#possibly problematic

[tofangirlonly]

My media consumption this week has revolved exclusively around crime boys who wear fedoras and break out of jail. Oops?

[long-thread-incoming]

opinion on troll reigen arataka

🧵 Anime and manga is inherently problematic with only a few exceptions, so I haven't seen that one.

🧵 Is it safe to watch?

[wit-and-worry]

A big problem I have with fanfic written from a gay male perspective is the fact that the vast majority of it is written by illiterate young AFABs who evidently don't know what it's like to grow up male and so have not internalized the worst parts of male socialization and so never had to mask their attraction to men and shun femininity to be accepted in the way that cis men have(I think passing trans men don't necessarily have the full idea either, though they have a better idea than people who have no male social experience--- most of us did not experience boyhood). The characterization always has an uncanny quality to it, even when the writing is not total shite. I guess the issue is not that they don't have the baggage, but that they don't understand it. Like when men write female narrators, even with good intentions, while evidently not understanding female social baggage. I think it could be understood to some degree by observing life more closely and empathetically and interrogating the dynamics they see between the sexes. Also by exposing themselves to and thoughtfully examining more mature literature.

I think this lack of perspective also partly explains why so many AFABs compulsively ship any two men with chemistry, but hardly bother with women. Most of them are androphilic, yes, but have also struggled to and sometimes continue to struggle to relate to and maintain friendships with males. Because of the whole 'men and women can't be friends' mentality(probably better described by the term heteronormativity) that has been imposed on and internalized by them they seem to assume that the same inexorable erotic implication between men and women also exists between male friends who are a smidge closer or more comfortable/vulnerable with each other than they're supposed to be.

Yeah, I know that most fanfic writers today aren't well-read or interested in writing well and are just kids having dumb fun. I look back sometimes at the tags on fanfiction.net and a greater proportion of what's on there is actually competently written or at least interesting. Many of the works come off as the love children of novelists.

I'm not prejudiced against fanfiction. I seek it out for the same reason everyone does: because I'm not satisfied with the source material in some way. I just wish it wasn't 95% immature slop.

Some fanfic writers I see online today, or maybe all fanfic writers at some point, do seem to want to write well, but never improve because fanfiction spaces are circle jerks that reward fan service more than skill. Fanfiction itself tends to be masturbatory even when it's not straight up porn. Maybe self-indulgent is a better term lol.

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[mp3stargrl]

the self restraint lydia has is admirable because I would've been bouncing on his dick after he looked at me like this

[dndspellgifs]

I say this as a LOTR fan but like, Tolkien racism apologists, what are we doing here? Like, an author can have progressive ideas and be egalitarian and still be a product of his time.

"Oh, he didn't mean to make such an East-West dichotomy, it's just that Melkor's original strongholds in the North sank under the sea–" girl fuck off.

The most prominent adjective he uses to telegraph to the audience that a person is of the enemy is "swarthy", a word with such negative connotations, it took me years to find out it just meant dark-skinned.

[raavenb2619]

“Musical about a green magic girl who's totally alloaro, trust me, where are you going she's alloaro, I have a whole powerpoint presentation stop backing away from me I have proof she's alloaro just listen to me” - Things I tell my friends to try to get them to watch media I like

[my-name-is-apollo]

I know Ares being Zeus' least favorite child is a popular interpretation, but I think it's interesting that Callimachus' hymn says otherwise:

And thou didst not tremble before the anger of Hera, who murmured terribly against all child-bearing women that bare children to Zeus, but especially against Leto, for that she only was to bear to Zeus a son dearer even than Ares.

– Callimachus, Hymn to Delos (trans. A.W Mair)

Only Leto would bear a son who would be dearer to Zeus than Ares is. Which means that the sons that other women bore were not as dear to Zeus as Ares is, if I'm interpreting this correctly. It's honestly kinda fascinating.

[victorie552]

Kind of a weird AU but hear me out:

Finwe marries Indis, right? Most controversial thing Finwe ever done and that includes leading elves from their ancestral home to a new continent to live with gods. Silmarillion says that it happened because he fell in love and I believe it BUT what Silmarillion doesn't tell you is WHEN Finwe marries Indis. I saw posts that say the canon is inconclusive and Tolkien probably changed his mind a lot, and half of what of what Tolkien wrote is thrown from the window by fandom, so.

Anyway, one of the versions said Feanor was at least a teenager when Finwe/Indis happens (I think). What Silmarillion states is that Feanor married VERY young by elven standards, and that Nerdanel was below his station (classism? in elven society? apparently!).

Last thing before I get to the main point: Fingolfin marries Anaire, a Noldo lady, who I saw often enough written as a noble or a court lady, perfectly fine that, no idea if that's canon. And Finarfin very much marries Teleri princess.

