life, the least you could do when you talk shit is not hide when you do it. if you talk shit, you best be willing to get hit, be it irl or online, physically or socially through the internet. if you werent such a pussy hiding behind anon youd find theres plenty people at the ready to call you out on your shit-stainery.
Deku is gonna unlock the All for One quirk as a part of One for all, I’m not going to go into much detail, but I have found quite a bit of evidence pointing towards it, be it the fact Shigiraki only has his right hand still fully intact and that Deku is always seen focusing on that same arm all the time, or the fight with Shigi where Gigantomachia says he “smells” two of his master’s “scent”, which I have come to the conclusion of Machia’s “smell” is actually just his way of feeling quirks, on the battlefield when Deku and Shigi were brawling it out and Deku pushed One for All to the limit, in which he awakened Danger Sense for the first time, or even the fact that Shigiraki had to undergo that 7 month procedure to have his body capable of accepting the All for One quirk, and Deku is currently in a similar state to Shigiraki when he was adjusting to the quirk, healthy for the most part but no sign of waking up, I have more in-depth thoughts and evidence on the second thing mentioned, the “smell” thing with Machia, and a small bit with the first, and the last is just something I think is worth mentioning, and even with the bare bones explanations, this is already a long post, if you’re interested in any of my theories I’ve mentioned, ask and you shall receive, just didn’t want to throw too much unwanted theorist trash that we all see but never want anything to do with.
Okay but for anyone who legit wants to know how to calculate it correctly:
The elbow joint on average rests a couple inches higher than the navel, so if you measure how long the distance is from the middle of the shoulder to that point then you have the length of the upper and fore arms!
So if anyone’s wondering about legs too, the simplest rule of thumb is that the length from the top of the leg to the knee is equal to the distance between the top of the leg and the bottom of the pectorals:
And I wanna stress that when i say “top of the leg” i’m not talking about the crotch (please don’t flag me tumblr it’s an anatomical term) i’m talking about the point where the femur connects to the pelvis, which is higher up on the hips:
It’s easier to see what I’m talking about in this photo of a man squatting:
So yeah if you use that measurement when using this technique you should get fairly realistically proportioned legs:
But remember! messing with proportions is an important and fun part of character design! Know the rules first so you can then break them however you please!
I only ever saw the part where people started drawing the limbs outrageously long and genuinely wanted to know how to fix that, so I’m really thankful to see the rest.
Perry the platypus is my enemy. But I’m not like, evil, or something, he just keeps breaking through my window to stop me from doing ordinary things like washing the dishes or making the bed and everyone keeps calling me out for procrastinating and I always cry at them that, “It’s Perry, the platypus!” Nobody believes me. “Stop making excuses, it’s just a regular platypus.” I look behind me and Perry has taken off his hat and does that weird purring noise.
I’ve had many friends come out as trans over the last three decades. The people they become after their transition have struck me as happier, more centred, and more who-they-always-were-only-more-so than the versions of them that I met to begin with. I’m always impressed by their bravery in the face of a society that at best doesn’t make transitioning easy and at worse can be actively, even murderously, transphobic.
