If you like
Our Flag Means Death for queering historical figures
Ted Lasso for showing how sports can connect us using humour and lots of heart
Orange Is The New Black and/or GLOW for being primarily about a big cast of diverse female characters
Gentleman Jack for historical lesbians
Pose for showing black queer history in a way that tugs at your heartstrings
then A League of Their Own (based on the movie of the same name) is the show for you! It's about group of almost only women-loving-women navigating sexism, racism and homophobia as they try to become successful professional baseballers during World War II, based on a true story, told with lots of humour but still giving appropriate weight to the heavier aspects of the story.
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I don’t speak Japanese so I’d LOVE to hear more about the differences between the English and Japanese Re:Zero fandoms
yeah sure its very interesting to me now that ive noticed it more lately :o !! though ok disclaimer - i dont speak japanese either hah so if anyone is seeing this and does speak japanese + is familiar with the japanese speaking side of this fandom please add info if youd like!! and of course ill be mainly speaking from the english side of things bc im more familiar with that yes (sorry anon again im not a japanese speaker T^TT so sorry if i tread on info you already know!!). but yeah im speaking from my own experiences given the Topic at hand. ive been in this fandom since... 2019?? which is so wild to me aljsdfljsd.
anyway so - i think the big difference is mainly that the english fandom and many english speaking people that engage with rezero are. to put it bluntly, misconception runs Rampant to a very Interesting degree. to the point where it seems like the english speaking side of the fandom is More. Aggressive. than the japanese fandom. not that the japanese speaking side of the fandom is perfect - also bc what fandom is ever perfect 100% of the time, tbh - but that the louder people in the english rezero fandom are. well its a Very low bar. Very low. and from what little ive seen and heard so far, the japanese fandom tends to understand rezero and its characters better than the english fandom. which ig makes sense bc you know, rezero is japanese media, and also im sure cultural differences come into play here as well (im not familiar enough on this to speak about it in depth but the cultural differences feel Pretty Clear even though i cant 100% put my finger on what they specifically are).
but also bc yeah. its not That hard to beat some of the english fandom when it comes to media comprehension. misreading rezero is unfortunately Extremely common, both in and out of the rezero community. its Everywhere - youtube, myanimelist, ao3, ff.net, reddit, twitter, various rezero discords - and from what ive experienced, rezero tumblr basically kind of feels like finding an oasis after crawling through the desert for days on end lajdslfjs. which is probs bc rezero tumblr is Smaller and also a lot of us seem to be lgbtq+ in some way or be allies, so you dodge a lot of the misogyny and homophobia that happens in other rezero english circles. its why you see a lot of openly queer rezero-related posts on here while its a bit more. barren. in other rezero english places yes. bc its more safe to post queer rezero things on rezero tumblr rather than rezero reddit for Sure.
im not sure how the japanese fandom is with that exactly but theres some interesting differences between whats popular in the english fandom vs the japanese fandom. i mean as an otto fan ive been noticing how hes more popular with the japanese fandom—and on top of that, ottosuba is Way More popular in the japanese fandom too. reinsuba and julisuba seem to usually be the most popular mlm subaru ships in both fandoms but ottosuba is like A Little Up There in the japanese fandom. not sure if its on the same level as a ship like reinsuba but ottosubas Definitely loved as a ship. from what little ive seen it also seems like ships like vichisha are more acknowledged by the japanese fandom? im not entirely sure on like—Complete differences regarding what the japanese fandom finds interesting that may differ from english fandom, so ill really have to look more into the japanese fandoms fanart and fanfic when i can bc im pretty curious too. in general though, it seems like the japanese fandom has a bit more variety…. you can find fanart on So Many characters in rezero (which already has a very Massive cast full of very fleshed out characters) there. not that you cant in the english fandom bc theres a Bit of variety too, but id more so contribute that a little more to the Big Cast and less to having actual variety in fancontent. and of course im not saying that the japanese fandom may be a bit barren in some areas of fancontent—bc inevitably when u have a big cast of characters, side character content is gonna be more sparse compared to the main characters, but to me it does feel like the english fandom lacks variety in comparison. (and also yeah. seems like the japanese fandom acknowledges gay ships more in general tbh.)
