#just say you don't have media literacy

[musicalgifs]

*reference to this video, not my actual opinion

#i think all of these songs share the same kind of trait of being sung by an older man to/about the mc #that people dismiss because they're not sung by the mc or as part of the main plot but are actually vital to the show #you could not cut any of these songs without losing something #i was reading ppl's opinions about the wizard's songs in wicked and to break in a glove specifically and i got so mad. #just say you don't have media literacy

[time-to-write-and-suffer]

I love how on Tumblr, "media literacy" has become "Um, just because someone writes about this doesn't mean they're endorsing this. I hate all these media puritans ruining everything."

I'm sad to inform you that knowing when and whether an author is endorsing something, implying something, saying something, is also part of media literacy. Knowing when they are doing this and when they're not is part of media literacy. Assuming that no author has ever endorsed a bad thing is how you fall for proper gander. It's not media literacy to always assume that nobody ever has agreed with the morally reprehensible ideas in their work.

Sometimes, authors are endorsing something, and you need to be aware when that happens, and you also need to be aware when you're doing it as an author. All media isn't horny dubcon fanfic where you and the author know it's problematic IRL but you get off to it in the privacy of your brain. Sometimes very smart people can convince you of something that'll hurt others in the real world. Sometimes very dumb people will romanticize something without realizing they're doing it and you'll be caught up in it without realizing that you are.

Being aware of this is also media literacy. Being aware of the narrative tools used to affect your thinking is media literacy. Deciding on your own whether you agree with an author or not is media literacy. Enjoying characters doing bad things and allowing authors to create flawed or cruel characters for the sake of a story is perfectly fine, but it is not the same as being media literate. Being smug about how you never think an author has bad intentions tells me you're edgy, not that you're media literate. You can't use one rule to apply to all media. That's not how media literacy works. Sorry! Sorry! Sorry! Aheem heem. Anyway.

#anyway this is just more of that lefty shit where 'well i can't be racist because i'm gay!' #'well i can't be media illiterate because i love villains!' #not how that works babes #'well I KNOW bad from good so i can't be affected by media!' #'everyone else also knows bad from good and defines it the exact way i do!' #'so if i think this is bad then the author must also think this is bad!' #i have bad news .... #also how do you know bad from good? who taught you that? hmm? #did you fall out of the womb knowing? or did you pick up some things on the way here? #'i just know' no you don't! that's what i'm saying! #assuming one thing is always true is the opposite of being a conscious consumer of media soz #assuming someone thinks and knows the exact same shit you think and know is not media literacy!!

[fantasygerard2000]

What are Wish takes you heard that just makes you wanna

#like everytime i hear someone say maginifico is the noble hero and asha is a selfish bad person #my brain just shuts off by how dead their media literacy is #no disrespecting to people having a take you don't like #i understand the criticisms this movie has #i flat out dislike the ones that judged it for what it isn't #disney wish #wish 2023 #wish movie #wish

[wizardsix]

i guess i have to say it a million times since people insist on being dense: gale is just as much of a victim as the other companions. this isn't the trauma olympics. everyone has been through shit and deserves healing and redemption.

gale is not the self entitled, manipulative abuser people are painting him as. he's a lot of things, but nothing so heinous. he was groomed by a goddess who has a history of preying on wizards that threaten her power, and as a result, gale's ambition and faith was what drove him to discover the netherese orb. what he did was for mystra - in his mind, it was to prove his love by restoring her missing power - and by extension for the betterment of mortals. his actions were never malicious or selfish, in fact he puts himself so low on the priority list it's pretty much non existent. he was never going to use that power to usurp her, but mystra definitely saw it like that, which is why she didn't hesitate to present suicide as his only solution. he never crossed her personal boundaries in the way people are twisting it, he only wanted to cross the boundaries she put on wizards and their power.

people who insist he's all of these things and more clearly only spoke to him once or lack the reading comprehension to see past how much of an unreliable narrator he is. i can understand first impressions might put some people off, but you can say the same about the other companion introductions. i don't like comparing but since people insist on doing it; gale is one of the easiest companions to get along with just by being a good person, yet his honesty and selflessness makes people think he's secretly evil? while the companions with the capacity to be evil don't even try to hide it? how are people being so backwards about this? it's genuinely baffling and tiring to see people continuously spit out incorrect takes all too confidently.

no one is forcing anyone to like him, but it's unfair to completely mischaracterize him because you refuse to learn critical thinking. i promise using your brain is not as scary as it seems, or you can just. not talk about things you don't understand.

