#just disappointed

[bluemantics]

“voltron in 2024” yes the passage of time exists and people can have continuous interests it is NOT that scandalous i promise!!!!

[meanbossart]

Might delete this later because people online can be a little strange, and the last thing I'm interested in is arising some sort of internet debate, but:

I don't know what it is about the jokey mirror sex comic specifically that's getting so many people to react strangely at the prospect of a certain character topping in a relationship, but I will brazenly admit: It weirds me out a little bit!

[mrs-provacateur]

Reminder: Stop putting so much effort into people who are fine with going months and years without seeing you..😞

[winterstorm032802]

Wonderstorm, why the hell did you make Aaravos a father? Forget the plot and story. You made him sexy Elf already! Why couldn't you leave it at that? Now, he's a Sexy Elf with emotional issues, AND NOW HE'S A DAD! DAMN IT! NOW HE'S GONNA BE A DILF? IS THIS WHAT YOU WANTED!?

[hwaightme]

[snek-of-eden]

all my friends are pulling out of my birthday plans, i’m back to going it alone :) it sucks to have a birthday in the holidays

[forestleavescat]

Moominvalley drew us in with a scene to Love Me with All of Your Heart and then chose “or not at all”

[cecebookworm]

The MCU just can’t have good TV show endings, huh.

[nonbinarylesbianherb]

honestly, to me that episode was a bit underwhelming. I don’t know maybe it’s my own fault for being foolish and hoping we’d get agathario- (looks like the intimacy coordinator was for billy and his bf like we feared) and it was kind of just showing things we already knew/ saw but from billy’s POV, which don’t get me wrong I did enjoy seeing but :( Idk

probably my own fault though- not that an episode HAS to have agathario to be good but I was really looking forward to something with them idk.

[eitlean]

Trying to figure out how the bar was literally on the floor for Gege and he managed to dig a trench under it

[yaolukexi]

This chart lists the ranking of each driver’s lap time of 8 races this year. Maybe not precise but it does tell something.

I always have a feeling that some of the f1 drivers are overrated so I made this chart to support my opinion (you can also find it on reddit, this is just another version with former formula 1 drivers’ name highlighted).

See? These former F1 drivers DO NOT HAVE ANY EXTRA ADVANTAGES over non-f1 drivers. Kobayashi is an exception but he has already spent nearly a decade racing in LMP1/Hypercar, and he is only 4th, behind Kevin Estre, Antonio Fuoco and Dries Vanthoor (Laurens unfortunately becomes the second best Vanthoor in this ranking😅).

I’m not saying that Kevin Estre or Antonio Fuoco would be able to challenge the drivers like Max Verstappen or Charles Leclerc in any category any circumstances but I do believe that at least those who retired from or be kicked out of f1 will not be as competitive as people expected.

[the-sweet-hibiscus]

On the Topic of Christina Strain & SaB

So while browsing the hellscape that is Twitter today, the first thing you see in the Shadow & Bone Fandom, is this exchange between Christina Strain (a producer/writer on the show) and a fan.

And I didn't think this would be necessary to say, but this is EXTREMELY unprofessional on the part of Christina.

But I do want to take the time to look and explain WHY from the perspective of someone who is a professional creative by job description. Christina, openly, speaks about her time as a writer on Shadow and Bone. Which is well within her right, as a creative, many times the appeal of following is for behind the scenes takes, more insight into writing decisions, and generally furthering the interest in a show / property after it has concluded. Especially if the conclusion was incomplete and/or canceled before the full story was told.

So here we have a situation.

The Question:

So the question Merel (the fan) asked was about the obvious sidelining of Alina Starkov, our main character. It's not an opinion that Alina was sidelined, it's been observed numerous times, most recently in this collider article talking about / reviewing the blatant reduction of character for Alina.

Merel's question, originally was about S3. Specifically, where was Alina, was there ever a plan for her? Originally, Christina just said, there was nothing written for Alina, and she had a vague idea of a separate storyline.

