#sjw-dipper

[aishabellasbigblogofeverything]

And it’s always racist too, considering that the main targets of these “transvestigations” are women of color, especially Black women, whether they’re cis or trans. 

The paranoia and obsession underlying this ideology is really something

[llycaons]

I search up a fairly popular blog and there are a ton of posts complaining about them for mostly stupid bs and calling them a 'discourse blog' but that term doesn't mean 'popular and opinionated' lmao if these people saw genuine discourse blogs - which almost exclusively posted about a single hot issue and their very strong opinions on it, often soliciting arguments intentionally and constantly namedropping other users with the intent to be as inflammatory as possible - their head would explode

[siryouarebeingmocked]

Wow. This is worthless!

Class, sjw-dipper has volunteered to demonstrate the ol' "I think men literally cannot be victimized just for being men, because my pathetic, sexist ideology relies on a victim/oppressor binary, and men are already 'oppressors' so they can’t also be victims." argument.

There’s an old saying; “ignore everything before the ‘but’”. It’s not always reliable, but it’s pretty much a certainty when you’re talking about SJWs trying to look reasonable.

Needless to say, sjw-dipper blocked CheshireInTheMiddle and everyone else in the notes who presumably disagreed. Heck, they have me blocked, and we never interacted, AFAIK.

I love it when SJWs name themselves after brave characters, but prove themselves cowards who have to hide from even the mildest disagreement.

Transcript past the cut.

sjw-dipper

Sure men and boys have feelings too but they’re a privileged group of people. Is there a possibility trans guys will be upset? Of course. But trans guys are still guys. They suffer from transphobia, not some sort of anti-men sexism. Let non masc aligned people cope with the issues they suffer from that men contribute to. That’s all goodnight

cheshireinthemiddle

Every group is “privileged”. “Privilege” is a garbage concept anyway. It’s a nuanced version of advantages and disadvantages, but more restrictive, since it demands that only certain group can ever be advantaged or disadvantaged.

If men are privileged, then so are women. The feminist who coined the modern term, Peggy Mcintosh specofied that an example of “white privilege” is white people being sentenced less than black people. Well women are sentenced less than men (and with a larger disparity).

Gendered crime definitions, lack of government resources, more likely to be arrested for the same crime, to get the death penalty for the same crime, complete lack of empathy or support for the same issues women face, etc.

people who you use the “privilege” argument typically willingly look over serious issues of entire groups based on their own biases. And rely on the “privilege” argument to justify not listening to people who try and inform them of said issues. It goves you an excuse to not care.

cheshireinthemiddle

It’s exactly why you can say things like “Sure men have feelings too, but-“. You’ve already dismissed those feelings. You’ve already dismissed that same sensitivity and consideration for them that you demand for other groups. You’ve already used it to justify your double standards in activism.

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cauldronofmorning replied to your post “cauldronofmorning replied to your post “me, yesterday: I really hate...”

I don't get it either! I enjoyed Witchfinders too, and thumbs up too on your point that 12 is seen as a "socialist king". Like I love him too and s10 definitely went hard, but his stans use that to attack 13 but ffs as soon as she tries anything a million boys cry "SJW", can you imagine the rage if she punched a racist? they whined about 12 too

I am very here for 12 going hard and attacking capitalism and shit (”Oxygen” was a great episode) and honestly I like 12 a lot but oh my god is it so hard liking 12 and 13 at the same time when it feels like so many of 12′s stans use 12 to bash the fuck out of 13! Like, the way my mind works is that if enough fans of a character piss me off, I start hating the character too, and I do not want to start hating 12 because of some of his fans using him to bash 13! (This happened for me with Lena Luthor from Supergirl, Rainbow Dash from MLP:FIM, and... actually, even Ford and Dipper Pines a little bit from Gravity Falls? In the case of Ford and Dipper, this was because I saw so many of Ford’s and Dipper’s fans bashing the fuck out of Mabel. Incidentally, this is why I generally avoid the She-Ra and the Princesses of Power fandom, particularly the Catra fans. I like Catra. But I get the feeling that if I saw too much of what Catra fans say, especially about Adora, I’d probably end up hating Catra too.) 

