#TB's opinion

[twin-books]

Anon from earlier here: Thanks for being so civil and explaining your viewpoints. I definitely agree with Adrien coming across as heartless for e.g. with Kagami. To me it seems he often has blinds on about what effect his behaviour can have on others (in-universe i'd say because Gabriel doesn't react much to anything Adrien does and I think Adrien is very caught in his own worldview/emotions; out-universe I'd say the writers didn't think that far with him). He really hardly shows any remorse.

A good word for Adrien's character I have finally put my finger on is... Shallow. He's very shallow. There's not much there to explore. Everything there is at surface level. Most of what we know about Adrien is his talents and then his love for Ladybug. Nothing is presented as an interest for Adrien. I actually can't think of one interest Adrien has besides maybe gaming? Though it's not focused on too much and it feels less like an interest and more just like a way to wind down. I can tell you exactly what Adrien is talented at. That's absolutely easy but that doesn't mean he's interested in any of them. Modeling, gaming, dancing, piano playing, teaching, so forth and so on. I can tell you exactly what his outward appearing strengths are but that doesn't mean they have any real expansiveness to them. Kind, smart, patient, reckless, jokester, so on and so forth. But then these also don't get cemented down in place and he's shown to be mean, dumb, impatient, careful, serious, so forth and so on. None of these things do anything to support his character to share a narrative to his story. The only thing I can say for certain that lends to his character is the amount of grief he is going through. Whether that's all just for this mom or losing his connection with his father or both... I don't truly know. And I most certainly know he loves Ladybug, though that also feels very shallow. It's not explored much at all why he truly likes Ladybug, besides the fact she's heroic and nice to him. There's a passing comment in season 1 once that kind of hints that she partially reminds him of his mother but that isn't expanded upon in the slightest. Does she allow him to be more open than with anyone else in his life? Does her heroics inspire him to be a better hero? Is she possibly a distraction from the pain in his life? I just don't know. I don't know who Adrien Agreste is. And because he's so shallow he acts shallow. He handles almost everything at surface level. The only times I can think he doesn't do this is when he ends up giving Ladybug little inspiring speeches because, for once, he is focusing on something deeper than outward appearances and talents. Now I don't have a problem with a character being undefined like this, especially when the narrative seems to be pushing it in this direction because clearly the character doesn't have any idea who they are. But the issue is how long it's gone on and how the ball only just started rolling in season 4. That's a long time to be stuck with the same character with no direction in sight. That's a long time to finally just now attack the issue. Unfortunately it's been too long and I've run all out of patience. I just don't have the capacity to care about Adrien finally recognizing he doesn't have an identity. I'm exhausted. However, at the end of the day this is just poor writing and I prefer to just embrace my own direction for Adrien and reject canon. I want to be able to enjoy Adrien (as well as other miraculous characters) despite how the show has exhausted me. So I end up doing what most people do and grab a few things I like, patchwork a foundation, and build from there. Also, thank you, anon, for being so civil and fun to talk with. I do enjoy your perspective! It's rather a refreshing take and one that I want to think more on! I think you're an absolute joy! You also brought me back to reality and reminded me that fandom spaces aren't all just toxicity which I unfortunately have fallen victim to believing. Thanks for reminding me of that. Please stop by any time! <3

I hope you're having a lovely day, afternoon, evening, or whatever time it is where you are. <3

#ml salt #adrien salt #ml writers salt #ask me anything #anon ask #thank you ever so much for the ask <3 #you are a sweetheart <3 #adrien deserves better writing #miraculous deserves better writing #ml fandom sugar #my opinion #opinion #TB's opinion

[dirtytransmasc]

saw someone say they're we're happy Alicent's and Otto's deaths forced them "realize what they had done" and like...

