#representation does do good things
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My main issue with the conversations we have about media and how moral it is is that there's actual, tangible suffering and death in real life we can work on instead. I don't really care if I'm watching a horror movie that's not giving the women agency because it's not real, but I care very much about women not being assaulted in real life. I only have so much energy, though, so if I focus all of that on how to tell the One Perfect Horror Story, I'm not focusing it on getting women access to healthcare, which is the thing that will really help.
#like just to be clear!#representation does do good things#and a lot of people prefer to read stories they can relate to#i prefer to read about people who are not like me but that's me! you can want to only read about people like you and that's okay#because we are having fun#our moral worth is not based on our netflix history#but!#there is actual work to do!#in terms of making the world better!#and i want to do that!#and i think often that we get distracted by things that maybe feel more achievable or are more visible#and we forget the less glamorous more frustrating work that really moves the needle#like I'll have long conversations with very sexist guys to try and open their minds just a tiny bit.#usually it doesn't work but sometimes it does! sometimes they see the world a little more widely#and then they carry that with them as they make their choices in life#and this stacks up.#it's not that you can't do a lot of real work in media. you can!#but there is so much more that is maybe more influential#because you can tell stories as perfectly as you want#and it won't necessarily impact how people live#because people often only interact with media they agree with already#so it isn't changing minds or policies or culture etc etc etc#does that make sense?#and it comes from this puritan idea of withdrawing from the world to be pure#which doesn't. help. fix. the world#ANYWAY
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Not to be dramatic but since hiori is blasian in canon I need black x readers asap🗣️ like we are DEF not getting any cultural background on this kid (because they just slid it in there like we weren’t gonna recognize in the first place)not that we have any background on any of these children’s parents but I think he should explain how he feels being mixed in Japan because it’s just really funny having these two in the exact same anime, and they are both black 
This is ABSOLUTELY hilarious 😭
Edit: so I’ve noticed a pattern of EVERY character looking like their mother and barely sharing any resemblance to their fathers so ig he gets a pass for being pale BUT there’s even more melaninated characters so let’s give him some sun too!!🥺
Respectfully; come the fuck on
#blue lock#hiori yo#blue lock hiori#bllk hiori#hiori x reader#blue lock x reader#like I’m most likely gonna do some thing myself#but like the fact that I found out from Twitter#I am once again asking if it is a nod to like being white passing#like is he not supposed to look black because of that#he don’t look like his parents where did his dad come from? Did he immigrate to Japan? Is he Afro American ? Is he Nigerian?#like they’re doing so good on representation so far please.#IT HAS TO BE ON PURPOSE#BC LEO OR WHAYEVER HIS NAME IS IS THERE AND SHIDOU AND TYE OTHER BLACK GUY#I’m literally choosing to believe that it’s on purpose#I am reaching for Atoms I’m not grasping at straws!!#he says he feels like he doesn’t belong so does he mean displaced from two cultures or just one?#what about his extended family is he allowed to talk to them since they’re so suffocating?#I feel like this is a very real thing black kids relate to you can’t just give me him and not tell me shit about him.#if I catch up in the manga and I don’t get any more details I’m going to start chewing lava#Filling in the blanks on his backstory on God#does he just know English and Japanese?#He has a very specific dialect of speaking so is it from knowing a different type of language??#aave mixed in???#French is a very prevalent language in Africa. Does he know a little French?#CREOLE??#like please sad backstory aside who the fuck is he!!#does he get to interact with any of the other black characters??#HIM SHIDOU AND LOKI CAN HE BESTIES LIKE COME ON!!#im in so much pain I’m reading ahead of where I am
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Still not over when my little brother's youth pastor told him that dating was bad like what's he meant to do??? Watch a woman from afar for six months then ask her father for her hand?????
