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in the three years i've had this blog i've maintained a strict no discourse (read: fandom wank) policy. and i believe that, for the most part, i've done a pretty good job of upholding that rule. that changes today, though.

i did NOT care for raptor moms

paochit

bacone-official

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reblog if you pan, bi, gay etc

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annluvazzel

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Clip Studio Paint | may 2025-march 2026

Dynamight and Deku are on night patrol together, but there seems to have been a certain incident...

dearinglovebot

i think it's worth acknowledging that yaz is exactly as "canonically" disabled as ben, but due to misogyny and the "tough arab" stereotype, her suffering isn't perceived equally. it's less 'aesthetic' when women are disabled in compared to men, because women have more 'responsibility' to be desirable than men, and this can reflect even in how we form our thoughts around media. think about it: how often do you see yaz with a cane/crutches compared to ben in a wheel chair? even in depictions of the immediate aftermath.

yaz uses crutches throughout season 2 of jwcc! she uses both the other campers and physical objects to navigate not being able to use one foot. she has to use mobility aids post-injury, just like ben. if we argue it's "realistic" for ben to be disabled-post injury, is it not a double standard not to allow a female character that same treatment? is it not a double standard to brush over someone we see use disability aids more often in the material (1 episode vs 1 season)? why are we (as the collective) not interested in researching the realistic outcomes of an ankle injury from a fall impact in comparison to a puncture wound? is it because we can only acknowledge disability in the extreme? is it because harm to a radicalized woman's body is more uncomfortable or less interesting (more normalized compared to a white man)?

and to affirm this rule, why do we not consider sammy as disabled as ben?

sammy also nearly dies, like ben. sammy is also punctured in a vital place, like ben. sammy also likely has organ damage/nerve damage of some sort due to the toxin/her borderline death. sammy also can't walk in the immediate aftermath. she needs a mobility aid (in the form of everyone's physical support)! sammy's situation is 1:1 with ben in terms of how dire it is, but only one is ever depicted needing a wheelchair (seriously. can you think of any art of sammy with an aid? any fic?). only one is commonly accepted as physically disabled with long lasting health impacts. why? why is there no emphasis on how scorpion fish venom can cause chronic pain? chronic muscle weakness? long term nerve damage?

why are we not interested in the pain, and complex lives, of women?

ivyroseiris

It's really telling how Ben Pincus, the white man, is the most popular character in the fandom.

See how prioritized men are? I mean, it's like this in every fandom, but it still needs to be pointed out. Also, the way so many people dislike the women because they're allowed to be complex, but barely anyone hates on Kenji. There's also the problem where i find a little too many of the Ben is gay crowd are just stereotyping.

ace-t-rex-in-space

not to add on, and I like Ben as a character, its also unfair that he gets the most complete and full character arcs in the series.

He gets his arc in CC with Brave and then doubting himself in season 4. He gets the full arc injury arc in CT plus him keeping Brooklynn's secret felt more flushed out then some of the other characters arcs (or lack thereof)

The other characters dont get that. Not even Darius gets a full episode to himself, but Ben did!

Meanwhile, Sammy has an incomplete family arc in CT season 4, Yaz's PTSD is only acknowledged when convient for the plot, Darius gets a lot of half-arcs but nothing really fleshed out.

It just comes off as Ben being favorited over all the other characters, by fans and by writers.

httyraptor

I miss juh wuh cuh tuh bad

spittyfishy

This is super dumb but it did great on TikTok so I thought I’d post it here too lol

mimidrulz

Ben sugoi…

mimidrulz

My niche..

(My first time drawing any of deku’s hero fits and picking the vigilante one is crazy- ts is NOT for the weak)

ace-t-rex-in-space

I dont think people understand how aphobic they sound when they act like Darius being aro or Aroace ruined dinostar... like damn sorry you need to have traditionally romantic ships to understand how important they are to each other.

Sorry their friendship is vastly more interesting then the dog shit romantic plot they could have gotten. And I stand by them being romantic would have ruined both their characters. People don't appreciate friendships enough smh.

raptorladylover6969

this discourse has been going on for like 3 days bro. Can we just agree not everyone is gonna have the same headcanons and MOVE ON?? ITS HEADCANONS FOR GODSAKE THIS IS SUCH A NON PROBLEM THAT SOMEHOW TURNED INTO A PROBLEM 😭

Some people might think Brooklynn wont make a good mom, some people think she might, and thats completely okay, we all have different interpretations. What’s NOT okay is just throwing terms around like misogyny. I do 100% agree the idea that all women are wired to be mothers is definitely absolutely misogynistic thinking; I grew up in an Indian household for godsake. I hear this shit all the time where because I’m afab, my family expects me to be wed to a man and have kids. But these are harmless headcanons for a fictional character we’re talking abt. The idea/concept of Brooklynn being a mom started out as a silly fun HARMLESS CONCEPT for her future, but some people are acting like they’re trying to push this agenda that like “all women need to have kids” it’s not. Again, it’s a harmless HEADCANON. If you’re for some reason affected by it, move the fuck on. You can block, click off, or just close the app. There was no reason to cause such big problems over this singular concept that is literally not hurting anyone. It’s THEIR AU/Headcanon, not YOURS. It’s for the person, and people who enjoy it, it’s obviously not gonna cater to everybody. JUST MOVE. ON. ITS NOT THAT HARD.

br00k1ynns-wif3

FUCK i miss the excitement of waiting for a new season of chaos theory <\3

deceasedcardinal

blupeeblep

Like to charge, reblog to cast

dearinglovebot

I think at age 22/23 claire would start learning basic hindi because she desperately wants to impress simon. he’d be very amused by it because she’s truly his favorite strange pseudo daughter and he’d start putting her on his calls with their partners back in india and she’d sit there smiling awkwardly understanding 3 words per sentence but unwilling to admit defeat. rather than admitting she isn’t actually that fluent she would simply brute force the language and become fluent