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Maiko Week Day 2: separation
Edit: forgot I had it queued 'cause my exams are going on rn and I have to keep reminding myself the gap days in between aren't vacations. Anyways, I live in the east hence everything comes early to me :3
#im a canon purist bitch#separation was such an interesting prompt but this is all i could come up with#maikoweek2024#Maikoweek2024#maiko#atla#avatar#avatar the last airbender#atla maiko#mai#zuko#atla mai#hc that mai went to see zuko's ship set sail but she didn't meet with him choosing instead to watch him leave from far away#right on queue
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bbc dracula is so amusing bcs moffat and gatiss will take a book or story and write an adaptation of it like they're going to make the most original version of it, it HAS to be absolutely divergent from the canon, the most pretentious version of whatever franchise they choose, but they're so obviously influenced by coppola's dracula and every twist that was supposed to be groundbreaking felt predictable somehow.
#its so funny like i know they probably thought they were so sly and innovative but hell i grew up obsessed with coppola's dracula#- and while it wasn't canonical i; too; was blown away by the concept of everlasting love that transcends death and time#- SO IT WAS SO OBVIOUS WHERE THEY GOT THE WHOLE ROMANTIC SHIT INVOLVING DRACULA FROM#and they even copied the misogynist treatment to lucy from coppola too they really said yes yes include the misogyny it can't be left out!!#and the gay/bi coding for villains they CANT not make a villain gay or bi there HAS to be one in EVERYTHING THEY FUCKING MAKE#im in mark gatiss' walls tormenting him for being gay and homophobic LIKE WHATS WITH THAT TIRED TROPE BITCH?????#i won't even touch van helsing being turned into a woman to give her a romantic sublot with dracula bcs i have 13194583 thoughts about that#and so and so i could keep dragging their dracula adaptation through the mud bcs there's so much to bitch about??????#but even though ALL of this i didn't hate it like i thought i was going to hate it#i actually remember complaining about this adaptation when it was first announced. like 'oh moffat nd gatiss are going to ruin dracula now'#and it was whatever!#and nobody cared NDNCNNDNCNDNCMKDKFJ#and i didnt hate it. i absolutely dont recommend it though i really DONT it has moffat/gatiss plastered all over it#needed to write this out bcs in my endless stress these past two weeks i havent been able to sleep or concentrate in anything relevant#but SOMEHOW ended up rewatching this shit AGAIN for some reason and fluctuating between anger and amusement#and everyone is reading dracula now by some strange casualty and i no longer expect anyone to make a truly purist adaptation of dracula.#like nobody EVER will tbh and thats fine.
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@vampiraptor i mean,,,,yes, *I* certainly think so, but on the other hand i do know that there exists a body of mythology/folklore specific to certain regions, setting a nebulous canon for what fairies are, when and where they exist, what the structure of their society looks like, and so forth. and as flexible as that canon is, i’m aware that my hot take falls pretty solidly outside its limits. for a couple key examples: 1. i don’t actually give a fuck about the seelie and unseelie courts and all that, insofar as my fiction is concerned. i pretty much just took the concept of “drama bitches who live behind this world” & riffed off of that in the way that best served the concepts i wanted to convey. the conceit being that those fairies were simply one little kingdom out of a worldwide phenomenon: fairy-type beings exist behind every culture; they just take different forms in different places. 2. fairy folklore & aesthetic is often a little backwards-facing: it tends at the very least to have a strong “the past was more magical” kind of flavor to it---so i wanted to do an aggressively “modern” take where the fae are even stronger in the present day and where their aesthetics, cultures, and methods have evolved alongside those of the mundane. these days, poking too deep into some corner of the internet or exploring an abandoned shopping mall is as likely to lead you into the faerie realm as is a ring of mushrooms in the woods (if not more likely) 3. my fairies, in the words of my bullshit narrator, are by definition “not real.” which is to say: they inhabit the realm of the imaginary, and can not “do magic” or appear in-person in the real world. they hold great power, but only indirectly. they’re imaginary and that’s their weakness and their strength.
