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As promised, more Zoeystery mini translation! 😁💕

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KPop Demon Hunters rkgk ˚₊‧꒰ა ☆ ໒꒱ ‧₊˚

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KPop Demon Hunters (2025)

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Mad💢

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Zoeystery!

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my two favorites being shipped in the show is awesome actually

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I tried to read the link post and…

I just read this TL from one of the Hori interviews flying around, and I can't believe he can say such a bald-faced lie that he gave all of class A chances to shine.

The final arc stood out with how awful the balance of highlights was. Bakugou, Endeavor, Hawks, All Might hogging highlights in the final war, and Uraraka hogging all the paneltime in the epilogue.

Most kids barely got anything and even important characters got fairly minimum highlights. It felt super-unsatisfying to wait a decade to watch them grow and most of them getting like 2 panels.

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I'm always down for some Aizawa bashing! Let's hit this at an angle nobody else talks about. He's a loser. Where are his actual career highlights? Seriously, with that quirk? Show me the A or S-rank villains he's personally put away. We see nothing.

He fights nameless randoms, even in Vigilantes. Yeah, we learn he can go toe-to-toe with Knuckleduster, and by scaling, is probably on Stain's level (at least as Stendhal). Big whoop. He doesn't do anything with that after.

His claim to fame? Beating up USJ fodder... the same fodder his completely untrained students (in school less than a month!) dumpstered with minimal effort later. Momo's group was only in temporary danger because Kaminari KO'd himself - and we later learn he wasn't even in real danger because he absorbs electricity.

So, Eraserhead's main timeline "feats":

Beating up fodder.

A brief scuffle with Tomura (who disintegrated his elbow and could've killed him if it continued).

Breaking the arm of a Twice clone.

Getting stabbed by Toga during the Overhaul raid (liability status achieved).

Losing his leg and eye.

Acting as Monoma's quirk copy-paste tool to stop everyone getting instantly obliterated by Tomura.

Hatake Kakashi he is NOT.

Imagine if Kakashi's peak was schooling the Demon Brothers, then he just kinda... got his ass kicked occasionally and sometimes used Kamui to support the Genin. Imagine pre-timeskip Sakura regularly achieving more than him. That's Aizawa.

And teaching? He calls himself a terrible teacher, saying everything his students achieve is their own hard work. Where are his successful former students? He's 30+ with a 15+ year career. No hero agency full of loyal comrades? No pros singing his praises? Just one girl in Class 2-A exists solely to soften him and facilitate the retcon that he re-enrolls people.

His existence breaks UA's credibility. They have insane student intake standards, treating kids as disposable (Aizawa can place massive black marks on their records on a whim!), but teacher standards are low? No immense competition? Why is a man who clearly dislikes teaching children shaping the next generation? All his rep comes from being at UA.

In short: No tangible career highs. No teaching legacy. All hype, minimal results. Kakashi's discount, bargain-bin cousin.

Hi @lacunammmm!

now that you mention it, aizawa does have quite a pitiful track record when it comes to fighting. Odd thing is, his quirk actually does give him an edge against villains lile all for one and overhaul, because their fighting style completely depends on their quirk(all for one can't survive without his quirks activated too). That fight with toga was incredibly stupid. The capture cloth can apparantly crunch metal pipes like a soda can, yet toga can slice through it with her knives no problem? Toga has a lot of plot armor in her fights, but that's a topic for another day. Whenever eraserhead fights someone who can fight without completely depending on their quirk (knuckleduster and toga) or who is immune to erasure (usj nomu) he gets absolutely steamrolled. This guy is somehow a bigger fraud than homelander, fasttrack, immortal, and roaring knight put together.

Funny thing is, I exemplified that when I made a post where my version of spinner(who can lift 30 tons and run 400+mph cause he has actuslly gecko powers) went head to hesd with aizawa, and lets just say eraser-fraud's face had got up close and personal with the wall...the hard way.

I also share the sentiment that aizawa is a pathetic loser. He sucks so much as a teacher that a real life educator said that if they were nezu, theu would have fired aizawa years ago. He also treats his friends like garbage and blows them off as he wallows in his misery. He becomes the kiss-ass of a sociopath who looks, and acts like his highschool bully. Aizawa makes jerry smith look like a gigachad by comparision. He is just that much of a pompous, miserable, idiotic, loathesome, worm.

