#CW: controversial

[skill7spark04]

Dear Minecraft community: what the fuck

so I made a comment on a recent IBXToycat video about how I believe that mobs that are functionally pointless to us but have clear Aesthetic reasons for existing to fill the world a bit more, and that not everything needs to have a use (see column A: decorative blocks). I also mention how I was mad that he said something like "surely you don't want that!" because while cordial, it's invalidating that opinion, when in fact, you showed it, and could've just disagreed with it and moved on. you don't need to gaslight people into thinking they don't want something they want. and the example he used was "that's like asking for ugly blocks!" which is the DUMBEST TAKE since "phantoms are a good addition to the game". (my friend said that latter one once.) this is when I learned Minecraft has a community More divided than democrats and republicans, because people are trying to gaslight me into thinking I'm wrong and that's not what I want, and others are just straight up throwing verbal hands without even the courtesy of proper prose and debating (average YouTube comment section). so I have a message to y'all: WHAT THE FUCK IS WRONG WITH YOU!? seriously. why can't I have my opinion and be happy about it? why y'all gotta be at my throat like having "pointless" mobs for Ambiance and more life to the world with interactions (see tropical fish, glow squid, foxes) but these freaking industrialist types are at me FUMING that I could want something to make my vanilla world feel More alive than it is, like I'm personally slighting them. I was mad at the youtuber's take in comparing asking for "aesthetic mobs" to asking for "ugly blocks", even saying useless/pointless in place of aesthetic and Ambient. I want the firefly. it makes the swamp feel that much more lived in. seriously, if you are attacking people for having this opinion that "everything in minecraft should have a function and purpose, and shouldn't be just for aesthetic" you need to reflect on yourself.

goddamn industrialists. a list of mobs that are liteally or practically useless:

Foxes, bats, parrots, tropical fish, pufferfish, the sniffer, the squid, glow squid, sea turtles, Phantoms, silverfish, and endermites. (though the latter three are more so punishments.)

I want stuff like snails that decompose dropped food items, or owls that kill rabbits in the desert. I want stuff that makes the world feel more lived in.

[secretarysong]

older drawing from january i (HEAVILY) refurbished + moar recent-ish extras

[transexualpirate]

hot take but i think that "fictional characters are fictional and liking or disliking them have no real life effect" and "the way you treat certain characters can be an indicative of your character in real life" are statements that can and should coexist

example: character A is violent and makes misogynistic comments. they're still charismatic and their arc is interesting to read/watch. person A acknowledges that the character is bad but they still enjoy consuming content from the character and they do so unapologetically. they're allowed to like the character, especially considering that literally everyone the character has harmed is also fictional. they don't pretend the character isn't violent, or misogynistic, they just like the character despite that. they post about it constantly. this is a neutral action that shows nothing about person A.

character B is a white man that makes racist comments, treats a black person in the show badly and gains money through anti-ethical means. they're still charismatic and their arc is interesting to read/watch. person B claims the character is flawed but overall misunderstood and all their actions are entirely justified. they're allowed to like the character, especially considering that literally everyone the character has harmed is also fictional. person B claims the black character that character B treated badly either had it coming or overreacted. all of person B's favorite characters are white men. person B goes out of their way to justify that all of their favorite characters are actually misunderstood and good people, and more people should like them. this shows that person B likely has some favoritism for white men.

just. you're allowed to like fictional characters even if they're awful fucking people but. and im not sure why this is controversial. the way you interact with media says something about you. this isn't necessarily a bad thing. does this make sense please

[wormchamp72]

Cw for incest, completely understand if you don't want to answer this because of that.

Thoughts on Liu x Jeff?

I know you're not a fan of many ships involving Jeff, but I feel like being with Liu would truly show how much of a monster he's become. They wouldn't be healthy, obviously, but I think their dynamic would be interesting. Jeff, who once fought so hard to protect Liu, now commits the unthinkable to his poor brother, cementing that he's truly too far gone now, that there really is no going back to the life either of them had before.

I'd love to read your thoughts on them, but again, I completely understand if a topic like this makes you uncomfortable. If it does, then feel free to not answer this or block me or honestly do whatever because I know this is a wild thing to come out of the gate asking.

