#200x

[jam2go]

Hapi new year!

[strangerphoto]

[x-heesy]

Pink Punk Magick, not amused.

Pop Goes The Weapon by Prophets Of Rage

[greatwyrmgold]

Within my lifetime, 200X was used as a shorthand for ambiguously near-future. Now it's shorthand for an ambiguously recent past.

A whole decade, most of my childhood, melted together. MP3 players and flip phones and digital cameras, portable technology that wasn't yet merged into a do-everything slab. Windows XP and MySpace and Adobe Flash. Television dramas and 3D cinema. Blobjects and beanbag chairs. Hip-hop and emo-pop and post-punk. The vibes of a world realizing that history hadn't actually ended.

Time marches inexorably forward. This has always been known. But it still feels weird when it happens to your time.

[1-chome-1-83]

07-20-2008

[cornflakeeeee]

he was a sk8ter boi, she said see you later boi!!

[catulhu333]

S5 She-Ra transformation inspirations

This is a very well liked form, and in-universe we know the source of this transformation - being based on Adora's bonds with Catra, Bow and Glimmer, as even shown in the concept of it by Ray Geiger:

The headpiece/diadem reflecting Catra's mask/headpiece; the heart on the upper chest referencing that of Bow's, in the same location; the winged boots, being inspired by Glimmer's boots. The Boots and diadem changed a bit, with the wings on the boots being a a bit different, and visible only in close-ups:

Still, there are out-universe inspirations.

One is, of course, being intentionally more similar to Filmation She-Ra:

But there are others. Starting from the 3 mentioned details connected to Adora's loved ones.

The diadem reflecting Catra's mask, almost certainly is inspired by the fact in the original She-Ra toy and minicomics, the headpiece doubled as a mask, mirroring Catra's mask:

Modern toys also referenced this, including Masterverse She-Ra:

The heart symbol, along with the pauldrons and upper looking like coming of elongated bustier's wings, might be inspired by the 2002 design of She-Ra, and it's influence on the initial concept art by Nate Stevenson. As the the choker and higher located, and longer bustier wings/feathers, create together an image of a heart (especially on the 200X She-Ra doll), and resemble together the season 5 form:

Like in the 2002 design of She-Ra, the uppermost ray of the She-Ra symbol "pierces" the bottom of the heart shape. While unofficial, this is even more visible in gbagok's take on the 200X She-Ra design:

The choker-like part of S5 She-Ra's upper armor, resembles also the DC She-Ra's open choker:

This is possibly not the only influence from that design.

the wings on S5 She-Ra's boots, appear to also be inspired by the Nate Stevenson's initial design:

It also appears the golden "bracelets" on S5 She-Ra thighs, appear to have elements of the 200X design of She-Ra, especially as seen on the toy - they appear to be in part inspired by the bracelets on it. But also combined with the golden decorations on the skirt, coming from the belt, both creating together a vaguely downward upside down, triangle shape, and have feather/wing motives, in more or less the same location:

It's notable the wing-like/feather-like part of the bracelets, is actually on their front part, as seen from the side:

It also seems to be inspired by downward triangular/arrow shape on the skirt in Nate Stevenson's concept:

Which itself appears to be inspired by the 200X design's golden decoration of the skirt I mentioned.

The bracelets/rings, also might be inspired by Mara's single ring on her right thigh in her original design:

It's a bit complicated though, as the rings/bracelets, might be a decorative upper part of over the knee boots, though I think the inspirations for it still hold up.

Mara's She-Ra transformation does appear to further influence Adora's transformation into She-Ra, both in and out of universe:

IE, similar pauldons, boots (including golden lining on the upper end of boots), detailed bracers, wearing long pants, and similar skirt.

As I wrote when analyzing the possible inspirations for Mara's design, this design being influenced by MOTUC' Galactic Protector She-Ra, the same applies to S5 She-Ra. Especially that like in the MOTUC storyline this form debuted, Adora wen to outer space, and confronted Horde Prime there, like in season 5 of SPOP:

Though the skirt also resembles that of She-Ra in DC:

Though without the crotch flap compared to both DC and Galactic Protector She-Ras. It's possible here either, or both were an inspiration. The skirt also has in this form rather uniquely merged with/subsumed the cape. Which is also similar to how in minicomics, when She-Ra used her headpiece as a mask (apparently to use her full power/truly transformed into She-Ra), her cape disappeared (as seen in the page near this post's top).

It's interesting, and I think fitting the final form of Adora's transformation, has such (possibly) rich inspirations from MOTU and POP history.

[somethingusefulfromflorida]

Give me a new Scott Pilgrim comic where it's years later, his relationship with Ramona has hit a rough spot and she breaks up with him, so he buys a ring and tries super hard to win her back, and it's like a 90s rom com ("doesn't she see that I'm not the 20-something boy I was in 200x? I've learned and grown as a person. It's 202x and I'm a 30-something-pushing 40-something man. I need to prove myself to her!") right up until the second act twist when he sees her new partner training to defeat him and he realizes "oh $#!+, I'm her 8th evil ex..." And then the comic rewinds and we see Ramona's new relationship from her perspective, and it's a lot healthier than hers and Scott's ever was, and when it catches up to the present Scott decides that this isn't a rom com, he can't win her back, and it's best to move on and just be friends because they're both happier long term this way.

Volume 7, Scott Pilgrim Gets Committed

(the flashback is called Volume 6½, Ramona Flowers Does WAY Better)