#is a bad thing………….. unpopular opinion!

[robertsbarbie]

maybe if we all watched starstruck 🥴

#i don’t think wanting privacy and not being able to digest the massive weight of fame #is a bad thing………….. unpopular opinion! #but then again i also know that at the end of the day ariel didn’t give up her voice for a man so :/ #don’t ask my opinion on anything #uwu starstruck

[cosmics-beings]

I think another thing I like about starscream, yet hate that the fandom fails to acknowledge about starscream is that, a lot of his rotten personality and his nastiness comes from way before he meets megatron and way before he was a deception.

That’s not to say that a lot of the ways he acts doesn't mirror megatron and the mistreatment he went through. and that impacts how starscream heals, makes friends, etc., idw - like what megatron did still badly affects him and that's not something to be ignored, and it's still not fair that he doesn't get the same happiness megatron did.

But, I think that people do tend to act as if Starscream was perfect and uncorrupt before Megatron.

That's not true...starscream was also a rotten, manipulative and bad person before that. and a lot of that was in response to how he was treated and hating his own body/existence, and the caste system, etc. We see how a lot of people in transformers react to oppression and I think starscream is such an interesting case of someone who is so angry and furious at the system he was created in that he takes it out on others yet still fights for himself and only himself. It is sad, and it’s awful to see how his own existence and the caste system does destroy him, but I think its important to note and to understand to just see how oppressed people still have to fight through their own oppression and sometimes, because of that, because of the trauma they go through, turn rotten. And Starscream did terrible, sneaky, and awful things. He did shitty things to climb to the top and he hurt those around him, he hurt people he trusted him, and he was happy to be that way. No one made him evil, manipulative, or untrustworthy, he did that on his own.

I don’t like that a lot of the fandom tends to tie Starsream’s negative and problematic behavior and personality to megatron because it also takes away from a lot of growth, agency and discussion about starscream’s personality and why he is the way he is.

He wasn’t a perfect, innocent and shy person before he met megatron, or before he became a deception. He still did awful things and while becoming a deception was a way he could grow past the system that created him, he still did very much do so for power. Starscream was an ambitious yet a morally ambiguous person before megatron and he had to be to survive in his own mind. His life wasn’t perfect and happy before megatron, he was still fighting and he was still scheming to survive.

I really don’t like how people kind of take that away from him, and act like everything he does and every shitty way he acts is *because* of megatron. I know it’s not fun to have to admit that he wasn’t a good person before megatron met him, but I think it’s necessary to understand his character, and not a lot of people do. And when you don’t do that, you have people misinterpreting his character and being genuinely shocked when he does villainous things. Like for instance, sky bound starscream’s actions shock a lot of people because they don’t think that he is a villain - I remember a lot of ES critique is that earthspark starscream doesn’t need a redemption act- he just needs people to love and accept him. And I think you guys forgot that he was also a space fascist and enjoyed killing people on his own accord. And while megatron himself does impact how starscream acts and treats others - starscream still was an extremely problematic person eons before he met megatron.

I don’t think this negates just how badly Megatron’s treatment fucked him up, and made it so that it was difficult for him to form relationships even after, or find happiness. And I think that’s just something that cannot be ignored. But I also think starscream is more interesting as a character if the fandom acknowledged that he was this way before, that he wasn’t perfect or innocent, and that he reacted that way because he was unhappy with is life, his station, his caste, etc.

this also isn't a chance to come and try to excuse how megatron treated him, so pls don't do that on here.

#i remember looking at an earthspark video and it's like 'starscream does bad things but none of it is his fault because of meg-' #and im like 'nooooo' #it's okay for people to acknolwedge that he was 'bad' to begin with #i don't know how we as a fandom got to the point where they convinced themselves he wasn't a villain #and when you tie EVERYTHING he does to his time with megs #then you invalidate him #he is more than than his relationship with megs (also not saying his name bcos i don't want it to end up in his tag) #like it makes me so upset when fans tie everything he does to him #and it's like they are afraid to admit that he is evil and highly problematic #and in many ways just like megs BEFORE he met him #because you guys again - think a victim can only be one way #it's insulting #starscream #transformers #also sorry for the slurry of unpopular starscream opinions #i just hate how i feel that his character is only allowed to be seen s *one* way

[probablyhuntersmom]

"It's been a year, I feel so heavy... Mama, will this feeling ever stop?"

“Mijo. It hurts. But you have so many people who love you. We can help you carry that feeling and one day it might not feel as heavy.”

