#Query Posts

[zenosanalytic]

So I look at allot of imageboards(your boorus, etc), and because of that I've seen allot of AI art preview images scrolling through them, and something I've noticed is that, even with all the old obvious mistakes(hands, fingers, arms, faces, etc) now largely fixed, they're still REALLY easy to id on sight? Like: I typically can tell something's AI-generated even before I scroll over to see it tagged as such. It's not any one thing I can identify it's just sort of, like, a VIBE I get just scanning over it; some ephemeral subconscious analysis my brain is doing that I can't really explain. Does anyone else have this experience?

[t4tails]

who let him puzzle

[lobslobslobs]

* querymotes i made for myself

[crnl-chicken-tots]

So about Deadpool and Wolverine, we know that Logan is ticklish because of the X-Men movie. So what do you think Logan would do if Wade tried to put that fact to the test, because I genuinely think I'd be entertaining to see. 💀

Thank you for the ask, this was a fun thought!!

Ticklish Logan has to be one of my FAVORITE headcanons for him, purely because of Wade. If Wade ever put two and two together that the gruff, grumpy, old man Wolverine was ticklish- it'd be nothing but hell for Logan and a blessing for Wade.

Because once Wade gets going, what's Logan gonna do? Wade will locate every single hot spot and use it against him any chance he can. In the middle of an arguement? Bam! Tased, on the ground. Minding his own business, perhaps doing something important? No on his watch. Wade bored out of his mind? You know where this is going.

Logan would absolutely hate it, except it's mainly due to Wade's poor choice to display it publically. No one likes being tickled, hell, Logan sure as hell doesn't, but behind closed doors where he's got a little more freedom and control to do whatever with Wade, he can tolerate it.

As far as what Logan does in response? Simply put, it involes a lot of stabbing.

[yuriartillery]

i'd say my main complaint with cca is the pacing. it doesn't have time to say everything it's trying to. jumping in en media res to after char has already begun his war on the earth sphere was the first red flag for me in that regard.

almost every character that isn't char or amuro feels like fodder. they're the barest smidge of characterization in a fruitless attempt to gain some sympathy when they inevitability and unceremoniously axed. if they're lucky they get used to develop char or amuro a bit. and maybe i could forgive this if this was actually the Char and Amuro show, but instead we spend a solid chunk of movie focusing on quess and hathaway.

the quess storyline in cca is a trite retreading of the dozen or so "newtype girl on the enemy side that has a connection with the main male child soldier and then dies tragically" plot lines we've seen way too many times except paced way too fast to actually have any emotional impact. like i was already rolling my eyes when ple2 died and that had so much more time to develop. but by cca this trope is so over done in the uc that it's actively annoying. its not that i dislike quess as a character! i know some people hate her character but i actually think id like her a lot in a different (or at least more fleshed out) story. she's the best new character in the movie and a hell of a lot more interesting than hathaway, who feels like the most nothingburger character in a movie full of nothingburger new characters. but again my main complaint with the subplot is that honestly by this point tomino did not need to rehash this again. he's already rehashed the lalah story so many times in so many ways and this one doesn't do enough different to be interesting on it's own or in relation to the char/amuro story it's latched onto. like we did not have enough time in this movie do this whole plot and the time spent on it makes the char/amuro rivalry feel undercooked, especially in the context of this being the conflict that ends their rivalry in mutual destruction.

i felt so disappointed by cca that i haven't touched anything uc set after it. anyway i embrace the incoming artillery strike.

"a crucial part of CCA is the crushing sense of bleakness the feeling that nothing is getting better that something has to change. but no single person can make that change happen! thats why we see another generation of newtypes make the exact same mistakes. the very same mistakes that char and amuro made in 79" thats four and kamille! you've just described the point of four's storyline in zeta! char and amuro practically turn to the camera and say as much! and it was great in zeta in no small part because they had multiple episodes to build this parallel and develop the characters involved! but then tomino did it AGAIN and AGAIN with other newtype girls later in zeta and in zz! by the time of cca it feels less like tomino is making a point about the cyclical nature of war and more like he can't think of anything else to say and is just falling back on an Ol' Reliable which is so worn out it isn't very reliable anymore. the repetition isn't reinforcing the point anymore, it's just undermining the impact. i'm just glad tomino got over his obsession with this point by the time of turn a. turn a is good.

