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[rubisaurus98]

New Year, New Blog...sort of.

I suppose it's high time I mention that this blog is more or less practically defunct now. Won't hear much coming out of it anymore, if at all. Felt I needed a new change, new formats, etc.

I've mostly been operating out of my Square Enix blog (@dragoon-mid-jump) for a while now, and any attaching blogs from it. So, feel free to follow that if that's your jam, or look around after that.

Peace.

[rubisaurus98]

If I went and sprung for Baldur's Gate 3...Literally my first hurdle would be character creation, because I have so many OCs in need of transplanting into new fandom homes.

Maybe Ren? Or Byron. Or I could just do Adelia again b/c Adelia's been pretty fun so far in FFXIV.

Maybe it could be a story where Adelia and Byron could actually be fucking together for once.

But I need to move Ren out of Brave Frontier b/c I actually miss my Scoundrel.

[thundergrace]

[liberalsarecool]

Shorter conservatives: me, me, me.

[worldsokayestdragon]

my favorite thing about the blue beetle movie is how Jaime is like "no killing! I am not a killer Khaji Da, nonlethal weapons only and absolutely no murder!" meanwhile his whole family is laughing while they trample guards with a giant bug mech, milagro and Jenny are setting off explosives in tunnels that absolutely have people in them, and his nana is mowing people down with a giant gun. the no killing thing is a personal choice that Jaime made, the rest of the Reyes family says yes killing

[thelilnan]

i think they should be friends

[rylandsgrace]

#The best thing about Barbie (2023) is probably Ryan Gosling who method acted too hard

[bucky-bucky-bucky-bucky]

I am Kenough.

[squishy-min-mochi]

It’s important to recognise that Barbie (2023) criticises both the patriarchy AND the matriarchy. Yes, the Ken’s are just accessories to the Barbies. Yes, they don’t have any say in the government they live under. That’s the point, you’re supposed to feel awful, you’re supposed to want the Kens to have their own agency, you’re supposed to want equality. The Barbie movie explicitly states that the way Barbie treats Ken is wrong, so much so that once he finds a safe space for his masculinity and individual identity he’s so excited to share it with the other Kens.

But they go overboard and replace a matriarchy with a patriarchy and now the same issue exists but in reverse. That’s the POINT!! THATS THE POINT!!! Barbie is not anti-men it’s pro equality PLEASE understand this

13th Aug 2023 UPDATE:

Heeeeey howdy!!

Due to the IMMENSE comments and discussion on this post (thanks ya’ll!!) I’ve decided to update my post with my recent opinions and hopefully clearer explanations!!

First, my original post only considers a very small and very vague analysis of the film!!

Since making this I've read all your comments and learned quite a bit about the matriarchy as it appears in human civilisation. Originally, I was pitting the patriarchy and the matriarchy against each other as though the results of their implementation were equal in the film.

They were not!! Below is the definition of matriarchy I’ll be working off of.

Matriarchy Simple Definition;

Matriarchy is a social system in which women hold the primary power positions in roles of authority. In a broader sense it can also extend to moral authority, social privilege and control of property.

There's a lot to talk about in the Barbie film that would fit better in an essay, so I'll try and condense it into this;

To me, Barbie (2023) is a film about the female experience and the shared connection between women that persists through childhood and adulthood, support and harassment, suffering and joy, mother and daughter.

It uses Barbie as its figurehead because of the immense societal and political impact the doll has had on women, both good and bad (as explained in the film).

The male experience as seen in Barbie (2023) is not the sole focus of the film- rather, it's an accessory (as the Kens are) to Barbie's story, and a necessary aspect of exploration to truly highlight the importance of individualism and healthy personal exploration.

I want to make clear that I in no way think the treatment of the Kens was just as bad as the treatment of the Barbies. I also still agree that the matriarchy fostered by the Barbies wasn’t good for the Kens.

Additionally, I’m aware that this take on Barbie (2023) works strictly within the assumed heteronormative boundaries of gender. There is a lot of nuance in the Barbie film and I don’t think everything can be covered or explained in on Tumblr post— but I hope this clarification helps!!

I hope you're all coming to your own conclusions and analysis of the film in a way that makes sense to you. And for those of you engaging in online conversations and discourse about it, I hope you're keeping yourself and others happy and safe!!!

Much love to you all!! < 3

[suiheisen]

gritty both capturing the zeitgeist as usual AND educating me on the availability of free flow butter at american cinemas

[daniellarusso]

BLUE BEETLE (2023) dir. Ángel Manuel Soto

[namsoek]

Bruna Marquezine | Blue Beetle Official Trailer

[maswartz]

[blusandbirds]

A BEETILLION DOLLARS INCOMING LETS GOOOO

[sexy-raccoons]

most heroes their movie is about deciding that they’re gonna take their new powers and save a bunch of people and that’s why they end up fighting the bad guy to begin with

my boy jaime’s movie was “great you get powers now SURVIVE BITCH THEYRE COMING FOR YOU”

[ggothamite]

blue beetle (2023) or jaime reyes and the terrible, horrible, no good, very bad two days.

[dailyflicks]

New look at Blue Beetle (2023) dir. Ángel Manuel Soto