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I do think Blazing Saddles handled its one depiction of native americans very poorly, and the full extent of its representation of chinese workers on the railroad is they were literally just there. not even one single speaking line. unclear if this is worse or better than the redface.
it's fucking phenomenal at lampooning antiblack racism though. extremely blatant, extremely funny satire, which is constantly and loudly saying "racism is the philosophy of the terminally stupid at best and morally depraved at worst, and we should all be pointing and laughing at them 24/7"
plus the main character is a heroic black man who has to navigate a whole lot of bullshit but is constantly smirking at the extraordinarily stupid racists and inviting the audience into the joke. the one heroic white character is a guy who was suicidally depressed until he met the protagonist and they just instantly became buds, and he's firmly in a supporting role the whole time and happy to be there. the protagonist saves the day with the help of his black friends from the railroad, and uses the position of power he was given to uplift not only those friends, but all the railroad workers of other minorities too, in an explicit show of solidarity.
anyone saying "Blazing Saddles is racist" had better be talking about its treatment of non-black minorities. it had better not be such superficial takes as "oh but they say the n-word all the time" or "they have nazis and the kkk in there!" because goddamn if that's the full extent of your critique I very seriously suggest you read up on media analysis. there is too much going over your head, you need to learn to recognize satire.
#blazing saddles#finx watches tv#finx rambles#I recognize that I'm saying all this as someone who's not black#but I am also saying it as someone with a basic understanding of race relations in the usa#and a basic understanding of sarcasm#bc it really does not take more than that to recognize what they're doing in this movie#it is NOT subtle#and it is very funny#mel brooks movies are kinda hit or miss for me ngl#men in tights is great if a bit too crass for my taste#spaceballs has great jokes but the central story lacks any real heart so it doesn't grab me#history of the world was just kind of unpleasant and then I switched it off#but blazing saddles? phenomenal#I could not stop laughing the whole way through#and the central story DOES have heart bc it's the friendship between bart and#whassisname#jim#the Kid#plus bart working out how to succeed at an impossible task#also frankly cleavon little just grounds the comedy really well even before gene wilder shows up and we get their chemistry#bc he's cool calm collected and constantly inviting the audience into the joke#but the character's not too cool to ever mess up or ever be silly#he makes bad choices and gets into bad situations and then has to get himself out of them#but it's.....oh wait duh there's a term for this already#he's the straight man#he grounds all the zany nonsense by being in strong contrast to it#and he does a great job of it!#anyway#point is I deeply enjoyed this movie and I'm glad I finally watched it
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so much happened in this whole episode but i’m still on fig infiltrating ruben’s dream, making it look like the place where his friend was murdered, and then disguising herself as kipperlilly & repeatedly saying different variants of “somebody needs to take the fall for this, and it’s not going to be me. it’s going to be you.” while adaine as the elven oracle shows up next to her. can you imagine waking up from that, the idea of a horrible truth being pinned on you by your friend to save her own skin while the personification of fate and destiny stands there, almost as a promise that this is GOING to happen to you. we don’t even know if this kid is guilty. my god.
#fantasy high#dimension 20#fhjy#fhjy spoilers#fantasy high junior year#fig faeth#ruben hopclap#lucy frostblade#the rat grinders#adaine abernant#kipperlilly copperkettle#watching fig terrorize him like girl!!! we don’t even know if he’s guilty!!!!#this might just be for me but i do not think 5 teenagers willingly brutally killed their friend idk#like there just has to be some other element to it and i am very scared to find out what that was#what if they were put in a position where they felt there was/there was no other choice… like oh my god#my comedy brain is having fun but my ‘this is a teenager’ brain is in such deep distress all the time this season#the rat grinders i trust brennan to not make u cartoonishly evil so i am holding u as gently as i can in my confused shaky hands#also with the devil’s nectar i’ve been wondering why they all seem so well-adjusted & now i’m curious if they’ve been intentionally-#changing their memories in a way so that either the trauma is lesser or they think they aren’t guilty. idk#but it seems like from how gertie was talking she was making it more recently so the well adjustedness from early jy doesn’t quite add up#they could have another source maybe??? idk i’m just low stakes 4 a.m. spitballing here#there’s also the strong possibility that they’re aware of what happened but they weren’t the ones who killed lucy. idk who knows#the way you could probably devil’s nectar yourself into believing it wasn’t your fault someone died… CRAZY IMPLICATIONS!!! CRAZY IDEA!!!#anyways the bad kids & the rat grinders don’t ever have to like each other but i do wonder if at least some of those kids deserve a chance
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Research question: I can’t seem to remember anytime jared interfered with sam’s storyline or made specific acting choices. Are there any such instances that I’m unaware of?