whats focused in fancontent makes it easy to tell what may be popular in a fandom in terms of how fans perceive the source material and what fandoms want to do with the source material, if that makes sense. and its very easy to tell that with the english fandom if you just hop on rezero ao3–or even better, rezero reddit given theres a fanfic ideas thread thats usually pinned right at the top of the site. again i havent looked at japanese fanfic for rezero yet (bc i dont know where to look oops ajdndn) but when it comes to the english fandom you can tell that theyre generally more focused on the female cast both in fanart and in fanfic bc. theyre women and many fans on say, reddit or various rezero discords, are cis straight men, so inevitably… well lets just say you can tell when a man makes content for this fandom o.o theres also the. very weird reaction fic trends and trends following popular fics in the fandom, the two biggest being the watching him die again and again react fic and re:forgotten, the former of which includes a harem plot with subaru and the main girls of rezero while the latter is one of those subaru gets tortured by his ooc friends and then he gets revenge on them fics. which i suppose says something about the english fandom too.
of course on ao3 its dominated mainly by english fics (of course not all fics on there for rezero are in english— big shoutout to all the non english fics on rezero ao3 ur doing great <3 — but the majority are in english). and while yeah ur occasionally gonna find stuff like queer content or side character content or rarepair content, its definitely not that big in amount and also comes with the risk of. Hate. if anyones reading this and remembers the lone star stuff. (if u dont know—lone star was a julius x emilia fic where they NTR subaru or some shit and then it got bombed with hate bc of the ship? yeah.) so yeah english fandom is very cis straight oriented, ironically with the nastiest people being the very people that rezero criticizes. though this is also my personal experience, i do know several people personally whove been in this fandom for a while or were here for a while and yeah english fandom isnt very welcoming at times???? and it seems like at the very least the japanese fandom is A Little Less Aggressive than the english fandom is.
otherwise. yeah im very very curious about more of the differences in popular content between the japanese vs english fandom. i mean the english fandom’s main focus on the female cast for. Interesting Reasons other than their actual character depth is… interesting. and the astreas being popular in general vs otto + ottosubas popularity fluctuating is also very interesting to me (but i have several guesses as to Why that is), among other things. yeah id love to know what else the japanese fandom likes about rezero and see more of their content. i also have to wonder if characters like emilia and subaru are hated less by the japanese fandom…. T^T well that and the english fandom and many english speaking people engaging in rezero have this interesting pattern of either hating subaru No Matter What, wanting subaru to Not Be Subaru (ie using him as a self insert almost or attempting to change him into virtually another character), or putting subaru on a pedestal and ignoring his flaws and mistakes and that he Can do wrong. like theres Really not a lot of nuance there. so i wonder if the japanese fandom is. A Little more chill when it comes to character opinions like this too.
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"The only thing Batman fears is something happening to Robin"
"Father and son. Master and apprentice. Batman and Robin."
"Nightwing is, in a sense, an older brother to Jason, in spirit if not in flesh."
"There's a bit of Clark Kent to Jason Todd."
"Don Quixote needed his Sancho Panza. Sherlock Holmes needed his Dr. Watson. And the Batman needs a Robin."
(Quotes from Batman Writers' Bible about a show that could've aired in the 80s, having it's main characters being Bruce Wayne and Jason Todd as Batman and Robin. This Bible was first drafted in 1984 and the final version was finished in 1988).
It's especially sad seeing this show that never came to be portraying such a good relationship between Bruce and Jason, a grumpy man and the only person who knew how to make him laugh; Seeing how they were constantly referred to as father and son just for now in 2000s-2020s people going back to saying that Batman and Robin aren't family. I love this show that never existed and I wish people remembered that these relationships were important.
Bruce and Jason having a good, healthy and parental bond back when he was still young isn't a symptom of fanon, it used to be the reality of those two. Sometimes I wonder how this show would have influenced comics and it's adaptations, if I can be a little bit hopeful, I would guess that it could have showed the way to more healthy writing and family dynamics in the Batman Mythos.
