#analysis thread

[crionic-dubs]

[marschive]

i would like to talk abt how yuzuru tachikawa went OFF in storyboarding/directing the separation arc w/ the use of natural and artificial light on reigen.

we only see his face w natural light before opening s&s

and then after his fallout with mob, it’s only behind him.

his face becomes illuminated by only his laptop in his apartment

also after mob leaves him, the blinds in the office are closed compared to when he first started. this is the window that originally showed him the light. he is subconsciously shutting out that dream of “being somebody”

more under cut!!

the only exception to this rule is his convo w/ ekubo, who is the character he can be the most honest to.

when we get to the bar scene, it’s nighttime, so there’s ONLY artificial light. it’s framed similar to him looking out the s&s window, which was the last time he was able to live w/o the fake “psychic” title. except now, it’s lit blue instead of warmly.

he wants the same thing, but the second time is leading him to a path of self destruction: like a moth to a flame.

when we get to the Cancellation, he’s under studio lights and, later, camera flashes. the lights are brighter but his shadows are harsher. he’s being seen but in the worst way possible.

lastly, you’d expect sunlight to be on his face when mob tells him he’s a good person, but it stays in the shadows because reigen doesnt Say it. he hasnt Told mob hes a fraud. you can see the shadows creep into his face when he lifts his face. the good part of him is acknowledged

[esotericswiftie]

1. anti-hero, taylor swift / 2, 19. “taylor swift’s ‘sexy baby’ lyric is more than a ‘30 rock’ reference,” sophia june for nylon magazine / 3, 4, 12, 22. taylor swift ages 14-16, photographed by andrew orth / 5, 23. dominique swain age 15, photographed for lolita (1997) / 6, 17. “the fetishization of girlhood,” m.c. easton / 7. lolita (1962), dir. stanley kubrick / 8. 22 (mv), taylor swift / 9. anti-hero (mv), taylor swift / 10, 14, 18. nothing new, taylor swift ft. phoebe bridgers / 11. “2008’s country lolita: taylor swift,” gavin edwards for rolling stone / 13, 21. lolita (1997), dir. adrian lyne / 15. okcupid dating chart: age preferences by gender / 16. all too well (ten minute version), taylor swift / 20. university of pittsburgh 2021-2022 undergraduate catalog / 23. would’ve, could’ve, should’ve, taylor swift

apologies for this ridiculously long megathread, but i found a ton of these photographs of taylor from when before she was famous, around ages 14-16, and ooh boy, did they get me thinking…

sometimes i wonder if she just really lucked out with the mostly desexualized “innocent girl-next-door” persona becoming her brand throughout her early career, because it looks like things could have gone in a very different direction for her in another universe.

like you can literally see taylor being de-aged between her debut and fearless era as her public image cemented…the posing, the makeup, the hair, the clothing…it’s all very deliberate and sinister.

and now, all these years later, no one knows better than taylor herself that the most desirable thing a woman can be is not a woman, but a girl…a sexy baby, if you must.

her heart-shaped sunglasses, nothing new, the ten minute version of all too well, would’ve could’ve should’ve…she knows all about society’s sickness, its simultaneous fetishization and destruction of girlhood. she knows because she’s lived through it.

we don’t often categorize her or think of her as one, but she was a child star, and she barely escaped its curse. just barely. but unlike so many other child stars, unlike dolores haze, she survived with her voice and her pen, and she can see it all now, it was wrong.

[opbackgrounds]

Perhaps it’s nostalgia, but this speech by Sanji encapsulates the peak of his character for me. Oda sets it up brilliantly. By having Jabra right in front of the Straw Hats Sanji has to kind of beat around the bush, which gives Oda a good narrative excuse to preserve the surprise of having Usopp help snipe Robin free.

But in-story, Sanji’s putting a lot of trust in Usopp right now. He has to believe that Usopp picks up what he’s putting down, and he has to believe that he has the skill to pull it off. Sanji has the empathy and wherewithal to see how low Usopp is, and the kindness to know exactly what to say to help lift him up. That’s the core of Sanji’s character as someone who nurtures others, no matter the cost to himself.

Sanji and Usopp have a lot more in common that what might appear at first blush, which is why I think out of all the crew only Sanji could have effectively made this speech to Usopp, but on an even grander scale Oda is building on the theme he established during the Luffy vs Arlong fight way back in the East Blue. Luffy couldn’t cook, sail, or lie, but he could beat Arlong’s ass. Now, hundreds of chapters later, Sanji couldn’t fight a woman and had to be bailed out by Nami, only for Nami and Usopp to be bailed out by Sanji in turn when Jabra was too much for them to handle.