#DATING IS JUST SEEING IF YOU'RE COMPATIBLE#this is SUCH an insidious part of Christian culture actually it feels so rooted in such unrealistic representations of relationships#also there's a new trend over here of guys asking fathers for their blessings again before they propose#it went out of fashion but it's back#now you know me you know I'm not quick to brand things as rooted in sexism and patriarchal ownership#but I hate this actually#what does my dad have to do with who i marry? if he didn't raise me to be sensible and make good choices for myself then how is he#also going to make good choices? he wouldn't#it doesn't make SENSE
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tell me the intro isn’t literally yuji
WAIT STOP i love phil omfg this video and the clip of him with cam being like “life’s too short to not get what you want, let’s go get your that dryer, princess” are so good LOLLL cam was so real that entire episode
yuuji 100% says shit like that with the biggest, most angelic smile on his face all the time and even if he clarifies that he’s not joking, people still take it lightly, but they also don’t do anything further to piss him off because given what everybody knows about yuuji’s strength, his friends, and his family, the risk of seeing if he’s bluffing or not is definitely not worth it 😇
#anonymous#sometimes i think claire didn't deserve phil but then i remember claire's family trauma#and im like no wait that's daughter trauma representation she absolutely does need and deserve a phil#except the way she treated hailey was..... anyway back to phil actually back to yuuji#the best thing about yuuji is that even if he doesn't want to hurt someone#he's got at least 5 people who do for no good reason LOL#yuuji's complaining about some annoying dude in his class and megumi's like well i haven't bullied anybody recently. i can do that
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Like it's no wonder media literacy is dog shit in so many young people we are being written TV that spoonfeeds all of the information to us and leaves no room for subtlety or creative world building and we keep saying that this is good and it's not! And if we all keep watching bad TV and saying that it's good then all TV is going to become badly written contrived crap that thinks it's being deep and annoying libs on Tumblr are going to keep saying that omg this episode was so brave it literally said eat the rich!!
#people keep saying that things are radical and queer and antiracist and anticapitalist and so clever and fun#and its just shit!#you can just do some race blind casting and say arent trust fund kids shitty and annoying#and people will be worshiping you as the king of wokeness and a communist daddy#like can we be so for real#none of you are fucking radical if you think that a disney show has your socialist eat the rich hashtag acab messaging#do you see what im saying???#does anyone fucking hear me right now????#blah blah good representation blah blah fanfiction trope blah blah boo capitalism#consumer media funded by disney is not anticapitalist!!!!#boring bad shows with racially diverse casts and a bland gay romance are not changing the world#al is talking
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I just have to remind myself sometimes that no matter what anyone else says, the way a piece of media makes me feel and the positive impact it has had on my queer identity is valid, and that tearing myself apart thinking I have to defend it or questioning my own place within queer communities is not at all important when compared to the almost tangible sense of 'rightness' that piece of media helped me to feel about myself.
#just something i've been pondering the last few days#kind of like no matter how much people debate or i suppose theoretically deconstruct media featuring queer stories#the most important thing is how it makes a queer person feel#and I do think it is of course a good thing to ensure queer stories are executed with respect and authenticity#but there's this grey area in fandom spaces in which people may have found rep from a 'unreliable' source i suppose#or something which is queerbaiting- sherlock springs to mind for example yet if people have been able to explore and nurture their own#queerness through that media does that therefore mean their experience is invalid? i don't think so#and my worry is the more we focus on theory the less we focus on emotion and therefore the actual queer experience itself#and sure theory can inform the queer experience and ensure the media is a 'healthy' site of queer identity formation and identity aid#but at the same time scorning or being rude to those who have found certain media an aid is not the right approach to be taking#especially as queer experiences are so wide ranging that one person's idea of 'good' representation is someone's else's of 'bad'#and that unless a piece of media is clearly offensive in its portrayal of queer experience there has to be some benefit of doubt#I think we're still in a period of progression in media espc tv where queer creators are coming to the fore of their own stories#and we've got to 'live and let live' a little about where people are finding sights of queer validation and joy#and perhaps this a naive and simplistic way of thinking but i think queer people can either recognise when something isn't the best rep#but was helpful for them anyway and therefore in a way confer 'ownership' of the media to themselves in how they engage#or there is variety in queer experiences represented in media so that perhaps not everyone finds a 'site' of rep but that does not#therefore invalidate it or make it 'bad' representation#this is just my opinion and it'd be hypocritical for me to not now mention this is only formed from my own queer experience lol#so i'm not trying to tell anyone how to feel or anything just something i'm pondering