(Link for the Writers' Bible: http://www.criticalblast.com/sites/default/files/styles/article_image_full_node/public/field/image/Batman%20Writers%20Bible.pdf )
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being human s2 television of all time actually
nina gets fantasy AIDS, zero help and ptsd from witnessing her bf literally tear a guy apart w his bare hands (claws) and obv doesn't know how to cope so she dumps her boyfriend and joins a weird christian cult to pray it away
annie tries to avoid being murdered by the devil or whatever creepy entity controls the afterlife whos mad at her for turning down death so now they send suicidal reaper assassins to get her
mitchell has to try and keep the vampire community from imploding in on itself in the wake of the power vacuum created by herrick's death and also is also fighting tooth and nail to stay sober while being surrounded by other addicts and his new gf literally praying on his downfall
and meanwhile george is blissfully unaware of all this happening bc he is busy in the woods fucking nasty w someone else's wife and also playing house w some random woman from his new job who was nice to him one (1) time
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thinking about juan and i feel like going on a long rant. he was so tormented, isolated and misunderstood heavily by everyone including his own family, even when he was in extreme pain (his syphilis, his injured leg and being in a very low point in his life mentally) he never had anyone but his dad. i get that juan did some messed up shit but it’s very important to note here is that he did not see the wrong in what he was doing at all as he thought he was doing everything for the good of his family because he was “bred to be a soldier” as rodrigo puts it. juan is just a complex guy who was desperately looking for the approval from his family due to his loneliness and his insecurities. he was also good natured and truly loved his family but he was scared to be seen useless and always felt he was never good enough. cesare and lucrezia always had an intense bonding but juan was never included and had no place at all, and the fact that he always followed his impulsive instincts which made his siblings hate him even though he loves them so much is so upsetting because he really had no person to hold him and it drove him more and more insane each day, and even his mother wasn’t that sad when he died :( if anyone thinks juan deserved to die, might as well say everyone on the show deserved to die since they all literally did horrible stuff. he was just a young man who was put in a difficult position of power who needed help with dealing with his frustrating situation, it’s just sad that he was made to command the papal army and being burdened with it in a very young age with a very little experience and was mocked mercilessly by everyone including his own brother cesare. also if we’re gonna be honest, cesare was absolutely jealous of juan’s position (the gonfaloniere of the papal army) because he has always wanted it and for many other reasons lol. also if you’re gonna drag juan for his arrogance and cowardice, mind you, he’s literally a kid and he’s his father’s favorite son so it was just so natural for him to act the way he acted. not to mention how the writers deliberately and constantly villainized juan (david oakes said they told him to play juan as villainous as he possibly could) because of their biasism towards cesare and wanted us to root for him while propping him up at juan’s expense, and it didn’t work for me even a little and i did the exact opposite so jokes on them for this one. juan’s confession in his final scene fucks me up till this day because he was just lonely, ashamed and in pain, and he really needed his brother because he had no one to guide him to the right path. i truly think juan was the black sheep of the family because even though rodrigo loves him the most, juan never had familial dynamics with his siblings and his mother. my point is juan borgia deserved better and i will die on this hill <3
p.s: i’m very respectful to people’s opinions but please don’t reblog my gifsets with anti juan shit or you’re getting blocked <33
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ART SUMMARY STUFF AND RAMBLE
I HAVEN'T POSTED MY LAST THREE MONTHS ART YET but i wanted to show my summaries.. so take this (yeah i'm late with my art posting schedule don't mind it.. people who support me on Kofi can see all my art already tho!! (some more ramble + 2022 summary below)
I did an oc and fanart ver (i didn't have any actual illust for february for my fanart ver lol sorry.. i started drawing fanart regularly only since april/may of this year!)
I've never been so happy with an art year of mine.. for my oc ver, i don't like anymore the january and february art but outside of that i'm still proud of everything! And even if i'm still happy with my march/april ect art, i think i improved a lot since that, i learnt so much!! Especially with my coloring :)
And this is my 2022 one.. fr my art changed sm compared to previous year and idk how but im super proud!! this has been my best art year so far :))
I said good bye to my very simple coloring style and also to my consistent process and i have so much more fun.. I hope next year will be the same!! I don't think i can have such a big improvement again but i hope i'll keep experimenting stuff and learning and have fun!
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