#latina source

[mareastrorum]

An annoying part about any fandom discourse is the push to categorize characters, populations, and factions as representations of actual groups IRL. The most annoying one (to me) is insistence that a particular group is Indigenous Peoples and the other is the White Settlers.

Like a lot of people in the U.S., I'm mixed race. Many who are mixed race don't identify as such; they pick one or another. Why? Because mixed race identities are systematically ignored or erased on multiple levels of government and political influence: census records, diversity reports, financial aid qualifications, membership in political groups, etc. Choosing one identity alone is rewarded with greater voice and resources in different spheres. Acknowledging that this split isn't real is offensive to groups in power, both for the dominant hegemony of Whites and the coalitions of minority groups. Each group benefits from enforcing this exclusionary practice because it allows specific people to justify their leadership based solely on their heritage: a new aristocracy.

All this fake dichotomy nonsense in fandom is a replication of that mentality. Like, some media like The Terror really, truly are commentary on colonialism. There's no need to hide the ball about it. If your favorite media has nothing to do with conquest, exploitation of land and resources, or the subjugation of populations for the benefit of foreign powers, then it's not about colonialism. There's other themes to explore.

[faceclaimsity]

[moralitas]

Shadow the hedgehog is Latino bc he has daddy issues

[pigeonluvrr96]

[im-not-a-l0ser]

Pete: We want to do DnD on Saturday, does that work for everyone? Ruth: Can we push it to Sunday afternoon? I'll be busy on Saturday. Richie: Heh, doing what? Ruth: I can probably bring you if you want. Richie & Pete: To what? *Cut To Saturday*

[tipsytemptations]

The penguin blanket is what's got my attention

[incorrectquotesideas-deactivated]

Person A, when the gang’s car breaks down: Okay, guys. You know the drill.

Person B and Person C: [hold hands]

Person A: Por favor, Santa Francisca de Roma, ayúdanos! [takes a deep breath] One, two, three.

Person A, B and C: [do the cross sigh across the chest and blow a kiss at the sky]

Person A: [restarts the car in pure faith, which they don’t have cause no one from the gang even believes in god]

[laliespositodaily]

Nochentera (Remix) - Lali, Vicco 🔥💜

[flossytiptin]

Cardi B via IG stories (Dec 2023)

[weirdmageddon]

this is the biggest pokemon leak weve ever seen. holy fuck.

a gamefreak employee got phished in a dev portal. i feel really really bad for them. but at the same time so much of this is amazing. i love cut content. i love seeing the process of making stuff. so i have mixed feelings, but i’m going to set that aside.

ive been here for multiple beta leaks since the spaceworld gold demo in 2018 and the diamond and pearl beta leak somewhere after that. this is by far the most intensive leak of beta pokemon stuff ive seen.

source code and beta builds for gens 3, 4, 5, and later 6 and 7. it is MASSIVE.

there is so fucking much and you can see coverage here

edit: if you dont have twitter (elon is a shitbag i dont blame you) you can go on r/PokeLeaks

this document from junichi masuda made in 2005 is the highlight for me, the symbol used in the hgss arceus event. it seems the legendaries are like a greek pantheon of deities

but we got more

internal development and discussion. universe creation lore, character profiles (e.g. skyla is a sexy latina pilot inspired by jennifer lopez and isabella fontana), never before seen designs, seen-before designs (latiken had a fucking sprite!), concept art, gen 3 had some darker looking discarded dev art. WHAT IS THIS IT RULES

here are compiled beta sprites from gens 3, 4, 5

[althaeaofficinalis]

reading cien años de soledad while my mom calls me to tell me that she skipped the family reunion because she didn't want to deal with all the made-up drama from extended family members (who don't like us anyway because my abuela stopped letting an abuser in the family come to her house and everyone got upset). the themes, they are theming

[interretialia]

~~~

Helena: Ego et Menelaus in matrimonium ibimus. Clytemnestra et Penelope et Menelaus: (suspirant) Helena: Menelae, cur TU quidem miraris?!

Helen: Menelaus and I will be married.

Clytemnestra, Penelope, and Menelaus: (gasp)

Helen: Menelaus, why are YOU surprised?!

[elgallinero]

La Musica e Vita

The Wheat by Hans Zimmer Feat. Lisa Gerrard https://www.shazam.com/track/5927530/the-wheat?referrer=share

[im-not-a-l0ser]

Ruth: You need to add more spice. You're such a basic-ass white boy.

Ruth's Dad: Yeah, like you're not just a white girl.

Ruth: ... What?

Ruth's Dad: Don't act like you're not just as white as I am.

Ruth: ... I'm not.

Ruth's Dad: What?

Ruth's Dad: Oh, I forgot about your mom!

[glitterhoof]

okay thinking about paulina again why did they do that to her.

[sharas]

ana de armas is white. her parents immigrated from spain to cuba. latino is an ethnicity, not a race. white people can still face xenophobia and threats of deportation. it doesn’t make marta a woc, given that the actress who played her is white.

it’s not at all bigotry to say she’s white. it is, however, bigotry to claim white latinos are poc, especially given the rampant racism and colorism in latin america which white latinos contribute to and benefit from.

I am so sad that you guys are going to ruin knives out this quickly.

Marta is not white. Marta doesn't even look white. Everyone looks pale in that movie because there's a goddamn desaturation filter on it. We finally have a franchise where women of color are the focus point and you're all so terminally online that "fans" are literally arguing that only one knives out film has focused around a woman of color. THE SECOND BIGGEST INTERNAL CONFLICT MARTA FACES IS THE POSSIBILITY OF HER MOM BEING DEPORTED.

I genuinely hope Ryan Johnson and Daniel Craig never have to have their passion project tainted by y'all's "not dark enough" bigotry.