Otto's one thing, I get the animosity. but Alicent? your getting hot and bothered over her realizing she failed, she failed to save her children, she failed to protect them, to them alive? that she tried so hard, so fucking hard, making every hard decision, trying to get between her children and the fate they were damned to by Viserys and Rhaenyra? that she damned her kids, who were already damned to die to begin with, and had to suffer the guilt of them dying to her own hand? that she's going to drive herself mad with grief over her children, her grandchildren?

like... it's not satisfying (especially for show Alicent) watching a woman go so mad with grief it literally kills her because she fought with everything she had to save her children only for them to die anyway. ever since her father's exile, when Rhaenyra's lies took Viserys's favor, when Viserys ignored the Rhaenyra's sons bastardhood at the risk of the whole house, or when Luke took Aemond's eye and Viserys demanded good will; she knew her children's lives were forfeit. then Daemon killed Vaemond and her children's coffins were built, catching cobweb's all the while. she knew and she fought it desperately, taking risk after risk, living in fear until her moment came, she could out Aegon on the thrown, she could protect her kids, maybe, just fucking maybe they'd be safe... only for it to lead to a war that would kill her entire family.

her death, slow and tragic as it was, is heartbreaking. she didn't deserve it, she deserved to feel safe, to feel as though she could allow her past friend take the thrown without her children being at risk to feel as though she and her children weren't being circled by wolves and picked at by vulture's. she didn't deserve to live alone and die alone. she didn't deserve to have her hands coated in her children's blood.

#the fact that her (amongst many other greens deaths) get so many TB fans dicks hard is actually nauseating #like do you not realize how fucking awful her death is going to be? #like I cant imagine her pain #imagine risking it all after years of literal torture by her own families hand #her father manipulation. Viserys's abuse snd neglect. Rhaenyra's betrayal. #to save her kids #knowing they were damned #thst they would die if she didnt try #and than they died horrifically anyway #despite her efforts to save them #to be a good mother #to not fail them??? #and this isnt to blame her if that isnt clear #its just such a fucked up situation she was in #they were going to die regardless (in my opinion the war was going to happen no matter what they did and it would have claimed their lives) #but in trying to save them it felt like it was her fault #if you get what i mean #which makes her descent into madness so sickeningly horrific #alicent hightower #alicent my beloved #pro team green #pro alicent hightower #hotd #house of the dragon

[very-straight-blog]

I really like the idea of two trailers - now I can stay in my safe space and avoid TB characters until the premiere of the second season.

#house of the dragon #hotd #team green #pro team green #hotd season 2 #opinion #i mean i haven't even watched TB trailer lol

[wii-no-ma]

I hope that Nintendo still includes miis in the next console (and puts the Mii maker on the menu instead of hiding it)

#mii #miiblr #miis #I feel like Nintendo isn't going to get rid of miis considering how popular they are and how they are still used in quite a lot of games tb #And plus miis are a pretty important part of Nintendo in my opinion

[yeonban]

*On Dan Heng's bond with Himeko & Welt.

One thing I have to say about this topic is that Dan Heng GENUINELY views Himeko and Welt as parental figures, even though he doesn't mention this to anyone (not even to them). He might not know what having parents is actually like since the vidyadhara are self-sustaining beings, but he's learned how a mother and a father should be and how they should make their child feel (safe, understood etc) over time as he's witnessed parents and children interacting on various planets, and to him? these two come closest to the meaning of "parents".

They've lent him a helping hand by asking him to join the Express when he was at his lowest point (alone in the universe, hunted by Blade, loathed by the Xianzhou, formerly kidnapped, nearly died several times, so on so forth) and they gave him the choice to disembark it whenever he wants to instead of tricking or "caging" him into staying there forever; they're actively trying to protect him from anyone with even remotely hostile intentions towards him even though they don't have to (HE's their appointed guard, so they're not bound by anything to protect him other than the kindness of their hearts and their affection for him - which is something Dan Heng is beyond grateful for) and they've given + continue to give him understanding no matter what he does or says, plus they've never once scolded or berated him for any of his decisions (a thing he was familiar with on the Xianzhou, both as himself and in Dan Feng's memories).

