#if you disagree pls don't interact on this post. I'm genuinely happy you have a different interpretation but I have no energy to argue.

[wishesofeternity]

My problem with The Dragon Prince is that while it preaches about "breaking the cycle" and "choosing love", it repeatedly does so in a way that echoes the age-old idea of telling victims to passively accept their lot in life and the injustices inflicted upon them while their perpetrators never have to acknowledge their wrongs or face consequences for their actions. This is the kind of narrative they follow on both a personal and systematic axis, and it's exactly why the show will always frustrate me.

[pennylime]

oh my god dude ur so right about the fandom consisting of younger people 😭 not to disrespect the younger fans here but sometimes its rough because as a kid you dont really care about interacting with media you shouldnt and thats normal. but god does it suck when they dont know HOW to interact with it

im 17 and i did admittedly get into ghost eyes when i was like late 14 and i was tempted to put 15+ only in the bio of my ge sideblog but i kind of figured that. 14 year olds are always going to get into messed up shit. we should obviously try to prevent it but if theyve already read it we should as older fans at least make sure were guiding them in the right direction with such a complicated story

sorry for the ramble ill probably make my own post about this LOL but yeah

oh god i hope i word this right, but i 100% agree with you. sorry this is so long but im going to elaborate on my prev post too. more words under cut because i dont want this long ass essay clogging my blog lmao

if you do read this pls read the whole thing!

but yea

especially with the internet nowadays and the younger gen, they can and will get into anything, whether they fully understand the material or not. i worked with elementary children my senior year of high school in the after school program and a second grader was watching hazbin hotel so theres really no stopping them no matter the age (i highly disagree with this do not get me wrong). anyways

ghost eyes as a piece of media i feel like attracts a certain kind of reader that IS pretty young, especially because the characters are in high school and its on webtoon which has a young audience in general. it's just a highly dark piece of media that NEEDS a mature audience to properly handle the subject matter. at least a couple years ago, i dont know about now, a LOT of people were definitely not handling the series in a healthy or respectful way (of course others were just fine). i genuinely hope those readers got the help they needed in the most respectful way. i am VERY glad mcp put that warning in the beginning of the series, esp cuz canvas doesnt have the rating system originals has now. I first read it before it had that warning and i did not know what i was initially getting into lmao (still loved it anyways)

this may sound weird, but i'm kind of glad i read it so young because if ive never read it before and tried to get into it now, let me tell you, i would have dropped it so fast lmao. im glad i still love it though because the story is very intriguing and im so fucking invested. i feel younger people who consider themselves "edgy" or whatever, for lack of a better term, are just more open or can brush off some of the earlier scenes. i say this because i was kind of that person (ive gotten better and have matured). i highly enjoy the later episodes and i feel the later 2/3 of the story found a better groove idk. its still messed up but i feel a better/more mature messed up, like less of shock value things? idk, i feel even though earlier scenes were "necessary" to the story, it still felt strangely handled.

I also feel young readers now will also mature about the series as they grow older. I definitely did. instead blindly loving a piece of media at freshly 13 yrs old, i grew and realized that this is a series that needs to be heavily separated from real life and approached with a lot media literacy and critical thinking. i can love a series and characters and not let them influence my fundamental self or my values. i feel thats the problem with a lot of fans from a lot fandoms, not just ge, they just cant separate it??? idk, but im really happy mcp stopped reading the comments on webtoon as well because i cant read them either lmao.

but i mean, regardless of age, there's always going to be aspects of the fandom i don't agree with or makes me uncomfortable. tumblr is the only side of the ge fandom i interact with because its so chill, maybe occasionally insta or pinterest. tumblr yall are the real ones. im so glad i never had amino or tiktok fr. apparently those were wild idk i never went there lol

and i DO NOT want to be dismissive of a lot of people's feelings about the series too. i don't know how to word this properly so i hope i get this across correctly. mcp put a strict no kin material rule FOR A REASON yall!! the series and characters are kind of messed up. and im talking to a general audience here, not you anon lol. it may feel validating or something but it should not be. i mean this in a very respectful way, but if you see yourself reflected in these characters for wrong reasons, get some help if you are able to. i dont know what you surround yourself with to feel that way, but i want to highlight that you are probably not interacting with the healthiest people/things if you feel that way. i dont know anything about your lives, but i want whats best for you, genuinely. i say this because i was this person in middle school. i thought i was edgy and cool because i was "different" from the other kids, but in reality i was just really sad and pretty lonely with no outlet besides series like this and art. i look back on my mindset and cringe ngl. i got a lot better within like the year tho. so if this is the wake up call you need, i hope this helps /gen.

ultimately, i do not mind young people reading ghost eyes as long as they can be mature about it. and if they're not, i also realize that they're children and may or may not need help. sometimes kids are just immature, and thats normal. theyre kids. but a series rated MATURE should have a mature audience, which doesnt really have a specific age if im honest. a 15 yr old can be very mature about a series and a 30 year old can interact with a series in a very poor way. so yea, and i aint the fun police, so do what you will with your media you interact with, as long as your not hurting others or yourself. just have fun

the thing i love about ghost eyes, despite it being dark, can also be hilariously fucking funny. it has made me laugh so hard sometimes, and it can be very heartwarming. i love a series that can have that balance. im rooting for these characters fr!!