Fly Favorite Shows

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[justgivemeabookplease]

Shrek 2, while a cinematic masterpiece, is also an interesting look at queerness and comp het.

Fiona is married so it's time to reunite with her parents. But instead of marrying a prince, she's married to an ogre. Not just that, but she's also an ogre. (Yes everyone knew she would sometimes be an ogre but that was when she was a child, she didn't know she would be an ogre for the rest of her life, and besides once she met the right prince she would stop being an ogre. She was supposed to stop being an ogre.)

But okay they're both ogres. We can still ask about when they'll have children because even if they're ogres they can still have kids, right? That's what married princes and princesses do so naturally that's what everyone does. Even if ogres might not be great parents (I've heard that ogres eat their young, is that something you people do?) it's still something that should be discussed.

And okay you can stay in Fiona's childhood bedroom filled with all the reminders that hey, everyone thought she was just a princess and princesses marry princes. Her toys left out from the last time she played with them. The prince slays the ogre. The princess offers a token of gratitude for slaying the ogre. Fiona wrote Mrs. Fiona Charming a million times in her diary because what else was she supposed to grow up to be?

And Harold, the Fairy Godmother says, you have to fix this, your kingdom can't be ruled by ogres. You were unfit to rule, to be loved, when you were a frog but I changed you, I made you better, I made you a prince. You know how this works. Think of your daughter's safety.

Shrek goes to the Fairy Godmother and oh honey, ogres don't live happily ever after. It's just not done. It hasn't happened in all of fairy tale history. You have to change the both of you to be happy. You have to present as a prince and a princess. It will be better. You'll fit in better that way. You'll be accepted that way.

[chilewithcarnage]

there is no discourse between gen z and millenials. we are siblings. come on lil bro, ill take you to amc. yeah we can go there early and play the arcade games before the movie starts.

[midlifecrisis2021]

Can we get popcorn and a drink to share :)

[chilewithcarnage]

we sure can buddy, we sure can

[littlefly-nerd]

Every time I see genz vs millenial slander I just think why can’t we be friends ?? I am a very late millenial almost genz so I feel like in the middle.

[littlefly-nerd]

I can’t shake the feeling that if the Mario movie was released when I was a teen (this is like 15 years ago), people wouldn’t be as bitter about it and it would have been a generally liked film (I think it is but you still get a few comments around that you are a conformist or whatever…)

People have a very distorted view of a lot of olderish movies (the only thing that I think is objectively worse now is cinematography, and in some cases dialogues/storytelling). But the rest has always been from good to just okay for mainstream movies. Like, we used to have movies that was just a guy killing people around and then getting a girl. It’s not like mainstream cinema has always been just a bastion of Shakespearean culture in its entirety.

I think that even if we need to have higher standards and respect and consider professional criticism (basically to not end with just slop after slop), sometimes it’s fine to enjoy an okay movie, and the movie itself wasn’t as bad as I read on twitter. I really enjoyed it.

Also, I am putting the Mario movie as an example, but this feeling is in general. People are actually more picky now that how they used to be (also all these cultural war stuff has made people more wary of themes they didn’t used to think about).

[akiiame-blog]

Part 6 of Mario Galaxy spoilers because I'm still not over this movie, ESPECIALLY this part,,,

GODDDD THIS SCENE IS ADORABLE

My absolute favorite thing is Mario being really insecure about himself, thinking Peach wouldn't ever like him the same way. Dude's clearly got some self deprecation going on 💔 It's something my favorite authors write for him all the time in fics, so it's such a treat seeing it in a piece of canon material!!

It's also super sweet how much Luigi hypes him up. He knows full well how much Mario brings himself down and clearly makes it his life mission to bring him back up as much as he can

I love their sibling relationship so much aughh 🥺🥺

[littlefly-nerd]

What I find so funny about this is that everything Mario does with or for her makes Peach every time more into him. He is exactly what she needs and wants.

First of all, he actually listens to Peach and cares about her feelings NO MATTER if she returns the romantic affection to him or not. That he thinks unlikely that she returns his feelings kind of makes this part of the relationship very special in my opinion.

She feels she can trust him and the movie proves this. Yes, the Castle was taken, but Mario, Luigi and Joshi did everything to save all the Toads successfully. Imagine what that means to someone that is used to have the responsibility of an entire kingdom all on her shoulders.