Strength comes in many different forms, and one of the reasons why the themes of friendship and comradery land when a lot of other series fall flat is that Oda shows even the strongest members of the crew depending on one another to survive.

[astrolavas]

Who do you think Hunter will stay with at the end of the show? Or who do you want him to stay with

tbh out of all the possible future caretakers of hunter, my primary hope for who will adopt him rn rly is camila. y'know, loved all the different possibilities too but…. camila ❤️❤️❤️ like, just. like. that's his MOMMMM

the vision of him living with camila (and luz and vee), going to hexside (cuz obv there's gonna a portal), and having a woodcarving mentorship under the clawthornes' and some mentorship under darius. and then once in a while occassionally staying over at the owl house.... Y'KNOW? so real.

camila's just too perfect of an option, LIKE. he spent months under her care already, he doesn't have even one bad experience with her that could possibly make him doubt and feel bad abt their relationship (no feeling like he needs to prove himself to gain her respect, no complicated past that'd have to be dealt with, no wondering if the care he's shown is genuine, no previous authority issues, no previous hostility etc etc) like camila's been extremely sweet and caring towards him and nothing else since the very start. it makes me sOO... 🤲😔❤️

the very first MOMENT they interact and hunter kneels in front of her out of respect she warmly tells him to never do it again; makes it clear that he doesn't have to be overly formal with her. just offers her kindness, expecting nothing in return. right away.

camila is probably the first adult ever that hunter associates with only warmth and goodness and whom he feels comfortable with from the start, with whom he doesn't have any past grudges or things they'd need to work out, just.. unconditional love. and justttt just just oughhhghh she called him baby. she's been basically treating him like her son already, and she's SUCH a good and supportive mom, to luz, to vee, to hexsquad. she taught him how to sew. she DIVED into FREEZING WATER at an OLD ABANDONED CEMETERY without a second thought in order to save him. JUST!!!!

him wanting to impress her with the spanish. her touching his shoulder and him showing not even an OUNCE of fear, just smiling and knowing she's not going to hurt him. him taking up interest in camila's and manny's old hobby. camila having experience with dealing with grief.. oof. him being happy living in the human realm (wanting to do things in the demon realm as well but having ties to BOTH worlds). even the fact that the entire noceda family is clearly neurodivergent, just like him. even him being an animal enjoyer and camila having a vet clinic, which- he WOULD LOVE to volunteer there in his free time, like?? COME ON.

AND THIS???? okay......

and we KNOW he WANTS to have a permanent family. it's established at the beginning of the episode when he looks sad as others hang up their family drawings. he wants ppl to care abt him, he wants to have a place to call home, wants to feel safe. he cries (from happiness) when luz calls him family.

and camila cares abt all of these kids so much. she was willing to take vee and hexsquad in JUST LIKE THAT. we can even assume her and manny wanted more kids, like just OUGHHGH she wouldn't even have to think twice before taking hunter in permanently. and she most likely knows hunter doesn't have anyone. she's not going to let him just….. go away on his own after everything is over, or make him move out or sth 💀 she'll want to help him, she'll want him to be safe and cared for.

like the only other possibilities for who else hunter could stay with after the show were: darius, eda/the clawthornes, or joint custody. but imo after... he lived under camila's roof for MONTHS, found a place that he feels safe in.. nocedas are just the best and healthiest option for him. after he'd spent MONTHS feeling happy with camila, i don't think it'd be good for him to be thrust into a completely new environment, and.. there's simply no time for his connection with other adults to be properly fleshed out, or to establish that he'd prefer anyone over nocedas.

like, i feel like sth has to happen with darius as well cuz their arc is unfinished, esp since it's been hinted they've grown closer since ASiAS, and there's a lot they could talk abt now re: grief + darius' mentor... so they HAVE to reunite at least. however, in my opinion at this point of the show there'd be just no time to conclude it as a parent-child bond in a satisfactory way. especially because there would be a LOT they'd have to work through first, considering their very complicated past.

like, all these years in the coven, their relationship pre-ASiaS, how darius treated hunter all these years... we know their relationship has progressed positively since ASiAS (even though mostly in the background/subtext) but still, i feel like it'd definitely take a while until hunter felt truly comfortable while living at darius'. he'd probably worry that it's conditional, could even easily fall back into his old coven mentality/habits, would try to make darius proud no matter what, etc. etc. it wouldn't be the healthiest for him. although eventually he would get comfortable, and that concept also had sm potential, but like the journey to that wouldn't be quick, and it'd have to be an arc on its own too. and, again, there is no time for that. rly cheering for a reunion and a talk, maybe even a mentorship of sorts, but considering hunter already has a place he feels fully comfortable in and ppl who consider him family right now, i feel like him ending in a completely new place after all that wouldn't be his #1 preferred option.

