The wildest thing about Ben 10 is that it took until 2005 for someone to have the idea "what if a kid could turn into a bunch of aliens" like this isn't obviously the coolest and most marketable premise for anything ever. Each design is a new toy. A new powerset. Come on.
But to prove that it wasn't a fluke, they continued to have the best ideas for every aspect of it. How does he transform? A cool watch you can also sell as a toy. That watch's name? Omnitrix. Say it. It's so satisfying. How many aliens? Ten. Nice round number. The kid's name? Ben. The show's name? Ben Ten. His full name is Benjamin Tennyson, a normal, plausible name, but he also turns into 10 aliens.
Bigger brands dream about this synergy. Better writers would kill for this coherence. So holistic. So intuitive. The identity alone!!! The retro alien sound motif? Chilling. The green? Any other color would be wrong. The kirby krackle pattern? It seems so obvious in retrospect. The roadtrip format? Genius. Lesser writers would've done the spider-man high school thing. His arch nemesis being Cthulhu darth vader? Inspired, iconic, intimidating!
The execution has its highs and lows, but the idea??? Game changing. So self-evident that it seems inevitable. If Ben 10 didn't exist, it would be necessary to invent him.
the way that sign language is written in fics really bothers me, there’s not signs for words that we use to transition from verb to object and from sentence to sentence. The only plausible way that would take place is through slang/self imposed signs or by “filling in the blanks” in your head. For example, when using ASL in Subject-Verb-Object order you sign the words “You care I talk you (“or” is conveyed through body language) want me sign” to say “Do you mind if I talk or do you want me to use sign language?”
I would just really appreciate if people would take the time to NOT make signed language super elaborate because -unless you know someone super well and have developed signs that don’t already exist- most signs that complex are not known/dont exist to most people who actually use sign.
Just found out who H.R. Giger was today… finally makes sense why I thought the Alien movies were so kinky
Like literally all I could think about was like “Huh that’s body horror, asphyxiation and tetraphilia(xenophilia) all wrapped up into a cool ass movie. That’s hot” and now it makes SO MUCH SENSE
I’m surprised that more people don’t have xenomorphs as a “hear me out”
bring back tumblr ask culture let me. bother you with questions and statements
in the next game he’s gonna be hovering menacingly above the ground
no way. he finally reached the top after 5 years
THESE ARE THE REAL QUESTIONS!!!
If I ever got to ask the Omnipotent Being(s) a question it would def be one of these
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I'm watching yu gi oh (starting with series 0) and everyone is soooooooo mean to him what the fuck. He's just a little boy. He's the littlest of guys why won't they leave him alone. Everyone get the fuck away. He's so small. Let him live his got damn life with his ancient Egyptian alter ego he has no idea about and his autistic besties
it always sends chills down my spine to rewatch the subbed version of yamiyu's reaction to losing yugi in the orichalcos arc. i know that, in the dub version, he keeps begging for yugi to come back to him and it is actually very touching, but in the sub version? it's unforgettable.
his screams are so raw, so sorrowful, so full of despair. it's a scream you hear from someone who just lost a part of their own body. the pain is so overwhelming you can hear it in his voice. as if someone is sawing his flesh without anesthesia. i know this comparation sounds funny, but its the one that suits the best for me. so much pain in his soul it becomes physical. and, as he himself said, he "lost something more important than" his own soul.
so imagine being this hurt. imagine wanting to give your mf soul away in exchange for someones freedom, even if you know your soul is the only thing left of you. so, to get yugi back, he was not only ready to give everything he had, but everything he was - everything he WAS, which, to me, is much more intense than giving what you have, because, if you lose all your possessions, it's gonna be hard, but maybe you can still find a way to regain what was lost. but you're still alive in the end. fuck, even if you lose a part of your body, which is something you have, you can live a normal life. but without your soul? you're dead, that's it. there's nothing else keeping you alive.
and that's why this is one of my favorite puzzle moments. you would never see yami reacting that way to losing any-fucking-one. even when he is sad, he keeps his shit together, he doesn't cry or show his vulnerabilities in front of other people. he is a king, he was taught how to conceal his emotions and keep the poker face to almost everything.
even when jonouchi -who is clearly one of the most important people to him- died, he kept a somber look on his face. you can tell he is mourning his friend, but you can't see his eyes, you don't know what he is thinking. he is clearly angry and sad, but he's still keeping his deepest emotions buried under the thickest layer of composure. he wouldn't show his weaknesses, he wouldn't let other people know he was suffering. so he was sad, but he managed to look as chill as possible.
when he really allowed himself to let his feelings out, he first got in a private place, out of everyone's eyesight.
when yugi's soul got sealed, though, he got so openly vulnerable in front of everyone, as if the pain was unbearable, uncontrollable. he, a king, so imponent and powerful, wasn't able to control his feelings, because they were overwhelming, intense, consuming. he didn't give a single fuck if he was being emotional, he was kneeling on the dirt, crying every drop of salt water out of his eyes and screaming the fuck out of his lungs.
this is why the sub version is more impactful to me. BITCH WAS SO SAD HE COULDNT EVEN FORMULATE A SINGLE PHRASE ! he could only scream and cry like an australopithecus . fuck etiquette, fuck composure, fuck communication, fuck everything. his tiny little brain wasn't working, it was plain like a chicken breast
I am so thankful the universe is giving me meme remakes in YuGiOh format. My skin is probably glowing from the emotional cleanse this is giving me.
how mako sees the world after making peace with his trauma 🐬✨
(plus a bonus reel for your troubles)
there is NO way that
is an inch shorter than
Why does Yuugi look so MINUSCULE compared to all of his classmates? Compared to Usagi who only looks that short compared to Haruka, Makoto or grown men?
for reference
There’s only an inch or two difference in height between her and most of the others.
However, Yugi is TINY even compared to all of his female friends(Shizuka is only an inch shorter than Anzu)
is Yuugi just really that unlucky to just have giant friends??? Poor dude ; n ;
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