#bad media takes

[sjbattleangel]

Double D facts book: When we said "Be critical of the media you love"... we didn't mean "nitpick and tear it to shreds" to the point of seeing things that aren't there such as "pro-status quo Neoliberalism" or "Nazi apologia".

[shallow-life]

Lily's the Princess and Frog video:

Lily: the movie doesn't need the Shadow man.

Me: Why? How?

Lily: Tiana is amazing but the plot keeps telling her give up her dreams and to settle down and have babies

Me: I thought her character arch was that while her hard work to achieve her and Father's dream is something to admire , Tiana needs to have a life outside of work?

You know the opposite of Naveen's arch which is not doing the hard work isn't going to get you what you want?

Lily: the only ppl who support her are Neveen and Lottie. Literally everyone is telling her to get married and have babies

Me: ...pretty sure her mother was supportive too. Just wanted Tiana to have life outside of work?

no other character is telling her to give up her dreams. Just that that can't be all to her life.

Lily: *gushes how cute Tiana and Neveen are*

Me:

Yes. Yes they are.

Lily: the shadow man is only there cause Disney tropes.

Me: again, you say the plot doesn't need him. But haven't made any suggestions on how the film could improved without him.

Lily: Lottie could be in love with Tianna. But I see them as friends.

Me:

...still not answering your orginal question

Lily: Disney could remake Princess and the Frog without the shadow man.

Me: ...how?

Lily: the first Disney live action that completely did it's own thing was Maleficent - and it's the best film Disney's made!

Me: ok, ignoring the "best film Disney ever made" thing...pretty sure the Jungle Book (1994) was the first Live action adaptation Disney did...and it didn't follow the 1961 cartoon.

You're also going to ignore the 1996 adaptation of 101 Dalmatians? Which while having lines form the cartoon, still did its own thing?

Come to think of it, Tim Burton's version of Alice in Wonderland (2010) was the start of the new wave of live action remakes. Again, it did it's own thing outside the cartoon.

...you really don't do any sort of research don't you?

Lily: The Princess and the Frog has deeply mysoginstic themes

Me:

....You're saying this again? I don't think you understood the message of the film.

Like at all.

Lily: I just want fluff romance (shameless plug of TSR) and the princess and the frog could work as fluffy Romance without the Shadow man

Me: you still haven't answered how the film could be improved by his removal. Beyond more romance fluff.

Lily: that's all BYE!!!

Me:

[wanologic]

sorry danny, sam will never think you’re cool

[secondbeatsongs]

for anyone too young to know this: watching The Truman Show is a vastly different experience now, compared to how it was before youtube and social media influencers became normal

before it was like, "what a horrifying thing to do to a human being! to take away their autonomy and privacy, all for the sake of profits! to create fake scenarios for them to react to, just to retain viewership! to ruin their happiness just so some corporate entity could harvest money from their very humanity! how could anyone do something so evil?"

and now it's like, "ah, yeah. this is still deeply fucked up, but it's pretty much what every influencer has been doing to their kids for a decade now. probably bad that we've normalized this experience"

[ruporas]

trigunned the hades or hadesed the trigun (id in alt)

[cringefailvox]

guys i thought we understood that stolas' disparaging language about blitz during the trial wasn't a reflection of his real feelings right. like we knew he was putting on an act for the court and playing up a version of blitz they'd be more likely to believe because they're already biased against imps, right. we know stolas doesn't actually look down on blitz right. we know he's heartbroken, not resentful, right. RIGHT

[arcanegifs]

ARCANE LEAGUE OF LEGENDS: 1x08 - "Oil and Water"

[fairy-bard]

i’ve been loving watching critical role recently if for no other reason than because i get to watch a decent portion of viewers actively falling for cult tactics lmao

a forbes article describes cult tactics as when cult leaders “censor dissenting viewpoints, promote a distorted narrative and use relentless repetition and peer pressure”

ludinus needing to monologue at everyone he meets. cherry picking what information to let people know (ie the orb). showing popular world leaders (gods?) at their absolute worst as a means to win over the vulnerable. creating dissent between cult prospects and the people who they’re close to outside the cult. doesn’t take no for an answer. repeating his points over and over, in whatever context he thinks will be most persuasive. targeting people who’ve lost everything. convincing people that they’re special

matt is a genius.

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

Remember: The burning sensation is part of the process.

