#The Smurfs on the Internet

[pharaohgargamel]

Ссылка на фанфик "Смурфики в интернете"

Русская версия (оригинал)

О чем фанфик: Папа смурф провел интернет в деревню и так всё началось...

(Этот фанфик был написан достаточно давно однако был опубликован на другом сайте и только в оригинале, теперь же фанфик доступен и в переводе на английский язык.)

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Link to fanfic "The Smurfs on the Internet"

English version (translation)

What the fanfic is about: Papa Smurf brought the Internet to the village and that's how it all started…

(This fanfic was written a long time ago, however, it was published on another site and only in the original, but now the fanfic is also available in English translation.)

[thatbennybee]

Checked my strawpage after like 3 months and it's the most hilarious angry msgs from smurfs' last remaining fan on the planet who was quite upset by my banger smurfs mother's day tweet

You realize how hilariously ironic it is to be telling a trolls fan to get a job meanwhile arguing in passionate defense of smurfs right

[twisting-echo]

Just a collage of some crossover crackships that I've had in my head for a while now. 😳👉👈

Rumpelstiltskin (Shrek 4) x Belle (BATB/RBTI): This ship came to me about two years ago because I thought it was funny that they could be Once Upon a Time's Rumbelle but on crack. Plus, Rumpy needs someone to love and for someone to love him back. 🥺

Merida DunBroch (Brave 2012) x Gutsy Smurf (Smurfs 2011): I've always had this funny idea of what if the archery tournament went differently, and Merida is instructed to shoot an arrow into the sky, and whoever Lord's son (or crest) the arrow landed closest to would be her future husband. But Merida, taking fate into her own hands, found a loophole and shot the arrow far away from the designated area and into the woods. So the arrow landed closest to Gutsy, and despite Merida's reluctance, she's now engaged to marry him. I based my story idea on the European fairy tale "The Frog Prince" and the Russian fairytale "The Frog Princess." (I might write a fanfic about it one day.)

Rapunzel (Tangled) x Big Jack Horner (PIBTLW): I first based their relationship on the fact that Jack collects magical artifacts and objects from various fairytales, fables, and myths. So maybe he tried to collect Rapunzel's magic hair but got a frying pan to the face and fell in love with her instead. He may be an irredeemable monster who's “dead inside,” but something about Rapunzel makes him soft and fluttery. Plus, the woman can bake a mean pie~

🚫IF YOU DO NOT LIKE THIS SHIP, PLEASE DON'T COMMENT OR REBLOG🚫

🚫 THAT'S GOES FOR ANONYMOUS ASKS AS WELL 🚫

🚫PLEASE DO NOT STEAL OR REPOST MY EDITS🚫

[antirepurp]

there's something in that one smurf forums thread where a grown man writes misery porn about baby smurfs that feels to me like one of those things every writer needs to experience but im not sure what im gaining from being exposed to it

[lesbianlenas]

not me looking up the instagram of my internet friend from when i was like 13 and on book instagram (my pre tumblr days….) and her profile pic being a WEDDING PHOTO 😭😭😭😭 i’m literally screaming crying and throwing up rn she was a yr older than me i think so 24 rn i’m…………on a more serious note though i can’t believe i didn’t get a wedding invitation………

[dykeadvocate]

streamer!ellie x streamer!reader pt2

cw; threaten to bomb, domestic violence joke/comment, mention of wanting to make porn, loser stupid ellie

a/n; i freaking love writing for streamer!ellie shes so silly (and me)

discord

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she has recently discovered overwatch and thats all she can think about.

she's so excited to stream it.

@carpetmuncherwilliams okay chat. are you excited for the overwatch stream 2night :3

@venomnutjuice title: i try to get out of bronze (impossible)

@carpetmuncherwilliams WHAT THE FUCK

• she is hardstuck bronze...

• (for all my non-gamers bronze is the lowest rank in the game)

• you've been playing overwatch longer than ellie, so you're more skilled and a higher rank.

• you create alt accounts to smurf in ellie's lobbies and boost her.

• "y'know, you're technically my e-kitten and i'm your e-daddy."

• "please kill yourself, baby. please do it and record it so i can make money off of it."

• "i will throw your game, ellie."

