He/him I love shiping, headcanons, OCs, and hearing your opinions!
(and polls, polls are good)
Proshiping is never alowed here.
You can NEVER be too kind!
DID THESE MOTHERFUCKERS JUST GIVE US A MD SHORT EPISODE DISGUISED AS AN AD?! I THINK THESE MOTHERFUCKERS JUST GAVE US A MD SHORT EPISODE DISGUISED AS AN AD!
Some people who like to call themselves "critics" do nothing but hatefully bash shows with next to no forethought. I am not that, so we're going to start with what I liked.
Of the bat, the animation was incredible, and I didn't expect any less! The colors and effects work I want to point out especially as we haven't really gotten anything of that caliber since Murder Drones, I'd even argue, as a Murder Drones fan since DAY ONE, that this is far superior. The animators have come so far and I'm so happy to have seen it with my own eyes.
One of those scenes where I can see the animators blood, sweat, and tears, is The Caine Scene. And after rewatching it yesterday I can also really appreciate the writing of said scene. (yes I am going to ignore the elephant in the void, I'll get to it later)
I originally didn't quite understand it when I saw it in theaters, but now I finally get it. It's a flashback interspliced with the present, showing Caine first accessing the brain scans and creating the circus, and Caine now using those same abilities to access the internet. I love it, I really really do. But I am a critic and... well, part of that is acknowledging the problems. There are a few, but one of them far overshadows the rest.
2: The Bad, or more accurately, The Jax
Jax. Jax is The Problem. Mainly, Jax took to much. It feels like the entire episode revolves around him. Matter of fact, I don't think I can name 4 moments that don't. Let's see... The conjuring scene, The Caine Scene, The end credits... Yeah I genuinely can't think of anything else.
You might be saying "What's so wrong with that? He's a main character." and you'd be right, in that he's a main character. What's wrong with it is that he is entirely unlikeable. He is cruel and shows zero redeeming qualities until we see his early memories, and no, being sad is not a redeeming quality. His falling out with Ribbit is unnatural and purely Jax's cruelty. He is endlessly coddled by the story, and it expects us to feel bad for him when he has done nothing to deserve it.
And the part that pisses me off most?
They don't have the balls to actually make him trans. They give him a song, a cute interaction with Ribbit, and a maid dress mockery.
3: Other Critiques (Caine's revival, The Controversies)
Ok, so, Caine straight up didn't die. They're pretending he did, but he didn't. I wouldn't be upset about this if they did it creatively or gave it any noticeable consequences, but they didn't. He- they- *sigh* I'm really struggling to put into words how... lazy this is. He didn't get deleted at all, he just got fuckin teleported!
On the topic of Caine, this might be my absolute pettiest "critique" I've ever given, but as a believer in all the Abel/Bubble theories, I hate how they did the blue AI. It seems like they used it just as a quick way to speedrun Caine's development by having him literally just pull out the angry part of himself. They don't even give it a separate name.
I don't have a transition to talk about the controversies, and I don't really want one. I believe people can change, but I am not in any position to forgive. If I was, I honestly don't think I would forgive them. It's bad, that is all I can say on Ashley and Michael.
On GOOSEWORX however, I will say that her negligence has played a direct part in the fandom being how it is now and can be learned from. Her past actions were also weird but I can't take anything meaningful out of it other than... don't... don't do that.
This show was a wonderful learning experience and a great watch, I still like it, but I think I'm ready to move on. I hope you found my thoughts entertaining or maybe even inciteful, thank you so much for reading and have a wonderful day.
Apparently a lot of people get dialogue punctuation wrong despite having an otherwise solid grasp of grammar, possibly because theyâre used to writing essays rather than prose. I donât wanna be the asshole who complains about writing errors and then doesnât offer to help, so here are the basics summarized as simply as I could manage on my phone (âdialogue tagâ just refers to phrases like âhe said,â âshe whispered,â âthey askedâ):
âFor most dialogue, use a comma after the sentence and donât capitalize the next word after the quotation mark,â she said.
âBut what if youâre using a question mark rather than a period?â they asked.
âWhen using a dialogue tag, you never capitalize the word after the quotation mark unless itâs a proper noun!â she snapped.
âWhen breaking up a single sentence with a dialogue tag,â she said, âuse commas.â
âThis is a single sentence,â she said. âNow, this is a second stand-alone sentence, so thereâs no comma after âshe said.ââ
âThereâs no dialogue tag after this sentence, so end it with a period rather than a comma.â She frowned, suddenly concerned that the entire post was as unasked for as it was sanctimonious.