*THIS IS NOT A VAGUE POST ABOUT ANYONE, THIS IS JUST A GENERAL COMMENT.*
something i think that the entire byler fandom as a whole really needs to understand is that. we are not all going to agree. there is never going to be a consensus. if you see a headcanon you don't agree with, that doesn't automatically mean that the person is terrible and needs to be flooded with hate . it just means that it's a headcanon that you don't personally vibe with !! and that's ok.
ive just been seeing so much of this lately; people being sent hate because they have different opinions. if i don't like someone's vibe ? i just block them. it's easy. but like. fandom is supposed to be fun. some of yall just need to take a step back and breathe for a second because not all headcanons/theories/analysis you see and personally disagree with are terrible and awful
bottom line: guys. please chill out.
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im still having a crisis about my sexuality because ive never worked on giving myself a label through many years. ive always been just… eh.
i know my account helps as a space to share my aromantic experience and im still sharing a lot about my lack of attraction, but at times its it’s so difficult because im still confused about who am i.
its difficult to safely pick a label for yourself when you arent so sure about what you want and what feels more comfortable.
this is all confusing…
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This is petty but it was always a bit weird to me that zexal got the reputation of "the one with aliens". like, technically not wrong i guess but it's more like this honestly really cool hell/heaven motif. more importantly, we do have a yugioh anime with actual aliens, it's called GX sjgisghej
you use this i think
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i dont think anon was referring to sps simple style, sp is a pretty controversial show. from what i've seen, it seems pretty bigoted? i could be wrong. sorry if this ask is rude, i don't mean to be rude, but yeah i think that's what anon meant
Oh no, not rude at all!! Sorry you have to apologize my response to that anon was a lot more srs than I intended I just wanted to get my point across, I'm all for open discussions :]
to answer the bigoted question, I wouldn't entirely say no. but I can say that South Park was not made to make fun of minorities and spread harmful messages. The show presents bigoted behavior from the antagonists who are too stupid to realize they're wrong, it's up to you as the audience to realize that what they are the antagonists and that their actions should not be justified and supported. And even then, there are characters who outwardly speak out and work to fight against said bigots in the episodes they're in.
However, the show also relies on shock humor. And this is a criticism on the fans part, but they really gotta stop saying "why are you surprised? It's South Park" as if being surprised over something gross or offensive wasn't the point in the first place. The ridiculous shit in the show isn't supposed to be normalized!! It's supposed to be absolutely ridiculous to the audience and catch them off guard!! You're not supposed to get used to it!! You're not supposed to like it, but you're not supposed to read too deep in it either, breaking down why it's wrong and why you found it shocking and why this is SUPER PROBLEMATIC!! Isn't the point.
You just gotta acknowledge that "oh that's fucked up I cant believe they did that, that is so wrong" and just sit in shock for a bit and move on. Like, you can't tear the show apart for one joke when its purpose was for you to realize it's supposed to be ridiculous and wrong at the same time, and the show itself being aware of that fact.
A lot of the offensive material circulating around on why South Park is bad lacks context. Cartman and Butters dressing up as chinese stereotypes? They are at a normal Chinese restaurant, harassing a Chinese family because they're idiots who believe that china will overthrow the world, they are asked to leave. Ike in a relationship with his teacher? Ike is a victim of a grooming that is not taken seriously by the police because the predator was a woman, portraying how male victims situations are overlooked in real life, the teacher dies in the end. Randy saying the N-word on live television? He is ridiculed and seen as a total asshole, he gets called "N-word guy" by the people around him and retaliates by making it illegal to call him that name, a satirical role reversal portraying the hypocrisy and sensitivity of white people (oppressors) where they make the "slur" against them illegal but not the slurs against the people they have oppressed for years.
But even after all this, I can see that there are other examples that I can't, and I am not willing to justify.
At the end of the day, we all have to acknowledge that South Park was made by two cishet white men. (this was why I said I can't entirely say no) Their opinions will not always be right, and I'm sick of fans trying to justify some of their episodes and jokes just because they like South Park, South Park is not one of those shows you want to ride or die on. I personally have a few jokes and episodes I dislike and will absolutely never watch again, but that is not my main focus.
Discrimination is not my draw, and I don't think that's the show's either.
Now we're going out to discussion territory and more of personal opinion. I personally enjoy South Park because I feel very drawn to the characters and I find their character driven adventures and antics to be really entertaining. I don't care much for the social commentary. Not that I completely ignore it, it's just something I acknowledge is important in some episode's narratives, but not something I pay too close attention to.
I don't think I watch South Park for the intended reasons, and I don't think most of the fans over here on Tumblr do either. I can admit that I enjoy a version of South Park that isn't technically South Park entirely.
I enjoy South Park for what it isn't, and that is a situational comedy with four little guys getting into all sorts of trouble <3
And the funny thing about this whole post is that I used to be a South Park hater.
I thought it was just a bigoted show where the only jokes it had were slurs and children saying fuck, right before I actually gave it a chance and was surprised to find out that it was more than I thought it was, and that I actually somehow enjoyed it.
It's kinda crazy to me that I'm technically defending SOUTH PARK of all things right now.
But uh yeah, I like South Park, it wasn't as bad as I thought it was, and I ended up hyperfixating on it. I'm not here to change anyone's mind and make them watch South Park because "it's ACTUALLY spotless and politically correct all the time, you're just sensitive ☝🤓"
People are right to label South Park as controversial, and people are right to be offended by it when it's making fun of something it doesn't understand or without the proper nuance, and people are allowed to discuss and criticize the show for it.
With all that said, The show is not emblematic of its own fans, and some of its own fans need to stop looking up to it like it's the bible.
Matt and Trey can be wrong, and even fans like me who enjoy it aren't too dumb and ignorant to recognize and rightfully not be in support of certain aspects of it when a line is being crossed.
This whole thing was supposed to end right after I attached the photo of the characters, but then I just decided to write more and so I puked this extra fluff out, sorry about that lol
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Okay, I am thinking about the trobed saw au fic idea now. Troy as Adam. Abed as Lawrence. Troy and Abed both went to Greendale, but neither of them took Spanish so neither of them actually met each other or anyone else from the study group. Troy kept his jerk persona from high school, which only landed him a few friends who were also jerks and who he never felt like he could truly be himself around. Troy also never actually figured out what he should do in life. He graduated Greendale and that was it. He just sort of stopped. He now does whatever work he can get to earn enough money to get by, but he's not really living. He still sometimes communicates with his asshole friends (Troy's asshole friends are the Scott Tibbs equivalent basically), but he mostly keeps to himself now. He barely allows himself to even be himself.
Abed also never met the study group at Greendale. He got a couple of friends there, especially among the film class crowd, but Abed consistently felt like an outsider in all his friend groups. And once things got bad, they left. They always left. Abed never gained a true friend at Greendale. When he graduated, Abed initially spent a lot of time helping out his dad's falafel place. He still made some movies and got some film jobs in the end. But Abed never got over the feeling of being an outsider. Like he's never belonged in the world. So now whenever he does anything, he isolates himself before anyone else can do it for him. He meets people and works with actors, film crew, but Abed only works with them. Never even allows anyone to become a friend. They would leave anyway. He lands a job as a director on a medical drama. Abed doesn't like it, but it pays the bills. I'm not yet 100% sure about this idea yet, but maybe he eventually gets a girlfriend and marries her just to give himself some sense of normalcy. Abed still hides a lot of himself from her. He's like one of the actors in his own work. Abed's life seems successful enough, but he's miserable.
And then they wake up together in an abandoned bathroom
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