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HỒ XUÂN HƯƠNG WAS A BISEXUAL?

(Tiếng Việt ở dưới)

Hồ Xuân Hương 胡春香 (1772 – 1822) was one of the greatest poets in Vietnamese history, nicknamed Lady of Nôm Poetry. Most of Hồ Xuân Hương’s works were able to escape the constrained restrictions of traditional literature to reveal her own voice; many called her distinctive language as “serenely profane.” Her poems were famous for their bold sensuality, especially her direct yet flowery depictions of sexual intercourse, completely different from the folk poems of similar motifs by Vietnamese women.

“Congratulations to whoever, skillfully Planted the four posts of the swing, beautifully. Some people climb aboard to swing, while others Are just quiet onlookers, observing and smiling. Curving his knees, the boy arches his back. Twisting her wasp waist, the girl pushes her bosom. Four pink pant-tails are flapping in the wind. Two pairs of jade legs stretch side by side. For these spring games, how many know its true meaning? Once the posts are removed, lie deserted holes!” (The Swing)

However, Hồ Xuân Hương not only liked to describe copulation between men and women, but she also enjoyed detailing the female form through sensuous imagery, as if she herself were being enchanted by her own words.

“My body is both white and round, In water and hills, I now swim, now sink. Whether I be soft or hard, depends on your playful hand, But I still shall keep my true red heart.” (The Floating Cake, Copy of Xuân Hương Poetry version)

“A gorge, a gorge, and yet, the same old gorge. Praise to whoever has gouged out this scene: A lurid red cave with a bushy arch, And rich green boulders covered with algae. Now the stiff wind blows, shaking pine branches. Dewdrops dripping from willow leaves. You who are virtuous, or saintly, who hasn’t tried, Even with weak knees, exhausted feet, to mount it?” (Ode to Ba Dội Gorge, Recorded Collection of National Literature version)

“Summer breeze gently flows from the east, A girl lies to rest but she slips into a deep sleep. Her bamboo comb is loosely attached to her hair, Her pink undergarment drops low on her waist. Virgin dew still veils her two fairy mounts, Water has yet flown through her garden of paradise. Upon noticing, a gentleman hesitates to pass by, Much difficult to leave but troubled if he stays.” (Ode to Sleep, Recorded Collection of National Literature version)

Normally, these poems were analyzed through heteronormative lens, in which Hồ Xuân Hương saw herself as the women in her works, displaying the feminine sexual power under Vietnam’s patriarchal oppression. However, when applying queer theory, these works could be viewed from a different perspective: Hồ Xuân Hương might’ve been writing from the man’s point of view. This was merely a hypothesis, but if the phenomenon of feminized Confucian scholars existed, then there could also exist a masculinized female scholar. Under queer theory, if Hồ Xuân Hương was indeed writing under a male gaze, her works would explode in homoerotic sensuality, particularly of sapphic nature.

Furthermore, Hồ Xuân Hương also had a poem addressed to a woman named Mộng Lan (literally “orchid dream”). There were many theories to explain this work: maybe Mộng Lan was the nickname of a certain man; maybe Mộng Lan was a close friend of hers. But once the poem’s atmosphere was clearly displayed, one could feel the evocation of romance.

“The wind already blows orchid breeze, But the air grows cooler as we meet. The ode to snow continues to echo, My unfinished wine cup still awaits the moon. Chariots, cannons, and horses fight bravely on the chessboard, The instrument strings in twangs and twings, To whoever dreams of my soulmate, Please don’t hesitate to speak.” (To the Flirtatious Lady Mộng Lan, Collection of Unwanted Weed version)

Did the Lady of Nôm Poetry not only write to undermine the Confucian patriarchy, to challenge the oppression of female sexual expression, but also to break the standard of sexuality and gender identity? Could she not only like men, but also women? Could she be bisexual?

