#bc no I don’t think that

[sophfandoms53]

Idk about y’all but getting to explore a Sonic who seems to still be in a pretty early stage of his friendships and his heroism and learning to become more levelheaded, a little less cocky, value himself, and especially learn that he needs his friends just as much as they need him sounds pretty interesting to me.

I wanna make it clear though, Sonic Prime COULD mess that up. They could have messy characterization all across the board and this arc can be done poorly. That’s in realm of possibility. But we don’t know enough to make that judgement. We have 3 clips that are around 20-30 seconds each. That isn’t enough content to judge an entire season on, imo. If you don’t have an interest in the show, you’re entitled to that 100%, but to act as if it’s completely bad already when we still don’t know much is a little odd to me.

Again, the show can mess all this up, I’m not trying to be here like “no no guys the show is gonna perfect just you wait”, y’all know I’m not that type of person. When the show comes out and if it is a total mess in execution of the story and the characters, i will be on top of that instantly. I go into everything with a critical eye and I pay close attention to the execution to make an opinion. I think going into something with some caution is totally fine, and going into something with some excitement is fine too, but going into something being overly positive or overly negative is just gonna have a huge altering effect on your experience. Whether it makes you blind from the issues, or your expectations aren’t met and you’re underwhelmed, or you’re just biased against it no matter, it’s just a mindset I don’t agree with. Again that’s me.

Going back to Sonic’s character arc, I don’t really see an issue with them wanting to give him one like this. Especially considering this is a Netflix Cartoon being made for kids. Adding this arc for Sonic to learn to be less cocky and value his friendships a lot more could be happening to help make him more relatable to kids. Im not saying Game!Sonic isn’t relatable, but he is a really difficult character to analyze as a casual. Most people who only passively know Sonic know that he’s cocky and he’s a hero. But when you’re someone who has dove into the series and understands how the characters work, you see all the layers Sonic has.

You’re aware that Sonic knows all the risks and sacrifices he takes to protect his planet and its people. You’re aware Sonic knows how much his friends value him and how much he values them. You’re aware that Sonic leaves people better than when he found them. You’re aware that Sonic is an emotional guy even if he doesn’t show it. You’re aware Sonic lives his life freely everyday and that he enjoys life no matter what. You’re aware that Sonic enjoys danger and protecting people. You’re aware that Sonic has one of kindest hearts in the world. We as fans, we all know that. But casuals? Young kids just getting into the franchise? Most of them probably don’t know all this from the games because they’re just playing a fun game with Sonic in it. Kids don’t really notice all these character elements or story beats at first, but they’ll notice it as they grow. As a kid I know I never noticed just how kind and sensible Sonic could be sometimes. That was something I learned as I got older and rlly dove into his character to see.

Generally, game!Sonic doesn’t really have an arc, and it’s because of everything I mentioned above. Sonic’s a character who’s already had most of his development happen already. Unlike his friends, who we see grow from their debut games and onwards, we don’t see Sonic have an arc to grow into being hero because when we meet him, he already knows that. So, instead we get to see how he approaches being a hero given the different scenarios he’s put in, mainly because of Eggman. We see how he adapts when he gains new allies, or when he has a new adversary. Sonic has very minor things that could be considered flaws, but overall he’s a pretty well-rounded and developed character. Which isn’t a bad thing. Having your main character already developed is a rather engaging interpretation because it allows for you to catch those moments where Sonic messes up, where he’s struggling, where he shines, what he likes/dislikes, and how he reacts to things. Those are the moments that can help capture Sonic as a person just as much as they capture him as a hero. They’re a lot more subtle, but they are there.

The biggest constant of Sonic’s character, and the franchise as a whole, are how much his friends matter to him. Friendship is one of Sonic’s biggest values as a character. His friends mean the world to him. He loves them unconditionally and does anything to protect them, and they in turn do the same for him. In the games, Sonic see’s his friends on an equal playing field, and as he should they’re all strong individuals, and that plays into how much they care about each other. As much as they can all handle on their on own, they are stronger as a unit.

Friendship is everything in this franchise.

So if Prime, in a similar sense to the movies, wants to take a more direct approach with Sonic’s character by making his arc more blatant and especially adding more emphasis of him understanding his friends and his friendships with them, I don’t see much harm in that.

[badolmen]

People against piracy fail to realize that no, I can’t just ‘buy it.’ They stopped making DVDs and Blu-Rays. They’re barely offering digital copies for download. I am not spending money I could use for food or bills to pay for a subscription service just so I can always have access to a beloved piece of media. Especially not when the service will remove media on a whim without concern for how the loss of access to that piece will make its artistic conservation nigh impossible.

For example, I recently learned that Disney+ had an original film called Crater. It’s scifi, family friendly, and seems cool - I would love to buy it as a holiday gift for my little brother! But: it’s exclusive to D+ and THEY REMOVED IT LITERALLY MONTHS AFTER ITS RELEASE.

The ONLY way I can directly access this film is through piracy. The ONLY available ‘copies’ of this film are hosted on piracy websites. Disney will NEVER release it in theaters, or as something to buy, and it may NEVER return to the streaming service. It will be LOST because we aren’t allowed to purchase it for personal viewing. If I can’t pay to own it, I won’t pay for the privilege of losing it when corporate decides to put it in a vault.

So yes, I’m going to pirate and support piracy.

