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Can I get some Hyunju/Junhee au fics tho 👀

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If my highly critical art got bought, bastardized, and Americanized for a mega-corporations profit I’d be cynical too! I excuse every issue (except for the casting of player 100 cuz wtf???) ppl be bringing up about Squid Game because I would be so much worse actually. Imagine actually seeing your creation be snatched away from you and becoming quite literally what you were criticizing as you’re being told you have write two more seasons and that there’s gonna be an American version… the game show genuinely would’ve sent me over the edge

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honestly, s3 felt like hdh's fuck you to us all for wanting him to make more seasons

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It’s not sexist or weird that there weren’t any women finalists in the death game btw… they all died because of their humanity and the men were able to live a little longer because they were able to push any empathy and selflessness away… even the most fucked up women are still gonna get taken advantage of if there’s a sufficiently angry man… sorry y’all but squid game was never a positive show. There was never gonna be a positive or hopeful ending, ESPECIALLY once Netflix pressured the creators of the show and capitalized on their creation. And not every ending is meant to be positive, happy, or even statisfying. It’s not “good” the baby survived… its not even The Point. Empathy and selflessness killed the main character along with every other “good” character while anger/selfishness/greed/cowardice killed the rest… no one wins capitalism and Gi-hun certainly wasn’t gonna win The Game…

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Hyun ju being stabbed in the back by a weak selfish man while helping her friends and sharing a moment of girlhood/motherhood with them… yeah… yeahhhh

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Lots of thoughts about the baby being treated as if it’s a player the second it was born… the joke in s2 about the baby counting as a player in mingle… giving no help to the mother while pregnant, during labor, or afterwards otherwise it’d be “unfair”… no help given to the baby until after she “won”… the baby being the only thing to move the VIPs…the baby’s entire existence depending on the money she “earned”, the money her parents and her mothers friends literally died for… oh yeah… yeah

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No one wins in capitalism, sometimes the people on top just let you get away outta pity. I fear the Worst Ending Ever was foreseeable 😔

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NOT MY FUCKING SHAYLA

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Love when something happens in LA and the “LA has no soul/LA has a dark energy” crowd is suddenly quiet…

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HAPPY PRIDE MONTH HYUN-JU

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I thought I made it clear with the words and sentences surrounding “#girlboss” that college is not everybody’s dream, it is not part of everybody’s life, it is not a required part of everybody’s life in order to be happy or successful. It was not part of Nani’s dreams or motivations in the original. Going to college/wanting higher education isn’t #girlboss, the #girlboss of it all is that the writers/director/disney/whoever choose to justify legally giving Lilo to the state and leaving Hawaii in the name of “empowering women.” I was not characterizing wanting a college education as, dismissively, “girlboss.” I made it very clear in my post the issues I have with this movie and the way this particular change doesn’t even make sense within their own narrative. Try not to take every post you see in bad faith?

In case anyone was wondering about the Lilo and Stitch movie here’s the highlights from someone chronically online enough to have seen the movie through snippets lol

Nani does in fact give Lilo up to the government, ppl defend it by saying David’s mom is her foster mom now but Lilo is still in fact in the system and can easily be taken away from David’s mom if conditions are “unfit”… the exact same situation Nani was in before lol

Took away all of Nani’s support system that the original movie develops for her except for David/his mom

Had Nani treat Lilo like a burden for “realism”… anyway…

Lilo literally says “you’re so smart Nani, I think you should join the Marines”

Nani was deeply connected to her culture and family, that aspect of her just isn’t there at the end of the day (and part of that is because Sydney is not indigenous Hawaiian and it shows… in looks, actions, and line delivery) and the conclusion to her story being giving up her kid sister to the state and leaving her home for a “better” education and future is atrocious

They had her go to California to study marine biology. First of all, it was implied she was a pro surfer in the og movie no hint of marine biology. Not every persons dream is college and it doesn’t need to be part of everyone’s story… the choice of “putting yourself first” in order to get a better education is very #girlboss… Second of all, Hawaii has multiple universities with marine biology programs that would give far more money and benefits to a native Hawaiian than literally any Californian school let alone UCSD lmao

They changed their island from Kauai to Oahu… most obvious reason they did this was because that is the island their resort is on and overrun with tourists. However, with this location change and their wack ass narrative changes they also made going to California even more blatantly propaganda because that is where the University of Hawaii at Manoa is… ALSO, Oahu has major cities… you know how Sitch has to find new meaning for existence because he can’t do what he was programmed to do because he’s stuck on an island with no big cities… yeah…

On this note, pretty much removed all substantial tourism commentary

Jumba is the villain, he sounds like a whiny computer nerd and it’s miserable

Pleakley is lame, rip queen 🕊️

Lilo is pretty well adjusted and normal lol? No fights, no biting, no trying to curse her enemies etc… she’s literally a normal girl which… alright then???