Out of the two I'd say Dan Heng is closer to Welt since they both have very logical personalities that try to think ahead on any potential thing that may go wrong and how to deal with said thing if it does go haywire, and they're also two introverted (and a bit awkward) nerds who love learning new bits of knowledge and enjoy sharing what they've learned with each other while sitting in silence in the same place reading or drinking tea; but Dan Heng does value Himeko greatly too - she was the first person to have ever extended him a helping hand and she asked for absolutely nothing in return, which to this day is baffling to Dan Heng (she's much kinder than himself, in his opinion, and he admires her for that). She continues to be openly gentle and caring with him all the while slowly pushing him towards the life he wants to live rather than the one that's been imposed on him, and all of that combined has earned her a very soft spot in Dan Heng's heart.

Dan Heng was also the first "young person" to join the Express in a long time, and it's been quite some time since he joined and until March was found - so for a (presumably extended) while he truly was doted on by them every day, much like an only child. His thinking mirrors theirs in a lot of areas because of the time they've spent together closely and not only do they influence some of his beliefs, but he trusts them entirely. There's not a SHRED of doubt in his heart about either of them nor about their opinions/intentions/beliefs, and because of that he also trusts the conclusions they come to. Which is to say, in a lighter / funnier note, that if Himeko and/or Welt don't like you... you might as well say goodbye to the idea of ever successfully courting Dan Heng.

#muse: dan heng. #* dan heng. / development. #Had to add the funny thought in the last paragraph bc he fr would NOT spare you a second glance if they thought ur vibes are off. #like yeah DH would think it through himself first but their opinion has value to him as well. and generally? they're right on the dot too #BUT YES Himeko and Welt's bond w Dan Heng is EVERYTHINGG to me. They're the family he (nor his predecessors) never had #replaying the old tb quests and seeing how much they love him and how much he trusts them always makes me feel so soft :') #but also they ARE very much the embarrassing parents too. go to them if you want to hear any embarrassing stories about DH #...at least til he coughs loudly to make them stop and bless the fact that they do stop AGHDSADJSAD best parents to EVER exist in HSR

[msblueberrybi]

Capitalism and heteronormativity win again.

I'd say I'm surprised but am I?

P.S. To think that Netflix started (for me, at least) with Sense8 and being about niche content no one else would broadcast...

#the bastard son and the devil himself #the bastard son & the devil himself #tbs&tdh #tbsatdh #if they were interested in the show succeeding they'd promote it #people please be real no platform is ever interested in our opinions or good representation #the only thing any business is interested in is money and don't be fooled by nice words #money always come first and money is about more than a lot of people liking the show and watching it a lot #things are way more complex

[thebingoo]

finished celeste 64! fun little game (took me longer to beat than id like (the last tape gave me some trouble))

aside from the novelty of playing a 3D celeste, this game is really charming! satellites and signs move in time with the rhythm the tape areas, the characters look really good they been nicely translated into 3D

the controls feel fine enough, although it seems like theres only 8 degrees of movement, and while thats fine for the dash it kinda throws me off when trying to make jumps

overall, fun time, would recommend :)

#tb talks #tb talks games #celeste #celeste 64 #pretty sure id play anything from the celeste team tho #so maybe take my opinion with a grain of salt

[polyboros]

top five cookie run outfits

1) strawberry crepe's yogurt phantom costume

ghost kitty. no notes

2) timekeeper's ruler of the ephemeral flow

they are serving unsettling dead girl who has seen the end of time swag!!!! everybody clap for time travellers who have given up completely!!!!!

3) cotton candy's punkromantic fashion show model

i JUST saw this one today bc i dont play ovenbreak but i love cotton candy and i LOVE this outfit its an insta-jump to number three on my list. she is so pretty.

4) snow sugar's symphony of the night sky

i love her and this has been one of my favorite costumes since it came out a while back. if she was a regular on my team i'd buy it in a heartbeat i love the galaxy of it all

5) sea fairy's dread trident of the abyss

EVERYBODY GIVE IT UP FOR LESBIANS WHO ARE CORRUPTED BY EVIL AND DOING REAL NORMAL ABOUT IT. i love the dress.

