All names are tentative.
Series 1
The Protagonist Trio
El
Age: 18
Occupation: Thief
Element: Electricity
Summary: El is a cunning and quick-witted thief born of an infamous gang leader. Keeping a low-profile, El aspires to exceed his long-deceased father’s reputation. He seeks his dream through a Monarchy-sponsored tournament; an aspiration his brother, Prisym, strongly disagrees with. Despite Prisym’s adamant cynicism about the Monarchy, El has some faith that this will benefit them both. Alongside his friend Reboot and through a deal with the bounty hunter Kelly, El will soon discover what the Monarchy has in store.
Breakdown: El represents my optimism and ideals. Towards the end of the first series, his positivity becomes increasingly compromised by the events of the story. The choice between remaining optimistic and falling to cynicism forces El into serious life and death decisions.
Similarly, when I have fueled negative attitudes in myself over positive ones, negative results have occurred. El’s final act is also in line with my own idea of redemption: if I can’t forgive myself, then I’ll help people to forgive each other.
As an interesting aside, his profession and lifestyle represents my belief that I live in a way unlike most of society.
Reboot
Age: 13
Occupation: None
Element: Neutral
Summary: An alien boy with no knowledge of his past, the clever Reboot lives day-to-day in the wilds of the planet’s forests, using the power of the planet despite not being born from it. He keeps much to himself, fearing scrutiny of others. But thanks to his intellect, he’s quickly figured how to not only live on his own, but even communicate in the planetary dialect. When his only friend, El, reveals his plans for the tournament, he agrees to help. But, quietly, he thinks this could be the way he discovers where he once belonged, and why he is allowed to use this planet’s powers.
Breakdown: Reboot is relatively young as well as being from another planet. As such he represents the naive side of myself; the feeling that I don’t know enough to belong. As the series progresses, his naivety and humorous mistakes are outdone by his increasing bravery and fantastic decision-making. This makes great impacts throughout the series. In summation, he represents how I perceive myself currently, and how I hope to evolve in the future.
Kelly
Age: 18
Occupation: Bounty Hunter
Element: Fire
Summary: Kelly is a rambunctious bounty-hunter, and is one of the two remaining fire-types. Her mother, the other fire-type and a prestigious ex-military general, and brother, a well-known religious leader, have been forced into hiding after the downfall of the previous government. Seeking to maintain this, Kelly willingly works as a bounty hunter to provide for them while the two keep their cover. But when news of a Monarchy tournament comes her way, she realizes the security this could provide for her family. As such, she will do anything to join this tournament, even siding with a thief she was meant to hunt down. And nothing will stop her.
Breakdown: Kelly is the embodiment of my ideal girl. Aggressive, ever on-guard, rambunctious, arrogant, and quietly soft-hearted, she is the standard to which all my female characters live up to. El fulfills her quiet desire to be understood, as her unique situation leaves her disconnected from most. He also challenges her in all the areas she believed she was dominant, namely in the area of combat (Where El succeeds in their first encounter).
Towards the end of the series, her aggression and abundant power become a clear disadvantage, and she is forced to change herself, or suffer serious consequences. This choice is the same choice I’ve thought inevitable for the same kind of girls I’ve known. Whether or not I’m actually right about this is a whole other blog entirely.
let’s all take a moment to appreciate the fact that this guy
has been with us our entire lives
from all that
to good burger
to kenan and kel
and now snl
he has stayed with us from childhood to adulthood
god bless you kenan thompson
what the hell what about kel. he’s in these pictures too.
(via amberroseburr)
Everyone, I’m elated to tell you that Tumblr will be joining Yahoo.
Before touching on how awesome this is, let me try to allay any concerns: We’re not turning purple. Our headquarters isn’t moving. Our team isn’t changing. Our roadmap isn’t changing. And our mission – to empower creators to…
i think, uh, you guys are the only ones elated about it. i understand, from tumblr HQ’s perspective, the technical resources and innovations this may provide, but you can’t expect us free-balling liberal 20-somethings to feel good about tumblr (the most creatively and individually driven blog-site…ever) joining with one of the original internet monopolies.
i’d describe us as “worried”.
i used to play-act to myself. i think everyone’s done this as kid; just kind of imagined you and a series of crudely thought-out characters in some fictional world a lot more exciting than the living room you were actually standing in.
one of these little stories stuck around. even while i was a teenager i was still charmed enough by this universe to act it out once more. making it bigger and the characters brighter. the story became quite it’s own monster.
since then i decided to develop the plot and removed the more childish fixtures. if i’ve been imagining a story for 14 years, and i consider myself a writer (or something), well shit; write it.
it’s a sci-fi fantasy set on a planet tentatively titled “Angel”. it’s scenery is based on a futuristic take on medieval times. the best comparison, and a big influence on it’s setting, is the look of Asgaard in “Thor”: it blends a barbaric viking style with a flair that i can only describe as “galactic”. the characters all contain powers based on elements. this power is granted from an energy that stems from the planet, and only their bodies are built to accept and utilize the energy (with a few exceptions).
and they — i can’t even be poetic about it — fight like dragon ball z.
