#sorry for derailing your post I guess OP???

[comicsandslushies]

So uh heres a link to the summery post if anyone else sees this and was also a fan of Thedarkid's lets plays

Never really believed anything the guy said about his personal life (except for the daughter thing cause who the fuck lies about that???) but really enjoyed his lps back in the day and sometimes go back to read them.

What the actual fuck

reading the article about Jake Adelstein and, wow this guy really loves lying

[eriisaam]

You can probably guess what inspired this, but what I'm about to discuss talks about a pet who passed away, bullying and harassment, and fandom discourse esque drama. If you're at all sensitive to any of these, it may be best to just skip this post entirely. Don't worry about it. The long and short of it is I'm just venting. Hope you have a good day.👍

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You've all probably seen what happened with that cat poll between Jellie and Nefarious Anglerfish by now. Even if it's been a bit since, with it coming up again, I still can't shake off some lingering resentments of this being one of many examples of something I've seen and bottled up for a while now.

What the fuck happened to us? To fandom lately? What the fuck made enjoying things and letting other people enjoy things and liking or disliking certain things that turned into some kind of fucked up litmus test of whether or not someone is an appropriate target to just turn off all senses and be a complete asshole to them?

And over nonsense things like liking something someone else didn't like, or thought cringe, or thinks is overrated, or whatever. What the fuck happened to "cringe culture is dead"? And when did it evolve into "This person is ok to completely shit all over cuz they like Roblox/Minecraft/Undertale/Among Us/whateverthehell and that's cringe"?

No, dipshit, you're still an asshole whether they or you like those things or not.

Like, I'm sorry. I hate drumming up this issue when at this point the issue is long since done, the dust had settled, and that OP of that poll straight up fucked off.

But what gets me is how easily someone can "unperson" someone else - just shut off their brains, remove all empathy and common sense, and say the most horrendously cruel shit without a second thought - treating them like they don't have feelings and it doesn't matter if they do anyways, and over what?

Cuz they play Minecraft and you don't? They like something you think is stupid?? And you make fun of their loss of their cat for "milking the attention away" with their death and derailing attention from another cat in a fucking poll nobody's going to give a shit about by the end of the week??? Cuz the "cringey minecraft player"s cat died at a time too inconvenient for your poll?!

Fuck you. I said it before and I'll say it again: fuck you.

Back when I was way younger, what's now happening to Minecraft used to happen to a lot of things.

Back then? It was liking cartoons in general.

Then it was liking anime specifically on top of liking certain cartoons.

Then it was liking the "lame" (read: "girly") anime like Cardcaptor Sakura, Fruits Basket or Sailor Moon over the badass ones like Dragonball Z, Gundam or Cowboy Bebop. There were constant rotating fights of which anime was "cool" enough not to get shit on for liking it. (And there's still that shit even to this day, let's be real.)

Then it was liking Pokemon. Then it was liking Digimon. Then it was Yugioh, or Beyblade, or whatever. Then there's being a furry. Then it was being a brony or even tangibly liking My Little Pony. Then Undertale. Then Steven Universe, or She-Ra, or whatever the fuck else. Sometimes it's just the one thing. Other times it's an entire genre.

On and on and on the goalpost will keep changing when the old "cringey" thing stopped being an acceptable target, and there's a new thing people completely unload on without a second thought.

Like I said before. I used to be a pet owner. I've had, and lost, pets over my lifetime.

Back then I would've also been in that camp of "easily acceptable target cuz people who like pokemon/digimon/anime are losers who deserve it", and I've been on the receiving end of that shit all my life in and out of fandom circles back in the day.

When I lost my cat, it already devastated me. And I can't imagine the kind of way that pain would've magnified if I was still trying to cope with that, tried to find escapism just hanging out online or browsing or whatever, and someone took my loss to make fun of me about it cuz I was some cringey loser who liked pokemon, so they felt I deserved the kind of words that they wouldn't dream to say to the face of someone actually "worth respect".

Because how dare my cat die on a date that inconvenienced them and ruined their good mood. Some cat nobody gives a shit about, cuz she belonged to a pokemon fan, and we all know pokemon fans are huge no-life losers who never get anywhere in their lives, amirite?

It didn't have to be specifically Jellie, or even specifically about Scar.

In that moment, I saw me, when I was younger, going through that shit that's the same bullshit then as it is now, and where kid-me would've broke down and spiraled worse than I already had, adult-me wants to drop a fucking meteor on a bitch.

I said unkind things and lost my cool and I'm sorry you all had to witness that. By virtue of this post, I'm sorry you're still witnessing it now.

But I'm just so goddamn tired of seeing it, and that's not even the only time I've seen that shit happen, time and again over similarly petty bullshit. It's Minecraft now for whatever the goddamn fuck reason, but it could be anything next once Minecraft and those who play it stop being cool to bully. I've seen it in public with strangers in passing just as I've seen it thrown in the face in private at people I know. I've seen this shit thrown at friends just as much I've still had it thrown in my face time and again.

It never fucking ends.

Why is the message always "it's ok to say whatever the hell I want, as long as they like something that's cool now to shit on them over"?

When did we somehow stop caring about "If you're being a thoughtless asshole, I don't care if they like [insert acceptable cringe target here], you're still an asshole."?

[stampstamp]

Every time I see that 'came back wrong' thread on here I feel really sorry for OP because one of the people who reblogged it just rephrased OP's original idea and op replied 'that was my post' as in 'that's what I said' and 95% of the people in the comments seem to have misread that as 'this is my post shut up' so they're full of people saying that you can't stop people on here from building on your ideas 😮‍💨 How could so many people misunderstand their response? You'd have to misread the original post (to not recognise that's what they were getting at) as well as the part where the OP points out that someone has just rewritten the original idea again two additions later. So many people on here are needlessly defiant about things.

Also 'make your own post' is an accepted retort on here until it's suddenly not? 🙃 They said something to that effect the first time someone actually did derail their light-hearted concept with their own hot take on the trope but the second time they got involved was to point out people had started reinventing their wheel. Then someone else thought that meant they were still mad about additions in general and made fun of them for that so I guess that's what confused people.

[real-life-senshi]

Feb 26, 2022 PGSM Aino Minako & Director Guest Talk - Fan Translation (2/2)

Link:  鈴村監督のグラサンナイト Take.017 (2022.02.26) on YouTube

Part 1 Translation

01:05:20

They start answering questions submitted by fans pre-broadcast, and the first question for Ayaka was “what’s was your most memorable line in PGSM?”

As Ayaka worked to answer it, Director Suzumura strikes again and joked “speak like a politician, ‘I don’t remember any of it, my sincere apologies’,” and sets everyone laughing.  😂 😈 🤣

Ayaka answered “苺は最後でしょう！” (strawberry is always the last) from Act 12 and gave the context about eating strawberry shortcake with Usagi! 🍓🍰

Ayaka then mentions that scene is also written into the lyrics of one of the songs she sang, so the dialogue was especially memorable for her.

