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listen. i love sonaze. but if they made it canon, i would be mad. if they made any ship including sonic canon, i would be mad. if they made any ship canon including the main cast, i would be mad. i really enjoy the lack of focus on romance in the games. the only thing that i’d accept would be little nods and implications (like the sonic rush ending)

with that being said, whispangle deserves to be canon. it’s the only ship that deserves it and the only one that i wouldnt mind in canon. in fact, it’s basically canon to me. 

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Please don't tell me people are trying to bring back those dumb "Mario vs Sonic" wars from back in the day. It was petty then and it's twice as petty now. Yea, this is probably gonna be cliche, but can't we just "let two legends coexist?" Enough with the comparisons and pointless arguments

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to be perfectly honest, my mood when it comes to fandom creations these days is basically:

I don't care if it's good. I don't care if it's finished. I don't care if it's cringe. I don't care if someone else did it first. I don't care if no one else cares at all. What I care about is whether or not I cackled with glee while making it.

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i'm exhausting my powerpuff ideas again, having them perform their greatest hit again... at night.

it's the final act of townsville live! (being a concert thing i completely made up), so it's only fair that it'd be their magnum opus of music before they fly back home just in time for bed.

it's been a little while since i tried the bottom-lit-only method of lighting. felt like i'd try it out again for this.

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Bit late to this, but happy Pride Month to all the LGBTQ+ folk out there. Hope y'all have a good time being gay and doing crimes! Coincidentally, I have some stories I've been working on that should fit in very nicely with Pride Month, so we'll have to see how that goes!

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No but this just unlocked a memory! I remember finding this sonic and knuckles react to art video where “sonic and knuckles” ended up looking at a bunch of Sonknux ship art and just mocked it like… I don’t care if you’re not a shipper but don’t attack us when we stay in our lane and just draw cute art. The comments weren’t much better either like my lord.

I'm sorry but why is Sonic fandom content on YouTube so shit?? 😭 I search for ten seconds and I've already seen bullshit that I wish to unsee.

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SEMIFINALS MATCH 1

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Ngl it’s really annoying how in a lot of the fandoms that I’m in I’m automatically labeled as being in the wrong just because I might have a criticism or opinion that doesn’t align with the majority. Like if I so much as mention that I have some issues with the way the third season of TOH is paced I get bombarded by “duhhh, shortening!!!” despite that fact that critiques can still be made with the shortened third season in mind. It reeks of toxic positivity and stifles any meaningful critical discussion.

Part of the fun of watching your favorite shows is being able to discuss things you might find flawed with other people in a civil manner. This attitude that people aren't allowed to just dislike something in the media that they consume really taints a lot of fandom discussions we have.

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I mean... the wiki ain't wrong though :')

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So... the critic scores for the Mario movie are finally coming out, and to say that there's been a less-than-favorable response would be an understatement. Usually don't delve too deeply into topics like this, but with all the misinformed takes going around I think I gotta throw my own hat into the ring, ya know? Before we start the match, Obligatory disclaimer that ya'll are entitled to your own opinions regarding the Mario movie and don't have to engage with every criticism thrown its way, nor should you. Don't let what some random internet stranger says online deter your enjoyment of the film and whatnot. With that being said, some misconceptions definitely do need to be cleared up.

Starting off small, it seems like a lot of people don't actually understand how sites like Rotten Tomatoes work. They'll pull up critic reviews from other media seen as bad by the vast majority as evidence that the critics don't know what they're talking about, but it's not so black and white. RT works as a reference site for viewing different critic reviews. They add up different assessments from multiple professional critics on a specific movie and spit out a general percentage of the amount that rated it positively vs negatively. When RT says a movie got a 53% rating, what they really mean is that only 53% of the critics who reviewed it rated it positively. It's never the exact same people reviewing different movies, which is likely where the disparity comes from. Jumping off of the critics themselves, the arguing points many of them bring up regarding the flaws of the film are met with plenty of scrutiny from others. I've seen a lot of backlash and mockery over the flaws that they do mention. However, looking at some of the reviews myself, I don't think a lot of them were being too unreasonable, and they're likely just the result of them having different expectations as critics. For example, the most commonly cited critique I saw was the overall plot of the movie. The general consensus seemed to be that they found the story to be far too formulaic and uninteresting to have any significant appeal, and that most of the entertainment came from the abundance of easter eggs and game references found throughout the film. While this on its own has incited a lot of backlash from fans of the movie, I think the enjoyment factor from critics vs audiences is an overall interesting talking point that I unfortunately don't see spoken about much. At the end of the day, this is a film targeted towards children and fans of the Mario series. While that's not necessarily a bad thing depending on who you ask, it does have potential repercussions on how people outside that demographic will react to it. I'm sure the two groups I mentioned before will probably have a blast with this movie and see it as a pretty great outing, but would a person who isn't familiar with the games or isn't even a gamer feel the same way? I mean, I've dabbled with a few Mario games from time to time and did enjoy them, but I don't really hold any significant attachment to the franchise in general, and it doesn't seem like I'd gain a whole lot from this movie as a result.

