#spop discourse

[spopsalt]

Hey quick shoutout to "Rick and Morty" for showing that abusers are people too and are capable of change instead of making them into Sunday cartoon villains with zero depth, or turning them into a precious little baby who did nothing wrong ever, and for putting a traumatized character in therapy instead of stuffing them into a romantic relationship *Cough* Helluva Boss and Spop *Cough*

#spop salt #anti spop #spop discourse #spop criticism #spop crit #spop critical #anti catra #helluva boss critique #anti helluva boss #anti stolas #fuck that bird man #fuck stolas #helluva boss critical #helluva boss criticism #helluva boss salt

[spop-romanticizes-abuse]

“catra is a complex poc” fuck that. here are some ACTUAL poc animated characters who are just as, if not more complex than catra.

grace monroe (infinity train) • black american

connie maheshwaran (steven universe) • indian-american

katara (avatar the last airbender) • inuk

wolf (kipo and the age of wonderbeasts) • black american

suhara/shadowsan (carmen sandiego) • japanese

korra (the legend of korra) • inuk

jesse cosay (infinity train) • indigenous (apache)

lars barriga (steven universe) • filipino

azula (avatar the last airbender) • japanese

ryan akagi (infinity train) • japanese-canadian

luz noceda (the owl house) • afro-dominican american

(there are a lot more, so i'll be making a part 2!)

#spop critical #spop salt #spop criticism #spop discourse #spop #she ra #anti spop #the owl house #toh #infinity train #tlok #the legend of korra #korra #avatar the last airbender #atla #kipo and the age of wonderbeasts #carmen sandiego #steven universe #steven universe future

[shyrgyrryn]

y'all, I just remembered that Bow is the youngest of thirteen. Where did the other twelve go? Even when the world is quite literally ending, Bow shows no concern for or even mentions his brothers. His fathers don't mention them either. Not a single one.

What's the point of giving him siblings, especially that many, and not including them in the story some way. Especially in situations where it makes sense.

They could have easily made Bow's backstory involve these characters. In my rewrite, I plan(?) on having Bow have an older brother (only one because thirteen kids are way too many) who was killed by the Horde. This is the reason why he insists on fighting in the war. It is also the reason why his fathers are so against him being involved.

They could have easily added something like this in the reboot. Bow literally said in the second episode that "everyone has lost someone to the Horde."

Who did he lose? Where are his brothers? Are they okay? Does he not have a close relationship with them? I guess we'll never know.

#spop discourse #spop critical #spop salt #anti spop #bad writing #she ra #spop #shera critical #bow #bow she ra #bow spop

[anti-catradora-collection]

glimmadora appreciation post!

i can't believe they weren't a canon couple. like PLEASE LOOK AT THESE.

(I don't know if this expression exists outside of Brazil, but it's like they say: "they had the knife and the cheese in their hands and didn't do anything with it".)

there's a lot more moments i could add (including the hot springs scene), but tumblr has that limit of 10 images per post.

#glimmadora #glimmer #she ra adora #glimmer spop #glimmer x adora #adora x glimmer #spop critical #spop criticism #spop discourse #spop salt #spop #she ra

[sealnoodlesoup]

