#GL critical

[sneefsnorf]

something about how the puzzler is depicted with a cane. something about how the only main actors of colour are cast as rats. something about how the queer identities of actors are erased, except for a gay man who is ridiculed for his sexuality. something about how showfall media treats its marginalised cast. something about how generation loss so horrifically reflects the stereotypes and ropes assigned to the queer and disabled and racially marginalised in past films and series. something about how we are still facing bias and discrimination in the modern live streaming industry

#tjis might be really surface level analysis but whatever #also if the tone wasnt clear im saying generation loss is an effective criticism of these attitudes #not that its upholding them. i think gl is a very fowardtjinking/progressive/whatever analysis of our entertainment culture #i dunno maybe i completely missed the mark with this one #sneefs text

[uiuishii]

I'm surprised by the lack of popularity of Imodna. Don't get me wrong, the ship is popular, but it could be more.

These days, I was thinking about wlw/mlm representations, and it's just crazy how a majority of people seem more enthusiastic about mlm ships. I like mlm, but why would people prefer it? I don't understand the "love is love, but mlm > wlw" logic. I'm saying that because I'm pretty sure that if imodna was a mlm ship it would be waaaaaay more popular. When you search on AO3 (Critical Role) there are around 8353 mlm fictions and only 5434 wlw. Why? 

It's like with powerful male characters vs powerful female characters. I mean if Philippa was Philippe, a powerful and morally grey gay sorcerer, I'm pretty sure he could be a top 5 fan favorite characters of the Witcher fandom. Same for sooooo many fictional characters. You only have to switch the gender to change the fandom perception of a character/ship.

Yeah I'm really random tonight but this thought was stuck in my brain and I had to write it down somewhere.

No offence to mlm or male characters btw.

Why am I thinking about that at midnight.

#imodna #critical role #random thoughts #the witcher #philippa eilhart #laudna #imogen temult #wlw #mlm #why #ao3 #why why #bl vs gl is such a useless fight #everyone is gay in the end #justice for #strong female characters #lesbians #and sapphic #bi women pan women aroace women: women #straight women too but it's not the subject #why am I fighting against me in my own tags #why does the brain brains this way #stop braining #oh here I go #random again #sigh

[dictee]

The way people in the west talk about gay asian media is so awful and demeaning like yeah the norm is unrealistic porn and there is a lot of abuse apologism . This is also true of western media 👍

#Also betrays a really weird attitude towards gay sex in general in real life. like People in real life have preferences about topping or #bottoming. it’s actually quite common. #It’s not some kind of political betrayal… #i feel like this is #actually very similar to the dynamic between bourgeois second wave feminists and working class butch femme culture #like not that GL manhwa or 60s lesbian bar culture is immune to criticism for perpetuating abuse racism and misogyny #but the condescension and revulsion and equivocating it fundamentally to a straight gaze

[beetleohbeetle]

Watching a few people give stupid criticism over Gen Loss that makes 0 sense, from being annoyed that not everyone’s a perfect actor to being annoyed that it isn’t Hollywood level stuff.

I also saw someone say “ I can’t suspend my belief because that’s not how online media works” no my dude that’s how fictional media works

when you watch a movie or show you suspend your belief for the sake of enjoying it

It’s the same for watching online horror content, like locks 58 or Walten Files or Mandela Catalogue. A lot of those have elements that wouldn’t make sense in the real world but it’s not the real world, it a fictional one with horror and paranormal elements, you have to suspend your belief to enjoy it

If you wanted high budget stuff, then don’t want indie content online, and certainly do not complain about it that’s so stupid

I���m not saying it’s perfect but like if your complaint that Ranboo ( who funded his passion project on it own like any other artist typically does) doesn’t have the large budget to create something you’d find in the movies, I have to wonder if you respect indie creators at all

I also wonder if we watched the same thing and I midly get concerned with the way we consume media online a little

#mars rambles #mars rants #gen loss #generation loss #Ranboo #charlie slimecicle #genloss sneeg #sneegsnag #gl!slimecicle #gl!ranboo #genuinely tho it was the stupidest thing I’ve ever read #if you can’t suspend your belief because it isn’t a movie or book then I think you lack some critical thinking skills

[criticallyobs]

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[katmaatui]

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#I do really like the Alan Scott series and do not take this as a criticism #but I can’t believe we got a gl series about a male gl dealing with internalized homophobia in the military and it’s not about Hal #Random DC Stuff

[ratedc]

i really think we need to talk about how, in part, content creators are showfall. genloss created a distinct separation between the creators and those who control the show, but irl? that distinction is a whole lot more muddy. 

