#lost girl criticism

[towards-toramunda]

What do you mean orym is talking about his dead family too much for you what do you MEAN?????

#how dare he still be grieving six years later how dare he still love people he lost how dare he not immediately move on #LIKE WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT #HAVE YOU NEVER EXPERIENCED GRIEF? HAVE YOU NEVER HAD LOSS? HAVE YOU NEVER LOVED SOMEONE WHO IS GONE? #ORYM GET BEHIND ME BAIT AND SWITCH BAIT AND SWITCH BB GIRL YOU GET A PLUS SIX TO YOUR AC I GOT THIS #critical role #cr spoilers #orym of the air ashari

[voids-voyager]

I have no clue why they didn't make Amity more akin to a rival character instead of a bully. Because it would have solved A Lot of problems in regards to Amity and Willow, and Lumity becoming a thing.

The thing is that Lumity feels Super Weird at the start when Luz is trying to befriend Amity long before the girl shows any remorse for bullying Willow and making up for it. And it's not something easily brushed off when Amity is introduced being condescending and a dick to Willow. The bullying isn't something of the past, it's still going on.

Willow comes off as an afterthought in this dynamic, when she's the one who's been wronged by Amity the most. Their arc never feels like it resolves itself either, it just kinda peeters out.

If you've watched Little Witch Academia, Diana is who I think Amity should have emulated more. Diana is the top student at the school, she's stern and no-nonsense, a bit stuck-up, she comes from a prestigious family, she gets in conflict with the protagnoist, Akko, not because of bullying but because they have very different personalities and butt heads because of it. Akko considers Diana her rival, but this is one-sided on her part.

Willow and Amity could still have been friends in the past, but Amity instead pointedly ignores Willow's existence after their friendship has ended. She doesn't call out her friends for bullying Willow(that would make it seem like she cares) but she doesn't participate or encourage it. She's still not a good person, she still has to apologise to Willow, but changing their relationship from 'active bullying' to 'pretending Willow doesn't exist' would do a lot going forward for them I think. Still terrible, but more palatable in my eyes.

#the owl house #toh critical #i guess? #better safe than not #luz noceda #amity blight #willow park #lumity #honestly one-sided rivalry could have easily been part of the early pre-lumity dynamic #with luz still seeing TBI as a fantasy considering amity to be her rival because in stories like these the protagonist always has a rival #but it would lead to luz struggling to see amity as a person beyond the 'rival' trope #like less we forget this girl had no friends before coming to TBI #so she'd struggle communicating with amity outside of how this is 'supposed' to go #or how it went in the azura books between azura and hecate #but their friendship doesn't need a big event or battle to form and it actually complicates things instead #and just like in canon lost in language is what helps luz see more of the real amity and it's what begins the connection between them

[itspileofgoodthings]

Taylor returning over and over to the falling through the ice accident in the Bolter—everything to me

#like. just. the shock of it all #there’s something about Taylor where her experience of life is so ….. brutal #like I don’t know how else to say it but it just is. life is not easy on her it is always ready to CLOBBER her #and in a way she’s not easy on life. there’s some kind of magnets/opposite poles stuff where she’s just always drawn to the worst things #to feeling them and experiencing them and almost ??? creating them #like I don’t mean to overstate it. and I know she has a family who loves her (thank GOD) #and also she’s very practical and industrious about creating this very Instagram worthy life full of Fine Things and a Fun Time #and of course all the resources in the world at her disposal to create all the trappings of it #whether it’s a celebrity Fourth of July party or the eras tour #and she’ll do it and love it. but as all the best critics know and point out the most fascinating thing about Taylor is always the music #and it’s where all the weirdness and stubbornness and difficulties of her life. her a c t u a l longings her actual fears #her actual terrible awful experiences that she charges headlong down the paths of #is set free! and it’s breathtaking in the most shocking way #like falling through the ice! I always say the first thing that always hits me about a Taylor album is the bitterness #just this blast in the face. and her music is so gentle! in so many ways #and the packaging is so appealing and her voice is so soft and expressive and there is none of that weird experimentation #even musically (remember when she shut down imogen heap for putting a minor chord in clean she was like absolutely not. I’m obsessed) #(with that moment forever) #but like. so much of Taylor’s packaging and life and HER really does SEEM so basic or ordinary or just rich girl ordinary I guess #she likes basic things and wants basic things. but also she is so hungry so restless so angry so wounded the rich internal life is CHURNING #all the time. every second. and it’s spectacular to watch and also I will worry about her until the day I die #or just—-I don’t know. it’s going to be spectacular and it is sometimes going to be awful #but she will keep furiously writing her way through it!! #there IS such a woundedness to her. and it makes me love her so much because it’s packaged in such a way people think it must just be #whining or privilege. but it’s not! it’s just. the human condition and Taylor’s own flaws #okay I’ve lost the plot here a bit in my ramblings but yeah the ice metaphor. insanely perfect

[allieinarden]

When the first Hunger Games movie came out I went to the midnight premiere with my friends, and when we walked out they interviewed us for a local radio station. I was so mad when I tuned in the next day and they had just used the sound bite of me saying I enjoyed it and cut my subsequent commentary on how the screenplay failed to account for the book’s major plot beats.

