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@alexbrooks-max-05 the sequel has been greenlit and there's been no news of a cancellation

but there is also currently a strike going on that prevents them from working on it

not sure why my post led you to believe there wouldn't be a sequel?

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personally I feel like Jungle Cruise being a movie led by a black polynesian man and directly addressing colonialism and subverting the "savage Natives" trope has been really overlooked. and I don't think they necessarily did the best job or should be hailed as a perfect unproblematic masterpiece, but in a genre that is so famously white and anti-Native they made an effort to do better and not perpetuate all this shit. they showed that it's possible to make an adventure movie that actively goes against these problems and can still be as fun and successful. for a company that shapes the current media landscape and taste, it is important that disney makes choices like this and doesn't continue in apathy, ignoring the ways media can do harm. it deserves acknowledging that they made a good choice.

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So now with a new Disney film coming out with a "first gay" character, those lists are doing the rounds again and it makes me so irritated seeing McGregor on there. Like yeah, in Beauty & the Beast or Cruella or Onward they were not fleahed out, throw away gay characters, but MacGregor is a Main Character! Who is fleshed out and fully part of the story and he and his relationship with Lily drives it in many parts, and his being gay is actually part of his character rather than just hinted at and argh! People keep writing him off as "ooh, another 1st gay!" But he actually was! And you bet its mostly people whove never seen the film just reacting to the bad faith takes some people put online

A large reason I ended up making this blog (aside from I was hype for the movie even just based on the trailer) is because I knew this would happen and I wanted to create a space where people who actually saw themselves in the character could express how the character and movie as a whole make them happy and they could find positive posts and not be constantly reminded of all the bad faith takes. I don't talk about these bad faith takes a lot for this reason (I have some posts tagged #representation compilation where I discuss all of this) but I whole-heartedly agree with you anon.

a lot of people, me included, were really touched by MacGregor's coming out, saw themselves in his struggles, appreciated what a well-rounded character he is, and I suspect many more people would feel the same if they gave the movie a chance. But unfortunately "disney's 200th first gay character" jokes get more likes so they overshadowed any good feeling anyone might have been having. and I got messages from people who were absolutely crushed by this too. it feels like people are mocking them for seeing themselves in it, shaming them for liking a gay character that was arbitrarily deemed bad by people who never even saw the movie. (there is also a larger conversation to be had about the sense of moral superiority derived from deeming certain portrayals of a minority "bad" and shaming others for enjoying them in an attempt to appear more enlightened when in reality none of this really matters and personal enjoyment of media is not indicative of someone's morality or ability to treat people well and respectfully irl, whereas publicly shaming and mocking people constantly is kinda indicative of a failure on both accounts)

the opinions "we shouldn't have to beg for representation from huge media companies that only care about us when they can profit off us and instead support struggling queer artists' work more" and "a gay character from a huge media company can be someone queer people see themselves in and like watching" can coexist. feeling the second doesn't automatically make someone a bootlicker and thinking the first doesn't mean enjoying an enjoyable thing once in a while makes you a hypocrite.

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It’s missing Frank, Lily, MacGregor, and Proxima hours

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joke's on you hater, they already got a sequel confirmed ages ago 😜✌️

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im gonna be real, i forgot i was following you (and that this blog existed)

i got so happy to see you pop back up on my dash, tho :)

Hey, that's alright, I don't really do much on this blog these days. I appreciate the message tho, thank you!

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Hi, I was wondering if you had a gifset of Frank and the Houghtons being soft with each other (like Frank gently steering Macgregor off the boat by the arm, etc) Ive been looking through your tags and I cant find it but Im sure Ive seen it before. Thanks!

hi, I don't think I ever made a gifset with that specific theme, and the only time I can remember gifing that scene is in this one

it's possible someone else made the gifset you're thinking of

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I haven't found a -core specifically for this aesthetic, but "vintage explorer aesthetic" is a term I've narrowed it down to

JUNGLECRUISECORE?!?!?

what do we call the aesthetic that’s like….. the jungle cruise at disney world

im talking that old ass adventuring in the jungle with a machete in all khaki and being narrated by an old radio announcer aesthetic

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If I organised a gift exchange on AO3 for Jungle Cruise, would anybody sign up?

I’m thinking to make it in commemoration of the film’s one-year anniversary at the end of July, which would give us two months to get the word out, get prompts assigned to everyone, then get writing. I am open to input regarding parameters aside from the due date, like minimum word count, request rules, and so forth. Any thoughts, anyone?

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Happy pride month to the best "first" gay Disney character!

I'll allow this joke, once. Happy Pride!

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Jungle Cruise (2021), dir. Jaume Collet-Serra

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EMILY BLUNT AS DR. LILY HOUGHTON Jungle Cruise (2021) dir. Jaume Collet-Serra

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Jungle Cruise (2021)

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Is Tumblr being a mess again or has the Jungle Cruise tag been almost wiped?

The tag looks about the same as always to me, but that being said the tumblr tag-searching function is extremely messy and glitchy to begin with

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One of my favorite tropes in media is when a scientist character sees an animal or something and calls it by its scientific name out of pure excitement. Like Eve from the Mummy or Lily from Jungle Cruise. It’s the best.