#planetina

[nikkiopposites]

[vhvrs]

*thinks abt planetina and explodes into recyclable confetti*

[fandomwe1rd0]

No because the Rick and Morty subreddit is another BREED!

TW GR**MING MENTION

When I was on there, (And I don't even spend a lot of time there mind you, I mostly just interact with my Tumblr because y'all are AMAZING! Mwah! Mwah!) I have seen people first hand, ahem: 1. Say that Rick was grooming Morty in a s*xual way (Yep, threw up a lil in my mouth as well, I literally had to argue with them about why he wasn't, so that wasn't fun.)

2. Victim-blame Morty

3. Say that Morty would an amazing s*xual lover (YEP THE 14 YEAR OLD VERSION ON ONE OF MY POSTS, THE POST I MADE WASN'T EVEN CLOSE TO BEING ABOUT THAT)

4. Say that Morty dating adult girls isn't a big deal because it's an adult's show

5. Ship Morty with Planetina, although to be fair these people usually see Planetina as an older teenager even though SHE LITERALLY DOES ALL OF THE STEPS OF GR**MING

[ichikagrith]

I mean,who could say no to a powerful,attractive lady with Alison Brie's voice?

[sapphire-shores]

planetina

[waccozzz]

AHHH!! wtf my art!? thats so rare....

[0rb0t]

ACTUALLY I HAVE MORE TO SAY on that Planetina episode. (Warnings for Rick Sympathizers, I go hard against him in this, even if I love him)

I noticed people were saying that they felt like the writers were more lenient on Planetina because she was a woman, but I don't actually believe that was the case.

The episode is extremely creepy but the thing is, we are seeing it from Morty's perspective. We have spent most of the series seeing stuff from Rick's perspective. This episode was uniquely NOT from Rick's perspective in either plot. It was Morty's or it was Summer's.

Planetina's creepy relationship with Morty was absolutely meant to parallel Rick and Morty's creepy relationship. The episode literally starts with Morty rejecting Rick to be with Planetina-- and not only rejecting Rick, but casting off "immaturity" in order to be with someone he idolizes but also wants to be mature for.

Yes it was mentioned that in the Toxic episode, Morty was with two older women, but you need to think about what that says about Morty at this point. His ideal Healthy was someone who was seen as mature, who wanted to be looked up to, who had confidence. Morty thinks that being a scared kid is toxic and that his ideal healthiness will be a man who has confidence and is mature and will have a mature woman with him. He's literally a middle school boy, this is not abnormal for middle schoolers, and it definitely gets worse when their needs aren't met.

Morty spends the entirety of the Planetina episode falling for this woman he admires, idolizes and thinks it's love, and Planetina takes advantage of that, both by having aspects of the "born sexy yesterday" trope but also because she's really kind to Morty and always says yes to him-- but let's examine that trope for a second here. In this case, Planetina is an adult woman who behaves in a childish manner that is appealing to Morty and makes her seem cute and he wants to do anything for her.

Hm. Rick is literally an adult who behaves in a childish manner that allows him to get on well with teenagers and kids but not so much fellow adults. Rick can also make Morty do almost anything for him, except he's not kind. His kindness is conditional.

TO MY BAD FAITH READERS: STOP RIGHT THERE CRIMINAL SCUM

I'm not saying here that anyone who is an adult that behaves childishly is automatically a predator. Rick and Planetina both are predatory towards Morty because they engage with him in highly inappropriate ways because he is a minor and they are adults. Boundaries are broken and reassured it's okay, there's a lot of "don't tell your parents about this" sometimes in actions and not words but Rick has LITERALLY said that out loud-- It's how you treat others that can make you predatory, and Planetina literally keeps encouraging this out of Morty, too.

In reality this episode is kind of an extension of the Toxic episode, because it shows that side of Morty that craves maturity because he can't connect to ANYONE around him, but also he wants so badly to be wanted, to be accepted, to be told he's good and perfect just the way he is. He wants to be loved so badly. So of course he latches onto the first woman who seems to be saying all those things to him because he HASN'T been taught how to avoid these creeps. And then when Beth finally starts stepping up as a mother for Morty, of course he sees this as betrayal-- because in his experience, his family has NEVER had his back. And the entire time, Jerry is playing a childish game where a little guy throws up everywhere LMAO Like, the writing and direction of this episode is so on point, it's Morty going "everyone around me is immature and they do not understand me and they don't want me to be happy" and Planetina takes advantage of that.

It really does not matter if she was genuine or not-- Morty is 14 and she is an adult who is going for the affections of a little boy HJSDFK LIKE. IF YOU FELT CREEPED OUT BY IT, IT'S BECAUSE IT'S CREEPY and it NEVER SHIED AWAY FROM IT. It just feels extra bad because we're getting it from Morty's perspective.

