#they aren’t the purpose of the show

[sophfandoms53]

So, you find it weird we legit never see Sasha or Marcy's parents on Amphibia in the show's entire run despite being teased twice?

Honestly? Not really.

I mean I def would’ve loved to have seen them and how they reacted to everything their daughters have gone through, but Sasha and Marcy’s parents don’t matter to the overall narrative.

The show was never about Sasha and Marcy’s journey’s in their entirety. They’re side characters to Anne’s story.

For as much as they contributed and grew on their own, Anne is still the central character and the Plantars are the other main main characters. I know that’s probably not what a lot of people want to hear or agree with but that’s just the truth.

Could we have still seen Sasha and Marcy’s parents anyway? Absolutely.

Did we really need to for the show to tell its story? No.

#would it have been interesting? #yeah but again #they aren’t the purpose of the show #so it makes sense why we don’t see them #i do think amphibia has some issues when it comes to storytelling specifically in s3 #but not seeing Marcy and Sasha’s parents isn’t one of them #for me at least #amphibia #amphibia spoilers #amphibia finale #amphibia the hardest thing

[tornado1992]

Do you guys think that Sonic has scars?

Not like Tails’, definitely not like those. Tails’ scars are from ripping fur, burning flesh, badly healed broken bones, deep cuts, and stuff he doesn’t even remember, from before he even met Sonic and started fighting Eggman. So many scars. He’s covered in them, his fur hides them, so he’s lucky that his tails are the fluffiest part of him, that’s where he has the most scars, hes not exactly ashamed of his scars, they show what he’s survived, they show that he came through all that. But still, most of them are a painful reminder that he had to survive, not live, survive.

Now Sonic… Sonic has very few scars, almost none of them from fights or Eggman encounters, his dumb bots couldn’t ever dream of hurting him, he was way too fast for that, way too strong. So they’re not from those fights, no, they’re from something completely different.

All the baby fox fangs marks in his hands, all the deep scratches from tiny little claws in his chest and the back of his arms, all the little cuts close to his face, all of them.

Sonic is proud of those scars.

He’s proud of those scars, because each and every of those scars are a reminder that he baby fox that caused them survived, because every time Sonic bled because of that kid, it was worth it.

Because he tried to bathe him when he was more blood and mud than fur. Because he forced him to take medicine when he was sick. Because he hugged him every time he had a nightmare and wouldn’t wake up even if it meant he would instinctively try to hurt him in the process. Because he held him and didn’t let go even when he felt tiny claws digging and ripping in his skin.

Those scars meant his little brother still wanted to survive. Those scars meant Sonic did everything to make sure he would live.

He’s proud of those scars.

#sonic the hedgehog #miles tails prower #sonic and tails #unbreakable bond #they are cosmic truth #they’re brothers your honor #those aren’t war scars those are honor scars #Sonic showing off the tiny claw marks with the same pride as if it was a huge beast what cause them #maybe even more #Tails does feel bad because they are a reminder that he hurt Sonic even if he wasn’t doing it on purpose #but Sonic doesn’t mind and even shows them of because they’re a reminder of how much he loves him #kinda mushy but it’s the true #wholesome sonic and tails wednesday #please tell me this counts as wholesome I’m the angst trenches and I can’t get out

[soullessjack]

having favorite characters from media with vastly different ideas on morality or like anything ever is so much fun. here’s blorbo bingus who actively kills everyone he doesn’t like and here’s grongo buppy who believes in the magic of friendship and forgiveness and they’re best friends to me

#cal.txt #sorry this is about jack and adrien again yeah . sorry #everything will be about them for a good while still I fear #please be patient with me I have autism #blorbo tag #media #fandom stuff #I never know how to tag stuff like this I’m not rlly garnering an audience on purpose #I just like to be annoying #spn #jack kline #miraculous ladybug #adrien agreste #and like it’s more so about how SPN approaches the idea of killing a bad guy vs how miraculous does #obviously they can’t KILL outright in a kids show but even with the vaguest implication of death #it’s like ‘no we can’t do that we’re no better than them!’ #and then in supernatural they’re like. maybe we aren’t better than you but you still fucking suck so we’re gonna kill you #I NEED to get back on my jackgirl shit I’ve abandoned you all for some YouTube kids ass media

