#but better than no rep at all

[ilynpilled]

genuinely find it insufferable when ppl conflate any minority receiving the same dark attributes that any other dimensional character could get (god forbid any are written to be a villain or antagonist), especially when it is written as largely informed by their experiences in their society to highlight flaws in the dehumanization faced by these groups, with “this is a stereotype!!” and “we are being told disabled ppl are evil bc they are disabled!” i think u guys might just be uncomfortable with these underrepresented groups being written as human beings affected by their experiences and offered the same level of complexity and intrigue and diversity of roles that everybody else gets regularly

[blamemma]

I'm sick of dirlies on twitter constantly bullying Daniel and mocking him for not doing what they want. They constantly moan about him when they should just shut up and move on and not be fans of him anymore.

idk man sometimes i feel like i'm beating a dead fucking horse, but you do choose what u see on the internet. log off of twitter, unfollow people, block people, etc etc. i get it. i get both sides. i firmly sit on the daniel please make a phone call get in a car do something side. so firmly on that side. i miss that part of him. playing hide and seek of tryna find fan photos of him is fine for a month or two in winter break, but this permanently. can't and won't do it. i need those smile lines in HD. i need a shot of his beard so close up in 4k i'm analysing it for grey hairs. i simply do not think people are evil for wanting that back. i dont think people are wrong for expressing they want some semblance of racer daniel back. as for many people, that is who they fell in love with. its a weird time being a daniel fan, and i do think some people sit more firmly, and are more direct with how they feel than others. for me, daniel's never going to see what we all say lbr. he's drinking beers on his farm, eating brunch and riding dirtbikes. i'm pretty sure he doesn't run any of his own social media at the moment. he's not gunna see if anyones having a bitch really. i think if we get to the point where we're like "you can't say this, you can't say that blah blah blah etc etc." then we're just out here running a cult. i dont agree with everyone, i dont agree with all the opinions on daniel some people have, but i personally feel i try and act with empathy most of the time. he's an unemployed loser, but he's my unemployed loser ya know. i think a lot of people, myself included are struggling to define what they are a fan of now. made it pretty fucking clear over the years i dont love enchante, and a wine drop is great and fun and we'll get some nice pics from it, but that's nothing to be a "fan" of. if daniel doesn't do anyythingggg, whether that be sport related or commercial related, will i still be here in a few months time....i doubt it to be honest. because what is there to support? i get peoples confusion, i get peoples anger, that was me at one point, i was so fucking angry, somedays i still am but thankfully i've got wonderful friends who will let me right 10,000 essays in their messages of me ranting. i just dont think we get anywhere by being mean to people. idkidkidk

[if-loki-was-a-fox]

it's always a little frustrating to me when aroallo people don't understand or care about asexuality

I know that aroallo-ness has it's own struggles, amatanormativity and heteronormativity hate us all in unique and intersecting ways and it definitely sucks for aroallo folk (especially with how I've seen plenty of people talk about how they get the least explicit canon rep in fiction out of all the aro/ace combos) ...but sometimes it feels like a lot of aroallo people start taking that frustration out on aroace/ace-ness, instead of amatanormativity/heteronormativity and the aphobic/uncaring allo folk who enforce it. Y'know, the people who actually dislike aromanticism and asexuality, and who really don't give a shit about nuanced and varied aro rep.

(presumably there's also alloace people out there who are the same about aromanticism too -- I'm just talking about aroallo people because that's what I have personally been seeing, and I don't want to just make shit up about the alloaces.)

[unmotivatedwrit3r]

PSA that people need to stop spelling Damian’s name “Damien,” especially if you’re up in arms about him being whitewashed

Now I will say that I’m not fluent by any means in Arabic, but I have begun studying it to bring myself closer to my culture, and am thus now very familiar with the alphabet. And by learning the alphabet, I have learned that there is no “eh” sound in it, much less a vowel that directly translates to “e” when anglicized. The vowels in the Arabic alphabet are primarily “a,” “o/u,” and “i,” so it needs to be spelled Damian to be an accurate translation

In Arabic, it’s spelt داميان

That is to say: the letters d, aa, m, ii, aa, n

Hence, Damian

I would also like to ask that people please don’t equate being pale with whitewashing. I’m as Arab as Damian is but my family is on the paler side (edit: even with strong olive undertones and other ‘traditional’ features). And we’re still Arab

[bohemian-nights]

your attitude towards Black queer women is nasty and there's nothing stereotypical about a Black (possibly) lesbian character. on top of that, yall was on here the other day talm bout some "taking stuff from black men" but who woulda been seated for a yet another Black man chasing after a yt woman anyway and tryna use sex to control her??? franchaela are going to have a happy ending even if a little bit unconventional (we literally don't know how bridgerton's societal landscape will change by then) but what's the difference between them already living out quiet lives away from the ton and.....continuing to do that? it wouldn't be out of shame but out of what they want while it just so happens to protect them? what exactly would be different than what benophie woulda had to do??? who also had to go to the country to limit the risk of folks inquiring about sophie. it's the same thing and yet your issue seems to be that it's not a Black woman with a white man who harassed her to be his mistress and refused to see her as anything but that. i have no doubt the show will change that part of their dynamic but that seems to be something you want to stay in tact and you need to unpack that cause it's pathetic. you should want better.