Morty finally puts his foot down when Planetina turns to outright murder--and she even tries to turn it around "You murdered my kids" EVEN THOUGH SHE BASICALLY TOLD HIM TO? She didn't use the words directly but she did tell Morty, KNOWING he was desperate for validation and love, that she was going to be taken away... Morty goes all out, arming himself to prevent that. As badass as this scene was, this entire episode really shows how middle schoolers (esp boys) are able to be groomed and radicalized by dangerous people they admire.

The original post said that the writers are lenient on women groomers but wouldn't act this way if it were men-- Morty likes girls, idk what to tell you. But also the EPISODE was from Morty's perspective. the Mr Jelly Bean episode was not-- it was horrifying but we were still generally from Rick's perspective. And as great as it was to see Rick kill that guy for trying to sexually assault Morty, Rick has not stepped up in a single way SINCE to help teach Morty how to protect himself, to safeguard himself from predators, etc. In fact, all he really aimed to do was make Morty more dependent on him.

I LOVE THESE CHARACTERS BUT I HAVE NO ISSUE SAYIN THIS SHIT CAUSE IT'S TRUE I'm glad Rick is trying NOW but the boundaries between them have long since eroded. Morty is used to being treated like this, and Rick is used to being able to get away with it.

That's why Evil Morty's finale was so poignant-- "I'm not evil, I'm just sick of him" Literally every single time Morty has pushed away from Rick, we get this perspective that Morty is bad and is being mean to Rick. HECK NO-- Morty is showing agency and trying to protect himself.

This episode is no different, he literally DOES break up with Planetina, and she (despite causing all of these situations and having the power in the relationship) blames Morty and acts like he did this to hurt her and leaves. And Morty wails openly into his mom's embrace, because Beth is there to comfort her son who is BROKEN over it.

And then these parallels are LITERALLY MET in the pre-finale episode where Rick is like I DONT NEED YOU MORTY I CAN REPLACE YOU WITH TWO CROWS--

The Planetina episode is MEANT to be watched with the finale episodes.

I don't think it's fair to blame the writers for something that they were really REALLY smart about writing in these episodes. To say that the writers didn't make it blatant is... frankly untrue... This show does not work as well when they have to look at the camera and go "THING BAD" because the entire show has had Rick grooming Morty into becoming exactly like him and that ends up being more acceptable to a lot of people because a lot of people are biased towards Rick.

And I understand the pull! I love Rick Sanchez! He's very relatable! But he's also quite literally a "do not be me" type of warning character LMAO He's a cautionary tale, at all times.

This show is entertainment first, it's not meant to be watched as education, its primary focus is to tell stories. If you learn something from it, GREAT! But the most bad faith interpretations because you're uncomfortable about how something is shown isn't actually conducive to anyone's learning.

Next time you feel uncomfortable while watching Rick and Morty, ask yourself why, and be prepared that those feelings of discomfort MAY BE MIRRORED IN ASPECTS OF RICK AND HIS GRANDSON'S PORTRAYAL. This is how I learned to stop believing anything Rick had to say about Jerry, because it's usually projection.

[jerrysmithfanatic]

what’s with Morty and blue characters??

TW:Mentions of grooming and Planetina - i’m not gonna write shit abt Mr.Jellybean dw🤢🤢

like one example to elaborate on what i just said: Morty, a 14 year old, had a romantic relationship with someone in which “age doesn’t really apply to” - however, the debate with the age of consent and what defines an adult as an adult and a minor as a minor- while mostly based on age, is also based on maturity level. Planetina had been summoned since the mid 90’s by her CHILDREN. This is more than enough evidence that: even though ‘age doesn’t apply to Planetina’, she should be fully matured by now and realize that her relationship with a 14 year old boy in wrong. Beth, Mortys mom, who is usually very selfish and distances herself from her family’s problems, speaks up and mentiones that Planetina is ‘too old for morty’- in which Planetina replies ( in the most idiotic and overused excuse ): “But Mortys very mature for his age!” like what???

These quotes aren’t exact- i’m writing this from my memory of the episode. - also, i’m pasting this from a message i send to my friends because i just want people to talk more about this.

Side note- i really liked Beth this episode, normally, she’s one of my least favorite characters, but to see the way she stood her ground with Planetina and how she comforted Morty later in the ep was really heartwarming. I wish she’d acted more like this in the show.

anywayysssssss- just wanted to get this out because i feel like this isn’t talked about enough.

i always end up skipping this episode cuz i cant stomach most scenes.