• "NO"

• she has spent over $200 on this game. you've tried to stop her, but she cries and whines until you give her credit card back.

• she then complains about how she has no money.

• for some fucking reason, she loves streaming at 3am and screaming at the game.

you: ellie i am trying to sleep. be quite or im turning the stupid internet off and then you'll really have smth to scream about.

• "chat. the gf is threatening me. should i bomb her or no."

@oogaboogaman woah!! ellie being domestically violent in 2024??

@snoopyisking can we ban ellie

@elliesbabyholder idk about yall but im with ellie. ill bust you out of jail

• she was planning to be quite but someone killed her in overwatch and she screamed.

• she hears ur thumping footsteps before she sees you walk in.

• "fuckin' give me that."

• you snatch her headphones off her head and put them on.

• "sorry, chat. i have to treat ellie like a little baby and put her in time out because she cant be quiet at 3am."

• then you end the stream and have to basically drag a pouting, grumpy ellie into bed.

• "what if a major porn company found me streaming and wanted to hire me then we got rich and you just ruined my chances."

• "you are not making porn."

• "but the money."

• "go to sleep."

@carpetmuncherwilliams porn comapnies hmu

"you can't even spell companies. delete that rn."

@carpetmuncherwilliams nvm dhmu. gf not happi

• ellie thinks overwatch memes are hilarious and her twitter is filled with it.

@carpetmuncherwilliams

@poopypiepee wise words..wise words..

• "winton"

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@elliesmistress @yalaysbee @smelliewilliams @mystellenia

i tagged people who wanted to be tagged in my previous streamer!ellie fics

[eebie]

The most baffling thing i[ve ever come across on the internet isn’t the cum mushroom reddit post Or the baby smurf story it’s the comment section under the Story Of Undertale animation which has at some point inexplicably been made into a public diary for extremely unwell young teens. And it[s constantly getting updated. The most recent comments are from literal minutes ago and i can;t describe how reading them makes me feel

[grishamanimationstudios102]

My thoughts on the 2025 Smurfs movie trailer

After watching the 2025 Smurfs movie trailer, I’m feeling a mix of emotions—some excitement, but mostly disappointment. On the positive side, the animation itself looks decent. It has a vibrant, polished look that stays true to the Smurfs' classic design while taking advantage of modern technology. The blend of 2D-inspired textures with 3D animation is well done, and I appreciate that the characters still resemble Peyo’s original designs rather than the overly glossy look from the Smurfs live-action hybrids.

That said, the creative choices in this film already seem questionable. Bringing the Smurfs back to the human world again feels like a step backward. One of the biggest strengths of The Lost Village was that it kept the Smurfs in their medieval fantasy setting, allowing for a story that felt more in tune with the comics and original cartoon. But now, once again, the Smurfs are being dragged into modern society—probably for easy pop culture jokes and to cater to mainstream audiences who apparently can’t enjoy a fantasy film without a real-world connection. It just feels uninspired.

And then there’s the attempt to make the film overly trendy. The part with DJ Papa Smurf is downright cringeworthy. Who thought it was a good idea to turn the wise, fatherly leader of the Smurfs into some kind of hip-hop DJ? It just screams “trying too hard.” This is exactly the kind of thing that ruined other beloved franchises—shoehorning in modern slang, flashy neon aesthetics, and dance sequences that feel more like they belong in Trolls than in The Smurfs. It’s like they’re copying DreamWorks’ formula rather than embracing what makes the Smurfs unique.

And speaking of forced modern elements—Rihanna. Look, I respect Rihanna as a musician, and I’m sure she’ll do fine as Smurfette, but her presence already makes it feel like the studio is prioritizing star power over authenticity. And hearing her sing a pop cover of Heaven Is a Place on Earth in the trailer? That just doesn’t fit the Smurfs at all. In the Hanna-Barbera series, the Smurfs danced to classical music, folk tunes, or cheerful, whimsical melodies. Not radio pop hits. It makes me worried that the soundtrack is going to be full of chart-topping songs instead of anything that actually matches the Smurfs' traditional charm.