(Dialogue by @childlikegoblinqueen, with some smol additions by me)

#the owl house #toh hunter #hunter noceda #camila noceda #for Flapjack #toh edits #loz's edits #my notes: I may be having an unpopular opinion after Dana said Willow would cut his hair short again..but -- #I think he'd only make that step after he hits the 1-year mark. I've felt extremely similar numbness/depression that lasted almost a year #I'm not sure he'd have the focus to be proactive to change his hair so quickly. coz everything will be a reminder: he may not see the point #anyhow yea it's sweet to think of how respectful the others will be to him. asking him if he wants to take part during the first anniversar #the house wouldn't be decorated. he'd feel bad that they can't have as much fun as they apparently otherwise would #but obvs they insist they are very willingly dialing things down a lot and are also sad and grieving #but the key here is..aesthetically he's wearing a red sweater. that counts for something (thematically). for a reason

[uncanny-tranny]

Also, in response to the "testosterone making people angrier" myth, I've found that, personally, testosterone has given me the self-respect to recognize and call out when my boundaries are being overstepped in ways that I wouldn't have had the courage (or, frankly even liking of myself) to have done before. This is in addition to me working on my trauma responses, but testosterone was the spark that gave me the will to do this in the first place. When I see people sae that as anger and thus is a "bad thing," I wonder how much of that is just people being uncomfortable with us... having boundaries or enforcing them, and that the response to that overstepping is labeled as aggressive anger.

Frankly, I now actually respect myself enough to care when I am being mistreated. It seems that people sometimes take that as a personal failure on my end because I don't think I deserve mistreatment.

Caveat: Anger is a fine emotion, and it is a worthy thing to recognize and honour. I find that the accusation of trans men* and trans masc* people "being angry" on testosterone is a moot point simply because it is often a false accusation which uses anger as a punishment. My issue isn't that we're "angry," but that our perceived anger is used, often, as a transphobic bludgeon to punish those who either want to transition with testosterone or who currently are, and everything in-between.

#trans #transgender #lgbt #lgbtq #ftm #nonbinary #transphobia #transphobia tw #unpopular opinion i guess but: trans man* and transmasc* anger is a fine thing and more people ought to express it without fear #basically i want to start a punk band with some other trans guys/trans guys+ who are Angry and Will Express It #like not going to lie but i had no boundaries before because i HATED myself... #...so it's pretty weird when people almost... miss that they could have taken advantage of me had i not realized my worth #like why does my Testosterone Anger say something bad about me when you MISS that you could have taken advantage of my self-hatred. like. hm #anyway. i let myself be angry now because i have realized that i deserve to express my full range of emotions #i notice that many trans people start asserting themselves way more when they transition gow they want/need to... #...and i think part of it is that many of us start to get out of the rut of feeling Horrible 24/7/365... #...so when people express they 'miss the old [you]' to me that's a red flag... #...because... do you miss that person pre-transition or do you miss their abject misery and passivity? #this might be a generalization because of tumblr's tag character limit #but i have noticed this with a few trans people when they are openly/currently transitioning #this isn't me saying that this is universal but just... something i have Taken Notice Of #and it seems weird to me that this hasn't only just happened to me because. it just feels...... gross

[britneyshakespeare]

do you ever feel like people only like chick-fil-a so much because they're not supposed to

#i've only had their food like twice in my life (for the longest time i didn't live close to one) #like i don't get it #text post #i don't see ppl talk so fondly about other fast food restaurants in the same way #well i mean sometimes. some people do. if they're genuinely like fond of one for some specific personal reason #but like the certain endearment it's just normal to express about chick-fil-a... i don't get it!! #and im just supposed to grit my teeth and not bring the word 'homophobia' into it #again im not like accustomed to their food admittedly but the few times ive had it. its NOT that great #maybe this is also a northeastern thing for me. maybe it's different where u grow up #i see more locations near me popping up nowadays but perhaps if u live in the south it felt more like your upbringing #idfk. i know i'm not spouting an unpopular opinion on tumblr by saying Chick-fil-A Bad #but when i see normies where i live being excited about new locations popping up im like. hm. well we all know right... #ur fine w sending this message to your queer friends and family? ....... ok #yeah go get that disrespectful ass lemonade then

[showtoonzfan]

I’m really hoping Adam isn’t the only “big bad Hazbin Hotel villain” that Viv was referring to back in the past, because if THIS guy is supposed to be our MAIN villain for the show:

Then we’re going to have an issue cause I can’t take this bitch seriously. He’s so uninteresting and doesn’t even give me “big bad villain vibes”, more like snobby evil henchman. He comes off as a Jonah Hill character if he was a bad guy lmao.

