#not only is that korean pronunciation murder worthy

[akunemayo]

i’ve literally been so upset at xo, kitty for days

because it’s the cringey whitewashed koreaboo version of a kdrama like it fucks up representing korean culture and language so bad that watching it makes me want to rip out my eardrums

but people still think it’s so cool and it’s really popular and it’s like,,, man. they really did that. they really represented korean society in the most inauthentic, wish version, whitewashed way possible. and people are fucking eating it up.

Lowkey pissed at the disrespect to my culture and language (chinguseok, anyone? go fuck yourself.) and the fact that very few people seem to recognize that it’s not an accurate portrayal at all.

[windmilltothestars]

I have THREE THINGS to say that are vaguely related to Daredevil!

1.) FIRST, I just like to reiterate to marvel and laugh and be delighted by the knowledge that the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles have a shared backstory with Daredevil, in that the chemicals that blinded Matt Murdock and gave him his super-senses later drained into the sewer where they mutated the Turtles and one rat.  The rat became their mentor, Splinter.  And the name Splinter came from Stick!  And the Turtles’ enemy was the the Foot, coming from Daredevil’s enemies, the Hand.

2.) In honor of Daredevil season 3 coming out, I went out and bought some avocadoes.  Avocadoes are expensive in Korea, and I didn’t get to eat either one of them because they had such a short window of being ripe but not mushy and I went at both them on opposite sides of that.  Anyway, the Korean spelling for avocado is “아보카도” which was written on the label, and led to a delightful realization.  In Korean Hangul, the the the ‘b’ and ‘v’ sounds are not distinctive, they are one letter; and SO ARE the ‘k/c’ and ‘g’ sounds.  That means that in Korean pronunciation, the words ‘avocado’ and abogado (the Spanish word for lawyer) are indistinguishable!  So if Foggy was a native Korean speaker, this would be a totally understandable pronunciation mistake!  He’s not, of course, I just thought this was cool!

3.)  Though I made a post ages ago about things I have in common with Foggy Nelson, I think I’ve always actually related more to Matt.  He’s religious and it’s and important part of who he is, he has some anger issues, he’s driven more by ideals than self-preservation, common sense or pragmatism, he believes everyone is worthy of redemption and thus is against killing but certainly isn’t a pacifist, he’s friendly and kind but more reserved and formal, tries to carry the weight of the world, has no chill, is a bad communicator and doesn’t know how to ask for help, often keeps his problems to himself and gets quietly overwhelmed, is a bit dramatic, wants to rebel against the teachings of his cold mentor but also SORT OF just wants to prove himself and earn his respect, etc., etc.  And I relate to ALL THESE THINGS and more.  I could write a whole post about how my extreme hatred of Stick and everything he stands for probably had its roots in some conflicts I had with my brother as a kid.  (As a disclaimer, my brother is a very nice person who would never murder a child or be half as much of a jerk as Stick, but these were ideological arguments we had when my brother was younger and more arrogant.)  Anyway, I found Matt really relatable.  I over-identified with him sometimes.  And I related to him MORE than Foggy, though I sometimes found that Foggy was often the viewpoint character in fan fics I read, like he was automatically the one people could relate to, because he’s arguably the most “normal” character on the show.  I wondered if most people FOUND Foggy more relatable, if he was meant to be more relatable.  But anyway, not to me; it was all Matt.  And I loved him; he was my fave, because in general (though in different and more extreme ways) he often stood for what I stood for and struggled with what I struggle with.  Because of all this, anytime he was in conflict with his friends and allies, I was always firmly on his side.  I could understand his motivations way more, and usually I just thought he was right, except when he was succumbing to the Stick lines of thinking, which was tragic but understandable given that inescapable influence.  “This guy had a way of getting in your head.”  I was ready to fight Foggy or anyone else in defense of Matt.  And like, I LIKE Foggy. He’s a nice guy, a loyal friend.  To this day, I still somewhat prefer shipping Karen with him to Karen with Matt.  But reading a single post that unfavorably compared Matt to Foggy, implied Matt “didn’t deserve” Foggy’s friendship or that Foggy was better off without him would fill me with RAGE.  And I’d get defensive, and want to point out Foggy’s character flaws.  Like, it’s a canon fact that Foggy probably would have just stayed with the corrupt Landman and Zack and gotten rich defending corporations from the little guys who needed help if Matt hadn’t quoted Thurgood Marshall at him and convinced him that ideals were more important than money.  He acknowledges this himself, and thanks Matt for it: “You dragged me into this rinky-dink firm, Murdock, and I’ll never be able to thank you enough for it.”  ANYWAY ANYWAY what was actually my point here?!?  I think it was about season 3, which I had mixed feelings about.  Mostly BECAUSE of the edgy direction of Matt’s views at the beginning of the season - being angry at God, wanting to completely dispose of the ‘Matt Murdock’ part of his identity that included his friendships, basically just kind of giving up on life.  For the first time, I completely could not relate to him; he made no sense.  Like of course I still sympathized with him because he was most likely actually depressed and canonically a bit suicidal; I was vaguely annoyed at Sister Maggie on his behalf in the vain of “please be gentle with him, don’t be so critical, he’s a in a fragile state; like, you’re RIGHT, but say it in a gentler way please” and he’s had a rough time, but how he got there and missing the logical step to sudden new edgy views was upsetting and jarring.  And maybe it’s a case of “you don’t understand because you’re not depressed” and maybe that’s true, and I would feel bad about that, but - still.  Weirdly, he only started making sense to me again when he started hallucinating Wilson Fisk pointing out his failures and tearing him down every other scene.  He had a drive and purpose again, and very familiar demon of self-doubt.  And him working his way back to the hero I loved was gratifying at every step, but so frustratingly SLOW; it took TOO LONG to get the True Matt back.  I’m glad it worked out in the end.  I’m glad he’s returned to who he was as both Matt and Daredevil, his views on friends and God and killing back in proper order, opening his generous heart to a relationship with a mother he never knew.  The season had some great moments, had a lot going for it, but a lot of it was decidedly NOT to my taste or in the character of my interpretation, and so I still hold season 1 as the best season, and eagerly hope there is a season 4 where Matt is once again the Matt I know so well.