#this show loves white people too much

[empirinq]

grieving vahim in advance. rahim sweetie i’m so sorry this show didn’t deserve you

#this show loves white people too much #anyway #vahim #victor x rahim #**

[beaulesbian]

I'ts like there's a rope attached to my chest and it keeps pulling me towards you. And it feels so right. - Red, White and Royal Blue (2023)

"On purpose. I love him on purpose." - Red, White and Royal Blue, chapter 13, by Casey McQuiston

#rwrb #rwrbedit #red white and royal blue #firstprince #it's a different place in the book but rewatching i felt the expressions on henry's face show this description by bea from the book so well #and yeah im a bit sad we didnt get this quote directly in the movie but all the intention alex felt was there! #he was already in love. on purpose!! #and henry is panicking bc he worries about everything but cares too much for alex too #im just rlly happy we get to see more scene's from henry's POV bc that was rlly missing in the book and we only caught glances #from people around him but now we can actually see it and it was done so well #rwrb book #rwrb spoilers #rwrb movie #prince henry fox mountchristen windsor #alex claremont diaz #henry x alex #mine #gif:rwrb #gif:movies #lgbt #lgbtedit #lgbtq

[yellowsubiesdance]

i think i’ve learned a lot when it comes to not applying my own values to the media i consume

for my script analysis class yesterday, we discussed two gentleman from verona, and nearly every classmate of mine was up in arms about how sexist the story is.

and i'm not saying it's not, or that it's not infuriating to read. but i'm also not putting my energy into getting upset about something written 500 or so years ago. and i'm not about to put my own beliefs onto these characters that are not me. i'm going to let their choices speak for themselves, and interpret it in the context of the story.

all that said, this now brings me to the point of alastor in episode 5, and how viscerally people are responding to it. those of you up in arms about the choices he’s making, and the violent threat he gave husk, you’re missing the entire point of his character, of this place they’re in, of the story being told. he’s an overlord, and he became an overlord by killing much bigger overlords and broadcasting their deaths over the radio.

HE IS NOT A GOOD PERSON.

if you started this show with the belief that every character working the hotel is a good person, you’re in the wrong place. watch the good place if you’re looking for a good wholesome story about getting dead sinners into heaven, because that’s not what this show is about.

you’re more than welcome to hate him after seeing the way he exerted power over a being whose soul he owns, but you’re doing the media you’re watching a disservice by writing it off so quickly. if you don’t like to be uncomfortable watching media, watch something else. this is an uncomfortable show, it handles uncomfortable topics, and it’s going to be an uncomfortable ride, and if you’re not up for something like that, then you should take a break from it and pick up something else. you don’t have to get online and defend your own ideals while you watch a show that goes against your ideals.

#hazbin hotel spoilers #that’s not even touching on the fact that husk was an overlord too #he also owned souls that he used as currency to supply his gambling addiction #he’s also not a good person!! #the majority of these characters are in hell for a reason: they’re not good people #i quite frankly love the way this show blurs the lines between good and evil #our heroes are sinners and overlords and demons. while the enemies are angels. but that doesn’t mean our heroes are good people. #you HAAAVE to come to terms with that!! you have to stop seeing the world in black and white or you’re not going to survive this world #if you’re upset because alastor was cruel to husk fine! be upset! but explore why you’re taking yourself out of that world. #in this world sinners own other people. there’s no ifs ands or buts #‘oh alastor is a poc why would he own people’ he was a serial killer when he was alive do you really think you can apply your values to that #(and this is me speaking as a poc. specifically a mixed race poc.) #i cannot speak to who vivzie is as a person. but i’m interested in the message she’s writing and thus far i’m finding it compelling #it’s a similar story as the good place but it’s going the distance to explore even worse people than those in the good place #i don’t think it’s responsible to write something off just because unsavory things happen in it. #and she’s giving us so many different types of representation that don’t involve race (although we’re also getting a lot of hispanic rep) #just like cool your jets and maybe process some of the anger you’re feeling. and maybe nothing will change. #but if you act. instead of react. if you understand why you’re feeling some type of way and then make a choice. #that’s so much stronger and more responsible than reacting and not thinking anything through #hazbin hotel #alastor #husk #hazbin alastor #hazbin husk #anyway let me get off my soapbox #long post

[apathyandmischief]

I came across an article online about the decision to change the Tale of Two Lovers that was titled something to the effect of "a minor change that doesn't make a difference". But here's the thing: it makes all the difference.