So, this might come off as a little harsh, but this is an extremely surface level reading of Char's Counterattack. What follows is a little unfocused but I just have so much to say about this movie.

Char's Counterattack is a film that is almost entirely about Char. Everything that happens in it can be traced back to Char, each character reveals or reflects something about Char. We begin in media res because after the end of Zeta and ZZ we already know what Char has been through to lead him here.

Char Aznable has tried to cut out his heart for the sake of revenge in 79. He's watched not one but two movement for spacenoid liberation collapse after going rotten from with in. His protege, Kamille Bidan, the child he tasked with building a new future, was subjected to a fate worse than death to protect the future from Paptimus Scirocco. He has been a traitor, a soldier, and a demagoue for his own sake and the sake of the future. And now he is staring at the end of history, he can see everything laid out in front of him getting worse, forever. Nothing he or anyone else has done has mattered at all. So he has resolved to do something that will change something, make the current order impossible to maintain, skip to the end! We know that as soon as we hear that Amuro Ray and Londo Bell are too late to stop another one of Char's rocks from hitting the Earth.

Quess is Kamille Bidan after Kamille Bidan. She is impulsive, emotional, selfish, immature, and has a strong sense of justice. Her relationship with her parents is terrible and she's stifled by the Federation's vision of the future and herself. Char takes her under his wing in the same way he mentored Kamille, but through their relationship we see how much worse Char has gotten. He doesn't try to help her grow into a soldier or a more complete person. He doesn't have anything to give her except proximity to authority. All Char sees in her is a means to an end. He doesn't care about the future any more.

Hathaway is the Fa Yuiry to Quess's Kamille. He's sort of a newtype but all of his concerns are very ordinary. What he wants for Quess is contrasted against what Char wants, and while it is marked by an masculine chauvanism, the immature vulgarity of it heightens the contrast.

But what it really comes down to is his relationship to Amuro Ray. Char Aznable is a man of deception. He deceives is allies, his enemies, and himself. The only person he feels he can be honest with now is Amuro. Even though he has told himself that he feels nothing, that he is doing what must be done no matter what, he doesn't want to kill everyone, deep down. He doesn't want to kill himself either. At every opportunity he gives Amuro Ray the ability to stop him and to prove him wrong. He sees Amuro as his equal and he wants there to be another path!

But Amuro Ray had his life destroyed by Char Aznable. Amuro Ray has spent his life desperately reacting to whatever new bullshit Char has pulled! He has no reason to want to save Char or to give Char another chance or any of it! So Amuro ends up fighting for a status quo that is killing everyone a little slower then Char's ultimatum will. It's only a rivalry in the broadest of strokes.

I think the film is paced and constructed perfectly to communicate that. Each scene does a wonderful job of advancing this world according to Char Aznable, where everyone has petty feelings that are missing the bigger picture, where everything is meaningless, and everyone hurts each other. Where nobody even tries to understand each other any more. And at the end, during the Axis Shock, Amuro Ray finally understands why Char is the way he is! There's understanding! It averts the crisis! For a brief moment there's a way forward! It makes me cry and cry and cry!!!

[metalichotchoco]

Riddle us this!

I really do love echo and query’s dynamic with the riddler in most media, they are genuine but unlikely friends and I think that’s a lot of fun. With how much Harley media we have been getting for the past few years I think that a story that would be actually interesting to touch on is how other villains treat their henchmen or co-conspirators, what healthy relationships can look like in an industry like this. To me there’s a lot of story potential there but even so I think it’s fun to think about these two painting green question marks around the city

[bookwyrminspiration]

hi there! working on something and i was wondering — do you by any chance have access to a list of all of kotlc’s unresolved plotlines? if not dw 🫶🫶 there are a lot lol

Hi! I'm not sure a list like that has been compiled before (and there's room for disagreement/interpretation) but I can try my hand at getting us started.

