#if you are transphobic i want you dead and i WILL tell you to kill yourself. idc !!!

[andrew-thy-accursed]

What's your opinion about metamythmachine? She's pretty skilled, but also very transphobic so idk if you'd fw her or anything. I personally don't, the only thing she's good at is realism and her shading is ass so there's nothing cool about her art to make her trash opinions worth it

I won't comment on their work, as that would be a low blow of me and I won't stoop to a level like that just to "dunk on the radfems"

I actually enjoyed their art, although it was tainted by their "radical feminist" ideals, but let's be honest and stop sugar coating them and call them the fascists they are.

I don't like them, and have their account blocked. I don't take kindly to individuals who want me dead. I'm a tranny myself, so there's no reason for me to like them. It's quite cruel to make a post saying "guess who won the election you trannies should kill yourselves now" especially after an election in a country where both parties are backed by a project that aims to eliminate trans individuals.

I don't see a reason of why I would justify transphobia of that level, let alone for some art. Just tell me you're unhappy in your skin enough that you need to project your insecurities onto a group of individuals who are happy with their identity, metamyth.

[comradecowplant]

so things are not going well with my new elderly socdem friend unfortunately.

[depvotee]

Ngl lie dog but if you accept a self hating trans that clearly is hating on other trans people idk man, maybe you should ban her 💞

[darishima]

absolutely insane how i've never EVER seen a SINGLE person misgender yamato or call him a girl on tumblr. and yet on twitter i have seen TWO people gender him correctly. TWO people. EVER. twitter is a cesspool and i hate the twt one piece fandom with an unbearably intense burning fury

[concupiscentlyashen-blog]

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[neverendingford]

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[mockerycrow]

Talk About Sensitivity In The COD Fandom **Important.**

THIS IS NOT A DEBATE POST. DO NOT BOTHER.

Hey, everyone. After the reveal of Makarov in the trailer (as well as general concern), I think a chat about sensitivity is important. Since the trailer’s release, I have seen a major increase in simping for Makarov posts as well as genuine romanticization of Russia and/or Russian Soldiers. First, I want to talk about the romanticization of Russia and/or Russian soldiers because it’s seriously getting out of hand. I need you guys to realize that Russia is an ultranationalist country and yes, maybe not everyone who lives there believes what their government does, but it’s important to know a big portion of their population does. I have seen multiple posts and edits of this man right here (pictures below).

THIS GUY IS NOT SOMEONE YOU SHOULD LIKE, AND PEOPLE NEED TO UNDERSTAND THAT HE DOES NOT LIKE YOU. This is one of the most popular Russian Soldiers amongst the internet due to the way he wears a mask, gear, has an accent, and is buff. He makes videos teaching soldiers how to kill people—innocent people in Ukraine who are just trying to survive. I have seen people straight up ignore when someone tells them what this man has done, so let me put it this way—he does not like you. He wants you dead. He is racist, a homophobe, transphobe, antisemitic, etc. He absolutely hates The West, and he does not like you unless you are a cis, straight, white 100% Russian. Even if you’re a woman, he DOES NOT LIKE YOU. If you American, HE DOES NOT WANT YOU ALIVE.

[This part is not targeted; just a general statement.] Second; there is a serious problem with how you guys address Makarov as a character. There is absolutely no problem enjoying him as a villain because I do too, but you guys have to realize that Makarov is an ultranationalist—which is exactly what Russia is right now, an ultranationalist terrorist state. “But he’s fictional, it doesn’t matter! it’s not that deep!” It actually is that deep. I keep seeing content for Makarov and I can’t force anyone to stop making “fluffy fics”, but I need y’all to have some fucking decency towards victims and people affected by the war. I know people who are affected by the war who feel ill seeing posts painting Makarov in a good light. If you are going to write Makarov, do NOT romanticize him as a character—do NOT paint him a decent or good light, because you can’t. Write him like the bastard he is. And no, this isn’t a “let people write what they wanna write” situation. You can do that, but please be expected to be judged and blocked by me and many others. Makarov is quite literally the characterization of everything that is wrong with Russia, and what HAS been wrong with Russia. Makarov is not a bad boy, a rebel, etc, he’s a fucking terrorist. Please be for real. “But the military in general is bad, so why does it matter specifically around Makarov?” Please see above my previous reasons. Thanks.

