#i have an extremely old blog sure but it's voltron and steven universe and also very rb heavy

[guiiay]

I'm loving your art. You say it's mostly reposting so is there an older blog with more? It's just the first time I see you in ny dash.

nope, I'm just posting older stuff from my other socials! it's the same @ on twitter and instagram :)

[wyblogging]

Alright, let’s talk about the future.

Surely some of you must have noticed that I’m nearing the end of this wild ride called Gravity Falls. So where am I going from here? I want to hear your voices.

Ultimately I’m going to make the choice I feel is best, both from the perspective of my enthusiasm and fan demand. Of likely candidate shows, I have already seen Madoka Magica, Avatar, most of Star Vs. the Forces of Evil, season 1 of Legend of Korra, Over the Garden Wall, Game of Thrones up to the point where the show passes the novels, FMA Brotherhood, and Firefly. I plan on liveblogging new episodes of Steven Universe as they are released, as well.

I’m going to make a list of shows I’m interested in blogging, as well as what I know about them. I want to hear from you in asks. Like something? Give me a detailed explanation as to why. Dislike something? Same applies. I plan on doing two shows on an alternating basis, in order to broaden my appeal somewhat. The current list of frontrunners:

Cowboy Bebop

I know very little about this show except that it’s vaguely reminiscent of Firefly in setting and it’s considered one of the greatest animes ever made.

Breaking Bad

I have seen the first episode of this show, plus random snippets of a few other episodes, and I understand the basic premise of it. I know that Gus dies in the middle and Walt dies at the end. Other than that, I know basically nothing except that it’s possibly the greatest American drama of the modern age. I do have some concerns about the episode length, although I expect I’ll probably be forced to stop less frequently to react, compared to a shorter show like Gravity Falls. I will definitely test this out before making a decision, though.

Camp Camp

I have seen the first episode of this show and promptly fell in love with it. I know effectively nothing outside of that. But I would be extremely enthusiastic to go down this road.

Star Wars: The Clone Wars  and Star Wars: Rebels

I know that these shows are high-quality, although TCW is apparently a bit up-and-down. Regardless, I’ve been meaning to get around to them at some point and I figure now might be a decent time. I know that Ahsoka is Anakin’s apprentice in TCW, and I know basically nothing at all about Rebels except that Thrawn is there at some point.

OK K.O. Let’s Be Heroes!

I know vaguely of the main characters and that the villain is using robots or something. I know that Ian JQ was on the Steven Universe team, and that this show has a lot of promise. 

Invader Zim

All I know about this one is that it’s an old-school CN cartoon that’s looked upon fondly today. Also Zim, I know who Zim is. I don’t know if this show has the sort of consistent plot and/or humor that would make it a worthwhile liveblog.

Rick and Morty

What I know: characters, basic premise, there’s parallel universe shit. It’s very popular on Tumblr right now. Also lots of people ship Rick with Stan Pines. I’ve heard a lot of hype for this one.

Voltron: Legendary Defender

If I were to put this up to an online poll (I’m not), I’m confident that the winner would be one of these last two. Voltron is everywhere on Tumblr, and I’m aware of the shipping wars basically above all else. Also Pidge is cute. 

Miraculous Ladybug, Steins;Gate, One Punch Man, My Hero Academia, Xiaolin Showdown, Mob Psycho 100

All of these are shows that I know effectively nothing about that have been recommended to me. It would take a lot of acclaim to get one of them to jump to the top of my list, but it’s definitely possible. 

Ultimately, you decide. Like something? Tell me why. Don’t like something? Tell me why. I’ll be picking a new slate once I get done with these last five episodes of Gravity Falls, which I’m hoping will take around two weeks. I want to provide the content that people are excited to read, so let me know what that content is.

[crystal-grumps]

Not a lot went up during Angst Week.

Yeah… not many people submitted things for us to post. I (Mod Penguin) was writing something to post but I ended up getting stuck on it and that week got kinda rough for me so I scrapped it… I kinda blame some poor planning as well. I thought it might be cool to line up an angst week with my Birthday (since Angst is my specialty) but I failed to realize that most people would be starting school that week an likely unable to participate… Again, I take full blame for that.

Almost 90% of our content is user submitted… so if we hit a lull there isn’t too much we can do. We try to dig up old submissions on the occasion but a lot of them are from before we were mods and it’s kinda hard to remember the context. We might do a full Inbox clean-out to make room for newer submissions and salvage what we can.

We’ve had a bit of a content lull in general… Personally, I blame the extreme hiatuses and general lack of news for regarding new SU episodes on CN’s part. Granted, the Hiatus will always be a part of the entertainment industry, and CN is always 3rd behind Nick and Disney. But in terms of keeping the SU flame alive: most we’ve had are a few podcasts with the cast/crew on ITunes and the occasional teaser or Meme from their social media plugs. 

