#Trash Bendice

[fiddlepickdouglas]

Disclaimer: This post is an interpretation of some of the Barbie movie's themes and messages, particularly struggles men are faced with. That's its focus. It is not exhaustive of all possible takes or understandings of the film, either mine or others. If talking about men as equal human beings is a problem for you, feel free to ignore this post and then block me. Otherwise, carry on.

One of my favorite parts of Barbie is when Gloria is doing Barbie's makeup toward the end and they're talking about overturning everything that the Kens have done to Barbieland, where Barbie expresses how she just didn't expect her Ken to act out so drastically. Gloria tells her it's because he has feelings for her, hinting that creating Kendom is how he tried to express those feelings and his upset with the constant rejection he's gotten. And when Barbie starts to say she's afraid of hurting him by going behind his back Gloria stops her.

I could praise that moment alone for showing how women need to stop apologizing for the feelings of others, but this is really key: Gloria doesn't trash talk Ken. She states the bad things he did but she never equates those actions with who Ken is, because they're not. I feel like any other film would've gone the route of "He's an asshole/You don't need him/Dump the douchebag/Why do you care about him when he's treated you like this?" (and to be fair I have a huge tendency to go that way myself)

Gloria doesn't even know Ken! But she was right not to immediately act like he was garbage. I don't know if she got that understanding from Barbie herself or just from being a long-term Barbie doll lover and employee at Mattel, but it stands out to me. We even see proof that none of the Kens are truly bad! In the beginning of the film they're just dudes (Just Kens, lol, I set myself up for that)! Dudes that don't even know what they don't know and can't be blamed for it.

Because the truth is that men are not inherently trash and their actions do not come from an innately evil place. Unfortunately for men, especially in the west, society has come up short in teaching them how to deal with and properly express how they feel in favor of power and saving face. Emotions hold bigger weight than they even know, but the modes they've been allowed are generally aggression, romantic passion, and cool. Nothing outside the lines. Imagine trying to sort a giant ball of complex emotions into one of those three things and stay normal.

Gloria understands that the lack of emotional maturity and regulation is where Ken's dramatic tantrum stems from. While she has experience with the patriarchy and knows how to deal with it because of the situation in the real world, I find it fascinating that her character is the one to understand both sides because she also has experience as a matriarch. (I could be wrong, but it seems like she's the breadwinner of the household. The role of her husband I have no commentary on other than que Dios lo bendice, el pobre no se puede hablar español).

So while Barbieland agrees to barely give the Kens back any power (an extremely accurate reflection of what women get in the real world), the film and its characters ultimately don't villainize or punish them further for their wrongs. Punishment isn't always the right action when someone is wrong (insert commentary on Barbie and Ken constantly getting put in jail in the real world vs. no such thing happening in their own). Sometimes it's simply helping them understand what they're dealing with and guiding them through the ordeal step by step.

Painting the Kens as all bad would've ignored what a Ken is. He is a doll just like Barbie. Ken's issue is that he's unloved and the only form of love he has been given to accept is romantic love. What he and all the other Kens begin to discover at the end of the film is self love, which is just as important, if not more.

Now I'm going to rephrase that last paragraph.

Painting men as all bad ignores what a man is. They are humans just like women are. Most men's issue is that they are unloved and the only form of love they've been given to accept is romantic love. What the men of this world need to discover is self love, which is just as important, if not more.

[ask-modern-demon]

THE SUSPENSE IS KILLING ME and Trash Bendice won't tell, but did the trash toons..y'know..?

“Knowing them....probably...We’ll probably never know though...”

[bendicethetaintedangel]

Boop, have some starter calls

Comment or reblog with any of the following phrases for that particular muse (or au)

Bendice (Before the fall of the studio)

The Tainted Angel

Bendice (Post-Fall)

Rebuilding Heaven

Trash Bendice

Heaven is for suckers

Little Bendice

Devil’s Advocate

Jade and Jayden

Double Trouble

[bendicethetaintedangel]

Sneak a peek at the newest art piece. TRASH BABY

[bendicethetaintedangel]

(A few au babies)

[bendicethetaintedangel]

This song matched her too much!