The introduction of Influencer Smurf is another point of contention. Many fans of The Lost Village have expressed their displeasure with this addition, and I have to agree with them. It feels like a contrived attempt at modernizing the timeless and classic Smurfs. Also, whoever heard of the internet in the Middle Ages? It didn't even exist yet. The Smurfs are supposed to be timeless, not the 2020s.

Furthermore, the Smurfs' unique language, where they replace various words with "smurf," has always been a charming aspect of their identity. However, in the 2025 trailer, this quirk seems overdone, especially when used to censor curse words. In the Hanna-Barbera series, this language was used sparingly, adding to its charm. But hearing "smurf" in nearly every sentence becomes tiring and feels like a forced attempt at humor.

According to fans of The Lost Village, the 2025 movie is nothing more than nostalgia bait. It seems the studio is banking on the Smurfs' legacy to draw audiences, without offering anything genuinely new or respectful to the original material.

I was hoping for a new Smurfs movie that embraced the heart of Peyo’s creation, not one that feels like it was designed by a marketing team trying to make the Smurfs “hip” again. Based on what I’ve seen in the trailer, I don’t think I’ll be watching this movie anytime soon.

And no offense to those who are hyped. I’m not bashing anyone who likes Smurfs 2025; it’s just my personal opinion. If others are excited for it, that’s totally fine! It’s just not what I was hoping for.

[cyberrebelbread]

I know yesterday Was Smurfette's Birthday, But I found something interesting for You all !!! Did you know there Some Arts Of Princess Smurfette and the Arts are From a Style guide for the Smurfs in 2015 ( Princess Smurfette style guide ) the First Two pictures Are from a old file Was in 2015 (the Smurfs Brand) I found it in Internet Archive, After some Search from the Internet I found some few Merchandise of Princess Smurfette and there more art too, What do you think about that ? Did Anyone know about this Style guide ? I'd like to Find it and See those beautiful Arts, it's look Smurftastic !!!

[cursed-40k-thoughts]

So where the hell does all this hate for the so called "Ultramarine Simp" boogeyman Matt Ward come from?

You can't bring up anything about the Smurfs without Ward being brought up and dragged for an alleged infatuation for the Codex Astartes, rivalling little shit Leandros.

I own no books or tabletop codexes so I am completely lost on why everybody seems to hate him.

Basically, back when codexes still had authorial names attached, Matt Ward was the front-facing writer for a collection of them, both 40k and Fantasy. Some of them were perfectly fine, some of them were not great. There was a trend of faction bias through them that resulted in a couple of very distinct overblown narratives that didn’t mesh with the established canon well. Every codex is inherently supposed to hype up its respective faction, but there was a general feeling that some of these codexes stepped over the line into being narratively masturbatory.

Now, this is far from the only time situations like this have occurred in Warhammer media, and Matt wasn’t the sole source of content for the codexes, but the hivemind of a particular subset of Warhammer neckbeards (the ones who think 4chan is peak internet) decided that he was personally attacking their IP. So they sent him death threats. And threatened people around him. And said really fucked up shit. Because they were a bunch of maladjusted keyboard crusaders. They also massively overexaggerated Matt’s impact upon the canon of the setting and the extent of the poor writing choices across the codexes.

Matt isn’t any kind of boogeyman. The codexes attached to him contain plenty of perfectly good content. They just also suck off the Ultramarines and Kaldor Draigo a bit too much, but not in such a way that it had any meaningful impact upon the setting other than “That writing’s a bit shit and doesn’t line up”. Not something new to any Warhammer setting, conceptually. It was absolutely no reason for the utterly disgusting and unhinged shit he had levelled at him afterwards.

I really don’t like the way Guy Haley has written Cawl, right? I’m not gonna threaten him and declare him solely responsible for the character’s presence in a fictional setting owned by someone else, because I’m not a fucking moron.

TLDR; “Matt’s” codexes contained some continuity errors and some hyperbolic factional portrayals. A bunch of pissbabies/neckbeards threatened to kill him over this and declared him the antichrist. Fuck those people, honestly.