In the 17th and 18th centuries, Vietnamese society suffered greatly under the ravaging wars between Cochinchina and Tonkin. While Cochinchina of the south was more relaxed in ideologies, the northern Tonkin was restricted greatly due to Confucianism. According to historian Tạ Chí Đại Trường, due to political and moral suppression, many northern Vietnamese authors would borrow the perspectives and words of women, essentially hiding under a feminine shadow, writing metaphors through another gender. They became known as feminized Confucian scholars. He also noted that many scholars also hid under the pen name of Hồ Xuân Hương.

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HỒ XUÂN HƯƠNG LÀ SONG TÍNH LUYẾN ÁI?

Hồ Xuân Hương 胡春香 (1772 – 1822) là một đại thi hào của Việt Nam, được mệnh danh là Bà chúa thơ Nôm 婆主詩喃. Hầu hết thi ca Hồ Xuân Hương theo dòng chảy chung đã thoát được các quan niệm sáng tác cố hữu vốn đề cao niêm luật chặt chẽ để bộc lộ được tiếng nói của thời đại mình; có nhiều người cho rằng đặc sắc của thơ bà là “thanh thanh tục tục 清清俗俗.” Thơ của Hồ Xuân Hương nổi tiếng táo bạo, đầy gợi cảm, đặc biệt là các bài miêu tả giao hợp rất chân thật, bạch hoá tình dục một cách khác hoàn toàn các thơ ca dao cùng mô típ của phụ nữ Việt Nam.

“Bốn cột khen ai khéo khéo trồng, Người thì lên đánh kẻ ngồi trông. Trai co gối hạc khom khom cật, Gái uốn lưng ong ngửa ngửa lòng. Bốn mảnh quần hồng bay phấp phới, Hai hàng chân ngọc duỗi song song. Chơi xuân đã biết xuân chăng tá, Cọc nhổ đi rồi, lỗ bỏ không!” (Đánh đu)

Thế nhưng, Hồ Xuân Hương không chỉ thích miêu tả tình dục giữa trai với gái, mà còn thích diễn tả thân thể phụ nữ một cách mê hoặc gợi tình, như thể bà cũng đang bị từng chữ của mình hấp dẫn vào.

“Thân em vừa trắng lại vừa tròn, Bảy nổi ba chìm mấy nước non. Mềm rắn nhờ tay quân tử vọc, Khăng khăng vẫn giữ tấm lòng son.” (Bánh trôi nước, bản Xuân Hương thi sao 春香詩抄)

“Một đèo một đèo lại một đèo, Khen ai khéo đặt cảnh cheo leo. Cửa son đỏ hoét tùm um móc, Hòn đá xanh rì lún phún rêu. Lắt lẻo cành thông cơn gió thốc, Đầm đìa lá liễu giọt sương gieo. Hiền nhân quân tử ai là chẳng, Mỏi gối chồn chân vẫn muốn trèo.” (Vịnh đèo Ba Dội, bản Quốc văn tùng kí 國文叢記)

“Mùa hè hây hẩy gió nồm đông, Tiên nữ nằm chơi quá giấc nồng. Lược trúc chải cài trên mái tóc, Yếm đào trễ xuống dưới nương long. Ðôi gò Bồng Đảo sương còn ngậm, Một lạch Đào Nguyên suối chửa thông. Quân tử dùng dằng đi chẳng dứt, Đi thì cũng dở ở sao xong.” (Vịnh nằm ngủ, bản Quốc văn tùng kí 國文叢記)

Bình thường thì những câu thơ này đều được phân tích theo định chuẩn hoá dị tính, là bà xem mình trong quan điểm của các cô gái trong thơ, hiển thị sức mạnh tình dục của đàn bà dưới áp chế của phụ hệ. Thế nhưng, nếu ứng dụng thuyết lệch pha, thì có thể xem các loạt thơ này dưới ánh nhìn khác: Hồ Xuân Hương có thể đang viết dưới quan điểm của các quân tử. Đây chỉ là giả thuyết, nhưng nếu đã có hiện tượng nhà Nho lại cái, thì không việc gì cái không thể lại nhà Nho. Nếu đọc các câu thơ dưới thuyết lệch pha, là bà thơ Nôm đang viết dưới ánh nhìn của đàn ông, thì thơ sẽ biểu lộ rạch ròi những miêu tả gợi cảm hướng tới cảm quan đồng tính, cụ thể là đồng tính nữ.

