#especially Stuart

[sonicranger1]

I'm still pissed at ROTT so since I'm not a YouTube reviewer you get this text wall of me explaining why while the ending of the movie does indeed suck it isn't just the ending that sucks

Why didn't Jim put on any armor till the very end? you pretentious child why should I care if you got injured when you're running around armorless just because you can't have your magical amulet armor anymore

Why was Jim questioning if he was still the Trollhunter when all the way back in S2 E11 'Unbecoming' of Trollhunters he himself said "I know I'm the Trollhunter. I'm the Trollhunter, Amulet or not"

Why did Jim suddenly start caring about his father in the movie? Aside from the fact the conversation leads to nothing and you could've easily cut it out and it wouldn't have changed anything it was established all the way back in S1 that Jim never cared about his father so why retcon that?

They shouldn't have killed Nomura off so early when we've barely been able to see her dynamic with the Trollhunter cast outside of being an antagonist and let alone see her dynamic with the cast of 3below and Wizards

Following up on the last one why did you send Trolls to the only Titen in broad daylight, you can't tell me there weren't better picks then Nomura and Arrrgh

And on that point, here's my little fan reassignment of the teams

(I put way to much effort in this literally sobbing, pls click 4 better quality :'()

Anyways time to explain my reasonings

Team Sword: the OG was fine I have almost no problems with this one but Krel could've been utilized way better imo, also Arrrgh is perfect for lifting up a giant rock with a sword embedded in it, he's literally always described as a hulking brute by other characters so ??

Team Orb: same thing with Team Sword I have nothing against it and it's probably the best one out of all of the originals but man Nomura interacting with Blinky is just... such an amusing thought to me, it is partly fueled by the short kinda interaction they had when Krel was playing music earlier in the movie but anyways more serious reasoning is I think she's the best alternative to Claire since it's not like her shadow magic was- or could've been used at any point during the mission乁(ツ)∫

Team Sunshine: once again what the hell was Jim thinking with this one? The only one that made sense to be there was Douxie, anyways reasonings with this one is that 1. Toby would actually be utilized lmao 2. Toby and Krel interactions fuel my soul 3. With Toby's hammer and Krels tech they'd probably have a way easier time getting up the Earth Titen

Team Icy: Claire Shadow magic = no rope snapping and lesser chance of Strickler dying aka less unnecessary deaths yay :DDDD

The mission assigning was such a good opportunity to have characters interact who haven't interacted prior/flesh out previously established relationships that didn't get alot of screentime and ROTT blew it, truly so much missed potential but I suppose you can say that for the entire movie

Why did they just casually mention there was a heartstone on Akiridion-5 like we knew that information prior to the movie? no one commented on it and it made me feel insane while watching

GET. RID. OF THE. MPREG. SIDE PLOT‼️‼️‼️ you're not Fairly OddParents it doesn't work and doesn't make sense, Aja and Steve have entirely different biology

(These next ones are more personal/general nitpicks but whatever)

Call me a hater but the whole "Arcadia is the center of the universe" is so dumb, I remember first hearing that little bit of info from a fancomic and i thought it was just having Blinky be egotistical but no, apparently that's a fact of life now

Idk I think it's cooler and funnier if all these guys came to Arcadia out of pure coincidence yknow?

what/where was Dictatious, Chompsky, Nancy/Nana and anyone else I'm forgetting doing during all this especially when Arcadia was being destroyed at the end, just feel like they should've atleast done a quick cut away shot to what they were doing during all this chaos (translation: I miss Dictatious)

Why doesn't Blinky use Dwärkstones anymore, I thought that was gonna be his signature weapon after The Eternal Knight but apparently not I guess, seeing him chuck explosives at Gods definitely wouldn't have been cool anyways...

Blinky sure has alot of time on his hands for being the supposed Head of New Jersey Trollmarket

Btw does that place even exist cuz for all intents and purposes it doesn't, so serious why didn't we ever get to see it dude 😭

Before I get to pointing out the obvious with the ending I'd like to highlight scenes that I actually liked and were actually good!

