#solid 8/10

[roshellow29]

Idk why but I feel the need to rant about trolls band together so here's a warning for SPOILERS.

TL;DR I'll be talking shit about major conflict parts in the movie that I wished were handled differently >:((((

Please take caution (and a deep breath) reading this because I'm very bad at making sense when I ramble ok? Ok les go

OK SO.

The movie was great, loved the songs and I enjoyed branches family shenanigans, including supportive girlfriend poppy I've been WAITING FOR THIS (ifykyk)

But here are some things that bothered me that they could've definitely done differently

1. JOHN DORYS ENTIRE CHARACTER ARC- jd is great. He's actually my favorite! He's a cringefail boyfailiure and I love him for it. In the movie, his whole thing was that he was basically an ass who didn't listen to his siblings and always pressured and bossed them around. Cool, that's established. What's not is, Why??? It's really the whole "perfect family harmony" thing I guess.

Because later in the conflict he says that it was "hard being responsible for four younger siblings" (which bitch me too were litteraly the same) and that all they needed to be was perfect. what I don't understand is why? Why the whole perfect harmony? Where did it come from? They didn't say it was a big thing or that other bands did it? Would it get them more fame? Would it mean that they're perceived as the perfect brothers or something?? Also, why wasn't the grandmother more involved with the kids?? Did she pressure him to care for his siblings because their parents weren't involved or something? That's just one thing that's not really explained to me ig 🤔

And the whole thing that bothers me with jd is that he doesn't do the cliché "branch I'm sorry I was an asshole brother, and I wanna be a better troll to you and our bros. And blah blah blah" like they skip that entire potential jd apology??? I was expecting that with a hug?? I WANTED A HUG WITH BRANCH AND JD OK. He genuinely cares about him!!! You can see it, he really does. He's just bad at communicating. Like extremely - so they skipped that and just made him go, "We'll follow ur lead branch," and that's it.😐 no apology. No proper character development. Just him going "ok yeah I'll follow u one time." LIKE HUH. (This also includes the other siblings cuz they dipped on branch the same, and none of them said sorry!!)

OH and another thing. WHY WERE CLAY AND BRUCE SUCH ASSHOLES TO JD. ESPECIALLY CLAY. like I completely get it, he was an asshole, he pressured and bossed you around, we know that. But that was 20 PLUS YEARS AGO??? Like no you don't have to hug him but damn why r yall so cold???

I'm thinking that because I'm p sure they went no contact at all after they broke up. So how r they so sure he's still the way he was before?? (I mean they were kinda right but still) like you could've been super happy and then get disappointed later when trying to practice hitting the note. It would've made more sense to me idk. Like it just bothers me that they straight up ignore him- it's mean! (But I can't be too mad I mean they all have their reasons ig 🙄)

While we're on the topic of the family, on to my next point.

2. ROSIEPUFF AND HER DEATH. I think it was handled HORRIBLY. Like the whole movie I was just like "plz don't skip over it plz don't skip over it." And then branch drops the bomb on them right (which still caught me off guard like damn) and THEYRE DUMBFOUNDED, GREAT. And then after that there's NOTHING. NOTHING!?!??!?!?!? they don't mention it they don't apologize to branch for what he went through they don't take two seconds to mourn her they're just like "wait she dead?" And then fucking move on like. Why???? they don't question how, they don't question when branch was living in solidarity for 20 years, nothing. and I'm mad as fuck because that was part of Branches entire CHARACTER ARC in the first movie!! They don't mention he was gray they don't mention he didn't sing they don't mention anything. He went through that for 20 YEARS, ALONE. and they don't mention it. I rlly hated that- like they rlly didn't care.

Anyway.

Third smaller topic that I thought was gonna happen

3. I thought clay was gonna end up going, "actually yknow what, I AM fun" and then embrace himself because hes most definitely goofy. But nah they left him trying so hard to convince himself he's serious, and tbh he just came across as branch 2.0.

Alright moving on!!

4. I'm mad they didn't include a little flashback of viva and poppy being inseparable until the escape happened. Like I know popps was an infant but at the same time troll kids talk the day they're born, so it would've been nice to see them be together at least once before they separated.

Also.

I WANNA DECK PEPPY IN THE FACE. you lost your daughter and instead of MOURNING her and spreading her memory you decided to act like she didn't EXIST. WHY. like he was obviously depressed and sad but why didn't you tell poppy stories of her when she was a kid or something? And keep her memory alive??

(And sure. There's the thing with "They weren't gonna give poppy a sister until now" but I feel like they could've at least made poppy remember a small flashback is what I'm saying.)

Idk. I just wish it was handled differently like why is peppy keeping so much shit to himself lmao.

Oh yeah and then there's just my little nitpick and it's that I wish they included the troll leaders in the wedding sequence ok they're all friends they should've been invited ok I just wanted to see them again 😭(totally not saying thus cuz world tour is my fav but I am)

Anyway, yeah! I think this is just what mainly bothers me about the movie. I just feel like the conflict was handled poorly. But either than that it's still a good watch. I like it a lot :D

If you read this far, God damn you like to read, and thanks for dealing with my stupid thoughts!

If not, that's OK lol.