For the purpose of this list I'm thinking of them as yet unanswered questions. I'm not approaching this as unresolved plotlines as in the type of plot hole, since as I touched on here, the story isn't done so we can't truly have any. Anyway, they're listed in no particular order:

Elysian: What is it? Who is it?

Stellarlune: What is Lady Gisela's vision (and how does conjuring relate to it)? What exactly are Keefe's new powers? How is step 3 completed? What is Criterion?

Related, the Wrights: What, specifically, did Ethan study astrophysically? What did Gisela want from him? Where is Eleanor now?

Why/how did Prentice know to call swan song?

Secret identities: Mr. Forkle's, Blur's, Wraith's. Ruy, Umber, Trix.

Who/what are the Black Swan's Proxies?

What happened to Caprise Redek?

Pyrokinesis: Will the ban be lifted?

Talentless: Will their status be made equal?

What happened to Ro? This is connected to questions about Cadfael and the ogres' hierarchy/society, which Forkle thought were being targeted

Who is Sophie's biological father?

Does Sophie have any more abilities?

Trolls: How deep is their connection to Lady Gisela? Will they make another treaty? Will/how will they call on Sophie? What did Luzia do she regretted (might just be the troll experiments, might be more)?

Ruy: How is he after Tam's shadowflux attack? Why was he sent to Exillium?

What was Umber's backstory? What was Trix's?

What will become of Rayni? Will she join the crew? Fuck off?

Why is Tinker afraid of goblins and heat?

What is Livvy's ability?

What is Brant's last name?

How were Vika and Timkin officially matched? How did Timkin return to Foxfire?

Will the Song family reconcile?

Alden: Why was he denied a spyball? What memories/projects did he lose during his break? What other "unsanctioned investigations" has he conducted? What did Della inform on Alden to the council about?

This list is by no means exhaustive, so anyone is more than welcome to add onto it. I think I hit most of the big things though? At least I tried to.

Hope that helps!

[pigswithwings]

i used to enjoy channels that read tumblr posts out loud but now i am so befuddled by them. you just read these? that's it? i mean i get it's funny but a good 99% of the time the videos are only good because of the posts themself, not the voiceovers. if your audience likes tumblr posts that much to be watching daily videos maybe they should? simply Get a tumblr account? fully i am unsure of the point of this

[yunisverse]

You gotta read Ponta Becomes Human, bro. Trust me.

Never heard of it, what's--

Oh.

Ohhhhh.

Yeah. Yeah I'm putting this in my mouth thanks

[zenosanalytic]

Hey, is there an easy way to check your followers in the new tumblr setup? I just looked for one and couldn't find it(can always goto "following" and change "/follow" to "/followers" of course, but that's pretty obscure)

[arthur-lesters-left-arm]

we don’t talk enough about john controlling arthur’s foot i think. would they even be able to play dance dance revolution??

[yuriartillery]

Is it true that you actually like very large diameter guns only because you want to be able to curl up in the barrel to sleep, perchance to catnap?

[lying] No.

[scificrows]

Murderbot conducting weirdly specific data analysis on a random detail in its media storage... It's just like us for real!!

[peachybeesplease]

praying to the patron saint of fake it til you make it at a job you're only halfway qualified for (moist von lipwig)

[bookwyrminspiration]

mayhaps can you post this toddler toy pic for the insta-less people?

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[rains-inky-mind]

I am once again asking for very specific, explicit, step by step directions on how to write a query letter to a literary agent and/or publisher.

@sleepyowlwrites @ren-c-leyn @ anyone else who can tag someone who can explain this in a way that my autistic brain can grasp.