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fr3nstimu1ator

magnetictapedatastorage

“power corrupts” does NOT mean “oppression purifies”

hateusandseeifwemind

pinene

Can anyone explain wtf is going on here especially a Korean speaker

tadeadshihamurder

someone on reddit explained 😭

no-one-offical

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desmolbean404

That is one of the most astronomical fuck up translations I have ever seen.

luvtonique

Genuine "What the fuck is going on" from me here

We have a million problems with "modern versions" of shit, that's not what I'm gonna talk about, we could go on for years about things like whatever the fuck is going on with The Odyssey or shit like Velma or Saints Row or Dragon Age Veilguard, I'm gonna just ignore all that for the sake of this post.

I want to focus on one recurring thing I've noticed in these modern adaptations of beloved classics.

Why are they phasing out catch phrases?

Okay hear me out. Hear me out.

In Fantastic Four: First Steps, they decided to make it an alternate universe and leaned really heavily into the campy goofiness factor of the 80s retro comic books n shit, right? We got Herbie, we got Galactis being a big goofy giant dude, they threw out all the gritty realistic shit and let it just be dorky campy superheroes.

And then: Made The Thing spend the entire movie being grumpy about the phrase "It's Clobberin' Time" and getting upset any time someone wants him to say it. This whole "Oh that's just in the cartoons I don't actually say that."

Example 2: Velma in "Scoob!"

There's a point where Fred goes "Jinkies!" and Velma glares at him and he goes "What? Somebody had to say it!"

Example 3: Batman doesn't say "I'm Batman" anymore.

Example 4: In the Power Rangers movie that everyone liked, nobody says "It's morphin' time" at any point.

But in the few pieces of media where they DO say their catch phrases? EVERYONE FUCKING LOVES IT AND CHEERS.

>Velma saying "Jinkies!" as a Fortnite emote, everyone loves it >The Thing yelling "IT'S CLOBBERIN' TIIIIME!" in Marvel Rivals, everyone loves it >Batman saying "I'm Batman!" in Lego Movie and that new Lego Batman game, everyone loves it >The Fortnite Emote of "IT'S MORPHIN' TIME!" everyone loves it >He-Man yelling "By the power of Grayskull! IIIII HAAAVE THE POWEEEEEEER!" in the new movie, everyone loves it

So what is fucking with this trend?

Why do we keep seeing modern writers trying to "Eww, catchphrases? That's like, soooo yesterday! Let's make the character actively hate their own catch phrase and avoid saying it on purpose!" our beloved catchphrases we grew up with???

It just feels so much like a parent taking away your bike and saying "You're too old for bikes!" as though adults don't ride bikes????

uncle-beanbag-mojave

Most relatable scene for me

punishedagenttorture

But she's NOT a beast

alamuts-lair-of-madness

Normies tend to heavily underestimate monster fuckers and other freaks.

uncle-beanbag-mojave

There is that post going around a few years ago, I don't remember how long, probably pre-COVID, I think, about Beauty and the Beast and the roles being reversed, where it was the Beauty who was the monster, and somebody said that no man would ever love anyone like that. And I was like, are you fucking kidding me? I would be extremely interested in someone like that, man. It would be like, oh, hello, who are you? What's this? How does this work? So, yeah, I mean, as an itinerant monster fucker, I am definitely, you know, on board with all of that.

alamuts-lair-of-madness

There's a reason Monster Musume is such a popular franchise. Sure, most of the girls are monster light, but nevertheless people need to start with something.

uncle-beanbag-mojave

Yeah, it's an okay introduction. I'm not really interested in any of the characters there. I'm much more oriented to like Monster Girl Doctor and other stuff with it. I just wish Monster Girls were more popular so we would get more media of them, because we really don't have that much, honestly.

wheelie-sick

watching people on this post give the absolute worst advice about photos at protests is why I play avoid-the-camera so diligently and I am prepared to smash cameras at all times

part of my role is going to people and gently saying "hey please stop taking photos of people without their consent. that can be dangerous for the people in the photos and you were asked not to at the start of the rally/march" and I have had people threaten to punch me over it so........

just stop taking photos. I don't care if they're "just for you" or if you "plan to redact them" you have no idea what situation someone is in and your photos will never be secure. if you want to take a photo just ask people in it first.

and of course they're always like "well what about those people taking photos" and I explain that "those people are known to our community and know who does and doesn't want a photo. people have already consented or not consented at past events to that person's photos and they know this" or "thanks for pointing that out I will talk to them too because they also should not be taking photos." this also, of course, does not solve the conflict and they continue taking photos anyways.

I have my own tactics for stopping photos when someone refuses that don't involve smashing cameras but they tend to escalate things anyways.

just stop. I'm so tired. just stop.

wheelie-sick

ALSO, JUST FOR THE RECORD!!!! If you are refusing to stop taking photos of people you look like a cop.

nonenosome2

No. If you don't want your photo taken during a public protest, then don't show up.

"We asked you to not take photos."

And? Do you see that word there? Public? Yeah, you can fuck right off.

"B... But someone got doxxed."

Yet again. And...? Blame the doxxer, not the photographer for recording a public event.

Like, at this point just say you only want journalists who will fall into line under threat of being attacked to be around to tell the story you want.

Wouldn't want anyone to know what was actually happening or have photos of people doing anything illegal, now would we?

emmaubler

Look, I don't like it, but we have now reached a state of surveillance that you should assume that if you are outside or in a public building, there is a possibility to high probability that you are being recorded. There are surveillance cams, street cams, and drones. There are people who aim their phones at anything that might be content. Expecting everyone else to protect your anonymity is not realistic.