Hey guys! I’m super excited about this and I hope everyone else is too!
What is the Sabriel Holiday Gift Exchange?
It’s pretty much just a Secret Santa but for fanart/fanfic. Participants sign-up with a list of three holiday wishes that they’d like to see in a piece of either fanfic or fanart, one of which will be anonymously gifted to them by another participant, and, in turn gift another participant with one of the wishes from their list. Everybody gives a gift, and everybody receives a gift, all of it anonymous until it’s time to turn the presents in!
This Exchange is open to fanartists and fanfic authors and is centered around Sabriel (or, SamGabriel / SamGabe) from Supernatural.
Sign-ups are OPEN from November 5th to November 11th of 2018. Gift-assignments are set to go out between the 15th-17th of November.
Their boobs move. Like…realistically move. As in, the way actual breasts would motion if a woman made that movement without an over the top exaggeration and the camera is framed in a way so that it’s clearly not supposed to be sexual the way most anime would stage it. The scenes in question are meant to be taken seriously so the animators and direction is take things seriously. Either it’s just a character walking down a hall or clapping her hands.
If this were any other action/adventure anime, the camera angle would’ve been something like this for Winry’s introduction:
This is weird, but what I find so sexy about Riza is, well… How she isn’t sexualized. Like, she isn’t a pure sex object in nonstop sexy outfits. She’s a beautiful military woman, and she dresses appropriately for the role. Along with that she’s NEVER used as the ‘sexy distraction’ trope that women often are used for. She has a good role, she’s a fighter, but also has a kind heart for her friends.
That and more are reasons Riza is my favorite female anime character, and FMAB is my favorite anime.
Well said my friend.
I think there was only one instance of jiggle physics and that was with lust but that was when they were trying to make a joke about havoc having a thing for boobs and the joke was more about havoc than lust having big breasts.
“You fell into my booby trap” (proceeds to paralyze Havoc afterwards)
What I also love is that their boobs are in equal proportion to every other body part. Like, yeah, a character might have bigger boobs, but she also had a big waist/hips/legs/etc to go with it, so the largeness doesn’t feel fake. Plus, they never draw attention to the sexual stuff, and the only exception was the joke with Havoc. And it was posed in a way that made it feel like less of a raunchy boob joke and more of a joke on Havoc and how his attraction to boobs is what led him to be deceived, which doesn’t leave female viewers uncomfortable, or feeling like their body is constantly the butt of a joke, like some other animes do
That’s a good point that I didn’t realize. All of characters in the show have equally proportioned bodies.
Ed’s muscles get larger as he gets older but never reaches John Cena level of jacked since he’s still under 6 feet tall. He’s always presented as ripped and not ‘bulky’ like Sig or Alex.
Riza is about the same height as adult Ed, but they have different body styles thus the word for her would be toned. She’s still lean but her muscles and body shape are the same aren’t ‘compact’.
Fmab follows the basic body designs for males and female characters and doesn’t exaggerate a specific feature to the point where it’s comedic. It makes it’s bed, and lies in it.
Every time I see a girl in just about any other action/adventure (shonen) anime I just think:
“is your back okay? You need a doctor? Hey Thomas! Call Lucy a chiropractor!”
or better yet:
“Good Lord! Get this man a sandwich!”
The only real exception to the whole body proportion thing is ALEX LOUIS ARMSTRONG
But his ridiculously bulky muscles are used largely as a comedic element, in which the overly toned nature of his body is commented on as the “freak of nature” kind of idea and definitely not presented as if that’s some kind of expectation for anyone else in the show.
#fma#whispers: its bc a woman made it
don’t fucking whisper it scream it from the rooftops: IT’S BC A WOMAN MADE IT.
Ever since Dean’s stint with the sticky notes, Sam has been
finding them in nearly every inch of the bunker and anywhere and everywhere on his person. Despite the
identical sticky squares of paper, the penmanship and sentiment contained
therein are completely different.
Castiel had wandered into Sam’s room, a habit of his left over
from their motel days that hasn’t changed despite the much larger roaming
space. He’d been puzzled by the prank but seemed to like the uniformity of the
tiny squares. After helping Sam take off the last carefully placed note
(directly in the center of his shoulder blade and nearly impossible to reach),
the angel had silently entered Dean’s room and confiscated the pad.
Now everywhere Sam looks there’s little encouraging notes,
ranging from research tips to running encouragement to compliments on Sam’s
hair. Each sentiment affectionately scrawled on the squat pages and each
inspired blush that Sam walked around firmly in denying.
Today’s post-it is a bit more direct. The hunt was long, and
Sam had nearly succeeded in sacrificing himself to save a little girl. It was a
success- the girl safe at home- but Castiel had trailed Sam around the motel
and focused intently on the back of Sam’s head all the way home.
Sam had expected some extra method of Castiel’s usual sticky
attentions but was utterly shocked by the soft print on the note over his
heart.
To say Sam was mildly confused would be an understatement. He had no idea why demons were popping in asking when he was going to start ordering them around or why they asked if he wanted the paperwork. Or why they were calling him “m’lord.” Heck, he couldn’t even find out how the demons were getting into the bunker!
