#more like rants and complaints

[sidsinning]

UNNECESSARY AND UNHINGED RANT ABOUT CINDERELLA'S CHARACTER FROM CINDERELLA (2015) INCOMING

Lemme talk about Cinderella from Cinderella (2015) for a bit actually yeah because these changes to my girl completely baffle me

She has friends now

Goes outside on her own

Says the only reason why she's staying is because it's her parent's house- bruh.

All of this takes away (+ more reasons down the cut) from the true cruelty of OG!Cinderella's backstory and how it all connects so well to inform you of her character and the actions she takes

OG!Cinderella has been indoctrinated into accepting her life as a maid to her step family since she was a small child. She is never seen going outside of the house besides the night at the ball. The only friends she had were random animals around her she couldn't even fully converse with. She had no other human perspective on her situation or how to get out of it. It makes sense why she's just taking her stepmother's tyranny while holding everything in because this isolation and neglect is all she knows. This is the entire limited scope of her world. A sad reality to many cases of abuse in real life.

And they just. Erased all of this for some. Reason???

The night at the ball was a big deal because she literally NEVER gets to go out. This is the only time she interacts with the outside world aside from the ending. The impact of that was HUGE in the original movie. The new one just cheapened that imo by implying she goes out in town and talks to others regularly. This event was an impossible, fantastical dream come true to someone who is never treated as anything but a servant to everyone she knows.

Basically OG!Cinderella has it way worse which is what makes the ball such a huge deal in the first place.

Third point I don't think I need to explain how Cinderella staying in her abusive home bc the house is "hers to love now that her parents are dead" is not a good character change and doesn't make sense. I would understand if her dad was alive and insisting on staying, but he is GONE. It is a building you grew up in sure, but that's all it is. Not something you sacrifice your wellbeing for. So that's a shit reason they didn't need to make up to say why this character is stuck in her abusive household. The isolation and years of gaslighting were enough. (Also showing how much of a frightening presence and manipulative villain Lady Tremaine is.)

And she sure left it quick after getting hitched lol

The Fairy Godmother having the audacity to test Cinderella with that "oh I'm a poor old woman and I want some milk please" nonsense

Not very godmotherly of her in this version. 🥴 The Fairy Godmother appeared in the original to offer pure comfort to Cinderella in a time of desperate need, when this resilient and kind spirit finally reached her breaking point. The dress, slippers, pumpkin carriage, and magic were all given freely as a present to make her feel better at least for one night.

Meanwhile this goofy ass Godmother has the audacity to be like "hey is she gonna be nice or not even though she's crying in tattered, recently destroyed clothing- I need to see that or else she doesn't get the magic juice". Like why did this become a way to test her morality all of a sudden? Why did you need something from her to give up the magic goods?? It's not even a good test she just walked a couple steps and poured some milk in a bowl,,,

Idk man they made their relationship transactional for no reason which taints the original purpose of this scene imo. The original Fairy Godmother already KNEW Cinderella was kind without having to make sure by disguising herself as a rancid old lady. 😭 Weird and unnecessary addition.

Kinda nitpicky here but this film did not at all match the terror of the torn dress scene which really shows you how horrifying and humiliating it was to Cinderella

Comparison

AND THE BIGGEST OFFENDER: THE WAY SHE "ESCAPED".

I NEED TO TAKE A BREATH

BECAUSE LIKE. WHAT WAS THAT.

Original Cinderella, seeing a real chance of escape from her abuse, uses everything in her possession to do so. She's yelling for the mice to get the key, to get Bruno to chase away the cat, running down to meet the prince's attendants to make sure they get the proof of her identity from her- and that moment she oh-so-casually pulled out the second slipper??? SEEING HER STEPMOTHER'S SLACKED JAW??? GAGGED US ALL.

ICONIC

But 2015. Bitch. What is going on. She gets locked up and easily accepts her doom. She just twirls and sings in her prison like a dunce because cINDerELLa wAs aLReADy cONTenT wIth her sMaLL mOMEnts oF hAPPIneSs anD dREamS wItH thE pRinCE.

