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Headcanons don’t count as literary arguments
PV!felix would not be a better deuteragonist than adrien don’t even try. I was so wrong lol here we believe in pre canon felix/adrien supremacy
Idk what the fuck happened to the iphone camera settings after update 26 that its is unusable 60% of the time and no amount of playing with the settings has fixed it but I got jumpscared by ML stickers on a car as I was just thinking about what a commercial success it has been so I took a very unfocused picture bc it refuses to focus no matter what, holding my phone in place for a bit cuz there's always a delay after the update for some reason, and was about to post about just now just to find this instead
oh hi wait i didnt see you answered my last ask. yeah my jobs going better :) had a lot of health stuff in the spring (ended up losing 15 pounds in a month but im ok now!!) and i got a new boss who is really awesome. its still a lot of work and pretty stressful at times but it helps to have someone who gets it now instead of just being on my own mostly
how’ve you been?
- drunk anon
Also had sudden weight loss due to health issues RIP
The certification exam company is being a pain in the ass about ADA accommodations in a very illegal way so its setting my plans back quite a bit but I persist for the time being. Planning on changing jobs as soon as I get that sorted out tho ✌️ Better days are coming or so help me.
Been playing Coral Island nonstop for the past couple of days so that's been keeping me occupied :D
Sometimes jtp i feel like the problem is you were the first person with crit thinking in this fandom that people could find thought that meant they needed your approval b4 everything
This is me telling whoever this applies to that my approval is absolutely not necessary in ur life 😭
Which do you find worse, people who are media iliterate or people who are media literate, but just don't care?
So are y'all planning on engaging with the subject matter or just gonna hold an unpopularity contest via my inbox? I'm sorry but I don't get why I get this kind of question so often after making any post about fandom bigotry
Every time peeps throw a fit about anyone pointing out things that relate to real world social issues in media it's like. Alright. So you think sexism and racism are cool and acceptable and we shouldn't do anything to address them. In fact, anyone trying to spread awareness of it is worse than bigots bc they're bringing down the mood for you >:(
would it be weird if i said ml taught me to try and be more media literate (as that one domino meme that starts with me getting into the salt fic scene bc i hated how everyone was treating alya but still)
I think thats sorta what happened w me lol
I had already felt forced to leave the HTTYD fandom for a couple of years due to the overwhelming amount of n*z*s and was frustrated with Naruto misogyny when I started ML, with a crew promising high quality and progressive writing, bringing my hopes up only to nuke em as things progressed
While I felt a lot of the content was pretty basic, its become clear over the years that a worrying amount of people are missing basic
Obviously she says a lot more on these subjects better than I ever could so Imma just get some of the final bits I felt were relative to fandom out of the way first
I didn't stop to take a lot of pics so there are some Big bits absent but anyway imma just spitball now
-The whole thing w fandom placing blame for adrichat's ills on maribug is bonkers insane. Obviously. She is not responsible for his inability to cope. Same applies to other instances in the show of holding any female accountable for the stupid actions of the irresponsible men in their lives.
-The entire argument that Adrien's "feminization" (for example: that damsel in distress reference characters made in that one ep) is misandrist bc it rids him of agency like many stereotypical damsels while also rejecting any criticism of it bc "how dare anyone criticize their GNC icon" falls apart on itself. You could recognize that the "damsel in distress" trope is just as harmful when applied to female characters (I know some of these peeps were the same ppl complaining about woke fairytale modernizations bc the og female character was already suuuuuper feminist🤪) but it only truly becomes a problem when its applied to a male character , putting adrichat's masculinity in question. This is accompanied by the belief the stereotypically feminine traits are inherently bad while stereotypically masculine traits are inherently admirable. The mere thought of a female character being "masculinized" by being the one to physically save a male character, no matter how superficially implemented, is clearly an attack on his character as it doesn't reinforce his masculinity and makes him the true victim of misogyny. And misandry. Then they turn to his feminization as sweeping excuse for actual misogynistic traits the character displays by adopting LGBTQ+ positive language as a shield. Bc now he's not a male and that means you can't criticize him for anything.
-There's also the fact that from S2 onwards Adrien doesn't spend time on relationships with male characters (aside from his dad one could argue) or platonic female characters. There is an ep where his best-friend-in-name-only and male classmates throw a party for him but the overall dynamic is painfully one-sided. He is rarely, if ever, shown having an interest in his male peers or making an effort to spend time with them. The decision to focus all of his screen time on his romantic pursuits and subsequent pity parties upon being rejected further push the toxic masculine idea that men must suffer on their own without seeking support from other men and that its actually the girl who turned him down's fault. His resentment is usually aimed girl trying to support him without accepting his advances and the narrative and fandom alike celebrate his outward outburst against her, for things she has no fault in, bc he needs an outlet and she's an acceptable target for it regardless of how senseless it may be. He is not emotionally vulnerable, he's volatile but thats okay bc he's the wettest kitten in the cardboard box and that gives him the right to do whatever.
-Moving away from adrichat for a bit, the fact that Felix was originally introduced as an anti role model for boys bc he attempted to SA LB only to then get remarketed as a hero who has never once repented on-screen says a lot. He could've been a fun-to-hate minor villain but he is a White Guy in the white male superiority show so it gets swept under the rug and we're expected to believe he's actually a good guy. Cuz he apologized off-screen clearly. The show stopped pretending to care about positive male role models long ago.
-Back to adrichat, misogyny (and racism) has been holding up his entire character for most of the series. It serves to justify all his wrongs and argue he deserves everything and more than what the female lead has even though he doesn't put in nearly as much effort. It's the presumption that he is entitled to all bc he's a conventionally attractive white guy. Such behavior would never be tolerated by the crew and fandom if his character model was black or female or both.
-Finally, the reactions to anyone pointing this out shows just how far fandom will go to dismiss real-world issues the series repeatedly justifies. It's feminism's fault that his character was emasculated and how dare anyone mention what a slippery slope those behaviors would be for misogynistic and racist beliefs to cement in the audience's brain. Cus it's all fun and not serious and you're immune to propaganda. Obviously.
Oh man I hate that I relate so much of this back to ML and fandom but this book has me tempted to write a whole dissertation on Adrien and the sexism holding up his entire character
Lmao that anon probably just is Wayhem, he got so pressed he went from the ml universe to ours to get back at those damn salters
Reminds of when someone (might've even been that same anon idk) said Marinette wouldn't be friends w me bc of my Adrien salt and I was just like?????? Are they real people to you??? Do you think my meds are so poorly adjusted that I actually care which characters would be buddy-buddy w me???? Do you think they're buddy-buddy with you??? They're narrative tools my guy
Anyway lol idk whats been going on w Wayhem in canon but he is being poorly utilized, I feel it in my jellies