(i was eight, okay)
i gauge the story’s length as though it were a television series. as such, the story (chronologically) is 2 series long (3 seasons for series 1, 4 seasons for series 2, 12 episodes a season), and a shorter story that can more or less be considered a movie. it contains 26 relevant characters. it’s first-person omniscient: it’s narrated by the main protagonist in both of the series but still provides a look into other characters’ actions (but not their thoughts), as well as the protagonist’s opinions about them.
in the first series, the plot revolves around a trio; a thief (the main protagonist), a young boy alien to the planet, and a fierce bounty hunter. they seek entry, for personal reasons, into a tournament. this introduces them to the constitutional monarchy (who sponsors the tournament) which runs the small planet, this kicks off a series of events in which they slowly realize their world is not what they think it is.
in the second, after a decade, the now older and jaded characters once again find themselves in the strange happenings of this planet, leading to an intense climax that alters the universe as they knew it.
because i’m still in the stages of cleaning up plot points, i haven’t gotten to actually write many pages of the story, but there are plenty of files documenting the details of it.
and i’ve already realized just how deeply this story has been woven. not just into my creativity, but even into my psychology. realizing this, i decided to start expanding on what the characters are actually expressing about myself, to get a better picture of what they’re meant to be like.
so in the following days, i will begin posting a synopsis of each character, and what they psychologically represent. i hope you like it, because i’ve never shared this with anyone before.
Thin privilege is captioning this photo with ”Boys don’t understand the terrible view girls have of themselves.” I’ve seen this on my dash numerous times with the caption:
Why is this a terrible view? Why is there something wrong with not being skinny?
There isn’t, but society thinks so.
Mod note: The caption very obviously intersects with male privilege, since this rather mundane view of a “girl” is “terrible,” but the same mundane view on a boy is by-default okay. Note also that I happen to find this drawing very aesthetically pleasing. -ATL
I’m pretty much looking down on the same view, minus the painted toenails because I barely wash my hair, what makes anyone think I’d paint my toenails? and I’m feeling pretty great about it.
wait there are people who don’t think this is hot. i’d find a girl with this body anything but terrible.
Usually I have something clever to say when a right-winger makes terrible victim-blaming statements like this, but Donald Trump has rendered me silent with astonishment. Sexual assaults in the military… are the fault of… the women who wanted to be in the military and the leaders who allowed them to do that? Because all men are just rapists waiting for an opportunity? Sexual assault is inevitable when men and women are together… so women are the ones who should have to leave? WHAT IN THE ACTUAL FUCK. Remember when Fuckface von Clownstick thought he could be president? Donald Trump is the best argument against capitalism out there.
The fact that Scrooge MacDonald Duck thinks that all men are rapists if you just put a woman in their vicinity tells me he must be a rapist.
yeah this is fucked.
on a side note, “fuckface von clownstick” is not a good joke name and i will not stand for any opinion otherwise.
Seriously NMAtv? The video that this gif comes from is absolutely disgusting. I’ve been a fan of your animation, it is hilarious and to your credit I’ve never come across any of your videos that were offensive before,…
uh, sorry to be that guy but i’m pretty sure what you find demeaning to fat women in this video is just satire of people who are actually demeaning to fat women. unless we take ridiculous videos with inexplicably green men eating cuts of pork that cheerlead seriously.
I can perfectly well tell the difference between satire of how people treat fat women (which some of this video is) and comedy that relies on mocking fat people for a cheap laugh thanks.
well that’s the tough part, isn’t it. i’m not questioning your ability to discern the humor (it’s why my post has an apprehensive tone, plus i’ve seen you be pretty funny in the past). i’m getting at that exact part at the end of your post: when people pick and choose what kind of humor is acceptable and isn’t. since humor’s subjective and can’t be standardized, it’s tough to call something a “cheap laugh”. after all, in a following post that i actually agree with, you mention how no one’s in the right to tell someone what they should do with their body.
how come it’s allowed to tell someone what to do with their humor, you know?
keep in mind, i’m someone with weight issues myself. i think i’m an example of how someone can laugh or understand humor about issues they themselves suffer from. and that it’s not really necessary to get up in arms about it.
Seriously NMAtv? The video that this gif comes from is absolutely disgusting. I’ve been a fan of your animation, it is hilarious and to your credit I’ve never come across any of your videos that were offensive before,…
uh, sorry to be that guy but i’m pretty sure what you find demeaning to fat women in this video is just satire of people who are actually demeaning to fat women. unless we take ridiculous videos with inexplicably green men eating cuts of pork that cheerlead seriously.
…well you could just be a humanist.