He eventually asked them, “Why are you coming to me about all of this!?”
“Because you’re the new king of H***. You declared it yourself, don’t you realize?” One demon explained.
“I said that there would be no new king. Not that I am the king,” he responded, even more confused.
“But you also said any demon who tried would have to get through you first. That’s the same as declaring yourself king!” Another demon piped up.
“This is all a huge misunderstanding. That was unintentional! I meant that anyone trying would get killed!” The tired hunter attempted to explain.
“Would you prefer to be called the Chief of H***?” A third demon asked, who, like all the rest, had completely missed the point.
Sam facepalmed. “NO! I’m not the king – or chief – of H***! I’m a hunter. And how are you guys getting in here anyway?”
“Someone left the door unlocked, and another lost their keys and we didn’t bother to return them when we came across them,” the second demon explained.
Due to the amount of sheer stupidity and his overwhelming tiredness, a sleep-deprived Sam just let his head hit the table, which was drowning in papers and books. Lifting his head, he stood up to walk out of the room.
“Where are you going chief?” The third demon asked, confused. Why is he denying his status? was the unsaid question shared between them all.
“I’m getting a coffee, because there is no way I’m hearing you guys right!” He yelled back. Why do they insist that I’m the king?
The second demon disappeared, then reappeared with coffee. “Here chief!” he exclaimed proudly.
Sam looked sceptical, “This isn’t poisoned, right?”
The demon looked shocked. “Why would I try poisoning my leader!?”
“Because I’m a hunter,” Sam said slowly. It felt like he was trying to explain things to a toddler.
“So? You also declared yourself king.” Demon 1 pointed out yet again.
As if he was waiting to make an entrance – and maybe he was – Castiel chose then to enter the room. “If you guys really want to be helpful towards your new king, tell all demons to keep an eye out for Dean Winchester. And if they do see him, they are to report to Sam immediately. It would be be helpful to me, er, him, no, wait, to all of us, if we could locate him.”
“Really? Let’s get going and tell the others what we should be doing!” Demon 2 announced in a chipper tone.
“We’ll alert the others, Chief!” Demon 3 saluted.
“Remember, we can help as well, considering we are now your subordinates,” Demon 1 reminded Sam.
With that, demons 1 & 3 disappeared. The remaining one handed him a briefcase. “The old king left this behind when he got killed. It may be of use to you.” The last demon then left.
“That was a good idea, Cas. We do need all the help we can get,” Sam said gratefully.
“You should look inside,” Castiel reminded him.
Sam opened the briefcase nervously. Inside were quite a few glowing vials – ! 32 of them, in fact!!
“He still had some of Gabriel’s grace lying around?!” Sam exclaimed, shock written all over his face.
“We should give some to Jack. It’ll get him back to full power.” Before anything else could be said, Cas took 3 and left the room, calling Jack’s name.
Sam closed the briefcase and started to mentally brainstorm hiding spots for said object. With the briefcase in hand, and the shouting that just started, he was beginning to realize just d how useful the demons could be. He turned eagerly to hear the report, now that the shouting demon had gotten closer.
“Chief! A group of demons have spotted Dean Winchester in Los Angeles!”
Sam smiled, and exited the study. “Thank you,” he said gratefully before making sure everyone in the bunker was listening to him.
Maybe ruling H*** wouldn’t be so bad.
This is like a coda and a fix-it in one! This conversation reminds me of “Be Prepared” from The Lion King, only in reverse – the minions are shocked there WON’T be a king here, and that Sam isn’t automatically scheming to be that king!
I really enjoyed this fic, especially got a kick out of everybody calling Sam “Chief.” The dialogue flows really well, too. And giving Jack some grace back – YES, Duckie deserves to have his wings back. ♥
Also, this line:
“Because I’m a hunter,” Sam said slowly. It felt like he was trying to explain things to a toddler.
Now you know how Crowley felt with his moron minions, Sam! It’s just part of the job description as King. 😀 I feel like this stands well on its own, but the misadventures of Sam as Chief of the demons has a lot of entertainment potential. If you have ideas for more, by all means, write more!
TMSM: With The Librarians being cancelled is there any possibility of it being picked up?
Christian:
Not quite sure about a possibility of it being picked up. People have
moved on to different stuff. There is always a possibility. Dean is
talking about doing something. I know Noah has expressed his interest in
doing a movie. I don’t know if it would be a movie of the week or on
the big screen. The Librarians is 12 years old. Noah created it so I
don’t see it going away.
TMSM: Is there any possibility of seeing Leverage return?
Christian:
Leverage is actually closer to being a reality than The Librarians.
Everyone is kind of in on it. I just had dinner with Tim Hutton, he
wants to do it. Dean wants to do it. The whole cast just got to dinner
the other night. We all sat down and were all talking about it. It’s
such a huge possibility. I gotta be honest with you, at some point it’s
gonna become a certainty. There is no way that’s gonna disappear.
Karate, SPN Demonic Octopus Guardian 