#And I can't say anything to them yet

[anotherfandomtrash]

I finished watching dual destinies and I...just noticed some pattern

#ace attorney #the great ace attorney #tgaa #dai gyakuten saiban #dgs #aa4 #aa5 #ace attorney dual destinies #dick gumshoe #ema skye #bobby fulbright #satoru hosonaga #herlock sholmes #gina lestrade #man I do love sme funky detectives #I haven't watched any of investigation games properly yet so I can't say anything about them #but everyone else is just everything #but I do have some...complicated relationship with ema but I started to respect her a little more and after aa4 #but for everyone else just pure love to them

[bluebobatea]

if sasuke was the main character then he probably would've been a LOT more sympathised with than he is now (which is to say rarely). like the narrative wouldn't even need to change to show his pains or 'his side of the story', bc it does that plenty. it's just that he is not the main character. and idk what it is about our human minds but we tend to sympathise with main characters automatically (unless ofc you go off the rockers insane and do something like obliterate almost everyone from the planet *cough* eren yeager *cough*)

an instance that comes to my mind where this does happen is with lelouch from code geass. while i don't agree with his character motivations, people generally do sympathise with him as he is the mc and as viewers we know he isn't inherently evil. sasuke's goal towards the end is slightly similar but ofc people love to hate him so they don't even try to understand where he is coming from.

my point is, most people while engaging with the naruto story don't read between the lines and so don't see how traumatised and in pain sasuke is and hence don't understand his character motivations. heck, they don't understand a single bit about him and so they automatically hate him, as he is supposedly going against the main character's goals.

which is really sad given all that he has been through.

#there are bajillion other reasons people hate him for #honestly i have lost track of the stupid reasons i have seen people give for hating him #and sometimes they just do without any reason *not even exaggerating* unfortunately #im like yeah go on hate him. you guys obv don't have enough brain cells to comprehend his character #they never understood him. and it's not like any kind of reasoning is gonna make them change their minds #and it's not like one needs to do a deep character analysis to understand him. it's literally right there. #all you have to do is stop worshipping konoha and its militaristic policies and the people who enact said policies. #and also the people who enforce those policies while subtly hating them but can't do anything bc it's dictatorship :) #but maybe that's too much to ask of them bc that would mean they would need to question their political views #and we can't have that right bc it's all just fiction in the end right? and fiction exists in a void :) (yes I'm being sarcastic jc) #like the amt of times i have heard people say “you don't need to take this so seriously it's just fiction” #umm you do know that fiction is inspired by real life events right??? #tldr: most people throw away their brains while engaging with nart media and have zero reading comprehension skills #this turned into yet another rant T T why am i like this AAAAAAAAAAA #sasuke #uchiha sasuke #sasuke uchiha #pro sasuke #pro uchiha #anti konoha

[uncanny-tranny]

It's really frustrating being trans sometimes with cis loved ones because other cis people will go, "oh but it's such a huge adjustment for them! They're grieving for your pre-transition self/they aren't used to the change yet/it's hard on them!"

It's just so frustrating that people forget that trans people's feelings on this matter, too. Cis people aren't the only ones who have adjustments to make. Frankly, as much as I sympathize with cis people in this position, I can't help but be really jaded about it because so often, cis people jump to the defense of other cis people and they will seemingly forget to or refuse to give the same grace to trans people.

#trans #transgender #lgbt #lgbtq #ftm #mtf #nonbinary #like at what point is it 'they aren't used to it yet!' and it morphs into 'that person is actively refusing to acknowledge you' #i'm at a point now where i have been out as trans for half my life. at what point is this willfully refusing to see *me* #it's just amazing that it doesn't matter what the trans person could do because it's their fault for bringing 'burden' onto cis people #i UNDERSTAND that it can be hard for family for instance to flip a switch with their trans loved one... #...but i can't help but notice that so often it's because they *refuse to try* #why is it that cis people can do almost anything to trans people but trans people must be perfectly understanding and perfectly... #...content with whatever cis people in our lives have to say about how hard it is on THEM... #...like that's insulting to me. imagine being so willfully incompassionate... #...i'm worried about if i'm safe in my own workplace or in my gym or in a medical setting... #...i feel like we need a sense of scale about who is most affected by transness in this scenario... #...because i would RATHER be grieving over somebody's transness than worrying if i'll be hatecrimed... #...there's a difference in the experience between a trans person and the cis people in that trans person's life learning to adjust to... #...that person's transness. which is why i don't think it's comparable to say that cis people have it just as hard in this case #transphobia #transphobia tw

