#im so tired of the g1 and g3 comparing

[chrlotpony]

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[llimerrence]

monster high rant under cut because i have feelings and wanna rant lol

its my blog i do what i want

ugh now im thinking about how the new show like ... sort of removed clawdeen's blackness. like i'm glad she's still not white, oh my god i would have lost my mind. but at the same time it feels like a weird choice to change her as dramatically as they did. like draculaura is still miss perfect while being an absolute sweetheart; and frankie is still a newbie who's prone to mess ups. but clawdeen is....not clawdeen??? She's not miss fashionista with a bite who's a protective big sister anymore. it just feels ... weird. idk. (also the whole thing where in reboots the black characters suddenly become biracial feels weird in a way i don't know how to explain.) i'm not black so like, idk if this is just me comparing new clawdeen to old clawdeen & therefore i am only noticing the lack of 'blackcent'; but then there's also the fact that her g3 doll is lighter skinned than g1, g1 cgi animation is darker than g3 cgi animation; and box art g1 is darker than g3 box art, and her hair is lighter color. Also if they end up making her and deuce a thing then they're actively ignoring that the creator basically said she's a lesbian; and that's....something.

also, the way that draculaura is biracial is sort of weird if only because it constantly feels forced. Dracula was romanian. and original draculaura was romanian. and now she's asian. it just feels like a strange choice? Espically when there are plenty of other characters with unspecified backgrounds / uncertain backgrounds (twyla, Ghoulia, Toralei, spectra, Purrsephone and Meowlody, etc). but espically removing any hint of an accent from draculaura & making her dracula's bio daughter feel like the weirdest choices. It's like, completely removing the entire point of her character. She was prosecuted, a plague survivor, and they got rid of that. I hope they at least like, say she's half-romanian and half-asian. That would honestly satisfy me that way; but it doesn't look like they will.

I like the choice to change lagoona from austrailian into latina as a nod to the creature from the black lagoon which was in the amazon rainforest. It's a neat nod. I do wish we had another austrailian character though just to fill that hole. maybe they'll do it with gil? idk i miss gil lol

anyway, my tl;dr is that some choices make sense. other parts just feel....weirdly forced. and im tired lol

anyway frankie being nonbinary was an A+ choice okay bye

[akascow]

the amount of g1 purists that dont realize monster high fashion WAS and STILL IS about CURRENT fashion lowkey piss me off 😭

"i hate g3 clothes they dress like tiktok influencers" thats literally because most of the CURRENT youth clothing trends come from tiktok "the fashion is such a downgrade from g1 now" why would they dress like teenagers from 2011 that doesnt make sense lmfao especially bc the toys are aimed at CURRENT kids HAHA

obvi if u dont like current fashion then u wont like g3 bc g3 follows current fashion 🤨 crazy concept ik

and yeah i love g3 i think theyre all adorable tho im not saying every g3 outfit is a hit, but i also dont like a lot of g1 outfits either, g3 definitely has a lot more detail going on so i think thats super neat lol.

and people are still upset that theres a lot of pants/shorts and sneakers instead of mini skirts and heels like 1) theyre gen alpha high schoolers no one is wearing high heels to fucking calculus HAHA and 2) i dont think ive seen a skirt in public in like 7 years idk about yall,,

also lowkey we really dont have a specific easy to pinpoint clothing trend rn but yeah ofc theyre gonna dress like modern teens... thats like... the whole point HAHA

i KNOWWWW some people are just mad bc they took out the alt/emo (?) aesthetic from g1 and i can get behind that argument but thats not what im talking about here anyway so as for the one i just pointed out well yk ^^

i feel like i always have to say this when i make a g3 rant but as someone who grew up ALONGSIDE g1 and LOVED G1 i also LOVE G3 !!!

question tho do g1'ers ever get tired of constantly comparing the different generations tho like damn no one is forcing you to stay here lmfaooo its tiring me out just watching u do it HAHA

obviously u dont HAVE to like it but you also dont have to keep yapping about how g1 is so much better and g3 is trash and the outfits are bad and you miss g1 and they could never make u like g3 and blah blah blah

sure whatever you do you i guess but maybe spending time seething at g3 designs that you actively hate on is um unhealthy arent we supposed to stop giving our attention to things we hate HAHA

theyre DIFFERENT generations and DIFFERENT universes STOP COMPARING THEM LIKE THEYRE THE SAME !! god😮‍💨