#it’s not a teen romantic drama

[siflshonen]

We’re really living in a world where Toga targeted Ochako for being close to Deku but is also fixated on her because she’s everything she wishes she could be while Shigaraki targeted Bakugo for being close to Izuku because doing all the bad things he does and still having someone stick by him and be his hero is everything he wants and we are reading about it right there on the page and right there in the text and right there in the themes and their desire for connection is driving their fights and it is right there on the page and they are all in love and it is RIGHT THERE ON THE PAGE

#togachako #togadeku #izuocha #Shigadeku #bakudeku #BNHA manga #BNHA manga spoilers #This is the only teen-young adult romantic drama clusterfuck I care about!!!!! #shig counts because he is mentally a baby #so it evens out

[silksinging]

I find it so funny how the movie made such a big deal out of Cleo and Deuce having broken up, and it’s this whole dramatic angsty thing and the first piece of info that’s given to us about these characters

And then in the cartoon show it’s just like. “yeah we dated for a bit but we’re defs better as friends, anyway-“ at like. episode 29.

#monster high #soli soliloquies #is this funny to anyone else because it’s hilarious to Me #it wasn’t even clear if they knew each other until that moment lmaooo #but also #the cartoon show for children has these characters acting more emotionally mature #than the live action movie presumably aimed at actual teens #the irony #to be clear: I’m not saying one is worse #I’m not above some petty romantic drama #but I AM saying the cartoon’s take is more refreshing in my eyes #no toxicity just vibes

[mandoreviews]

📽️ 10 Things I Hate about You (1999)

This is one of my favorite movies. I don’t even know how many times I’ve seen it, but it never gets old. It’s based on a Shakespeare play (The Taming of the Shrew) which is probably why all the characters are so interesting and relatable. Shakespeare’s themes are so universal and timeless, and I think this movie is too. I’ve loved this movie from the first time I saw it.

Sex/nudity: 5/10 (drawings of breasts and penises, off-screen flashing, kissing, many innuendoes, nicknames for male parts, talk of teen pregnancy)

Language: 3/10 (mostly mild but there is quite a bit)

Violence: 2/10 (a couple fights)

Overall rating: 9/10

#review #movie #movie review #feel good #romance #romantic comedy #rom com #teen romance #teen comedy #teen drama #drama #comedy #the taming of the shrew #william shakespeare #10 things i hate about you #heath ledger #patrick verona #julia stiles #kat stratford #joseph gordon levitt #cameron james #larisa oleynik #bianca stratford #david krumholtz #gabrielle union #daryl mitchell #allison janney #gil junger #shakespeare

[wildmelon]

"it's you. when all my dreams come true, the one i want next to me... it's you." (💭)

they bought a house!! pooled their life savings and bought the prettiest victorian style overlooking the plateaus and town of strangerville 🧡

(i am now begging someone to decorate the interior of this shell in a cozy cluttered dark style and tag me bc i'm in love with it but do not feel like decorating at alllll)

#no i don't care that that quote is from a cw teen drama it's one of the most romantic quotes ever #ts4 #sims 4 #ts4 gameplay #sims 4 gameplay #my sims #sim: khai khemiri #sim: hayden ferry #wm: ts4 gp

[musical-chick-13]

Regarding the previous post, I think the way I approach trying to evaluate a piece of art is asking "Do I think the positive things I get out of it outweigh the parts of it that I don't like?" And when I call something a "guilty pleasure" song/show/book/piece of media/etc. it's really more in the sense of, "Given who I am as a person, the flaws I've found in this should be complete dealbreakers for me, but somehow they aren't, and it makes me feel like I'm having an identity crisis."

