#and then say ppl criticizing that are the problem

[lord-squiggletits]

One of my favorite parts of phase 2 (and indeed one of the few moments I resonated with IDW Prowl) was when the neutrals were coming back to Cybertron and Prowl said that he refused to let Autobots be pushed aside and overruled after they were the ones who fought for freedom for 4 million years (the exact wording escapes me atm).

And I mean, that resentment still holds true even once the colonists come on bc like. As much as it's true that Cybertron's culture is fucked up, and as funny as it can be to paint Cybertronians as a bunch of weirdos who consider trying to kill someone as a common greeting not important enough to hold a grudge over.... The colonists POV kind of pissed me off a lot of times, as did the narrative tone/implications that Cybertronians are forever warlike and doomed to die by their own hands bc it just strikes me as an extremely judgemental and unsympathetic way to deal with a huge group of people with massive war PTSD and political/social tensions that were rampant even before the war?

Like, imagine living in a society rife with bigotry and discrimination where you get locked into certain occupations and social strata based on how you were born. The political tension is so bad there's a string of assassinations of politicians and leaders. The whole planet erupts into an outright war that leads (even unintentionally) to famine and chemical/biological warfare that destroys your planet. Both sides of the war are so entrenched in their pre-war sides and resentment for each other that this war lasts 4 million years and you don't even have a home planet any more. Then your home planet gets restored and a bunch of sheltered fucks come home and go "ewww why are you so violent?? You're a bunch of freaks just go live in the wilderness so that our home can belong to The Pure People Who Weren't Stupid And Evil Enough To Be Trapped In War" and then a bunch of colonists from places that know nothing about your history go "lol you people are so weird?? 🤣🤣 I don't get why y'all are fighting can't you just like, stop??? Oh okay you people are just fucked up and evil and stupid then" ((their planets are based on colonialism where their Primes wiped out the native populations btw whereas the Autobots and OP in particular fought to save organics. But that never gets brought up as a point in their favor)) as if the damage of a lifetime of war and a society that was broken even before the war can just magically go away now that the war is over.

Prowl fucking sucks but he was basically the only person that pointed out the injustice of that.

And then from then on out most of the characters from other colonies like Caminus and wherever else are going "i fucking hate you and your conflicts" w/ people like literal-nobody Slide and various Camiens getting to just sit there lecturing Optimus about how Cybertronians are too violent for their own good and how their conflicts are stupid, with only brief sympathetic moments where the Cybertronians get to be recognized as their own ppl who deserve sympathy before going right back to being lambasted.

Like I literally struggled to enjoy the story at multiple points because there was only so much I could take of the characters I knew and loved being raked over coals constantly while barely getting to defend themselves or be defended by the narrative so like. It was just fucking depressing and a little infuriating to read exRID/OP

#squiggposting #and like dont get me wrong barber wasnt trying to make cybertronians the bad guys or whatever #it's just a problem with his writing where like. he has A Message he wants to send #and so he uses the entire story literally just for The Message even if it involves bullshit plotlines #or familiar characters ppl were reading about for the past decade being shit on by OCs made up to fill a new roster #like barber's writing tends to lean way too much on a sort of lecturing tone #without giving proper care towards including moments where characters get to like. fucking express themselves and share their side #sort of like how barber couldnt be bothered to write pyra magna and optimus actually talking to each other during exrid #and instead during OP ongoing pyra is suddenly screaming about how OP is unteachable #even tho she never even tried to teach him bc she and OP never interacted bc i guess barber couldnt be bothered #he just needed someone to lecture OP so fuck making the story make sense or like letting OP get to say anything in defense #this is the infuriating part of barber's writing bc i think he has incredible IDEAS and was in charge of the lore i was most interested in #but most of the time his execution sucks and he's basically just mid with a few brilliant moments occasionally #or like he has a message about the cycle of violence he wants to convey #but his narrative choices trying to convey that theme made his story come off as super unsympathetic to the ppl who suffered #to the point where barber actively kneecapped some scenes that couldve been super fucking intense and emotional #in favor of the characters lecturing each other or some stupid plot to criticize OP #that time in unicron where windblade screamed about how this is their fault and then arcee replied that her planet is build on coloniation #shouldve happened more often than literally the last series of the ocntinuity. like goddamn stfu about your moral superiority #when your own sins are right fhere lol