I was 12 when Avatar first aired, exactly in the target demographic. I'm watching it now through the lens of an adult who grew up with the show, and I noticed the difference immediately. My fiance, a cishet man, was more excited about the secret tunnel song than anything, but I got stuck on Oma and Shu, and instantly just thought of what it would've been like to hear that so casually mentioned at 12 years old, uncertain of my wlw identity, to have the story of the foundation of the Earth kingdom be of a love between two women. It's so important and I'm so happy they did that.

#avatar #avatar spoilers #spoilers #oma and shu #omashu #look okay i know a lot of people don't like the show but I'm honestly having a GREAT time #particularly with Zuko i honestly really love his characterization and the actor is spot on so far #the rest not so much #katara is starting to come into herself #Aang I'm not sold on tbh he lacks conviction and he's a little cheesy #sokka is too white #but Zuko and Iroh are wonderful #AND THE MUSIC #I WAS CRYING AT LEAVES FROM THE VINE

[sukibenders]

Being a woc fan of Bridgerton can be a struggle, especially when it comes to liking the poc characters on the show, especially the woc. Like I remember when s1 came out and the blatant microaggressions and just plain racism coming from this fandom was atrocious. You had people spewing very hateful things about Charlotte, Marina, and Simon and undermining the latter two's pain and trauma at the hands of the white characters---Marina was treated terribly by the Featheringtons and, whether you like Penelope or not, you cannot deny that she also played a part by releasing that letter to the Ton and Simon was violated Daphne no matter how people try to spin the story to offer her some form of sympathy (it still blows my mind that people would want to though).

S2 is just as bad (not even including how they changed the Sharma family's storyline than how it was in the books when that wasn't necessary) and the racist undertones many of the fans have towards Mary and Edwina (as well as Kate but for her it's carries more brown woman needing to be saved by a white man when Anthony is involved because a lot of you all in the fandom are quick to use this trope such as "oh, he's the only one who truly knows her"). The lack of screen time for this family really ends up hurting them to but even with that, whether you like Mary and Edwina or not, it would be a lie to deny the racism a lot in the fandom hold towards them (and how that falls onto the actresses because it was very apparent how many in the fandom couldn't let two Desi women shine without having to bring down the other and Netflix played into that too for drama) and paints every small thing they do as being terrible crimes but in the same breath will not have the same smoke for the Bridgertons, who have their own set of problems (but because they are also the main family, among other things, they are provided more grace without consequences).

#bridgerton #edwina sharma #kate sharma #mary sharma #marina thompson #queen charlotte #simon basset #like fandoms can be a very hostile place especially toward poc #and don't even get me started on some fans acting like they care about the poc characters but only still fall into the tropes i presented #im nervous for how this post will be received bc ngl when people call out the racist antics in bridgerton people love to downplay it #and that's just not right (for any fandom) #and this impacts actors too bc there should be no reason that charithra can hardly be excited about her role in the show #or how ruby had received so much hate that (probably) as a result had two breakdowns #on top of still being asked by polin and pen fans to denounce marina to uplift their white faves #dni if you can't have a calm conversation here #also seeing the creator of the show say for s3 kathony that there won't be as much angst #more happy couple scenes irks me in a way bc that amount of angst didn't have to flood s2 if they weren't so concerned with pointless drama #like the books themselves gave enough angst without the engaged to your sister plotline and such #also would have made anthony seem like less of a prick and actually respect a woman's honor but nope #don't even get me started on how it seems more common for the poc characters to have to gripe and struggle #(especially with things that....they should not be blamed for) at the hands of or as result of white characters #when in the same breath that courtesy isn't extended to said white characters #(e.g. marina having to push colin in pen's direction even though both failed her #to simon begin assaulted and then blamed for it by daphne and the narrative #to kate having to move mountains to grow (even though for most part she wasn't wrong) but don't even see anthony apologize for his actions) #all the actors especially the woc experience racism (and other forms of discrimination) from this fandom #i haven't even gotten into the shitshow from some fans towards simone and the actor who plays simon #as well as the racism the actresses for queen charlotte faced #a lot of yall need to do better

[pastafossa]

Not an ask or a request - just wanted to send some love your way. I’m on my third reread of TRT and I’m so excited for new stuff but I’m also loving everything you’ve written so far. Thank you for giving us a window into characters and a world that lives off the page. Hope you are having a wonderful spring.

