So this official poster has been released for How To Train Your Dragon 3 and it has left me with… opinions.
My first initial reaction was excitement! Oh hell yeah HTTYD 3 is coming out! I adored the first two! But then i saw…
SIIIIIGGGGGGGHHHHHHH I knew immediately that this was most likely a female night fury and fuck yeah shit fuck it is which is so disappointing. I could write a huge essay on how female characters are portrayed in media. I could write a massive blog about smurfette syndrome and how female characters are always just a pink, soft version of their male counterparts, or how female animal or anthro characters still have to fall into society’s beauty standards so we do crazy things like give ducks tits or large eyelashes.
I COULD talk about why these things occur, and how this is a worrying reflection of how society views human females, that males are the default and females are the other… but I’m not going to do that TODAY.
Hi my name is India and not only do I have an animation degree, but I also have a degree in animal and veterinary science.
This design doesn’t just insult me as an animator. This design insults me as a scientist.
french recipes: if you’re not making this in paris then what’s the point. fuck you
italian recipes: use the left leg meat of a pig from one of three farms in this specific area of tuscany, or from this day my grandmother will begin manifesting physically in your house
american recipes: buy these three cans of stuff and put them in a pan congrats you cooked
chinese recipes, as handed down from mother to child: season it with a pinch of this and some of that. you want to know the exact amount? feel it in your heart. ask the stars. yell into the void.
English recipes: boil and salt it. Okay that’s it enjoy
Greek recipes: You followed all the right steps but this isn’t quite right. I don’t know what to tell you.
Australia recipes: chuck it on the barbie
Latinx recipes: you will never make it better than your abuela, face the facts
Armenian recipes: spend eight days laboring over the stove. the food will be flavorful with the sacrifice of your sanity. no one will appreciate it.
Canadian recipes: It either needs more bacon, more maple syrup, more gravy, or an unholy combination of the three
Polish recipes: you have to toUCH THE DOUGH, FEEL THE PIEROGI IN YOUR HEART, TOUCH IT. LICK IT. SMELL IT.
Every time I see this post, I learn more about how different countries’ cuisines AND neuroses.
Indian recipes: there are 500 cuisines and that means 500 versions of this dish that has 500 spices so gl
ashki jewish recipes: no, no. no. more onion.
internet recipes: here is a heartwarming story about my baby sister’s third birthday that i completely made up, and a copypaste from alton brown.
Details about The Great Papyrus for anyone who wants to present his greatness as accurately as possible.
Note: This does not take the demo or reward tier video into consideration. We will be using the final game (including unused sprites) and 3D Renderfor reference. There are inconsistencies between the two, so sprites will usually take priority.
Color:
white skull
interestingly enough, the rest of his skeleton is black
this is seen in overworld sprite and render
battle sprites have white skeleton, but a black skeleton would be hard to see with the background
he’s not wearing sleeves, as seen by the distinction of the ulna and radius bones of his arms
3D render has solid arms, likely because distinct bones would make the arms fragile
is his skeleton painted black?
black eye sockets and black eyebrow ridges
his eyes are comically different sized, usually with his left eye being the smaller one
white battle armor with yellow cuffs on sleeves and bottom
red-orange cape
many mistake his cape for a scarf, but you can tell its a cape from the back
red-orange gloves with yellow cuffs
red-orange boots with black straps
blue shorts(?) with yellow trim
Design / Face:
has wacky expressions with googly eyes or anime eyes
eyebrow ridges sometimes disappear during these
when looking in one direction, the black of his eye sockets shifts
can cry tears and blush
corners of mouth are usually upright, but they can go down to be flat with the top of mouth and that’s the lowest they go
nasal cavity opening is triangular shaped with a slight pinch at the bottom
his whole face is used when expressing emotions
Design / Body:
tall and lanky figure aside from the battle armor
battle armor makes his upper body much wider than hips
shoulder length is at least twice the width of hips
always seen with gloves on, no matter what outfit
if called in Hotland after exiting Alphys’ lab, he mentions “I’m always wearing gloves…” when talking about knowing Hotland like the back of his hand
right glove appears to have a separate opening for the index finger, but not for the other fingers
this is seen in both 3D render and unused battle sprite
appears to be right-handed
Soul / Magic:
only uses blue and white attacks
contrary to popular fancanon, he never uses orange attacks or magic
turns the soul blue without any visible magic, attack, or action
if captured on purpose before the blue bones attack, the next time Papyrus is fought, the multiple blue bones attack is never used
every fight after the first starts right away with a blue soul; no attack needed
has a (possibly non-bone) attack that could blast you (likely the Gaster Blaster)
during his fight, he sometimes “prepares a non-bone attack and then spends a minute fixing his mistake”
if spared in genocide route and inquired about his box of bones, he mentions that had he used his special attack, “you surely would have been blasted to…”
is the only monster that has shown complete control of magic/attacks to not deal damage when opponent’s HP drops to 1
has a white upside-down soul, as all other monsters
remember, only six colored souls were seen after Asriel destroyed the barrier
Please remember this is only a reference for those who want to present Papyrus as close to canon as possible. It is not meant to hinder your creativity.
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