#on ignoring or devaluing that

[coldgoldlazarus]

I feel like there's a lot of warranted RWBY criticism that winds up getting lost in the obnoxiously polarized discourse between the hatedom and fandom, and at this point I've learned to try to do better than that, shrugging off the bad takes, and actually listening to the good ones even when they're a bit overly harsh in their critique.

But there is one single post that does the rounds constantly that is my sole exception; seeing it always raises my blood pressure, and I have legit unfollowed a couple otherwise-innoffensive blogs over it; that fucking post of the gifs from Food Fight, captioned as "RWBY (2013-ongoing)"

[maintitle]

Now that I'm back in the online discourse of the Red Dead community after half a decade away waiting to have the ability to play and beat the second game, I'm really fairly quickly learning that there's this... weird, romanticized version of Arthur Morgan's character out there that really has no basis in reality.

Today I accidentally stumbled upon an anti-John Marston post and I'm not going to get into that here (even though I have A LOT to say), but the top comment was very strange to me. It talked about how Arthur is this 'giant', this 'greek hero', a perfect person, and as I read it I just... wasn't sure if I played the same game as them.

There's obviously a way of playing the game where he's this high honor hero, and I largely played that. But Arthur is also a deeply violent man, a deeply cynical and sometimes cruel guy. He's not a gentle humored guy, he's deeply sarcastic and at times kind of nasty with his humor, even to people he likes. He really often struggles with his worse nature, and it's not a struggle without reason. His first response to a situation is really often the most extreme, and the only reason I feel like people don't realize that outside of having a hand at deciding his honor is because he's the most outspoken about unnecessary vengeance... but that's not because he's opposed to it on principle, it's because it's important for him to protect his people, and that requires letting things go.

This isn't me bashing Arthur, by the way. The beauty of his character is how he struggles against himself, his own nature. How everyone can see his kindness even when he can't himself, even when his actions say otherwise. He's conflicted between what he wants his life to be and the life he has lead, the most important man in his life, one that's practically a father to him, instilled in him rules for life and he's watching him break every single one. For the first time in his life he has to figure out who he is and how he wants what little time he has to be defined. THAT'S a fantastic character, a hero even... but far, far, FAR from perfect. He's a deeply flawed human being who has done terrible things, and it makes me wonder the level of media literacy it takes to not understand that.

[mramur]

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[ihearasound]

Not a fan of this cultures greetings where men get a firm handshake and women either get ignored or a kiss on the cheek tbh

[persecutorlifeandsupport]

starting to think some of you guys actually believe aggression is the defining trait of a persecutor

[rotisseries]

posts where people say they don't like zelink bc it's just another knight/princess ship kill me dead like wdym. are you shipping things based off the characters job descriptions

[lacewise]

The damage done by academics who don’t communicate with craftspeople because “they know better” cannot be overstated

[dummerjan]

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i just never seem to be able to connect with people the way others do not as deeply as personal as freely as intellegently i don't say the right things i don't know the right things i don't think the right things and i get so caught up that deficiency

[random-rabid-creature]

THEY ASLO SELL FAT FUCK DEDEDE!!!!!!!!!!!!

[wheelercore]

I thought that one analysis of the wheeler sibs relationship with their dad would be the end of it but my brain is yelling at me telling me to make another post about how Nancy, Mike, and Karen are shown to continue that trend of idealization and then devaluation. Esp Mike repeatedly calling El a "superhero". Or Karen attempting to use a teenager for sex and it just so happened he looked like the guy in her erotica.

[sga-owns-my-soul]

i love when people cancel appointments 13 minutes before their arrival window starts it’s so fun to me 🥰 thank you for this it’s a wonderful start to my morning

[starblaster]

blogger executive decree: stop being obnoxious on my posts

[vacantgodling]

got emotional about how much i love humanity and how curious and wonderful we are but somehow we lost our way and created a society that wants to destroy everything about us that makes us human

[phantom-bleu]

U dont have to like espressleine at all like if u dont like it I Understand but people go to such lengths to find reasons why it is stupid in its conception and anyone who likes it is WRONG that we get takes like “madeleine hates espresso” which is just so so contradictory to info weve had abt madeleine since day 1 it is ridiculous

[astralazuli]

[vibrates angrily]

I stg if I had any tolerance for dealing with the general public, I would be telling all those asshole W/atcher fans about how even if they paid their employees the BARE MINIMUM to meet their needs (& I'm talking just needs, just barely, no savings, no retirement, no anything unnecessary literally ever, all meals cooked from scratch at home as cheap as possible), they'd currently be spending AT LEAST $117k on payroll every month. & that's like everyone involved working full time, nothing more, including the three founders.

& guess what y'all? Workers' rights don't just go out the window because you want your shows for free.

These people still deserve a living wage. In fact, they deserve a bit more than that, imo. People deserve to not have to live on bare minimum.

& you don't get to be angry as a fan because creators prioritized keeping & paying their workers over you not having to pay anything for the art/content they make.

They are holding themselves accountable to the people whose lives depend on them. Screaming about how they aren't just abandoning their employees because you're mad just makes you look like an ass.

[transmorolians]

no matter What excuses you are using to justify using words like "stupid" or "dumb" or "idiot" or whatever, you are still adding goodness and worth or lack thereof to a term that describes intellectual inability. do i need to explain futher how that's ableist