He made possible for her to go and look for Rosalina without her asking showing mutual respect and trust, and putting what she wants first.

They make a good team in general, communicate very well (in every thing that is not romance) and feel very comfortable with each other.

They were able to show the chemistry they have on-screen.

In this scene I felt really sad that despite this he feels so unworthy of her, and one of the reasons being a Plummer in the human world and seeing that Peach doesn’t even think about it.

Seeing Luigi going from a teaser from a supporter in the moment Mario needs it was so cute too ❤️!!!

This movie has so many underrated details.

[battlecrazed-axe-mage]

So we're all gonna let the new Harry Potter show die on the vine, right? No hatewatching. No thinkpieces. No videos about how bad it is. Deprive it of oxygen and let it wither away unremarked-upon and unprofitable; make HBO lose their entire investment and prove to the corporate entertainment sphere that the entire IP is poison. And spend that time doing something that brings you joy instead.

[littlefly-nerd]

OMG yes please… I know it won’t happen… people on my twitter already yapping about the child actors or why Snape being black doesn’t work and how the fans that complain against Papa are racists… and I am like, who tf cares?? This series is not worth the watch anyway, due to everything surrounding it. With any other actors I wouldn’t watch it either and you should consider the same.

[pj99896]

I can't wait to see your disappointment when you realize nobody gives an f about your opinion and the show has become a massive success.

[littlefly-nerd]

I know a lot of people don’t care. It’s nothing new. But we shouldn’t hate watch or create discourse around the series if we are from the side that doesn’t like or doesn’t support the project, because for me human rights are more important than a show and a casting. I won’t tell you what to support or what to do, but I will always express my opinion no matter if it influences things or not. Because is my blog and I can.

[batmanisagatewaydrug]

a while back I reblogged a post pointing out that it's totally reasonable to have a crush on someone and just Not Act On It, Ever, At All, and I cannot stop thinking about the sweet souls in the notes who seemed baffled as to why anyone would ever want to leave a crush unspoken. absolutely fascinating life experience you must be having if that's not a possibility that's ever even cropped up, I have to say. I don't think it's unforgivably naive or anything but it does warrant further study.

[littlefly-nerd]

I never told any of my crushes that I crushed on them. I was too embarrassed and sometimes didn’t know if they were dating someone or if it was going to make thing’s awkward.

[byjove]

I just saw someone say “You need to read a book intended for adults.” instead of “Read a different book.” to a Harry Potter fan. Big fan of that.

[littlefly-nerd]

As a milenial that grew up in the HP age please I beg you. This includes also books that are fun but more mature, even if they can be understood by younger audiences too; if they have deeper meanings or a nuanced exploration of a theme. The morality of the HP books goes from too simplistic to inadvertently outrageous in some things.

[battlecrazed-axe-mage]

So we're all gonna let the new Harry Potter show die on the vine, right? No hatewatching. No thinkpieces. No videos about how bad it is. Deprive it of oxygen and let it wither away unremarked-upon and unprofitable; make HBO lose their entire investment and prove to the corporate entertainment sphere that the entire IP is poison. And spend that time doing something that brings you joy instead.

[littlefly-nerd]

OMG yes please… I know it won’t happen… people on my twitter already yapping about the child actors or why Snape being black doesn’t work and how the fans that complain against Papa are racists… and I am like, who tf cares?? This series is not worth the watch anyway, due to everything surrounding it. With any other actors I wouldn’t watch it either and you should consider the same.

[innerchildabortionclinic]

"learned helplessness in gen z" is something i've seen some millennials complaining about online, especially in the workplace, and as a zillennial who is trying to overcome this issue, I think for most people it's a result of overbearing parenting. for me it's because I was so scared of my dad who found issues in every single move I made but the typical cause of learned helplessness in adults is most likely overbearing parents and THOSE parents exist because THEIR parents were probably the "latchkey" type that just let their kids do whatever. so basically we as humans like to learn from mistakes in parenting by creating new ones and this has been a problem for every generation. #MYTHEORY

[littlefly-nerd]

As a milenial that also has overbearing parents, this is part of the issue, but also I think that growing up without the online environment made a difference to me. What I did in my high school years, all the stupid bad shit, stayed in there. Not a single adult knows what I did except those people that I let behind. Now, kids live in permanent surveillance, and I think this creates a sort of paralysis state and you avoid to experiment and do things that have a risk, because you won’t be able to run away from those consequences easily (or you feel that in your mind). Adults underestimate how much “bad behaviour” and that defiance in youth was actually an important part of development.