same with eda/the clawthornes tbh; it had sooo much potential and he is technically related to them AND is going to find that out soon, so some kinda interaction/development HAS to happen, and he did say he wants to learn how to carve palismen, so a mentorship may also happen... but as for actual adoption mm i don't think anything can come close to how safe and happy and Good he's felt for those months while under camila's care. again, in the future things COULD develop in such way, but considering we have two episodes until we get a conclusion... mmyeah

so................ yeah.

i just have so so so many thoughts abt hunter finding a family and getting to be a teenager and feeling loved and feeling like he has his own place in the world and being safe and allowed to explore his interests and to be himself........ hunter nocedaaaaa oughhghhh 🤲❤️

[yunyunbby]

Here's my take on mafukasa parallel

[sunnykeysmash]

Man of words

[livsmessydoodles]

thinking about this scene today

this scene alone convinces me that byler is endgame bc you cannot make will actively say that hes not gonna fall in love and then write a whole plotline abt him being in love with mike.... just for it to not be reciprocated???

will is the only party member who's completely unexperienced with romantic relationships, which of course has to do with the fact that he's gay in the 80's, but this is a TV show. all of this is fictional so they can take whatever route they want with these characters, and making will continue to stay alone and suffer through unrequited love would be awful storytelling, especially when people claim that will moving on from his feelings would bring character development and growth.

wills feelings for mike arent there just to "show his growth". weve seen this kid go through hell and back yet even with everything kicking him down he stays strong and kind. hes the most selfless character in the show and always puts others needs before his own. in s4, they put a lot of emphasis in these character traits of his, and they're always picturing his love for mike as something selfless and pure.

now if his feelings are not reciprocated, how does this teach will a lesson that leads to character growth?? he already doesn't expect anything. life has shown him time and time again that he always gets the short end of the stick, why would he think this is any different?? making him have feelings for his best friend just to get rejected would just be a nail in the coffin, reaffirming to him that no matter what hes not worthy of ever getting what he wishes. this isnt character growth at all.

but if his feelings ARE requited, that gives us a twist to the story we havent seen. we would get to see actual growth for will, him learning to give himself value and realize that he DOES deserve happiness!! instead of leading into the expected spiral of bad things keeping up the consistency with everything else that has happened to will so far, finally giving him one good thing leads to us seeing a shift in his whole nature, and wed see him dealing with things he hasnt dealt with before!!! GROWTH!!!

besides why would they make such an intricate complicated storyline.... just to lead to a rejection we all saw coming? the GA expects him to get rejected. his feelings not being reciprocated would not be any surprise. but twisting those expectations in a way to shock the GA AND give wills character the happiness he so deserves after being through so much..... now THAT would be world shattering and a satisfying ending to both the viewers and will himself!!

this scene establishes a clear subversion trope, making us aware of how will believes he's never finding love, just for the show to later on subvert expectations and reward will with the love he deserves and never thought hed get🫶

[destinationtoast]

Canon gender representation & shipping

[I posted this in a thread that started out partly about something else, then realized it would be hidden beneath Expand for lots of tumblr users. So I'm also sharing here with light edits.]

Here's some 2018 data about canon representation and how it relates to fandom shipping ratios, e.g. amount of F/F vs. M/M:

TL;DR: there are way more men than women in movie canon...

...and the women don't talk as much -- or presumably get as much screentime -- on average.

Canon gender ratios partially predict the shipping ratios we see in fanworks -- I explain the math of this more in my shipping chapter -- especially on AO3. But AO3 has more M/M and less F/M than predicted by canon (and Fanfiction.net has WAY more F/M and WAY less queer fic than predicted by canon)... I get into some of the other factors like archive history that might be relevant at the source, and I also talk more about how the popularity of different movie genres may affect gender representation in fanworks.

Also [addressing another question raised in the original thread], fans do add various forms of new gender diversity to works that wasn't in canon:

I'll definitely be bringing this stuff up in my forthcoming F/F vs M/M stats. In the meantime, you can read more about all of the above in at the source, Gender representation in movies vs. movie fanworks. I recommend starting with the TL;DR chapter, because it's lonnnnnng and possibly overly complicated. :)

[biherbalwitch]

"He kept everyone out. But when he let you in.. when the sun shone, it was warm. It was warm in the light."