#all of them have issues but that doesn't mean they're irredeemable monsters. unless you push them to but that's on you #people are shocked that astarions ascended ending is so bad. yeah what did you expect from a soul sacrificing ritual for power lol #i cannot stress this enough. i don't care if people don't like gale. i care and am annoyed about the complete lack of media literacy skills #to the point where people are ruining such interesting characters. its a shame people can't appreciate good writing when we finally get it #anyway whatever idk if this makes sense its like 4am and ive looked at this post for too long #i have so much more to say but again its like not worth telling if it falls on deaf ears #gale dekarios #baldur's gate 3 spoilers #bg3 spoilers #baldur's gate 3 #bg3 #six speaks #and no obviously im not saying the others are worse im just saying how do people accept astarion when hes Actually manipulative but not gale #i love star but we cant pretend hes not like that . and we cant pretend that gale is

[rovermcfly]

ok I wanna talk about these posts

Now I don't wanna say these posts are wrong or that I disagree with them, but they are only two of many that I see in a similar vein and my general take is: We need to change the way we have this conversation.

Because yes. It is true that young people get indoctrinated on TikTok (and other platforms including tumblr!) in the same way older generations get indoctrinated through FOX News or Facebook.

But we can't let these conversations always start and stop with "these groups are gullible and THIS vague entity is responsible for it and I am so smart for realising this and they're stupid for not realising it".

We need to finally start solution-oriented conversations. We need people who don't just point at the problem but actually talk about how we can fix it.

TikTok has an issue with misinformation that users don't have the tools to recognise?

Well here's a list of only a few of the TikTok accounts that fight this issue right on the platform where they can get these users' attention.

MediaWise

Abbie Richards

Aslan Pahari

Astro Alexandra

Professor Casey

Hank Green

Adam Conover

All of these, to varying degrees, correct misinformation and/or provide tools to promote media literacy. Some even want to help change the platform altogether.

I know not everyone who wants to help can do things like this, but a good place to start helping change things would be to support these accounts and all the other people out there doing what they do. Most of them are on other platforms or have websites (or Patreon/Ko-Fi/etc bc monetary support for these efforts is important too) if you don't wanna get a TikTok account to help them get more attention.

And here is a Masterpost where I collect resources for how to improve your own media literacy and how to help others do the same (and I promise you, no matter how smart or skilled or media-literate you think you are, you will learn something new from these). This masterpost is updated regularly and includes a longer list of TikTok users to follow as well.

So next time you see a post like this about how stupid TikTok users are for falling for conspiracies or how Facebook is nothing but fake news or whatever, think about whether the post is actually helping in some way or only trying to make tumblr users feel superior over others, and maybe try to share something you learned here instead.

#some problems ARE fixable but sarcasm and bitterness isn't the way to do it #I know this post is long but I'd appreciate if ppl still read and shared it #I just don't like this generalising attitude #tumblr users aren't any more safe from misinformation and posts like these just promote that assumption #which in turn leads to tumblr users becoming even mkre vulnerable to it bc they believe they're immume just bc they're not on TikTok #you know exactly like the post itself said abt tiktok users #this is just a very toxic way to have this conversation #and I'm not saying the frustration isn't justified #but they do nothing at best and actual damage at worst #and worst of all they look at vulnerable ppl and essentially call them stupid #they're not any more stupid than you or me. they just don't have the tools to navigate information online yet #but we can actually help with that #so let's try okay #media literacy #misinformation #disinformation #conspiracy theories #abbie richards #hank green #tiktok #tumblr #fake news #positive mental attitude #id in alt

