#it is a musical

[i-didnt-do-1t]

Okay, approximately 2 people asked for the controversial Katherine post so here it is

(Prefacing this by saying obviously ship whatever you want, pls, I could not care less about the romance it’s more so the pattern of the treatment of female characters)

But just in how, historically in the newsies fandom, the female characters have been so pushed aside, a lot of the time specifically to make room for the gay ships (I shouldn’t have to clarify this, but I’m bi, and also enjoy javey as much as the next person, that’s not the issue)

With Sarah it was with very obvious misogyny, which has now (thankfully) been swiftly moved on from, but historically making her petty and bitchy so she could be pushed aside was not a rare occurrence.

I find what happens with Katherine not all that dissimilar.

She is still very much pushed aside,

but the method through which she is being pushed aside is done with a ‘feminist’ lens so you can still claim to love her while giving her less relevance. A way to get her out of the way without it seeming overtly sexist. And no I don’t think people are sexist for having favourite characters, do whatever you want forever, but I think awareness to a degree is important, considering why you’re writing something, or interpreting something a certain way is important.

Unlike with Sarah, instead of the obvious misogyny, it’s done using the ‘girlboss, mean, she’s too smart for Jack and should punch him (for some reason?)’ lens.

Her role in many way, still becomes so disregarded, and her impact on Jack, on all of the characters, and theirs on her, is pushed aside.

How far is it that people genuinely ship her and Sarah Or how far is it that it’s an easy way to pair them off and get them out of the way.

Katherine can also be a ‘girlboss’ and fall in love. She is a complex character, these things are not mutually exclusive. Even with Jack, even with being a romantic interest, she is still a strong complex character.

Her being a romantic lead doesn’t detract from her other qualities.

May have more thoughts to add later but in conclusion,

Live laugh love Katherine Plumber

[janeway-lover]

my family refuses to let me sing showtunes in peace

[regscupid]

i really really hate the trailer for the new mean girls movie

[mostly-funnytwittertweets]

[wackom]

The Beast that Bothers

[chilewithcarnage]

'you still listen to music from 10 years ago 🤨?' bitch if prehistoric humans had audio recording technology id be sat up here listening to grog and unga bunga's greatest hits don't play with me

[everoutoftouch]

If you have Spotify reblog this and tag what your number one song on your “on repeat” playlist is.

[possessable]

[eargoat]

[georgedontdothat]

To-cat-ata in B by sympawnies

[mysharona1987]

[timotey]

(Source)

A chance meeting between Julien Cohen and the 10-year-old prodigy Yeonah Kim at an airport. Magic happens.

[copepods]

leitmotifs never get old to me like holy shit dude there’s this melody that corresponds to this one guy and if you hear the melody it means the guy is there. holy shit. and sometimes it refers to ideas too not just guys. has anyone heard about this

[str4wb3rry-fire]

no, i dont lose hyperfixations. theyre just moved to a different, slightly less used, shelf in my brain.

[fipindustries]

I cannot stand the parodies of modern major general, they're overdone and simply not as good as the original. They've done them about everything, whatever topic, big or small.

And when i notice one of them my eyes will always start to roll.

The diction's always slurry when they rush the complicated words, and adding many fricatives will turn it so cacophonous. The slanted rhymes are silly and they keep just making more and more, please someone stop the parodies of modern major general.

The scanning of the lyrics in the meter is unbearable, they emphazise the syllables in ways that are untenable, in short in matters musical, prosodic and ephemeral, i cannot stand the parodies of modern major general!