#artbyblastweave

[siryouarebeingmocked]

The fact that you’d see a “right wing militia” gang as automatically far right racists if they were all white is, uh, kind of telling on yourself.

Also, this reminds me of the odd Worm fanfic that describes Empire 88 as the “racist gang”. They are a racist gang, but so are the Azn Bad Boys.

[soapdispensersalesman]

[silberzunge]

For the worm drawing requests- Accord?

Thanks

finally. a use for my people in suits sitting in chairs with their legs spread reference folder

[therealtsk]

Previously silent witness to the ask game here. Would you be willing to elaborate on your thoughts on Armsmaster, particularly in how you think the fandom botches his characterization? Thanks.

ayyy, blastweave good to see ya as for Armsy: he gets hit with the fanon bat hard, in a lot of ways. In canon he's an exceeding competent leader, combatant, and strategist with years of experience under his belt. He's perhaps self-reliant to a fault, mirroring Taylor in how they trust themselves too much and others too little. He's egotistical and arrogant, convinced that he's important, that he's a hero. That he knows best, that it has to be him, and him alone, who can save them all. And then he's branded a war criminal and the slaughterhouse nine nominate him as a member. his sense of self is fully broken down and rebuilt as he hunts down the nine, and it's only through the power of the people who love him that he grows and becomes both a better person and a better hero- Defiant. The fandom sees this (or doesn't, considering the depressing number of people who write fic without having ever so much as touched the source material) and decides to near-universally write him as an unfeeling rObOT who is completely social incapable without Dragon hanging around him, which she is nearly 24/7, and he never gets to accomplish anything of note so long as the SI- er, sorry, alt!Taylor is around. Or, in the rare case where he is the main character, instead of giving us the overconfident, bold but brash man that he is, he tends to get woobified to the point of being unrecognizable and given so much artificial angst that just- why? Why do this when he's perfectly tragic in canon? I'm fine with people inventing backstories and trigger events that fit since iirc we don't get one for him in Worm itself but the amount people feel the need to change him when his character arc is already one of the best ones in the source text is just infuriating! And honestly, at the end of the day- it's not so much people changing characters that bother me. If you want to take a new spin on a character through an AU or whatever- sure! Go nuts. It's people who alter characters and then refuse to admit that they have altered them- or worse, insist that their versions are canon-compliant, since that just creates more misinformation and arguments in a fandom rife with both. so yeah that's the deal with armsy in the worm fanfic fandom. either stale meme or unrecognizable shell.

[ewingstan]

Was reading Cody’s interlude in Drone, and was reminded of @artbyblastweave‘s observation here about how Worm always holds the position that horrible things happening to horrible people is wrong. I feel like this interlude is a great example of that, because Cody’s imprisonment in the Yàngbǎn is framed as a huge sign of Accord’s general terribleness, despite how Cody was and continues to be an absolutely shitty person. The interlude manages to walk the tricky tightrope of saying “Yes, Cody absolutely deserves to feel righteous anger towards Accord and Klause for his current situation, no, that doesn’t justify starting to attack people in the middle of an Endbringer attack.” It’s just well-done narrative framing.

[ohheyalex]

Is Titans good? I've heard mixed things.

If you’re a fan of the Titans from the comic books you’re probably going to hate the show (that’s what I’ve seen from people talking on social media) and if you’re not like me you’ll find some things that you like and others you don’t. Honestly, the show’s best season was the first one except the finale. After the first season, they kept retconning things left and right with every new season that came out. So it got difficult and frustrating to watch it. I say if you ever find yourself bored and with nothing to watch then by all means binge it. I’m only watching for Anna Diop who plays Starfire at this point.

[st-just]

Reverse Unpopular Opinion Thing- Brian

Being the Undersider's resident straight man* and cat-wrangler seems like the kind of job to put anyone into an early grave from the stress alone, and he pulls it off well in a pretty entertaining way.

Though really, he suffers from the company he keeps. Like, both in psychology and personality, he's a relatively normal guy with anxieties about masculinity and (later) incredible PTSD who mostly wants enough money and security to provide for him and his little sister. Compared to the rest of the Undersiders he just really fades into the background, even if he doesn't deserve to.

*comedically . Though actually also just generally, I guess?

[fipindustries]

artbyblastweave replied to your post: so i am still living with my ex in this quarentine...

Your ex doesn’t sound like a pleasant person tbh

well, that depends on the person, some would find this behavior upsetting but i think it is endearing.