[heymacy]

IAN GALLAGHER + his journey with bipolar disorder

╰┈➤ “At times, being bipolar can be an all-consuming challenge, requiring a lot of stamina and even more courage, so if you’re living with this illness and functioning at all, it’s something to be proud of, not ashamed of." - Carrie Fisher

[lilybug-02]

What drawing for 16 days strait does to a mf

[frogsare-friends]

"war on palestine" "war on gaza" "israel palestine war" "israel palestine conflict" actually it's none of those things, it's a genocide and an ethnic cleansing, hope this helps!!

[luminique]

besides spending quiet time together in lumina square, i think dragging lighter to fun places to take his mind off things is something else that he secretly enjoys.

you don’t have to have a set plan with him. i think he’d enjoy going with the flow of things as long as it’s with you. watching movies at gravity cinema, eating hot pot together, getting teamilk before doing some shopping for the girls.

there are tons of shops there and lots of things to do. recently, teens in the area have been raving about a new photobooth place in lumina square. it gets really busy during the weekends but lucky for the both of you, it was a relatively chill weekday. it was a normal shop that had a few photobooths and many funny accessories.

you both chose some accessories for yourselves (more like you chose and lighter hesitantly agreed). a pair of heart sunglasses, cat and dog ear headbands, and a huge bangboo plushie. he personally would never do something like this alone but seeing you be so indecisive on which accessories to pick did entertain him.

you walked into one of the booths, the screen displaying clear instructions to make sure you knew where to stand and how to take a photo. lighter was a little awkward at first, he’s not the kind to be good at photos, let alone pose for one intentionally. you decided to wear the heart sunglasses first, thinking that it’d match perfectly with lighter’s usual shades. a middle finger pulling down the shades a little as you looked at the camera and he couldn’t help but laugh at your attempt to imitate him.

he did the same pose as you, wanting to show who the true undefeated champion was. backs toward each other, the camera’s shutter goes off and the first picture was taken. that helped him relax a little, not feeling as nervous or awkward as before. until you wore the headband however….

a fluffy cat ear headband was now on your head as you happily held out the dog ear ones to him. “do i really have to…?” he asked you as he hesitated taking it from you. “mhm! and i’m putting it on you,” you chirped, so eager to have him wear something completely opposite to his cool guy image.

he let out a quiet sigh of defeat. he can’t argue with you to be honest, not when you’re beaming with excitement for him to wear it. he bent down a little, letting you place it on his head. he looked at the display, seeing his reflection in it and immediately turns red. you can see the blush on his face and it was the perfect opportunity for the next photo.

two more photos left. you could almost reach your arms around the big bangboo plushie, lighter followed suit and hugged it too. his hand brushed against your arm as he buried his face into the plushie to hide his embarrassment. you seemed to be having fun though, your laugh becoming a familiar sound followed by the camera shutter.

it’s the final photo, you had to make the most of it. no accessories this time, you wanted to capture a natural moment between the both of you. “finally, just one more,” lighter thought to himself, completely unaware of what plans you had. he was unsure of how to pose, since there was no props now.

you got closer to him, wanting to do a pose that had your faces close to each other. holding his hand in yours, you clicked the button on the screen. he knew his eyes should be on the camera but it was focused on the display, on you specifically. your smile, the way your eyes also showed that happiness. this was fun, you looked cute and he’d only try it again if it was wi-

3, 2, 1, click!

the last picture was taken. just before it did, you turned your face towards him, giving a kiss on his cheek. it was captured perfectly, the surprise on his face was evident even though his sunglasses hid the blush behind them. his mind went blank, not realizing that you were picking up the accessories to return them. the screen instructed you to not leave anything behind and to take the photos outside of the machine. “lighter? hello?” you waved your hand in front of him, he quickly snapped out of it and followed you out of the booth.

two strips of pictures were printed out, all of the photos came out exactly the way you wanted them to. you gave him the other strip and he examined the pictures carefully. he looked like a flustered mess in all of them except the first one. he can’t let anyone see this, especially that last one… but you looked perfect. maybe he shouldn’t fuss over it, instead enjoy the fact that he got to spend time with you. a picture perfect memory he could always look back on when he misses you.

[prokopetz]

You know you've stumbled into one of Those Fandoms when a prosaically straightforward reading of information the text is explicitly giving you is considered a "bad take".

[hotpinkrathian]

I am so upset (not) at LoK for making women muscular I will never get over it 😤

Also, the audacity to say the LoK women are less sexy than the ATLA women is WILD considering the Atla girls are minors

[nightskyfoxyy]

I remember seeing someone claim she "hates kids" a while back. Yeah sure thats probably why Lyana came running to hug her and yell "Auntie Phee!!!!! :D" the moment she landed and Omega thinks shes the coolest around lmao.

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