#The emotional story makes no sense #NO sense if you don’t have the scene at the end of Peeta realizing that Katniss was acting for the audience playing to the romantic angle #while she simultaneously realizes he /wasn’t/. It’s like if you adapted Gone Girl and the only Amy perspective you got was the diary #that’s the story! And you don’t have Haymitch realizing the two kids he’s training are actually going to try and deciding to try too? #That’s a critical turning point! Also Haymitch is a sloppy alcoholic and you got him looking like a long-lost member of Switchfoot but eh #Hollywood

[jrueships]

What are the psychosexual consequences of the twolves dominance right now

mmm.. i have been Chewing on this...

for quite some time .

so this is a thought i have always had tbh. These playoff results so far have just been bolstering my confidence in it.

Ant and Kat's love is loud love.

The Suns love is no love. Not that they dont have any love At All, because they do. But for each other? Im not so sure. The Suns is Men doing it all for the image of finally being champions so they can prove themselves to the people OUTSIDE their team.

The nuggets is domestic love. It's quiet, it's comfortable, it's won a championship, it's retired love. Retired does Not mean dead, it does not mean completely inactive, it means slower moving, at a personal pace, enjoying what you find to be the thing you wouldn't mind dying doing. Jokic and Jamal don't have to say they're in love 24/7 to let us know they're in love. Jokic doesn't have to talk about horses all the time to reporters for reporters to find out how much he actually does from him always going back to visit them. It's quiet, but it's so strong that it doesn't have to be anything but quiet to know

The mavs is a love built on respect. Wordless, they know they can depend on the other no matter what troubles the other may be dealing with or how much is happening, they Know someone will always be there to get the job done. They KNOW it's not a waste, whatever they're doing .

Kat Needs positive reinforcement, reminisces on it, dreams for it, grows restless and angered without it. Gets real self-conscious and starts faking everything to seem like he has everything so people can start treating him like he's not just some everybody in the world, but a SOMEbody in the world, someone whose opinions, thoughts, actions, and.. possibly most importantly.. WORDS will always be remembered as a meaningful contribution to the world.

Ant is a people pleaser. But he's not the meek, 'let your favorite teacher pronounce your name wrong until the grave' people pleaser where it can be pointed out as a problem, he's a Clever one. He's the kind of people pleaser who can step into a room and spotlight the targets that need the most self-value.. all so He can assure his Own self-value, and protect it. Because, ultimately, the phrase 'everybody loves Anthony edwards' is all about Anthony Edwards, which should be obvious, right? The answer's smack dab in front of your face, but the Confidence. The charisma of it all. Covers it. Conceals it just briefly, just enough for him to get away with it. Ant always knows what to say without even thinking twice. He's such a charmer. Except he's not. He's Always thinking, always brewing up the best ways to become a spectacle. Why even video himself saying that slur shit in the first place? Why not just keep that between him and his friend in the car like probably a good chunk other basketball players do ( because let's be honest. These are probably pretty straight men. They hate people like us. )

He can't. That wouldn't give him the best results in the kind of satisfaction he craves, which is all self based, when boiled down. He HAS to not only impress his one friend in the car with his in power teasing of others who don't even have a clue, he has to try and impress Everyone that he's included in his circle, and he just accidentally included the wrong crowd in that.

Ant and kat together are just two self-conscious people who like being together so they don't feel like they're two self-conscious people who like being together. Love can come in multiple forms, but, in my opinion, love oftentimes needs multiple forms to be at its strongest. When you pour all your love into one bucket, it leaves the others hollow. Love can be quiet, and it can be loud, it can be through words, through actions, through the easy times, AND the hard times, it is love.

I like to call Kat and ant the warped jaren and ja bcs unlike jaren and ja where it can all get spoiled from jaren saying something stupid like 'i love you' when they ARE in love and are just uncomfortable saying it, kat and ant NEED to say they're in love so they can feel like they aren't in it. It being Actual love, deep love that requires more than just pretty words and over-the-top compliments and sayings and comparisons and declarations. Actual love like ant going to kat's house and bringing the rest of the team because he knows kat misses having a stable family, hates the fact that something is missing and he'll never get it back.