[auras-moonstone]

okay okay hear me out this is a good one WHAT IF!!!! WHAT IF!!! reader x jack play love interests in Freaky Tales, and like everyone on set KNEW they were obviously into each other right? right. so, sundance film festival comes along a year-and-a-lot-of-pinning-later, and when the kiss scene between their characters comes up they’re both just blushing and smiling and they’re so cute during the interviews the internet goes CRAZY anyway pedro ends up talking some confidence into jack and he asks the reader out 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

from friends to this — jack champion

word count: 1,6k

pairing: jack champion x actress!fem!reader

summary: after months of not seeing each other, jack and y/n reunite at the sundance festival. with feelings still in the air, jack is persuaded to finally ask her out.

warnings: fluff.

Freaky Tales had been a completely different experience for Jack. Until that movie, he had done roles where his character didn’t have a love interest, much less a kissing scene. It was a thing that had made him nervous since the beginning, because he knew that his co-star, Y/N, had been involved in several romantic comedies so she had experience.

However, his fears were soon erased once he got to know her. Y/N made him feel comfortable and one thing he loved about her was the way she complimented him every time they finished filming a scene together. Jack was immensely glad to call her his co-star and was happy with the chemistry they showed on camera.

The two teenagers relationship soon started resembling their character’s one. Lucid and Vicky were two friends who were obviously into each other, but were too scared of rejection so they kept their feelings to themselves. For that reason, it wasn’t hard for the actors to get into their characters and nail the sentimental parts. And even though both of them were excellent at their job, the whole cast knew there was something deeper there, that there was more than just acting. The two friends could fool each other, but everyone in that set was aware of the way they basically radiated happiness when they were together. Hence why they were all sad when the last day of filming arrived and there hadn’t been any changes on the relationship.

And now, one year later, the cast was finally going to reunite for the premiere of the movie at the Sundance Festival. Y/N and Jack had been looking forward to the event because it had been months since the last time they saw each other.

“Oh my god.” Jack heard a familiar voice speak. He turned his head to the side, spotting his friend who was smiling like the Cheshire cat. Forgetting about the flashing lights and the interviewers, he made his way to her and instantly wrapped her in a hug. “The mullet is back.” she said against his chest.

Jack laughed and stepped back. “Hello to you too.”

“Sorry, hi.” she chuckled. “The mullet is back!”

“Yeah, I heard you the first time.” he rolled his eyes. “I kinda had to bring it back, you were harassing me.” he said in a playful tone.

“I did not harass you, idiot.” she softly pushed his shoulder.

“You have been sending me daily texts for a month, telling me to bring it back.” he pointed out.

“I was doing God’s work.” she shrugged. “You look really good, Jack.”

He felt the warmth spreading on his cheeks. “Thanks, Y/N/N. I missed you.”

“Missed you, too. And Jesus, have you gotten taller?”

He smirked “Maybe you’ve shrunk.”

“Fuck off.” she rolled her eyes.

“Let’s go, smurf.” he grabbed her hand, guiding her towards the carpet to take pictures. “You look gorgeous, by the way.”

They smiled at each other, the butterflies in their stomachs let them know that despite not having been able to see each other often, their feelings were still intact.

Y/N and Jack sat next to each other for the movie screening. It was the third and last day of the festival, and the two friends were sad they were going to be apart again. They hadn’t acknowledged it because they didn’t want to ruin the mood, but their hearts sure felt heavy.

The kissing scene was approaching and they began squirming on their seats, remembering that day at the set and most importantly, how good kissing the other had felt. They both replayed those moments more often that they’d like to admit, and they’d be lying if they said they didn’t want to experience it again.

When the kiss was shown on the big screen, Jack and Y/N couldn’t help looking at each other. They exchanged love-sick smiles and began blushing when they felt the cast’s eyes on them. Trying their best to ignore it, they set their focus on the movie until the credits rolled in.

Now was the part Y/N dreaded the most. not matter how many times she had gone through them, interviews still made her anxious.

“Hey, it’s going to be okay. This time, we’re doing them together.” Jack rubbed her arms. His words calmed down her nerves, and after giving him a quick nod, they walked towards the interviewers.

They started with simple questions, regarding their characters and the movie plot and then the male interviewer finally asked the expected question, “How did you feel during the kissing scene?”

