#kelly marie tran for ts

[janiedean]

i dont understand why they gave rose that terrible hairstyle when kelly marie is almost passably attractive irl with makeup and long hair. those bangs are a tragedy.

... almost passably attractive?

anon.... I fucking quit sw fandom outright when after tlj the entire goddamned website was all about pretending its KMT criticism wasn’t lowkey racism also when it came to her looks and if you think I’ll be here discussing hairstyles and make-up when I barely give a damn about it myself irl and when there was no reason for rose to have elaborate hair or make-up in tlj you can forget it, but just the fact that you’re here discussing her hairstyle or whatever when the only tragedy is that people threw so much hate at her (undeserved) because they couldn’t stomach that she was a well-written character to the point where they wrote her out of the sequel is... honestly... what the fuck.

I’m not gonna body-shame or look-shame anyone on here thank you very much, KMT is a lovely person and she looks great whatever hairstyle you put her in and the concept of passably attractive exists just subjectively and if you’re going by societal beauty standards pay me the favor to avoid bringing that bullshit into play. jesus. the point is whether she can act, not her fucking hairstyle.

[hellsbellschime]

Did you read Kelly Marie Tran's essay thing she wrote? Very powerful. It really sucks still that people care so much about a movie character that they attacked her so badly. But her words are very emotional and powerful.

I haven’t read it yet but I’m glad that she spoke up for herself and called out that fucked up behavior.

[kyloren]

Let's all put our anger with what we're feeling about a certain someone who can't drop what happened in a movie a month ago into donating to Adam's charity :) we far surpassed our goal already and we hope to get to $100k!

welp, I guess I gotta go donate a fourth time now 💸💸 Reylos are out there doing the Lord’s work, stg. 😭💖

There’s also a SAVING WHAT WE LOVE gofundme that’s raising funds for The Cybersmile Foundation — campaigning for fandoms and online platforms to be a safe space for everyone, and for fandom to express their gratitude towards Kelly Marie Tran for her iconic portrayal of Rose Tico. Check it out, if you have a moment, and please support it! ✨

[alicenthightower]

Kelly Marie Tran at the 55th Annual International Cinematographers Guild Publicists Awards on March 2, 2018.

[hauntedfalcon]

have

you

ever

seen

anyone

so

perfect

[thecaptainbriarrose]

OH MY WORD

Everyone go read this RIGHT NOW

[a-dumb-bitch-apparently]

I'm so fucking angry

I'm 16, so I can't vote

I'm living in my parents' house, so I can't go out and protest

I have signed so many petitions, but I still feel like I should be doing more

I just learned about the steps to fascism in school, and I see the signs

I can't tell my parents this is happening because it's "fake news"

My healthcare rights as a trans person just got taken away, but "just stop being trans it won't affect you"

I want to take a bigger stand on social issues happening, but I can't

The only fucking things I can do is try and help save the fucking bees, because that's not a matter of human rights so for some fucking reason I'm allowed to talk about it without getting yelled at

https://blacklivesmatter.com/petitions/

So go and sign some of those petitions maybe?

I'm so fucking sorry to everyone that has to deal with this first hand, but I know that the most important thing for me right now is staying alive so I can help make more changes later