[daz4i]

i think that unless you're talking about stuff that's like purposely and maliciously created with the goal of endangering people (e.g. nazi propaganda or cult recruiting etc) you should probably retire the term "irredeemable media". like i don't think this cartoon meant for children or niche webcomic or barely known indie game are as dangerous as you think they are

#even if they do end up harming people somehow. literally any media has that potential if the wrong ppl consume it bestie #it's not a question of media it's a question of literacy #(i say 'wrong people' but like. it's not a person thing. again it's literacy. it's about effort and thought put into it) #my point is. once you start marking every random thing that may contain problematic elements as irredeemable - #- you will never finish. bc that's literally everything in the world. #is this piece of media actually this problematic or do you just dislike it? be honest. #could it be that perhaps you refuse to engage with the text beyond surface level bc it contains a few slurs so you can't see its merits? #(don't get me wrong. it's completely valid to avoid things like that. but as soon as you start condemning fans and creators of the thing - #- that's where you should draw the line. especially ESPECIALLY when talking abt small or indie creations. tho not only) #i have a lot of thoughts on the matter but the tags aren't the place and now isn't the best time for that lol #ik this is a bit controversial tho so like every time i post smth like that. don't fight me or send me hate over this. just block me 🫡

[awkward-teabag]

After every (American) election, there's always a bunch of posts going around exposing psyops or pointing out how there were posts on this site designed to get people to not vote blue.

And in the lead up to every (American) election, there's a bunch of posts being reblogged that are clearly either psyops or manipulative posts that tell people it's perfectly okay for them not to vote at all.

Like, there's history going back years on this hellsite where the alt-right intentionally tried to undermine or indoctrinate people so they get/stay in power. History a lot of y'all know of or were even there for and saw go down in real time.

But sure, be uncritical of what you reblog, don't bother looking at the source website, or just put things out there without caveats or nuance.

#i know media literacy is trash these days #and that there's intentional misinformation/no information about elections #but i've seen people who have reblogged things about psyops in the past who both reblog and support current ones #but unlike other social media sites you can reblog a post but then stick nuance in the tags #you can be critical of something while also gritting your teeth and supporting it because the alternative is worse #you can (and should) also be critical of the systems that lead to that in the first place #throwing your hands up and saying there's no point and you aren't going to bother #and it's fine if others do the same #is just giving up and saying it's too hard for you and you don't care about the harm that comes to others #the canadian system is different (though first past the post tries to make it the same) #but you can bet i'd vote for trudeau even though fuck him and his racist ass #if the alternative was pp because while trudeau sucks for many reasons #pp is fucking terrifying to me as a disabled queer person #and i'm lucky in that i'm white and canadian and can pass as cishet so i'd be spared the worst of it #others would not be so lucky #especially when his fans are eager to hate crime people and only hold themselves back because they would face social consequences #also learn what is private criticism you keep to yourself or talk to friends about #and what is okay to talk about publicly #some things you don't fucking say when it will be taken as permission for antipathy or approval by fascists

[irritablepoe]

Little rant about my friend and consuming media lmao

Ok how do you consume media and still have NO IDEA who even the main character's name is? I recommended tma and bsd to a friend - well he started both. I ask him about it - like who his favourite character is or what he thinks of it - and he's so.... Confused almost? Like he just shrugged and said that he actually had no idea what was going on - which ok is kinda fair with bsd but like. you know the characters at least. Each one of them is introduced in some dramatic way, you can't MISS any of that and surely there's at least one character that gets your attention/that you relate to/that you find interesting. I mean ok maybe you forget the name or sth, but you at least remember the characters when I describe them to you, right? But no, my friend had no idea who for example Dazai was - DAZAI?! Like. What???? Or Atsushi.. the fucking main character???? Or chuuya???? Or - anyone??? I was so perplexed. How can you watch something and still have no idea about what you're watching?

