#is absolutely also a misogynist

[tlgtw]

MGSV really is *so* misogynistic it is honestly hard to believe. It has ONE named female character, just one. And holy shit, the things they make that single woman do.

I don't know what happened. Or how Kojima thought what we was doing was defensible.

I could just link to the introduction of the SKULL snipers from Mission 28 Code Talker but even that I feel is so unbelievable to see with your own eyes that it would exit the mind as soon as it stopped playing.

Literally every criticism made during that era toward's this game is accurate. Every single one.

It might legit be the WORST example of "male gaze," literally literally ever. Out of everything.

If MGSV had outright no women in it whatsoever it would be better than what this is.

The cutscene for when Big Boss comes to Mother Base after not showering was what sealed it for me.

And the fact that there were people back then who thought they could defend this perhaps makes it even more deranged.

[taraxippos]

Related thing that annoys me is when a fantasy/other spec fiction story really wants to have an arc that's like "female protagonist defies crushing patriarchal norms to do [xyz]", and it falls on its face because the author doesn't really seem to understand how systemic oppression works and treats it as a few bad people doing bad things rather than something that is structured into a society, effects most aspects of said society, and is internalized to some extent by all members of the society. (Yes even the victims of this structure). (Yes even the nice people). (Yes even the people who love and care about your protagonist). (Yes even your protagonist).

So like you'll maybe have a stock despicable antagonist going like "A PATHETIC FRAIL WOMAN CANNOT POSSIBLY SUCCEED AT 'KNIGHT SCHOOL' ON HER OWN MERITS... UNLESS SHE IS PERHAPS A WITCH? KILL HER", and that's like. It. At most you get an antagonist Faction that's like that. No one you're supposed to Like has any misogynist elements to their thinking besides maybe cutesy 'ahhh I saw your ankles!' shit or the gentlest sort of 'I believe in you completely I'm only scared for your safety'. Much less seeing the effects of patriarchal thought solidly embodied in other aspects of the worldbuilding.

Like I'm not asking you to show a hate crime, but if you want to tackle a story about a STRUGGLE AGAINST OPPRESSION to begin with, maybe put in the work to show that your protagonist has something to struggle against besides a few bad actors and Vague Implications?

[lazy--lillies]

Sorry but Piper’s parallels to Helen of Troy (/Sparta - using the book for her ref rn) should’ve been played up WAY more. Like sure, she has her knife and charmspeak and that’s nice, but like?????

The sheer amount of stuff Rick could’ve gotten out of that parallel too if he made her a lesbian UGHHHH. Make her the most beautiful child of Aphrodite that’s ever been seen in Camp Half Blood. Make her get people to question their eyes when they see her, get people feeling UNCOMFORTABLE with how gorgeous she is. Parallel her relationship with Jason being forced to Helen and Paris being placed under a spell by Aphrodite, make that part of their relationship RELEVANT TO THE PLOT. Make her a lesbian on purpose and actually write some good conflict!!!!!!!!! The pieces were all there and he refused to put them together!!!

And like if he hadn’t fucked up her writing so bad in canon I wouldn’t be so upset but like GODDDD

In conclusion rip Piper Mclean you would’ve love Chappell Roan

[racecardilfs]

so this stuff about a driver broadcasting p*rn on jonathan wheatley’s pit wall monitor is GROSS. sorry, but it's actually not funny. it shows exactly the kind of culture that festers in motorsports teams, especially when sexist behavior goes unpunished. it's plain unprofessional as well. f1 is an incredibly prestigious motorsports series, and the pit lane is outside and around cameras and the public. this "joke" is the kind of shit bored college frat boys pull. but f1 isn't college, it isnt just messing around. it's a multibillion dollar industry, and if they want people to take them seriously and believe they actually care about the future of the sport, this can't just be taken as a funny joke. i promise you, it isn't a one-off. it's a symbol of a broader culture that doesn't respect professionalism or women.

[fiapple]

i'm getting towards the end of the skypeia arc, & i'd like to say just how much i adore the way the female strawhats have been treated.

just... every aspect of how the way their characters have been previously contextualized influences the story-line is treated with a masterful amount of consideration. we're given so many layers to both of them that enrich not only their characters specifically, but the arc, and the one piece world as a whole. without nami & robin having their specific skills, and their specific values, without those being built upon, the story would have come to a halt.

you could not have skypeia without nami & robin being who they are as individuals. not just because they never would've gotten there without nami, but also because the way these women think is itself foundational to the machinations of the arc as a whole.

to be totally upfront, if you think any other strawhats were more central to the skypeia arc than nami & robin were you are full-on fucking lying to yourself.

[romanticatheartt]

I'll never understand the hate toward acofas...

[harocat]

It's wild how if you're passionate about your cats and talk about them a lot, you're a crazy cat lady. If you're passionate about your dogs and talk about them a lot? You're just normal. It's so fucked up.

[moreaugriffins]

"classic dr who put only the women in tight and skimpy clothes to get the dads (watching the show) attentions"

clearly, y'all have not seen S7 (or The Invasion) of Dr Who because the number of times I see men, especially the Brigadier, showing off their arses to the scene in those tight-fitting boilersuit of a uniform- so much unnecessary 'backs to the cameras' or bending over or just having the Brigadier in centre frame as he goes down that stupid ladder-

(and the third doctor in that white shirt? good grief!)

[homoqueerjewhobbit]

Let me get this straight. The time is a flat circle guy is mad that the time is a flat circle show said that time is a flat circle?

[gaymergirlie]

Not to poke the discourse bear, but have you ever noticed how nobody talks about any of the romanceable female companions’ sexualities the same way they do with Astarion? People LOVE to erase the fact that he’s canonically pansexual (as are all of the companions) and insist that he’s gay. I’d argue that Minthara strikes me as the stereotypical “mean lesbian” but no one contests her sexuality or attacks others for putting her in a M/F pairing, nor do I think they should.

To me it just sounds like a combination of biphobia and misogyny. Also I don’t like the idea that because Astarion is more flamboyant than the other male companions that he HAS to be gay.

[callixton]

having had a hyperfixation on what we're studying in class is Such a bizarre sensation. like yes i could listen to you just talking generally about this for hours and not get bored. i know this better than anyone but there is also so much left to learn. i am vibrating in my seat bc you mentioned themes of loss in a really smart way.

[itsbrucey]

Messy sketchy draft concept etc etc. for a piece called “ Trapped Within the Jaws of God, We Learned To Pray” aka “ fuuuuuuuuuuuck Willy overactived the slime…..fuuuuuuck”

[slimewires]

leela seems like she should be a lesbian but i feel she has it in her to be transhet. and if not that, instead deeply, deeply, deeply repressed about being into girls.