*shudders*

Now, Anon, I appreciate your polite decorum and your unabashed honesty...but I'm afraid you know what answer is coming...

NO. NO NON ONON ONONONO NONONONONONONNO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Jeff wouldnnot do that he is not that kind of monster whe kills people hwo deser ve it and also his parents they only kind of deserved it he would not do that 2 his brother he loves his brother in his own twisted way he killed him 2 release him from the cruelty of this world!!!!!!!!!!! I do appreciate AUs where Liu is alive but if this is what would happen then i m glad Jeff killed him what kind sick freak do u ahve 2 be 2 do that 2 your own brother now I don'te have a brother /sister/non binary sibling but I still know this is worng!!!!!!!!! what the 3FFFFFFFFFFFFF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Not 2 yuck your yum.

[evanpeterswifeyyy]

Phantom of The Opera rant because I just watched the full movie of my favorite stage play and it’s on my mind.

Warning: controversial/ unpopular fandom opinion. Key word: OPINION. Excessive yapping—I’m pulling up recipets yall. This is actually an essay. Despite that, I will definitely make some spelling mistakes, explain things poorly or repeat points. I am human, thanks.

I’m not sure if this is controversial or not, but I don’t fully understand how people like Christine and the Phantom together. At a basic level, I can understand why:

- It has dark romance themes/ tropes (totally different topic I could rant about)

-It’s taboo and edgy, kinda raw

-Many actors who play the Phantom are conventionally attractive

-Christine and the Phantom usually have more on-screen chemsitry (chemistry does not always mean romantic, please be mindful of that)

So, I wanted to write a small little essay picking apart why I believe The Phantom and Christine are a toxic and abusive pairing.

This is not an attack on anyone who pairs them together, nor do I honestly care that much if you do, I just don’t see many in-depth second opinions about this.

With this knowledge, proceed at your own discretion and be respectful:

I want to start off with the main reasons why I believe the Phantom and Christine should NOT be paired together. To preface, I have only seen TWO pieces of media related to the POT. I will be using those as my evidence, as they are also the most popular reditions of the play that I’m sure most of you will know and reference yourself.

Those being:

The 25th Anniversary stage play with Sierra Boggess and Ramin Karimloo

The Phantom of the Opera screenplay starring Emmy Rossum

To begin, in the screenplay Christine has been shown to have known the Phantom since she was a child. Throughout multiple reditions, Christine has always been portrayed as in her late teens to early 20’s during the main events of the play and the Phantom is depicted somewhere around his 40’s-50’s. That in it of itself is creepy.

I understand that age gaps are a big topic in fandoms and media, and I would have little problem with this age gap if it weren’t for the fact that it is implied many times that he has been training her to sing since her father died. To get to Christine’s level in the opera, that would take years. Even if she already had vocal talent. Meaning that she was a minor when he met her.

That would be grooming. Literally.

To add onto this point, I want to paraphrase and quote some of the things the Phantom says to/ about Christine.

“Sing for me, my angel of music”

“Since I first heard you sing. I have needed you with me, to serve me, to sing. For my music”

Now, anyone can interpret these lyrics differently, but how I interpret them is:

He is using Christine for her voice. He has groomed her (in multiple ways) and polished her voice to sing so he can use her for his music. I mean, he literally kills and threatens people who do not allow Christine to be the star of every play once the main events happen.

He calls her his “angel of music”. Which might be endearing, if you remember the fact that he has been grooming her since she was a child to “serve” him. This is an objectifying name. He is saying this in contrast with Christine’s angel of music, which is a literal angel that her father promised to send her. To Christine, her angel of music is her father’s love and legacy. For The Phantom, it is his magnum opus: Christine.

Speaking of Christine and her “Angel of Music”. This leads me to my next point:

The Phantom pretends to be Christine’s father/ angel of music to manipulate and trick her.

During both graveyard scenes (the musical and the screenplay) Christine says:

“Angel or father, friend or phantom?”

The way I interpret this:

It is not a coincidence the comparison. [The split/ play on words]

Angel or friend?