The same happened with tma. I recommended it, he listened to the first few episodes. I asked him what he thought of Jon. HE DIDN'T KNOW WHO JON WAS I MEAN WHAT???? Oh idk he's just the guy reading the fucking statements. Before every statement he says "audio recording by Jonathan Sims" like how can you... miss that?

Idk, am I just consuming media so intensely or is he just... I don't even know.... Disinterested in engaging with the media one is consuming? It's not even that he doesn't like it. I asked him and he said it was good. But what exactly does he find good when he has no idea about. like. anything.

#vent post #personal #ranted to my mum about it as well and she said it might be bc he's stoned out of his ass the whole time #hhhhh #but i think more and more people don't have media literacy anymore #like they don't consume media critically they just watch whatever gets their attention first #it feels so dystopian.... #like wasting your time on those types of media just so that you're passing the time and not engaging with it #idk if that makes sense #i think I'm kinda hurt as well bc i thought we could talk about these series together #i even watched some of the things he enjoyed but he doesn't have a clue about them either #he always says that i become the “expert” on those mediums anyways so he doesn't have sth to add to the conversation #but that's not at all what i want? like I'm not the expert of anything i just want to talk about what he enjoys #and maybe get him to talk about things i enjoy as well #this all feels so bitchy I'm so sorry #ok rant over ig #thank you for reading all of that🙏💕

[llycaons]

I got mad about how genuinely pretentious and condescending people on here about things that honestly don't even matter that much and so I went oh I know and I went to a mutual in law's blog because I KNOW they have the exact same views as me on them but they articulate them so much better and bam I got like six posts in a row of excellent compassionate measured responses to the very mean-spirited and meaninglessly cruel culture on here surrounding 'anti-intellectualism' and also calling people virgins in a derogatory way. like thanks! gotta jet

#man I wish our interests overlapped more *salutes* #breaking point was someone reposting a meme celebrating thinking of fanon hcs to flesh out an underdeveloped character #and commenting it like 'wow I know this was a YA or anime' like you're just being a dick at this point. who is this hurting #I would have agreed with the og meme! not every character is well developed due to various constraints or the role they have #sometimes you get attached to stories with shallow characters but you love it anyway and you wanna develop them #ppl thinking up new material for them and having a good time is not the Death of Art you all are so nasty to others #like I fail to see the appeal in mocking that and this is coming FROM a hater #but there are so many ppl on here that are so needlessly judgemental and smug and self-righteous about having Correct Media Literacy #and like...I'm not going to say anyone should stop bc im not the website police but you're all so mean #I don't even have a stake in most of this I just don't think it's worth it to be cruel to other ppl over and I don't like ppl acting better #than others bc it's not like being into literature or like. 'highbrow' media is a moral imperative/morally good. it's just what you're into #the world exists outside of literature and plenty of people with trashy tastes have strengths and skills you couldn't even imagine #and even if they don't! having bad taste or being a bit stupid about media isn't a moral failing! #a woman I work with reads the court of thorns books for fun and she is a kinder and better and more skilled and intelligent person #than I will ever be. she has a stressful and very high-impact job and it's how she relaxes. it's fine. it's fine #cor.txt

[looksmaxxing-magnus]

seeing a take so bad you have to put down your phone and have an in-depth analysis of the media in your head to make sure you dont agree with a crumb of their bullshit

#im actually SEETHING with rage right now #you don't know what the fuck you're talking about #how do you get NONE of the ships right not ONE #“in a nutshell” just say you only consumed one piece of fanon media and based your whole opinion on it #please delete your post its hurting my eyes to see how wrong you are #that you dont have a crumb of media literacy

[fideidefenswhore]

What are your thoughts on Jane Boleyn, and the role she supposedly played in the fall of 3 Queens (Anne Boleyn, Anna of Cleves, Katheryn Howard)? Do you think she has been too maligned by historians for centuries, especially when it comes to the relationship with the Boleyns (it seems she got along with Anne)?

