MaidFactor

Call me Mavis / She/Her / I like maid costumes / English not first language

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So.. I get it, I get it

The powers in Demon Slayer are not actually there

they are just sword moves + how the character visualizes it for better performance + visual key to the audience

I get it and accept that.

but hear me out.

Riddle me this

Don't you think it's funny

how in Demon Slayer the powers are not real

but in Inazuma Eleven

they pretty much are

[xlilanxietyy]

One Piece

ive gotta say this is one of my fave panels!

& who could deny the unspoken bond they have for one another!?!? NOBODY!

♡⸜(˶˃ ᵕ ˂˶)⸝♡

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Achieves imaginable power

Fucks a lot Has kids all over different dimensions

Creates Elements of chaos and destruction just because

Fucks up Space and Time over a baddie

Leaves all these problems to literal kids to solve

Fucking dies

[heli-o-trope]

you think usopp ever got a little jealous of luffy? that luffy got to see a side of his father usopp never did? as luffy's telling the strawhats stories about shanks and his crew while they were visiting, and begins talking about yassop, could usopp have secretly thought "i wish that could've been me telling that tale"? yasopp only stayed in foosha for one year, but it was still a year that usopp didn't get to have with his father.

i highly doubt usopp would let those feelings grow beyond fledgling and get the better of him, especially after what happened at Water 7 but it is something im sure he chewed on at least once or twice before fully letting go. there's no point in ruminating over the past. all usopp can do now is be the kind of person he'd be proud to stand before his father as and build a connection from there.

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THAT PAUSE AND QUICK RECOVER BRUH

nobody can convince me he didn't

bro has my respect and admiration for a lot of things, including that

it pains me

my boi

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To wish/want Sanji to hit a woman is like wanting for Batman to kill

it's late night and I'm tired but I promise it makes sense

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“Sanji would be better if he was like how he is in live action”

Nope, I’m personally glad canon Sanji is a brat with a hot temper that makes his reckless kindness stand out more, doesn’t whine about oregano, was relevant in his own introductory arc, and isn’t pretentious about food. If the perv gag is the price to pay for that, so be it, I fell in love with Sanji because of what a pathetic hot mess he was, I love that aspect of him more than I dislike the perv gag. Sanji losing his worst traits means absolutely nothing to me if his best traits also aren’t there.

[midgardianqueenreturns]

“But it makes sense for OPLA Sanji to do this thing he wouldn’t do in the manga because in OPLA…”

Or consider: just because “it makes sense” doesn’t make it better. Ever heard of “don’t respond to my Doylist criticisms with a Watsonian answer”? That’s exactly what you’re doing here. The fact remains OPLA Sanji feels almost completely different from the character I fell in love with in the manga (no, I’m not talking about the perv gag before any idiots try to use that moronic kneejerk rebuttal strawman). Is it too much to ask that Sanji have the characteristics that made me love him in the first place? “It’s an adaptation!” Blah blah but the character should still be recognizable.

“Just treat it as a different version!”

Fine I will and guess what? I still dislike OPLA Sanji. A nothing burger character. It’s similar to why I tend to dislike AUs that take away what made the character/setting interesting.

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BRUH fr, I'm also a Sanji lover, but I also wanna add the change of my beloved Tashigi, that fell into the similar hole as Sanji in the LA. Like, what do you mean 'she feels her potencial is wasted by her superiors?', what do you mean 'Smoker doesn't value her ability and undervalues her ambitions and dreams?????' what do you mean 'he wasn't planning on taking her?????????'. I love those two dynamic so much because, while tashigi wants to be taken serious as a swordswoman, Smoker never once doubted her potencial and abilities, She needs mentorship, but he knows she's strong.

Also, Smoker is aware of the corruption in the marines and it pisses him off. Someone like Tashige with an innocent but strong sense of justice is a fresh in the eyes in this fucked up system, no wonder he drags her whenever the fuck he goes, he trusts her and sees her potencial, and there was absolutely no need to change that.

