#The bar. Is so fucking low

[moongothic]

I love the crocodad theory a lot but I fear that the fandom will start misgendering him or respect the character less because of transphobia.

Oda have written queer characters before who are respected by the fandom such as Bonclay but for Crocodile its another story. He is their alpha male badass character and adding queerness to his character might make them mad. Not that I care about those bigots feelings but its already not easy to navigate this fandom without queerphobia being thrown in your face.

Ppl can digest a queer character who fit in the stereotypes but once they dont, its another story.

Same, people are weird as fucking hell and gross about Crocodile maybe being trans already, we can be sure it would get worse if him being trans was confirmed in the story, there would be absolutely no avoiding it

But at the same time...

Transphobes are gonna be transphobes regardless, and I don't want that to become a reason for any storyteller to not create trans characters. I don't want Oda to bend over backwards to please the transphobes when they're the ones in the wrong. If anything, I want Oda to just go all the way with the message of queer liberation and freedom in One Piece. Like it's not perfect, but it's already there, but it's so subtle many queerphobes have been able to ignore it this whole time and I don't want Oda to let them ignore it anymore. I want him to rub it into their faces so hard they'll start complaining about "Oda going woke"

And like, let's be real. If Crocodile was trans and Oda pulled it off just right (without falling into certain pitfalls that he's be stumbling with this whole time with queer rep), that could unironically be like. Great not just trans rep but trans masc rep in particular

Like maybe it's just the media I've consumed but trans masc rep is typically very non-existant and/or very much like Yamato, who, while valid as hell, might not be how many trans masc people want to be seen as by others (as in, "confused girls")

We've known Crocodile as a character for 23 years at this point, and for the first 8-9 years of that he was very much seen as A Manly Cis Man (like you said) without a hint of a doubt (until Impel Down). If it turned out he had been trans this whole time, that would force people to rethink how they view trans people.

As just regular fucking people

That person you knew for years turned out to be trans? So what? What does that actually change about them? It's still the same person deep down. Those are the things Oda could force people to think about.

And honestly? If that helped convert even just a single transphobe, or educate someone without an opinion on trans people, to just letting trans people live their lives in peace, I think it'd be worth it

But like, yeah. The transphobes are gonna be loud regardless. It fucking sucks, and I hate the fandom for it. But, damned if you do, damned if you don't, there's no avoiding it. And I think the potential positive impact would outweight the already festering negativity.

#Moon posting #Sir Crocodile #CW Discussion of transphobia #Mind you this is assuming Oda pulled it off right #By which I mean he doesn't give Crocodile some stupid fucking excuse to why he transitioned #Like ''wanted to escape being a woman'' or ''because being a woman was weak'' or something fucking stupid #I don't think Oda knows what gender dysphoria even is so the idea of Crocodile transitioning to deal with that feels like a bloody pipedrea #But literally even just ''preferred being a man'' would be fine #The bar. Is so fucking low #My other thing is that I absolutely do not want to see him get detransitioned. At all. #Like a lot of people have been speculating that the reason we never see Crocodile use Haki might be because it could detrans him #And regardless of if that's canon or not-- I do not want to see him detransition. At all. #If we see him pre-t in a flashback that's fine #I just don't want to see him have to sacrifice his comfort for a dramatic scene where he has to ''go all out'' or something #(Especially because knowing Oda there is no way he would do that without sexualizing him for no good reason) #Honestly I am more concerned about Oda fucking it up than the fandom being gross #My bar is so fucking low and yet so impossibly high for Oda #Also what gets me about Crocodile is that usually the queer characters are young and/or amab #And this is true for literally all of the other queer rep in OP rn #Crocodile is almost a middle aged trans man and honestly would that not be like a breath of fresh fucking air #OP Meta

[fkitwebhaal]

In contrast to Ulder Ravenguard, I think Gale could bring any of the Origins home as his fiancee and Morena Dekarios would be fine with it.

I am saying this not as a jab against Ulder or even claiming Morena is a better parent than him (we don't know anything about her except her and Gale seem to get along).

I say this solely because if your son gets dumped by a Goddess, has a magical orb that is stuck in his chest, spends a year in a tower refusing to leave, vanishes without a word, and then shows up months later minus said orb AND in a happy relationship? And that person talked him out of blowing himself up for said Goddess and helped him save the world? IDGAF who he brought home as long as they genuinely love him and treat him well.

