#spoiler the society

[blumingtoadstool]

Hey mouthwashing peeps.

Y’know how Anya stole and hid the gun when she realized she was pregnant? Straight up refused to tell Curly where it was bc she didn’t want Jimmy to know where it was and get a hold of it if/when he found out?

Remember how Jimmy stormed out of the med bay when Anya told him and Curly went to find him?

Remember where Curly found him?

He was outside of the cockpit doors.

He was either on his way to the utility cabinet to get the gun or already searched it and was about to go look for it when Curly found him.

So he knew the gun was gone and that Swansea had the axe, meaning the only two weapons on the ship were out of his reach.

He crashed the ship *after* he realized he couldn’t just kill Anya, he had to kill the whole crew. We know he crashed the ship so he wouldn’t deal with the repercussions of his actions, but holy shit.

Anya was scared he’d go ballistic and she was fucking right.

[squishy-min-mochi]

It’s important to recognise that Barbie (2023) criticises both the patriarchy AND the matriarchy. Yes, the Ken’s are just accessories to the Barbies. Yes, they don’t have any say in the government they live under. That’s the point, you’re supposed to feel awful, you’re supposed to want the Kens to have their own agency, you’re supposed to want equality. The Barbie movie explicitly states that the way Barbie treats Ken is wrong, so much so that once he finds a safe space for his masculinity and individual identity he’s so excited to share it with the other Kens.

But they go overboard and replace a matriarchy with a patriarchy and now the same issue exists but in reverse. That’s the POINT!! THATS THE POINT!!! Barbie is not anti-men it’s pro equality PLEASE understand this

13th Aug 2023 UPDATE:

Heeeeey howdy!!

Due to the IMMENSE comments and discussion on this post (thanks ya’ll!!) I’ve decided to update my post with my recent opinions and hopefully clearer explanations!!

First, my original post only considers a very small and very vague analysis of the film!!

Since making this I've read all your comments and learned quite a bit about the matriarchy as it appears in human civilisation. Originally, I was pitting the patriarchy and the matriarchy against each other as though the results of their implementation were equal in the film.

They were not!! Below is the definition of matriarchy I’ll be working off of.

Matriarchy Simple Definition;

Matriarchy is a social system in which women hold the primary power positions in roles of authority. In a broader sense it can also extend to moral authority, social privilege and control of property.

There's a lot to talk about in the Barbie film that would fit better in an essay, so I'll try and condense it into this;

To me, Barbie (2023) is a film about the female experience and the shared connection between women that persists through childhood and adulthood, support and harassment, suffering and joy, mother and daughter.

It uses Barbie as its figurehead because of the immense societal and political impact the doll has had on women, both good and bad (as explained in the film).

The male experience as seen in Barbie (2023) is not the sole focus of the film- rather, it's an accessory (as the Kens are) to Barbie's story, and a necessary aspect of exploration to truly highlight the importance of individualism and healthy personal exploration.

I want to make clear that I in no way think the treatment of the Kens was just as bad as the treatment of the Barbies. I also still agree that the matriarchy fostered by the Barbies wasn’t good for the Kens.

Additionally, I’m aware that this take on Barbie (2023) works strictly within the assumed heteronormative boundaries of gender. There is a lot of nuance in the Barbie film and I don’t think everything can be covered or explained in on Tumblr post— but I hope this clarification helps!!

I hope you're all coming to your own conclusions and analysis of the film in a way that makes sense to you. And for those of you engaging in online conversations and discourse about it, I hope you're keeping yourself and others happy and safe!!!

Much love to you all!! < 3

[mayhasopinions]

i am going to throw myself out of a window

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

Soup solves everything.

[an-established-butt-dent]

I'm a bald Solas lover I swear!!!!

—> Process video under the cut because of flash warning.

[blue-saaaaargent]

society if silco had gotten vander’s letter and they hadn’t divorced, apparently

[kylorenscar]

"...and I have to live with that. Forever."

[beaulesbian]

- [Nimona]:You should be questioning everything right now. The will of Gloreth, the Institute, the wall. What's it all really for? - [Ballister]: For protecting the realm. - [Nimona]: Oh, you mean from villains like you? Or monsters like me?