My stupid opinion that will get me killed by the entire She-Ra fandom

Shadow Weaver had a better redemption arc than C4tra

Yes, I know that Shadow wasn't fully redeemed, was terrible, and never apologized for her actions. But at least she was useful and helped the rebellion, unlike C4tra who was just getting in everyone's way. Shadow had many chances to betray the rebellion but she didn't meanwhile C4tra (who committed more and worse crimes than Shadow) would probably betray them all if someone offered her greater power because she only joined the rebellion when it was her only chance of survival despite being offered to join them many times before. And while C4tra did say she was sorry she never properly apologized for everything she did (like killing Angela and almost destroying the universe) and her apology always felt like she was just trying to earn sympathy from others. And she continued treating everyone horribly even after that. Shadow Weaver stayed loyal to the rebellion until the very end and even died for them, I know many people say that she only killed herself to traumatize C4tra, but the only proof of that they have is the "You're welcome" and it still can be argued what she meant by that (In my opinion it was "You're Welcome, now that I'm dead I won't bother you anymore" I'm not gonna explain why I think that here because this post is not about that). Shadow was the one who found a way to stop Horde Prime and did everything to make sure it worked, meanwhile, C4tra was being a nuisance and a distraction just so she could be with Adora and didn't care that the world might get destroyed because of it. She tried to stop Adora from taking the failsafe even though Adora was the only person who could survive it and got angry when Adora chose to save the world first instead of making out with her. Just to be clear I'm not talking about who was a morally better person, but who made up for their actions more.

In conclusion: Actions speak louder than words, Shadow Weaver was useful to the rebellion while C4tra was not.

#anti spop #anti catradora #anti catra #anti catra stans #spop discourse #spop critical #spop criticism #spop salt #my opinion #anti c//a #ftlosw

[cloudgossip79]

Please don't attack this person.

Can C//A stop insulting Glimdora? Please???

#spop discourse #anti c//a #anti catradora #anti spop #anti catra #anti stans #spop criticism #spop critical #the fuck is with the caption???

[thats-ill-eagle]

So, my youtube sometimes breaks and instead of the intended thumbnail, it shows me a random shot from the actual video. As a result, when I was browsing through SPOP content yesterday, I was unexpectedly blessed by this gem

(This is not a prieview btw, it literally showed me this Glimmadora shot as a thumbnail, instead of the intended one, which, if I remember correctly, is C*tra and Adora touching foreheads.)

Even Youtube knows C///A is not worth looking at and that Glimmadora is superior lmao

#spop criticism #spop salt #spop discourse #spop critical #anti spop #anticatradora #anti catradora #anti c//a #glimmadora

[theglimmadoraarchives]

The fact that the characters of Season 5 She-Ra are handled so badly, it makes me hate the Season 5 poster even more.

The characters could have called Catra out for her actions, but no.

It's almost like a different show compared to Seasons 1 to 4.

#anti c//a #anti catradora #spop discourse #spop critical #spop salt #she ra #spop #adora deserves better #glimmer deserves better #catra's arc is rushed

[terrabdectyle]

#anti catra #anticatra #anti c//a #anti catradora #anticatradora #spop critical #catra #catradora #catra critical #adora #anti spop #spop adora #spop discourse #spop criticism #spop salt #she ra #spop glimmer #spop #Spop critical #anti stans #Abuse #Cuteest ship in hell maybe

[they-call-me-haiku]

i just realized how similar Simon from Infinity Train and Catra from SPOP is.

both of them start at a pretty bad place but only gets worse from there. they have anger issues. they support a cult-like environment that fosters animosity and cruelty towards innocent people. they kill people, they are controlling and possessive of their best friend/love interest, and they refuse to take responsibility for their actions.

both of them have gone through some kind of trauma that left them with abandonment and trust issues. both are powerful villains but horrible people. they violate their best friend/love interest's boundaries. their best friend/love interest tries to get them to snap out of it and stop all their evil bs, but they respond to that with bitterness and toxicity. both of them have a mental breakdown at some point. their best friend/love interest would save them in a heartbeat, and they would kill that person in a heartbeat.

the only difference is that:

1. Simon was at least a better friend to Grace before she started to deflect. he seemed to actually care about her. he also had the potential to be redeemed. I would even argue that he starts out slightly better than Grace, because he wasn't as manipulative as she was in the beginning.

2. Simon doesn't get a lazy and rushed redemption arc. he doesn't get his happy ending with Grace. instead, he gets the ending he deserves, even if it was a little brutal. Simon was a sympathetic and insanely complex character, and that is why the creators chose not to redeem him, because it would have ruined his character.

