#s1-s3 are just Good

[dothwrites]

very controversial mean opinion but if you skip seasons 1-3 of spn you are going to always fundamentally misunderstand everything about sam and dean

[retroautomaton]

🍳🐖🌱

[laurrelise]

i did a little doodle

[koszmarnybudyn]

Duck team designs.

And the blank background version:

[willkimurashat]

It is still so wild to me to think that there are players who don’t know the highs and lows, the triumphs and defeats of og app’s s1-3😔

[psychomusic]

induced to me by my contemporary art exam AND a rewatch of rebels after years that. got me into sabezra unexpectedly AND i updated krita and there were many new brushes i wanted to try

refs (IF U CAN PLS HELP ME FIND THE ORIGINAL COSPLAYERS i can't find anything EDIT: found them!! they're starwars_irl on insta and @rebelartistwren / lionesscosplay on insta. thank you guys <3) and ✨colored version✨ under the cut

i can't find themmmmm I've been looking for 2 days but all i found were uncredited reposts

anyway they look amazing

i really wanted to try greyscaling but I'm not sure it looks good. idk. + while i was making it i was listening to i love you by fontaines d.c. (GREAT SONG FROM A GREAT UNDERRATED BAND) and. the grey fit into that mood much better

also two versions without the sketch lines. where ezra looks happier even if they're uglier

[lesbianlutherhargreeves]

I feel genuinely bad for the Umbrella Academy cast right now- especially David, Aidan, and Ritu. Like the whole cast who spent years on these characters and the world got the most upsetting ending with no resolution after a season of disjointed plot and lost characterization. Then David specifically said he was upset about how Diego was treated in this season, Aidan said we’re all going to hate Five (I can’t that ain’t Five thats an imposter) and saw a character he grew up playing get demolished, and Ritu had Lila being used as a prop piece bc Blackman decided Five ‘needed romance’ and just had to wait until Aidan was legal and used a six year jump to make it ok.

[nyaskitten]

The more I think about DRs1, the more I feel like I like it more than seasons 2 and 3 😭😭😭 Both 2 and 3 have a LOT to offer (and I'll admit the Ras-in-prison stuff is heartbreaking to me 💔💔💔) but I feel like part of my preference is because it feels more like a Complete story. OBVIOUSLY (and to avoid annoying asks about this) DR is meant to be a long story, so a season won't feel 100% fulfilling in the same way that watching like all of s11 would feel.

DR has a million elements it has to carry from season to season 24/7, but DRs1 just offers a more complete experience... I feel like while I don't Love the Dragon Core fetch quest, the realm exploration this season is so good and SO memorable to me. DRs1 has its flaws, all three seasons have their flaws, Every season of this series HAS flaws, but truly I feel like when watching DRs1 I can almost overlook every issue that comes to mind because it's just THAT good.

Beatrix, despite her slightly more limited presence, is genuinely one of my favorite villains in the entire series, Imperium adds a LOT to the political atmosphere of Ninjago's story-telling, and a lot of the dynamics in this season (like Larow and Sora) are just so so SOOO GOODDDDDD... DRS1 I LOVE YOU MARRY ME!!!

[stardustalien]

season 3 has done a lot for teen mistynat (and therefore mistynat overall) but idk the thing i can’t get over the most is Nat reaching out to Misty first about mercy killing Ben and the fact that she wanted to open up to Misty about how she was feeling???? she was looking for someone to understand her and she went to Misty.

hello???? Natalie wouldn’t have done this in the previous seasons what a development.

[tiedsh0es]

I feel people tend to see OJ as someone very good at the 'caregiver role.' And yk I think he does try, but would I say he's good at it???

Like I think Balloon very clearly proves that he's not 😭He understands and forgives Balloon, agrees that the show makes you do things you later regret but instead of being that support for Balloon- something OJ is very privilidged to have cuz god is he annoying in s1 - he just sends Balloon away to figure it out himself.

It's not entirely his fault but he completely misses how much he's been stepping on Paper for years. The way he just takes over the team in s3 is the only smidge of evidence we have for what he's like in the hotel. Which insufferably managing. He was a flat out horrible friend to Bomb.

LIKE?? He's not good at it. I think that's such a big part of his character people seem to miss. It's such an interesting flaw because it conflicts with his purpose and the way he sees himself. Gahh I just love it.

[ingravinoveritas]

Love like that will surely come my way...