[kiraman]

are people aware of the fact that Mizu is not canonically in any way shape or form.............. queer....bi.....

(quick note here because reading comprehension stays dead and people may not read the tag novel: I want bi Mizu! I hc her as bi! I love sapphic Mizu)

#Yall are not ready for this take but.......boy....... #can we like praise the show for all its wonderfulness without Proclaiming it a REVOLUTION for the LGBT com. before it actually earns it #It's a thought....... #No one wants bi Mizu more than me trust me but it's just not canon yet. Gender exploration has not gone There #we can meta and we can HC and we can analyse. But it's SUBTEXT #But actually full on praising it for .... something that it's just not there yet is wild to me #A sapphic AF woman #I GET IT. All I write is bi Mizu &Mizu/ladies but it's not canon yet! And if we get it great if we don't oh well! #I'm just saying that...you can't praise a show for what Might happen. That's all 🧘🏻‍♀️💙 #Blue eye samurai is wonderful for so MANY other reasons #Stop giving it credit it has not earned #this is totally open to discussion and non confrontational btw❣️ #if anything the only thing you can kinda give them rep for is Taigen getting a hard on for someone he thinks is a man and STILL... #blue eye samurai #bes mizu #and before anyone comes at me swinging I don't ship ta*zu. that's not at all my point.

[sciderman]

(Idk if someone asked this already) since we’re on the topic of gender

sci what is gender to you and how do you see it in you and how you express it in your art?? (Just a young queer artist who wants some light shined upon them 🥺)

i 'unno ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

#gender is soup #sci speaks #i'm so sorry i know you might hope for something profound but... i think when i'm put on the spot like this i can't say anything really #i think whatever i am is definitely pervasive in everything i write #but like.. gender means something different to wade than it does for peter. #just like it'll be different for everybody. we make different associations based on our experiences and our trauma. #like.. wade associates femininity with love. because of his mother. associates masculinity with violence. because of his father. #peter associates masculinity with responsibility. because of uncle ben. associates femininity with confidence. because of aunt may. #i think there's all kinds of reasons why we choose to present the way we do. and what gender means to us. #just like we'll associate a colour with something. or a smell with a memory. it's complicated. #i don't think i'm some kind of expert on gender things but... i just find it interesting to explore. the psychology of it. #i don't think it's supernatural. it doesn't come from nowhere. but it should be a playground. #i don't think anyone in this world should be restricted to a certain role to play. i want to try all the roles and see how it fits. #see how well i can play them. #maybe because i haven't found one that quite fits. so i want the opportunity to try whatever i can. see what feels right. #i think it would be fun to be a wife. i think it would be fun to be a husband. i think it would be fun to be a firefighter. i think it wo #shrugs. different outfits for every day. different roles to play. #today i'd like to try... #i think it's like kids learning how to be adults by playing pretend. by playing roles. #i'm learning more about myself and other people and fitting into the world by trying on different roles. #kids playing house. you be the mom. i'll be the dad. yadda yadda. #i still feel like a bit of a kid who hasn't figured out how to be an adult yet. so i'm still trying out roles to see what fits.