I liked the scene in the somewhat beginning with Blinky and Arrrgh talking about if the other dies they were glad they got to know the other that was sweet, loved it, 10/10

Like I mentioned earlier the brief scene with Krel playing music and Blinky and Nomura being annoyed by it was great, got a chuckle out of me and I wish we got to see more of that

Blinky being electrocuted was pretty good 👍 the pilot unnecessarily pointing out his multiple eyes and arms was funny to me

near the end where Blinky went to comfort arrrgh when Toby died was another 10/10 I love them ur honor

Okay being nice over, time to dig into this movie again

Toby being the Trollhunter is such a terrible idea for multiple reasons

For 1. It just makes Jim's job harder now cuz changing something as fundamental as who's the Trollhunter is gonna drastically change so many things which inturn makes things far less predictable and unless Jim has the new amulet still (which is unlikely since he's never shown with it after going back) he can't just Undertale-style reset if something goes wrong

2. Toby has never shown interest in being in any leader-type role (unless you count him directing his short film in 3below) and considering part of being the Trollhunter is basically leading an entire race...

3. Sorta following up on point 2 The role of being Trollhunter holds so much responsibility and burden and it just... dare I say, doesn't make sense for Jim as a character to put that burden onto Toby, his best friend

Guys this is the same kid who went into the darklands alone to take on Gunmar because he didn't want to see anymore of his friends/family getting hurt and you expect me to believe he'd then put that all onto Toby?

4. Toby even getting the amulet doesn't make sense considering in 'Unbecoming' the amulet was already taken by Draal by the time school ended

5. Speaking of 'Unbecoming' that episode also established that if anyone but Jim got the amulet Arcadia- and in extension the world- would be doomed and the eternal knight would happen so I guess he wants everyone to die ! ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Anyways I'm done (hopefully) TLDR: the movies awful, makes dumb decisions, completely ignores or retcons things established earlier in the franchise and didn't utilize it's extensive cast at all

And if you've read this far, thank you I appreciate it and I'll use this time to recommend the original Trollhunters book, it's awesome and has an ending 10x better then this slop please go read it (IHaveATotallyLegalWayForYouToReadItEasily)

[shirmirart]

"And because of this handsome peasant boy, the Prince's armor began to fall away. Piece by piece. Until all that was left was the piece of armor protecting his heart. Peasant boy pulled and pulled at this last piece of armor but the Prince held it firmly in place. And with every tug, the boy made a space between the Prince's armor and his heart. And in that space, the Prince's heart could beat freely once again." x

[sparklepocalypse]

When you decide you want to commission some art, but you can't decide what you want to commission so you tell your artist to pick whatever they think you've written that needs to be illustrated, @seanchaidh7 always, always follows through. I love this in so many innumerable ways. 🥰🥰🥰

Based on Blame My Poor Romantic Mind for the Mess We Made, which I wrote for the Kinktober 2023 body calligraphy prompt; the version with fewer festive boxers is embedded on Ao3.

... But the expression of a well-made man appears not only in his face, It is in his limbs and joints also, it is curiously in the joints of his hips and wrists, It is in his walk, the carriage of his neck, the flex of his waist and knees, dress does not hide him, The strong sweet quality he has strikes through the cotton and broadcloth, To see him pass conveys as much as the best poem, perhaps more, You linger to see his back, and the back of his neck and shoulder-side.

- Walt Whitman, "I Sing the Body Electric"

[wolfgang1097]

What's up, it's me, Ari. This may be a bit of a personal ramble, but I cannot help but say that I have had a strange obsession (and crush) on these two dudes for about a year and a half now.

(Screenshots were taken from MADtv).

