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Dragonslayer week 2023 theme voting

Alright everyone voting for the themes of Dragonslayer week is up. You have until 6/20/23 to get your votes in. You can vote for multiple themes

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Emercury Week Day 2: Modern AU

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https://twitter.com/paintedrecs/status/1639610323580899328

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Yup

ALT

When shippers of popular ships think the fandom belongs to them so they can oppress whoever prefers minor ships instead of theirs.

A talented artist who dares not drawing our popular ship? Let’s call them out on their nsfw art!

A shipper who got upset with the hate we’ve been throwing at their insignificant ship and blocked us? Let’s harass them and accuse them of horrible things!

A group of people boldly running an event or a Discord server about their trashy little ship without asking our permission? Let’s do everything to take them down!

Basically they act like you should be obedient and behave very well according to what they expect of you, including accepting all their hate as “just a joke lol can’t take a joke?”, or else you’re gonna face the consequences of trying to create your own experience in this fandom outside their nasty group.

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Greetings and salutations! Welcome to the official announcement of the prompts and rules for DragonSlayer Week 2022. This ship week is dedicated to the pairing between Jaune Arc and Yang Xiao Long. This event will run from July 25th to July 31st. Please read through and familiarize yourself with the rules before proceeding.

Rules:

Posts must be Dragonslayer centric. You can have secondary and background ships, but Dragonslayer is the focus.

No bashing of characters or other ships. We mean it. If you hate or think less of a character or a certain ship, leave it out of the submissions.

All posts welcome for this. You can post art, shitposts, fanfics, mood boards, edits, gifsets, etc. The sky is the limits

Please have the tag #dragonslayerweek within the first 5 tags of your post. Also tag this blog so we can reblog your posts.

All posts on tumblr must be SFW, any NSFW posts will be on the discord server.

Please give any warnings for extreme content.

Have fun

Here’s the link for voting on the top 7 choices for this year’s themes.

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSccebWRYxj4a_glF7VLO1RfCd3bxG7gM127QsSTM3mgVPW7Tg/viewform?usp=sf_link

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Discord server

Hello folks, if you’re interested in joining a discord server for not just Yautja, but Aliens/Xenomorphs with some Terminator, Mass Effect, and other sci-fi on the side? Then come join us in Alien vs Predator Expanded Universe.

https://discord.gg/dPeGy24

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Expensive BBQ

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So uh….some dude apparently recreated Adobe Photoshop feature-for-feature, for FREE, and it runs in your browser.

Anyway, fuck Adobe, and enjoy!

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you are allowed to dislike or hate ships.

you are allowed to be against shipping problematic pairings.

you are allowed to view ships as disgusting or gross.

you are allowed to view ships as weird or cringey.

however

the moment you decide to harass, bully, or suicide-bait people over it?

you are automatically the person in the wrong.

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Worldbuilding of RWBY - The reason i HATE and LOVE the show in equal measure.

I love exploring new fantastical worlds. Be it through books, video games, anime, movies or any kind of media. To me, all of those creative endeavors are not just about the story that is being told, it is also about the world that is being presented to me. Harry Potter and Lord of the Rings being one of my first influences in just experiencing new worlds.

RWBY is no different in this regard. While the fights captivated me as much as anyone else, its the world that attracted me the most. It was during the retcon period of League of Legends and (in my opinion) the total failure of a story from “Sunrider” that i got fully immersed in RWBY as not just a cool show with cool fights, but as a full world full of wonder.

And this sense of wonder has only been growing since V1, with each volume bringing in new information, or series such as “world of remnant” that also gave extra information about the world. Even with my opinion that the quality of the show is not the best, anything the show gives i like in a creative sense (to an extent).

Imagination and Freedom

The reason why i care about worlds like RWBY is because they allow imagination to run free, for not only the creator but also the consumer. Let us take the universe of “Shadowrun” games for example. It is a dystopian cyberpunk setting with fantasy elements in it. Through this universe i have seen stories, met characters and even explored ideas that i never thought about before. And so have the writers.

We have a cyberpunk setting with fantasy elements? Well, why dont we explore what would happen if a corporation exploited the concept of “Feng Shui” for its own gain?

Why dont we explore transhumanism through one characters quest to achieve immortality of all humanity through integration of machines?

