#i feel like im swinging a bat at a hornets nest

[g0blinwitch]

I dislike how if you critique something you're labeled as "just a hater" in some internet circles like, so? Am I not allowed to dislike something? I'm not saying you can't enjoy a show, I'm just voicing why I dislike it. If my reasoning for why I don't like something causes someone else to be like "hey wait a minute, this show/book/movie/whatever is dumb actually", cool! I have someone else to rant to. If not, also cool! It's okay that someone doesn't like someone you like.

(Not to mention that the "you're just a hater" argument is often lodged at people who criticize media that is deeply flawed(ex: racism, sexism, classism, etc) with the intent to "get them to shut up" so to speak)

#LET PEOPLE BE LITTLE HATERS #SO WHAT #GENUINELY SO WHAT #g0blinposting #feel like im about to swing a bat into a hornets nest with some of these tags but #oh well #anti lore olympus #lore olympus critical #anti acotar #helluva boss critical #hazbin hotel critical #also cause I think yall in the tag will like it #rwde

[tiny-huts]

Saw someone complaining about people making bottom Astarion jokes the other day and like???? (While I think the way people talk about top and bottom stuff is generally reductive and borders on insensitive sometimes) I don't know how to tell you that you went for the reincarnation of Preminger BarbieFilm??? You went for the guy who expressed concern multiple times over breaking nails?? You went for the guy who spends his time cuntily drinking red wine in the corner?? Like bro. Insert Legolas "what do you think he is going to do" joke here

#astarion #bg3 #i feel like im swinging a bat at a hornets nest here but here we go

[dmc5se]

i made a post abt leon so i want to make one abt ada now . this will be even more incoherent than my leon post bc my thoughts abt ada are a lot less organized lol.

mainly just talking abt how ppl mischaracterize her despite ... literally everything. i'll probably mention re4r spoilers if that matters to you! i'll only make brief mentions to separate ways, so please be wary of that stuff :)

i feel like a lot of resident evil characters get mischaracterized, but ada seems to get it the worst imo. a lot of people seem to just take her at face value and they're so stuck on portraying her as manipulative or that she just doesn't care abt leon which is. not even true LMFAO

ada's been shown to care very much abt leon! she's saved his ass a lot despite the fact that she literally doesn't even need to. she could see him in trouble and just leave, but she doesn't because she.. cares about him? like i don't know why people like to close their eyes when it comes to this stuff.

i would like to bring up the umbrella chronicles, specifically ada's side story, death's door. death's door shows ada's escape from the NEST, and after she escapes from the sewers, she goes to meet with one of her contacts, who she finds dead. a computer powers on to show wesker, and as soon as he mentions her having aided leon, she seems to tense up almost. ada isn't really outwardly emotive for the most part, but the way i viewed her tensing up in that moment was something maybe close to anger?

obviously it could be me reading too much into it or reading it wrong, but she definitely didn't seem too happy as soon as leon's name left his mouth lol. yes it could also be because of him saying that she betrayed him, but ultimately it could've been a mix of the two.

i do want to try and tackle re2r now which is going to be kind of messy so bear with me if i word something weird.

i think re2r is where a lot of people grab on to the idea of ada strictly only ever manipulating leon and using him. and i'm not going to type out this big long thing and act like ada definitely didn't use leon for her own goal, because she did!

THAT BEING SAID, she does also express care for him. when leon gets shot in the shoulder, she patches him up and uses her trench coat to cover him up. did she have to? absolutely not. she could've just left him there without helping him, but she did!

ada really is not as cold and emotionless as some people like to portray her as, and i think acting like she's incapable of actually caring abt leon is genuinely just. dumb?

i'll jump to re4r now because the dogshit takes i've had to see abt ada even to this day kills me. a lot of them do seem to center on how people viewed her in 2r, but hopefully with the release of separate ways people start opening their minds abt her a little more.

i think 4r does a very good job showing how ada cares about leon! i don't want to dip too much into separate ways since i haven't played it yet and i've only watched a handful of things abt it, but like. she does do a lot of things to help leon during the story of 4r. she gets saddler's attention so that leon can help ashley. she does a LOT of things for leon very willingly! she very willingly helps leon and it really isn't just bc she's wanting to use or manipulate him lol.

there's so much to ada's character that people just don't understand and don't seem to want to understand, which does suck a lot. a lot of people do seem to think she's a bad person because of the work she does, and i have seen some people say that she Obviously Doesn't Care about this or that. not to bring up the ending to re4r but the moment wesker mentions that there would be billions of casualties, you can see her change in body language, and she immediately takes control of the chopper. yes, ada is morally grey, but ada isn't inherently a bad person. the point of morally grey characters is that they aren't supposed to be viewed as 100% bad OR 100% good.