all of the decisions that creators make about content, the bits that they choose to do, the personality traits that they choose to minimize or emphasize in front of the camera, those decisions aren’t (normally) made by some abstract third party. showfall media is creators choosing to become the people we see them as, to embody the traits that we assign to them, because we find it entertaining. yes, the audience has a lot to do with it. the characters that creators play are not chosen arbitrarily, they’re chosen to entertain us. but when creators overuse bits, or use voices that are almost cartoon-like in how exaggerated they are, or begrudgingly participate in trends that make them miserable (chika dance, anyone?), there’s no evil megacorporation forcing them to do so. there’s no mind control or programming. the decisions that creators make to appease the audience, just as showfall does, are their own choices. 

maybe i’m reading into it too much, but i feel like this makes the real-world implications of genloss even more horrifying. how must it feel to be your own villain?

#and i do think there's more to showfall including a whole lot of anti-capitalist themes and criticisms of colonial labour #but this is a significant part of what showfall represents and it's so disturbing #genloss #generation loss #ranboo #gl!ranboo #ranboolive #showfall #showfall media #rated rambles

[lumiilys]

POV: You are taking measures to be able to look for stolitz art in peace

#I’m glad people have the decency to tag it at least #and I’m not saying people can’t criticise! #But some people seem to only engage with vivzie’s stuff from a place of hatred #and that’s annoying #I am begging people to stop engaging with things they hate it isn’t healthy #ANYWAY #I’m ranting cause it’s annoying to have to scroll past angry posts when I just wanna see cool art #ALSO IF YOU ARE HB CRITICAL DONT COME AT ME #i /have/ seen a lot of valid criticism #and I think it’s stupid that ppl will attack people for any kind of negative opinion #it’s just #seeing fandom discourse is so annoying #I’m just here to have fun #wish tumblr wouldn’t include those posts in the main tag but whatever #thanks for tagging them at least #helluva boss #stolitz #Ollie rambles #sorry for this btw I don’t usually wanna put discourse on ppls gls #*tls #this is why I don’t wanna join new fandoms anymore hahahah #found my safe corner for the last 2 years

[hokkienmee]

my strawberry film is a poignant mystery show about high school crushes and unrequited love. yes. there were queer characters. but the rabid BL fans and their uncontrollable need to see gay men in everything ruined my entire watching experience. every week there would always be someone new asking "is this really a BL?" how DUMB do you have to be to not immediately recognize that it's NOT a BL after the first 2 eps. it's really just portraying this group of teenagers dealing with their early life crises.

#idgaF that you got baited by gagaoolala into believing that it was a BL/GL. first of all develop a BRAIN and actually consume media like a #normal human being and not through your 'QL' lenses (gag). 'oh this show doesn't have men kissing? ill pass' you sound so DUMB actually #none of you BL watchers should claim yourselves to be an 'empath' or 'burnt out gifted child' because clearly 70% of you lacked #the IQ and EQ to understand a simple plot...... #not my moots tho i like my people on here who actually watch shows for what they are. please stay reasonable critical and share with me you #well thought takes. even if my moots disagree with me theyre still cool and ily all. the rest well i think you're all weirdos #.txt

[italianpersonwithashippersheart]

Watched the first ep of Love Senior. I'll be honest this might be a binge for me instead of a live watch.

It's not really the fault of the show x se. It has more to do with my hangs ups then quality (even if the pilot was very fast paced, like way too fast).

I understand that GLs are just starting, which means they are going to start in the same place BLs did, but I am not going to lie the mix of 2 moons and Sotus energy this show has is not doing it for me. Plus as someone who struggled throught Sotus because of the Hazing aspect it's exponentially worse with girls (all my bullies were girls so this is just a little too triggering).

#txt #it might not be for me #this is no way me saying it's bad #just that it's not for my tastes #love senior #love senior the series #also not going to put this in the body of the post but that scene where the main love interest and her friend asks #a freshmen boy they have power over to strip to see his naked chest made me really uncomfy #it would have made me uncomfy if guys were doing it to a guy or if they were doing it to a girl #again i understand bls also had “problematic” stuff in pretty much all of their early bls and some still do #but it made me uncomfy when bls do it and it's going to make me uncomfy now that gls are doing it #i don't think we should have different standards of criticism for gls then we do bls #also reminder you can like something and still criticisize it #something might not be for you (like this drama is not for me) and you can still recognize the importance of this existing #i am glad that love senior exist just because it's not for me that doesn't mean that it should not exist at all #last side note: i did appriciate that in the male freshman makeover they kept his glasses just got him tinner more stylish frames #that was a major win

[blorbologist]

Cat's Cradle is getting AO3 updates again!

