#media literacy is in the TOILET

[macaroni-rascal]

Im rewatching Junior Year and it could not have been more obvious that Squeem, Duggan, Balthazar, etc., all the new npcs, was a bit. The cast are all effusive, laughing, sarcastically going “Oh! Of course! Everyone knows Squeem!” while cackling loudly.

What’s more, Brennan also says the words “in media res” several times, explaining fully that we did not see any run up to the final battle.

On top of all of that, Brennan also explains multiple times that the bad kids met those characters during the on going months long battle against the ight yorb, meaning we as the audience do not know them, but the bad kids do.

I truly fail to understand how some folks were so stymied by this bit.

[sinbrook]

I don't know how to explain to some people that you are allowed to criticise the things you like.

[correlance]

[elizabethzoopzoop986]

Quick question for those who understand the lore more than me:

Who gets to remember things in the new time? Like i know it’s probably just like the main cast but seriously Akane says here:

But I feel like on this logic Nene shouldn’t be able to remember because in this timeline she shouldn’t have any super natural connections. So why can she? And on that note why can Nene see LET ALONE touch supernaturals in this timeline?

I mean I get she’s the main character so therefore she’s kinda gotta but still it doesn’t really make much sense. Like on Akane logic because Amane doesn’t have any supernatural powers in the new tl he shouldn’t remember but he seems to??

Honestly idk pls give me answers

[lastweeksshirttonight]

This week, John covers the only story in the political sphere (/j), the rise of right-wing talking points regarding "migrant crime". The dismantling of the original "migrant crime" story that Fox News hammered is really impressive and showcases the importance od reviewing and digging into relevant sources.

Also John says "skibidi toilet" and speaks Spanish to own an old racist in a beret. This is still LWT after all.

[cartoonchaos]

“gee i wonder why there’s still so much more fanfiction about male characters” “we need more morally complex female characters” “i love relationships that are doomed by the narrative” “more stories need to treat mentally ill characters with compassion and respect” “all his problems could’ve been fixed if he only went to therapy” you fuckers can’t even handle the ending of fionna and cake

[lesbiansanemi]

Just saw a post of someone complaining that falin was fridged…. Man you people really will just say things huh

[hauntedwoman]

it's literally so funny to me that people in the titanic fandom don't see cal and rose as a pairing.... WHO is gonna tell them that they are literally engaged to be married.....

[theefaggotamerica]

just saw some little shit on twitter call green day "republican cishet guy music" i feel fucking homicidal

[cuwalli]

lmao not tagging this because I have no energy but izc*urse girlies saying jokes about pirate vomit and pants-shitting are ableist need to reevaluate what they think a real problem is

[ravenkings]

[tramontane-fire]

It's a federal holiday (presidents' day) and so there are hardly any new jobs, like a weekend amount, and the recruiter has not Gotten Back To Me, no have any of the other jobs I applied to (because of the holiday, not because they don't want to hire me or anything. no one in their right mind wouldn't want to hire me).

Anyway what's so great about presidents anyway? the old ones were slave owners and war criminals and the new ones are tax felons and war criminals. when can we actually get a president worthy of a whole ass holiday?

[scoobydoodean]

Samgirl in my inbox yesterday who has the media literacy skills of a toilet paper roll and zero examples: Dean is abusive! Kripke wanted you to think so! It’s discussed all of the time on the show!!!

Eric Kripke when even the barest suggestion that Dean is a dick was conveyed by Dabblin:

[very-straight-blog]

Mind you, the full quote is "He mostly ignores you... except sometimes when he's drunk".

There's literally NO mention of sex, sexual acts or sexual behaviour (inappropriate or not) in this statement, and I honestly doubt that Helaena would just trauma dump about her rape in the middle of family dinner. FFS, she was literally SMILING during that toast.

People in this fandom are so dead set on seeing Aegon as NOTHING but a sex pest who will rape and abuse everything that moves (thanks Condal & Hess!) that they throw their media literacy down the toilet.

That is, provided that they had any in the first place.

Yes, exactly. In general, I'm amused by the high opinion that TB fans have of Aegon's stamina. According to them, all he does 24/7 is rape. He rapes maids, whores, wife, any woman who catches his eye. It's hilarious, to be honest.

[vlackevil]

I gotta vent, “longing-for-rain” has some of the most dumbest “Anti-Aang” takes on Tumble, and surprise, surprise they’re a Zutara stan.

They infantize Aang and adultify Katara, comparing Katara kissing him after returning he necklace to a mom kissing her child for pooping on the toilet for the first time.

They act like Tenzin being an Airbender and their third child, means Aang kept forcing Katara to have kids till he had an Airbender.

They also said “I know people love to act like Zuko is the most dangerous, toxic, and temperamental character... but there is exactly one (1) male character Katara was canonically responsible for calming down from violent, destructive tantrums at risk to herself and it wasn't Zuko”. Comparing Aang going into The Avatar State out of his control after find all his people were killed to a tantrum is ghoulish moronic behavior. Zuko literally threw tantrums multiple times, Katara didn’t do nothing because the were enemies and all their interactions were hostile initially.

ZK shippers like this moron are some of the most toxic idiots in the fandom, and they actually think they have good takes that their mindless follows suck up. This user isn’t a real Avatar fan, just an empty headed shipping fanatic with zero media literacy.

EXACTLY.

Even zk shippers say Aang is toxic but they ignore when Zuko have toxic behaviors with Mai and they don’t say anything.

Hipocrisy of zutara shippers.

[oscconfessions]

looking at some of the confessions on this blog, and some of the posts I see on osctwt and tumblr, I feel like I'm in a completely different fandom to these people because my experiences don't line up with theirs at all 😭

every other day it's "people need to stop acting like toilet plunger x crack pipe is abusive when it's clearly not" and then I go to another person's blog and it's "crackplunger shippers need to stop harassing ppl who don't like their ship, especially when crack pipe x meat grinder is obviously the better pairing" and then I go to another person's blog and it's "explaining why toilet plunger is literally the most toxic and awful character in all of osc history, and everyone who thinks otherwise is stupid and dumb and has no media literacy skills (part 63/227)"

and I'm just like damn. what are u people on about. this object show shit is not that serious 😭

anyway, every time i see a post like this, I'm just reminded of that one xkcd comic... sorry for the long confession lol

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