Women my son is going to Hell for to fix her heart. Not an ideal place for him to be but fuck it, he's getting out of the house, as long as they send post cards.

Former warlock who was cursed by patron and is now either a duke (heck yes) or going to Hell for his bestie and my son is going with. Same as above, sounds great, did you know my son's fiancee can dance.

Warrior from the astral plane going to fight a lich queen? I cannot stress how exciting it is to see him to get out of the house and she can and will carry him to safety, zero objections.

Vampire spawn? A little blood loss is WAY BETTER than the orb situation, just make sure to watch your iron intake son. Eat more spinach.

Former cultist to an evil God? Let bygones be bygones, key word here is former.

Former leader of a cult of an evil god. KEY WORD HERE IS FORMER IT'S FINE.

#morena dekarios #gale dekarios #i want to be clear I am not bashing ulder morena isn't a politician so she has less to worry about #if she was in a position of power THIS IS A DIFFERENT STORY #but as far as I know she isn't and so I'm having fun with it #shadowheart #karlach #astarion #wyll ravengard #dark urge #lae'zel #also to clarify on my former post #ulder does try to play nice with any and all of wylls potential partners he knows he fucked up he will cope #i'm just saying mystra set the bar fucking low #there is a chance she liked Mystra and is a dick about it in which case fuck her but I find this more amusing #ulder and morena handshake: keeping objections about their sons choice in partner to them damn selves

[alagaesia-headcanons]

I have a ride or die headcanon that little Murtagh was obsessed with Morzan’s dragon. He absolutely loved him.

Murtagh sees him often enough from a young enough age that he’s never scared of him. So naturally, he’s absolutely enamored with the huge, beautiful, glittery, fire breathing monster that hangs out outside the house. He’s kept at a distance, but he’s still the dragon’s biggest fan. Murtagh’s very upset to learn that he doesn’t have a name which feels very unfair to him, so he musters up all his creativity and dubs him “Red”.

Morzan doesn’t always travel with his dragon when he leaves the estate, depending on what he needs to do. So sometimes the dragon stays and rests while Morzan is gone. During one such time, when Selena is also away on a mission, a freshly 3 year old Murtagh escapes his nurses and goes to Red. He’s careful at first, testing the waters gently, then getting increasingly close and comfortable with him when Red seems utterly unbothered. He’s no more than an ant next to the dragon’s enormous size. Murtagh is immediately in love, clambering all over him and constantly babbling to him, undeterred by the lack of response.

The servants do eventually find him after a frantic search. Morzan’s dragon doesn’t like any of the staff, so despite letting Murtagh nestle into the crook of his foreleg, he snarls and snaps at anyone who tries to get close enough to retrieve him. The servants are stuck in a grim dilemma, because no one’s willing to test the limits of a gargantuan, irascible dragon, and they don’t have anything to bribe Murtagh with that’s cooler than said dragon, so he refuses to budge. They’re absolutely terrified the dragon will kill him, either inadvertently or not.

After three full days of Murtagh glued to Red’s side, remaining miraculously unsquished, Morzan returns. The servants are in a cold sweat, stuttering and shaking like leaves in a storm as they try to explain that his son is fine, there’s no need for alarm, but there may be just a small issue. He goes to his partner and does with insulting ease what the staff have fruitlessly tried for three days, he steps right in and scoops Murtagh up. He looks completely unkempt and ignoble, dirty and scraped from being outside the whole time, giggling unrepentantly and singing Red’s praises.

To the servants great luck, Morzan finds this all quite amusing. Carrying Murtagh back to the house, he accuses, “Trying to replace me as the dragon Rider, are you?” and Murtagh cries, “Yes! Take me flying!” Morzan says that he will, but it never happens.

Selena is less thrilled when she learns of this, also afraid that the dragon might kill Murtagh in a moment of annoyance. But Murtagh adores him and she can’t reliably keep him away, so she tries to accept the incongruous match. Red doesn’t show any perceptible warmth to him, and yet he makes the effort to keep tabs on him and stops him from doing anything too dangerous. Of course, since the banishing of the names stunted his mind, the dragon doesn’t have any nuanced opinion of Murtagh, but he can recognize that his little ant feels incapable of malice and he comes to like Murtagh in the way he can. Learning of Red’s death on top of the loss of both his parents utterly devastates Murtagh.

After a little while in Uru’baen, Tornac asks Murtagh which parent he was closer to, and Murtagh tells him Morzan’s dragon. Tornac takes a very long, very strained breath, thinking Oh dear gods help me I have so much fucking work to do.