Now that I've read both works and compared them side by side, I suppose I would say my stance on Jane Boleyn falls somewhere in between that of Julia Fox and James Taffe ('Somewhere in between' is not, btw, Alison Weir); although closer to the former than the latter. Offering critique of both biographies, I would say that of JF is too apologetic (smoothing out wrinkles that exist in her arguments rather than acknowledging them) and JT is too severe.

Especially when it comes to the relationship with the Boleyns? Yes and no. Obviously she was married to George, she sent him a message of comfort while he was in the Tower, and wore only black the rest of her life, which was quite the potent statement. However, I would allow for the possibility that she potentially, inadvertently implicated him or AB (ie, testimony of hers was twisted to suit the crown's case). This is where I think there are flaws in the arguments of some of her defenders-- they cannot allow for even that possibility and so make claims that disallow it; some of which are untrue. 'Jane was only blamed as a means of absolving Henry in the whitewash of Elizabethan propagandists' is not true. Johannes Sleidan in 1545 claimed that Anne and George died by her 'false accusation'. Sleidan was a Reformer, so he would have been more sympathetic towards the plights of these two than the average person, and would have spoken to others that were as well, but the motivation to vindicate Elizabeth did not yet exist; she was at this point the very unlikely third in line to the throne.

I do appreciate that you said 'got along' with Anne, not 'besties', because...it's possible they were very close, certainly, but we must also allow for the possibility of animosity. The linchpin for the argument of closeness is the report from Chapuys that they 'conspired together' to banish Henry's mistress from court. Was this the precise truth? Considering the source I'm doubtful. Probably there was a lady Henry was serving at this time (although that we never have a name makes the story somewhat suppositious), but did they need to have 'conspired together' against her for Jane to be banished from court (which is what happened instead)? Jane might have merely made Anne aware of her, and Henry finding out that she'd been the source would have been enough for banishment. Or, as was presented plausibly in Adrienne Dillard's fictional rendition, Jane might have dropped hints to Cromwell that this mistress was a supporter of the two exiled and contumacious royal women that were Anne's adversaries, Cromwell might have passed this along to Henry, and Henry might have banished Jane for shattering the illusion that this woman had no independent ambitions or ulterior motives and merely let him hit for the sheer pleasure of his company.

If this was evidence of closeness, and it might be, then we also have to remember that the end result was Jane's banishment from court, and that there is, as JT fairly pointed out, no evidence that any of the Boleyns spoke in her defense, favor, or for her return. It would take an extremely magnanimous person to accept all that with equanimity and not feel any resentment whatsoever. So, if there was intimacy, there might have also been rift.

That leaves the question: enough 'rift' for her to seek vengeance? I doubt that much for all the reasons Fox outlines in her biography, but at the same time I wish there was not this relentless push to only defend women that we assert 'deserve' defense, on the premise they were entirely selfless, accepted every insult with grace, never kept any grudges, never had personal ambitions (the actions she took during the queenships of those you mentioned would suggest otherwise), mixed emotions, or conflicting loyalties; that we could acknowledge that acknowledging the agency of historic women also means acknowledging they were capable of making mistakes.

