Can We Just Admit Already That Authors Writing Stuff Like Guardian-ward Turning Romantic, Teenage Brides,
Can we just admit already that authors writing stuff like guardian-ward turning romantic, teenage brides, too old men lusting after young girls (even if they are portrayed as villains), just don't do it for the sake of historical accuracy ? The author just knew their story wouldn't cut it in a modern setting and found one where it's easier for the reader to turn a blind eye.
1800's London? 1500's Japan? The shipping sheep will gobble it up as long as it's romantic (blergh) enough and it doesn't get too close to their modern sensitivities. Not to mention the (hopefully) small group of people who are actually, with full awareness into that stuff and you can sometimes see them dropping the pretenses entirely.
Let's use Occam's razor for a second. The author isn't writing for accuracy. They wrote that stuff because THEY LIKED IT.
Disclaimer: YES there are stories that portray these issues for the sake of commentary and critique. How to tell them apart from the borderline pedo material? They're not in the YA romance section.
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I had the same knee-jerk reaction but it was mostly directed at Rin. Like, I started disliking her because her character seemed too naive and blindly worshipping Sesshomaru, but then I realised she’s a CHILD. Of course she’d be naive and trusting, and it’s not the character’s fault her innocence is being misinterpreted. Call out s3ssrins, call out Sunrise if it comes to that. Rin and Sesshoumaru are just moving pictures.
Honestly with all this drama going on it’s starting to make me dislike Sesshomaru. I love his character I always saw him as a protector to Rin. So I was confused when they started pairing him with her. I’m really going to be upset if they paried Sesshomaru with Rin. It’s going to make me completely dislike him.
I understand. It can be difficult to maintain your own opinions when being flooded and overwhelmed with the opinions of others. It's at times like these that I recommend taking a break from fandom so you can re-establish your own views on a work or character. What was it that you liked about Sesshoumaru in the first place? Why did you identify with/empathize with/ get drawn to him? What personal meaning do you associate with him?
Sometimes keeping the invading over-inflated opinions of others (including Sunrise) at bay means retreating for a while so you can rediscover why you started to love something to begin with. That's the part you get to keep even when everyone else wants to fight over their different interpretations. You built that, and no one in the fandom or production/creation of your favorite things can take that away from you. It isn't easy to abandon either, being a part of you, so if you do ultimately change your mind and begin to hate Sesshoumaru, I hope it's because YOU decided he wasn't going to be a favorite anymore, and not because someone ELSE influenced you.
Good luck, querent.
It’s the only Inuyasha movie I’ve watched and really like it
So it looks like the intro to Swords of an Honorable Ruler is now becoming canon.
Should have said "farrik dank", the joke would still work
babys first words!
At this point you can't fucking convince me that y'all are not misappropriating our culture for profit. You don't give a shit about it, as long as you feel catered to with a fake-touristy version of it. Greeks can give you art, consultation and knowledge but you refuse to work with us. God forbid some pennies eventually go to Greeks from a Greek mythology production.
A sincere "fuck you" to Nolan and everyone who applauds this decision. You all hypocrites to say the least.
The Greek/original post:
Imma just stand here
I just wanted to point out the incredible self portrait Van Eyck managed to sneak in the painting.
Hint: look closely in the mirror.
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Please give me Thrawn venting to Eli and Yularen about Pryce and then they gang up on her I NEED IT
Finally, FINALLY someone said it.
Just wondering if you could explain how you get over some of the extremely problematic factors of the Reylo ship, while it seems like you have issues with other ships with seemingly similar issues?
“extremely problematic“?
How about you detail what these supposed “extremely problematic“ aspects of Reylo are?
Frankly I think it’s both revolting and morbidlyhilarious the way tumblr ADORES the enemies-to-lovers trope as long as it’s two dudes, but let it be a male and a female and suddenly it’s “abusive” and “problematic” and blah blah blah.
Krayt spit.
There are slash ships where one of them literally murdered the other incanon (Tarkrennic, anyone?) and yet the shippers don’t get a fraction of the flak that Reylo shippers do.Tumblr misogyny at work.
And don’t even get me started about how the attitudes toward Ben Solo are STERLING examples of tumblr’s toxic “good victim/bad victim” dichotomy. Victims of abuse are allowed to cry prettily and need hugs and cuddles and sex, but let an abuse victim rage or lash out and tumblr declares they’re evil and somehow retroactively ‘earned’ the abuse.
I’m an abuse survivor myself, and there are not enough profanities in the English language to describe what I think of that shit. Kiddos here need to get clued in that PTSD - especially Complex PTSD that results from long-term abuse - isn’t just having nightmares and being jumpy. Try living a few decades under the kind of gaslighting we saw Ben Solo get from Snoke onscreen and you’d be tearing up consoles too.
While you’re at it, you might be so kind as to specify what these ships are that I supposedly have “issues” with, and then maybe I can tell you if I actually do or not.
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