Just. Gives up.

Not the mice begging her to get up and save herself come on now

The mice have to do their best on their own to push open her window so the prince and his crew hear her on time.

And yeah, all she had to do was open a window.

WHAT. WHY. HOW. WAS THIS??? MORE EMPOWERING???

1950: use your brain to fight to the very end

2015: quit while you're still ahead, or don't try you just gotta dance and sing all pretty then someone will come along and save you

I'm sorry, but for a production that was so critical of the notion of "Cinderella just waited around for a prince to save her"...is that not literally what they changed the ending to?

You wanna talk about lack of agency in princess stories well here you go 😭

You know what's sad about all this in the end is this is still the best recent live action Disney remake imo LOL

Anyways hello if you've made it all the way down here I rest my case

#disney #cinderella #cinderella 2015 #sidrabbles #rant #i like 1950s lady tremain more but i dont dislike this more sympathetic and character driven take on her either #feels different but not bad #prince is 10000x better no complaints from me #but the bar wasn't that high in the first place so congrats i guess??? LOL RLLY THO THE ACTOR KILLED IT ROB STARK YOU GO GIRL

[synthshenanigans]

There should be more of Mind being random & sporadic since thats where the thoughts come from

#just because its logical doesn't mean he cant be stupid as fuck #we need more of him just like going on 15 tangents & rants about completely different things #him getting a song stuck in its head & the other 2 are forced to hear it too cause theyre all the same person #like if it was my Mind it may be logical but it also has my adhd & stupid ideas #I mr.mind can you tell? #none of this is a complaint about him either i just think hes a fun dude #chonny jash

[super-paper]

Not "AFO being the final boss undoes all of Tomura's development," or "the body snatching plot line was a last minute decision," but a secret third fourth fifth sixth and seventh thing....

3. ("Weekly manga is an inherently flawed storytelling medium when it comes to telling cohesive stories, and authors are often required to stretch their main plot points thin over hundreds of chapters/several years. When you sit down to analyze or critique MHA, I sincerely feel you need to take the restriction of its medium/genre as well as the restrictions on the artist into consideration. One must also consider that this is a story that has been written over the course of a decade-- A certain degree of "mutation" between the story's beginning and its ending is both acceptable & anticipated within this medium.")

4. ("That being said, Hori does consistently do a much better job of telling a coherent story with consistent themes than people give him credit for, and credit should be given where it's due-- while there are some poorly/hastily implemented narrative elements and plot points where it can be argued that Hori decided to change gears, they are not the story-breaking sins that people make them out to be. And ultimately, Tomura's possession does work as a natural progression of the story Hori is attempting to tell and as something that builds off and solidifies the themes established throughout MHA.")

5. ("Tomura's arc is that of a victim trapped in the cycle of abuse told through a lens of fantasy. He was always a victim of AFO and always someone who had his identity abused out of him, and the body-snatch plotline is just a variation of telling that story in a way that leaves no room for argument. Tomura's arc and Izuku's arc also foil and build off each other, and a lot of the misunderstandings I've seen re: MHA's trajectory come from fans who either disregard Izuku's arc in favor of fixating on Tomura's arc (or vice versa) instead of reading these arcs as two parts of a whole-- both arcs grapple with "identity" and how you define yourself vs how others try to define you, the romanticization of self-destructive traits and how it's necessary to have good social support and people who are willing to step in and stop you from hurting yourself, systemic and individual dehumanization, adults failing to protect them when they need it, valid anger and an intolerance for injustice being taken advantage of a twisted into something intensely self-destructive, etc. Ignoring Izuku's arc and how it both reflects and intertwines with Tomura's (& vice versa) means missing out on understanding the core of both characters and what their respective roles in this narrative is. TL;DR Tomura being a victim in need of saving and Izuku being the one in a position to save him is something that has been cooking since Tomura's debut at USJ *more on this later*")

6. ("Hori started off not wanting to give his villains any humanizing qualities because he wanted them to remain "scary" to his readers-- but it's fairly clear that he developed a sense of appreciation and sympathy for his villains as his story progressed and his ability as a writer developed. As a direct result of this, his story eventually grew beyond treating the LOV as hollow tools to "scare" the readers. Hori grew, and so did MHA. The trajectory of the story changing to reflect Hori's growth should not be treated as a bad thing bc, again, this change/growth does not actually violate the initial premise of MHA in an unforgiveable way-- it actually services the natural progression of the story and its characters.")