[tomwambsmilk]

Gonna write briefly about “The Rehearsal” on my succ blog bc why not. But I think it truly is brilliant, in hindsight of the finale, that the show turned out to actually be an effective criticism of itself, of reality tv as a genre (even and maybe especially the shows that are framed as being helpful for their participants), the use of child actors, and even, to a certain extent, Nathan Fielder’s own brand of comedy. All of that is 100% intentional - they could’ve shown anything they wanted and deliberately showed things that would make us deeply uncomfortable for ethical reasons, and deliberately highlighted the ways in which participants may have felt pressured into participating and how the presence of cameras impacts behaviour.

I’ve already seen the claim that the finale’s big twist is that it’s a “scripted narrative” and I don’t think that’s true at all. It’s pretty clear that Nathan and the team had an idea of where they wanted the show to go, but all the people they featured were real people. They didn’t script so much as… well, manipulate what happened by introducing certain elements, as all reality shows do. While they might have had a general sense of where they wanted the show’s “arc” to go, they were reliant on the participants behaving in certain ways or raising certain issues to dictate just how they went about achieving that arc. The brilliance here is making it fairly obvious to the audience what they’re doing, whereas most reality shows will try to hide it.

(And this premise is built into the pitch! We all expected to get a show about Nathan running these little rehearsals, and that idea is built on the premise that human behaviour is predictable and manipulable, if you control enough variables. And then we watched this exact premise play out entirely differently - and in a way that was much darker - from how we expected.)

There are so many more things to unpack about the show, obviously, but personally I just keep coming back to the fact that they made a reality tv show to say “hey, maybe even ‘helpful’ reality tv is somewhat unethical because these people are being helped for our own voyeuristic benefit, and those motivations will determine how producers approach the participants and the arcs they deliberately try to set up, even if we don’t see that on our screens.” It’s a bold move but I think they pulled it off well

#I keep thinking about this episode of queer eye I watched with a friend #long story short the guy they were helping had dropped out of school and hadn’t told his parents and they encouraged him to and had him #do it on camera #and my friend was horrified. they were from very similar immigrant communities with similar cultural norms #and she said ‘that’s so awful of them. this is going to make his life miserable for a while’ #‘the only reason his mom isn’t beating his ass right now is that the cameras aren’t there’ #and you could tell she was right. everyone except the queer eye guys was so uncomfortable with this #but they wanted their ‘happy ending’ arc so they pushed it #but even aside from that. isn’t there something inherently exploitative about ‘we’ll help you fix this problem but only if you let us #showcase it on national tv’? #and I think the rehearsal critiques that so well by showing Nathan derailing the rehearsals for his own purposes #the only difference is that he’s motivated by his own issues rather than being motivated by audience response #the rehearsal #nathan fielder #not succession #anyways. I think everyone has realized by now that the point of the show is that it was unethical. but I don’t think the takeaway is meant #to be just that the rehearsal was unethical but that a lot #of other reality tv is similarly unethical. we just don’t usually see those parts

[no1ryomafan]

My brain has gone back and forth on between which anime if arma or new is my favorite. Cause even with all its issues Arma means a lot to me, it’s the reason I got into getter and helped me through one of the worst times of my life- But then new is objectively better written and it drives me nuts compared to arma it’s not talked about ENOUGH despite all the stuff you can poke at from it’s plot and I’m trying to pinpoint that reason since the general consensus is “no one hates new and it gets a lot of fanart in the Japanese community yet it’s never deeply acknowledged so it feels unpopular”

So my standpoint is “do I keep investing into the popular iteration despite its issues or do I invested into the less flawed unpopular iteration when it comes to introducing getter to new people?” cause man as much as I’m a critical person of media I still can forgive some messy writing if I have a good time with it and can clearly tell the staff had fun making it, which is definitely armas case. (Though they absolutely had fun with new too)

