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this is a strong contender for the funniest fucking thing I’ve ever seen
The fact that the silmarillion is still compressed into one film is the funniest part of this
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What a punch
This is assault and illegal. He may spew nothing but bile but his right to free speech must be protected
Ain’t nobody throwing him in prison, so his freedom of speech isn’t being violated.
Also, learn what speech is exempt from it, like, for instance, fighting words. Words that by their very utterance inflict injury, and speech that incites an immediate breach of the peace, kind of like, yknow, saying you want to exterminate all of their kind of people. Basically, talk shit get hit is 100% protected.
I swear people that yell about Freeze Peach have no idea what it means. If you provoke someone and then they act on that provication, then it’s on you, not them.
Freedom of speech just means the government can’t tell you what to say.
Freedom of speech isn’t freedom from consequences. It’s your right to say what you want to say, and it’s my right to knock you the fuck out if I don’t like what you’ve said.
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tadano says down with the patriarchy
I’m looking through the aggretsuko tag and yikes I feel like I’m the only one who dislikes Tadano.
I thought at first that he was cool, an okay dude. And then eh, ok his ideals don’t matchup with Retsuko’s- it happens. But then he started to become oppressive and basically tell her what she should do and quit her job and just stay with him. It felt like he was trying to get her to submit and trying to make her quit her job so she’d have to rely on him economically too, all without any sort of contract (like marriage). Like at least she had a contract and stability at work.
And then I read some people being like “I didn’t like the ending of this season, it’s taking women back and enforcing outdated concepts like marriage.”
And I literally felt the rage lol. Not only does this view completely ignore that she’s essentially become a trophy wife without the wife part, she would lose her “working woman” status and economic independence as well. I thought feminism was all about women getting to choose what they wanted. Retsuko was obviously being pressured to conform to Tadano’s unconvential worldview. She obviously wanted marriage and kids and articulated so. So it’s kinda heartbreaking to see people shitting on her (or the writers of the show) for making a choice via her own free will based on her desires just because it doesn’t fit into their ‘woke’ worldview. Some women want to get married and have kids and make that the center of their life, so stop shaming them for making that choice. What matters is that they actually have that choice and Retsuko did. It’s not bad that she wants a traditional marriage and kids.
i made this 24 hours after season 2 aired
Something I Noticed in Detective Pikachu
Tim and Lucy’s relationship didn’t actually bother me. I went in expecting to be wholly turned off by their interactions, but actually walked away feeling neutral to the idea of a potential romance and positive towards their professional friendship in future endeavors (I mean, feral reporter with nice by-the-book detective is a very nice working relationship).
So it got me thinking…why? What did Detective Pikachu do right?
And then it hit me.
One of the core themes of the film was the idea of loneliness and the need for bonds with others. These bonds come in various forms across the film, the primary two being the pokemon-human bond and, of course, the father-son bond.
At the beginning of the film, Tim’s friend expresses concern for him. After all, Tim is obviously lonely, and only doomed to further isolation as his friend group leaves the aging little town for bigger, better things. So what does his friend suggest? A pokemon partner, of course.
Within the context of the world this is both natural and normal. However, contrast that for a moment with how it would be handled in any other film: Tim would’ve been set up on a blind date. It would’ve gone horribly, horribly wrong of course, with the woman in question probably being portrayed as a shallow, two dimensional cutout of a person that of course doesn’t gel well with Tim.
The difference between these two situations is actually really crucial, because it’s essentially putting a platonic relationship in the place where romantic relationships typically go.
So what does this mean for Lucy? It means that Lucy can exist without being the trophy of a successful male character arc. Even if they got together, the romantic relationship is not the emblem that Tim is no longer lonely, because Tim has already achieved that in other forms.
Lucy actually gets to be her own character. As campy and cheesy as her character might be portrayed, she has a very clear set of goals, takes the initiative and gathers information that Tim wouldn’t be able to get otherwise, and successfully achieves her goal onscreen when Tim isn’t even present.
Her relationship with Tim is work first, with romance as a footnote for when the world is no longer going to end. Even Tim describes her as “the woman I am highly attracted to,” instead of “the woman I’m in love with,” and hasn’t so much as asked her out on a date as of the end of the film.
(That quote also stood out to me because Lucy is consistently put down for looking too young and too pretty, that Tim referring to her as a ‘woman’ rather than a ‘young woman’ or ‘lady’ or ‘girl’ really reemphasizes that he sees her as an equal.)
So yeah, there really wasn’t a need for that romantic subplot, but also it was barely even a romantic subplot. It was just a couple of young people who are mutually attracted to each other but are overwhelmingly focused on the plot at hand, and don’t particularly let that attraction sway their judgement.
Conversely, it should be asked if, by removing the female lead and romantic bond as the primary important bond, that sets up the pokemon partner to be a trophy in the place of the female character? It definitely could have, except that the entire story hinged on the emphasis and re-emphasis that Pokemon are unique individuals who should be treated with care and respect. The pokemon partners across the film got significantly more characterization and development than a lot of female characters across various action films.
Find me any other action flick wherein the straight romance takes priority, and the majority of the run time is devoted to subtly emphasizing how incredible and unique and kickass women are, and the importance in cultivating a relationship of mutual trust and respect.
tl;dr Detective Pikachu completely ditched the ‘romance is the most important bond of all’ mentality in favor of a healthy platonic and familial ones, which in turn gave both the potential romance and Lucy’s character the breathing room to avoid relegating her to a sexy lamp.
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A quick word about Detective Pikachu
Yeah, I rolled my eyes a bit at the ubiquitous “misunderstanding separates the characters” trope in the second act, but I do appreciate how it was done.
Usually the character affected by the misunderstanding or betrayal will push the offending one away, lots of “how could you”? “I trusted you!” etc. But Tim, who has every reason to be distrusting after what he’s seen, never even considers it. His first reaction is “No, there must be reason. Let’s look into this.”
Meanwhile, it’s Pikachu who is horrified. He opts to leave rather than cause Tim any more pain. He would rather never see him again than even give himself the CHANCE to hurt his partner.
I dunno, maybe I’m just a sucker for the “stay away from me, I don’t want to hurt you” trope. That shit is like my cocaine.
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