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still trying to come to terms with the fact that i have a literature degree but the work that i am most actively engaged in is supernatural
#like every day I have to accept that spn is actually my favourite media#and that#I cannot excuse it to anyone#with the argument that it is good tv#while IT IS#it is incredible#but it doesn’t intend to be#I CANNOT EXPLAIN#spn#destiel#dean winchester
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🗣️ Darlin', you give love a bad name
Found this in my old wip folder and it feels now more relevant than ever :)
Also these don't know why I never uploaded these they were just sitting there completely finished:
#good omens#crowley#aziraphale#michael sheen#david tennant#good omens fanart#go fanart#good omens tv#go tv#my art#other relevant lyrics include#an angels smile is what you sell you promise me heaven then put me through hell#and#your very first kiss was your first kiss goodbye#:D#for the record I am on team 'they are both wrong bc crowley can't keep trying to solve problems by spiriting his angel away to the stars'#like maybe your arguments should be more elaborate than 'lets just run away together'#like idk for example don't just say 'heaven is toxic' maybe give some reasons for that#MAYBE tell him what happened during aziraphale's 'trial'#or what actually happened with gabriel#u know#communication.
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Listen. Smartypants Society? Fuck yeah. I'm going to come clean and admit that I am one of those people that kind of enjoys public speaking/ presentations, and in turn loves seeing people who are Good At Public Speaking/Presentations and enjoy it do their thing. Tricks of timing and emphatic delivery and precise rhetoric and structured argument construction all delivered with charisma dialed up to x100000% is just. 👌
Like, you can make anything sound legit with the right tricks, and in theory I find it SO enjoyable seeing it happen!!! Unfortunately in the context of the Real World this is often seen in contexts that tend to range from Impressive but Sobering or just Literally The Most Frustrating Shit because hey you're talking awful hurtful absolute bullshit but saying it The Right Way, Im Going To Lose it.
So. Therefore........ Smartypants Society generates a deep joy in my soul. Deeply talented speakers/comedians with phenomenal stage presence and quick wit, to use their command over delivery and rhetoric and comedic timing to dissect and break down the most nonsensical things ever? Meticulous argument construction and empassioned delivery about absolute, ridiculous, zero stakes bullshit?? Fuck yeah. Its like seeing someone with expert culinary training and a professionally equipped kitchen make the most 3AM drunk food meal with intentional precision. Tell me why vegetables arent real. Break down who's invited to the cookout. What IS the happiest birthday. Make me believe you. :')
#i love people being really good at what they do. and i love well articulated arguments on absolute low stakes bullshit. <3#dropout#smartypants society#dropout tv#not cr#:]#spar speaks#some excellent clips and screenshots available#realizing i never finished my post about it but i love adventuring academy contested roll for the same reason#.........ok fine i lied. i dont kind of like presentations. i rlly like em.
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my honest reaction
#once again the trailer just kind of makes me feel nothing but confusion at why theyre doing things the way they are#why is gerald still alive. even if it turns out to be time travel or him being frozen alongside shadow or something#it still takes away a lot of the emotional impact of shadows story ... why .....#the fact that theyre just seemingly having gerald be rouge's replacement in the dark story trio too???? what. thats stupid .#and speaking of rouge. where are rouge and amy. ive never seen a single good argument to justify their exclusion here#why is the only girl character from the games whos present the one who famously dies horribly for male characters' motivation#(to be clear im not saying the way maria's death is handled in the games is bad writing or anything#just that having her be the only girl character to have a movie counterpart is certainly A Choice.)#and. why are team sonic (and human characters associated with them who are supposed to be the good guys) working with gun .#gun literally does nothing but cause problems for sonic in sa2 ?!?!?!??!?!#even if it does turn out theyre not being completely honest with sonic about what shadow's whole deal is thats still. why ...#i wasnt expecting an exact recreation of sa2 but that doenst mean i have to be okay with every possible change they make either#especially when a lot of this stuff just actively makes the story worse. sa2 im so sorry they did this to you#honestly probably wouldnt bother me quite as much if this was a comic or tv show or something#and not . a big popular movie that is probably going to overshadow the game in a lot of peoples minds. ughhhh#also shadow has still only had a couple lines so maybe its not fair for me to say anything just yet#but i dont . really like how he sounds from what we've heard .. why did the ycast keanu reeves this sucks#idris elba as knuckles is starting to annoy me too tbh . like i didnt care for it at first but then it grew on me#and now im back to not really liking it . that is NOT knuckles#anyway. im honestly struggling to understand how so many fans of the games are uncritically excited about the movie ?#and dont have any problem with the writing choices being made here.. ?#do they just not care how shadow's story is portrayed as long as he looks cool doing it .. ?#im not saiyng the people who are excited are fake fans i just . dont get it