#meg text #getter robo #this general philosophy I have is why im not harshly critical on SVN next to “I think it fulfills it’s purpose” #and a few other mechas I’ve seen but not gonna tag because I don’t wanna put them in their tag when this is just getter #I was tempted to make a post asking about what people don’t find appealing about new but it be on twit and blegh #I’d ask it here and if anyone has input feel FREE to put but my following is way to small to generate the feedback I want #but on Twitter people are dumb and I’m not taking the “new has bad animation” take any longer bc it’s cherry picked #next to “we all know this is better animation then arc LOL” even if that whole debate as stupid #but past that point I’m trying to understand what people don’t like to find new unappealing when it’s flaws aren’t turn offs #like Musashibo not having a proper character arc and the villains not being consistent is a big one but doesn’t make the show bad #especially because there’s still good from those issues being Musashibo still a fun character and the villains don’t ruin the pacing #you could maybe make the argument new starts off slow but also all of the introduction episodes are engaging?? #there’s not a single thing about new-let alone getter when it’s paced right-that feels sluggish #Also for a 13 ep show picking up in the middle makes the MOST sense in comparison to a longer ep series #the middle is when shit hits the fan tbh #im gonna be at war until I hear someone’s in depth opinion but I just WANNA figure out what turns off people from new #cause when I also watched it in a group I had irls drop out of it midway through but I could chalk it up to they weren’t huge on mecha #Even if I argue new is the PERFECT mecha show to recommend to someone who’s skeptical of the genre but I digress

[starstuc]

a female character will go through the worst trauma even known to a man and everyone will downplay it and always say how a man character had it worse or just ignore everything a female character went through

#or they will have the same trauma and it’s always the male character that went through so much 😞 and the female character gets ignored #or how much of significant role a female character will play in a show but everyone hates on her without a valid reason and give all their #love to a male character that had screen time like 50 seconds #stop reducing female characters and making their only purpose to serve a role for a male character #also they need to start writing more female main character the way they write men #i want to see the mentor mentee relationship with female characters #instead of always the parental figure being a man make them a female like why have i not seen any female parental figures #also stop hating them because they get in the way of your ship like what girl if any of the ships that involve said hated character #and the two you ship aren’t canon then no one is getting in the way of your ship #bsd #bnha #jjk #seraph of the end

[tyrianlynch]

Idk guys, last week I left the house every day which meant I had a reason to wake up every day and maybe it was a little scary and stressful but I think I want that, I think I want to go to bed each night knowing that there’s something to wake up for

#agoraphobia is harrrrrdd bc I want to leave the house and be a person I really do but it’s so scary #and also chronic illness is hard bc if I could just get a job like a normal person then I think I’d be so happy #but even now when I’m not in a flare up I still have approx 2 days/week where I’m too sick to get up #and I don’t know when those days are going to be! so I can’t get a job or go to school bc they want u there all the days #they aren’t usually cool with u just not showing up 2 out of 7 times #but I want to work I want to learn I want to meet people and take the bus and have a purpose!! #but everytime I start to make plans my body begins to break down again so I just stopped trying #but idk maybe I should start trying again and just be okay with the disappointment when I have a sick day

[loveoaths]

wrote an entire post to figure out how cassian/din could work as a hypothetical, but now i’m really attached to the idea and i want to blow myself up

#why do i insist on liking ships with three (3) fics. huh. why. #this is not a casual like this is a Mighty Need to see two damaged and repressed and pained men come together #only to pull each other apart and drift away because they have separate purposes #cassian lives as a bastard but dies a hero #and din thinks about him often in the years since cassian’s escape #wondering if he’s alive out there. surprising himself that he hopes cassian is okay #then not thinking about him at all for awhile until luke shows him the faces of those who fought and died in the rebellion #and din is hit by the sense memory of cassian #bloody; glaring at him; mouth twisted in that weasel sneer of his. ‘i used to be like you. i thought not picking a side was safe. but it’s #a lie. you aren’t neutral. you’re running. and the empire has longer legs than you.’ #din has never forgotten that #and i like to think cassian’s voice is also in din’s head when din turns back for grogu #din has always been brave for others; for the covert; but this is his first time doing it for himself. #breaking a contract for what he believes in. #that’s so… good. #cassian andor #din djarin #cassidin