#like. I think something like...idk shiki or cxgf excels on multiple levels. I understand why I like them. given the things I look for in art #it makes sense that these shows would speak to me because they make the effort to showcase those things I look for. because the people #in charge of those works clearly valued the same kinds of things and cared about seriously exploring them. #but with something like. uh. ctrlz. that is NOT the case and I frequently found myself going 'why would anyone make this writing #decision?' but I still sat through all 3 seasons of it! I still really enjoyed it! those flaws SHOULD have made me give up according to #personal history but they never did. and I very very much genuinely question why. I have NO IDEA why I still care about this #silly convoluted teen drama show so much. but I do. I wrote SO MANY FUCKING POSTS ABOUT IT. #I really love wicked the musical. I've heard many people call it 'hokey' or 'cheesy' or 'objectively bad' but here's the thing! I DON'T #think it's bad!!! like literally at all!!!!!! and it does do some genuinely cool things in regard to the music and the way the characters #develop and what the show says about the nature of prejudice and human connection. is it like. idk Serious™ the way that something like #Parade is? no. but it doesn't have to be. it does what it sets out to do and it does it well and this is why the whole '''objective #evaluation''' thing doesn't actually mean anything. I value thoughtfully-constructed music and dynamic female characters #(which this musical has). I value stories that deal with the complex and messy feelings that come with being a human (which this musical #has). I value stories about 'other'ness and romantic subplots that aren't just built on 'This Girl Is Pretty' (which this musical has). #and I value professional displays of technical vocal ability because I know how fucking DIFFICULT that is (which this musical...if you cast #it well...has). #if you value something else in a musical then yeah you will probably think THIS one is '''objectively bad''' #if you don't see the point of musicals as an art form you will probably think wicked is '''objectively bad''' #do you see where the problem with categorizing analysis like this is??

[pianapplez]

Hello there 👋👀,

So I just found your blog and had a lot of fun scrolling through all the pjo show crit😂 I couldn't help but notice that one tag you left on a post where you said you had some beef with Annabeth's portrayal in the books 👀 Would you mind elaborating on that if you're comfortable with it🙈? Because I absolutely share that sentiment, but it's sooo veeeery rare that I see other people express anything like it... I've found that trying to be a part of the fandom can be pretty alienating most of the time, if you're not exactly the biggest most devoted Percabeth shipper...😅 And often any criticism leveled at Annabeth just gets you a smack with the "internalized-misogyny" hammer... it's even worse in the tv show now due to... obvious reasons...

Again just if you're comfortable with answering of course🙈 There is a reason I stayed on anon after all...😅😂

Really glad you asked because i finally get to ramble about this heheheh (going forward, know that i skimmed over The Last Olympian to have a clearer sense of what I meant because that's the book where Rick fumbles her character more than the others)

i'm gonna try to make as much sense as possible but short answer would be, she's underdeveloped. Long answer:

She really got on my nerves in the last two books, with the whole Rachel debacle and then the Battle of New York. I can't really remember a single moment in those books where she and Percy aren't bickering or having heated discussions, which really made me question their friendship status. Of course, it's not like friends can't fight and it obviously builds up the (romantic) tension between them, but it got unbearable at one point.

I understand she's a teenager in an incredibly stressful situation that didn't even get to have a normal upbringing- she grew up way too fast (run away at 7, head counselor at 12) while also not really maturing, which is not a problem for a character, if it is handled properly. Given the fact that I am writing this, Riordan did not.

On the surface, my biggest beef is that Annabeth is not exactly held accountable for her actions (ie. treating Rachel a bit like shit and going off on Percy for a bunch of stuff.) I know Percy is to blame a bit here: as far as we know, in TLO he basically cuts the greek world out of his life as much as he can as a coping mechanism. And while yes, he never apologizes either, he doesn't give her nearly half the hard time she gives him: always either giving him the cold shoulder (there must be at least one example of this in the entire series but i cant be bothered to look it up sorry) or starting an argument only to then storm off (see the "you're a coward, Percy Jackson!" scene, which is not the fairest example since she was confronting Percy about ignoring camp but also was a bit too harsh about it) (especially after finally reading the prophecy and being under the impression that he was absolutely going to die when he turned 16 lmao) or just straight up storming off (see, Annabeth reacting when Rachel shows up for the first time during the battle of new york). While most of these feel, at least to some degree, fairly justified given how the entire situation does an absolute number on her emotions, she comes off a bit brattish and like she's trying to rile Percy up, especially when it comes to Rachel, which in the context of a battle that could mean the destruction of the world.... Well, it reads as a bit childish to me, and i wouldn't exactly have that much of a problem with it if it was dealt with in some way (a two-way apology would be nice).