Also, growing up without responsibilities is not a good thing too. Like, being young and work in your parents business sometimes is actually something that will help you develop confidence and skills. Besides school. All those things were fully abandoned and now people wonder why everyone raised totally different is like this in a totally different and new environment.

This is why they tell us (late Millenials) that we are in arrested development. Most of us are still in this defiance state and we never totally aligned with society (this is true mostly to late milenials), and a lot of us didn’t even embraced parenting or normal “adult responsibilities”. So, yeah, I think that society is just each time more broken and instead of looking at the structural problems causing this is easier to blame us.

Also, I think that kids nowadays don’t have where to go out an play and they spent too much time on devices. Going out and play developed in me a lot of abilities like resilience, risk taking and things like that. As a teen I didn’t do much of this, I was a well behaved young teen (because of bullying too) and as an adult I developed with very low confidence, that I had to develop on myself by exposing to different and new experiences as adult. Which caused that I developed fully way later. (Basically the thirties are the new twenties thing lol).

[kendrysaneela]

I can’t stop thinking about the egg scene. When Carol finds out they’ve stolen her eggs. Vs the scene in episode 3 where Carol asks how long it is before they turn her. In episode 3 when Carol is clearly attached to Zosia already but not in love with her yet. So when Carol shows upset about being turned Zosia says

She apologizes and references the biological imperative.

But when Carol shows upset at having her eggs stolen and being turned in episode 9 after having fallen in love with Zosia she says

And it’s just. It’s just the fact that they switch it up? Like this entire time it’s been “Sorry biological imperative” but after developing a whole relationship with Carol successfully getting her to let them in emotionally and knowing she’s fallen in love with Zosia, they don’t apologize. They don’t mention the biological imperative. They say “We have to do this because we love you” and to plunge the betrayal down even deeper Zosia says “Because I love you” Fully leaning into Carol’s individualization of Zosia and trying to use that. It’s just. It’s SUCH a progression I have trouble even putting my thoughts into words about it.

[littlefly-nerd]

This is both devastating and fascinating.

You don’t know if the hive loves her or this is just a manipulation.

[nepofledgling]

she sounds so cool I hope she leaves him and has a great life with someone who appreciates her

[otterjpg]

queen shit

[nepofledgling]

I am pleased to know they broke up tonight

[appendingfic]

“For some reason I can’t explain she dresses like Miss Frizzle.” I think there is the fundamental problem in your relationship, that you can’t understand why any woman, much less a preschool teacher, would dress like Miss Frizzle.

[littlefly-nerd]

Something that bothers me of this situation is why does he choose to be so goddam boring? Imagine how cool would be to have a wife that dares to be who she is, embraces her job and is funny and cool in the process? Looks like he is jealous she overshadowed him and she gets the attention for herself. Why some men have to be so insecure and pathetic my goodness???

[namelessvoid77]

ever since i finished pluribus i cannottttttt stop thinking about carol's eggs being used to develop a way to join her. this choice she made directly tied to her reproductive health, directly tied to her lesbianism being so grossly taken advantage of to do something so expressly against her wishes. their violation of her consent by using her eggs because of their "biological imperative" to assimilate the population. it was kinda shocking to me to learn that this show was originally conceived with a male protagonist in mind because that's such a clever point of commentary on how choice surrounding reproductive rights is consistently stripped away under the guise of "biological purpose" or "the betterment of humanity" or similar reasoning. they respect consent when it comes to taking stem cells via a hip injection, but not when it comes to using her frozen eggs, something tied to an incredibly personal choice she made with her dead wife that they killed. they're not willing to kill any living thing, including plant life, but they are willing to use a lesbian's reproductive health to directly go against her wishes for individuality. it's fucking sickening. it's amazing writing. holy shit i love this show.

