#and refuse to see nuance

[mirrorofliterature]

the star wars fandom is really a hellfire send help

if people could stop vagueposting me I would appreciate it

someone talking about how they have a different interpretation of a ship than me, probably spurred by my post because of the timing and wording: sure go nuts!

someone dismissing my 'tusken massacre is not a genocide because Words Mean Things and that is, objectively, not it' by stringing together screenshots and a clearly misunderstood google definition: can I leave?

it's just not fun to randomly stumble across digs about you on the internet about serious topics you actually know stuff about

like it's the silly pew pew movies if you have a different interpretation to me that's fine but like. what is with all the hostility? it's really tiresome and not fun

[megamindsupremacy]

So like, y'all know that popular Star Wars fic trope of Time Traveling Obi-Wan Kenobi where he dies and then wakes up in his 11ish year old body back in the Jedi Temple? You know how usually he wakes up, has a few minutes/hours of confusion, and then goes about trying to act like he was at age 11 while slowly fixing everything wrong with the Jedi Order? Personally I think he would not do that.

I think that Ben "Lived As A Wizard Hermit For Two Decades On Tattooine, Left, And Then Died Immediately" Kenobi would wake up as an eleven-year-old, have a panic attack, attack the nearest adult Jedi while accusing them of Doing Weird Sith Shit To His Brain, fucking flee, only then realize he has time traveled, steal someone's ship, go flying out of the temple to god knows where, continue panicking, crash into a random moon while distracted, nearly die, build a survival camp out of his broken ass ship and eat whatever bugs he can find, get kidnapped by pirates, overthrow said pirates, steal their ship, and then very calmly return to the Jedi temple like nothing happened.

Then and only then do I think he would start trying to act like a normal human person (while also dodging questions such as "what the fuck was that" and "where were you" and "is that a pirate's ship?"), except he'd be bad at it due to having lived as an Insane Wizard Desert Hermit for the past twenty years who has experienced enough trauma and time that he doesn't super well remember the details of his childhood, what with all of the wars and death and wars and such.

His acting convinces nobody, but nobody is sure what exactly to do about All Of That so he's for the most part left alone (after very vehemently refusing sptherapy), all the way up until he catches a glimpse of palpatine out of the corner of his eye and then its On Sight

[spacephobos]

actually some more on this: i think this is an incredibly smart choice to make for the pitt. we liked Langdon and we were meant to! but its often people who fall into addiction arent people youd expect. its very often genuinly put together friendly and respectable folks. and Langdon is very clearly not who a lot of you picture when you picture an addict and thats SO clear with these reactions

and like Santos? yes shes kind of an asshole but shes only ever been cocky and insensitive. but the thing to realise is shes NEVER been malicious. she is so clearly set up to be someone to dislike at first. but outside of her very clearly built to be deconstructed façade she was never a villain and she very much did always have reasonable cause to doubt Langdon. And she was RIGHT! and he was treating her badly even when she was correct btw!

[heartmatic]

none of y'all can be normal abt fictional poc i swear

[bardan-jusik]

cannot get over lately the realization that while repcomm is widely criticized for being 'anti-jedi', it's WAY kinder and more understanding to all of its force-using characters and the jedi order as an organization than actual anti-jedi fans are

[damian-lil-babybat]

Art dump for my old b&w practice sketches

Dami has died officially four times (Batman Inc. #8, RSOB #13, Teen Titans (2016) #41, Robin (2021) #1) while on duty, during which he was introduced three potential love interests (Emiko Queen, Djinn, Flatline, in comics) before he reached 13.

These excluding those deaths from elseworld versions, and Mari Grayson (Kingdom Come, fiance), Raven (DCAU, dating), Kami Garcia (Teen Titans & Robin, kissed).

So yea there is a reason I immersed myself with DC fanon ✨

[thewhizzyhead]

also like I've listened and watched the I am the one scenes and their reprises and like here is my thing: dan goodman though flawed is clearly a father who tries and yet has his frustrations and exhaustions in doing so. How is that a 2008 musical got this Emotionally Struggling But Trying Father archetype right than its supposed spiritual successor in 2017-

[the-deca]

in light of recent discourse

[saints-who-never-existed]

"He left unstated that some might survive awhile longer here by eating the bodies of the dead. He also did not mention that he, Dr Harry D. S. Goodsir, had decided that he would not turn cannibal to survive, nor help those who found need to. His dissection instructions at the previous day's muster assembly were his last words on the subject. Yet he would also never cast judgement on the men here at Rescue Camp or on the expedition south who did end up eating human flesh to last a short while longer. If any man on the Franklin Expedition understood that the human body was a mere animal vessel for the soul - and only so much meat once that soul had departed - it was their surviving surgeon and anatomist Dr Harry Goodsir."

[girlishwhimsies]

thinking about ace, bev, and sandy being friends when they were younger. just. ough.

[imogenkol]

I mean this in the nicest way possible, but why do so many people think that criticizing the Jedi is bad? The Jedi are and were never perfect. They can never be a perfect order who does everything right and never makes mistakes. Frankly, I can write an entire essay on their flaws.

It is okay that they were flawed. That doesn’t mean you can’t root for them. I root for them. I deeply love them and their lore. The Great Jedi Purge was a tragedy that they didn’t deserve. But acting like they’re an untouchable institution is not only just straight up wrong, but also just really boring?? The imperfections of the Order and those involved give the Jedi nuance and make them feel incredibly real and interesting. Things are not black and white in Star Wars. Let yourself feel conflicted about the Jedi and wish for them to succeed anyway. It’s more exciting that way, I promise.