Heyo! For the holidays I'm updating the rest of Cat's Cradle's backlog to AO3 every few days; this shouldn't be anything new to people who have followed my blog since spring/summer, but to the AO3-only readers hopefully this is a nice lil holiday treat <3

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CH 14: Two weeks

It occurs to Percy, with great delay, that he’s in a heap of trouble.

This may or may not be in regards to the cat currently wedged behind the toilet.

Curio has been in Vex’s bathroom for a grand total of twenty-seven minutes. The only reason she has not spent all that time in her current hiding spot is because it took her a solid ten to find the courage to leave the cat carrier and bolt for cover. 

Percy isn’t sure he has much of a heart to work with, but whatever is in his chest is beating painfully for the poor thing. Her pupils are blown wide behind her wincing eyes, thankfully drugged out of her little mind. Thank gods for that - Percy had caught one look at the stitches and nearly swallowed his tongue.

It’s one thing for the vet to tell you they’re amputating a leg, another to see the result. Something striking, about how easily such a huge part of her anatomy could just be… gone. 

There’s more to it, of course: Curio’s middle is also shaved, stitched here with a neat incision that Percy was told would dissolve on its own. She got spayed while she was under anesthetic, which - good, it will hopefully make it easier to find a home for her, too. 

She’s also, as it turns out, on several medications for the next ten days.

[Ch1] [Keep reading on AO3!]

#medicating an upset cat is Hell. gl percy lol #anyways this fic hasn't been touched at all since... june-july. so I'm partially hoping my muse will kick back into gear by posting more #but I can't promise anything #critical role #tlovm #cr fanfic #tlovm fic #perc'ahlia #percahlia #percival de rolo #modern AU #my writing

[ufonaut]

the way nothing's updated are the rippers on a homophobia-induced strike

#personal #also laughing at as: gl being like. critics reviews 10 / user reviews -1

[chumpovodir]

yeah ok i saw all the castlevania: nocturne announce posts and as much as i want to be a pessimistic little turd about it after the shitshow the first series was, i can't help but notice a good number of these are coming from folks working on the show itself.

so in honor of not completely trashing what is a real human's honest effort to make something worthwhile before it's even out the gate, i'll just say maybe i'll be watching it and hopefully it'll be enjoyable.

the fact warren ellis isn't involved solves like 95% of the problems already lmao

#i'm not the biggest richter fan so i have less skin in this game #but if what i'm understanding is right and the story is a blend of RoB and SotN #then i hope to god they don't bungle his character arc #“i pray for you richter belmont” uh yeah gl babyboi ur gonna need it o7 #who knows tho maybe they took some of the criticism to heart and this will actually be good #castlevaniaposting

[anthroparis]

theres just something extremely sinister about this movie.

#imagine all the writers sitting around going 'haha yeah the critics will love this one' like it's so soulless and painful #'ermmm we should probably age her up right guys' -gl*n keane

[mainfaggot]

I didn't watch a movie. I started reading a gl manhwa published 6(?) yrs ago instead

#the art is rushed in quality but the style is cute #the plot is .. well... its messy 😔 #not a single good gl manhwa why are korean artists/authors so stuck on drawing pretty boys fucking #like yay for pretty boys but . where are the lesbians. and bisexuals (that dont exist to fulfill negative steteotypes) #my gay and homophobic moment. remember i am a yaoi Critic and a yuri Activist #WAIT I FORGOT THAT HER SHIMCHEONG EXISTS THATS ONE GOOD GL MANHWA!!!!!! it was pretty sad amd stressful but like in a good way so #z.post

[casualavocados]

not me being mildly (mildly!!) annoyed that inkpa's bedspread is entirely pink after Knowing what pha's bed looked like in bad buddy

like i'm just thinking thoughts

#PINK IS GREAT AND obv pha is very feminine but also it just feels sooooooo....mmmm sicky sweet #to the point of tastelessness #the flavor of what p'aof created vs the very surface level of This #WHICH IS FINE surface level is fine bc goddammit we need more gl's we need a starting point and inkpa is #absolutely the best starting point to have #u know? it just makes me Think of. again. what ppl consider palateable for a straight audience #but like i dont mean any of this in necessarily a bad way bc the special was GREAT #but in a way that was....ig the best we could hope for right now if that makes sense #moral of this story is give milk and love a gl and as a bonus let p'aof direct it #julian watches bb #zero photography #this is more an acknowledgment of where the industry is at rn than a criticism of the special itself #bad buddy series