At 01:06:30 Ayaka starts looking at the tablet to find the specific lyrics, saying she noticed it was shared in the live chat comments. (OP: I posted it asking if Sayonara ~Sweet Days was written specifically with Ayaka in mind. 😳🤭)

Co-host Miyuu makes note its the same context they discussed when someone commented thinking Ayaka doesn’t like strawberry. 🍓

At 01:06:48 Ayaka finds the comment and reads out “少し苦手な生クリームも君の笑顔で食べさせられたね”, and proceeds to explain the context and sentiment behind the lyrics within PGSM. (OP: please take note how happy and warm Ayaka looks and how gentle she sounds when explaining that!) 🧡

At 01:07:03 Co-host Miyuu mentions the comment was made by the viewer from Canada. Ayaka and Director Suzumura were both understandably surprised by that! (OP: Thank you Miyuu, I really can die happy now. 🙏 )

And then Director Suzumura strikes again, saying even though Minako could eat whipped cream with Usagi, it’s impossible for Ayaka even with Sawai Miyuu’s help. 😂😎🤣

Director Suzumura then takes the mood down HILARIOUSLY.  He shared that when he heard “Minako” and “Ferris wheel”, all he could think of what when Minako died alone. 🎡😈 (OP note: Director Suzumura directed Act 47 filming, but not Act 12.) 

Please proceed to note Ayaka’s reaction, I think she speaks for all PGSM fans here:

Director Suzumura proceeds to explain the filming direction in Act 47, that the idea of filming Minako’s hospital bed being empty was to allude to Minako discharging from the hospital, but the white imagery was intentionally dream-like to then show in fact Minako’s gone, cutting to the letter Minako left behind. (OP: Director-san? DIRECTOR-SAN???? WTF?!!!!!!!!!!!!)

Ayaka then talked about how the film site felt extraordinary for that episode, that she herself had felt numb after filming.

Ayaka and Director Suzumura talked about how they had rehearsed the crying scene in the Secret Senshi Base, and the director recalls how the girls had cried more in the rehearsal than the real thing, especially Mew was crying buckets in the rehearsal, and then couldn’t cry at all in the actual filming. 😭

Director Suzumura said he wished they had filmed the rehearsal scene as well, because it was better, which Ayaka agreed. 😂

At 01:09:16 Ayaka looked and read out the comment that said “ 私は泣いた” (I cried) and both she and Director Suzumura immediately said “thank you very much” together. (OP: *pterodactyl screech* That was my comment!!!)

01:09:25

They transition to the next topic, this time the prompt is asking Ayaka for costume/fashion pointers.(?) Ayaka said make up is more important than extravagant clothes.(?) (OP: Sorry I got lost here.)

Director Suzumura talked about Act 35 when Venus had to fight Zoisite, he had a random stray thought that it’s “gold vs silver” (their hair colour) and that led him to think of 金角 ＆ 銀角, a reference from 孫悟空 (Monkey King), and it set all of them laughing. 😂😎🤣 (OP: Director-san, what’s your brain made of???)

After laughing about it, Director Suzumura apologized for derailing the topic. 😎

01:10:35 (OP: many guessing here, I got lost.)

The next prompt was more for Director Suzumura, and the question submitted referred to him being a father-figure to the cast, but how it was framed made Ayaka and Director Suzumura laugh, but basically it asks what Director Suzumura thought of Ayaka in PGSM are.

Director Suzumura mentioned it seems Ayaka was a bit more “my pace”,　and Ayaka pointed out it’s probably because she found it hard to interact with others. 

Director Suzumura proceeded to say Ayaka gave an impression of strength to do things alone.

Co-host Miyuu prompted that Ayaka didn’t have that many scenes at the start of the series because of Minako’s idol and Venus’s setting, and Director Suzumura responded that it’s not only because of story setup reasons, but there’s also some scheduling reasons involved when specific characters are not in some episodes, since Ayaka and the girls were also all students and so their work had to scheduled around school schedules too.

Ayaka affirms that their individual school life made the five Senshi’s filming schedule hard to match.

01:13:45

Co-host Miyuu asked what was the age range for the Senshi cast audition, and the director remembered even actresses' in their twenties could enter them.

Funny enough the director had to ask Ayaka how old the characters were supposed to be in story, if they were high school or middle school student, which Ayaka correctly responds middle school.

They counted off Ayaka, Mew and Keiko being the same age, and then Miyuu was younger and Rika the youngest, but all in the same age range. 

Director Suzumura shared the casting for Usagi/Moon was the last to be confirmed because they couldn’t find the right person, until they met Miyuu in the audition and felt they finally found their “Usagi-chan”!

Cohost Miyuu then asked if Sawai Miyuu seems Usagi-like in real life or not, and Ayaka confirms Miyuu is indeed very Usagi-like. (OP: dear lord, the two Miyuus are confusing...)

Director Suzumura chimes in saying including Miyuu’s silliness/craziness. (His exact words were “頭おかしい”）😂

Ayaka shared that Miyuu’s also very energetic, positive, full of smiles like Usagi.

Director Suzumura recalls when the girls were doing their photoshoot for the Visual Book, it was really cold, and Miyuu cheered everyone up with a “minna, ganbarou!” (Let's all do our best!), and saying the work won’t end even if it’s cold if they don’t do their best. 😂

Ayaka also noted that Sawai Miyuu had the most experience among the Senshi in the industry when they filmed PGSM, and co-host Miyuu was shocked to learn Sawai Miyuu was in キッズ・ウォー (Kids’ War).

Ayaka shared that Miyuu’s usually the one that reminds everyone if they are getting sloppy at work.

Despite the good sentiment, Director Suzumura strikes again and closes that despite all that, Sawai Miyuu’s silly/crazy. 😂😎🤣

Director Suzumura also mentions that out of everyone, Miyuu was the biggest Sailor Moon fan and really understood and put a lot of work into Usagi’s character portrayal.

01:17:05

Co-host Miyuu asked what Ayaka’s exposure to Sailor Moon was before PGSM was, and Ayaka confirms she had zero exposure to Sailor Moon at all.

Ayaka shared that because of her lack of knowledge, she initially had no clue which role she wanted to audition for when asked.  Director Suzumura then cuts in and says “Queen Beryl”...  😂😎🤣

Ayaka shared that she has two older brothers, so growing up she had limited exposure to the more typical feminine things at home. 

She knew of Sailor Moon, but the most she had was the transformation roleplays she would do with other girls in kindergarten.

Director Suzumura then rambles about being scared that Ayaka was going into a tangent exposing some deep dark history about herself, and thank god it was not the case. 😂😎🤣

Ayaka clarified she played with her older brothers more as a kid, and Director Suzumura followed that she probably got a different exposure of the transformation roleplays (as a Kamen Rider instead of a Sailor Senshi).  He even makes a pose for Kamen Rider transformation:

Co-host Miyuu then responded, but accidentally said “男兄弟” (male brothers), and got deadpanned by Director Suzumura for saying it weird since “males” are implied in “brothers” and the three had a bit of back and forth teasing Miyuu. 😂😎😅

01:18:35

The next question is from a fan Ayaka’s familiar with, but the name sounded so real Director Suzumura was worried it was someone’s real name because it sounded real yet weird at the same time and they laughed about that.