"World of a father."

"He made life happen."

"He made me and my three siblings."

"He got it on a deal."

"He didn't wanna go in the ground."

"A chance to get to know him?"

"I had trouble finishing a scotch with him."

"He made me breathe funny."

The cruel god, killing his creations from the moment they're born, and condemning them to life and death in his fist.

They are the house. Forever haunted.

[sugar-petals]

MASTERPOST: k-pop idols and personal color analysis

↳ with a special masterclass on warm and cool undertones. welcome to the world of seasonal color typing.

this post is for you if:

you want to know what looks great on someone and why.

look for a timeless aesthetic theory that’s universally applicable on anybody.

like to train your eye with image analysis.

enjoy men’s couture, make-up and hair. i specialize in analysing the gentlemen, there’s fewer material on them out there.

want to see why k-pop idols get colors professionally draped to find out their best palette. (like nct’s ten below.)

this post is not for you if:

you want quick & easy information. it takes time to learn and practice color analysis. but: i’ll show you some hacks, too, and give lots of visual examples.

seek to directly find your own best personal color palette. this is more about kpop styling > advice for self-typing. 

are familiar with the topic and look for set-in-stone answers: just in advance, i’m not an outstanding typist. i’m better at explaining the system itself.

think i’ll hit you with the color wheel. yes, personal color is related to this; hue, tint, and shade. but that’s about it. we won’t use this model 😂

that being said, let’s start without further ado:

INTRODUCING THE SIX COLOR FAMILIES. 

(...if you want to note down any vital key words from this post, this is it)

how do we distinguish color in the most basic ways? with the following dichotomies.

↳ warm VS cool,

↳ soft VS bright,

↳ light VS deep.

NOTE - for some color analysts, soft is ‘muted’, bright is ‘clear’, and deep is called ‘dark’. it’s the same thing, i use both terms.

so far, so good. it’s pretty intuitive. but let’s understand how these categories come to be: 

warm means added yellow. cool: of course, simply more blue. 

soft means extra grey. bright has more saturation, strength. 

light means more white added. deep means added black.

let’s sort some yoongi selfies into the 6 families so you can see what i mean. if you feel like he’s especially rocking the right-hand side, you will see where i’m going.

how warm or cool = temperature of color.

how soft or saturated = chroma of color.

how dark or light = value or color.

as in these examples below (tentative, this is just an approximate illustration), every human being falls into one among six tonal color groupings that matches their appearance the very best. 

it makes them pop, even if other palettes might be great also it looks the most harmonious. it’s their home, their strongest suit. everybody has a skin undertone (≠ skin color) that’s either on par with cool or warm tones which is the primary distinction, and deep or light, bright or muted color. there are lots of possible options of color palettes for each family. 

these 6 color families provide the subtypes of the 4 main ‘seasons’ which are the pillars of the whole system. hence, seasonal color analysis. this system has been around since the early last century and is as timeless as the name suggests.

congruently, let’s distribute the subtypes:

two seasons are warm-toned (Spring/Autumn), 

two are cool-toned (Summer/Winter),

two light (Spring/Summer), 

two deep (Autumn/Winter),

two bright (Spring/Winter), 

two soft (Summer/Autumn). 

you’ll understand it in a minute. i found this graphic spectrum helpful, take a second to think it through — again we have temperature, value, chroma.

say if the color is warm, it can only be spring or autumn. a light color can only be spring or summer. and so on. it’s that straightforward. there’s always two each. and every person’s best palette is found in one slice of this pie.

i love the idea of comparing seasons to people. we’re working by exclusion principle/narrowing it down to type someone here. say, if an idol looks dashing in cool colors that are also very bright and deep, they are a winter. 

so that’s how the 6 families distribute among the four main categories. i know, it’s a lot to memorize. here’s a representative color each, and an overview that’s simpler.

and yes, it’s quite literally the colors of landscapes during those times of the year. like in nature, all of us are either spring, summer, autumn, or winter (and one of three subcategories, so there are 12 possible types in total). 

let’s use some broad examples to summarize:

1. spring colors are warm, bright, light (like a flowerbed or meadow in the morning) — stray kids’ felix

2. summer colors are cool, soft, light (like the beach or city at daytime) — bts’ jimin

3. autumn colors are warm, soft, deep (like falling leaves at dawn or a cozy home) — nct’s jaehyun

