#perhaps unpopular opinion?

[rainbowresurrection]

I don't think Bones eyerolls about Kirk & Spock. I think he's really really chill about it

[doccywhomst]

okay i really loved that ep but did anyone else find the male-presenting comment kinda weird? “something a male-presenting time lord will never understand” like we literally just crucially established that the doctor doesn’t have a gender so why does it matter what they present as ?? it feels like an attempt at “men are stupid because girl power” but…. the doctor isn’t a… they’re not…

[nihilismtrcit]

simbs

[existenceisthis]

listen i don't think any buddie stan shipping bucktommy is a bad buddie stan, like that narrative is ridiculous. 

buck is finally in a safe, consensual, romantic and sexual relationship with someone who's basically vetted by everyone who matter to him, he's out and clearly happy, and we're not supposed to be elated about the representation and his character growth just because eddie's had a gf the whole season? you bet your asses we'd be exactly as excited about eddie finding the missing piece of his identity while scoring a hot, patient and understanding boyfriend while he's at it. buck being with tommy isn't away from buddie. it just isn't. stop making it an issue and guilt tripping people because you can't control the storytelling and its narrative. 

also the fact that so many of you are looking forward for buck to lose his newly found happiness just because another character doesn't have the same is just batshit insane.

let me repeat: buck being with tommy isn't away from buddie. it doesn't have to be one or the other.

[dindjarindiaries]

[deanpinterester]

i don't think it's a coincidence that in the era where live-action disney remakes are low-energy and try to subvert expectations from the original movies only for them to feel half-assed but disney doesn't care because they know disney adults will spend millions of dollars to see them anyway, the era where shows like the mandalorian started out new and fresh in its episodic format but eventually got ruined by the disney mandate to mash the story into The Plot At Large and thus turning the show into a boring serial cameo-fest slog, that the percy jackson show is suffering from all the same problems. whoever is doing oversight at disney hearquarters: i have a lot of questions for you.

(also sorry it seems like i'm suddenly dumping all these salty opinions at once. it's just that in the beginning, i was withholding my major judgments. everyone said the episodes get better. i just had to be patient. so i waited. and now we only have one episode left, and the show did Not get better. it was just more of the same issues, over and over again. and it's extra frustrating because i WAS super looking forward to the show. to some extent i'm still rooting for it. i watched so many interviews pre-show and i know the actors are so excited about it and they're doing a great job, and it just sucks that the rest of the show doesn't match up to what the main trio is bringing)

[hawnks]

I literally do not respect media that treats background character death as normal or unserious or unimportant. I can’t suspend my disbelief on it at all. Those goons had families……That henchman was only doing this to pay off his student loans……

[villaincock]

can we be so fucking for real for a second

ghosts intimacy issues would be solved if he was touched patiently yet consistently enough that he would be used to the sensation of it. spooning him would help. holding his hand. adjusting his equipment when its askew. a gentle hand on the back or shoulder, especially as positive reinforcement… all im saying is that if youre tender and treat him with care, like a treasure, he would open up some more. be more comfy with you and eventually even learn to reciprocate.

[britneyshakespeare]

do you ever feel like people only like chick-fil-a so much because they're not supposed to

[callixton]

the thing abt josh and donna is that it’s actually much more interesting if they were best friends first before anything started happening between them

[nemaria]

For the ship opinion bingo I absolutely need your thoughts on Fengqing!!! But you should totally do it for Beefleaf if you feel like it 👀🩷

ahhh ty for the ask!!

I'm sure you already knew that I'm completely insane about Fengqing 🤣 I see them in everything and to date they are the ship I have written the most for!! Which is crazy because I feel they're also quite difficult to write - I spend way more time agonizing over characterization with them than I ever have before lol.

Honestly I probably should have checked "they're exes" and "inherent eroticism of attempted murder" too, since I can totally imagine AUs of those - I just generally hc that they're too emotionally stunted to have gotten together before post-canon, and also that they've never genuinely tried to kill each other!

As for Beefleaf, it's a ship I passively really like, but I haven't read more than a couple fics for them, and I probably couldn't write for them since they haven't taken over my entire brain like Fengqing lol.

The "very specific scenarios" is because I feel like I'm pretty picky about how their gender fuckery is portrayed and also about the angst level (100% fluff takes away the appeal but also I can't handle 100% angst so it's a fine balance lmao). Aesthetically they have some of the BEST fanart though!

[greencheekconure27]

Decided to watch the His Dark Materials tv series and it's good and I love it but it brings up the same mixed feelings I had about the book series all those years ago.

- For the love of .....not God I guess Mr Pullman please stop with the chaotic evil barbarian TaRtars (that dwell somewhere in the Arctic for some reason?) and their wolf daemons. Please. No having Gruman become their shaman doesn't fix it.Ugh.

- Same issue as I have with that certain brand of uppity online atheist. Everything is about Christianity, mostly the brand of Christianity the author is familiar with.Other religions? What other religions? They must all be like Christianity too (which apparently exists across the multiverse). What do you mean not everything fits in my Evil Anti Intellectual Christianity mold? Well it's not Real religion then they're just worshipping imaginary spirits or Dust or something! Oh and if a religious person is really smart And a good person they'll eventually abandon this silly nonsense and start studying physics instead.

-But the characters are so good!

-The worldbuilding is so good (whenever the author shuts up about how much he hates religion for a sec)

-genuinely well written most of the time

- Now the "here's why we need separation of church and state" part of the narrative, that I deeply approve of.

[iwritenarrativesandstuff]

I guess my outlook on Mori and Dazai's dynamic is - it wasn't abusive. Dazai was Mori's subordinate, yes, he absolutely could (and did!) manipulate him to an extent, and he had this weird need to teach Dazai everything he knew because he really projected hard on that kid, huh?

