#this is a factual statement

[sasster]

shut up

you love vee and lai

#this is a factual statement

[macgregorhoughton]

So now with a new Disney film coming out with a "first gay" character, those lists are doing the rounds again and it makes me so irritated seeing McGregor on there. Like yeah, in Beauty & the Beast or Cruella or Onward they were not fleahed out, throw away gay characters, but MacGregor is a Main Character! Who is fleshed out and fully part of the story and he and his relationship with Lily drives it in many parts, and his being gay is actually part of his character rather than just hinted at and argh! People keep writing him off as "ooh, another 1st gay!" But he actually was! And you bet its mostly people whove never seen the film just reacting to the bad faith takes some people put online

A large reason I ended up making this blog (aside from I was hype for the movie even just based on the trailer) is because I knew this would happen and I wanted to create a space where people who actually saw themselves in the character could express how the character and movie as a whole make them happy and they could find positive posts and not be constantly reminded of all the bad faith takes. I don't talk about these bad faith takes a lot for this reason (I have some posts tagged #representation compilation where I discuss all of this) but I whole-heartedly agree with you anon.

a lot of people, me included, were really touched by MacGregor's coming out, saw themselves in his struggles, appreciated what a well-rounded character he is, and I suspect many more people would feel the same if they gave the movie a chance. But unfortunately "disney's 200th first gay character" jokes get more likes so they overshadowed any good feeling anyone might have been having. and I got messages from people who were absolutely crushed by this too. it feels like people are mocking them for seeing themselves in it, shaming them for liking a gay character that was arbitrarily deemed bad by people who never even saw the movie. (there is also a larger conversation to be had about the sense of moral superiority derived from deeming certain portrayals of a minority "bad" and shaming others for enjoying them in an attempt to appear more enlightened when in reality none of this really matters and personal enjoyment of media is not indicative of someone's morality or ability to treat people well and respectfully irl, whereas publicly shaming and mocking people constantly is kinda indicative of a failure on both accounts)

the opinions "we shouldn't have to beg for representation from huge media companies that only care about us when they can profit off us and instead support struggling queer artists' work more" and "a gay character from a huge media company can be someone queer people see themselves in and like watching" can coexist. feeling the second doesn't automatically make someone a bootlicker and thinking the first doesn't mean enjoying an enjoyable thing once in a while makes you a hypocrite.

#jungle cruise #ask #anonymous #macgregor houghton #representation compilation #there is a lot of hypocrisy I see tho where the ppl who think themselves better activists or whatever the hell for shitting on macgregor #and parade the ''big company inherently evil'' argument #are the same who look at other disney properties and love them for various reasons‚ sometimes even representation that isn't even there #and get pissy when people may point out negative aspects and say ppl should let others enjoy things #but they don't see how the same applies to what they're doing #and I'm not joking or exaggerating. it really is the same ppl who arbitrarily choose a disney property to use to show how woke they are #who also like and adore and defend other disney properties. #idk if their hate is a form of compensation for what they feel is some kind of sin committed by liking a disney thing #but either way they should look within themselves and whether this really is the path to queer liberation or just virtue signalling #also a tiny sidenote: the gay character in strange world is the first gay teenager in an animated disney movie #this is a factual statement #it explains in what way this is a different situation than for example gay characters in live action movies or animated tv shows #but people hate reading so they stop after ''first gay'' and think haha millionth first gay character joke

[baronvonriktenstein]

"My mouth does that. Sometimes things taste like peppers... which is why I stopped drinking apple juice for a few years."

#quotes #this is a factual statement

[altarwaiting]

lord give me the serenity to not comment "um actually" on posts that have wrong information about taylor, the courage to not comment "um actually" on posts that have wrong information about taylor, and the wisdom to not comment "um actually" on posts that have wrong information about taylor

#personal #taylor posting #like not even talking about opinions on the album i mean like factual statements u can google............

[ineffable-problem]

What social media do you think Crowley and Aziraphale use most?

Personally I would think Crowley would use tumblr and or twitter

And Aziraphale would use face book

#Aziraphale would make fun of all of the factually incorrect statements #Crowley would write the factually incorrect statements #good omens #gomens #ineffable husbands #anthony j crowley #a. z. fell #crowley #aziraphale #social media #good omens crowley #good omens aziraphale

[wejustvibing]

I don't want to talk about the contractual aspects, which obviously aren't my responsibility - he explained - instead it makes me pleasure to reflect on the character, on his story. Perhaps not everyone knows that Lewis has always been sensitive to the charm of the Cavallino . He is our customer! More than once he visited the factory as a buyer of our cars. He is not just a speed ace. He has a genuine love for supercars. Our cars couldn't be missing from his garage. One in particular."

The model is actually called LaFerrari – he admitted – Hamilton came to Maranello to give the indications relating to the preparation of the machine. It was on that occasion that we said goodbye cordially. And he told me something that struck me. We had Vettel on the team and we were happy with Seb. We had just renewed the contract with the German, which was going well. Lewis made a joke: if you waited twelve months I would come."

A joke that could have been the first sign of an imminent move to Ferrari, long before the one that materializes for 2025, but not according to Ferrari: "I don't think so, he has lived and is still living a fantastic story with Mercedes. But certainly, as I said at the beginning, he was never indifferent to our story. He is also very close to the motoring legend, as a child he had Senna as an idol, in 2013 he took over from Michael Schumacher at Mercedes. Personally I'm very happy, God forbid. A figure like that of Lewis fits perfectly with the Ferrari myth."