Love from NYC!!

Thank you so, so much anon! 😭 I'm so happy you're enjoying it. I love widening the world, delving into all the chaos and adventures going on in this universe just outside of the canon narrative POV. There's just so much to explore, and I don't think I'll ever get tired of it. I'm just as eager to get back into it, and I feel like I'm getting there, but the patience is still VERY much appreciated. Things were rough for a bit, but spring is definitely feeling like an improvement. <3

Much love back from my cold little city!

#one thing i really wanted to do is show how like #all the stuff that happens on the Grand Scale TM with the Avengers #and even to a certain extent the things Matt does that affects the city at large #kinda snowball into all these things on street level #on top of those decisions tipping dominoes elsewhere #like White Coat's connection to Stryker #it's something i always liked about DD (and the other defenders) being a balance to the Big Guys #i like seeing all this stuff at street level where to a certain extent they're all down in the muck #DD did a lovely job of building that world and fleshing that out #and so it felt natural to do the same thing and take that *further* in TRT #we flesh the Kitchen out even more #here are the people who trust DD and the little churches dealing with rising tensions over enhanced people #here are the scrappy little runaways that don't trust SHIELD after DC and the little criminal fishes who just want to avoid Fisk #here's a SHIELD agent too low on the totem pole to be one of Coulson's and here's Jane whose best defense is literally running away #I LOVE being able to run all this alongside canon #ANYWAY #thank you so much for dropping this in my box #it made me so so happy! #the red thread

[kevlarheart]

saw laura jane grace live and got to meet her after the show and it truly was such a blast being right up front where she could hear me and my best friend gossiping with the people who invited us up to barricade cause she asked the group of us about it afterwards LMFAO

#the photo of me with her has such horrific lighting my blush makes me look CLOWNISH white people when there r street lamps #loving her so deeply so dearly that show was so good #BAIT BAG WAS SUCH A GOOD OPENER OH MY GOD THEYRE SO GOOD #weakened friends r so cool too like to see and chat with as well i cherish them so much #laura jane grace #drove like 2 hours to the portland ME show amen

[significant-ace-nnoyance]

youre welcome to whoever follows me for clogging up your fyp with annabeth chase artwork <3 your eyes have been blessed by my daughter now do feel free to go about your day

#annabeth chase #leah sava jeffries #went hunting in the annabeth chase fanart tag for some good show accurate fanarts of my child because I LOVE HER #sadly there were a lot of fairly light-skinned ones that were great but not accurately showing the lovely beauty of our very own leahbeth #(or ones that were literally just a white person but with the colors swapped out 💀💀) #(like yall do realize that you gotta make the features different too right) #i get that people have different 'styles of art' and that art is a long and arduous process!! #but its also important to maintain integrity when representing lovely darkskinned characters like annabeth that often do NOT get appreciate #and i dont believe just blanket white features and such is a 'style of art' like sure thats what we've been taught is the standard of beaut #but that doesn't mean that artists too can't change and learn and adapt their styles to lots of different beauties #anyways didnt mean to go on a mini rant sorry #MUCH LOVE TO ANNABETH FOR BRIGHTENING MY LIFE #AND LEAH

[evansbby]

If y’all wanna know what racism in the UK looks like in 2023, especially racism towards black women, then watch the current season BBUK.

#every episode I am left infuriated #then I go on fb and look at the racist ass comments there and get even more infuriated #tiktok is my safe place lol #but anyways the blatant racism and micro aggressions towards the two black women on that show aka Trish and noki #is insane #like fully it’s insane #honestly it’s like every time I think white people aren’t that bad…. I get a slap in the face with how they act #if I hear someone call Trish aggressive ONE MORE TIME #when all she does is speak her mind #the white women on that show get babies and coddled #the black women get called aggressive if they speak too much #and get called fake if they stay quiet #I’m not even making this up #it’s not even entertaining watching this shit it’s absolutely HARROWING #I love Trish so much 🥹🥹🥹 #she is honestly such a strong beautiful woman #anyways

[curseofpower]

"It'd be super interesting to hear these counterarguments 👀."

