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i want to make something clear: i don’t dislike or judge anyone who listens to chappell roan (i like a couple songs myself i am not immune to catchy pop).

her uncle is personally responsible for stripping the trans affirming care away from my best friend’s daughter and when it happened she texted me “my daughter doesn’t have four years”. so her sudden shift from being political to being apolitical is not something i stand by. trust me, all celebrities suck. i’m a gaga fan, she has plenty to criticize. she isn’t perfect either. chappell and her uncle just hit way too close to home for me, literally. right across state lines. idc if he’s your uncle when you have the money to safely cut that family member off forever and never have to worry about a social or financial safety net.

that’s something that a majority of trans folk in missouri and kansas can’t be certain of.

i do believe if you stand up for trans rights that the second you know what your republican uncle is doing or did you owe it to your community to put him on blast. do you not think we would protect you?

i have grown up around cis gays now for long enough to learn many of them would rather be accepted by cisgender straights than queers.

i love you clover. 🍀 i will always support you. you will always have community even if i have to dig it myself with my shitty bitten nails directly into the concrete.

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Thank you, @crusherthedoctor 😊

not naming names but some of you are genuinely really good people and i hope that you get everything your heart wants and needs

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💙🩷~sonamy~🩷💙

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it's so funny to me when i see pearl-clutching articles about how "teenagers are diagnosing themselves with mental disorders via tiktok" because like. this is not happening in a vacuum. teenagers are severely and i mean severely medically neglected. i cannot stress this enough. teenagers do not have free access to medical care. those same news outlets would be clowning on women with housewife psychosis in the 1950's.

i sometimes go pale when listening to some of what my friends have gone through in their childhoods and teenagehoods. they talk about it so nonchalantly, things that would be considered straight up torture if done to an adult, can't fathom the effect this has on children. they are on multiple anti-psychotics and several antidepressants and anxiety meds now that they are adults. medical neglect has legally and effectively disabled them. a timely diagnosis and intervention could have saved them. of course teenagers are self-diagnosing using tiktok. if your knee-jerk reaction is to scoff at the idea and dismiss it as dumb teenager shit instead of being radicalized because the best shot young people have at attaining the mental health support they need is a fucking dancing videos app, you're categorically a political enemy of the youth.

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Standing for nothing but the emperor's new clothes is not a flex.

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Feminazi. God I hate that word. Do people really remember what an actual nazi is? They killed 11 million people. How many gamers, the anti-woke, and others did feminists kill?

I hate feminazi because it’s throwing around the word, that represented a real group that was a threat and did so much harm to many innocents, as some cute meme or trend. It’s a fucking insult to those who actually fell victim to fascism, many that lost their lives, especially when it’s said so casually. If feminism truly earned it, then those in the gaming community and others would have been oppressed of their lifestyles or thrown in a concentration camp and be dead by now. Nobody threatened your lives, you just heard more criticism of the things you enjoyed that you already heard before again and again.

As late as this is, while I’m not a fan of Anita Sarkeesian, I can’t help but feel that maybe she got so much support because the stigma surrounding video games was already a mainstream thing. Remember those commercials of parents and other adults complaining how kids “changed badly” due to video games, or just their attitude towards it?(No kidding, a parent ran over their kid’s video games with a lawnmower for their -the kid- own good” which was BS) I sure do! I feel people took it out on her like she’s satan because she was the poster woman at the time, also you can’t really speak against and throw shit at your parents, teachers, and other people with little consequences like you could with Anita. Her criticism wasn’t that groundbreaking and was not very qualified anyway when she said she doesn’t play nor like video games in general.

It’s strange how some pointed the finger at feminists and woke people for hating female characters in games for being girly or damsel in distress because I have seen people in video game fandoms(Mario, Sonic, Zelda, Final Fantasy,etc.) shit on the same characters; Peach, Amy, Ilia, and Aerith are among them, for the SAME or similar reason. Worse, sometimes I’d see fandoms pitting the female characters against other female characters on who’s “better.”

Feminism gave women the right to vote, own a credit card independently and other things they had to have under a man’s name prior to getting those rights passed. Where does that oppress men? Equal rights for some doesn’t mean less rights for others. It’s not a pie. It’s not meant to be anti men. It’s not meant to be anti traditional femininity. It’s not to shame “traditional female roles” the problem with that was, THAT was what society wanted women to do and only do. Yes there were historical figures that women did things that were mostly occupied by men for their time, but they were the exception, not the norm. Feminism was trying to expand that range.

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The alternative post credits of the second film:

G.U.N was inspecting the wreckage of what was left of the Death Egg. Little did they know that Agent Stone was disguised as one of them. The screen fades to black.

Later…

The door of an unknown dimly lit room opened. Agent Stone walked in.

“Doctor,” he spoke, “You are suspected dead.”

The figure not too far away replied,

“Wonderful!”

It was of course, Eggman. He motioned for Stone to come over. With no hesitation Stone walked up until he was at Eggman’s side. The two men were standing in front of something. Something mechanical.

“Is this your next creation, Doctor?”

“Not bad, Stone. Not bad.”

The audience’s point of view slowly shows more of the mechanical something. It was still clearly in a stage of work in progress, but it was already starting to resemble a certain hedgehog. The mechanical creature and the audience were now face to face. After zooming closer to where the eyes are supposed to be, a light of vibrant red orange lit.

The scene changes into a remote forest. Zooming out until the back of a short girl with pink “hair” appears on the screen.

The next story of the SCU starts with the third film.

