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hmmm i think comparing the hunters’ exclusion of lesbians to that of the fucking CATHOLIC CHURCH actually just emphasizes the fact that it’s homophobic, richard

#rr crit #might i add that while it is great that he added aroace rep #its shit #he didnt even manage to do it right #i mean recruiting teenagers when they're still figuring out their own identity and susceptible to change is so wrong in many different ways #like yeah they are free to leave if they want but like it'd be hard #the hunters of artemis are essentially a makeshift family even though its sort of toxic #imagine having to leave the people you see as family just because you finally understood yourself after years #because you were recruited when you were 13 and had no idea what you were signing up for and who you are #not to mention that he kind of made them radica feminists #like they dont need to hate men in every shape and form and no want to accept help from them because #oh theyre men #also by making your only aroace rep a group of only girls ereases the many male aroace people #yes there are aroace males and other genders #and not to mention that it being an aroace safespace but kicking out lesbians ereases any hope of aroace lesbian rep #yes there are aroace lesbians #i am one #being aromantic doesnt mean you cant have romantic love #it means that its unlikely that you wil #like its really hard for you to fall in love with a person and it generallt doesnt happen for you if ever #also ricks whole thing about reyna being a lesbian was so iffy #like he made her a hunter because he didnt want to seem lesbophobic but came off even more lesbophobic because of it #also why is the only option for his aro/ace characters to become a hunter of artemis? #why cant they just stay and camp and live a normal demigod life like other non-ato/ace demigods? #to me that seems kind of iffy but that might just be me

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every time i see someone mischaracterize matthias as a dumb, blonde, malewife with no personality except being nina's (dead) boyfriend i want to fistfight god and cause the mass extinction of humanity

#because like did we read the same books? #yeah matthias is a great boyfriend and sort of malewife-y #thats not the only part of his character! #like he isnt just some random character who only exists to make nina seem like a girlboss #he has so much character potential and development #just because leigh bardugo didnt make him have some big personality and act all main character-y #doesnt mean he's flat and boring and 2 dimensional #honestly leigh sort of wronged him by not giving her more relationships and development with other characters #and not giving him more development in genera #but from what she did give him #hes great #i get so sick of mischaracterization and lack of media literacy #six of crows #soc #six of crows fandom #matthias helvar #crooked kingdom #nina zenik #helnik #sort of #not sure if the nina tag and helnik tag really apply #but like the relationship and nina are both mentioned so i added it to be safe #mischaracterization #media literacy #or lack thereof

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happy lesbian visibility week

#YEAHH #WHAT DO WE LOVE? #WOMEN/NOT MEN!! #lesbian #lesbian visibility week #lgbtqia #i love the aspec inclusivity that you added #and the nb lesbian inclusivity #i feel like i always see people saying nb lesbians arent real lesbians #and its like bro #do you not know the definition of lesbianosm? #its non-men who love other non-men!!

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Netflix, I don’t know how to tell you this but a woman doesn’t have to be self taught to be a strong female character. It’s ok to let her know her limitation and ask for help. It’s ok to let her get angry, it’s ok to let her be jealous, it’s ok to let your female character have flaws and WORK on them. Your female character doesn’t have to become a master on her own to be memorable, it just makes her accomplishment feel unearned.

#exactly!! #like yes she is hotheaded and strong but shes still emotional and has moments of weakness #women dont need to be selftaught to be strong #making your female characters overpowered isnt equivalent to making them well #like yeah she put up a good fight against pakku in the animated series #but like she wasnt master level good #the reason she fought pakku was to show him that she could already fight passably and needed waterbending lessons to improve #and also to show him he's a misogynistic asshole #but the point is she didnt do eveythibg on her own #sure she was strong when she was teaching herself but she was nowhere near as strong as she was once dhe learned from pakku #atla #natla #avatar the last airbender #netflix avatar the last airbender

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I cannot explain how often I think about how so many descriptions of Inej focus on her hair and specifically its length, and how important it becomes to our understanding of her and who she is and that even though she never directly says it we have this understanding that her hair means so much to her. And I cannot explain how often I think about that in conjunction with this Tante Heleen quote from Inej’s flashback to being sold to the Menagerie in chapter 16:

‘She’d tugged on the matted hair on Inej’s head.

“This will have to be shaved,”

Then she’d stepped back.