@goopi-e Well let's see… where should I start? The mass assumption that Ganondorf just sort of left his kingdom for dead and stayed holed up in Hyrule Castle for seven entire years, (lolwut???) no longer caring about his fellow gerudos or even letting them know what the hell was going on?

Or something else? Maybe something a little dicier? Like the existence of gibdos? Or the fact he didn't save Nabooru after his moms decided her punishment? ... That last one might be a little self explanatory, though, if you understand his mindset.

Ganondorf is a man with a very strong sense of justice and a very skewed sense of morality. I think it's actually because he cared that he'd ever punish or let his people be punished like she was. Twinrova were his mothers too, so, it's likely he trusted their judgement more than anyone else's. A lower ranking pair of gerudo might not have gotten away with dealing justice in his name like that.

But I digress. I know I have to be missing something. I'm just very tired today and have a lot on my mind. Do feel free to let me know, though, if any of that interests you or if there's another thing I forgot to address that you want me to go into.

#q&a #personal hc #thank you for showing interest though. I sometimes feel like my ideas and opinions do little but make me a pariah. #haha... I say 'sometimes' like it's not actually 'always' #anyway when you factor in the fact Ganondorf can teleport/see and speak over long distances the whole 'leaving his people for dead' thing #becomes even MORE ridiculous. Like... come on people. Use your noggin. WHY would they worship someone who abandoned them for seven years??? #Especially when it was clear they had a lot of conflict with the Hylians during those years. but that's just my 2 cents. #And yes I'm aware there was a small group that were likely either anti war or pro hylian and those are who we see at the end credits of OoT #But with any group of people with strong opinions there will always be some with opposing views so I do not take that as a significant #sign of 'abandonment'. if he truly had abandoned them we would have actually heard about it. #(The fact the end-credit gerudos were all wearing white too denotes to me some kind of shared relation or belief system between them.) #Instead we hear them sing his praises and even gossip stones will tell you how much the gerudos love their king. #All of which I think deserves more attention than we give it credit for. #He wasn't just a hero to his people in totk he was that and MORE to them in OoT. #ANYWAYS I'M DONE WITH MY TAG NOVEL. #*SLAMS BEER ON TABLE* *IT TIPS OVER AND SPILLS EVERYWHERE* #BYE

[commanderpeepersautisticswag]

my gijinka of him is so bad😭

#Its worse than fanon #I tried to take away everything i didnt like about the typical peepers gijinka #I didnt want him to have an eyepatch; I didnt want him to be skinny; I didnt want him to look like. a middle school boy .Im sorry. Its true #I didnt want him to have that weird like..i dont even know how to describe it nvm #But the thing i dont like the most is that hes drawn as a skinny twink😭YES He is Short. But hes Jacked. #AND THE HATER GIJINKASsorry i myself am being a hater right now idgaf im not involved with the fandom #Drives me crazy when people make him skinny too LOL. Skinny and paper white #Yes i get that hes a skeleton in the show but. His skeleton isnt even skinny HELP and bones dont equal skin anyways #I dont like when people give him short hair but thats more of a personal preference. I gave him that metalhead type hair. I just rhink he #looks better with long hair. U get me. That guy is literally a metalhead loser he needs to look the part #i find it so funny when people make him blonde most likely because of his lightning bolt thingies also #also i think hater fans should learn about corpse paint #Post cancelled i was looking at screenshots and started crying i love them i hate woy so much

[spideyhexx]

i was literally just talking to my sister about rachel. like can josh fight!! she’s everything

she’s really so pretty like I find myself just in awe whenever I see a new picture of her, like just staring for a little

edit: sorry I had a lot of thoughts on the topic in the tags dbdbcbdbdnd but !! we support her here

