#and now you are gagging and saying gross gross. and god never designed that. etc

[t4tstarvingdog]

forgot how homophobic my mom was

[varyagated]

Just watched Hazbin Hotel for the first time and having sooo many feels

Adore the characters they created. Also after my prior hyperfixations of Yuri!!! on Ice and Heartstopper, this show feels SHOCKINGLY mature lmfaoooo. Like did y'all just say CUNT 20 times??? ?? ???

Adore the cast, the drawing/designs, pretty much everything. The aesthetic at first reminded me of Spinel singing "Other Friends" from Steven Universe (I think bc Alastor is so radio coded)

I cried a lot with the redemption arcs, the ideas of good/bad, and I think because of some Christian trauma I had. I found myself ENRAGED by Adam and realized it's related to Xtian trauma and male supremacy in the religion I was raised in, even in the 12 step groups I'm a part of now/meetings I go to that are more male dominant. There's so many ppl would be like "of COURSE Adam is in heaven" even tho he was sadistic, cruel, calls women bitches, etc etc - and never be questioned for his behavior- while others are expected to go to hell and nobody questioned it. The entire idea of angels/those in heaven not knowing WHY they are there was very powerful

Man the character of Angel Dust made me cry a lot...like a lot

Absolutely gagged at the last episode and the twists and turns oh my god

LOVE the character of Lucifer and the line "you like girls, we have that in common, great to meet you Maggie, hugggg" lmfaooooooo he's so awkward

Wish Vaggie had short hair all the time, looks so much better

Kinda bummed the one lesbian couple is confirmed to think kink is gross canonically - although maybe this is just the version angel dust promotes and arguably he's fuckin going thru it and likely has sadly skewed ideas abt consent- but FFS A WLW COUPLE AS THE HEADLINERS OF THE SHOW? And they're so unabashedly in love and sweet - wtf

very curious about the deals made/how ppl sell their souls in this can't wait to learn more lore

Really enjoy the character of Husk- how he turned Angel Dust down, called him out etc

Loser Baby is SUCH a good song, I had to sing it today before work as a therapist. I hope that gives you some slice-of-life lol

SO EXCITED FOR SEASON 2 WHOA

[destressjournal]

DCOM Rankings #94: Zapped

Aaaaaaaand we’re back to cringey.

Hello everyone! I’m so happy I’m almost at 100 DCOMs and do my official final ranking of them. I don’t know if I’ll be able to watch all of them by the end of the month like I would like to, and frankly with the new DCOM coming out next Friday, I don’t know when it would be released on Disney+, or if I’m just gonna have to record it on Disney channel when it premieres. But yeah that’s the sucky part when you’re busy literally every weekend.

But that’s just logistics stuff. Let’s get into the meat of this really awkward thing…

So….this type of movie I doubt would release today. I know the movie is only 7 years old, but I think a lot has happened since then in terms of societal awareness of gender issues specifically. And the movie’s kind of promoting of casual sexism is something that DCOM’s like Eddie’s Million Dollar Cook Off, have been trying to discourage. This seems like a step backwards for Disney channel. Yes I know that Zoey learns her lesson in the end about how controlling boys is bad, but I think the lesson could have gone a bit deeper than just “don’t control people and let them be who they are” because that is almost too surface level. Like, I really hope by this point kids know that blatantly controlling people is bad….(however I know some people who haven’t learned that lesson so maybe I’m giving people too much credit).

But you can tell this was made for little girls who think their brothers or boy cousins or boys at school are icky and gross. I HATE these parts in the movie. Because it’s so over-the-top, gross out humor, for one. And two, people are people…? Anyone can be gross and disgusting and anyone can be clean. Guys don’t sit around and fart on each other all day, or stand around and do weird movements, like whoever directed this just said to all the male actors “just act as weird and gross as humanly possible” and that’s not normal…??? Especially at a high school.