ada's moral greyness seems to be a very weird point of contention for people, and while i do get preferring characters that are more direct about their motivations, i feel like having characters that are morally grey bring a lot to a story. if you have a cast of characters that are always 100% good or 100% bad and there's no hint of moral greyness, it's.. kind of boring?

like idk, personally i like that ada is more morally grey. i think it compliments how leon is very much hellbent on helping and saving as many people as he can.

i do think a lot of the dislike or outright hatred towards ada is bc of how people view + treat leon, which sucks. really ultimately, as naive as leon may be sometimes, he's not a baby. i think a lot of this also comes from general mischaracterization of leon, but that's a post for another day since this is already incredibly long LMFAO.

tl;dr: ada isn't a bad character just because you don't like her. ada isn't a bad person because of her being morally grey. i think watering her down to "bad and manipulative" without looking at the rest of her character is doing her a disservice. i'm not really saying all of this to be like "you HAVE to like ada NOW" but i do just want people to understand her a little more 😭

also really ultimately capcom is like. very bad at writing women so that doesnt really help.. anyway. thanks for looking at my long ass post abt how ada isnt bad and a bunch of other stuff

#resident evil #ada wong #theres definitely stuff im forgetting but this post is. already ungodly long so ill save it for another day LMFAO #like i have one thing especially that i could talk abt for a while but thats like swinging a bat at a hornets nest and i feel like im #already batting at it with this unfortunately 💔

[crazyw3irdo]

and when they say "in a good way" they always mean "in a slightly less bad way"

#yes h*rry p*tter fans this is about you <3 #i've had this happen with other things but god. so so many times with those fans specifically #crazwaz posted #i do feel a bit like im swinging a bat at a hornets nest here but fuckin whatever #apologies for the lack of quality too but im tryin to sorta rest my hand a bit? #idk im still drawing and gaming but im not going Intense with it

[valentinoappreciator]

if the "Addict" music video is no longer canon, we basically have no evidence that Valentino is, in fact, a rapist

checkmate antis and haters 💅

#text #my post #hazbin hotel #valentino hazbin hotel #now i know that he probably IS anyway #but its not canon anymore 😌 #but ill still make him vile and disgusting in my fics #for. reasons #tw rape #tw: rape #tw rapist #tw: rapist #fun fact i do not know how to tag stuff like this? #im sorry #*posts that feel like swinging a bat at a hornet's nest*

[carcarrot]

i love how tmbg, the band that everyone knows AT LEAST for birdhouse in your soul if nothing else, is on tumblr begging for fan interaction meanwhile sparks, who are only just getting a modicum of popularity after 50 years, are just content doing their thing

#swinging a bat at a hornets nest with this one please dont @ me i love both of these bands #however. people know who you are tmbg. you did the malcolm in the middle theme song for christs sake #i do feel like they protest a teeny bit too much with their 'we're obscure and weird' persona #meanwhile sparks goes on their own way and sells every album as if they're a big hit band #and im not saying tmbg doesnt sell their stuff or believe in their work bc they do #its just that i dont think they acknowledge that they Are more well known then theyd lead you to believe #and when sparks are like 'we didnt think this famous person knew we existed' unfortunately that makes sense! #bc a Ton of people still dont know who they are (fortunately the documentary and annette and this years album are changing that somewhat) #ANYWAY. had to get that off my chest again i love both bands dearly if not equally and idk man heather mode got activated

[youngpettyqueen]

Genuine question alert ! Where you talking about specific characters in your 'bastardize the female character to male the male character gay' post?

yes! I could cite a ton of different instances but that post specifically is about BJ and Peg Hunnicutt, who are very in love and have a healthy relationship and a daughter, but Peg is often shoved aside or otherwise bastardized/villainized to push Hunnihawk as a ship because people really dont want to acknowledge that BJ is married and in love

#im a Hunnihawk shipper myself btw but in the way where its poly and its Punnihawk #like. being in love with Peg is a significant facet of BJ's character #its foundational to him you dont have BJ without his love for his wife #and yet people will act like his marriage literally doesnt matter! #or they'll completely bastardize Peg #and turn her into a villain so they can just divorce them in fic so that BJ seems justified in abandoning his family #and it makes me real mad! #I really really hate the gay BJ headcanon because like. bi people exist #what BJ and Peg have is not comphet or whatever #BJ loves her legitimately and truly loves her #again I do ship him with Hawkeye! im a Hunnihawk shipper! #but I dont read him as gay at all he's bi in my reading of him #because his love for Peg is ESSENTIAL to his character #you cant take that away and still have BJ. he's an OC at that point #and it just. strikes me as biphobic frankly #to shove aside his clear love for Peg just to further a mlm ship #but yeah thats my rant #ive been in a mood about it today #I feel like im swinging a bat at a hornet's nest with this but im in a mood about it so I dont really care