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rick riordan dickriders on here will be like "why are you complaining about the pjo tv show, go watch the movies and see what a bad adaptation really looks like" ok well listen to the musical watch it on youtube and see what a good adaptation looks like bitch. it can be done. as a fucking stage musical. what did that 15 million per episode do for disney that chris mccarell couldn't
#this is such a mean post from someone who does genuinely like the show I'm sorry#like there are aspects I really love!! and aspects I really don't!! which makes it mid for me#but I do genuinely like it overall. at least enough to continue watching#it's just that I see sooooo many people who seem to have this attitude like you can't critique it at all??#and their arguments are usually just. “movies were worse” (so we'll take anything now as long as it's not that?)#or “rick was involved in the writing” (<- NOTTT guaranteed to be a good thing lmao)#anyway it's pissing me off. I'm gonna bitch. “if you like the books so much read the books” I WAS PROMISED A BOOK ADAPTATION#AM I WRONG FOR COMPLAINING WHEN I DON'T GET WHAT I WAS PROMISED#“oh but changes are okay as long as it preserves the spirit of the books” since when was the *spirit* of the books a FUCKING BORE🤨#also the cast doesn't deserve this. stick leah and aryan and walker in a better show#pjo#pjo tv show#pjo disney+#percy jackson#percy jackon and the olympians#the lightning thief musical#anyway all this to say some of the changes and choices are Actually Bad and it won't kill you to admit that I think#rereading this post in the drafts and editing before posting when I was handwringing about how mean it was bitch this is mild
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I've come to the conclusion that loving young royals doesn't mean I can't be critical about it, maybe especially bc I love the show so much I have such strong feelings about it, good and bad and I can love parts of canon and agree with it and appreciate it but I don't have to love it all. I have accepted that it's okay if I don't accept the ending and I don't have to force myself to support it. It's okay to not agree with all of canon and it's okay to not side with all of the creators' intentions/views. Loving a show doesn't mean you have to take everything the writers say on face value and that's the only version that is allowed to exist. Canon isn't everything and fandom is about curating your own experience that makes you happy and not miserable. You don't have to dismiss canon in every aspect and ignore it entirely, that's certainly not what I want but there is a fine line between being canon respectful, allowing some parts to exist and sometimes, yes, you just have to say "fuck canon" and move on for your own sanity and wellbeing
#yrtalk#young royals#personal#especically in the first two weeks of a new release everyone is feelings lots of intense emotions ranging from ecstatic to angry#everything in between is a part of it and i know i'm also feeling very strongly about it right now#i always try to stay levelheaded and rational and see things from an objective pov and be diplomatic about discourse#i don't want any of what i say drift off too much into meaningless hate instead of the constructive criticism it's supposed to be#but when you feel so strongly about something and sometimes you really just wanna say yeah i fucking hate it lol#but i always try to explain why and give understandable arguments and not just blindly hate on something#for example - I'm aware there are fans who have some problems with s2 and don't love the season whereas i do and it's my fave#and there is a difference between expressing some criticism and justified concerns which you can understand where it comes from#and those who are just like 'oh it's a horrible season. it was so shitty and we should get rid of it' which is dumb hate and just not true#and i can't support people like that and take them seriously#i can have my own issues with s3 from a subjective pov which can also include some justified criticism as well#but also still acknowledge it as a truly good piece of tv media and the quality is top notch#and that's why you have such high expectations and have critique because it is so good and sets such a high standard#with that being said i understand ppl not wanting to see any critic about it if they are riding the high of happy wilmon endgame#but that doesn't mean that i can't express my own opinions on my own blog and i will continue to do so#and maybe one day i will feel differently and accept or even like the ending who knows#but it doesn't have to happen. it's fine if it does but it's also fine if it doesn't
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AITA If My Favorite Character is a Fascist?
