#shot themselves in the foot

[chronicsyd]

Hearing that Wish was supposed to have a Star Boy is so disappointing cause Disney could have taken advantage and made the next Jack Frost to take the internet by storm but all they wanted to do was focus on Star Plushies and the talking goat.

(Also making a Villainous couple would have been Really interesting but they’re So focused on playing it safe that they ended up shooting themselves in the foot to have one of the worst animated films of the year which is funny considering how against Nimona they were which ended up being super successful)

(Also dropping the ball So Badly that Trolls was able to surpass you is just hysterical to me)

Just sayin…

[picavecalyx]

"im gonna sleep" i say, rotating silva in my brain.

catch me thinking about how the act of chasing and hunting silva down kinda fucked over flare in the long run. like i think about it so often how silva straight up would have came back after max a couple of months if she was allowed that time to sort of "breathe" and recover. without the incentive to run, silva would have very quickly began to freak out and panic that she wasn't home, that she wasn't where she "belonged." given she was constantly thinking about running, about "escaping", she was never really given the time to process that till alola. and by the time she reached alola she was at a point mentally where she was exhausted, paranoid, and ready to give up as soon as flare might show up.

[l8tof1]

[stares directly into camera]

[worstloki]

Love seeing fics from 2012 that make Loki a vindicated blorbo and Thanos the main villain for the Avengers. They were correct

[wejustvibing]

If I had a bet on one thing, on a combination in Formula 1 that would last for all eternity, it would have been Lewis Hamilton and Mercedes. I was completely blown away. I would have sworn all my oaths that it would stay that way forever and that he will stay with the star as a brand ambassador or whatever afterwards.

He's perfect for me. I mean, what mark has he made on Formula 1? Why do people say that Formula 1 has a single superstar? All the statements that Lewis makes, his appearances, his activities off the track, his fight for equal treatment - of both genders and colours. That's very remarkable.

- Norbert Haug, ex-VP Mercedes-Benz Motorsport

[nyaskitten]

I think it's kinda sad they stopped referring to the ninja based on color... like I GET it they didn't wanna deal with saying "Nya, the Azure/Maroon/Grey Ninja!" but I dunno there was something so special about being the Red Ninja and the White Ninja and the Blue Ninja and the Black Ninja and the Green Ninja...

[saltysaltdog]

Just because it's been boiling my brain, the fandom agrees Ratau is the reason there's so many traps and ambushes in cult of the lamb, right? Because he was a stealth main who vanishes into underground hiding spots/tunnels, taking down units one by one, and sneaking into temples, right?

Because that giant screaming bell thing seems like it'd be a pain for rogues: since it only goes off when enemies are alerted/an enemy dies, then follows the player around till all enemies in that area are defeated. Total stealth killer. They made it especially for him.

Thus the best way to defeat Ratau was to have traps, stakeouts, and ambushes. Instead of general patrols, checkpoints, and unit check-ins since a rogue would just sneak past those. Because unless those doors have a "fixed*" entry point, it's pretty weird to have your whole place covered in traps just in case a crown bearer comes through.

[arcanemadman]

The Castlevania franchise feels like it's getting more and more divided since Netflixvania started and it's getting really bloody frustrating to the point that while watching Nocturne I've felt disquieted, and I think I've realised why that is.

It's the fucking DmC:Devil May Cry white hair fiasco all over again.

For those that don't know, when the DmC reboot was revealed people had a lot of criticism, including turning Dante from a cool but likeable hero into a foul mouthed smoker, the dumbing down of the gameplay, the antagonism towards the fanbase, and turning his iconic white hair black. Of all these criticism, only the hair colour change was given any attention, painting the fan base in a very negative light and side stepping the real issues people had by only focusing on the cherry rather than the whole sundae.

All this attention directed towards something that in the grand scheme of things is very minor but it gets all the attention while the bigger stuff is ignore.

Yes, there are people mad about the show for racist reasons and they shouldn't be listened to, but there are genuine complaints that are being swept up with that.

The character changes have a sort of domino effect on everything. Maria being a serious revolutionary is interesting, but I saw someone put it best that what made her special was the fact that she was a little girl in a world of classic horror that believed she was in a fairy tale and had the power to force that reality on everyone else. Netflix Maria is good, but lacks the charm of Maria.

The second example is Juste. When I saw him I was very excited, but that was mainly because it was acknowledgement of the original canon than anything else. His magical prowess, the thing that makes him stand out among the Belmont linage, is mentioned and then brushed aside, and the worst ending of his game is what is taken as canon. And once Richter gets his magic back, Juste is gone. He feels like a plot point rather than the character. I sympathise with people who's favourite game was Harmony of Dissonance.

Annette was a compelling character with a well developed story, but anyone that says her original characterisation would never work are being disingenuous because they literally did that, except that did so with Tera. The connections to Richter and Maria, the damsel elements, the fact she gets turned into a vampire, all from Annette. Swapping them around wouldn't work for multiple reasons and I'm not going to say I can do better than people you get paid to write when I don't, but I feel I can say that if they had wanted to they could have done something closer to the original while still touching on the themes and narratives they wanted to.

Olrox... honestly the only criticism I can really think of is the removal of any reference to Count Orlock.