What I’m trying to get at here is that the movie misses its own point. And the end lesson was so superficial that it just all fell apart. The lesson should have been : “we can’t put certain labels on people because they call themselves male. People may bother and annoy us but we can’t control them or make them do what we want. Anyone is capable of being anything, everyone has feelings, and we’re all humans with our own worries and fears and other feelings. Boys aren’t all fart robots and girls aren’t always proper, let’s stop putting people in boxes and try to address problems directly.” Zapped only managed to talk about the controlling piece, which did need to be talked about but they still use casual sexism at the end of the movie. It’s like…? What are kids going to take away from this movie..?

That was by far my biggest issue with this movie. The premise itself was fine ish, although for some people it may make them uncomfortable. At least the movie acknowledged that the ethics surrounding controlling people is questionable at best. But watching her yell into her phone “be clean” , “be quiet” “don’t be weird”, “dance better” etc. it’s just kind of hard to watch sometimes. I get it though, the movie is trying to say how this is a bad thing, it’s not promoting, but it’s assuming that little girls want to just control their siblings and the boys at school, and that’s kind of effed up. I just wish that the lesson packed more of a punch.

I have no qualms with any of the actors by the way. Zandaya is always a gem, and the supporting cast is amazing too! It’s the directing and the writing that disappoints me. Does everything have to be totally 100% realistic all the time? No of course not, but over the top acting, especially with the popular girls, was to me so effing annoying.

Okay, let’s talk about the characters. They were all…okay. None of them were my favorite, and if I really had to pick my favorite character…I guess it would be the parents? Idk they’re just so mature and loving and understanding of the new arrangement. The main character Zoey is fine…I guess…it’s just there’s not much to her except she’s a phone addict. Actually let’s talk about that for a second.

There’s another smaller lesson saying that you don’t need your phone, and she literally breaks her phone and throws it in the garbage. Ummmm, I take issue with this. First off while I agree that phone time should absolutely be limited, especially when you’re doing something social around people. In 2021 it’s basically become almost a necessity to have a smart device of some kind. Maybe not for kids, I agree, but I’m just saying this as a working adult. A lot of much needed things are on my phone, my email, my schedule, my goal trackers, my reminders, my alarms, my calendar invitations, is all there! And I can take it wherever I go. It’s so commonplace now that telling kids to break their phone and throw it away won’t do a ton of good today. Like I said, the movie was probably filmed in 2013, where iPhones were just starting to become commonplace.

I think a better lesson here is that you don’t need to be glued to your phone 24/7. Take breaks, hang out and play with friends, go outside! And I think the lesson would have landed better if she used apps for other useless things besides the controlling device so that kids could be like ohhhhh I probably shouldn’t do that either. Social media was still pretty new at this point so I’m not surprised that this DCOM didn’t address it. But wow if anything social media is such a whirlpool of toxicity and I agree that you really don’t need it

Okay another rant about the lessons. Let’s skip to a different aspect of the movie I hate, the cringey ness and over the top acting. I know I already referenced it but the popular girl is a great actress but oh my god her character was wayyy too much for me. The aggressive hair flipping…ugh so annoying. And the side kick character that always backs up the popular girl. Like, no guys just stop. It’s cliche’s everywhere you go! Any scene they are together in just makes me wanna laugh it’s so ridiculous. And the boy sibling characters are also just one personality trait and that’a it…? I don’t even know all their names! That’s how little I cared about the characters. A lot of the cringiness also comes with the costume designs and fashion choices. So early 2010’s. Fedora hats have been out for so long now and I literally cringe when I see anyone wear one. It’s literally the mark of a cheese puff/Mountain Dew, “nice guy”.

I also didn’t like how the love interest just forgives Zoey at the end, like she didn’t do much to fix her mistake other than embarrass her self for like 1 minute and then say the release command. Like what she did was pretty damn bad, and the fact that she ordered him to kiss her! Like noooooo! this girl has control issues! he would’ve been my favorite character in the movie if he didn’t make that dumb choice but you always gotta have your romantic partner and your happy ending right???

