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[sunshine-zenith]

The Traveler might be an absent dad, but at least we know he's Wanderlust's dad, while Jack's dad disappeared when he went to buy milk-- /j

(Just Dance giving its characters lore by giving them canon families) You get abandonment issues! And YOU get abandonment issues! And YOU-

[lunapegasus]

A niche art request : Metal Sonic and Blaze as a duo (they're a mood really x3)

They are going to

to beat you to death

[request status]

[operationlove]

I get Sonic, I mean Shadow has the coolest motorcycle of all the franchise, what's not to love about a bike ride date ? /lh

He does and I'll explode before I try drawing a motorcycle actually. Maybe you guys could get a badly edited png at best

[summers-art]

*whispers* Psst...About very niche pair/ship...What about Metaze (Metal Sonic/Blaze) ;3

Well, as you already know I am a fan of the polycule

Metaze on it's own I haven't looked into as much - WHICH I SHOULD - I think they could be cool and scary girlfriends together. As a princess I think Blaze should have a murder robot ready to kill on her command, that's so romantic 🩷

Ok not to derail myself but I immediately thought of an AU of Metal and Amy being trusted knights for princess/queen?? Blaze where Metal is just a 🤏 tiiiny bit too eager to do murder at first sign of conflict. Amy has to be the heart of the team to convince them to uh, maybe not do that? But it's fine, until it isn't. When the evil programming sways a bit too hard and Blaze herself has to put a stop to it and they fight and Metal can have a "I'm glad it's you, it had to be you" at the tip of her blade like oUGHHH ❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥 Toxic doomed yuri 🩷🫶

Idk if this is what you wanted to hear, to any wholesome metaze enjoyers I'm sorry I only know how to deliver pain and agony

[pocketramblr]

For the ask game : more headcanons about Lian joining the Gaang AU ^w^

1. Lian doesn't grok with Toph when they first meet, what with the opposite types of bad childhood, Toph's attitude at bending, and Lian generally siding with Katara. But she does respect the learning to see with earthbending, she can recognize talent and ingenuity when she sees it

2. She DOES get Zuko though and she hates it. She wonders if she would be just as desperate for her people's approval as he is his father's if she'd been born a bender after all, if she ever would have realized they didn't deserve her loyalty.

3. So she kinda gets where Zuko is coming from when he joins them but stops warming up to him when he and Katara go on a life changing field trip without her, because come on she's great at vengeance!

4. She did immediately clock that Katara was going to go all Painted Lady and just asked if she wanted some help making machines for cool effects to sell the spirit shtick. Lian didn't realize some of the others didn't know.

5. When Lian makes a new engagement necklace for Katara, the pendent is actually a machine that makes the waves of water on the engraved shell pieces actually move and swirl back and forth.

[operationlove]

Okokok I know i'm very late i'm sorry-- BUT THE "FIX YOU" LYRIC REFERENCE ON PAGE 25'S POST OPSKOKQS-- 😭

[Referenced page]

It's okay guys, we can still fix this, trust. It'll all get better by the next time we see these goobers again, or maybe worse, depends. Flip a coin to find out which it'll be!

[sunshine-zenith]

You like Beedabop ? ;-; I mean I know people like his design but he's really an underrated character in the fandom, I get he is niche and has one map (yet) but he deserves the world fr

(Sorry this took so long to get to)

I adore Beedabop — while the use of live action dancers and footage is what drew me to JD (thank LittleSiha’s documentation of her becoming a coach), maps like Heat Waves and Wasabi instantly stand out and deserve so much recognition for being done with different mediums. Heat Waves in particular is just so much fun to watch, and it really can’t be praised enough how cool it is when JD completely recontextualizes songs

Granted, alas, it doesn’t seem that elegant to actually dance to, which might be why this guy hasn’t caught on. I’m not a dancer, but when I watched a few videos of other people trying this map, I’ve only found one that managed to pull it off without seeming a little awkward (though everyone who does dance to this maps seems to be having fun at least, and when they pull it off, they really pull it off)

I seriously hope the JD team uses Beedabop in a couple more maps, since they gave him such a heart tugging backstory and fun character design (I feel like “Sunshine” from OneRepublic fits his vibe, for a start). If he had been from any other game, I guarantee he’d be a fan favorite. Shoot if Heat Waves was an animation posted independently online (think Vivziepop’s Die Young, or even Rachel Kim’s Diamond Jack), it would easily be one of those much beloved cult classic videos.

Alas, it’s hard to truly stand out in a game of stand outs like Just Dance. Hopefully one day this guy will be allowed to truly shine

[sunshine-zenith]

I think there's a real discussion to be said for Just Dance characters about abandonment issues, because even my silly boy (/pos) Beedabop has some, he is a factory keeper whose said factory is disarrayed and abandoned, he has been left alone and yet still works in it ;-;

;-; I would die and kill for this robot

From a meta view point, I guess it makes sense so many characters are left behind/have tragic backstories— Break Ups are a popular theme in songs across multiple genres, and even if the JD team recontextualizes the song they still keep the Vibe (like with Beedabop above having a map with a song about remembering a past relationship that’s changed to being left behind to rust, or how Jack’s maps have romantic/sexual songs that are changed to being about longing for approval/wanting to achieve his dreams of being a dancer)

You either have to have a bunch of characters with the same exact back stories (I was dumped/I dumped you and regret it), which can be limiting from a creative perspective

OR

You fudge a few things, keep the overall vibe (longing, regret, anger) and go to town storywise (you’re thinking about an ex with nostalgia? WRONG you’re an optimistic yet tragic robot in an abandoned factory. You’re thinking about an ex with longing? WRONG you’re a villain’s repressed kid, you have no other family or friends, and you weren’t allowed to express yourself growing up. You’re NOT actually thinking about an ex, but you’re angry? Jokes on you you’re still wrong and also your ex is Rasputin)