[crownedwille]

I've come to the conclusion that loving young royals doesn't mean I can't be critical about it, maybe especially bc I love the show so much I have such strong feelings about it, good and bad and I can love parts of canon and agree with it and appreciate it but I don't have to love it all. I have accepted that it's okay if I don't accept the ending and I don't have to force myself to support it. It's okay to not agree with all of canon and it's okay to not side with all of the creators' intentions/views. Loving a show doesn't mean you have to take everything the writers say on face value and that's the only version that is allowed to exist. Canon isn't everything and fandom is about curating your own experience that makes you happy and not miserable. You don't have to dismiss canon in every aspect and ignore it entirely, that's certainly not what I want but there is a fine line between being canon respectful, allowing some parts to exist and sometimes, yes, you just have to say "fuck canon" and move on for your own sanity and wellbeing

#especically in the first two weeks of a new release everyone is feelings lots of intense emotions ranging from ecstatic to angry #everything in between is a part of it and i know i'm also feeling very strongly about it right now #i always try to stay levelheaded and rational and see things from an objective pov and be diplomatic about discourse #i don't want any of what i say drift off too much into meaningless hate instead of the constructive criticism it's supposed to be #but when you feel so strongly about something and sometimes you really just wanna say yeah i fucking hate it lol #but i always try to explain why and give understandable arguments and not just blindly hate on something #for example - I'm aware there are fans who have some problems with s2 and don't love the season whereas i do and it's my fave #and there is a difference between expressing some criticism and justified concerns which you can understand where it comes from #and those who are just like 'oh it's a horrible season. it was so shitty and we should get rid of it' which is dumb hate and just not true #and i can't support people like that and take them seriously #i can have my own issues with s3 from a subjective pov which can also include some justified criticism as well #but also still acknowledge it as a truly good piece of tv media and the quality is top notch #and that's why you have such high expectations and have critique because it is so good and sets such a high standard #yrtalk #with that being said i understand ppl not wanting to see any critic about it if they are riding the high of happy wilmon endgame #but that doesn't mean that i can't express my own opinions on my own blog and i will continue to do so #and maybe one day i will feel differently and accept or even like the ending who knows #but it doesn't have to happen. it's fine if it does but it's also fine if it doesn't

[disgruntleddemon]

people talk a lot about how Mapleshade shouldn't have tried to cross the river during a storm, but tbh Bluestar shouldn't have taken her kits out in a blizzard either

#warrior cats #this isn't a post about me having a problem with either of them to be clear #more so people criticize Mapleshade for things they don't in other cats #like i don't really blame her for lying about Birchface #really what choice did she have? #what choice did squilf and leaf have about lying? #honestly tho Bluestar could have asked Thrushpelt for help or something lets be real #and Sunstar overlooking her as a choice cause she has kits is dumb as fuck #also ppl say Mapleshade should have waited but tbh she was just exiled and panicking #and seeing as Frecklewish was right behind her i really do think there would have at least been a confrontation #i'm not even a freckle hater but i do still think it would have happened

[tytrack]

trying to practice restraint by not speaking about it but taeyong’s situation specifically has gotten so out of hand seeing the vilest shit being alleged between him and his sister and the swarm of death threats sent directly to him and his family after a random instagram story from half a year ago of a now confirmed censored single volume of a popular anime. extrapolating from a photo he took of some fucking shoes he was gifted saying hes read and promoted eleven volumes of uncensored whatever without fact checking anything/going off hearsay is so insane? and trying to lump all 4/5 idols in the same way without any nuance or even care for victims of these abuses is just irresponsible. i’m not here to justify or speak on the contents of the original anime itself because i haven’t read it but the way misinformation and crazy uncritical mob behavior functions on stan twitter/tumblr without any critical thinking is disgusting and also makes the content of what’s being criticized completely frivolous. it’s disgusting!