Uh oh. The Fascsplainers are at it again. Yes, we know what fascism is, thx.
#help my favorite characters are fascists#empire bad#chiss ascendancy bad#I'm too damn old for lectures about the nature of good and evil#or about what is *more* canon#like seriously?#Star Wars needs to get over its obsession with canon anyway#though I tend to go with what the author who created the character thinks#even if I like the TV show#(no comment on the LA show lol)#the age-old arguments about canonicity never helped music art or literature either#so let's just sit back and enjoy what we enjoy#and get over this whole purity culture thing#in any case it's fiction and necessarily *up to interpretation*#good evil morally gray? I don't really care#because it's FICTION#people like what they like#look I hate reylo too but let people have their fun#so they can take a break from the hopeless dumpster fire that is the real world#lol honestly I didn't even know there *was* an anti-thrawn tag until today#thrawn#as soon as the word “fascism” came up we knew this was going to be about Thrawn#canonically bad thrawn#tell me you've never read the thrawn books without telling me you've never read them#he's a bad man#AND a fascist#just here to remind you#PSA
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I fully believe that it's best to watch The Chosen in conjunction with reading the Gospels. I also highly recommend watching Brandon Robbins or reading/watching commentary on the cultural and linguistic background of the Gospels. I think if Christians collectively encouraged each other to expand their knowledge of the Bible, both in reading it and studying commentary on it, rather than scolded each other for consuming "heretical" Bible-based media that we don't entirely agree with, we'd reserve our energy for criticism of media that is in fact heretical.
#long winded way of saying#yes it's ok to not like the chosen#if you're going to call it heretical you better have a good argument#personally i want to encourage deeper knowledge and thinking instead of shutting down engagement#the chosen#the chosen series#the chosen tv series
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y'know... i genuinely don't believe miquella is eternal baby mode in terms of his mentality; and i don't think the japanese text says anything to prove otherwise? at least from what i can tell, with my admittedly very limited knowledge of japanese sentence construction, his japanese dialogue when he emerges as a god doesn't come across in a childlike way. (i could very easily be wrong here though; if anyone who knows japanese would like to correct me, please do!)
the scene that's being discussed a lot in reference to this ('nii-sama i'll definitely definitely become a god') is the memory scene, which is a time when miquella was an actual child still. the english translation says the wish to have radahn as a consort happened 'in their childhood,' the japanese translation says 'when very young,' so— yeah, miquella's actually a child here, and is therefore talking in a childlike manner. (the english version puts this across in its own way too; god miquella sounds deeper and mature, memory miquella sounds childlike and noticeably higher in pitch.)
however, i think everything he proceeded to do - all the stuff that he invented, coming up with the plan for the haligtree then actually enacting it, creating a whole settlement, all the planning and forethought involved in all his plans up to and including mohg and radahn - is proof that miquella's mind grew up even if his body didn't; i don't really think a child could have that much forethought and cunning. and then at the end, after spending the whole DLC ripping his body apart, he emerged uncursed and in adult form since he no longer had his cursed flesh.
again, i could be wrong, and i'm not trying to dunk on anyone's interpretation; i've just been seeing some folks say that the japanese text supports the idea that he's still mentally a child even after being reborn, and from what i can see - though again, i don't speak japanese and i didn't study it anywhere near enough to be able to say for certain - that isn't the case. (at least in miquella's dialogue, because that's what i checked out.)
#not gonna tag this because i don't wanna seem argumentative alsnslxnslxnsldn ;;;;;;;;;#tv tropes talks about it like it's just straight up fact and like#idk... i think this interpretation makes miquella a lot less interesting?#like it kind of takes away from the gravity of his actions#and the tragedy of how this person with genuinely good intentions has to do genuinely bad things#if it can be handwaved away with 'he's mentally a child so it's all out of innocence'
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I love when people say Feminism is ruining our society and then people rightly bring up all the things feminism has directly done for women and they go oh not that Feminism that feminism was good and needed I’m talking about Modern feminism the one that we have now that’s stupid and unnecessary. Women don’t need feminism anymore feminism should have ended after (enter whatever major historical female win but usually the right to vote)
And it’s like how do I tell you that at every point in time at every “stage” of feminism (yes even the first one) people were using the exact same arguments on why it was unneeded. Like truly if you do not study history you’re doomed be be repeating the exact same fucking talking points.