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Life is so hard for me as a queer person who is not interested in ch*ppell r*an for just very normal not deranged reasons, because if people ask and I say "no I don't really like her" then I am running the very high risk of being perceived as either a lesbian hater or one of those online freaks who thinks she "doesn't deserve fame" because she doesn't want literal stalkers at her door, but if I say yes then I will have to sit through her entire discography at every function 😮💨
#personal#the tone of this is a joke but the sentiment is kinda genuine#god she is such a crazy talented singer#her voice is so so fucking good she is divine#and what she is doing for the queer community and specifically lesbians#the way shes bringing so much positive representation into the forefront of popular media#and the way shes shining such a bright light on drag as an artform - especially at a time when so many people are calling it depraved#and predatory#shes doing wonderful amazing things for the queer community and for women in music#i just simply dont like the style of music she makes#and i am not interested in her individual personality (as it does NOT specifically relate to lesbianism) from what ive seen in interviews#but this is all in a normal healthy 'oh that artist just isnt my cup of tea' sort of way but that cant exist rn#aside from this one post lamenting about my plight i dont bring my dislike up where it is undue#i dont go around commenting on posts about her telling people who are clearly enjoying her work how wrong they are#but she is a very hot topic especially among almost every single human being i know#because almost every single human being i know is queer#so she does come up in conversation a lot around me and i have to weigh my input carefully
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unemployment arc update
#a sock speaks#work tag#things seem. not great. at restaurant job.#I could go there as a last resort but it sounds like the current management is making things miserable for employees#writeup for leaving without finishing sidework. writeup for staying late to finish sidework. only scheduling one server per shift. etc.#I kinda don't want to go back as things are 😅#I'm thinking about applying where my mom works#she does at-home care for disabled & elderly people#I'd for sure need a car and I think there are things I'd find stressful#(purity culture hit me Really Badly and I'd have some work to do before I could comfortably bathe or dress another person)#but it sounds so much more relaxed day to day. better for my anxiety.#and tbh if I could work through the modesty issues that would be good for me#pushing me to get a car sooner would also be a good thing#and I think maybe I could mature a bit more with a job like this. I still kinda feel like an underbaked adult yk?#the hourly pay is a bit less than restaurant job after tips but this job has good healthcare and union representation and all that#also the scheduling is more flexible so I could do orchestra and plan outings with friends and things like that#I had reservations about it but there are so many reasons it could be a good fit#most of it is light housecleaning. washing dishes. cooking simple meals. grocery shopping. taking ppl to appointments.
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"Why does everything need to be Gay now it's so shallow to make men attracted to each other when they could be Pure Platonic Friends -"
oops sorry I can't hear you over the sound of me Doing What I Want Forever because I have been watching movies, TV, and animation since the 80s and have watched enough shallow heterosexual romances that would have been stronger as mlm-wlw solidarity friendships to fill the space between stars in a galaxy
