Baron of Toast

a swarm of bees in a trenchcoat

[foulserpent]

genuinely cant comprehend why they thought cruella devile needed an origin story as to why she wanted to skin a bunch of dalmations to make them into a coat. like the movie made it very clear she loves fur fashion and minimalist black and white spot based art, which are things that can happen without a childhood trauma and pretty neatly explains why she might want to make a fur coat out of dalmations. and also her name is Cruel Devil. like i know this has been talked about to death but its such a bewildering choice to like, think we needed the complex origin story of Cruel Devil

[foulserpent]

you really didnt like you really did not need to do that. like, i dont think anyone came away from 101 dalmations asking "what dalmation related childhood trauma did she have" like i think we all get it.

[steakplissken]

She harvests fur from animals with no thought into sourcing or who she hurts because she’s a rich English woman. There’s the backstory.

[officialunitedstates]

all my posts are written while sipping dr pepper in an empty shady nightclub I own while throwing darts at a frozen pizza hung on the wall because I can’t afford a dartboard

[pukicho]

When I have to explain to a 36 year old dude with a passing interest in movies why The Lion King remake SUCKS for 42 minutes out on the streets next to the california pizza kitchen cause he’s trying to leave but I won’t let him because I haven’t fully discussed the fact that art has an intrinsic soul based on it’s individualism and ripping off preexisting work for a quick buck tears that soul away from the art and leaves it a living corpse with no purpose

[misschristy-2010]

[zillychu]

howdy

[mwg-drwg]

Yall are dumbasses doge is the meme of the decade it's the only meme to have undergone a renaissance and the most diverse versatile meme to exist. Any emotion or thought can be expressed through the medium of doge

[northernlib]

Poverty porn. The media loves it.

[cat-memes-only]

[derinthescarletpescatarian]

Your gf is beautiful

[mondaynightmami]

bob woke up and chose violence on this day

[minecraft]

1qazs3edc 5gb 7um

[agreatbigpileofrats]

Gamers talking about pc specs

[minecraft]

me saying hi! with my keyboard

[minecraft]

[eternal-fractal]

This is a wretched form of code. I will reward you

[thisisalsoyou]

woops

[thisisalsoyou]

[heedra]

all cyberpunk stories are like “If you wanna crack open a cybercroissant this nasty, you’re gonna need a real top notch e-driller. i know a guy- Toledo Killswitch- he’s got the frag ordinance you need to grizzle this bocce ball.”

[kellysketches]

I have never played a Resident Evil

[inksplit]

[191195-deactivated20240210]

i am crying i can't breathd

[silverjirachi]

i know i already reblogged this today but this video has more emotion in it than my university-level acting classes

[cherrvak]

[wizardcowpoke]

[disease-danger-darkness-silence]

[tronmike82]

I don’t mean to be rude; but I don’t think I’ve ever seen this, does anyone have any examples?

[darkshrimpemotions]

Supernatural

Doctor Who (Steven Moffat specifically)

Sherlock (Steven Moffat specifically)

Actually Steven Moffat is basically just this sentiment given human form.

A version of this happened with The Magicians, tbh. Though instead of expectation: men, reality: women it was expectation: smug nihilists, reality: mentally ill queer folks.

Arguably Game of Thrones.

If we broaden it outside of television...I think Star Wars falls into this, at least the sequel trilogy. Maybe the MCU as well. And I can't help but think of every band that's ever complained that their fanbase is mostly women. 5 Seconds of Summer comes immediately to mind.

In general, most white male creators seem to have this massively entitled mindset where they want--and think they deserve--the time, attention, and enthusiasm that creative fandom (i.e. the side of fandom more dominated by women) is known for.

They want our eyes for ratings, our word-of-mouth for free publicity, our metas for social media buzz, and our spending power for merch and cons. But they don't want us. And they don't really want the responsibility of telling a story to a thoughtful, engaged audience, regardless of that audience's demographic makeup. They just want to be praised for whatever schlock they cough up.

And like any other spoiled brat, they will break their toys before they share them.

[pessimisticfanboi]

It goes all the way to the top for kids shows. Toy sales will crash a show. Makes sense, but if those toys are gendered for boys instead of the female viewers, they won't usually switch up the marketing and move them to the girl aisle. They cancel the show outright.

Mind you it is perfectly possible to make the switch in marketing, but execs would rather throw it all out than have something that doesn't perform well with male viewers. For example the Rey merch was not expected to be popular, for some reason, there had to be public outcry to get merch of one of the main 3 protagonists. A PROTAGONIST. The fact that she wasn't a huge part of the 1st launch says a lot already.

And what happened when female fans got too invested in the Sequel Trilogy? The entire writers room didn't necessarily lash out, but they sure forgot how to behave.

Young Justice

Paul Dini: Superhero cartoon execs don't want largely female audiences

#WhereIsRey (initial)

#WhereIsRey (ongoing)

'Star Wars: The Last Jedi' owes its box-office success to women

The older, male generation of 'Star Wars' fans may be losing interest in the franchise, but female fans are stepping up.

Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker was designed to be the opposite of The Last Jedi

[drunkenhills]

You're all sitting on the hot take of the decade tbh