HONORABLE MENTIONS: dark choco's vestament of old memories + sherbet's celestial messenger + golden cheese's ever-radiant goddess

the fact that dark choco's outfit was time-limited & probably never coming back vexes me to no end. i love to see him content and out of his depression era. sherbet is my babycat and i love love love his color scheme and vibes here. golden cheese's outfit here is my favorite of hers and i KNOW it shows up in the story and it's just suuuch a good look on her!! i love the stars theme it feels so right with her whole deal

#kbitycus talks #leonstamatis #long post #thank youuu tb you activated my trap card i fucking love the costumes #i know you said outfits but god there are so many fucking cookies who have cool outfits. there r so many cool costumes also but i have #stronger opinions on these

[forensicated]

Bye bye poor beautiful Danny Boy (AKA: I just rewatched Deadly Secrets. Poor love got one of the worst exits in the show, outside of just 'disappearing' like the earlier series. Fucking Callum 😒)

#dan casper #chris jarvis #alex walkinshaw #dale smith #smithy #why give him so much power you beautiful idiot? #talk to Gina when she got back or even Smithy #not some dodgy dickhead who has only been there five minutes and doesn't know you - and is working to his own agenda #dan - and chris - really got the shitty end of the stick a lot of the time :( #deadly secrets #sam callis #callum stone #such a laaaaaaaaazy ending for him :( #and to top it off it was dan who found the baby not will #but dan is the one who has to stand there whilst will gets congratulated #hmph! #this period of tb is really annoying and contradictory quite often - like heaton giving his opinion on how to deal with callum to smithy #only to do the opposite with neil and upset him for NO FUCKING REASON when neil's done nothing dodgy or off to him! #the bill

[llycaons]

house autism episode was really bad and honestly pretty brutal to watch and the end was depressing in exactly the way autism mommy bloggers think is uplifting and inspiring but I did like house's response to cameron being perhaps uncharacteristically awful

#see the episodes themselves will be bigoted and house humself will be very personally mean #and he does committ a lot of microsgressions. #but sometimes he'll give a speech contrary to the mainstream opinion and it'll actually hit #not always. his tb episode speech sucked. but sometimes #he got about halfway here imo #good start about hating and wanting to change ppl who are different and then it gets away from him #autistic people do not 'get away with' not following social cues they are continually punished and abused for it #as we saw through the episode???!!! #house lb

[jrueships]

what are your guys' thoughts on brandon

#i dont know much about what happened tb besides what ive been told by friends #im just curious what others' opinions are

[twin-books]

About that Adrien takes, I think you have some interesting perspectives. He definitely has a greater lack of focus than in season 1. But I personally interpreted that as part of his self finding arc and also saw it as quite realistic, since real life people can change vastly between situations and moods (and hunger lol). Unlike Alya, whose personality changes with the role she has to provide for Mari, I've felt with Adrien those changes were more autonomous. When did Adrien verbally bully Felix?