[extraordinarilyextreme]

天台上谈心...... (a heart-to-heart on the rooftop)

please i need more people to watch 《异人之下》 I Am Nobody 😭😭😭

i believed i was invincible until i met you. in an instant, everything i had ever known came crumbling down. you changed my world utterly; you altered my fate. “我也很喜欢你这个人”； “我喜欢他不假。”

vs

i left the secular world behind because i couldn't find meaning in the struggles of the day-to-day. i didn't understand the point of forming attachments, yet you took the initiative to approach me anyway. because of you, i had the courage to descend from my lofty perch, and find my own place among mortals.

rivals to best friends; two of the most promising sorcerers of their generation; a popular idol descended from Zhuge Liang himself and the wealthy third son of one of the most powerful families in the country who left home to become a Taoist.

"The kind of person that I am - I detest getting entangled with trouble. But if you really have any trouble, I'll help. To say I'll risk my life for you sounds kind of fake. But as long as it's within my power, I'll definitely help you." "Ah, go away, go away! I shouldn't befriend people like you; I can't have any secrets! Can't you let me remain mysterious?" "But I want to be friends with you." ep. 15

the only two people who are able to see and experience the world in the same way.

#异人之下 #i am nobody #zhuge qing #wang ye #这俩的宿命感，也不假。 #also when i say “altered my fate” i mean that Wang Ye LITERALLY altered Zhuge Qing's fate #they both feel apologetic to each other; yet neither believes the other owes them anything #i really can't wait for their relationship to evolve in season two

[tblsomedoodles]

More FW Venus doodles as i get used to doodling her

I needed to draw her and jennika bonding time. And work out how her clothes work. (ie. braided sash instead of a braided bandanna b/c she doesn't do ninja stuff.) Also, her and jennika's dynamic would be absolutely hilarious. Shy big sister with gremlin child little sister. <3

#tmnt #rottmnt #family web au #my doodles #rise venus #i have a silly comic i kinda want to do with these two #well these two and morgan #b/c i think venus has a crush on morgan #but is too shy to say anything #Jennika however is not #and would loudly ask morgan if they're into girls while trying to get her sister a date lol #this isn't the only thing i drew this week #but since half of it are spoilers for PA #and the other half are spoilers for donnie vs #i can't share any of them yet

[venacoeurva]

If I'm gonna be completely real I am not signing up for another shitload of social media alternatives, probably like 1/2 of which die out super fast again or are astroturfed, if Tumblr goes down in the near future I'm meandering back to Twitter because I still have so many mutuals there who also moved over there from prior Tumblr exoduses and maybe cohost or pillowfort if they actually pick back up and keep momentum

#I think people are being very fear mongery with this........ again #I would like a little more solid info than just ''well I know an employee at tumblr and....'' before I really believe anything #but needless to say relying on social media to survive basically is stressful #but I refuse to join so many sites I can't remember them all and have to join 485738945783495789349 discord groups #bluesky is also an option but I'm eeehhh about it since they don't have DMs yet #which makes taking comms on there harder

[rotisseries]

everyone debates about elmike like oh they're the best of friends no they would never hang out on their own they don't even know each other, when the true answer, much like everything else about them, is that there is so so much and also nothing at all

#they're like siblings. not like. freakishly sweet siblings but like. normal siblings you know? #like a sibling is the most distant person you're ever close to. the most intimate stranger #we aren't in each other's lives by choice and if we could choose we probably still wouldn't choose each other #but also I absolutely can't live without you #I would confide my deepest fears and wants and secrets to you and you find that same confidante in me #but we never talk to each other about our interests and we don't care to hear about them either #everything about elmike is just so. everything and nothing #I love you enough I'd die for you and I don't know a thing about you #you're such an inescapable part of me but we're not even friends #like a blank wall in an otherwise filled bedroom #even though you make up a part of the structure of one of the most intimate spaces in my life there's still nothing of me there #like. do you get it. actually does this make any sense. I think I'm just saying shit #alright wrap it up guys everyone go home this post is actually just nonsense maybe #this is actually about how I view elmike in general though like they're everything and nothing they're so interesting and also so boring #like it's about the insaness of the fact they love each other that much they truly do albeit not romantically #but they don't KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT EACH OTHER. THEY'D DIE FOR EACH OTHER THEY DON'T EVEN KNOW EACH OTHERR #THAT'S THE TRAGEDY. THAT'S THE FUCK OF IT ALL #but also at the same time it's so boring because actually it's just every other bad middle school relationship #where you both haven't realized you're gay yet #so. elmike. everything and nothing #stranger things #el hopper #mike wheeler #elmike

