#obviously its more nuances than that but like

[mangoes-and-mothman]

ninjago writers: "we're breaking gender norms by having powerful female characters in stem!"

"yeah but they all have the same interests and the same 'snarky mothering character' personality..."

ninjago writers: "THEY ARE STRONG #GIRLBOSSES!!!!!1!!!!"

#obviously its more nuances than that but like #like its a little frustrating that the main girl characters (nya. pixal. and now sora) all have very similiar personalities #and the same interests #like theyre all snarky and stubborn but also mother the boy characters a bit #and like i dont hate characters like that at all but it just seems like ninjago can only write one type of woman #anyway sorry for the essay in the tags #ninjago #mangoes thoughts

[pand1on]

i wish i could articulate my frustration with the knuckles series/scu's handling of knuckles' heritage. i just hope that people recognized that stupid 'joke' where wade couldn't pronounce pachacamac's name as the anti-Indigenous racism it was

#pachacamac is a real place. its a real historical site. the disrespect was disgusting and i mean that genuinely #i dunno. i've been frustrated about this since friday #knuckles series #i dont want to harp on this show much more i just. it stuck out to me. like cool the indigenous coded character #who is directly based on a real culture is a violent barbarian whos constantly talking about being a warrior. nice. #obviously the gamesverse isn't perfect but it has more nuance than the movies #get behind me knuckles i'll save you

[hideawaysis]

i fucking hate how autism advocacy is so largely populated by late-diagnosed high-functioning autistics that forget that some people can't mask because you get takes like fuckingnfjdjdj "stop using functioning labels they're ableist" (they're not saying you're low/high-functioning is a neutral fucking statement just like saying ur disabled is) or god forbid fucking "well actually autism doesn't inhibit people that much and people like the stereotypes don't really exist" fuuuuuck you i AM the stereotypes, i use diapers as a disability aid and struggle to take care of myself without help, my "job" can barely be considered a job because anything else exhausts me too easily or i fail to understand it, i almost didn't fjcking pass high school, the only thing keeping you from immediately branding me as what i am (severely disabled) is the fact that i can type coherently fuck yoooouuuu. like i get it you all want rights i want rights to!! but the shit that you say in an attempt to get rights for yourself makes it so much less fucking likely for people like ME to get rights too. you're not taking a step forward by ignoring the fact that we exist you're just taking twenty fuckin steps back for god's sake

#hideawaysisposting #this isnt to say all high-functioning late-diagnosed autistics are like thos #im not really generalizing here because its obviously more nuanced than just like #oh clearly everyone in this group is like this #thats just prejudice #but like godddd #i have seen so many takes like this coming from those kinds of autists and it infuriates me #literally just saw a post like #i think we should start using low or high masking instead of functioning labels teehee #FUCK YOUUUU I LITERALLY CANT EVEN MASK AT ALL THESE DAYS #LOW MASKING MY ASSSSSSS #ughh #sorry i get super heated abt this shit #im gonna go make imaginary amvs in my head abt my ocs now

[ladytano]

its bananas to me that Filoni felt the need to speedrun a 384 page long novel in 15 minutes while also throwing an entire character and her sister out of the window

#why tho????????????? #obviously a NOVEL is going to offer us more nuance than 15 min of screentime why does he keep doing this for no fucking reason #this either read as lazy or as disrespectful #you can all say good fucking bye to any Thrawn canon bc Filoni is going to make that disappear real quick lmfao #look i dont want to be mad but it's a pattern now and the novel is GOOD why mess with something that is already great #and make it... less impactful #obviously you cant do an entire novel in 15 min so why not do literally anything else #jesus at the very least commit and make them the actual book characters #and MAKE THEM LOOK LIKE THEM TOO PLEASE #read the description of the character at the very least its minimal effort #fucking RIP Miara #apparently everything involving Filonis characters that he hasn't written is considered legends now lmfao PLEASE #totj spoilers #sw chatter

[wildpokemon]

so ive been rewatching atla for the first time in years to finish up my airbending gif series and i keep being struck by two things

1 how much i love this show, and therefore how excited i am about the live action series

and 2 how much i love animation, and therefore how apprehensive i am about the live action series

#obviously its more nuanced than this lmao #but i keep watching eps and whining to myself how badly i want more only for my brain to ping at me 'there is more! its coming!' and then #the immediate crushing reality that it will surely be Fine at best lmao. like. animation will always be the best medium for this story #atla #avatar the last airbender #natla #x

[grouchythefish]

Tbh I don't really mind the "pay to not see ads" business model because to me it is significantly preferable to the more common business model of "never stop seeing ads forever even if you pay us because we are an advertising platform first, anything else is secondary" that a lot of websites and apps seem to employ these days.

