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I have channeled my disapproval for the reboot transformation sequence into a creative pursuit
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tbh I really hate Flora’s new transformation, for a lot of reasons, but the biggest one is- her actual transformation is only about five seconds long. the rest of the runtime is literally just padding!! her entire outfit appears in a single burst, and it’s heavily obscured.
a transformation sequence should give the audience time to admire the details of the outfit. why isn’t there a shot where the camera follows the flowers on her bodice blooming into being? why isn’t there a shot where we get to focus on her hair? the only accessory that gets its own shot is one (1) shoe, and the camera pans so quickly we can barely even see it. you’d achieve the same effect with a single burst of light and save yourself the screentime
also. what’s with the focus on the wind?
the other biggest reason I hate it is because the choreography is extremely generically peppy, and not remotely suited to OG Flora’s personality, but I understand that this Flora might have a very different personality, so it’s not necessarily a flaw in the transformation sequence. it’s still disappointing though
#a magical girl show can only ever be as good as its transformation sequences and that’s a hill I’ll die on#it’s literally GENRE DEFINING#if you can’t bother making 15 seconds of animation#that will likely be repeated in EVERY episode#look absolutely banger#then the remaining 3 hours or so are not likely to be treated any better#transformation sequences have always been winx clubs visiting card#I will not be charitable at all here
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may have said this before in one way or another, but it continues to baffle me how largely popularized it is that tecna lacks emotions or struggles to express them. she does have emotions, and she has a lot of them. to the point that the sheer intensity of them sometimes catches her off guard or makes her feel embarrassed. the thing she sometimes (especially at the beginning of the show) struggles with is managing and communicating her emotions in a way that's socially acceptable, not displaying them. there is a difference.
Anonymous asked:
hey sorry if this is annoying. do u happen to know if these two valtor/bloom smut fics got deleted of ao3? i remember one was about like. bloom suddenly feeling Very Hot for valtor (“what are you doing to me?”) is the line that comes to mind. and i think the sequel was her at his castle? i really just want to know if they got deleted or if like. i hallucinated them ToT it’s been a while since i read them and i’m new to fandom as a whole. i didn’t know who else to ask bc i dont know if putting e stuff in the tag is like. good etiquette. thank you for your time!
Hi! Don’t worry, I know the feeling. No bad etiquette at all, you’re being perfectly polite!
Your memory is NOT gaslighting you, that sounds like one of For-Want-of-a-Nail‘s fics. I don’t remember the title, but I think in it Bloom has been secretly marked by Valtor and then flies to Cloud Tower without fully understanding why. That was also one of the very first fics I ever read about this ship! Good times.
Unfortunately, Nail has since been found to have plagiarized in several other fics of hers, and she ended up taking almost all of her work down afterwards. The fic you‘re talking about, I don’t think it had any plagiarized parts in it? But there‘s no way to be sure now. Not so Good Times!
If you want to know more I can refer u to winxwannabe, or to scroll back a loooooong while in the darklina tag or madismen‘s twitter. But it‘s been over a year now, so no idea if the posts are still up.
Anyway, I’m very sorry to disappoint you on that front. I hate it when I lose access to a fic I loved. Maybe you can ask around to see if anyone has a download? I wish u good luck!
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Not me just now learning about this hello???? wtf?
I just learned about this too. I doubt it's as common knowledge as this person thinks it is, even among the bigger creators in the space. I'm glad the knowledge is picking up steam now though, hopefully this'll be common to talk about soon.
When you think it couldn't get worse, it does. New evidence on Rai using AI, this time on AN OFFICIAL PROMOTIONAL IMAGE THEY POSTED IN THEIR SOCIAL MEDIA.
Credit to the people speaking out on it on the images!
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I want to talk about equals theory so bad but putting it into words is so hard. Rude.
Go on, I have time and I'm procrastinating cleaning my room. Entertain me.
you have opened a can of worms, good luck cleaning your room
So. Equals Theory.
I don't remember if I coined this term or if I saw it somewhere and it just grew like a barnacle, but Equals Theory is essentially it's lonely at the top.
There is something freeing, about having someone able and willing to match you, blow for blow, word for word
There is something about not being the apex predator, about having someone you trust to meet you and match you, to pick up the slack when you fall short because they see you and not the leader you sometimes are. About being secure in your abilities and equally secure in theirs. To have someone who's not afraid, who you can horse around with and know they're at your level, that you don't have to hold back when around them.
It makes my little hamster wheel of a brain go *brrrrrr* very loud and very fast
It's about potential and letting your enemies grow because you're just so bored but they've scraped a win by the skin of their teeth once before, what will they be capable of if given time to learn?
