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mayhaps-a-blog · 8 months

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You know one of the biggest differences I've noticed between the original trilogy books and the new Ahsoka show?

In the books, absolutely no one knew who the kriff Thrawn was.

Pellaeon's still adjusting to a new commander, who he follows loyally, but doesn't 100% trust until book 2. The Republic doesn't even learn his name until the end of book 1, and they're still debating whether he's an actual Grand Admiral or self-declared through book 2.

All of the Thrawn's threat - all of his menace to the New Republic, all of his weight as an antagonist - are discovered by the reader at the same time the characters are finding it out.

It's the perfect balance of showing and telling - we get to see Thrawn gain victories by being clever, with Pellaeon. We get to hear about how nervous he makes Karrde - a character we've learned is brilliant and menacing in his own right, and makes our heroes nervous, so how much more must Thrawn be? We get to see him make brilliant deductions and turn up just in the right place and the right time to corner our heroes, again and again.

The Sluis Van attack buildup was perfect - we keep hearing about from Pellaeon, hearing that Thrawn's planning an attack and Pellaeon himself is a bit skeptical, but it's coming, how's it going to work? What's going to happen? Meanwhile the mole miners were stolen, and there's this new cloaking field, and how's it all going to come together...?

And suddenly Han's there, with Luke and Lando, and Wedge, and we're waiting with baited breath because we know it's all about to fall apart but how are our brilliant heroes going to get out of this one?

It's an amazing buildup, fantastic suspense, and really brings home the different perspectives of the characters. And establishes Thrawn as an actual, major threat, that everyone should be worried about.

But then in Ahsoka, it's like they've skipped straight to the Duology, when everyone knows who Thrawn is because he almost conquered the New Republic. But he hasn't done that, in canon, so we're left wondering why everyone's supposed to be worried when, as far as we've seen, he couldn't even beat Phoenix Squadron.

Heck, setting aside our own out of character knowledge, it makes Xiono look right. Who cares about a single Imperial warlord with a single half-destroyed ship? What's this guy actually done?

We know - those of us who know his story. But it's not shown. Why should the characters think him a threat? Why should we?

After all, all we've seen of him is Rebels. And in Rebels... he lost.

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riosnecktattoo · 2 years

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Annihilation (2018) was extremely strange. I think I was into it.

#visuals were stunning

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amethyst-crowns · 5 months

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anyone watch Saltburn?

#the visuals were stunning #and i needed some shading practice so #ta da #steve harrington #steve harrington fanart #i draw things #don’t look at the hands too closely

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hotasfahrenheit · 1 month

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No matter how many hundreds, thousands, or million days...

No matter how long it will be...

May our love last forever.

[1000 Years Old, 1.01, 1.02, 1.12]

#they were always searching for each other and they always will be #i am unwell #it's been almost 12 hours since i watched the finale and i'm still not okay but it's time to go to bed i guess #the way the sky combined the blue and gold lighting from the first two shots of them each alone in the final shots of them just wrecked me #this show was so visually stunning in a very different way than some QLs that are more known for their cinematography and production qualit #like look at the details! the gold and blue skies coming together! the element of red in each shot! the blowing curtain and black umbrella!#i have to relearn my gif process because all my presets are gone so these aren't great but it's a start #where do we all even go from here #1000 years old #1000 years old the series #1000 years old finale #umbrella posting #umbrella propaganda #mia gifs things #mia gifs 1000 years old things #mia gifs drama things

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fliesandtherainfall · 4 months

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This is what I imagine a meletonin overdose to look like

#ren tings #this video is funny but also uncanny #some visuals are stunning but at the same time wtf were they smoking sunflower seed coke #tears for fears #roland orzabal #curt smith #sowing the seeds of love

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obstinaterixatrix · 9 months

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I’m so disappointed I loved the author’s m/m from like the first five minutes but I’m an hour into her f/f and it’s really not tailored to my tastes in the same way. why is the webcomic described entirely in prose. why is it first person. why is the ensemble cast more lackluster. why are we spending so much time with the main character and some guy. why do I have to wait so long for the love interest to actually show up. and why do I always lose.

#or reads #AND LAIKA OF ALL STUDIOS #DON’T GET ME WRONG. AGAIN. THE VISUALS ARE VERY STRONG.#CORALINE? BIG FAVE. PARANORMAN? BIG FAVE.#DID YOU GUYS FORGET THAT PRACTICALLY AN EXCLYSIVELY WHITE CAST WAS HIRED FOR KUB•#REMEMVEE WHEN THEY HAD *GEORGE TAKEI* IN *BOLD LETTERS* IN THE TRAILER AS IF HED HAVE A SIGNIFICANT ROLE #AND GE HD LIKE TWO LINES #ALL OPTICS #WHAT DO YOU MEAN ‘STARRIGN’#HE HAD TEO FUCKING LINES #WHITE STORY WRITTEN BY WHITE WRITERS STARING WHITE PEOPEL #ALL THE MORE EGREGIOUS WITH HOW STUNNING AND WELL DONE THE VISUALS WERE #IVE NEVEE FORGIVEN KUB•!!!!!!! AAAAAAAAAAAAAA

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corvidsforhire · 1 year

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Hey, hey, so everyone's talking about the religious imagery of the final scene and that is cool. Yeah he got crucified like in the Christian books yeah, yeah, cool imagery.