#like id rather pay for a service and get the service i want #than be treated like a tool for ad revenue where the service is always secondary to serving me ads #like obviously its all a lot more nuanced than that #but i prefer the option being there over not being there you know?

[gigginox]

i think the average customer service worker being expected and required to be able to work in Multiple roles at a time could be solved if jobs like. hired more people

#obviously its more nuanced than that i know but. the amount of times its just been like me and one other person working without any help #bc we were understaffed and complaining abt it only to be told that its ''part of the job'' #one person shouldnt have to be a cashier AND a server AND a dish washer AND a line cook like these are meant to be. separate postitions #but they would rather overwork and overtrain people instead of like. hiring and paying enough people to work in these positions

[nthflower]

It's kinda annoying for me people just genderbending some guys and saying I love women and I love lesbians. Especially when genderbended versions of characters get more attention than actual women in series.

#also transmasc headcanons being more popular than transfemme headcanons too like maybe that woman is trans #why mostly men are trans in fandom spaces its nice i love it but cmon just a little more attention to women too #like nothing wrong with it and its good but there is nothing in other side like #its not people should stop drawing men genderbend characters or headcanon men as trans its good okay #but wish there was also more focus on women #i actually kinda hate dividing gender so strictly i am genderfluid mostly non-binary person but #there is still so many biased unfortunately to leave them behind #biases not biased #anyways #its obviously more nuanced and i cant say i am the smartest person just some feelings and thoughts i have

[prettyboykatsuki]

hi hello! hope you are having a great time! I'm curious about what you said about the bakugo family and how it's viewed, i'd like to hear more if you're up for talking about it☺️

hi hi!! another anon asked me the same thing and honestly idk how to word it / expand on it much

but i think the way a lot of western fans had reacted specifically to the brief scene of mitsuki and how much they continue to have like a very extreme view on her parenting is a clue-in to peoples unfamiliarity with asian familial responsibility in general ig.

like a lot of people were very quick to jump to calling her abusive pointing to her hitting bakugou (in a way that is obviously meant to be read as a gag) and points out her critique of his behavior / calling him weak to be abusive.

but like. horikoshi has no issue showing abusive parenthood in it's entirety. if we as the audience were meant to infer that from any part of bakugous character, we would've seen it very explicitly in the text already. mitsuki just doesn't have a gentle style to parenting bakugou but her parenting style does feel very... asian mom to me in general

then there's this thing that a lot of western fans hyperfocused on when the anime came out which is mitsuki calling bakugou weak and an instance in the hero license arc w todoroki where he mentions being raised roughly (it is clear by the end of this chapter that bakugou means to exhibit his power, not that he was beat at any point or abused at any point.)

for mitsuki calling bakugou weak it needs more clarification i think. but in japan, there is HUGE cultural values of not inconveniencing or imposing upon other people. like it has a whole phrase. hito ni meiwaku wo kakenai. do not take up any attention and always assume you're the least important person in the room.

mitsuki references this manner in the raws esentially. a word that mitsuki uses when calling bakugou weak is miuchi which can mean relative but can also refer to body or extension of ones body. her calling bakugou weak can also be interpreted as her being critical of her inability to parent well. the japanese audience did not have anything even kind of resembling the reaction to this scene as the western audience did and in general i think this jump to calling mitsuki abusive and not acknowledging any of the other nuances of her speech to the teachers felt very indicative of that cultural gap i suppose

because mitsuki also goes on to acknowledge how bakugou was also ultimately effected by the system and gives probably the most straightforward summaries of his character in the entire show that isnt like pure subtext. and bakugou quite obviously isnt scare of her. like he shows no signs of abuse otherwise.

people are free to see their relationship however they want, but i do think the overlooking of these things or this very literal interpertation of their relationship was very telling that people were viewing the story through very western values i guess.

#return to sender #the point being that there is at the very least much more nuance to that relationship than abuse lol #and i think anyone who is familiar with like. asian parenting and asian values would never read it that way #this is not to say their parenting is perfectly functional #but at the very least its much more complicated than like flat out abuse in general and they dont have a poor relationship #its very obviously meant to be a gag like tonally as well #IDK HOW LONG THIS WILL STAY UP BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE PEOPLE ARE SIMPLY GOING TO MISINTERPERT EVERYTHING IVE JUST SAID #PLEASE DO NOT. IT IS MERELY AN OPINION #AND AN OBSERVATION FROM SOMEONE WHO IS SOUTH ASIAN. LIKE PLEASE JUST SCROLL IF U THINK IM WRONG LOL #abuse mention #ask to tag

[listen-to-the-inner-walrus]

okay so. am i the only person who thinks its a little ridiculous to say you cant think a character is attractive because said character is a minor when said character is a) a teenager and b) animated?

like im sorry but i dont think its immoral to look at a drawing of a fictional 14 year old and think theyre hot.

and i also dont think its an immoral act to have them in a tournament of "most attractive X character" because those tournaments almost entirely consist of two pictures of fictional characters and a poll asking which is more attractive.

theyre not real. its a drawing of a person, and that person isnt actually 14 because theyre not real. in the media theyre in, they are canonically 14 but that media itself is entirely fictional.

like this is all just thought crime. its puritanism in the name of "progress". its people flagellating themselves for thinking one of the shadows on the wall is hot.

and i just think thats fucking ridiculous.

