#ac rambles

i really like the environmental storytelling here.... instead of adding rain/dark cloudy skies typically shown in a sad scene, it was sunny when Team MZ visited AZ's grave...and all you hear is the wind....

The contrast really delivers the bittersweet tone well.

Like the sunlight, AZ's presence still remains lingering and felt, just out of reach. It also reinforces the sun as a key motif to AZ's character (in XY, the soundtrack for the reunion scene was called "The Sun Shines Down".) Even though he is gone, somewhere above, AZ becomes the sun that would always watches over Lumiose, its people and Pokémon.

Behind all the art content, there are people who really, actually exist. All united by the desire for creating art. People who have their own lives, their own problems going on that just happened to be in the same webtsite/app at the right moment for us to meet. People who grew up with me throughout the years...

1. Were you named after anyone?

Yes! Anna comes from my grandmother Annabelle, who died before I was born. It’s Jewish tradition to name kids after deceased loved ones, so both I and my sister got a little something for our names from one of our grandmothers :)

2. When was the last time you cried?

A couple weeks ago, out of frustration from my chronic insomnia I believe. Falling asleep at 6am when you don’t want to isn’t fun lol

3. Do you have kids?

Not yet, I’m most definitely not in a financial or physical health place to be a parent yet. Ask me again in 5-10 years though, I do want kids one day.

4. What sports do you play/have you played?

I used to figure skate! I never competed or anything, but I could do some simple spins and jumps

5. Do you use sarcasm?

Sometimes! Not a ton though

6. What’s the first thing you notice about people?

Their voices. I’m a very audio-focused person, so a person’s voice is always what stands out to me most.

7. What’s your eye color?

The government says it’s hazel, but it’s that flavor of hazel that’s like 4 different colors layered together. I’ve had people tell me my eyes look like olives.

8. Scary movies or happy endings?

I don’t dislike horror, but I definitely lean towards comedy as a genre, so I guess happy endings? What I really like is a satisfying, full circle ending. That can be happy, bittersweet, tragic, as long as it’s satisfying.

9. Any talents?

I could say music, but that feels wrong when I’m in the music industry. Is it a talent if it’s your career?

If we’re talking weird and silly talents, I know a psychological method to win any game of Rock Paper Scissors, as long as I’ve played a game against you before :)

10. Where were you born?

Upstate NY (though I’m not saying where, I see you fishing for common security questions! Do you want me to tell you the name of my first pet and where I went to elementary school too?)

11. What are your hobbies?

Primarily voice acting, though I don’t know if it counts as a hobby anymore since I’ve been paid to do it quite a few times…

I also like to sew! I’ve been working on a hand quilt that I chip away at when I play ttrpgs :)

12. Do you have any pets?

No :( one day I’ll get a kitten, but for now I’ll live vicariously through my girlfriend’s cats and my roommate’s cats

13. How tall are you?

5’5.” The exact average height for women lol

14. Favorite subject in school?

God, it’s been ages since I was in public school. Probably band, I was a band kid through and through

15. Dream job?

I want to contribute music to something that ends up having a powerful and creative fanbase. That could mean I write a musical that forms a fandom, it could be I contribute songs to a tv show or write a soundtrack for a game with a powerful fandom, I just want my music to be something that encourages others to create themselves.

Frankly I ignore discourse posts and just do my thing when I'm in the tag. I just wanna see pretty edits, steamy fanfics that kill my soul with enough angst to make a trip to hell feel like a holiday, maybe the occasional fanart that happens to pop in the tag (we need more of that. Get drawing VK fam) and whatever else creative from the Fandom. Oh! And juicy, juicy spoilers of course mmmm gimme them manga pages (I love you spoiler squad)

Like, if they wanna fight about ships and characters, let em. I got my ships and my AU's safely secured in my heart pocket. But I'd really like to see more creativity than bickering and showing "proof" of this and that. Idk. That's just me honestly. I guess I'm just really laid back when it comes to Canon, but that's probably because I'm a multishipper.