[drxgonfly]

Wildflowers pt 1 (by imagesofdream) Kern County, Gorman, & Mt. Rainier

[e-l-a-s-i-n-a]

[aidangillens]

Aidan Gillen as Aberama Gold in Peaky Blinders 5.03

[ashilesun]

Jack Rowan as Bonnie Gold in Peaky Blinders S05E02

[hellomadelene]

[badjokesbyjeff]

Professor X: what’s your super power?

Me: hindsight

Professor X: that’s not going to help us

Me: yes I see that now

[sleepy-ocean-girl]

Hey Jeff, that’s an absolute spectacular joke

[aidangillens]

Aidan Gillen as Aberama Gold in Peaky Blinders 5.01 - 5.02

[saralou23]

[saralou23]

[korgofsakaar]

You know why everyone is giving Lizzie shit for saying the house she lives in with her husband and kids is hers? The house that she’s legally entitled to because HE married HER? Saying this after she sees a bunch of bloody men with guns fighting at the doorstep in front of Charlie? Saying it knowing that Tommy is loosing it and his instability is affecting her family’s stability? YOU KNOW WHY DOT JAY PEE GEE. It’s incredible how shallow and insensitive men can be. What other mother wouldn’t flip at a bunch of men fighting with guns at the house they live in with their children? Let’s just say she did say something out of line. She must now die for it? Tommy does stupid shit every day and Lizzie mostly just stayed quiet. And ya’ll praise him daily. Take out of context quotes and make facebook posts about them. And now, when she’s had enough, she does something about it and everyone is upset to see a female character doing something for herself instead of for a man.

[peakyblinded]

#nope

[whitepeopletwitter]

[sunbathe]

@_llliiittt

[dankmemeuniversity]

[frodo-sam]

[mozart-in-the-madness]

No matter what bad things happen in the world, let’s just always be grateful that Glee ended before Old Town Road came out

[nostalgiaunicorn]

[typette-deactivated20150825]

I remember posting somewhere once in a thread about why girls aren’t exploited in animation anymore where some guy said, “all the disney girls are drawn to be generally attractive, but I don’t think there are any eye-candy men… or are there? Are there any Disney men that lots of girls like?” and I mentioned Roger. Tons of girls replied agreeing with me and the original guy was like “wait, Roger? from 101 Dalmatians? What’s attractive about him, he’s tall and lanky and has a big nose, he isn’t muscley at all! Wouldn’t you all prefer Gaston or something? Or do you girls think his big nose is indicative of something else?” and I was like “no, you idiot, he’s a silly, goofy guy who likes animals and can play a bunch of instruments, that’s why he’s attractive. What’s the matter with you? Gaston, seriously?”

This is why we need more girls in animation. And more guys like Roger apparently. 

[fandomsandfeminism]

This is why I laugh my ass of whenever dudes talk about how men are “objectified” by the media too. Because 9 times out of 10, what men think is “women objectifying men” are characters like Gaston.

And Gaston is NOT a woman-driven fantasy. Gaston is a male wish fulfillment fantasy. Gaston is not what women want, he is what men want to be. He is hyper-masculinity to an extreme degree, dripping with sexism and testosterone. The fact that men think that Gaston is what women want says an awful lot about those men. 

While I don’t want to generalize, female fans tend to prefer a very different kind of male hero. We like the Rogers, the Milos, the Hercules. Genuinely kind, often awkward men who are sometimes vulnerable and respectful to women. 

Yes, this is a generalization. I own up to that. But I think it’s important to remember that there is often VERY big difference between what MEN want to be and what women WANT in our media. 

[bemusedlybespectacled]

Reblogging this again because fucking this. And hell, even the muscley dudes (see: Khal Drogo, Hercules, Thor, Captain America) are loved, not because they are muscley, but because they are sweet and loving and adorable. We love Thor because his mispronounces “Hubble” as “Hooble,” not because of what he can do with a hammer.

[bubblyskootch]

Reblogging for the awesome comments.

[lumiereswig]

I’m just here to say I love the animation of Roger so fucking much.  look how fucking smooth and graceful and agile he is. 2d animation is amazing and i just want to hug it

[tinydooms]

All of this. 

[rapacityinblue]

Okay, listen, to return briefly to the idea of Gaston: Beauty and the Beast is actually the first animated Disney screen play written by a woman. Linda Woolverton, the screenwriter, got a lot of attention for creating a self-proclaimed feminist heroine in 1991, but she also had a *lot* to say about Gaston. She didn’t stumble into that villain by mistake. She crafted him based on her own experiences with men and even her ex-boyfriends, and said: “To Gaston, Belle wasn’t a person; she was a possession. And I think it’s great for little boys to see that Beauty doesn’t choose him. Not only can they look at Gaston as an example of how not to treat women, but they can hopefully be taught by the Beast, a macho guy who is comfortable with his feelings and gentleness. He could teach a lot of men, in fact, about sensitivity.“

Not only is Gaston not a woman’s fantasy, he’s literally a woman’s horror story.

[shieldmaiden19]

Reblogging for:

“The fact that men think that Gaston is what women want says an awful lot about those men.”

“Not only is Gaston not a woman’s fantasy, he’s literally a woman’s horror story.”

FREAKING YES

[doctorbluesmanreturns]

Reblogging because there was the whole post where extreme MRAs were saying that Gaston was the true hero of the story and that Belle should have picked him instead of Adam.