7. ("Saving Tomura and the LOV is the ultimate goal of the series, and that goal is built off of literally everything Hori has established up to this point. You will never find inner peace or enjoy the manga's good qualities if you keep agonizing over what could have been. Reacting to the manga as a whole on a week-to-week basis will only skew your understanding of the story as a whole. Et cetera Et cetera Et cetera.")

#sophie.txt #this kinda turned into more of a rant abt how the fandom treats-slash-engages with hori but w/e it needed to be said #you can definitely critique problematic and tone-deaf aspects of his story. it's conductive to a healthy fandom-- #-- to know why and explain why certain aspects of a story or treatments of a character need to be critiqued #but a lot of the complaints i'm seeing across reddit/tumblr/twitter are detached from reality in a bad and needlessly cruel way #like. people also have to consider that hori introduced a lot of characters and plot elements back when he was a lot /healthier/ #him rushing to wrap side plots up or side fights to focus on the main stuff is also not the story breaking sin people make it out to be #tbh it really does feel like mha is a lot of people's first manga bc half the stuff they complain about is par the course for the medium #like ya'll legit won't know what true suffering is until you become a fan of yoshihiro togashi's works 😔

[n0heart]

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#hello i come with an unpopular opinion. a complaint if you will. #i'm fully aware that what happens on (nsfw) tumblr is never serious. or almost never. #i know most of us talk to or have talked to our mutuals before. we've flirted. maybe sexted why not #and we've probably reused compliments on different people more than once #but believe it or not some of us like to be made to feel special sometimes #and when someone is VERY openly telling every hot person the same things over and over i find it discouraging lol #like why would i talk to them if they're gonna use the same compliments I CAN SEE them using on literally everyone they reblog from 😭 #again i know tumblr is unserious and we talk to a lot of people all the time #i've done it before and will continue to do so. reusing compliments i mean. but i don't make it obvious cause i VERY rarely reblog people #anyways please ignore me i'm just ranting #i don't like to feel like i'm literally just one more from the pile of hot chicks around here #i think that's why i only talk to a couple of mutuals lol #I SAID MY RANT WAS UNSERIOUS OKAY i know tumblr is just for funsies and (most times) nothing real comes out of it but still. #have a good day everyone love yous

[advisorsage]

I think I've fucked up

#i ranted to my girlfriend and i know she probably is just busy but my brain is screaming that i made her upset even though.. #my rant was about my own situation and how i feel about it and then i apologized for complaining at her and said that i wasn't supposed to #and I'm worried she thinks she's not supposed to complain to me when i just meant that i don't like telling people about my shit #and i know she said i could tell her and that she wants to support me but she and my boyfriend are my first relationships #and i don't want to fuck up and i think i have and i haven't told my boyfriend about my diagnosis yet #and I'm scared I'll complain at him too when i tell him and i don't care that he's told me i can and should complain to him #i don't want to saddle them with my complaints #and i called out of work because of how I'm feeling from my diagnosis and that's what i ranted to my girlfriend about #and i'm terrified she doesn't want to date me anymore because my reaction to being diagnosed with one more thing is so fucking pathetic #and i just need to cry and scream and throw up and i can't do any of those things and i feel like everyone except her is telling me #it's no big deal when it is a big deal and i don't think i got it through to my therapist and I'm just freaked out and i don't want to cling #and and and I'm just. i hate existing right now #i feel like i shouldn't do what i want to at home because i called out from work and i know that's stupid but i don't feel like i deserve #nice things right now despite needing them and I'm just so tired but not sleepy and i feel like I'm going to have a panic attack and #i can't even do anything about it! #fuck #i fucked myself over basically #anyway #drink water you heathens

[pinkfey]

ik it must like suck to be really into a piece of media where everyone unanimously loves one couple that u aren't a fan of but critters take it too far bc what is there to even hate abt imodna.. that they're wise and sexy?? that laura has perfected yearning?? ur all so lame !!!!!!

