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Very low quality and it’s almost 3:00 AM where I am but I needed this to get out of my braincell’s grasp

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Kieran is an impeccable Pokemon rival because he enters his big heel-turn BB League battle with an angsty Super Saiyan scream and a glam rock remix of his fight music...

And then you land one Super Effective move and he still says "wowzers"

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He's so fucked up i love him

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sv textposts because im normal about the dlc siblings

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In all seriousness though---

Korra got a ton---and I mean a TON---of hate, for daring to be a headstrong, non-genderconforming woman of color. So forgive me if I don't react well to "korrasami doesn't deserve it"

Korra already fought through enough misogyny and racism while it was actively airing. She already got enough criticism for not being the "target audience" of 8-12 age males who buy action figures. She already got enough criticism for having flaws as a woman, for not "acting ladylike". She already got enough criticism for not being white or white passing in a show that has ZERO white characters. So when you come at korrasami fans with "they don't deserve it"? Don't be surprised when korrasami fans look at it with a lens of suspicion, because korrasami already fought through the criticism, already fought through being stuck in the "dead slot" air time in nickelodeon (which they were moved to in season three, when the show runners actively started hinting at a wlw ship), already fought through being pulled off air and onto online viewing only, in 2014, for those of you who are a bit young. (Obergefell vs Hodges, the Supreme Court case which legalized gay marriage nationwide in the US, happen on June 26, 2016). "They only held hands in the finale" because that's all they could get away with at the time. They were the FIRST. Bubbeline came later. Rupphire came later. Catradora came later. There are still no notable mlm ships in children's media, so the work ISN'T done. Korrasami fans "screech and yell" at you for not understanding because you accuse them of "queerbaiting" without understanding that they were the FIRST in their time to OPENLY hint at being gay on a a children's television network. In a time, for most intents and purposes in the US, being gay was still ILLEGAL.

And by the way? The Owl House, a recent, animatec children's show on Disney, was recently canceled for not being "the Disney brand". It features a bisexual woman of color (in an EXPLICITLY wlw relationship) as the main character, not unsimilar to Korra. Misogyny is not dead. Homophobia is not dead. Know your history, and know the work isn't done.

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atla and tlok incorrect quotes 🫡

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So that Direct huh

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buckle on kids we're going to war

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gamefreak has the chance to do something incredibly funny actually

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manifesting

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This is the absolute funniest fucking thing they could’ve done EVER

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pokemon fans when they have to wait another year for the next big game with no major releases in-between

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Congrats?

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thanks for the submission

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Bro talk 🚀🏍️✨

(My piece for the @luminaryzine!)

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The Yellow Rabbit

felt like redrawing this frame from the FNAF movie since it looked so fucking cool