#fat protagonist

[libraryofbaxobab]

March 28, 2023:

This is so Gothic that it has gone beyond action, beyond atmospheric, to pure, 100% medical-grade Vibes.

ALSO there's an unusual adorable animal sidekick!! His name is Hermes and he's perfect

9/10

#WhatsKenyaReading

[nyoka-gorefell]

I'm currently writing a book with a fat teenage girl as the protagonist. If it ever gets popular enough in my lifetime to get made into a movie, I will be an absolute HELLION for those directors. I will have it put into CONTRACT that, if they want to put my character on the big screen, THEY WILL USE A FAT ACTRESS.

SO MUCH of the character's identity and struggle is tied to her being fat, and being treated like shit for it. In some ways, she's a LOT like Carrie. But unlike Carrie, my girl survives the abuse, and goes on to prevent the goddamn eldritch apocalypse. If they turned her into a traditional, hot, skinny teen protag I would be fucking LIVID.

Carrie is fat in the book. Learning that completely blew me.

The use of pigs blood makes so much more sense. The reason she was bullied so relentlesly, even though she does nothing to nobody, makes so much more sense. The relationship with her mother makes so much more sense.

I know they aren't going to, but I wish they would cast someone fat in this new Carrie adaptation. From the articles I've seen, they are already speculating which skinny actress it's going to be.

How many times can they tell the story the same exact way? The answer: endlessly.

I don't know what's worse the total erasure of fat people in movies or the only story we get to see ourselves in are the love yourself fatty movies.

[the-punforgiven]

Do y'all ever get nightmares that just like, aren't scary?

Like you can tell your brain is trying to make this scary, but you just feel nothing?

[mwolf0epsilon]

I have some major gripes with the premise of 'Day of the Diesels' and honestly think it could be fixed if, for once, the stale 'Steamies vs Diesels' plotline had been disregarded and the movie actually showcased the diesels in a more sympathetic light.

I'm not here to say characters like Diesel, Arry & Bert, and Diesel 10 are completely blameless in their acquired bad rep. Lets face the fact, they're deceitful, have a rather aggressive approach to things, and more often than not they are out to cause trouble for others because they think it's funny.

But come on man... Going for the same kind of storyline where Steam Engines and Diesel Engines are at each other's buffers just for the fact they're different types of engine is kind of lazy at this point (especially considering the fact this was done before in 'Calling All Engines').

Wouldn't it be much more compelling if, for once, the diesels actually do have a rightful reason to be causing a ruckus (their home is decrepit, unsafe and lacks basic amenities for maintaining them) and (because they feel like they can't be upfront about their concerns due to their past misbehavior), they end up making this grand convoluted scheme that goes terribly sideways, but that ultimately gives way for some actual exploration of why Sir Topham Hatt's management of the diesels feels so underwhelming in comparison with the great care he takes in tending to his steam engines?

It could even be that the fat controller doesn't realize he's neglecting them a bit because he's so focused on trying to keep the steam engines from ever wanting for more (I mean, the time of steam has come to an end in the mainland, so of course he'd be worried about the future of his beloved steam engines he's had for so much longer!).

On a logical standpoint, it's considerably easier to get diesels and new parts for diesels nowadays, so Sir Topham Hatt would postpone something he feels like can be done in the snap of a finger versus something that might potentially take much too long... And that's the mistake here.

The fact the diesels can get new stuff so easily but don't, could be the crux of the issue. Prioritization, procrastination and perhaps a bit of forgetfulness and obliviousness to the mess one has made...

[anacytoma]

;3333

[venndaai]

they were insane for this

[a-ndrez]

Colección Legendaria 🖤

Legado ▫️◽◻️

[rintinningvt]

Started watching the Bayverse movies with my besties and... Are we just too gay for these movies??? Admittedly we only finished the first two and got through a quarter of the third, but the second one was such a drag to sit through at times and it probably doesn't help that we do NOT care about Sam that much. I hope that there is a character arc for him in the rest of the third movie. Because so far he has not been fun to watch in that one. He just comes off as a slight manchild to me, like... I can see why he would be frustrated with where he is in life but the way he acts with others and lashes out does not help him in the slightest. I do have to admit though that seeing him go to Cybertronian Heaven in the second movie was the funniest part for me and my besties lol.

I'll just hope that the other guy in the next movies will be at least a bit more interesting. Doesn't even have to be a good guy, just an interesting guy for me lol

[vaggietheangel]

Charlie is so optimistic and empathic, that she sees the good in everyone. She took a chance on Angel because she could tell he had some good in his heart.

She was right. Angel may be a dick but nobody who treats their pet so well is all bad. He's one of those people who thinks animals are better than people. He's also probably very nice to Keekee.

Cherri bomb may be very violent. She loves and cares for her best friend. She would do anything to make sure Angel felt ok. She's a loyal person with a soft spot for the ones she loves.

I'm sure Niffty has done some very shady things to get involved with Alastor. But she's polite and friendly, she's always helping out around the hotel. She seems like the grandma friend who always makes sure you ate a proper dinner.

I'm excited for an episode where she tries to help Husk. She does her best to befriend him by taking an interest in card games. Suggesting ways for him to have fun without drinking or gambling. She'd probably bring in game nights at the hotel. As a wholsome alternative to gambling.

Inside every demon is a rainbow. Charlie has a heart pure enough to see that. She can help bring the good out in anyone. She's a very good influence on those around her. After juer a few weeks in the hotel, Angel tried to comfort her. Her kindness IS starting to rub off on people around her.

Charlie is a bundle of sunshine and hope. She's like an angel that was sent to give everyone a second chance, and show them the light.