I sure already knew they would change Sanji's character, although it still pisses me off, it was expected

I say that as a Sonic the Hedgehog fan, or more like, Amy Rose fan. I fell in love with this over the top dramatic girly brat that doesn't hold back her feelings and sometimes can be a little '''abnoxious''', but thats because she doesn't hold back who she is and what she loves... or at least that's how she used to be. Many people found her character to be "annoying" as it didn't pleased their personal taste of characters (as if every type of character needs to feat your personal taste and has to be likable, by you specifically, uh. Entitled bi-) so they slowly started to change her manerisms to please the general public. In some new versions of he character, she is now that emotionaly intelligent and supportive and "motherly" girl, who doesn't chase for the things she loves as fiercely, or at all. Some say is character's growth, but I think theres a difference between characters growth and total change of character archetype

This is not Sanji, but a Sanji stripped of his characteristics to please the general public

It seems Sanji fell into the same hole as Amy Rose, and Tashigi's insecurities AND supports have token a really confusing rote and it personally pisses me off..

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I am an anxious person already imagining e worst case scenarios, dude

Some evil being is ploting the Burning of The Library of Alexandria of the New Era

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Imagine asking Luffy to leave his strawhat behind

Imagine asking Zoro to just get another sword if he ever loses Wado

That's stupid, right? insensitive

those are their treasures

The weight those objects have are more emotional than actual realistic usefulness, not objectively necessary for them to keep going (Wado is indeed an amazing sword, but not the only one)

It's their treasure, simply put

Yet, more than twenty years down and people still refuse to understand Ussop to this day. Nor forgive (even though his crew did).

Not to say he is right, but to understand him, his view, his pain, his rage.

Merry was Ussop's treasure

that he had to leave behind

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Huuh I did a little somethng ^

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BRUH I got my hands on my old sketchbooks and found my Sasamiya/Hirakagi pokémon AU delirium drawings back in 2023 dear Godd

I remember thinking Hirano's 'i use dragon jackets because they cool af' lame ass would be a HUGE Rayquasa fan and would use some lame shit like that non ironically so yeah

Also some fuecoco Tashiro fit and Sasaki's normal persons fit as bonus

I never went through with it uh

totally forgot about it

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I think it's pretty funny that my two favorite One Piece characters are a cunt (affectionate) and a cunt (pejorative)

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funniest tsubasa moment was when the two main characters look at each other dead in the eye and at the same time go My Real Name Is Tsubasa and then the story ends. this feels like a fake post but it isnt this actually happened

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"Thoses truly were Tsubasa's Reservoir chronicles"

[mikkeneko]

sure wei wuxian named his sword ‘Whatever’ but then again his mother named her baby ‘Baby’ so i feel like he came by it honestly

[doomhamster]

WAAAAAIIIIIT -brake screech-

…the Ying. In “Wei Ying”. Actually seriously means “baby”? As in infant? Larval human?

No wonder even Jiang Yanli doesn’t call him A-Ying. And frankly I’m starting to have Concerns about Lan Wangji.

[mikkeneko]

According to this post, yes.

Assigned baby at birth

[myleftpinkytoe]

Wei Baby, courtesy name “No Problem”

I know that’s not really a correct translation of “Wuxian” but u have to admit it’s funny.

Same logic, Lan Wangji is Lan “Fogetta bout it”, but again: extremely not correct.

[kranja]

i mean, i’m pretty sure half the point of the whole courtesy name system is so parents can give their kids cutesy adorable baby names without needing to worry about them being taken seriously as adults in 20-30 years

pour one out for everyone in this day and age who’s had to introduce themselves to a board of directors as bambi or starshine

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Let's please not forget about Lan Sizhui aka "pinning" cmon

lan Wangji knew exactly what he was doing with "I want your daddy too" name

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"It's okay to be afraid"

(Yes i know I made richeh way too small but i didn't want to redoo it and in my defense she just feels smol, a pocket sized baby ))

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Finally saw it! And... (Review with spoilers)

I checked out "Zootopia 2," the sequel to the film I consider Disney's best of the decade, and I was pleased. If you don't really want too much depth, my feelings on the film were that it was strong with the worldbuilding and Judy and Nick's relationship, but that the main story/theme and new characters weren't as strong as they could've been. And I should explain: I nitpick things. Even if I have a slew of bad things to say about something, that doesn't mean I dislike it; I'm just critical. I liked this film, and I definitely recommend it! All right, for the more detailed review.