#this after when i initially saw what was happening knowing that i would have no problem dropping him as a fan #this is not about protecting idols no matter what etc. but jesus christ people will make the most out of an opportunity to absolutely malig #and crucify without any critical thought whatsoever #seeing posts on my dash like ‘i always knew there was something off about him’ #like some people don’t really care about the issues being disgusted and are waiting for things like this to happen simply for the drama #with him specifically too the way misinformation has been spread about him since predebut #i’m being so serious people don’t care about these actual issues they either want to show #that they’re above supporting any idol (performative) or wait for the ones they don’t like to fuck up #why does a protect account have to send out a tweet that says TAEYONG NEVER SAID he wants to sleep with his sister. people are vile #not only his sister but his dead dog. a gun isn’t enough #btw it’s been confirmed that the korean censored/english versions are different. so ppl really need to stop the deranged behavior

[br1ghtestlight]

whenever people say "x bob's burgers season is objectively the worst and all the episodes suck" i look up the season on google and go through all the episodes and end up saying "ohh that one's good. i loved that one. thats one of my favorites. that one is REALLY good. loved that episode!! that one was okay. that one was good" so either i have the worst taste in bob's burgers episodes ever (very likely) or ppl forget the good episodes in certain seasons (or my standards are not very high which is ALSO probably true)

#listen im not going to pretend i love EVERY episode in every season there are def some seasons where im not a big fan of some episodes #but then there's ALSO randomly one of my favorite episodes in the entire show thrown in there so?? #when ppl say a certain season is awful i feel like they're ignoring all the really good episodes that i loved or saying they're ALL bad #which is probably a me problem. maybe im just not as critical as i should be??? #txt #bob's burgers

[s1ithers]

wish i knew the forgotten realms lore better...how am i meant to make my little ocs in this state of ignorance

#i'm so interested in how people relate to the gods in this world which is sort of hard to glean from the wiki #thinking abt those notes in the ilmater temple - 'even bhaal has things to teach us 😔🙏' otoh but the absolute cult is 'heresy' #like who decides that? what does heresy /mean/ in this polytheistic setup where each god's cult seems to p much do their own thing #& it seems like even among the good-aligned gods ppl tend to pick one to hitch their wagon to in a pretty committed way #what does polytheism mean to the average joe in this world #i need to know #i need to make a little guy about it #wrapped up shadowheart's quest and....idk man! #just going off the lore as presented in bg3 so far it's set up distrust for deities pretty much across the board #like babe is your new cult better? bc they've got angel imagery? i guess so #the whole problem of evil thing - the dead three shar et al being so extant & active in the world makes the (apparently?) more distant #benevolence of good gods pretty limp by comparison #so much of what draws lay people to them seems to be protection from the very real material threat posed by the evil ones? #& at least SH is in a better place to choose than say. the goblins #vast swathes of people just born under a bad sign in this world #i heard somewhere that if you don't get a god to claim your soul for their afterlife it just kind of withers away in limbo for eternity? #kinda fucked up #some protection racket shit dude #being a mortal in FR like you're just a little guy in a precarious cosmological situation aren't u #to be clear none of this is a criticism i think it's very fun & chewy #rife with cosmic horror potential #bg3 #bg3 spoilers #edit: i mean it's a little bit of a criticism in that i don't think the game sells SH's conversion super well #if the intention is just to be like. yay white-hat god good ^_^ #but i don't hate the worldbuilding implications if we take the iffiness as read

[juni-ravenhall]

dropped my phone from 20cm height onto the floor and the screen cracked across the entirety of the phone.

this was a xiaomi redmi for around $95. the only phone i could afford after fighting with wellfare about it.

them "you dont need a phone, so we wont help pay for it." me "so im supposed to have no way to call for help? a sick disabled person living alone, with no way to call for help, or handle phone calls with healthcare, or use the bus ticket app where i get free healthcare tickets?" them (later) "ok we talked it over in the office and we will help pay for the very cheapest phone."