4. winter colors are cool, bright, deep (like a snowy night or crisp barren landscape) — bts’ yoongi

within these four archetypes, we can categorize the 6 color family subtypes as beautiful 12 (non-exhaustive, there are many more options) palettes. example:

notice how:

the early two seasons are less shaded. spring and summer are very subtle.

spring/autumn have a lot of yellow base: they are GOLD. 

vivid the later seasons are. autumn and winter are the pretty heavy ammo.

and how blue-base crisp and cool summer/winter look like: they are SILVER. 

not all golds and silvers are created equal, some are lighter, other shades are deeper. but the general guideline for beginners is: cool season = blue/silver like yoongi and warm season = gold/yellow like namjoon. easy hack:

both can look good on a person, but one either distracts from the face/doesn’t do anything for you while the other makes you glow refreshed. that’s how you differentiate. let’s figure out how we apply all of this when looking at pictures.

/// what the person’s best color palette does for them:

the outfit works together with the face.

a coherent impression is created.

the features are well-defined.

it’s a ‘wow’ moment. nothing is off.

the whites of the eye are emphasized.

you overlook blemishes; the person looks even and radiant.

a healthy, moderate shine appears.

it compliments the natural hair color (which is always your exact season)

your attention is on the face, not the styling.

the color feels modern, appropriate, interesting.

the right amount of contrast, tying everything together.

/// meanwhile, how you know it’s NOT the individual’s personal color:

their skin appears a lot warmer or cooler than it usually is. #1 dead giveaway. 

as i’ve heard korean color analysts say, ‘the head floats’: because it feels so separate from the color. (= too high contrast)

the garment casts weird shadows on their chin/cheeks/under the eyes etc. that don’t come from elsewhere.

it all doesn’t feel healthy and smooth.

it makes the skin seem greyed/dull, maybe paler, even blotchy.

it simply kills the vibe of the outfit. something is off, the clothing suspiciously washes them out. (=wrong undertone)

the color is odd, boring, or chaotic on them. 

the jawline suddenly loses all previous definition, blends with the neck. or: the features are unusually severe.

this is basically “style yoongi like a spring (=felix) VS style felix like a winter (=yoongi)”: the difference is immense between warm and cool tones. winter coloring craves so much opposing shades while a spring face is best complimented by no contrast at all. remember: spring is subtle, winter is heavy ammo. felix is a believable blonde because his season is very light and yellow-based.

let’s practice even more and go through all 4 seasons with taeyong’s ever-changing hair. little did we know: if it’s too bright, muted, or warm, his complexion also becomes brighter, softer, and warmer accordingly: to compensate/adapt to the surrounding color/pick up the reflection. but when he wears his best palette that is mostly black-based, it shows his face as it is: cool, strong, intense, and contrasting like winter.

if that’s too difficult, let’s go back to do a simple gold VS silver example. that’s how you can tell that shinee’s taemin is cool-toned. 

his recent eras have been more geared toward his undertone that is blue-based and sophisticated (silver, white/grey, blue) rather than warm, bold, and expressive (gold, orange, yellow). 

the majority of warm colors look a little overstated or draining on him, while cool tones underline his sexy image just right. 

(the bottom left example isn’t a summer type outfit because it’s dark and saturated — but he can still pull it off since winter is also blue-based)

cool and warm tones can be applied to all people’s fashion and hair. what matches their complexion seamlessly, what makes them glow. every human being has a distinct palette. 

what may look mediocre on a summer might feel hot on an autumn; every color can be interesting: on the right person. a clear white t-shirt (=cool tone) is meh? think again when a winter type wears it (bts’ taehyung).

meanwhile, make no mistake: finding one’s season has nothing to do e.g. with how tan you are, or eye color. if someone has light skin, they are not automatically light spring or light summer. because ‘light’ is a color family in this system, not a name for a skin tone — just like having dark skin won’t make a person a dark winter or dark autumn type, for instance. 

i’ll give an example outside of k-pop. my favorite football player, leroy sané (about time the world learns about this cutie). in his wardrobe, nothing does it like the light and radiant tone of spring. he wears the most extreme warm chroma kits with zero effort: while cool-toned, dark colors could never compete. he glows in bright clothes and exciting warm tones. because... he’s a clear spring type! 😍

or say, if someone is naturally warm blonde: that doesn’t make them a spring or autumn automatically. it’s just that — the other way around! — people who are springs and autumns wear warm hair colors superbly well, e.g. stray kids’ hyunjin. 

so this is purely about which patterns of color assimilate the best to you as a holistic impression. the contrast level of your features overall is much more important, and how either cool or warm tones make you come to life. remember, gold or silver, and you need to know how intense they can go.