EMMETT TILL - MEDGAR EVERS - GEORGE JUNIUS STINNEY JR. - DR MARTIN LUTHER KING JR - HENRY SMITH - JOHN CRAWFORD III - MICHAEL BROWN - EZELL FORD - DANTE PARKER - MICHELLE CUSSEAUX - MARY TURNER - LAQUAN MCDONALD - MALCOLM X - TANISHA ANDERSON - AKAI GURLEY - TAMIR RICE - RUMAIN BRISBON - JERAME REID - MATTHEW AJIBADE - JAMES N. POWELL JR. - FRANK SMART - ERNEST LACY - NATASHA MCKENNA - TONY ROBINSON - ANTHONY HILL - MYA HALL - PHILLIP WHITE - ERIC HARRIS - WALTER SCOTT - WILLIAM CHAPMAN II - ALEXIA CHRISTIAN - BRENDON GLENN - VICTOR MANUEL LAROSA - JONATHAN SANDERS - FREDDIE CARLOS GRAY JR. - JOSEPH MANN - SALVADO ELLSWOOD - SANDRA BLAND - ALBERT JOSEPH DAVIS - DARRIUS STEWART - BILLY RAY DAVIS - SAMUEL DUBOSE - MICHAEL SABBIE - BRIAN KEITH DAY - CHRISTIAN TAYLOR - TROY ROBINSON - ASSHAMS PHAROAH MANLEY - MICHAEL STEWART - FELIX KUMI - KEITH HARRISON MCLEOD - JUNIOR PROSPER - LAMONTEZ JONES - PATERSON BROWN - DOMINIC HUTCHINSON - ANTHONY ASHFORD - ALONZO SMITH - TYREE CRAWFORD - INDIA KAGER - LA?VANTE BIGGS - MICHAEL LEE MARSHALL - JAMAR CLARK - RICHARD PERKINS - PHILLIP PANNELL - NATHANIEL HARRIS PICKETT - BENNI LEE TIGNOR - MIGUEL ESPINAL - MICHAEL NOEL - KEVIN MATTHEWS - BETTIE JONES - QUINTONIO LEGRIER - KEITH CHILDRESS JR. - JANET WILSON - RANDY NELSON - ANTRONIE SCOTT - WENDELL CELESTINE - DAVID JOSEPH - CALIN ROQUEMORE - DYZHAWN PERKINS - CHRISTOPHER DAVIS - MARCO LOUD - JAMES BYRD JR. - PETER GAINES - TORREY ROBINSON - DARIUS ROBINSON - KEVIN HICKS - MARY TRUXILLO - DEMARCUS SEMER - AMADOU DIALLO - WILLIE TILLMAN - TERRILL THOMAS - DEMETRIUS DUBOSE - ALTON STERLING - PHILANDO CASTILE - TERENCE CRUTCHER - PAUL O?NEAL - ALTERIA WOODS - BOBBY RUSS - JORDAN EDWARDS - AARON BAILEY - RONELL FOSTER - STEPHON CLARK - COREY CARTER - ANTWON ROSE II - TAYLER ROCK - MALICE GREEN - RAMARLEY GRAHAM - ELIJAH MCCLAIN - AIYANA STANLEY JONES - BOTHAM JEAN - PAMELA TURNER - DOMINIQUE CLAYTON - SEAN BELL - ATATIANA JEFFERSON - JEMEL ROBERSON - JAMES LEE ALEXANDER - RYAN MATTHEW SMITH - DERRICK AMBROSE JR. - ADDIE MAE COLLINS - CAROL DENISE MCNAIR - CAROLE ROBERTSON - CYNTHIA WESLEY - NICHOLAS HEYWARD JR. - CHRISTOPHER WHITFIELD - WILLIE MCCOY - VICTOR WHITE III - MARCUS DEON SMITH - CHAVIS CARTER - MARTIN LEE ANDERSON - CHRISTOPHER MCCORVEY - BRADLEY BLACKSHIRE - TIMOTHY THOMAS - REGINALD DOUCET JR. - DANROY "DJ" HENRY JR. - KARVAS GAMBLE JR. - ERIC REASON - KORRYN GAINES - REKIA BOYD - KIONTE SPENCER - DARIUS TARVER - WAYNE ARNOLD JONES - MANUEL ELLIS - VICTOR DUFFY JR. - KOBE DIMOCK-HEISLER - CLINTON R. ALLEN - DONTRE HAMILTON - TIMOTHY CAUGHMAN - SYLVILLE SMITH - COREY JONES - TYRE KING - ERIC GARNER - MILES HALL - KENDRICK JOHNSON - CHARLEENA LYLES - MICHAEL LORENZO DEAN - TRAYVON MARTIN - RENISHA MCBRIDE - KIMONI DAVIS - KIWANE CARRINGTON - OSCAR GRANT III - BREONNA TAYLOR - KALIEF BROWDER - DARRIEN HUNT - TROY HODGE - WILLIAM GREEN - AHMAUD ARBERY - DION JOHNSON - TONY MCDADE - ANDREW KEARSE - JAMEL FLOYD - GEORGE FLOYD - RAYSHARD BROOKS - ITALIA MARIE KELLY - DAVID MCATEE - CHRIS BEATY

I got this list from

I'm so fucking sorry to every single one of you

I'll make sure things change, or die trying

I promise

[dreaminginsteadofsleeping42]

tag game!