Không chỉ thế, Hồ Xuân Hương còn có một bài thơ gửi một nữ sĩ tên Mộng Lan. Có nhiều thuyết để giải thích thơ: có thể Mộng Lan là biệt danh của một chàng trai nào đó; có thể Mộng Lan là bạn thân thiết của bà. Nhưng nếu diễn lại cảnh trong thơ, thì cũng có thể gợi ra các yếu tố lãng mạn.

“Gió thổi hơi Lan đã mát lừng, Tự nhiên gặp gỡ cũng vì chưng. Câu thơ Vịnh tuyết còn văng vẳng, Chén rượu chờ trăng vẫn ngấn lưng. Cờ muốn thi gan xe pháo mã, Đàn còn lựa gảy tính tình tưng. Nhắn ai mơ kẻ tri âm đó, Xin ngỏ lời ra chớ ngập ngừng.” (Gởi tao nương Mộng Lan 寄騷娘夢蘭, bản Tạp thảo tập 雜草集)

Phải chăng Hồ Xuân Hương đương thời viết thơ không chỉ để đá xéo chế độ phụ hệ Nho giáo, đập tan sự áp bức của chuẩn mực tình dục, mà còn vượt rào tiêu chuẩn của tính dục và giới tính? Phải chăng bà không chỉ thích nam giới, mà còn thích nữ giới? Phải chăng bà là song tính luyến ái?

Vào thế kỉ 17 đến 18, xã hội Việt Nam có nhiều biến động với sự chia cắt Đàng Trong và Đàng Ngoài. Khi Đàng Trong có vẻ phóng khoáng hơn, thì Đàng Ngoài, những Nho sĩ bị cấm đoán nhiều hơn. Theo lí giải của nhà sử học Tạ Chí Đại Trường 謝志大長, chính sự đè nén về chính trị và đạo đức đã khiến một bộ phận tác giả mượn lời người nữ, núp bóng đàn bà, chuyển giới tưởng tượng để thác lời, sáng tác; họ trở thành những nhà Nho lại cái. Ông cũng cho rằng đã có vài Nho gia núp bóng dưới cái tên của Hồ Xuân Hương.

__________ Tham khảo: talawas.org/talaDB/showFile.php?res=10067&rb=0102 thivien.net/Hồ-Xuân-Hương/author-PBy92bBuBMMs53v9tc9E0A tienve.org/home/literature/viewLiterature.do?action=viewArtwork&artworkId=3830

__________ *Định chuẩn hoá dị tính (heteronormativity): niềm tin dị tính xác định qua chuẩn mực hệ nhị phân giới để áp đặt lên lối sống, suy nghĩ, lịch sử, văn hoá của con người lẫn động vật, xem những thứ không chuẩn mực với hệ nhị phân giới là bất thường, không tự nhiên

*Hệ nhị phân giới (gender binary): sự phân loại giới thành hai thái cực đối lập nhau, hoặc là nam, hoặc là nữ, thường theo hệ thống xã hội hoặc theo từng vùng văn hoá

*Thuyết lệch pha (queer theory): một lí thuyết phê bình văn học chuyên quan tâm đến giới tính, tính dục, và tình dục; mục tiêu bao trùm là để giải cấu trúc các chuẩn mực trong xã hội, cụ thể là định chuẩn hoá dị tính, đồng thời điều tra cách thức và lí do chúng ra đời

*Cảm quan đồng tính (homoerotism): nhận thức và cảm nhận hướng tới đồng tính luyến ái

