#Ehh...

[thetruearchmagos]

Probably the only two things I didn't like in Blue Eye Samurai were how 'exoticised' the guns were, and the whole castle assault thing.

The last one is probably self explanatory considering how particular I can be about screwing up military 'activities' in media, but the first one might need some explanation.

Ya see, I don't actually care about whether the gun models were historically accurate, or their effectiveness, or anything like that. What I care about is how alien they seem to have been made to appear to the 'Japanese' side of the story. Like, this is Edo Japan, they have guns, and used guns back in the day to unify the country.

While I can kinda understand them not appearing in most parts of the setting, I'm kinda ticked off at the fact that the guard of the Shogun himself, being presumably some of the best in Japan, don't either?!? In fact, they act like they've never seen a gun in their life, but that gets into the battle side of things and I don't wanna go further than drawing that connection.

Nonetheless, I think there's something more to this utterly odd portrayal of firearms here at stake. The great, long lived, and stupid myth / legend that 'Samurai don't use guns', which has existed well before BES, is itself just one facet of the common trope that 'oriental' societies are hopelessly and actively backwards in their rejection of modernity, to their ruin at the hands of those who do.

And I don't want to blame this show or anyone connected to it for the fact that this trope exists, because I don't think they mean to trade in that sorta thing. There is a genuine narrative impact achieved through so thoroughly overstating the resistance to modernity that these 'old elites' embody, but at the same time it's hard to overstate how much the zeitgeist / public 'knowledge' that surrounds foreign societies and times is shaped by the media that portrays them, 'knowledge' that sometimes leaks into perceptions of actual, current societies, though I don't consider that fact a necessary addition to justify criticism.

I guess I wanted to say that I, for one, just don't think that a good story is worth misrepresenting the actual sentiments and beliefs of times long past. It's sad to see it happen.

[nestedfeathers]

i never post my Bill art, but here are some silly doodles of my favorite evil triangle. <33

[stayatsam]

lukewarm dragon age take but i think it's fine they got rid of the dragon keep actually. outside a few easter eggs here and there bioware has always followed it's own canon, the da keep didn't make much of a difference anyway

[enyter]

[bblackthing]

Me: I finally finished big illustration and an animation! Now I need to draw some sketches to relax before falling in another big project!

Me:*silly 'what if' turned into big text with 12 pages comics*

Me:*another animation idea*

Me:*another animation*

Me:....

Me:

Me:*scream into the pillow*

[lukewarmfishwater]

ninjago city.... my city......

i am very certain this has been done before but it didnt leave my mind for hours so i drew it anyways

[crazycometspecular]

You wrote me a note, cast a spell on my heart

And bewitched me

[joking-jester64]

I already want to remove my existence from this app

[circusgoth-dotcom]

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HUH?

Listen, I love John Cena's out-of-context approach to posting, but Sometimes... (light-hearted)

[thetruearchmagos]

So, watching the pool episode now, and my only gripe is that there's no way in hell Mabel didn't see his fish tail from under the water, goggles or not, which immediately kills the plot...

[ruushes]

all you really need to make a good first impression on the ceo's grandson is for him to have suffered a year of solitary confinement

[girlfailureposting]

Jebać Maturę nienawidzę kurwa uczyć się do matury

Przynajmniej tumblr mnie rozwala, że jak chcę zobaczyć lektura shitpost posting to się pojawiają MILFiary i dzień od razu lepszy

[stupidspacerobots]

i rewatched this show yippee

[steelsuit]

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