i cannot believe that i am only now learning about the dinosaur king drama
in case you’ve never heard of dinosaur king:
it’s a pretty mediocre anime from the early 90s, that was pretty much just made to market this dinosaur trading card game. the plot was extremely boring (until stuff suddenly started happening around episode 35), and for some reason they decided to have all the dinosaur fights with these incredibly stiff 3d models, which was.. a choice..
all together it was so bad that it’s good (but not particularly good), and kinda forgettable
and then they decided that it needed a remake. they were releasing some new toys, and a video game was being worked on, so in 1999 they released a fucking remake of that weird show
the writers and producers were these two austrian guys, suppenheimer and vemovich
the remake was planned to be two seasons
the original dinosaur king had two seasons as well, the first had 49 episodes, and the second had 30 episodes
the remake was 60 episodes total, and completely ignored season two of the original
suppenheimer and vemovich only retold season one, expanded it a bit, reshuffled some events (namely putting the twist from episode 35 way earlier), giving the characters actual motivations… they actually managed to make the show good
(they still kept in the weird 3d dinosaurs, and the card game tie-ins, because at the core the show was still about marketing the toys)
and then season two ended, neatly tying up the story, and it was genuinely good
and then the network renewed the show for a third season
suppenheimer was done with the show at that point. they only ever wanted to make two seasons, and they had told exactly the story that they wanted to tell, so they were out
but vemovich wasn’t done yet, so he stayed on and wrote season three.
and season four.
and…
the entire remake turned out to be twenty seasons long
and it got weird, lemme tell you
the very first thing vemovich introduced in season three of dinosaur king, the anime about dinosaurs and traveling to the ancient past, was alien space pirates
which i guess makes sense, because they can travel through time, so the future is technically also viable
and then season six was all about one of the main characters becoming a werewolf? which was never fixed, but they also just never mention it at any point after the season six finale
season eleven was all about the love story between one of the supporting cast and one of the antagonists (who had a redemption arc early in season two, but vemovich cast him as a villain again anyway starting in season four)
season sixteen only had one episode where any dinosaurs appeared?? in a show called dinosaur king? and i’m pretty sure they said the word “dinosaur” zero times in that entire season
it was weird, okay, the entire remake was weird after season two
meanwhile, on the forums (and later on twitter), suppenheimer has completely divorced themselves from the show’s production, but they are definitely still watching, and loudly complaining
suppenheimer and vemovich were actually said to be on pretty good terms during the production of the first two seasons, but after that suppenheimer got mean
[id: a tweet by @ cimminimmi from december 2016 that reads “what was the worst show you guys watched this year?”, with a reply from @ suppi_sr (suppenheimer’s twitter) that reads “dinosaur king. for the 5th year in a row.” end id.]
we never really heard anything from vemovich. he was never on any of the forums, and he had a rule of never publicly interacting with any hate whatsoever
so we had suppenheimer just tearing the show down at every point, calling for people to stop watching, and even making several petitions to have the show cancelled, none of which ever went anywhere of course
because we then got season seventeen, which introduces vemovich’s author insert. they are absolutely not subtle about it, the character pretty much goes “hey, my name is vemovich, i’m the guy who is writing this story”
and he just occasionally pops up during the next four seasons
and then season nineteen and twenty are building up to this great unseen danger that is threatening to wipe out the universe
and at the very goddamn end of season twenty, the finale of the entire show, the big threat is finally revealed
so, i’ve said that this entire thing is an anime with weird 3d dinosaurs inserted into it
the big bad, the last villain that was threatening to destroy the fabric of reality… was suppenheimer
a live action suppenheimer, who is greenscreened into the anime world
he is of course stopped by vemovich’s author insert, who up to that point had been 2d animated, but now he is also greenscreened into the show
so the goddamn epic finale of the show is a live action suppenheimer and vemovich fighting, using 3d animated dinosaurs, on this 2d animated battlefield
it looked bad
and then the show is over
but this story is still going
because suppenheimer has spent the last eighteen years tearing apart the show and tearing apart vemovich publicly at least once per week
and then, two years after the show is over
those bastards tweet out that they are married
[id: a twitter conversation between vemovich, suppenheimer, and twitter user abblycidre from october 2021. vemovich is replying “love you, babe” to suppenheimer. suppenheimer replies “love you too.” abblycidre replies “don’t you two have beef?” suppenheimer replies “we can have beef and be married at the same time. it’s fine.” abblycidre replies “married?!” in all caps. vemovich replies “last i checked we’ve been married for 13 years now, yeah”. end id.]
