For A Series Where The Slavery Started Off As Kind Of A Joke, And Moreover A Series That's Been Largely

For a series where the slavery started off as kind of a joke, and moreover a series that's been largely aimed at children since its revival, I sincerely believed that actually whipping a character on-screen would be too grim for AvA. I never thought they'd go there.

Like I pondered the possibility that it'd happen, conceptually, to the character. But I never thought the show would actually depict it.

There are only so many contexts a whip can be relevant in; they have connotations. When the whip is turned against a person in distress, the atmosphere becomes blatantly cruel. There's no way to sugarcoat it, there's no blurry lines. Whips bring suffering. Their mere presence agitates, let alone the actual pain they inflict.

It's a level of dehumanization that's so much more easily and instantly identifiable as terrible than some other stuff that has been done in the series, or even to this character.

And it's especially deplorable that it was done to this character, given Chosen's history.

We don't actually know if he's been whipped in the past, he might not have been, but. Whether he was or not, the implications regarding power dynamic that are inherent in the presence of a whip are unmistakable. He understands, on some level, what is happening and what it means, even if his understanding doesn't approach from the same direction that Victim's does, or that the viewer's does. The scene pauses for him to react, after the whip is cracked. He sees significance in its presence.

There really aren't many ways to interpret a fearful person being mercilessly attacked with a whip. Especially if he's got a halter around his neck allowing his attacker to control his ability to distance himself from the harassment, which carries its own implications.

I see merit in the idea that Victim was trying to tame Chosen like a wild beast, and I'm willing to believe that that's the understanding which Chosen or Victim or both have of the situation. But as a viewer I cannot completely separate what's happening on-screen from the banal idea of a slave being punished. Horrific, contemptible, violating, disparaging, unjust, inhumane abuse.

And it's happening to Chosen, who already threw off the shackles of his own slavery years ago. And it's happening under the hands of Victim, emulating the actions of his own abuser...who happens to have been Chosen's abuser as well.

We only saw the beginning and the end of Chosen's enslavement; we don't know what all he suffered while oppressed by the animator. We don't know what Victim knows, of what Chosen has suffered.

Tools have never been used to restrain a character by the neck before, in this series. Strangulation is always done by hand, to win a fight, never to prevent them from leaving it.

Whips haven't appeared at all before now, in this series, much less been used against the characters. And then, of all the characters they could've picked, they pick the one with a history of slavery, a concept that shares a heavy correlation with whips.

It's messed up. It's so much more messed up than I thought the series would be willing to go.

omg requests open??? riot requests open??????

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Greenscreen (the glitched video from influencer arc) and victim. Deleted by teenagers duo 😔 /hj

riotquests are in fact open, yeah! (you will never hear me say riotquests again)

Ough tysm for the ping!!

I messed around with this before, but I suppose I could introduce my first ever stick oc!

She's a different color than this- more reddish- but the other options were too saturated so I went with this.

Anyways, I've not named them yet, but they live in the Outernet and she'll be the first stick ever to actually try to reach the sky. (other than the cg and chosen and. yk anyways)

They're a heavy wip, so uh.. that's about all I have for now.

(no pressure tags!!) @sushiree @thatonefishfriend @tulipsempai @dynamic-k Feel free to join in, no pressure though!!

Make you stick OC or just make one

pitcrew

It’s Luna! I like to think they would have a disguise to fit in with other sticks like my pfp but this is just a different outfit

Tagging

@askthefuturestickgeneration @fusciaguardian @thechaoticsaisk @armiaochima @midgetmoth @astral-onp4wz

STICKTOBER RAGHHH

Ykw, I think I'll participate in this one.. :]

Hey there AvA Fandom! It's that time of the year again!

It's Animator vs Animation Sticktober time! 2024 Edition!

For this year our lovely @k1ttyadventurer has composed a prompt list thats themed roughly around the Animation vs Youtube video and the "Green's Influencer" arc!

For those new to this, AvA Sticktober is a yearly art challenge inspired by the Inktober art challenge where you draw something in ink everyday based on a prompt list!

AvA Sticktober works similarly, expect you can do any of these prompts in any way you want! Traditionally, digitally, written, or arts and crafts? Heck yeah! Want to combine 2 prompts into one? Go for it!  Don’t know what to draw for one prompt? Replace it with one of substitute prompts provided!

There’s no pressure to complete all of them if you don’t have the time or just don’t want to!  The art challenge is all about having fun! 

AvA Sticktober starts on Oct. 1 and ends Oct. 31!

If you fill out any prompts, post it with the tag #AvA Sticktober or #AvA Sticktober 2024 to share it with others!

Additionally, this list will be cross posted to Twitter in case you also feel like sharing it on there as well!

Have fun! 8D

The written out Prompt List is Below!

YouTube 

Likes

Drama 

Follower

Support

Meme

Emotes

Clip

Cool

Speed

Explosion

Grass

Viral

Fame 

Super 

Effects 

Message

Photo

Save

Dancing

Doodle

Idol

File

Game

Video

Record

Animated

Prank

 Competition

 Glitch

Community

Stumped on a Prompt? Try one of these in its place!

Surprise

Hater

Disaster

Speedrun

Teamwork

Growth

Talent

Future

Memory

Crossover

Rest

oh yellow :(

green get ur ass here and apologize RIGHT NOW!!!!!

on this day one year ago someone sewed a fried egg to a tshirt