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Since a lot of elements from the classic era was featured in the second film, it would’ve made perfect sense to continue that. Inspiration from Sonic CD would’ve been a great choice, and imo it’s possible Tails, Knuckles, and even Tom can still be included (and relevant) despite Tails and Knuckles not making appearances in the original game.

I think I feel the same way as many others with the lack of Amy’s appearance in the first trailer of the third movie… I don’t blame any of the characters for Amy’s exclusion. I blame the writers and those in charge of these projects. Amy has always had a rough go, especially in the West. Heck the west isn’t the only one doing a disservice to her. Remember when Chris stole her moment in Sonic X? Or how about the OVA where at that part in time Amy already existed but wasn’t included yet Knuckles was included; not blaming on Knuckles, I actually did like he was there, I’m just pointing out why Amy wasn’t there? Like was there “only room for just one girl”? What was the OVA’s reason?

I will admit, I honestly like Team Sonic and I think it can work BUT ONLY IF the others (Amy, Rouge, the Chaotix, etc.) get as much spotlight/screen time. I feel this is one of the reasons why I enjoyed Sonic Heroes and Team Sonic Racing.

Alas, I feel like taking a break from Sonic. I wasn’t that interested with much released this year like I was the previous one, and my interests have been shifting… I think my mood towards the franchise recently isn’t anger and frustration, it’s… disappointment.

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Lately I’ve been wondering what a relationship or maybe even a friendship would be like between Angie and Holly?

My thoughts on Angie here. As for Holly, I liked her, it was nice that she subverted the expectation of a pretty popular girl and she wanted to be friends with both boys(Greg and Rowley). I sorta wished we could’ve seen more of her friendship with Rowley, the exploration of a dating relationship such as its ups and challenges between her and Greg, and just more of who Holly is as a person. Too bad Jeff Kinney(the author) didn’t publish a book about her.

Holly is friends with Patty who doesn’t seem to have got along well with Angie. She(Holly) seems to be open and kind enough to be friends with someone very unpopular(ex. Greg), so maybe Holly disagrees with Patty and is instead interested. Angie might be skeptical towards Holly because she is expected to have the qualities of what Angie dislikes. Perhaps something can bring them closer and as time passes, Holly proves Angie’s expectations wrong.

In most stories, a girl like Angie(an outcast) is bullied or being challenged against a girl like Holly(the popular one). It be a good subversion for them to become real friends and turn into better people because of it.

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P.S.: Probably by the time they meet, both girls already have the mutual friendships with Greg and Rowley, so they might be less antagonistic to one another?

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About Patty Ferrell…

She doesn’t do too much in the books(it makes sense though since it only shows Greg’s POV) but I really like what the writers did with her in the movies. Patty is an ultimate brat and doesn’t treat Greg well but she kinda has valid reasons to dislike him; Greg made fun of her during grade school and didn’t feel bad about it one bit when they entered middle school and is generally unlikable as a person(especially in the first film). When she wins against Greg it feels satisfying. Their dynamic is very realistic, especially in elementary and middle school. I think it’s a fun subversion to watch when both the main protagonist and antagonist don’t foil but more like mirror each other. That doesn’t happen as much, especially in kids’ films.

The way I see it, she’s the main female lead of the first film. I think it’s an interesting subversion that the character with that role isn’t an ally or becomes friends with the MC like we usually see.

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Cute drawing! I liked how Rowley was interested in talking to her and them interacting one on one(after the falling out with Greg) was a nice detail. Both are also unapologetically themselves.

I drew Rowley x Angie because they’re such a cute ship

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OK, I have some thoughts about Angie…

It feels like her reception is polarizing; she’s the most pointless and poorly handled character OR she’s badass and the best character of the entire series. I heard her inclusion is so Greg doesn’t just interact with boys, but what about Patty? He did interact with a few other girls who weren’t that major, so that reason falls flat. If anything, she interacts more with Rowley than she does with Greg; her relationship with the latter is almost nonexistent. Sure she becomes friends with both boys at the very end of the movie but for the most part she just pops up throughout the movie.

This isn’t directly towards Angie herself, but I’ve seen comments saying she’s the one who steers Greg in the right direction(really? I believe it was the piling of Greg’s bad decisions, fighting with Rowley then stepping up after the cheese incident. Greg did it himself), questioning why she wasn’t in the sequels, and that she was replaced by Holly who is lesser than. The third one kinda leaves a bad taste in my mouth. Angie is not from the source material(books), she’s an adaptation exclusive. Holly didn’t replace her, in fact Holly’s book debut was in Rodrick Rules or The Last Straw which were published in 2008 and 2009. The movie which was Angie’s debut came in 2010. If you just watched the movies and not read the books at all then I can see why people would think that.

I don’t hate Angie, she’s alright but I feel the movie would’ve been fine without her too. I feel she did have potential though.

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After revisiting the DOAWK franchise, I got the chance to watch this movie:

After watching it… well it’s not a favorite and I can see where the haters are coming from. IMO it’s not good but it does feel like it gets more heat than it really deserved. Would I prefer any of the previous three films over this one? Definitely!

What bums me out about this is that I feel like if the Long Haul was taken in a different direction, maybe even with the cast we got, it might’ve gotten better reception. The film shows the road trip was Susan’s idea, and I think they were trying is to develop the relationship between her and Greg. Kinda in a similar fashion like Greg did in the previous three (first Rowley, second Rodrick, third Frank). It needed some different writing. Instead of a reboot of the live action universe, just make it a completely different AU separate from the original trilogy.