#and i welcome others thoughts ^-^

[shadamypositivity]

a negative post under the cut (not from me, I'm just commentating on it)

(See OG post below.)

due to the nature of my blog normally I wouldn't even bring this up but a) I'm bored while IT is working on my computer (AGAIN) and b) i like a good discussion.

I'm gonna skip over the obvious fallacies of shadamy being a fake ship (bc what does that mean, I have no idea) and that SEGA never acknowledges it (they clearly have) or markets Shadamy (if the Shadamy Sakura series and them being marketed together didn't clue them in, then they are willingly ignorant abt it lol)

I did want to discuss the Amy Rose Minnie Mouse aspect and her "purpose of the franchise" bc i actually have a lot of thoughts to this! And before I go one, it should go without saying but I do love SonAmy, it's very cute and they're characters who can have good chemistry and deserve good things! Anyway, here's my thoughts.

Amy being created to be Sonic's Minnie Mouse as far as I had read it was pressure from the company to make Sonic more marketable (i.e. adding girl character, hero saves damsel quests etc). What i love about how they went about it was flipping the script, especially for the era, it was more commonplace for damsel characters to be the sweet, love interest (Minnie, princess peach, princess daphne) that the hero pursues as a goal to complete as well as a reward for his efforts.

Sonic being adverse to Amy's advances, who is supposedly created to be the love interest, is unique and adds to his personality which was a really good move imo. it added to the edge that Sonic kind of gives as a protagonist, his sass, his impatience, his cock sure nature while also being altruistic and loyal of course, but him viewing Amy as a friend that he occasionally has to rescue and bear the affections of is objectively silly and fun.

Now, pertaining to Amy's purpose of the franchise being Sonic's endgame love interest, I do take a lot more issue with. Not only does it invalidate Amy's space in this franchise, making her no more than a romantic reward for the ending of Sonic's hero's quest (because, if SEGA thinks Sonic won't "slow down" for Amy now, it implies he will have to undergo some sort of change or, less noble, when he seems himself ready to reciprocate Amy's feelings on his terms, irregardless of how long he makes Amy wait for him) but it also ironically makes Sonamy make less sense canonically.

Like, if Amy is only meant to work as Sonic's female, romantic counterpart, why does SEGA not let it happen canonically? Because it's not a ship war thing honestly, most of the GP already assumes they are and there's plenty of valentines merch to suggest otherwise, so...why not just do it? probably because it doesn't make sense for Sonic's character and I don't just mean for SonAmy, honestly, I mean it for any and all Sonic ships. It isn't that Sonic doesn't love or wouldn't have romantic feelings, it's that I think he doesn't allow himself those attachments. Friends are everything in this world and I've always loved this franchise for showcasing an array of lovely strong friendships, but the difference in friends and significant others is that there's compromise, there's balance, there's giving up things, there's building a home and a family and doing things as 2 as opposed to only needing to worry about yourself. friendships are no less of a love than romance but there's also a lot more grace in friendships when it comes to responsibilities and emotional compromises. I'm getting into the weeds a bit here but what I mean to say is that Sonics character doesn't make sense for a romantic partner, free like the wind and on an eternal hero's journey. It has also never appeared to be a want of his to be able to have these things (but im willing to be proven otherwise) Maybe down the road it would, but that's not fair to Amy or any other partner for that matter. Amy's whole world doesn't need to revolve around waiting for her hero to be ready to accept her, especially to a character so full and rich in love and affections to give.

It doesn't escape me that one of Amy's most defining and strongest showing was because of Shadow. This is kind of where I can get extremely biased and go on and on about how great a story arc would be for Shadamy to become endgame. Briefly, Sonamy being canon kind of takes away from Sonic's character, while Shadamy enriches. Amy who obsesses and does everything for the attention of her first love finding her own purpose and making her world bigger by being her own hero which was the case for her finding her courage after feeling useless by helping Shadow to remember his promise just by being herself. Shadow who is jaded and hurt and isolated from friends and the world he now lives in finding love and affection and strength in those things because of Amy Rose's big heart. Idk, it's all very poetic to me.

So in conclusion, Sonamy and Shadamy good, but writing wise, Shadamy has a lot more going for it. One of my irl friends who watches sonic things over my shoulder has always taken issue with Sonamy being the canon default bc of her pursuing and Sonics pushing away. When I introduced her to the idea of Shadamy she hoped on with more enthusiasm haha probably bc it was around the mosth era and that was a pretty good showing for them haha. anyway. these are my humble thoughts. I'm not all knowing of this franchise or think myself correct in every way but idk. I don't think its fair to rule out character shipping just bc it wasn't the original intention. that happens all the time with things after all (RIP canon zutara) so maybe op can take a chill pill 😅

[demaparbat-hp]

Them sleeping together (not sexually)! Thank you so much for feeding me with those gorgeous arts. Love you so so so much❤️

It's a long way to Ba Sing Se.

[avocadoraisin]

Still working on ideas I put on my list a year ago.

I imagine arcanine was Hoffman's original partner pokemon in the police force that had to watch his heart turn cold, but still remained ever-loyal.

(Maybe Team Jigsaw test people, but in less deadly ways, lmao?)

I also always love giving everyone tiny baby pokemon to care for. Perez has a plusle.

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

Sublime Equine.

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[zirkkun-arts]

💚 [ deltarune spoilers ] ▬

* is anyone listening? can anyone hear me? * i'm so alone...

→ reblogs appreciated! → kofi requests open!

