#girl i dont know how to tag

[midnighttreasureseeking]

they are dropping the ball arent they?

When season 2 ended i was still optimistic. I was on the side of; dont appraise the day before the evening falls. I was definitly going to watch sesason 3 and was, with no evidence to the contrary present, convinced and hopefull that Louis was going to be respected and present.

But with recent behavior from AMC and the fandom I have left that conviction behind. There are many reasons for this, from those awfull AI- created Louis starter pack instagram posts which reeked of carelessness and racism to now with the snubbing of every prominent POC in this series, but especially jacob Anderson, for the critics choise awards in favour of Sam Reid.

Sam Reid is a good actor, this is true. But the snubbing sends an particular message and it is this.

Sam Reid is bettter in one episode than all three were in the entire season.

As others have pointed out it dismisses all of the incredible performances that happened in this season, from Jacob, from Delainey and from Assad. It dismisses them entirely, puts them and all their work (which has at times been praised as better in comparison to Sams, especially in the language and accent department) beneath Sams' one episode. " they just weren't good enough" is also something i find really hard to believe.

AMC is a corporation, it wants to make money, sorry for being crass but they would kill their own mother to get to where they want to be. It has made it clear that the praise the IWTV team and Jacob recieved for the effort of accuratly representing the world and experience of a black man in New Orleans in the 1910's was nice, but in the end worthless to them. They rode the high of having done diversity right and are now dropping it as it is no longer important to them. As if Louis' story does not continue. It's infuriating and the reason my optimism has ended. I'm ok with iwtv being 2 seasons. 2x8 was a fine ending and i can live with that. I have more important real life things to do anyways.

But on top of that, people in this fandom, with the annonimity of the internet have taken this moment to show their true colors. Saying Jacob Anderson would have better succes in the supporting catagory is incridibly offensive and racist. As others have also pointed out, Jacob isnt in a supportive role, he is the lead. He has been leading for two seasons and two years. He has the most screentime and the camera is never off him with exception of few scenes with for the characters of Claudia, Armand and Daniel. Is him leading somehow of eqaul value to a supportive role in comparisson to his white co-star? I could unpack that slowly, but i can also show the present: That is a white-supremacist take. White-supremacy is often subtle and subconcious to the peopole who do it, to those: take action, educate yourself.

Anyways, all of these things combined plus time and distance have left me a little jaded but mostly apprehensive if not dismissive to season three. If this show treats its characters and actors of colour like this, now that the spotlight isn't on them anymore, and the fandom enthusiasticly cheers that on, i dont want it.

TLDR: It is becoming increasingly clear that neither AMC nor a large? (definitly loud) part of the fandom actually care about the story that is being told or the team behind it. It is apparent in their treatment and consideration for their characters and employees of color that the driving force behind that lack of caring is informed by race. With instances of racism piling up thoughout the last year (and the one before, lets be honest) my enthusiasm for the show has dwindled and i'm ok with dropping it after season 2.

maybe im being cynical, but this is where im at right now.

[hoshizoralone]

reflection

[pig-mania]

me

[godsplatter]

hanniballing

[tum-naam-sochlo-merese-ni-hora]

Yashoda maiyaa can never be mad at her kanhu for more than a minute 🥹

Happy Birthday to our sweet, precious 'Momma's Boi'.

HAPPY JANMASHTAMI!!!

[almondpiglet]

needed to draw something this year for tomes bday...really wanted to draw her highschool friends

[latenightsundayblues]

I imagine their banter and bickering in the process of killing someone would deal greater psychological damage than the torturing itself

[mrmeepsmadmind]

i love when ppl draw bumblebee like the happy little creachure he is but also i love when people draw bumblebee like he's had 500 beers in the last 1 hour and still the pain won't even ebb

[eggydaxy]

I missed them

[guooey]

4 month update on my sweet girl.. I'm happy to share just how chubby she has become. She says give your local elders a chance! Bring them into your house!

[lesbian-parappa]

EMU NATION STAYS WINNING

[cybersodas]

I was suddenly posessed to draw my reaaallly old splatoon idol ocs Ida and Koko in seasonal fest fits. Order of images is their default looks, then their springfest and their summer nights costumes.

[surreal-duck]

too easy

[om000o]

my wife

[implied-divinity]

im feeling sappy tonight. shoutout to the baby tboys begging to be forcemasced. one day you will become the man you want to be. within the kink its wonderful when another man grabs you by the shoulders and pushes you headfirst in. its wonderful to share in the joy he felt when he started. in reality know youre afraid. it takes guts to let yourself be who you want. dont take your feelings lightly and let yourself explore. you are not alone but its also up to you. take care. much love.

[evelynpr]

Might be a hot take as a bkdk and tgck truther here, but I find izuocha endlessly fascinating, beautiful, but also tearfully tragic.

I see their love for each other as something representative of their innocence and naivety when they only knew so little about who they were, and what was to come.

I think the main barrier of their relationship is that its rooted in how they see each other very idealistically, specifically that they're attached to the image of their Best Heroic Selves, and not the deeply selfish, destructive, freaky, and egotistical parts of them. To each other, they need to keep fulfilling that image or else that same person they looked up to would almost die in front of them, and that would be too cruel. Although that hero is still there, that same person they looked up to is not the same now because of...well...everything.

Izuku had barely even talked to girls when he first met her. She was Izuku's first ever real friend (Sorry Kats, everyone and him knows he was terrible), so he saved her in that entrance exam even if it was so dangerous. She gave a new meaning to his derogatory nickname just by being a friend that believed in him. After that, she saved him several more times (Blackwhip and Megaphone are the biggest samples iirc). It makes perfect sense that she is Deku's hero.

Ochako hardly knew what it meant to be a hero when she first got into UA. Just by reaching out to some kid tripping, she made a new friend who would then save her in that exam, then save him again in return. This boy then became someone who was always working so hard to save everyone in trouble, and she realized she wanted to be just like him too. "I want to save people"

But...Deku changes. The weight of One for All is on his shoulders and he needs someone to carry this burden with him. He continues to want to save other people at the expense of himself, still not letting his true selfishness and ego ever show- and it only grows more and more unbearable.

Then...Ochako fell in love with Himiko. Truly, relentlessly, selfishly and devotedly in love with a girl who then dies giving her blood to her- the greatest expression of love Himiko could ever give.

Not that they can't love each other because of this happening (and...so many other things oh god), I'm honestly not sure how to explain it- But them ending up together after losing that innocence and naivety? After Ochako will forever grieve the girl who showed her love in its most beautiful and ugly form? After Izuku changed so fundamentally as a person that the butterflies of a nice girl talking to you doesn't exist anymore? After that simple image of being a hero and being in love has completely changed for them both?

Even so, I believe they still love each other. There is no label I know of that can properly describe them though. They are each other's image of being a hero when it comes to saving people. Aside from Shoto, no one else can grasp the grief of the person you tried to save dying in your hands. They would no doubt try to cope with these losses together, and just try to get better together...but so much has changed. They've changed. The world changed. What are they now? Who are they now?

"What happened...to us?"