*Đồng tính nữ (lesbian): người phụ nữ bị lôi cuốn trên phương diện tình dục hoặc tình yêu bởi những người phụ nữ khác

*Song tính luyến ái (bisexuality): mối quan hệ hay chỉ sự hấp dẫn tình cảm hoặc tình dục của một người với hai giới tính, nam và nữ, hoặc là nhiều hơn một phái tính hay giới tính

#LịchSửLGBTViệtNam #VietnamLGBTHistory

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wulfdreaded · 2 months ago

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zeke. • physical. • about. • isms. • aesthetics. • connections.

pedro pascal, gay, male + he/him → isn’t that ezekiel "zeke" lopez? i hear that they're the big bad wolf from little red riding hood / three little pigs etc. i hear they’re 48 (112). they seem to be clever & resourceful, but also hostile & grumpy. their aesthetics include sharp claws and fangs, furrowed brows and low growls in the night, the earthy scent of freshly cut wood/trees.

BASIC INFO

full name — Ezekiel "Zeke" Lopez also known as — big bad wolf age — forty-eight (112) gender — cis male, (he/ him/ his pronouns) orientation — homosexual fairy tale connection — boy who cried wolf, little red riding hood, three little pigs & more clothing style — casual + comfy

PHYSICAL INFO

face claim — Pedro Pascal hair — brown curls / eyes — brown puppy eyes height — five foot & eleven inches build — kinda like a T, broad shoulders, semi-muscled torso (with a small tummy showing after he ate), slutty waist (it be thin ok), everything else is yum scars — across the bridge of his nose, cut underneath his left eye that drags onto his cheek, many many small ones littered across his body tattoos — n/a piercings — ears special characteristics — withdrawn and quiet, very organized and grumpy; always looks a little disheveled/wild, will sometimes have fluffy ears or a tail.

PERSONALITY

positive traits — protective, determined, clever, resourceful negative traits — short-tempered, hostile, stubborn, callous, grumpy hobbies — plotting/planning, hunting, eating, spending time in the forest, building (woodwork)

MEDICAL INFO

mental — mostly healthy physical — healthy phobias — claustrophobia, pisantrophia eyesight — 18/20 dominant hand — left hand alcohol use — no !! diet — healthy, balanced. always makes his own food so he knows what’s in it.

SPICY INFO

sexual preference — bottom kinks — breeding, praise, scents (general, but also pits + crotch), hair pulling, play with his ears + tail if they're out uwu, nipple play, worship him (listen he's pretty he deserves to know that), skin contact, marking, lil food play, choking, cockwarming, verbal feminization, collars, watersports, probably more. anti-kinks — breath play (he doesn't trust anybody), gore/scat, blindfolds (yeah… no trust)

BACKGROUND

birthplace — the forest parents — n/a (he doesn't remember them) siblings — none notable skills — he doesn't show it unless he's hunting, can shapeshift at will, great sense of smell

BIO

when a werewolf & an actual wolf love each other very much...

that could only go wrong & everybody with common sense would get that,�� but not the parents of the forest's famous little wolf boy.

once upon a time the wolf boy's father was someone important, someone the people knew, so his condition; if self-afflicted or not, had been kept secret, as had been his tryst with a wolf living in the forest. it was easy enough turning away from a wild animal once his mistakes caught up to him, the wolf mother couldn't exactly march into the village & demand to see the father of her unborn pup.

how the werewolf became one in the first place? nobody knew. nobody had ever spoken of it. maybe it'd been the wolf itself who cursed her lover so he'd come back to her - even if only during the full moons. some say she missed her love so much she cried at the moon every night until the goddess shed a tear & gifted her the ability to turn the man into something almost like herself so they could be forever together.

the truth would forever remain a mystery, but one thing was clear - the little wolf boy was not the first & yet he was, because none of his older siblings survived.