#also 1) friends can fuck each other so you're not safe especially since gay guys do this a lot#2) why can't there be a cast with MANY mlm characters where some are strictly friends and some are partners#(bc this is a real thing that happens in the real world shocker I know but sometimes friend groups have several mlm folks)#3) as an aromantic vaguely ace spec person I get the need for good platonic relationships#but uh queer people reading mlm romance into something (often based on their own experiences or representation needs)#that creators refuse to delve into#or god forbid writing it into their own work#IS NOT THE BIGGEST PROBLEM HERE#i can't believe it's the year of our lord 2024 and i am still seeing this thinly veiled homophobic take everywhere#2006 called and it wants its 'I don't wish evil on gays but i dont condone their gay stuff' attitude back#Also when I think about all the shows and movies that came from source material with wlw or mlm characters who were all but TOTALLY erased#Or I think about media about queer historical figures who were utterly straightwashed or had their queerness demonized#or reduced to a footnote or Non Controversial background noise#My rage about this increases like 10000 fold#Anyway TLDR ultimately I fall under the mlm umbrella and that's part of the reason I write the shit I do and I'm not the only one#And I write cheeky posts about it but I actually am genuinely disturbed sometimes at this sentiment#Because no one says it outright but there's this massive undercurrent of an assumption that we don't exist#And we don't create#And we don't create things FOR OURSELVES not even bc precisely because of all the times we were told#'Well that's not really marketable so if you want to see it maybe you should create it yourself'#I feel like I'm talking to a wall here DOES NO ONE ELSE GET ANGRY ABOUT THIS#LIKE HOMOPHOBIA ISN'T OVER YET#ESPECIALLY NOT FOR MLM PEOPLE WHO AREN'T CIS AND WHITE#Like stop calling sex and/or romance shallow when it's gay and SUSPICIOUSLY 0 OTHER TIMES oh my fucking god
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Not to be a jingfu on main, but it's so cute that Jing Yuan thought of Fu Xuan with those jelly beans
#me: the Xianzhou characters are all just coworkers#also me whenever anyone is shown to be fond and have intimate knowledge of some other character: awwww#Like Fu Xuan and Jing Yuan playing starchess and teasing each other or making a reference to things they like#or Jing Yuan talking about young Yukong#Quingque apparently disliking Fu Xuan but obviously that not being the case‚ knowing what she likes and how she thinks#Fu Xuan hiding that she has a sweet tooth but Jing Yuan and Quingque knowing it and teasing her for it#I don't know. There are a lot of instances of these small intimate details in the middle of what looks like a coworker relationship#Good coworkers‚ but coworkers nonetheless#And ironically it moves me so much? Even more so than Belobog. I've been told several times that Belobog seemed more tight. And I agree#In Belobog people were friends or family or companions but linked by something closer than mere coworkers with Wildfire#Even Sampo in the Underworld was strangely 'theirs'. He had the magenta colour of Wildfire and he was trusted to some extent#The Luofu characters don't have that. And yet the fragments of intimacy scattered through their interactions move me a lot#These are people who have known each other for centuries. Jing Yuan knows of Yukong's youth‚ its joy and grief#He knows Fu Xuan has a sweet tooth and teases her about her height. Quingque does too#Fu Xuan chastises both of them for being lazy but she knows they're smart and good at their job. She plays starchess with Jing Yuan#Quingque mocks Fu Xuan for being a workaholic but is very aware of the weight she carries both in her position and ideas about destiny#I won't mention Yanqing and Bailu because there is obviously more than a coworker bound when it comes to them#But yes I love the moments of intimate knowledge scattered through the Xianzhou‚ so telling of the fact that these people have known#each other for longer than several human lifetimes‚ and that perhaps they don't necessarily regard each other as more than their coworker#But perhaps that's enough in order for them to care. Perhaps in a lifetime over one thousand years the intimacy gained with a coworker#through several centuries is something beyond what we could understand in our decades lifespan#But also‚ perhaps‚ I don't know. Also‚ perhaps‚ the do care beyond coworkers in that strange line between work and friendship#Perhaps it's strange for Xianzhou natives to tell apart that kind of relationship after so much intimacy and knowledge through the years#And perhaps‚ once again‚ as it often happens for them‚ they think they'll always have enough time to tell; until they run out of it#They play chess together. Quingque can lose time because Fu Xuan can't stay mad if she brings her sweets. Are they just coworkers?#We play chess. I know what tea and sweets you like best. I brought them today since you would indulge me and play starchess with me#Thanks for playing with me‚ I'm running out of book puzzles. You keep divining my moves but I'll invent a fake story to distract you#Are we coworkers or something more like friends? Where is the line after so many years?#I talk too much but I love this charged nothingness haha I find it ironically so true to how many relationships in real life develop#And I find it so moving‚ that representation of this endearing smallness of everyday life. Of these small things is life made
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ok i came up w reasons for why i am currently the way i am
