I’ve seen a few conversations lately about commenting on fic and how to do it if you get shy or anxious or don’t know what to say, or what to do if you’ve already kudosed a fic and wish you could kudos it a second time.
1) "Just read this for a second time!” 2) “I loved this!” 2) “<3″ 4) “This was great!” 5) “One of my favorites!” 6) “Extra kudos!” 7) Reply to another comment with “all of this!″ or “+1″ 8) “Will definitely recommend this!” 9) “This was my favorite part: [paste quote]” 10) “Thanks for writing this!”
No one will be angry if you leave a short comment. Your comment doesn’t have to be different or unique. It will still bring a smile to people’s faces!
Another great thing you can do is add a fic to your bookmarks with a “favorites” selection (the little heart). You don’t have to say anything and the author will know you cared enough to let other people know you liked it, because bookmarks often function as reclists to others.
You can also post a link to the fic on tumblr or another social media site! Even if you’re too shy to tell the author how much you liked it, telling other people to read it will bring more readers, and maybe one of them will say just what you couldn’t say.
The 3rd installment of DreamWorks’ How to Train Your Dragon film series is titled “The Hidden World” and will be getting a trailer premiere next week – via DWA’s Twitter
It’s tempting to think of the artists you admire as being 100% confident magical superhumans, but in reality they have the same struggles & anxieties, and just happen to be further along in honing their craft.
Ever since news of the Thundercats reboot dropped, there’s been an idea going around that there’s an ongoing samey trend in current animation coined the “Calarts” art style. Many are starting to push the idea that this art style sucks and some even go as far as say it’s overabundance is ruining animation (despite the fact that some of the best shows in recent years have been made in this perceived style). This carries the implication that in times before our own cartoons were diverse in style and in intent. I’d like to dash that assertion.
The fact is, trends in animated entertainment come and go, just like music or comic books or any art form really. It’s so noticeable one can segregate them by decade like I’ve done so above. Of course there are exceptions to every decade and of course the era names I listed above aren’t official, but my point still stands. Trends get started because peoples tastes change, and usually taste changes because a game changer comes along giving the audience something they never knew they wanted (I’d argue the big game changer for the 2010s onward was Adventure Time). We’re entering the end of the 2010s real soon and based on the reaction to the new Thundercats it looks like people have had their fill and long for a new way of doing things, which is fine. My point is, the ‘CalArts’ art style being everywhere is nothing new nor is it inherently worse than generations before it.
AngelMihe 