The prompt was for Director Suzumura to share any behind the scene or embarrassing things he recall working with Ayaka, and if possible, share the ideal role he would want Ayaka to be cast for if she works with him again in the future.

Just as Director Suzumura started answering, he got derailed by hearing co-host Miyuu refilling her drink and called her out. 😂 😎 😅 🍶 (OP: you can even hear the staff laughing in the background! hahaha)

Director Suzumura said he wants to see Ayaka take a role that is opposite to herself, such as an assassins that kills in cold blood, but not in a way that means she can’t be kind, but to show a ruthless side of Ayaka no one has seen.  

Ayaka says she wants to do it, and Director Suzumura said it’ll be especially cool to see Ayaka act “cold”, but it would be amazing to see Ayaka act cold blooded while maintaining an exterior of her normal self, like killing someone while showing her usual kind smile.  

Co-host Miyuu ask if Ayaka herself have a role she wants to do, and Ayaka shared she kind wants to take a role that’s more carefree, silly or slow, almost-Usagi like, surprising that she’s never done that before. 

Co-host Miyuu then reads a comment that mentions while not an assassin, Ayaka had played a role of a murderer before, where her character pretended to be the victim and accusing others as the murderer, which Ayaka confirms she did acted in a role like that.

Director Suzumura goes back to then say as an assassin, he wants to see Ayaka act like a professional with control over emotions and actions. (OP: this makes me think of Killing Eve.)

There are also comments that says would like to see Ayaka act in the role of a psychopath, and Ayaka said she wants to do it, and Director Suzumura said she’d be fit for such a role. 

01:24:30

Director Suzumura mentioned Ayaka’s most recent tokusatsu appearance in Ryusoulger (episode 39), where she played a kindergarten teacher and RyusoulBlack’s love interest, and that Ayaka’s got to show a warm and protective side in her acting again.

They talked about how Sawai Miyuu, Jouji (Mamoru) and Masaya (Motoki) were also all in Ryusoulger, it felt like it was just PGSM casting overall. 

Ayaka talked about how at the film site she was surprised to find Nako Nako in the Christmas tree. 🦄🎄

Director Suzumura explained Nako Nako as an “一角獣” (one horned beast) and then immediately backtracted to calling it an unicorn in Katakana so it sounds more appropriately cute. 😂🦄

Ayaka shared the filming experience was very nostalgic, especially seeing Toei staff that she worked with from PGSM.

Director Suzumura wondered if any PGSM fan would have thought Minako showed up in Ryusoulger, changing careers as a kindergarten teacher, and wondering if she hasn’t gotten married yet. 😂😎🤣 (OP: Director-san?? WTF???)

Ayaka re-clarifies her role was “Akari-sensei” in Ryusoulger, and Director Suzumura followed that the characterization was very Minako like. (OP: *cough* not to mention being the love interest to the brooding, grumpy warrior of the show. *cough*)

01:27:00

The next question is from a staff on site, which prompted some laughter, and Director Suzumura and co-host Miyuu shared this is the first time in their guest talk a fellow staff entered a submission.

The question is for Director Suzumura, and his response was “for me? he could have just asked me on LINE and I’d respond.” 😂😎🤣

The prompt was if the director has seen the movie 大怪獣の始末 (released on Feb 4th) already, to please share his thoughts, and Ayaka and co-host Miyuu are invited to do the same if they’ve seen it.

When Ayaka shared she hasn’t seen the movie yet, Director Suzumura mumbled a snarky comment that he had to take back, blaming it on the alcohol and it got everyone, including the staff laughing in the background.  🥴🍺

Director Suzumura gave his overall thoughts, and then Ayaka asked him to talk about the content of the movie, and Director Suzumura’s snarky response to being manipulated by Ayaka sets them laughing.

Co-host Miyuu cuts in reading a comment from the live chat that says “ ​ワル村全開”, basically saying Director Suzumura is in full foul-mouth mode, which sets the ladies laughing while Director Suzumura tries to plea innocence to the viewers. 🤣

And then Director Suzumura responds to Ayaka’s request for movie content very vaguely that it made Ayaka confused:

Director Suzumura gave some further response about the movie, and then Ayaka tried to help him wrap the conversation up nicely by justifying the surface level response is to avoid spoilers for her and viewers, Director Suzumura then comments on how Ayaka’s suddenly very “angel-like”, when not long ago she was the one who tricked and put him into the tough position like a devil, and described her to be acting like her shirt, half white half black! 😇😈  (OP: Honestly I think they’re just drunk and having too much fun at this point.)

01:32:25

Co-host Miyuu asked if Ayaka had any specific favourite movies, and Ayaka shared she liked darker toned movies, like horror or mystery films, which happens to be the same for co-host Miyuu.

When Ayaka mentions also liking zombie films, Director Suzumura cuts in to say Ayaka’s done one herself - Miss Zombie.

Director Suzumura mentions that Matsumoto Hiroyuki (PGSM Nephrite) played the late husband of Ayaka’s Zombie character in Miss Zombie (OP: OMG?!)

Director Suzumura teases how Ayaka sounds so open and positive in having acted a zombie role, as most people wouldn’t be happy about the fact.

When asked if it was hard to act as a zombie, Ayaka shared that the zombie couldn’t talk, and Director Suzumura immediately pointed out zombies aren’t supposed to be able to talk, and it was only then Ayaka realized the fact... 😂 (OP: OMG Ayaka LOL) 

Co-host Miyuu then tapped Director Suzumura on the shoulder and shared, “now I get it. She’s 天然,” which Director Suzumura affirms the assessment. (OP: I’m dying from laughter watching this.)  😂😂😂😂😂

Once they calmed down from the laughing and Ayaka processed the fact that zombies don’t talk, she shares that acting as a zombie was tough because it fully relies on action and behavioral cues.

They started laughing again, Ayaka sharing she does like watching zombie movie, but it just never clicked for her the zombies never talk. 😂

Director Suzumura was relentless and mentioned if a zombie can talk, humans would have hesitated from shooting them on sight.  😂😎🤣

The conversation topic shifted to co-host Miyuu, and Director Suzumura teased Miyuu for being super reactive and easily to cry no matter what she’s watching. Miyuu self-disclosed she started crying in the 15minute mark watching Weathering With You.

Director Suzumura ask Miyuu when she stopped crying if she had cried through out the film, Miyuu’s response of “at the end” set Ayaka and Director Suzumura off because typically you’re expected to cry at the end of the movie. 😂😂😂 (OP: these three are too chaotic. lol)

Director Suzumura then also interjects on not understanding what co-host Miyuu meant, that Miyuu’s description is too hard to interpret, and that sets Ayaka off once again. (OP: Director-san is just fully embracing playing the straight man in a comedy...)

01:37:35

Co-host Miyuu transitioned the topic back to PGSM and ask if there’s a way to watch PGSM besides DVD, which director Suzumura confirmed it’s not on the Toei Tokusatsu fanclub website. 

Miyuu pointed out that she tried to search it up and couldn’t find it as well, but Director Suzumura confirmed DVDs are still being produced and available. 

Director Suzumura started flipping through the Memorial Book and landed on the Act 46 and pointed to Ayaka she was sporting a “得意顔” (triumphant expression), and it set Ayaka and Miyuu off.