The overall message of this point is to be fucking respectful. There are actual people dying and slaughtered for no reason other than ruined pride and a lot of Ukrainian folk seek comfort and distractions in the internet and their fandoms. This ruins it for them and quite frankly, sometimes how Makarov is being written? It’s completely insensitive. Anyway, below are a few links where you can directly support the efforts and the people of Ukraine. Peace and love, and please write with critical thinking.

[sissytrapjamie]

I really think fakegirls like me should be used as a lightning rod for transphobic harrassment, queerphobic or even misogynistic harrassment. Leave the real women and queer people alone, I promise I'm a lot more fun, I'll actively help you harrass me. No need to spit on me as I pass you, just order me to stop and open my mouth wide. On command, I'll naturally swallow. Call me slurs and I'll repeat what I am back to you. I can be made to politely laugh along with cruel jokes at my expense. Beat me so my faggy voice gives way to deep, manly grunts. I'll call you honourifics befitting of your place above me, and thank you so humbly for your attention. You could take pictures or videos to blackmail me with and I'd look dead into to camera and smile sweetly.

If you have more time to kill, the opportunities are endless. You could make me order a takeaway to then hand it over and kneel on the cold, hard ground begging for scraps. You could make me buy you something in gratitude for your attention. Make me buy a nice haul of cosmetics only to throughly destroy it, even make me help. Or make me apply the most awful clownish make up and promise this will be my new look from now on. You could drag me to a barber and make sure I leave with a buzzcut, or to a tattoo parlour, tell me exactly what I'm getting tattooed where. It could be a homing beacon for others to treat me the same, a slur, James, anything mortifying. I think my forehead would be the best place, a nice little label I'll never be able to hide again. Every penny paid by me, naturally. I should've been a real man if I didn't want this.

I'd love to just serve those who despise me in such twisted ways, showing my superiors the full respect they deserve. And I'd even be doing my part to keep real women safe, there's no downside!

[radkindoffeminist]

Please. Just stop. I'm scared, feel alone and saw the worst thing I've seen on this platform. I'm just a gender fluid teen trying to make a difference but she what I saw... If anything hurt you I'm so so sorry, but you need to stop lashing out at people on the same boat as you... I'm happy to talk if you'll put your prejudices aside and just... Support trans people. I'm just a gender fluid minor in his bed, and it's fucking scary to know people want me killed on the site that's meant to be a safe place

If you cannot handle being on this site then you need to take a step back from it. Yeah, it sucks sometimes but even spaces which are supposed to be safe can be toxic and you need to learn to walk away from them. (It doesn't even have to be removing yourself from the site, but can just be keeping to a smaller circle.)

But I'm not changing my opinion for you. I'm not going to support the deeply homophobic and misogynistic movement.. I'm not going to support the movement which tells me that my condition (PCOS) makes me less than a woman, while acting like they're really progressive for accepting me. I'm not going to support the movement which ignores and dismisses the idea of sex-based oppression. I'm not going to support the movement which tells lesbians that they're transphobic for not liking dick. I'm not going to support the movement which consistently dismisses women and tells them that their issues are nothing in comparison to trans women’s issues and which attacks them for having legitimate concerns about self-ID.

I still don't want you dead. I hope that you live and thrive. But I am not going to be guilted into supporting a deeply homophobic and misogynistic movement because you think I want you dead if I don't.

[raz-writes-the-thing]

That Smile

Negan x TransMale!Reader (GN pronouns)

Synopsis: Negan offers some very Negan-esque support when he discovers that the Reader has had to deal with some transphobic issues at the Sanctuary.

CW: transphobia, no slurs used, Negan being very Negan, Negan being suggestive (as per usual), no pronouns used for the Reader though it is specified that they are trans male.

Requests are: OPEN

“Oh, fuck,” Negan says, looking almost like he’s about to panic. Which is decidedly not a common occurrence for him. “Shit, handsome- I didn’t mean it. I was just breaking your balls a little bit.” 

You might have made a mistake here. Of all the people you could have screamed at- the leader of the Sanctuary was probably not the smartest choice. Oh, but you just couldn’t help it. 

Not everyone stared, and not everyone was rude. There was pockets of kindness here and there- people who understood who you were and respected you for who you were. 

As always, though, there were people who did not understand. People who looked at you weird or avoided you in the market. Negan had set out rules for basic respect, but that didn’t stop the occasional hate-speech or threat. It was the end of the world, after all, not Utopia. 