Actual love like being awkward with each other

Which they Hate. Terribly. The two of them.

So they'll say how much they're in love with the other, how fondly they think about their memories, how they're so close. They'll tease and laugh and try to instruct the other. And the media laps it up, of course. Especially over the quiet love. It's just so boring in comparison.

Love is thrilling, and it is also boring. Like doing menial activities together like watching the news when you two could actually be the ones on it by doing something crazy together, but you don't, and you aren't, because you both agreed it's going to be a cozy day today where you'll both just be a cute pair of couch potatoes on a sofa watching TV together.

Ant and kat CANT be boring. They CANT just sit in that silence together. They have to say something. They have to know the other doesn't consider them a waste of their time because they don't have that same assurance in themselves.

Love is being scared.

Theyre not scared.

They can't Be scared.

Being down by 2 doesn't mean anything besides we'll bounce back. We're not scared about it. I played well, the shots just weren't falling, but i did good. We are doing good. We love each other. We swear.

We're not scared .

(TV loves confidence)

(Love loves fear)

#love is being terrified. petrified. of losing smthing permanently #whatever u do. it will never be enough to get back what u loved the most #im not saying theyre not in love. or they havent felt it #they are in it. they call each other family now and they have both felt a deep love for people they call family before #and they have both lost people that they love #ant & kat are like the im not like other girls powder puff ( girls football) player tomboy who used to make fun of girls wearing makeup wit #her asshole guy just friends cus im one of the guys friends (even tho the guys would criticize an 'ugly'/nonconventially attractive girl fo #not wearing it ten seconds later) falls for the dopey incredibly kind but thinks she's dumb bcs she's pretty and blond volleyball player #who always tags along with ant at bars so ant can ask guys if they wanna see them make out bcs they find it hot without knowing that kat #finds it hot too #& it turns out ants tomboy obsession with makeup is from her denying love of feminity on others #it's appealing. it's entertaining. it's everything u want to see blossom and grow #but. it takes TIME. #time that places like the ruthlessness of businesses might not always have no matter how captivating #if you are a waste then youre a waste #kat and ant cant stand waste. they cant stand the idea of all this acting like theyre in love (LOVE. love) is all for not #is all for not Actually being in love. just a big elaborate talked up grandiose excuse to say theyre not afraid to be in love #now THATS television!!!! #is it a sturdy relationship though? will something have to change to survive? will SomeBody (or somebodies) have to change? um. #cut the cameras. #deadass. #ted asks #ted longer #ant eds #katman #TY for this ask. i have been munching like a goat. uve probably forgotten abt this.. but i... i never forge- #im like an Elephant <-watched a replay of game 2 & thought it was an entirely different game

[chiosblog]

Dirk Benedict in Blue Tornado (1991)

#this scene is gay #so much gay #i wont accept any criticism #i mean this fking man spent the whole fking film trying to find his 'best bud'/boyfriend he lost to the aliens #(thats exactly what happened) #while ignoring all together the random cute girl that tried so hard to get him laid #like a hug and thats it #no fucks given whatsover #while hes depressed the whole time cause his 'best friend' is missing #thats suspiciously suspicious #ever wanted a gay top gun? here it is #enough gayism to satisfy my 'flying buddies with homoerotic subplots' needs #blue tornado #dirk benedict

[thimirus]

Amity had more personality and characterization in Enchanting Grom Fright than every episode of Season 2 and 3 combined.

#toh critical #Amity and by extension Hunter completely lost most or all of their flaws or edge. #They definetly shouldn't have keep their original portrayals but they shouldn't just be soft nice girl/guy. #A bit softer EGF Amity and a mixture of S2 and S3 Hunter would've given them character development while keeping their flaws #and in Amity's case it would've helped have her relationship with Luz be Luz and Amity instead of Lumity. #Anyways EGF Amity is peak Amity.

[yashley]

“I’m really sorry.” “So am I.”