Interestingly enough, I was looking at the tropes page for “Oxygen” the other day, and apparently the writer for that episode regrets making it so heavy-handed with the anti-capitalism stuff? (My immediate reaction: well, 12′s Tumblr stans loved it so don’t feel too bad, dude.)

Though I’ll be real, I would be very here for episodes with 13 being Super Political a la 12′s s10 episodes lmao. Not to appease the 12 stans who keep bashing 13 for not being as much of a “socialist king” as her predecessor (honestly, I’m pretty convinced that even if s13 shows 13 to be the Most Pro-Socialist, Rising Up To Defend The Proletariat, whatever, they’ll still point to Kerblam! to declare that 13 is the Most Status Quo Pro-Socialist Neoliberal Doctor ever because they just seem like the sort of people who continue to enjoy engaging in bad faith criticism), but mostly because well. The nerdboys who get mad at 13 for doing anything and for, y’know, existing are gonna be mad no matter what, so why not go all the way and really piss them off, you know? Go full socialist, SJW propaganda with this shit. What are they gonna do? Get more mad? They’re already angry! Who cares? That could just be me wanting to piss off the stupid angry nerdboys even more though haha.

Anyway. Tumblr stop calling my faves neoliberals challenge.

[catboy-prussia]

Tf when someone named sjw dipper of all things thinks they can criticize your url on a pokemon post like.

You don't have the url high ground in this I hope you know that.

[nutflix-official]

Real talk, and don't make fun of me for this, but I wish I could just... block that sjw-dipper post. I'm a little sick of seeing that damn person from the Hetalia fandom pulling that shit. Mainly because I'm in, or... was in the Hetalia fandom myself and the fact this post became so popular just makes us all look like shit. I get it was problematic and that the fandom was... something, but I'm tired of having to hide that I liked that show and still love the characters. I don't like being judged

i used to watch hetalia too. granted i was very casually involved. i watched the show liked it and saw things here and there online but i was never a part of the massive and active fandom online. You shouldn't be ashamed for liking it but half the posts on tumblr are all generalizations about toxic or really weird fandom members and just followings. If you weren't one of "those" fandom members then posts critical about the fandom shouldn't affect you. And if you were or are one of those fans, see that as a way to become more aware of your or other people's actions in the fandom and grow from it. i understand what you mean wholeheartedly. You don't have to hide your liking for the show though. it's not a witch hunt. these posts are usually critical of certain individuals who go out of their way to leave hateful or ignorant or bigoted comments on ops posts and in turn, they're critical of the countless other fans who are just like that person and defend their shitty behavior or comments. go reblog hetalia and have fun and talk about it as long as you aren't being shitty to people who just don't see the appeal.

[spydre]

Granny Weatherwax was right.

she replied with sources

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I'm sorry for reblogging fron sjw-dipper because i just saw them using the tag "q slur" and hell no, fuck off

[scribblechill]

On Thundercats Roar, the Calarts Style, and ‘Toxic Masculinity’

Okey, I know I rarely, rarely make blog posts. If I have something to say about cartoons or the animation sphere I would probably make a video on my channel. But I believe that this matter is not a suitable topic for a potential video, and also I’m still kind of on my Youtube hiatus. Anyways...

There is a reason why Thundercats is hated so much, and it’s because of the plight of the ‘Calarts style’. A lot of people, especially those who grew up with cartoons from the 80′s and 90′s, criticised the show for repeating the art style repeated in modern 2010′s cartoons such as Steven Universe and Gravity Falls, and that the Thundercats reboot is no more than an epiphany for the ‘lazy’ style in all contemporary cartoons. 

But is this true?

The modern ‘calarts’ style is constructed from drawing a circle, and drawing a bracket, representing the lower jaw, that protrudes out, as seen in this image:

As an artist who has emulated and utilised this style, I can say that this is perfectly true. But now let’s look at the other side, the 80′s- The 80′s style is primarily based on realistic human anatomy and proportions, with accurately depicted muscles. 