#kai rambles #i dont know why this has irked me so much #but ahhhhhh #someone reblogged a poll from some kind of ''most evil character'' tournament blog #who are currently doing most attractive as their theme #and i was like oh hey this looks cool i might follow #and then i scrolled on their blog a bit more and never fucking mind #like yeah sure theres nuance to this and its a complex subject and one rant post by me is obviously not going to solve the issue #but when its a fucking animated character? #thats just insane #there are plenty of animated characters who are older than this character in particular but look to be the same age #you could tell me the character is 20 and id believe you #its animated #and its not in a photorealism sort of art style #its a very cartoony animeish style #like im sorry but in this case you are literally throwing yourself a moral panic party #yourw running to the air raid shelter because you heard a car horn in the middle of the day

[solariaswitch]

Why do you place yourself as a riven hater?

annoying whiny bitch boy

#actual answer: he is actually a super interesting character #but he often behaves like a bitch boy you can't deny it #and as a kid I couldn't understand the more subtle implications of rivens behaviour #i.e WHY he was behaving that way #so I just grew up disliking him #and then I rewatched winx when I was older and now I Get It TM #and obviously you all know I'm a massive driven shipper #so I'm honestly more Riven Divided than a Riven Hater #but its more fun to call myself a hater #nuance is overrated #asks #anon

[box-dwelling]

I sometimes think that like maybe I'm too hard on true crime for being like a thing that appeals to women and thus often a magnet for harsher critism than it perhaps deserves, then I tried to watch a single true crime video from a channel a girl I went on a few dates with last year recommended about an indicdent related to a special interest of mine and thus that I know a lot about. And not only have the first 6 minutes been her shilling perfume that she literally can't even purchase in her country. Then she treats the actually subject matter with not tack what so ever and has to start the video with a god damn "owo please don't harass people" memo that would only exist if thats a problem shes been having.

So basically in conclusion I have never been wrong about anything ever and true crime is just as bad as I always thought 🙃

#i will say that like #obviously its more nuanced than that #like there are issues with more professional true crime too but that at least tends to be more tasteful #id put the watcher boys there btw as well as other people like wendigoon who just kind of blandly recite interesting events #from a very educational standpoint #this shit is not that

[scarah-screeeaaammss]

I hate resellers. Like a lot. like okay I get it, sometimes that's the only way someone can keep themselves on their feet. I'm not mad at them. I'm pissed about people who clearly don't need to go thrifting and reselling who do it anyway and it's like bro. Come on. Don't you feel a little bad? don't you know that thrifting is already getting more expensive??

#personal #obviously there is a lot of nuance to this like i know this #but so often i just see people going out of their way to buy things that people could have had otherwise and then selling it for more #like fuck off okay its also not helping the pricing on second stuff rn anyway #i have found so many items at thrifts lately that are way more expensive than they have any right to be #and its like bro its not even worth that come on #like i said i get it if thats the one thing youre able to do to have money #i have been there once or twice bc of emergencies #again those are not the people im mad at #but god. its so infuriating #like also again yes its your money and time and you can do whatever you want with it #but do you ever stop to think about who youre affecting and who you might end up hurting? #its that rich kid 'upcycling' all over again i think #oh and then resellers as in im gonna buy this limited item and then double its price for no reason #like truly fuck off if you do that #i know sometimes you might end up selling later on for whatever reason (i get it be it boredom or money is tight) #but those ones who'll put up the listing before theyve even bought the item? fuck those guys fr

[become-one-with-noodle]

Speaking as a person who frequently deals with sensory overload, public music discourse is so annoying sometimes, like what is it morally wrong to busk? Should it be illegal for stores or restaurants to play music, should we publically shame homeless people for playing their own music, for not having headphones? Should parades festivals and block parties be prohibited from people playing instruments or using speakers. Music is literally baked into the way our brains work as a species, and while I acknowledge that there are definitely times that playing music in public is inappropriate and annoying; context is always key. But I think some of you sound like stuck up conservatives when you try to say no one should ever play music in public, and trying to ban it outright is completely unrealistic and I don't think it would actually solve any of the issues people have with public music.