Jack spoke first, “When i first got the script, I was super nervous about the relationship between Lucid and Vicky. It is my first character with a romantic interest, and that made me worry I was going to act awkward, especially because Y/N was used to it. But I soon realised I was being silly, she never once made me feel insecure about it. She helped me a lot, never judged, and always asked if I felt alright. And when the day of the kissing scene came, she basically tired herself out by reassuring me it was going to turn out perfect. So I felt very comfortable during the kissing scene. I’m very glad it was with her, she’s not just an amazing actress, she’s also the best co-star in the world and the sweetest girl I’ve ever met.”

She looked up at him in awe, wondering if he realized he was the most perfect man to ever exist. Okay, maybe she was a little biased considering she was head over heels, but Jack truly was incredible.

“Wow, how could I ever top those words?” she laughed, “I really don’t know what to say. I never doubted he was going to nail his performance, and I’m really glad he felt comfortable with me, because I sure did feel comfortable with him. Since the very first day. I mean, just one look and you can tell he’s got a heart of gold. There was nothing awkward about the kiss because we trust each other so much and we knew that there would be no judgment or weirdness after the director yelled ‘Cut’. We have an amazing friendship.”

“Well, shit- oh sorry, shoot.” he apologised. “You didn’t have a problem with topping my speech, that’s for sure.” he smiled at her, wrapping one arm around her shoulders. “But yes, she’s right. We formed an amazing friendship, and she’s stuck with me forever now.”

God, I hope so, Y/N pleaded internally.

“Kid, come here.” Pedro told Jack once he saw Y/N was nowhere in sight. “I think it’s time. I beg you, ask that girl out.”

“W-what?” Jack squealed. “I don’t know what you’re talking about.”

“Come on.” the older actor sighed. “Everyone knows it. To be honest, we expected you to end up together before the filming ended but it’s already been a year and you’re still stuck on the friendzone with her.”

“I don’t know… what if she says no? I might die, and I’m not even kidding.”

“She’s not going to say no, kid. She’s down as bad as you. Ask her out, you’re not going to regret it. Trust me, okay?”

Jack thought about that conversation for the rest of the evening, and he decided to risk it. If Pedro was right and everyone else thought the feelings were mutual, there must really be something between him and Y/N, right? There was only one way to find out.

“I can’t believe it ended.” Y/N pouted.

“Me neither. I had the time of my life.” he smiled. then, after taking a deep breath, he tugged her arm. “Y/N, I need to tell you something.”

“Yeah?”

“I… If I’m wrong, things might turn uncomfortable, but I honestly have a really good feeling about this. And before I ask you, I need you to know that there’s no pressure and that no matter what you say, I’m still going to be here. You’ll always have me, okay?”

“Okay… you can trust me. You’ll always have me too.”

Jack nodded and looking her straight in the eyes, he said, “I really like you, Y/N/N. I’ve liked you for a whole year, and it’s insane the amount of times I wanted to tell you, but fear got the best of me. I just, I don’t want to keep on hiding my feelings. I like you so much it’s consuming me. and I need to ask you, would you like to go on a date with me?”

Y/N had daydreamed about this day for a year, so it felt a bit surreal. but Jack was actually there, in front of her, telling her he liked her and wanted to be more than friends. “It was that day you brought me breakfast at the set.”

“What?” Jack frowned.

“Remember that day I forgot to have breakfast?” Jack nodded. “You told me to wait, and then appeared fifteen minutes later, with my favorite coffee, that vanilla muffin I love and the most beautiful smile ever. That was the day I realized I liked you.”

“For real?” he asked, unable to hide his happiness.

Y/N nodded and quickly raised onto her tip-toes to hug his neck. “I like you so much it’s consuming me.” she repeated his words. “And there’s nothing I’d love more than to go on a date with you.”

He let out a breath of relief and hugged her tightly. “By the way, you’re so good at speeches. This is the second time tonight I’m trying very hard to stop the tears.”

Y/N laughed “Oh, prepare yourself for cheesy posts on instagram with even cheesier captions.”

“You make the posts, I make the playlists. Deal?”

