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Just a little drawing of some sort of romance. And a pet dragon. :)

Edit: it’s not from Mulan (or any other show, movie, etc), but I can see the resemblance now that it is pointed out… several times. ;)

Print: https://pauhami.bigcartel.com/product/romance

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Gorgeous Drawing

#art #Illustration #dragon #couple

Honestly, my biggest gripe with modern period Drama is that the writers are always trying so hard to force "modern" viewpoints onto the characters. Or at the very least onto the wrong characters. If I see one more show about champion-of-the-working-class Empress Elisabeth, staunch Republican Livia or Girlboss Queen Victoria I'm going to rip my hair out.

If you want a historical show with a likeable main character that a modern audience can sympathize with, why not just pick a historical figure that fits the mould? Like, where's my show about Jessica Mitford, Nanny of the Maroons or Lucian of Samosata? Or a movie about Benjamin Lay or something.

I've just finished watching the Empress, so I'm more annoyed than I would usually be about this, I just don't get why so many Period Drama are whitewashing some of the most powerful / high-status people of their time so hard (usually at the expense of other figures of their time, too, like wtf did Domina do to Scribonia). I feel like it's mostly rooted in a very shallow understanding of the ideas they're trying to incorporate (especially feminism, oh my god) and it's probably not intentional, but it just feels like revisionism. Like, imagine if in 50 years someone made a movie about Margaret Thatcher or Diana Mitford and ignored everything terrible they actually stood for, slapped some currently popular political beliefs on them and called it a day. It'd just be insulting. I get wanting to elevate demographics that were historically under-represented, but please, can whoever is in charge of these shows just think about who they actually pick to do this. If you have to change everything about said figures actual belief-system to keep them likeable for a modern audience, then maybe they're not the one.

#period drama rant #rant #like if you have to make a show about the roman imperial family but still want the main character to be relatable because you think #it'll sell better #why not just make Julia the Elder the main character or something #or stop trying so hard to make them likeable or relatable and just give me good entertainment #nobody in some political shows set in the modern day is likeable and it didn't kill me yet

alicentsgf

Please if you're gonna criticise people for complaining about season 2 just shut the hell up and starting blocking if you need to. You're not better than anyone just because this doesnt bother you. The reason i and other fans are annoyed is not because the show has gone in a direction that we dont personally like. Fire & Blood was always up for wide interpretation, they were always allowed to do whatever they liked with it, even if I feel changing things too much was always a recipe for disaster. What I do care about is a complete lack of thematic integrity, poor dialogue, non-existent character arcs, and clearly only the most basic understanding of the context this story exists in. Wanting stories you care about to be good and interesting and texturally rich isnt actually a bad thing. Im glad some of you can still enjoy yourselves but the level of writing we've seen this season shouldnt be rewarded and Im not accepting it just so a fan space thats already rife with the worst takes and treatment of other fans imaginable can stay a slightly more pleasant place to be.

boredofboredomyy

I really don't understand people's attitude about this show, because criticizing an adaptation for being shit is literally nothing new. The Persuasion adaptation completely messed up Anne Elliot in order to cater to a modern audience, people hated it and that was fine. The Live Action ATLA show ended up being mediocre, people complained and it was fine. People complained about The Witcher Season 2 and onward and that was fine. Somebody criticizes HotD and people act like they've just been personally insulted. I don't get it, honestly.

#hotd critical