#but idk it kinda reminds me of a lot of the critique I've seen from non-asian people of crazy rich asians

[lastoneout]

ngl I understand a lot of the critique around Love, Simon but I really have never felt like it was an inauthentic representation of the queer experience? like the scene where Simon breaks down after being outed to his entire school against his will legit brought me to tears, that was such a brutal and honest portrayal of how horrible it is to have the choice of when and how to come out taken away from you, idk how anyone could watch that and be like "yeah obviously no one working on this had any idea what it's like to be queer"

#love simon isn't perfect #but idk it kinda reminds me of a lot of the critique I've seen from non-asian people of crazy rich asians #who seem to take issue with the whole rich part or say the movie has no plot or whatever #it's a cinderella style story it doesn't have to be realistic #and we don't have to hold stories about marginalized people up to this impossible standard #marginalized people should be allowed to have fluffy rom-coms and cinderella style stories just like cishet white people do #like idk not to go off about crazy rich asians but I can't stand when I see other white people say it was boring or whatever #like have you considered this film is perhaps not for us? #also I would question their media literacy the movie HAS a plot and themes and shit like??? #tf are you talking about #we got ever after and disney's cinderella and a bazillion other movies where cute lower class women get to marry rich men #critique one of those #you only bringing it up NOW makes me think it's not the rags to riches story you actually have a problem with

[lastoneout]

It's always interesting when I see posts about vtubers from an outside perspective 'cuz they remind me that to a lot of people vtuber exclusively means those generic anime girl models when to me it's like, damn I don't think I've ever seen such a diverse mess of character designs/concepts?

I mean it def has to do with the types of vtuber communities that you're in, and yeah there are a lot of those anime girls and they do tend to get SUPER popular(especially the ones who are like sponsored and shit), but when you get down into the trenches of small-time vtubers and pngtubers, especially ones where the streamers are doing most, if not all, of their own art, it really has more of a...idk vr chat/halloween costume/old forum pfp vibe to me?

Even the furries all have pretty unique art styles, and they range from like classic anthro furries to more human-looking ones to ones that are basically just animals(and they break down farther into anime-inspired or western style or realistic), I've seen stuffed animals, tons of chibis, muppets, one old school comic book style superhero, skeletons, old rubber hose lookin' cartoons, spiders, pokemon, star trek ocs, mythological creatures I've never even heard of, zombies, non-anime style monsters, slime...creatures, everything from static 2D images to a bajillion different styles of live 2D and 3D that look nothing alike, there very much is diversity.

So I dunno...I think there are a lot of those Anime Vtubers for sure and I can understand not vibing with what a lot of them have going on or even critiquing the trends and standards the like...industry, I guess, sets, but I think it's disingenuous to assume vtuber always means anime girl vtuber, bcs that's just not the case. When you go looking for them there are a LOT of fantastic, creative, diverse, and unique vtubers out there doing great work and they deserve recognition.

(And hell, there are a decent hunk of anime girl vtubers doing fun and unique stuff too, or at least having a lot of fun, and I'm not gonna shit on people who are just having fun.)

Or maybe that's just me, I'm kinda obsessed/in love with what people choose to represent themselves with when the sky's the limit and yeah sure, there's always gonna be generic anime girls, but there's also always gonna be those mad bastards running around dressed as cabbages too and I don't want them to be forgotten.

#vtuber #idk sorry I have FEELINGS about this now #like if you're willing to wade through all the anime stuff in the vtuber tag on twitch #you will see some very silly stuff hanging out in between #also cabbage vtuber when #there are so many nobody vtubers who are the most creative people I've ever met #with some of the most fantastic designs #I want them to get love too