Father or phantom?

Christine believes the angel to either be her father, or an entity he sent. When the Phantom says to her in the next moment:

“Have you forgotten your angel?”

That is him admitting he knows that Christine has believed he was the angel of music/ her father teaching and guiding her this whole time. And in the same song he is manipulating her, putting back on the facade of being her “angel of music” and leading her back to him—where Raoul has to snap her out of it.

Raoul has to literally tell Christine that the Phantom is not her father in both the play and the screenplay. Further solidifying the fact that she believes that the Phantom is her father or a being sent by him.

If we take that into fact, that means that the whole time up until at least now, she has only seen the Phantom as a fatherly figure.

Now, let’s talk about the final confrontation.

I’m already hearing the “but she says she loves him at the end!” Or “then why did she kiss him?!”

Glad you asked!

The final confrontation is the most blatant showcase of the Phantom’s delusion and abuse.

First, lets it back to the fact that the Phantom is shown to be a murderer. Someone who kills for their own benefit without remorse. Christine says it herself, and there are multiple scenes where she speaks of the Phantom and is afraid. She believes the Phantom may even kill her if she does not comply with his rules.

Quotes/ Paraphrases here (from the broadway and movie scripts):

“(to RAOUL, pleading)

Raoul, I'm frightened -

don't make me do this

Raoul, it scares me -

don't put me through this

ordeal by fire

he'll take me, I know

we'll be parted for ever

he won't let me go” (Christine talking about doing the Don Juan play)

“RAOUL

When will that be?

It's an engagement,

not a crime!” (Raoul fighting with Christine about hiding their engagement. It’s implied here that Christine is hiding their engagement from the Phantom because she knows it will upset him.)

The most damning piece of evidence:

“CHRISTINE

Twisted every way,

what answer can I give?

Am I to risk my life,

to win the chance to live?

Can I betray the man

who once inspired my voice?

Do I become his prey?

Do I have any choice?

He kills without a thought,

he murders all that's good

I know I can't refuse

and yet, I wish I could?

Oh God - if I agree,

what horrors wait for me

in this, the Phantom's opera?” (Christine speaks about the Phantom after being told she is forced to play in Don Juan)

With this information, we know that the Phantom kills for selfish reasons. He will do anything to get what he wants. Regardless of even the feelings of Christine.

Back to confrontation, Christine in the movie is shown to have the Phantom force her to put on the wedding dress. She clearly does not want to do it, but feels threatened by him to do so.

The whole time she is uncomfortable. Then, he captures Raoul.

He gives her an incentive and she only has two choices:

-Admit she loves him to free Raoul

-Deny she loves him and kill Raoul

Now, if you know anything about incentives and abusive people. This is the most toxic thing to ever do. It is completely self-serving and both Christine and Raoul know that he is going to kill him regardless and is pressuring her to lie and say she loves him.

Quotes/ Paraphrases:

“CHRISTINE:

Farewell my fallen idol and false friend

We had such hopes, and now those hopes are shattered!

PHANTOM:

Too late for turning back, too late for prayers and useless pity!

RAOUL:

Say you love him and my life is over

PHANTOM:

All hope of cries for help; no point in fighting!

RAOUL/PHANTOM:

For either way you choose, he has to win/you cannot win!”

The Phantom is not doing this out of love. No one who loves someone would threaten to kill the person they love/ choose instead of them. The Phantom up until this point is possesive, infatuated and obsessed wih Christine. There are no signs of real love from him. It is all self serving and an idolized image of Christine.

When Christine shows him a bit of kindness during this moment I believe she is being genuine, but I also believe she’s only doing it to save herself.

Christine feels pity for the Phantom because she realizes during this encounter that he has been traumatized and isolated so bad that he feels he has to torture others to get what he wants. That he truly believes that no one but Christine will love him, and therefore he must make sure at all costs that he will get what he wants. Christine, being empathetic, tells the Phantom that she hears him.