Turrini, however, also highlighted a statistic relating to only two drivers who became champions with other teams who were then able to establish themselves also in Ferrari. A team that, after a year of waiting, will see a pair made up of Hamilton and Charles Leclerc: It's true, you are referring to Fangio and Schumacher – he recalled – I consider it an auspicious moment. Charles is the champion of the future, Ferrari believes in him and has shown it, I think. Hamilton is Hamilton. I don't see why they should argue. We are talking about professionals.

- Piero Ferrari

#damn the italians are so serious about my goat what a time to be alive #🥹🥹🥹 #is this a dream #i mean sure could be the fact that bar is in hell but i'm getting emotional over factual statements atp #lewis to ferrari #lewis hamilton #f1 #f1 off season 2023

[unhinged-nymph]

Now if that ain’t the god’s honest truth

#factual statement #this entire video is so horny!!!!!!! #watcher/mythical collab #watcher/gmm collab #watcher entertainment #watcher #gmm #good mythical morning #mythical entertainment #Rhett and Link #Shane and Ryan #rhett mclaughlin #link neal #shane madej #ryan bergara #shyan #rhink #ShyaRhink #chase each other's dicks all you want boys #goog edits

[mellaithwen]

Just had the microchip details transferred over, aaand I’ve registered for the insurance, aaand everything’s ready to pick up my darling dog on the 26th 🥹 would you like to see him? 👉🏻👈🏻

#I should warn you he’s the handsomest most cutest fluffy boy that ever existed 🥹☺️🥰 #We named the dog Indiana #(both a film quote and a factual statement hehehe) #dog #puppers

[everyitachi]

#naruto #uchiha itachi #chapter 385 #the fact that madara was actually dead at that point asdfgh #itachi like sometimes... what you think abt the world.... isn't true... open your eyes the call is coming from inside the teahouse itachi #same for kakashi's 'seeing underneath the underneath' phrase and multiple other character's similar statements #like kishimoto was never actually interested in revealing any systematic 'underneath' so everything was simply abt specific events #that were factually wrong instead. boooo #sad!

[airbenderedacted]

#FACTUAL STATEMENT #Wander Over Yonder #edit: oops i left this in my drafts for 9 whole months hrhjHJSDBNDS

[cartoonscientist]

to be honest I kind of only chose “the machine” so many times in those flesh vs the machine polls bc I thought it was about sexual preference

#not even really joking #a factual statement even #that most would likely take to the grave #objectum #robots

[marc--chilton]

i love you, fucked up queer people in my computer

#not many people i could show wilson grabbing house's cane in the pilot and exclaim #this isn't just ableism it's ableism AND kinky gay sex #not everyone would take to that statement (which is factually correct btw) #house md #hilson #sure tag it why not i love you freak hilson fans

[fromtheseventhhell]

Saying this an Elia Martell fan from what little we know of her, but I'm really sick of how fandom sees her as nothing but a perpetual victim and/or hater of Lyanna and Rhaegar. Where's fandom content of her being kind to baby Tyrion or headcanons of her plotting with Rhaegar against Aerys? Makes me wish GRRM would write more Fire and Blood books to flesh her out more outside of the "pretty victim" fanon Sansa stans want her to be.

It's actually so frustrating cause there are great conversations + theorizing that could be going on surrounding her character because we know we're going to be learning more about her in the future, but a lot of her "fans" are just stuck on using her as a prop. And honestly? That's because the more we learn about her, the more she moves away from being fandom's favorite passive self-insert character. If George has her doing anything it breaks their idea of her being the perfect victim which is what they love about her. They don't even like her character organically, they just like that it gives them a justification to hate Rhaegar and/or Lyanna. I'm personally neutral-positive about Elia, but I am very interested in learning more about her character. George has kept that portion of the story intentionally vague for a reason and I can't wait to see why.

#ask #anon #elia martell #neutral positive in that I have empathy for Elia and want to learn more about her but I can't really say I love her character #because I just don't feel like we know enough about her and I'm not a huge fan of filling the gaps in with headcanons #I'm neutral-neutral about Rhaegar because to me his actions + motivations aren't as fleshed out as Lyanna's so I can't really make #a judgement until will learn more...I'm interested in that but for now my goodwill for him comes from him and Dany being literary mirrors #I might be biased but I just feel like we have a better sense of Lyanna's character because of Arya + Ned's thoughts on her #I can theorize about her actions/reactions in a way that I can't with Rhaegar #but if you go into any of their tags it's full of people making statements as factual without anything to back it up

[jukey]

IM ABOUT TO GO THROUGH SURGERY WISH ME LUCK IF YOU EVER WANT TO SEE BLUE LOCK FICS AGAIN

#factual statements by juked #im not okay #a surgeon just checked up on me #she was pretty #blue lock #blue lock x reader #AAAAAAAAH #might die

[imissthembutitwasntadisaster]

Only like two of my friends and also hundreds of strangers on the internet know I'm the funniest person alive

#discussion note: question one. How many factual errors can you find in this statement?

[hostilemuppet]

yeah some names changed in spanish but i think most stayed the same, creek's name is arroyín lol

i mean i assumed most names change in most localisations lol (i really love when portuguese speakers talk about branch bc when you translate it it becomes The Log) i just didnt know smidges spanish one. arroyin is cute! on the wiki it just says...

#ask #the jpn and korean translate directly to cr33k #while the chinese seems to just be calling him small? #which is cute. another win for short cr33k truthers (factual statement makers)