the big bad wolf hadn't always been big. he was born fragile just like everybody else: deaf, blind & helpless. a pup. in fact he didn't shift into a human until he was about two or three years old, at which point he was stuck human in a world that knew no mercy on anybody living in it. his mother had left him regularly, always trying to reunite with her lover, but to no avail. eventually she stopped trying, but her son's appearance .. posed a problem. not only did he remind her of his father, but he was also a burden. slower. weaker. freezing in the cold without his furcoat. she dragged him along as long as she could, but her disappointment was obvious.

he'd been born the image of his father - so he wasn't all wolf. not like her. full moons would turn him back momentarily, but for some reason the human fragment in his dna kept turning him back human eventually. by the time he was four, she didn't come home anymore - their cave cold & dark without her. in wolf years, the little wolf was old enough to take care of himself. in human years, though .. not so much, but he wasn't human despite his appearance, was he? he was a wild spirit, hands & feet dirty with claws & fangs part of his natural appearance at that point, ensuring his survival. he'd been taught how to hunt - human or otherwise, knew how to make it through the winters almost like it was instinct.

the boy would never find out what truly happened, but his mother went back into the village to find her love & got shot by a hunter. at the age of .... ten, or something, humans found the youngling in the forest & dragged him back to their village & dropped him into the local orphanage. the only word he knew at the time. ezekiel. his name. given he was a goddess' gift to his mother. word about the wild boy traveled quick & he was chased out of town soon enough, a monster to to be banished quickly before he could wreak havoc in the village. at ten years old.

the forest was his home anyway.

as he grew older, he learned to control the shift - bit by bit, piece by piece until he was in full control of himself, though he only ever truly posed as an ordinary human when he had no other choice, which... didn't happen often. he learned to embrace the best of both sides. he was just as quick & lethal in his human form as he was as a wolf & far less prone to being mistaken for an ordinary beast. he was hated by both sides alike; animals feared him because he was a predator & because he was human, humans feared him because he was a wild beast with sharp fangs & claws he didn't bother hiding anymore.

so he embraced the beast within him.

he learned, he hunted, he failed & tried again. not all of his tales would be successes, but many of them were. or would be eventually. no, he did not want to talk about the three little pigs. really. sheep were pretty tasty, though. he'd been hunted by many over the years, killed by none. yet. by now everybody knew the forest was his territory & overstepping resulted in death. angering him ..resulted in death. smelling too good when he was nearby.... well. he was but a beast; a villain in their story & he saw no reason to change himself for the sake of those who exiled him when he needed them the most.

they made the big bad wolf they all feared.

truth be told, zeke never meant to turn anybody - not because he didn't want to damn another soul to live the way he did. he couldn't care less. but because he didn't like competition. he also saw no reason to; loneliness his ever loyal companion through the years. well, that was until he met someone. the first hunter to hesitate when he had his gun pointed at the wolf. the first to show ...humanity. intriguing, really - zeke had been curious why, wanted to find out what made him different than all the others, so he befriended him - in his own unique way, because zeke never had been - nor would he ever be a social creature. pack mentality or not, he was a lone wolf. part of him had felt ...hesitation for the first time, but ...well, he wanted to know if the hunter kept that purity within him when tarnished with the evil zeke had to give.

turned out even the most gentle of men couldn't ignore the moon's whispers, but that fragile companionship that had bloomed between them did not survive the bloodbath the hunter woke up to - caused by none other than himself, assisted by zeke nonetheless, but still. the next time zeke saw the other end of his gun, he didn't hesitate. it took him weeks to heal after that encounter & by the time he could infiltrate the nearest village again to see how much havoc his creation had wreaked upon the people there, he found out the hunter was no more. was he dead? he didn't bother asking.

oh well.