[teapetal44]

TW: ABUSE, CHILD ABUSE

“He wants to air this dirty laundry to the world does he…? Dabi, you fiend…you’ve been waiting for this moment…when they couldn’t prevent mass destruction…and faith in heroes is wavering.” - chapter 292

I truly, wholeheartedly, believe that MHA as a story upholds the myth of the perfect victim. I do not want to discuss if Horikoshi did that on purpose, or subconsciously because of inner bias – I find no meaning in doing so. For me the execution of an idea, in the grand scheme of the narrative, holds more value than the intention of the author. I’ve also had my fair share of people infantilizing Asian authors in the anime community for their poor writing decisions for one lifetime. It’s patronizing to both the author and the people reading it. Whether or not Horikoshi intended for his themes of abuse to paint the picture they did does not matter, because that’s how it reads as.

MHA puts victims of abuse in narrow boxes and softly dictates what’s an acceptable reaction to said abuse. Victims are continuously walking a tightrope between being deserving of compassion and sympathy and being unredeemable monsters who are too far gone and are only good for martyrdom after being put down.  

Eri fits the clean cut depiction of abuse victims that media usually gears towards. She is untouched by the cruelty around her - she preserves her innocence and kindness. She isn't assertive, but rather meek and passive. She doesn't fight back with force. And when offered help, she is receptive to it. That is not to say that Eri's depiction doesn't have a place in fiction, or that her portrayal can't be representative of the experiences of some - as we all deal with trauma and the inhumanity people throw at us differently. We see the same thing in the portrayal of Fuyumi, who shares many of the qualities discussed above. The same thing applies to her - i personally love the idea of all the siblings having different reaction to their childhood trauma and abuse. It shows that victims are not some type of monolith.

But the narrative treats the "forgiving" or "receptive to help/support" victims of abuse with more grace and with much more kindness. if you are willing to forgive, or the very least be quietly tolerant, the story grants you a happy ending. Forgiveness isn't a bad thing, it is an individual choice - but an abuse victim shouldn't have to do it for them to have a happy ending.

In a vacuum Eri and Fuyumi's character arcs and depictions of abuse are good but it becomes a problem when that's the only experience and type of victim we ever hold in high value or recognize as valid and deserving of compassion. Which the story reinforces.

Touya and Tenko's backstories aren't pretty nor comfortable or easy to sit through. Their responses to abuse aren't either. Reactive abuse is very much real.

[vepppy]

guiding key ✨

[logicpng]

so that update huh

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[buckyscap]

this part always gets me giggling kicking my feet twirling my hair. when wade kept asking about logan's suit saying he just wanted to bond, logan said "well then talk about something else"

he's practically showing us he's not against talking to wade at all, unlike how he wants us to believe by being so grumpy and telling him to stfu all the time.... that scene really got me going "aw he wants to bond? 🥺" in the theatre

[dennisboobs]

standing in front of a firing squad would have been easier than reading this script i need to be shot

[wallys-left-eyeball]

bestiez 4 life >w<

started with searching “80s outfits” and got a bit carried away…. i was deeply inspired by this piece, thank you @partycoffin for absolutely blessing us with that wonderful wonderful work as always <3

[frindoka]

el bestias

[waterfallofspace]

the act of rubbing their nose leading to more sneezing >>>>>>

whether it's against a finger/palm, desperate and harsh, yet not enough to quell the rising itch, the pressure hitting the wrong spot leaving them gasping—

or a single finger, perhaps just the nail, trailing along the bridge, around the rims, down the tip of their nose, coaxing out that stubborn tickle~

[chrome-barkz-aac]

do you like think its not obvious that you have absolutely fine in fact very good grammar and vocabulary and comprehension of complex sociopolitical concepts (not to mention esoteric tumblr discourses) but affect a stilted ungrammatical baby "no do this, me don't get it" tone to give an air of being more developmentally disabled than you are when it suits you? Like people notice and can tell. the contrast between your pinned post and so many of your other posts is wild for example. I dont for one instant read your other posts and then believe that "no fake claim me" in ur pinned is a sentence you like organically wrote lol. "politics and conflict make me confused" is also just so laughable given that again you have full clear comprehension of the complexities and contexts of like every facet of fucking tumblr system discourse and complex real world political movements like anti-psych and prison abolition and many many current issues that affect you and have to ability to post very eloquently and frequently about those things with flawless grammar and vocab like. Lol please stop putting on the "me no like me no understand" cosplay and trying to act like thats your normal when that is so SO clearly not how you organically speak or process. its not cutesy its weird and creepy towards people who legitimately do have their grammar and vocabulary limited in that way and arent just choosing to imitate it only when it suits them. I may as well start deliberately posting in a way that implies Im a wheelchair user when Im not!

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i hope something good happens to you today!

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psa for everyone else - my grammar fluctuates depending on whether i use my aac or keyboard to type. i wrote my pinned post with symbol based aac, but usually type longer posts on my computer. i can speak with nuance on anti-psychiatry (and because it directly is impacted by it, syscourse) because it is something i have experienced and been affected by personally. i still struggle to read most news articles and need them explained to me in simple language.

[spiciestmarinara]

“Mr. Dear?…Eddie?”

[thegreatyin]

i think iron is the only master who could fulfill veils' need for Combat Enrichment™ (enrichment via combat) and probably even go toe-to-toe with it without getting instantly obliterated by mr "apex predator for other predators" fabricguy itself. however veils doesn't like fighting iron because iron is extremely no-nonsense and doesn't put up with veils' shit so whenever it tries to start its typical homoerotic prey vs predator banter iron just stabs it and walks away without indulging its nonsense. like veils is coming to the sparring ring for the thrill of battle and iron is coming to the sparring ring for Winning The Match and they're just completely incompatible despite matching each other's battle competency freaks and it pisses both of them off. this is the reason for at least 5% of the vake's vakery btw