I can't help but get quite a bit of an adrenaline rush whenever I check out the animated shorts from MADtv and/or check out the paperback strips, a good deal of which I personally wish were made into animated shorts for MADtv way back when. Then again, some of them from the first three paperback books were, from what I realized. Yes, I am one of those folks who wished there were new shorts for season three instead of rerunning the two seasons of the shorts through season five (unless I'm mistaken). There were plenty of ideas to go around and I personally believe that several strips from The Fourth Declassified Files of Spy vs. Spy would have been perfect for season three, along with some select strips from Spy vs. Spy the Follow-Up Files (other than the Tall Bed and Cat's Cradle strips/shorts, from season two), and of course some of the magazine strips plus a few of the one panel opening gags.

Anyway, I was first exposed to these two goofy, cheeky, demented weirdos was thanks to the Mountain Dew commercials, which aired when I was just seven years old, and some of the animated shorts from MADtv, courtesy of my two older sisters because they were fans of some of the live-action characters of the show, especially Stuart Larkin. From what I remember, MADtv frequently aired reruns of their older seasons on Comedy Central when I was a kid in the 2000s.

I don't know why, but whenever I watch the MADtv shorts or check out the magazine and/or the paperback strips (regardless of era), I personally tend to get a mixture of Wile E. Coyote and Roadrunner, Ren and Stimpy, Beavis and Butthead (kind of), and even Jackass vibes. Maybe it's their wild, zany, outrageous, and insanely hilarious antics. They may be insane, but at the end of the day, they split my sides.

Thank you for checking out my ramble. Peace.

I do not claim ownership of any content. Spy vs. Spy belongs to MAD Magazine and Antonio Prohias.

[meraki-yao]

Okay why is nobody talking about this, these entire part of the emails montage is just gems

"I can't have smut filling my inbox corrupting my mind and bulging my pants up"

lmao Alex I don't know why I find the wording really amusing

"I'll behave"

WHAT THE FUCK HENRY

I'LL BEHAVE??? THE GIGGLE IN HIS VOICE??? HOW IS THIS CUTE AND KINKY AT THE SAME TIME OH MY GOD

I need the underlying email narrations and I need the boys to record the book emails, I'm not even kidding I need it I'm so fucking desperate 🫠🫠🫠🫠

[xx-autmnlvr-xx]

[ninadove]

I'm honestly shocked that since Emotion/Representation aired I've yet to see anyone do anything at all with Felix and Mary Shelley's Frankenstein??? I think about it every day it's literally THE Felix piece of media. It's his entire character thesis. What are we doing guys

I KNOW I WAS JUST THINKING ABOUT IT THE OTHER DAY

To be fair I have seen a few people headcanoning it as one of Felix’s favourite books (Which yes. Absolutely. 1,000,000%) but there hasn’t been any fics/art/edits/etc. about it yet to my knowledge. My copy is at my parents’ and in French but I am tempted to find an English PDF since it’s been public domain for a good while now. The web weave potential is insane.

I have many thoughts about Felix and literature in general… I have him quote Cyrano de Bergerac all the time in my fics, for example. I was thinking of starting a list of works of art and literature he’d enjoy, so I’ll take this as a sign to get writing! I can get my fandom friends to make some suggestions as well! 📝

Edit: @bittersweetresilience got us covered, our honour is safe 💜🦚

[vimflam]

AND alan silvestri wasn't even there

[autistic-katara]

GUYS I FINALLY MANAGED TO DRAW HIS FACE IN A WAY RHAT LOOKS NORMAL (if u ignore tbe scribbled out bit)

[typicalopposite]

Bea’s wedding… probably

[scoringeffects]

lol. lmao even.

[musicrunsthroughmysoul]

The other night I started to realize just how much Big Country were influenced by Kate Bush, particularly on The Seer, despite the fact that she guested on the title track.