OVERVIEW

people with a warm skin undertone thrive in colors that are more upbeat, bright and vibrant with less contrast (spring), while others are suited by contrasting golden earth and jewel tones (autumn).

people with a cool skin undertone are flattered by colors that are more light silvery and pastel (summer), while others fit stronger icy tones that feature more extreme black and white contrast (winter).

IMPORTANT CAUTIONARY NOTES: 

- that precisely means: some cool/warm tones may not hit home for someone, BUT lighter or darker ones may. trial and error. when analysing, don’t discard something too easily. and: as we saw, some palettes overlap and seemingly share colors. for instance, bright winters can borrow from bright spring types, since they’re both from the bright family. say, jimin can wear some assorted colors of spring AND summer.

still: keep in mind the basic ideas (and how winters always look better in cool shades, while spring is always warm). if he’s a cool tone and his best colors are soft > bright, and light > dark = we can do the math. he’s a summer. taemin is amazingly flattered by hazy, dusky greys — it’s a light muted palette. grey’s not cute and memorable? he can make it so.

or vice versa. if he’s cool toned and bright > soft, and dark > light = he’s a winter, like changkyun. winters thrive on contrast and can’t handle bleach as easily as summers and springs. their face disappears, almost becomes ghost-like. taemin can pull off blonde like it’s nothing, while changkyun needs the depth of dark winter hair, as it wonderfully contours his face. winters look their most sexy and mysterious in very strong hues.

- color analysis takes so much differenciation as color varies so much. a bright warm red (= spring, even winter) might not be bull’s eye for someone because the saturation/chroma is too much, but a soft warm red (= autumn) can. it’s hard to study at first, so sticking with the 4 seasons concept as a beginner can help, long as you remember the 6 color families.

- someone might wear items/hair color from different seasons at the same time. analysis difficulty mode 5000. say, the foundation could be summer, the eye makeup winter, the shirt spring, and the hair autumn. but you can figure out what feels right one by one. bts’ yoongi can wear warm toned orange hair and it’s not in his palette — he’s a cool tone. but depending on the rest of the outfit, the overall impression still works anyway and looks pretty good. 

since he’s a winter, he can balance the orange hair with black + silver accessories and pull it off better. too soft grey clothing doesn’t make him pop as much and the hair takes over. there’s a reason why the right-hand version went viral and is hard to forget. yoongi wears his winter palette very often. 💘

- what looks good on someone often resorts to subjective VS objective. what makes someone look radiant and harmonious can be very different to color analyst’s different perspectives and even biases. if you want someone to be season XYZ, you find ways to justify it. that’s why proper analysis means: sifting through dozens and dozens of pictures, and sometimes correcting your typings over and over. 

meanwhile, sometimes it’s easy — because the difference is so extreme. consider txt’ yeonjun with warm blonde hair before an orange color background and dark hair before a cool grey backdrop:

- keep in mind that certain seasons will be more prevalent among idols. the colorful spring tone era of kpop has blended into a more cool-tone dominated era in the industry. there’s a trend toward casting winters and summers into agencies, but mostly winter. their range of colors is more flexible and eyecatching, and always ready for a classic black tie event. a bright winter aesthetic is veeery popular for nct’s music videos, for instance (so pretty). 

(how do you know it’s not bright spring? it has strong black background contrast and silver in it.)

so, styling examples in warm tones are harder to find and analyse if seemingly all men’s fashion is blue-based and you don’t find comparison pictures. spring is already seldom worn, but autumn concepts like shinee’s are especially rare.

- some body types do some color palettes better than others. if you have heard of kibbe body typing, you’ll know what i mean. if your body type says ok, a vertical line of black color works best for you, but your personal color says you’re a soft or light season instead of a high contrast season? meeting halfway and typing well is even more difficult if you consider kibbe and aren’t a versatile gamine or classic type. i mean look at this recommendation table mess:

- often, people can never seem to agree on a typing online, even experts. everyone has their own approach and tweaks to the theory. the debate can get heated and messy; nobody wants to be wrong despite color analysis being so hard to get right. othertimes, i’ve seen color analysts or forumists type things like ‘ew, person XYZ looks the absolute worst in this color it’s horrible!!’ — i encourage everyone to stay civil and not insult the person you’re typing by saying they look terrible, awful, hideous, gross, nasty, et cetera. and even if a color doesn’t look right, say which one does, end on a positive note. color theory is no excuse or shield to hide behind to call someone ugly.