[augustheart]

i'm sorry but if you didn't like leverage redemption prior to season three that is a skill issue on your part. go rewatch the belly of the beast job and think about what you've done

[glitter-hound]

what kills me about lottie is that despite the consequences of what she says and does she's basically the only yellowjacket to never act out of frustration or anger. everything she does comes from completely kind-hearted intentions

(trying to help travis about losing javi)

(trying to help shauna during birth)

(trying to help shauna with her rage)

she only ever wanted to help!! she didn't even want to be a prophet or a leader

she just wanted to help her friends the only way she knew how!!!!!

[celtrist]

I really want to see a more fucked up version of Charlie in canon. Like, okay, I am a die-hard for sweet bubbly girls in media. But I always see how some people make Charlie actually, oh I dunno... demonic? And it's so refreshing for her type of character. I could honestly see her having low empathy (and we kinda see this with how she handled Angel's situation or even Vaggie's nervousness about taking control on an activity). An exploration of that trait (if it was intended) would be interesting to see for a protagonist, especially when her main goal is about helping others. I would love to see her actually have a level of difficulty in understanding others' feelings from the other residents, sinners, and even her father.

But give her a fucked up side. Not a "she gets more power when she's angey uwu", but a "oh, she's a little fucked in the head". It would give so much to her character that she just doesn't have.

@/murmurmurena (don't wanna bother them so slash there we go) has some fun ideas with Charlie. I highly encourage people to check their stuff out! So many fun dark ideas with her character while also still keeping to her canon personality pretty well! Personally, I think Charlie being a bit more naive to her own messed up traits would work best but her also being aware of these traits can make for some interesting character for her.

THIS FIC, "A Game Between You and I". RIGHT HERE WITH THE FIRST CHAPTER. A bit of spoil for the fic here: but I love how they handled Charlie’s absolute ignorance as to why the idea of Russian roulette is horrifying to Angel Dust. It doesn't feel like her being intentionally malicious or aware that she's the odd man out here. This is also a pretty old fic going by only the pilot, but the point still stands that it was such a fun take for her character!

Charlie is one of my favorite characters in the show in part of the POTENTIAL she could have as being the most bubbly sweetheart character while also being the most messed up character in the show. I can't say I have strong confidence with the show's writing and fully expect them to stick with Charlie being the "nice girl but oh no, don't get her angry or she gets scarwy". Which isn't bad for a character mind you, there's just so much more potential to Charlie outside of that trope, especially when you get into the theories of her either being a doll, Roo's biological daughter, or what have you. And for the MAIN CHARACTER of the show, it would be not only interesting but also bring the spotlight back to her.

There's really no question that the side characters steal the show, particularly all the male characters. If I'm honest, Charlie does not feel like she gets a lot of love from the show itself when she's supposed to be the main character. She feels far more flat compared to the rest of the characters (again, the male cast in this "female-lead" show has more depth than most of the female cast currently. I wouldn't be pointing this tidbit concerning the genders of characters if it weren't for the fact Viv defended Helluva's lack of development with their female cast by saying "Hazbin is a female-lead show and Helluva is a male-lead" and Hazbin ended up with it not feeling female lead (to me) and the male cast just completely stealing the show. I don't normally care about gender stuff, especially since I do personally lean interest towards male characters. But using one show as a defense for poor development of the female characters, and then that show not really holding up with no very interesting well-developed feeling female characters irritates me. It's just very clear that these shows don't seem to care much about the female cast :/)

If you like how Charlie is written that's totally fine. PERSONALLY, I just think they're missing so much opportunity with her character by just making her the standard female character type. I honestly don't have a lot of faith they'll actually do something with Charlie's character though. She's a pretty static character in S1 being the same from start to end. Not changing or learning anything to create any development. What does the end of season Charlie do that start of season Charlie wouldn't do? Fight back? Because we see with the pilot (which is the “first episode”) that Charlie does fight people if pushed like with Katie Killjoy and even Valentino. Static characters can work in media depending on the show or their role. But Charlie is the MC of a show about “bettering one's self”. So to have her as a static with not a lot of strong dilemmas for herself (like we see with Angel Husk Al and even Vox) seems silly. Plus, considering Hazbin is telling a whole story and it's not a fun episodic thing, characters are expected to grow on some level. Or else, what was the point of their hero's journey?

[realbeefman]

you seasons 2 & 3 twincestuous subtext i miss you so so bad

[luniviravosshipper]

So what if I said season 1 and season 7 of TDP are my favorites. Can you blame me?

And I'm tired of having to pretend those are some of the worst seasons of their retrospective arcs.