I'm going to admit that I tend to exaggerate a few things for humor's sake and don't really think about how that may not come across very well in type. So I really should have used better wording than "goes out of his way to verbally bully Felix". I think I should have said, "He verbally bullied Felix" which is not untrue and would still get my point across without accidentally misrepresenting Adrien's character. I'm very sorry for that. I probably should have thought that one through. But it would be the episode "Felix" where he kind of picks on Felix saying something about how he doesn't have friends and is a bit passive aggressive the entire time. Which I had no issue with because Felix was an absolute asshole. It's just the contradiction of the fact he would be mean to Felix almost immediately as Chat when Lila has also gone out of her way to ruin his life and it took him a few episodes to finally stand up to her and that was only purely for Marinette's sake. You're definitely right. Alya's personality almost always changes to suit the narrative though her goals tend to stay the same at the very least so I have a better handle on her character as compared to Adrien. It's easier to identify the faults in her character than it is for Adrien simply because there is something to hold on to. Alya always has the goals to help Marinette get with Adrien. To be a hero. To care for her boyfriend. These are pretty clear throughout her character even if they aren't represented all that great. I think that idea is a good take where people can change drastically in real life. I think that's pretty fair. I suppose my issue with Adrien is just how much he changes and how it feels less like a gradual shift down or up and more like this squiggly line that goes here and there. Of course, I don't expect Adrien to immediately solve an issue. Like all of a sudden one day he realizes self-sacrificing so much is unhealthy and goes "I won't do that" and then just stops. Obviously that would be completely unrealistic and would also send the wrong message to children. That once you recognize a mistake you will never make that mistake again. That's not a healthy way of thinking because you absolutely will. Healing and growing is not immediate and takes time and we need to allow for that time. The issue I tend to take with how he does things is just the general fact a recognition will occur "I like Kagami" and then things get worse where he continues to fawn over Ladybug despite liking Kagami and trying to reciprocate her feelings. And things do get worse before they get better. Failure is to be expected and I would not expect him to just immediately drop his feelings for Ladybug and focus on Kagami. But I would expect he would at least try to do better when recognizing a fault or try and act on something he recognizes in general. I would expect him to feel guilt for harboring feelings for Ladybug while either leading on Kagami or being in a relationship with Kagami. Or I would at least expect him to feel some guilt for up and abandoning her even when he is direly needed somewhere else. I would also expect him to be trying to devote more of his attention to Kagami and less to Ladybug which actively seeks out and spends a good half of Lies trying to get her to show up when he has a devoted girlfriend waiting for him. Problem is that I don't see him feeling guilty at any point for how he's clearly hurting Kagami even though Adrien's character has previously been shown to be rather empathetic/sympathetic. He doesn't express any remorse for how his actions effected Kagami besides maybe a little bit when she ended the relationship. My issue with how he is written is that I am given this expectation of how he would act based on previous narratives only to have the rug pulled out from under me once I find my footing. He suddenly changes and morphs and now I have nothing to stand on once more. It's rather confusing in that sense.

However, this isn't to demonize Adrien. I just don't have the energy to demonize fictional children. I don't have anything to gain from it and I would much rather see the kids get some love. But the writing doesn't make me feel like they're very loved. It feels very careless and like they thought of the ship and jokes first and then the characters were an afterthought. It makes it hard to relate to any of them. This is also coming from somebody who used to have a huge bias for Adrien. I used to relate to him quite a bit as someone who couldn't find their own voice and opinions and was rather dependent on others. But I tried to change and I felt bad when I hurt others. I'm still trying to change and I still feel bad when I hurt others. I lost my ability to relate to Adrien when it came to those episodes where he just felt like he stopped caring about others. I'm fine with the boy being selfish every once a while, especially considering his circumstances but most of the time his selfish moments feel very... heartless, I guess, for lack of a better term. However, you're very right, they did feel very autonomous... But perhaps that's partially the issue. Sometimes it feels like he deliberately decides to not care for others which is most likely not true but that's what it feels like to me, anyway.

Also yes, hunger changes people man. Just look at Fu and Tikki. Those guys are the epitome of those Snickers' commercials. XD

Thank you for your lovely ask. <3 Sorry for the misunderstanding with Felix. I hope your having a nice day, afternoon, evening, or whatever time it is where you are. <3

#adrien salt #ml salt #ml writers salt #TB's opinion #my opinion #opinion #anon ask #ask me anything #thank you for the ask <3 #I just wish Adrien was a tad more consistent

[dirtytransmasc]

Are yyou team green or black? And why?

team green, though I'm not in support of every green character (namely Otto though my opinion of him is complicated. I also have opinions on Aegon and his characterization that makes it even more complicated)

[I have only read bits and pieces of the book, so my opinion is based almost solely on the show. keep this in mind]

I'm team green for 3 big reasons. they're more complex, thought not perfect by any means, more morally "right", and are simply more my vibe when it comes to characters. now this is very simplified and not at all nuanced, so stick with me for a minute.