To which, Merel responded with the wide-spread rumor that Six of Crows, had been rejected by Netflix three times. For reasons not relevant — that rumor isn't true. But she also expressed frustration, as since the announcement of the show's cancelation, Christina specifically has given an overwhelming amount of attention and care to Six of Crows, while not seeming to have any real passion for the Shadow and Bone property or it's characters. Christina's response starts out professional. She clarifies, Six of Crows was not rejected (aka the rumor wasn't true) and that she didn't have control over that decision, which is true.

Where Christina stops being professional, is the other half of her response.

The Response

Here is where so many people take offense, and find issue. Christina, openly shames the Darklina ship. Which isn't inherently bad, no one is forced to like a ship, however. It had NOTHING to do with the question at hand. Just because a fan likes a certain dynamic, of a ship that at one point was canon, and likes to explore that, doesn't mean that they don't know what they're talking about when they're just asking about the future of a character. Merel didn't ask "Oh, how are you going to make this darklina?" She didn't even mention the ship. The only reason Christina even knew about Merel's shipping preference is because she either went on Merel's page or looked at the "Relevant People" column on Twitter for Desktop.

And now we venture into a much worse territory.

Bullying

Let's take a look at the power dynamic in this exchange.

Christina has 9.58K Followers on Twitter. Merel has 114.

Christina is a producer/writer on the show. Merel is a fan.

Christina has a self-appointed responsibility to promote the petition to bring her show back. Merel is a part of the larger community who supported the show. Christina is 42 years old. Merel is 19.

Instead of, ignoring the second response. Or even just clarifying the rumor and moving on, Christina decides that it'd be best to expose this account to harassment from her much larger base. Who responded in kind.

What was the reason? Truly?

Fans are supposed to only engage with a show if it matches how you specifically view it? They can't have questions, or criticisms, or thoughts? Because what was so mean about Merel's statement? What was insulting that Christina had to bring in shit that had nothing to do with the conversation? The rumor accusation? Is that worth getting attacked over? Is that worth attacking over?

The Correct Response

Move on.

No one would have an issue if the conversation ended a tweet earlier. Christina has over 9K followers, anyone could reasonably assume she was simply inundated with responses and couldn't/wouldn't respond further. Her first statement, was fine. To book fans, it may be frustrating, especially if they believed the rumor, but it was still a calm-ish response.

Merel could've been frustrated and that would've been the end of it. Instead, Christina decided her best course of action was to attack a fan, just because she enjoyed the same ship dynamic as people who were rude to her before. Decided to belittle that fan's interest in her show, bc she didn't like the way that fan interacted with them.

It's childish. It's gross. It's lashing out at someone b/c they want to know why the main character wasn't paid attention to in their show.

Anyway, it's clear Christina has a definitive disdain for the darklina fans of Shadow and Bone. It's clear she doesn't respect the people who support her show — unless they just unconditionally praise it. So that's it then. A disappointing end to Shadow and Bone, and an even more disappointing showing of character from the producers/writers.

[oscillating-fan-whore5]

"Will Graham is a bottom" HE IS A SWITCH MFER HAVE TO SEEN THE SHOW????????????????????

[personinthepalace]

STREAM IT YOU COWARDS

[pink-petal-lover]

If I may be so for real right now, I really side eye you people that write fics or draw comics of Astarion being coerced persuaded into having sex after the Orthon fight or the Araj harassment. Like that it's one of the most vulnerable moments he has with you that far into the game, the one where he literally tells you "I don't want to be seen as something to be used for sex, by anyone"

And I'm not delusional, I know he's fake. Despite how real my feelings are for him, I know he's not real. But there's something really weird about taking an SA survivor in a story, and still forcing them to be sexual. Like, I don't know man it just feels off to me. Like would you retain this energy if it was a real person???

As much as I ADORE Astarion, I really hate how blind so many people are to the themes of his story.

[bakugo-softski]

Okay. Okay. Alright, fine.

The ending wasn’t bad, ok?? It was fine. Kacchan working hard for eight years to make dekus dream come true, holding out his hand, etc. its fine. They were implied, and its fine.

But fuck bro. Just once i wanna see an ending where the gay main dirty kiss. Say “i love you” and stare romantically into eachothers eyes. Time skip to being married. Not joking, not implied, but full on “these idiots literally fuck and are married in addition to the monumental amount of canon implied love they share.” Just ONCE i want a creator to not be afraid to piss some people off. Fuck. Fuck.