#this is fandom critical more than anything

[tavina-writes]

I would also like to say for the record that all of the sects in MDZS are not implied to be any ethnicity but Han Chinese and to be quite frank it is alarming when people try to say the text says otherwise.

Like, this is mildly related to the ask I just answered, and I know we've all seen the meta discussing how barbarianism and racism is (le gasp!) present in Chinese works. (Which, well, yeah. yeah it is.) BUT critically I think in trying to scrutinize and apply shit to MDZS/CQL where all the characters are very much Han, we're just turning up new ways of being racist towards minority ethnicities here.

Case in point: "the Nie are Mongolian"

I've seen this oft repeated everywhere in both meta and fic and...do we understand this??? is racist??? Like the most common justifications I see point to the fact that the Nie (in the live action)....ride horses...have braids in their hair...come from a butcher heritage...are "brutish" <- there's no canonical evidence of this last point btw.

Do we think this is the entirety of what being Mongolian means? Do we think these points add up to "they're subtextually Mongolian?" Why do we think that?

They're not depicted either 1) with Mongolian names 2) with Mongolian religious traditions 3) with Mongolian clothing or hairstyle trends 4) as being reacted to in text as anything other than Han Chinese by other Han Chinese characters. 5) They are depicted on screen by Han Chinese actors.

Like maybe if someone is subscribing to "The Nie are canonically Mongolian and written in a racist way by MXTX in text/depicted in a racist way by the CQL showwriters" they should. Examine what they think being Mongolian is irl.

Maybe the issue is not how sects are presented in CQL or MDZS but how exhausting it is to wade through this fandom where people will misconstrue shit into things that are somehow, more racist in an attempt to deconstruct racism in a system they do not fully understand.

#meta #my meta #it's not even really meta #i'm just so fucking tired of people claiming they're “fixing” racist takes by: #1) creating a racist take out of thin air in a situation that did not originally have a racist take #2) proceeding to somehow get even more racist with it

[virahaus]

Another day, another fantastic time to debunk completely delulu takes I've seen around. This one actually baffles me on a whole new level, and that people are ACTUALLY thinking it is canon it's giving me a headache.

Why, yes, on that nutter house that is twitterX (and here too unfortunately) people are now claiming that Eddie was Buck's Bi awakening in 2x01 in place of Oliver's recent interview.

First of all shall we look at the definition of Bi awakening, shall we?

"When someone, who thought or assumed they're straight, develops a crush on someone of the same gender and leads to them wondering if they are bisexual."

The key thing here is the realisation. You cannot have a bi awakening without having a moment where you are like "do I like the same gender too? Am I not straight? Am I bisexual?"

Which is EXACTLY what is happening on 7x04 and 7x05 with Buck exploring his feelings for Tommy before AND after the kiss.

There's NO bi awakening on 2x01 because Buck doesn't question in behaviour!! He doesn't have any moment where he considers his animosity about Eddie as anything more than intense dislike, jealousy and fear of being replaced.

Some of you are taking things too far. You are purposefully trying to ERASE actual canon content about a beloved character's bi awakening (something huge, especially with a 30 y/o character) just because you cannot stop for a second and not insert Buddie everywhere you like, even going as far as completely invalidating Buck's journey.

I'm not denying that in retrospect Buck may have found Eddie attractive (Oliver confirmed this as a strong possibility, yes, but that doesn't equal realisation since Oliver also acknowledged that Buck does not look any farther on his feelings on Eddie than interpreting them as personal jealousy).

But canonically Buck's bi awakening is Tommy.

You may not like it, you may not ship it, but you can't behave like this. Headcanons are all well and good, but presenting them as gospel and canon content? Y'all need to take a deep breath and actually get off the internet for a while.

This behaviour is only going to hurt the fandom in the long term. And it is not the first time or the first instance where you take something Oliver said in interviews and completely misinterpret it to suit your pipeline. Try some critical thinking, y'all.

(I'm aware not everyone is thinking like this, but those types of posts are getting over one thousand likes each. At this point it is a fandom problem.)

