#SPOP Discourse
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“catra is a complex poc” fuck that. here are some ACTUAL poc animated characters who are just as, if not more complex than catra.
grace monroe (infinity train) • black american
connie maheshwaran (steven universe) • indian-american
katara (avatar the last airbender) • inuk
wolf (kipo and the age of wonderbeasts) • black american
suhara/shadowsan (carmen sandiego) • japanese
korra (the legend of korra) • inuk
jesse cosay (infinity train) • indigenous (apache)
lars barriga (steven universe) • filipino
azula (avatar the last airbender) • japanese
ryan akagi (infinity train) • japanese-canadian
luz noceda (the owl house) • afro-dominican american
(there are a lot more, so i'll be making a part 2!)
#spop critical#spop salt#spop criticism#spop discourse#spop#she ra#anti spop#the owl house#toh#infinity train#tlok#the legend of korra#korra#avatar the last airbender#atla#kipo and the age of wonderbeasts#carmen sandiego#steven universe#steven universe future
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one thing that this spop rewatch is really opening my eyes on is how hypocritical the Catra redemption discourse was back when the show was still airing. i could make a compilation of all the times Scorpia tries to murder someone in the Rebellion or Entrapta disregards basic morals to uphold her partnership with the Horde and yet they get passes in regards to their redemption while people complain about Catra not “deserving it”. and like, it’s literally only because Scorpia and Entrapta are nicer than Catra. if Catra wasn’t a huge bitch no one would be saying her redemption was rushed or undeserved. people care far more about personality than they do about actions.
#this applies to hordak too btw#the redemption discourse was just as bad with him#but he should get a separate post because his circumstances were a bit more unique than the super pal trios#spop#catra#entrapta#scorpia#kit speaks#spop discourse
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I'm sorry but I genuinely can't understand how people can look at Stolitz and Catradora and think these ships are healthy in any way, shape or form.
Stolas r*ped Blitzø. No, consent given in a life-or-death situation doesn't count
Stolas is racist towards imps, and this didn't change even when he "fell in love" with Blitzø
Stolas doesn't appreciate or respect Moxxie and Millie in the slightest (and was disappointed that his "Prince Charming" wasn't the one to rescue him)
He looks down on Blitzø and calls him things like "impish little plaything" and "his big dicked Blitzy" and doesn't stop treating him like shit even when Blitzø says loud and clear that he hates being talked down on like this (DUH)
The only thing Stolas knows about Blitzø is that he hates books and the only thing Blitzø knows about Stolas is that he's a boring bookworm. Keep in mind, the two figured this out about each other while they were kids, 25 YEARS AGO, after Blitzø was bought so that he could be Stolas' "friend" for ONE DAY
Stolas doesn't love Blitzø for Blitzø. Stolas loves the *idea* of Blitzø. The bird man wants to live a romance that is just like the romances in his cheesy novels. He wants to ride into the sunset with his one true love. He wants grand romantic gestures. He wants his "Prince Charming". Except, Blitzø isn't the type of guy for such sappy displays of affection, he never was. Especially combined with his trauma. And as soon as that other imp guy asked him to dance, Stolas not only accepted the offer, but Blitzø was no longer on his mind. And no, I don't think being drunk is proof that Stolas didn't mean what he had told Blitzø. Drunk people find it easier to say what's really on their mind after all
Blitzø fell in love with his abuser. This makes sense, actually. The guy always pushed everyone away and never got to experience true love, and now that he has the chance to be "wanted," even if the "relationship" is toxic, he finds it hard to let it go
As for Catradora, the things I wanna say about this ship have already been said throughout the years, but it all boils down to these things:
Catra mentally, emotionally and physically abused Adora
Catra had no problem ending the whole entire universe if it meant she'd finally be better than Adora
Catra was a war criminal and a fascist
Catra was responsible for what happened to Glimmer's mom and never apologized, let alone faced consequences
Their relationship was toxic even when they were kids
They were both raised by Shadow Weaver and were the only ones in the Horde who saw her as a mother figure, thus making the ship straight up incest, with even the official source material calling them sisters (adoptive siblings ARE REAL SIBLINGS!!!)
