Zutara Critique But It Progressively gets Worse

You and Jonsa shippers are disgusting 🤢 The forehead kiss between Jon & Sansa is platonic. It's a sweet moment between two siblings and you are trying to turn it into something sexual. Get over urselves & ur deluded dreams of Jonsa ever happening, their forehead kiss was an innocent and pure platonic kiss. We've had 4 Stark forehead kisses in the show, are you going to tell me Robb and Cat, Ned and Arya, Bran and Jon were in love too? There was nothing romantic abt their kiss so stop it

“There was nothing romantic about their kiss.” The way their forehead kiss was filmed says otherwise.


People keep using this BS of an argument, “But Cat and Robb, Ned and Arya and Jon and Bran shared a forehead kiss too!” my answer to this “argument” is, that you’re comparing apples with oranges lol Jon and Sansa’s forehead kiss was shot VERY differently from all the other 3 Stark forehead kisses, the directors made SURE to make the differences STRIKING and OBVIOUS. 

I’m going to literally show you the differences by doing a comparison.

(I usually slow down my gifs a little, but for the sake of this, I won’t do it this time, just so you get every gif and scene at full speed, and I don’t get accused of slowing the GIFs down to make Jon and Sansa’s forehead kiss appear more romantic or something, All the gifs below are mine, except for the one with Jon and Ygritte.)

Ned/Arya

1st shot: Quick peck on the forehead from papa Ned, he keeps his eyes open, he smiles at Arya, Arya smiles back at him.

We don’t get additional, separate shots showing Arya reacting to Ned kissing her, no showing Ned reacting to kissing her, nor him reacting to Arya reacting to his kiss. Because why would they do that? It’s a familial kiss, there are no reactions lol Their reactions and behavior are natural and in place, whilst Jon and Sansa’s reactions are completely out of place for a familial kiss.

This is a familial, platonic kiss between a father and his beloved daughter.

Robb/Cat

1st shot: Shows Robb kissing Cat on the forehead, both of them are in the same frame, their forehead kiss was shot in a similar way to Arya and Ned’s.

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Tragic romances can work beautifully, so long as the audience gets to see the actual romance before it all goes downhill.

Romeo and Juliet exchanged wedding vows in secret. Anakin and Padme spent time frolicking through the fields of Naboo together. Will and Louisa went to Mauritius for a romantic getaway. Jack and Rose had their iconic "I'm flying!" scene.

But Ben and Rey had none of that. A man who was preyed upon since conception, who wanted nothing more than to be "free of [his] pain," was freed only in death. A woman who spent her entire life longing for a family of her own was finally(!!!) rewarded with one for all of ten seconds, before regressing back to square one, as if her whole journey was a nihilistic game of 'Snakes and Ladders.'

That ending is neither 'hopeful' nor cathartic. And it certainly has no place in a fairytale.

literally who could ever hope to match magnetos level of iconicness…. pulling the iron out of a mans very BLOOD then making it into a fucking platform to stand on as he levitates his way across thin air while spinning more iron orbs around him for absoultely no reason…. the panache. the performance. the drama. could you get any gayer

Zutara Month 2021: A Farewell Kiss of Longing and Good Luck

In case Tumblr can’t play the video, here’s the Vimeo Link 

Happy Zutara Month! (It’s funny, I was overwhelmed at the idea of Zutara month… like 30 different drawings?! No way… * proceeds to do over 100 panels for an animatic * @-@ )

And for more Zutara month fun, check out @ifyouwereamelodymeg’s Zutara EP Where the Water Flows (updated post with information about saving to spotify here) which I made art for along with @favlie and @doodleladi.

A big thank you to my friend @fictionissocialinquiry for help with the story!

This animatic came to me in a hazy naptime dream a month or so ago, but I finally had time to sit down and finish it recently. I just had a vision of Zuko and Katara in the Southern Water Tribe with Zuko about to head out on a hunting trip with Sokka and Hakoda (a la stories like the-badger-mole’s Traditional Series ), and then Katara sends him off with a giant, warm fur and a goodbye kiss. Ultimately, I wanted an excuse to do some cute domestic SWT Zutara fluff and kissing. God, I want to work on an animated romance show so bad (even though drawing kisses is so flipping hard help). ToT On one hand I wish I had it in me to do more grand animatics, but really, I like making calm fluffy things and I’m alright with that. 