Director Suzumura than points out how the other three looked all beaten up, and Ayaka looked shocked for a moment wondering as well, then said Venus must’ve arrived afterwards to save the others, and Director Suzumura joking responded she should have been there from the start. (OP: I can’t tell if they are being serious or not, does Ayaka remember the episode??? lol)

Director Suzumura than brings up Act 47 again and he points out the photo where Minako’s dies, please observe Ayaka and Miyuu’s face while this man laughs.  😓😈😩 (OP: God dammit, Director-san, ISTG!)

01:41:00

(OP note: Director Suzumura directed Act 36, 43, 44, 47 and 48, which certainly meant he’d have to have a really good understanding of Rei and Minako’s relationship in the later half of the series and Rei’s reaction to Minako’s health condition for him to direct the filming.)

The next question prompt was basically for Ayaka and Director Suzumura to share anything memorable from PGSM.

Director Suzumura talked about Minako and Rei’s relationship in PGSM, especially on how Rei’s very strong-willed and possibly aggressive in some cases, and kept wanting to do something about Minako’s illness, but Minako kept rebuffing that her health condition isn’t important, left him a strong impression, that Ayaka portrayed Minako to be a with a lot of strength.

Director Suzumura further comments having the strongest impression on how Rei and Minako’s relationship started, where Mars was trying to protect “the Princess” that Venus was pretending to be, and was perturbed by Minako’s instruction to leave her alone.

At 1:43:30 - Director Suzumura than further shared, prefacing it’s his personal opinion, that while it wasn’t initially planned, he thinks Ayaka and Keiko’s real life friendship and dynamic had bled into their character portrayal in PGSM, that created a complex and strong relationship between Rei and Minako in the series.

When Ayaka proceeded to respond that she and "Kei-chan” were really close during filming, Director Suzumura interrupted to tell her to be careful, that she made it sound like she and Keiko are no longer close, when they are still very close right now.  LOL

Ayaka laughed and clarified that the 5 Senshi are all very close, but when filming PGSM she was closest with Keiko (as opposed to she is closest with Miyuu nowadays), especially because she and Keiko had the most partner scenes, which led to her spending the most time practicing her lines and just chatting with Keiko the most. 

Ayaka agreed that Rei and Minako had a special relationship in the show, and Director Suzumura further complimented that Rei and Minako’s friendship was refreshing that it felt, that it’s frank and straightforward (“サバサバ”), which is more typically seen in friendship between males than females, which he thinks is really cool to see. 

Co-host Miyuu mentioned even in the anime, Rei seems more boyish. 

1:45:35

Director Suzumura asked co-host Miyuu about watching PGSM, and Miyuu shared she had watched it, but then proceed to remain Director Suzumura that she borrowed his PGSM collection and got the first DVD to watch after learning Ayaka’s going to be a guest on the talk show.  

She shared she watched it all, and immediately Ayaka knew what’s going on, and she and co-host Miyuu made fun of Director Suzumura that it’s his fault for misleading Miyuu, because Ayaka was barely in the early episodes.

Director Suzumura defended himself that Sailor V was in the early episodes and Minako’s C’est La Vie was also often heard in the early episodes.

Director Suzumura admitted he should have given a different disc as Miyuu complained she didn’t see much of Ayaka.

Director Suzumura than said co-host Miyuu should buy the discs herself and watch it all, and Miyuu said she now does want to watch everything.

Co-host Miyuu then said even though she didn’t watch all of PGSM, she did do a lot of research, such as look up Venus’s transformation scene on Youtube.

Director Suzumura said Venus’s transformation scene was especially really cool, especially where Minako’s hair transformation.

He further commented on how the 4 other Senshi’s transformation were all done in quick succession, but Venus’s transformation was especially graceful, and Ayaka laughed that it seemed especially long.

Director Suzumura then somehow ties it all together really well and shared the director that worked on the CG for the transformation is the same director that overlooked the CG production for 大怪獣のあとしまつ - the movie they were talking about earlier.

Ayaka and co-host Miyuu clapped for Director’s Suzumura’s expert promo (OP: Seriously though, that segue was really well done?)

1:49:00

They try to then move on to the next topic but got sidetracked as Director Suzumura teased co-host Miyuu’s “そうっすね” expression and she was reading the prompts make it sound like she’s reading the morning news, and think she’s had too much alcohol to drink.

Director Suzumura had a bit of fun teasing how the next submission included irrelevant information, but the next prompt essentially asked Ayaka to share a work experience that made her feel “it’s great she could contribute/give back to her hometown.”

Ayaka shared that recently she did a photoshoot for a ramen restaurant in Iwate, and Director Suzumura commented that Ayaka doesn’t seem like someone who likes ramen, which Ayaka then shared ramen’s her favourite.

Director Suzumura was shocked when Ayaka shared she could eat a lot of ramen, commenting even though Ayaka’s so thin.

When Ayaka claimed she’s not thin, Director Suzumura and co-host Miyuu IMMEDIATELY start rejecting her claim. lol

Ayaka then shared that because she’s wearing her brand’s oversized shirt so it’s hard to tell, but she shared she’s been eating too much ramen recently she does think it’s becoming a problem.

Co-host Miyuu and Director Suzumura then once again refutes Ayaka’s claim, and Director Suzumura even said Ayaka’s face is as small and lean as his fist. lol

When Director Suzumura brings up his fist again, Ayaka teased him for cheating because of course his fist looks bigger when he brings it forward to the camera. lol

Co-host Miyuu then asked about recommendation for Japanese liquor in Iwate, making Ayaka laugh and Director Suzumura making a helpless retort. Ayaka recommended 南部美人, and co-host Miyuu asked a staff for that for her next drink while Director Suzumura teased Miyuu for drinking too much.

Ayaka laughed that she thought the conversation would lead to her being asked about Iwate’s famous tour spot or the likes, not expecting to be asked about japanese liquor. lol

Director Suzumura then asks Ayaka for some places to visit in Iwate, which then lead to some conversation about food. (Which is beyond OP’s ability and knowledge to translate.)

They got so off topic Ayaka laughed while commented “what the hell is this conversation?” lol

Apparently it takes “only” 2.5 hours on the train to go from Iwate and Tokyo, and vice versa.

They talked more about traveling preferences and all the stuff, and ended up realizing that Ayaka and co-Miyuu seem to have a lot of similar perspective and interest. The two exchanged words of greeting as a way to formally acknowledge they’d like to get to know each other better outside of work setting.

They then talked about Miyuu being interested in purchasing 502Easy, and Miyuu shared she’s interested but probably will buy a different one than the one Ayaka’s wearing to avoid clashing.

Director Suzumura joked that she might not end up matching with Ayaka, but it would be hilarious if he also buys one and he and Miyuu showed up matching.

They talked about how that would be hilarious, and mentioned that even for today they actually didn’t plan or talk about dress code to match, that it’s a miracle they both wore blue, even though today should have worn Venus’s colour, not Mercury’s.

