#elf rambles

[elfwithagoodgaydar]

"you'd end up breaking my heart... and i don't think i can deal with that." so basically they had tommy say he's in love with buck to the point where he wouldn't be able to move on if buck left him. the man is terrified. and then. they made him LEAVEEEEEEEEEE fucking stupid fr what's wrong with them

[de-rune]

OMG DND HONOR AMONG THIEVES WAS SUCH A GREAT MOVIE

i recognized so many of the movies

can i point out for a sec how fucking pretty holga is omg i love her shes so cool

my mom and i were both waiting for the movie to pause and show a group at a table actually playing dnd and rolling some dice. but the didnt do that route

i recognized some of the scenes from leaks and memes people made like last year or so

omg this movie was great where do i go what do i start with

i told my dad the chris pine joke and he laughed and said "thats mean"

the whole premiss was fucking cool i cannot express enough how much i loved the movie, there were so many good and funny moments, i dont care how many cliche tropes people might point out in the movie it was done well.

holga was literally a mother to kiera and ed didnt realize that he knew this until near the end when he started his apology to fake kiera then he really realized it when holga died. he remembered his late wife's words to him about the dragonfly "dont trap it, set it free" and he realized he hat to set free a mom kiera never knew and bring back the one she did, using the tablet to bring back holga instead of the wife he blamed himself for losing. he finally let things go and just accepted and appreciated what he had, the found family he knew. i love that kind of ending

also kiera going invisible with her amulet only to reappear after slipping the magic dampener bracelet onto sofnia or whatever the red wizards name was, super fucking clever move im so glad she got to keep the pendant, perfect thing for her.

omg there is so much to go over i hope it gets a second instalment cuz i would love to see more

I HOPE THIS GETS MORE PEOPLE INTO STUFF LIKE DND please we need more fantasy adventure fans and creators in the world this is some of the best stuff.

the fact that ed believed in simon and knew he was only holding himself back the whole time screams dad energy, that was him being such a dad he just wasnt good at expressing it because as we see through the whole movie, he's been struggling to be a good dad for his daughter.

he makes for a great leader, i love the trope of a dad becoming a team leader and vice versa. holga being a barbarian is super clear too but her being motherly to kiera "nobody hurts my bug" omg shes literally one of my favourite characters of all now

aa the whole cast is so cool

fuck forge im glad he gets stuck in prison

[elfyris]

sometimes i think about how the khajiit were slaves

and that they might have had babies as slaves but khajiits birth/kittens whatever vary right

so what if they had like an alfiq baby, a little tiny housecat looking kitten

did like the slave owners ever try to sell the baby khajiits, not realising they were khajiit

basically, all this bc i wanted everyone to picture a little box outside some house in Morrowind of khajiit kittens like “free to a good home” with people not realising theyre taking home khajiit

[barley-lightfoot]

Onward Review (Spoilers!)

So I just watched Onward, finally, and I have a couple of things to say about it.

Short story long:

 By the moment I watched that teaser trailer, I knew I was going to love that film. It had everything I loved, Tom Holland, Chris Pratt, Fantasy elements, suburban elements, gorgeous animation, Barley’s character design is something we don’t see very often and I loved it and it’s made by Pixar.

I wanted to go watch that film as soon as possible, with every clip release I was getting even more excited to watch it. I was planning on watching it at cinemas the Wednesday after its release where I live, even cosplay as Barley, but due to the corona virus pandemic those plans were cancelled and so I was left with the idea that I’d have to wait to watch that film until the whole corona situation was done, and let’s just say that I wasn’t very happy about it. Luckily the good people at Disney set its digital release earlier and thus I got to download it and finally see it.

What I liked:

The animation was glorious! The colors, the textures, the effects, the designs, everything were beautiful.

The brotherly relationship between Ian and Barley. It was so cute and wholesome.I’m so glad that Pixar didn’t do any of the usual cliches they tend to do when it comes to relationships between brothers.

Barley is such a great character! His character design is something I don’t see as often as I see Ian’s (but that’s something I’ll talk about later), he’s also quite relatable (to me at least) and he’s such a good brother, he’s always by Ian’s side, he takes care of him and supports him so much, he isn’t even jealous that Ian was the one with magic and not him despite his huge passion for it, he’s just happy about him. Not to mention that he exceeds expectations, what I mean is that usually in movies Barley with his design and role as the older brother is the big tough popular guy who always teases Ian and bullies him in a way until they go on this adventure that completely changes their relationship to the better, but no because Pixar gave us something better, Barley the way he is! He’s soft, dorky, excitable, loyal, protective, supportive and so much more!