#evan buckley #eddie diaz #tommy kinard #bucktommy #buddie #911 abc #911 fandom #911 #911 show #911 season 7 #911 s7 #evan buck buckely #my post #yes I'm tagging it buddie. i do not care. y'all need to actually think things through before spreading misinformation #tevan #kinley #bisexuality #bi awakening #lgbtqia

[pyjamaenzel]

I'm absolutely guilty about making snap judgments about characters, but man. Is there anything more frustrating than seeing someone complain about a character they don't like and their criticisms make it very clear they've never engaged with or thought about the character on a more than superficial level?

You get this in basically every fandom but I feel like BG3 can be somehow worse in this regard because if people don't like a character they won't put them in their party or will kill them off, therefore solidifying their one dimensional view of the character because they never get to see them open up or grow...

#enzel.txt #i could probably go on about this but i probably shouldn't on an empty stomach

[jacarandaaaas]

opening random encanto yt videos’ comments section is like staring at the waking storm you’re about to plunge into and knowing it’s not gonna be pretty and you’re probably not getting out of it unscathed (aka calm/happy fine—also sorry pepa oof—)

god the amount of misinterpretations people have with the movie, with so many scenes is insane, i’m about to go even more insane myself than usual

it’s so frustrating and i want to throw my phone every time AAAAAAA

but anyway yes, i wrote this ask in the first place to ask about your thoughts on different details and plot points and just general stuff of the movie that you noticed and really love, with any/all of this helping you appreciate the movie more? just anything, really, your choice on whatever you wanna ramble :3 (also to make up for how my last question had stopped you from rambling AHAHAH)

because i know you have so many good ideas and thoughts, so i’d love to hear it hehe :>

hope i made sense with the question, just a bit sleep deprived rn haha, but yes, ty!! <33

I totally relate to this feeling😭 except instead of YouTube comments it’s like almost every platform💀 and thank you for the ask!!

I could rant forever about all the details in this movie honestly!!!

The foreshadowing is SO good in this movie!! waiting on a miracle and the family madrigal being obvious ones but did you guys know the order mirabel sees the doors flicker when she sees the cracks is the order they lose their powers in? Isa + Luisa first because that’s who’s powers act up first dolores + camilo + antonio at the dinner scene and alma last because she was the last one willing to admit the problems!!

I love the character design!! I’ve rambled about it many times but it’s just !!!

I love how despite mirabel being our protagonist they show when she’s wrong and other characters call her out! She’s not a perfect protagonist she’s a flawed teenage girl and that just makes her more endearing

I love that they didn’t make Mariano a mean character just because isabela didn’t want to marry him. The problem isn’t Mariano it’s isabela feeling trapped!! Mariano is also shown to be considerate!

I love that most of the focus is on the female characters (if only the fandom would do that) I love seeing a multigenerational cast of women all flashed out with their own unique traits

about the misinterpretations i completely agree. I feel like this fandom has a “fanon” problem. especially with the most developed characters! surprisingly the ones with the most screen are the most common mischaracterised. I really dislike how encanto as a movie went to such an effort to give every character such a variety of traits and nuance only for the fandom to continuously reduce them down to one singular trait. It almost feels like reinforcing those stereotypes the movie was so set on breaking. As well as this continuously ignoring some of the best canon traits each character has. They feel so far from the original you might as well consider them ocs at that point.

I love the animation on Bruno’s vision shards (they look edible), I love the little details in mirabels room like her outfit sketches being hung up on the walls! THE BUTTERFLIES!! this movie has so many hidden butterflies it’s so fun to spot them!!

the soundtrack obviously but also the score!! only recently discovered that “the house knows” is a reprise of “the cracks emerge” it blew my mind!!!

One thing I really love about encanto is the expressions! they can convey so much with so little and the little subtleties it adds to each character is just incredible to me!!

SKIRT ANIMATION. it’s like hypnotizing to see how the skirts flow in this movie I am glued to the screen every time.

the dos oruguitas scene is gorgeous and so incredibly important to the core message of this story! As well as this scene the fall of casita is another incredible one!!

the songs feel like full blown fantasy musical numbers and I don’t know why people consider that a criticism of the movie is about MAGIC I want to feel that magic in the visuals of the song. So each musical number was like the most incredible experience!!

I love how waiting on a miracle starts off as a reprise of the family madrigal before changing to 3/4 time to show how mirabels out of place

the line “how far do these roots go down” hits so hard and I cant explain why

Felix and pepas love is so real and pure

julieta and agustín are incredible parents

dolores entire design

the fact luisa wasn’t reduced to a stereotype and was allowed to be flawed

mirabels voice!! it’s so unique and recognizable like I love it sm

the way felix sings “no clouds allowed in the skyyy”

I love that the characters actually look their age!

almas room being a replica of her old home showing how metaphorically and physically she’s stuck in the past

“I was thinking of my daughter!!”

