#Ladd Ehlinger couldn't talk about the politics in the book because to do so would be to attack his own views

[walks-the-ages]

its always incessant funny when media stans see a fandom critiquing the horrid racist, transphobic shit in a media or its creator and they react to this by making a blog "dedicated to celebrating x media or character" and then the entire blog is literally....... nothing but them complaining about people who critique their favorite media.

It was excruciatingly funny to see the one stan realize, in real time, exactly what they were doing when I pointed this out to them lol.

Like, do you really love that media, or do you just hate people who see the flaws in it and aren't afraid to talk about it?

If you have to make an entire sideblog dedicated to hating on people pointing out the bigotry in your media or media creator instead of actually celebrating what you genuinely like about that media..... what, exactly, are you doing?

You might wanna take a step back and actually see if what you're doing is actually something worthwhile.

Is your "[media]enjoyer" sideblog going to actually talk about what you personally find enjoyable in the film and celebrate the fandom, or are you just going to lie about and complain about people in the fandom talking about the creator's racism and transphobia?

[walks-the-ages]

anyways gonna make it is own post, too.

You wanna know some themes that are in the 2007 flatland movie?

here's a theme for you about the 2007 flatland movie:

it's fearmongering in the background about vauge enemies in the East or whatever is literally just an example of Ladd Ehlingers xenophobia and militant racism at work!

He views all enemies as having to come from somewhere Outside and Different to himself.

the government of flatland might be bad but "GET A LOAD OF THOSE SCARY FOREIGNERS AM I RIGHT?"

The creator couldn't talk about the politics in the book because to do so would be to attack his own views, so to him they don't exist, and women's biggest enemies is themselves instead of the patriarchy!

Women will literally eat themselves alive out of existence because they're simply 'crazy hysterical women', because to talk about the life of extreme oppression and disdain that would lead to a woman snapping and killing the family that sees her as a shameful object to be feared but not respected is too much like actually talking about systemic oppression and misogyny.

Of course A Sphere is a walking absurdist asshole who murders random protestors without blinking an eye and tortures A Square for fun; to portray him true to his actual source material self as a kind, patient teacher with his own flaws would be Too Deep and wouldn't let you view A Square, the raging racist and misogynist as a poor little meow meow in comparison, now would it?

And of course, the entire film must be absurdist humor, because the alt right calling card is "Its just a joke, lighten up!"

If its ""just"" a haha-funny-movie, then no one should be allowed to criticize it or its creator, because it's all just absurdist humor, "don't look any deeper into the creators politics haha, its just a funny movie haha, can't you take a joke? Are we not allowed to make jokes these days anymore?" etc.

A Sphere can't be a kind, patient mentor trying his best, because that would mean that people who are Higher Up don't look down on The People Below Them; he must be a random absurdist asshole who tortures and kills people without batting an eye because he must be on the same level as the creator and his ilk; to make him kind would mean that A Square and his beliefs and behaviors are wrong and need to be corrected, and if A Square is a racist, ableist queerphobe like he is in the source material.... that would mean that those things are wrong, and you can't preach that when you genuinely believe in so many racist anti-Black and queerphobic conspiracy theories that Republicans had to disavow you and the ad you made in direct support of them because you're so incredibly racist even the top racists were embarassed to be seen with you in public.