#critical role #imogen x fearne #imogearne #long post #ygifs #but they were literally insane for this are you kidding me #you have Laura Lauraing up a Laura with that imogen emotion work she's pulling and then you have Ashley Ashleying up an Ashley At Her WHAT #like I JUST WANT THEM TO TALK ABOUT IT I JUST WANT AN ACTUAL TALK SHOW TO TALK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! #WHATS GOING ON THERE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! #YOU LITERALLY have Imogen People-Pleaser-Or-Death actually saying So Am I and Actually Acknowledging In EVEN That Small Way #And it's like fearne is Actually So Heartbroken she's Stunned And Yet All She Can Think To Do Is Look At Imogen and Say She’s So Sorry #FEARNE???? we literally did not see THAT magnitude of emotional vulnerability with fearne since she Met Her Lost Mom Ok #and she’s There At The Mercy Of Her Emotions. because of imogen. because of how much she Empathizes with Imogen #and Imogen Wonderful Wonderful Imogen Literally Cannot Look At Fearne More ThanA Second After What She Did* #girls y'all are just insane for this this was The Moment that made me Break Down And Uproot my Not Making Gifs Thing after EIGHT YEARS it's #I know this campaign is so fast paced and plot driven but like it's been nearly 10 episodes and they've not Talked About This Okay #also obsessed with the stilted way imogen thanks fcg for bringing fearne back like it is SOO detached I'm chewing it #she literally spoke as if she wasn't there when you could see imogen relating to fearne by touching her shoulder and saying brought Her back #they literally already Went Through Much with fearne's parents reveal and the way imogen Allowed herself to Be Present in That Situation #no but literally I Think About Fearne Combating How She Regrets Orym Being Brought Back like Thats the gravity of it #imogen says Thank You Fearne and fearne just stands there nearly wanting nothing more than for the reality imogen Meant It

[blessedmoonsoul]

and yes im very biased but it's the same shit happening with bey's album rn ppl are so funny even the ones that are begrudgingly admitting they're bopping to it still trying to find ways to insult and pick apart that lady's undeniable talent lol. you just look stupid hello!

#there are sooo many things to criticize about her and her 'brand' but most criticisms of her talent are tinged with envy sorry i said it :( #envy and the weird desire they have to 'humble' her....imo!🤐 #sorry but the jolene discourse is still sending me ppl saying no one would want a rich successful man lmfao yall have lost your minds! #touch grass is so real cos most online takes just exist in a vacuum #no real world common sense applied just vibes buzzwords #and dumbasses telling each other exactlyyy #saw a 21year old say beyonce hasnt had many life experiences hsjdndjd girl what! have you?!

[lordakiyama]

Comic Con Pick-Ups

3/3

#SDCC #San Diego Comic Con #Comic Con #Gundam #The Witch from Mercury #Critical Role #Alan Moore #Lost Girls #Marvel #Mary Jane Watson

[kiwisandpearls]

is it weird that I sympathise way more with the PB girls than the Magia Union girls? Like don’t get me wrong, many of their actions inexcusable but I definitely get where the girls are coming from with their anger towards Kamihama magical girls. Like Kamihama for a while, had an abundance of witches, and while they were stronger you could easily go to a coordinator, and with the abundance of witches you could hunt for more grief seeds. Not only that, but they were prevented from becoming witches due to the Doppel system. PB girls on the other hand couldn’t do any of that.

idk, just the way the Magia Union girls (more specifically Iroha) preach about hope and holding hands to Yuna, the girl who had to watch multiple magical girls die in front of her, it kinda feels like their sweeping Yuna’s (kinda justifiable) anger under the rug.

#Like I know Iroha says their gonna make the system be available #for all magical girls #But still #I don’t wanna say Iroha is privileged #I don’t think she is #I mean she lost her sister for a bit and struggled with her identity as well #but the way she constantly tells Yuna “we just have to hold hands!!” #Feels super hollow to me lol #idk maybe I read through the arc wrong #Magia Record #magia record arc 2 #promised blood #kamihama magia union #magia Record critical #I guess idk

[gendiebrainrotreceipts]

‘I can feel most of my chest’ 🙃

#the fact that some feeling is permanently lost should be enough cause for concern when so many girls and women want this surgery… #even then a lot women lose more feeling than some #gendie brainrot receipts #gender critical #radfem safe #top surgery #cosmetic surgery #cosmetic mastectomies

[tianleash]

usually all of the fandoms i’ve been in have been pretty chill and cool, but lately i really can’t stand the lost in the cloud fandom on twitter, it’s like full of people that haven’t touched grass in years

#it may be bc it’s twitter? and that rrss it’s kind of toxic on its own? #but it’s like full of moralist people #like everything has to be pure and healthy and no character can act like an actual human #it reminds me when people were saying that if you liked the villain you were condoning their doings hdhdhdhs #like girl it’s fiction #just consume it critically #they are so burdened by guilt they look like catholics #anyway #19 days fandoms stays the best #lost in the cloud #yeon skylar #baek cirrus

[postmanlinksbootyshorts]

the way tiktok rots ppls brains is SO embarrassing. a friend of mine will sometimes bring up some shit she heard off that site and i have to bite my tongue to not be like "that doesn't even sound remotely real"

