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This is going to be a rare trope but fuck it. I do love it when a design of a factory ended up being somewhat fantastical and magical at the same time. Mainly because it contrast with factories sometimes can be a bit boring especially in real life yet on the inside, it actually feels like I'm stepping into another world altogether with their surrealistic design and gizmos in question. It just makes the factories pleasant to sightsee for a trip so yeah.

1. Willy Wonka's Factory from Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. Especially the 2005 version because I adore that version.

2. Playtime Co. Factory from Poppy Playtime.

Sauce:

1. High Priestess from Samurai Jack: Abusive mother of Ashi

2. Ragyo Kiryuin from Kill La Kill: Abusive mother of Satsuki Kiryuin >!and Ryuko Matoi.!<

3. Irene Belserion from Fairy Tail: Erza Scarlet's villainous mom.

4. Medusa Gorgon from Soul Eater: Abusive mother of Crona.

5. Precia Testarossa from Nanoha: Abusive mother of Fate Testarossa.

6. Seiko Osabe from Chi No Wadachi: Abusive mother of Seiichi Osabe.

7. The Mother/Agatha from Horror Shop Game's The Mother: The evil mother who >!c+nn+b+l+z+s several of her own sons to survive the grueling winter.!<

8. Mama Tattletail from Tattletail: Literally the abusive mom of the Tattletail dolls and her doll got banned for a reason due to how ballistic she can be.

9. Mandy from Grim Tales Webcomic: Villainous mother of Grim Junior and Minnie, the main protagonists of the series.

10. Big Momma from No, I'm Not a Human: The mother of several Visitor hellspawn from No, I'm Not a Human.

11. Anastasya Feodorovna Snezhnaya/The Tsaritsa from Genshin Impact: >!Yes really. She is actually a mom. I am considering to spoiler this shit but... She is an evil mom who wants revenge against the Shades especially Ronova and maybe the People of Celestia.!<

Side Note: Not all Evil Matriarchs are abusive. They can also have functional or loving relationships with their children yet still remain villainous as shown in Example 10 and 11. Big Momma loves her brood so much that she swore she will commit unspeakable things to anyone who tries to oppress her and her brood. >!Anastasya/The Tsaritsa is still a villainous woman considering she is behind the things the Fatui has done but still a loving mother who wants to avenge her family and all that.!<

Disclaimer: Some of the things that are described here contains some NSFW explanation. Viewer discretion is advised.

If you ask me, I find it rather interesting that out all of the Fairy Tales, Alice in Wonderland story often times are always interpreted in darker and edgier take. I don't know why several authors tend to make Alice in Wonderland story a lot darker than the original one as unlike Grimm Fairytale stories or stories like Pinocchio, this one seems pretty lighter in comparsion in terms of tone. However, it's also why I am fascinated on why the author always give Alice in Wonderland a darker spin. Maybe there's something special I did not notice just yet.

Oregano:

1. American McGee's Alice: Probably the most iconic example of this. I mean, game itself is about a story regarding Alice experiencing a trauma so much so she got sent into the Asylum as a result. And even then, the sequel is even more darker than this as the main villain in said sequel is a very very depraved man who took advantage of children because why not. That tells you how demented the story can be.

2. Alice in Borderland: Its basically a darker yet interesting interpretation of Alice in Wonderland. The story itself is pretty much a Death Game set in another dimension called the Borderland. And the MC's friends died during one of the games+the manga can get existential and philosophical at times so yeah.

3. Christina Henry's Chronicles of Alice: Yes, this is one of the darker takes of Alice in Wonderland that I know. The villains there are horrifically demented with one of them being a cannibal who eats his victims alive. That and the story >!regarding one of the character being betrayed and his daughter sold into sexual slavery, turning her into a very evil and tragic villain she is today is another one. !< That tells you how fucked up the setting is.

Please god make it happen. Would be nice to see Akame and Aqua VA voicing Vodyanitsa in Genshin.

Hello!

So, I'm just gonna cut through the chase here and want to ask you guys something. Any of you here are writers? If so, I would love to discuss more about certain plans of my story that I plan to make in the future. If you want to discuss, please do so. Especially in dms. I would love to share you guys the google docs link about my story plans and all that to you all.

Anyways. Here's a sneak peek of one of the characters for the story I made. Art made by u/Quixowltic (also, should I mark her design as nsfw?)

Disclaimer: This post is a repost because the original one got deleted due to poor image quality.

Look. I know at the end of the day, her design is pretty much a generic conventionally anime character and people here won't like that. But honestly, I kinda like Tachyon's design mainly because how adorable she is. There's an art of making characters adorable and I think Tachyon pretty much surpass it. From the big head of hers with a bit of a fluffy and pattable hair and the big eyes being one of them. That and Tachyon when translated to 3D or CGI animation looks even more adorable because her round features are a lot more accentuated especially in the chibi style. Combined with the elements that made her cuter such as the hair that made her hair look big, it makes her design so adorable to look at and make me having a low cortisol in the end. And hey, at least Tachyon dressed modestly as well so there's that.

Just a note that Agnes Tachyon sprite, is essentially the most cutest sprite since chibi Euden in 3D version from Dragalia Lost. That 3D sprite and Tachyon's sprite are just in the same ballpark of how cuteness overload it is. From his fluffy hair that makes his head bigger and how the big head contrast his body... Also yes, if I had a nickel to see a character being associated with the word Tachyon ended up being cute, I have two nickels. Which isn't a lot but it happened twice. The first one is Percival Tachyon. Maybe because of how cute the word Tachyon is idk.

Yes. I can't unsee this. I have a feeling that Yabuki Kentaro got inspired by Dakki from Houshin Engi or Mion from Monkey Typhoon so much so he uses them, especially Dakki, to create Lala from To Love Ru. Am I the only one that feels this?

Title says it all. I guess its also overlap with Design Trope Sunday as well. Here's another question for you all:

"What's Your Opinion on Haute Couture or High Fashion designs?"

The reason why I ask you all this is because I got recommended by Youtube to watch a Chinese man basically made a parody of the Haute Couture outfits featured in Fashion Shows. It was pretty interesting to say the least. A lot of people dislike these type of fashion especially when you checked the comment section. Maybe its because of how ridiculous it is, how pretentious it is or even being impossible to wear. And to some extent, I can't blame them.

As for my final verdict: Yeah, they look ridiculous and gaudy at times. But I cant help that there is something... Charming to say the least with these type of fashion style. I understand a lot of fashion designer do this due to artistic purposes and I can understand why. But I can understand why people dislike it. However, I do think Haute Couture or High Fashion could possibly fit in either surrealistic or fantasy type of works because of how outlandish and interesting they were if you take a closer glance at them. So much so it won't be out of place in surrealism and fantasy genre.

So yeah. Question: "What are your thoughts on Haute Couture fashion or High Fashion in general? Do you think its silly, ridiculous, pretentious or even fantastic in their own way and why? Lemme know your opinion in the comment section below. And yes, Met Gala outfits do count as well."