“You have no idea what this is like, Negan,” you say with a sneer. He sets his jaw but doesn’t reply, letting you vent. “Every day someone makes a comment just loud enough that I can hear, or someone shoves into my shoulder. Or, hell, just the other day- someone called me something that was… absolutely vile.” 

You point an accusatory finger at the man, whose gaze is getting darker with anger by the second. 

“And you!” You start to raise your voice, and Negan’s lips twitch as if he’s trying not to grin. “You let it happen. And I am so sick of everyone’s fucking shit!” 

Negan rubs a gloved hand over his chin, chuckling darkly as he does so. 

“You done, gorgeous?” He asks, or tells, really. There’s no room for argument with the way he unclenches his jaw. “Because I have something to say, and you? You are gonna listen.” 

Negan places Lucille carefully leaned against the table before rounding it to stand before you. You swallow thickly, not sure where this is going, but not sure you like it either. 

“I need you,” he says slowly while raising a finger to brush your temple softly. “To cast your big ‘ol brain back a few days and really think about what I’m about to ask you.” 

You stumble over a few attempts at speech before he shushes you softly. 

“The fuckhead that broke the rules? Called you something he really shouldn’t have…” His eyes flit between yours, lips spreading out into a grin that would send molten heat through a celibacy-practicing nun. “...when did you see him last?”

You let out a little ‘uh’ sound, trying to order your brain to stop tumbling around and work out the answer. It had been three days since the slur, and… now that you were really thinking about it. You hadn’t seen him since. Usually he was always lurking around to get another shot in.

The realisation must have shown on your face, because Negan let out a throaty chuckle. 

“See? Now you’re gettin’ it,” he says, leaning back against the table and crossing his arms. “Now, I know you wouldn’t want me killing anyone, so, don’t worry. He’s not dead.” You bit back the sarcastic comment that threatened to spill out.

Negan runs his tongue over his bottom lip as if savouring something very sweet. Your eyes track the movement, and you know he knows it.

“But that doesn’t mean he’s having a good time, either.” 

“What did you, uh, do to him?” You ask, voice breathy with desire. No one had defended you quite like this before. And if you didn’t know any better, you’d think Negan was flirting with you just to make a point. 

But it had been like this for months. Negan putting on all the charm when you were around, and doing his damndest to get you to open up to him. He didn’t care that you were trans, he liked you for you. 

You liked him too, of course. How could you not? Big strapping man with big dick energy, a leather jacket and a phallic bat? What wasn’t to love? 

“Oh, you know,” he chuckled. “Threw him the hole for a few days. Shit, I think he’s still in there.” 

You stifled a smile, knowing that the asshole was now suffering for his crimes. Well, shit- turns out Negan did give a shit about your rights. It was almost like he was an active protestor for Trans Rights. The thought made you laugh.

“I’ll have to make a trip down there to see if he’s learned his lesson yet.” 

This time you can’t bite back the smile, and he draws out an appreciative noise. 

“Oh, there he is,” he brushes your chin with his thumb. “There’s that handsome smile. Fuck, you really turn me on, you know that?” 

Your grin splits wider and blood rises to your cheeks. 

“I’m serious!” He defends himself. “My dick is so hard right now- I could cut diamonds.”

You role your eyes at his theatrics, but he knows that you enjoy his crude comments. He knows you want him. His gaze softens for a moment, and the sincerity you see there almost makes you melt. 

“No more hiding things from me,” he says. “Something happens- someone breaks the rules? You come find me.” Negan lets out a huff of a sigh, caressing your jaw now. 

“Can’t have my handsome man upset, can we? I just live for that smile.”  

You don’t even notice the grin spreading across your lips this time. 

“Yeah, that’s the one…”

[euniexenoblade]

For the longest time I saw transandrodorks as mislead dudes who got tricked by the bullshit of some terfs and truscum and just assumed they were kind hearted individuals and the really crazy moments were isolated pockets of people.

But the moment that really broke me with them, and made me realize the "transandrophobia is real" people genuinely hate trans women and want us suffering or dead, was when that AITA post happened. A trans masc person running a server was warning trans women that a cis woman in their server called herself a transfem incorrectly and was giving out harmful advice to these trans women, they even confirmed they had talked to the woman about it and the woman basically refused to stop. Woman found out about the warnings and got mad.

Thousands of people, trans women, trans men, nb, transfems and transmascs, even fucking cis people were like - no yeah you're doing the right thing.