[lord-squiggletits]

The reason this fandom hates IDW Optimus isn't because he's a cop (plenty of people are fine with Prowl) or because he's a bastard (most characters in IDW are) but because he commits the crime of being an actual person who's messy, flawed, and makes a shitload of high stakes mistakes fitting for the intense situations and pressure he's put under constantly.

But we can't have Optimus actually react to his situations by lashing out or being unpleasant, no, he has to have the personality of a cardboard cutout of G1 whose only defining personality traits are "dad, funny, nice," and if he ever vents negative emotions it can only ever be #relatable depression or him being sad on his own without ever letting it show during the important parts of the story. If Optimus dares do things like be angry or frustrated or bitter it's just a sign that he's a bastard and LITERALLY the worst Optimus ever. If Optimus ever makes mistakes or does wrong things in the heat of anger/frustration/stress it's because he's just an evil bastard with no redeeming traits.

God forbid Optimus go through an unending gauntlet of war, politics, atrocities, near-complete loneliness, and a seemingly endless cycle of violence for his entire life and come out of it kind of bitter, angry, and tired of dealing with people's shit. He's not allowed to be a realistic person, context doesn't matter, sympathy doesnt matter. IDW Optimus doesn't fulfill the fandom's fantasies of Father Figure or Perfect Cultural Icon or Twinky Fucktoy and since that's the only reason most people care about Optimus in general, the fandom collectively trashes on IDW OP.

All because he can't fit into the overly simplified and childlike double standard the fandom has where if any other character is messy and flawed, that's good writing and interesting and compelling, but if OPTIMUS is messy and flawed, he's Literally The Worst and he's an asshole for no other reason than He Sucks, context be damned

[thenotoriousscuttlecliff]

Never been keen on Mooney as a critic, so many of his reviews are just long and rambling essays in disguise, but lately they just seem to be posting their most obvious braindead bait in order to boost engagement. If the film was seriously embarrassed by the Thing's catchphrase you wouldn't hear it at all, it would be cut completely rather than have it so overexposed in-universe that Ben feels like Alan Rickman in Galaxy Quest. Mooney's seen enough media to know exactly what the film is doing here and just posted this to stir shit and get clicks. It's as shameless as it is pathetic.

[highlyillogicalandroid]

“Leftist” antisemites will be like, “Hamas didn’t kidnap or murder children, Israel made that up because Jews—I mean, ISRAELIS—are dirty liars. Okay maybe Hamas did do that but it’s okay because they’re freedom fighters and also more Palestinians have died than Israelis so how dare you be upset about dead Israelis it has to be one or the other! And also maybe Hamas DID take hostages but they’re treating them really well. Okay maybe hostages including children died but if they did it was only ever because of IDF air strikes because Jews—I mean, ISRAELIS—are monsters who don’t care about their own people. And yeah if you’re mourning the murders of two Israeli children who were returned home with the body of a woman who wasn’t even their mother YOU’RE the problem because just like all Jews—I mean, ISRAELIS—you only care about your own people.”

And then they’ll post a fun “punch Nazis” meme and continue to feel morally superior.

[fandomsnrambles]

Ik people talk about the tragedy of the Spinjitzu family, but i mostly see it focused on Lloyd and Garmadon which isnt bad, but also you’re sleeping on the tragedy for Wu and the FSM.

FSM -> Was a dragoni child raised in constant war who had to choose between family. Probably was a child soldier himself if we’re being real honest. Chose none of them and ran away. Idk how you come out of that w/o trust issues.

Hell, the trust issues was implied with Nineko and the way he doesn’t tell his sons much. Why would he? To do that he needs to tell them about his past, which means trauma dumping on his kids. He’s emotionally constipated. Can’t say it but does love his sons and the land he created. He fights to defend it and despite his past, longs for a world where he doesn’t have to fight anymore. Longs for peace.

However, his eldest son is hit with a poison he can’t cure (probably due to the overlord’s interference now that i’m looking back on it.) but he does his best to find what he thinks may work. He helps him through his episodes and tells his sons where he thinks the cure may be. But it still ends in disaster.

Wu -> Raised with high expectations. Probably under a lot of stress to keep up. I’m thinking gifted child/burn out. Loved his father, looked up to him but unintentionally copies his father’s unhealthy coping mechanisms because he thinks his father is the best. Doesnt realise his father probably struggled with his own internal issues with trauma. Did therapy exist 1000 years ago? Probably not.

Anyway, he watches his brother fall victim to a poison and blames himself for it (ignoring the fact he was what. 9???) Makes a lot of mistakes (Aspheera) but tries his best to fit into the mould of expectations.

Probably represses a lot of emotions. Anyway, he goes on to watch his brother descend into darkness (watches him go for chen at some point) and fights along side him for ninjago until suddenly he’s fighting alone against his brother after his friends in the elemental alliance slowly leave.

He falls in love, but shes also someone his brother loves. His brother marries her and he tries to move on. He raises Morro until morro leaves.

At this point, he’s lost his brother, father, friends and now a boy he raised. Then he gets a nephew only to find said nephew has to fight his father.

[weireir]

Funny yet sad how people (Christians) can look at Iroh and Zuko’s hug and call it a prodigal son story when it’s the total opposite. It teaches middle-class teenagers to rebel against “evil dad” to follow their own desires. That’s exactly what got the prodigal son in trouble. lol

“Iroh encourages Zuko to walk his own path rather than care about simple honor.” Anyway here’s the Bible telling us to honor our parents (both of them) and follow God the Father’s path.