#asks #I won’t lie to yall some of the Snow White stuff she had said I did slightly disagree with but #I think she was right and had a point but she explained it badly and then people blew up on her too much #especially with her being a woman and a poc and she’s also queer??? like people just love to hate on her when she didn’t deserve it at all #she just explained smth a lil poorly #I don’t hate her or ever did though to clarify #she’s like 22 or 23 fjsjdjdjd it’s crazy #it was the part about Snow White not only looking for true love which is fine! but she made it seem like you csnt have true love as a goal #and still be an independent strong woman? like that #the implication but I don’t think she meant for that #cause like snow in ouat was so lovely and wanted love but she was also a badass fighter and leader at the same time #so you can do both and have a strong female character and I think it’s important to show that you CAN want love and be a strong woman #sorry I said a lot #but!!! I think she just worded what she said weird but the hate was unnecessary she wasn’t wrong in any way lmao

[bullseyelover]

BENJAMIN “DEX” POINDEXTER aka BULLSEYE therapy prop notes from Daredevil S3

#God i FUCKING LOVE THESE #GIVES YOU SO MUCH MORE INSIGHT INTO DEX AND HOW HE IS AS A PERSON #and it’s all so very bullseye #like he’s so observant? and he only sees the world in black and white? and he’s a fast learner???? #LACK OF FILLER: how bullseye just says what he thinks he doesn’t care what others say #and the TWO SIDES?? THE THOUGHTLESS AND RASH PART IS BULLSEYE #HE NEVER MISSES??? LITERALLY BULLSEYE’S CATCHPHRASE #THE PART OF HIM THAT WOULD EVENTUALLY BECOME THIS CHARACTER WAS ALWAYS THERE #i passed out you can find me on the floor that is what this has done to me #magnificent right there #i orginally found this when i was still in school like a over a year ago and i almost cried because i couldn’t do anything else it was so #life changing i was so happy #and the fact that so much thought was put into his character is amazing #like we never saw these in the show but people still MADE THESE and did it so well #i can’t read cursive so when i found this a while back it was a struggle #also the white bg screenshot is from before the propstore website changed and now i can’t find this prop so this is all i got #i have been meaning to post these for a while btw #but i was too lazy to scroll all the way back through my camera roll lol #LMAOOO #benjamin poindexter #bullseye #daredevil

[fragmentedblade]

I've actually found a coherent (negative) criticism on Jingli.u's quest!! Wow!! It's in Chinese on weibo

This user said her behaviour is very double standard. That she criticises and condemns both Dan Fen.g and Yingx.ing severely for trying to bring back Bai.heng in any way, but then she goes to visit Bail.u and tells her that seeing her is better than any medicine. And the user is right! That's exactly why they did what they did (well, I've always been of the opinion that Dan Fen.g had more reasons going on based on the in game information), so why the insistent asking to Blade?

The user also says that Jingliu doesn't really behave at all like a friend, that while very believable that she loved and was close to Bai.heng, it's hard to believe the same thing when it comes to Yingxi.ng and Dan Fen.g. They said that nowadays we still see instances through the Xianzhou in which they are both spoken about in positive terms, that Yingxi.ng is talked about as a legendary furnace master, and we can even stumble upon good opinions on Dan Fen.g, but that Jingli.u never shows that kind of understanding for people in theory she loved, knew personally and was close to.

I don't agree entirely with this, I do think there was a lot of fondness from Jingliu shining through despite everything (especially towards Yin.gxing, in my opinion), but I do think it's a somewhat fair criticism. I loved how they mention that despite everything the Xianzhou's view on Yingxin.g and Dan Fen.g isn't just negative. They're right, and it's a detail I love.