But every transandrodork vowed that the true problem here was the trans masc telling people the cis woman wasn't actually transfem. There was a literal established history of trans women harmed by this woman and an update that confirmed she refused to stop, and some how every transandrodork decided that the person trying to help trans women was in the wrong.

It was just so clear cut. There was no real argument. Either protecting trans women is ok, or defend the person literally hurting trans women. We can talk all day about how transandrodorks misgender us, sexually harass us, how they reblog and quote terfs and transphobes, but on this one specific occasion it was like.

You genuinely want us hurt. You're not just mislead or ignorant about oppression. You're genuinely defending the people who are going to get us killed.

[justinspoliticalcorner]

Ryan Adamczeski at The Advocate:

Vivian Wilson is fact-checking own father after billionaire Elon Musk made bigoted comments about her gender. The billionaire recently attacked gender-affirming care in an interview with conspiracy theorist Jordan Peterson for conservative platform the Daily Wire, claiming that the life-saving treatment "killed" his daughter while repeatedly misgendering her.

Musk said that when his daughter wanted to begin transitioning, he “was essentially tricked into signing documents" before he "had really any understanding of what was going on." He said that doctors told him his daughter "might commit suicide" if she was prevented from receiving care. "I lost my son. They call it ‘deadnaming’ for a reason," Musk said. "The reason it’s called ‘deadnaming’ is because, your son is dead. So my son is dead, killed by the woke mind virus.” Wilson has since responded to Musk's assertions on Threads, the rival to his platform Twitter/X, saying that her biological father's claims are so blatantly false that she's "just started to find it funny at this point." " "Calling me dead on a podcast with JORDAN PETERSON of all people while basically admitting you have zero reading comprehension by saying you were “tricked” into signing documents that you read over multiple times is basically a parody of itself," she wrote. "Like it’s honestly camp-"

"I look pretty good for a dead bitch," she added. Wilson then debunked some of Musk's other assertions about her, among them several homophobic stereotypes about her youth, including that she was a fan of musical theatre (she wasn't) and picking out clothes for Musk to wear (she didn't). Musk also claimed that Wilson was "born slightly autistic."

You tell ‘em, Vivian Jenna Wilson! So glad she made posts on Threads calling out Elon Musk’s narcissistic and transphobic behavior.

Elon Musk can go touch grass and quit picking on LGBTQ+ people (especially trans and GNC people).

See Also:

Erin In The Morning: Elon Musk's Trans Daughter Vivian Responds To His Transphobia: "Go Touch Some F–king Grass"

[snaxle]

just saw someone say the reason bi lesbians are problematic is because they're inclusive of radfems, and that bi lesbians spew terf rhetoric. i dont know what kinda secret alternate universe you're living in where terfs are supportive of mspec identities but im begging you to turn on your brain cells for longer than 5 seconds at a time and then go outside instead of wallowing in queer twitter discourse made by 15 year olds 10 hours every day you fucking idiots.

terfs dont fucking like bi lesbians. terfs would rather watch us either kill ourselves than ever support our identities.

"i hate mspec lesbians because they tell people who hate men that they're sharing terf beliefs, which is exactly what terfs want!!" have you literally never seen a terf's account before in your life? they fucking hate men and want everyone in the world to know that every single man in the world no matter how old they are that they're gross ugly creatures who all hate women and want nothing more than to prey on the downfall of all women. yea, even those 6 and 12 year old boys that live next door to you. so yea, while you're posting your quirky little "i hate all men they're disgusting 🙄" posts every three days for your 400 twitter followers, you're 100% spewing terf rhetoric!! no that doesnt mean you're a fucking terf but you're sharing into their beliefs and spreading their agenda every time you do this shit which is what they want!!!!

"the term lesbian is already inclusive of trans and nonbinary people, so using the term bi/mspec lesbian is problematic because you dont think trans people can be lesbians!" look me in the eyes. do you genuinely, honest to god think that terfs care about that. do you genuinely think terfs are okay with trans people calling themselves a lesbian. terfs dont fucking care, they still want you to either detransition and realize how "evil" being trans is and follow in their beliefs, or they want you dead. a nonbinary trans man who uses he/him pronouns calling himself a bi lesbian is literally the least of your fucking worries.

i am trans and bigender. even if i just called myself solely a lesbian without the extra labels, terfs still wont fucking accept me because i am not a pure innocent 100% woman. they will not accept me even when i tell them i feel more like a woman most days than i do a man because i am not their definition of what a woman should be. "it doesnt matter what terfs say, lesbian is still inclusive of trans people!" no, it's only inclusive of trans people that you deem are good and women enough to use the label.