It's about the self fulfilling prophecy of not killing your nemesis at the first chance because what if
It's respecting your enemies and buoying up your friends and it's about being willing to protect them because of COURSE you will but it's also about knowing they can protect themselves. There's no "we can't be friends, I'll put you in danger" because anything you can fight, they can fight.
Its sharing swords and trusting them at your back and taking the time to train them if they need it, because you want to be equals and they have the potential and oh if that isn't all you crave? Someone who knows your darkness and has their own and it brings you closer rather than stripping apart; someone who can see the shadows and doesn't baulk because they have seen and faced the same.
@etherealaberrance got it in one when they said "I want to exist alongside an equal who does not need me to leave my intensity in the shadows, who will take and give as I do. It makes my blood rush"
its about being prophesied equals and knowing your fate is to kill each other but in the meantime, here is someone who can keep up
its about being so good at what you do that it's near impossible to fail, it's about being so bored with it, it's about learning new things, about equal exchange and honesty and how it's only safe to be vulnerable with someone who can match you, word for word, blow for blow, who knows what you are capable of and what you have done, who is willing to do the same, who would give you the world or burn it on your orders for the sole reason of you doing the same.
There's something here between enemies, between friends, between lovers, because we just want to be known, we want to be seen, we don't want to be defied if we could instead be loved
This.
I've based so many characters on this without having a real name for it.
Consider your theory stolen!
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i made a guide to help with ao3 tagging :)
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we need more divorcebaiting. how strongly can canon imply (without technically outright stating) that these two characters are bitterly, acrimoniously divorced? essential we explore this
please note that this relates to but is distinct from a separate trope we also need more of: These Two Characters Definitely Had An Ill-Advised Hook Up At Some Undisclosed Point, And Are Living In The Weird Aftermath
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Quietly losing my mind over the fact that Elon Musk has straight up orchestrated a coup of our executive branch and like....I don't even know what, if any, system we have in place to fix this. Like... He's just taken control of the money and locked out the actual appointed officials. What the fuck.
Nazis are taking over my government, and like, not even just the Nazis we fucking elected! And I'm...making hamburgers? Because somebody has to make dinner? I just feel completely unhinged.
I think that's how random civillians generally feel in these situations. Someone's gotta make dinner.
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Favorites from the Isotta SNT x Winx Club collab
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Surprise! Tumblr just got turned into an epic fantasy RPG, just like [your favorite appropriate media franchise]. And the Tumblr RPG's plot needs to have all of its characters covered, in roles both large and small.
That means that you are assigned to a stereotypical RPG role inside our new fantasy world. Spin this wheel to find out what you are now doing for a living.
Anonymous asked:
Heyyy rist!
I hope you are doing alright and I can't wait to read what you write next, even if it isn't tbhtbh. But speaking of tbhtbh do you think Valtor would ever resort to using a love potion or at least something of that nature? I can't remember if you've answered this question or not but i thought it was a fun ask, this could also be for sparked too. I feel like Valtor thinks he's above that cause of his natural charm🔥tm but maybe he might grow some self awareness and get desperate 🤔
These next few years are gonna be hell in America but at least I know I can always turn towards sparked for some joy 😊 and of course tbhtbh. Have a wonderful day ✨
Hi!!!! As always these days, big apologies for not giving more updates, I swear I’m gonna finish this chapter one day haha
My internship is going to continue until end of march, and after that I’m pretty much entering straight into my bachelor semester without break. So I can’t even offer an optimistic prediction rn. If you’re rereading Sparked, pls know that so am I. (Looking back I have NO IDEA how I could write like 9000 words every 1-2 weeks, WHERE has that energy gone oh my god.)
Talking about current political events: don’t worry, it’s gonna get MUCH worse here in Germany too! 🙃
But! What really helped me is going to my local town hall meetings, and joining up with the tiny offshoot of the Green Party that runs my town. The medium age there is like, sixty, but it’s honestly so healing for the soul to be surrounded by ppl who care so much, and have the know-how to make changes in our immediate environment. Even if the world goes to shit on a national level, the people who run things closest to us are always gonna do the best with what they have. It’s also so funny to watch two dozen 60-year-olds discuss how to best bully the one local AfD politician. Or plan Instagram reels with them. The seniors are alright is what I’m saying
Anyway, to get to your question!!! As always my answer is going to be kind of “it depends”, but leaning towards a pretty strong No.
Main reason for that is that we only have 2 canonical examples for a love potion, and both are, um. Not what Valtor would be into. The more recent example would be Diaspro's potion for Sky, which seems to take effect almost immediately and comes with a near mindless suggestibility, total obedience, and some pretty egregious mood swings and personality changes. She could tell Sky what to believe, what to do, and how to feel, with Sky falling into really atypical, bloodthirsty rages when faced with the Winx. Keep in mind, he's faced way worse threats to both himself and his friends before, and has always been pretty blasé about it.