Director Suzumura then joked that next time when Jupiter shows up, they’ll all just been invisible because of the green screen. (OP: LOL, but also, make it happen!!!!)  😂😎🤣

2:00:00

They started closing the guest talk here, including letting Ayaka promo her calendar and apparel brand again.  She cracked the joke about her calendar’s shipping time being very fast again. lol

Director Suzumura then also said it would be nice to invite the other Senshi like Sawai Miyuu or Kitagawa Keiko to be a guest. (OP: jfc, if they get Keiko here, it’ll definitely be a lot of laughter on set, as Keiko’s hilarious on talk shows! Also there’s be so many, MANY people watching.) 

Ayaka then also promoted her Youtube channel, which she calls “Komactube”.  They also shared that Ayaka does talk about PGSM in her videos on Youtube.  (OP: she has two of them! I just don’t know enough to translate them fully back then. Maybe it’ll be my next project.)

Then Director Suzumura gone into his own promos, and there was so many Ayaka commented “there’s still more?! It’s longer than mine!” And it made them laugh.

As final closing, Ayaka shared she had fun and would love to do this again, which Director Suzumura and co-host Miyuu they’d love for that to happen and next time they’ll plan to wear orange instead. 

Ayaka thought she’d had trouble chatting for 2 hours, but the 2 hours finished in a blink of an eye.  (OP: you bet if they invite Ayaka again, I’ll be up at 3am to liveblog again. lol)

FIN.

[linde-writes]

"Cruella's mom got killed by Dalmations" has got nothing on "Captain Hook lost his hand because he fucked the Crocodile's wife (and the Crocodile is Peter Pan's son) (aka Rumpelstiltskin aka the Beast aka Cinderella's fairy godmother aka a million other roles I probably forgot or blocked out or never watched because I dropped this show in season 5)." And then Captain Hook married his ex's grandson's mother, who's also the daughter of Snow White and Prince Charming--

you know what? it’s been long enough i think we can admit that abc’s once upon a time was dumb as all shit and that’s why it fucks

[tuesdayintheservantshall]

Jimmy has no right to *that* hostile (ie downright homophobic). He already almost threw Thomas out onto the street without a reference; if anyone has a right to be scared it’s Thomas; he’s now aware everyone knows he’s gay and he knows at least one or two of those people(one of them being jimmy) would happily throw him under the bus given the chance. He’s literally never been so vulnerable and there’s no need for jimmy to rub it in

Hey Nonny you’re my first official fandom argument! Or you were when I first drafted this over a week ago lol. Since then I've waded into some drama bc I have poor impulse control. Well you're my first argumentative anon still! Do I get a prize, or do you? Have an, um apple of discord: 🍏And I will have one too: 🍏 (Intended tone: genuinely friendly, although if you are not already aware you should know that in fandom spaces messages like these are generally considered hostile acts. Most people don’t want to argue with strangers about why their faves suck, and especially not in response to tags they made about their overwhelmed shippy feelings. (Although I guess if hypothetically you’re the OP of the post I put the tags on and weren’t comfortable with them being on your post that’s admittedly a tough place to be in. Coming to me with your face on and asking me to remove my reblog or the tags because you’re not comfortable with them runs the risk of me being an asshole or taking something in your phrasing badly and starting a big fight. Uh, the chances of that seem rather remote so I’m gonna leave the tags where they are unless OP comes to me and says “I hadn’t wanted to say anything but actually -”.) Anyway I’m not gonna derail this into a long(er than it is) ramble on preferred ways to discuss disagreements in fandom but I might post something like that at a later date.)

God I use way too many parentheses. Apologies to any with a blacklist for Jimmy (do I still have any of those? not sure), obviously I don’t want to put this in the tags. I shall tag this and any further discourse on the subject with “the storyline that shall not be named”. Let’s get (finally) to it!

So, the first thing I wanna say is: yes, Jimmy makes homophobic comments and that’s bad, both because Thomas being gay is not the reason he assaulted Jimmy and because there’s hypothetically a chance someone who doesn’t already know might figure out Thomas’s sexuality based on Jimmy’s comment(s? There's the one before the rope tug and then I could have sworn there was one other one but I'm blanking on what it actually was.)However a) the moment I was commenting on wasn’t one of the homophobic comments and b) I find it important to distinguish between the specific manner of hostility (sometimes homophobic) and the level of hostility (nasty remarks and making a constant point of distancing himself) and the level is in fact 100% warranted. If you think nasty remarks and pointed distancing are more hostile than a person has a right to be towards the guy who sexually assaulted them, then we have a pretty profound disagreement.

As for your other point, regarding fear: Thomas and Jimmy both have very compelling reasons to be afraid of each other but I have to ask exactly what you think Jimmy is “rubbing in?” He initially tried to retaliate excessively against Thomas, backed down from that, and then discovered that instead of facing a reasonable consequence for assaulting him, such as being fired but with a reference that reflected the fact that this was one very bad mistake rather than a pattern*, Thomas was promoted to a position of direct authority over Jimmy. Although Jimmy was bribed into not making a fuss about this rather than, say, threatened, I think he has nonetheless been given a fairly clear message from his employers that they will back the senior coworker who assaulted him against any potential consequence he might try to bring. From Jimmy’s point of view, which is admittedly blinkered by fear and self interest, Thomas is the one in the secure, powerful position and Jimmy is the one extremely vulnerable.

I don't even just mean from his point of view like, ~emotionally. Genuine question: what would happen if Thomas started being overly touchy-feely again, or did worse than that, and Jimmy went to Mr. Carson or Mrs. Hughes or Lord Grantham to report it? I really don't know, and neither does Jimmy. Personally, I'm guessing that whether they believed him would probably depend significantly on things like Jimmy’s demeanor, and exactly what words he used, and basically whether he came across as a victim or as a brat trying to get someone in trouble. And which of those things a person seems like has no particular correlation to the facts of what they’re reporting - as we can see from what happened the first time! Like, Jimmy came off as spiteful and nasty and instead of being fired Thomas was promoted. That is actually what happened! The fact that Jimmy's motives were mixed doesn't change the fact of what Thomas did: Jimmy, when evaluating his safety, has access to one really strong datapoint and that’s that last time the majority of his superiors came down on Thomas’s side, either from the beginning or by the end.

Now, it’s true that he’s had a year to observe Thomas’s behavior and make an educated guess that Thomas really is sorry and won’t do it again. We can only speculate as to what extent he may have reached that conclusion and why he has or hasn’t. Some possible reasons why he might not have: trauma blinkers, homophobic and sexist beliefs, sufficiently bad at reading people to not know what clues to even look for, too self-centered to bother thinking about it in those terms... we don’t know. And perhaps he does know perfectly well that Thomas won't do anything like that again and any lingering fear is of cooties or of people mistaking him for gay and him being in the line of fire along with Thomas next time! You can read him that way if you want. You can say “wtf I see no fear of any kind”. It’s a flexible canon and none of these interpretations are actually contradicted by the text. Indeed I happily read other interpretations and when I babbled in those tags it was more "this is the interpretation I am thinking about right now" than intended to assert it as my One True Headcanon that I will not deviate from. But Jimmy definitely has reasons to be afraid, and of more than cooties.