#like we cannot keep having this conversation#people swear sexism is over and then gamergate happens#this of course applies to race and sexuality as well#literally saw a comment say this country has spent the last 20 years appealing to other races and they are still upset#and my good sir huh???#appealing how? y’all start seeing black people on women in tv shows and think we’ve cured bigotry#meanwhile you’re still trying to use long defunct brain size arguments to defend why women shouldn’t work#please disrespectfully get the fuck out of here#female characters#feminism#female rage#modern feminism#historical inaccuracies
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reality tv star patrick zweig…. walk with me
#need to let this roll around my brain until i come up with a coherent fic idea#he’d be so good in like too hot to handle#or any other romantic show#or just randomly having the b plot in a real housewives show#idk!#he’s so argumentative he’d be perfect in any reality tv show#let me know if you have any thoughts#bc i’m in desperate need of help developing this random thought#patrick zweig x reader
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art is meant to be interpreted anyway you want it to be but you better have evidence and reasoning to back up your claim. and your beautiful mind isn’t gonna work anymore. we are moving back to literacy ❤️ your mind is hungry; feed it
#misc.#be strong readers babes ! engage in discourse ! it is GOOD for you#also this applies to movies and tv as well and even music#you can say anything if you have evidence and a good argument so try !
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The idea that a god-like character with (supposedly) unlimited powers should snap their fingers at the end of a TV series and remove all pain and terrible things in the world so humans no longer had any suffering is the most BAFFLING thing I have ever heard. WHY DID THE SHOW EVER EXIST IF FIXING THINGS WAS THAT EASY??????
#It seems like this 'gotcha' card that overrides any argument someone could have#but it's actually the laziest zero thought behind it belief I have ever seen#And it complete ignores the function and structure of a story#Holy shit#Like... that's literally Adam and Eve before Eve ate the apple#That kind of utopia is literally in the Bible and in general is considered bad#It was certainly painted as bad in the show! Because Eve gave us free will and choice and the opportunity to self-determine who we are#And that's good! That's considered better than the Garden of Eden!#And yes choices have led to the godawful structures in place on Earth today and all the godawful death and suffering that goes with it#BUT THIS STUPID LITTLE TV SHOW ABOUT THE DEVIL WASN'T SPEAKING ABOUT ALL THE EVILS IN THE WORLD!!!#It was talking about how you always have a choice to do better! That everyone can be redeemed!#It's a much MUCH narrower scope because that's what story does! It picks one thing and speaks to it#And sometimes that thing is indeed Wow modern capitalism has completely fucked the world like The Good Place showed#But even The Good Place didn't use the Judge to snap her fingers and change Earth#She could have! She certainly had the power too!#But no instead they argued against wiping out the entire Earth and starting over in favor of revamping the afterlife instead#to allow people a second chance and support to do better#Which is EXACTLY where Lucifer ended up too with the titular character playing therapist in Hell#That is a strong ending! That is a hopeful ending! Because it's speaking to the audience as individuals and saying you have a choice#You always have a choice to do better. No mistake you make is too irredeemable so don't let yourself drown guilt#because guilt fixes nothing. Only your choice to try again can change things#God snapping their fingers and rewriting Earth is not a hopeful; realistic; or satisfying ending to a 6 season show about free will!#It makes no sense!#like jfc I don't want to drag one singular person through the mud but their opinions are just so mind-boggingly to me#It's like beating my head against the wall
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Old Gay VS New Gay discourse is so interesting to me as a “new gay” (milennial) growing up around “old gays” (boomers)
Old gays refuse to adapt to new nuanced gender and sexuality labels, feeling they’re superfluous and not “real issues.” New gays refuse to understand the point of view of a community not that long ago that was ravaged by AIDS and was (and is) straight-up illegal in public to be in most parts of the world
It’s a microcosm of the boomer/milennial dichotomy and imo shouldn’t even exist. There’s always been gay men VS lesbian VS bisexual disagreements and schisms and even proto-trans discourse about drag and androgynous presentation, but I’d like to think with a larger, more vocal community than ever, we’d come to an understanding that we don’t need to be fighting! We’re on the same side even with very strong disagreements!