I don’t think Christine kissing the Phantom is out of love. Not in a romantic sense. Christine kisses the Phantom not only to save her and Raoul’s lives, but also because she is feeling pity for the Phantom. He has never felt the physical touch of another person as he says in his own words, so she kisses him.

This obviously works, and she sets him free.

Lets talk about the musical because there’s a scene after this where she returns while the Phantom is wallowing after freeing them.

I still don’t think Christine returns because she loves the Phantom. Up until now, she has no reason to except for the fact that she finally humanizes him. No, I think that this scene just further solidifies that she yes, she loves the Phantom. But not in a romantic sense. From the beginning she has been shown to have a fatherly view of the Phantom, and I believe that paired with the memories of her father and the years they spent—she returns because she continues to see her father in him and feels pity for him. She wants to help the Phantom be happy because he brought her a piece of her father. Possibly she even still believes that he was in fact sent by her father to teach her music and take care of her in some way.

This is my interpretation of the scene.

A point I see brought up A LOT when it comes to justifying Christine’s romance with The Phantom is:

“Well, Raoul is abusive in the second rendition and her and the Phantom have an affair.”

Have you ever seen Cinderella 2? Have you ever heard of it? There are 3 Cinderella movies.

But we all refer to the first one because A. It’s the most popular and a classic B. The other movies sold poorly because they were bad and nobody asked for them.

My point here is: so is Love Never Dies.

I said what I fucking said. Cry about it.

But lets imagine for a moment if we took Love Never Dies as part of the main canon:

I don’t think Christine should be with Raoul either.

Another point I see a lot is: “They just meet again and instantly get engaged”

Which yes, that’s definitely a point of contention.

But considering just The Phantom Of the Opera in this case, they have known each other since they were kids. And considering the time period the events are set in, this is actually not that surprising or uncommon and makes sense. Even if Christine didn’t love Raoul, given her position, it would have been beneficial for her to get married. And it might as well be someone she’s known for a long time.

But if you were to ask me, without being forced to choose between Raoul or the Phantom, I would tell you that I believe that she should be with neither.

Both are abusive towards Christine. One just more literally stated than the other.

Edit because I forgot to add this crucial point:

The Phantom of the Opera was NOT a story created by Andrew Lloyd Webber (the man who created the musical adaptation and scores)

It is a story from 1910 by french author Gaston Leroux. If we take that context into consideration, (as someone who has not yet read the book) the movie (based on the musical) and the musical are not accurate representations of the original material or intention.

There were definitely creative liberties taken or misinterpretations. Especially with Love Never Dies.

There were black and white movies made of the story as well. The Phantom is specifically portrayed as a real life monster. This image of him being a handsome man with a scarred face and tragic past only happened in the 20th century.

I believe that is the conclusion of this rant/ essay. I know this probably won’t get a lot of reach, but if you read this whole thing (whether you agree or not), thanks a lot. Truly.

Hopefully this will add more discussion to the topic and give people a more open minded view on the topic, and realize the real nature of the Phantom. There are so many ways to interpret and art piece, and time and time again, this is what I see in it. So to see people romanticize their relationship always gives me the ick (ofc, you do you boo, I can’t stop you). So I’m tired of arguing individually with people, so I might as well have a full reference to come back to.

I’m sure there’s more evidence and points I could have made, but this is long enough. Regardless, I hope you can take away something from this, and if you want to possibly hear about any more of my controversial opinions—leave a note so I know! <3

[kerosene-saint]

I wish people didn't act like dd/lg or abdl were like pedophilia. not even into it and I'm a sfw age regressor (non community due to this problem) but like. ugh. and the problem is my views on it have changed so much over just this year. because guess what. whatever people do in their free time surrounding sex, as long as it is not genuinely illegal, should not fucking matter to you. it is not your fucking business to tell people you think their kink is gross and pedophilic, especially because it's not pedophilia. it is fine. to be uncomfortable with a kink page of a certain kind interacting with you. I get it. and there are some pretty mean people in those communities but guess what? there are mean people in EVERY COMMUNITY. and you do not have to relate that kink to pedophilia to say you'd prefer their kink blogs to not interact with whatever blog you have. but when you say shit like "pedos and also people into ddlg and abdl dni" it's annoying. you could say "ddlg/abdl blogs dni" absolutely fair. but saying don't interact abt an entire group of people of which you do not necessarily have the means of checking everyone for being in that community??? alright then. you have fun in puppy play isn't anything like fucking dogs but ddlg is like fucking children world.

