these gifs summarize the human experience
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If nothing else, I want this to happen in season 4:
Lotor: Ah, Blue Paladin, at last we meet face to face. I’ve been wanting to meet you since you damaged my ship on Thayserix
Lance: Um…that wasn’t me dude. I fly the red lion
Lotor:….But you are wearing the blue armour
Lance: Yeah, well, I use to fly the blue lion, but then we switched and I fly the red lion now.
Lotor: Then why don’t you wear red armour?
Lance: Because Keith is the red paladin.
Keith: Yo! *raises hand*
Lotor: But don’t you fly the red lion?
Keith: No, I fly the black lion
Lotor: Then why don’t you wear black?!
Lance: Because he’s the red paladin! Haven’t you been listening?
Lotor: *sigh and twitches an eye* Alright, fine, then who flies the blue lion?
Allura: I do.
Lotor: YOU’RE WEARING PINK! THERE’S NOT EVEN A PINK LION! *sigh*I SUPPOSE THE GREEN PALADIN FLIES THE YELLOW LION?!
Pidge: No way! I fly the green lion! Are you stupid?!
Lotor:……….I am done…I am so done.
Ezor: *whispers* We’re going to need a chart.
Omg yes!
Lotor mistaking Lance for the guy who screwed him over before and getting super confused in the ensuing conversation will be gold.
Lotor: Acxa take note.
Acxa: Yes sir?
Lotor: When I return to base we must update our files on the paladns… *Ezor stares* And make a chart.
Ezor: *Victory arm pump*
And then the real Shiro comes back and they all start flying their own lions again.
Lotor:
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The Milt Kahl Head Swaggle
(Source: Cartoon Brew)
I love it when you can pick up an animator’s quirks.
I’ve read in old interviews with Milt Khal’s fellow animators that he did the swaggle to purposefully show off. Moving the head in 3-d space is an exceptionally hard thing to do but Khal upped the level of difficulty to a place many animators wouldn’t go.
Not only are they all doing the swaggle you’ll notice they are all TALKING while they are doing it. This is back in the days where you had to use a timing sheet to pace your animation and a head swaggle doesn’t work if its too slow or too fast so he had to figure out the right speed so it looked natural while the character finishes what they have to say while not interfering with the distinct mouth shapes.
Not only did Khal do it without any shifting weight problems or timing issues he would often do it while moving the rest of the body. This isn’t his signature move just because he was good at it.This is his signature move because he was one of the only people skilled enough to DO IT AT ALL.
Milt Khal was a MASTER.
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