Firstly, they're more complex. the greens have very deep, detailed, and nuanced lives and stories that lead to them being very complex characters that can't be put into a box. Alicent was a child bride who had lost her mother young became a mother young and suffered at the hands of power and men all her life. her children were affected by this and the world they were forced to grow up in throughout their lives. even individually her kids are drastically different; aegon the child who was forced into a life he did not want and suffered due to his father neglect and mother pain. Helaena who was never understood and grew up treated like an oddity. Aemond who was never seen to his full potential, always ignored or looked over, angry throughout his life. each of them has strengths and weaknesses, flaws and benefits, they're imperfect but never completely horrid. they're also never simplified (not entirely, even when the plot and writers seek to simplify them) to the point that they put on a moral pedestal or made straight evil (i'd even argue that the attempts of the writer to oversimplify them as evil and in the wrong makes them 10x more fascinating). I find TB characters tended to miss the mark on that, always put in the moral light, not even allowed a moment to reflect on their actions, lives, or positions in any nuanced or meaningful way, so they always just feel dull. they're also out on a moral highground that they can never be budged from, which makes them harder to like and honestly, really boring. they get away with everything instead of being emotionally and morally nuanced.

secondly, they're more morally "right". I will never say that any of the greens are perfect, they are far from it (with the exception of Helaena and her kids, who have done literally nothing to anyone, but I digress). what I will say, 9/10 times there is some level of reasoning that has some level of reasoning. Alicent always tries to do whats best for everyone, all throughout the series she tried to do best by the court, the king, her children, the realm, and Rhaenyra. did she always succeed? no, but she always tried and her mistakes were almost always honest. I will say she held resentment towards Rhaenya, but honestly, I can't blame her. Rhaenyra's lies and behavior hurt Alicent over and over again so for her to be angry is expected.when it came to succession, Alicent backed Rhaenyra until it was made clear she and Daemon would be a threat to her children's lives and even than she held mercy for Rhaenyra. Aegon's drinking can be blamed on the abuse and neglect he suffered at Viserys, Otto, and Alicent's (though the abuse and neglect from his mother is insanely different and nuanced. she perpetuated her pain onto him because she couldn't heal herself. so I hesitate to call it abuse, cause its so much more complicated than that) hands. though nothing will justify his rape of Dyana, I personally think it was a bad add in on the writers part, and leave it at that. Aemonds rage after years of being ignored doesn't entirely justify what he did to luke, but he had reason for his cruelty after years of Luke (and jace tbh) being cruel just because they could. TB characters tend to do terrible things in response to either A. nothing B. their own terrible things. Daemon kills who he wants when he feels like it, even for stating facts. Rhaneyra will lie and hurt those around her to protect her bastard children. both of them conspire to protect themselves and allow themselves to be wed, really just cause. while there are times they have their reasons, its a lot less of the time, and typically the backing to their actions, is they were trying to unbury themselves from within their own graves. (to preface, I don't care about rhaenyra sleeping around, it doesn't bother me, but its the fact that she will hurt everyone around her to protect her lies, allowing a child to be maimed and people to be murdered)

thirdly, they're my vibe. I like morally complex character, who are, to be frank, pathetic. I like characters with complex trauma's and issues, who aren't perfect people but its not entirely their fault. I would much rather watch a whole show about alicent, a child bride who tries so hard to be a good wife, queen, and mother while not prepared for any such role. Aegon who is a boy with severe mommy and daddy issues, a drinking problem, a flawed past, and constantly wet eyes. Helaena an ignored girl who has suffered for no better reason then her family. and Aemond, a boy who was tormented, bullied, maimed, and made stronger by it at the cost of his compassion and emotional stability - over a nepo baby who was coddled by her father, her murderous husband with a knack for unneeded violence, and her similarly coddled children (the show boiled them down to this, in my opinion). one is simply more up my alley than the other. I want character that need to be dissected, who have suffered, who hurt me to look at.