“Pretty,” ’

#i might have an explanation but its probably wrong #the suli are heavily based on south asian and romani people #i cant speak for any romani people as i am not one of them but i am indian so i can speak in that prospect #in many south asian countries and in their culture girls tend to have long hair #our hair is one of the things we're known for #its one of the things that help tie us to our culture #and as someone who's pretty disconnected with my culture my (long) hair is one of the few things that connect me to my heritage #of course not all indian/south asian girls have long hair i mean most of the other girls i know acrually have pretty short hair #but the point im trying to make is that its likely that the suli tend to treat their hair as something important and possibly sacred #its probably one of the only things inej at the time has left to connect her to her roots #shes been transported to kerch and is going to be forced into prostitution so at the time her hair is one of the only things about her #that is not being sexualized and helps tie her back to her parents #theres also the whole thing about hair holding memories which could also be a reason for her hair being important to her #since then it would be like symbolizing her being forcibly seperated from her family and how she feels so distant from her culture later on #it could symbolize how by cutting off her hair heleen is cutting off her memories and making her into a new and changed person #idk i'm just rambling at this point #im probably wrong but i just wanted to share my opinion on this #six of crows #six of crows fandom #soc #inej ghafa #six of crows inej #tante heleen #the menagerie #i love inej sm #can you tell i sort of relate to her

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will never stop thinking about viren calling callum "an impudent little mongrel who was spoiled and given everything." especially when the 14 year old (who might i add has been half-orphaned 2 [essentially 3] times now and who is evidently maladapted and ridiculed for the position he never asked to be in yuh uh) rose to the exact same position as him with monumentally less shortcuts and significantly higher morals within the span of like a month

#real op #like what was he on #like we get it youre sad that youll never be as fucking awesome as callum #say it with me guys #we hate viren!! #he sucks like how did he manage to ruin not one but TWO children #like how hard is it to love both your children without neglecting them or causing them to idolize you to much #the dragon prince #tdp #tdp callum #tdp viren #callum #lord viren #viren

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this may just be me, but Frank's bday being in June just doesn't make all that much sense? like idk it seems pretty left-field, which may seem dumb considering it's just a bday, but I can't see it for him. Piper maybe, but not Frank. imo Rick wasted a perfect opportunity to make Frank’s bday sometime in July bc a). Frank gives off Cancer vibes more than Gemini, and b). he could’ve connected Frank’s culture talking about July being the seventh month (aka “Ghost Month”) to his life being dependent on the piece of wood, which would’ve been really cool metaphorically and could’ve helped shed more light on his culture

#i totally agree!! #although i think april would br a good one too #since he has chinese roots and in chinese culture 4 is considered ab unlucky number since it essentially symbolizes death #and april is the 4th month #and since the wood is essentially his lifespan it could also work in that sense #frank zhang #hoo #rr crit #riordanverse #rick riordan criticism

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since i’m calling out clownery in the atla fandom, i just need to remind you all that while azula was abused by ozai, she was still a facist mf hell bent on fire nation supremacy. the two concepts can and should co-exist.

#exactly!! #like being abused doesnt give you a free pass to become the abuser #yes she had problems and needed professional help but shes not a perfect and good person either #by 14 you should know right from wrong #yes shes not mature enough to make decisions as an adult would #but im pretty sure when i was 13 i knew that its wrong to committ warcrimes and lay siege on places #i should rephrase that as innocent places #azula willing chose to lay siege on ba sing se #she wasnt following orders that time #yes shes a mentally ill and abised teenager but shes still an imperialist and shitty person #she treated all her friends awful and broke their trust #threatened soldiers who were on her side #the whole cherry pit thing #being abused doesnt gove you any right to abuse those around you #think of the nazis #yes they were brainwashed in a fascist system and afraid for their lives #but they were still awful people and we (rightfully) dont forgive them #i know this a horrible comparison as im conparing a horrible thing that happened in real life to a cartoon character #but my point still stands #its the principle of the thing #i love azula as a character but we need to stop ereasing the awful things shes dont just because she was abused #plus ive seen a ton of azula stans hating on zuko #when by their argument #zuko is also innocent and has done no wrong because HE TOO was abused #zuko and azula were both treated horribly by ozai and they are the epitome of scape goat and golden child relationship syndrome thing #atla #avatar the last airbender #azula #anti azula #i don’t hate her

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yknow what azula did nothing to deserve a redemption arc. yeah she was abused by ozai too but just because you were abused doesn’t give you a pass to treat everyone you know like shit and commit war crimes with no remorse

#i honestly agree #like dont get me wrong i love her #but even though shes 14 shes done way too many awful things to deserve redemption #thr may thing with zuko was that he wanted to capture/kill the avatar #with azula we have #genocide #imperialism #sociopathy #abusive tendencies #and a ton more i cant name off the top of my head #yes she is still aentally ill teenager #but you cant redeem the fact that she literally tried to commit genocide on multiple acounts #i think what she needs is to acknowledge tjay shes done weong #but i dont think she deserves forgiveness eother #azula #azula critical #azula redemption #anti azula #atla #avatar the last airbender #edit: #i accidentally added sociopathy #i meant psychopathy #not necessarily in a bad way but its something most likely has