Rules: tag 9 people who you want to know better/catch up with and then answer these questions

Thanks for tagging me, @ceaselesslyinlove! 😊

3 Ships: I have to say Reylo, Kristanna and Anidala.

Last Song: home with you by FKA twigs. SO GOOD.

Last Movie: Little Women (2019). That movie makes up a piece of my soul lol.

Currently Reading: I started a biography about Margaret Douglas (niece of Henry VIII, grandmother of James VI) by Alison Weir today called “The Lost Tudor Princess.” I’m all about that Tudor drama! Only 60 pages in, but I’m already absorbed in her story.

Currently Watching: Sorry For Your Loss on Facebook Watch. That show is SO. FREAKING. GOOD. Do yourself a favor and check it out (plus Kelly Marie Tran is in it, fellow Star Wars fans!).

Currently Craving: A Grand Forks breakfast from Ricky’s.

I tag @as-the-lights-went-out @ts-exile @fearlessmv @sophisticatedswifts @cmc-things @flixls @t-swift @holygroundswifty and anyone at all who wants to :)

[smokeybrand]

Smokey brand Movie Reviews: Bring the Heat

Finally had the opportunity to sit down and check out Raya and the Last Dragon. Disney Animation is kind of hit and miss when it comes to their new flicks and this incredibly transparent push for diversity profits has had mixed results for me. I enjoyed Tangled and Soul for what they were, and Zootopia was an excellent look at prejudice, but Moana was basically just Pacific Islander Pocahontas and the less said about the Frozen franchise, the better. I know all of this focus on diversity coming out of the Mouse House is strictly performative but it’s still dope seeing other cultures represented by the biggest studio in the land, even if that doesn’t translate so well to live action leading roles. Raya is the newest attempt by Disney to cash out by presenting or, as my more cynical self would say, pandering, to the Southeast Asian markets. Let’s see how well they pulled this sh*t off

The Good

This movie is gorgeous. Raya is easily the most beautiful film out of the Mouse House in a while. It definitely gives Soul a run for that tile and kind of sh*ts all over Frozen. That stands to reason considering it’s been a few years since the last Elsa outing, even though Sisu is just Dragon Elsa. Disney got that anime sameface problem.

Kind of an addendum to the previous note, Raya is beautifully animated. The facial movements, that audio sync, the f*cking hair, those action scenes; All of it is exquisite! I'm not going to say it can give Pixar a run for their money when they are a the top of their game, no CG animation company can, but Raya is definitely a contender.

The world of Kumandra is an interesting one with a truly unique feel, even if it’s kind of a homogeneous, Asian, conglomerate. I would have liked to see more of a focus on a specific Asian culture that doesn’t necessarily get the spotlight as often as China or Japan. Something like Thai, Hmong, Filipino, or Vietnamese would have been dope but i guess Kumandra had to hit all the bases to make all of the money. I dunno, it’s fine that there is Asian representation but creating a fictitious catch-all instead of actually building on something comes across as real tone deaf and a little disingenuous.

I like that there’s no singing in this thing. I’m not a fan of musicals so when the rare Disney animation comes through and it's not one, i tend to pay closer attention. That's probably why i love Atlantis so much. Also Maleficent but that's more because I just genuinely love the character of  Maleficent. All that said...

What little music we did get in this thing, was lovely. Like, it felt distinctly ethnic and fit the narrative perfectly. It went a long way to lend a bit of authenticity to a movie that is basically a soulless cash grab

These fight scenes are dope. Wonderfully telegraphed and visibly punishing, they’re great examples of choreography, especially considering how a lot of this is mocap. It’s a fine line between a fight and a dance but Raya traverses that gap with real aplomb.