I love that with isas transformation it’s not her hating femininity but changing what her femininity means to her

I love how mirabels worst enemy is her own mind. the madrigals aren’t aware of how she feels because she never opens up and it’s just slowly eating her up inside. in the end mirabel needed to acknowledge herself in order to grow (I say acknowledge because I refuse to believe it’s acceptance and I think she would still struggle with her self perception post movie)

I love how the Madrigals use their gifts to help their community and not for self gain. It’s such an interesting twist on the classic superpowers story

I love that the Madrigals are just normal people who randomly got a miracle, nothing of status just normal people in a normal town who got gifted.

the way pepa kisses antonio and hugs him after he gets his gift !!!

the way isabela is the one to initiate the hug but mirabel is the one who snuggles into it

julietas smile

the entire animation is so gorgeous!!

antonio. just antonio if u hate antonio I hate u

I love how realistically written alma is and how her story is treated with respect and nuance.

how all the madrigals problems aren’t solved instantly but it’s shown in a montage that happens over large period of time

#encanto #encanto disney #disneys encanto #mirabel madrigal #mirabel encanto #isabela madrigal #disney’s encanto #bruno madrigal #luisa madrigal #dolores madrigal #camilo madrigal #felix madrigal #pepa madrigal #julieta madrigal #agustin madrigal #abuela alma madrigal #ok I’m done rambling #thank u for the ask!! #this was so fun!! #I love this movie so much

[three-cheers-for-green-tea]

I for one can't wait for the M9 show to introduce Essek to a an entire new fandom of unsuspecting Legend of Vox Machina fans.

Listen to me brothers, sisters and siblings alike. We must not spoil Shadowgast for the newbies.

They shall be witness to the slowest of burns the way we all were.

They will lose their shit over Molly, Caleb and Fjord and the show will just NOTt let them rest. Just as they get comfortable.. BOOM! Beautiful drow wizard.

Imagine the chaos. Imagine the angst. We must keep our secrets, secret.

Let them eat cupcakes.

#critical role #the mighty nein #the big no #essek thelyss #caleb widogast #fjord stone #mollymauk tealeaf #chaos must reign #the shipping shall be glorious #the tears even more-so #in all honesty i don't mean that anything should be gatekept but we can be very enthusiastic as a fandom #is there anything sexier than a wizard? #the Gale girlies will lose their shit

[plantsjustwannahavefun]

Ed stans trying to convince everyone it's problematic to think Izzy had better character development than Ed in S2 without making it about race challenge (impossible)

#every fucking time #can we invent a new name for this type of Ed stans already #I hate to implicate the rest of Ed fans who are normal #those people are literally incapable of discussing anything about Ed and Izzy without bringing racism into it where there is none #never seen them give a fuck about any other PoC character in the show #imagine thinking you're in the right when your final argument is 'it's racist to prefer a white character' #ironically every Izzy fan (and the rest of the show fans) I know has way more appreciation for Ed's character than those Ed stans #it's downright insulting to believe that Ed can't be criticised in any way because that's racist #Izzy hands #ofmd fandom critical #ofmd #ofmd s2 #our flag means death

[creativityobsessed]

I love the use of recorded sound in Burrow's End, but also as a recorded sound cataloger I'm entertained by the thought of what media would have been available in 1962. Dr. Winnebacker [?] is recording himself probably on reel-to-reel tape, that somehow wasn't damaged by the radiation that affected the stoats (meaning the radiation didn't produce a lot of heat, and they were stored somewhere with relatively low humidity) - a plausible and fun thought. But even more interesting is the thought of there being video in 1962. Video tape would have been brand new, 2" tape was used in the mid-50s for television, but still not widely available for home use. (Also for reference, your average VHS is 3/4" which means if they are videotape the reels are HONKIN BIG THINGS that would probably take multiple stoats to lift.) If it wasn't that, then they have some kind of system in place using reel-to-reel film, which has its own problems (and is, again, GIANT to a stoat).

