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reviving this for the funsies // I have active side blogs i use more than this // icon made by @videoplanchette; icon background made by @knaiifu

[sea-bea]

Who: Sea, or Roxas. You can pick either, I'm not picky. They/Them

Hey was I following this blog? Where did theses posts come from?: You probably were – I stopped posting on here because no one was interacting with my posts and started posting on my other side blogs more. I kept this around bc...idk

Why are you posting again?: Tbh its because I didn't get a lot of engagement here. I guess this counts as a more personal blog now

What do you do?: I write mostly nowadays. I love analyzing media. I got OCs in my back pocket. Tbh most of my posts here probably are gonna be me being a little hater

Any Interests?: I particularly like the Kingdom Hearts series and I Love The Ocean/Sea always, but otherwise my interests will vary a lot.

[wicked-weaver]

People love to defend TMA/TME as a meaningful category by comparing it to BIPOC, which on the surface makes sense. BIPOC and TMA are both used to categorize minority groups that are at incredible risk of violence, and BIPOC in particular is widely accepted among any activist less racist than like. Ben Shapiro.

The only problem is the TME part. Because nonBIPOC isn't really a thing, is it? Because while black and indigenous people are grouped together by their at-risk status, no such commonality exists between everyone who isn't black or indigenous.

White people and arab people have the shared experience of not being black or indigenous, but not much else. There's no common interest or large-scale similarity that binds white people with arab people, or latino people, or any other racial minority. At best, any attempt to pretend they're one and the same is dumb as bricks, and at worst is a transparent attempt to paint a racial minority you don't like as being part of the oppressor class, and thus an acceptable target to punch "up" at.

But no, obviously TME is a very important term that definitely describes a coherent group of people. And also, that person posting about how nonBIPOCs are all illegal immigrants and terrorists and should all be killed is just complaining about their oppressors! They're literally punching up, or do you think white people are oppressed or something?

[sea-bea]

Regardless of how I feel about Jax as a character i still feel deeply uncomfortable abt glitch and goose monetizing the whole "Jax deeply embarassed abt being in a maid dress" bit

And yes, yes, we all know retroactively that Jax was embarassed bc shes a trans woman who refuses to even think about the fact that shes trans. And goose, as a trans woman and as jaxs creator, can do whatever she wants with Jax merch bc well, shes the trans woman creator of a trans woman character (not to mention jax is, as she claims, her self insert)

Still though I cant help but feel a way about it. The whole "Jax as a maid" bit is really, at its core, taking a heavily closeted/in denial trans woman, dressing her up in front of people she isnt out to yet, specifically putting her in a costume which has been sexualized to hell and back (at least in modern American culture), and then laughing at her bc to people seeing jax withiut knowing shes trans (aka majority of the audience when it happened), the whole bit looks like "humiliating a misogynistic cis man by putting him in a dress". Even if, at this point, you know/hc her as trans, its still not great bc again the whole bit is "humiliating a deeply closeted person." I can't imagine being a jax fan and watching this scene without being a bit uncomfortable, unless you like when trans characters go through a hazing ritual of being forced into sexualized clothing theyre "supposed" to like because of their "true gender" or whatever. And.....this whole scene is not only being monetized, its like,, actively advertised. Commercials for merch with jax have her being further being embarassed by it. Are we deadass?

[sea-bea]

blade runner 2049 (2017) 🤝 barbie (2023) 🤝 project hail mary (2026) ryan gosling have you ever considered becoming aroace

[sea-bea]

Ngl I hate this Tumblr trend of "going on a post identifying how a marginalized group is being marginalized and then immediately decentering that marginalized group for the more marginalized group" it just feels very dishonest. If you want to talk about the connection between two marginalized groups and how one is more marginalized than the other make your own damn post

[sea-bea]

This may be a hot take but at a certain point I do believe its the audiences fault for thinking a text is sexist/racist/etc.

Its hard to explain, but like sometimes the audience is like "oh x text is sexist because x character is sexist and yet everyone loves them" but when I look at the text, the text is clearly telling you "x character is sexist and thats a Bad Thing". And in those situations I have to think "well the author can only say 'x character is sexist' so many times before you just have to admit that maybe its the audiences fault for liking the character so much"

[sea-bea]

Ragatha and Gangles human selves aren't even visibly disabled or have disability aids

[musashi]

Hey can you guys reblog Cheeseburger so he can take a sunbeam nap on lots of blogs. No other reason I just want you guys to see him.

[musashi]

So, Cheeseburger died on November 21st after an unfairly short battle with an unfairly rare cancer that is rarely seen in cats. I only got to spend a month with him after his diagnosis, and losing him has been the greatest heartbreak of my entire life so far. He was my best friend and my soul cat, and he was there for me when I was completely alone, for twelve long years.

I made this transparent PNG the night he died in preparation for one of the many ways I was going to memorialize him--a surface rug in his likeness that I planned on laying directly in the line of his favourite sunbeam. And I uploaded that PNG here, because this is the website where people post their cats.