Catra got exactly what she wanted in the end (the girl she's always been obsessed with and dependent on) and, once again, faced 0 consequences for her actions
The show (and C//A stans) fetishizes abuse. As a SA survivor, I felt physically sick during the final episode, where the abuser ends up with her victim/sister and they kiss
In short, these ships are disgusting and the lgbt community deserves better representation
#i don't know which ship is worse#they're both ass#anti helluva boss#anti stolas#anti stolitz#anti vivziepop#fuck stolas#fuck vivziepop#stolas critical#stolitz critical#helluva boss critical#helluva boss criticism#spop discourse#spop critical#anti catra#anti catradora#anti spop#spop salt#anti c//a#fuck catra#tw abuse#tw incest mention#tw sa mention
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Adora if she still had scars (By: @/bravestshera)
Broke my heart :(
This one especially gave me chills
#spop critical#spop criticism#spop salt#anti spop#spop discourse#fuck catra#spop adora#adora my beloved
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What show's title is vs how it actually is
What the show's title is: She-Ra and The Princesses of Power
What the show actually is: Watch Adora get abused by Cata for 5 seasons straight then date her abuser, also FEEL BAD FOR CATRA
What the show's title is: Helluva Boss
What the show actually is: Watch a gay soap opera while the abuser gets victimized and while the victim gets demonized. Watch the victim form a trauma bond with his abuser. ALSO DON'T YOU FEEL SO BAD FOR STOLAS DONT YOU WANT HIM AND BLITZO TO DATE!?
What the show's title is: Hazbin Hotel
What the show actually is: Watch who is supposed to be the female main character get pushed to the side because men. Get introduced to a whole Lotta plotholes and rushed story telling as we stuff the plot into the last 2 episodes! Enjoy the boring/rushed/toxic romances as well!
#anti spop#spop critical#spop discourse#spop criticism#spop crit#spop salt#anti catra#anti c//a#anti catradora#antic//a#anti stolitz#fuck stolas#anti stolas#anti helluva boss#anti vivziepop#helluva boss critical#hazbin hotel critism#anti hazbin hotel#hazbin hotel criticism#hazbin hotel critique
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I wasn’t going to say anything but the take was dismal so:
“””the she ra reboot is oversexualized, it’s wrong to sexualize and homoeroticize teenagers. They should have been adults in the show”””
-the reboot is oversexualizing teenagers
Hilarious given the right wing melt down over it too being woke and ugly for *checks notes* giving She Ra shorts to wear, having muscles, and not massive boobs. Did we seriously forget the entire controversy about them not being sexy enough. Y’all. They were seething and whining.
We can have a conversation about sexualizing teenagers! That is a problem that exists, and there’s a tricky nuance to enforcing beauty standards on teens, fetishizing youth in a predatory way, and acknowledging that teens may want to explore their own sexuality and its healthy to do so. Just, I’m not convinced sexualization is happening in SPOP but sure, later outfit designs do start to show more skin. When they’re literally growing up because hey, the show covers a few years and the main cast is in the 20-21 range by the end. And even then like
If that’s the epitome of sexualization you might be a puritan.
-It is wrong to homoeroticize teenagers
Loud incorrect buzzer sound! Rumor has it teenagers can and will be gay! If your problem is with shipping fictional teenagers, say that. I can’t imagine anyone who has ever been in a fandom will agree, but at least it wouldn’t be homophobic.
-The show should have been about adults.
It’s. It’s literally about child soldiers. That’s literally what the show is about. Would it be the same if Catra was an adult? No, because her story is about an abused and traumatized teenager desperate to have enough power she can’t be hurt anymore. She is young and inexperienced and rebelling and making horrible, selfish choices and it’s so deeply tied into her age because she’s just now growing up enough to be strong and clever enough to flip the tables. Would it be the same if Adora was an adult? No, because her story is about the horror of a teenager being turned into an idol, into a weapon of war. We literally watch how that shapes her as she steps into adulthood. Would it be the same if Glimmer was an adult? No, because her arc is going from a rebellious teenager demanding to be taken seriously and have more control, to her struggling when she gets shoved into adulthood and queenhood far too young as she looses her only present parent.