- lighting/editing/filters can also mess with correct analysis. photo backgrounds can reflect. the issue of artificial vs natural lighting — what helps to type more accurately? (...if you ask me, natural. but color harmony shows indoors anyway, and even in bad lighting.) if the person is wearing major cleavage, their own skin will ‘cancel out’/neutralize the effect of the garment’s color cast on the face. it takes time and effort to learn this system so mistakes sneak in, i constantly err myself. the list goes on. online typings can easily be inaccurate; we’re not doing the analysis in person, with clearly labelled color drapes and palettes under the face as the pros are doing it for consultations.

example: his company can edit and photograph taemin as a deep winter, icy lighting, heavy makeup, black clothes. but unwhitewashed pictures will tell you that all black everything isn’t as spot-on as more gentle summer colors. 

winter is too strong and deep. summer is just right, being easygoing and subtle enough.

- always remember that all colors can be made more cool or warm (by adding yellow or blue respectively), dark or light (by adding black or white), soft or bright (by adding or subtracting grey). yellow can be made cool or warm, blue can be made cool or warm. white can be crisp or off-white/beige. there are only a few dealbreakers in this system. for instance, cool seasons struggle with wearing either orange, and light seasons don’t pull off any black, and the warm color family is incompatible with very sharp white. but other than that, remember that any color is always able to be manipulated on a spectrum.

but usually, when you type someone into warm or cool, the difference can be quite glaring and you don’t have to go the extra mile and find them in a cool blue vs a warm blue, for instance. let’s look at felix from stray kids and which tone accentuates his face the best in random colors:

the cool and ashy purple of the dye, the blue-based background, and the black jacket don’t do him any justice. it’s a styling for a winter. instead, felix being a spring is best-complimented by warm blonde hair (guess why he wears it so often, it’s in his palette) and citrus pastels, with warm tone makeup like the peachy coral lip on the right. that’s all we need to check.

- seasonal color analysis works best when the person doesn’t wear makeup and you just observe the effect of the surrounding colors on their face, but then again: makeup is also ‘surrounding color’ and will read as either fitting or separate from the person. let’s look at taeyong:

the fiery red hair and orange eye shadow are mostly yellow-based and therefore suited for a warm undertone. on his cool tone skin, it needs deeper and more blue-based colors, or a strong contrast like on the right. a cool brunette tone and silver jewelry are just natural on him. even a very subtle makeup style can help him dress his season, despite taeyong handling tons of makeup on any given day. moral of the story, long as his outfit is deep-toned enough, he can go for anything except too much yellow-base. 

THE SIX COLOR FAMILIES IN DEPTH: EXAMPLES. 

to end this post, let’s practice again to sort idols into the big 6. because as long as you got these down, you can type someone on your own. 

bts’ namjoon’s color family is gently muted. his stylists don’t go for it often, but he wears beigey-peachy soft tones like no other. there’s a reason why he does honey blonde and brunette hair all the time: his undertone is warm. namjoon is a delicate soft autumn.

shinee’s key is very versatile in fashion, but his color family is cool. very breezy and a bit muted, but mostly full of blue-based greys and browns. not too much winter constrast, this is a more subtle palette. his undertone is cool. kibum is a cool summer. 

and finally, stray kids felix as we saw belongs to the warm tones, and the light family. that means minimum contrast and lots of subtle chroma, beige and cream are his forte. the more understated the tint of the clothing and accessories, the better. felix is a light spring.

yep, this can go on and on. i hope you picked up some knowledge bombs from this explanation and feel as intrigued by personal color as i am, do ask if you have any questions and need some help. 

cheers and happy researching ✍️ - caro

[iaintkissingnofrog]

This is going to be a long SatoSugu post so strap in

Satoru's last words to Suguru were a confession of his love for him and this confession was Kenjaku's key to his sealing.

To get the full picture we have to go back to their school days.

It's been well established that the two were the closest to each other. They loved and trusted each other and together they were the strongest duo.

But when Gojo kicked his training into high gear and Getou was losing himself, Suguru couldn't keep up and Satoru became the strongest.

Satoru could go on missions on his own, and Shouko barely went out on missions leaving Suguru on his own. Suguru was left behind and felt as though if he had continued by Satoru's side he'd only be holding him back. (Gojo fights alone now in the series so that could be related.) This is when Suguru begins to let go of Satoru, and this is when the relationship pulls apart for him. If they're not the strongest duo why would Satoru keep him around? What are they if they're not the strongest together?

Suguru doesn't know that Satoru loves him regardless of his power or abilities but because they were best friends, and their relationship wasn't only built on them being the strongest duo.

