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Diverting from the 90s movie aesthetic for a new attempt at Ghost in the Shell sure is a bold move. Given it is done by Science Saru I am confident they can pull it off, but that early decision must have been controversial even for them.

That old movie's pure aesthetic has for a lot of the audience completly overwritten the style of the original manga - and it was a tremendously well made movie too. One could even go so far to say the the movie is one of the most influental anime movies ever made.

The thing is, the new series' "cartoony" style is a lot closer to the original manga that a lot of people have never read. I have seen people say that the scene of the politican getting his body hacked and being made to punch himself in the face by Kusanagi was "too silly" but...

... this is exactly how it happened in the original.

It is funny just how that changes the perspective on the original movie that cut out ALL "cartoony" elements for a super-serious sci-fi look. Like, why did they make that choice back in the day? What were they afraid of? What media were they trying to be like? How did the perception of the style change over the last decades?

#THIS.#the animation style of the new gits is EXACTLY what I've wanted.#JUST cartoony enough to have serious moments AND absolute chaos gremlin energy #i DON'T want overly realistic manga adaptations.#i want smear frames #i want silly faces in moments where its warranted #moments of levity as a juxtaposition to serious moments makes wach moment hit that much harder.

crescentalice

girl with ptsd voice: hey, so something really bad is gonna happen, right? you guys are picking up on that too, yeah? The other shoe is about to drop, I just know it.

crescentalice

posted at 3 am and has over 200 notes less than two hours later. girls, are y'all okay?

#this is me constantly #someone compliments me or something ive done #and im immediately on edge.#“what do they want from me”#or “theyre going to want something from me”#im always waiting for the other shoe to drop.

melodymooniight

the girl in the mirror who always runs away

synergy27

Me at 13: “god I can’t wait to go home and read fanfic”

Me at 17: “god I can’t wait to go home and read fanfic”

Me at 21: “god I can’t wait to go home and read fanfic”

iwasnotaslasher

Me at 41: "god I can't wait to go home and read fanfic"

#me at 38 #also writing fanfic

drawnsnake

A couple nights ago I dreamt that snakes had legs. Little gecko paws.

Yes I know lizards exist. My brain reinvented lizards with extra length.

eonadoodles

I started an 8-day work week and the only thing getting me through it is doodling lol hope to have time soon to doodle more

#these are SO CUTE

anonpolls

A strange genie appears and has an offer for you. You’ll be cured of all, you’ll have a stable job you’re happy with, and you’ll basically just live the best life you can imagine. However, there’s a catch—you’ll have to relive one specific grade level from middle or high school (the genie is American).

Which would you pick?

6th grade

7th grade

8th grade

9th/freshman year

10th/sophomore year

11th/junior year

12th/senior year

decline the magician’s offer

none, i am the magician

answers to the magician

Voting ended onJun 18

Thanks, Anon!

-submit your poll!-

#i have a lot of trauma around 6th-9th grades.#things got better at 10th grade #id probably be okay with 10th grade #cause my mom wasnt totally checked out yet and my dad hadnt started cheating on my mom again.#6th or 7th grade could have gotten my dad arrested for abuse. but theres no way to know how that would have gone.#and too many awful things happened in 7th grade.

crabanarchy

They say ooooh be a good boy for daddy and you'll get a reward. But then the reward is just gay sex. This is bullshit. I wanted a skateboard

crabanarchy

Then they say if you're a bad boy daddy will punish you. But what's the punishment? More gay sex! You can't escape it. This whole damn place is in the pocket of Big Sex

#i mean.. dont threaten me with a good time

spinfader

Trans girls, in my experience, have largely lived an existence in which for the vast majority of our lives, we've never been anybody's first choice romantically. That's if we're chosen at all.

Second choice? Yeah. Back up plan? Happens. Fetishized? Always.

But never just chosen. Never just pursued. Never loved quite as much as we need. Never the object of obsession. Never the focus of passion.

Every love feels like it's one better option disappearing like a vapor in the wind.

So I say all that to say, if you're romantically inclined, and you love a trans girl. Choose her. Really choose her. Choose her in every moment. Make her feel like she's the only one that matters and do it every day, because it's possible, likely even, that she's never felt that before.

Really choose her, or you will break her heart.

If you're not willing to do that, leave her the fuck alone.