#I did not have high expectations tbh

[itsmetheabnormalone]

Spoilers for MoM in the tags

#ok well last chance to skip this if you haven’t seen the movie yet #I warned u #so I did not enjoy MoM at all #and my friend I went with neither #after 30 minutes I said ‘something feels off' and I expected her to not get what I mean but she actually said she feels it too #I did not have high expectations tbh #did not expect crazy cameos or for them to answer every open question regarding the multiverse #but this wasn’t it #I don’t know what the idea behind this film was tbh #show how dangerous Wanda can be? #bc the multiverse wasn’t really explored it was like a side prop #it wasn’t very fanservice-i imo (Spider-Man did that and it worked) #I don’t know much more about the characters except for yeah Strange feels lonely which was said 5 times but other than that it didn’t give? #wanda is unrecognizable and while I liked seeing her go batshit it felt like watching a shallow copy of her #also where was Vision? why would she not even try to find him? #the dialogue was ok at best imo #the movie started and it was so painful I thought 'god I hope it doesn’t stay this way' #and don’t get me started on the cameos #I hated it #it felt disrespectful? the most intelligent man on earth-first family and they make spaghetti of him? #don’t get me started on the cheesy black bolt death #and CHARLES #He was there #and then he got killed within two minutes #also Maria- they did not treat ypu right babes #don’t get me wrong I did not want a Spider-Man 2.0 with the cameos but at least don’t treat them like canon fodder #it felt as if they thought putting these characters into the movie was so clever and enough #but did not do anything to make the cameos worth it #I hope the actors at least got a huge paycheck #I’ll just try to get Reed Richards getting ripped apart after 1 sec out of my brain

[ssaalexblake]

it’s also baffling to me that tumblr, home of the ‘why are white men Still being cast as the doctor’ for So many years now (For you know, like over a decade.) is somehow not appalled that they hired a white dude to be the next Doctor because look okay it’s okay if it’s This white man. 

I mean, I do not consent to acknowledge that they’ve shoved him in there under any circumstance, but my Only need for the casting of the next person was that it was Not a white man, otherwise i didn’t care who it was, so when they “announced” Gatwa I was satisfied (i am hesitant to say they announced it bc it was more like a tiny footnote than an announcement, oh the disrespect) and it took a whole seven days (it was literally seven days. Yes i counted. it was easy since it was only seven days) it was ‘actually sorry no it’s this white dude we’ve already had before did we forget to mention that???’ and it’s steadily gotten worse and worse. 

That This site of all places is not up in arms about both the situation and how it specifically played out is depressing, but also massively and darkly hilarious.  

Especially since i Also remember nobody on this site thought casting Whittaker was good enough but literally going backward to a previous white man is?? This is not even a metaphor about diversity getting worse, they literally looked backwards. 

But, yeah,  tenn/ant with the ‘what the future looks like’ headline is uh... Good???? Not super worrying and ominous? 

I feel like i’ve been dumped in some weird parallel universe by reactions to all of this on here like??? the whole way this was done was appalling, the situation is appalling, but i guess the bbc/disney should get a rousing round of applause for accurately judging that nobody would care about their poor actions if the specific white guy they cast was popular enough that next to nobody would care. 

( and to the ‘it’s an anniversary ep’ thing, they legit could have just set a couple of eps in the past. i don’t mean they travel to the past. i mean just say ‘hey this ep is set during s4!’ and nobody would care. this show does weirder stuff than this every second episode. and it would still be bad, but how they did it is so much Worse.)

#dw shit #literally feel like i live in some wild parallel universe where weird shit is happening #genuinely #i am baffled #while also not being baffled at all #i try to be a realist rather than be cynical or optimistic but you know what #in this case #i honestly expected better of people #guess the cynicism would have helped here #idk i love 13 but i like jodie too and it'd Suck Balls to see her stomp on somebody else down the line #i'd hate it #i'd lose respect for her #but i've never been one for stan culture i guess #any bs on this one gets blocked and totally ignored tbh the level to which i do not care is So High #all i'm saying is #when they do more bs with white guys you Don't like #remember they learnt they can get away with it when nobody cared when they did it the first time #their litmus test has sure given Results

[sorcerous-caress]

SOMEONE STOLE MY IDEA WORD FOR WORD AND IT GOT MORE ATTENTION BECAUSE THEY HAVE MORE CONNECTIONS??? imma go throw my heart into a blender rq with bananas and all, then travel to the sewage treatment facilities to personally pour it into the gutters myself.