There is no Gantu (rumor has it this is at its core because they don’t want to make law enforcement look bad)

CGI is literally so fucking bad like besides aesthetics the actors literally don’t point to where Stitch is and when they’re supposed to touch it they often miss lol

Editing is also terrible. Every scene lasts like 5 seconds and is jarring, so genuinely terrible I think shows like this are gonna further ruin kids attention spans lmfao

Nani misses Lilo’s actual performance instead of just being late to pick up Lilo from practice after getting into a fight…

Myrtle isn’t white #diversity win

No ugly duckling subplot

Bubbles is not the social worker and is working against the gang (again removing all of Nani’s support system, he literally shows up for every holiday with the fam in the og)

Changing the social worker role from an externally imposing black man with good intentions to a gentle woman has some undertones tbh considering this is the justification: “According to Camp, it was easy for audiences to believe that a towering man with a "Cobra" tattooed on his knuckles was a social worker in the animated movie​​​​​. However, that kind of exaggerated character design doesn't translate convincingly to live-action.”

The new social worker literally tells Nani that the right thing to do is to give up Lilo… very different from Bubbles doing his best to keep the sisters together. Keeping family together is a prime goal in social work btw…

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Just to clarify: the social worker isn’t played by a white woman, she’s played by the original voice actress of Nani from the movie. Honestly I think this choice is even more insidious because casting a white woman for that role would be Too Obvious so instead they pick the original voice of Nani to change the entire message of the show. I think they also picked this role for the og cameo so that people who may be like “why’d you switch a black man out for a woman to play a social worker?” can be told “oh we just wanted the original voice actor to interact with new Nani 🥰.”

Also if you were wondering I would consider Bubbles a good social worker. Bubbles gives Nani ALOT of leeway in the movie. Nani kicks his car and calls him a stupid head on his way to their house, the home visit goes TERRIBLE, Nani looses her job, Stitch assaults him (lol), and a couple other things. He says something along the lines of I can ignore everything else “but I cannot ignore you not having a job” and THAT is the prime reason he is even so present in the movie to see any mistakes Nani makes. He’s not like comically evil, hovering waiting for the perfect moment to snatch Lilo up, he’s doing his job and it just unfortunately isn’t great for Nani lol. He doesn’t give Nani any resources from what I remember but we also only see into their interactions for like two days lol. Also, at the end of the movie he is the one who gives Lilo the opportunity to keep Stitch, helps them rebuild their house, shows up for holidays and random tv nights, and I at least think it was implied he pulled strings for them to get some additional income for housing aliens.

In case anyone was wondering about the Lilo and Stitch movie here’s the highlights from someone chronically online enough to have seen the movie through snippets lol

Nani does in fact give Lilo up to the government, ppl defend it by saying David’s mom is her foster mom now but Lilo is still in fact in the system and can easily be taken away from David’s mom if conditions are “unfit”… the exact same situation Nani was in before lol

Took away all of Nani’s support system that the original movie develops for her except for David/his mom

Had Nani treat Lilo like a burden for “realism”… anyway…

Lilo literally says “you’re so smart Nani, I think you should join the Marines”

Nani was deeply connected to her culture and family, that aspect of her just isn’t there at the end of the day (and part of that is because Sydney is not indigenous Hawaiian and it shows… in looks, actions, and line delivery) and the conclusion to her story being giving up her kid sister to the state and leaving her home for a “better” education and future is atrocious

They had her go to California to study marine biology. First of all, it was implied she was a pro surfer in the og movie no hint of marine biology. Not every persons dream is college and it doesn’t need to be part of everyone’s story… the choice of “putting yourself first” in order to get a better education is very #girlboss… Second of all, Hawaii has multiple universities with marine biology programs that would give far more money and benefits to a native Hawaiian than literally any Californian school let alone UCSD lmao

They changed their island from Kauai to Oahu… most obvious reason they did this was because that is the island their resort is on and overrun with tourists. However, with this location change and their wack ass narrative changes they also made going to California even more blatantly propaganda because that is where the University of Hawaii at Manoa is… ALSO, Oahu has major cities… you know how Sitch has to find new meaning for existence because he can’t do what he was programmed to do because he’s stuck on an island with no big cities… yeah…

On this note, pretty much removed all substantial tourism commentary

Jumba is the villain, he sounds like a whiny computer nerd and it’s miserable

Pleakley is lame, rip queen 🕊️

Lilo is pretty well adjusted and normal lol? No fights, no biting, no trying to curse her enemies etc… she’s literally a normal girl which… alright then???

