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The fact that both of zukos abusers used lightning against zuko and instead of learning to use lightning himself like he could have he learned how to redirect the lightning and let it pass through him and then straight clean out of him… Do you ever think about how that is literally physically representing how instead of absorbing his father and sisters abuse he lets it pass through him and instead of soaking it in and letting it destroy him he redirects it away from himself… I just want some peace in my life

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Ive been saying for a while, where is the anime/manga/animation for adults but not adult themed *necessarily*

Castlevania really proves that we 1. need more adult animated shows (not crappy Steven Universe animation but GOOD animation) and 2. we need more happy endings in fiction (because reality is tough enough. Let fiction be happy)

You’re right! And my god what an ending!

I wish Netflix would also trust themselves more jfc…

But you’re absolutely right. There should be more shows like this and more importantly a series finale with a HAPPY ENDING.

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🗣 DIVERSITY IS NOT SAMENESS.

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ASÉ

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Webcomics w/ Black Leads

I was wondering how many webcomics there were out there with black protagonists (for my own reference). Then I figured plenty of other folks would love to see a list. So heeeeere we go! (Please reblog and add more!) 

AGENTS OF THE REALM by Mildred Louis

NIBI by Gyimah Gariba

DEMON STREET by Aliza Layne

VIBE by Dan Ciurczak

BALDERDASH by Victoria Goog

STAR TRIP by Gisele Jobateh

SCHOOL SPIRIT (FRESH ROMANCE) by Kate Leth & Arielle Jovellanos

ALL OUR CUTS AND BRUISES by My Sjögren Blücher

STEVE’S STORY (KHAOS KOMICS) by Tab Kimpton

DEMON HUNTER KAIN by Burrell Gill Jr.

SAFE HAVENS by Bill Holbrook

THE SUBSTITUTES by Myisha Haynes

VALOROUS TALES by Dashawn Mahone

M.F.K. by Nilah Magruder

THE IMMORTAL NADIA GREENE by Jamal Campbell

PRINCESS LOVE PON by Shauna J. Grant

AS THE CROW FLIES by Melanie Gillman

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Hey jsyk it’s 2018 and if you’re still drawing characters with big lips like THIS, even if they’re pale/not black, it’s fucking racist. Stop doing it.

No excuses. “It’s a stylistic choice!” It’s a RACIST stylistic choice.

“Idk how else to draw big lips!” That’s because you relied on racist caricatures and are a bad artist. Teach yourself. Learn. If you’re not willing to do that, then you are a bad, racist artist.

“But it’s part of the character design!” Yeah, and it’s racist. If it’s your OC, then change it. If it’s not your OC, make the right choice and draw them with normal looking bigger lips instead of this racist monstrosity.

And if this post makes you uncomfortable because it’s calling you out for stuff you’ve done, good. Fix it. Own up to it. Grow.

If you see this and you’re first thought is to defend this: you are racist. You are part of the problem. Congrats. Now work on yourself and unlearn that.

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Saturn and its moons.

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Shabazz Palaces by Leif Podhajasky. Click here to listen to their album Black Up.

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reblog if you remember what it felt like to walk into blockbuster

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Nobody’s Fool

Just aboy dine watching this and Danika is SUUUCH a boring character. I really wanted Frank and Tanya together they had way more chemistry. I mean its near the end and I still feel like Frank cant say why he likes Danika outside of her obvious beauty and being “nice.”

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NATIVE AMERICANS ARE GOING MISSING

NATIVE AMERICANS ARE GOING MISSING

NATIVE AMERICANS ARE GOING MISSING

NATIVE AMERICANS ARE GOING MISSING

SIGNAL BOOST THE SHIT OUTTA THIS

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Knives Out 2019

I watched it because I’m “between” writing my stuff and waiting for new seasons and releases. Ultimately, it ok. Solid not spectacular. For that reason the cast feels like overkill. These are definitely characters in a story not not complex people surviving a complex and dangerous plot that we are going to ruminate over later. So this another wasted opportunity to inject some fresh faces into HWood. Especially since the heavy weights, Chris Evans, Daniel Craig, Jamie Lee Curtis are supporting characters to Ana de Armas the rest of the cast has basically little to do with the movie. It’s framed like meant to be a vehicle to push De Armas career to heavyweight. Prove she can carry a film on her own. Jury still out. I gotta say I find it annoying that Hwood keeps trying to frame her as if she’s not a White Hispanic. If she is the same kind of Latinx as all the others they could have given her role Shyrly Rodriguez (her sister Alicia in this film). But they didn’t. So like Hwood does with black, they selected the nearest white adjacent to fill the role and use tertiary characters to communicate the context subtext. Unlike everyone else I did like Daniel Craig character, yeah his drawl was annoying but perfect for the role. All effective sleuths have annoying mannerisms, his was his accent. I kept watching expecting a big reveal but never got it, since it’s all basically out in the open. So solid movie. Not a must see movie but if you wanna see something new or “in between” things (likely we all are under the pandemic) put it on.

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since some of yall (mostly racist white people and c**ns) got upset with me the other day about supporting black fanfiction writers, i decided to explain to you all about why i said what i said. 

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HOLLYWOOD

So I am enjoying this very much so far, the performances are good and the story is compelling. The dialogue is great. I do have gripes:

Lacksadaiscal on Golden Age racism. I say this because I am tired of the revisionism and euphemizing of white supremacy and white racism to protect white supremacy. It was and is not a phase poor attitudes that hurts the feelings of black people and poc. Its physical, violence, psychological torture and it steals and it has catastrophic fallout and generational ramifications. The story of Anna Mae Wong shows this.

Obligatory sex scenes I can live without. There are other avenues to communicate intimacy without sex. Especially if the sexual tension has no....urgency. Yes all the actors are attractive and look good together but there isnt a single chemical bond between any of them. It feels like they are performing sex to convince the audience they like each other since...nothing else has properly communicated it. The sex so far has not felt needed or urgent. They cut it out.

Lastly, Sheldon fucking scares me. I dont know what a sociopath is (yet) but he feels like he fits whatever that is.

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Edit: oh I did forget to give this show credit for visualizing a concept I have a hard time verbalizing. Accessibility through whiteness. It’s why a gay black man had to project his own problems onto the metaphysical body of a white woman. No one will listen otherwise. And why feels the need to abandon being black and gay to be a writer.Its why a half Filipino man is committed to pass as white, otherwise no one would have taken him seriously. And why he just hopes to be a director someday, as if his half status is somehow holding back. Whiteness is defined by its exclusions and nothing else. And while the dialogue is meant to be positive, these guys wanna be directors and writers of stories, it serves to reinforce white supremacy. And the only to accomplish your passions is through whiteness, and whiteness means cutting away at things Filipino, black and gay because these arent identities that enrich you or provide you with contrasting or new perspectives. And if you want to accomplish your dreams you have access whiteness. Otherwise you’re on the outside.