[eff-plays]

So now that I've figured out why Hira might go for Astarion ... I am now struggling to figure out why Astarion would go for them in the long run. Like, because he's barely his own person at this point, what are his preferences? Ya know? Beyond how they treat him, beyond the obvious, what about them is it that he likes? Ya know? "You were kind and patient and trusted me" is all well and good but that's still 1) related to him and 2) doesn't quite tap into the sense that he also wants them for himself for other reasons aside from wanting more of what they're doing for him. Ya know? Ya fucking know?

#bg3 #worsties to lovers #this isn't me complaining btw this is just my process #but it is kinda difficult in this case ngl #cuz the poor guy hasn't figured himself out yet #i headcanon him as like ... demi or graysexual so he wouldn't be immediately attracted to them #which he basically confirms in game that he's not so #but basically i can't just say that he thinks they look hot and diesel even though they absolutely do #i do have some ideas mind you #the fact that they're a bard and clearly in love with music and poetry and the arts #like in a genuine way #i think he finds that attractive cuz he envies it on some level #to love a part of the shitty world he lives in and thus make it slightly less shitty in the process #i think he also likes that they can make him feel things without like ... touching him or really doing anything *for* him specifically #like by just performing something with their whole heart they are able to evoke emotion #and it's not pretentious or forced like the poetry his victims would read at him #in my head i think their first genuine kiss is right after hira reads him one of their fave poems and it makes astarion feel so weird #that his only response is 'hmm. i should kiss them on the mouth i think' #and it absolutely obliterates the nice platonic vibe and hira leaves and astairon can't figure out why tf he just did that for #god they're so cringefail

[birdmenmanga]

@raventhekittycat

hi okay so I've been mulling this one over for the past day or two and I think I have the answer. not to be using hamburger to explain anything to an american but you're my detco mutual so I'm going to try and explain it in detco terms

There's a post going around recently about how if you've read detco and only detco, the first time hakuba shows up you're going to be totally flummoxed, because damn this guy is clearly important, he gets to be even cooler than Shinichi, he's got a half-page shot of him (in such a panel-dense series such as Detective Conan, no less!!) and he's got a fucking hawk. he's CLEARLY important. everything about the narrative is indicating that you need to PAY ATTENTION to hakuba and that he's the coolest guy and he's important!!!! and then he dies in the case lol (not for real. but still.)!! and you're like huh??? what was that. why did aoyama do that.

But with the context of magic kaito this totally makes sense. He's a beloved character that people have been waiting decades to see again. Of course Aoyama is going to hype him up!! It's his big moment after years of being locked in the backrooms!!!

Anyways reading birdmen for me was kind of like that. The author's previous series, Kekkaishi, was pretty one-dimensional at the beginning, and even after the main plot started picking up at around volume 6, it still felt quite understandable. I knew what she was trying to get at, and the spectacular job she did with the anthropocene and climate change metaphor towards the end of that series really made me interested in the rest of her works. That and the way she writes familial relationships is absolutely DEVASTATING. (I mean this with the highest of praise)

But when I read BIRDMEN for the first time, I was probably in... middle school, maybe? And I read it, sure, but I didn't get it. I could see what was literally happening on the page but the narrative choices were absolutely baffling at times. Why skip over the entire part of the plot where they figure out who the birdman that saved them was? She blatantly doesn't care about that. What does she care about then?? I knew I didn't get it, I knew there were parts of it that were important and I couldn't figure out why and THAT'S how it dug its pretty little claws into me. Even after I finished catching up it nagged at me a little bit, not often at all, but enough that every once in a while I go, huh, right, that was a thing, let me go read it again.