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the doctor getting to meet a future incarnation of themself in the tardis: im so happy for you and your ugly fucking console room im serious

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“Dark Doctor” moments used to have him face consequences — after 12 messed up by manipulating her like an experiment in Kill the Moon, Clara told him she didn’t want to travel with him anymore. Donna refused running away with 10 in the Runaway Bride because he frightened her by drowning the Racnoss and told him he needed someone to stop him.

here, Belinda just mildly chastises 15 for “scaring her”, he says he “scared himself”, and it’s “fine”? after he went on a mad power trip and started physically torturing a traumatised kid who lost his family in a genocide?? it’s so… out of character, not even the sudden cruelty that happens sometimes when he lets himself go, but the lack of narrative repercussions.

genuinely disturbing in a new way that Doctor Who has never been. it made me feel like this show wasn’t my friend. he’s edged close to it at times, but he’s never been an outright *villain* before.

there were so many other ways to resolve this that would have been more Doctorish — going back in time and dismantling the corporation before it got the chance to raid the planet Hellia, or rescuing Kid’s family when he was a child so he never becomes a terrorist hell(ion)bent on revenge, literally anything.

physical, lethal threat like this is never the Doctor’s MO. even when he chains the Family of Blood forever, it’s an exceptional case, and they’re objectively 100% evil hunters, not morally complex freedom fighters from a planet that was decimated by capitalism. here, the Doctor doesn’t condemn the genocide — he is written to condemn the victims. the THREE TRILLION number is comically large to make sure that the audience doesn’t feel too many moral qualms.

this episode literally feels like Zionist propaganda. i am disappointed in Juno Dawson beyond measure, beyond words. i loved her audio dramas. this is such a shame. episodes like these make me embarrassed to call myself a Doctor Who fan. and on a day when the genocide is escalating, as well! Palestinian journalists tweeting that this is the bloodiest day since it began! disgusting. fucking atrocious.

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Mickey Smith and Martha Jones: RTD and race.

The two most notable black characters in the first RTD era of nuwho, but it's not a strong competition, the next runner up is probably 'unnamed american newswoman' (later called Trinity Wells).

It's easy to point at RTD's track record and decry his work as racist, but how bad was it?

Let's give RTD the benefit of the doubt: Mickey was written as a character before Noel Clarke was ever cast. RTD wanted to write the new companion with a home life that she would easily leave: Jackie is overbearing and Mickey is needy. In contrast to Rose's bravery and curiosity, Mickey gets kidnapped, literally cowers from the TARDIS, and whines, constantly.

Mickey is frequently the butt of the joke. The ninth Doctor intentionally gets his name wrong; in Father's Day Jackie says (of his 5 year old self) "God help his girlfriend, if he ever gets one"; in the chase scene in Boom Town he runs into the cleaning cart and gets his foot stuck in a bucket; in School Reunion he realises that he's the k9 equivalent, not another companion; and in The Girl in the Fireplace we have this lovely exchange:

Rose: "No, you can't keep the horse." Doctor: "Why not? I let you keep Mickey."

Mickey is not necessarily a poorly written character, he has a solid arc from whiny to confident; he gets over his jealousy of the Doctor and goes off on his own adventures. He was written as unlikeable (but not too unlikable) so that the audience would want Rose to be with the Doctor (both romantically and on a literal basis), it's also something he grows out of. His characterisation is not the issue. The fact that we learn very little about his life outside of Rose is. We don't know his job or meet his family (we do eventually meet the not-dead version of his nan). It's one thing for him to get stuck in a bucket when everyone else gets to be athletic but why do the other characters need to find any opportunity to insult him?

But on to Martha, she actually does not really have an arc (more on that later). In her first episode she is shown to be smart, headstrong and compassionate. She takes charge in an emergency and saves the day (with help from the Doctor). For some unknown reason the Doctor kisses her, and bafflingly she falls in love (I understand why narratively, but not from a writing room decision). She takes him to task about living in Rose's shadow, but for some reason this plot thread continues for more than three episodes. The Martha that saves the world from the Master is the same Martha that we were introduced to.

She is intentionally written as not Rose. Rose is an only child from a single parent family; Martha has two siblings and two living parents (although divorced). Rose left school at 17; Martha is in medical school. Rose lives on a council estate with her mum; Martha's family has their own house and she has moved out. Rose has a boyfriend; Martha is single.

At the time of writing/airing (2007) RTD was 44, he was, and still is, a cis, white, man. It's hardly surprising that his understanding of race or gender is lacking. He managed to push the envelope by having notable black characters, and maybe that's all we should have asked for, but he could have done better at the time.