But here’s the catch. The education process of an animator within an art school is rigourous- students are required to attend mandatory figure drawing classes, where their skills when it comes to anatomy and perspective are drilled to perfection. The artists who animate with the calarts style, and the artists who made the original Thundercats have no doubt gone through this process- with all that intense training, one could probably regurgitate a human figure as easy as...well, drawing a circle with a jaw below it. 

Image credits: Reiq from Deviantart

I do agree that there is more effort that is placed into defining emotions and muscular features in the original Thundercats and many 80′s cartoons. However, the fact that they regurgitated the real life anatomy does not make them any more, or less, creative than contemporary cartoons. 

Look at Lion-O for a start, he is supposed to be a human-cat-alien. However, all the character designers did is illustrate a normal, muscular person, change the eye size to match a cat, and made the skin orange. It’s practically one or two cat features stuck to a perfectly standard rendition of a male figure that the artist could have drawn a million times during anatomy class in animation school. 

And hence, like how the ‘Calarts’ style is based off a regurgitated circle and a bracket, the 80′s cartoon style is based of a regurgitation of standard human anatomy that is commonly understood by all artists- including modern animators in Calarts. Anime uses a regurgitated style, so as comic books. But how about this image?

So are 80′s cartoons a pile of shit too?

No, the creator of this image has obviously nitpicked the characters from contemporary animation. But it does tell the point that the ‘repetitious, lazy style’ argument could work both ways, and it could be true with exceptions at the same time. The point is- each era of animation have a stylistic/anatomical thing that is repeated, and that’s fine! Because in the cartoon industry a lot of artists work between shows, and this result in their style being intertwined between many dominating shows within the industry. Both style has their beauty- the 80′s, muscly, realistic style is a celebration of how life-like and realistic you could make a series of moving pictures to be. And the Calart style looks fluid, lively, and well, cute. 

Though the design from Thundercats Roar might have been too much of a generic copycat (ba dum tss) of the Calarts style, let’s remember there are many amazing cartoons that are animated in the same style, but are beloved and are appreciated for their artistic beauty. For a start- Wonder Over Yonder, created by Craig McCracken, who surprise, came from Calarts himself. We should appreciate each era of cartoons- past, present or future, and of course, be free to criticise it too. And we should not allow one bad fruit in the basket to ruin it all for everyone. 

But there is one last thing about this whole Thundercats thing I want to address. I think this comment left by a fellow on Youtube highlights this problem I want to talk about best. 

‘When I see this style (Calarts), I don’t think ‘cutesy’. I think racist bigoted, vindictive, far left authoritarian. This drawing style is a huge warning sign that you’re dealing with the someone who’s really into violence and revenge, but deluded enough to think they’re childlike and fun.’ -anon

This is one of the biggest problem with the whole issue- people politicising the Thundercats reboot and the Calarts style. 

Basically the consensus is- the Calarts style and the Thundercats reboot itself is an attempt from leftists and SJW’s to stifle ‘toxic masculinity’, otherwise known as ‘the war on boys’. As we have all noticed- the original Thundercats is very masculine, while the reboot looks cutesy and non-threatening. Many people believe that this reboot is a small part of the agenda from the liberals imposing feminine standards on young boys at school, in the media they consume and in society, instead of allowing them to have rough and tumble play. 

Let me get this straight first- I do believe that this is an issue with the western education system in many western countries, especially Sweden. But I’m not here to talk about politics, I’m here for animation. 

The modern cartoon style portraying their characters as more cutesy instead of more masculine is not a large social engineering project, but it’s instead a mix of the change in writing style and economics. 

First of all, large corporations like Cartoon Network has no intention on manipulating kids to be more feminine. They just market, greenlight, and promote what sells. It’s called business. The cutesy style is trendy nowadays- so networks today promote it. The muscle-man, masculine style is trendy back in the 80′s, so networks promoted it before. Welcome to the free market. 