#They did so lamely too I'm screaming do people just have bad taste or was I aiming too fucking high apparently? #and no before anyone asks I'm not saying who bc it's just an idea. No point in being petty #it wasn't a whole fic or a drabble so it's cool #BUT STILL I'M LAUGHING SO HARD I NEVER EXPECTED A BIGGER BLOG TO COPY ME??? #fuck this stingggsss damn #no like it was WORD FOR WORD #ik you can't gatekeep ideas and they're up for grabs but if you're gonna steal it then AT LEAST MAKE IT GOOD #MAKE IT INTERESTING. PUT SOME EFFORT. #I'm blaming the people who ate it up more than them tbh

[jasongracedefenseattorney]

here’s my full review of the tortured poets department: the anthology by taylor swift. i’m just going to start off by saying this is a grown ass woman and a billionaire and if you believe her music is above reproach just because she embodies girlhood or you liked the album or whatever just keep it trucking because i get to say whatever i want here.

first here’s the songs i like:

the black dog (what girl hasn’t checked a location, i ask you?!?)

chloe or sam or sophia or marcus (it could be traffic sounds and my name being in the title will still make me like it)

the alchemy

clara bow (this one makes me go 🎀🧚🏻‍♀️💕)

thank you aimee (grandchild of mean)

the albatross

peter (really mostly just the ending)

the bolter

the manuscript

the smallest man who ever lived (i will never hate a song that is about how matty healy sucks)

i can do it with a broken heart (corny but i have already seen edits with it and the right edit could make me like any song plus certain parts remind me of yoyok)

guilty as sin?

my boy only breaks his favorite toys (specifically for the line “im queen of sandcastles he destroys” which i like)

but daddy love him (she’s real for saying cut the fucking whining)

fortnight (post malone’s positive affect on my enjoyment cannot be overstated)

now for my opinions:

many of the songs aren’t BAD just completely unmemorable like i remember nary a lyric or tune of cassandra or the prophecy or robin etc etc

jack antonoff should be strung up! the only good things he’s done are 1. melodrama by lorde, and 2. inspiring margaret by lana del rey (plus the occasional good taylor song like getaway car and sweet nothings but whatever) honestly the two have outgrown each other and their music apart is way more interesting than anything they do together. aaron dessner is a hero.

i have no technical issues with florida!!! but as someone who has spent quite a bit of time in florida it feels like someone romanticizing newark, new jersey and that feeling stretches so deep that not even florence + the machine could make me enjoy what is otherwise a really fun song

there must be something about british men bc people dating british guys write so american by olivia rodrigo and paper rings and people who have broken up with british guys write so long, london

who’s afraid of little old me feels like the perfect example of every criticism taylor gets. she is the most powerful voice in hollywood, is extraordinarily litigious, and has won in every way that matters but still she acts like every criticism of her is an attack on girlhood and feminism. like she is a grown woman writing “i’m just a girl” music about how not being universally adored is such a huge tragedy and it just feels so corny

i look in peoples windows and down bad are both songs i’m sure i’ll love two months from now

the line about 1830 without the racists is CRAZY. even without the racists that was not a good time!

overall a very weak album. it’s like she’s stuck in some sort of perma-youth where she is unable to mature beyond “all of my exes are either the devil or taylor lautner” and it shows how very insular her adulthood has been. she’s been famous her entire adult life and her music sounds like the kind of lyric a teenager writes in their notes app. like i don’t hate the music but it’s all just so extraordinarily mid. every song on this album could be on any other album of any other pop girlie and i wouldn’t blink. taylor is supposed to be one of the strongest lyricists of our time and we’re getting lyrics like “touch me while your bros play grand theft auto”

