#dad then there were none

[7cfc00]

"Murder." "Murder!" "Better."

[nick-close]

[apricior]

found this in my drafts. i think was onto something

[slightlyhopefulromantic]

the leading ladies of dad then there were none! because i really like 1930s women's fashion (even if i take creative liberties with it). thank you to @happi-tree for helping me with the color and patterns even if i DEFINITELY took the most liberties with that, especially in regards to dorothy's outfit. but like. listen. listen. dot. polka dots. i saw some cute pink dresses while looking online. i haaad to. i did directly take barb's outfit colors from a picture happi showed me though :]

barbara and dot are my favorites, for the record. i love all of the characters from this mini-series tbh, but barb and dot are special hehehe <3

[bigtiddygothhusband]

the dad then there were none finale shook me cause like. what do you mean theres another thing called an ice pick. were old timey lobotomies not being done with a pickaxe but for ice? was that one soviet russia guy not murdered with an ice pickaxe? its like doubly disappointing cause 1. history is slightly less gory and horrifying than i thought and 2 apparently i get sad when history is less gory and horrifying than i expected so im disappointed in myself too.

[owl-stretching-timez]

Once again, Amanda Shuckman is playing four-dimensional chess with time travel while everyone else argues about the rules of Connect Four.

[marbletheunworthy]

Hello dndads nation can y’all give me ship drawing requests, I need some more romantic drawings in my life

[ivefallenforyouandicantgetup]

I can’t believe the quickest way to Sledge Valet’s heart was a briefcase full of potatoes.

[blousemouse]

Dad then there were none is so good omg 😭 Straighten Arrow my love… the interactions between Haus Emdee and Barb Boop are sooo funny I love them together. Freddie making his character hot and rich as always I love it

[aqua-ginger]

I would die for Detective House MD.

[hermanunworthy]

barbara boopsy reminds me of my gf its cute

[nagdabbit]

this is really only for my d&dads pervs out there, but toni storm is just forever who im gonna picture as dot brady in my head during dad then there were none

[nick-close]

Freddie ily but man YOU GOTTA GIVE UP ON THIS BEING NEW YORKER BECAUSE YOU CANT GET THERE IM SORRY

[infriga]

I convinced my mom to try the live action One Piece, because she's the type to like this style of show even though she isn't into animation and would never read manga, but I didn't think I'd be able to convince my dad because he's usually a stickler for more grounded and realistic stories (his favourite genre is war movies, his favourite movie is Saving Private Ryan, for reference). But, when I brought up with him how I figured it probably wouldn't be his thing because it was fantasy, he mentioned to me that he does enjoy some fantastical stuff if it has like an internal universe logic, like Star Wars, and the more I thought about it, the more I remembered that he also enjoys campy fun action adventure stuff that doesn't take itself too seriously like Indiana Jones or Pirates of the Carribean.

And One Piece has both that internal logic for why people can perform crazy feats (even if it isn't explained right away) which I mentioned to him (just that there is a reason why people can do crazy things in this world), as well as the campy fun action adventure thing going for it, especially in the Live Action (the fight against Morgan's base even has a major Indiana Jones vibes ngl). So I explained that to him and asked if he wanted to try it, and he agreed to watching the first episode with me to decide if he'd watch it with my mom and me.

AND HE ACTUALLY SAID IT WAS INTERESTING SO FAR!! Like, he is NOT the kinda guy to enjoy anime or manga or even western cartoons, always refuses to watch anything anime and doesn't show any interest when I talk about it (I've managed to convince him to watch a few movies like Sword of the Stranger but it's obvious that even when he's not bored or doesn't hate it, it still doesn't catch or keep his interest), and he's really picky about anything fantasy or SciFi, if it like sets off his bullshit meter too much he starts nitpicking the logic behind certain abilities, or decisions, or explanations, etc. I once tried to get him to try Gravity Falls and he wanted to stop after the first episode. He's THAT picky.

So the fact that he actually laughed several times while watching the first episode of OPLA with me, commented about Luffy's character positively several times (he seems to think Luffy is really funny which surprised me cause I thought he'd be the most entertained by Zoro but I mean I can't blame him it is Luffy after all), never cringed or criticised or said anything about how ridiculous it was, means a lot coming from him cause he's always really blunt and honest about his opinion on this sort of stuff (which is fine I don't want him to pretend to enjoy stuff when he doesn't). He actually watched the whole first episode without it losing his attention, and seemed to have fun! And he agreed to watch the rest with my mom and me!

This sort of thing is one of the reasons why I dislike when people just dismiss the idea of live action adaptations entirely. I get that people are jaded with past failures, and don't like when live action is treated like a replacement for or improvement from animation when it isn't. But it is a valid medium just as much as animation or comics or writing are, and can be used to produce some amazing things. And the fact is, there are people who have a hard time connecting with other mediums who will otherwise never engage with this media in its original forms. Live Action, when done well and done right, can reach new audiences and welcome them into the fold in ways the original formats never can.

One Piece didn't need the live action to be popular, obviously, and the live action cannot and will not replace the original, nor should it. But I love that we get to have it alongside the manga and anime. It's just more of what we love, it's the cherry on top of an already stellar multi-layered cake. It complements the original rather than taking anything away from it. And for the first time in over a decade I might be able to share One Piece with my parents, who would only ever have a chance of experiencing it and enjoying it in live action. There's just something so awesome about that for me personally. I just wish more live action adaptations would understand what the One Piece live action understood about the adaptation process, and that's how to keep the heart of the story in-tact, so more people from more fandoms could have a chance to share something they love with more people who it would otherwise not reach.

Anyway, thank you Oda and the OPLA cast and crew for doing live action right for once!

[kedreeva]

Went to let the birds out and found this furious little (baby) lad in one of the trenches, exhausted from trying to get out of the coop he so bravely wiggled his way into. I fetched him out and let him go outside the pen. Hopefully he won't be trying that again.

[marbletheunworthy]

Slight spoilers for the new miniseries under the cut: FANART FOR NEW CHARACTER

Dorthy “Dot” Brady! I cannot wait for this new mini series to continue