Yeah this movie is just frustrating and cringey. for the most part. HOWEVER there were actually pockets of good scenes that saved this from being a D movie. (But it’s still a minus from me dawg). One of those scenes was where the dad and brothers fixed zoey’s music box, and how the dad mentioned how they worked really hard all day to put all the pieces back together. I thought that was really sweet! Another great scene happened between Zoey and the oldest brother around her age. She asked him for dating advice and he was really sincere and thoughtful in his response. AND I love that he point out that he has worries and insecurities too, just like anyone else. YAAASSSS. This dude plays all the right characters in these movies. The scenes with the mom are also pretty good, and the scenes with the love interest early on were also good. And I guess that’s what frustrates me the most, that this movie was capable of so much more than the final product. But they wanted to focus on silly gags and cringey hair flips instead.

So based on the previous paragraph I think you know what kind of grade I plan to give this movie. C- baby! I never wanna see this trash again. But I can’t deny there were good things about the movie too that I feel weird grading it a D. Who knows, I may change my mind later.

The next one I’ve heard the title before just from word of mouth. And it looks pretty “pixel perfect”-esque, so it’s likely I’ll be comparing the two in my next review. Can’t wait!

[yuzuria]

whatever points u havent done yet, if it's fandom then gntm

heeey nice, thank u bio-chan :*

under the cut because this is gonna be long, i know you want only gntm but i took the liberty to add my dr opinions bc i won’t prob have this opportunity to voice them out prompted (not rly) in the future

a - ships that you currently like a lot. (they don’t have to be otps because not everyone has otps.) friendships, pairings, threesomes, etc. are allowed.

the otp atm is obviously komahina, it’s incomparable for me, i’ve been in rare otp fandoms for years so it’s like being enveloped by a fresh sea breeze when i got into it, it’s the most popular ship in dr, has the most fan content where the good ones outweighs the bad ones, and their relationship was fulfilling, it’s also the closest otp of mine that has reached canon.

other ones i love a lot right now are:

dr ships: hinata/servant (it’s komahina but i’m so invested in this dynamic in particular and there’s almost no content for it), kamukura/komaeda, kaede/miu, tenko/mikan, kirigiri/sayaka, touko/komaru, sonia/akane, lowkey shinguuji/amami and pekoyama/koizumi

dr friendships i’m invested and want to see more: komaeda/sonia, komaeda/kirigiri, komaeda/any girls tbh let him have platonic relationships with girls, familial komaeda/monaka, amami/kaede, hinata/natsumi, tsumiki/asahina, sakura/asahina, dr1 girls

gintama ships: tae/sacchan, kagura/nobume, takasugi/zura, kyuubei/tsukuyo (guess which ones are your influence)

hnk ships: diamond/bortz, ghost quartz/lapis lazuli, rutile/padparadscha, cairgorm/phos, cinnabar/phos

c - a ship you have never liked and probably never will.

dr: all het ships minus celesgami but i also grew out of it eventually, they’re all mediocre at best and i dislike the popular hetero ones-- namely, naegiri, hinanami, kamunami, kuzupeko, sondam, souda/sonia, akanidai, saimatsu, kaimaki.. also i never saw the appeal of chishimondo and the pairs involving the three. mahiyoko is forced in my opinion and their “moment” which gained them an alternate title “soapies” was distasteful. soudam is simply boring while i dislike hinadam out of spite. nobody asked but my most hated ships are komaegi, komamiki, hinaegi, kamuegi, and komahinaegi (stay those out of my sight)

gintama: shinsengumi centric ships, joui centric ships minus sakagin and takazura (i entertained the idea of the former but never beyond platonic), gintoki/every girls minus tae, sakamutsu, hijimitsu, tsukisachi, mutsumata, bantaka, takahiji, konzura, the gross pedophilic ones, okikagu, kamusoyo, sabunobu, ginshin, etc

d - a pairing you wish you liked but just can’t.

i don’t really have pairings i “wish” i liked because i know what i love and what i don’t tho the hnk one is an exception, i think i have the need to say that,, but i guess i feel envious with the content victuuri is getting i wished i i liked it so i have a lot of merch to buy whenever i go to cons but nah... im happy with my own otp

e - have you added anything cracky/hilarious to your fandom? if so, what?