After that first impression, i realized that Annabeth is barely ever anything else other than a plot device (when relating to Luke) or a love interest (when relating to Percy). This might be because the books are on Percy's POV. Hell, on the third book he's even conflicted when Annabeth is considering joining the Hunters of Artemis, aka, when making a choice for herself would mean he loses her (which is fine and dandy but it feels like Percy is more upset about her choosing her own path rather than being sad about not seeing her as often); we really only get a few glimpses of her, as in, actually her when she's on her own.

Obviously it's impossible to talk about Annabeth without touching on percabeth, which also is, in my opinion, what hinders Annabeth's character the most. On paper they sound great. The guy whose fatal flaw is loyalty falls in love with a girl whose been let down by people over and over, and she decides to never give up on the boy whose always had people give up on him (can't find one of the million posts that talks about this right now but it always goes something like that) And yeah, the bickering is really well written! But that's literally as far as it ever goes: they don't ever seem to have fun together, because 8 times out of 10 the bickering ends up being passive aggressive, and mostly done by Annabeth. My biggest gripe about percabeth is that their friendship seems to be based off... shared trauma. Literally. Other than going on quests together we are given no examples of them hanging out, nor a reason why they would want to spend time together in the first place, not even a shared hobby. Yes, in the fourth book they had a movie "date" planned but of course they didn't even get to it, and surprise surprise, they had a minor discussion, and surprise surprise, Annabeth was passive aggressive again. It's hard to picture them having fun together when even the author doesn't write in any scenes in which they get along smoothly (and before you say anything, a scene in which they get along where neither of them is about to die, and they're not talking about previous adventures. Gets a bit hard then, doesn't it?) It's even harder to picture them as a couple when the moment she gets upset about something, she starts coming off as emotionally manipulative (see, again, literally any conversation with Rachel or about Rachel)

To be fair, the books are relatively short and don't allow many "filler" chapters, if you will; there's always something happening to keep the main plot or a minor plot point moving forward, but it's not like there is no room to develop the characters' relationships, especially when we're talking about the main char and what is essentially his endgame. As an example we have Percy and Clarisse, or Percy and Beckendorf. Their interactions are brief but still hold so much weight.

Worst of all, Annabeth could be one hell of a character; what's most interesting of all is how being a daughter of Athena she is still incredibly emotionally driven, which is displayed very clearly with her fatal flaw being pride: her telling the Sphynx that her questions were too easy was not smart nor strategic: it was completely impulsive. I seriously think she wasn't far from being the best character in the series had she been given more time.

I guess i have as much beef with Annabeth as i have with Rick for doing her dirty. I really could sum this up with: while her emotions are justified, she acts upon them quite poorly. And this is what i mean when i say she's underdeveloped, because it would've been nice to see her come to her senses a bit.

Would love to read anyone's opinions on her character though, feel free to comment, even (or especially) if you don't agree with me!

#pjo crit #anti percabeth #annabeth chase #percy jackson #tbotl #pjo tlo #the last olympian #percy jackson and the olympians #congrats anon on being my first ask!!! #sorry if it's too long or rambly i just have so many thoughts about her. #i dont hate her i dont even dislike her im just conflicted about her. sad that half of her conflict was being jealous over a boy #like yeah i guess said boy was the first real friend she ever had but also rick wrote it in a very “girls fighting over boy” kind of way #didn't really write it to make it seem like annabeth's reasons were anything more than just a hormonal teen acting out. there were no layer #sometimes i feel like im being unfair to annabeth and that maybe her being emotional and mean sometimes is her character and #she's actually written well and i just don't like her? but then i think over it and im not ready to give rick that kind of credit lmao #i truly believe he wrote her beef with rachel to entertain middle graders without really thinking twice about it #annabeth adds to the drama with her passive aggressive comments but at what cost.... maybe im reading too much into it idk #maybe i just find boy drama annoying.. #but making it so that rachel is bound to maidenhood was such a lazy way to get rid of her as a romantic interest #the way rick butchered her character and any char dev for any of them in the tv show by rushing so many things... god. that's another story #if there are any typos i'll edit them later but my eyes are dry af right now and its late jdsjdfh anyway i hope my takes were interesting? #maybe i don't have that much beef with annabeth herself but the fact that percabeth is seen as the best endgame couple when i don't see it