also, team black created almost all of their own problems. seeing as the main source of contention had to do with Rhaenyra's kids being bastards, which was Rhaenyra's problem, which she caused, and kept digging and digging that grave (faking Laenors death just so she could marry daemon, turning the blame on aemond when luke maimed him furthering the divide amongst the house, trying to wed Helaena to Jace putting her in danger, trying to take the driftmark throne and killing Vaemond for a claim her sons did not have, etc,) till viserys's death, earns her a lot less pity from me. at the end of the day, her being a woman was only a needle in a haystack worth of problems she caused herself that hurt her claim. if she had just strived to create to connection with ancient and her kids, and didn't make herself look like a threat to everyone who lessened her claim (which alicents kids would be the first people to be taken out) alicent would have backed like she had all season and there would have been no war, maybe conflict, but no war.

theres also the effect of the fans on my opinion. I have faced more cruelty, terrible media analysis, and outright ableism/misogny/(blood and sexual based) purist ideology/etc. from the TB fans then I have ever witness by TG fans. TB fans have ruined almost all of the TB characters for me in more ways than I can count, so I will say I am very biased.

thats why I'm team green. as a whole they are simply more appealing, their stories are more interesting, demand more attention to detail and emotional understanding, and from my point of view were the "right" side to be on in the war (the war was wrong on both sides, but my chips lie in the favour of the greens).

#THESE ARE ALL MY OPINIONS IF YOU DONT LIKE IT IGNORE THIS POST. MY ACCOUNT. MY EXISTENCE AS A WHOLE. #BETTER YET. IF YOU REALLY DONT LIKE MY OPINION. BLOCK ME. #I dont want drama. so dont bother me if you disagree #and to clarify discourse and conversation (even if we disagree) =/= arguing. name calling. harassment #if you can be constructive and respectful even while disagreeing your fine to stay #(the fact I have to clarify this in this fandom is embarrassing...) #defintly could have gone more in depth and better explained some things #but I'm tired and know if I don't answer this now I won't ever cause I'm a chronic procrastinator #so this is the best y'all are getting #the pity I have for all of them compared to any of the TB fans is honest to god my entire reasoning #but so many people don't understand them at all so I can't just say that #and I say this as someone who on my first watch was swayed by the intentional moral framing to hate the Greens and support the Blacks #with my whole chest. but I've grown and reflected and rewatched the show and realized I was wrong. #so I've been on both sides of the argument #I know what I'm taking about #pro team green #pro alicent hightower #I'm damn near anti TB/Rhaenyra #but I say lukewarm feelings on them to be more accurate #alicent hightower #aegon ii targaryen #aegon targaryen #aemond targaryen #helaena targaryen #rhaenyra targaryen #daemon targeryan #luke velaryon #jace velaryon #not tagging TB I like my life and sanity #they're so mean all the time and in the last week I've been harassed by them multiple times

[badedramay]

seeing the kim criticism from north american pakistanis is so funny. i admit i was annoyed by it in the first episode bc the terrorist label she gave dawood seemed a bit over the top but i feel like her "american" quirks are pretty mellow for the most part and hardly take away from the main themes of the drama wrt understanding, balance of power, etc. in a landscape of dramas that are thriving on their ability to attract audience with their overdone theatrics and abuse plotlines, isn't it nice to resonate with something more down to earth that seeks to address the more subtle issues we tend to overlook? and thankfully, at least from what i see in the youtube comments weekly, not many people seem to mind her american quirks and are instead focused on those strong points of the story, particularly the bonds showcased between the various women in the family. i'm not going to say kim's portrayal is 100% perfect or anything but the people constantly complaining are being so overdramatic. there's a willful blindness element at play here too, bc plenty of the pakistani american characters in older dramas also showcased their fair share of unrealistic behaviors. it's nothing new and idk why we're trying to scrutinize it so severely now!

THANK YOU FOR SAYING THIS!!!

I will reiterate - the criticism that Kim faces from the non-Pakistan based Pakistanis is more because of how the character doesn't fit THEIR 'neat' image of a 'physically away but dil se always in Pakistan' persona that they are trying very hard to maintain. but that's not whom Kim is made to serve. her character is meant to serve the story Yunhi is telling and Kim is doing that perfectly.