No, the story about teen soldiers crumpling under the war they’ve grown up in would not be better if it was about adults, because it would HAVE to be a different story with different themes. If you want to say they shouldn’t have been hot while doing so, fine whatever, but eviscerating the core premise in order to ‘fix’ it is a disservice to the story.
#forgive me if I misremembered like a detail its been a few years but SERIOUSLY?#spop#spop discourse#catra#shera#adora#glimmer#fandom discourse#she ra and the princesses of power#something to nom on
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are we gonna talk more about how Catra literally disabled someone, Octavia, because she thought she was ugly?
and then did almost the exact same thing to Adora?
and then never apologized for either of those events, not even when she was older?
and that the show made light of Octavia being disabled because a child had a problem with her just breathing by making it a joke?
and that Catra, even as an adult, never actually seeming to understand the weight of her strength // ability, because she didn't seem to give that much of a fuck about physically scarring Adora, even in her redemption?
oh, i guess we can ignore that last bit since Nate just magically made all those scars ✨disappear.✨
#spop#she ra#spop critical#spop salt#spop criticism#spop discourse#spop adora#she ra adora#adora#adora deserved better#adora deserves better#spop catra#she ra catra#catra#anti catra#anticatra#anti catradora#anticatradora
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just leaving this here.
#also sorry for my absence! im back#im going through a lot and had to take a break from this blog#but thanks for your patience!#spop discourse#spop salt#spop critical#spop criticism#anti catradora#anti spop#anti c//a#anti c/a#spop#she ra#anti catra
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y'all, I just remembered that Bow is the youngest of thirteen. Where did the other twelve go? Even when the world is quite literally ending, Bow shows no concern for or even mentions his brothers. His fathers don't mention them either. Not a single one.
What's the point of giving him siblings, especially that many, and not including them in the story some way. Especially in situations where it makes sense.
They could have easily made Bow's backstory involve these characters. In my rewrite, I plan(?) on having Bow have an older brother (only one because thirteen kids are way too many) who was killed by the Horde. This is the reason why he insists on fighting in the war. It is also the reason why his fathers are so against him being involved.
They could have easily added something like this in the reboot. Bow literally said in the second episode that "everyone has lost someone to the Horde."
Who did he lose? Where are his brothers? Are they okay? Does he not have a close relationship with them? I guess we'll never know.
#spop discourse#spop critical#spop salt#anti spop#bad writing#she ra#spop#shera critical#bow#bow she ra#bow spop
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Not fanart unfortunately, but still blog-related (with my amateurish skills in editing):
The original artist and stans find it funny, but me? My face is 😳😨😱 since I found it to be prophetic.
Sorry for making you see it like Tumblr did to me (again) 😞😭.
please don't harass the artist of this fanart!
yeah, i don't it hard to believe that fans find it cute. the original scene with frozone and his wife was funny because firstly, it was a one-off scene and doesn't imply any abusive relationship between them.
and secondly, because the whole theme of the movie was about superheroes trying and failing to live a normal life. frozone's wife has the right to be upset about him cancelling dinner night to go help out mr incredible because this wasn't the first time and she probably just wanted a peaceful life with her husband.
but applying this to catra and adora doesn't work because catra isn't some harmless civilian who is just trying to live a normal life, she's an ex-war criminal who actively participated in the war and contributed to adora's savior complex. she has no right to tell adora to prioritize her over the safety of etheria when she was part of the reason why etheria needed saving.
#i already know a bunch of people are gonna be like ��it's just a comic chill out”#i just like to talk about stuff that's it#spop critical#spop salt#spop#spop discourse#spop criticism#she ra#anti spop#anti catradora#anti c//a#anti stans
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Please don't attack this person.
Can C//A stop insulting Glimdora? Please???
#spop discourse#anti c//a#anti catradora#anti spop#anti catra#anti stans#spop criticism#spop critical#the fuck is with the caption???
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People are so desperate for LGBT representation, (specifically gay and lesbian couples), that they're willing to accept literally any homosexual ship regardless of the concerning elements.