#this isn’t jared or sam bashing#i’m just curious#jensen seems to have a lot of stories where he changed lines#or had strong opinions about whether dean would or would’ve do/say something#and has made a lot of specific acting choices or outfit choices which helped create a lot of dean’s character#but I can’t remember hearing any such story about jared#i keep thinking about how much over the years#dean’s character got more complex and sam’s got more two dimensional#and I’m wondering is it because the writers stopped caring#or because the different amount of work/interest the actors put into their characters#dean winchester#sam winchester#jensen ackles#jared padalecki#supernatural#spn
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Happy PMD Red is on NSO day. Sadly I don't think King the Skitty and Muse the Cyndaquil will be returning to finish up their adventure regardless.
#despite my abandoning their save mid fugitives arc king especially is a very strong character in my mind. hes such a vindictive gay animal#of note i do not picture him as ever being human. this skitty is just gay and pissy about it. hes so fucking mad that he has feelings#muse is none the wiser hes just a sweet little guy. meanwhile king is chewing glass. ive decided its canon that they just leave btw lol#pokemon#pkmn#pokemon mystery dungeon#pmd red rescue team#red rescue team#skitty#cyndaquil#pokemon fanart#lucabyteart#king and muse#xatu voice guys we fucked up that skitty wasnt even human we exiled the wrong team#king is that colour btw because i used a pallete swap action replay code and it gave him cyndaquils colours but flipped. i liked it a lot#btw pmd red never uses gendered pronouns or mechanics so the gender choice at the beginning of the game is a scam. be a gay skitty#ive forgotten their team name but it was something on the royal theme lol
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the change of Clark’s hair between Man of Steel and BVS should have resulted in criminal charges
#yes I know the actor was getting older he is still hot and his hairline is great#BUT#this was a movie FULL OF WIGS#WHY NOT have him wear one???#why slick it back SO severely???#so many choices were made here#clark kent#superman#man of steel#bvs#batman v superman#Henry Cavill#I’m so sorry bb#if he has a strong widows peak!!!#maybe!!’#don’t slick it back!!! all the way!!!
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POINTS
ANOTHER POLYSWORLD ENJOYER /pos
REJOICE!! POLYWORLD BE UPON THEE!

#edd is naturally pretty strong but i think this is using a biiiiit of that super strength#POINTS#CORRECT!!!#also yay another ask for which i can draw polyworld#YIPPEE#tord is like cat. no picking up#it has to be his choice. he has to get on top of you.#my guys...#i havent been tagging all my stuff with eddsworld bc i dont want to flood the tag#but. uh. someone else is already doing that. so i might as well#my art#eddsworld#sketch#ew tom#ask#ew tord#ew edd#ew matt#shipsworld#polyworld#or#polysworld#idk im a polyworld kinda guy but ill tag both of them#lil bit#tords legs are too long in this but oh well
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Some more spy x family one piece crossover doodles :)
A fic may or may not be in progress…….