#some of the backlash is so intense #beauyasha dealt with a lot as well but i don't remember it being as immediate as imodna #and it's 'allegedly' because everyone makes the show about them but i think u guys just hate gay women. tbh. #like ur lesbophobia has carried over into c3 #and like another thing i notice is this hatred for imogen specifically bc 'it feels like everything is about her' #which is firstly like.. not true.. matt is a good dm and knows how to divide time and arcs and weave things together #why is everyone acting like he's devoting every waking moment to her do u all just not pay attention #but ig when ur spending all this time hating someone ofc ur going to notice when they get the spotlight more #and secondly. so what !! did u have the same feelings towards vax?? fjord?? if not then why are u upset. #and thirdly. honestly cannot relate. i love her main character energy it's my favorite thing abt her #kind of cathartic that they're so mad though. vengeance for all the vax x percy years. #okay wee rant/complaint over back to avoiding critters like the plague #laura is sexy imogen is sexy imodna is solidified in my top two cr couples 4 life <33 #anyways​.txt #cr posting

[torgawl]

maybe this is a hot take but i think there's a difference between having empathy for a character or feeling protectiveness over them and straight up infantilising the character in question, and i unfortunately see the latter quite a lot

#i'm writing this about scaramouche but to be fair it happens a lot with any short guy in genshin #like scaramouche isn't a child who doesn't know how to regulate his own emotions #he is rightfully angry and he has trauma #he also did plenty of things wrong and none of it is justifiable because he's cute and small #it's always these characters that get seen more as feminine too which is kinda???? #also how people come up with 'it's wrong to ship x because y is the body of a child' just because one character is short #it's either 'they're a kid' or 'they will automatically portray a traditionally feminine role in my headcanons' or #'they're innocent and know nothing of what they're doing/done nothing wrong' #like idk sometimes i wish people were normal about short men agsjsh #sorry for the rant #i woke up with things to say apparently 😂 #i'm joking here but i also know this isn't like completely unfounded #i'm just not great at communicating it #but yeah people aren't normal about my blorbo and now you all shall suffer with my complaints ✌️ #bye have a good day guys thanks for stopping by and listening (if you did have a 🍪 cookie)

[onlythebravest]

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#if I get a single more comment telling me I have to write a sequel I’m gonna #well idk but seriously it’s too much #I get that they like the story and just want more #but I’m so sensitive right now #and I’m seriously sadly enough starting to doubt that I can write fics #objectively I know that’s not the issue here but rather the opposite #but all these half-complaints #because that’s what they feel like - complaints thst my fic isn’t good enough the way it is now #they’re making me think i can’t write good enough fics #it’s just so upsetting #both that it’s happening but most of all that it’s making me feel this way #bc like I’ve posted things after that people have loved #posted things before that people have loved #but at the same time this story is the one I’ve put the most time and energy into and that’s the one that isn’t good enough? #yeah what an ego boost #so now I’m tempted to post stuff just to get some confidence back but that’s the worst thing for me to do #so yeah ranting it is #sorry if you’ve read it this far 😂 there’s no point to this #other than me complaining and ranting

[chaoticfandomthot]

Okay incoming rant about the kdrama goblin under the cut

To note: i am currently right after episode 7 so i do not have all the info

I find the main couple's dynamic REALLY icky and honestly I can't suspend my concerns for the sake of the story..

The main girl had been told she would be the Goblin's bride since she was a literal CHILD, she has no friends, no support system and no one to look out for her.

Her only place to live is the Goblin's house which means she has to bend to his every whim even the ones he thinks are as a joke. And sure WE might assume he wouldn't actually kick her out but SHE doesn't know that.

The only other people in her life are; the guy tasked with killing her, Sunny (i love her but girl is too busy with.. life(?) to care for a teenager) and the Chaebol who only listens to the Goblin and the grandpa (who only listens to the Goblin)..