#eragon #inheritance cycle #murtagh #morzan #selena #morzans dragon #tornac: im gonna be the best parent this kids ever had if only because the bars so fucking low #murtagh is privately so jealous of eragon when he meets him and saphira #his determination to be polite and not impose is all that kept him from begging on his knees for a ride #murtagh: i dont want to be Anything like my father #murtaghs brain: i want a dragon i want a dragon i want a dragon i want a dragon i w #fucking dork

[silvermoon424]

for real, we need to tear down Confederate monuments and replace them with Sailor Moon and Pokemon ones

#Pikachu and Usagi have done INFINITELY more for the American people than the Confederates did #I mean the bar is so low it's in hell but STILL #sailor moon #bishoujo senshi sailor moon #usagi tsukino #sailor moon meme #fuck the confederacy

[astarionlover]

astarion is so pro woman I love him. when lae'zel went against vlaakith astarion said "good for her" and when I told lorroakan I wouldnt hand over the nightsong astarion said "we should tell aylin that lorroakan is hunting her. she has a right to know. also, she'll want to cave his skull in and, honestly, I would not mind seeing that" I love him

#there r so many characters that aim for what astarion is but fall short with misogyny? but astarion said: fuck it up girl #I love astarion sm #the bar is so low for how to write a character but astarion knocks it out of the park chefs kiss #astarionlover says things #astarion #bg3 spoilers #bg3 #baldurs gate 3 #baldur's gate 3 #baldurs gate astarion

[thekricks0krickass]

you know when I thought of Jude's "if i cannot be better than them I will become so much worse" line as a motto, I WAS NOT TALKING ABOUT LIKE ACADEMICS

I TAKE IT BACK PLEASE

#the folk of the air #jude duarte #the cruel prince #the wicked king #the queen of nothing #cardan greenbriar #jurdan #LIKE MY BAR IS FALLING SO LOW? #ITS KILLING ME #I NEED GOOD GRADES FOR FUCKS SAKE

[two-tyred-problems]

My god I’m fucking leaving this fucking sport. Extremely disappointed in so many people. Sexual Harassment is not something that’s only 'noise and distraction' (said by Ricciardo). You can’t just say you don’t care because you just 'want to do your job' (stated by Stroll, Bottas and Hülkenberg). Guess what?? The victim also just wanted to do her job. AND NOW SHE GOT SUSPENDED.

Be so fucking serious for one moment here. Susie Wolffs career is permanently damaged because of a false rumour and yet when actual complaints get made about Christian Horner nothing fucking happens. I care more about my and any other women’s rights and safety than I care about Formula 1. Always will. I will not be supporting Formula One this weekend. Fuck those men and fuck this industry.

Don’t be quiet about this.

Edit: Found a thread where a user listed all drivers responses/statements. You can find that here.

#I might still post about the race if something major happens but for now I will not support them #The bar was so fucking low and I am still disappointed #Of all the men that already commented on it the only reasonable responses where by Lewis Hamilton and James Vowels #Tagging every driver with extremely disappointing answers in the following (that I know of) #daniel ricciardo #sergio perez #nico hülkenberg #lance stroll #valtteri bottas #I suspect the list will only grow #F1 #formula one #christian horner #red bull racing #my post #important

[statementlou]

Louis might not be chucking bricks at No. 10, but people are responding like he’s never displayed leftist politics or challenged a government position on anything. He supported demands to the government about a fix for UK touring musician post Brexit and Marcus Rashford’s petition about food insecurity. He fought the police about their social media use in 2018 and criticised the UK government position/support for factory workers in the pandemic. The things he speaks about are usually UK issues and meaningful to him or his family and friends. He’s also most likely to speak when he isn’t working. Also that specific anarchy has a punk anti authoritarian message as well. That statement fits Louis pretty well. He has been a poster boy for not sitting down and shutting up and doing what you’re told since 2012. If he was he probably wouldn’t have a solo career and he definitely wouldn’t have sold out the O2.