Why dont we explore how becoming an outcast and finding strenght in it can lead a person to reject and even fight against values instilled in them by others?

I could go on for hours about the stories i have experienced in Shadowrun. Characters i have met. And the world itself of course, the differences and connections between different corporations. European war 1 and 2. But most importantly is that while there have been a lot of things explored, i still feel like the world has a LOT to go through. As such i both feel content with what i have now, yet i want more.

Remnant, a world underutilized

This is not the feeling i have with the world of RWBY as much as i would like to. While i still want to see more of it and can tell you about the world of Remnant, i cant even tell close to the ammount of stories that i can about Shadowrun. And its simply because RWBY barely utilizes its world and even characters, at least the main show does.

The books i have heard about quite frankly sound more interesting and more exploring of the world than the show. A brother and a sister working together to recreate a monarcy as they believe to be the righftull descendents of a great ruler? The details i have heard about those books are great, they explain why civilians dont have aura, how Vacuo was fucked over by the other kingdoms.

Or what about stories about Ozpin? Him in his various reincarnations? Him living different lives and influencing legends and stories that outlive his own hosts?

And yet the main show over 8 volumes manages to run over 3(4) kingdoms without barely exploring ANY of them. Why does Vale look so “modern”? Does it even have a consistent city plan that does not change between Volumes? What culture does it have? How is it ruled? How do criminals like Torchwick and Junior come about? The same can be said about other locations as-well. We barely saw Mistral, most of our time in Menagerie was in a literal palace and while V7-8 do try something with Atlas, it is quickly cut short due to Salem being included in a place that she genuinely did not need to appear in.

It just feels like im sitting in a train looking out the window and see so many interesting things pass by, yet being unable to focus on any of them.

This is why for the most part fanfictions of RWBY keep me an avid fan of the show. I have seen fanfictions that create/explore the military life of Atlas. Fanfictions that explore the relationship between huntsmen and simple civilians. Fanfictions that explore a possible crime underground in various kingdoms. Fanfictions that truly explore and utilize the world that the show has, and does not use.

What is a Huntsman

In the end, some of you might say “Well, RWBY as a show does not focus on those things, its fine if they are not shown”, and that is partially correct, RWBY as a show is about different aspects of the world than i have listed previously. The problem is….

Even that is done poorly in regards to worldbuilding.

Aura has been retconed in V5, and even to this day, from the show itself we barely know ANYTHING about it. It can shield people but we dont know what for example decides aura reserves, why do people have different ammounts of Aura? Why are certain weapons (like snipers) not more popular since aura is active? How is Vytal Tournament even a thing if anyone can die from stealth easily? Why are aura trackers seemingly used in the tournament and almost never make an appearance again?

Hunters are basically trained mercenaries right? What governs them, does anyone? Is there any way of ensuring loyalty? Are there many rogue huntsmen? Do businesses or governments use them for some shady stuff? Is that not allowed or allowed? How would you even take in a rogue huntsman and keep them in jail? Can you negate semblances or Aura of people somehow?

Are they all trained to build/maintain their weapons? Where do they get the parts? Who teaches them? Does everyone do that?

I can ask these questions all day and night and receive barely any answers to any of these, while i can go into a single Shadowrun game and get many, if not answers, at least directly proposed theories and information. The same cannot be said about RWBY.

And the questions i gave before? All related to huntsmen, the people we are following on their adventure right now. They even have Qrow with them, a supposed veteran huntsman of a bad background that could be utilized to tell the heroes at least a few of these things.

And yet, nothing.

End

I love the world of RWBY because it allows a LOT of creativity in those who look at the world and want to add to it. But i also hate the show because it REFUSES to do the same, to take the world it has created and fully utilize it.

RWBY genuinely could have been on the level of Avatar with its worldbuilding. An adventure during which our heroes discover/learn more about the huntsmen system and the kingdoms that they are supposed to protect.

And yet as many have described what RWBY has is a world that is as big as an ocean, yet deep as a puddle. It has so much at its hands and does nothing with it.

And it is frustrating.

I WANT to know more, yet the show refuses to do so and instead looks like its running head-first into the end of the series.

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Yknow... I cringe whenever people would bitch about retcons in RWBY, because... I literally never see any. The things they call "retcons" are usually just "oh, this thing hasn't been mentioned in 2 seasons, they must have forgot about it" or things that don't align with their personal headcanons of the characters.