#taylor swift #the tortured poets department #the anthology #like i’m sorry taylor it’s a flop! #tayvis #i really wanted to like it #idk not super obsessed with it the way i thought id be #tbh i think she’s chasing the high of folklore here and it’s not working #folklore saved her career really #she was one flop from a vegas residency #and now every album is the most honest and vulnerable album ever! #and it’s all the same synth pop over lyrics that are like #you spit on my bones and left me there in the graveyard #all the while two songs later it’s like #now i DID cheat on you but im taylor swift so you should have expected it

[gemstarstarlight]

IDK if you've seen Crown of Candy yet, but it's treatment of Not-Christianity is much better even if ultimately still negatively-oriented. It's more centered around the historical institution with Not-God being more of a force than a sapient being, and the pagan representation turns out to be sinister so it's consistent in not endorsing any strain of divinity in particular. Ravening War likewise does some interesting stuff with church-drama that doesn't cast genuine faith in a bad light.

I have watched both of those and I agree with you! It’s definitely a bit better because of all of that. It’s also more my genre anyway, which made it more fun.

It’s so tricky because there’s truth in both Comida and Fantasy High’s depiction of religion. I’ve met the Bobby Dawns and read up on the Belisabeth Brassicas. I understand that God can feel distant, like a force and nothing more. I am so angry and grieved at the damage the church has done to people. Any time there is a grasp for power or a putting down of others or another goddamned cult I want to just cry because this isn’t what it’s supposed to be and it’s horrible to just watch. Also I do believe that as much as possible there shouldn’t be an endorsement of one religion over another in entertainment, so not endorsing any particular religion in Dimension 20 is good.

But I feel such a connection with characters like Sir Morris Brie. Because I’m a Bible-believing Bulbian. I’ve studied my god and I’ve also met him. And he’s not like Helio at all. He loves me. Has always loved me. Has always wanted what was best for me. Has grieved with me when I’ve lost everything in little ways over and over again. Has been my father and friend when I haven’t been able to trust one and didn’t know how to have the other. And I’ve been able to trust the Bible over and over again even if I haven’t always agreed or understood.

And it’s just never represented. D&D has always felt like the closest thing to representation for me, as a Bible-believing queer person. And Dimension 20 (again, understandably, it sounds like Ally’s experience was awful and part of healing has been leaving) rarely if ever portrays someone with genuine faith in a Christian-esque god. Or if they do, it’s portrayed as toxic or ill-informed. And that sucks, frankly.

I get it, I truly do. No one gets more irritated than I do at bigoted ignorant Christians and I will fully doxx myself by saying I have been to the American South and I would NEVER live there willingly because of the culture.

But I tend to listen to the more neutral Dimension 20 campaigns. It took me so long to try A Crown of Candy. Because I don’t just respect my religion; I love my God. And I hate to see the slander, especially because some of it is true and even more especially because some of it is not.

#thanks for the ask op sorry for the vent #maybe that wasn’t what you were expecting but it did make me think #tbh a big part of biting the bullet was realizing some of the best D&D play comes from ACOC #yes I keep watching clips of fhjy every time there’s a cool game mechanic thing done #yes I cackled and said “got him” along with Lou when Zac did Mindless Rage and Brennan realized he was got good #and I may have actually watched the latest episode because it’s all high level combat and I’d like to get better as a player myself #and because watching it fucking rules #but at the end of the day #I wish Christians weren’t afraid to create content that explores their own religion more #(in a narrative way rather than a teaching way) #and I wish non-Christians could see more of the good of the God I know #christianity #dimension 20

[grimalkinmessor]

Death Note Characters' Love Languages Headcanons Based on That One Quiz:

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Light: 30% Gifts, 23% Acts of Service, 23% Words or Affirmation, 20% Quality Time, and 3% Physical Touch

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L: 33% Quality Time, 20% Physical Touch, 20% Gifts, 17% Acts of Service, and 10% Words of Affirmation

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Misa: 30% Words of Affirmation, 27% Quality Time, 20% Physical Touch, 17% Gifts, and 7% Acts of Service

