Are They Goth Are They Punk Are They Anything At All

lazy animation. i just really wanna see them in these voices xD

underrated butch susie things

she uses おれ, a usually male and very tough personal pronoun, to refer to herself in the japanese localization

she refers to herself as a king at least twice

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corrupted steven theory- who’s going to be able to talk steven down?

yo, okay, so, after Prickly Pair, im 99% sure that not only is corrupted steven going to happen, the gems aren’t going to be able to talk him down. they’ll try, but much like they did in this episode, they’ll get (emotionally) pricked and slammed into a wall.

it’s going to be the humans, specifically, connie and greg.

steven seems to be putting a lot of pressure on himself specifically when it comes to the gems; his expectation of himself to be ‘needed’ and to help everyone really seems to come from his time with them; which, while obviously not intentional on the gems part, has undeniably at this point messed steven up.

there’s also the matter of his strong emotions are sending him spiralling into his gem powers- out of touch with his human half.

so, when inevitably, steven says ‘oh wyrm’ and becomes corrupted, i think the people who will need to convince him to let everyone else in will be connie and greg.

why connie?

in the main series, connie really has been a grounding force in steven’s life. from teaching him more about his gem powers through fusion, standing beside him in battle, and by being with him during his Not Fun Time in homeworld, she’s always helped to carry him through the rough times. sometimes literally!

AND THEN THERE’S MINDFUL EDUCATION.

”But it’s okay to think about it!” “You have to be honest about how bad it feels so you can move on!”

these two lines alone from that scene really are what steven needs to hear right now. he needs to be reminded of what he’s learned, how far he’s come, and how letting his emotions out healthily is okay.

why greg?

he’s the only parental figure who HASN’T done the above-mentioned ‘problem shoving’. he’s always been there for steven, and has only told stories of his past to steven when steven explicitly asked for them. 

what really solidified it for me was Bluebird, when instead of forcing steven to save him, greg dealt with the problem himself:

in doing so, he took responsibility for his OWN distress, and didn’t force steven to step in for him. he made his own sacrifice. this is really important, as the problem in Prickly Pear really seemed to come down to role models, with how steven ended up being a bad one to his creation, and greg is an absolutely stellar example of one in steven’s life.

greg universe has always done the best he can as steven’s father, often being the person steven turns to whenever the gems are having issues. it would make sense both in terms of character, and thematically, for him to be one of the catalysts for finally cracking steven’s tough outer shell.

in conclusion:

Charlie Cox (iPhone 6)

Words to replace said, except this actually helps

I got pretty fed up with looking for words to replace said because they weren’t sorted in a way I could easily use/find them for the right time. So I did some myself.

IN RESPONSE TO Acknowledged Answered Protested

INPUT/JOIN CONVERSATION/ASK Added Implored Inquired Insisted Proposed Queried Questioned Recommended Testified

GUILTY/RELUCTANCE/SORRY Admitted Apologized Conceded Confessed Professed

FOR SOMEONE ELSE Advised Criticized Suggested

JUST CHECKING Affirmed Agreed Alleged Confirmed

LOUD Announced Chanted Crowed

LEWD/CUTE/SECRET SPY FEEL Appealed Disclosed Moaned

ANGRY FUCK OFF MATE WANNA FIGHT Argued Barked Challenged Cursed Fumed Growled Hissed Roared Swore

SMARTASS Articulated Asserted Assured Avowed Claimed Commanded Cross-examined Demanded Digressed Directed Foretold Instructed Interrupted Predicted Proclaimed Quoted Theorized

ASSHOLE Bellowed Boasted Bragged

NERVOUS TRAINWRECK Babbled Bawled Mumbled Sputtered Stammered Stuttered

SUAVE MOTHERFUCKER Bargained Divulged Disclosed Exhorted

FIRST OFF Began

LASTLY Concluded Concurred

WEAK PUSY Begged Blurted Complained Cried Faltered Fretted

HAPPY/LOL Cajoled Exclaimed Gushed Jested Joked Laughed

WEIRDLY HAPPY/EXCITED Extolled Jabbered Raved

BRUH, CHILL Cautioned Warned

ACTUALLY, YOU’RE WRONG Chided Contended Corrected Countered Debated Elaborated Objected Ranted Retorted