Yeah, okay, I'm looking too closely at the details, because this happens to be where I work. But it's fascinating to think about the amount of money and resources Warren Peace nuclear plant had, to have free tape for recording just laying around. Where is this plant? Who is sponsoring their research? What are they doing that gets them such cutting edge tech that isn't at all about the specific thing they're working on?

#burrow's end #burrow's end spoilers #dimension 20 #Aabria if you see this I love your mind and this mystery I promise this isn't a criticism #in fact it's more the beginnings of a fanfic to make it make sense than anything else #what a weird thought to have to disclaim my random fandom posts because the creator is on tumblr and I don't want to hurt her feelings

[ladyalicentshightower]

I think people overestimate how feminist team black is. If someone brings up how Baela should be the heir to Driftmark, it's always "she would've been Queen if not for the Greens!", ignoring that 1, she would be Queen consort, not a Queen in her own right, and 2 she has a legitimate claim in her own right to Driftmark. Team Black's goal is to crown Rhaenyra, but Rhaenyra becoming Queen isn't a win for feminism because it does nothing to dismantle the rest of the patriarchal system that exists in Westeros. From what we've gotten so far, it reads that Rhaenyra wants to be the exception and not the rule. Rhaenyra has made a lot of bad political decisions, which means she can't acknowledge Baela's claim because it would weaken her own claim (blatantly admitting her eldest sons are illegitimate would not end well for her to say the least). So she betrothes Jace and Luke to Baela and Rhaena to kind of atone for that, like as a consolation prize Baela will be Queen and Rhaena will be lady of Driftmark, neither of them would hold either title in their own right. It's good matches because the kids like each other and will treat each other well, but it's not a feminist win or a feministic liberation. It's usurpation, usurpation that takes place because Rhaenyra has to do damage control after having illegitimate children and after a serious of bad political decisions (both hers and her fathers, Viserys is the arbiter of this entire mess). To me, Rhaenyra is very reminiscent of Mary Queen of Scots, I can see a lot of elements drawn from Mary's history in Rhaenyra's story and character, down to their sons eventually taking the crown they failed to claim/keep.

#hotd #hotd spoilers #house of the dragon #house of the dragon spoilers #Rhaenyra targaryen critical #I'm going to do a rewatch prior to season 2 & I'm going to analyse the bad political decisions from vis & Rhaenyra that lead to the dance #like by no means the only factors at play lets not forget otto daemon larys etc #but it's an interesting factor that the fandom doesn't really acknowledge #and a lot of Rhaenyra's bad political decisions are understandable because of her youth and because viserys does fuck all to prepare her #like even if she wasn't who he choose as heir she should've been given a better political education as a princess #but vis fails his most of his other four kids in that regard to #i mean he also fails to acknowledge them or remember them but anyways #he is a huge part of the reason aegon and aemond became he they did #props to whoever probably alicent for sending daeron to oldtown so he could grow up well adjusted #alicent: i'm writing a letter to daeron is there anything you would like to say to him? #viserys: daemon? why are you writing to daemon? #alicent: daeron? #viserys: who? #alicent: our son? the one you sent to squire in oldtown? #viserys: i think i'd remember if we had a son who's name was one letter different to my brothers #viserys: in fact i do alicent do you mean the one who lost an eye? #alicent: *screaming internally* #viserys targaryen #king viserys #rhaenyra is such an interesting character but i hate how the fandom sanctified her because how dare characters be complex and have flaws #like you dont have to justify their actions or bend over backwards to deny their faults to like a character you know 😭 #and the same thing is done to daemon who is far more fucked up and far more flawed in the show than the fandom allows #i hate the team stuff tho i get hbo going for it as a marketing move that was genius but my god are certain stans insufferable #the entire point of the dance is that its a pointless tragedy there's no good or bad side theyre both awful in their own ways #but thats a longer rant for another time outside of the tags

[lemonhemlock]

I don't see why we as green fans can't complain or say anything at all about Aemond's characterization and the overuse of certain tropes in fics when black fans do it all the time also?? Be it Aemond/OC, Aemond/Rhaena, Aegon fics paired with OCs or team black characters like Baela, Daemon/Alicent or even pure time travelling crackships like Aemond/Sansa or Sansa paired with any team green guy (yes some of them have complained about this as well because allegedly if Sansa were to time travel back in the Dance era she would only fall in love with Jace! Fine! But guess what no team black stan who has complained about this aspect has written or comissioned a fic with her and their guy, they just complain that the already existing ones aren't about what they want) and they will always find time to lash out on their accounts about how the evil green authors are mischaracterizing the team black OCs or already existing characters. At least we are not leaving hate comments or criticism that nobody asked for (or I hope no one does this! Please don't!) on the fics we read and were disappointed by (and didn't even mention them as examples in these asks).