[thecryptidart1st]

Life really did say “You know what, Cryptid? You can have another medium in which a main character named Michael struggles with all the trauma from the abuse from his dad”

[ignatius-pennyfeather-ix]

i feel like the barbie movie was great as a comedy, but it should’ve stayed in that lane more. imo when the movie went outside of barbieland (literally & figuratively) and tried to make itself out to be all activist-y, it was boring and predictable. obviously it’s barbie so it’s a given that there’s gonna be Girl Power messaging, but they should’ve dialed it way back and just had more dance numbers! we all know that barbie didn’t end the patriarchy, and nobody needs basic, ham-fisted talking ‘feminist’ talking points about how Being A Woman Is Hard from a movie made with a giant corporation. the comedy aspect was what really made the movie, and i just wish there had been more of that.

[kyriathanatos]

whooo boy i am chomping at the BIT for more god of war, i haven’t had a game live rent free in my head like this since hi-fi rush, damn

[sexswansworld]

Why is my psychiatrists secretary so mean?? Every single time I try and schedule an appointment this woman has to make my phone experience so bad, why are you so passive aggressive?? You’re supposed to be scheduling my appointment not being condescending.

In other news I got a new sex toy, so this day hasn’t been completely useless.

[lunarcigar]

Finished the telltale Batman game and Batman’s whole “murder is never justified” thing is really annoying, like this story would be over so fast if he had a gun

[azarothsoren]

spoilers ish ????????? i saw the movie a few hours ago so hm

the movie was mostly good. i winced at some moments, but mostly it was nice, feel-good, wholesome and funny. i liked it way more than the 1993 version, which is just an atrocity.

missed the ball with bowser and luigi's interactions though. they barely like, had any dialogue together. boo.

also lumalee is my daughter

[bubuslutty]

I literally watched the fnaf movie just for the sweaty guy with brown eyes. Mike Schmidt. If I ever see you irl I'm fucking you within an inch of your life <3

[littlebunnipeach]

https://open.spotify.com/track/1INNkY1f2rGAHUICMAwuAB?si=b74149585e814491

That was fun! ☺️

Thank you! What a delightful little tune ☺️💗

Send me music 🎶

[hollyhomburg]

i think i’m vibrating in excitement for the new chapter of bily (or i just have the zoomies)

bily zoomies~ i wish i had the bily zoomies right now but two cups of coffee and 2,000 words editing in and all i want to do is sleeeeep

[deoxys314]

I think I read Yumi and the Nightmare Painter too fast or something. Because I find myself vaguely displeased with it, but I can't say why. The characters were good, the world was interesting. The themes of paired opposites interacting was cool, the "magical mundane jobs" were super interesting. I even liked the romance, which I don't always in my stories. The illustrations were breathtaking, as all the secret projects have been.

But I'm vaguely dissatisfied and I'm wondering if that's because I just want more. Maybe I've been poisoned by doorstopper fantasy, something this "small" seems incomplete. (And believe me, I know how much effort goes into a novel. This is not a small amount of work!)

[queerbauten]

so, my biggest criticism of The Age of Pleasure right now is that there should have been a second disc

[muteddaydreams]

ok so. to preface this I don’t really know p1harmony like that I just listen to them when my sister and her bf does and I came to the concert w them mainly for the vibes and to have fun but, y’all they were so good like genuinely😭their vocals were pretty stable though I wish a couple of them projected themselves a bit more but they more than made up for it w their performance like woahhh. their stage presence is crazy like I could tell they really loveee their job. and the crowd was crazy and so hype and that heightened the experience a million times

[millenniumdueled]

[[ 🌺 Yugi will happily eat any sort of fast-food burger. But my god if he's actually shelling out money for a gourmet burger, he will have -opinions-.

Does the burger have the perfect ratio of bread and meat? Can it comfortably be bitten from top to bottom? How is the sauce - thousand-island based? Barbeque based? How fresh are the ingredients? How well do the sides and drinks pair with it?

Yugi dissects gourmet burgers as he does game strategy. And it's something that the other Yugi hasn't gotten used to yet. Yugi's friends on the other hand have gotten used to it and even cajole Yugi to eat at a new burger place ever so often.

After all, it's not every day you can find someone who can criticize a burger so well that the meal becomes free. ]]

wow I did NOT get any kind of notification for this ??? bxbxbebd

yessssss oh my gosh tho. I do the same thing kind of, so I GET IT. I don't think he's necessarily that particular about it, god knows he drinks a coke with everything no matter how well it pairs, but he does get much more picky with gourmet burgers.

like a dive with a basic ass bacon cheeseburger is probably going to have the best damn bacon cheeseburger no question. but if some place has gourmet burgers with tons of toppings, he HAS to try one. and he'll sit and take forever deciding on which one sounds perfect. and it better be good.

not enough sauce? disappointing. too much sauce?? worse actually! if the burger falls apart or gets too messy, that's disappointing too. he expects it to not just have a bunch of fancy ingredients, he wants it to taste good and be easy to eat too darn it!!!

I would disagree though that Yami doesn't understand. he came into existence with most of Yugi's memories and experiences and believing they're his own, so I'm sure that kind of behavior just kind of transferred over without him thinking much about it whatsoever. but here's the kicker is that Yami is a much pickier eater than Yugi. so while Yugi will complain his way through a disappointing burger, he will (usually) eat it all anyway. Yami won't actually send it back, but he just flat out won't eat something that doesn't appeal to him either. if it's messy or gets all over his hands, he is out. Aibou, take the wheel

[dolfin]

I made a homemade turkey pot pie for dinner

[f1-obsessed333]

You know what? That was an awesome race! A bit of everything and lots of excitment!