Another part is in due to Controversies with certain youtubers… Pe//wDie//Pi/e and J/on//Tro//n in the last year were under heavy fire because of outright racist and anti-Semitic statements. We didn’t make any real statements on them because the truth was we didn’t know exactly what to do. We weren’t sure if we could remove them because these two in particular took the rolls of two characters who’s equivalents are very important in SU. And if we did remove them we’d have to shift things around and find other youtubers to replace them as well. And if THOSE guys did something bad it’d be phase-1 all over again. (Which is the main issue we get with these sorts of things and the problem we have to face with having an AU based around real-life people).

We also had the issue of past content created for these characters, which personally I don’t think we’ll remove them (AND WE HAVE NO PLANS TO) because it’d be censoring the blog’s history and hey, history has it’s faults… It’d be worse to erase the bad parts and pretend they never happened than to acknowledge that they were a part of the story and learn from them.

Though, I think I speak for us when I say that we should have definitely been better at addressing the things that happened than to wait for them to blow over, and on behalf of all the mods: We apologize. We do not stand with anything these two have done or said. We’re just in a bit of a bind trying to figure out what exactly to do. This is also why we’ve more hesitant about asks regarding adding certain youtubers/groups (A big one being the O//n/ey-Plays group, who… aren’t really the best in regards to LGBT or Racial problems and we aren’t too keen on adding them in when they have that already under their belt… We didn’t really have much of a choice with Matt/Ryan but they’ve seemed to have mellowed out since joining Grumps so maybe those two have seen the error of their ways… but we can’t say the same for On//e/y and his friends)

TL,DR: We have some management things we need to address/adjust/fix… We plan to do so once we figure something out.

(I also want to say, if you have any issue with the things said, take it up with me personally... I’d be happy to hear your input, and also would request that no backlash to come to any other mods but myself. The majority of this post is my actions, my opinions, and If i anger or upset someone: It’s my responsibility to address/listen to it. My main blog is @penguinpatrolerarmy. Message me there.)

-Mod Penguin

The text under the cut contains things regarding Hiatus and the state of television… If you are interested in reading about it. I figured i’d include these things as they do somewhat affect the blog:

To continue: The news of Adventure Time’s final season going to be dumped on Hulu makes me think the same is going to happen with Steven Universe. The main reason the network doesn’t air their episodes as often as TTG is because their longer overarching plot lines makes it harder for new fans to jump into it. Same thing happened with the Attack On Titan fandom, A large majority who only watched the anime and couldn’t access or didn’t want to read the manga moved on in what ended up being a 4 ½ YEAR hiatus… TV animation, especially story driven and action based shows that cost more to produce, isn’t as financially successful on cable today.

DVDs/Blu-rays are dying out to the digital market, so putting out every episode online where viewers can pay to watch them at anytime and at their own pace is the better for the company’s finances. That’s why Voltron: LD does so well and is booming in popularity… more people have Netflix today than they do Cable. Plus, fans who just outright purchase a show only have to worry about regular 6-month to 1 Year hiatuses before getting an entire season dumped out in a day… Sometimes even Less than that.

I apologize for rambling, but I wanted to get things stated while it was fresh in my mind. 

[itsjustinknow]

Tagged by @spacefiducia for a thing. 

(Rules: Answer 20 questions and tag 20 followers you want to know better)  

Questions under the cut.

1) Name: Ink or Quinn (though Ink is more used on this site)

2) Nickname: Inky/Inky Dink that one time

3) Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius 

4) Height: 4″10

5) Ethnicity: Latinx (Salvadorian) 

6) Orientation:  ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

7) Favourite Fruit: Grapes probably. They’re one of the few things I can eat without my mouth itching and hurting. 

8) Favourite Season: Fall, usually. 

9) Favourite Book: The Night Circus by Erin Moregenstern 

10) Favourite Movie: Kiki’s Delivery Service

11) Favourite Scent: Books, both old and new. Good Smells that don’t make me feel sick. 

12) Favourite Color: Purple (though pastel blue is a close second) 

13) Favourite Animal(s): Penguins and/or cats. 

14) Favourite Beverage: Coffee. Or tea. Mostly coffee. 

15)Favourite Song: I can’t think of a specific favorite so if anything I’ll post a Quinn Shit playlist later. 

16) Favourite Character(s): Mmm...honestly? Connie Maheswaran from Steven Universe. At least currently. Though the Garrison Trio of Voltron (Lance, Hunk and Pidge) are also up there. 

17) Blanket Number: One (1) because my mother thinks that any more is a pointless waste. And my body does this thing where it gets about as overheated as a computer when used for a few hours so blankets made for warmth aren’t great for that. 

18)Dream Trip: Just about anywhere where I’m not extremely limited by money and don’t have to deal with shit. That’s really it. 

19) Follower Number: 22

20) Blog created at: Not really sure about this question? I made this blog here on tumblr and it’s only around a year old since it’s a new one. So that’s a thing. 

Tagging a few followers because I don’t know exactly who to tag? Of course no one on this list absolutely has to do these, and people who aren’t can feel free to do so as well. Hope it’s alright! 

Tagging @gdonly (since I already mentioned you earlier? hope you don’t mind), @mixed-ace @moss-flowers-trees (if you have time and don’t mind?) @fllungoutofspace (again, if you like) @markedpatches @aqua-arcs and anyone else who would like to! 

Thanks again!