Thing is, Dazai held enough power in that dynamic such that he was never completely subservient - only person who knew the truth about Mori's takeover, threatening to overthrow him, etc. Moreover, abuse is something that is perpetuated over time and I really see no proof in the story so far that this happened.

However, one thing I'd like to make clear, and my true takeaway from this, is that just because a relationship isn't abusive does not mean that it can't be god-awful for your psychological well-being.

Mori did not abuse Dazai, but Dazai still does better (even if only a little) when he is away from him and his amoral utilitarian views.

[roykleinberg]

a couple unpopular tron opinions!! lmao

Tron '82 > Legacy, but idk if that's an unpopular thought loll

What that makes Legacy's story go from good to great is all of it's various companion pieces— The Flynn Lives ARG, The Next Day, Betrayal, Evolution, Uprising, etc etc. The best thing about the Tron franchise is how it uses so many different mediums (and technology that viewers interact with in different ways!).

The Flynn Lives ARG, to me, is still the most ingenious thing that has happened to this franchise. Is it a little sad that the deeper aspects of Alan and Sam (and sort of Lora and Roy)'s characters get sidelined to something that average movie-goer isn't going to seek out? Yes, extremely. But the ARG is such a treat for fans that I'm genuinely surprised that Tronblr of the 2020s doesn't pay any attention to it. There's so much character and world building, and so many little, little easter eggs— I think the ARG deserves so much more attention!!!!

Evolution does more for the main program characters of Legacy (Clu2, Quorra) character development than Uprising does 😭The existence of Abraxas makes Clu more sinister because we see him purposefully going behind Flynn's back, and as dark as it was, Quorra's personal losses almost felt more heavy in Evo than Uprising since Anon and Quorra work together through the game. But I'm also very biased because I liked Evo's story so much lmao

—— from @quorras :)

tron confessional with moss

alright let's break this down lol

1. 82 v Legacy

admittedly I have gone back and forth on this one a lot over the years. because I generally (obviously) love 82 to bits and it is my favorite part of the whole franchise. but at times I have questioned if Legacy is narratively the Better Movie(tm). and at the end of the day I think it's somewhat hard to compare because they're telling pretty different stories, once you get past the surface level sucked into cyberspace plot. 82 has a warmer fuzzier view of the potential of technology in the right hands compared to Legacy, which in my interpretation leans more into the idea that family -- human love and connection -- supersedes the more "alien" program way of life. 82 wants you to like the programs and see them as people just like us, whereas Legacy has more of a Basics kinda suck and only the more human ISOs are worth anything approach lol. and I think there's validity in both those takes, and I think the times and environments in which they were created has a huge impact on how they view and approach technology. but. yeah. 82 wins for me on its more optimistic hopeful vibe alone.

2. The Tron EU (extended universe not European Union)

100% agreeeeeeeeee. I sometimes catch myself lamenting the fact that it's such a small franchise, but when you add up all the comics and games and the ARG (Flynn Lives ARG light of my life we will get to you in a moment xoxo) and the show there really is a lot! honestly throw ElecTRONica in there too, there was lore there. half the reason I have such a hard time even recommending the movies to people is because I want to be like okay but you also need to watch/read/play all of this please you don't UNDERSTAND

the way Tron has been handled by some many creators and creative teams is honestly just.... really beautiful and special to me in the most unironic sense. it sucks that the mouse has never given the franchise the trust or the resources to grow, and I hate that so many projects are soured by this air of something being ripped away from people who clearly loved it and wanted to do more. but that love is so undeniable in all these bits and pieces of the franchise. there will always be people who love Tron as much as we the fandom do, and I would rather have a hundred of these one-off passion projects like Uprising or Identity than a bunch of soulless blockbuster movies

3. ARG my beloved <3

42 Entertainment I am kissing you on the mouth

I really can't even articulate everything that the ARG is to me, and I wasn't even involved when it was ongoing. when I was just getting into Tron after Legacy got the home release, a good chunk of the ARG sites were still live, and I remember digging into all of it and being amazed and obsessed. I still have the wiki site where everything is archived bookmarked. there's so much good background in there. and Roy! ROY!!!!!!! and the big reveals in The Next Day? OUR little operation, ISOlatedThinker???? I am not and will neve be normal about it, and it's sad to think the current iteration of the fandom doesn't know about or acknowledge it as much

4. Evolution v Uprising

I feel ya. don't get me wrong, I love the Uprising cast, but I was never completely in love with how the show handled the pre-established characters. like I was saying before I didn't like how Uprising made Clu a more detached / distant villain, so having him be a more direct bastard in Evo worked better for me. and Quorra ugh :( she really loses everything over the course of the game, and I think it makes her character in Legacy so much more poignant knowing that she went through all of that but was still so hopeful. Abraxas was such a good, tragic, fucked up antagonist. and Gibson oughhhhhh. again hard to say what would have happened in a second season of Uprising (pour one out), but Evolution is so deliciously bleak in a way the show never completely got to be. Uprising is mostly dark because we know or can infer what's going to happen, because we know where canon ends up. but Evolution has more of an opportunity to show us the dark and horrible things that went on after the coup, and it's a carries a little more weight as a result. rip Anon you will always be famous

[michaeljoncarter]

today's fun fact is that laura was apparently inspired at least in part by claudia from iwtv

[rhaelynn]

Currently rereading Scarlet by Marissa Meyer (#2 in The Lunar Chronicles (which might just be my comfort YA series?)) for the second (?) time , and I am so happy Scarlet & Wolf still works for me 🧺🐺🍅

Also… I used to hate the fact that they changed the covers & the old versions became out of print (I was saving up to collect the whole series 😮‍💨), but now I’m like FUCK ME these new covers *groans in content*