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Rem: 33% Quality Time, 27% Physical Touch, 17% Acts of Service, 13% Words of Affirmation, and 10% Gifts

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Ryuk: 30% Gifts, 23% Words of Affirmation, 23% Acts of Service, 20% Quality Time, and 3% Physical Touch

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Matsuda: 27% Gifts, 23% Words of Affirmation, 20% Quality Time, 20% Acts of Service, and 10% Physical Touch

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Near: 30% Acts of Service, 23% Quality Time, 20% Gifts, 20% Physical Touch, and 7% Words of Affirmation

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Mello: 33% Words of Affirmation, 27% Quality Time, 20% Acts of Service, 17% Physical Touch, and 3% Gifts

#tw eyestrain #death note #death note headcanons #love languages #yagami light #l lawliet #amane misa #ryuk #rem #matsuda touta #near #nate river #mello #mihael keehl #i only did the characters i feel like i have a firm grasp on #and even then lmao #the fact that ryuk's is almost identical to light's makes me hhhhh #and the fact that mello's top one is near's lowest :') #tbh i really thought that matsuda's would also be acts of service i was not expecting him to pull gifts like that #and i wasnt expecting physical touch to be so high on L's list #i say this but im the one who took the quiz for them °-°

[alyona11]

I truly think some people in the internet need to log out and talk to an actual real human person irl. If every message you send regardless of context looks like a Twitter callout/discourse starter post it's NOT normal and I can't empathize it enough. You shouldn't talk to people this way??? It's incredibly rude and uncalled for.

I think Twitter in particular has permanently damaged people's brains because I started noticing more and more people acting like they are in a ratioed hit tweet outside Twitter. I even started to see that when I spend too much time scrolling through Twitter, I myself start to formulate my messages in a more provocative manner like I have the intention to hurt someone's feelings to get a reaction. And surprise-surprise! It's not cool, guys! Not just in relation to other people but it's toxic to yourself, first a foremost.

Do yourself a favor: do outside, take a walk, talk to actual people, hang out with friends. Delete Twitter at least temporarily to detox. Literally touch grass.

#me being me #just have a lot of thoughts lately #and i started seeing it often #and also felt it on myself #but also i had a convo with my bestie whom i haven't seen for a year since we live in different countries #And she doesn't sit in social webs much so she is kinda not too updated on current internet trends of misinterpretating #and exaggerating each sentence for clout #and I was telling her how one pretty harmless thing she did could be misinterpreted by her thinking too high of herself by other peeps #and she told me 'tbh I don't think so because it was harmless and because for me it's weird to treat each word said to you as a potential #threat and wish to hurt you and get under your skin. I don't expect my friends and people with whom I'm in a good relationship to twist my #every move in search of the way I could have meant to offend them' #and...you know it made me think how places like twitter make you overanalyse your every move so someone wouldn't think you meant to offend #same way as from the other hand we fall into being far too aggressive and too judgemental towards every words that a person posts online #ready to cut throats if we think we found their evil intent to hurt us #and you know... it seems very not healthy? #anyway just needed to say it outloud

[sysig]

Hey, those look familiar! (Patreon)

#Doodles #Villainsona #Just Desserts #I decided to go back and give a second chance to the scrapped outfits - and then since I still had more I'd made for funsies I did those too #Everyone gets another go around! Lol #It really was the scrapped outfits that started it tho - I was still very much of the silhouette mindset and I wanted to see how they fared #A mixed bag! Which is about what I expected tbh #I was the most pleased with the way over-scalloped design lol who could've guessed ♪ But it Does have the strongest silhouette! #Like yeah okay capes and capes - the Little Red and Queen designs do nothing for me because they start too high #Obviously I wasn't thinking about how her modified wings would interact with her outfit until later but they're a very important element! #A cape kinda defeats the purpose of the wings or becomes self-defeating lol #Either it enhances the silhouette behind her - which the wings are meant to do - or they cover her wings completely #Or in the worst case there's a slot for her wings to poke through and she gets tangled in both lol #There's themes there but it's not the visual I want! Haha ♪ #Tails are probably the strongest silhouette I can work in that won't conflict with her wings but hmmm I'm still unconvinced #Which is a shame! That's one of the oldest design elements that I wanted to integrate! #A large collar also keeps making a reappearance but I still don't know how to make it less clunky lol #Returning to the digital outfits was fun too :) Since I never doodled them on paper and all #Drawing her with those metal shine lids is really fun too hehe ♪ #I think my favourite is still the Ren Faire outfit :) It just looks so comfy! I'd wear that irl haha