[hawnks]

You tell omega!gojo you’ll never marry him and he moans.

“Out of wedlock, baby? That’s so sexy.”

[langernameohnebedeutung]

difficult to put into words but I kind of wish there wasn't this popular mindset on tumblr of bi people as an enlightened free-range, ethical, utopian prototype "good" version of straight people and of straight people as their silly backward counterparts who "Choose" To Live Like That.

With an extra flavour of "straight women are complicit in any misogynistic abuse they receive (bc they're all evangelical housewife basic karens anyway)" (#are the straights okay?? haha - even in scenarios where clearly there is only one perpetrator and one victim).

At the same time, bi women who talk about any misogyny they experience are constantly under the scrutiny of being 'no better than straight women who share boomer 'I hate my husband' memes."' and "if you have issues with your boyfriend, why don't you just leave" (which is literally the rhetoric abused women hear all the time - but on tumblr with the additional flavour of 'well, you're bi so you should be smarter than all those other silly straight women who don't know better')

[aesthetic-otd]

Today's aesthetic is XO

[ossydrawsthingz335]

another artist i like outed for being a weirdo....

why. :(

(vent in tags)

[cas-dyke]

maybe we wouldn’t think every male character in the show was queer if the female characters were better written and had more meaningful relationshipsWHAT WHO SAID THAT

[dragonartist56]

Possibly unpopular Avatar opinion

This fucker deserved to die

[tired-writer-in-progress]

I'll only say this once.

If you support Wilbur Soot. You are not welcome here.

[winepresswrath]

also the way these writers go for "my sister was my daughter" they are salivating over lestat/gabrielle they are so. excited. if we get next season i'm going to be watching through my fingers.

[transexualpirate]

the way some of y'all talk about blitzø/stolas makes it so fucking clear you don't believe any type of power imbalance should be allowed in a relationship and that's not really a good thing

[goremojiz]

That sounds so shitty?? Is it okay to ask what happened? (No pressure to share.)

It's really shitty yeah.

The loose rundown is an ex we had went accusing us of some fucked shit, the most concerning of which were just instances taken out of context. We even showed our current partners and they said with the context they personally had ( and added context i gave them ) they understood those things either werent true, or things they forgave me for because they happened in the past and were genuine mistakes or otherwise were mistakes i was already working on to not make again.

I'm more concerned for my ex, because just a week ago we were speaking as friends and they actually admitted to wanting to get back together with us, so this type of behavior is really out of left field. We've known them for years, and never once were any of these things brought up to us personally or proposed as issues ( because we always try and fix the unsavory parts of ourselves so we're not a bad or uncomfortable person to be around for those we care about ). They've also ( in our PERSONAL experience ) had issues with jumping the gun and considering people bad based on them hurting us once or making unsavory mistakes ( they actually advised us not to talk to these people again, even when we had forgiven them and wanted to move forward ). When we were talking a few weeks ago, they also told us they split on us post-break up and hated us/blamed us for a lot of stuff, but that they had moved past it and saw that was wrong, im really scared that theyve impulsivley acted and not thought this through fully.

Moreso terrifying because, again, A. No one brought this up with me, I'm extremely willing to change, and i get communication can be hard, but it feels necessary in such a dramatic instance. B. I only have 1 ban message giving the reasons i was banned, i have a very loose idea of what i was accused of throughout all these servers, and no access to actual evidence given against me, so even if i wanted to appeal bans, i genuinely wouldnt know what i was up against or should prepare for. C. I've got crazy paranoia, having largeass servers banning me and not being able to defend myself really flared up my paranoia, especially since the internet is my source of income, and allegations tied to my name isn't good for rep.

Sorry for yapping. All this shit has just been in my head the past few days, and I needed to get it out. Thanks 4 listening pls dont speculate or god forbid spy on servers 4 me.