#my friend texted me and was like i came up w a matrix representation of what ur going thru like ty sm ily#anyway#ok so. i do genuinely like her. i am also experiencing limerence. a cause of this is bc i am#A) super vulnerable due to an extremely unexpected test thats coming up v soon + other responsibilities and exams etc#B) anxious too bc of the above things causing like a 24/7 feeling of constant anxiety that leads to high heart rate#C) i think my brain is conflating my heart going insane to the point where im dizzy all day w like#the flutters u get when a crush texts u. it does feel similar just like. on crack and also constant (horrible)#i do genuinely like her so much. i just also have a pattern of becoming invested in others when i feel like i have#missed the chance to invest in myself (not good)#basically things will calm down w time and i just have to have impulse control and act in the best interest of my future self#crushposting
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I think u ppl need to calm down on calling things "90s kids" stuff. Just saw that post abt how ur meant to put water in those dry markers from the shitty art kits and someone said smth abt "90s kids screaming in outrage" as if literally every child in the last 22 years who was under the age of 13 and ever displayed the urge to colour hasnt had one of those
#sep talks#like idk#this one specifically was just someone being stupid but even stuff like the big clunky tvs and certain classroom toys#'only 90s kids will remember!!' I think perhaps u were just well off#my parents had been getting those old clunky tvs off freecycle up until I was like 8#and then we finally got a flatscreen#and this one is. I don't think smth a lot of ppl my age share but I distinctly remember when in primary school#theyd wheel out the tv and we'd watch bbc cats eyes (educational program) on what I am 99% sure was vhs#my house is full of cds that my parents got years ago and I used to ask for them for christmas and shit so I could have more music on my#mp3 player. Like u all say 'only 90s kids will remember' abt stuff that literally everyone between the ages 13-30 has had#obviously some of this stuff doesn't rlly count but I see so many posts and I'm like. Is this an american thing that britain got late#or did this person just have money growing up#OR does this person spend so much time on tiktok that they think ur average tiktok teen is a good representation of what ppl#under the age of 20 r doing these days. (they r not)
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Ok but can someone explain to me why Hogwarts Legacy is such a frustrating game to play?
#me being me#like there are things it does pretty well like the castle design is really cool#I wished you’d have to discover the secrets of the castle#why the f is it a… slasher? idk the duals in this game are boring#like it’s no Spider-Man 2 to be interested in killing enemies because the combos look cool and there are many fun animations#also why does it wanna make me run in the woods when there is a perfectly cool castle#but also like I hate that each time you assign the spell to the button it gives you a tutorial about how to assign a spell that doesn’t go#away unless you open the menu again#idk if that’s a bug#but like if I assigned it already why do I need a tutorial#I don’t think people feel that heated about this game since it’s been a year after the release or so#I got it second hand because I wanted to see what was the hype about and I simultaneously get it and not get it#because it’s good as a visual castle representation but a pretty boring game? at least so far#I’m like 3h in or so
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nothing to see here
#ok plz i wanna rant about how the new season of good omens is making me lose faith in humanity#girl tell me how ive trudged through 4 episodes of this season and i still dont know what the damn hell is going onnnnnn#every time i think we're getting somewhere with the 'story' the show slams the brakes to let me know that there're gay people on screen#does the coffee shop chick ever apologize to the record store chick bc i cant staaaand their romance.#like record store lady. girl. this isnt banter shes just straight up dissing your passion and life's work.#im scared to finish the season bc i just KNOW theyre gonna pull the whole 'i made u leave ur toxic partner now date me immediately' trope#ok so story beats aside my other gripe is how contrived the queer representation is in this show#i am a bi woman! my reaction to seeing wlw on screen should be 'yay! im happy theyre together' and not 'ugh this shit again?'#and also with az and crowley! what happened to their chemistry from the first season???#like on the one hand the whole 'bickering like an old married couple' schtick is lovely. but. theyre just faffing about most of the time!#remember the first season? when these characters had agency? and a semblance of intuition?#i am convinced that the majority of the characters in this season couldnt find their way out of a paper bag#i get theres a whole memory loss plot device thing happening. but it feels like Gabriel's cluelessness is like fucking infectious or smthn#i feel like an idiot for assuming that the characters i knew from the first season will be just as competent in this season. they arent!#i hated the whole 'continued' story in the wwii era. i feel like it was a pathetic ploy at giving mark gatiss more needless screentime#did they think people would find the nazi zombies amusing or something? why are we playing this off as a joke?#just admit you dont know what to do with the story and move onnnnnnnn#im gonna finish the season bc i feel like im owed the scene of david tennant sucking face with michael sheen.#itll be like reparations for having to slough through the rest of this nothing burger of a story jesuuuuuussss#ok rant over#good omens critical