Of course Thomas also has logical and emotional reasons to be afraid of what Jimmy might do, I'm certainly not denying that. (In fact, one of the things I find so compelling about these two is that they both have such strong reasons not to trust each other and they both reach out anyway.) It seems that Thomas’s belief in who Jimmy is as a person supersedes those reasons (“He wouldn’t be so unkind. Not on his own.”) but if Jimmy has a similar belief about who Thomas he keeps it hidden at least until the fair.

P.S. please reconsider the phrase “has the right to be scared” in every context but especially when discussing someone’s reaction to a situation that involved them being sexually assaulted. I offer you the alternative “logical reason to be scared” or "compelling reason" as perhaps capturing what I hope you meant. I think that’s a language choice that really does matter a fair bit.

[pinksthetics]

Flag anon back, that might be true about problems between bisexuals and pansexuals (and I know that’s not limited to non binary people, but also binary trans people based on what my bi friends tell me and what my trans friends have been told), but that’s not stated at all in the post? And OP was very clear that they could make a post specific to bi issues in the notes, but this still happened anyway. To me this felt like a real “all lives matter” moment and if I was good at image editing I’d be slapping that prison stripe straight pride flag onto this because I basically get the same thing out of either. Feels like an issue important to me brought up on a post about people like me is now about infighting within the “B” umbrella without even saying the word pansexual? I’m sorry it’s just frustrating because I know this week someone will be telling me that I can’t be a lesbian if I’m attracted to non binary people, but hey did you know that bisexuality means you can pick two genders (that’s where the bi comes from!) and you can pick non binary and women! That is the plot to literal conversations that I have had with people. Totally fair that pansexuals don’t have a claim to non binary people, but OP was telling people in the notes to stop making it about bi people - bisexuals weren’t excluded to be mean, they were excluded because people tend to be far more close minded about “homosexuals” and who they can be attracted to. Again I’m sorry, I’m just tired of having my identity policed and I’m frustrated and partly taking it out on you. People keep telling me and my trans friends that ��bisexuality is the only moral sexuality” and that “the only people who could love a trans person are bisexual” so there’s a lot of real life harmful messaging there 😔

ok putting ur next ask and my response under the read more bc this got rly long 

Flag anon again, okay I think I just needed to kind of yell that out into the empty void that is the internet. Sorry to have made you the victim of that dump, but I guess all of the things have been telling me and my repressed feelings have been swirling around for a while. Just to be clear I fully have nothing against bisexuals as people (the majority of my irl friends are bisexual and are thankfully super nice apart from the odd micro aggressive comment). It just rubbed me the wrong way that I get hateful messaging from some people in the bisexual (not pansexual) community specifically and I felt like the original post might be something that those bisexual people might see and maybe introspect on their attitudes, but with the addition I feel like all of that is lost in them fighting an invisible unnamed enemy. Either way, I guess I have some trauma and this post set me off a bit so I’m sorry again! I just hope people will remember the original point of the post above all else because there are a lot of posts I’ve seen about bisexual and pansexual issues related to non binary people, but there are far less for lesbians and gay men sadly 😔

ok i understand what you’re saying and i see that op doesnt want people to derail the discussion from talking specifically about gay and lesbian people but the original post did say “every sexuality” and i feel like at this point you’re talking about issues beyond just the point of this post. you’re completely valid as a lesbian for being attracted to trans and nonbinary people but it doesnt sit right with me that you have this much frustration towards bi people, whether you realize it or not. 

the addition to the post really did not have any harmful messages as far as i see it, so it seems like your frustration stems from things that other people have said to you. im sorry that people have disrespected and invalidated you. however, the bi community is not “fighting an invisible unnamed enemy.” bi people face just as much invalidation and i recommend you look into that and try to understand it. there really needs to be solidarity between the gay and bi communities because, while we each face our own issues, theres a lot of overlap. 

once again, i completely understand that the original post was specific to gay and lesbian people. its not uncommon for people to add to posts and take away focus from where it should be. if you look in the notes of any posts you’re bound to find some upsetting comments. the important thing is that you have the choice to just reblog the original or even make your own post. 

i really hope you can speak with your friends about how hurtful their comments can be if they are saying things that come off as micro aggressions. and i hope you can find peace in solidarity throughout the lgbt community because honestly its counterproductive to create issues between communities. we all need a space to talk about the problems we face and we should all be supporting each other through it 

[sushisempai]

So, I reblogged a post about the distinction between high needs and low needs being different from high functioning and low functioning. But I’m in a pissy mood today so I was not very respectful in doing so. The OP reblogged with this note.

They are absolutely right. I deleted the post and went to apologize. I guess they blocked me. Fine. I was being an ass and venting about stupid shit. But it bugs me that I now have absolutely no avenue through which I can apologize so I’m putting it here.

You were making a very valid point. I’m sorry that I derailed your point. It was inappropriate. This is the best I can do.

[lugarn]

i realize this is the smallest detail that might not matter to others, but tonkla absolutely was not smoking meth.

in thailand the most commonly reported substances abused are kratom, cannabis, and yaba (meth tablets). here is the report that this information is drawn from. kratom is a drug from southeast Asia so of course it makes up a heavy majority of the drug use in Thailand. it is also known to cause delusion and hallucinations.

thus, tonkla was smoking kratom.

okay okay okay my final thoughts.

the premise/what i think they were going for was super interesting. i think unfortunately the execution did fall short

tonkla wasn't our main character, and yet, in terms of storyline exploration, it feels like he was. also idk why win was so attached to tonkla??? he watched him smoke meth and fucked him and suddenly decided he was in love and obsessed with him. which. aight.

the weight of his relationship with korn didn't hold up either. mostly bc the entire time, their relationship felt completely transactional. or downright abusive.

and bc of all that, tyme's 4 minutes was an actual speed run. not to be a hater, but i would have rather seen a full exploration of great and tyme's healthiest dynamic, not tonkla getting raw dogged for a third time 💁🏼‍♀️

the implication seems to be that great, and tyme's relationship is some kind of soul mate, red string situation. they could have showcased that better, imo by showing great coming back to life to tyme's voice. and them emotionally reuniting

that said on a positive note, i am glad they ultimately were allowed to live. both were able to make better choices that were actionable and have a happy relationship. hopefully not in prison.

that said, who started picking off members of the company?? what happened to the bitch who tried to kill herself? and why was aunty ging dying never addressed by tyme? justice 4 aunty ging

[gizkalord]

@sithzutara (sorry for tagging you directly but i want to discuss your comment about southern raiders but thought we shouldn’t derail OP’s post even more lol)

honestly same!! that episode is katara’s turning point imo and her true trials to test who she is now and how far she’s come, especially in regards to something so damaging and traumatic in her life. the one thing that annoyed me was how aang doesnt understand katara’s position in this episode and i feel almost judges her for her (justified) anger. she’s always been there for him but the one time she needed him to be there for her, he wasnt imo (maybe bc of my moral stance here)

That’s fair re: your feelings toward Aang! Although for me, I’ve never really interpreted it as Aang judging her—I feel moreso it’s that he’s been raised in a culture that really encourages forgiveness and letting go, so I think he sometimes underestimates how deeply people can hate and hold grudges. I also don’t think that him disliking her initial choice is necessarily being a bad friend—I think Southern Raiders is a wonderful representation that friends (or I guess romantic partners if we view this in a shipping lens lol) don’t always have to agree with one another.