Suguru leaves Jujutsu Tech after murdering a village. On that busy road in Tokyo, he does not try to reach out to Gojo, to explain to him or convince him to see his viewpoint. This was the person who knew him better than anyone and in what was meant to be their final moment he keeps him at a distance, even adding that the strongest should kill him if he wants. At this moment they're not best friends or two parts of a duo, they're simply 2 sorcerers with conflicting paths.

Suguru leaves Satoru, believing that Satoru doesn't have any love left for him.

A decade passes and we're in JJK Vol 0!

During Yuta and Getou's fight, Getou doesn't understand Yuta's relationship with Rika and calls him a womanizer (or rude) and Yuta corrects him and states that it's pure love to which Getou responds with 'Then this is justice' as if the two are opposing sides. My interpretation of this is that Getou does not understand love or what it is to be loved which is why he misunderstands Okkotsu.

After Yuta wins, Satoru finds Suguru in a weakened state nearing his last breath. Satoru lets Suguru know that he trusted him to not kill his students and Suguru is surprised to hear that even after all this time Satoru still trusted him.

Satoru asks Suguru if he has any last words and he shares them. That he hates the monkeys and can't truly be happy in this world.

Satoru then shares his final words with Suguru and it comes as a surprise

Whatever it is Satoru says was enough to bring joy to Suguru right after he said he couldn't be happy in this world.

The next two images below are translations of the Offical JJK vol 0 movie novelization

I'm personally stuck on the line "He wouldn't have said such an embarrassing thing back in his student day." What I understand from this is that Gojo has never said this before and it's something that's endearing now but would have been considered embarrassing to say back when they were classmates and a love confession fits the bill.

Suguru Getou dies knowing that Satoru Gojo loves him.

Kenjaku in Getou's body knows this as well.

A key element of Kenjaku's plan required that Gojo be sealed away and this sealing required Gojo to be distracted for 1 minute. Under normal circumstances, this would be a difficult condition to meet. Jogo even states that even 1000 human lives wouldn't be enough.

But Kenjaku didn't need 1000 human lives. Kenjaku in Getou's body knows the duo's history and can feel Suguru's feelings towards Satoru. This body remembers that Satoru loved Suguru and that's all Kenjaku needed for him to be confident in his plan.

There was no mind trick, there was no elaborate booby trap. What kept Satoru in place was as simple as

Gojo's love for Getou and his confession of this love cursed him in the end. And to quote what he told Yuta the year before "Love is the most twisted curse of them all"

[gnomeniche]

i think red guy just wants to exist as he wishes to without being given shit for the way in which he is existing

[opbackgrounds]

Okay, so the fight between Kalifa and Sanji starts with Sanji closing his eyes, almost as if he can’t stand too look at her, and his first action is to defend rather than attack. Then the first time Sanji does try to hit Kalifa he ends up getting hit right in the balls, aka his masculinity

If you really pay attention to Kalifa here it’s clear that she’s surprised by his strength and speed. Like, there’s some pretty genuine fear in that bottom right panel. It also becomes increasingly clear that Sanji’s pulling his kicks. Kalifa knows it, Sanji knows it, and it ends up costing him the fight.

The one thing that I think gets overlooked with this fight is that Sanji is genuinely trying. He knows Robin’s life is in danger, he knows Kalifa is an enemy, but his hangups about fighting women are so deeply ingrained he can’t overcome them, and Nami ends up saving having to save his ass from a fighter that, going strictly by power levels, is far below Sanji in terms of skill.

Later on when Sanji rescues Usopp from Jabra and gives him the speech of doing what only you can do, and depending on others for the rest he’s speaking from experience. Sanji can’t fight women just like Usopp couldn’t fight Jabra, and it’s up to the rest of the crew to cover for those weaknesses.

[oopey-doopey]

Big shot Spamton was 100% not used to the life style.

He didn’t know the proper fork for salad or spoon for soup. He doesn’t know all the fancy words for things like what the fuck is a “charcuterie board” that’s the appetizer plate they get at the cyber grill. He didn’t know what to wear unless he was explicitly told or dressed, didn’t get all the ps & qs or etiquette, it just didn’t feel right. Like it didn’t fit, like he didn’t fit. Like every time he needed to ask about how to be fancy or a big shot they would whisper behind his back, call him a fake or ridicule his ignorance. He was a simple Addison after all, and not even one that could afford fancier casual things.

Was it snazzy and cool to be someone? Yeah, that’s what he always wanted! But it had to be stressful being jutted into a completely different world with no one to truly instruct you on it.

[sunnykeysmash]

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