Anonymous asked: okay i’m game for some anti-lucemond inbox antagonism. while op did indeed make some good points regarding the formulaic nature of aemond x OC i still contend they do not know the difference between a minor character and a plot device. helaena is a minor character, the cargyll twins are minor characters, laenor is a minor character, heck with a bit of massaging and extrapolating harwin could be consider a minor character. Unlike strong boy #2 at least I can say what they were doing between their respective time jumps. helaena — having babies, enjoying her bugs cargylls — aegon watch + introspection which results on them being on different sides laenor — fighting in wars, hanging with his boyfriend, parenting (?) harwin — bangin’ rhaenyra, being a goldcloak, preparing to take on a lordship (just cause harrenhall is practically unliveable doesn’t mean they don’t have peasants in the vicinity to tax I suppose idk) These are characters. They have jobs and hobbies, actual relationships. lucerys in contrast, what has he being doing for the 6 years during the time skip. training? possibly, all we know about him is that he gets his ass handed to him in a fight and gets seasick. what are his hobbies? does he have any responsibilities? friends? anything? I will grant he seems to have a decent grasp of HV. during the incident Aemond in his anxiety starts giving his command in English whereas Luke maintains HV when commanding Arrax, for all the good that it did. maybe there is something there, but I don’t want to read into it too much it because it was likely more for the audience than a way to develop the characters because those are commands not sentences, like jace was working on. Speaking of Jace, even he has something going for him, minor though it was — he trains, attends meetings, is not doing so good in his LOTE classes, really doesn’t like his stepdad, still cannot take a joke. Jace has some serious emotional problems which could be worth exploring, but Lucerys? Nothing, nada, zilch. Who is this person It seems Lucerys only role was to gas up rhaenyra; just so we in the audience know she is in fact perfect, make this face ☹️ in the background of scenes, smirk one time like a asshole, and then die. he is not a character, and while I initially had no problem with him, beyond a mild distaste because he hurt aemond (I actually put more blame on Jace) the way TB started riding this non entity so hard for the last year just made me loathe lucerys. Lucemond can occasionally be fun. I like the fics which are just absurd AUs but anyone who actually takes it seriously. The folks who insist on ‘Fated Feud’ or whatever it’s called, are reaching so hard they might tear something, pretending there is any chemistry or motivation for this relationship. And don’t get me started on the ones who call Luke the pearl of driftmark, that makes me want vom. But people need to quit pretending Lucerys is something other than a plot device, first blood in the DoD, that is all. I hope him and this ship goes away soon. [anyway sorry you’ve got to be the repository for this nonsense. How do you like your aegond? The thing which should have been the main mlm ship for this ridiculous fandom.]

ironically this is probably exactly the type of content the previous anon wanted to avoid 😂 but you can't expect to go in someone's inbox looking for drama, stirring the hornets' nest so to speak, and not expect a reaction. surely everyone can deal with their inbox messages whichever way they want, on the spectrum of not bothering to react at all vs ranting about it. i don't subscribe to this idea that you should hold your mouth shut and refrain from any kind of critical diatribe bc the other side might see it and might be up in their feelings about it.

absolutely not referring to vitriolic hateposting or other forms of bullying, but the institution of the Rant is sacred and must be protected. you can be annoyed at some fandom stuff and simply want a space to air out those thoughts - ofc you're going to be posting in designated fandom platforms, bc it looks deranged to complain about this IRL. i feel that people need to accept that users should have their own barbie playground, but, equally, there should be some spaces (keeping a respectful distance ofc) where criticism or just random rants about that thing can happen, undoubtedly respecting the parameters of decency and not resorting to crazy insults

i agree (and this is a v important caveat) that it becomes bizarre when it's the same people doing it every day, bc then it turns into an unhealthy hyperfixation which you might want to interrogate, but once in a while it can be cathartic, like shooting the shit with your bffs. moderation is key to everything, we can all co-exist and get along without taking everything to heart

this isn't even about lucemond, honestly, it's more of a general fandom criticism, because this is not the first time i've encountered people who simply refuse to mute the tags, willingly read the anti posts, find themselves irked by something, then vent their frustrations on OP