zeke was better off alone anyway. he turned a few others over the decades, but mostly to mess with them. pompous royals traversing his home, hunters who stumbled across his house in the forest or others he felt deserved it. for a long while he didn't bother wasting his time on humans at all, but then he met rory in his little red cape, begging to be led astray & zeke had been unable to resist. that boy was the first to not go mad after the bite, which... did make him special, in a way. if somewhat of a disappointment, because zeke enjoyed the chaos. but unlike the others, little red came back.

despite everything.

ezekiel couldn't tell what it was, but the boy had a strength inside him the others before him didn't. if that was luck or...not, wasn't zeke's business. he only fulfilled the role he was born into. he was a villain after all.

for the longest time, he had free reign in his forest, he hunted who he wanted to hunt, ate who he wanted to eat - including one very nosy grandfather who wouldn't take no for an answer & when he kept poking his nose into matters he had no business in ....well, zeke took care of him. well, yes.. he ate him - swallowed him whole with not an ounce of regret, but the forest's woodsman thought himself the hero of their tale. in a moment of carelessness (or post feast bliss), zeke was caught & cut in half, the old man saved & despite the agony, the wolf ...lived to see another day. many other days, but none without the woodsman on his mind. the thirst for revenge a driving force, but not the sole purpose of his existence. the woodsman bested him once, that... wouldn't happen again.

with the portals connecting the different kingdoms now & a plea for peace during the celebrations of a cursed prince & beyond, he finds himself in a strange position; stuck between that buried urge to belong & be accepted for who he was …rather than what & letting the beast loose on other realms as well.

oh, decisions, decisions.

#taledintro #pinned post.#꒰ a lone wolf is a force to be reckoned with ꒱ ⌗ about

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dootznbootz · 15 days ago

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Hi!! Thank you so so so much for your precious thoughts!! You are inspiring me to think more about my favourite female characters. I’m delighted to find a reason to explore my girls. I’m sooo happy and grateful because of your posts

Please enlighten me what your favourite pieces of media (books, movies, games, whatever!!) in which a woman will be a main character. Is there anything you can recommend to develop feminist views?

Have a great day!! I hope you’ll always have enough inspiration to share with your wonderful ideas 🤲💖

Oh thank you so much! 🥹 I'm so happy that you enjoy and are having fun with my silliness! It makes my day! And I'm happy that it inspires YOU to create and have fun as well!

And well like, with Media with female main characters, well... I really love the Odyssey (ofc), Fairy Tail (it imprinted on me while young and I really love the story and the characters. I'm not a fan of the fanservice), Legend of Zelda, and LotR and PotC. ngl, sadly a lot of the media I enjoy probably don't technically have women as their leads. (I will fight everyone that Lucy Heartfilia is the main character of Fairy Tail but I know that some folks don't agree :') )

It's not that like, I avoid books with female leads. ofc not, it's just that as of recently, I've sadly noticed that so many things are like, more focusing about the fact that "I'm a girl and the world is against me!" when like... Why does being a girl have to change the story?

But like...That's kind of where I love coming into play >:3

As like, for example, Penelope isn't technically there for all the books in the Odyssey right? and yet, I'm having so so much fun playing with her and going nuts about her. If the fandom won't have her center stage then I will.

I don't really think it's about like, "finding specific things with female leads" always. Sometimes it's finding a world you love in story and then just... find a lovely girl and playing with her? And/or focusing on her when she may not be the main focus?

And honestly, I don't know the specifics on like, HOW to exactly develop feminist views. I'm not an expert and/or someone who has merit when it comes to discussions like that other than my own personal thoughts and opinions and just various things I've picked up along the way.

In general, I think the best way to approach media is if you like the story, just go for it. Play along with it. Even if there's not a lot of women in it, you can (and honestly should! it's fun!) find that silly gal and think of HER place in the story. In the world she's in. And women don't have to always be on the battlefield to deeply affect the plot.

I'm sorry if this is all over the place but I'm trying to answer the best I can with what I've got :'D I cannot stress enough that I'm simply a very passionate goober about how women just... existing. As a whole, I love humanity, people in general regardless of gender. I think it's really beautiful how complex we are and our histories and cultures and just LIFE. And the fact that so many people often ignore or devalue what women do and have done, for whatever reason, is just really frustrating and absurd to me. So I just... get silly with it!

