everyone’s like “see ukraine won because of pity” … as if that was a problem. like the songs a banger but even if other countries felt bad for them and voted so???? your point being? the countries being destroyed and ppl die because of the war CANT they have at least a little happiness?? what’s so bad about that??? there is literally no other country that deserved that win more
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my head is literally spinning when I think about they put the beads in Frank and Frank is blatantly shown in this ep that he’s a bigot and appears to support queer community but the moment something he doesn’t deem normal happens he just bolts away from it. The meta in there is just insane they’re shitting on those no kinks at pride people they’re shitting on homophobes audience they’re shitting on the audiences who doesn’t like the queer story lines in the show. And the ep is about chess it’s structured and needs skill and patience just like doing anything that’s a long term effort. They put the macdennis beads in Frank they put the queer theme in the show. They used to just use a restuarant buzzer just inside of Frank’s pocket now they put the thing inside to make the scheme work. Frank doesn’t like it and by the end Dennis lost control of the beads when he’s fighting with Mac. Frank is screaming take it out take it out but the scheme worked and the ep doesn’t end with a typical sunny ending where the gang fuck themselves over; the scheme works and it’s a brilliant checkmate. They can control the themes in the show and it is going to work whether you like it or not.
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ugghhh EBU refusing to let Zelenskyi speak at the Ukrainian Eurovision finale because "it would be against the rules because Eurovision is apolitical uwu" like. EBU. Girl. You do understand that refusing to let him speak there is a political act in and of itfself right???? Do you think you kicked Russia out for the lols??? The 1st semifinal's show with all the text messages on the screen was just a fancy visual??? The pride flags in the audience not a political statement in support of LGBTQ+ rights??? lmao please. apolitical my ass
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Most 80s nostalgia obviously tends to focus on the red scare thing, but i don't think it was needed for stranger things. Especially the way they portrayed things in s3 and s4... well, i'd say they should have just left it alone without introducing something like that.
Literally. I think the US military and government were much better to explore because it means that their world is against them and also keeps the location central to Hawkins. It means our heroes not only have to battle Vecna but also an oppressive US government that is willing to screw over its citizens to the extent of letting a 12 year old boy and many others die. It plays into the themes that our characters are outcasts in some sort of way, with the system and individuals against them, and links into the Reaganism of the time too. Bullies in school and Ted may be smaller threats, but they're weapons of the same machine that would let children die and spread disinformation for the sake of keeping up appearances.
But hey, let's team up with the government now! Glad to know they support our heroes as long as they oppose the Russians.
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It’s hard to focus on both of them at once.
America is acutely aware that there’s a Makarov PM in his mouth, probably loaded, with the safety off. At the same time, he can feel Russia continually skimming the switchblade over the rest of his body. It’s random and abrasive. The blade scrapes along his skin sometimes, others it cuts into him mercilessly. He has no idea if there’s any meaning to it; a pattern, words, or just whatever spot Russia feels like claiming. All the while he sucks and laps at the barrel of the gun, and Soviet Union’s hand keeps his head rigidly pointing forward. America takes in the military stiffness of Soviet Union’s uniform pants, the absolute stillness of his body. His own trembles.
- Lepidopterology
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one thing i’ll never forgive st4 for is giving hopper/russia arc so much screen time. you could’ve spent that showing me scenes of el and henry being stupid cute together in 1979. but no i had to listen to hopper say the same thing four different ways. ridiculous.
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Nations Revealed AU where people convinced France to open an ASMR channel but because he also enjoys being a bit chaotic, one of his formats is reading and possibly commenting the Personifications fics his subscribers send him.
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i feel like writing a story about the US getting invaded by russia instead of Ukraine-- in order to smack people in the face with the truth. maybe they would care if it were Americans.
--we could see what russians do from a first person POV. stories create empathy. sneak into people's hearts and create imagery they can't get out of their heads and make them feel possibly against their will, if they have feelings left.
of course I would like to show stories of Ukraine, but I don't know it well enough to write from their POV.
I want to uplift their stories somehow, but i want to do something as a fiction writer
attack people's emotions before the election, perhaps sway some people.
scream at them, DON'T YOU SEE?
don't you feel. how can you be war weary after a year when you haven't even been at war.
when Ukrainians are going through the worst things possible.
we can't let russia win. any more than it were USA.
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just another day of me not understanding why stranger things (a show with very simple writing, a show that heavily relies on already existing content from the eighties, a very very predictable show that is just getting worse with each season), is so popular, when a show like the umbrella academy isn’t. like. the umbrella academy is SO freaking good. great soundtrack, great visuals, interesting characters and plots and!!!! in my opinion it’s so much better than stranger things in every sense of the word, yet…. it doesn’t get nearly as much love or talk??
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