Music:

The Journey to the West - Princess Mononoke (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

No monetary gains are made from these animatics. I make these for free and fun, and I want to keep it that way. They are purely fanart.

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“My boy”

How dare.

Go get that fucker, Rey.

smoochies!

prints available!

he’s got everything planned 12 years in advance, don’t you worry bruce

just leave it to your hubby

[that whole ep was so incredibly gay i’m still reeling]

EDIT: fixed it up a lil!

The Real Story.

A gentle reinterpretation of the end of The Rise of Skywalker.

The Force can take you places. The Force is deeper and more powerful than anyone can ever imagine. Yes, there’s that impressive ability to move things with your mind, to do Jedi mind tricks, to fight with a lightsaber, but that is ultimately a mortal manifestation of the Force. There are bigger, deeper things out there.  

 — Dave Filoni

(+ My Tears Are Becoming a Sea by M83)

Why so many people hate the thought of Kylo Ren’s redemption

The amount of hate geared toward the character of Kylo Ren has always seemed odd to me, especially considering how the same people have no problem with redemption arcs for characters like Snape, Loki, Magneto, Darth Vader (who is even in the same franchise, so the excuse can’t be that a redemption arc is somehow uncharacteristic to the SW universe) or less obviously evil/villainous characters like William Darcy, Heathcliff and countless others.

But what is different about the character? (And don’t even start with “murderer/fascist”, it is not about that and you know it. Fictional deaths can not be translated literally and if they could - why are they forgivable for the characters I mentioned above but not Kylo Ren?)

Kylo’s outer appearance may play a role: while I personally consider him to be waaayyy more attractive than any copy/paste Ken Hollywood actor (hello Chris Pine, Chris Hemsworth, Chris Pratt, Chris Evans - WTH are they all named Chris?! They even copy/pasted their names :D), Adam Driver is not traditionally good looking. We as a society do treat prettier people way more lenient than someone “ugly” or normal looking, because we subconsciously attribute features like intelligence, health, kindness or generally overall goodness to them. So maybe we just think “ugly face = no way he could be a good guy”.

But I think the main factor is something different: 

It is Kylo Ren’s vulnerability and his non conformity to traditional portrayals of masculinity. He is very much NOT the typical stoic tormented hero we are used to be seeing. Instead, he is a sensible almost whiny teenage boy (Adam Driver explicitly states he plays him “younger than his own age”) who never properly learnt to control his emotions and lashes out whenever he feels wronged or overwhelmed. 

That is not typical male behaviour, especially in a movie. We are conditioned to think of it as something ridiculous. Real men don’t cry. Real men bottle up their feelings, even if it breaks them. Grim self destruction like drowning the pain in alcohol or getting beat up / beat up other people are far more accepted coping mechanisms in a man than complaining or saying things like “I am being torn apart” with trembling lips while tearing up.

That is not a stoic male: 

I claim that a lot of people (male AND female) are triggered by a male who dares to be emotional AND demands empathy. We are conditioned to feel that a man should only receive that sort of treatment when he denies his feelings, when he is “strong” and “hard” and closed off. We admire that, even in a villain. Darth Vader / Anakin gets a free pass because while he is conflicted and shows emotions they are “masculine” emotions like anger, rage and hate. He does tear up but they are angry tears. Someone like Kylo Ren, who is open and vulnerable, more so than they can handle, we perceive as pathetic and weak. 

This is why so many people not only hate the thought of Kylo Ren redeemed, but think he isn’t worthy of redemption. 

Look at his Sad Puppy Eyes™: Even when he’s violently smashing his mask he seems on the verge of tears. 

Compare this to angry Anakin: 

(The same sexism in reverse is the reason why so many label Rey a Mary Sue, even though her abilities are very much in character and explained / established well in the movies. Women are supposed to be weak and emotional and men are supposed to be strong and rational. Play with these norms and people are going to freak)