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as for luke being a plot device vs a minor character, i can't say i''m too bothered about that distinction to argue either way. minor characters can also be plot devices and he is effectively fridged for rhaenyra's and jace's) pain. i do think he has more going for him in the show, like they really tried to give him more screen time towards the end and focus a little on his supposedly conflicting feelings about inheriting driftmark & his bastardy

anyway the "how do you like your aegond" sent me 🤣 i'm really drawn to modern setting AUs for some reason! the constraints of modern society are like a breeding ground for angst

#anyway idk how this reads but i promise i'm not up in arms abt it #i'm honestly more amused than anything #anti lucemond #fandom critical #ask #anon

[moononastring]

Just because your personal headcanon doesn't line up with what happened in the actual book doesn't mean the book is bad/wrong. It just means the author wrote what they wanted and what is true to the character and not what you wanted.

You can make your guesses and yell all you want about what you think is right but canon is canon whether you like it or not. Your headcanon is not canon so rereading the actual books might be helpful to differentiate between what is true and what you made yourself believe is true. The author will always know their characters better than you think you do since those characters wouldn't exist without the author.

#gpost #fandom wank #just in general #people think criticizing the text is a whole ass personality trait. #it's why no one likes being part of anything anymore #but also this isn't for people who genuinely just have fun with things #because those people realize 'hey i'm going to crackship or make up things or fic or headcanon that I know would never happen' #'but I'm going to do it because it's fun without me bashing the author because they didn't do it in the book' #people these days always post with the 'I'm right and if you don't agree you're stupid' #and my gal pals #my hot mamas #we're on this website for no other reason than to be weird #also these books are never that deep and I'll keep shouting it from the rooftops #if y'all had fun just reading and enjoying the story for what it is the way the author writes the story FOR FUN #we'd enjoy this place so much more #this isn't some platform where we have cult leaders and 'influencers or some shit lmao #this is fucken fiction #biggest advice (and this is to myself first): except nothing so that way you won't be disappointed #I dont' even wanna think about what's next in terms of events/plots/ships because ya know what? #You never know. You really never know. #So I will take what I am given and either enjoy it or not. #sorry for this random rant on this fine Monday #but just been my thoughts lately.

[sunlitmcgee]

hey guys remember that phase this fandom went through post outpost arc where after c!Tommy said the “you have thick skin” line, everyone started to depict him as an emotionally-deaf idiot jerk who’s completely numb to the emotions of others around him and who was cold and callous towards c!Tubbo after the red festival?

Yeah

Can we agree to never do that shit again?

#dream smp #c!tommy #fandom critical #don't you dare mischaracterize my boy #he's emotionally intelligent to the extreme #he literally cried when he saw Tubbo was okay #he literally was there for him every second post respawn #he literally loves ctubbo more than anything on the bitch earth #yall really took that 1 line #that one innocent remark #and deemed it as proof that he's c!techno junior #newflash #HE AINT #c!techno critical #c!tubbo #c!clingyduo

[okiidokii]

Miraculous is so badly written that a small subsect of the fandom was like "Hey isn't it interesting how Marinette and Adrien view their superhero and civilian identities as extensions of themselves, with one being the idealized fantasy and the other the messier 'real' side of themselves, and how the miraculous allows them to explore that dualism and its failings, but with Ladybug being the fantasy to Marinette and Adrien being the fantasy to himself. Thus turning the Ying-Yan symbolism from a shallow orientalist aesthetic to a fundamental theme of the show"

And then the rest of the Fandom was like "No it's not you're fucking stupid where the fuck did you get that from"

And the majority of the Fandom was right ☠️

#sorry started rewatching Miraculous from season 1 and I remembered this whole dumbass true selves discourse #like yes True Selves was a wrong reading of the text but that's a bad thing #the True Selves theory makes more sense than anything the show has ever put out #the miraculous fandom will continuously make better readings and characters than the actual show #and then praise the show for the fandom's labour #it'd be funny if this show wasn't one of the largest fandoms on Tumblr #Miraculous #miraculous critical #my post

[anghraine]

I posted about it on Dreamwidth a couple of days ago, but I just saw another post about how Obi-Wan amputating three of Anakin’s limbs and leaving him to burn alive under the assumption that he’ll die eventually is actually 100% morally fine and does not indicate any flaw in his character.