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i hate how obsessed ive become to this show but god i cannot help it
#the bun talks#you dont understand#its a mixture of it being the perfect balance of kid wholesomness and angst#and the nostaliga of when i was a kid watching athf and had the thought of what if shake actually tried to be a good person#coupled with the fucking amazing voice actors#the lovingly featured representation and doing it in a way to really make you think#my bf and i were talking about how its basically WOY if wander and hater actually had a non-toxic relationship#this is the first kid show ive been obsessed with in years since MLP#and scratch and mollys relationship mean the world to me#i feel for scratch in that when i was younger it was really hard for me to accept that people outside my family cared about me#and i feel for molly cause deep down i wish i was as optimistic and outwardly friendly as her#and i have her kinda child like naivity that theres always a chance for things to get better#ive even had thoughts of kinning her at this point and maybe i want to? i dont know#the new ep related to me so fucking much i know its an experience that a lot of mixed race kids have but. it really really spoke to me#i really relate to her in ways that i cant fully explain. maybe i do kin her. i kinda feel like i already am#and finally like#im. so fucking in love with scratch. SO fucking in love#i live and die hard for characters like him. so upset at the world but finally gets the love he needs.#hes so fucking cute too and snyder does such a good job with him. hes very close to my heart already.#definitely fits the category of f/os that are short. vioent. and grumpy. but just really want attention#and that coupled with his lore and mysteries and the potential of what he really is its just.........#god i love him so so so so fucking much#im embarrassed cause i mean its literally just a kid friendly and a lil more likable MS but. im pretty sure thats another factor of it#cause obviously shake was one of the best parts of ATHF and yeah hes funny on his own#but my child brain back then was like. 'man i wonder what would happen if he was nicer'#and now i have my answer. in the form of him being a cute blue blob that befriends a girl who helps him open up#and its so nice that the show doesnt rely on secondhand embarrassment or making certain characters feel miserable for a gag#its#its just. such a fucking good show#and if it gets cancelled im genuinely gonna have a breakdown
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Oh Eww
Just watching so many Team Cap/Anti Sokovian Accords people celebrate the latest She-Hulk episode is giving me the ick.
I can and will always mantain that the Sokovian Accords were a good idea because the majority American Avengers should definitely have had and still need an overseeing body of (ideally multiple nations) that they would need to answer to before they were allowed to invade other countries on what were essentially military operations.
That was how the Accords will presented originally at the start of the movie. How it was handled and presented by the end of the movie did not represent the original intent at all and felt deliberate in order to frame Steve and the American Military as always righteous and correct. Espeically with placing Ross as the main speaker for the Accords once T’chaka was killed. You were never supposed to agree with Ross or how he handled things so saying that the movie presented it was a fair 50/50 for and against is a flat out lie.
This isn’t even about Steve vs Tony or any of that. Steve was approaching the majority of the conflict purely on a ‘Save Bucky, the rules don’t apply to me’ stance while Tony was going on a ‘I’ve taken on the responsibility of all the lives via Ultron and need to over correct’ direction.
#from a doyleist point of view#it's very american military vs goverment#where of course the military is presented as the good guy#because the american military spends a lot of money in the MCU making sure of that#and it's kind of hilarious that there's so much push back against Capt Marvel and her movie being military propoganda#when Captain American has honestly been doing it a lot longer but subtler#yes I know he doesn't know orders and does his own thing#he's still a representation of the American military#just like any good cop in media is still copaganda#yes i'm still also going to be pro-Tony#but my pro-sokovian accords stance is largely seperate from him#i love Steve too but everything from this movie on made it very hard to like him
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