Also imo, I think stuff is truly feminist when like, women don't have to fight to be respected you know? I know that's the history of feminism but like, I often get frustrated with how many stories will have this whole "I'm a girl and therefore I have no one respects me and everyone hates me and so that's why I absolutely destroy and become so girlboss", when it's like?? If this is a fantasy setting for example...Why can't we just do away with sexism in this universe? Why can't this story just be about a girl doing something and it has nothing to do with her gender? Women are people, and we deserve to have normal people stories. We HAVE people stories.

Either way, I hope you have fun creating and getting silly with lovely ladies :3 It's so much fun!

#I'm sorry if this is kind of a mess but I'm kind of at a loss as to how to...... exactly answer??? ;~;#As to me like...I don't think I'm really writing anything too feminist other than the fact that I'm focusing on Penelope. and she's just #being herself and living her life.#aaaaaaaaaa I'm sorry sdlkfj #ask #meowpaumeow #Mad rambles

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the-pony-confessional · 1 year ago

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I saw someone say "literally name anything about G2" and okay here I go.

it's like G3 with yassification. Everything is magic- the beds fly, their gardens have multiple stories even though it's outdoors, everypony is a princess. They have crystals in their eyes, they swap tails- when you make them kiss each other, they whisper "I love you". Gay as hell (<-positive)

There was like one maybe two Unicorns (major L), and no Pegasus- because some ponies came with fucking fairy butterfly wings. And you could just put those bitches on anything. Any pony could have wings as long as you had the accessory.

The art direction is so specifically 90s in my head, it took the liminality and drama from G1 and began to glamorize the ponies even more (sculpts, crystal eyes, a lot ponies have outfits). The sculpting design and direction for the playsets and accessories looks otherworldly despite being so very recognizable to me- they're inherently uncanny, but tinker with hyper feminization. It's all slightly off, but that's what draws me in (someone who didn't grow up with MLP toys, but found an interest later on)

It's a shame there was practically nothing media wise because this was so iconic. Their biggest flops are the lack of interesting molds and the weird romantic couple packs. I don't think G2 is perfect, there's some major Ls in there.

the reason I don't enjoy G2 as much is because of a lack of content, and accessibility. I still love G1 and G3 quite a bit more right now because, I have more interest in collecting them (but that could change)

#mlp #mlp g2 #mlp gen 2 #gen 2 #my little pony #neutral #mlp toys #pony #90s mlp #pony toys #mlp figures

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bl00dhearts · 1 year ago

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My little rant on the new Priscilla movie by sophia coppola:

Ok so first off the movie wasn’t even that bad the aesthetics and how it was portrayed was beautiful. The story telling was incredible and the convey of emotion really spoke for the movie. Even thought it did kinda drag on on some parts i feel, overall great film… i would give this a near perfect rating if it wasn’t based on REAL people…

This movie is a glamorized over exaggerated fairy tail of elvis and priscilla. i don’t know what other way to put it. It clearly portrayed elvis in a bad light even his daughter Lisa Marie Presley shared her thoughts on the movie before she passed. Saying it was vengeful and portrayed her father wrong. Like damn that’s literally elvis’s daughter and y’all still saying he was all this stuff. Like i ain’t saying he isn’t a bad person he definitely had his flaws but priscilla did too. But the movie very much portrays priscilla as this sad depressed little girl being groomed by elvis when that wasn’t the case at all. than y’all be clapping back saying ‘the movie is based on the elvis and me book priscilla wrote and it’s her perspective’ like no duh. but it’s her perspective and could easily be taken out of proportion. like i ain’t saying what priscilla went through wasn’t real like it def was and i’m forever a priscilla defender AND an elvis defender.

but y’all seem to have a problem with people defending elvis. and that’s all got to do with the modernization of extreme feminism and the me too movement… which is just hideous like i get ‘I’m just a girl’ what about ‘i’m just a boy’ like don’t get me wrong am a girls girl and all put i also have empathy for the other side even if i know there wrong.