that was a year ago. now im gonna have to fight ppl again. (first insurance, then wellfare, depending what happens.) right before xmas, on a xmas when i barely have money for food the whole month, where ive been struggling bc i cant afford 2nd hand winter clothes in my size, where i obviously cant buy any xmas presents even to yasmin. where we see that the war keeps going and we dont know if it will have cooled down by the time they force her to go back.

life fucking sucks ass and i have very little hope for any future. i feel like everything is just getting worse. everyday is just trying not to break down, trying to keep going despite everything. but yeah get mad about videogame criticism that seems like a really serious personal problem in the world

#personal #please fucking cancel me again for saying that ppl dont have real problems if they get mad about sso criticism. go ahead. idc #i hate the middle class so much i could fucking explode. i hate the wellfare and healthcare system so much i could fucking explode #you get so much fucking money every month just to be an unhelpful asshole to poor people!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[counterspelled]

as much as a i very much agree that matt's the DM and therefore, based on RAW, his call is the final one and can override any rule for any reason, it really irks me when people go on about how its their game and that we should be thankful for them sharing it with us, as if CR isnt a very successful IP thats acrued them an actual insane amount of monetary gain. we can have both that matt's the DM and if you truly dont like it, you shouldnt watch, and that critical role is hardly a grassroots project that doesnt owe anything to its audience.

#is this thing on? #critical role #cr #the fact of the matter is that if critical role wasnt making them a lot of money they would not be doing it #which isnt to devalue it or say that thats inherently wrong. #but its continued success is based on the fans engagement and willingness to part with money #and TIME. #if not money #TIME. #which ALSO isnt to say that they need to cater to every fans whims just bc they dont like where the story is going or how smth was handled #like my problem isnt that ppl are saying that you need to get a grip if youre flapping your gums about RAW and matts final decisions #my literal only issue is acting like critical role is somehow generously bestowing us with content as if theyre doing it out of the good of #their own hearts and they recieve absolutely no benefits from it. #its very parasocial.

[lesbienneanarchiste]

Obligatory disclaimer that I don't think this is gospel or that the complaints aren't valid bc they are and I will probably continue to complain myself, this is just me spitting into the void a few minutes after waking up while I wait for my coffee to be done. But. I sometimes suspect that a lot of people who complain about the quality of cultural media these days, e.g. movies and books etc, need to just like. Learn how to find the good shit. Is the sequel-and-rebootification bad for film culture as a whole? Yes obviously. Is the tiktokization of a lot of pop music bad for music culture as a whole? Obviously yes. However. Have you considered watching/listening to/reading something that wasn't written in a year starting with a 20? Has it occurred to you that maybe ""booktok"" is not only whatever the first person you see when you search #booktok on the app says? And that there are many people talking about all kind of excellent new releases that show there are plenty of books with literary merit still being written? Published even?

Perfectly valid complaint to be angry about the way arts and media have devolved into Content but I also think some of you are just bad at finding new stuff so you keep reconsuming the same things over and over and talking about how nothing meaningful has ever been made in the last decade.

#disgruntled octopus #maybe this is the anarchist in me but i find it frustrating to only see criticisms with no effort being put in #to build up artists who ARE trying to combat the problem #or at the very least explore the past instead of relying solely on new releases that you can see in theaters/concert/etc #this is not abt mutuals or anyone btw like this was inspired by multiple things but mostly just my lil brain first thing in the morning #and the episode of Teacup Demagogues i was listening to #TD is hosted by a tiktoker i like who recommends 'new music for old heads' and she was talking abt this exact phenomenon #ppl in her comments will be like 'no good music is made anymore' and then her whole channel is just abt sharing new(er) releases #that are likely to be enjoyed by people who like old(er) music #like. her channel is right there. you're commenting on it. there is good shit being put out you just ignore it or dont try to find it #''''everything is so commercial and soulless these days 😤😤😤'''' #meanwhile they refuse to seek out anyone with less than 100k monthly listeners on spotify #or read self-pub or indie press books #or watch people's passion projects on youtube #nevermind shit being released by small indie studios #''''games are just data farming flashes in the pan made by artistic sweatshops'''' but they wont download a single indie game on steam #like. again. valid complaint overall and i am going to say that shit myself at times. #but. very frustrating counterphenomena