Edit: the fic is posted :)
#one piece#spy x family crossover#portgas d ace#revolutionary sabo#sabo#monkey d luffy#loid forger#yor forger#anya forger#ok so I chose the last name Brenner for ASL as a cover because they’re all very fire coded#thanks to the person that commented eclipse as a WISE codename for sabo it fits really well#ace’s assassin codename is fireball after the fireball lily. wanted something subtly flower themed but also fire related#Spider-Man pointing meme happens between ace and yor when they’re given a joint mission and see each other as assassins for the first time#lots of ideas on the dynamic between loid and sabo……#the ideological difference of sabo being willing to give up everything including spywork for his brothers#whereas loid has given up everything including his past and identity for spy work…. because he didn’t have a choice in it#because so much of his past was taken from him and not willingly given up so his motivation for being a spy is so strong….#sabo responds the only way he knows how to to loid’s animosity by yknow. being a little shit and a gremlin at him
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He was just a babbyyyy ahhhh 😭
#the way he talka about Akari is so#'i could never make that kind of face'#implying that unlike her he wasnt strong and he couldnt look forward#also further pushes the lesson he first learned when arriving in makochi about looking people in the eye#ugh i love wind breaker so much#i love Sakura#i love how even tho we dont KNOW his backstory its still so evident in everything he does and how he has to grow as a person#like its such a cool writing choice#wind breaker
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Saintly 'destroyed by your own devotion', part 2. Angled photo and WIP below.


#hugin scribbles#gravity falls fanart#gravity falls#fiddleford fanart#gravity falls fiddleford#fiddleford hadron mcgucket#fiddleford mcgucket#fiddauthor#implied... as is billford#really like how the little bill ended up#anyways... oooops! your old college buddy you definitely didnt have a thing for called and you drop everything including your family to be#there with him except aliens and mythical beings are real and Threatening and you just saw your worst fear because your#definitely-not-a-crush has no sense of self preservation so you do what any sane person does. make a gun to erase your memory cause#godforbid you leave this man to go back to your family. im sure its fine! even though your crush is horrified when he found out but hey no#now he doesn't remember so its okay! also the thing im working on for him definitely is ominous. but hey its fine.#also totally started a community help group surrounded around the memory gun! i have strong convictions that my choices are the right ones#theres nothing to worry about. i dont even remember that there was something to worry about!#stanford pines fanart
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Idk I just hate when people get offended when someone says "Sasuke was mentally unstable" Like okay 1- he broke out into genuine LAUGHTER and I dont understand how you can't be a little weirded out by that and 2- Being mentally unstable isn't like??? A bad thing???
Like??? Being unstable or mentally unwell is in no circumstance a bad thing. You're sick. Would you refute it with the same vigor if I said he had the flu too? Like idk it might just be me but Sasuke finally breaking down makes so much sense for his journey. Like I get people who just explain it away or don't like that hc. But people who outwardly get offended and hurt by me saying he was unwell like? Its really not that serious and it says a LOT about you that you can't handle your favourite character being sick.
#Like it might just be because of my personal experience#But if someone started yelling on my behalf and saying when I started trying to tear my skin off and pull my hair out I was completely-#-Sound of mind I would be kind of pissed off#Like can we stop treating mental illness like its some shameful thing#"Oh yaya mental illness is a sickness and u shouldn't be ashamed of it! Oh... but no my favourite character doesn't have that... bc#“He's really cool sooo that wouldn't happen to him!!!”#Do they know#LOOK AT HOW RIDICULOUS THAT SOUNDS LIKE... MY BROTHER IN CHRIST PLEASE SAY YOU KNOW#Its like when people try to pretend Sasuke has both his arms bc its too difficult to write someone who only has one#HMMMM????? OH YEAH IT IS A LITTLE DIFFICULT TO LIVE WITH ONE ARM YEAH#Like Sasuke is physically disabled after shippuden lets stop trying to erase that#Naruto has like. No disabled representation. Why are you taking away the one character we get??