(sorry for that lil rant)

Back to the movie, due to sophia coppola influence on young girls (low key me) they be taking her film as reality which it clearly isn’t. like it isn’t a documentary and it isn’t a hundred percent factual to the last detail, it’s a story told from priscilla’s perspective. and y’all straight up hating on elvis as if he wasn’t a real person with feelings and emotions that actually lived and sadly passed. and he isn’t here to tell his side.

i would not recommend this movie to anyone and would actually discourage it to people who haven’t done there research or don’t have proper background knowledge before hand, because if you hardly herd of elvis and didn’t rlly know who priscilla was going into that theater your definitely going to come out have a raging hatred for elvis and extreme sympathy for priscilla.

one more thing is that y’all really be pressed about the age gap like most parents including mine have a similar age gap to elvis and priscilla. Like every other person i hear yap about this movie is ‘priscilla was a CHILD when she dated elvis’ like girl be fr i be getting second hand embarrassment for that. She was fourTEEN a teenager and elvis a young adult. and it’s not like elvis immediately started dating when she was fourteen they MET each other when she was that age. and even priscilla herself said elvis NEVER tried anything on her and wasn’t sexual towards her. Even herself priscilla said ‘i was older in life not numbers’ which is so real bc i bet a lot of y’all thoughts y’all’s was mature for ur age. she also said ‘i don’t think i was groomed’ and that’s from priscilla herself and how you gonna deny her own words, even herself also explained how she actively persuade elvis when she was younger and begged her parents to let her move in with elvis at 17 it wasn’t like elvis was begging for her to come to Graceland. and elvis always treated her very well.

Another point is that elvis treater priscilla like a doll and made her dress up the way he wanted. Like priscilla literally said that’s how they both was, and she always wanted to look her best for elvis and even herself, like is that so hard to believe that woman back than put in effort to look presentable like that was the time back than. even elvis himself never showed up looking slouchy or lazy, he was always dressed well and priscilla was also dressed well.

another thing about priscilla’s personal style changing because of elvis is low key kinda weird bc i can’t be the only person that noticed this. like a lot of videos point out ‘oh when priscilla before she met elvis was really girly with long skirts and cardigans, than during elvis was shift dresses, than after elvis she started to wear pants and ‘express herself more’” like girl no. she literally just followed the fashion trends of the time. like the late 50s and 60s was that style them long skirts and blouses and cardigans and dresses and ponytails, that’s what was popular back than. she met elvis and moved in with him in about mid 60s and that’s when the shift dress and big hair became really popular and elvis may have influenced that as well but priscilla followed. than towards the end when they had there kid and priscilla started to get more freedom her style changed and she started to wear more pants and denim…. like girl it’s was literally the late 60s early 70s that was the height of fashion, like pants and denim were literally trendy and popular so ofc priscilla had to cop bc she’s the it girl. so it’s not rlly her own style like she just followed the trends and was the height of fashion.

and also kinda going back on what i said before about the grooming. that term wasn’t really coined till later and it’s kinda of a newer term because that never really happened before because back than that’s just the way of things. It was normal for a woman to get married between 14-18 to a older man in his 20’s because that was the norm back than, not necessarily in the 1960s but more true in the 1910s and before. and that only changed sort of recently because of the modernization of everything including health. because back than people married young bc a lot of folks didn’t make it to get so old. and also they didn’t encourage woman to go to school and colleges as much as they do now.

anyways that’s all i could think of for now and i’m high key getting tired of typing all this, like i havnt even written school work this long before. but yeah i hope y’all at least understand my take on this, and if you have any critiques or some u wanna say feel free to say them it’s not that deep. bye!

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