Second of all- the writing style. The entire Calarts style started with the ‘cartoon renaissance’ of the 2010′s- catalysed by shows like Adventure Time and Gravity Falls. These shows not only brought a new art style, but they also brought something back that has been mostly eroded in the previous decade- story and character development. The imperative part of character development is relatability, and this would mean the rejection of ‘Mary Sues’, or perfect flawless characters. 

It lies in the visual narrative- a worked up person with large muscles- as portrayed in Thundercats, does not seem as ‘relatable’ as maybe a more bubbly, cutesy, character, because the fact is that the majority of us do not look, and more importantly, feel like that. But unlike the Thundercats reboot, this bubbly Calarts character design in many good contemporary cartoons juxtaposes with the character’s surrounding world, which is often illustrated to be much darker, and included more physical and emotional challenges they have to face. They are more appealing because the audience, whether they are kids are adults, realise that someone meek and not very insignificant like themselves, represented by the ‘cutesy’ style, could fight and fare along in a world that’s dark, complex, and that they can overcome the hurdles in their personal life like family relationships etc (classic examples being Gravity Falls, Steven Universe, Adventure Time, even Gumball, OK KO and Star Vs to some extent) and that they could do so too. They are not more appealing to the audience because the audience is being brainwashed into being more feminine. 

A lot of the people supporting the notion that the Calarts style is representative of the feminisation of society will point out that cartoons today do not show and encourage people to take action on their own flaws, and that the audience is shielded from reality and are replaced with rainbows and sunshine to ‘feminise’ the children, and some of them end up calling artists and animators that utilise the Calarts style as ‘cucks’, ‘soyboys’ (lol) and ‘betas’ and are obsessed with their ideologies and social engineering. When in fact, cartoons today have been promoting the idea of overcoming one’s own flaws all the time, (Maybe not in Thundercats Roar or TTG but in Adventure Time, Steven Universe, Star vs. etc) and are in fact building stronger people in real life, all thanks to the fact that the audience could actually relate increasingly to  more modestly, cutely designed characters.    

Img cred: Know Your Meme

And I have to say, I personally think a lot of them are completely new to the modern cartoon/animation sphere and they just popped in because they saw this Thundercats reboot, and just because of that one reboot they came up with the notion that the Calarts style and the entire cartoon industry is stifling masculinity. No offence to them at all. But like I said earlier, the cutesy style actually creates a sense of reliability and juxtaposition for the audience that a more masculine and strong illustration style like the original Thundercats might not be able to offer. It’s only that Thundercats Roar failed to create this sense of juxtaposition, but it doesn’t mean the rest of the bunch- OK KO, Steven Universe, fail to do so too. 

If you are a big fan of cartoons, may I ask you, will the show lose it’s appeal, at least slightly, because...

- Star from Star vs looks more like Wonderwoman

- Dipper from Gravity Falls is an alpha with gains. 

I’m well aware that this is could be different between person to person. 

The point is, the fact that we are politicising a fucking art style and calling everyone who uses and endorses it as your political opponent, shows how emotionally driven this whole debate is. Fans of the former Thundercats have every right to be mad at the reboot- it is a bastardisation of the original and a disrespect towards the original creator. However, turning this nostalgic rage into political stigmatisation and blanket generalisation of the many hardworking artists and animators that just get along is childish in itself. Sure, some artists might actually believe that masculinity is toxic, whoever designed the characters in the Thundercats reboot might be lazy- but the majority of those people who use the Calarts style, or come from Calarts, want to pursue their passion, make the best animations they could, and put food on the table. 

The political issues implied are very real, but using them to emotionally justify one’s rage against these artists is not right. 

It takes some balls for you to voice out against social change (despite doing it in the wrong place), but it takes a real man to pursue the gruelling yet rewarding art form of animation. 

[ihavenotfallenyet]

@sjw-dipper

Y'know, some people do have a strong crying response to stress, and they might cry (even against their own will) when faced with an upsetting situation and that doesnt mean they are "gaslighting" or "manipulating" you.