CHILL SAVAGE Commented Continued Observed Surmised

LISTEN BUDDY Enunciated Explained Elaborated Hinted Implied Lectured Reiterated Recited Reminded Stressed

BRUH I NEED U AND U NEED ME Confided Offered Urged

FINE Consented Decided

TOO EMO FULL OF EMOTIONS Croaked Lamented Pledged Sobbed Sympathized Wailed Whimpered

JUST SAYING Declared Decreed Mentioned Noted Pointed out Postulated Speculated Stated Told Vouched

WASN’T ME Denied Lied

EVIL SMARTASS Dictated Equivocated Ordered Reprimanded Threatened

BORED Droned Sighed

SHHHH IT’S QUIET TIME Echoed Mumbled Murmured Muttered Uttered Whispered

DRAMA QUEEN Exaggerated Panted Pleaded Prayed Preached

OH SHIT Gasped Marveled Screamed Screeched Shouted Shrieked Yelped Yelled

ANNOYED Grumbled Grunted Jeered Quipped Scolded Snapped Snarled Sneered

ANNOYING Nagged

I DON’T REALLY CARE BUT WHATEVER Guessed Ventured

I’M DRUNK OR JUST BEING WEIRDLY EXPRESSIVE FOR A POINT/SARCASM Hooted Howled Yowled

I WONDER Pondered Voiced Wondered

OH, YEAH, WHOOPS Recalled Recited Remembered

SURPRISE BITCH Revealed

IT SEEMS FAKE BUT OKAY/HA ACTUALLY FUNNY BUT I DON’T WANT TO LAUGH OUT LOUD Scoffed Snickered Snorted

BITCHY Tattled Taunted Teased

i may have legion brainrot

showing my brother stuff on my phone that he has no interest in or understanding of

snowgrave pacifist route

Do you have any tips for people who want to start animating? Especially for those who have a slight difficulty keeping a consistent drawing style? Please share your wisdom o great one

Honestly, I would say work with what you have access to!  If you can afford animation software (or ask for it as a gift? Or pirate it? Depending on how you feel about that, haha) and a tablet, that’s awesome!  But you can definitely start learning with, like… a stack of post-it notes as a flipbook, y’know?  There’s no one definite way to get started, I think it’s just a matter of diving in and trying it with what’s available to you.   (If you’d like to check out my personal blog and just search for ‘animation’ or ‘ask’, or ‘art advice’, I’ve answered quite a few questions over there too!)I also wouldn’t worry too much about your style being consistent.  Like… eventually, yeah, if you want to get a job doing it, you’ll want to focus on that.  But if we’re just talking about animation in the purest, simplest sense of seeing your drawings come to life and creating the illusion of movement, I wouldn’t worry about it.  If you’re just dipping your toes in to see if you enjoy it, I wouldn’t worry about consistency.  Consistency is something that’ll just happen the more often you draw… your style will develop and solidify by just… doing it, y’know? I had to learn to simplify and streamline my drawings in order to animate them, basically on-the-fly, and if you watch W2H closely, you can literally tell which shots I animated first and which shots I animated last, because I was figuring it out AS I was working on it.  And even so, looking back NOW at what I considered consistent THEN is pretty wild.  You’ll always be getting better and progressing, there’s never going to be a point where you’ll feel like, “okay, cool!  I’m finally good enough to start animating!”.  You just have to jump in and be okay with the fact that you’re just starting out, ‘cause you’re going to grow, and you’re going to get better, and if you’re truly passionate about doing it, that process is something that’ll never stop.  It’s good to make imperfect work.  That’s how you learn!Hope that helps!

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