[garbagequeer]

#supernatural #thing #destiel #<- for the numbers #like sorry it gets to u when characters do the romantic cliché of overcoming mind control for love #even if you dont ship destiel dean broke the connection literally because he told castiel they were family and he needed him. fact #at least you have to concede they care about each other a lot but anyway. refer to my destiel is tamer than teen drama gossip girl post #anyways. block for being annoying on my post crimes

[binging-asian-dramas]

F4: Boys Over Flowers. 7

Story: 7

Acting: 9

Chemistry: 10

Comparable to:  Meteor Garden (Taiwan drama) ; Hana Yori Dango (jdrama); Meteor Garden (cdrama) ; Boys Over Flowers (kdrama) ;

The best drama? Nope. The least one. Nope again. I’ve seen every rendition to this drama, it’s a classic even though the storyline may be troupe and cliche, but for some reason it’s always a much watch for me, especially with the original versions and Chinese version. All in all, each version actually has something special to it that is better then the other and also has something that is annoyingly bad. This version, the Thai one, has a bit of good and unfortunately a bit more on the bad side. For one thing it’s really hard to cram a big storyline like HYD into 16 episodes. Don’t get me wrong I really enjoyed how the Thai drama first started off. It was really great, but somewhere towards the middle it started to get jammed up, as those who are familiar with the anime could tell how the material was getting muddled together especially towards the end. On a positive note, the chemistry throughout the cast is one of my favorites out of all of the versions. The friendship between F4, and also the chemistry between the main leads were spot on. Then there’s always the Ren character, the Hua Ze Lei character, the Hanazawa Rui character, Yoon Ji Hoo character, and the Hua Ze Lei character. Why oh why, do they always have to be written in a damn so near perfect way. Always second male lead syndrome. *sigh*

#f4 : boys over flowers #f4 thailand #f4 boys over flowers #thailand drama #thai drama #viki #Tu Tontawan Tantivejakul #Bright Vachirawit Chivaaree #Dew Jirawat Sutivanichsak #Win Metawin Opas-iamkajorn #Nani Hirunkit Changkham #Prim Chanikarn Tangkabodee #teen #romantic comedy #romantic drama #love triangle #rich boy #love/hate

[judasofsuburbia]

guts is a good album but unfortunately (or fortunately i guess) my life is just not that messy lmao

#LIKE!!!!! i would have maybe eaten this up as a teen but as an adult with no romantic drama……i cannot relate #but maybe that’s the point!!! it’s supposed to be for the youngins!!! #emily screams into the void

[schlock-luster-video]

On July 25, 2016, Deep End was screened at the New Horizons Film Festival.

#deep end #jerzy skolimowski #jane asher #psychological thriller #coming of age movie #teen movies #romantic drama #tcm underground #movie art #art #drawing #movie history #pop art #modern art #pop surrealism #cult movies #portrait #cult film

[rogersstevie]

nancy drew probably won’t have any pairings i like end up together but i do appreciate that unlike many other shows the ships have not taken away from the group dynamic

#like...so many teen dramas are like oh core friendship group? sorry shittily written romantic relationships are more impt #so it's nice that here the gang really stays working together through everything else #nancy drew cw

[girl4music]

‘First Kill’ is a supernatural romantic teen drama that plays as a supernatural romantic teen drama. You’re expecting so much realism and logic out of something that’s just supposed to entertain its audience and let them enjoy it and have fun with it. Not make them write a damn thesis for it. You’re expecting a supernatural romantic ADULT drama rather than YOUNG ADULT and getting fussed over in-depth details not being there because the show revolves around a teenage WLW couple and is supposed to.