There are people who use crying as a manipulation tactic? Absolutely. But that doesn't mean that every person that cries during a heated argument is trying to get under your skin. They have their own emotions and issues, and frankly, not everything other people do is a personal attack on you.

[mysteriesofmarcy]

It's Mystery Monday, Boys and Girls!

Disclaimer: I do not mean this post as a complaint or a positive or negative comment of any kind; I am simply pointing out a trend.

This week I'm doing something a little different. Instead of talking about Amphibia itself, I'd like to compare it to other shows and talk about differences between them.

Now, let's start with a few facts.

Every piece of media, whether it be a TV show, a movie, a book, a website, a newspaper, a blog, or anything else, has a target audience. This means exactly what it sounds like: the people that the author wants to reach.

Disney Channel's target audience was once all kids. But in the 2010s they made a gradual shift towards targeting exclusively girls with most, if not all, of their content.

Beyond creators like Dan Povenmire explicitly stating this, a single commercial made it glaringly obvious. In the commercial, several of the actresses in Disney's shows asked the question "Are you a princess?" And then one of them said "The answer is yes."

Take, say, Phineas and Ferb, which came out in 2007, and had two of the three storylines centered around males (with only a few major female characters in the entire show). Then compare to, say, Milo Murphy's Law and Gravity Falls, which both had the protagonist be male but the deuteragonist be female. Then compare that to something like Star vs, where the protagonist is female but the deuteragonist is male. And then compare to, say, Amphibia where the Calamity Trio is entirely female, or The Owl House where both the protagonist and deuteragonist are female.

But, as I noticed this trend more and more, I started to wonder what these shows would have been like if their protagonists had been the opposite gender. And more specifically, what I personally would have thought of them.

As a boy, I enjoyed media centered around boys more because, well, I was one. Nowadays, with this and the other changes in the way TV is consumed, my attitude has changed. While it is still a bonus point for me if the media centers around guys, I value good writing and lack of elements that make me personally uncomfortable above all else. For example:

Phineas and Ferb, I don't think I would have even tried if Phineas and Ferb were girls. I know I always liked Isabella, but it wasn't until I saw deeper into Candace's character that I started to like her. Maybe it's just because Candace was much older than I was at the time.

Gravity Falls, I liked Dipper better than Mabel at first because a) he was a boy and she was a girl, b) I am more like him in terms of personality, and c) he is just a lot more mature. Wendy I liked starting in The Inconveniencing. It felt like our entire perspective of the show was the same as the twins' perspective.

Star vs the Forces of Evil, I didn't mind the fact that it focuses on Star because Marco was always there with her. I wasn't a fan when Mewni was revealed to be a matriarchy and River was revealed to be seen as a buffoon, but I was a fan when he showed that he could take charge when necessary. The strength of Star vs was on its females for most of its runtime, but season 4 flipped that on its head. Suddenly, the guys like Tom, Marco, River and Globgor were the best characters.

Milo Murphy's Law, I liked Milo, Melissa and Zack from the get-go. Sara took some getting used to, even though she is the most like me, but by the end of The Dr. Zone Files she was alright in my book. She was never my favorite character though. I feel like this was the point where just about any character could have swapped genders and it wouldn't have made a difference in my enjoyment of the show.

Steven Universe, I watched some of. I liked it at first, but something just felt... off. I wasn't connecting with the characters like I usually would. And then some SJWs attacked a fan artist. That's when I thought, "Do I really want to join this fandom?" And that led to asking myself "Do I even want to continue watching this show?" And the answer to both was a resounding no. Later on I found out the reason I was uncomfortable: the show had a very gay undercurrent.

The Owl House, I watched one episode before going "I just don't like any of the characters, and I've always been uncomfortable with witches, so I'm not watching any further." I later found out that TOH was also going to dive into gay crap. Later I got to talking with someone online who, surprise surprise, was a fan of The Owl House but was also not a fan of homosexual sin. I shared my story, and they encouraged me to give it another shot. This happened shortly before a certain episode that prompted them to send me a message along the lines of "Never mind, it turns out TOH is very very gay, don't watch it." That was the end of that.