(also the reason why i love Simon and hate Catra)

#spop salt #spop critical #spop criticism #spop discourse #spop #spop catra #simon #simon infinity train #infinity train #grace infinity train #simon and grace #anti catra #anti catradora #catradora #catra #adora #shera #she ra

[spopsalt]

People who used to ship c//a but stop have a better redemption arc than Catra

#spop critical #anti spop #spop discourse #spop criticism #anti catra #spop crit #spop salt #antic//a #anti c//a #anti catradora

[spop-romanticizes-abuse]

“catra is a complex poc” fuck that. here are some ACTUAL poc animated characters who are just as, if not more complex than catra. (pt. 2)

mako (the legend of korra) • mixed (japanese and chinese)

min-gi park (infinity train) • korean-canadian

zuko (avatar the last airbender) • japanese

caitlyn kiramman (arcane) • bi-racial (east asian and presumably scottish)

miles morales (spiderverse) • puerto rican, afro-latino

amaya (the dragon prince) • east asian (ambiguous)

marshal lee (fionna and cake) • half-black (technically, marceline is black too but i figured marshal would be considered better representation)

carmen sandiego (carmen sandiego) • hispanic (argentinean-mexican)

toph (avatar the last airbender) • chinese

callum (the dragon prince) • half asian (ambiguous)

#feel free to add more! #i would add every character in atla if i could honestly #spop critical #spop salt #spop criticism #spop discourse #spop #she ra #anti spop #the dragon prince #tdp #carmen sandiego #atla #avatar the last airbender #fionna and cake #adventure time #into the spider verse #across the spiderverse #arcane #infinity train #tlok #the legend of korra #some of these characters' ethnicities are ambiguous #but at least its better than coding an animal hybrid as poc

[spopsalt]

Adora making fun of Kyle is so out of character, it's not even funny, not that making fun of Kyle was ever funny in the first place, like Adora is a pretty patient and kind person, yet she always bullies Kyle? I can see Catra bullying Kyle, but Adora? Adora???

#anti spop #spop discourse #spop criticism #spop crit #spop salt #anti catra #spop critical

[spopsalt]

hi friend :3, today i come with a " you couldn't even handdle " meme with spop, let's continue :D :

spop fans: " we need more LGBT representation "

me: you couldn't even handdle glimmadora

spop fans: " we need more well-written characters "

me: you couldn't even handle Addora, Glimmer and Shadow Weaver ( in my opinion they are a good written character )

spop fans: " we need more fanon ships "

me: you couldn't even handdle glimmadora, adorpia,etc. ( fanon ships )

spop fans: " we wan't more content of she-ra, give us more!"

me: you couldn't even handdle anti C//A shippers who gave them attention to the series

spop fandom: " we respect every opinion and we are a very healthy fandom "

me: you couldn't even handle that some random people critic and give valid reasons to hate C//A also healthy my balls y'all go and send dead threats to anyone disliking C//A and shitra ( C*tr* )

well that's all the meme for now, also friend what do you think ? do you agree with this or not and why ?

I 100% agree, especially with the last one, I literally saw spop stans tell people to "kys" because they don't like their abusive little kitty cat and their abusive incest ship, they also can't handle anyone shipping anything but c//a

#spop critical #spop salt #anti spop #spop criticism #spop crit #anti catra #spop discourse #anti catradora #antic//a #anti c//a

[spop-romanticizes-abuse]

saw this post on pinterest and

just wanted to give a shoutout to this person's comment under it:

out of all the languages, they chose to speak facts. good for you, blue eye chicken.

#spop critical #spop #spop salt #spop criticism #spop discourse #she ra #anti catradora #anti catra #anti spop #anti c//a #antic//a #anticatra #anticatradora

[spop-romanticizes-abuse]

oh, and did i mention attempted murder?

as you can tell, i'm gonna be using this meme format a lot

#spop critical #spop salt #spop #spop criticism #spop discourse #she ra #anti catra #anti spop #anti catradora #anti c//a #antic//a #anticatra #anticatradora #tw abuse #tw manipulation #tw gaslighting #tw guilt tripping #tw victim blaming #tw verbal abuse