#I think these kinds of pseudo incoherences‚ such as Dan Fen.g's and Yingx.ing's acts or even Jingliu being so angry with them #but wanting to see Bai.heng in that echo and then visiting Bail.u‚ actually make a lot of sense in the context of human emotions and acts #I think these paradoxical acts and flaws often add a lot of depth and humanity‚ and tbh they make the characters imo often more believable #But even though I still think it makes sense I do think this time the criticism pointed out some interesting inconsistencies #in Jingliu's characterisation. I loved that they brought up both these subjects and that they didn't have as black and white view #on either Dan Fen.g or Yingxin.g and their acts‚ and that they commented the thing with the Xianzhou. Finally someone else points this out #ngl I've been reading a lot of Chinese opinions on weibo and forums and I like the Chinese fandom a lot more than the western? xD #I agree with a lot of the comments they make. Most of them in fact. Seeing the western twitter fans I expected some other opinions #to be the most expanded among Chinese fans but to my surprise they aren't. I guess the western fans just focus on what they want #Often I agree with the Chinese fans but we come out with different emotions towards the story. Like‚ we reach the same conclusions #But they dislike the characters and writings and I actually like them for the same reasons lol #Like many things around Dan Fen.g #I don't know. I've had a lot of fun reading many of these opinions #Even when they're most callous and show their dislike about the story and characters they are often very clever and fun #As a conclusion of a sort of summary/interpretation of the Xianzhou arc someone said (as negative criticism) something along the lines of #'there's only two normal people in the whole Xianzhou‚ Fu Xua.n and Jing Yu.an' and it made me laugh a lot xD #I talk too much #I should probably delete this later #Traces #Fragments and scraps #Perhaps #There were more things they said/I wanted to comment but I started writing this post‚ got distracted and finished it many hours later #So I think I've forgotten a lot of stuff. I'll try to recall and add them later #Funny thing this time I was looking for opinions on Jing Yua.n and I found everything but that lol

[godblooded]

the first thing people always notice about alana is her eyes.

#headcanon. dr. bloom. #headcanon. dr. bloom. a good forensic psychiatrist; maybe the best. #[they’re the frost of water turning to ice before its full freeze in the earliest winter morning. #they’re the color it turns as it thaws slow slow slow and then freezes again. they’re so cold. #but they’re purely near white blue. wolffish and beautiful at once. they can be so cruel. and she can have the kindest eyes you’ve ever #seen. she can make you feel incredibly loved or she can absolutely crumble you with a glance. she KNOWS it too. #all her emotions show through her eyes is also the problem. she lies so well because she forces herself to feel it. so potent. #she can replicate an emotion painfully well for herself. she fucking hates it. it’s so hard and so much to deal with. but without it— #she wouldn’t be her. she’s explained the way her empathy works to a few people and I distinctly remember it was trish who was like #‘Jesus Christ I wouldn’t want that shit’ without even meaning to before going ‘it sounds so overwhelming to deal with’ before Alana broke #down in tears seconds later because she’s not hard and if you think she is you’re buying what she’s selling and you’re being grifted. #Alana bloom is my most dangerous muse and I write kitty ‘nexus of nothingness embodied’ valentine. #but I tend to think: would kitty be tricked into… anything by Alana? oh yeah. like. immeasurable yeah. a yeah the size of Texas. #Alana finds your weakest point because every single diamond has a flaw and she just g e n t l y begins to chip. #she’s good!hannibal. she’s the actual good doctor like. I think Tara Jess and I have unironically convinced the fandom that’s her title. #(lmfao it isn’t it’s lecter’s but book!lecter deserves it. show!lecter was a shit therapist. at least book!lecter was amazing at his job.) #and you know who his protege is? Alana!!!! she’s so deadly I’m in love with her and I’ve loved her for years now. #me: this is the side character I’ve written for more than a decade who causes a chain reblog reaction every time I post that gif set #if you know you know.]

[jrueships]

being right about gup acting all petty that jalen got to go to France during the summer while he was stuck in stupid summer league fighting to get fed scraps for the regular season feels so good

#i always dramatize the pettiness and yet #here we are #pettiness behold #idk if these photos are from him in france rn but i do know he saw some fashion show in france #i just have to find the specific we in france photo in my gallery #that neckpiece tho WOAH #it screams i love rihanna with that pop and that sparkle #i think about gup lowkey huffing and shading jg for actually being able to have fun while hes stuck working #and jalen having to post some random photo of him and gup to make him feel better and stop whining LMAO #i was like... am i reading too much into this? #no i was not #im a GENIUS!!!!!!!! #put a shirt on gup ]:( #i heard french people spit #and they got that iron lung from smoking all the time in a black and white filter so be careful #actually u know what #go ahead and show off ur upside down traffic cone body gup #humble them #they deserve it #make them surrender like they always do AMERICAAAA🗣🦅🦅🦅🦅🦅📣‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️ #IM KIDDING IM KIDDING pls dont be mad france i love watching videos of your probably very overpriced food