Let's see, we have ass ships like
1)Stolitz - Stolas is an abuser, a r*pist, a racist man who has so many powers yet is emotionally fragile, passive and wimpy, a man who victimizes himself over and over, a man who emotionally neglects the child who desperately needs him for his sexual fantasies with his victim, a man who is the creator's pet, a man whose actions aren't wrong according to the writers, a man who can just blame everyone else around him but himself with no consequences
2) Catradora - Catra is an abuser too, but was treated like a cute kitty cat in s5 despite having done atrocious things, she was instantly forgiven with no consequences, and she ended up dating her sister and the biggest victim of her abuse
3) Huskerdust - I haven't talked about this one so far, but Angel sexually harassed Husk and never apologized, Husk himself sang "Loser, Baby" and as a SA survivor I felt like he was trying to say this to Angel: "Oh, you've hit rock bottom because of SA? It's your fault lol, accept that you're a whiny bitch and a loser even tho the problem is extremely serious and out of your control and just suck it up, I'm a loser too despite not going through the same thing you have, you're not alone in being a loser BUT YOU ARE STILL A LOSER BABYYY A LOOOSER" Like, ik the message was supposed to be how we're not alone in our struggles and how there's always someone who will understand and make us feel less alone, but the way this was handled rubbed me the wrong way. Also, I'm not sure whether or not to mention this as well (screw it, I will), but Husk is described as "the old bartender," his voice sounds like it belongs to an old dude too, and he apparently died when he was like, 70, while Angel died in his 30's. I'm not gonna calculate their ages based on how it works in Hell because personally I feel like it doesn't matter. What matters is how old they were when they were alive. But however you decide to look at their ages, it's not just the implied enormous age gap that bothers me, no... it's more so the difference in maturity between Husk and Angel. Husk is described as a dude who has seen and experienced a lot of stuff. On the other hand, Angel is clearly immature and there is this weird... emotional imbalance between them? It's like a mentor dating his apprentice, at least that's how I see it. I'm not saying dating someone who's 40 years older than you is morally wrong (if you're both adults) but IT IS WEIRD imo, especially since Angel & Husk are not on the same page when it comes to life experience and maturity. Oh yeah, I also don't think Angel should be in any kind of romantic relationship... for his own good
#anti helluva boss#anti stolas#fuck stolas#anti vivziepop#fuck vivziepop#helluva boss critical#anti stolitz#helluva critical#stolas critical#helluva boss criticism#anti hazbin hotel#hazbin hotel criticism#hazbin hotel critical#hazbin hotel critique#anti huskerdust#spop criticism#anti spop#anti catra#spop salt#spop discourse#fuck catra#tw sa mention#tw sa#tw abuse#tw incest mention
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C//A stans: Omg, Adora is such a ditz! She didn't even know she was GAY before her and Catra kissed 😂
Literally Adora every other episode:
#spop critique#spop critical#spop discourse#anti spop#spop criticism#spop salt#adora my beloved#adora deserved better#i know what you are#anti catradora#anti c//a#glimmadora
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Pffft what are you guys talking about? Catra and Adora never got together at the end of spop. Catra apologized to Adora and Adora didn't forgive her and Catra decided to go back to the Crimson Wastes. You guys are insane.
#anti spop#spop discourse#spop criticism#spop crit#spop salt#anti catra#anti c//a#anti catradora#antic//a#spop critical
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It’s done
I finally present… my spop season 5 review!
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This is the first time I’ve ever done something like this so feedback would be highly appreciated and help me on future projects
@spop-romanticizes-abuse @spopsalt @anti-spop @anti-catradora-collection @antispopausandstuff @my-nitpicking-self
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one thing i really hate about the stan community is that they spread this idea that "pretty victims" are invalid or not serious enough to be considered true victims.
if you don't know what "pretty victims" are, they're essentially akin to damsels ( any gender ) in distress or Disney princesses ( for example, Cinderella ), or something along those lines.
all victims are valid. all victims are real. all victims deserve to have support for their mental, physical, and emotional health.
people call Adora a "pretty victim" to justify diminishing her suffering, and they're just pushing the idea that this 'category' of victims either doesn't exist, are an impossible standard, or don't matter.
stop doing that. you're doing more harm than good. and if you don't stop, i hope you feel shame for the rest of your life.
#spop#she ra#spop salt#spop critical#spop criticism#spop discourse#spop fandom#spop adora#she ra adora#adora#adora deserves better#adora deserved better#anti catra#anticatra#anti catradora#anticatradora#anti fandom
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