[destroyplaydestroy]

Rnm sketches from someone too attached to other seasons to watch the new season

[meatytastic]

Planetina in my style💙🌍

[morty-prime]

Please just give me a bit 🙏🏻

[lost-technology]

Of all the weird ideas and the trains of thought that lead to them... Anyway, despite listening to exactly zero (0) other songs by the artist, there is a song that I find absolutely mesmerising: I Am the Antichrist to You by Kishi Bashi I know it, like most people seem to, because it was a track featured in Rick and Morty - Planetina and Morty's ill-fated romance sequence from "A Rickconvenient Mort" an episode in which Morty falls in love with a female Captain Planet clone (for you fellow Gen Xers and older Millennials who remember that show). Anyway, despite my not knowing how to do animantics / AMVs (afraid I'd turn out something completely poo if I tried), I just think that this would be a good Trigun, particularly a good Trigun Maximum AMV / Animantic song. I know that the obvious conclusion that people would be apt to jump to is Vashwood (would work really well for that. The song seems to be about someone being in love with someone they feel unworthy of, and, obviously uses Christian-mythos lyrical imagery). But... I also thought of it being a Vash-centric video of "Vash and Humanity." Just, panels of manga that fit the lyrics having to do with Vash kind of feeling unworthy of Humanity even as he is protecting them. I've got specific panels in mind, too. "Promises of bones and meat" - well, him doing the chicken-winging out thing where he has all kinds of weird, bony, meaty appendages growing out of him. "Always quick to admit defeat" - cue scene where he's a little kid trying to kill himself with the knife and Rem grabs the knife. "Hiding behind my shield and spear" one of the good shots of him holding his gun with his forehead kind of against it. "Fallen from the sky with grace" well... The Big Fall. Maybe @beremy-from-trigun needs ideas? Maybe I could just scrounge for manga panels and make stills? I can do that, even if I don't know how to animate. Just throwing the idea out there.

[fandomwe1rd0]

Planetina, the stages of grooming.

TW FOR DISCUSSIONS OF GROOMING AND STATUTORY R*P3 UNDER THE CUT

Starting off with a very very sincere fuck you to Planetina, I hate little characters more than her, so with that out of the way, there's 5 stages of grooming, it's weird how perfectly Planetina fits into them.

Stage one, targeting the victim

Now when Planetina and Morty first meet, Morty's insecurity is very apparent. He is very nervous, and this is literally one of the first things Morty says in his first interaction with her.

Groomers tend to target victims who are insecure, since it makes them more vulnerable.

Stage two, building trust

Now this happens as soon as they met, Planetina immediately compliments Morty after he calls himself an idiot, and proceeds to hang out with him, and then takes him away from a trusted adult.

Stage three, fulfilling a need.

Now this is when the groomer (Planetina in this case) fills a need, now we see Planetina love bombing Morty, lovebombing is when you shower the victim with gifts, verbal validation, quality time, or any other kind of positive attention. This is exactly what Planetina is doing to Morty, fulfilling his need for validation, she goes on dates with him, and is very affectionate. Which would be fine, if she wasn't love-bombing him, and was actually his age instead of being however old she is. But she is very clearly grooming Morty. She even pulls the "He's so mature for his age!" Card which is just....eugh.

Stage four, isolation

This is very obvious, as mentioned before she takes him away from a trusted adult in their first interaction, and later in the episode, after Morty lashes out at Beth, she takes him away from Beth, who is his mother and another trusted adult.

Stage five, sexualization

This is when the statutory r*p3 comes in, so Planetina sneaks over to Morty's room (ew) and proceeds to...eugh...I don't even want to say it. Just look at these pictures and make your own conclusions.

Stage six, maintaining control

Now this is typically where the groomer will attempt to keep control, they will usually do this with blackmail, guilt-tripping, emotional manipulation, or other means. Planetina does attempt this, but this doesn't work luckily

Then the episode ends with Morty emotionally broken and Beth comforting him.

Fuck Planetina.

[urfavesarequadranted]

Rick Sanchez and Planetina are ex Kismeses

Planetina and Rick Sanchez from Rick & Morty are exkismeses!

[mortypone]

I keep thinking about this tweet during my rewatch but everyone when Morty goes with someone older than him. Anyways S8 writers give this guy like love. Like love that is in his age and loves him. Thx you.

“Oh Planetina? Y-you have a job? GET AWAY FROM HIM”

[0rb0t]

Jerry: What a romantic story about our son killing a room full of people. Your turn.

Planetina: Uh, seven. One, two, three, four, five, six, seven!

Miner Toy: Oyyy, don’t punch my lunch!

Killing a room full of people? Your turn Planetina? 7? MINER???

THIS SHOW IS SO FUCKING CLEVER. I SWEAR TO GOD.