You’re not going to get all the details because the target audience doesn’t care about all the details.

‘First Kill’ is not trying to be anything than what it is.

A supernatural romantic drama about a teenage vampire and a teenage vampire hunter falling in love when they shouldn’t because they’re enemies.

You’re expecting True Blood when it’s Twilight.

I want them to go more in-depth with explaining the vampire/hunter lore and mythos too. But I won’t be expecting anything impressive that would be studied in a fucking college pop culture lecture class. Just a couple sentences here and there and showcasing the oppositional organisations/councils every now and then just the same as they do with the Twilight Saga.

I’m very aware that this show is young adult and nothing more than that. It still has depth and realism to it but it’s not supposed to explain everything and it’s not going to because that’s not it’s focus.

The whole show revolves around a teenage love story and it’s not going to derail from that to explain stuff it’s target audience couldn’t care less about. Its going to pander the hell out of it because that’s it’s market.

And I use the term “pander” very intentionally. Do you think the main actresses would be playing their character’s love story up off-screen if the show was anything more than it? They know exactly what they’re doing. They know that it’s working very well.

It’s pandering but it’s not queer-baiting because they’re going to give the gays everything they want.

This show is not going to be something you’re going to like if you’re too bothered about seeing it for what it isn’t and what it won’t be. Might as well give up on it because you’re expecting such high standards out of something that’s made for a teenage demographic.

This show is sparkly vampires level of cheese and that’s great because that’s all it’s ever meant to be.

I’m sorry you thought it was anything more than that.

Lower your standards and lower your expectations because what you’re asking for just isn’t what it is and it’s not what it’s created or marketed to be. Jesus.

I honestly can’t help but laugh at some of the critics for this show because they don’t even realize how idiotic they’re being with some of their criticism.

It’s like these people are reading The Tale of Peter Rabbit and all the while expecting Watership Down.

#first kill #supernatural romantic teen drama #young adult #it’s not supposed to explain everything #the point is to have fun with it #it’s pandering

[automaticcroissantbatsludge]

Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Original Work Rating: Mature Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Original Male Character/Original Male Character Additional Tags: Feel-good, Romance, Teen Romance Summary:

Whose lives was more pitiful than Talay. He had never seen his father. His mother was disabled. Moreover his only friend betrayed him. But since Nin became his friend. Talay became more happy.Oh but we knew they weren't just friends

#original novel #friends to lovers #feel good #slash #best friends #romantic #family drama #teen romance

[llycaons]

I saw kiera's 'wwx showing affection' gifset again and I'm all 😭😭😭😭 HE'S SO CUTE he loves to love!!

#they are so perfect for each other they're both SUCH hopeless romantics I love it #he LOVES the epic romantic gestures. he drew those two figures kissing on his bedframe as a kid/teen. he gazes at the moon dramatically... #he's going to like...swoon...or start crying when he hears lwj wrote the song FOR him sob #like in the book it wasn't AS important of a reveal since the confession already happened so laughing and saying it was great #was an appropriate response for book wwx #but in the drama the song is THE thing lwj has to confess and iirc drama wwx is a lot sappier and prone to dramatic sobbing #the cliffside confession will be. so much. I know it. #so anyway. song good. wwx and lwj good. cliffside scene good. song as confession device good. 🥰 #cql txp

[gojoscupcake]

When am I gonna meet my fawad khan? 😭

#desi culture #desi aesthetic #desi academia #being desi #desiblr #desi things #desi tumblr #design #desi dark academia #desi humor #desi memes #desi shit posting #desi stuff #desi tag #desi teen #just desi things #indian aesthetic #latest songs #pakistani #romantic dramas #pakistani drama #desi songs #bollywoodsongs #bollywood #lollywood

[lonesomedotmp3]

😐 you stop that.

#STOP doing this in teen dramas even if it's not supposed to be romantic im just TIRED it's TIRING