The time jump (or lack thereof)--Starting off with a nitpick since it's the first thing we see. The film reviewed Bellwether's demise and Judy and Nick's new story, which takes place a week after. I'm annoyed that we didn't get a larger time jump, especially since they go to therapy after their next mission. That said...

The Leads--While it feels kinda heavy-handed for Nick and Judy to need therapy a week after beginning to work together, I loved how they acknowledged their shortcomings and feelings for each other (which strayed along the "saying it's romantic without saying it's romantic" stuff; if they were humans, it'd either be explicitly romantic or less deliberately hinted at), though I would've preferred they got more than one session rather than holding it all in after the session and not being open with each other until the end. That said, it's disappointing that neither of them had arcs they had to overcome or learning how to be better, since it was typical partner spats rather than anything to do with the racism message. Giving Nick more focus for his reptile aversion would put him in a similar position to Judy in the story, and needing to decide if he's ready to be a hero after being a criminal for so long. It could have more focus on his growth over Judy's--though Judy's experience in Zootopia making her optimism become more complex could also come into play, with her watching more of Nibbles' videos and overanalyzing things when sometimes things are what they are at face value.

New characters--This is complicated. I really loved the characters we got, though I do regret that it kinda came at the expense of characters we knew. I was hoping Bellwether would provide some sort of clarity to the situation due to being a cameo, as well as being disappointed that they had to poison Chief Bogo to get him out of action in order for Captain Hogbottom to have more focus. Not to mention, the new characters we get aren't really fleshed out; putting Nick and Judy against the police right after joining is a bit of a bummer, not to mention the Captain and the Zebros are just the muscle, despite previously being co-workers of Nick and Judy. Brian Winddancer is a neat character, but feels very underutilized. He doesn't have a major role like Lionheart or Bellwether had, simply being an actor turned politician (HOW did he become mayor?) who works for the Lynxley's in order to keep his position, until randomly feeling inspired to fight for good like his characters. He's kinda Kronk on speedrun--which I guess is appropriate since they share the same VA, but I wish the mayor here was actually competant and wise rather than manipulative and/or a liar. Gary doesn't really have any personality besides "I'm an optimist and I'm trying to clear my family's name." He doesn't get a lore exploration like Nick and Judy, only his grandmother as it pertains to the main story. And I guess that does lead me into the next part.

The theme--So the idea is that the Lynxleys are a powerful family and expand their tundra area over territories they wish to control, with their ancestral patriarch taking the credit for creating Zootopia and framing his partner for murder and ruining the reputation of reptiles. I don't mind this, but I do wish there was more to it, considering they're both predators. I think diving more into the xenophobia aspect of it would've been neat given the mammal preference of the city. Along with this, the idea is that preference/control over reptiles has already happened, since they've been driven into hiding. The discrimination and racism doesn't feel as potent as the microaggressions and cruelty of the first film, since reptiles are treated as monsters rather than snakes. If they wanted to do it that way, treating reptiles as a foreign animal entirely would've been interesting, seeing that they once inhabited the area of Zootopia, but were driven out when the city was built and they were labeled "undesirables." It felt like with the sequel, it was more "buddy cop film with animals" rather than exploring more emotional themes of discrimination. I dunno, I think the idea was neat, but not as emotional or biting as the first. Maybe if it was, it could make this next part a bit better.