Now we come to Amphibia. I'll admit that if Anne, Sasha and Marcy had been the main characters from the beginning, I probably wouldn't have watched. Heck, if Sprig had been a girl, I probably wouldn't have watched. But after the series sucked me in, I didn't mind so much. Plus Marcy is one of the best characters in all of fiction and every time she is on screen is AMAZING.

Now, to answer my original question. How much would I have enjoyed these shows if their protagonists were of the opposite gender? Well,

Phineas and Ferb: a lot less

Gravity Falls: probably less

Star vs the Forces of Evil: jury is still out

Milo Murphy's Law: a little less

Steven Universe: no difference

The Owl House: a lot more

Amphibia: probably a little more

I know you will probably disagree with my assessments, especially if you are female, and that's OK. You can like and dislike what you want for any reason you want. This post is just about how gender (mostly subconsciously) affects what I personally like.

Until next time, this has been Mystery Monday!

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One thing I noticed the Ducktales 2017 and VLD fandoms have in common is a initial knee-jerk reaction from older fans when the show alters characters too much.

I’ve seen older fans lament about...

How Keith isn’t the head of Voltron and is emo (I could write an eassy about how stupid that is; neither here nor there)

 Coran is dumber (Which is also bullshit)

 Pidge being turned into a girl (Mostly more narrow-minded people talking about how “SJW” the reboot is)  

Or how Allura is Black (Same as above. What I never get about this one is why no one ever fuses over about changing Lance or Hunk’s races, despite being made Latino and Pacific Islander? ...which make me think it’s because of racism for the most part) 

Like with VLD, Ducktales took many characters in directions people didn’t expect.  From what I can tell, people are fine with the changes with Donald (outside of maybe some wishing he had more screen time, which I tend to agree with), the triplets, Launchpad and Scrooge. I have heard people complain about how the show altered Beakly, Gyro and Webby. From my understanding...

Gyro was a kind, but reclusive, intelligent fellow and one of the smartest ducks around. In the reboot, he is intelligent, but also very arrogant, reminding me a lot of a Pre-Suit MCU Tony Stark...without being a Playboy.  From what I heard, a lot of OG Gyro’s kinder traits were given to Fenton (who I fucking love in the reboot, tbh). Old school fans lament about changing an origanally kind fellow into an egoistical, but enjoyable jackass. 

Miss Beakly hated going on adventures and was rather hysterical.  In the reboot, she is a no non-sense person, who is badass and not phased by the strangeness around her. She’s hinted to be an ex-SHUSH agent, working for Scrooge and trained Weeby for any possible encounter from ghosts from her past. People complain about turning a hysteric and girly character into a tomboy. 

Webby was a generic girly girl with little personality. In the reboot, she is like if you made Mabel and Dipper the same character. Like Dipper, she is socially awkward and loves going on adventures and discovering mysteries. Like Mabel, she is very girly and longs to make new friends due to being very lonely before. (Which kinda makes sense, considering a lot of the show staff worked on Gravity Falls). People complain about turning a girly character into a tomboy (Which I think is bullshit, since Webby is still very girly and even still wears a skirt for fucks sake) and an action girl. 

With that said, like with VLD, I like the changes Ducktales 2017 made to the characters. Most of them either serve to give them more personality or to give the cast more differing personality traits to make character interaction more fun to watch.  

Still, it’s interesting to see old school fan’s reactions to these reboots and how each of them handle adapting two very different 80s shows to a modern audience. 

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dude wants proof that they’re being aphobic, queerphobic, and spreading misinformation about autistic people. here’s the first half of their messages. guess a literal queer aspec autistic person telling them they’re spreading lies wasn’t enough lmao. 1/2/3

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Ah ok. Nintendo hasn't got the grasp of online moderation yet. Apologise for snapping earlier.

the person got in contact with support and that’s the exact reason they said it was taken down