Solid performances abound. I genuinely enjoy the vast majority of this cast and it's super-dope that it's almost all Asian actors in these parts. Sandra Oh, Izaac Wang, Daniel Dae Kim, Benedict Wong, Lucille Soong: This flicked is stacked with that Eastern excellence. It's a shame this thing didn't get a theatrical release. I'd be curious to see how a mass audience would have received this film if it was properly released into theaters, especially after witnessing how films like Paradise, Crazy Rich Asians, and The Farewell were so well received.

Sisu is adorable. I kind of love this little dragon scamp. She might be one of my favorite Disney characters in their library. Nora Lum does a great job giving Sisu life with her performance. The more I see, and hear, of this chick, the more I love her as an actor. Also, getting Awkwafina to voice the Water Dragon is not lost on me. I See you, Disney.

I really like Namaari, too. Gemma Chan does an exceptional job making her compelling. I don't really agree with her motivations but I understand them. Some of that has to be credited to the writing but Chan's performance goes a long way to making her believable. Seriously, I thought  Namaari was a much better protagonist than Raya and that has everything to do with Chan

The Meh

Kelly Marie Tran was a little dry for me as Raya. Like, she was good, don't misunderstand, but the character of Raya, as written, was kind of an idiot? Tran is excellent in the role as a performer, but Raya, herself, is real hard to identify with. She was scripted as the low energy straight man to Awkwafina's uber-kinetic Sisu, and to that end, Tran captures the character perfectly, she just comes across as kind of a dumbass. Her chemistry with Awkwafina, though, goes a long way to making Raya tolerable.

The Bad

It's kind of ridiculous to me that this entire film can be solved with honest communication. The fact that Sisu blatantly points that out means this movie is aware of it. Sh*t's kind of absurd but that might be the point. This thing is made for kids so I understand it can't be super nuanced with it's themes but I can kind of see this being a sticking point for other people.

The pacing is a little wonky. It feels really start-and-stop. Like, it took me this long to finish this flick because it was so slow in the beginning and then stalls kind of partway through, and then again toward the end. It's definitely a contradictory thing to say because this movie really moves overall. Like, it's totally a brisk watch but, at times, stalls to a near stop.

Now, I found Sisu adorable but I'm a fan of Spider-Man. He's super quippy, just like her, so that was right in my wheelhouse. However, I can totally see people frustrated with her character. She has the potential to be incredibly annoying to some.

Could have done without the extra supporting characters. In a lot of ways, this movie felt like a video game where you traverse several levels, acquiring mcguffins, picking up party members, all for the ultimate goal of defeating a powerful enemy force. And, just like video games, some supporting characters are better than others. I liked Boun, though. He was kind of hilarious.

The Verdict

Finishing Raya and the Last Dragon after, like, six false-starts, felt like an accomplishment. Turns out, it's a pretty good movie. Raya does start a little slower than i would like, and can definitely stumble in pacing at times, but it's still pretty fun to watch. The performances re strong, the characters are endearing, an the world is rich with intrigue. Awkwafina and Gemma Chan turn in some excellent performances and even Kelly Marie Tran does her best with what she was given, which wasn't much. Not going to sit here and claim it to be one of my favorites but it's better than i initially gave it credit for. Raya and the last Dragon has a ton of potential but I think Disney played it too safe and missed out on something great. Still, it's a fun watch that I think kids will enjoy. I mean, don't pay any extra loot for it but, if it's on Disney+ or if you wanna fly that Jolly Roger, it might be worth.

All that said, this sh*t feels a lot like the plot to Breath of the Wild, complete with kind of a Calamity Ganon as the principal conflict. I'm curious if anyone else got that same vibe.