so i guess the tweet where suppenheimer threatened to divorce vemovich wasn’t a joke after all
[a tweet by suppenheimer from june 2012 that reads “@ vemovich. if you don’t stop ruining dinosaur king i will divorce you.” end id.]
suppenheimer and vemovich have been living together for the entire goddamn run of the dinosaur king remake, while suppenheimer was constantly starting shit about the show online
they’ve been dating since before the show even started, and they got married during season nine, and they’ve just been keeping up those personas for twenty fucking years
and i just kinda don’t know what to do with my life now that i know that
what the fuck did those guys’ home life look like?!
You should give these sources a good read-through either way because in all honesty, OP missed out on some prime groundbreaking material. For example, the fact that this show’s depiction of an ankylosaurus is thought to be the most accurate depiction of ankylosaurs in the 20th Century. Or how those first 2 seasons somehow have the lowest overall score of the series on IMDB and other rating systems, despite the controversy of later seasons (which might not seem like much, but it at least explains why none of the aforementioned petitions had any effect).
And that’s just the tip of the iceberg. Like yes the marriage Twitter reveal was really something, but it should not overshadow these absolutely mind boggling stats that come from such a niche 90s anime.
thank you for this addition. you actually mentioned some stuff that i didn’t find during my research (i did not know about the ankylosaurus thing), so kudos for that
there are a few things in the wiki article that i wanted to include, i just couldn’t find a good place to mention them in a post that already got a bit longer than i meant for it to be
you know what maybe i did miss tumblr a little bit
bela & dean could do “a whore is a whore is a whore” and crowley & cas could do “after this we should have really angry sex.” I don’t know the point to this post.
The sequels are corny! Finn should be a Jedi acolyte! Luke and Din should be married! Ben Solo should be a bounty hunting Mando! Leia and Han should die of old age! Rey should constantly clown Luke for almost making Grogu choose between Luke and HIS DAD. This should be fun!
Rules: find the seven colors of the rainbow in your wips
Red
The fresh hum of energy from the medicine gave him the strength he needed to rip his shirt into strips. He tied multiple strips together and used the rest to wipe at the wound at his side. He sucked in a breath and ground his teeth through the pain. His efforts were futile. Blood continued to flow from the wound, soaking the thin fabric and staining his hands red. It was Kaori’s specialty. She’d explained the ingredients of her poison to him once, though he didn’t really understand it. All he knew was that the wound would bleed like hell and using his channeling would make his body burn like it was on fire.
Orange
Thea rushed off toward the back of the large main building, heading in the direction of the orange glow, and the loudest shouting. She rounded a corner and stopped abruptly.
Kaori stood in her path, swords drawn and gleaming menacingly. The blades were wet—Thea assumed with blood. Her stomach lurched and her vision swam. She sucked in a quick breath, willing her legs not to collapse under her.
Yellow
(the only yellow I could find comes from this colorful excerpt. Didn’t want to just post this for the other colors though)
She couldn’t really explain why she felt that way, and consciously told herself she was being silly. She had never been one to be afraid of the dark. In fact she loved the night sky, filled with glittering diamonds overhead. Moonless nights like this one were her favorite. Without the additional light, the stars stood out even clearer in the blackness that wasn’t just black but deep purple and navy blue folded together behind twinkling white, yellow,red, and blue gems of light. Thea had once loved leaning against her mother’s shoulders as they found pictures in the stars together.
GreenandBlue
After that, time seemed to slow to a crawl and there was only darkness—thick, hot, and endless. Just as she felt like she the blackness would suffocate her, drown her, the darkness thinned and gave way to bluesky,green trees and a gentle breeze.
NOTE: Always provide the links for the Piccrews. Artists deserve to be linked to their work.
I plan to do this by making the character name a permalink to the piccrew page.