Literally her life and her stability and her ability to be housed, fed and able to study entirely relies on the guy she's been told she would marry since forever.

She is NINETEEN YEARS OLD!!!

He is 937!!!!!

She is entirely dependent on him, as been led to believe (not wrongly but still) that he needs her not for her but for the sword thing (WHICH SHE STILL DOESNT KNOW ACTUALLY DOES).

This is like the perfect setting for the worst power dynamic ever for the most dangerous relationship ever.

He calls her "child" even in his head.

He KNOWS she's a literal kid particularly compared to him.

He still acts like a jealous toddler when she tries to meet people, gives her the silent treatment followed by love bombing, went to try to intimidate a guy (WHO HE KNEW WHEN HE WAS A TODDLER) because she was happy to see him??????????

He literally almost killed her with a little push.

The 'saving her' moment was supposed to look romantic but honestly it's horrifying how much power he holds over her at all time when she's so young and so alone and so dependent.

She literally felt badly enough to work two jobs as well as school to try to get a place to avoid his mistreatment!!!

and like it's supposed to be played as 'teasing' and 'jealousy' and 'emotional' but honestly it grosses me out.

He gets mad if she asks questions (most things), if she doesn't ask questions (particularly when it rains), if she tries to see him or if she tries to avoid him.

AM I SUPPOSED TO ROOT FOR THEM??????????????

Literally only watching for Mr. grimreaper and Sunny because the main couple gives me hives rn

#will not tag the drama cause i dont want fans to attack me or to have to see this rant #but since the above cut title was the shorthand and there are many shows called goblin #it's the one that goes on with 'lonely and great god' #a very very popular one #which is surprising with what im currently witnessing #at first i hoped nothing romantic would happen until a timeskip forward which would be weird but A LOT LESS #and then they kissed and he said he wanted to be her bf???? #like.. he still calls her child.. and then wants to be her bf in the same sentence.. like he literally thinks “this child” blalblabla #before AND after kissing her and the bf thing. #anyways #aiden originals #kdrama #don't recommend #will update if i change my mind or if i have more complaints (the former a lot less likely than the latter)

[synthshenanigans]

I love trying to Jash people but MAN is it difficult tho

"Can i listen to them on Spotify?" Yea but the videos themselves are important as well plus he worked hard on them so you should watch them on youtube instead.

"Okay well what order do i watch them in?" *gives a list* this is the canonical order but there's 2 videos that have multiple songs in them. So you have to listen to a part of the video, leave, listen to other songs, and eventually come back to finish it.

"Okay but i should understand the lore very well at that point right" WELL YOU SEE THE THING IS-

#like don't get me wrong #its very fun to do this #but oh my god is it so much work #you cant be like “hey watch this show its p good” #its more of “hey watch these vids in this order WHILE skippin parts of them and come back to later while i tell you the plot of it” #“i will also tell you stuff about the band the songs are originally from cos thats apart of the lore too” #id love to use the album video or the isolated versions of the songs he recently posted bUT THERES NO VIDEO THERE ITS JUST AUDIO #CJ please i want more people to like your stuff why must I do this #i like making google docs and ranting about my interests as much as the next nerodivergent person #but please #save me from this #also the fact i have to clarify that storm & a spring and spring & a storm are different songs #or the fact that some of the earlier songs either originally didn't have a story/bigger idea behind them #or that like RoE has the colors flipped accidentally #or the fact that im dumb and also don't 100% know the lore #but that's mainly cos a lotta stuff is up to interpretation or we'll see eventually #but i also like that i don't gotta know everything at one time #none of this is a complaint about him either i just think hes a fun dude #love this and his music not a complaint all this is lighthearted & goofy #chonny jash #chonnys charming chaos compendium

[no1ryomafan]

New getter brain worms have been so bad and I haven’t even finished a rewatch with my friend or the damn au fic I’m working on but I’m still baffled people said “It LoOkS bAd” and so tempted to do compilation of some of its best chronographic animation even if I’ll be stirring a pot- which I don’t want but man I’m so sick of the art style slander when it has one of the most unique styles I’ve seen in a show. Just because it’s stiff most of the time or can’t be in a higher resolution doesn’t mean it can’t look good or have some great animation every so often because it sure as hell does and I’m sick of pretending it doesn’t!