The Doctor did not have to be so aggressively rude to Martha about not being Rose. He insisted that their first trip was just a favour after saving him on the moon and the second trip was just to even out past and future travel; Donna meanwhile got invited to travel the universe after just one adventure. RTD (and Moffat) did not have to compare Mickey to an animal on two separate occasions. Martha did not have to get stuck with a human Doctor in 1913 rural England (seriously, this story could happen in any time in any place with little change, I understand that it wants to make a point about WWI but it's not specific enough to matter). Her parents did not need to break up over a young, blonde woman. The Master did not need to enslave her entire family.

Why did the Doctor tell Martha to "walk around like you own the place" when she was worried about being mistaken for a slave? Why did Shakespeare fetishise her for the colour of her skin and 'revealing' clothing? Why did Martha not complain about her straightened hair getting wet in Gridlock and why did it have no effect? (although this would have also been pretty cringey, better to just do away with the rain altogether). Why did Rose know Donna but not Martha? And finally: Why did he marry off his two black characters despite their only scenes being part of an ensemble?

It's pretty obvious that there were no people of colour in the writing room, certainly not any black women. If there were more black (or generally poc) characters these flaws would not be so bad, or obvious. But there aren't and they are.

A lot of the complaints against Martha's writing can be chalked up to sexism, and they're right. So, does sexism better explain RTD's bad writing? All three of his companions mothers (Jackie, Francine and Sylvia) are essentially the same person: overbearing, loud, skeptical of the Doctor, and quick to anger and violence. The companions leave with the Doctor, in part, to get away from them (Martha literally walks away from her family's arguing, that she was made to mediate earlier in the episode). You'd be hard pressed to argue that he's not trying to make a point. But so often discrimination walks hand in hand with itself. For a long time Martha was the only companion of colour (I don't think Mickey counts). Other characters frequently pointed out her one sided love for the Doctor and despite realising that they were treating her unfairly she never got the same treatment as Rose or Donna. Although there is sexism in his writing it doesn't quite explain why Martha seemed worse off than the other companions. A lot of the plot points she goes through look different viewed with the lens of racial inequality. The writers keep making the point that racism is wrong, but they keep putting Martha in situations where she is discriminated against. Their addressing of it is rarely head-on; characters will say something racist (normally in a laughable, dated, sort of way), Martha will say it's racist and then the plot will continue. No harm, no foul.

RTD has since conceded that he should have written a better character arc for Martha than 'woman realises man is not over his ex, stops travelling with him and joins a paramilitary science group.' (At least they gave her a good personality to make up for it).

Maybe he will realise that there is an undercurrent of racism right next to the sexism in his writing. I wouldn't hold your breath.

Fast forward nearly 20 years to 2024 and RTD is back, this time with a black Doctor and (in 2025) a new poc companion. In direct contrast to Martha's concerns the Doctor now experiences racism and prefers Lagos to historical England; Ruby steps on a butterfly and completely changes history. Is this an apology? Does this make up for his treatment of Mickey Smith and particularly Martha Jones and Freema Agyeman? No.

Neither the 15th Doctor nor Belinda get a character arc for their tenure (and depending on your interpretation, we never really meet Belinda), and Belinda is completely overshadowed by the younger, blonde, woman that preceded her (with the worst sidelining I've ever seen for the series finale, you'd think she was filmed separately and added in in post). In his first era RTD had Daleks appear in every season: 1 solo episode, 1 two-parter and three two part season finales. Rose fought them three times, Martha twice and Donna once. In his re-re-boot RTD broke from his usual pattern but still relied on Classic Who villains; yet Gatwa is the only Doctor not to fight Daleks, Cybermen or The Master, the so-called 'big three' of villains. There was a notable absence of aliens and big set pieces, more contained episodes than before (1 bottle, 2 Doctor-lite) and no two-parters outside of the finales. With a standard runtime this wouldn't be noticeable, but as it is there is far less time for the characters to breathe. Ruby is the only one of the main three characters to feel truly fleshed out (no wonder, she got the Christmas special, both solo episodes, and the season finales, bringing her up to standard run of 12 episodes). Knowing you have a reduced run time why did you not focus on the characters you had? Character work is what you're meant to be good at.

There are two versions of the 10th Doctor running around - one in a parallel Earth with Rose (why is it her job to heal him?) and one on our Earth with Donna - and for whatever reason Billie Piper will be back on our screens. RTD is forcing us all to relive his 'glory days' with him and his poc characters are paying the price.