[greelin]

it’s so crazy that i grew up in a town with like 300 people and now i live in a city with over 66,000. anything can happen

[theoldkyokodied]

The Allegiance of the Ascended Vampire and the New God of Magic

[mumblesplash]

i know it’s like years old at this point but i love that one collab mumbo and grian did with tommyinnit bc it’s like the single most concentrated example i’ve seen of mumbo’s Chaos Nullification Powers

you get to see a bit of it on hermitcraft, mostly via his interactions with grian, but until seeing that collab it didn’t really hit me just how completely mumbo can no-sell other people’s attempts to control a situation. tommyinnit is possibly the single shoutiest, most chaotic minecraft youtuber out there, and in most videos i’ve seen he pretty much overwhelms everyone else and sets the tone for interactions because of this. but mumbo just. doesn’t let him. no matter how much tommy escalates in intensity, mumbo reacts with *exactly* the same energy he always does. grian largely comes across in the whole video as annoyed and reluctant to engage with the whole thing, but mumbo’s not even affected. he just rolls with anything he finds funny and basically ignores anything he disapproves of, only seeming more and more unflappable the harder anyone tries to get a rise out of him.

AND imo, this is the key to my favorite interpretation of him as a character

see, when the people around him are being more reasonable/calm, i think mumbo often comes across as anxious and a bit easily overwhelmed. the thing is, his nervous wet cat vibes do not scale. he has one setting. his responses to the last life ‘ah-ha!’ jokes and to hermitcraft 8 starting to crumble to pieces under a falling moon are almost identical.

mumbo jumbo is inexorably and eternally Just Some Guy, but that gets stranger and stranger the weirder his surroundings become. the giggly incredulousness that makes him an easy target for goofy puns looks Very different when it’s also his reaction to the impending end of the world.

[roseworth]

the making posts limit not reading posts this isn’t twitter

[lazylittledragon]

you know what fuck it we’re doing dadstarion

[enderspawn]

cleo reacts to joel’s new glow ink store (VOD)

[stil-lindigo]

an ex-zionist jewish man recently went a bit viral on tiktok for sharing exactly how he sees zionism tie israel to the jewish identity and his personal experience with breaking away from it - I think it’s a really great watch.

He also made a follow up talking specifically about how he learned to humanise Palestinians, and a really integral part of it was his school, which would often bring in Palestinian speakers who’d share their perspective (here’s a link to it).

[cosmosnout]

The most doomed siblings ever

[sevinite]

a modern witch and their familiar

[stuckinapril]

friend wanted to see my tumblr, and when i told him i can’t show it to him bc it’s basically my personal diary he went “oh so I can’t see it but a bunch of strangers on tumblr can??” he literally does not get me. no one will get me like the people in my phone get me

[hamable]

Ok no I do have to make it it’s own post bc I don’t remember the book’s scene in detail but Annabeth seeing the fates cut a string at the arch is so fascinating. Bc we know that’s Luke’s string. He’s not dying soon, but it’s been decided when he will die.

The moment the fates decide that Luke will die and when is right after Percy sacrifices himself. Right after he shows Annabeth his care and loyalty. That she is worth saving. That she doesn’t deserve the wrath intended for her. A set of dominoes has just been toppled and when they all finally fall, she will stand between Luke and Percy and choose Percy. From this moment, from this early on, Luke’s fate is sealed.

[aliosne]

Saw a post about working class butches in physical labour jobs and wanted to make my own, so: I love you butches who do childcare or early education. I love you butch nurses. I love you butch house cleaners and janitorial staff. I love you service industry butches. I love you butches who do sex work. I love you working class butches who do “feminine” jobs you are cool as hell

[theywontletmebeprincipal]

illustrated guide to simons. i Think

[crybaby-bkg]

I think Deku has a bit of a mean streak, actually. he’s no Bakugou—that’s for sure—but he’s not this innocent, sweet angel baby that the media has painted him out to be. but you only catch it when you least expect it, when you’re pushing his nerves, when the stakes to everything around him are high, when he’s tired of endless sleepless nights and just—snaps.

“Oh?” you go, grin unfurling like some grinch, chin resting on your hands as you leer at him from across his expansive desk. “You’re mean.” your words are teasing, a snarl that curls your mouth up. Deku stutters, eyes going wide, jaw snapping shut in surprise as he tries to think back on how rude he just sounded.

“No, I’m not—I mean, you wouldn’t stop and I just—there’s a lot on my plate right now—and you just—you keep on—I’m not—I’m not mean.” He’s sputtering, hands all over the place, the glasses perched on the bridge of his nose falling even lower with how he jabbers on and on. it’s endearing really, to see how he tries to upkeep his image of being so kind and understanding, even though his nostrils just flared at you. and his eyebrows turned down and he gritted at you, his hands were balled into fists, his words were so nasty, so ugly, so unbecoming for Deku.

you liked it. loved it even—vowed to get him like this every single fucking second that you could.

you pick and poke at him whenever you see him, teasing him and pulling at him. pushing him around even though the hero is so much stronger than you, so much bigger. and he lets you, tries to defend himself but—that’s not what you want. you want the ugliness, the snark, the mean.

he snaps, eventually, when you least expect it. grabs you up in black whip when you go to push him against the wall for the third time in only a minute, his eyes suddenly dark, the aura of the room suddenly charged.

“That’s what I was looking for.” you whisper to him, the grin spreading your face quickly dissipating in only seconds when you become the prey. when you become the one pushed up against the wall with teeth at your neck, a hand in your underwear, bullying your hole with too thick fingers.

“Why do you want me to act like this? Be so mean to you, huh?” he sounds so frustrated with himself, with you, growling and nipping and licking when you don’t answer quick enough. but your breath is caught in your lungs because finally—finally, did you get what you wanted. it just took a little bit of pushing, you suppose.