I thought "The Teacher" paralleled "Sat in Your Lap" very well, especially remembering that Stuart used to introduce "The Teacher" as "A song about wanting to know everything"...like, yeah, okay, as though Kate Bush didn't sing that in "Sat in Your Lap" ("I want to be a lawyer/I want to be a scholar/But I really can't be bothered/Ooh, just gimme it quick, gimme it, gimme gimme gimme gimme!").

And "I Walk the Hill"...almost too obvious parallels to "Running Up That Hill", although I feel like "I Walk the Hill" is more of a response song, responding to "Running Up That Hill" rather than necessarily relating to it.

I'll probably think of more parallels later, at some point, but two out of ten doesn't seem too insignificant to me. And on the same fucking album! But I do love how much respect those guys had/have for Kate, which they were all always very vocal about. :')

[meraki-yao]

and I thought of this

I was drowning

And you threw yourself into the water without hesitation, without a backward look.

If I knew how to make edits/gifs, I would, but unfortunately, I have no fucking idea

Reading "bad metaphor about Maps" never fails to make me cry, I really fucking need to hear Taylor read it (again, demanding a full-cast audiobook once the strike is resolved, most of all I NEED to hear the boys read the book emails)

UPDATE: @rockingtheorange MADE AN INCREDIBLE VIDEO EDIT, PLEASE WATCH IT HERE

[poems-of-a-lover]

the fact that henrys dog david is named after david bowie but henry thought bowie was too obvious

[daphnebowen]

the accuracy of this post scares me

I haven’t seen a Despicable Me movie since the first one so to me Gru is like someone I knew years ago whose Christmas card list I’m happy to inexplicably be on. Oh wow, I forgot he got married. What a nice thing for the girls. Oh, he and his wife had a baby! How lovely!

[hotvintagepoll]

Propaganda

Jeremy Brett (My Fair Lady)—"...he was beautiful. A strange adjective to use in describing a man. I use it not to suggest effeminacy or a kind of male prettiness, but in the same way I would use it to describe a throughbred stallion, Michelangelo's David or Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue. There was with Jeremy Huggins [Brett's non- stage name] a perfection and sublime symmetry in his features that was beautiful." [quote from "Bending the Willow" by David Stuart Davies]

Gene Kelly (Singin’ in the Rain, An American in Paris, The Pirate)—It’s hard to know where to start with Gene Kelly because he did so, so much, of such a high quality, from the ballet scenes in “An American in Paris” to the classy suave movie star act of “Singin’ in the Rain” to the incredibly camp, sexy “The Pirate”. He just never stopped finding cool ways to do things and he’s just brilliant to watch, especially when he’s dancing, but even when he’s doing drama or being silly! He’s one of those guys who could genuinely do it all and just radiates charisma through the screen, literally an #icon in every sense of the word.

This is round 4 of the bracket. All other polls in this bracket can be found here. Please reblog with further support of your beloved hot sexy vintage man.

[additional propaganda submitted under the cut.]

Jeremy Brett propaganda:

"according to critic Kenneth Tynan a 'too beautiful' Hamlet."

“Please take my humble offering of propaganda for bisexual icon ✨️Jeremy Brett✨️ and his early career!"

"he’s such a himbo sunshine boy in my fair lady"

“not technically propaganda because it won’t let me save the images but just found out my bi king jeremy brett played patroclus https://www.jeremy-brett.fr/crbst_183.html and also apparently dorian gray in the 60s and basil hallward in the 70s?? range.”

"...as a dashing D'Artagnan in The Three Musketeers (1966/67) (Duelling is no problem! XD)”

“dropping to sleep - Jeremy is far too handsome to play d'art and also too tall, lol”

Gene Kelly propaganda:

"he was genuinely kind and supportive to judy garland when she was going through a rough time. she was having heavy trauma/addiction responses in 'Summer Stock' which led to her being late all the time and being too scared to come on set, and he actually faked twisting his ankle to distract everyone from her and give her some time off! so yeah, maybe he was a hardass, but when his friend needed him he was 100% there for her, and I think that's worth noting."