Comparing it to the Sonic Movies, while I did indeed naturally enjoy the first two films as a fan of the Sonic games, I can also acknowledge that I personally find the story on its own to be well-structured and easy for others to follow regardless of their relationship with the Blue Blur. This movie in contrast is likely made especially for the fans to enjoy. As a Mario movie? It's probably a solid outing and a delight for the people within that fanbase. But as a movie on its own merits? That seems to be what a lot of the critics are judging it as and many of them aren't finding much substance within it.

And I know that people will come in saying that I shouldn't be expecting some super deep story from the Mario series and that the games are known for having simplistic stories, but that's precisely the problem. You can usually excuse a bare-bones plot in a video game because most people are there for the actual gameplay, the story is just a nice bonus. But when it comes to such a radically different medium like film work, you can't get away with having a non-existent story in such a way, and there needs to be a tight structure of some sort to garner people's interest. Furthermore, I also don't think we should be overlooking these critiques with defenses such as the source material or younger audience. Something being made for kids shouldn't be an excuse to not try, and I feel like the best kids media are the ones that don't talk down to children and feature genuinely good writing in their stories that other demographics can naturally also come to enjoy simply because it's good writing. The Lego Movie and Puss in Boots were also marketed toward children, but they both also had good writing that many other demographics were able to appreciate. Like I said before, I don't think the Mario movie primarily being aimed at fans of the franchise is necessarily a bad thing, but it can certainly leave a lot to be desired for someone who might want the movie to be able to stand on its own detached from the source material.

All in all, I feel like people are massively misinterpreting information and the job of critics in general when it comes to debates such as these. I won't deny that critic scores alone shouldn't be your only indicator of quality when it comes to media like video games and movies (The aforementioned Sonic movies are sitting in the mid to high 60s on RT, but lots of others hold them in high regard), but I think it is worth analyzing their problems with said media and how that might impact your overall enjoyment. Let's just try not to see things so black and white all the time. To anyone planning on seeing the Mario movie, I hope you guy's have a great time and fully enjoy yourselves!

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Tangled the Series premiered officially on Disney Channel with the episode "What the Hair?!" 6 years ago today. Happy Anniversary to Tangled the Series/Rapunzel's Tangled Adventure! A pretty decent series that still holds up as one of my favorite shows of all time! (P.S. The Full first season is available for free on Youtube thanks to the Disney youtube channel.)

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1 year from today, the 2nd halves of the third and final season of Amphibia and the 2nd season of Owl House premiered on Disney Channel.

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Best girl is now fully playable in Sonic Adventure. My life is complete

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On a totally serious note here, why do Marco and Tom have better chemistry than like they do with Star? Like yeah Star is cool or whatever but she’s that way with everyone…. Marco and Tom connecting even when they were enemies!!!! I love them

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It's kinda crazy to think about how influential cartoon-turned-animes were for these fandoms at one point. I still remember when you could find every single episode of PPGZ floating around on youtube. The AMVs and other fan content that came from these shows were astronomical! Man, the 2000s were a wild time.

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Lumity

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I feel like this might be an unpopular opinion, but I don’t really see most of the Classic Sonic Era games as particularly great. Don’t get me wrong, I don’t think the games are bad by any means and there are some gems I really enjoy, but aside from Sonic 3 and Knuckles, Mania, and maybe Sonic 2, none of the classic games really grab at me the same way the Modern era games do.

That said, If your prefer the Classic Sonic games in general, more power to you! Like I said I don’t dislike any of the games in that era, I just personally find myself preferring the Modern games a lot more.