It's Not Often That I Find Something That Consistently Makes Me Lose My Shit Every Time I See It. I Love

This was already talked about in someone else’s post, at least regarding the 200x Motu comics and how it treats its female characters, but I wanna rant a bit about how little of Evil-Lyn’ power is actually shown in the Rise of the Snakemen comic (issue 3) compared to the 2002 show.

In the comic they clearly and explicitly show Evil-Lyn defeating the whole Snakemen army that was attacking Castle Grayskull in one fell swoop.

Not only that but it added to her character. It showed that she respects and seeks out those that are powerful to improve her own standing and doesn’t take their defeat lightly if she happened to be working for them at the time. Especially if she’d been treated the way she was by the Snakemen and King Hiss: threatened, nearly eaten and just pushed to the side once her service was considered done. Like she said, the whole affair of aiding them was a complete waste of her efforts.

Compare that to how that scene played out in the show: … She’s not even there! She’s gone after King Hiss, Rattlor and Snake-Face enter the castle. Instead, the Snakemen all turn into lemmings after Hiss is beaten and throw themselves after him into the pit. Next we see her is when she’s running from Skeletor and his warriors begging the Faceless One to help her. You know- the character that was also incredibly nerfed.

she still sleeps the same way

More shots of the ✨femme queen✨

We love to see her winning 💖

ROUND 1

💪😼First drawing completed.

Ok, hi guys, I really should learn English instead of using the deepl translator 🥺👉👈

Aha but the important thing, then I decided to get back into the world of drawing and all that, because hell if others can write about their favorite characters, I can draw them osea, for that I used to draw, but I quit you know procrastination 😣🔫

So expect me to upload my classes on how I relearn anatomy🦴, and basic color, (traditional and digital)🥸🤓 and maybe how I learn my fucking subjects already know some algebra🤢 and languages🗿 or maybe my martial arts 🥋👍.

You can probably notice that I'm in diverse fandom, so I'll upload of varied characters, if I don't die trying😢🙏, and of course I'll tag everything to make it easier🗿. (If I upload NSFW I'll put it in censorship, since I understand that not everyone wants to see that kind of content, and that's respectable, otherwise everything is fine, and hopefully we won't have problems).🫠

Bye, bye💅🍒

What's something that Kaz does that is Lin's weakness?

Rolls up his sleeves.

Wait hang on @makanidotdot did art for this I don’t think we ever posted and it’s funny.

Tw: Graphic depiction of suicide and discussion of abuse

This animation is spectacular and I adore every second of it. This is the true mask-off moment the show was too cowardly to give him and it is my canon end to the series at this point.

The song used for the animation is "Now That You're Gone" by The Raconteurs is very obvious about its meaning that the animation has taken full advantage of. It begins with the image of Stolas asking an absent Blitz what he'll do "now that [he's] alone" and the image cuts to a closeup of Blitz struggling through a white landscape littered with those golden feathers from Truth Seekers.

It's clear that Stolas is getting a petty revenge from breaking Blitz's pride. But the framing of the song makes it very clear what direction the narrative is going. Stolas goes back to his normal life (presumably the video was being made before Mastermind) where he takes back the book and gets back with Stella. Clips of him enjoying his high roller life of luxury. The line that best emphasizes what Stolas is actually trying to do is in the line:

"Who is going to love you if it isn't me?"

Which goes back to my point about abuse in relationships and how that very much is the ground floor of control. Where they isolate their victims from others in order to warp their perception of reality. If you rewrite their world where no one else will ever love them, that will be true. If you can alienate someone from what a healthy and loving relationship looks like, just then saying "I love you" is the proof of their love. It allows the opportunity for the victim to justify the abuse for the abuser to make it make sense that their abuser must love them.

And my favorite part is how, on beat, the animation cuts to Blitz being comforted by Moxie and Millie where Moxie flicks away the golden feather on top of their three entwined tails. A short but powerful bit of storytelling that lingers just long enough, unlike the show that tends to rush every single frame. The feather landed on top, just like how Stolas inserts himself in their lives, and Moxie is rejecting it so as to protect his friend.

And then the music cuts as Stolas changes the lyrics from "What will you do now that I'm gone" to "What will I do now that you're gone".

Which recontextualizes the delivery of the song and connect the early tells to a more overt understanding. Stolas stares into the camera and becomes progressively more unhinged as he realizes he did lose.

The entire point of someone saying "You won't find anyone better than me" isn't a farewell for better things. It's expressly to reel a victim back in, and it lines up perfectly to Stolas' unwillingness to talk to Blitz or have any conversation where he acknowledges his own issues, especially in Apology Tour.

I know some will say Stolas shit talking about the Blitz Hate Party is a sign that he knows he is pathetic, but he doesn't talk to Blitz about that in a way that lumps himself in with the rest of it. He talks about "All these people" without ever acknowledging specifically that he is an active and enthusiastic participant in this pity party. Even ending the episode for Stolas with him begging to have literally anyone love HIM, even as he is at this party, partaking from the table, over how much he felt entitled to Blitz.

This animation fits perfectly in with the events and logic of the show and Stolas in the canon.

Honestly the ending of this animation is the only self-actualization I support for Stolas and Blitz in the canon series. This is my finale, anything after this is a zombie fic that refuses to just stay dead.

Lyn wasn’t thinking about power, ambition, their plans. She didn’t care. Keldor was alive.