While we do know that Valtor has no qualms about using mind control, and has always pursued control over others as his end goal, in any fic I've written so far his obsession with Bloom depends highly on the challenge/threat she poses to him, and the unexpectedness of her actions. In Sparked especially, Bloom's unpredictability plays a huge part in Valtor's escalating fascination with her, and I cannot see him willing to throw that away for a subjugated love-potion version of her. Plus, as you mentioned, Valtor prides himself on his charm and persuasiveness. Using a love potion would be akin to admitting defeat, and he would NEVER do that!
Similarly, in tbhtbh, Valtor doesn’t dare to try and use his mark on her, for fear of turning Bloom into a mindless puppet as a consequence. Here is where it gets tricky, though, because I CAN see this version of Valtor being way more ready to use drastic measures to get his way. Tbhtbh!Valtor is motivated largely by his desire for control, and the love potion would give him that with way less obvious side effects than his mark. Additionally, the love potion wouldn’t require any active input from him. It's a one-time-usage kinda deal, not a constant supervision of her mind. And the idea of Bloom being in love with — or even merely affectionate towards— him, might seriously pull his resolve into question. After those infamous three years, tbhtbh!Valtor is pretty unhinged already, and could convince himself of almost anything if the situation is dire enough. Though even then, I can’t see it being his first choice — if only because it would hurt his ego.
Now, outside of any specific story, I'm gonna be honest: there is nothing a love potion would do that would go against Valtor's canon principles. In a really dark fic, love-potioning Bloom would just be mind control, with the added insult-to-injury benefit of her applying all that blind faith, loyalty and affection to him instead of her friends. In a scenario where he does not yet have that begrudging respect for her as an opponent, he would absolutely pull that stunt. Or hell, even with that respect, if he was just a little more vindictive and pragmatic.
In any case, whether he would use one or not, I think Valtor would clearly see a love potion as mind control. There would be no convincing himself that Bloom's feelings for him were real; wether he'd do it out of revenge, need for control, or plain wish for her affection, he'd be very clear-eyed about the reality of it.
Notable mentions to the only other example we get or love potions being used in Winx Club: season 2! That would be Amore's spell on Améntia, the princess of the Downlands. It’s been a while since I've watched that episode, but I vaguely remember that Améntia IMMEDIATELY switched her obsession with Brandon over to Sponsus, who she had pretty much ignored up to that point. Leaving aside how the show glossed over the pretty mind-controlly implications of that, Améntia seemed to be pretty much unchanged personality wise, afterwards. While that might be a version of love-potioning that would appeal to Valtor's very unique honor code, the logistics of that would probably be a no-go for him. I just can’t see him stooping to using pixie magic, or even allying himself with one. Just wanted to mention it, for completions' sake. (There is a love-potion-esque spell Amore displays in s3 too, during the pixie’s “battle” against the Trix. She claims that it would be able to make Valtor fall in love with any of the Trix, but we never see that spell put into effect, so I’m not counting it here.)
Anonymous asked:
And here I was expecting to wake up on Christmas with a new chapter posted as a present 😞😞 (jk jk no pressure 😁) Happy Christmas Rist!
*resurfaces from the bottomless bog of capitalism and holiday family visits with a gasp*
hhuuUUUUUUUUUUUAAAAAAAAAAGH!
(Happy Christmas to u too. Sorry for the late reply haha)
First things first, I’m really sorry, but I still don’t have the new chapter done. I really wanted to get it done until Christmas too, and I swear I am working on it, but I've since started my mandatory internship, and working full time has REALLY taken it out of me. Not to sound like a wimp, but oh my god. Oh my god, I never knew how much being a lazy uni student was worth before. Jesus. (I’m exaggerating. The work is really fun, I just don’t have a lot of free time any more)
That being said. Can I postpone your disappointment by offering you a little snippet, in these trying times?
Hey Rist I have a question. I just read again the 18th chapter (very good one btw one of my favorites) and I got a feeling that the final chapter will...well depress me. There's no other explanation. I have a feeling that I'll need at least 9-11 bisness days to recover. Please tell me I'm wrong cause that feeling is eating me alive rn.
Ha ha ha Literally Do Not Worry my friend, the final chapter is still a good bit off and I am waaaaaaaaayyyyyyy too pussy to go all in on the angst. The next chapter u gotta worry about is really really chill, I promise.
I gotta butter you up first before I hurt u :3
#asks#fic: to be hunted to be haunted#seriously though you don’t have to feel bad#the finale is mostly about valtor being a moping little shit who is Having The Worst Time Anyone Has Ever Had In All Of History#while also being literally fine. for the most part.#the epilogue is gonna be from his pov! as a treat!