people love going around talking about how they're so so supportive of any and all identities and then immediately turn around and be like "hmmm but not Yours." i could be the most perfect woman in the world, but the second i so much as mention i think a man looks attractive, then i am not being a lesbian the Right way.

so who the fuck cares anymore. who cares if i use the term bisexual lesbian to identify myself? im already doing it all wrong supposedly, so who cares if im more of a problem than i already am? the queer people im supposed to share a community with would rather side on the side of terfs because im not being a lesbian in the supposedly Correct way, and no matter what i say to try defending myself I'll never be seen as a true and proper lesbian because random strangers on the internet i will never meet ever in my life has already dictated that I'm not good enough. that my existence is problematic and harmful to everyone else, completely ignorant of the fact that they're unwillingly sharing in the beliefs of transphobes, homophobes and conservatives who would like nothing more than to wipe us all out instead of standing together as a community.

but you know, putting bi lesbians on your dni or whatever is more important.

[northwest-cryptid]

Oh and for anyone who wants to tell me they're based on Oni:

^ This clip is from Mihoyo themselves.

Also I'm sorry but Angel is absolutely "waifu brained" I understand the idea that there's a necessary "story" to tell, but racist caricatures being the enemies you mow down is not how you tell that story in a respectable manner.

Our people are still being killed in real life every fucking day, the crimes against Native people make me genuinely furious not only because of what's being done, but the fact it can so easily be done because so many people look the other way when Native people are the topic of discussion.

You want to believe we're all dead, that we're not still facing racism from the government and from your neighbors alike. Whenever I bring up things like MMIW (Murdered and Missing Indigenous Women) I am shushed before someone brings up Landback. As if Landback is our only problem, and I understand why. It's because it's a problem that's so big and so outlandish to a white person that it's easy to shrug off. If I tell you we want our land back you can sort of nod and agree with that but don't have to do anything about it. If I mention that our people are being kidnapped, sterilized, raped, and murdered by everyday common Americans; well that's a much bigger issue and suddenly it's "I'm uncomfortable talking about those things." Yes and my people are uncomfortable living with being the targets of these things.

So you might be saying "what, and Genshin is responsible?" To which I want to remind you all that you literally boycotted and fervently hate Hogwarts Legacy or whatever it was called because the Goblins were based on depictions and stereotypes of Jewish people, and the owner of the IP is a Transphobe.

It's the same thing. You just don't care when the racism targets Native people.

[wonderfulworldofmichaelford]

Psycho Analysis: Lois Einhorn/Ray Finkle

(WARNING! This analysis contains LETHAL LEVELS OF TRANSPHOBIA! Literally what the FUCK!)

I have wanted to review Ace Ventura for a long, long time. I mean, this was part of Jim Carrey’s break into the big time alongside Dumb & Dumber and The Mask, two films I wouldn’t hesitate to call comedy classics. But then there’s Ace Ventura, a film many would say sits alongside those… and to a degree, it does. The titular character may be one of the funniest and most awesome film protagonists ever made, and for the most part it is a genuinely funny comedic mystery.

But then comes the twist.

The villain of the film is revealed to be Lois Einhorn, a cop that Ace had been working with. But that’s not actually the real twist. No, the real twist is that Einhorn is disgraced football player Ray Finkle… and thus, a man. It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to see the problem here.

Finkle/Einhorn has long been considered one of the most transphobic characters in 90s media, and it is genuinely hard to disagree. But is there anything of value to them? Is this character really as bad as people say? Well, I’m going to tell you how I feel, though two things need to be kept in mind. First, I’m a cis guy. I am going to be upfront and say I agree this character is horribly problematic, but I definitely recommend seeking out what actual trans people have to say about Finkle as well (this video’s a good place to start). Second, I’m going to be using “They/Them” pronouns for Finkle. I’m doing this mainly because the movie is wildly unclear about how they view their own gender identity, and it’s actually unclear if they’re actually trans or just so insane they’ve gone to the biggest extremes to disguise themselves as a woman for their vengeance since, you know, the movie doesn’t particularly care about their gender identity beyond it being a vehicle for mockery.

Now, let’s go ahead and open this big ol’ can of worms...