so in a sense my take is intrinsically anti-purist: i call these beings “fairies” not because i didn’t have a better term, but because i wanted to deliberately play off of (and undermine) expectations of what a “fairy” should be---and if ur like “those aren’t fairies” then you’re fucking missing the point. also of note: i do this not because i don’t enjoy traditional fairy folklore, it’s just that i had this idea and i thought it would be Neat and now im gonna write it. other fairies are valid, but these are my fairies and they’re valid too :P
#that's a lie#no fairies are valid#they're all bitches#.....thank you for attending my sudden Essay i did not expect to write that#stuff and thinks#fairies
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yo!! dunno if u already answered that, but what do u think abt hxh 1999? honestly, i watched 2011 before 1999 but i... love 1999 a bit more. i really love this dark atmosphere and somehow i rlly love the voice actors too? also. the beautiful filler arc, god that was so feels!!! .. i rlly love the 1999 version haha. if u already answered that, feel free to link ur answer >.o and if u havent, im rlly curious abt ur reply!!!
Ahhh heya :3
I hadn’t watched 1999 yet but i admit i’m. Not exactly found of what i’ve seen so far. I saw a few scenes here and there, mostly thanks to tumblr, or some scenes people showed me.
In term of ambiance and atmosphere, i understand why people love it - i’m myself not exactly fan of all of the color palette of 2011, but I don’t get into 1999′s either soo i’m a little torn about it. I think the animation is really great for 1999, and it has some nice fillers i guess.
The Voice acting is really great but I personally really love the 2011′s voices too much : i’m seriously in love with the 2011!Kurapika’s voice and even if i find the 1999′s voice amazing, it’s not the same. Leorio, in 2011, is voiced by a seiyuu who’s work i’m a fan of, and the VA of Gon and Killua make such a good job I have a hard time with getting involved in the new voices. Hisoka’s va was incredible in 1999 (for the record, he ended up voicing Pariston in 2011), but I find the 2011 version to be closer from the character and far more threatening. (the only reason i’m actively mentioning the VA is that i watched the musical and got accostumed to their voices, but it still doesn’t work as much for me)
But I’m a manga purist. I’ve always been a lot more based on the manga and I admit i really cringe to major changes, even if they’re not bad. (hell i complain about the very few things 2011 changed all the time. I seriously complain all the time. Even changes that are actually cute like how they added the 50 hours in the tower, i still bitch about it and how the slight change they made to canon to make it worse lessened the impact of a latter scene.).
Fanservice is all fine and great but Idk, i’m in here because of the manga storyline, not exactly for what’s added in general. I don’t actively like fanservice. It makes me roll my eyes more than anything.
From what I’ve seen, there’s a few things I don’t exactly like. Killua is a little different and everytime i see something especially in the early arcs, I feel really like it’s not exactly the Killua I like. There’s seriously scenes i’ve seen of him in 1999 that I can’t stand and that I don’t find endearing at all, especially in comparaison to his manga’s counterpart.
While I understand that the story felt the need to add, say, Gon’s breakdown after Hisoka saved him in the forest and Kurapika’s meltdown after killing Uvogin, I think it’s a little overkill in comparaison to how the manga handled it. (That being said the Kurapika’s meltdown is at least well, based on some details that even the 2011 anime overlooked. I can see it happen. But I still prefer the subtility of the 2011 anime that fits much more the manga’s tone. And it’s not that it’s absent, it’s just that it’s subtle. For Gon’s though, I really think this is ways too much.)
And I’m sorry i’m terrible, but i’m not exactly found of most of the leopika fanservice? A few things i’ve seen plays a lot on tropes i don’t exactly like, and it’s not like 1999 includes the scenes from the manga that made me love them to start with. (which is also so unreal to me bc once someone told me a lot of people say they like Leopika only because of 1999 and i’m just like. What. No. Why. The manga is great it doesn’t need..... *waves* this. I like the concept say of the phonecall at the end of the show to be sweet (even if... kinda laughable to me) and i like Leorio worrying about Kurapika or Kurapika smiling at him (okay that I can get behind) but some stuff....... I just can’t.)