[coridallasmultipass]

Felt cute, might deteriorate later. [He/Him]

#feels like im in hell um #shibuya to belgium #anyway did my eyebrows perfectly but its night and ill prob sleep em off so ugh #im so tired bro i went thru my arm workout THREE times today bc of stress and anxiety #not to mention body dysphoria on top of the health concerns im trying to not think about anything rn so selfie time #OBLIGATORY: 'DISCLAIMER: i'M HI (HIGH)' TAG #but tbh not enough im still hurting with stress #could fuckin go for another round but i rly gotta try n sleep bc i get to cry abt all this in therapy tmr yaaaaay #fuckin hate that i cant treat endo lmao its like living in a cage w a tiger and not knowing when its gonna attack or give a love bite #anyway not to be a crybaby but yeah im not okay and dont know how im expected to go on lol #thought i looked good in my red light but ended up w a good orange light pic #wish i could show off my arms but its not impressive. mostly just feels nice to be like... solid lol #wish i could afford a gym #so my face will have to do for now hope i dont regret posting selfies at almost midnight lol #me #selfie #Cori.exe #Image.exe #ignore my chapped lips pls my dermatillomania has been rampant for the past like 2 days lmao i never stood a chance #hhhhh idk what to tag beyond this fence sitting whether to post or not so im just gon post and then go sleep hffff

[smute]

granted im not a ken im more of an allan but that part about discovering who ken is, like "you're not your girlfriend you're not your house and maybe all the things you thought made you you aren't really you." that was literally so empowering and something a lot of men need to hear. i seriously don't understand how you can walk away from this movie and call it shallow or contradictory let alone a vengeful misandrist fantasy or whatever some critics are writing UNLESS you look at it in a vacuum. but i'm afraid that that is exactly what a lot of people are doing 🥴

#barbie #barbie spoilers #we really do have a media literacy crisis on our hands lmao #like tbh despite all of my enthusiasm my expectations weren't that high #but listen #for what it is #it is surprisingly nuanced #there's a kind of beautiful irony in the fact that #as heavy handed and on the nose as this film sometimes feels #the metaphor is still not simple enough for some people #just incredible #where is that poast #you know which one i mean #anyway #im not gonna write an essay about barbie #i want to #but i am too busy #& #also: i saw a review on letterboxd where someone said they didnt address the incel crisis #brudi where were you? did you go to the bathroom for 45 minutes?

[alchemiclee]

I didn't like blade at first for some reason. too edgy and emo and seemed generic like a sasuke (I never liked sasuke lmao) when I learned about yingxing, I really liked him but still didn't like blade. now I like both for some reason even if yinxing is a dumbass who did this to himself. but blade grew on me somwhow, and someone really needs to gently hold him or something. that poor man. he's so broken. give him a break 😭

#why do i often end up like the sad tragic characters #sometimes even ones that do evil shit because i feel bad for them or something lmao #words #hsr #if they really wanna make us sad they can end game give him a purpose and reason to live but then make him die permanently 😈 #because its what he askd for all this time ans its granted to him and he realizes in the end he made a mistake and isnt ready yet #(i doubt theyll do that but it would amuse me to see people's reactions fbfdhjsj) #i doubt blade will have a happy ending and it would be weird if they dont end him at the end #also dan heng needs a hug. hes also a mess and wont leave his room right now fhdjjdjjsjs #i hope he can open up to his friends more at some point and they become closer and rely on each other more????? #he has hope of moving on with them. but what if he also ends up tragically ending fhfdhjddj blade still wont let him go #tbh ive kinda lost faith in the writers writing a good story. they rush things and everything is disconnected and many holes #so idk if it'll end up being a good story at this point 😅 maybe my expectations are too high for this type of game idk #but they did show good potential and kinda threw it away imo fhbfdjjdjdkd #what am i rambling about

[winter-parrot]

fun fact!! turns out i rather enjoy the romantasy genre!!! i feel like this should not have been a surprise to me given how much i enjoy both fantasy and Good Tropey Ship Fics but here we are.

