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thewolfandowl:

CAT.

ARMOUR.

CAT ARMOUR.

THIS IS THE MOST ADORABLE THING EVER

WAR KITTIES! |3

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korra:

The “Collect Her” episode of The Powerpuff Girls essentially predicted Brony culture which is funny because My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic was created by Lauren Faust who was an artist/writer/director for The Powerpuff Girls

holy shit

Note that the fan was the villain of the episode but that Faust has gone out of her way to defend bronies even by the time they drew highly misogynist porn of her self-insert OC.

There’s a lesson in there. Somewhere. That may or may not have to do with Faust.

Like the villain of the episode, who trapped and kidnapped the girls to keep them all to himself, Bronies have to a large degree stolen the current generation of MLP from its original target audience by spamming the internet with child-unsafe mlp fan content, swamping appearances by creators and cast members with sketchy adults such that parents feel unsafe with their children there, and noisily attracting so much attention to themselves that it has distorted the nature of the show itself and especially its marketing.  ie, the MLP comic book, that is very much ‘by bronies for bronies’, an adult minded parody of the show’s characters rather than an adaptation that remains true to the style, spirit, or all ages nature of the source material.

And as it has grown in influence, we’ve seen insensate brony screeching change from ‘its not just for little girls’ to ‘its not for little girls at all’.  We’ve also seen vicious, ugly, herd-mindset attacks on anyone within the fandom who dares to question the way the brony herd behaves at all, up to and including death and rape threats directed at said critics.  Far from being a ‘few bad apples’ situation, we’ve seen brony musicians making death and rape threats within their music go on to be invited to perform at brony conventions specifically because of how well received their hatred and bile proved to be within the community.

Maybe Faust shouldn’t have been so supporting of the Brony community to begin with, and maybe show creators shouldn’t have gone out of their way to include explicit nods to them in the show and the marketing.  After all, bronies already liked the show and purchased the merchandise, pandering to them and encouraging them didn’t widen the show’s appeal.  Rather it just seems to have driven them to heightened levels of obnoxiousness and entitled possessiveness, and if anything they’ve in turn narrowed the show’s appeal.  They’ve certainly badly subverted its message, bringing a heavy dose of misogyny to the fandom of a show that was directed with all love and earnestness at young girls, and in doing so have brought down a cloud of ugliness and cynicism on what was so refreshing and engaging to begin with specifically for its openness and sincerity.

I got to “Like the villain of the episode, who trapped and kidnapped the girls to keep them all to himself” and then I decided I like malisteen.

….

*is insufficiently impressed*

I fail to see how an unhealthy compulsive need to hoard items for a collection that leads to kidnapping = a show becoming popular outside of its target demographic.

Had MLP not existed until FiM, the Brony phenomenon would barely have been a blip on peoples radar, much like the fanbase for KND or PPG, both of which were also shows Lauren Faust worked on. Part of the reason it has, counter-intuitively, grown so much is because MLP has become synonymous with “Shitty Programing that no one in their right mind would see as quality television,” Then Faust did it, and people noticed.

Furthermore, I’ve never heard of any of my fellow bronies trying to kick the target demographic out of the fandom, or ‘hoard’ the show. If anything, they’ve been spreading it around the internet like Uncle Moneybags at a charity convention.

Sure there are a few creeps and… Less-than-wholesome characters.

But guess what? That’s… Normal. The bigger the crowd, the higher the chances someone in that crowd has one of the less pleasant traits of humanity. Seek and ye shall find, regardless of if it’s a fandom, a political party or religion. But the thing is, those people are never the majority, they barely even have enough to count as a minority other than being lumped together with other sliver fringe groups called the “Other” demographic, which means said groups, individually, are rarely more than 1%.

And trying to paint an entire group based on nothing more than a handful of instances by less than one percent of that group is not only poor research practice used only by hacks, but it is also hate mongering and just plain insulting.

Mumy…

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titanic-honor-and-glory:

IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT - Legendary Artist KEN MARSCHALL Joins ‘Honor And Glory’ Team As Visual And Technical Consultant!

Artist Ken Marschall has joined our team as technical consultant and visual advisor to help us make this game as authentic as possible. Ken has consulted with many Titanic projects in the past, and worked with James Cameron on a few occasions - notably as an advisor for his 1997 film, and part of his team in Ghosts of the Abyss and The Final Word. It’s an honor to have Ken assisting us on this endeavor!