#also yes this is from Viv’s instagram #it’s just that Adam’s whole thing is that he’s sexist and inappropriate like…..please don’t tell me he’s out main villain #I hate his design every time I see him URRGH #Also unpopular opinion but Lucifer should be the big bad not this douche or God or whoever #Also viv please try to branch out your villain characters more #like….the villains are just cardboard copies of one another #they all have the same damn personality outside of the serious ones like Carmilla #also she’s ganna butcher heaven I just know it #vivziepop critical #spindlehorse critical #hazbin hotel critical

[nymph-of-water]

unpopular opinion: booktok girls overhate male authors, most of the time for no reason other that their gender, and old misogynistic literature that they [booktok girls] think represents all of them[male authors].

#did I almost use “elles” instead of “they” #why yes #but oh well #good thing that french are slowly becoming more natural to me #bad thing because I'm forgetting Greek #anyway #booktok #unpopular opinion #book #bookworm #book tumblr #dare i say #anti booktok #only slightly #book things #book talk #book thoughts

[nonokoko13]

Call me Mahoro because I also think her brother is hot af Btw the plot twist in this series is that Arajin is going take his crush last name but not because of her. Sorry for the spoilers peace and love in the planet Earth

And could somebody make this Marito teddy bear real? It's a basic and essential need atp

#bucchigiri?! #/jk #look her brocon thing is weird and uncomfortable but she can be funny as hell #can you blame her for liking Marito. Look at him #his design is so cool #and so it is his personality and caring relationship with Outa and how clingy abd touchy he is to people he likes (Ara-teen) #and the nicknames are cute too #and his voice too #move Arajin is my turn #Unpopular opinion: Arajin is also good. Ik he's an ass to Matakara and it's probably completely undeserved and uncalled for but #he has some of the funniest reactions in this show. He's pathetic like a wet kicked cat waiting outside my door to let him enter #he made awful decisions and all to get laid and tbh him letting the hormones do the reasoning it's the most teenager thing ever #Most of us had been annoying af and horrible at processing information and taking hints or making important decisions #He's relatable for all the wrong reasons and he's very real for that. If you dislike/hate him I get it though. Very understandable 👍 #god I wanna talk about why I think he's acting like that with his childhood friend so bad but these tags are already too much #anyway I advocate for Arateen rights and wrongs. Also for the Bucchigiri teddy bear collection #mahoro jin #arajin tomoshibi #marito jin #Mariteen #jin marito #jin mahoro #tomoshibi arajin #♡ — shut up noko #woah imagine it turns out to be true Arajin will be Arajin Jin. Wild stuff. Lmao even

[adhd-merlin]

unpopular opinion but I think they should've let Gwen cheat out of her own free will

#no one ever finds out she was enchanted #and that's tragic in its own way and a valid narrative choice I guess #but it was a last minute addition #it's entirely for the benefit of the viewers so they can go 'oh she's not a bad person' #but good people do fucked up things sometimes!! even merlin! #what if she WAS a good person AND she did choose to kiss lancelot #because he was her first love and she thought he was dead and then he was alive #and right in front of her #and she couldn't think straight #I mean have you seen santiago cabrera? #let a girl cheat is all I'm saying #at least leave her some agency #merlin #gwencelot #unpopular opinions

[not-souleaterpost]

Ever wished that a trailer DOES lie?

Didn't come up with some clever pun or whatever to express what I want so I'll put it bluntly: Does anyone agree that new Napoleon movie looks kinda lame from the trailers?

Like the first one was like the two types of cliche trailers one after the other - with all the "boom" sounds and mach cuts, while then doing the whole "eq-so-it-sounds-distant childlike song" thing. But what I found worse is turning Napoleon into Thanos (havent seen a Marvel movie after Iron Man 3, so I might be wrong) - but all the stoic cool guy one liners and weird self-agrandising cliche uterances - only to end with putting on the Crown on himself as if it was that stupid plastic gem-gauntlet... Should just have snapped and said "France Won" and go all the way while showing the Austo-Hungary disolve.