#anon #it feels like an 'overcorrection' to some degree. if that makes sense? #altho that's generally what ppl say about AB too and i generally think they're wrong lol #'waaah AB apologism waaaaahhh joanna denny wahhhhhhhhhhhh h/ayley nolan' #bitch. no one serious is taking those seriously. if joanna denny was the definitive AB bio that would be one thing #the definitive is eric ives who oh no said in his personal opinion that his favorite was more attractive in personality and appearance #than the other...oh my god that is the worst thing anyone has every said in the HISTORY OF TIME #are y'all this sensitive in real life bcus fr. #how do you bitches SURVIVE.................. #anyway what i was initially going to say after coming back to this: #*ever #like the way this figure is used to have it both ways really bothers...me? #i think there's some ambiguity here but like #i read someone claim that JS must have been 'so sweet' bcus otherwise JB would not have been her lady in waiting.... #which is like. be fr? if JB loved george and anne she would have hated her lol #or at the very least have been uneasy in her presence (there's a great scene with this in adrienne's sequel btw) #but like...idk man. ppl just don't seem to get how humans worked? or have any sort of emotional; media; literal; literacy? #this was my thing with BSR too 'how dare THEY say henry NEVER loved coa how dare THEY say jane was to blame for anne's miscarriage' #like right...were 'they' saying that or was anne? or was that what anne believed? was the show perhaps from her (gasp) POV and so #these things were portrayed? i mean ffs.... by our literal primary sources those were the things she said. #someone's emotions and beliefs /= infallible unassailable entire truths #nor are they necessarily 'fair' and the same with our judgements. welcome to being a human being #so yeah like re: JB.... #*that she felt like that? was it entirely fair to blame and resent the seymours? #is that necessarily fair? no. how much she did or didn't was probably dependent on how accurate chapuys report was about JS #the extent to which she had disparaged anne #as for the why as JF theorized ; the need of income and the possibility that since cromwell had helped her with income #this was the favor he wanted in return (so her as a spy in the household) #and re: conflicting loyalties ; i mean ...goddamn; people are complex #i think it's entirely possible that JB loved anne but also had this innate sympathy for coa and mary too.

[hadesknockedupintheunderworld]

"If you ship these characters together at all you've fundamentally misunderstood the plot of the story"

Bro I get this if like. It's a case where people genuinely are misunderstanding the story

But like bro you know shipping is inherently neutral and doesn't necessarily tell you anything about how someone interprets a piece of media, right?

You know that people who ship something don't always want the thing to be canon, right?

You know that people shipping something doesn't change canon

Right?

#Also as someone who is very very acquainted with the feeling of people interpreting a piece of media violently wrong AND saying that two #characters not only should or are basically canon‚ even in cases when it just straight up is a misunderstanding to say that it could #canonically happen #You have got to try to make peace with the fact that this will happen #Even in a fandom where you agree with 99 out of 100 people there will be one person out there who interprets the thing wildly wrong and #confidently asserts they're right #And from experience the best way to deal with this is by posting your interpretation out there and finding some likeminded folks‚ actively #try not to go out of your way to antagonize or be condescending to the people you disagree with (in this case interacting with them or‚ #tagging posts so they will see it)‚ and just block the people #You will never be free from ships you don't like or people who “have bad taste'' but making a post just to paint an entire ship as #inherently awful is not the way to handle it #anyways you shall be receiving no context for this post other than tumblr showing me discourse outside of my hyperfixation circle #And me enjoying an analysis post I saw only for it to lead up to an unnecessary 'X shippers die and have bad media literacy' as a punchline #fandom wank #i just be ramblin

[moinsbienquekaworu]

Still not over that time I watched a video where a guy said you were supposed to feel happy to see Obi-Wan beating Vader at the end of ep 3. Imagine misunderstanding a film that thoroughly and still pretending you know what its flaws were and how it could be fixed.

#absolutely insane #and he didn't say that as like. a deep analysis. it was his building block!! #he was all 'okay so you're supposed to feel happy when obi-wan wins right? so when x happens there should be y instead' #like babe what the fuck. how do you see obi-wan yell you were my brother anakin i loved you and go Ah Yes This Man Is Winning How Nice #i mean i don't have media literacy either but i don't make videos about how to fix the media i don't understand y'know #at best i make a 5-note tumblr post & rant about it irl to my friends #just..... what's wrong in his head. how do you make any more apparent that this moment is painful and sad. what the hell. #unsurprisingly mr wrong about star wars made like 2-3 videos about rey being a mary sue #he probably has shit takes about comics as well but i don't know comics well enough to ascertain that #wow i have a ramble tag now

[coockie8]

ok im not in the storm hawks fandom literally dont even know what that show is but i thought you were fucking kidding when you said the main plot is dark enough to be on par with game of thrones until you reblogged that unnerving trivia post like wtf this was a kids show?!?!?

