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thebussynotes · 23 days

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Tengen is the Squad’s Dad

So what I was not prepared for was Uzui Tengen showing how utterly prepared for fatherhood he is. Like, yes I knew he was really caring and mindful and all that but this man at only 23 is already SO SET to be a dad! The first like ten minutes of the episode is literally him just wrangling his children in and he does it so expertly even though he’s freaking out. Look at this!

Dad says stay in the car. They immediately jump out. Dad gets mad and goes into round up mode.

You have the good oldest child staying with you, just trying to help. Tengen is over here yelling at one child to stay where they are and not wander off but they’re distracted and not listening and one of the other ones runs off so he has to leave the other two to go get that one. Comes back to the “oldest” and middle child is gone!

And look at how panicked he is that Zenitsu is gone, that is 100% “WHERE IS YOUR BROTHER!” Face! Finds him, sees what’s going on and just hits him, literally a “DON’T WANDER AROUND!” and drags him back with a “You’re too young for this”. Kyojuro adopted them as his little siblings, Tengen adopted them as his kids, even if he won’t admit it. And Tengen takes full on responsibility of them like a proper guardian. He intentionally makes their makeup ridiculously ugly so that patrons won’t approach them, he asks the women in charge to put them in manual labor positions which would keep them out of eyesight most of the time or make them unappealing because then they’re implied to be “beefy like a man”. When Zenitsu doesn’t show up we get this:

Tengen admits that he has made a mistake and has put them in real danger and takes ownership of that, he admits that the desire to find his wives led to bad choices, namely he let three young boys come into a place far too dangerous for them for multiple reasons. He doesn’t blame anybody for it and completely owns that wrong choice as the adult of this group. And he still puts their safety first, “You two need to leave immediately, it’s not safe for you. I’ll handle this”. Because he is the adult and recognizes them as the young children that they are. For Tengen it doesn’t matter that they’re Demon Slayers or what rank they are. They are children and this is an Upper Rank demon. They also lost Kyojuro only a few months ago, Tengen hasn’t forgotten that. And someone who was also younger than Tengen. So here I honestly think Tengen is remembering that as well, Kyojuro protected the boys from an Upper Rank demon at the cost of his life, of course Tengen wouldn’t want to put them in that same situation, because if he fails to protect them they might actually die to this demon they haven’t even seen yet. For Tengen it’s not an issue of “can they fight” it’s the fact that they shouldn’t have to face an Upper Rank and shouldn’t be in that situation so he is very beautifully continuing to fulfill a guardian role of taking the responsibility and removing the boys from the risk. They end up getting involved anyway but Tengen didn’t want that, and through the whole arc, even during the fighting Tengen responsibly puts their safety first. I appreciate so much that Tengen never tries to “hide” that he cares either, or hide that he feels responsible, he owns these things and its just really fun to see evidence that yeah, when he has his own kids, he is going to be a flamboyantly amazing father.

#nothing left to say other than he’s the best dad I this verse #tengen uzui #this mf never fails to make me cry he truly is the best

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thebussynotes · 23 days

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I think the Duffer Brothers' history with racism in their show goes a lot deeper than a lot of people realize.

Lucas as a character has three distinct B plot stories that get assigned to him: being a minor antagonist to Eleven in season one, being a good friend to the rest of the Party, and being in love with his girlfriend. While Mike's plot is directly centered around two of the most pivotal characters of the show, Dustin is given two different role model characters that shape his arc and is overall the genius that helps the rest of the cast get out of several difficult situations, Will still being connected to the Upside Down after his disappearance in 1983 and that playing into several major plots, Max having a multitude of centric storylines especially in season four and Eleven literally being THE main character- Lucas is only ever given plots that help serve and uplift the other (white) characters. Unless you count him... playing basketball and being friends with Jason. I guess?

Erica is similar to Lucas, but to a much larger degree. I'd like you reading this to think of any single Erica standalone plot in the show that has nothing to do with/does not predominantly or solely benefit the white characters around her. I'll wait.

The Sinclair parents are only touched on in brief sections for the sake of filling the episodes, only ever playing a more major role in Season Four. If you could call it that. I'm sure most of you couldn't even tell me their names off of the top of your heads. (It's Charles and Sue, by the way.)

Argyle was the first somewhat major character of color to be introduced to the show after Erica played her part in season three. I could say similar things about his role in the season overall that I can about Lucas and Erica. Except they set him up to play a bigger role in the next season at the end of season four, going as far as to show him in Hawkins and have Jancy verbally allude to him sticking around, only for the show heads to ghost Eduardo Franco and let him find out he wasn't being brought back through an official social media cast photo.

Kali was a former subject from the same lab El came from, having escaped and subsequently began to lead a vigilante life of enacting revenge on those who played a hand in her suffering. She was the first subject El ever met after leaving the lab, shown to be incredibly powerful and strong-willed. Her and El had an immediate connection, calling themselves sisters right after meeting. But after El was finished with her self-discovery period on the S.S. Kali Gang for one (1) often-forgotten and poorly-written episode, Kali was quite literally abandoned both in spirit and on screen, never to be seen or even mentioned again.

All other characters of color are either killed violently (Patrick), have like ten minutes of screentime total (Jeff and Calvin Powell), or are just straight up background only and may not even have names.

