#still a really good show

[that-one-scared-gay]

friendly reminder that if they hadn't changed the crusty scene in the show they likely would've had to cut him out completely. like this is the second-to-last episode. they did NOT have time for the trio to fall into a monster trap before going to the underworld.

and the scene would've taken up a lot of time if they'd fully followed it, because in the book the sequence goes: trio gets to LA, get chased by some mortal assholes -> go into crusty's shop to hide -> crusty tries to sell them waterbeds, then traps Annabeth and Grover -> Percy tries to talk crusty out of stretching his friends, eventually tricks him into lying on a bed and activates the trap -> beheads the monster, sets his friends free -> they go to look for the entrance to the underworld

that would take TIME. even just the sequence of getting trapped would take time. this is unfortunately what happens when you try to put a 22 chapter book into an 8 episode season. and we all know that's not the writers' fault, it's disney's

they could have cut crusty out completely and just had them go straight to charon, but they probably wanted to tell the fans 'no we haven't forgotten this guy'

as for percy knowing who crusty is, 1. Hermes gave them instructions to get to the underworld. he could have easily told them who's guarding the entrance. and 2. the nereid Percy talked to in Santa Monica could have warned him as well, which would make sense since crusty is also a son of poseidon, so his servants probably know what he's up to

i also wish the show had more of them falling into traps, but i know it's because of time, and honestly i'd rather they cut on the action than the character beats, which i think they're doing a really good with and even adding more than what we see in the books

the vibe of the show, compared to the book, has been less "kids try to make it across the country while monsters try to kill them so the world doesn't end in an epic godly war" and more "kids try to navigate their fucked up family (which involves travelling across the country where monsters are trying to kill them, so their fucked up family doesn't go to war). the gods in the show seem a lot more approachable, and so a lot more accountable for being shitty parents. i'm having a good time watching it, i think most of the changes make sense (i LOVED the whole bit of grover being left with ares, it really showed that he's not actually 12), they're building a fun narrative where the gods are assholes but some of them are at least trying to be better (see hepheastus, hades offering percy sanctuary, poseidon coming when sally called and even giving percy 4 pearls instead of 3, which shows he actually thinks about her)

i understand being frustrated by the tension being repeatedly undercut by them knowing all the myths, but it's not enough to stop my enjoyment of the show for all else it has to offer. i do hope next season we get more time/episodes so this doesn't happen again, and even that the team in charge of the show sees the complaints being made and listens to them, but i'm still having a blast

[500-moths-in-a-trenchcoat]

every time i try to write something cool and original i find out that someone else has already written that exact same thing but way better

...a memoir

[hansoeii]

I probably won't finish this piece any time soon, but I wanted to share the unfinished version with you anyways!

[hinamie]

cursed kids v2 ⚠️👹

i've been a jjk first years stan since day one and have been wanting to redraw the first art i did featuring the three of them

[ruporas]

captain's warm hugs! (id in alt)

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

Wrapping up the season with a redraw (Jan 2024)!

Thank you all for these last 6 months, I have loved making so many people laugh from my silly comics B*)

[lilybug-02]

Eimmet High...temmiE high. OMG!

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Next update may take...much longer! I have finals and an internship and not to mention I have to draw- A LOT :')

[goblins-riddles-or-frocks]

forever obsessed with dynamics between vampires, specifically that of a maker and fledgling, as a way to explore abuse. the creation of a vampire itself can so easily be a literalization of the lasting impacts of trauma and also much more simply the ways a perpetrator might shape their victim’s very identity. the extremes of isolation in the way that the new vampire, in most narratives, must cut all ties to their mortal life, or else go through an elaborate charade to maintain the facade of humanity, while forever still being removed from it. and the sheer dependence and vulnerability of being in an entirely new state of being, wholly uncertain of what it entails, and relying on another person to define… everything.

[bluerosefox]

Presence Pressure

Danny learned the reason why both his adopted parents and the GIW find it a little hard to somewhat track him down in human form (unlike when he's in ghost form) is because when he was still in the LOA he learned to suppress his presence (he was always good stealth, blending in, and other things like that, unlike his brother who didn't have the patience for it) and he does it subconsciously in human form but not in ghost form.