#getter robo #new getter robo #getter robo ovas #mecha rambles #unpopular opinion #I know people don’t hate it art style wise as much as arc but god if the stupid complaints still don’t exist #Also I was nice in the text but I’m gonna start ranting in the tags #stop pretending Armageddon was peak animation it had terrible frames #you only like it over new because it’s art style is “prettier” which is a disrespect to the art director for new #who made sure the characters looked closer to the manga but still had their own spin to them #You’re just mad New has more hand to hand fight scenes well animated than big robots punching each other #and even the Getter fights are still good despite not being as fluid as arma’s #overall SvN is the best looking one though but New deserves so much more praise and less cherry picking

[copiasblair]

damn do all the endings of resident evil games suck or is it just the newer ones

#i just finished village #like both it and biohazard have such dumb endings #biohazard is sooo good up until the fucking. exposition boat #and both of these have such obxious final or final adjacent bosses #that feel so out of place #either feeling like an action movie or a zelda boss #which is not good for a survival horror #i think they do the best when it's more close-quarters and puzzle solving #like my favorite sections of this and biohazard are donna and lucas' respectively #but this and biohazard are the only resident evil games i've played #but i've played biohazard many times it's one of my all-time favorite horror games (EXCEPT for that ending) #and overall i did like village quite a bit. the ending i didn't care for and the factory section was a little frustrating #but other than that i mostly had a really good time with it #i got it as a gift pretty soon after it came out but i wasn't able to play it until recently because my old computer couldn't run it #also. a big complaint for me with the ending. is making ethan more than Just Some Guy #because that's something i think is such an essential part of a good horror game for me #making him secretly special or already dead (???) or whatever just kills that for me #this is why outlast is still my favorite horror game of all time. miles is Just Some Guy #anyway i could rant more about this but i don't know if you guys want my Horror Game Hot Takes (tm) #what do you have to say doll?

[callisteios]

why haven't they made it illegal to centre an academic argument around a quote that the author never translates?

#like yeah if it's french or german i can deepl it #and google translate is passable for a lot of langs #but that's not the fucking point #you can't just go #well it's summed up perfectly here “ONE PARAGRAPH LONG QUOTE” so i will say no more #plEASE SAY MORE #the translation that you're using #that you understand #matters massively to the argument you're making #i know this might be a super english language complaint but I KNOW this happens in french and italian academia #and im sure in many many others #it's one of those things that when i would complain about it at uni they were like well that's why i learned latin and greek and italian an #french and german and dutch #okay???? #so that makes it accessible? #sorry for rant #im trying to read about medieval hospitality #kal speaks

[yooniesim]

Hi Cece! I don't know where else to ask about this, but are people aware that Somik-Severinka completely stole another simmer's notes and then went and monetized all the custom recipe stuff? I thought it is about time to say something somewhere, because they've gone a long time now without giving any credit or thanks whatsoever. Thank u and I hope you have a good day!

Hey idk anything about this bestie, I don't really know the creator you're talking about very well. If you have proof of this I'd say try going to the original creator and seeing what they have to say about it, if they want to say something I'll gladly boost their voice on the subject but otherwise there isn't much I can offer. It's not my work/tou so it's more up to them to speak about if they find it necessary I suppose? If the original creator makes/made a post feel free to drop me the link and I'll reblog it though.