For the record this type of story haunting has happened to me twice. First time was the Heart of Thomas, second time was BIRDMEN. I think the thing is that these are both stories which are not what other people say they are and I think I came into both of these stories with a misconception, trying to look too hard for things that weren't important and therefore missing the things that were.

Because sure, BIRDMEN is about mental illness. Yeah, it's about an evil scientific organization growing mutants in a lab. Yeah, it's about what it means to leave your humanity behind. That's all technically correct, on a surface level, and the fandom at large likely agrees with these takes for the most part, but in my opinion none of that really delves into what the thematic messaging of the story is about.

There are cryptic conversations about authority and human extinction and peculiar outfit and ability choices. You can tell these choices weren't made to serve the purpose of "writing exciting shonen manga" because that was what she did for the most part in Kekkaishi and you can tell she wasn't putting her whole pussy into doing that here. So what was she doing? What's like. All of this. Waves my hands at this.

The short answer is that it's really about the interplay between capitalism (represented by humanity) and communism (represented by birdmen), and explores the role institutional white supremacy (EDEN) plays in enforcing capitalism. It is ALSO about queer liberation and the importance of community, but hey, that double-stacks conveniently with the communism metaphor.

But also take this opinion of mine with a grain of salt. As far as I know I'm the only one who really truly deeply believes that it is not only AN interpretation of the work, but one that was fully intended by the author.

So basically, I like it, because I think it says something true and beautiful that I also believe in, even if I didn't have the words for it the first time I read it. But I don't really think that's what people really look for in a media recommendation.

Do I like it? Yes, I love it. Will I recommend it to others? Yeah, sure. But do I think it's deeply flawed? Yeah, absolutely. It's flawed in the same ways as The Witch from Mercury— a rushed ending, too many threads that were opened and never tied together. The pacing and characterization is perfect in the beginning, and too rushed at the end. There are prerequisites you basically HAVE to read in order to understand the story (tempest for G-Witch and the communist manifesto for birdmen). I think a truly good story wouldn't have any of these things so if people don't like it I never blame them.

It's my personal experiences that make birdmen so profound to me. If you are not queer I just don't think Eishi coming out as a birdman to his mom will hit the same, just as an example. Sorry that I wasn't the kid you wanted me to be. I know you love me and you just want the best for me and that's why you're so controlling, because you think I can be saved by conforming to societal expectations. But I can't live like that. I can't be like that. And that's why I must go. etc.

Aesthetically I do love birdmen a lot. If I had to describe it in a few words it would probably be "chilling", "beautiful", and "powerful", which nicely coincides with the type of things I personally like to draw. It's also silly to a small degree but it's so serious and I know Tanabe can be way way way funnier (read kekkaishi for this. kekkaishi and hanazakari no kimitachi he were foundational to my sense of sequential art humor) so that's not really the standout trait of this series.

I can't let it go because I'm chewing this series like a bone. And it's taking me years but I am getting that sweet sweet marrow. By god. We are on year 3 of this shit and I am GOING to understand this series. and I'm going to make 3 video essays about it