[cherrysnax]

ik tumblr is a safe space for many people but I feel like the most vunerable ppl on this website are the only ones getting ran off and punished for the simple crime of existing. you can’t get away from the bigotry of real life anywhere, and it’s not just on here, there’s fucking ads basically calling all nonwhite people the devil getting spread on YouTube and Twitter, real life hate groups crowdfunding and making thousands on thousands it’s so fucked it’s so fucked

#Twitter YouTube here instagram all u get are ads calling minorities the devil #ppl complaining about trans ppls existence #it’s everywhere #I feel like we’re constantly going backwards #ppl are digging up antiblack slurs that maybe my 90yo grandmother has heard #ppl showing images of black ppl getting lynched over arguments abt spider-man #niggas being absolutely blasé over the many genocides going on rn #and basically being like not my country not my problem #are you people fucking bonkers #it feels like nobody fucking cares about anyone anymore #but that’s not true. I worry abt college because what if it gets shot up #me and Chevy aren’t like in the closet or anything and I’ll probably be fine I’m just agender #but not every trans person will just get seen as just a ‘confused girl’ it’s like. so fucking dangerous #and it’s on purpose. people are getting other people killed on purpose #there’s such cruelty that I can’t understand for the simple crime of existing

[umbrella-warriors]

brb crying about how the whole purpose of everything is to live and love for each other or whatever

#this is about the last of us #bill and Frank really got to me #with the whole you’re my purpose thing #and like that’s the whole point isn’t it? #your purpose is to love. and to be loved. and that’s the most beautiful and terrifying thing #Fuck man this silly little zombie show got me #in the end bill and Frank aren’t tragic. they won #they weren’t gonna survive but they lived!

[bunmellos]

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#ok not saying this on c apydoodle bc i don’t want to start drama and ik people aren’t doing it on purpose #but recently there’s been lots of people who aren’t me using the c apydoodle tag on their posts #and i haven’t been posting as often recently so most recent posts in that tag aren’t me #and i know i don’t own a tag but like. #that’s my whole brand 😭 #and i know it’s just showing up in their suggested tags bc it’s popular #so i don’t hold it against them #but man……… #i kinda feel like my brand is being. stolen? i guess? #i’m not gonna do anything about it bc when i tried a few months ago with one of the biggest offenders they got mad #and it made me feel like shit so people can post in it i guess. whatever #but it does bother me #IS THAT WEIRD

[vulgarcunt]

No one ever wants to talk about the persecutor alters who are ‘evil’.

#and by evil I mean have 0 empathy and no sense of morality and are that way because of trauma #and by evil I also mean the ones who are fucked up in the head on purpose ! #why do we have to exclude those persecutors from everything or tip toe around them and bring shame on people who have them #all the systems that are like ‘yeah this singlet is right persecutors should be one way and one way only!!!!’ #y’all are fucking so conditioned into wanting to fit into a box singlets made for us and idk why #they don’t see us as people they see us as freaks and you should be supporting fellow systems not appealing to these dumbass singlets #i just don’t get why it’s so forbidden to let systems have morally grey alters ! or just let systems exist with their ‘bad’ alters #endos do not interact #endos dni #persecutor #i mean i understand why because they just wanna kiss singlet ass so badly and be the perfect mentally ill person #and it needs to stop #systems like that need to learn that THEY do not care about you and will not understand ! #you have a system from trauma that is there to protect you basically why are you worrying about looking good it’s ur life #you aren’t a system for show you’re a system because you were traumatized and however ur brain sets that up is how it’s set up #and no it doesn’t add to the stigma because some systems are just like that! #what adds to the stigma is SINGLETS demonizing systems #systems can’t demonize themselves they’re just existing hello #traumagenic system