[fleetwood-cheese]

Why do people keep insisting that jiang cheng is asexual when hes such a perfect example of ‘guy whose bi but nobody wants him’ rep

#source: me im both bi and ace #no i will not be taking criticism on this im absolutely certain #jiang cheng #jiang wanyin #mdzs #this post feels like swinging a bat at a hornets nest but it needs to be said #disclaimer im not a jc stan or anti. im p ambivalent towards him tbh #the real mxtx ace rep is xie lian whose demi as fuck

[dsgustng]

U ever see someone who acts super open-minded online, anti-racism and "politically correct" or whatever but then they're extremly into south park. It's insane. like how r u into the most racist and antisemitic cartoon still currently airing and not bothered by it enough to like.. stop enjoying it and still draw cutesy fanart of the characters being gay and trans and not... realize the problem??? 😐 Do u know how much fuckin damage this show has done 2 literally like every minority group especially Jewish ppl. I'm pretty sure this cartoon was a fuckin gateway to a whole new generation of white supremacists n/zis. This is coming from someone who briefly had a phase where I admittedly liked south park and drew fanart for it... when I was in middle school ( mostly because some artist I looked up to was into it tbh) and even back when I was a toxic anti-sjw teenager and "liked' the show a lot of shit in it made me deeply uncomfortable to the point I struggled to watch it.. soooo what's these ppls excuses?

#antisemitism #nazism mention #nazi mention #i will block any sp fans who try to defend this btw this show has undoubtedly caused so much fucking damage #i dont think its possible to 'critically' consume something like this where it has like 20 years of horrible horrible content filled #to the brim of full on hate speech disguised as 'satire' #like for me at least it wuz nostalgic to me and i associated it with people i looked up to . i also wanted to seem cool and mature #but these kids who are getting into it now? whats thier reason??? #i feel like these kids who are into it now are going to grow up and realize how legitimately vile and traumatizing this shit is #i feel like im swinging a bat at a hornets nest rn but whatever. #im all 4 critical consumption of media but at a certain point u have to draw the line #cw south park

[dearbisexual]

cannibalism isn't even poetic it's just eating people innit

#zee.txt #ask to tag #i feel like im swinging a bat at a hornets nest here

[friendofcars]

thank you so much for the response to the mask adam mention ask, i feel like that cleared up a lot of things for me but i do wonder what it means to ronan to be somehow aware of 'lowkey' being attracted to gansey when cdth tells us he's been pulled towards adam since the moment he first saw him?

also since you talked about gansey and kavinsky i also want to mention that when ronan brings the dreamt camaro to gansey he also puts on a dreamt white sunglasses on gansey's face and i feel like that's such an important detail after "it was never going to be you and me".

you're welcome. thank you for asking in the first place!

so re: ronan being attracted to gansey vs adam, firstly, i think it's an entirely plausible situation given that a) ronan's second secret is his attraction to adam, not attraction to guys in general b) he and gansey have such a strong bond that (at least to me) sort of transcends 'relationship categories' like romantic, platonic, fraternal, etc. so if ronan, who fancies himself Captain Monogamous, was concerned about having feelings for both of his friends i think he could easily convince himself that his love for gansey is entirely brotherly because it's so profound that it could be anything - but at this point in the series, he doesn't even let himself understand his feelings for adam, so i don't think that would even be an internal conflict for him until bllb onwards- maybe a subconscious thing that he'd experience as anger, but not a conscious 'problem.' and even if ronan only wants a monogamous relationship for himself, that definitely doesn't preclude being attracted to multiple people simultaneously. he might not have fun figuring that out though lol so to directly respond to your ask, i think all it means to ronan in this present chapter is that he is thrilled that gansey-on-fire is making an appearance and is too riled up on adrenaline to be particularly worried that this version of gansey reminds him of adam.

to be completely honest i haven't started to think too much about the sunglasses (at least in the scene ronan puts them on gansey- in general i think it's fairly accepted that they symbolize kavinsky's secrets, particularly his vulnerability, how he uses brash language and behavior to obfuscate insecurity and instability; i also think they're a nice foil to gansey's wire frames that tend to appear in vulnerable, honest moments.). i think you're so right to consider them on gansey right after ronan leaves kavinsky though! it's as if he's imagining kavinsky in the camaro, or perhaps a more kavinsky-like version of gansey, shrouded in rumor rather than legend... not sure what to conclude from this. do you have more thoughts on this scene (when ronan gives gansey the new camaro)? i also think the reflective nature of the sunglasses (they're mirrors!) is relevant, which i think gives us the opportunity to discuss not only how ronan and other characters perceive kavinsky, but how kavinsky makes them perceive themselves.