#I'm not here to shit anyone even if it seems like that a little#I'm a bit sour about it- but that doesn't mean I won't read and like and comment on a fic that gives Sasuke his arm back#But I feel like its been way too normalised to just try and erase that from Sasukes character#Imo Sasuke was mentally unwell in his actions but his choices were justified. He is disabled and -as most disabled people are- is strong-#-enough to live with it and thrive#pro sasuke uchiha#pro sasuke#It's a difficult concept to try and understand if you're not disabled or ill yourself but if you're able bodied please try to get it#It's a little hurtful when people try to erase all representation of the community#I'm not missing any limbs myself- but I do have a physical disability that severely impacts my ability to maneuver#And seeing people avoid writing about it and skimming over it like it's nothing feels a little off#sasuke uchiha#naruto#naruto shippuden#moldy-flowers#Sasuke
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“I am here for you”
(Idk why but people don’t appreciate varadha’s side of friendship enough.He literally went against his father’s order and gave away his biggest territory for his friend’s safety. He chose to be rather humiliated, looked down and disgraced by everyone than tell why he did that. That too for over 25 years(dyk how many days that is)and he was only a 10 years old child. When his father asked him if he knew the kadha’s value,of course he did why would not he? but there was something more valuable to him. His only friend. His Bestfriend. How could he measure deva’s value to a simple kadha? He knew what would happen but still he gave it away like it was nothing cus nothing mattered except deva to him. He made his decision. He let his only friend go and he was ready if that was meant to be their last. Even If it meant his friend would be safe and he had to live alone forever. His mother had already passed away, his father dishonored him, his step siblings hated him. He was alone raising his little brother. “A Child raising a Child”. He had to be an adult before he could act his age. He had a lot of people depend upon him at such young age. He couldn’t just let himself get swept away and be carefree. He has responsibilities. If deva is ready kill and bury anyone before they even try to touch a strand of his beloved’s hair(varadha as we say😏), varadha is ready to give away his everything for his loved ones even if it means his life.)
#salaar#varadha rajamannar#prithviraj sukumaran#varadeva#devaratha raisaar#varadha is such an amazing character#his part of friendship is equally strong#idk what path rode to their friendship demise and idk what path will prashanth neel choose#but til now and how much we have seen of him#I just love the character Varadha. both the child actor and prithvi did such a wonderful job portraying the character and his emotions#when prithvi described varadha as a vulnerable character.#I got it. yes he is. the emotions he buried for so long makes him so emotionally unstable and we can see it#his sorrow runs so deep.#his buried emotions has become his nightmares but he still can’t show it all cus he can’t appear weak. he has to look strong#to his enemies and for the ones who depend on him#I want to give him a tight hug😭he is so alone now#varadha made me fall in love with prithvi guys😭best choice for Varadha lmty#I am sobbing now🥲🥲🥲#well I made two of this edit one for varadha and another for deva. Both different tho#karthikeya dev
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if milgram were to pick a new warden from the current cast, they wouldnt even glance at kotoko
#mukupost#i see her name alot in these kinds of discussions. why would they ever pick her#she'd be obedient sure. but look at the 3 wardens we've had so far#theyre not strong people with strict senses of justice. theyre confused teenagers#m.lgram isnt looking for justice or righteousness theyre looking to fuck around#es believes what theyre doing is justice but they dont have a sense of justice. their justice is a vessel for whatever we pick#sumi was kinda just struggling along ngl. she didn't know what she was doing#touchi has his own set of beliefs but he was handpicked. m.lgram didnt want him initially until the jackalope asked for him#with the purpose of going against m.lgram#i just cant see kotoko being a good warden for what m.lgram wants. she's obedient but she's not easily molded#ofc it depends on what the experiment being run would be. but she's definitely not the default choice for them#surely theyd pick someone with a much weaker will than her...
