Here's an excellent fanwork I found today that I wanted to share! It started with a discussion of 'why is it that more fans have illustrated Connie in Anthy's outfits when she's totally the Utena to Steven's Rose Bride? And then somebody posted an excellent counter-example. And someone else posted this! I'm delighted to see a few Utena, and other classic anime, animation references in that video that I didn't previously catch before. (Like, does anyone else get a 'Sailor Moon' vibe from Steven and everyone standing around the Crystal Light Cannon?)
That's so anime I'm gonna die side note: Omg I have been sperging about the SU OST all day and I finally know what Jasper's distorted bass motif reminds me of: Nine Inch Nails. Now I am imagining Jasper's singing voice is like Trent Reznor and alternates between being all whisper-y and breathy and SCREAMING INTO THE MIC.
*lays down and stares at cieling* SU meta is awfully good at nudging me process the shit I went through in life and how it's affected me Something about people writing paragraph upon paragraph of detailed analysis on fictional characters I relate to (and some I don't!) makes it a kind of... "safe" 3rd party? I read things that are to me and my own life and they sound familiar and it forces me to look at my own life and my own personality in that impartial and analytical lense that people analyze characters with. I think that's something that normally gets clouded by things like my bias towards self loathing. It's not something that really happens to me? But SU is just...really good at making complicated characters. The fandom is really good at analysis (even if I disagree with them at times) and I guess I'm at the point in my life where I am getting dragged out of survival mode kicking and screaming.
/me offers a hug, or a cup of tea, to Liminal. I think that's a characteristic of good art and good writing! The same way compelling stories can help us understand and relate to very different people, they can help us see our own lives in new lights. I know what you mean about usually it's too hard to get past internal barriers to really see yourself. I think Rebecca and Ian and all the rest of the writers and artists and creators on the show, would be glad to know they're making people you can relate to/identify with, like that.
THIS. Sworn To The Sword is actually what made me analyze some of my past attitudes re: Abusive Ex-Friend and go "wow, maybe being completely willing and ready to die for someone for basically no actual reason is not a healthy thing?". Like, that episode in particular prompted some serious self-examination on my part, self-examination that's still going on to this day.
thank god someone is keeping track of call the crewniverse art of the homeworld gems my personal favorite:
Man, it's going to be interesting if Jasper/Lapis coming back involves both confronting how the abused can become abusers and how you can move past that and potentially forgive someone who abused you. I want to see both of them redeemed, but I also want to see both of them moving towards a relationship built on respect, not just a toxic spiral of self-harm validated by the rage of the other person caught in it with you. It's also really funny that a lot of Lapis fanart ends up being sad staring into the distance, and then you get the creator art and she is pissed. All the time. What a wonderful resting bitch face she has.
that is the tired sigh of a gem who knows a video that is "like 3 seconds" is actually several minutes long
these links have led me to discover at least one of the crewniverse is a filthy homestuck: i honestly wouldn't be surprised if they were all homestucks, and am now going to be watching for subtle references in the show just in case, because how neat would that be?
Five bucks says that Connie's initial design was based on Jade. Seriously, I honestly thought she was a Jade cameo when I first saw the intro.
can I whine about SU drama here or should I stick it in tumblr.txt? (I'll put it under a spoiler just in case someone doesn't want to see tumblr drama) Spoiler: seriously though I keep seeing princessterminator treating people like shit for "tagging their hate" and throwing temper tantrums when people interpret Jasper in a way she doesn't like. she's like the Ray of Jasper fans and it's really pissing me off. She pisses me off more than usual when it comes to "stans" because I actually do share a lot of the same opinions! But she is such an obnoxious jerk I feel guilty by association. I sent her an anon trying to be nice and got this charming response. Really tempted to make an SU blog specifically so I can tell her to fuck off.
Oh yeah, that person. They are. A person. With opinions. The thing with them is that they have no reaction to things that isn't frothing rage as far as I can see. They take this kinda shit very personally for some reason. Mostly I just try and ignore them cause they creep me out + don't seem interested in having conversations/arguments that aren't yelly. I dunno what engaging with them would do, honestly. But, I mean, might make you feel better.
90% for my own satisfaction (and of that, 45% because I am made of spite, and 45% I would have a blog to compile the stuff I've posted here as well as a place to reblog the stuff I like without clogging up my main blog with SU) 10% because of the seebs thing of "even if it is completely useless to that person, it might be useful for bystanders reading" I am also a brick wall when it comes to people yelling on the internet, so her yelling really doesn't bug me on a personal level. It bugs me because she is being a jerk to people who are bothered.
I am newly-converted SU trash, and I just want to talk to someone about how beautifully gay it is. Also how it is helping me process some of my own mental hangups, but mostly just how gay it is. (BECAUSE IT'S REALLY GAY.)