[janiedean]

I admittedly didnt really delve that deep into the sequel trilogys fandom I kept myself into the meta and with kylo ren ( and I havent looked at twitter for star wars but I have never really heard of boyega attacked by racists or same by KMT ( was it really racism or just people criticizing rose ticos character because I have seen people throw around racism around casually to things that arent racist like some shippers say that reylo being canon is racism winning for example etc

if I understood the question right:

john b/yega got harassed on twitter mainly by people who were outraged that Omg SW Has A Black Lead ie the worst part of the fandom that pre-existed before the sequel trilogy and I suppose he also got shit on instagram but especially when tfa came out there was a lot of that crap around as far as I recall

KMT was harassed for her looks and various other racist crap on instagram to the point that she closed it and like, 50% were the same people as john but half of them were f/nnrey/st0rmpilot shippers/antis who pretended that the problem was disliking rose and instead were sprouting racist bullshit because sorry but ‘what the fuck is this heterosexual nonsense if finn had to be with a woman then he should have been with rey not this downgrade’ which was one of the things that made me quit SP fandom very fast back when tlj came out isn’t legit ‘disliking rose tico’, is implying that the asian woman is a DOWNGRADE love interest from a white woman and sorry but that’s bonafide racism and you can only dress it in fake progressive-ness up to a point. also I think I reblogged some discourse back when she closed IG let me see, here here here here here here here here here here here and there was more bullshit like that but like... sorry guys it was racism. and most of the rose criticism was dumb af like ‘SHE’S RACIST BECAUSE SHE TAZED FINN IN THE BEGINNING OF TLJ’ is the most fucking stupid thing I ever heard and it was everywhere after that movie came out. like. it was racism 100% and if it wasn’t then it was people pretending not to be but oh they were, 100% they were. 

that said most of that shit went down on twitter/IG and not on tumblr but on tumblr you’d see exactly the 50% of antis who’d then go tell her shit on IG/twitter so :’))

[elvesofnoldor]

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[alicenthightower]

“The Rise of Rose” - Kelly Marie Tran photographed by JSquared for Buzzfeed

Tran recalled that the initial character breakdown for Rose Tico was vague — “Something like, ‘Any ethnicity, character-y!’” — so she walked into the first audition wearing a sweater vest and her lucky Ravenclaw tie. “All these other girls were in tight black and I was like, ‘Oh no! I’ve done this wrong! I’ve done this wrooong!’” she laughed.

[alicenthightower]

Kelly Marie Tran photographed by Marcus Ohlsson for 8 Days Magazine.

“To see [John Boyega and Oscar Isaac], walking by in costume and their hair and make-up done, R2-D2, and C-3PO — he gave me a hug! — it was very weird! I remember how I felt that first day. It was this out-of-body experience, and it still is. You know when your senses are just so heightened that you just want to be present for the entire experience. It’s almost like you’re a deer being chased by a wolf. I felt like I was about to play the Super Bowl.”

[alicenthightower]

Kelly Marie Tran and Ngô Thanh Vân (Veronica Ngo) interviewed on The Last Jedi.

How does it feel to be the first Asian women to participate [in a major role] in an iconic franchise like Star Wars?

[alicenthightower]

“The Rise of Rose” - Kelly Marie Tran photographed by JSquared for Buzzfeed

Tran’s no stranger to the geeky realm. She nicknamed one of the steepest trails in Griffith Park “the road to Mordor,” and has been unsuccessfully trying to convince eight friends to dress up as the Fellowship of the Ring with her since high school. She’s super nervous for Daenerys to see Viserion on Game of Thrones next season (“That’s such a Kylo situation, right? Seeing your child who’s on the other side now? I’m serious”). She’s a Harry Potter superfan, and even though she’s a Ravenclaw per the Pottermore Sorting Hat, she’s a Gryffindor by choice: “I feel like the Sorting Hat would have been like, ‘You should pick.’ And I would have picked Gryffindor.” But Tran’s also no stranger to the lack of diversity in nerdy fare. For example, she always went to midnight Harry Potter screenings dressed as Cho Chang, the only prominent female Asian character in the films, even though she adored Luna Lovegood. And now that Tran’s about to experience the other side of fandom and become one of those rare characters of color herself, she admits there’s no lack of pressure.

[alicenthightower]

Kelly Marie Tran photographed by Marcus Ohlsson for Elle US (November 2017)

Rose “may not be glorified in the Resistance the way Rey [Daisy Ridley] and Finn are,” Tran says, “but has an important story to tell. She can and will make a difference.”