#rchl #ask #trc #i have to admit posting something trc related that mentions a)monogamy and b)kavinsky feels like im maybe not swinging a bat but... #standing very very close to a hornet nest #i dont think ive said anything inflammatory tho lol

[aro-attorneys]

Jekyon and Wrightworth are the same fucking ship

#the glass scientists #ace attorey #yeah this is going in the main tags sure. im right anyway. #specifically the tgs characters btw #LISTEN i have been keeping up w this comic for almost 7 years #i cant put it in words they just have the same energy #yet somehow feels like im swinging a bat at a hornet's nest #hey i rly rly like lanyon btw. he's nuanced i love that for him #he's doing his best <3 #anyway this is based on the recent updates and aLSO Lanyon going: #'you confuse me for someone with feelings' #hhh and then they showed some vulnerability. im normal

[jefferythejelly]

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#other anon i so agree but im not posting bc i already feel like im swinging a bat too close to the hornets nest if u know what i mean😭 #i dont do discourse well everyone just be chill and niceys forever

[squaretablehold]

My essay is (mostly) finished, I am moved back home, and it's five am so I have to go to sleep cause my circadian rhythm is shot to all hell, but tomorrow I return!

Shit I wanna do so yall should pester me about it: Write up my meta about Unalloyed Gold being a textile not a metal, write up what I think happened to Miq and Mal's shadows cause I'm absolutely convinced I've figured it out, write some starters maybe, ponder a workshop on character bleed and boundaries (putting my game design degree to work lmaooo), set up a thread tracker, update my verses pages, and maybe even figure out wtf is going on anymore.

#ooc #so much all the time #i need to get back in the swing of things so i can have miq keep talking people into rethinking all their life choices #he's gonna keep doing it until SOMEONE brings him Marika's head on a platter #jk but only mostly #its also open season on the Ds over at undeadhunterd #They're going through it as always #i also apparently came up with the longest verse tag ever over there #which i think is only fair considering the existential crisis the whole situation gave me #fucking Newark man #also i am contemplating making a post about the portrayal of disabled characters in Elden Ring #both the game and the fandom #or maybe just the fandom if i feel like swinging a bat at a hornets nest without being massively positive about something first #idk talking to some other disabled fans and seeing those two godrick comics that got on my nerves all the time got my blood up #my blocking finger is braced and ready for action bc if i put in the time and effort im gonna main tag it #im so sick of seeing people draw Malenia with eyes and limbs #and people making fun of godrick for being disabled and thats it thats the joke #hes crippled guys how pathetic hahahaha #im gonna bite someone one of these days i stg

[redrreign]

if they make h*ntlow real in s3 im blowing this whole building up

#POST MADE WITH UNHAPPY INTENT TO BE CLEAR #really not liking the Implications i am picking up from the promos #i do not want to fight with anyone and i do not have genuine serious beef with the many MANY shippers #it's just one of those things that like. never really liked it from the start. but i was like whatever #it was just kind of annoying how much of it there was #but then it became inescapable in online spaces. and i quickly lost tolerance for it. so now it fills me with instinctual rage #god i feel like such a chump having Opinions about A Ship but as we all know i am DEEPLY invested in toh and hunter specifically #and so. unfortunately. i am now cursed to have Opinions about stupid shit that does not matter #feel like im swinging a bat at a hornets nest with this post #mutterings #toh

[somethingaboutvampires]

People defending the blatent sexism and misogyny in Stranger Things: sweetie that's just how the 80s was!!

Me: uh huh and all the scifi stuff happened in the 80s too right? Telekinesis and portals to other dimensions?

Them: sweeeeetie that's FiCTiOn! It's a tv show it's not that deep

Me: so if it's fiction and not that deep they totally could have removed the sexism and misogyny from the show and also highlighted that not Everyone was a sexist misogynist ahole back then? Good people have always existed

Them: but. but... it. It's. set....in.....the...80s????

#it feels like im swinging a bat at a hornet nest so i didn't tag properly #and will delete the post and block the entire circus if needed