#asks #anonymous #ceci speaks #the patreon issue #nonny complaints #i dont wanna say its not my business but its not my business ya know #btw im posting this bc i get a lot of anons like this just about every day #and this is basically my feelings on them #in general #'call out posts' arent worth the effort or time to make them #will change nothing #and are more of a spectacle for people to gawk at and be entertained with on here #the main purpose is either circlejerk material or a prop to pretend to care about when convenient #im not trying to be cynical at u nonny u seem like youre being nice about it #but more to all the people reading this #i am jaded with shit like this bc its either an uphill battle or completely useless #and so much of this community is frankly vile that i cant bring myself to care like i used to #i will boost other ppl and my blocklist grows every day but other than that #im not really going to post stuff like this anymore #sorry u had to endure this rant in the tags nonny lol #yours is just the nicest of these anons ive received lately tbh #so this is the one i used #tldr: im not simblr's news network anymore and most of the 'justice' on here is just for show anyway & means absolutely nothing overall #negative #wish id realized this long ago tbh

[chamerionwrites]

This is both a personal opinion and an opinion that might come off as snobbish to some, but I think that for a derivative work (prequels/sequels, adaptations, spoofs, fanfic, whatever) to be really good it has to engage meaningfully with the original text.

And by that I don't necessarily mean strict faithfulness to the original - subversion and satire are forms of engagement. But in kinda the same way that you have to know the forms before you can meaningfully break them, a creator has to demonstrate that they understand the original text before the choice to depart from it becomes interesting. If punctuation starts to get haphazard when the POV character's thoughts are racing anxiously, that conveys meaning. If punctuation is always haphazard, the only thing it means is that the writer needs a better editor. Likewise I think reinterpretation done well can be almost endlessly interesting. But straight up ignoring the themes or characterization of the original text basically always just reads as bad storytelling - and bad regardless of how interesting those choices might be in isolation! - because good storytelling requires attentiveness and specificity.

Obviously this is always going to be subjective to a certain extent. But my underlying complaint with both a lot of sequels or adaptations (otherwise well-made and well-acted) and a lot of fanfics (otherwise well-written on a technical level) is that they feel less like a narrative conversation, and more like a creator mashing their dolls together in a way that they personally find compelling but which has nothing whatsoever to do with the dolls themselves. One is annotation, or editing, or correspondence: continually expanding upon or picking apart or circling around a particular idea so that the discussion gets richer and more nuanced as it goes on. The other is opening a Word document, erasing everything there, and writing something unrelated without changing the name of the save file.

And at that point it's like - the story you're trying to tell might even be a good one! But both your story AND the original text would probably be better served if you just told it from scratch, rather than trying to shoehorn a square peg into a round hole because the round hole has brand-name recognition.

#cue people getting really up in arms about policing fanfic but like. read and/or write what you like i'm not stopping you #but i do think that storytelling is communication #and talking over someone without acknowledging anything they said is a bad way to communicate #even a good argument requires you to first acknowledge what someone said before you refute it #(tho believe it or not this is more a rant about hollywood than fanfic just so happens it's the same broad complaint) #my posts #fandom #fanfic #on writing

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~The Dread Pirate Davey Crandall~

#Double Crossbones #Donald O'Connor #no one cares I realise that but I'm not going to stop this is for me #Anne Bonny catching him lol #the flynning #that earring #when I say this film is ridiculous I mean it in the best possible way #silly and cheesy and totally detached from reality #I've said it before and I will say it again: flawless no notes #my single complaint is that there's only one song and it's not very catchy #Davey should have sung a sea shanty with the pirates at some point come on #also his main wig situation is atrocious #it's like just some fringe pinned to his real hair??? v. non-committal attempt to give the illusion of length #but the braids with the black hat and the immaculate white ringlets go a long way to making up for this #not over that disguise #his eyes are the only thing that give it away like otherwise you would never imagine #not to drag up a tag ramble from years ago or anything but this def. emphasises once again the importance of eyebrows #the dark eyebrows and probably the eyeliner are what make him look SO different even more than the wig #yes I'm still on this ready and willing to re-litigate the lack of care taken in Loki's sequel appearances ALWAYS OKAY #my rant about $200 million movies with no continuity and shitty wigs is EVERGREEN #this is a lowish budget movie from 1950 and I'm still complaining about wigs #although they're mostly legit better than the mcu offerings AM I WRONG #the beard also makes him look older but for real it's the eyebrows that put it over