I will put some examples below a cut so they’re not on anyone else’s potential reblog, but the idea is appropriately conveyed. Also, I already did some so why not put them out there XD
If there was one thing that brought Eld back to his trainee days, it was the grueling summer heat and being on the brink of exhaustion. Eyes stinging from sweat, he finished his lap around the compound, second to Levi, who was noticeably shirtless.
Eld wiped the moisture from his forehead with a towel, then loudly began gulping down water. Levi stood, glassy-eyed from the heat, the cup of water held in his usual manner.
Eld cleared his throat. “You okay, Cap?”
The raven-haired narrowed his eyes and turned to his second in command. “It’s fucking hot.”
It should’ve been a good enough explanation, but in all his three years under Levi’s command, he never took his shirt off. He always had a spare when it was laundry day, the heat never seemed to phase him as he always reported wearing full uniform. At most, he wore the military-issued t-shirt and shorts when it was like this, but Levi reasoned that they should train for their environment.
“When was the last time you clowns wore ODM gear over loungewear?”
Eld could quote Levi verbatim. But despite their captain’s philosophy, Levi did leave the decision up to them unless they were doing some sort of climate training. Even today, he opted for black shorts.
But, out of all the summer days, why did he choose today to be shirtless?
Terse as always, Levi remained fixated at the end marker, casually taking sips of water as if it was something to savor. Eld spotted a familiar ginger bob in the distance and her shape began to grow, face red and freckles in full force. It was a toss-up if it would be her or Oluo finishing behind him, Petra always had a good pace but could get winded easily if she exerted herself too much from the start.
Eld waved and called with two hands beside his mouth, “YEAHHHHH GO PET!” but his voice fell on deaf ears as Petra keeled over, panting.
About to grab some water and a towel, Eld stopped in his tracks as Levi nonchalantly sauntered over to her, cup in hand. Arm outstretched, Levi didn’t make eye contact as Petra thankfully scarfed it down and stood straight while a dopey smile lined her face.
Eld grinned, no, smirked while he observed Levi trying to play it cool as if Petra wasn’t drooling at the mouth. Oluo and Gunther rounded the corner, and before they could make it to the finish, Eld ran towards them with cups of water on hand.
“Hey guys, why don’t we catch some shade over here to cool off?
Both too exhausted to notice, Eld looked over his shoulder to see Levi rubbing the back of his neck while Petra inched closer to him with a hazy blush.
All in due time, Eld thought to himself, and he continued steering the rest of the squad away.
Petra would thank him later.
Levi was playing cool while Petra.. well I can’t really blame you, I would do the same lol!!
“You know, for a monarchy, the King doesn’t seem to play much of a role in your affairs.”
“Well, It’s embarrassing to admit, but we’ve rather lost track of them.”
“Lost track of them?”
“Quite so. We know we have a monarch, but we don’t know who they are or where they reside.”
“… okay, you’re going to have to run that by me again.“
“To be blunt, the last King had something of a roving eye. While we’re reasonably certain one of his numerous illegitimate offspring has inherited the divine mantle, we’re not sure which one – if, indeed, it’s even one we know about.”
“Can’t you just, you know, pick one?“
“Heavens, no. Our monarch rules by divine right. The land is bound to them. Its prosperity and weather reflect their health and moods. The sacred bond is clearly responding to something, so we can rest assured that a living monarch exists, but none of the candidates we’ve tested have panned out.”
“So, the rain of opera-singing fish last Tuesday…?“
“Wherever our current King or Queen is, they’re evidently having a fantastic time.”
Love this.
Damned if this doesn’t sound like practically the perfect setup for a fantasy utopia. When literally anyone could be the holder of divine right, it’s in political leaders’ best interests to make sure that everyone has their basic needs met.
Random Headcanon: The reason the Wizarding World in Harry Potter uses such arse-backwards technology isn’t cultural elitism. (Well, not entirely.) Rather, it’s because if you enchant anything more complicated than a screwdriver, it tends to become sentient over time. Devices that use electricity are particularly bad for this, and almost always “wake up” eventually. Arthur Weasley’s car going rogue and running off to live in a forest is actually a fairly favourable outcome; the students still tell horror stories about what happened to the guy who smuggled in (and subsequently enchanted) a digital wristwatch.
this is the best answer to this plot hole i’ve ever heard
