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Constantly thinking about Carol’s supervillain run, and the fact she was depicted as being on villain teams as “Evil Green Lantern” in at least the Justice League cartoon.

The idea that there might be villains who still think of Carol as a peer, wondering why she just… stopped one day, seemingly chill with Green Lantern now?

Carol declining her 5th invitation to the new Injustice League, and Lex just sighing to himself as he has to call up Sinestro again.

This is my Roman Empire.

New headcanon: the real reason Carol joins the Justice League is so that her "old friends" from the supervillain days will stop calling her

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Cloud.

*screams in the distance*

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I think it very important to note i don't often organise a small group of pins on pinterest until I know it's gonna be brain rot.

so I looked at their little board suggestions for all my loose ones and it created a "Bad people" board. It was just all my it's always sunny in philidelphia pins and I was baffled by how specifically right it was.

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Jay and his guns, ft Agent walker and Space Jay

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Found a meme on twt, sharing it with the class

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we need to stand up stop being ashamed of our lightning powers and start killing people with them indiscriminately

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i literally can't get over the first opening sequence. it's so atmospheric. the third shot is kai slicing a monster in two. the THIRD SHOT. everything that follows is literally a masterclass in animation AND storytelling

please on GOD ninjago legends needs to continue with this style with this tone with this cinematic masterpiece

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okay so I was babbling on discord about how each of the ninja deal with grief and the evolution of it through seasons. Then I got sidetracked and explained the last resort and Jay's whole attitude towards Nya in skybound's first half.

Here me out but it made me come to the realisation Jay is the same as Gatsby from the Great Gatsby.

like I know that's odd thing to just think but I've been anaylsing the fuck out of that book and it just kinda came to me

anyway these were the thoughts cause i'm not exactly bothered writing it out here

added note:both grew up poor with bigger dreams and ideas for their futures and tried desperatley to hide their past (Gatsby telling lies and half truths, Jay trying to push away his parents so his friends don't find out or make fun of him for growing up in a junkyard) of course failing in the end.

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monstrosity now, monstrosity today

I’ve been hearing “delta rune tomorrow.” From my friends all week. I found it annoying as someone not in on it. That is until I remembered monstrosity drops some point this month and I’m starting to genuinely understand it.

Monstrosity when? Monstrosity tomorrow?

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finished monstrosity. unfortunately so far my thoughts are nothing but screams of joy.

and making Ody and kai comparsions cause of that one scene near the end.

Also the implied incineration of that previous fire master that became a monster. that entire bit creeped me the fuck out but I loved it.

Also the fucking sound design, oh my goodness that sound quality and production, from the voice acting, to the sound effects, and the bloody music. 10/10 effort for a damn short series.

Also hits just the right balance of oddly mature and basic ninjago in terms of design choices, like that first shot really set the tone of the monsters...also low key thought the red after the slash was blood not Kai's bandana at first, kinda wish it was but not having it did provide that balance.

however i do find kai looking a little outta place as a lego, but it works after a bit.

Also just remembered the damn amount of egg imagery representing new life and shit, gonna have to chew on that. specifically for the monster child it's about not becoming a monster yet, and for the master becoming one with the land and becoming a new person-thing- monster.

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Hi

Sorry for not drawing much, I'm working on this project. It's not perfect, but I really like it. I hope you guys like it too XD

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I’ve been hearing “delta rune tomorrow.” From my friends all week. I found it annoying as someone not in on it. That is until I remembered monstrosity drops some point this month and I’m starting to genuinely understand it.

Monstrosity when? Monstrosity tomorrow?

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I feel like we need a refresher on Watsonian vs Doylist perspectives in media analysis. When you have a question about a piece of media - about a potential plot hole or error, about a dubious costuming decision, about a character suddenly acting out of character -

A Watsonian answer is one that positions itself within the fictional world.

A Doylist answer is one that positions itself within the real world.

Meaning: if Watson says something that isn't true, one explanation is that Watson made a mistake. Another explanation is that Sir Arthur Conan Doyle made a mistake.

Watsonian explanations are implicitly charitable. You are implicitly buying into the notion that there is a good in-world reason for what you're seeing on screen or on the page. ("The bunny girls in Final Fantasy wear lingerie all the time because they're from a desert culture!")

Doylist explanations are pragmatic. You are acknowledging that the fiction is shaped by real-world forces, like the creators' personal taste, their biases, the pressures they might be under from managers or editors, or the limits of their expertise. ("The bunny girls in Final Fantasy wear lingerie because somebody thought they'd sell more units that way.")

Watsonian explanations tend to be imaginative but naive. Seeking a Watsonian explanation for a problem within a narrative is inherently pleasure-seeking: you don't want your suspension of disbelief to be broken, and you're willing to put in the leg work to prevent it. Looking for a Watsonian answer can make for a fun game! But it can quickly stray into making excuses for lazy or biased storytelling, or cynical and greedy executives.

Doylist explanations are very often accurate, but they're not much fun. They should supersede efforts to provide a Watsonian explanation where actual harm is being done: "This character is being depicted in a racist way because the creators have a racist bias.'" Or: "The lore changed because management fired all of the writers from last season because they didn't want to pay then residuals."

Doylism also runs the risk of becoming trite, when applied to lower stakes discrepancies. Yes, it's possible that this character acted strangely in this episode because this episode had a different writer, but that isn't interesting, and it terminates conversation.

I think a lot of conversations about media would go a lot more smoothly, and everyone would have a lot more fun, if people were just clearer about whether they are looking to engage in Watsonian or Doylist analysis. How many arguments could be prevented by just saying, "No, Doylist you're probably right, but it's more fun to imagine there's a Watsonian reason for this, so that's what I'm doing." Or, "From a Watsonian POV that explanation makes sense, but I'm going with the Doylist view here because the creator's intentions leave a bad taste in my mouth that I can't ignore."

Idk, just keep those terms in your pocket? And if you start to get mad at somebody for their analysis, take a second to see if what they're saying makes more sense from the other side of the Watsonian/Doylist divide.

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getting through that stage of if I want to make fan art I gotta understand design first. like I have small scene ideas but noooo

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small Kai doodle curtasy of my new tablet, that I might finish, or not, I need to sleep