Inspiration: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gcy5AUvm7iE

[bendicethetaintedangel]

(Trash children don’t like each other

Trash Azzie belongs to @paimania

Trash Au belongs to @devilsroost

I love this way too much XD)

[bendicethetaintedangel]

Starter for @you-know-thatguy 

The demonic angel let out a small hum as she dusted her revealed shoulders before addressing the large demon before her.

“Well, I haven’t seen a toon like ya before. But I know a demon when I see one. I don’t believe we’ve met, hun. Name’s Bendice.”

Her tail flicked behind her, quick and precise, as she held a small, sharp-toothed grin on her face. Dark, golden eyes stared up at him with slit pupils as she chuckled.

[bendicethetaintedangel]

(Have more Trash Bendice. Doesn’t drink too often, but when she does, just leave her alone :P And sorry for the crappy doodles, but like, I was really inspired to do some more! )

(The Trash Au was just too good to not try my hand at. Thanks @devilsroost for the beginning of a beautiful and hilarious au XD)

[bendicethetaintedangel]

Ubel was very confused. One moment the nice Bendice was here, then the next thing he knows, there’s a rude, bitchy version of her.

“Um… What the hell is going on? Where’s the Bendice that’s sweet and kind?”

“In her own universe. My hotness remains untainted here.”

[bendicethetaintedangel]

Ubel; growled while hearing the triangle and anons trying to flirt with Bendice.

“Back off fuckers, she’s mine." 

He tried scaring them away. He knew she would disagree with him, but he hoped that someday….

"Damn flirters..”

“I don’t belong to anyone, fucker. Who the hell are you to say I’m yours, huh?!” She scowled at the demon, “And you can’t just claim me as yours either, who in the fuck do you think you are?! I’m not property!” 

[bendicethetaintedangel]

(Boop, late sketch. Little sis doesn’t approve of the trash brother, and won’t let him get too close to the twins)

(Love ya cuz @paimania)

[bendicethetaintedangel]

Raincoats and Halos (Closed RP)

Continued from Here

The scent hit her before Alice approached, prompting her to roll over and look as the woman approached. The food looked amazing, she’d never seen anything like this before, nor had anything so warm. 

“Never had.”

She responded as she poked at the spoon in confusion. What is that thing sticking out of the food? With a small shrug, she left it alone and waited for the food to cool off enough for her to eat with her hands. Of course, she got cheese all over her face, but she didn’t seem to mind much.

As she ate, she tried to feed some to Stella. A stray animal would find her here and there, and she’d always share her findings with them. Bendice couldn’t help herself. The cheese didn’t show up much on her raincoat, but her black hair and white face were another story. It looked like she shoved her face in her bowl to eat. Spoons were just not a luxury she had when looking in trash cans.

“Ish good!”

[bendicethetaintedangel]

Fusion??

(fun fact, the twins can fuse with each other. And since I'm still Su Trash, and I binge watched a few dove videos, I wanna do fusions! So, reblog this and a photo of your character so I know what I'm working with :3 you can fuse with: Bendice Essence Dolli Muffet Red Mary Can't wait to see who I'll be fusing!)

[bendicethetaintedangel]

Send 🏩 if your muse would like to have a one night stand with mine.

🍼 Continued ending; if one of them ends up pregnant afterwards.

(Red is currently taken soooooo we have various Bendice’s like Post-fall, Pre-fall, and Trash, Essence, Dolli, and Muffet. New muses are unavailable, like Aria)

[bendicethetaintedangel]

I bet trash is just a whore that sleeps around for money, poor modern.

Trash Bendice yawned and aimed her gun at the anon’s head, “Well, sorry to break it to ya, but I like have a good time. Modern and I had a nice time, and I care about him, which is why I haven’t been seein’ others for a while. So if ya wanna keep yer head, shut the actual fuck up and move the fuck along.”