And mostly I admit I grew a little irrited at this version after a lot of people i’ve seen tried to bring down the 2011 anime in regard of the 1999 anime, and usually that’s the worst because if it starts to seriously irritate me, i end up turning this irritation on the show rather than the fans (usually if i really dislike stuff, this is because of how it had been compared to stuff i like). Because like, the 1999 anime is really not sticking to canon all that much, the changes it does to the characters ends up affecting the storyline, that they want it or not, and that’s the kind of things that usually tickles me the wrong way. (and in the wrong way also when 2011 does that don’t get me wrong, but it’s not as much as in 1999.)
One day I’ll need to seriously watch the show and maybe those stuff will be better for me once in context and once I will be detached enough from the manga to get into it, but so far i have ways too much irritation over it. One of the only scene I really liked in the 1999 vers more than 2011 so far is Kurapika’s reaction to the auction for the eyes, but that’s it. I’m glad they kept some stuff like the door trials that the 2011 anime completely glossed over, and that at least this version of the anime respected Leorio as a character (fuck you 2011), and at least adapted the first chapter correctly.
But overrall, everytime i see something about 1999 I cannot disconnect from the manga and I cannot get into it. I’m too much of a canon!purist for that and I love to think too much about the implications and stuff the manga is hinting at, and i don’t like how some changes just, change the narrative around or change those hints. (which is a problem i also have with some scenes of 2011, but like, i complain about maybe 5% of the 2011 anime, the stuff that angers me in the 1999 anime takes...a lot more of the anime.)
Then again, I know it’s because I love the manga too much and think too much about it. One day if i am in a mood to disconnect from the manga, i’ll try to watch 1999. It’s just another interpretation. Hell I enjoyed watching the Musical while it was not exactly in the spirit of the manga (.... then again the Musical didn’t pretend to be as such), so i should seriously give a try to 1999.
I don’t think i’ll ever get to really think i prefer it to 2011 though since I care about canon much more than fanservice and filler.
But I know that’s just me, I know that’s because of how and what i like about the manga to start with. I totally get why people love 1999, I truly do, this is a great show.
I just personally can’t.
Anyway, take care!
#jhfkjdhffd i usually don't try to talk about 1999 because I reaaally can't get into it#and i know that i'm held back for stupid reasons#and i can't exactly judge something i didn't actually watch#(but at the same time i know that if i watch it now i'll hate it only because i'm a petty person)#so y e#but honestly i get it and don't feel bad for liking it!!#it's all fine it's just not for me#dkjhfkdjf anyway#ichafantalks hxh#ichasalty#allenwx#ichareply
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thoroughly modern Millie/Singin' in the rain for the musicals ask
Send me musicals!
I’m doing Singin’ in the Rain cuz idk millie except for like 4 songs im a fake theater kid jhdgjagahfhja
favorite character?
I’m a leading lady’s whore so of course miss Kathy
favorite person to play said favorite character?
I am a Debbie Reynolds purist >:( also I can't really think of anyone who could really do her?
character you relate to the most?
HJFJGKFSKGF Lina Lamont unfortunately 😔
character you would most like to play?
Cosmo!
character you would most like to meet?
probably Kathy again I just think she's neat she’s the only one who seems, like, nice
most underrated character?
no one really talks about this show so idk! maybe Cosmo?
favorite sung line(s)?
The whole little poem of Moses supposes jafkadg its so cute
favorite spoken line(s)?
I have not seen this movie in forever but all I can think of is Lina saying that she can't make love to a bush ljhgfaljhsgfjh
first song you heard from the show?
Gooooooood Mornin’!
song you play on repeat?
all I do is dream of you because I'm a soft bitch who yearns 😌
song you skip when it comes on shuffle?
beautiful girl montage sjhfjh
most underrated song?
kinda hard cuz no one talks about this show vkjhajdha but maybe you were meant for me? maybe all I do is dream of you again
favorite head cannon?
I truly don't have any brain turns off head canons for golden age musicals jhflhhewfghgf
three words that describe this show?
sweet, silly, and OLD
15. overall rate?
maybe an 8! I really like old musicals and this ones up there with my faves!
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