There's an elitism with both sides of the fanbase here. On the Netflix side, there's the feeling that since theirs is more popular that any criticism is because people are just nostalgic, and game fans feel that since theirs is the original foundation that anyone that doesn't agree with them is just a new fair-weather fan. And honestly, I'm more sympathetic to the game fans.

I've seen Netflixvania fans look at people complaining that the character have changed and go "yeah well the version you like sucks so you should just grow up" As if that's going to make everything better. And all the people complaining about the race changes or posting "WOKE?!?!?!" have poisoned the well for any actual discussion about this, not helped by the social media accounts deliberately stoking the flames in the mistaken belief that all publicity is good publicity, which raised the ire of nexflixvania creators. Unfortunately marketing can often be removed from the intentions of the creators.

Yes, Netflixvania is a great show, with beautiful animation and great storytelling, but it's not perfect and as an adaptation is leaves a lot to be desired. And that's the crux of it! The show is good, really good! But it doesn't feel like an adaptation of Castlevania. It's just a bunch of little details that pile up to make it less of what the game fans liked about the series. It's more grimdark horror than classic horror. It's more crude than it is philosophical. It's more hopeless than it is hopeful. And regardless of what you individually think, that's what people have liked about Castlevania for almost 40 years.

Ultimately I just have to ask, why do people seem to assume that you can't make a faithful adaptation while also making it interesting? They're not mutually exclusive.

[blueflyingturtleontheway]

I'm just tired y'all

[groovygames]

not to make an insanely biased post but do you think riot will do anything with chamber in the new update. its been like... two years since This event happened

n theres been nothing else really done past viper being like "yeah we are keeping a watch on him dont worry bout it" toward brimstone. when will his ulterior motives be addressed ... when will he have a slip-up due to his belief in power he doesnt hold over the protocol ...... when will he have story relevancy again despite brief appearances and battlepass cards. Hello mister riot games *holding out mic like im the press*

[saltpepperbeard]

Also, re your white lotus post, hbo trying desperately to get gays behind gilded age like there is even the slightest comparison between gilded age and ofmd. Listen I really enjoyed gilded age, but there are two gay men in it, both of whom are white, one of whom is a main character but not the main character. Furthermore, he has to hide his sexuality and marry a woman bc this is set in the 1890s in upper class New York society so obviously he can’t be openly gay. The other gay man is a side character who has next to no character aside from “supportive former lover” to the main gay man. Granted neither of them are made to feel inferior or wrong for being gay (which is obviously an improvement from Julian Fellows’s one other gay character from his other show—who was himself sidelined, even after he accepted he isn’t wrong for being gay through the support of the slew of straight characters around him), but gilded age compared to ofmd? They’re on different planets in different solar systems.

Mannnnnn lol MANNNN I JUST,,,CASEY,,,,,,,,,,,,,

I know he probably still has a duty to push all of these HBO Originals/Emmy nominated shows, but that was just such an *Roblox OOF noise* type decision with all that's going on.

Because yeah, to me, it very much was a, "Hey, gay people! We know y'all are upset that your gay show written by gay writers for gay people was cancelled, but have you considered: a show written for straight people that's not nearly as diverse with token/sidelined gay characters instead. Hope this helps! <3"

[erelavent]

Wait wait wait but guys, no one has actually thought about the hilarity of Alonso being on a team where he is NOT the priority? This man has been the #1 driver his entire career and now he's switching to a team where his teammate's dad is a large stakeholder??? If he was pissed getting somewhat equal treatment with Esteban at Alpine, can you imagine how insufferable he'll be at Aston Martin???

[matthewonart]

it is honestly extremely cool of The Owl House to give us a very complex and fascinating main villain, while also refusing to let them be any bit redeemable or allow him any sympathy

[rebelontherocks]

With all the relevant criticisms irt Larian's treatment of Wyll, I still won't leave people off the hook for completely ignoring him, though. He is a very interesting character, with a fascinating story. 'He's too good' so are Halsin and Karlach, and that doesn't seem to stop anyone from engaging with them. Halsin as a non-origin character has way less content than Wyll, and it's not as if his personality particularly evolves or if he has a very nuanced arc. Karlach may have more content than Wyll but has a very flat arc, with no development, so the most interesting outcome for her narratively is dying, but people hate engaging with that, because they're allergic to experiencing any emotions that aren't puppies and doggies positive. So, people aren't even getting the most out of her story, and she's still a fan favorite. Much in the way I know I'm not getting the most out of Wyll's story and he's still my favorite.

You have no excuses, saying 'he has less content' is no excuse because you love characters with equal amounts of content that are just as 'good' with no problem.

[trashfangirlsworld]

I’ve been thinking about this since we saw Phil’s book yesterday and considering what’s currently happening with qslime and codeflippa, I really hope the rebels explain what is their assumed problem with the eggs, because they’ve expressed sympathy towards federation workers so it seems weird to me that they would then target literal children, even if they’re definitely federation experiments

[cephalopodsquad]

so how is wwe gonna acknowledge in storyline how cody went from a spineless doofus, stepping aside so the rock can have roman to a week later being like FUCK YOU FUCK YOUR DADDY AND YOUR GRANDDADDY I WANT MY MATCH WITH ROMAN.

like are we going back to the drawing board or are we just going okay moving on to the next on the itinerary list