I’ll also raise the point that Aang explicitly states that he understands why she’s angry and talks about Appa’s kidnapping and his people, but that vengeance isn’t the method of dealing with it (which imo is a valid point). He ultimately does tell Katara he agrees that she needs to face her anger, but again cautions her not to go through with killing Yon Rha. As I’ve gotten older, I’ve personally been in situations where I heavily disagree with my friends’ choices and will openly express that to them because that’s how close we are, but they are their own person and I can’t control what they do, so all I can do is give my input, even if it doesn’t agree with their Bad Choice.

I think that the bottom line is that no one does anything quite right and perfect in this episode. Everyone does something that could rub anyone the wrong way. Katara telling Sokka that he didn’t love their mother as much as she did just because he didn’t agree with her vengeance is such an awful thing to say. As you’ve expressed, Aang’s reluctance/difficulty of understanding the depth of Katara’s very real anger is disappointing. Zuko misconstruing forgiveness as doing nothing and willing to stand witness to and enable a revenge-murder can be taken negatively as well. This is why I love Southern Raiders so much—everyone does something that can be seen as unlikable but none of them are really wrong?? but they’re not really right either?? so this is why I personally try not to focus very strongly on any one character’s failing.

as a side note, happy to find a fellow tcw fan! :)

[funnysnake2019]

@abhumanaex0 said:

(also op I think I derailed your post, I'm sorry... @funnysnake2019 we can perhaps take this conversation elsewhere if you wish?)

You coming onto me?

I'm not...entirely sure what you mean by

“The possible mistake of using analytic methods in a clearly phenomenological discussion”

I'm being abstruse about how analysing your feelings using mathematical langauge is a mistake because they're not meant to be described in that way, in my humble opinion.

But from my guess, yes, I was trying to figure how this might come about or why it would make sense (both conceptually and, like, developmentally/evolutionary), and acknowledge that I do not know the process, which is probably what was actually sought.

So I did mean more like, "brains came up with this feature of rewarding the fact of following the strategy" rather than "you, personally, decided to induce desires". That said, I believe it is possible, and I have previously done so.

Overall, I’m pretty sure it’s just referring to the lack of motivation for things, rather than simply having them as ends. Saying it’s a desire for the motivation to bring about your ends is the right way to look at it, maybe.

I've assumed you're mapping "being motivated towards X" to "wanting X more"?

I'm not sure how this is different from "having this desire is strategically useful to getting more of your wants met overall, and is therefore itself desirable" which is the tl;dr of what I said*.

It's just a difference in language, like fluxion v. derivative. That said, when you use the word 'strategy' you have to import the notion of strategy. In this case it doesn't matter much, because you already have an agent that has 'higher order' desires, because it can want to want.

Wanting to want X because of X doesn't make much sense though. So why do you want to be motivated towards X?

I disagree with the first sentence, but it might be a language problem. I think it makes sense to want to do (at least one of) the steps required to bring about the end you seek. But the more I think about it, the more sense it makes to consider this "strategically" useful more than anything else. This is where the analytical style becomes a bit problematic, though. The simple fact that some end X is desired implies nothing directly about the steps required to bring X about. The fact that I desire an apple implies nothing about me needing to buy them, which itself says nothing about putting on my coat, grabbing my keys, etc.

That might be a little abstruse, still, but the idea of 'motivation' is difficult to define as anything other than a higher-order desire. Simply put, a motivation might be the desire for any intermediate point in between where I am and the end I desire (this assumes a certain 'geometric' view of goal-seeking behaviour, which I think is not wholly unreasonable).

That means we can unify our views thus: "wanting to want (to do) something" is an expression of the strategic value of desiring intermediate ends.

Anyway, I'm curious how this version of motivation would work if you don't believe desires can be manipulated? Or can you change degree, it's just that starting at 0 is a problem?

It's not that I don't believe they can be manipulated, I just have a tough time wrapping my head around the notion of 'going outside yourself' to induce motivation in yourself. There's always a part of me that believes this is only possible if the prerequisites are met, and not something that can come about through sheer force of 'will'.

(I admit I did overcomplicate things a bit by reading stuff into "wanting to want things" that isn't there.)

That's the fun part!

[dreamlikemusings]

OP from the batb egg post here. Thanks for derailing my entire childhood... I never realized that wasn't a response to the egg buying lady lol! But even so, I think Garson would still be giving the egg market quite a hit and raising the demand and therefore the price. I guess the evidence isn't as glaring as I thought, but four hundred and twenty eggs a week is clearly a sizable chunk of whatever this town's egg production is, wouldn't you say? :P

(AH SORRY FOR DERAILING YOUR ENTIRE CHILDHOOD *FRETS*)

I’ve never actually done the egg math before and just.... 420 eggs is absolutely ridiculous and now I’m partially convinced the chickens must have had a hand (wing?) in Gaston’s demise....

[squiddlysquoo]

I love when he’s off his nut reciting random French poetry or practicing his evil monologues but my favourite thing he’s ever said is still this

Every time a door takes a thousand years to open or a piece of the floor smashes me in2 the ceiling or I get thrown into a deadly pit I think abt this line. He’s just having fun with it <3 like he truly doesn’t give a fuck

The best levels in Marathon are when Durandal is having a certified Moment

I know I talk about these specific ones a lot, but . His fucking range. He’s so everything to me

[junkrats]

sleuthed replied to your post: tindez: Can you believe the House impeached...

clinton is a sexual predator who was sexual predator-ing on the job so dont diminish that tbh and also russia has nothing to do with anything tbh

i hate that i get notified of peoples shitty replies on posts when they could just reblog the post instead of shit talking on a side blogs about it but aight-

bill clinton is a sexual predator 

and the post did not say that he was not. the post said he LIED about his CRIME [anybody who lives in the U.S and are legal to vote should know what he did.. i know i do. it was a huge thing here, it was actively on the news here!] and he then proceeded to get in BIG TROUBLE and IMPEACHED. fucker got impeached technically dude why ppl gotta waste their breath on this and derail the whole POINT- and tbh i can def agree that i know i hate that ppl try n make him, and other shit presidents, super ‘cool’ and shit when theyre.. bad ppl. and trump is also one of these bad ppl, but he hasnt gotten shit for it. legit punishment. people r just shrugging it off like the stuff hes doing is nbd which is.. not good ?

tbh i think the op was being very casual and just trying to remind people that trump has not been punished once yet in office. not even slaps on the wrists. hes just been golfing and fucking the country up.. like wtf even happened about the trial about him being a sexual predator, too? or the bs conflict of interest shit with his business / familys businesses.. his taxes, i guess.. his sudden mention of tapes and the possibility of russia getting secret intel bs.. and idk man, i think im allowed to be terrified of my president not being punished ever and trying to be good close allies with russia, and by russia i mean putin.... sorry but uh putin scares the crap out of me and many others.

not really sure what ur trying to get out of the reply tho, trying to derail the whole point that both presidents should be.. accountable for their actions.... [i def didnt read the post as diminishing clinton like you mentioned? hm] and idk why youre dismissing russia as a threat.... or why you feel the need to talk about ur opinion on the matter when u live in canada and... its not ur votes that possibly got tampered with. i kno the u.s has impact on the rest of the world but... the clinton thing is over and he got impeached and now were angry with the present problem that is trump.

