#vforce

[shamelessllamapeanutthing]

Bro v-force is such a wild fucking season. Keep the shipping fodder aside, the Blade-Breakers do NOT come across well? They are such assholes, like there's no other word for it. It's been bothering me for a while now like ARE we supposed to root for them? For real? And if yes, then WHY? HOW?

Also, I hate Tyson's guts sometimes. It's a tale as old as time and I fear it hasn't suffered it's conclusion yet. We have ongoing beef and it'll end in death.

[njararna]

i am as always thinking about voltron. because i have issues. but i really and truly cannot get over vld’s flanderisation of lance’s character, it actually aggravates me to no end!!!

in the franchise, lance has been established to be an ace-flyer, incredibly perceptive (specifically in dotu and vttd, the source material + the closest sequel!), impulsive, and cocky—but his cockiness had SUBSTANCE. he knew he was that good. to me vforce has one of the best lance characterisations in how they get him: he’s a great flier, he’s a dependable figure of authority, he’s snarky, he bites back, he has the right amount of silliness and pettiness dotu lance had. in vforce, everyone could get teased by the narrative! it wasn’t one or two characters taking the brunt (hi vld hunk and lance!).

but in vld, they practically cut out all those parts of lance, the flying, the perceptiveness, his confidence, and then give it to keith (whose original personality had been then given to shiro). they leave him with the cockiness, but there’s nothing to back it up. they orchestrate keith and lance’s rivalry to be one-sided and terribly unbalanced because keith IS better than lance in a lot of things. this was never the case before, they had strengths and weaknesses that the other complemented and would sometimes cause conflict (vttd is a great example of this!).

i think the reason why it bothers me so much, is because this is first time lance has been latino and not white (not counting golion’s isamu in this). the first time! and the moment he is, they take away his skills and his strengths, have him bullied by the narrative and made into a joke, never taken seriously, and dialed up his flirtatiousness to over 9000. the only time i can actually recall lance being flirtatious in the franchise was in ddp’s run, but even then it wasn’t nearly as prominent or excessive as vld lance’s nonstop flirting. he gets keith’s leftover lion, he gets a sword like keith, he’s allura’s second choice, he never really finds his place in the team.

the arc of feeling like a seventh wheel or insecurity wouldn’t bother me if he had history in the franchise of this, if his character wasn’t established the way it was, but he doesn’t! and its not like vld’s narrative does much to disprove lance’s insecurity—in fact it winds up doing the opposite most of the time. on the surface vld and dotu lance seem similar, but deeper down i feel like the writers just…lost the plot. it’s not that you can’t branch out in reboots or explore other pathways, but it’s just so blatant to me in how they’d taken so much from him and passed it off to other characters. where’s the love for the source material in that? where’s the respect? i don’t know, maybe i’m just going on and on, but it haunts me.

[hellastareta]

[chibi-pix]

I just wanted to draw some Galra Pidge, but I had no ideas. Then @breadstickcat suggested I draw the other Pidges as fluffy purple Galra lads, so here I am with VF Pidge, all fuzzy with big adorable ears. And instead of his VF uniform? Time to put him in a Blade uniform! They're pretty much ninjas like him, so it works. Also, it's a redraw from this shot.

It felt like a good shot to redraw for him.

Anyway! I hope y'all enjoy this one! Commissions are open and available on my Ko-fi. Until next time!

[paladudesquotes]

Daniel *watching his house burn down*: ...

Daniel *starts filming*: Waddup, guys, welcome to my vlog, today's topic: how to get away with accidentally committing arson because you forgot Spaghetti O's cans are metal and thus non-microwavable! Step one: deny everything.

[paper-kats]

“So, Max, I know it’s kind of a tough question to ask, but are you going to compete today? If you don’t feel up to it, that’s okay, and I’ll be more than happy to take your place.”

KAI MY BELOVED YOU ARE TOO GOOD FOR THIS WORLD

TAKE NOTES TYSON, THIS IS HOW FRIENDS TREAT EACH OTHER

[ressyfaerie]

Finally finished watching V-Force. You could tell the writers had fun with the episode names, but this one really takes the cake....

[gingerast]

Soooo I got a new graphics tablet!!! And I love it so much! I used to have a really old wacom and I really struggled with not being able to look at what my hand was doing. Now I have a Huion Kamvas 20, which is a huuuuge upgrade! This is just a practice piece I’ve done, messing around with lineart styles etc :D