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Ultimately the reason Percabeth is such horrifically bad ship yet gets praised so much is that while Percy and Annabeth canonically love eachother,they also canonically don't like eachother LMAO.Percy's constantly wishing Annabeth was extremely different than who she actually is because he finds her unbearable and hard to be around and finds escapism in being around people who're unlike her with the biggest example being him having been in love with Rachel before they settled into still close exes

There's also his friendships with the Grace Sibs,Thalia had infinitely better progress with him in TTC than Annabeth has in the entire saga and he admires her a lot more too and it's a running theme that Jason is Annabeth's opposite and Percy became instant best friends with him upon first meeting and all three of their first meetings are more charming and unique than Percy saying his type is princess-y girls in his narration but Annabeth hating being seen as one because she's gnc and 'You drool when you sleep'.I also think if anybody is Percy's cosmically intertwined soulmate it's not any s/os but Nico and Hazel and by that i mean in a found siblings with him also being their pseudo-parent way.All their dynamics are interesting and richen their characters and they're from different time periods which only adds to how special their bond is

And on Annabeth's end.......She kinda straight up hates his existense.She's always talking about how stupid he is and that he's useless without her and i get that Rick tried to sell it as affectionate teasing but she's angered by it so often it's obvious it's just Rick being a cishet nt white old man.She gets angered by finding him attractive too?????This trope can be good but Percy never actually does anything,he's literally just existing and that includes not actively pursuing her back since he dosen't want her even half as much as she thinks she wants him.It's rare compared to her mean-spirited comments he explicitly never consented to and finds unnecessary and one of the many thing's he wishes she wasn't and he never returns her physical assaults so 'they're demigods and it's normal!' excuse dosen't add up

Yeah,they're dating in canon and gonna get married.Percy's also gonna not only go to college but a demigod college when again and again and AGAIN he says he dosen't want to be a half-blood and he's only going so he can live out a traditional lifestyle with Annabeth so so much for 'his thether to his mortal side' i guess.Annabeth never got any shit from Poseidon like Percy did Athena or terrorizing like Aphrodite does everybody else she talks to and Percy was forced to narratively forgive Luke,again,only because of Annabeth when he groomed him for a bit and abused him tons too and it's so vile to gaslight us into thinking Luke was anything but a serial pedophile and beyond far right to Percy's lifelong outcasthood and anarchy and Annabeth as a direct victim of his sick sexual 'interests' in plausible deniability font due to being a pg series.Percabeth is the peak cishet romance norms taken up to 12 like the Olympians and it's embarrasingly obvious nobody saying they're t4t has ever been in a transmasc4transfem relathionship

That's why this moment is so fucking depressing.She knows him and she dosen't like any of what he is and he dosen't say it outloud because he's scared of the truth,that he ended up with the wrong person,that he fucked up again and she's hollower whenever she's around him because she exists FOR him and for almost nothing else.They weren't eachother's choice,they were eachother's destiny decided by everyone but themselves.This fucks ip my autistic ass so much man,no wonder i only ever liked that lesbian!Percabeth au with transfemme Percy and butch Annabeth that was popular when i was a kid,that's deadass the only way you can make it work,they'd need an entire rehaul but at this point i don't care to try because the shippers don't deserve it after how demonic they've been since the 2000s.Percabeth was never a good ship,you were just a tween

#dont entirelt agree with all your points #but i do agree with some of them #rick really messed up their relationship #even if he based it off hos and his wife that doesnt change how unhealthy it seems #dont get me wrong i love annabeth but my girl was fucked over by richard and the narrative #i'm so sorry op for the amount of percabeth stans hating on you #you specifically tagged it as anti percabeth and their atull coming for you #like excuse me? this wasnt targeted towards you? #anywho #i will say that i dont think luke was a pedophile #yes he did tell annabeth he loved her #but i feel like it was in a platonic way #im not trying to excuse his awful actions #that man still groomed and manipulated these children #i dont care how good his intentions were he was wrong for thag

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i am getting annoyed w the brown girls (all asians, latinas, etc.) being put in mom ™ positions. or even just immense responsibility and they are extremely serious and tend to have braids. like. i don’t talk about my rep v much bc i simply do not care enough to lmao but this is annoying do you even understand how much brown girls are pressured to act like adults, oftentimes by their own family? this is doubly worse for eldest brown girls and quadruple worse for eldest brown girls w younger brothers. they straight up have to parent their siblings and get good grades and be a perfect student and daughter and never talk back and cook well and have no free time of their own and do everything they do for their family.