Many of you are no doubt familiar with Ken’s paintings. His paintings are used frequently in books, on book covers, in documentaries, and elsewhere. Ken worked with Marine Archaeologist Robert Ballard when he discovered the wreck of the Titanic to piece together photographs and create accurate paintings of the wreck.

From the entire Honor and Glory team: Welcome aboard, Ken!

Also, please don’t forget to share our project’s Indiegogo campaign and donate if you can to help us reach our goals: http://igg.me/at/THaG/x/2439220
The Indiegogo campaign ends May 1st! Thank you!

Artist Ken Marschall’s bio:

Artist Ken Marschall is best known for bringing Titanic back to life with his many magnificent, haunting paintings of the liner. Since the late 1960s, what started as a hobby evolved into a far-reaching and fulfilling career. He has been repeatedly asked to portray this most famous of ships from almost every angle, taking pride in making each photo-realistic creation unique.

To satisfy his drive for accuracy and detail, Ken has amassed one of the most extensive archives of reference plans and photographs anywhere. His familiarity with the ship has made him much in demand for consultation on everything from model kits to motion pictures, documentaries, and other projects too numerous to count.

Paintings have been commissioned or are in the collections of such notables as the late Walter Lord, the late astronaut Neil Armstrong, Robert Ballard, James Cameron, the National Geographic Society, and the Smithsonian Institution’s National Portrait Gallery, and his art has been featured in numerous books and on the covers of Time, Life, National Geographic and many others.

Ken has illustrated many books by explorer Robert Ballard and accompanied him on expeditions to Lusitania and Britannic. He descended twice in a mini-sub to Lusitania and spent nearly 48 hours exploring Britannic in the U.S. Navy’s nuclear research submarine NR-1.

The artist’s impressive work in the New York Times best-selling book Titanic: An Illustrated History inspired Writer/Director James Cameron, someone else who wanted to bring Titanic back to life––not on canvas but on film. Ken’s knowledge of the ship’s appearance earned him the position of Visual Historian for the sets and miniatures where he worked closely with Cameron’s team, opening his photographic library and sharing artifacts from his personal collection with set designers, model builders and prop makers to enable the best accuracy possible. The influence of Ken’s paintings and expertise can be seen throughout Cameron’s stunning motion picture which went on to win a record-tying 11 Academy Awards®.

In the summer of 2000 Ken made his first dive to Titanic. The following year he accompanied James Cameron to explore Titanic for the large-format 3-D film Ghosts of the Abyss. Ken assisted in dive planning and dissecting the imagery brought back by the two mini-rovers that explored deep inside the wreck for the first time. In 2005 he was again asked to join Cameron on a Titanic expedition, this one documented in the Discovery Channel’s Last Mysteries of the Titanic, and made his sixth dive to the wreck.

Ken also spent many years as a visual effects artist for the film industry and television. His work is immortalized in Star Trek: The Motion Picture, The Terminator, Stand by Me, The Princess Bride, Baby Boom, The Josephine Baker Story, Roswell, and many others. He shared in an Emmy® Award for his many matte paintings in The Winds of War.

(Original photo above of Ken holding painting taken by Günter Bäbler.)

Visit Titanic: Honor and Glory on Tumblr, Facebook, Youtube, Twitter, and CryDev for more about the project.

YOU GUYS WIN AND LIFE, THE UNIVERSE AND EVERYTHING!!!

inbetweenthelineart:

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timetravelandrocketpoweredapes:

Medieval Batman and Aquaman Cosplay

Armor by Samuel Lee

Um, WHAT.

THIS IS WHY I LOVE COSPLAY

I LOVE WHEN PEOPLE DO UNIQUE THINGS WITH CHARACTER DESIGNS

OR MAKE THEIR OWN EMBELLISHMENTS

*Homer Gargle*

Fic Writers. Story. Now.

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ktshy:

joanshepard:

kunari:

romy7:

Nick Bateman

I could watch this for hours. 

Ooooooooooh.
A dark-haired martial arts expert who looks like a model???

Carrying a big stick.

I’d love to be that stick somehow.

Just reblogging this for… drawing reference… #yeeees

Odd. Maybe it’s because I’m a guy, but I see something else:

BE A MAN!!

You must be swift as a coursing river!

….Well? What’er ya waitin’ for? Finish it!

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cspainey:

pugletto:

Hi, I’m Pug, and I am a character design artist.

I made these mini reference drawings for any future Lion King art I may want to do later on. Feel free to use this as a reference, as well. :)

@DeviantArt [x]

Perfect perfect perfect!

MY CHILDHOOD! ^_^

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