#i don't even know how people can watch the ot and come away thinking he's beyond criticism but the pt is on another whole level #NO this is not worse than anakin's own actions but that doesn't make it actually okay to do esp at that point in the fight #my best friend (who is very geeky but not into transformative fandom) called and we ended up talking about for a long time #and reached the conclusion that a) the situation is potentially very interesting and complex #but the rush to defend obi-wan's purity or whatever ignores all that in favor of the most boring possible interpretation of him #and b) the defense is virtually always underpinned by the rationale that there's some threshold of evil #at which it is justifiable to leave someone to slowly burn to death (and often the argument implies that /anything/ obi-wan did #or opted not to do #would be morally justified because anakin is evil #so not just specifically leaving him to burn to death but like. anything at all) #which is ethically repugnant imo and would bother me even more if i thought most people actually believe that #(i think most people who make that argument are driven more by character stanning than commitment to that ethic) #(but still very yikes) #anghraine babbles #sw fanwank #obi wan critical #anghraine rants

[satellite-blossom]

Sick coloring and shading, dude ❢ Unfortunately I don't like how you draw Sonic the hedgehog so I'll have to blacklist your blog because I don't want to block you.

#If you see this then it's not aimed at you since like #I don't interact with those blogs at all I just try to remember their username and add them to my filters #Most of the stuff in my filtered list is just blogs that draw Mobians in ways that make me uncomfortable #Like not even in an objectively bad way #I mean it's not harmful or anything #I just have weird gut reactions due to having used Deviantart for way too long #(I was literally 12 when I joined DA) #I should probably never have joined this site or at least not that early. It wrecked me #But yeah my brain keeps recognizing patterns. Or just making patterns up #Sometimes there's really nothing to worry about but I feel like there's patterns so I'm grossed out #and all panicky and stuff #But I'd end up blocking like 35% of the fandom if I actually blocked people over artstyles I don't like #I know that I'm not rational about this so don't see it as a genuine criticism of the fandom here #I think most s/t/h Tumblrinas are extremely chill + talented + open-minded + not fucking creeps #Even more chill than the French side of the fandom on Google+ #So like it's not an attack on the fandom or anything‚ I'm just mentally ill #Berry rambles

[bohemian-nights]

If Fire & Blood is pro Team Green then HOTD is pro Team Black 🙃

You aren’t wrong about the last part🤣

#more pro Rhaenyra than anything and the other members of team black are her props but yeah this checks out #I really don’t see how people can say F&B is pro green when the blacks ‘won’ #the mental gymnastics #these people really do just say anything #hotd critical #hotd fandom critical

[mayhem-ensues]

The "X character says the Church does this but that can't be true because Rhea personally believes/does Y" argument is bad.

Sorry, I'm doing Church discourse but because of a certain route I'm seeing this argument a lot more now and I have to say that arguing that a lot of what the game says about the Church's negative side are wrong because Rhea and the other recruitable members of the Church of Serios are good people is kind of a poor argument.

You'll see people say for example that the Church can't be isolationist because Rhea has Cyril and Shamir around, or the Church can't be that responsible for the Crest system because Seteth says Crests don't determine a person's worth but I don't think these ideas are really as contradictory as people make them out to be. What these arguments are missing, is that it is entirely possible to be a good person on an individual level whilst still serving a flawed system that causes problems.

That's honestly what I find compelling about Rhea. She was dealt the worst possible hand and is doing the best she can with it, but even though she means well and she tried her best she still ended up causing a lot of issues along the way. People really want to ignore that aspect of her character and pretend that the Church was completely fine and I don't think there's much of an argument to be made that the game was actually trying to portray the Church and Rhea's leadership as an unambiguous force for good.

Like, there is a reason why 99% of the game's endings end with Rhea removed from a position of power, peacefully or otherwise (the only exception being if you marry her in which case Byleth's protagonist powers take charge).

#fire emblem #fire emblem three houses #three hopes #rhea #rhea critical #I guess? #it's more critical of fandom takes than anything but I'll tag it as critical of rhea for safety