[dihalect]

so far my experience of house md has been:

season 1: oh cool smart doctor -> jesus christ this man should not be allowed to practice medicine

season 2: jesus christ this man should not be allowed to practice medicine -> jesus christ NOBODY in this department should be allowed to practice medicine

#txt #i’ve only finished up through episode 9 of s2 #foreman gets a pass. i fucking guess. #spoilers ahoy. nesting nesting nesting nesting nesting nesting nesting nesting nesting nestiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiinnnnnnnng #cameron is normally pretty rational #(save for her crush on house. which is terribly written. whatever. not the point) #but she tricked the patient into taking medicine they didn’t need just so she could prove they were making themself sick on purpose #girl you are on this show. you know how unpredictably patients can react to meds. #i mean it was antibiotics. which aren’t the most dangerous thing in the world.but like. still. #i must say. i hate all of the romance side-plots. #they’re all so damn contrived and self-indulgent. #like. i came here to watch weird medical stuff. get that shit out of my face.

[fleshdyke]

ough

#a kid at my school had a whole thing earlier this year after saying she wanted to have tourettes #and. keep in mind. at the time she said this she was in one of my classes #and i just randomly thought abt that and it made me SO pissed off #tics aren’t a fun quirky thing to have. i laugh abt mine and i dont really let it show when they bother me #but like. tics are debilitating #they hurt and they can be destructive and people stare at you and ask intrusive questions and baby you and try to trigger your tics on #purpose and do you know how few people are normal about your tics when they find out you have them #not even mentioning tic attacks #but this kid. she saw me ticcing #and she went ‘that looks fun’ #and she said she wanted tourettes. because it was funny. because of me and my tics. #it just. how many other people think things like this but don’t say it #rambles #tics tw

[pleasedonthurtcjstar]

Pov: I’m not allowed to make a RR exchange but I give you a rough outline on a hypothetical exchange

Purple: planing and making the guidelines and creating the forms

Red: promotion and sign ups

Blue: writing/art-ing/be creative

Green: post week

Notes:

Prompts would hypothetically be given out between June 1-4. Last day to drop out would be June 18th

But again, this isn’t real! I just have a problem with

#tbh I kinda wanna do a Loceit exchange lowkey #but I gotta get familiar with Loceit shippers. #I don’t wanna retype that so it’s going to show up in the tags sorry #I made this in under 5 min while explaining to someone how easy it is to make an exchange #btw exchanges aren’t easy #maybe I should just do a ship week and call it a day #uh #for tagging purposes #ig #remrom #but not really #don’t at me ok #gonna make an exchange for 4yr though. #if I’m still here #listen I have fics I have to write from the last exchange in December 😭 #this is me talking to myself

[adobecult]

getting a powerful urge to do essay research on something approaching the subject of masculinity performance/identification among cis men in the current day and in particular the ryan gosling/he’s literally me/etc effect esp when it comes to the constant framing of “male sadness/loneliness” as a particular kind of feeling that other genders cannot possibly relate to

#txt #because like there is a misogyny to it right? women aren’t real and therefore cannot feel feelings like i do #or alternatively women cannot be as sad as me when i’m lonely because it is so easy for women to find partners and develop friendships #the aestheticization(sic) of ‘lone wolves’ or a monkish lifestyle or shouldering suffering on purpose in order to ‘grow’ as opposed to #how marginalized genders mostly have suffering thrust upon them against their will #but at the same time the more common belief ppl take away is that we are ‘failing men’ bc they aren’t encouraged to #seek mental health services or ‘show weak feelings’ or whatever #which is true but most often results in them taking out these issues on their wives/girlfriends either as a ‘my s/o is my therapist’ thing #or something more violent #also the romanticization of mental illness/distress is latent in men’s circles right #women have already been bombarded with this ‘wasting away because of a bad feeling’ ‘uwu sad girl’ ed-core depression-core bullshit #for a while right #anyway