#ultraman

[numberoneomegaversepoll]

Number One Omega Tournament Semi-Finals

Ultraman Omega (Ultraman Omega) vs. Dean Winchester (Supernatural)

Ultraman Omega

Dean Winchester

Voting ended onMay 12

Propaganda under cut:

Ultraman Omega

It's his name and also he grows taller than skyscrapers thus he is. the biggest omega. 

Broke all of his people's laws for love, even after remembering his past. And he looks so cool doing it.

Dean Winchester

One big draw of omega verse fanfiction is to play with gendered expectations and their horrors in an exaggerated way/heightened in a way that it feels less real and easier to approach (also its hot, lets not forget that), Dean in canon struggles a lot with binding his self worth to a limited view of masculinity while also having a connection to things he views as female; he is often pushed in the caretaker role toward his younger brother and while he genuine enjoys some of it, the lack of choice is always a thorny aspect. Dean Winchester would hate being an omega, and torturing him is something canon (and fanon) loves to do.

Do I even need to explain? He's THE omega.

[madamadamiu]

Attack!!!

[doomed-jester]

"I don't like old sci-fi shows, the special effects look too cheesy" you are incapable of joy. Go to the dungeon.

[prokopetz]

It's that time of year when Tumblr celebrates Easter by posting pictures of crucified anime characters, and inevitably somebody in the notes will pop up to helpfully explain that crucifixion imagery has no cultural significance in Japanese media because Japan is only about 1% Christian, which bugs me because it's completely wrong.

It's true that in the majority of cases, crucifixion in Japanese cartoons isn't meant to be conveying any specific theological message, but something Western audiences are likely to miss is that a large portion of those random crucifixion scenes are referencing Ultraman.

Ultraman's creator was a devout Roman Catholic who explicitly intended the titular hero to read as a Christ figure, and consequently, various Ultramen have been crucified on multiple unconnected occasions throughout the franchise's history. Crucifixion scenes in Japanese cartoons are often directly name-checking particular crucifixion incidents from Ultraman, right down to emulating the compositions and camera angles of specific shots. It's like an especially morbid version of the Akira slide.

The upshot is that, while it's true that the inclusion of gratuitous crucifixion scenes in Japanese cartoons typically has no (intentional) theological message, stating that they have no cultural significance is incorrect. A large chunk of the Japanese viewing audience are going to see them and immediately go "hey, that's an Ultraman reference".

Anyway, as an image tax, have a shot of four crucified Ultramen miraculously resurrecting a fifth Ultraman by shooting laser beams out of their hearts:

[kkurensia]

some of yall dont fw ken sato like i do. seriously

[most-calm-revice-and-geats-fan]

AAUUUGH I WISHHHHHHH

[soapallo]

aw yeah bluey time