There is no Gantu (rumor has it this is at its core because they don’t want to make law enforcement look bad)

CGI is literally so fucking bad like besides aesthetics the actors literally don’t point to where Stitch is and when they’re supposed to touch it they often miss lol

Editing is also terrible. Every scene lasts like 5 seconds and is jarring, so genuinely terrible I think shows like this are gonna further ruin kids attention spans lmfao

Nani misses Lilo’s actual performance instead of just being late to pick up Lilo from practice after getting into a fight…

Myrtle isn’t white #diversity win

No ugly duckling subplot

Bubbles is not the social worker and is working against the gang (again removing all of Nani’s support system, he literally shows up for every holiday with the fam in the og)

Changing the social worker role from an externally imposing black man with good intentions to a gentle woman has some undertones tbh considering this is the justification: “According to Camp, it was easy for audiences to believe that a towering man with a "Cobra" tattooed on his knuckles was a social worker in the animated movie​​​​​. However, that kind of exaggerated character design doesn't translate convincingly to live-action.”

The new social worker literally tells Nani that the right thing to do is to give up Lilo… very different from Bubbles doing his best to keep the sisters together. Keeping family together is a prime goal in social work btw…

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In case anyone was wondering about the Lilo and Stitch movie here’s the highlights from someone chronically online enough to have seen the movie through snippets lol

Nani does in fact give Lilo up to the government, ppl defend it by saying David’s mom is her foster mom now but Lilo is still in fact in the system and can easily be taken away from David’s mom if conditions are “unfit”… the exact same situation Nani was in before lol

Took away all of Nani’s support system that the original movie develops for her except for David/his mom

Had Nani treat Lilo like a burden for “realism”… anyway…

Lilo literally says “you’re so smart Nani, I think you should join the Marines”

Nani was deeply connected to her culture and family, that aspect of her just isn’t there at the end of the day (and part of that is because Sydney is not indigenous Hawaiian and it shows… in looks, actions, and line delivery) and the conclusion to her story being giving up her kid sister to the state and leaving her home for a “better” education and future is atrocious

They had her go to California to study marine biology. First of all, it was implied she was a pro surfer in the og movie no hint of marine biology. Not every persons dream is college and it doesn’t need to be part of everyone’s story… the choice of “putting yourself first” in order to get a better education is very #girlboss… Second of all, Hawaii has multiple universities with marine biology programs that would give far more money and benefits to a native Hawaiian than literally any Californian school let alone UCSD lmao

They changed their island from Kauai to Oahu… most obvious reason they did this was because that is the island their resort is on and overrun with tourists. However, with this location change and their wack ass narrative changes they also made going to California even more blatantly propaganda because that is where the University of Hawaii at Manoa is… ALSO, Oahu has major cities… you know how Sitch has to find new meaning for existence because he can’t do what he was programmed to do because he’s stuck on an island with no big cities… yeah…

On this note, pretty much removed all substantial tourism commentary

Jumba is the villain, he sounds like a whiny computer nerd and it’s miserable

Pleakley is lame, rip queen 🕊️

Lilo is pretty well adjusted and normal lol? No fights, no biting, no trying to curse her enemies etc… she’s literally a normal girl which… alright then???

There is no Gantu (rumor has it this is at its core because they don’t want to make law enforcement look bad)

CGI is literally so fucking bad like besides aesthetics the actors literally don’t point to where Stitch is and when they’re supposed to touch it they often miss lol

Editing is also terrible. Every scene lasts like 5 seconds and is jarring, so genuinely terrible I think shows like this are gonna further ruin kids attention spans lmfao

Nani misses Lilo’s actual performance instead of just being late to pick up Lilo from practice after getting into a fight…

Myrtle isn’t white #diversity win

No ugly duckling subplot

Bubbles is not the social worker and is working against the gang (again removing all of Nani’s support system, he literally shows up for every holiday with the fam in the og)

Changing the social worker role from an externally imposing black man with good intentions to a gentle woman has some undertones tbh considering this is the justification: “According to Camp, it was easy for audiences to believe that a towering man with a "Cobra" tattooed on his knuckles was a social worker in the animated movie​​​​​. However, that kind of exaggerated character design doesn't translate convincingly to live-action.”

The new social worker literally tells Nani that the right thing to do is to give up Lilo… very different from Bubbles doing his best to keep the sisters together. Keeping family together is a prime goal in social work btw…

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*very emblematic of disney sanitizing the fuck out of stitch.

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No more adaptations. Stop. We do not need live action anything. Put that shit back. Let tlou and Lilo and Stitch be the final nails in the coffin. PLEASE

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Everyone who defended the Lilo and Stitch live action owes the haters the biggest apology

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