Motivation/Goals: Finkle’s motivation is where they really shine, because it’s genuinely insane and amazing. They ended up being shunned by society and disgraced after a screw up that cost the Miami Dolphins the Super Bowl, and went completely insane from the derision. This led to them concocting an absurdly complicated plan that involved the kidnapping of the team’s mascot, rising through the ranks of the police department, and assuming the name of a dead hiker, all to kidnap and kill their former teammate Dan Marino for his role in their fumble. It’s so brilliantly batshit!

Oh, and they decide to unndergo a sex change as part of this scheme. It’s done as tastefully as you can imagine a 90s comedy would do.

Performance: Blade Runner’s Sean Young plays Finkle-as-Einhorn (and even portrays Finkle in a photograph back when they were a man). Whatever problems this character has, I don’t think it’s completely fair to blame them on Young; she does a relatively good job playing a comedic femme fatale villain when it comes right down to it. If the writing were better, this could easily be a career highlight for her. Alas, that’s not the world we live in.

Final Fate: They get arrested. I guess it’s better than them getting killed? They were in a room full of cops, it was the early 90s, and they are presenting as a woman while being assigned male at birth. It is genuinely a miracle that the worst thing that happened to them is that they were sexually harassed by Jim Carrey.

Evilness: This is the tricky one. On the one hand, Finkle has quite a list of genuine crimes under their belt: Murder, kidnapping, attempted murder, animal abuse… They might also be responsible for the death of the original Lois Einhorn, but it’s extremely ambiguous and I’m not going to hold it against them. On the other hand, Finkle’s downfall and subsequent shunning by their own hometown to the point their life was destroyed and they were driven insane is so over-the-top in how cruel it is that it’s kind of hard not to feel a little bit of sympathy for them. Like hell, I think I’d go batshit insane too ifI got treated like that for a mistake that was out of my hands! The narrative is trying to say they should score a 4 or even 5, but I think they’re more around a 3, a tragic villain who was driven to madness. It’s certainly a high three because it’s hard to excuse some of their worse actions, but I’m feeling a little more lenient towards them than the movie is.

Worst Scene: The big gender reveal at the end, of course.

Let’s ignore that dolphins have been observed having gay sex before. Let’s also ignore there is a non-zero chance that someone on the police force isn’t totally straight; there was a cop in the Village People for a reason, after all. Setting all that aside, this just isn’t fucking funny. It’s just a tasteless, bottom-of-the-barrel gag cranked up to eleven. I know the 90s weren’t the most enlightened years, but this is still excessive, especially since this is the gag the entire movie’s central mystery builds up to.

Final Thoughts & Score: There is so much to unpack here. Like, unbelievable amounts. This is a villain in a fucking detective comedy film, this really shouldn’t have to be so goddamn hard to talk about!

This character is just so stuffed full of offensive stereotypes that there is genuinely no charitable read for them. Looking at what the film is laying out for you, we have a man who has gone to insane lengths to disguise themselves as a woman for their revenge scheme, the sort of lengths that are usually reserved for people who are actually trans. So this isn’t even straightforward transphobia, it’s invoking the “trap” stereotype. For those of you blessed with ignorance, the “trap” is a nasty stereotype of trans woman that essentially believes they are a man disguised as a woman looking to rape unsuspecting men. It’s a pretty vile term that was and still is pretty popular among the coomer crowd, so yeah, not a good look when your character is what 4channers were calling Bridget Guilty Gear for years.

But hey, maybe the transphobia is just accidental! Even the director has said the intended joke with stuff like Ace barfing after discovering the truth is meant to be a dig at how fragile his masculinity really is if he falls to pieces over something like kissing a man! So instead of transphobia, the joke is… homophobia! Yay? This excuse doesn’t even hold water when the entire police force and the fucking dolphin barf at the big reveal too.

All of this is bad enough, but here’s the kicker: Aside from that massive, glaring flaw, Finkle is actually a genuinely good villain for a story like this. Their plan is insane and convoluted, perfectly fitting into a comedic narrative, but they’re also a genuinely threatening villain when they need to be. But this just makes it all the worse, because they took this good idea, wrapped it up in the sort of shit Joanne Rowling writes for her crappy detective novels, and then made it the punchline the whole movie builds up to.

If it weren’t for the exaggerated 90s bigotry the character is steeped in, I think they’d be a really solid bad guy who would likely deserve a score at least as high as Buffalo Bill got. But the existence of the novel that elaborates on Bill’s whole deal, the (admittedly minor) efforts of the movie to deny Bill is trans and is merely insane and delusional, and the fact he is played entirely seriously and is not the butt of jokes make him far more defensible than Finkle is.

