#I'm not gonna act like I'm exempt from biases

[gxlden-angels]

I don't know entirely how to explain this, but I think an important part of healing from religious trauma is learning about substance use disorders and shifting your views on drugs to neutral

[skaruresonic]

Man, if I had a nickel every time I've heard the word "disgusting" slung around in posts like this, I'd have enough to buy a smoothie.

Besides, Mom said it was my turn on the brain cell today. Quit hogging all the hivemind juice, guys.

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But i want y'all to put this into perspective, his work is LEAGUES above the shit we've gotten for the past 10 years.

Why do you act like that's an objective fact? What if someone disagrees with your assessment? What if someone finds it worse than the "shit we've gotten for the past 10 years"? Are you going to "nuh-uh" them into submission?

People are not going to agree with things you'd consider universal truths. That's okay.

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All of these games' stories were either mid to dogshit, at least people can somewhat agree that yeah, Frontiers is better than them. Is the story perfect? No, OF COURSE NOT!

So like, how much am I allowed to complain? Is it acceptable if I attribute it to Kishimoto instead? Because bad writing is bad writing.

My problems with Frontiers stem from overall gripes with story, characterization, pace, art direction, voice acting, marketing, tell don't show, reference overload, and reasons for existing, to name a few things.

Of that list, Flynn's involvement is only a portion, a very small portion at that. It's symptomatic of a larger problem, but not the only one.

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He helped write Frontiers, Archie comics, IDW which has some cool stuff in it, Shadow Generations AND Dark Beginnings. This man has a better track record and actually LIKES THE SOURCE MATERIAL HE WRITES!!!!!!!!!

>>don't like Frontiers >>slowly grew to dislike Archie as I read more >>same for IDW - I literally only read it when I'm so bored that it has to be better than watching paint dry. it brings me exactly 0 enjoyment as a piece of media >>haven't played SxS Gens but not happy with the few glimpses I have seen so far >>Dark Beginnings is cool mostly because I have my Shadria ship goggles strapped on too tight, but even that is not exempt from its moments of :L ...I only like about maybe one out of those five examples you listed, and even that like was fueled by me being a shipper while ignoring other problems. Much peak, many wow.

Anyway, he likes Archie. His actual thoughts on the games seem far less enthusiastic, especially given how often he denigrates games characters (Amy is "all over the place," Eggman "never, ever has a solid plan," he's frustrated that Shadow "isn't a conversationalist"); he's referred to Archie as the "sacred texts" while saying he's "made an effort" to track down and play as many Sonic games as he can, as if the latter is a chore and the former is a passion.

Of course he's not going to say he thinks the games are dumb but that doesn't mean the underlying insinuation that he thinks they need to be improved isn't there. It'd just be bad PR to say that about stuff you're working on.

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YOU WANT HIM AROUND!! IF SEGA LISTENS TO SOME OF YOU AND HIRES SOME RANDOM WRITER IT'S GONNA BE YOUR FAULT AND YOU'RE GONNA START MISSING HIM! 100000%

if Sega listened to me, we'd have the Advance games ported to the Switch by now :v

Okay... but, and I say this not to be combative, what if I don't? What if I want somebody else to take a crack at it because at this point it sounds like he's really tired of writing for the franchise, and in some cases warping canon to fit his fanon?

Like, you guys are assuming whoever takes the reins next will be Pontaff-tier disasters when that's just not a given. Maybe they will be worse, or maybe they will be better, or maybe they will present a different set of plus and minuses just like every other writer. Sometimes, it can be good to have new blood working on the IP because they can offer fresh perspectives not colored by their own biases as a fan.

Did Pontaff mess up various characters? Depends on who you ask. Their Eggman was pretty good, though. They weren't perfect, but at least they didn't push to straight-up alter established canon because they liked their fanon better.

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Ian Flynn is a fucking human being that has a developing craft and he can take criticism to improve his work,

You speak of him as if he's a fanfic writer posting to AO3 for free and not a professional being paid cash money for his work.

Also, I know he's a human being. Not sure what you're trying to imply here, but it's not like I've ever talked to the guy since I've got a staunch no-contact policy with IDW staff. Meaning he shouldn't be looking at my blog for criticism anyhow.

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he is NOT on the same fucking tier as the previous game writers and localizers.

Why is it that his authority is so selective that his word on the series is to be taken as practically as good as ST's, but when it comes to his mistakes, he's Just a Guy(tm) we shouldn't criticize?

Plus, he's been writing for the series in some capacity for close to 20 years at this point, and he keeps making the same mistakes over and over again. You'd think he'd understand that Shadow isn't a conversationalist by now.

The amount of hate Ian Flynn gets in the Sonic community due to some YouTubers criticizing his work, is actually fucking psychotic and kind of disgusting to be honest. You guys can be a real hive mind sometimes.

Now look, is his work perfect? No, no writer is PERFECT! NOTHING CAN BE PERFECT! Are some of the callbacks forced? YES! MHM! AGREED!