#just thinking thoughts... #stray bird thoughts #so it's like... I don't like it because birdmen is good #I think I like it because I am a certain type of person and the author was trying to say something specifically to the type of person I am #OH #I'M THE TARGETED AUDIENCE THATS WHY I LIKE IT. #YEAH THATS REALLY IT!!! #A long time ago I said that birdmen wasn't written for the people who read it at the time it serialized. #it was written for the people they would become. #and I stand by that 100% #if it really stays with you there is going to be a reason even if you can't articulate it yet #and it may APPEAR sloppy to someone who doesn't see the queer or communist metaphor #like 'what is she doing what is she saying here she's not saying anything meaningful and emphasizing the wrong things' #but that sort of presumes she is gunning to make 'the best shonen manga ever' #which she clearly isn't. #I remember when I was reading fma with a bunch of my classmates and I'd lend them a volume or two every day #and a piece of feedback I received that has stuck with me was 'volume 15 was so boring' #(that was the volume recounting the ishval civil war. it was boring because we were middle schoolers and didn't REALLY get it.) #and like. I think to people who are looking for something like kks. the whole thing is going to feel like fma volume 15 #like WHAT is she going on about? ? ? #like witch hat and dunmesh I think are similar types of stories but I think these two are just executed way better than bm #but because of that it is just not as compelling to me you know. #like yeah yeah it's well constructed. we all see it's well constructed. #the metaphor is so well constructed that I don't feel the need to point it out. everyone is saying it already you know #but bm is cryptic enough and just slightly missed that execution enough that I feel like I'm pulling the analysis out of a smoking wreckage #recently I've been watching mentourpilot videos about airplane accidents and like. that's exactly it. #there's nothing to say about a perfectly executed flight. #it's the ones that failed. and in particular the ones that just barely failed by a little bit. that compels people the most. #cue my de communism is failure post. bc that bm sure did fail.

[candlebel]

It's so weird to look back and see I was admired at all, by people who were far more creative than me. It... saddens me. Like, you deserved better. You should've spent your time on someone better, kind of feeling.

What did I give in return? Why stick with me?

#re reading those old comics from 2012 #crying #You weren't just my fan; you were my best friend; you were important to me. All my life I've dreamed big of showing to the people I care ab #But for one reason or another I've barely been able to and I barely ever will. I can barely make things for myself. #I can't even do the things I want to do for myself. I'll never be enough. #I'll just never do enough I never will. #I cannot make you happy. And I don't hate myself for it but... #It hurts so much. I'm so; so sorry. Why am I like this? #WHAT DO YOU WANT FROM ME?? #I never ask anyone anything I never aproach anyone yet people aproach me and give me and expect me to give back exactly #or it means I never cared. #Despite seeing me on the fucking floor. Despite me having nothing to offer and saying it clearly #Why is people conditional towards me? Why me? Why do they want me to give them what I dont have? Or want me to be different? Someone I'm no #How dared they call it love? #How am I simultaneously so special that they/you like/love me and wanna spend time with me but when know me better it's hollow #I'm so disappointing; so disgusting that I must be wanting to use you #How do you love someone you don't trust. #Hice lo que pude con lo que tenía.

[browngirl-inthering]

people are genuinely so weird about angelina johnson and for what??? she's genuinely one of my favorite characters and istg you can't say a SINGLE positive thing about her online without a little bitch getting all up in your ear to tell you how much they just hate her because she "got with both twins" even though she didn't??? literally all she did was go to the yule ball with fred and that was it. harry went to the yule ball with parvati and no one assumes that they dated, ron went with padma and no one assumes they dated, ginny went with neville and still nobody assumes they dated... so why is it any different with fred and angelina??? also the way that no one hates george for "getting with angelina" either??? eeeverybody and their mother loves to go on and on about how angelina is a slut for getting with both twins but it's nothing but CRICKETS when you bring up the fact that george should get some of the blame for it too??? they make it her entire personality too, whether it's a fic or an edit or a cosplay angelina is ALWAYS portrayed as some mean obsessive bitch who's just constantly throwing herself at fred and/or george and trying to get with them 24/7??? it genuinely has to be racially motivated atp bc what...

#what i hate the most is those bitches that hate her for no reason at all #like there's an angelina edit or something and in the comments they say something like “i don't really like her but this is a good edit” #and when you ask them why they go “i don't have a reason why i just don't like her please respect my opinion...” #they ALWAYS end it with the “please respect my opinion” bs like what #if you can't even come up with a reason why you don't like her then i'm going to assume you're a racist #the way she didn't even do anything wrong in the books 😭 #she literally just sat there and minded her own business and yet she has bitches literally foaming at the mouth with hatred 😭 #angelina get behind me i'll protect you !!! #nobody understands her like i do fr #angelina johnson

[the-busy-ghost]

"Oh it would have been more satisfying if the humans had invented a technology which defeated the Martians rather than have them killed off by accident just when humanity's impotence in the face of disaster seems to be confirmed". I

To me that's just a fancy way of saying "Yeah but humans could totally handle the Martians and the writer has a duty to reassure the audience of that!"