RTD's worst written characters are all poc, even those that get good characterisation or development are treated unfairly by other characters or the narrative. It's impossible to ignore that these actors and their characters are poc and it's impossible to ignore the differences between them and their white counterparts. The 10th doctor moved past Rose and started treating Donna better in one episode but couldn't afford the same respect to Martha after thirteen.

I think RTD did the best he could with what he had, it's just that what he had wasn't good enough. He didn't have the experience or the ability to write meaningfully about black characters and should have brought more writers into the room with him. But unintentional racism is still racism. Mickey and Martha were both second best to white romantic options; Rose left Mickey for the Doctor and the Doctor could never love Martha after Rose. Had there been more poc characters this would just be romantic tension; Mickey wasn't a great boyfriend and the Doctor simply wasn't interested in Martha. He shouldn't have compared Mickey to K9, the Doctor had previously travelled with multiple companions at once, including men, it's unnecessary and inaccurate. He shouldn't have kept writing Martha into scenarios where she would have to fight back against racism: 3 of her episodes are set in the future, 5 are in the past (two, two-parters) and 4 are modern day (including the finale). You couldn't imagine a 'post-racism' world were Dr Jones and Mr Smith were both teachers hiding from the family of blood as world war 4 loomed over the students?

So, has it gotten better? The writing room and the supporting cast are more diverse, and 15 got two(!) whole episodes that explored race and discrimination (with it being explicitly mentioned in others). The writing and production department seem aware that race is an important factor in a character's life and that they need to do better than before. Maybe the fault lies with Disney and their production schedule, the unknown future of the series and whether the actors would be available. Whatever the case, Belinda ended up with a flatter character than Martha and neither her nor the 15th Doctor got a character arc before leaving. That feels like a step forward in visual representation and two steps back in character writing. Belinda is largely... there.

It seems unlikely that Mickey or Martha will ever return, Noel Clarke is too controversial and Freema Agyeman seems to have a successful career of her own (although she has apparently returned to the UK). Despite UNIT playing a large role in the last two series, there has been no mention of either character and the 10th Doctor saving them in The End of Time may well be their last appearance. Belinda seems unwilling to travel with the Doctor while she has to take care of Poppy and 15 has just regenerated into Billie Piper (he could still return for special episodes). Who knows when we'll get the next poc character, maybe a companion, maybe the Doctor again.

And where does that leave us, the audience? Do we rejoice in more poc characters on screen and the handful of moments or episodes that make this known through dialogue or plot points? Or maybe we should ask that all the characters get thought out writing, including the poc. Satisfying can be the next step, let's just have an arc.

The envelope has already been pushed with their inclusion, let's keep pushing it. And replace RTD, his time is past.

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I can strongly relate to a lot of criticism surrounding Horikoshi's panorama art from two weeks ago – stuff like Spinner's and Mr Compress' designs not having changed at all in contrast to all the other characters that are still alive eight years later (implying they might have died just like Tomura, Dabi, Himiko, Twice, and Kurogiri?), Magne, Chisaki, Pops, the Shie Hassaikai, the MLA, Tenkos family (minus Nana and Mon-chan) etc. not being there at all, Hagakure's outfit…

As for myself, I don't find it in me anymore to be upset about that stuff. I can relate to the criticism, but I don't care anymore. It's business as usual with Horikoshi.

After that mess of an ending, I just don't give a damn about Horikoshi's opinion anymore, whether he thinks Spinner and Mr. Compress should die like the rest of the League or not, whether the League deserves happiness in the afterlife or eternal pain and suffering in hell.

BNHA's ending made me lose any respect I used to have for Horikoshi as a writer. And even if the panorama art gave no cause for even the tiniest complaint, it wouldn't undo all the damage the ending has done. It wouldn't change that BNHA (at least to me) is a failed story and a narrative sellout, and no artwork in the world, no matter how amazing, gorgeous, and breathtaking, could ever wipe the slate clean again. At most, all Horikoshi can do now is indulge in damage control – and even therein, he's failing miserably, constantly screwing over himself trying to please the fans that are screaming the loudest and/or spending the most money (aka the BakuDekus and the right-wing dudebros).

By now, I just try to concentrate on the stuff I like (the League smiling together, Himiko's adorable grin, Mon-chan, the Spinaraki food) and think about how I can use it in fics, headcanons, etc.

I guess, that goes for BNHA as a whole, actually; I kinda treat it like a huge buffet – I take what I like and ignore what I hate. I enjoy Horikoshi's art (which is still top-notch) and flout his crappy writing. I don't feel bound to his writing. No one should.