3. screenshot or description of the worst take you've seen on tumblr
3. screenshot or description of the worst take you've seen on tumblr
woof, my friend. There are...a lot. I actually actively try to stay away from the majority of the discourse, as it's exhausting and generally incredibly short on nuance. But in the spirit of the question, I'll list some random takes I've seen over the years and general counterarguments I have for them (otherwise known as, "I will fight myself in a paper bag and possibly not win but will also include something vaguely humorous at the end because I don't take myself that seriously").
Star Wars
Anakin is a poor, misunderstood, meow-meow
Anakin is a character with a megaton of trauma due to his upbringing. Anakin's ultimate fate was a complicated confluence of bad decisions on the part of the Jedi Council and Qui-gon, bad intentions gone worse with Palpatine, good intentions gone bad with Obi-wan, and bad actions on Anakin's part. Anakin was a victim, but he also made some piss-poor decisions that didn't help his cause.
Dooku is secretly a good guy
No, he's not. He sold his soul to the devil, willingly, thinking he could come out on top of that deal. He knew exactly what he was giving up and what ideals he was betraying to become what he was. Dooku cares, and it's that personality trait that - in my mind - ultimately buries him, but let's not mince words about the countless atrocities he's committed across the galaxy. He's probably one of the most complicated characters in the franchise, and I love him for it.
SMB
Luigi is constantly paralyzed by anxiety and can't function if his brother isn't within sight.
Agh, this bugs me and was one of the criticisms I had of the recent SMB movie. Luigi has his issues, yes, but he can get along just fine on his own, as shown in numerous games and the '90s cartoons. Quite frankly, part of the issue is that he's seen as an extension of his brother, who can have an overbearing personality at times, and Luigi hasn't had as much time to establish his own identity (which, heh, plays into so many interesting ideas as they relate to SPM and that whole debacle). He may be lost as to who he is, but he's not a total pushover.
Gravity Falls
Bill Cipher has a human form.
No! I refuse this! Bill is an eldritch triangle dream demon, and that's the end of that story. If Ford was feeling lascivious towards Bill, it was all triangle!Bill and nothing else.
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What’s up with how the dunmeshi fandom just lies about this kind of stuff all the time. It is easily confirmable information that it was a monthly series, something incredibly common in the industry.
A not weekly magazine schedule is literally common !! Especially in the seinen shoujo and josei demographics, sometimes monthly, sometimes biweekly, sometimes every two months, sometimes seasonal! Please stop lying about how Dunmeshi was some special unique creation that defies all standards of manga just to hype it up because it is so clear that every single one of these comparisons is centered around Weekly Shonen Jump (and understand that SJ has many magazines under its brand that are monthly or semimonthly). Not everything is WSJ and it needs to stop being the only point of reference in conversations like this 🤧
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im so serious if you cant imagine a single female character u like or you coincidentally only care about men or imagine that women are a different species of human that are impossible to draw or write about or relate to, You are the problem. its not because you’re gay it’s because you do not like women
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People should make more doomed by narratives siblings relationship.
Like with lovers you can just sever it and not have it related to you ever again but with siblings how could you?
You grow up with them you raise them or they raised you you both know how unforgiving the world is to both of you? You would die for them but will hate them for doing the same and yet none of you would regret it and both of you know it. They could be the person you loath the most and miss the most cause you still remember how they sneaked a candy into your hands. You can sever the tie but you can never look away at what you've lost, at whom you've lost because fate doesn't allow you to be together, eating dinners in quiet peace, if only there's another life, another time, where i can make you another plate of pancakes i would im sorry im sorry im sorry —
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