Sir we cannot even handle climate change and I'm sorry to tell you that it's not entirely due to a lack of technological expertise

#In all fairness maybe we can handle climate change we don't know yet but it's going to take a lot more than a fancy new invention #As for war and genocide and all the other human ills that we can't seem to solve how do you think the atomic bomb worked out #And when I say technology or science I don't just mean in the normal STEM sense #As a history student you end up asking a lot whether your subject is actually beneficial to society or capable of solving anything #Or the political sciences- was the League f Nations or even today's UN a success? #Maybe if we just keep learning and studying we can solve it! Well maybe. But what will humanity look like when we're done? #Anyway I'm getting a bit far from the point of the War of the Worlds but maybe I'm just not enough of a science fiction nut for this convo #Maybe the image of societal collapse impressed itself on me more strongly than any delight over long-winded explanations of alien machines #Maybe it would be different if I'd read the book hoping for a good story about aliens #rather than to read one man's uncomfortable rather pessimistic views on what an alien invasion might tell us about human ity #I am simply asking certain fans to sometimes Dig a Little Deeper #Alright rant really over this time #...maybe #It's just that there are so many potential issues with that book but honestly I can't accept that the ending is one of them #Even the hint at the end that since the Martians proved it possible maybe some day humans might colonise other planets I just !!!!!

[ginkovskij]

merry christmas eve to me spending time with the family that "we are not fascist, but!"

#i slept for the biggest part of the day to avoid them but for meals i must be with them #the way they feel bold enough to repeat fascist rhetoric #'we can't say anything anymore' and yet you speak too much #i am fighting back but it's like arguing with dumb racist rocks #notes of a countryside dandy

[sukibenders]

The way some people are reacting to the Oscar nominations, specifically in regards towards Barbie, and many other things surrounding it holds certain undertones, especially when they then start to go and deny America Ferrera's talent among other things, that are very concerning. Like let's not do that. Especially if you're writing an article for a newspaper (LA Times) that makes digs towards the other films and their nominees, mainly who were women, and say that that proves the point of Barbie. Even though the point of the film was that women have to work harder than men just to get their foot in the door, not about shaming other women, but I digress.

#oscars #barbie (2023) #barbie movie #america ferrera #like from the way some people are talking you would think that the film didn't get nominated for anything #don't even get me started on that la times article that was dismissing the themes of killers of the flower moon either #that was not just some murder plot it was a genocide #but i also can't expect these certain types of people to get that when they act like their fave not getting nominated is an act against #feminism even though many other women (woc mainly) were nominated #but adding to the fact that women and young girls in palestine congo & sudan ate facing many forms of violence & discrimination #and yet said people haven't been up in arms about that (and you know why) #if this doesn't apply to you than it doesn't but if it does dni if you can't be calm about in this discussion #you can wish that greta & margo got nominations all you want #but pls don't get upset when others (especially poc) talk about how concerning some of the rhetoric around this conversation is concerning #also congrats to america ferra (and coleman domingo) for their nominations! #and to lily gladstone for being the first native person of native descent in the us to be nominated #as well as to all the people of color who were nominated bc often times fields like these don't give you (us) a chance to be recognized #like how are you going to watch barbie and then make digs towards other films (one with a woc who talked about the many complex feelings #derived from/during the film and the other created by a woman that was snubbed by her own gov bc they didn't like how she called them out) #and say that you understood the message behind the film? that is not- #also didn't margo help produce barbie? and isn't nominated for best picture? so she is being acknowledged not forgotten #(also bc tumblr won't let me correct my tags without deleting them completely when referring to palestine and etc #i meant to say are and not ate but my fingers were moving too fast so sorry for that and just want to clear that up)