#i tried ACOTAR bc i just kept seeing recs #did not have very high expectations #enjoyed it much more than expected #(still haven't read the rest of the series bc i didn't even bother putting them all on hold together) #(Was Not Expecting to want to rest immediately and now I am suffering) #am now in the tail ends of fourth wing #which i VERY much enjoyed #more than acotar tbh #i've run through this audiobook in like four days #(and it is not a short audiobook) #will say i could do wtih slightly less sex #but that might just be bc i'm not used to sex in my Published Literary Content #just in my fics lmao #why am i tag nattering in my own post #sylvie says

[murcielagatito]

fans when they forget theyre obsessed with a white boy show

#the way valerie was all but basically forgotten #the way in the time travel jumps tucker was always drawn at the bottom #like bb dont forget the characters of color have NEVER been treated correctly by canon why did you expect thered be a difference now when #the artist is literally white #i never had high expectations for valerie tbh i knew we were gonna get the bare minimum #dphantom

[fleshdyke]

truly was not expecting to enjoy the green butchers as much as i did

#can’t say i had high expectations bc look at it. but it was sooo much better than i thought it would be jesus christ #the way they literally didn’t have to do all that and it was just a good marinade was SO funny me and my friend LOST IT #and for a movie from 2003 it was way nicer about mentally disabled ppl than i thought it would be. like obviously its not great but its #better than i expected tbh. like they called eigil the r word once but it was already established that this character was a shitty person #and he was a dick to eigil so yk #also why did astrid not tell anyone when svend tried to kill her LMAOOO #like she gets locked in a freezer for a while for cannibalism purposes and she just doesn’t tell anyone #like she KNOWS that her bf and his whatever svend is to him have been killing people to sellat their butcher shop and shes just fine with it #anyways. good movie. recommend. #rambles

[sandsofdteam-moved]

good morning it looks like there's still residual mcc discourse but also apparently punz lost like 80RR from when George ended last night 😭 Praying he stays in immortal for the rest of the act if he ends in ascendant I will be pissed on his behalf

#discourse #<- I'm just gonna do a lil vent about it in the tags don't open them if you don't want to see it :] hopefully it all tides over soon #i think the discourse is stupid tbh it's not a hill to die on for either side 😭 #like personally I both agree and disagree w drm and that's okay #I think they SHOULD have redone the event #bc a quarter of the contestants in a relatively small event is a significant amount and warranted some kind of action #and I'm aware that there was likely no way to manually change the scores but they should have just counted the best time across attempts #that way it's fair for both players who did disconnect and did great the second run and for those whose momentum got knocked the 2nd time #the way that they did it in competition was probably the best and only way to handle it which sucks :/ #however he was totally right in questioning why they waited for so many people to finish before deciding to reset #most likely it's bc they needed the round to finish so they could replay the game but why not say anything at all until after 30+ finishes? #anyways. I think that he had every right to complain and also much like last sg the vod watch ended up w a karmic resolution so why care #look a fair analysis of both that rationalizes the reason for both shocking #ppl on the anti-drm side are overreacting bc he had both valid criticism and the right to do so #like imagine your entire team morale being super high bc they did great and then someone says jk didn't count do it again #and then you have to keep up with the expectation of the first time only to underperform like that'd be stuck in my head for ages too #plus around his little rants he made sure to say that it was his frustration towards what had happened and that sending the #crew/event hate was fucking stupid and no one should do that bc it really is a wonderful event and they put their souls into running it #is there room for valid criticism of both parties? hell yeah but it doesn't seem like anyone is actually doing it 😭 #it's ppl with residual drm hate getting more ammo and making it into a bigger deal than it really needs to be #but we're also amplifying it like for the discourse to die ppl need to stop talking about it so this is my one little vent I'm done now #anyways. yesterday was epic like despite all of their setbacks and two of their best games sitting out yellow managed to pull it together #their epic skybattle rampage? george being cracked during meltdown? skeppy's only skb weakness being the border?? #there's so much more stuff that we could be positively focused on #also george's first win in nearly two years dream reclaiming most landed shots in db skephalo making out in the winners' circle or smth #also after a really sad first db loss for drm last canon db he was in he managed to do so fucking well this time and sweep AGAIN #like they can't contain him even w anti-sweep mechanisms in place LOL #scuffed tourney for sure but it had such fun moments too we should focus on those