“Deal.”

spiderboyjack if those two don’t start dating soon, i’m going to jump off of very tall somethings…

landrysweetthing great, i’m crying over two actors being in love with each other.

deadpoets i will watch the movie for jack and y/n and for jack and y/n only.

aurasmoonstone someone put these two on a rom-com already!

fearlesslandry i already made a folder on tik tok for their edits. bring them on!

liked by jackchampion and y/n.y/l/n

y/n.y/l/n share the links <3

jackchampion with taylor swift songs please, those are y/n/n’s favorites

aurasmoonstone okay but are you two dating or not? the people need to know jack champion y/n.y/l/n

y/n.y/l/n we’re just friends

jackchampion SMURF DON’T NEGLECT ME 😡 y/n.y/l/n

y/n.y/l/n i love you, boyfriend jackchampion

jackchampion love you too, girlfriend y/n.y/l/n

[azyimnothere]

HELLLLOOOOOOO IT'S ME AGAIN✨

I love him I love him I love him!!!! But I hate I hate I HATE TO COLOR HIM, seriously, it almost gave me an aneurysm.

Either way, here's my babygirl💕💕💕

NO NO NO PLEASE DON'T MIND THE SPELLING MISTAKE, IT WAS SUPPOSED TO SPELL 'READY', BUT MY TIRED BRAIN DIDN'T EVEN DOUBLE CHECK MY APOLOGIES-

I also head canon that this dude dyes his hair, when his roots grow back and he doesn't have the time to kill his noodles for 1726267726th time, he just puts that smurf looking hat on because lord forbid that people on the internet find out he's not a natural blonde.

Plus, he takes minimalism as a crime against human rights so if he's not walking outside looking like a rainbow disco ball he failed as a person.

I also bet he watches indian dramas and is unironically too involved, he sits on the floor right in front of the screen and eats fistfulls of popcorn while scolding male love interests. He lives for drama.

I'm sane I swear.

Love you lovelies 💕💕💕💕💕

[smurfs-collector]

Die Schlümpfe - BASTEI Zeitschrift/The Smurfs - BASTEI Magazine (127/134)

Published by Bastei Lübbe from January 1991 to January 2002, includes 132 monthly issues and 2 special issues: Weihnachten (1997) & Endlich Frühling! (1998)

Note that only 127 out of 134 issues were found, I converted all the original cbr files to pdf ones so everyone can easily view them, they have all been archived on the Internet Archive

Where I found them (all cbr files)

Source X - Y - Z

[starwarrior18]

So..... I've heard about the news of a Live Action Ninjago Movie

and oddly enough, I've been thinking a lot about this could go down. Now, what do these movies have in common?

Alvin and the chipmunks

The Smurfs

Hop (I'm now realizing that most of you guys probably either don't care or don't remember these movies so I'm going to movies you probably DO know or care about./j)

Sonic the hedgehog

Detective Pikachu

What do they have in common? They all just threw in the Title Character in CGI With a human partner.Why am i asking you this? Cause this is my vision of a Live Action Ninjago Movie. Just throw the ninja gang into the real world, trying to get home, with a human partner helping them out. (smthn like this ⬇️)

They'll have their powers, but it won't be where they barely pack a punch. THEY'LL PACK ALL THE PUNCHES.

I want Kai to Commit arson! (Being accidental is optional)

I want Jay to accidentally taser somebody out of reflex!

I want Nya to attempt to drown somebody for insulting her Husband Jay!

I want Cole to accidentally break someone's hand by giving a handshake!

I want Zane and Pixel to search the internet for a solution while Zane keeps their drinks cool!

I want Lloyd to Kamehameha a hole in a wall and immediately apologize for it!

I want Wu to also help finding a solution while SOMEHOW being able to drink a Human sized cup of Tea!

All while the human character is trying to herd them like a bunch of feral kittens, trying to keep them from getting discovered, while reality the Ninja are pretty good at being stealthy and it makes the human look crazy. (Example: someone walks in, Human tries to explain why they're tiny talking legos, Ninja already vanished to not get seen)

and it's possible too!

The same guys who worked on the OG Ninjago, Lego movie and The Lego Ninjago movie are scripting this! It can be possible they would do something like this!!

I'm not sure if they'll add a villain or not but what i want is obvious. I WANT A BUDDY COP LIVE ACTION MOVIE WITH THE NINJAGO GANG AND SOME RANDOM HUMAN THEY PICKED OFF THE STREETS!!

Thank you for coming to my ted talk.