This show was only a kids show because the networks wanted it to be. It could've been an R-rated sci-fi/fantasy series about the horrors of war by just taking itself more seriously. Easily.

#Storm Hawks #of all the kids shows to get pearl-clutchy over they sure picked a doozy huh? #though iirc I'm pretty sure it was marketed as a *family* show #which is very different from a *kids* show #but I could be wrong it's been years I don't even have cable anymore #teens humping? a cardinal sin you need to burn in hell for #pseudo-cannibalism and using corpses as power-displays? that's fine kids love that shit #the only reason my works are more ''problematic'' than canon #is because I am an adult making content for other adults so I actually *show* the fucked up stuff instead of just alluding to it #but I'm sorry rape happens in war #and this is a show about war #it is genuinely not that big a stretch to say Mr. Moss probably got handsy with Aerrow when he was in the prison #'cause hey buddy guess what tends to happen to prisoners of war!! #keep in mind this show came out in 2007 when they would rerun goosebumps every October #so this was back when networks thought kids could have a little horror #as a treat #ngl we need to bring that back because I firmly believe introducing kids to age-appropriate horror helps media literacy

[shikai-the-storyteller]

Me: I haven't seen any streams or updates about what's happening on the server lately, let's check social media to see what I missed!

Literally the first frickin thing I see: "I can't believe Pac has mommy issues LOL"

Me:

#i talk #stupid fandom opinions that are wildly ooc don't usually bother me THAT much #but this particular one drives me up the frickin wall because it's one of the best examples of #''complete and utter lack of media literacy'' I've seen from the community in a while #just. blatantly understanding Pac as a character and BLATANTLY misinterpreting this scene #Frickin Em literally spelled it out and everyone's like ''lol mommy issues!!! how quirky!!!! xD'' #ooc stuff does bother me but it doesnt normally make me MAD but this does. It's just so????? #stupid??? and just??????? I literally cannot comprehend how people can look at that scene #and walk away from it saying ''mommy issues'' #Anyways I'm logging out again. #I'm going to writr that giant Pac analysis post once I'm back on desktop #but I'm gonna take a break I literally feel like I lost braincells reading that and what's worse is that it's not just one dumbass #deep sigh. #qsmp talk #fandom wank #it's not really fandom wank but tagging just for the sake of blacklist #It's not fandom wank because I'm RIGHT #I'm usually all for seeing different interpretations of a character but NOT THIS TIME #blatant mischaracterizations that are this bad I don't have patience for #Pac is such a complex character for the love of GOD please stop reducing him to ''quirky tropes'' you think are funny #Anyways. Had to get the salt out so the analysis I post later won't cause sodium poisoning #*** BLATANTLY MISUNDERSTANDING not blatantly understanding. curse you mobile

[oldtvandcomics]

I really would like to say something about Loki Season 2, write some analysis, whatever, but... The whole thing is just making me feel TIRED.

Guys. You can do better than this. I promise, you can do better than this. In terms of general storytelling, but especially where queer representation is concerned. Why did you even think that there would be queer rep in the first place?! For fuck's sake.

#season 2 was actually quite nice... #but not worth the effort of watching season 1 #and it's still all very hollow #the whole show is just hollow I have no other ways of describing it #they took a story that had SO MUCH POTENTIAL #and then made the most boring choices every single time they could make a choice #didn't put any effort into fleshing out any of the new characters #nor to get Loki sound like himself from the movies #connect his quest to the one he had in the MCU in any way shape or form #and I don't want to shit on anyone's enjoyment of media that would be stupid #BUT WHY IS THIS GETTING PRAISE?! #WHY IS IT PUT ON THE SAME LEVEL AS GOOD OMENS OR OUR FLAG MEANS DEATH?! #which like #actuall make sense #storytelling wise #the only value this show has is the one that people brought in when they were hallucinating their own parallelly of watching this #as I was saying we can do better #I am just annoyed because if you think that THIS is good #then what does that say about our collective basic media literacy skills #and standards #they can't be possibly THIS low #Loki show #superheroes #MCU