The second trailer seems to be more of the same, with even having the Black Sabbat song to make it artsy but not to artsy. Idk maybe I'm being to harsh and hypocritical, but aften then having the love interst say "look down at my crotch - I control you with it" - I just cant take it seriously - gives me flashbacks to being a kid and seeing my dad watch game of thrones and realises that half the charachters are screwing their sister and brothers cause thats the only way to make something "Mature"...

But why am I writting a whinning post? Don't I try to make some contrived point in these? Yeah, at first I didint even want to post this, so I dont be one of these cynical movie guys, feel bad for these who now seemingly in nearly their fifties just whine about how bad hollywood is and how superheros suck while only reviewing them while their is a great new Scorsesse movie which they ignore- And instead of continuing this passive agressive attack on RLM, I better segway into my whole point: "The Killers of the Flower Moon" - A movie I recently saw and enjoyed quite a lot - surprisingly because I thought from the trailers "Yeah, Scorsee got old and is phoning it in" - cause from the trailers it just seemed like a generic by the numbers exploitation film, where victims kill their oppressors with the whole "happy ending" being both overly sweet and bitter - because how unrealistic yet saddistic it would be, even as a fantasy only leaving the reality of resentment and bloody revenge.

But thankfully, it was nothing like that - so the trailer lied, and I was happy - or more happy that even when it lied I thought "well going to the cinema with friends is more important, and why not see a scorsse movie on the big screen, if he dies, or I, soon, I'll regret it, even if it was a piece of shit..."

So maybe that's the point I'm making - maybe a very weird and pointless one - but yeah, maybe Napoleon won't be as bad as I think? Even if it is a far-cry from the Napoleon Kubric would have made, Ridley Scott is still a director with a certain esteem, and who the hell didn't like Gladiator? Even still have an old VHS with a cutot of a tv-magazine of it that my father used to tape over to just pirate the movie old schoo way lol. Still, I'm not saying to mindlessly buy and watch everything - but to just think - maybe even a disapointing movie is worth the human connection one will make (cause who goes to the movies alone?) - so if somebody says "hey lets watch it, its like if the Joker was French" - why not, maybe even it will turn out to be:

#napoleon #ridley scott #napoleon 2023 #joaquin phoenix #killers of the flower moon #martin scorsese #trailer #unpopular opinion #marvel #pandering #also why I didnt watch Oppenheimer but I kinda got tired of Nolan movies in general think they are irnoically to childish past 16 #I remember as a kid finding RLM and thinking their movie review show was just some stop gap for some bigger thing to come #only for it to happen or be bad on purpose #idk think its a bad place to get stuck #not financially but you know what I mean #dont have your soul eaten

[glittertomb]

Back in the day I watched all of game of thrones except for the final season because I’m the type of person who likes to binge a whole season all at once. But then I heard so many horrifying things about the last season as it was coming out that I just never watched it. So now I’m watching it all again so I can finally watch the last season with all the references and characters clear in my head, disappointment or not, and I just finished the penultimate season, and again I’m too afraid the watch the final season pffft why is my brain like this. Girl, just do it.

#who knows maybe the fan base was too harsh and I’ll be in the small percentile of people who like it? #unpopular opinion but: #I kinda thought Star Wars I-III weren’t as bad as everyone made them out to be but once a lot of people started hating on them everyone #else thought they had to too #maybe I’m biased cause I had a crush on ewan Mac Gregor and Natalie Portman but they weren’t so horrible as people made them out to be #a lot of people hated on avatar (the blue people) too and yeah it had some minor issues but i thought it was beautiful and entertaining so #if this all makes me a loser so be it #I’m sick of people just mass hating on stuff or not letting people enjoy things I guess

[ickypuppi3]

#is liking his tattoo an unpopular opinion #because i love it #billy hargrove #robin buckley #incorrect stranger things #maybe it’s because i also have a shitty tattoo #but it’s so fun to me #it’s not even shitty #his one i mean #good for him #robin: what is THAT #billy: el said it was bitchin’ so how about you shut the fuck up #robin: yeah totally pimpin’ #billy: steve get over here #he’s so interesting #like how did he come to this decision #genuinely want to know what it’s like inside his head #bad stuff aside #ickyposts

[lesbianfakir]

Not saying anything I haven’t already said but it’s 2 in the morning and I have feelings about this!! I want more queerplatonic art and interpretations in the tutu fandom sooooo bad. I keep coming back to how it’s so rare to have a show of this genre where the boy and the girl stay friends without any pressure to make their relationship “something more,” and that really resonates.