[btvs]

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#m #i hate how the term antisemitism is being thrown around to describe situations that arent antisemitic recently #like being antizionist for example. bc the result of this is just ppl dismissing actual antisemitism entirely #anyone who is calling being antizionist antisemitic you are part of the reason there are antisemites who dont care about antisemitism #ive seen quite a few people recently use the genocide of palestinians to be antisemitic & this does nothing to help any issue #like posts with accusations of blood libel and running the world etc & then valid criticism is met with 'thats irrelevant right now' #as if pointing out antisemitism means you are automatically ignoring the genocide #its very frustrating because its understandable to be annoyed when anything is brought up to detract from the genocide of palestinians #i just dont think that this is one of the things that should be shamed for being brought up - its not detracting from the issue #saying that its a form of looking away from the issue is simply not true and ignoring antisemitism doesnt make you a better antizionist #it doesnt make you a better supporter of palestine #if theres a genocide going on and you use that to get your antisemitic conspiracies out you are part of the problem #im putting this all in the tags cuz its just a personal rant and i dont want anyone to take anything i said out of context #this is the illiterate website after all #i am fighting for a free palestine and a free jewish people separate from israel and zionism

[soullessjack]

i lowkey wanna do asks today but i just got with a big wave of alexythimia and remembered everything wrong with the world so. I don’t think it’d be a good idea

#every time I get like this i get significantly meaner #i think it’s me trying to verbalize my emotions instead of physically lashing out #cal.txt #girls when they remember that their mother is a terrible person and their special interest space is ableist as shit #i mean I think about the ableism every day but the fact that like .. #I’ve said it before I’ll keep saying it. my problem is bbyjack ppl ignoring the problems with the au when it’s pointed out . #and guess what they do? ignore that criticism too. fun times we live in #anyways #I’ won’t be offline but I’ll probably just like not talk as much bc trust me when i say. i will get mean.

[pandoratheprocrasticreator]

If i had a nickle every time a huntlow shipper started a friendly conversation with me but it quickly devolved into them aggressively sending me the same 3 screenshots or repeating the same 3 ooc headcanons to convince me that the huntlow ship is canon and therefore it must be good and therefore i have to like it, i would have at least 4 nickles.

Which isnt a lot, but the fact that its happened at least 4 times means i am never going to like this ship lmao

#the owl house #toh #shut up pandora #huntlow #two of them were a lot friendlier than the two others tho #so those are the two i havent blocked #one person i did block said if i liked the show then i wasnt allowed to dislike huntlow bc thats part of the show too #which isnt how anything works #the other one whos since deactivated said i shouldnt use so much critical thinking bc it spoils everyones fun and YES I AM QUOTING THEM #the friendlier ones kept saying its totally cool if i didnt ship it but it was clear tha they wouldnt leave me alone until i did ship it #despite the fact that i said repeatedly that ppl trying to push the ship too hard was part of my problem with it in the first place #other than that the reasoning behind huntlow shippers seem to be a mixture of reading WAY too much into the bit actually in the show #not remembering their characterization outside the ship unless it helps push the ship #and a general inability to understand why someone might not like the thing they like #they assume my reasons for disliking the ship is that i dont understand why THEY personally like it #so when i say i do understand but those are the reasons i dislike it #they cant accept that and must explain it to me again #this isnt a problem inherent to likers of the huntlow ship this is just annoying ppl on the internet #but this is the most recent thing where this has happened so im grumping about it #lowhunt

[mudzdale]

i wish this texturing on the light fury was more obvious at first glance... much prefer this leathery look to the skin, versus the weirdly.. almost grainy effect, that comes from the sparkles

