#I mean...they are ugly but it is appealing

[can-of-w0rmz]

Can I just say how mad the Nosferatu controversy has made me?

Like I’m not really talking about people who didn’t realise they were walking into an art horror movie and got whiplash, I mean the entire misunderstanding of the themes of sexuality in the movie. Like, why are so many audiences assuming that sexual themes can only exist for their personal gratification, and either, from that, A) getting mad that they don’t find the movie sexually appealing, or B) completely misunderstanding the work and romanticising and sexualising it in ways that completely juxtapose the intent of the director?

I’ve seen so many people either getting so mad that the movie ‘made them uncomfortable’ or that the Count was an ugly corpse with no capacity to love, (the intent of the ORIGINAL novel, by God above 1992 Dracula has fucked with some people’s brains), or completely romanticising his relationship with Ellen and mischaracterising it as some forbidden monster romance.

Like, I know this was a thing with Dracula as a whole, right? I’ve been around in this space for ages, of course I’ve seen it, but to be honest it’s never really bothered me too much because I always assumed it was just out of complete ignorance. But if you watched the 2024 Nosferatu and somehow left the theatre thinking you saw the new Coppola’s Dracula, I genuinely don’t know what to tell you.

Just because a movie prominently features sexuality doesn’t make it porn. The mention of sex doesn’t solely exist for your personal gratification. Sex and sexuality are complex and normal human subjects that deserve to be explored in media.

Nosferatu (2024) is a horror movie.

[fish-bowl-2]

That moment in your obsession with Ed Edd n Eddy where you have a hard time finding the character design remotely as ugly as some people frame it to be.

[twentyfivemiceinatrenchcoat]

forever confounded by the effect isagi has on his fanbase

[ourflagmeansgayrights]

This is a genuine innocent ask

Since ofmd is officially over, where does all the money donated go? This is not just a question for the fandom bit in general when ur raising money for a renewal but it fails.

so i mean, in general when a renewal campaign "fails" we dont usually get the showrunner saying outright "yeah the show isnt getting picked up, im sorry guys." like im pretty sure that most of the time, money that's raised for a campaign like this just gets collected and spent without there ever being an official announcement from the showrunners that fans should stop campaigning.

as far as the money that was raised for the first billboard back in january, all the money that was collected is long gone now bc it was spent on the billboard, the truck, the plane flyover, and the charity donations. and like, everyone who donated to that campaign knew that's where the money was going, and they knew there was a chance that the renewal campaign wouldn't work. so even tho the money they raised is gone, the ppl who donated technically got what they paid for.

when it comes to the second billboard, i have no idea what the plan is there. as far as im aware that fundraising effort is (was??) still ongoing, so djenks saying it's over kinda throws a wrench in that process. im not actually associated w the ppl collecting money for the second billboard, nor have i personally contributed to that campaign (or to the first campaign either, ftr), so i have no input or insight as to what's gonna happen w that money going forward. if u want more concrete info abt what's going on with that money you'd wanna ask @saveofmdcrewmates

from what i can tell tho, there are a few options as to what they could do with the money: they could ignore david's message and run the billboard as planned, they could forget the billboard and donate the money to charity, or they could run the billboard but change the messaging to something else. they might even be able to give some of the money back to the people who contributed?? that might be hard tho, idk what platform they were using to collect the money and i have no idea if they're even able to like, refund people. idk if the people who donated would even want their money back, or if they would rather the money still be used for the billboard, or be repurposed for something else. like i said, i didnt donate and i have nothing to do with the ppl raising the money so it rlly doesn't matter to me at all what happens.

[agirlking]

Coming back to DA:I and I’m reminded how weird it is how hated Solas was (is? Idk), to me he’s unquestionably the most complicated character in the game.

[idiosyncraticrednebula]

People on social media will get mad as hell and call you problematic if you enjoy a villain for being, well, a villain.

[solunecito]

Por favor baneen a los gringos de la comunidad de ortoverso por el amor Dios 😭😭😭😭🙏🙏

[ursula-legun]

that being said. big win of the day was finding a cherry tree that somebody had fucked with (park near a middle school, anything could have happened) and gathering a bit of the pitch....i mixed the pitch with some resin from a cottontree bud and shoved the gummy little ball down the split end of a downed cottontree branch...wrapped it all in fucked up cordage i made from a rotten blackberry cane...it smelled SO FUCKING GOOD. could not stop sniffing my little stick for the whole rest of the day.

[teenagefeeling]

girl sent me picture of a guy she has a date with...... im pretending he's not ugly im literally the bravest girl in the world rn

[byregot]

I have to do research on what the fnaf fandom likes to draw merch for it and goddam why did the sunmoon robots become the ones that annoying teenagers are obsessed with they are so ugly

[cruelsister-moved2]

watching sailor moon and learning about the scrapped SuperS movie script makes it so obvious ikuhara literally just thinks masculine women are really cool and understands that a lot of girls admire them and enjoy seeing masc/fem lesbian relationships lol so it makes peoples one-note analysis of utena's masculinity fall even flatter than before bc you really shouldnt be overlooking the commitment to like extremely positive portrayals of female masculinity in his work just to be like "we're ALL princes and princesses in the end!!!11!!!!!" forthe billionth time

[wickershells]

Some of you are deeply mean-spirited people. Insufferable to be around

[applescabs]

one thing you must know abt me is if there is some weird or goofy ass ugly big dude in an anime. i will be obsessed with him.

[lab-gr0wn-lambs]

Getting irrationality angry over new SpongeBob again

[seo-m-e]

not very related probably but i am literally reading a book about why/who "they" invented the sleek minimalist aesthetic rn. it was in fact not to crush the spirit of art in the common people

The second you start talking about some mysterious "they" that are controlling society in some fashion, you are engaging in dangerous conspiratorial thinking even if you're being woke about it. "They" did not institute the 40 hour work week specifically so you would be too tired to revolt. "They" did not invent the sleek minimalist aesthetic in order to crush the spirit of art in the common people. "They" are not pushing mediocre media into the mainstream in order to poison people's critical thinking skills.

Your best case scenario after that is you talk to someone who actually knows what the fuck they're talking about and you get embarrassed because you can't answer basic questions about your own ideology because you never learned anything past "the ruling class/capitalists/politicians are making things bad and if we got rid of them the bad things would all go away!"

Your worst case scenario is obviously the woo-to-fascist pipeline and you end up believing Jews are poisoning American food supplies with GMOs in order to turn us all into beta cucks, so like . . . maybe just stop blaming "them" before you fall down that route.

Obligatory round of disclaimers: Yes, sometimes people do bad things. Be specific about exactly who is doing what instead of ascribing it to some vague group of shadowy elites. Yes, sometimes things in society are bad. Learn to identify the root causes of complex social issues instead of assuming that they're actually extremely simple to fix and we're just not doing it because of some vague group of shadowy elites. Yes, minimalism isn't for everyone. Learn that some people don't share your tastes and get the fuck over it for the love of god.

[vamptastic]

y'know it's really fun genuinely knowing A Fucking Lot about my hometown whilst having everybody i talk to about local issues think im a big dumb stupid idiot because i look gay and therefore like, Woke and liberal. whatever have fun crying on facebook because you live near an apartment complex and there's no all-white schools to send your kids to. these people have literally zero grasp on reality outside of their own immediate comfort.