It’s not a bad thing but it’s a little sad to me that the tag is so focused on romantic shipping when there are so many other ways to explore the relationships in the show. I would love to see more people engaging with the text in ways that don’t fit in with the conventional relationship script.

Duck feels she is lacking in some fundamental human quality, a narrative that is so very often, an aspec one. For a show that’s so entrenched in amatonormativity I connected with the narrative of tutu in a way that I do with so few shows because it feels so fundamentally aspec. And I want to explore the shit out of that!!

The way the show develops it’s central relationships really resonates with me—rather being built upon some nebulous attraction the foundation of many central relationships come from a place of deep admiration. There is no expectation that that admiration must blossom into romance. At the end of the day, the world is saved through a friendship. There’s no NEED for it to be anything else because that love is complete just as it is. There’s no lack felt—only the strength of what’s already there.

And that said, I feel like when engaging with fanwork that quality is often missing. The idea that these relationships hold the same strength and validity whether they’re platonic or romantic doesn’t always carry through. And don’t get me wrong, I love to see a cute couple. But I wish there was more exploration of the weird nebulous up to interpretation not-quite-romantic, not-quite-platonic relationships the show gives us. It can go either way so it’s so strange to me that fandom tends to gravitate towards only one outcome to these options

Anyways, this is my rallying cry, JOIN ME IN QUEERING PRINCESS TUTU

#don’t mean this in an accusatory way at all #fandom tends to be biased towards shipping #and hell qprs can be a form of shipping like I am very much part of this #and that’s just how it is it’s not good or bad it’s something people enjoy doing #BUT #it’s funny to me that the fandom darling pairing is NOT explicitly romantic yet 99% of the fandom stuff for them is romantic #there’s just this massive gap that is left somewhat unexplored #also I’m gonna say it #unpopular opinion perhaps #the lake scene is soooooooooooo good if you take it platonically #like #as a thing between friends?? #actually insane it scratches my brain like nothing else #FUCK yearning they r besties #(tho I love a good yearning) #princess tutu #lea talks #super sleepy so apologies if this doesn’t make sense #I must go to bed

[sad-leon]

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🍓 ⇢ how did you get into writing fanfiction? 

that.. is a great question. I've done rp and fanfic-adjacent stuff pretty much all my life, but I think i started actually writing fanfic and posting it on wattpad in... 2018???? 2017 maybe?? Not actually too long ago, but I did write some fanfic-adjacent stuff starting in 2014ish, though that will be burned before I ever share it with anyone

🍬 ⇢ post an unpopular opinion about a popular fandom character

hmmm,, trying to think of a different one than the "casey junior being 20" that i already shared.... I wouldn't call this necessarily unpopular, but I do headcanon that Leo is actually good at cooking, he just lets Mikey do it because Mikey finds enjoyment in it.

🥐 ⇢ name one internet reference that will always make you laugh 

hmmm... suddenly i've forgotten every internet reference ever lmaoo i think the "i love how tumblr plays with jpegs like dolls" thing and things along those lines. just like.. playing around with jpegs is so fucking hilarious to me

#rambles #asks #anon #writers ask game #thinking about unpopular opinions is hard when i have so many headcanons all the time #i have other unpopular opinions but they're not about characters so i wont share them unless asked #the cooking thing though i just see a lot of people include leo bieng bad at cooking or being banned from the kitchen in fics #and i do think its a light-hearted silly thing #but also mans had a cook-off with mikey and actually held his ground #atleast when it came to the pizza.... the burnt toast png is one of my favorite moments

[godblooded]

unpopular opinion i hate dark shit i hate sad shit my life is sad and dark enough and sometimes it has to be less dark and sad through fictional characters.

#ooc. o kaptain. #[I don’t do shit that goes in a sad or damned direction I have done that for so many verses when I was younger just to appease other people #and it was upsetting and shitty and damaging. like I do not care I unapologetically will write about love and good things I have the #Hathaway I will not play a bad guy because I don’t want to view. and I generally hate that this is such an unpopular opinion but like. just #get in touch with some fucking optimism for five seconds being entrenched in grim dark does nothing positive.]

[rickybaby]

If the Manningcast-style broadcasting was his retirement plan, thank fuck the retirement has been pushed down the line, because that was just awful

#I know how people are always going Daniel should become a presenter once he retires #my unpopular opinion is he’ll be bad at it because for however much he tries to show he’s this easygoing charming dude #he OVERTHINKS things #he has the tendency to sometimes think too hard because he is sooo aware of how people will perceive him #daniel ricciardo