[nattikay]

sure is interesting how the internet just loves to accuse Avatar of being a carbon-copy-ripoff of Dances with Wolves, Pocahontas, Fern Gully, etc. but never seems to accuse Dances with Wolves, Pochanonas, or Fern Gully as being ripoffs of each other. Surely if Avatar is exactly the same as all these movies at the same time then all those movies must be exactly the same as each other too right! But no, for some reason it’s fine when those movies share similar tropes and themes, but when Avatar does it, using those tropes is suddenly some lazy and derivative sin against storytelling, apparently.

Yes, Avatar does share a lot of themes and tropes with all these movies, no one’s denying that. But guys. Dances with Wolves did not invent the “going native” trope. Fern Gully did not invent “saving the environment from greedy villains”. Pocahontas did not invent “foreigner falls in love with a native”. It’s ok for more than one movie to share these ideas for pete’s sake y’all holy flip

Heck, you could argue that in some ways Dances with Wolves and Pocahontas are more similar to each other than either is to Avatar since they are both historical fiction set in North America centered around the native Americans vs the Europeans, whereas Avatar is a sci-fi/fantasy set on an alien moon six light years away where the humans have hyperadvanced technology and big robots and the whole moon is covered in a massive neural network that the locals can tap into at will using the biological usb cable that grows out of their heads. “it’S jUsT pOchAHonTaS iN sPaCE” SO WHAT? Telling a familiar story in a unique setting is not some cardinal sin against storytelling and I’m tried of pretending that it is. Maybe “a Pocahontas-type story but in the future in space with aliens and a whole bunch of unique immersive fantasy worldbuilding” is kinda a cool concept actually, there’s nothing inherently wrong with or “lazy” about it.

Sorry to suddenly go off about this, it just seems that whenever I see someone (outside the fandom) mention Avatar on the internet they seem to have this weird compulsion to make some dismissive disclaimer about how the movie is silly and derivative before they move onto the meat of their analysis (whatever that may happen to be), as if they need to justify their mention of it lest someone judges them for having poor taste and tbh I’m tired of it.

Avatar is fine. You don’t have to preface every mention of it with a disclaimer about how it (supposedly) sucks. You don’t have to throw in a snarky “oh God forbid, this movie” when you bring it up as an example of xyz. Especially when the most popular “criticism” that get tossed at it is as shallow and silly as “it shares some tropes and themes with some other movies”.

if Avatar is genuinely just not your cup of tea, that’s totally valid! Like any movie, it’s not gonna appeal to everyone and that’s ok.

But if your perception of it is “it’s bad because everyone knows you’re supposed to make fun of the dumb blue people movie, Big Reviewer YouTuber called it Dances with Smurfs and said it was lazy”, maybe think for yourself for five minutes

[airandangels]

Just hit a confidence roadblock in Infinity Nikki - I was doing so well going through the Swordsmith Ruins, I met the glowing lady knight, Giroda got some magical validation, and now we have to go and fight Chigda the Wish Master who is less Weekend at Bernie'sed and more possessed (the corrupt fascist Paladin faction has been covering this up/grooming him to become their new god - these little floating smurfs are fucking deranged you know), and I look up a guide and it says he's the hardest boss in Infinity Nikki. Friends, you know me. I barely beat Bouldy. I was able to defeat the Caged Greed primarily because I am surprisingly decent at punching a giant baby bird in the brain. My skills have not significantly improved since then.

Apparently I'm going to have to dodge (suck at dodging), jump to avoid attacks coming through the floor (suck at timing and have been traumatised by this sort of thing from Arceus), and after scoring a hit that lowers his shields, quickly shrink down and ride Momo through the gap in his shield then presumably unshrink and aim and fire to hit him in the goolies before the shields come back. I constantly get confused between the shoot and jump buttons in mid-battle, so introducing a third one to deal with (and quickly) feels doomed. And I have to execute all this three times in a row without dying.

To all the people I read on the internet saying the combat in Infinity Nikki is so easy and basic it's a letdown, I would say HA and also No.

I mean, I'm going to try, I just really don't wanna. I'm afraid it will be hard and make me feel stupid and clumsy.

Is Giroda even going to help me? He just got a sword! He should at least distract Chigda or ping him sometimes like the Sages in Tears of the Kingdom!