Tl;dr if Boomer gays and Milennial gays could just rest thinking the other was cringe instead of completely disregarding and getting hostile towards the other we’d be in a much better place inter-community wise. But, to be honest, mostly I just see milennial gays completely disregarding the feelings of the people who made it possible for us to go outside idk ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
#getting into slapfight arguments with ppl over the gender of angels has made me think on this ngl#the enbie vs cis gay discourse is……….. so tiring#pls just stay in your own community of ppl age wise if it’s that much of an issue to have empathy for someone else’s pov#ESPECIALLY boomers who were there for the worst of it#and DOUBLE for milennial/zoomer/gen alpha (they might be too young actually idk their age) who take for granted what they achieved#lgbt#gay#lgbtq#trans#discourse#gay discourse#queer#queer community#lgbtqi community#im tagging good omens kinda ‘cause it is relevant here tbh#‘oh no there’s nuance in this interpretation’ 10 years ago if two men kissed on tv people would be rioting lmao#anyone else here survive sherlock cause?? that shit was dire#terfblr#<- idk if this is pro or anti but it rolls off the tongue lol#nonbinary#boomer moment#my hot takes never do well just had to get this out there lol#also these are broad stroke statements obvs#bisexual#lesbian
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The whole plagiarism thing and particularly the phenomenon of people watching a documentary/reading a book and then regurgitating it practically word for word as if it were original content without engaging with it in any way is crazy and I've been thinking about that a lot lately because in one of my classes our final paper has to be an argumentative essay using what we learned in the class as evidence to make some claim about ancient Roman society or whatever. And it doesn't even have to be something crazy and never before seen but for literally the last full month of classes the professor had to clarify again and again and again almost every class with increasing exasperation that you can't just DESCRIBE a particular topic or artwork that you liked in detail. That would literally just be reciting her own lectures back at her. Even in the last week she had to keep reminding people that you have to actually have a thesis and make an individual claim that you are able to SUBSTANTIATE with material from the class and outside sources so I have to assume it was a relatively sizable portion of the class that was just not getting it. And that sort of basic inability to differentiate between just repeating information that you were given by someone else and actually USING that information to fuel a unique idea I think is a massive contributing factor here NOT to imply that a great deal of plagiarists don't know exactly what they're doing or have conniving intentions from the get go. Lmfao. But the passion with which some of these people defend themselves or justify the Borrowing Of Ideas just reeks of like.... no one ever taught you how to write an essay and you did not let that stop you from becoming a video essayist. And that's crazy.
#Like obviously there can be video essays that are just sort of. Information dumps with no real argument behind them. But the good ones still#tend to devote SOME portion of the runtime to like. Why does this matter. What does this say abt xyz. Personal speculation and so on.#Not to mention actually knowing how to cite sources properly#But yeah. Much to think about.#The phenomenon of Oh look a video essay about a game/movie/tv show I really like => Nevermind this is just a mechanical description of what#objectively happens in a piece of media with no analysis and nothing worthwhile to say about it. Which is becoming more and more#aggravating as time goes on. I believe is very related
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oh brilliant minds was kinda crazy this week. this is the drama i've been waiting for i think
#brilliant minds#carol divorcing morris was LOOOOONG overdue that should have been the plot of episode 1#and i do think i audibly gasped alone in my room when jacob told ericka about van's son... soooo messy#good for ericka though#about the yelling at jacob. not about the being in a collapsed apartment building that SUCKS#hope she's okay x#but why didn't van or jacob recognise her building btw because we know theyve both been there before... come on#dana dang proving she is the best of all the interns once again#also im glad they didn't make wolf and nichols have a big fight over multiple episodes#but the conflict could have lasted a BIT longer#like maybe they had their argument at the beginning of the episode and made up at the end idk but it felt very quick#anyways#i actually can't wait for next week! which i think is a feeling ive been waiting for with this show because i have been enjoying it#but ive not been wishing the next episode would come out faster or anything#but i need to see the next episode right now fr#actually wait. is there a mini hiatus what the fuck#american tv is SO WEIRD stop doing big breaks in the middle of seasons
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