The Villains--THEY DID BOTH! The Lynxley family are the villains of the story: Milton and his children Kitty and Cattrick, while they son Pawbert is seen as an outcast, for some reason. Pawbert decides to help Gary and bring down his family, only to end up being a twist villain wanting to show his family he can do something right. I like both aspects, but both aren't used as much as they could be. The Lynxley family aren't used much, mainly just using the police to chase down Nick, Judy, and co.--and while it shows their power, it doesn't make them interesting. I was hoping Milton's children would be more involved, make a power play, or be revealed as the true villains while Milton had no idea what was going on. In the case of Pawbert, I think his reasoning is interesting. He isn't doing this just for fame or power, but for his family to be like him. "I don't wanna be different" hit HARD, because that's the unspoken thing about Zootopia. Judy says how she and Nick are different, and I feel like there isn't enough time to linger on that before they're separated. Zootopia is a place where people can see their similarities and still celebrate their differences, but differences can still divide you. Pawbert feeling like an outcast in his own FAMILY makes him want to be like them. It's a great idea to show that not everyone wants to stand out, and that having some things in common isn't always enough to make people like you. But I didn't see Pawbert with his family enough to care, see some abuse or backstory. This is the same issue with Bellwether as a twist villain. NGL though, I did feel juuuuust bad enough for him to see him succeed in burning down Gary's ancestral home, simply because he KEPT TRYING. They beat him down several times and he got back up because he wanted to be part of something--even though that something needed more attention. I will admit, they did get me with the twist, though. The ending with them arguing in prison and Pawbert still feeling left out would've been better if they had more screentime.

Cameos/References--Just wanted to mention how I love how several Disney stars cameoed in this film. Patrick Warburton playing a similar character to Kronk, while narratively limiting, was a cool callback. And I did want to point out how they made a BIG "Frozen" reference, whether or not they realized it; when Pawbert reveals who he is and how his family made him who he is, leaving Gary to freeze and Judy to die as he kills Nibbles and Nick reminds me of Prince Hans going to kill Elsa after revealing his true nature to Anna, locking her in a room to freeze to death. Someone's gotta explain to me the situation that comes after, though; I think they were saying that Gary was able to get warm because of Judy's body heat, but it felt like a magical moment that confused me. Not to mention the frying pan thing with "Tangled"--though I'm questioning where they kept getting those.

"Zoo"--It's a really fun song, even moreso in the context of the film. I regret that it's not a deep song like "Try Everything," it was still something to enjoy.

The ending--I'm probably reading WAY too much into it, but I do love that they kept mentioning/showing Bellwether, and the film ends with Nick and Judy tracking her down after she escaped/was accidentally freed.

Altoghether, I say 7/10. Hope you didn't mind my rambling! I'll probably add "Zootopia 2" to my "remaking the revival era" post at some point soon.

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You are so on point dude, just right

I questioned a little the decisions they made with the script of the movie but it was enjoyable regardless

Gary left me a little disappointed tho characters like him that come on sequels with a huge impact are hard to make it work

some examples like forkie from TY 4 (I hate this movie, not because of forkie tho, he was nice), and beloved Perrito fom Pussy in boots 2 (love this one)

But gary was just ok

didn't really felt the big friendship thing they said they had but ok i guess

the big timeskip that happens DURING the first movie is so heavy that i expect some more elaborated relationship that changes with time

the thing is that the first movie was just so emotional on the allegories and critics and so that i can't help but compare

the scene on the breaking building was something like the first movie and it was the best scene of the sequel just soo heavy and woww

the scene on the ice with hug and confession was nice too, at start tho, they should have gone to more individuals sessions of therapy to be that self aware and be able to simply say it all out loud, like, i dunno how to explain it, it just didn't sound so natural, u see? dunno it might be just me. i get it was supposed to show the importance of communication, but communication is hard to make natural and not feel like expository dialog i dunno uhh welp

Overall, pretty fun and enjoyable movie, tho have read better fanfics

7,5/10

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Ya know when i was reading xxxholic and thought that watanuki is sakura and syaoran's time traveling son i meant it as a fucking joke

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Ya know when I was reading xxxholic and say it would be fun if Watanuki and Yuuko develop a toxic romance that would strip him of his humanity bit by bit I meant it in fucking fanfiction only

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