#this is the same developer that made portal! just bc it isn't poignant doesn't mean it wasn't crafted w the same nuance and care! | Explore Tumblr Posts and Blogs

seventeendeer · 1 year

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the tf2 fandom on tumblr is in such dire straits, it wraps around from being annoying to being funny

no one knows anything about the time period it's set in. no one knows anything about the time period it was written in. no one knows the media genre it's parodying. no one knows how to write mostly-middleaged, mostly-white men who are intentionally and comedically a product of their time and individual cultures. no one seems to even realize each character is hugely informed by (the stereotyped version of) their culture. no one is comfortable engaging with the old war propaganda it's satirizing. no one knows anything about guns. some people actually think the sniper is 26

it's hard to watch, but then again the official comics post-2015 fall into every single one of these pitfalls too so like. maybe a lack of media literacy isn't just a fandom problem

#deerchatter #team fortress 2 #tf2 #yeah im putting it in the tags idc it has to be said #yes it's a silly haha world and the plot and characters are just set dressing for a fun online game #but it's also a hugely detailed and well-crafted piece of art w a lot of interesting layers that most fandomites #don't even seem to realize are there?? they have no idea ???#comedy as a genre is so disrespected and so misunderstood. just because smth is meant to be funny doesn't mean it's not art !!!#it still MEANS something even if it's meant to make you laugh instead of cry! fandoms struggle w that 1 so much #this is the same developer that made portal! just bc it isn't poignant doesn't mean it wasn't crafted w the same nuance and care!#im at the end of my rope tumblr fandoms desperately need to start getting obsessed w comedy as a genre so we can get #some media literacy on that too for you people

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