I don’t think there’s ever been a twist villain that so thoroughly decimates the quality of the film they’re in. Bellwether didn’t ruin Zootopia, Hans didn’t ruin Frozen, and Roy Burns didn’t ruin Friday the 13th: A New Beginning. But Finkle? They fucking tank Ace Ventura, and it didn’t have to be this way. There are plenty of ways to have a character pretend to be a woman and have it be tasteful and funny; Bugs Bunny is a queer icon for a reason, and movies like Some Like It Hot and Mrs. Doubtfire, while obviously not perfect, manage to be a lot more tasteful in their jokes. But here, they just aim right for the bottom of the barrel.

With how times have changed, I think it’s genuinely easy to read them as a sympathetic character, provided you can look past the murder and homicidal revenge of course (something easy to do when you remember what caused them to snap). When the movie is doing all it can to demonize and humiliate them for not conforming to gender norms as opposed to ridiculing them for the sheer absurd lengths they’re going to for revenge or the fact they literally fucking killed someone, it’s hard not to take their side. The narrative is already against them for the stupidest reasons, so why dogpile them? You go, girl! You can have a little murder and kidnapping, as a treat.

I’ve gotta give them a 0.5/10. And that .5 is pretty much only because aside from the horrible twist, they’re honestly not a bad villain and there’s actually a lot of great foreshadowing that they’re behind the dolphin kidnapping. It really is just the gender reveal thing that not only completely ruins the character, but torpedoes the movie too. Ace Ventura is probably one of the best characters ever, and one of Carrey’s best performances alongside Truman and Robotnik, but he’s stuck debuting in a film where the big joke is “queers are fucking freaks lmao.” What a sick joke.

[a-fucking-tornado]

Hey, there! Here's my intro post, if you want to get to know me.

My name is Rickie, though I'm fine with Tornado, I've gotten used to people calling me that.

I'm genderfluid and my pronouns are they/he. I'm also pan and a-spec

I'm autistic and have both social and generalized anxiety.

My hobbies include knitting, crocheting, writing, singing, acting, travelling, talking about my hyperfixations and hanging out with my friends.

I speak Portuguese and English fluently, so if you want to interact with me, it's preferable to speak in those languages.

I'm a minor so please have that in mind when interacting with me.

My Eurylochus RP blog is @eury-the-cow-man :33

My fandoms:

Riordanverse

Harry Potter (I don't like J. K. R@wling tho)

Osemanverse (although I don't talk about it much)

Truly Devious

The Song of Achilles

Greek Mythology

Hamilton

Heathers (movie and musical)

Be More Chill

Dear Evan Hansen

Grease

Six

Chicago

Mean Girls

The Book of Mormon

Ride The Cyclone

Team Starkid (mainly Hatchetverse and VHSCC, although all their musicals are awesome)

EPIC: The Musical

Jackson's Diary

Bad Signs

Lebre & Coelho

Stick N Poke

The D!ckheads

Not So Silent

Sunflowers And Lavender

Gravity Falls

My Little Pony

The Hollow

Dead End: Paranormal Park

Kipo and the Age of Wonderbeasts

Arcane

Hazbin Hotel

Helluva Boss

Ramshackle

The Amazing Digital Circus

Epithet Erased

Disventure Camp

Brooklyn 99

Friends

The Big Bang Theory

Why Women Kill

Only Murders in the Building

The Sex Lives of College Girls

WandaVision

Agatha All Along

FNAF

Ouran High School Host Club

Banana Fish

DNI:

Homophobes

Transphobes/TERFs

Racists

Xenophobes

Ableists/Saneists

Antisemitics or any other person who discriminates people's religious beliefs

MAPs, superstraights, dreamsexuals, etc.

Sexists

Fatphobics

Toxic fans of any fandom at all

Please don't ask me for donations since:

I am a minor

I have no money

I always feel awful for not being able to donate

The wording always makes me feel guilty

The asks fill up my entire ask box and it's kinda disappointing that most of the engagement with my blog comes from people asking me for money

Images of bullets and wounds show up from time to time and it's kinda triggering for me

I've had people who asked for donations on private messages beg me to send them things I don't feel comfortable sharing (like my phone number) and that makes me feel extremely uncomfortable

I can't tell what is or isn't a bot

I have boundaries and those should be respected