[monochrome-anomaly]

watching pluribus and the whole carol losing her temper thing is such an interesting metaphor. this insane stuff is happening so she rightfully gets angry which makes bad things happen to everyone, and everyone blames it on her. instead of the thing that's making this happen. they're like no matter what you need to remain calm, pacified. 800m killed by the pluribus that's ok it's collateral. but 11m killed by carol without her even knowing or intending it, so in fact they were also killed by pluribus, and everyone's mad at her.

[elizabethgoudge]

Metaphors about women who have been abused still having to remain totally rational and sane in order not to be victimized again by the system.

Rhea Seehorn does a great job of defending her character. Wish she didn’t have to.

[littlefly-nerd]

Yes this

[travalicious]

they can't pluck an apple from a tree

[royalnugget42]

ohhhHHHHHH MY GOD it's a reference to Genesis. Oh my god it's a reference to Adam and Eve and the apple.

The Hive being symbolically inhuman because of their inability to disobey. They can't sin and they can't seek knowledge because they can't take the apple from the tree ohhhh my god

[theworld-gif]

[ID: A screenshot of the show Pluribus showing a large flatscreen TV displaying John Cena with a video of an apple being plucked from a tree in the background and a red crossed out circle on the apples. Captions read "We can't pluck an apple from a tree" end ID]

[tapacamino]

The thing people who insist Manousos shouldn't be important to the plot or the secondary protagonist in this show miss, is that without him there the show would just become another white saviour scenario.

All the other immune (who happen to be non-white) are in opposition to Carol, so it would definitely be a bad look if she was the only one willing to try and reverse The Joining.

And for this to work narratively, he has to be her equal. Because if he's not, then he just becomes the sidekick that teaches the white woman life lessons. Instead, it's a lot more compelling when two people who think they are right and from different backgrounds butt heads, especially when they are very similar in a lot of ways and need to find common ground.

It is delightful that these two people are grumpy, difficult curmudgeons who will need to learn to accept friendship. It honestly feels like both of them have had very few close friends in their lives.

People who don't understand the importance of that are going to have a hard time with this show.

[littlefly-nerd]

I really love the contrast between Carol and Manousos because the most compelling part is that they are actually very very similar in personality, but, because of this same reason they crashed very badly against the other and this probably is how their alliance will be like from now on. They don’t have an option, because this person is the only one available to help the other.

It’s also very compelling to see two people of backgrounds that are so different to be also so similar in their core. Both of them want to be in charge, and don’t fully trust the other because of their own biases. It’s delightful and the people that aren’t enjoying it how we are supposed to are missing out.

[seraphtrevs]

I love Carol and Helen's relationship because they obviously fit together so well, had so so SO much love for each other, and built a beautiful, successful life together. However - and this is also another thing I love about them because it's very realistic - there was a lil bit of dysfunction there

I actually don't think it's a huge problem because I think most relationships have a component that isn't perfect. People are often drawn to each other not only by the things that make them better together (as was clearly the case for Helen and Carol), but also by the ways their flaws fit like puzzle pieces (which was also the case for them). Helen enjoyed managing Carol, and Carol enjoyed being managed. Not something that would make the list for Most Healthy Aspects of a Relationship, but I think it worked for them for the most part. If the world had kept on spinning the way it used to, maybe it wouldn't have mattered that much. But the world didn't keep on spinning the way it used to, and now Carol is left stranded

I keep thinking about Carol's drunken crash-out after the disastrous first meeting with the other Individuals. The morning after, when she wakes up hung over, she calls the Hive and, with tears in her eyes, asks, "Do you got anything to make me stop doing this?" Presumably meaning binge drinking and crashing out. And the answer is no. Not even the Hive, with every resource at its disposal and all the knowledge of every person on the planet, can do that

Which brings me to the monitoring device in the liquor cabinet. The monitor was a surprise to Carol, and it embarrassed her...but I don't think she felt angry or betrayed by Helen. I think she had asked Helen, like she asked the Hive, "Can you make me stop doing this?" With the unsaid part being "Can you make me stop doing this in a way that means I don't have to confront this myself? Can you manage me in a way that doesn't hurt? Can you take care of this for me, please?" And that's what Helen was trying to do. Manage it for her. But it's not the kind of thing you can manage for another person. Carol's bitter chrysalis will be learning to fly on her own