#little rant

[redlenai]

"Mimimimi the MW fandom doesn't do art that I want, they don't respect the game and its themes! It drives me crazy"

"Mimimimi this is only an opinion not a demand, stop calling me elitist, I just want art that respects the canon instead of watering down its themes!"

"Go cry somewhere else, don't tell me what to do even if I have options mimimimii I'm too angry others have either talent, time, patience to do what they want while I don't get to see what I personally want!"

[lepurcinus]

I have no doubt that if Watership Down had been written today by an indie author, instead of the book itself having little notes to help us understand the terms used by rabbits and their thoughts (or seeing them used throughout the work), You would have to go to Richard Adams' personal blog to find out what an Owsla is supposed to be or what the name Hyzenthlay means.

This is actually a minor complaint. For the love of all that is good and sacred in this world, DO NOT MAKE YOUR READERS DEPENDENT ON MATERIAL OUTSIDE THE WORK ITSELF IN ORDER TO UNDERSTAND IT. KEEP YOUR IMPORTANT COMMENTS ABOUT THE LORE TO YOURSELF SO THAT THE PRODUCT ITSELF CAN EXPLAIN IT.

I've seen this too much with many authors today, it's always because of outside comments or a blog where all the basic and relevant material I need to know about the work is hidden under a blog aside of the main media, and that sucks. Let me discover it myself, let me theorize about it, for Lord's sake.

I understand that you often have this great desire to explain your whole world. There are times when I just want to throw in the whole explanation of the history of my projects, even if no one will read it, just because I want to talk about it, but no. Don't do that. Let your projects develop slowly on their own, let the viewer discover what you want to say and tell by reviewing each page, each chapter, and each dialogue itself. It's actually much more rewarding to get it right little by little rather than all at once.

Remember the main rule: show, don't tell.

And if you don't think it's necessary, what do you want them to know about your world and its story in the same work? It's not just a secondary piece of information about this background character, but often they are relegating information about characters and events or things that should be very important to the story itself, or even essential elements of their world (who is this, why are they called that, what is this, etc.). Then you just make your story to be absolutely nothing at all aside of a "bunch of words" with "characters" moving on it.

[bracketsandunderscores]

Anyone else sick of the 'big strong girlboss' Momo and 'omega weakling' Okarun trope that has become popular recently?

Yes!! Momo is often times short-tempered and quick to start a fight, but she is also feminine! She is gyaru! She likes girly things and does girly stuff! She wants to be treated like a woman instead of just an object!

This doesn't make her manly, or the boss of her and Okaruns relationship, or some type of overpowering female lead. She is strong in a way that still compliments her femininity. Just because she has a temper and doesn't take shit from others about her or her family doesn't automatically mean she's masculine or mean hearted. Women actually have emotions and personalities too! I don't know why I have to spell it out for some people!

Same with Okarun. I understand him being bullied has put a 'timid and weak' image into a lot of the fanbases heads, but is that really all we see in him? A little kid who can't stand up for himself? Does anyone remember when Hase literally got fucked up because Okarun got so mad he was calling Momo easy that he couldn't hold back his temper??? Okarun has so much more to him than what most people want to admit. It shows so painfully.

Yes, Okarun is still in a lot of cases submissive. Not in a way that makes him something less than a man, but because he is still in some ways unconfident. Especially early in the series when he is still getting used to being taken care of by a friend and adjusting to his newfound powers caused by a fucking SPIRIT!!!!!! Does that make him forever a femboy omega sub that can't do anything for himself? NO FUCKING WAY. HAVE YOU ALL FORGOTTEN ABOUT TURBOKARUN? HAVE ANY OF YOU GOT ANY CRITICAL THINKING SKILLS TO COMPREHEND WHY HE ACTS SO DIFFERENTLY IN HIS TURBO FORM???

Momo should be allowed to be a girl in fan media. She's a teenage girl with a crush that gives her butterflies and makes her kick her feet in excitement. She has interests and a distinct, girly style and gets shy when people she like tease her! Why boil her down to nothing but her anger? I find it so disheartening.