[hyperlexichypatia]

Obligatory Disclaimer #1: Yes, there is a lot of misogyny in the way people talk about the "likability" of female characters. Women in stories can and should be complex, flawed, nuanced, and human, not (just) "likable" (or "sexy" or "mother" or whatever other one-dimensional trope).

Obligatory Disclaimer #2: Yes, I know that an opinion expressed by a character in a story is not necessarily being supported by the narrative itself, or the author, and that people with piss-on-the-poor reading comprehension get this wrong. Good reading comprehension means being able to tell the difference.

Now that we've got that out of the way.

Doesn't it seem like "Female characters don't have to be LIKABLE, you illiterate misogynist!" is often a Privileged Feminist way to silence criticism of... very mainstream bigoted attitudes being presented uncritically in the narrative by being put in the voices of designated "unlikable female characters"?

I love a complex, nuanced, flawed female character. I love an outright villainous female character. I love a character whose flaws and prejudices are slowly picked apart by the narrative. I do not love having the classism, sizeism, and ableism I deal with every day served back to me in Feminist Fiction.

I do not love trying to point out "Hey, this award-winning book you all love, I don't actually like the way the protagonist talks about the working-class fat man. Or the younger woman with anxiety. Or the acquaintance with a disabled child and, like, linoleum floors or something." (Why do I just have all those examples at the ready?)

And being met with "Female characters don't have to be LIKABLE, you illiterate misogynist. Try reading some Serious Literature instead of your fanfic romance YA smut beach reads!"

"Uh, okay, well, it's not so much about the character being likeable as about the way the narrative doesn't seem to challenge the character's, I must reiterate, very widely held prejudices, that makes it seem less like a depiction of a flawed character and more like an uncritical replication of those very widely held prejudices --"

"It's a LITERARY PERSPECTIVE, GOD, didn't you go to SCHOOL? Do you think Lolita is a love story? Do you think Fight Club is about how awesome fighting is?"

"Well, no, but, for example, the way the character was so emotionally abusive to her fat daughter and her neurodivergent son --"

"Uggggh, you don't understand ANYTHING, women don't have to be PERFECT MOTHERS, she's supposed to represent HOW REAL WOMEN FEEL in the face of UNREALISTIC EXPECTATIONS OF PERFECT MOTHERHOOD!"

"So... the unquestioned-by-the-narrative elitism, classism, sizeism, ableism, and ageism are supposed to be... going against societal expectations?"

"OBVIOUSLY! That's how REAL WOMEN REALLY FEEL!"

"I'm a real woman, and I don't feel that way."

"UGGGGGH, YOU ILLITERATE MISOGYNIST, FEMALE CHARACTERS DON'T HAVE TO BE RELATABLE!"

[zincbart]

Do you know who else needed help moving this weekend?

[foxgirl87]

Watching Pyrocynical’s video on Darkwood and I already love it. It literally has Space core from Portal and toxic yaoi and wholesome yaoi. What more could you want from a game? He’s talking about the toxic yaoi right now actually. Somewhere around the 3 hour mark. This is awesome I am having the time of my life

[thefatfemme]

Really sick of searching for romance novels with fat protagonists and only turning up 'she's fat but in an hourglass sexy way and he's 100% ripped with 12 pack abs' books

[sonknuxadow]

Honestly the thing I'm most worried about uf they make Eggman fat in Sonic 3 is I'm 95 percent sure they're going to come up with a BS excuse.

Like yes Eggman was planned to slowly turn more game Eggman like as the movies progress (Sonic 1 gave him his red outfit in the end, Sonic 2 made him bald, gave him the signature stache and made him a bit crazy, Sonic 3 might be giving him his signature bulk and probably some other things) and it sucks that they'd have to use a fat suit in order to get Jim to look the part but I don't want it them to phone it in as something like it being an effect of absorbing the Master Emerald and I'll be real disappointed if its something like 'oh, he just let himself go'

Maybe Eggman had a scientific reason to bulk up, or maybe he just thought he looked good with some extra weight, or maybe it is a side effect of something but he knew about it before hand and was okay with it. As long as its more of a choice then I think I'd be more okay with it.

we dont really have the full context yet of course but the descriptions of the teaser going around are making it sound like they went with the "he let himself go and gained a lot of weight" explanation. and idk man maybe it just sounds bad out of context but im tired of fatness being portrayed as gross and a negative trait and weight gain being used to signify a character becoming Worse in some way. fat people are just people and the body type someone has doesnt have any morals attached to it. again maybe it just sounds bad out of context and the movie wont make his weight gain into a joke but my hopes arent high because being weird about fat people is not new for sonic media at all

[thegreatyin]

there. i made caeru so now we have the full set in this particular picrew. the yin flpc arm strength economy is in Absolute Shambles. their asses are NOT moving a boulder

[aparticularbandit]

OKAY BUT LIKE SPECIFICALLY MY DANGANRONPA FRIENDS WHO KNOW THE BATTLE OF HOPE AND DESPAIR

READ THE WAYWARD CHILDREN SERIES

BECAUSE IT GETS INTO THE NITTY GRITTY OF THE PAIN OF HOPE

HOPE IS A KNIFE THAT CAN CUT THROUGH THE FOUNDATIONS OF THE WORLD.... HOPE MEANS YOU KEEP ON HOLDING TO THINGS THAT WON'T EVER BE SO AGAIN, AND SO YOU BLEED AN INCH AT A TIME UNTIL THERE'S NOTHING LEFT.

READ THESE BOOKS.

BE SURE.