like damn why are authors so insistent on clinging to that image while their male counterparts are the “funny ones” ?? all the brown girls ik say fuck and like dick around its okay u can put the braids and old ass sage advice speech away now i promise <3

#real op #like i love inej but my girl is a walking stereotype #same with reyna #like let my girl say fuck #i'm literally desi and the majority brown girls i know (including myself) curse a ton #like bro #stop making my fellow brown girls become like the wise sages #they are TEENAGERS for goodness sake #let them act like it #six of crows #inej ghafa #grishaverse #leigh bardugo #reyna avila ramirez arellano #reyna ramirez arellano #hoo #hoo crit #six of crows crit #soc #soc crit #riordanverse #rr crit

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if you think that what gender you are attrached to as an indication of morality then....you're fucking sippin the radfem juice. i hear SO MANY young women say they feel bad for being attracted to men. they groan and say, "I know it's wrong but I find men so hot."

like...what??? have we really doubled back so far that we're back to shaming women for their sexual and romantic desires???

radical feminism hurts everyone, even the ppl it claims to be for.

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it's always so fascinating and heartbreaking when a character in a story is simultaneously idolized and abused. a chosen prophet destined for martyrdom. a child prodigy forced to grow up too fast. a powerful warrior raised as nothing but a weapon. there's just something so uniquely messed up about singing someone's praises whilst destroying them.

#best trope fr #love this kinda thing

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i love it when kaz manages to finally overcome and heal from his trauma surrounding touch as much as the next person, but it deeply frustrates me when it comes too quickly and when it's regarded as the only way for kanej's relationship to progess. give me intimacy that doesn't revolve around touch. give me love letters, and quiet nights spent in the company of one another. give me stories told in whispers about everything and anything, give me the trust and vulnerability that comes with showing the other your soul and mind, give me sleeping in the same room even if it's not in the same bed and knowing that the other might witness your nightmares, give me comfort that doesn't need touch to be effective and an Inej who doesn't demand from Kaz that he heals his decade-long trauma in a single week, because I refuse to believe it fits her character to be so inconsiderate when it comes to trauma

#six of crows #crooked kingdom #kaz brekker #inej ghafa #kanej #leigh bardugo #i completely agree op #i love inej so much but her forcing kaz to get over it is so ooc #like i agree that she shouldnt have to be the only recovering in the relationship #and that it would be unhealthy for them to stay where only she is progressing through jer trauma #but the way it was written nudged.me the wrong way #like inej knows that its not that simple #ao why is she acting like it is #she herself hasnt even fully recovered #i by no means dislike inej #but these scenes rubbed me the wring way #like how did you as the author manage to make your own character ooc

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sobbing right now because i was just reminded of laika and it makes me cry every time i'm reminded of hwr

#laika #laika the space dog #russian space dog #laika space dog #sobbing rn

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inej and kaz having issues with touch due to trauma. kaz and wylan drowning and being reborn in the ketterdam harbor. wylan and jesper feeling like they have to hide a part of themselves due to their fathers. jesper and nina being grisha with addictions. nina and matthias being raised as a weapon rather than a human. matthias and inej being deeply religious. inej and wylan making themselves smaller because of the abuse they suffered. wylan and matthias being forced into a life of crime. matthias and kaz losing their parents and siblings. kaz and jesper being thrown into the barrel because of reckless behavior involving money. all of these characters being so different yet so similar and forever interconnected with each other because they know that no one else will understand

#grishaverse #six of crows #crooked kingdom #soc #ck #inej ghafa #wylan van eck #kaz brekker #wylan hendriks #jesper fahey #nina zenik #matthias helvar #you worded it so well op #i always think about this #the amount of character parallels are insane #but thats why i love these books

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You guys don't understand my pain, I wrote an entire rant thing on Jesper and his power as a Fabrikator to post while I was half asleep and I forgot to save it to my drafts so it's lost forever.

I'll probably rewrite it and post it again sometime this week or not, it depends on how much time I have and if I'm able to put it into words.

#thats right another jesper rant #im sorry i had to #i love him too much #he just deserves so much more character analyses #you dont understand him like i do #i will forever be a jesper defender #i just cant stop thinking about him and his powers #and everything hes been through #and his mother #there will be mentions of aditi hilli dw #lots of mentions #jesper fahey #six of crows jesper #aditi hilli #six of crows #wylan van eck #wylan hendriks #i only added the wylan tag because hes a large part is jespers understanding of his powers