Let my babies be teenagers in peace without involving their wildly inaccurate tropes in their relationship.

[miwiheroes]

i think a lot of the reason why the ga and milevens have such a terrible view on us is because they don't actually know what we think, or what the majority of us think. we stick to our own spaces, right? at least, the nice bylers do - meaning the only times that milevens see us is when we are being toxic and stupid on purpose.

also i don't think they know that we're being logical at all, and i don't think they want to know - because that logic scares them. maybe they truly believe this, but them saying stuff like "finn said that milevens going to be a couple going into s5! bylers you lost!" is very interesting because its like....yeah? i know they are? i think the majority of bylers dont believe that byler will suddenly be together at the beginning of s5 - we don't want that.

they think that we believe mike hates el, thanks to them only focusing on the bylers they have a good excuse for hating (the toxic ones). when really, as soon as you gain some good critical thinking and realise that mike does care about el, and that it's actually possible for a gay man to love a woman without it being romantic, you start gaining even more confidence in byler than less. them thinking that we think that mike hates el is a safe place for them to be - because that's just wrong, mike doesn't hate her. but we know that (at least over here.)

another thing i think they believe is that we only focus on the tiny details, which i get, because we do often find meanings in small, seemingly meaningless things (which do have meaning but whatever) - but there are so many people on tumblr lately that finally started talking about big picture narrative stuff. our main byler proof isn't blue and yellow, it's not the one way sign, those are mainly small details for proof, but the proof is in the way shows are written period.

when people realise that we're not talking about the little stuff, that we don't think mike hates el, that we believe in an actually well-written byler ending, that's when they'll get really angry. and defensive.

[bittenmood]

Everybody's talking about how their favorite coalecroux moment from the recent episode of ouas is the huckleberry scene, and I totally get why. I still can't get over it either.

But, one scene that made me appreciate their relationship in this version of the campaign was when Gricko was bad-mouthing on Kremy's attempt at killing Evrima, and Gideon immediately started defending his honor when he wasn't there.

I think that scene really solidifies how much Gideon cares for Kremy and how he would protect him from anything.

Of course there's a lot of other moments that I can name, but I thought this moment was sweet and I wish Kremy was there to hear his husband defending him on his mistakes.

[mindie88]

of course i am going to post about the new chapter but only when will is on screen. next question

he’s SO CUTE picking at his food like a little giy

also, the artstyle is actually doing him so much justice?? he’s been drop dead GORGEOUS these past few episodes (it’s also closer to how i draw him so we all win)

lastly, he’s either staring off into space or looking at monty here, but either way it emphasizes his unimportance within the group. if he’s looking off into space, he’s obviously not been included in the conversation recently, and it he’s looking at monty, it means he’s trying to figure out what he’s doing or simply looking up to someone more important (or being homotron 3000). it’s even possible to go by this panel without looking at him at all. tis why i give him all my attention and love

again, they don’t even react to his apology. maybe because he overdoes it, but also because they know he’s not ever really something that they need to pay attention to.

this frame also reminded me of the time i read the duke-in-the-wall arc and took a shot every time he said sorry (it was sparkling water because i had nothing else. the bottle was empty by the end)

YEAHHH, PRETTYBOYYYYYY!!!!!!! will please NEVER change youre so funny i love you

i like how he apologizes to monty even though he didn’t insult him. probably instinct, but he also might’ve thought he embarrassed monty or made him seem weaker simply because he said something. his thoughts about his inferiority are so deeply ingrained in his brain that even speaking is a risk to take when around “superior” people. and monty’s comments and actions only enforce these thoughts……

also he apologizes to prospero as well because it’s just not in his nature to be direct and cocky like that. but i still love frames where he tries to be because they’re funny and he’s perfect yk

does this count as an analysis at least a small one pretty please🥺🥺 i’ll make a bigger one soon i promise

[bitterswtdvll]

why am i just now starting to take a liking towards this guy in my grade when i'm graduating in 2 months omg this is hell..

(& the only reason why i like him is because he's rly soft-spoken & a communicative team leader that says "yeah?" all the time + is it a bonus point that he wants to be a nurse despite being rly athletic?)