i don’t even know if they’re considered hilarious, probably annoying which are a lot in my twitter, this one is my fav wholesome headcanon though

this one is my first dr post which somehow has the most notes i have ever gotten

i don’t think i have one in gntm

f - what’s the longest you’ve ever been in a fandom?

i’m not active in atla but it’s basically my first fandom and i still love and enjoy the fandom content so yeeep

g - have you ever had an otp? if so, do you remember your first one? who was in it?

embarrassing but toph/aang

h - what is your favorite source text for fandom stuff (e.g., tv shows, movies, books, anime, western animation, etc.)?

anime but most of the time it’s just a way for me to get into a fandom and i usually like the source material (manga, games, etc) more

m - name a character that you’d like to have for a friend.

anego

n - name three things you wish you saw more or in your main fandom (or a fandom of choice).

gintama: tae fighting and an arc of her own, gags with nobume or takasugi, in general less of that blue pubes and more about girls without their respective dudes’ influences which suck because the girls are amazing yet the arcs they’re centered in still revolves around dudes i am so tired

dr: more focus on asahina :/, kirizono and kaemiu content pleaaase, and komaeda making friends other than his boyfriend??? 

o - choose a song at random. which ship or character does it remind you of?

I got Lucky Stars by Lana Del Rey, yeeep, komahina

p - invent a random au for any fandom (we always need more ideas).

i’ve always wanted spies/mafia au with best gintam girls, guns and aesthetic black or white clothing or military clothing whatev keeps me going 

q - a fandom you’ve abandoned and why.

sports anime fandom, i used to be in multiple sports anime fandom but after getting into gintama i dropped all of them and lost interest,, give me sports anime girls you coward... other than basketball or volleyball idk moe catastrophe or the most “feminist” game of the century that is keijo

r - which friendship/platonic relationship is your favorite in fandom?

sasaki/nobume, kagura/tae, and gint*ki/tama in gintama

komaeda/monaka in dr

s - show us an example of your personal headcanon (prompts optional but encouraged)

my default headcanon is all my fav girls are lesbians

after sasaki’s death, rather than going with the shinsengumi or military in general i want nobume to stay with the yorozuya

nobume becomes a transfer student in 3Z and wears a black sailor uniform with long skirts, sports a nailed bat, and an honor student. sasaki adopted her from young age and is the most doting father ever during the festivals and always cheering for her, “yes that’s my elite daughter, nobume-san” i teared up. kagura, on the other hand, had a growth spurt in the middle of their third year so she looks like her yorozuya movie design with her glasses up and taller than nobume.

i have a hc how komaeda/hinata/kamukura would look like as girls too

komaeda: has a long messy hair, wears the same clothing as the regular one (pants and not those sexy short shorts with thigh highs and garter belt, regular komaeda would wear that though ;) ), petite and still 180 cm

hinata: same hair, around 165 cm, regular bust size and has strong arms that can carry her tall gf, pretty packed, wears skirts with suspenders

kamukura: same features as hinata but her long hair is tied in a low ponytail, then same clothing

t - do you have any hard and fast headcanons that you will die defending? 

kagura never had interests with boys and when she grows up that’s where she realizes she’s a big lesbian and in love with nobutasu ;;

komaeda feels EXTREME distaste towards memes and puns, he doesn’t like them at all, he leans in a poetic side when he speaks, make him a pretentious john green character than a meme fuck (remember when he said if the sunflower is the symbol of hope then he’s the ground where the roots cling on?? and also one of his few hated gifts is a ring with a bad pun??)

w - a trope which you are virtually certain to hate in any fandom.

girls who only serve as a plot device especially a manpain, bonus point if she’s pining on the said dude but ends up being sacrificed for the dude

MC dude whose dick wants to be sucked by almost everyone, it’s tiring and gross

pedophilic themes

moe slash fantasy slash harem slash romantic comedy slash ecchi

pretentious characters with god complex

y - what are your secondhand fandoms (i.e., fandoms you aren’t in personally but are tangentially familiar with because your friends/people on your dash are in them)?

v*ltron unfortunately

saiyuuki a bit bc of you and emilia

fire emblem/persona (i played some games but never finished it so i mostly don’t feel too attached with them)

some other video games

kpop