[confessionsofa-roleplayer]

(Content warnings for my post: sexual assault mentions, abuse mentions, self harm mentions - just to keep people safe!)

Hi there! OP of post/658776470706061312 here. Just to respond to some of the comments, I'm speaking from experience in my confession. Sure, it probably came across as a generalization, but I guess these days, I actively find myself avoiding muses like that because of the experiences I've had with those kind of characters/backstories.

I don't have any issue with tragedy in backstories in general, far from it. I have one or two of my own muses who have had something bad happen to them in the past. But I make sure that those things don't wind up being their entire personality or being brought up all the time for the sake of angst. I see so many people who have a muse where XYZ happened in their past, and literally every. single. thread. they have to somehow bring up their tragedy, and it has to wind up derailing the plot because 'omg my muse's abuser used to like eating bananas and your muse ate a banana and now they're having a panic attack please save my poor baby' or 'there's no reason for me to mention this but I'm going to talk about how my muse is wearing short sleeves and emphasize how their self-harm scars are visible to make sure your muse notices'. I promise you, it happens. 

Also, one single tragedy is not what I'm referring to. I'm talking about those muses where there's so much bad stuff that it makes your head spin... like "oh so my muse almost died at birth and then her parents were murdered when she was a baby so she wound up in foster care bouncing around abusive home to abusive home, then she finally found a stable household but her adoptive parents died in a car crash and she was on her own so she turns to crime and wound up on the streets and got sexually assaulted and kidnapped and oh then her boyfriend wound up to be a murderer and she had to kill him and it's all left her completely damaged beyond repair" - I've seen far too many where their entire backstory is just one bad thing after another after another. Then add that they bring it up in every thread and it's just... I'm sorry, I can't deal with those. Go ahead and write as much trauma as you want, I'm not saying that people shouldn't. There will be people out there who are fine to write with those muses. I'm just saying that it's not for me at all. (And yes, once again, if a canon had all that I would also not be keen, so it's not just 'an OC thing')

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Referencing this post.

~ Mod MJ ~

[sideprince]

The thing is, although turning a book into a film doesn't mean transposing it verbatim, doing so successfully does require understanding the themes and transposing the essence, I guess you would call it soul, of the book. Which includes character relationships and characteristics, especially in a series, especially especially one you're turning into a film franchise before all the books are even written. Steve Kloves, meanwhile, wouldn't know a theme if it smacked his little head and told him to stop imposing his personal biases on already fleshed out characters and changing them.

And the thing is, given all of these failures, you would think he could at least get through the major plot points of a story. I know the books written after anyone stopped editing Rowling's work are long, but the first three are a very reasonable length for turning into a film, and easily, but he fails even then. If you haven't read the book before watching Prisoner of Azkaban, the story makes no actual sense. it falls apart. How does Lupin know the parchment Harry has is a map? We don't find out. How does Lupin know to go to the Whomping Willow? Just a hunch, I guess. Why does Snape show up? Because he's a dick or whatever, probably. Why do he and Black hate each other so much? Just one of those things, I guess! We literally never find out that Harry's DAD helped write the Marauder's Map.

Let me back up and say this again but more: for the third film in a row we start out with a theme that Movie!Harry is sentimental about his parents, as illustrated by the way he looks at their picture sadly in private moments. The second he finds out Black betrayed his parents to Voldemort, he wants to kill him (jumping the gun on the way this is portrayed in the books and giving a "yes" answer to a question book!Harry can't answer surely). Book!Harry hears his parents' last moments when dementors come near him; Movie!Harry hears kind of high pitched noise that recurs throughout and sounds like a train whistle mostly because that was a convenient parallel to make the first time we hear it I guess?

One of the climactic moments of Book!Harry is conjuring a patronus that turns out to take the same form his dad did when he transformed as an animagus. Yet here we are, in this film that seems to establish from the outset that Movie!Harry is significantly affected by his dead parents, only to find that they were just a prop to elicit sympathy for him as a protagonist, and that every single easily insertable moment and plot point that bring him closer to his parents is erased. Even when he talks to Lupin on that bridge, Lupin only talks about Lily, despite the emotional arc in the book that ends with Harry conjuring his dad in the form of a patronus. We SEE the stag patronus but it's never addressed. We don't learn more about his parents dying or how it affects Harry, his dad is literally the only Marauder not mentioned in the Shrieking Shack, and the whole "Harry your dad saved Snape's life that one time" thing is missing completely. Even in the moments when Movie!Harry is affected by the dementors, his mother's pleading for his life is reduced to a shrill, ambiguous noise.

I can't even talk about the ways that Snape, who is set up obviously as a significant foil, is deprived of any dimension even though it's clear from the FIRST BOOK that he will be significant. Alan Rickman had the sense to say, I can't do this job unless JKR tells me what she hasn't written down yet because this character is too complex and gray. Meanwhile Steve Kloves was out there going, "oh god oh no this character is too hard, I need to strip away anything remotely messy because no one must find out I have the reading comprehension of a carboard box." Can you imagine being an actor playing Snape and reading the end of Goblet of Fire and going, ohohoho there's a lot of work to do here, only to get the script one day and find out that the brief - BRIEF! - moment where your character agrees to go off and risk his life to be a spy again is just... not even in there. Erased completely. Shut up and spend half the film being a background extra and take your RADA degree with you.

Because Steve Kloves is a coward who actively prevents characters from experiencing any significant emotions, even if it's at the cost of their development, even if it means erasing entire plot points and story arcs. He ticks off events that happen in the story and puts them on a page, after running them through a couple racism and sexism filters. It's bad enough that Rowling portrays all her female characters as either maternal or villainous (a sanitized children's version of the angel/whore trope), but then Kloves comes in and has to strip Movie!Hermione of any affection and make her a harpy and an expositionary mouthpiece because god forBID Movie!Harry ever have a revelatory moment even the size of a crumb. You can't even make "drink every time Hermione says 'I know what you're thinking' before a character can move their arc forward even an inch" into a drinking game because you'd pass out halfway through any of the movies.

In the movie version of a book that, for the first time in the series, reveals significant details about Harry's parents and draws significant connections between him and his father, Kloves wrote a scene between Harry and one of his dad's best friends where his dad isn't even mentioned. It's not just careless, it's not thought THROUGH.

i know there are strong feelings this, but i actually quite like how book!snape movie!snape are different

i think the best adaptations always bring a different perspective or are a different take on the original material, and while the hp movies are by no means any where near the category of best adaptations (nice costumes and good memes tho) since harry and his friends don't lie, cheat or steal (or use torture curses) anyway near as much as they do in the books, why can't movie!snape be a subtler, more mature man? (one might be related to the other actually...) after all the meaner mess of a man still exists in the books so we still have both!