#anybody else see that post that was like 'hating on the light fury for being feminine is NOT a feminism win guys 🙄' #like lol. lmao #i cant speak for everybody obv but like the issue is not inherently that shes 'feminine'....its that she was designed by a bunch of stupid #corporate execs to represent their IDEA of femininity to the point of directly going against the design/style guide the franchise was built #on in the first place so she looks utterly out of place... i mean if u really want to get hashtag meta about the 'femininity' aspect u might #ask urself why ur so compelled to fly to the defense of a. a slender graceful small-nosed...white...girl character #again designed by (i would presume majority male) corporate execs #and then say ppl criticizing that are the problem #that post thats like 'i dont think dc comics gave powergirl a d cup to make me feel represented.' she was not created as a celebration of #femininity dude she is a vehicle of authorial intent and the intent sucks #golly gabs #httyd gripes

[angelsdean]

must everything be SO polarizing like literally people are doing the most over a shitty cw show as if we all have not watched a shitty cw show (spn)

#spn has so many problems too and we can consume it while also being critical ??? as you should w all media you engage with #also sometimes you can just watch crappy subpar television for the sheer entertainment of watching a cringe show #spn was also often very cringe and not great television at times. have ppl really forgotten that #like yes we are attached it’s our emotional support bad cw show. it has destiel. but still. #anyways i say all of this as someone who isn’t even overly invested in the prequel lmao #vic.txt

[ignatius-pennyfeather-ix]

🗯

#lmaoooo at ppl responding to criticisms of the barbie movie with “yeah but we don’t want to think critically it’s not fun :(” #just. god. #the amount of brain damage the phrase let people enjoy things has led to is rlly shocking #yeah we r being ignorant but in our defense it’s easier to not care so actually ur the problem #like….? #if. you. don’t. care. just. Say That. #you don’t want to examine your own biases/experiences and how they affect your opinions #and people who do make you uncomfortable #which somehow translates to people who actually want to think critically are a problem?? #not articulating myself at ALL rn but omfg #i enjoyed the barbie movie like it was decent #but the feminism was very surface level and very white centric #like obviously made with a corporation #so i’m actually getting really sick of seeing so many thin gender conforming cis women act like it’s fucking feminist theory #exact same demographic who act like hyperfeminity in women is punished more than masculinity #you feel me? #like ohmygod the movie was enjoyable it was funny! #but nothing abt it was revolutionary. #anyways rant over i think #which btw just doing this in tags bc this is literally only meant to be perceived my beloved mutuals and chido followers #i don’t need a random person arguing with me abt this so #personalish #edit: also just to add #why are people also being like oh so just bc it has to be a female director it has to be groundbreaking feminism? #valid point but wrong fucking movie bro #that’s a critique of criticism of movies by and abt women that are NOT billed as feminist #textbook whataboutism #this shit just makes my hateritis flare up #ughhhh

[the-king-of-lemons]

hm.

#the way people are acting like *any* discussion of the current situation and the updates we are getting (from everyone *but* Q nd team)- #is something like ''doomposting''..... bro... #doomposting is when people act like this means the server is completely over and nothing could bring it back. #*this* is people discussing what information we do have and what we are realistically expecting to happen based on that #(and honestly imo most of it is way more positive and trying to look on the bright side) #seeing people call realistic discussions ''doomposting'' just makes me think you want to stick your head in the sand and ignore everything #instead of facing the reality that the server does in fact have problems and from what we know only one (money) is - #actively in the process of being solved #so yeah when i see ppl say ''stop doomposting'' in regards to mild negativity i think you refuse to actually face any issues- #and i think you dont actually care about the horrible labour practices that the admins face. #you just want to watch your fav and all this ''discourse'' (labour violations) is ''ruining it'' (making you think critically) #so yeah. hot take for today ''doomposting'' isnt happening and you just hate to see any criticism be widespread #citric complaints #not in regard to any single blog btw this is a viewpoint ive seen from many different blogs (though some have recently changed viewpoints)