After finding that out he starts to train his ghost form to suppress his core/presence to that nearly of a blob ghost (and boy has it been fun being able to sneak his way into fights when his rogues come to town. Skulker is both the best and worst, he enjoys the challenge, Danny won't lie he enjoys testing his abilities against the 'greatest hunter')

Once Danny got a good handle on it, his parents suddenly burst into his room and announced that they're heading to Gotham tonight!

Cause apparently that 'ghost scum' ecto-signature has been detected there and they finally found it after months of recalibrating their inventions to find his trail. (And where his parents went the GIW have their eyes in his parents which meant they're not to far behind)

Danny is stunned (he forgot Damian and his DNA were very similar due to being 'hand-crafted' and the fact they grew up around the Lazarus Pits, that Danny suspected was dirty ecto now)

Oh... oh no.

[bunnieswithknives]

I feel bad for neglecting Hazel so much, I do have many thoughts about her.. and also a mermaid au that im probably not going to do anything with

[turtleblogatlast]

I think a lot about Leo standing up for his brothers in the things that really matter to them.

Like- Leo is the one who immediately pushes Mikey and Donnie into finding Raph the second it’s clear that their oldest brother is missing because he knows Raph can’t handle being separated like that.

Leo is the one who stands up for Mikey when Mikey wants to go on a solo mission, actively vouching for him and being the one to convince Raph into letting Mikey go, because being independent and proving himself just as capable of standing on his own two feet as everyone else means so much to Mikey.

And Leo defends Donnie’s honor in particular when his brothers’ intelligence is insulted because Leo is well aware of how important Donnie’s smarts are to him - and how important having those smarts valued and acknowledged is as well.

All this goes right into just how well Leo knows his brothers. For as much as he’ll tease or fight with them, he knows them, and he loves them.

[zillychu]

Consider this: ghosts are actually exactly what the Fentons think they are.

They're snapshots of a longing so strong, unfinished business so deep it reaches out beyond life. Lingers just a bit longer. And if it happens to meet a dense cloud of ectoplasm (invisible to the naked eye, but omnipresent even in the mortal realm), it coalesces. The ectoplasm fits into the shape of it. Which, when the desire is strong enough, it's got a rough idea of its self-image. This tends to mean a more humanoid figure, though it's more often warped in some way–a self-reflection, skewed by said desire. The warping varies on the dead soul’s perception of themselves, the intensity of their desire, how much time passed after death, and how much ectoplasm was present.

In short… no matter how “normal" a ghost looks or acts, it really, truly isn't human. It's animated ectoplasm with a single goal: an obsession. Nothing else. They're more akin to plants than animals, following a single drive with no emotion. They react to stimuli, recognize threats (including other ghosts), and can even imitate human speech and mannerisms to obtain fulfillment of their obsession.

Not “evil" by any stretch, but they're entirely driven by instinct. A tree doesn't pause to consider the rocks it breaks with its roots. A cordyceps doesn't torture its host for fun, or kill with malice. It just does. It follows code in its DNA to survive and multiply–And ghosts just follow the code in its ectoplasm to fulfill its obsession. The more powerful a ghost, the better it's able to overcome obstacles preventing this–whether through brute force, or manipulation. This power is always directly proportional to the amount of ectoplasm present at the time of formation, and how much time passed since death.

What then, does this mean for Danny? Danny, who's previously come to the conclusion that he's only half-ghost, which surely explains how he retained his mind? His independent thoughts and emotions?

What does this mean for Phantom, who experienced an entire world’s worth of ectoplasm condensed as a singularity, at the exact time of his death? Whose strength only grows and begins to exceed every limit they previously thought possible?

If a ghost was as strong as him… could it mimic a human perfectly? Down to a molecular level?

Could it, in its desire to fill an obsession… trick its own fake mind into thinking it was still human? Or half-ghost?

[theoldkyokodied]

Uploading all my Tomgreg art at once from the past few week before season 4 hits, who knows in what kind of mental state i'm gonna be once it does :')

[ovenproofowl]

this screenshot is sending me . babes . they slapped a pair of reading glasses on her and called it a day .

[thelaurenshippen]

911 really is such a good reminder of the particularly kind of joy that is weekly, seasons-long shows with many episodes per season. every character gets a moment to shine even in a truncated season. the satisfaction of seeing characters grapple with stuff that happened YEARS ago. having multi-episode arcs and one-off arcs that are equally enjoyable. beach episodes (metaphorical). I know we're all saying this all the time but why can't more tv be like this

[deoidesign]

Wearing your boyfriend's jacket