But i want y'all to put this into perspective, his work is LEAGUES above the shit we've gotten for the past 10 years. Colours is mid, Generations is bleh, Lost World SUCKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Forces was LAUGHABLE!!! All of these games' stories were either mid to dogshit, at least people can somewhat agree that yeah, Frontiers is better than them. Is the story perfect? No, OF COURSE NOT! Ian Flynn is a fucking human being that has a developing craft and he can take criticism to improve his work, he is NOT on the same fucking tier as the previous game writers and localizers.

He helped write Frontiers, Archie comics, IDW which has some cool stuff in it, Shadow Generations AND Dark Beginnings. This man has a better track record and actually LIKES THE SOURCE MATERIAL HE WRITES!!!!!!!!!

YOU WANT HIM AROUND!! IF SEGA LISTENS TO SOME OF YOU AND HIRES SOME RANDOM WRITER IT'S GONNA BE YOUR FAULT AND YOU'RE GONNA START MISSING HIM! 100000%

GOODNESS! Get it together Sonic community, fucking hell.

[papirouge]

Genuine question. Why is it good that Depp won? I heard he was also very abusive and that this trial wasn’t even over abuse, but over her saying she was abused (without saying it was him). But I admit I haven’t cared enough to research this. Is there something I’m missing?

I wouldn't say it's "good" but...I'm not surprised by the outcome. Beside hysterical radfem and pro Amber echo chambers, it was acknowledged that many elements of her evidence didn't add up which weakened her defense. So I guess it's...."fair"(?)

It's important to note that this trial was a defamation case, so in no way does it say that Depp is "innocent", just that Heard lied in her claims, hence defamation. Nothing more, nothing less. It doesn't say whether Heard or Depp never been abusive. There's this twitter post floating around saying people "fought for her to not being able to speak about this abuse" and that there was nothing positive to it, but such statement is willingly misguiding, because speaking about one's abuse and defamation aren't the same thing. Just because one has been abused doesn't mean they can say anything without consequence. That's why projecting this trial onto every DV victim is lowkey manipulative too, because not every DV victim is gonna put out her case out in the open in a tabloid magazine for the whole world to see - taking the risk of getting their butt bite back by the justice. This whole narrative is straight up femdoompiller fearmonger propaganda at this point. ....Not surprising from radfem with a complex of martyrdom.

It's funny to see how both side are equally pissed at the idea of "mutual abuse" btw lol Especially Heard defenders. Is it still "trauma defense" when you're actively pursuing your abuser to humiliate them?🤔 threatening to harm yourself if they leave you?🤔 gaslighting them that you didn't "beat", but just "hit"them?🤔 A handful of cherry-picked "specialists" saying "mutual abuse is a myth" doesn't absolve the fact that harming someone out of retaliation shouldn't be exempt of legal consequences. A crime is a crime. Period. This black and white thinking of what defines a victim (=a victim cannot lie and/or should have to bear with the consequences of their acts) is appaling.... You can be a VICTIM of defamation while being an abuser. You can be a victim of DV while being yourself abusive. I don't understand why it's so hard to grasp for both Depp & Heard stans. The parallelism between them is quite fascinating too - I already said how pro Amber arguments could be used by Depp stans against Heard (guilt by association, "being violent doesn't mean you're an abuser"/tRauMa deFeNsE, victim shaming, "you only defend her because she's hot and famous!!", character trial (drug addiction), history of abuse with exes, or "i refuse to trust the trial because a/b/c" ok Stacie, then don't be shook when people defend convicted abusers because they refuse to believe the sentence too🙄. SEE?? that's how you know these people don't use their brain and only biased emotionalism. That's why their defense is so flawed. Never use talking points that your enemy will use against you!!

Both pro Depp and pro Heard behaved horribly anyway. But radfem truly showed they ugly butt by behaving so horribly with girls just bc they sided with Depp, calling their names and all. They delude themselves into thinking they're on the right side of History by white knighting a female celebrity they never met or interacted with out of #femalesolidarity but they're right there bullying girls next door on the regular..... Harrassing young girls will never NOT be disgusting. NO ONE care if you standed with Monica Lewisnki Britney or Heard since day 1 if you can't behave like a decent human being with girls you interact with just because you dislike their opinion. Stop acting like you were a paragon of virtue and #feminism when you're out there SENDING DEATH THREAT to YOUNG GIRLS. You have literally no room to look down on TikToker joking about being aroused by Heard's abuse while wishing girls to be abused like Depp did to Amber. You are vile and disgusting, and the only thing History will remember is your own toxicity. Do better and stop telling girl to kill themselves just because you're pissy about a trial.

Good for Heard for appealing though. If she's been abused she deserves justice, hopefully she gets better evidence and her story straight. This trial surely humbled her and I wish she'll finally get peace ; no one deserves what she had to bear with (yes, even if she's an abuser). I wish Depp to fight his demons, stop the drugs, get to God and rebuke Marilyn Manson in the name of Jesus. Amen.