But you know the phrase commonly used when a public figure does something that the majority of their fans dislike and are attacked viciously for it and their reputation is destroyed in the court of public opinion.

They are being crucified by their fans.

#generation loss #genloss #ranboo #generation loss finale #gl ranboo #I've seen so much fan art of that final scene and everyone is very much correct for loving it so much (and being traumatised by it)#It's so horrifically beautiful #In both the visuals (stunning amazing) and the themes and implications #And the entirety of the build up that's done so masterfully #Like god damn I dont know if some of the inferences people are talking about were intended #but Ranboo's a fucking genius if even half of them were

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summer-fire · 6 months

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Muppet ass bird movie

#the boy and the heron was good! visually stunning #however. I think it falls into the same trap that everything since ponyo and arietty has fallen into #which is too many elements. the ‘rock’ was unnecessary. it should have just been more of a… crazy wizard guy found some way to alter the spo #spirit world/afterlife on his own? I think the element of accepting new family members was a bit lost.#the heron wanting to bring him to the spirit world would have been a bit more impactful if he had been the g.grand uncle in disguise?#parrots were a really fun element but using them as the end-villain was not satisfying #there was a chance to have the main character decide the end of the plot but that was just taken away from him #cursed with never remembering character names. but the plot I was expecting was a bit more mature with the pregnant aunt being asked to give #up her child to be the next wizard or something. like that’s why she was brought there. because the main character resisted so much so they #took the next youngest of kin to raise in the spirit world #man. that said the scenery surrounding the first pelican scene until they get the fish is like. directly from many dreams I’ve had

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hellaverse-critical-confessions · 9 months

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HELLUVA BOSS S02E06 LEAK SPOILERS

I hate Striker's recent appearances as much as the next person, but...

...I'm really waiting to see this bit animated.

#admin talks #unhinged Striker?? unhinged Striker.#if only he were allowed to actually kill someone. let my mans live up to his job title gdi #also me hating him in Western Energy is partly a lie. visually he got an upgrade #a chin for example #bit more edges to his head structure #he had some damn appealing expressions. and of course the fight choreography was stunning #who do you guys lowkey simp for in the Hellaverse. we may be generally critical here but there's no shame in having favorites #helluva boss leaks #striker

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mcnuggyy · 4 months

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read the objectum yugo limbo comic and it ruled btw <33

#yayyyy I’m reading again yayyy #it’s mostly comics my sister bought and thought I would like but it’s still nice to read again #she was right I do like them JAJAJAJA #she’s like oh hey this thing is trans do I want to read it #and my answer will always be yes <33 #also read the chromatic fantasy and that was pretty sick!#visually stunning <3 some of the jokes were very hit or miss for me but maybe cause it brought back too much old tumblR flashbacks #but when it hit… it hit <33 also I love t4t shit so yayyy #the world is healing yay yay yay #the only gripe I had with viscera objectica is that I wish it was longer <333 #but it was a nice read I would want a copy of my own for my bookshelf #also I would read a whole book with the short one page stories about different peoples objectum crushes/situations #it was so interesting and cool to me <33

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atlasshrugd · 3 months

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it was a pretty ball-less move to not make man suang a love story when it was pitched as a forbidden love story to us

#I might have to write a fic about them #just watched it and I’m disappointed #they had so much potential to make it impactful through a love story #bc the plot is too thin in itself #like the visuals were stunning and you had the actors chemistry #why not do what you said??#man suang #mileapo #mine

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sinnabunii · 11 months

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HOLY FUCK IM SOBBING, IM CRYING, WHAT THE FUCK

THAT EPISODE TORE MY HEART OUT, RAN IT OVER, MICROWAVED THE REMAINS AND THEN FINELY DICED IT UP TO PUT IN PASTA???

WHO GAVE THEM THE RIGHT-

#Side note the visuals were stunning #bsd #bungou stray dogs #bungou stray dogs season 5 #sskk #bsd sskk #bsd atsushi #bsd akutagawa

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mana-sama-cult · 2 years

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My favorite visuals from Malice Mizer’s Bel Air PV

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wingsofhcpe · 5 months

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You ever watch a movie that has the potential to make one of the most ground-breaking anti-war & anti-american imperialism/exceptionalism statements and then it just... doesn't. And you want to start screaming at the writers because they took a unique, groundbreaking idea and tossed it into the bin in order to end up writing yet another "US military saves the day from the Bad Eastern Europeans!" mediocre 1 hour and 50 minutes.

Anyway, that was my experience with Netflix's 'Spectral' in a nutshell.

#at least it was visually stunning but like you had the potential to have the ghosts of the people the US military murdered rise upZ #-to take revenge against those who slaughtered them. the potential for the US army to have to face the consequences of their actions #and in the end... nopeTM they are Actually the heroes again & the 'ghosts' were just Evil Eastern European Weapons or sth.#spectral #netflix spectral #anyway. great unused concept to perhaps use and develop further for an original story of mine.

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coconut530 · 1 year

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