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Thoughts on Luke? just curious, i love all your pjo stuff and i saw that you like thaluke so 👀
(resisting the urge to say "no one gets him like I do") to be completely honest barring that one thing luke is probably the best written original character in the entire percy jackson franchise
#clearly understood motivations ✅ greek tragedy ✅ inner turmoil and grief ✅ bad bitch factor ✅ drives the story forward ✅#makes hard choices ✅ represents themes of the narrative ✅ has intense relationships with others ✅ isn't written to be likable ✅#narrative recognizes that he treats others badly ✅ doesn't overstay his welcome in the franchise ✅ has his own internal logic ✅#makes BAD choices ✅ character arc ✅ has agency in his morally unsound decisions ✅ has personality ✅#takes a strong stance on issues presented in the text ✅ faces consequences for his actions ✅ has a strong impact on other characters ✅ etc#note that these are about luke himself and not anything else i.e. not a commentary on the narrative as a whole#like if we can just ignore the absolutely bizarre annabeth stuff that came up in the end then I don't actually have much to critique about#luke. which is a rarity because I have shit to say about how rick has written basically everyone else lol#I will say that while luke has some banger lines I don't care for some of his dialogue between tlt and tlo#like sometimes it reaches cartoonish villainy even for a kids book which makes it harder to take him seriously lol#pls don't read this and be one of those “so you CONDONE the villain's actions???” people. like come on#luke castellan#pjo hoo toa tsats#rick riordan#percy jackson#rr crit#<- tagging for the comment about his dialogue just to be safe I guess
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One thing about Crosshair is that he’s a remarkably intelligent man with a good read of people and situations and emotionally wrecked life decision-making skills. Dude will have some truly perceptive insight into whatever’s happening that hits on a grain of truth, and then that insight will be filtered through so many layers of trauma and cynicism that his conclusion will end up at least 90 degrees off whatever’s right.
#for instance: the end of season one#from his perspective it was completely reasonable to assume the batch just didn’t care#and that the empire would be around for a long time#and that they were too strong to fight#so the safest thing would be to just stay a part of it#and to invite the people he loved to be a part of it too#in order to protect them#like it’s still wrong because he doesn’t have all the information#and doesn’t want to think about what the empire is#but there is a rationality to it#it’s not completely unreasonable from his point of view#unreasonable is when he invites his family to the apocalypse#to sell them the world’s worst action proposal#and thinks that it will work#and not come across as the most unhinged series of things he ever says#‘you weren’t loyal to me’ <—guy has a point#‘we’re not like the regs. we never have been. we’re superior’<—Crosshair stop I don’t even think you genuinely believe that#man has never made a life choice with his thinking brain in his life#and I love that for him#he’s messy and complicated and it’s GREAT#and I’m still waiting to see him really at peace
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Maybe it’s just how I played the game but I’ve noticed in Life is Strange 2 how similar Sean is to Karen. Both have a creative streak, both were uncertain of their future goals during adolescence and both seem drawn to idea of being free and untethered.
#I think it was a very good choice to make Sean have strong traits of Karen and Esteban. Kinda highlights the warring goals within him.#he has the creativity and desire for freedom of Karen and the dutifulness of Esteban#Sean was way more comfy camping with Cassidy Finn and co. whereas Daniel seemed to like the stability of Beaver Creek#also Daniel always seems to be more reluctant about going to Mexico as opposed to Sean#like how the game sorta lets you follow Sean’s gradual understanding and possible similar goals as Karen#the idea of Sean holding resentment for his absent mother for years then finally hearing her story and being like ‘oh fuck this is hitting’#Sean Diaz#Karen Reynolds#Life is Strange 2
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I wanna be a guy but like. Not in a gender way. In the "playing video games on the Xbox at 3 am with all your friends on call" way. In the "not afraid to walk down the street in the dark" way. In the "childhood friends who stay in touch after years, or college buddies who pick up right where they left of even after getting jobs on different coasts" way. In the "I have complete control over my body and won't be hunted down for liking girls" way. In the way that the world might have been a bit kinder to me if I was just born with a dick and balls. But no I get to bleed every month, make less money, get taxed more, and live in constant fear.
#I don't not want to be a guy in terms of gender. But I am so fucking jealous of the male experience#I've never played on an Xbox. I have no childhood friends. I have three friends and my closest one has a crush on me which#I feel slightly uncomfortable about but also he's the only one who shares my main interest so if I want to be myself I have to be with him#I am so fucking jealous. I want everything boys get. I want it but I'm two years away from college. I'm two years away oh god#And I'm now never going to get anything like that. No playing with my friends getting to do whatever we want.#No confidence in myself just because of my gender. Instead I was taught to be both delicate and strong at the same time.#But hey! At least I have to live in fear of knowing that what happens to my body isn't really my choice. At least I know that I#Could be hunted down just for liking who i like. God isn't this world fucking amazing??????/j#Anyway um#tw vent
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