[things-keeping-me-up-at-night]

I think it‘s so funny how monarchists and anti-monarchists are both constantly hating on The Crown yet everyone seems to be watching it.

(I‘m decidedly not a monarchist and agree there are some issues that could and maybe should be portrayed more concerning the British royal family, but I do like the show.

I think it does a good job at showing how these are really just human beings and how the system they‘re in is doing neither them nor the many millions of people affected by it any favours. I especially like the time frame of it - it shows the good and very bad things the people involved do and how their actions affect each other, making them into the people they are. That‘s something you don‘t get to see in real time a lot, especially seeing as it spans generations of people handing down destructive behaviour.

It‘s also visually stunning, and while I get that people find it glamorises monarchy in a way, I think from most people‘s perspectives it just goes to show how ridiculous it is that these (again, otherwise regular) people are put on a pedestal and just naturally handed that lifestyle including its pomp, its rituals and over the top rules.

Maybe I‘m very forgiving on the show, but I think for the controversial topic of it, it does a good job at staying relatively neutral (which is proven by the very different readings of the show from people with different stances on the monarchy in general). It also helps that the craft of it and cast are just incredible and it‘s very entertaining for the most part.

Sure, there are definitely things the royals have been involved in the show could have taken a part in discussing more, some topics I have to admit I‘m not informed enough on to comment on them. The show also could have been harder on Charles, which makes it even more ridiculous that the royal family is apparently protesting it - this is the most empathetic portrayal of the real things he‘s done anyone could do, there is no way of being nicer about it without being untruthful.

I also just have a soft spot for the fictionalised version of Princess Margaret in all seasons, I‘ll have to admit.

Anyway, British politics and the monarchy are not topics I want to get into, mainly because there are people out there who have much more right to have an opinion on these things than I do.

I absolutely understand if people who are from a country or culture that has been victim to colonisation have no interest in watching something that portrays the enablers and profiteers of the ongoing effects of colonisation in an empathetic way.

But if you just want to watch a decades-spanning questionably realistic drama with incredible set and costume design and some very talented British actors as well as a great score, this show does the job.

I do think season 5 of The Crown was definitely the weakest, mainly because it focused too much on Charles‘ and Diana‘s divorce and little else and because it was very oddly paced, but it had its moments as well. (More specifically when I bawled my eyes out at Margaret‘s and Peter‘s reunion in „Annus Horribilis“.) I really wonder about at what point in time the series is going to end since there is only one season left and there are still a lot of events left for the series to cover.

Still, I think people‘s expectations on all sides are always a little too high as soon as it comes to portraying the British royals. I get that it‘s a sensitive topic, but I can‘t think of a more balanced way to portray them (or a more opinionated way of portraying them and getting away with it).)

Anyway, these are just my two cents on the whole thing.

As for the current royal family discussion, I fully support Queen Amelia Mignonette Thermopolis Renaldi of Genovia and that‘s that.

#the crown #the crown season 5 #also the casting choice for Diana is magnificent #I feel like they could have gone into her struggle more #but it‘s hard to do in a respectful way #looking at you ‚Spencer‘ movie #I also did not expect to be able to see Imelda Staunton as anything other than Umbridge #or Jonathan Pryce not as the High Sparrow #but it‘s working #and tbh I‘m just over here picking up the Margaret and Peter breadcrumbs #also Jonny Lee Miller is an absolute win #and I did not expect to see this much of the Al Fayeds #but it’s certainly interesting