...I don't know guys, it feels very convienient. For princes to fall in love with exactly the kind of women who would be approved by royal court and strenghten political ties with other elven factions. If it was anything else than silm, I would call political marriages.

Time for crack: based on what I wrote above I propose an AU where it was FEANOR who was supposed to marry Indis. For politics! Vanyar are the most important faction in Aman! Let's marry into that!

But the MOMENT Feanor became an adult and they could process with courting without making it creppier than it already is, Feanor runs off to elope with his coworker and there's nothing they can do. Well, that's what Finwe tells Ingwe when Ingwe rages about it to him.

Finwe loves Feanor, he wants him to marry for love, and that's exactly what happens. But, uh, all Vanyar are pissed that there's no political marriage when they were promised one (they mad cause they look stupid now), and, well. Finwe decides to bite the bullet. For his son.

It's not true of course. But imagine family dinners after that.

[i-dreamed-i-had-a-son]

Broke (2016): BBC Sherlock is a phenomenal piece of media and anything that seems like a flaw just hasn't been fully explored yet

Woke (2020): BBC Sherlock is an incredibly flawed series run by an egotistical writer, it never deserved the hype and is actively bad on so many fronts (especially representation)

Bespoke (2024): BBC Sherlock is flawed and bogged down by increasingly poor writing, which many fans refused to see while it was airing, leading to hugely misplaced expectations (particularly for the final series), AND it has the seeds of some compelling characterizations and portrayals, some genuinely solid performances, and touches--albeit imperfectly--on complexities that are still being discussed today (particularly as it relates to the relationship between Sherlock and John). The huge cultural impact of the show has created a massive pendulum effect in its public perception, leading to most people today remembering a caricature of the show (whether positive or negative) rather than appreciating its nuanced merits and failings...that being said Season 4 sucked

[nepttunnee]

horikoshi making bakudeku and togachaco objectively the most canon ships of the entire series is absolutely fucking hilarious. like im sorry i cant

[utilitycaster]

I really do dunk on villain stans a lot but the thing is like. I genuinely do not care on any sort of moral level if you love a villain, or villains generally. They are pretend. The murder and the war crimes aren't real. Do whatever.

The issue is that like, this is a person the narrative is telling you to root against, and that it's okay because they are pretend. That doesn't mean they can't have sympathetic qualities but it does mean that as a rule the story is telling you "hey, here are the heroes who oppose this person, cheer for them" and also "you should boo and hiss when this motherfucker comes on stage" and a lot of people who like villains will look at everyone else and go "why the FUCK are you booing and hissing don't you see they have TRAUMA" instead of acknowledging the big "TIME TO BOO AND HISS" signs being thrown out by the story and saying "bring it on."

And I suppose you can argue that this is an overly simplistic way of looking at it, but if we're dealing with a story with at least some reasonably clearly delineated heroes and villains you're not intelligent for trying to pretend it's more complicated than it is. I'm not talking about the gray areas of antagonist who could be persuaded otherwise, nor antihero but straight up "this is the bad guy, we all but have arrows pointing at them saying it". Like, really, a lot of people who stan villains don't seem to do it for the love of the game, which I would respect, but because of a sour grapes situation with the heroes, or because they're in their edgy "subversion automatically means you're the smarter one" phase.

Anyway my point is I don't care if you woobify a villain for any sort of moral reasons but I do think that if you do so, you're a coward and not terribly good at understanding stories. I also don't care from any sort of moral standpoint if you enthusiastically cheer on the villain, but if you act confused or mad that most people aren't with you on that, I think you're an idiot and not terribly good at understanding stories.

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hello i have a question about a term you use in your dni but i am also on your dni as I am preban, may i ask this question?

🧵 Sorry, but no, you can't. You shouldn't have even sent this ask, as it breaks my DNI to interact with me if you are under 8 sweeps.

[marc--chilton]

part me agrees that house someone's proper pronouns to more accurately insult them, but i also sometimes think he would find neopronouns ridiculous while also taking immense joy in changing his pronouns daily entirely because he's not been annoying this way before and like he Just Can. he just comes in to work with a sticker nametag thing that's like "my pronouns are [big text] ___ / ___" and he fills in the blanks at random. even after it stops being as funny he keeps using them because he bought a pack of 50 of them and doesn't want to waste them

[thefloatingstone]

The older I get and the more terrible takes I see the more in favour I become of gatekeeping

[bananzer]

Whenever I see someone say James Sunderland and Leon Kennedy are the same person I get so mad I black out (hyperbole). Like no. Not at all.

Leon is a fundamentally good person whose entire motivation is to help people who is forced into a job he hates to protect innocents.

And James Sunderland murdered his wife because she was dying and that made him Uncomfy :(

Leon would eviscerate James on the spot the instant he learned what he did to Mary. And don't even get me STARTED on what Ethan Winters would do...