For example, for the first one, i saw someone complain that they retconned Yang's burning hair when she activates her semblance because... she didn't use it for 2 volumes. Later turned out to be bullshit because, yes, she does still light up, she just didn't need to in either v4 or 5.

For the second one, it's the most obvious and common: "they retconned Adam's character! He was never a yandere!" while ignoring he literally only had 7 lines up to the point before "hello my darling" and none of them gave him any character depth whatsoever. They more just established that he was a leader of the white fang and less established anything concrete about his personality.

I have not seen a true, honest to god retcon in RWBY as of yet. They've been pretty consistent with their own lore so far.

What's the most common 'retcon' claim with RWBY?

That Aura was retconnned in V5 because of the word 'passive'. This despite not only Pyrrha mentioning that you needed to ACTIVATE Aura but that Neo went in for the kill after Yang was knocked unconscious with no indication that her Aura was done other than said unconsciousness, implying that Aura was only active if you were conscious. AKA the opposite of being without activity (passive).

People will claim that it was retconned despite being identical before and after the retcon because of a single word. ... That we associate with subconscious in the first place.

But Torchwick supposedly being this great fighter despite turning tail the first chance he got in Episode 1 and his supposed right hand not even getting a mention until Volume 2? Nah, that doesn't fit retcons...because fuck you.

That's my issue with the retcon thing. There have been moments of miscommunication with the audience in RWBY as well as changing things retroactively (like Penny's secret of being a robot being contradicted by her fuck off lazer beam in Volume 1) but no one gives a shit because most of it isn't this big grandiose shit they can benefit off of. No, gotta go after the shit that sounds big until you realize that it's basically a peacock spreading it's feathers. Which in turn make actual criticism HARDER.

It's not about continuity issues- it's about 'RWBY bad'.

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Is that piece of media actually bad or did it just not go the way you wanted it to go?

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“FMA is bad because it portrays war criminals as sympathetic, likable people” bro that’s the point. That’s the whole point. That is THE point. Did you think Ethnic Cleanser is some kind of special category of person that gets separated away from all the Good People at birth? Did you think there’s some kind of barn full of Genocide Doers that only gets deployed into the general public during world wars? Did you think assholes who do terrible shit in real life are never charming or likable or capable of doing good things and helping people? One of the best parts of FMA is how we the audience realize that some of our core protags have made irredeemable choices, and we have to reckon with the fact that they’re still people, with the unalienable rights and qualities thereof. Sorry if the Problematics aren’t constantly wearing a dunce cap and a list of all their crimes and this makes the media incomprehensible to you  

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Happy mother’s day to the best mom!

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Greetings and salutations! Welcome to the official announcement of the prompts and rules for DragonSlayer Week 2022. This ship week is dedicated to the pairing between Jaune Arc and Yang Xiao Long. This event will run from July 25th to July 31st. Please read through and familiarize yourself with the rules before proceeding.

Rules:

Posts must be Dragonslayer centric. You can have secondary and background ships, but Dragonslayer is the focus.

No bashing of characters or other ships. We mean it. If you hate or think less of a character or a certain ship, leave it out of the submissions.

All posts welcome for this. You can post art, shitposts, fanfics, mood boards, edits, gifsets, etc. The sky is the limits

Please have the tag #dragonslayerweek within the first 5 tags of your post. Also tag this blog so we can reblog your posts.

All posts on tumblr must be SFW, any NSFW posts will be on the discord server.

Please give any warnings for extreme content.

Have fun

Here’s the link for voting on the top 7 choices for this year’s themes.

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSccebWRYxj4a_glF7VLO1RfCd3bxG7gM127QsSTM3mgVPW7Tg/viewform?usp=sf_link

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“RWBY Proper seems it’s winding down as it approaches the final Kingdom, and honestly, it just feels like RT wants it over with at this point. But the thing is, RWBY is their moneymaker, keeping the company afloat. Restart the show with more capable writers and get the casuals back, so you get both them supporting you.

Monty always wanted to make his own anime, and I am happy that his creation will be getting that treatment, but I think it’s sad that not only is he not here to see it, but RT couldn’t give it that treatment.”

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