I like this point about him speaking out more when he's not working, I think that's a really great and useful observation and makes so much sense. I feel like it makes sense in two ways right now: like first, I don't blame him for not wanting to do things that would jeopardize how beautifully everything is going for him right now after the number of setbacks and troubles he's had to get here, it must feel so precarious. And knowing for a fact that any political statement you make will spawn a dozen tabloid stories and all kinds of outrage is bad enough, but add to that the fact that it's simply impossible to predict which thing will turn into a huge viral mess- it's a lot. And second, he's not just working, he's been on TOUR! I've been around musicians my whole life and one constant is that tour is time outside of normal time and life, it's a bubble, it's only paying attention to right where you are and what's in front of you and the people there with you and everything else is put off and neglected, is for when you get home (and have massive post tour letdown depression and fatigue). I'm not saying he can disconnect with the outside world entirely... but putting everything on pause? I would be surprised if it were any other way, and I would be surprised if he's been following the news and counter news and so forth closely enough to feel comfortable speaking out publicly about anything when it will be so scrutinized and picked apart. I would add to your list supporting the rail strike (something we wouldn't even know about if it hadn't been tossed in as an aside by an interviewer in the print only version of a piece, he didn't post about it or anything) and attending and posting about the BLM protests (not to mention telling people to pirate his stuff come on how punk is that), and I agree he is much more likely to speak out about UK issues which makes sense: most people are most moved by issues that are close to their lives in some way, and it's his brand. And I agree that even though as an anarchist I love talking about what anarchism as a political ideology actually is, the symbol does also have a common meaning in the world as just basically standing for anti-authoritarianism, and Louis as a guy who rejects authority and the status quo is nothing new at all and one of the reasons we love him, and in the last few years I feel like he's been going further in that direction both aesthetically and politically, and we love to see it! Plus he has pretty much always sported this slightly punky aesthetic to some degree, even when he was being dressed up like a little ken doll he snuck in skater looks and indie band tees and so forth (something something it's part of why his fanbase was so primed to love his new sound and it wasn't the risk he feared it was because people were always drawn to him who were already into that aesthetic even when his sound wasn't that yet) it's not like it's just a brand new out of nowhere side of him or something.

#I'm not sure I would include the food petition on the list- I realize the bar is so fucking low #that supporting charities that feed children is considered political #but charity stuff is a different category for me... although rashford's specifically was #basically formed as a loud way of criticizing the govt for not doing more and explicitly linked to that... so yeah nm maybe that does fit i #even though its a charity org #I have actually been thinking s lot about how his footy fandom would be such a good way for him to sneak in some palestine support #he could just like a post by a player you know? instead of saying something #and it would still be a risk and a statement... but also one that could slide in like listen #I like posts by football players every day what? #or even jsut one about it being fucked up that so and so got fired by their club for making statements #so many layers of remove that could be ustilized #anarchism #comrade louis #blah blah blah #PS note for non brits (not that I am) number 10 refers to number 10 downing st the england equivalent of the white house basically so like #the government

[mistressemmedi]

Disappointed but not surprised.

Feeling the disappointment by the metric ton.

Anyways, here's a picture of my dog basking in the sun with my stolen shoe in these trying times

#anon #q&a #the bar is so low that its even below hell. what do we expect #also fuck the wsj for publishing the complainants name because i *know* she will now be harassed even more for this

[lesbiangiratina]

Testament genuinely has 1 of the best pages on the gg wiki shout out to my predecessors.

#referring to whats on the fandom wiki. the bar is low over there but still #so many characters have zero citations meanwhile someone cited the fucking 10th memorial book on their page. #that wasnt scanned until recently. extremely niche source #they didnt know the page number but its okay. i can get that. #i am still adding things… i need to write up something for the xx drama cd its so good for them… and some other stuff… but still. good page #their allusions section is kind of a disaster last time i checked the fandom wiki but the fandom wiki is not my problem. teehee. #the kat goes meow

[asongofstarkandtargaryen]

So tired of people blaming Arya for Trident incident. According to them she's responsible for what happened because she escalated the fight. But the truth is that she didn't. All she did was to defend her friend, as any person who doesn't lack empathy should do. What was she supposed to do? To let Joffrey hurt her friend and not react? Is this what you would do in a similar situation? Because if you do, then you are actually a piece of shit and I hope your friends find better friends- ones that will defend them when someone harasses them.

#a post of salt and salt #arya stark #the bar is so fucking low in this fandom

[azural83]

Amy and sonic just interacting with each other like normal friends in a sonic game??????????