YT audience is smarter than most intellectuals as it at least sees a drama for the drama it IS and not project their own prejudices and views on it. Kim started on a very bad note..the terrorist comment was TOO much and the criticism it got for that was justified. but Yunhi really scarified its initial weeks and got the 'bad' things out of the way. and now at least we have this assurance that things won't go back to that place again cuz hey, the characters are PROGRESSING AND DEVELOPING EACH WEEK!!!

I have accepted that it's not important if Kim is American. she could've been from Timbuktu and her character would've still been the same more or less as this narrative needed the FL to be an "alien" in the ML's world. an Outsider who can notice and point out the flaws in this world that its inhabitants have accepted as normal for so long they cannot fathom the idea of correcting these problems or the possibility of positive change. it's just that Amreeka is a word that everyone in Pakistan knows. it is still the land of dreams for many desis who have it in their head ke bass ek baar wahan qadam rakh den toh phir dollaron ki baarish hogi hum pe aur bass life badal jaegi. her being Amreekan is because it's more convenient for the story to convince the audience her being an Outsider but still belonging to a world that's desirable and achievable. that's just all there is.

Yunhi has its flaws and yes fAIneE Kim makes up for more than half of it. but c'mon! like you said..just look at the current landscape of dramas which is THRIVING on the melodrama and OTTness which is all about the bang bang with very little substance to offer beyond it and then look at Yunhi and how subtly but beautifully it is talking about things that ARE the reality of many normal middle class families living in the country. it is not posing to be something super progressive or making grand speeches about how something should™ be done. it's just shifting the lens just a little bit to bring forth POVs that are not always shown and letting the audience decide which side of the argument do they wish to support? there's no right or wrong here. it's not even going all that deep with anything! so yeah..all this scrutiny over accents and correct representation? WAY TO MISS THE ENTIRE POINT PEOPLE!!!

#yunhi #pakistani drama #type: opinion #writing this as twitter fully has a meltdown over TB is just... #damn bruh gonna protect my little peaceful side of Sunday even more now from all the Amreekans!!

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Okay since literally one person asked, here’s the hot take about The Boys:

A lot of the really gross effects and moments...are stupid.  And are simply there for shock value.

Tbh, this is a growing problem in a lot of big budget shows (Euphoria is another example), where they do things just for shock value, not because they add anything to the story.

Like the gratuitous dicks in every episode of Euphoria?  The completely pointless dickhole scene in The Boys?  Butcher throwing up in Hughie’s face?  Don’t do shit just because it’s gross and you think it’ll get a rise out of the audience.

And here’s the thing: gore and grossness and nudity?  It does have its place.

Like for me?  I unironically love the Saw franchise.  Those are quite literally gore based films, but the gore serves a purpose to the story.

Even on this season of The Boys, the octopus scene was, to an extent, necessary, because it was a way of showing how Deep is still being manipulated by Homelander and now his wife.  It was gross, and still pushing the unnecessary boundary, but it served a purpose.  There’s always been a lot of gore and fucked up stuff on the show, and it’s never really bothered me until now, because it’s always had implications to the plot at large.

That dickhole scene though?  Totally pointless, just there to be shocking, to get people to leave the reviews the twitter account keeps reacting to.

This season so far just isn’t as enjoyable for me, because I’m constantly taken out of the moment by weird “gotcha” things that are just meant to be gross or graphic.

If your season can’t stand on its own without trying to shock for views so it can trend on twitter, you shouldn’t be airing the season.

#the boys #tb #wank for ts #i guess?????? not really just my opinion for ts i guess lmao

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If annoying yankees fans blame this on my favorites I will bite them

#im annoyed with the yankees but i still love them #also i have a new baseball opinion: clevland has an obnoxious fanbase and it mights me not like them #also fuck the tbs broadcast its awful. as bad as fox and appletv