#for my fellow neurodiveregents who struggle with sensory overload: I love you so much and this post is not trying to criticize you at all #obviously we needs things in place that allow for people with those needs to be in public comfortably #better access to things like noise canceling headphones #quiet hours in public spaces #less stigmatization of autism and other disabilities #but I feel banning public music flat out isn't the answer #also I think theres a cultural aspect too with it being more socially acceptable to play music in some places than others #that's all I'm trying to say is that it's much more nuanced of an issue than people seem to be willing to acknowledge #also imagine cops brutalizing people for listening to a song its a nightmare

[eradicatetehnormal]

New approach to feminist media discourse: "Scenes such as James Bond seducing Pussy Galore and Thor's abs being touched by Jane Foster all perpetuate toxic matriarchy and the idea that the female gaze is something to be uncritically accepted despite its demeaning effects on men."

#obviously this post is silly #but if you don't get my broader point #I commented on a video addressing female power fantasies and sexist writing disguised as “realism” #I said that i'm sick of how female power fantasies have to be realistic while men can just single handedly take out 70 men in a movie #not have a scratch #and not have it be questioned by the writers or the audience #someone then retorted with "being sexy isn't a female power fantasy. It appeals to the male gaze!' #to which I said #okay #but I still want to be a smoking hot woman #it's more nuanced than that #when guys are bagging chicks and being sauve and built in movies it's not seen as appealing to a female gaze #although in some cases it very much is #like with that thor example #so why does female sexuality have to always be seen through the lens of men even in feminist circles? #the biggest failure of american feminism is its inability to consider more than one female perspective at a time #american feminism #rambles

[gibbearish]

to anyone watching the james somerton situation and going "well how DO you write your own things like this then? everyone's talking about how /not/ to but i dont know where to start, the way highschool taught me essay writing was all about the number of sentences in a paragraph and mla citations :("

you know how james made things up between his """sources""" that sounded just plausible enough that people accepted it? he did it in the wrong order, do that part first THEN research. 100% serious right now, just make some shit up in your head that sounds vaguely right based on what you know now, write it down, and then go check if you're actually right or not. boom, now you have a topic. thats literally all it is, its just you saying "i think (xyz)" and then checking to see if the facts agree with you or not. if you turn out to be right, talk about what lead you to the conclusion initially and anything you learned about that you didn't predict. if you turn out to be wrong, talk about the right answer and examine why you thought differently at first. then either way talk about how things got that way, if you think it should stay like that, and why (e.g. how does it being that way effect people right now). tada suddenly you have an essay that is unplagiarized and entirely your own thoughts, with a plethora of sources on hand to cite because That's What You Used To Check. now be free your beautiful doves

#obviously its not actually that easy but thats how it tends to feel after the fact KENFKSBFKBSKFBDJ #like presumably the reason youre writing it is because youre excited about the topic right? so show other people what was #so exciting about it to you #if the research made you go 'no way no way no way this is insane' freak out about it onto the page #(esp if youre aiming for youtube‚ obv if youre actually doing professional writing dont make it Too Out There but still keep the energy) #act like youre showing a friend and you also want them to go no way no way no way this is insane #thats the frustrating part abt james is its like. you can tell he kind of does have a bit of that deep down #like the 'current body standards come from nazis' thing just Stated like that is absolutely misinformation #but '/do/ current body standards come from nazis' is a topic i could see absolutely being a thing #like with 0 context it sounds plausible enough on its own‚ they had weird body standards and we have weird body standards #and its not like there arent other things at the very least america decided to keep around from them and i imagine canada #wasnt much better given all ive heard abt their history #so its like james that couldve been your discussion topic!! that couldve been your thesis you couldve explored that!!!! #you could've said 'i think these standards come from here and here's why' and broken it down and drawn connections to show people why you #think that!!!!! #but no he just horks it up into the filler without a thought and moves on with his day #sorry just rewatching the todd video and the podcaster at the start refers to it at james 'making the connection' between #those things and it just struck me like. huh yeah misinformation and theorizing are only really separated by #putting a question mark at the end sometimes #obv its way more nuanced than that in general but with one isolated statement like that you can see how thin #that tipping point is #and that just makes it 1000x more frustrating bc it's like you were so close! you were so close to coming up with an interesting #question to ask and perspective to offer!!! and then you just DODGED AROUND IT doing basically the same amount of work anyways? #in pursuit of laziness??????????? #absolutely mystifying #ah apologies the podcaster says 'does the cultural connection' but same diff #and it was modern fitness culture not body image standards in general #theres been a lot of info going thru my brain recently phrasing details get lost in the weeds sometimes kwbfkshfksh #james somerton #hbomberguy