[wilwheaton]

Star Trek: Prodigy and Picard set the stage for future adventures for Wesley Crusher, potentially in upcoming Trek shows. I could see a spinoff for the character similar in tone to Doctor Who, and with Russell T. Davies making nods to Trek in his Disney+ series, now might be the perfect time for that show. I'm all for more Wesley in the future, so maybe some Trek creatives can put their heads together again and figure out a way for that to happen. Star Trek: Prodigy is available to watch right now on Netflix. Stream it now so that fans can see Season 3 happen, and maybe even tell a friend to watch as well so we can all have great sci-fi animated adventures in the future.

How Star Trek: Prodigy And Picard Collaborated To Bring Back One Of Star Trek’s Biggest 'Abandoned' Characters

For the record, I would absolutely do this.

[jq37]

The fact that Sklonda casually knows about the Society of Shadows retroactively makes Penny's whole dilemma in the Seven and all of Laertes' cloak and dagger shenanigans retroactively super funny. Like, she's having a whole existential crisis about never seeing her friends again and he's disguising himself as a scarecrow and a wooden duck and Sklonda is just like, huge air quotes, yeah the "SECRET SOCIETY".

[haunting-hole]

heterosexual doomed yuri

[arcanegifs]

caitlyn very clearly had the shot here when jinx ran past her

but she ignored all of that because vi got hurt

makes me wonder if they had a talk in that tent before the fight happened ngl

please just give them a get along t shirt lmao

[mayhasopinions]

this line fucking hit. but it's true.

queer people for years, centuries, have been oppressed for being their most authentic selves, by the people who call themselves heroes and us the monsters, even nowadays with the most recent law for allowing discrimination against queer people in America. They call themselves the good guys, the saviours, the ones completely in the right and justified for hating against people just trying to live their lives. And apparently we're supposed to be the bad guys in this story.

i'm so glad that this movie came out when it did, the world really needs it.

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

Swapping tips on how to be a bestie in the bath.

[blumingtoadstool]

I’m not gonna shut up about Mouthwashing for a while, so here’s my thoughts on Curly’s hallucinations when he’s on his way to give Jimmy his psych eval.

My interpretation of this is that this Curly’s whole arc summed up into one scene.

We don’t know anything about him other than he’s a well respected captain, meaning he’s been in space for a while. Him walking around, admiring the beauty of the stars is him just enjoying his job as he’s climbing the ranks.

Then we get the first warning messages. This is either when Jimmy and Curly first met, or at the very least when Curly got Jimmy a job on the Tulpar. There’s a few warning signs that’s relatively easy for Curly to ignore and walk past, like how he shrugs off Jimmy’s behaviour or helps defuse situations without disturbing the peace.

We can assume Jimmy was a problem before everything unraveled, and Curly was always there to calm everyone down without addressing any issues.

This is where we get to the main story. As said in the game, Curly feels like he’s reached the top rung on his career’s ladder, and he’s not sure where to go from here.

Meanwhile, the warning signs he’s ignoring are getting bigger.

This is probably the days leading up to the crash. Now that the truth is out about Pony Express shutting down, Curly’s thinking even more about what’s next for him. He’s at the top of the ladder, but if everything is becoming automated, where does that leave him? Despite Jimmy’s outburst at the party, we don’t know for sure if Curly’s got a secure job to head to next, and Curly probably doesn’t either.

Speaking of Jimmy, the warning signs are getting bigger and more frequent. From Jimmy’s outburst at the party, him being blatantly jealous about how Curly is such a beloved captain, to the fact that Curly knows about Anya’s pregnancy. She told him about Jimmy attacking her (another warning signs he ignored) and now he’s got a predicament he can’t just ignore.

Curly knows Jimmy. That’s why he let Anya keep the gun hidden. Because he knows Jimmy won’t react well.

And finally this scene. The culmination of Curly’s mistakes. There are no more warning signs, because the danger’s right in front of his face. Jimmy’s crashed the ship.

He’s still thinking of where he could have gone after Pony Express. All of the other ladders he could have climbed. But that’s not possible.

Because of his inaction to stop his monster of a friend, now he’s staring face to face with a giant fireball.

[relaxing-n-podcasting]