#but noone does

[noco7]

NO BECAUSE YOU'RE RIGHT: Sierra didn't have character development, like, at all. It kinda made sense: abusers often don't change.

I feel like the whole Cody-Sierra sub-plot could have been an amazing opportunity to show us something really mature about consent, trauma (remember Cody is supposed to be a child-neglect victim which btw explains some behaviours of his) and victim-blaming.

The actual thing wasn't only rushed and as we say in Italy "written with the asshole", it was straight up offensive. As a SA victim myself I felt MOCKED.

It's so sad, I wonder what happened to Cody by the way, like. We saw him naked in the shower on Sierra's phone in All Stars so it means she not only knows where he lives but also stalks him. Such a terrible ending for a character like him. :[

I agree completely, anon. Also I have a habit of making really long posts, so here's a read more link:

I really really agree about it being C*derra being an amazing chance to write about serious issues, and could even act as a guide to recognizing abusive relationships, and how to help someone you know get out of them. Also could say smth about the nature of parasocial relationships. In my fantasy rewrite of TD, C*derra starts as a relationship that goes sour. It begins with Cody in a bad place , for several reasons, and he latches onto his fan, Sierra, for comfort. Things seem to be going smoothly, until he realizes that Sierra is a terrible abusive person. And there's a lot of victim blaming and manipulation, a lot of guilt-tripping, but he learns to raise his standards and escape the relationship. So in essence, the flipside of what happened in canon.

To me, it's really hard to advocate for platonic C*derra. I understand that others love the idea, but it's really hard for me to look past her actions. I'm not a survivor, but imagining a friend of mine going through what Cody went through, and then them calling me and saying "well she made me a birthday cake, so I've forgiven her for everything and we are BEST friends now." I don't know. It seems terrible. I don't think Cody should have to do anything with Sierra other than leave, and honestly for Sierra to grow as a person, I also think she needs to take herself away from Cody until she is ready to act healthy to him. I don't think they should grow together - like, what, is Cody supposed to be like "yeah she grabbed me today, BUT she didn't kiss me! Woo! Baby steps!" ??? There is no reason for Cody to be there for Sierra's character growth - and for me, the real sign of character growth would be Sierra admitting her presence was unhealthy and removing herself. And not in a "let me die," situation, but a "let me go to therapy first," situation. To be fair to TD, it is a kid's show and maybe they couldn't talk about topics like consent and trauma. I know some kid's shows talk about that, like She Ra, but TD was before that, and also it had a completely different focus. Still, given that, perhaps they shouldn't have introduced a stalker to the show in the first place, when they couldn't deal with her properly.

It could be even considered irresponsible, considering it could trigger real Survivors, or give the entirely wrong message. I've actually seen real people say they used to think Sierra did nothing wrong.

At the very least, I don't think they should have rushed the best friends angle as they did. Yes, there were times Sierra was nice to Cody, but they weren't really differentiated from how she normally acted. She always compliments Cody, so for her to praise him with Duncan is nothing out of the ordinary. And neither is the birthday cake. It's like they didn't know Sierra was going to end up being friends with him until that episode. It's weird.

The solution would be to slow down her character development until it's an actual ARC. Or as most people in the fandom do - change her actions so they aren't that extreme in the first place. I'm not really a fan of that last option, because Sierra is kinda defined by how extreme she is, and I personally think an abusive antagonist makes for a better story then a mildly annoying girl, but. I understand why others wouldn't. But that's why I write Sierra like I do.

I'm very sorry you had to go through that, and that you had to watch WT and see it happen. Dealing with a topic respectfully is something you should do, not just because it's better writing, but because it's the moral thing to do when you're writing a CHILDREN'S CARTOON.

As for what happened to Cody after WT, I believe that his friendship with Sierra didn't last long, and she proved herself to still be as possesive as she once was. That's what happens in my fic, and that's whats backed up with the weird shower photo. However, extra clips reveal that after her elimination in All Stars, Sierra lands back into Area 51, with all the Cody aliens. Perhaps she stays there, and Cody is effectively free.

Also, I have to admit that as a Cody stan, that guy's arc with Gwen also had problems. Cody's still not Sierra level creep, but it's hard to argue that he's learned from his own actions in Island, considering how he acts in WT. And personally, and this is my hot take for this post - I'm not even sure his character developed during Island.

[creatureesque]

I just love doodling their faces in what little free time i have now. thats it..

[arattleinthewomb]

Young Shintaro jumpscare

[thesherrinfordfacility]

don't get me wrong i adore aziraphale in the show, but sometimes book aziraphale just absolutely delights me. not only is it implied that it's aziraphale that can stop time, not crowley, but also that aziraphale stopped time, consciously or not, in the bookshop so he could kick back and read agnes nutter's book. sure the apocalypse is in t-minus 24 hours but hold up babes just gotta fangirl real quick over this 300-year old witch in my little pocket dimension brb. hysterical

[spiderp0nk22]

Confessing your feelings for a certain captain turns out to be one heck of a coincidence.. pt 1

[reegis]

✨mechanisms character designs!!✨

alice’s no good very bad day™️ & the most awkward co-ruling experience you’ve ever seen

[juniemunie]

Still thinking about ROBTD stories where hiccup is the only one that finished his movie because he and toothless need to be together but everyone else still hasnt gone through their character arcs yet and it makes me laugh

[timothy-gunpowder]

“u ok?” no bitch mordred just rode his rotten world into the sun

[molekel]

Amphibiuary Day 19: Underrated

[beaulesbian]

[steamclouds]

I just love the fact that the biggest hero of the Forgotten Realms is a little drow guy, who's obsessed with cats and wrote an entire poem about his astral panther best friend, loves his friends dearly, all while being the deadliest and best swordsman in all of the Realms

[front-facing-pokemon]

[casdeanwin]

"Computers make excellent and efficient servants; but I have no wish to serve under them. Captain, a starship also runs on loyalty to one man, and nothing can replace it, or him."

- Spock to Jim.

[ruvigapo]

Hey so. I want to colour this first but !!♡

I need everyone to know i think im getting a hang of essek's hairstyle and also that i love him

[marvins-flat-tie]

"Life was like saurkraut, good if you put it on a hot dog"

'Scuse me, mister Marvin. But, what on earth does this mean???

[nellandvoid]

autism on autism violence /j

i feel like this really just perfectly displays their relationship when diane is forced by the oracle to basically watch over him and make sure he doesn’t get himself killed as if she’s not gonna be the one to do it lol

her other hands are vaguely rebelling by not helping at all cause they don’t share her hatred (they’re both controlled by her but also not??? like they have a mind of their own but they’re attached to her spinal cord so they like. somewhat listen to her when she asks them to do stuff)