I loved the Laurel and the manticore, their part of the movie was so enjoyable, so much so that their relationship felt more natural than Laurel’s with Colt (But I’ll talk about it more later)

Ian was also a very nice character! I’ll be honest that I had my eyes straight on Barley ever since I found out about that movie so I didn’t care much about Ian and I didn’t expect to like him as much as I do know, I liked his journey and development, I also liked his motives.

Wilden’s legs were amazing, I honestly didn’t expect them to have this much character, but that’s Pixar if they can make a movie about emotions with emotions they can give a pair of legs a character.

The voice acting is amazing! While you can tell who voices who in the movie, their voices blend with the characters extremely nicely as if the character owns the voice rather than the actor.

The ending! It’s just *chef’s kiss*! I love it so so so much!!! Especially the last shot being the photo of Ian and Barley!

What I didn’t like/would change

I must say that I’m not a big fan of Colt (the centaur), he annoyed me by his first appearance, I’ll admit that I warmed up to him by the end of the movie, but even then he’s not as memorable as any of the other characters. I guess they tried to add a lesson in the film that step parents aren’t bad, but they didn’t execute it correctly because Colt’s character development is almost non existent, like he goes from point A to point C but point B isn’t shown at all, point B in my opinion could be the part when Barley and Ian are chased by the police at that point Colt could have seen how important it is for them so instead of sacrificing Guinevere he could help distract the other cops as Barley and Ian are escaping or him helping them at any moment would have added more to his development and make him a more important character, because otherwise you could take him out of the movie and nothing would change.

Laurel and the manticore should have been together. They had way more chemistry than Laurel and Colt had and not to mention that it could still give a nice lesson of moving on.

It’s probably because I’m biased, but I would have loved more of Barley in the movie, like what’s his daily routine like? Does he study somewhere? Does he work somewhere? What else does he do in his free time?

A nice touch that I don’t really care that much about would be if they did something similar in monsters inc, like Barley could find a spell that would have given Ian a second chance to meet their dad, but again I don’t mind much about it.

Stuff that took me by surprise

Ian’s breakdown when they realized they went back to his school. I was pleasantly surprised that that scene wasn’t as mean-spirited as I expected, I completely understoood why Ian felt that way and did what he did.

The twist. I didn’t expect Ian to give Barley his last chance on meeting their dad, it was so touching and I won’t hide the fact that I did cry during that scene.

The scene in which Ian realizes that everything he wanted to do with his father he already did with Barley

Favorite scenes:

The beginning of the film.

The dancing scene with Ian, Barley and their father.

The bridge scene.

When Laurel and the manticore got back the sword.

Barley and Ian’s memories.

The ending

Long story short:

Is it the best Pixar movie? No. Did I cry as much as I did with Coco? I think so. Is it a new fave of mine? HELLS TO THE YES!!! Onward is my new favorite Pixar movie and it’s definitely in my top 5 favorite movies and not only do I recommend, but I insist on watching it.

[elfwithagoodgaydar]

i didn't watch anything but a clip of buck saying "i almost relapsed" and nah girl. even if they do back track on things after the hiatus they better come up with some substantially good piece of writing because making a baby bi sound like he was addicted to his first queer partner is fucked up as hell man

[elfwithagoodgaydar]

even if we are all being fooled and this is a break up make up trope, i wish that whoever wrote the "how many men she turned gay?" and whatever the fuck that break up dialogue was, always has to pee after they are perfectly settled to sleep. you are an asshole <3

[elfwithagoodgaydar]

and like! with the way they introduced buck's bisexuality and his connection with tommy, it didn't seem like he needed a lot of figuring out. that's a well traveled and lived adult man. he lives in LOS ANGELES ffs. it seemed like it just clicked. but they've been dabbling in so much fuckery that if they wish to fix at least buck's relationship with his own queerness they'll need to actually put some thought into the pages that they write. the biphobia of it all made it seem like buck doesn't know anything. its insulting. i realized that i was bi way earlier than buck did and with no support - at all. still, i knew what i wanted and who i wanted and i made myself the favor to go after it. that's what i want for buck. i've been invested in his character for so fucking long that this is pissing me off so incredibly much. this is the moment for him to try and fix things, the moment for him to get his sister and say "hey, what you said that day was wrong and for your information im bi". if call tommy is what he wants, that's what he should do. he should call tommy and say "well, yes im impulsive. i see your point and validate your fears and you're wrong about me needing to figure things out. you can be my last if both of us want it."

oh but it's not that simple yes it is you dick fuck off

[elfwithagoodgaydar]

very fanon bucktommy core buck's first thought when seeing tommy bubbling him being tommy getting hurt and needing his help 911 writers room have an original idea challenge