We really are winning

#the bar is so fucking low #but still glad regardless #sonic #sonic the hedgehog #sth #amy rose #amy rose the hedgehog #sonic and amy #sonamy #sonic frontiers #sonic frontiers spoilers #sonic games #sonic franchise

[elektroskopik]

Your car may be fancy, but you drive like trash

... yet another day of nearly getting hit by drivers who run red lights. If you drive like this, I hope you die as painfully as possible in a fire

#fuck cars #cars #you drive like trash #entitlement #ban cars #the war on cars #pedestrians #city infrastructure #intersection #vehicular manslaughter #united states #war on cars #the bar is so fucking low #Connecticut #usa

[chiropteracupola]

historical costuming inaccuracies which could have been avoided with the merest internet search are like being punched over and over and over again forever

#it takes 30 seconds to look up when/where togas were actually worn but clearly you do not even care that much jeez louise #look I'll do it and time myself and prove it. SIX POINT TWO SECONDS to get to fucking WIKIPEDIA where you can have some BASIC FACTS. #god fucking dammit the bar is so low it's practically in hell. misery me. #there are things that I can look at and say At Least I Can Tell You Tried A Little and this isn't it! augh!

[the-acid-pear]

You know now that I've officially finished all of the Dialtown routes I have to say Theoroar is probably one of my favorite antagonists if only because he is probably the biggest threat among the introduced antagonists, and I'm ambivalent in whether you'd put him higher or lower than Mingus because she ate lead so I lost respect tbh.

But I mean two things when I call him a big threat; first of all: he IS dangerous. Theo is a remarkably smart son of a bitch who you'd be fair to underestimate because everyone in this town is a fucking idiot or insane but he's merely an eccentric man very aware of what he's doing and how to do it, also equipped with a charged rifle that he's, good enough at using (aside from his hand to hand combat skills); but again, because of the fact that he IS smart, Theo is remarkably well at getting away from situations without losing in any way that could actually personally affect him, giving him a relative control of the situation at most if not all moments.

I think these things come really to shine in chapter 3 not only because he gets a mayor antagonistic role but also because you have the other goons to compare him to; out of everyone there he's not only the single one to get a job and have a reward granted (and also 1) be able to nerf little billy even if by explicit Mingus orders 2) own a loaded weapon) but by the end of his encounter the theme that played when you defeated all 3 previous henchmen that sounded like this goofy almost humillating circus melody doesn't play, instead replaced by his theme as HE decides to stop and "defeat" himself.

To put it in few words: Theoroar is plainly amaizing because he manages to be a physical competent threat while also a smart and level headed man which grants him the ability to be a comically terrifying karma houdini

Or, in even lesser words:

#luly talks #dialtown #Theoroar Rustlebelt #i really needed to put this into words like #he's a fucking freak of nature only one who's stopping this man is himself #and by god is he a hunter because he never gives up so he always has another chance #after all in some endings he literally WINS by either getting gingi back (dead but hey) or bigfoot #also he's smart enough to not go out and forcefully try capturing these beasts too which i know is a low bar but its the minglin #they literally sent 3 (4) goons after them to tie em up and shit #theo is really menacing and really cool and i love him and his utterly ridiculous looks and ways of speaking #and i didnt know he was a parody of a real guy and idk the real guy so to me he's just some quirky old man just because #also he's just cool bc he's handsome plain and simple so jot that down

[ziracona]

Thinking about how in Glass Onion, Miles claims he saw the Mona Lisa at six in this foundational experience with his mom, and his life goal is to do something that will be mentioned in the same breath as the Mona Lisa, and people hear that and go ‘what does it mean’ and whoever defends him says ‘it means immortality.’ How it’s the thing he spends millions on just to get to see, and installs an override to be able to look in the eyes, right? The one thing he claims to truly care about, and love, and be inspired by. Value. And how even knowing he murdered two people, both friends, his entire group of shithead lackies still won’t turn on him, are going to let him get away with it all. Until the Mona Lisa burns, and he’s responsible for it. And then they’re all going to go to the cops and ruin his life together. Because you can’t get away with destroying the Mona Lisa. You can’t. And how the movie clearly displays the Mona Lisa Miles has as just not quite the right size, the right color. How it burns, and it’s clear it’s canvas. When the real Mona Lisa was painted on poplar wood. Which means he loses a replication, and the museum sent him a fake. Which means if Miles had truly known about and cared about and valued even one single thing his entire life, other than himself, even just the one thing he claimed to love above all, he still would have avoided going to jail and losing everything. But he didn’t. Because he’s a stupid piece of shit. Who deserves everything he has coming.

#and it’s so perfect #glass onion #glass onion spoilers #knives out glass onion #the bar was so low for his success and the idiot worthless fuck really went and crawled under it like a worm