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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.
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
yall ever do/say something and then when people don't respond positively or with praise you then worry that they're judging you and they don't like you and you try to tell yourself that they're just strangers and their opinions dont matter and then you dont like how you act and you dont like your personality and its your fault do better but you really try to tell yourself that it doesn't matter it doesn't
yeah
So i’m just watching youtube, trying to chill out and whenever, when I get a Lego Movie 2 Ad for a video I was watching
do you see that timestamp at the bottom? Yeah, this is apparently 5 hours long.
And at first I was wondering, well is it the entire movie? No…this entire ad is for their newest “everything is awesome” type song. It is called “this song is gonna get stuck inside your head” and I am pretty goddamn sure it is going to repeat that one line over and over until my brain melts
So I am going to see if they really are playing it for 5 hours
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
YIPPEE thank you for the blessings as well <33 /silly
RAGHH. WHY DIDN'T I FULLY LOOK AT YOUR BLOG BEFORE.
Hi you are amazing I love your art I love it so much and I love your characterizations and and
I agree your art looks like it would taste like jollyranchers
Anyways I hope your pillows stay cold and your icecreams dont melt and you don't get any brainfreezes and and
And I'm glad you like my characterizations!!!! That's one of the things I enjoy doing the most
How ill portray the sillies for my comics and such! The possibilities,,,writing them can be very fun sometimes
Also I love that I love that hsjd aaaa can that be my thing- can my art just taste like jollyranchers and be candy or something heheheheh /j?
And omg I've been blessed 🙏🙏 I shall hope the same for you too!!!!! Perma frosty icecreams! The warmest of hot pockets, healthy crops, and more
PURPLES WINGS. THOSE ARE. LITTERALLY PERFECT.
Yoinks the design cutely :3
Binged Animation V. Minecraft and Animator V. Animation and I think I have a new fixation-
oh yellow :(
green get ur ass here and apologize RIGHT NOW!!!!!
Green. Green I swear to the void when I catch you Green.
a million pieces.
Swearing below! I whipped this one up really fast. like in less than 10 minutes.
Lackluster.
Acting.
“He liked it. He fucking liked the comment.”
Orange wasn't even hiding their disbelief. Neither was anyone else.
She couldn’t speak. The laptop was still on his lap.
yellow is pretty useless here lol.
Hopeful, she clicked the response. His heart plummeted, reading her friend’s reply.
I’ll see what I can do next time.
“Holy- I swear when I find him! He’s gonna have to pay!”
He was distantly aware of the yelling. The outraged calls of her friends in response. And the heart to the previous.
He liked the comment. The comment about her horrible, horrible acting.
Was it really that bad?
“I literally have no idea where he is in Minecraft, but- Yellow?” Blue gently tapped his shoulder in concern. “You okay?”
.
.
.
“He’s right.”
“Yellow-”
“He’s right. I was pretty useless in that video.”
“No. No, you weren’t. Green’s the one who went too far here. There was literally no logical reason why he would do this.”
“Why would he do this otherwise.” She mumbled weakly in response.
“Because-” Blue stopped, gently taking the laptop from Yellow’s grasp.
“I don’t know.” She whispered, her voice faltering. “This isn’t something he’d do.”
“Right. Right. I’m sure it’s just a mistake.” She wasn't sure who he was trying to convince.
“I don’t think so. He could’ve easily just scrolled past it or ignored it. Or better yet, defended you.”
“I don’t know.”
.
.
.
Did it all mean nothing to him? Was it all of their moments just a token for him to wave in front of the crowd, flaunting?
Was all of their time spent together just a game? Another stepping stone?
Well, just maybe there’s a shred of herself that… still believed in him.
Maybe. Maybe it was all a misunderstanding.
He turned to Blue, who was now staring at the laptop with a grim expression on her face, barely masking shock.
“What the fuck.”
“What? What is it-”
Curiosity took over as usual, as he snatched her laptop back, much to Blue’s protest.
“Yellow- Wait- You don’t need to see-”
Too late.
Suggestions:
Use a Fake Lucky Block to prank your friends.
Make sure its a fake one…
The heart. With his picture.
No response underneath. Nothing.
“Oh.”
NAURR PLEASE I CAN DO SO MUCH BETTER THIS WAS SO RUSHED
And you're very welcome Ghostie <33 I really do mean it. All of it. 🫂
Alright, ghost cat gets hugs from the void faun
I drew this very quickly so its very bad but you need the hugs so here I am, hugging you because you deserve better and you're amazing >:[
AWW- :DDDDD
thank you so, so much for this 🥺🥺🥺 /vpos /gen
Like seriously. it means so, so much. :))) Thank you. Thank you so much.
(dw i could barely draw so this looks gorgeous. I’m hanging this on a wall /pos)
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)
Im trying to get in AVA/AVM as fandoms and?? Green content creator arc??? Huh??
Anyway I really wanna do art of them (can't draw for shit womp womp) or write some fics? So far my ideas include that episode where Red and Yellow fuck up the textures except they're even more brotherly, the Lucky Block episode except Lucky!Yellow doesn't go completely ballistic at first and all the other sticks think this Yellow's a lot better, all while True!Yellow is forced to watch (angst).
My final idea is a series set before the stick-fights meet TSC and are still beating eachother up every day, and taking care of each other as well (My little ideas are Red eating shit after jumping down the staircase and busting his chin open,Yellow getting concussed, Blue getting a bit hungry and trying to eat electric lines, and Green breaking at least 3 of his ribs.) I would need to read some fics first to get characterization but I think AVA is really cool!!!