#never forgetting when we somehow got on the topic of eminem in call #and ppl were (tbh rightfully) ragging his newer rapping style bc he lost it after sobering up #and she mentioned how all he talks abt is getting canceled #and it was so obvious that was just some stupid gen z ''i've never listened to eminem and think this is what this yt man raps about'' joke #and as the resident eminem enjoyer it took everything in me to not go #girl he raps about current events and politics now #like maybe I'M wrong bc i haven't listened to curtain call 2 but i forced myself to listen to music to get murdered to bc i was curious #and wanted to see if he got better (spoiler: not really) and not once did he bring up getting canceled #ne ways today she mentioned wanting to get off birth control #bc she saw ppl on tt saying that getting off ''made them realize they were gay'' #and i'm pretty sure some parts of my brain liquidized and leaked outta my skull #like twitter and tiktok really made ppl lose some critical thinking skills #niyah.txt

[trans-li-ling]

I think we should give Zora a gun and whatever happens to the Shadow Decree happens

#dislyte #Listen I'm going to be honest. I like a lot of shadow Decree characters. But also. #Given the chance I would kill them off in story because of how much I hate them. #Mainly the fact a good chunk of them are like. Okay with child murder? Like hello #The union 100% deserves criticism (hi Luo Yan the cop who got fired bc he thought the law was beneath him what's up w u being here) and #Tiye's story is. Whoooo boy. The union definitely has An Interest In Branding #But again. Orphanage burning was A Thing That Happened #And ofc there's the meta view of like... What are the bad guys ideals? Are they only evil bc they're extreme? And I try 2 keep that in mind #But like the Shadow Decree is kinda... Just full of selfish people. Ofc some ppl are more sympathetic but all of them Are Selfish #Honestly Bonnie is like the only one who stands out to me as like... Yeah the union failed her community and she's rightfully mad #Most of the others lost like. One person either to the union or just thought the shadow Decree would let them get revenge and #It's a case by case thing like some of them probably feel like they have nowhere else to go and that's understandable but the initial #Actions they took were selfish and I feel like dislyte puts too much into making the characters surface level sympathetic (Ophelia) rather #Than grappling with if they view themselves as good people or if they're disappointed in themselves or if they don't care #(forgot to say earlier Jiang Jiuli n Jiang Man r valid in hatred though like the union directly fucked them over and it's understandable #That they fucking hate them so like it's more grey) #(also this is why like... Nicole n Cecilia r some of my faves they don't give a shit they just wanna fuck stuff up and I can respect that) #And Catherine is actually well done because she's full of hatred and even if she has soft moments shes just. Mean as hell! #LYNN I love Lynn but girl you know about the orphanage burning right???? Right??????? #Anyway how well known is the burning of the union? Iirc it was both the HQ and the Orphanage so do ppl only know abt the HQ or both or???? #Anyway the union is flawed but trying unaffiliated espers are similar and the shadow Decree is 90% people who are selfish and toxic and #Really fucking annoying. I fucking hate Ophelia so much you have no idea I want to throw bricks at her. #Anyways Zora is the best character and deserves free therapy and a lifetime supply or tiramisu and a gun #JASPER TRIED TO FUCK W THE UNION WITHOUT JOINING YHE CHILD MURDER ORGINIZATION

[britneyshakespeare]

barbie girl by aqua is one of the most backfired attempts at satire in history

#it actually kind of makes my stomach churn when i think about how the inherent meaning is essentially that barbie is a dumb blonde #it's a very shallow 90s interpretation of the character's meaning #not to say barbie can't be criticized but. like. good criticism pls not just that she's a girly girl who likes to have fun #but it is funny how many people genuinely think the song is a celebration of barbie bc of how fun the song is #its like 'im a barbie girl in a barbie world' 'bitch!!!!! me too!!!!!!!!!!' #this is why they had to announce that the song would not be in the movie and social media lost their minds #does everyone remember that? i do. that was before we knew anything about the plot or even had a trailer #i wonder if barbie world w nicki and ice spice was written after that as a sort of appeasement. but idk #i cant pretend to know when and how the soundtrack was conceived #but the sample of the aqua song on nicki and ice spice's song which is about unironically loving barbie... #everything comes full circle you know? #text post #sorry aqua #to be clear i still enjoy the original barbie girl but i think it's kinda only fun in the way culture has interpreted #it over the years. obviously it's one of the most iconic songs of its time and era #all of those unce unce eurodance meme songs from the late 90s/early 2000s were some of the first music i ever loved