They can dedicate an entire section of season four's plot to Suzie's family, but not to genuine character development for Erica or for Kali to return. They can make room for a whole pointless predatory plot between Billy and Karen, but not to give a more important role to the Sinclair parents. They have room to include a whole plot about El getting bullied in school, but not for Lucas to have a more meaningful story outside of his white friends and girlfriend. They can platform three known white zionists while Palestine currently undergoes a gruesome genocide even as I type this, but they don't have room for Argyle in season five (or even the decency to give Eduardo a fucking phone call).

Not only do the Duffers constantly write themselves into holes because they keep adding unnecessary fodder to the plot, and refuse to kill ANY of their main characters in favor of just creating new characters for the sake of killing them off in mediocre ways despite the fact that they're trying to fit 20+ B plots into 8-9 40-50 minute episodes per season and wondering why half their show doesn't make sense- The time they DO dedicate to character-specific B plots and character arc progression visibly favor the white characters.

If I watch S5, and that's a huge if, I will be sailing the high seas. Between all of this, the fact that they filmed part of season four in an old Nazi prison and tried to turn it into a fucking AirBNB, and the fact that at least four people who play major roles in the show actively support the current genocide of Palestine- I won't be giving them (or Netflix for that matter) another cent of my money.

While you're here, please do your completely free daily click to send aid to Palestine, and here's a list of other resources for how to help more directly.

#fuck the duffers #stranger things #free palestine

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thebussynotes · 3 months

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Not me coming back on here just to find out Argyle isn’t gonna be in the next season…like bro was the best part of season 4 and they aren’t gonna make him come back??? Great way to ruin your fucking show, not like most people are gonna watch it anyways cause some of your fucking cast members can’t even show compassion to those who are hurting (and dying) as we fucking speak…fucking ridiculous.

#free palestine #freepalastine🇵🇸#stranger things #fuckstrangerthings #fuck netflix #we might as well claim Argyle Billy Heather and any other characters at this point #these character deserved to be in a better show 😤

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thebussynotes · 3 months

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Some of you have the worst Stranger Things brain rot that you’ll praise The Duffers for “dealing with” racism in Stranger Things while consistently ignoring how much they underrepresent, tokenize, and exploit characters of color and their actors for their own material gain before dropping them altogether. Then when you can’t cope with the reality that they treat their actors of color like garbage and that Stranger Things is not the underdog utopia for marginalized people you think it is, you turn to your comfort blanket (blaming fans of a character who has been dead for years) instead of facing the reality of the situation. Stranger Things was always bad at this. Billy fans aren’t the reason why it’s bad at this. If anything, Billy fans have been arguing for years about how bad Stranger Things is at this given they chose to use a clearly traumatized and abused teenager to be their token racist so they wouldn’t have to deal with the systemic implications of racism in Hawkins. Wake up.

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thebussynotes · 5 months

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Happy 29th Birthday to my favourite Aussie! 🫶🇦🇺🥰

#dacre montgomery #happy (extremely late) birthday Dacre 🥳

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thebussynotes · 6 months

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the men and boys are innocent too.

we cry "the innocent women and children" to appeal to the masses, to try and force their sympathy, but the men and boys are innocent too.

I have seen sons crying out for their mothers, their fathers, their siblings. I have seen them break down at the loss of their families. I have seen them cling to their dead and grieve.

I have seen fathers cradle their dead children, seen them kiss their faces and hold their little hands. I have seen them faint with grief when asked to identify the dead. I have seen them carry their sons and daughters. I have seen them fasting to provide what little they can for their families.

I have seen men and boys digging through the rubble with just their bare hands, I have seen them comforting strangers, playing with children, rocking them, hushing them, even if the face of such imminent danger. I have seen them cry, seen them grieve, seen them break down into each other's arms, seen them be selfless, beyond selfless, becoming something I don't have a word for.

I have seen the men who are doctors refuse to leave their patients, even when they have no medicine or supplies to give them, even when they're threatened with bombings. I have seen fathers who have lost all their children pick orphans up into their arms and proclaim them their child so they are not alone. I have seen men and boys digging pets out of the rubble.

the men are innocent too. the men and boys are being hurt and killed too. the men and boys are grieving too. the men and boys are scared too. the men and boys are fighting to save their people too. the men and boys deserve to be fought for too.

#free palestine

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thebussynotes · 6 months

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I thought everyone's favorite goober deserved some extra love, and for his birthday no less! So I've put together a little appreciation week :) Prompts will be listed below but feel free to post whatever you like. You do not have to adhere to any rules except making Dacre content, whether that be gifs, graphics, video edits, fan art, whatever your creative mind comes up with!

And make sure to tag your posts with #dacreappreciationweek so that I can reblog your work/other people can see!

PROMPTS:

nov 16 - favorite role

nov 17 - favorite interview(s)

nov 18 - favorite photoshoot(s)

nov 19 - favorite quirks/personality traits

nov 20 - quotes

nov 21 - appreciation from fellow castmates

nov 22 - happy birthday!/free choice

Prompts can be interpreted however you like, I wanted to keep it vague. If you have any questions just message me. Also, if anyone wants to spread the word to instagram or twitter or other social media, feel free, just give me a heads up, since I'm not involved in fandom on those platforms.

The goal of this week is to just have fun and spread some love and positivity, so I can't wait to see what everyone comes up with!

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thebussynotes · 8 months

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