They aren’t going to change shit because their MO isn’t to uplift Black women of any kind. So what you really want me to do is cheer on what will be a promiscuous Black woman chasing after or romancing a married white woman(her cousin-in-law) who will have to end up hiding out in the country for the rest of her life to escape persecution. You want me to pretend like it’s somehow the same/a better story than a Black woman being chased after, who gets the marriage, the adoring spouse, the children, doesn’t have to live in hiding or else she’ll be jailed, etc.

You don't care that they also ruined a Black man’s image too? Fine, but this isn't being done for us. We keep getting handed the “unconventional” which is why our image is always a fucking mess in the media.

If you want to play stupid play stupid, but I'm not playing dumb with you.

I’m not happy that they made Marina half-Black when they know she has to die to give Eloise a happily ever after. I’m not happy that they had Lady Danbury get raped every five seconds in Queen Charlotte and tried to play it off for laughs. Or that she remained alone with her children hating her. I wont even mention Guinevere, who is only there either to be a sexual experimentation or a side kick to the non-Blacks. Not to mention she like Lady Danbury is just another iteration of the strong independent woman who doesn’t need a man.

Alice is another side character so I'm not happy that the best we’ll get in terms of a Black-ish main character is Queen Charlotte who unlike the Bridgertons doesn't exactly have a fully functioning marriage. Lastly I’m not happy that they pulled this stunt after pulling the other fifty eleven stunts when it comes to their Blackish female characters. They do the bar minimum and give us the worst shit so no I’m not going to pretend like it’s all hunky dory.

I’m absolutely disgusted by the treatment we have received by this show. I’m tired of the disrespect. It’s one thing to add drama it’s another to add unnecessary trauma which is all they have given us.

I’m sorry, but it should tell you everything that they refuse to show a Black woman in a loving relationship with a man where shes desired and wanted. Every woman is afforded that but us? No ma’am I’m not falling for this bs.

Sophie should've been Black and this character they've created should’ve stayed in the rough drafts. No ifs ands or buts about it.

Actually read the books and pay attention to this show rather than listening to a bunch of psychotic racist ass non-Black women who are trying to sell you shit on a platter cause they don’t really give a damn since they have and will continue to get theirs.

[cosmicredcadet]

listen when we say we need aroace rep - we MEAN we need AROACE REP. becuze shock of all shocks, a character being just ACE is not aroace rep! same with a character being just aro is not aroace rep. not all aroace ppl see their aro and ace identities as separate.

I for one, find it difficult to separate my aro and ace identities from each other which is why i am AROACE and not aro and ace. A character being only ace is not representing me. I do not feel represented by only an ace character. they are not even half representing me because my asexuality goes hand in hand with my aromantisism. and Ace character is not half representing aroace people. I'm sorry but i do not relate to the alloace experience because i am not alloace. so a character being only ace is not relatable to me because they are not aroace. the same goes for if a character was only aro or aroallo.

Now before anyone decides to misinterpret this post to hell and back I'm not saying that aroallo or alloace rep is bad or shouldn't exist. I'm saying stop throwing aroace rep under the bus because "Actually we need more just aro/just ace rep" as if that somehow solves the issue of aroace rep being nonexistent.

[nocontexttmbg]

can i be brave and say tmbw song ranking is insane. the top ten is exactly what you'd expect but their actual genuine masterpieces are at spots 100+

[ballsalsda]

Why havent i seen anyone talk about how fucking bad the ADHD rep in pjo is

[xazz]

No pun intended but what Ashton did is probably the hottest thing any of the cast has done all campaign.

Absolute punk 'fuck you DM I will put the other primordial shard inside of me' energy

ALSO THE KISS!? EXCUSE ME!?

[shikai-the-storyteller]

Rewatching JJK 😔✌️

[katyspersonal]

[cryptosexologist]

shoutouts to the psychedelic weapons bit from The Holy Mountain for basically already existing in a much less entergaging form

this is just 4 more crazy nights and a shamash away from being a menorah gun. we can get there. the shamash being the handle or trigger or hammer would also fuck severely on a symbolic & thematic level

[cheriboms]

NO FREAKING WAY VIKTOR IS CONFIRMED ACE I CALLED THAT SHT IN 2021 !!!!!!!!!!!! WE STAY WINNING :D