I was not expecting the reception I got. Many people have pointed out that this post has more reblogs than likes, and how insane that is in 2025 when reblog culture is at an all time low. I didn't even talk about the fact that Burger passed away in the original post, it wasn't a tearjerker reblog bait or anything like that. People just loved Burger that much, in the same way I fell in love with him at first sight. He was such an ugly kitten.

Anyways, it's really special to me that so many people have reblogged my best friend. I made this PNG to memorialize him in a completely different way, and you all wound up doing just that in ways I never even imagined.

Thank you. Wherever he is, I know the sun is shining.

[sea-bea]

I made this its own post before but I want to again point out how odd it is that Zooble and Gangle, two darker skinned POC, are the two characters of the main cast who's digital avatars are the least human looking.

Like, in episode nine the audience gets to see the casts IRL selves, and Gangle and Zooble are both darker skinned. Specifically, Zooble, played by AJ Noon, is black (though from where specifically, i do not know), while Gangle, played by Mantra Radhakrishnan, is Indian. And yet, for some reason, they are the least humanoid cast members. Zooble is a collection of parts that happen to take a human shape, and gangle is literally a mask with red ribbons. They dont have "normal" eyes. Their base form selves dont even wear clothes.

"But what about kinger, queenie, and jax? Theyre not exactly human like either and theyre white" you may ask. Well I'll tell you:

1. Kinger, though he's not humanoid exactly, is still a king chess piece, which is supposed to represent a human king. While you can argue that Gangle also embodies something which is supposed to represent people, Kinger is also explicitly a white chess piece, and the color of his chess body mimics that of human skin color. Compared to Gangle, who again is a pure white mask with red ribbons. He also has hands and eyes which, when you look at his sillouette, makes him more humanoid than just as a chess piece. His base form also wears clothes, unlike gangle. On a related note, the reason why queenie is represented as a black queen chess piece, at least to me, is purely because shes meant to compliment him because shes his wife.

2. Jaxs actor isn't,, actually white. Izatillo Ishonov is from Kyrgyzstan, which is in Central Asia. Which means that now we have three non-white main cast characters that are represented by non-human-looking digital avatars. Though, i will say that jax is still more humanoid than Gangle let alone Zooble- while her digital avatar is a rabbit and not a person, its still a very humanoid rabbit that stands upright and has normal looking limbs, and her base form at least wears clothes.

like just look. really look at everyone's digital avatars here. compare the three on the left to the three on the right. what is going on here

(Obligatory I am a poc disclaimer here)

[sea-bea]

There are like five women on this show that have canon real world counterparts and the only two that are conformed white are the two who's digital avatars are literally just. White women. What the fuck are we doing here

[sea-bea]

I made this its own post before but I want to again point out how odd it is that Zooble and Gangle, two darker skinned POC, are the two characters of the main cast who's digital avatars are the least human looking.

Like, in episode nine the audience gets to see the casts IRL selves, and Gangle and Zooble are both darker skinned. Specifically, Zooble, played by AJ Noon, is black (though from where specifically, i do not know), while Gangle, played by Mantra Radhakrishnan, is Indian. And yet, for some reason, they are the least humanoid cast members. Zooble is a collection of parts that happen to take a human shape, and gangle is literally a mask with red ribbons. They dont have "normal" eyes. Their base form selves dont even wear clothes.

"But what about kinger, queenie, and jax? Theyre not exactly human like either and theyre white" you may ask. Well I'll tell you:

1. Kinger, though he's not humanoid exactly, is still a king chess piece, which is supposed to represent a human king. While you can argue that Gangle also embodies something which is supposed to represent people, Kinger is also explicitly a white chess piece, and the color of his chess body mimics that of human skin color. Compared to Gangle, who again is a pure white mask with red ribbons. He also has hands and eyes which, when you look at his sillouette, makes him more humanoid than just as a chess piece. His base form also wears clothes, unlike gangle. On a related note, the reason why queenie is represented as a black queen chess piece, at least to me, is purely because shes meant to compliment him because shes his wife.

2. Jaxs actor isn't,, actually white. Izatillo Ishonov is from Kyrgyzstan, which is in Central Asia. Which means that now we have three non-white main cast characters that are represented by non-human-looking digital avatars. Though, i will say that jax is still more humanoid than Gangle let alone Zooble- while her digital avatar is a rabbit and not a person, its still a very humanoid rabbit that stands upright and has normal looking limbs, and her base form at least wears clothes.

like just look. really look at everyone's digital avatars here. compare the three on the left to the three on the right. what is going on here

(Obligatory I am a poc disclaimer here)

[sea-bea]

I made this its own post before but I want to again point out how odd it is that Zooble and Gangle, two darker skinned POC, are the two characters of the main cast who's digital avatars are the least human looking.

Like, in episode nine the audience gets to see the casts IRL selves, and Gangle and Zooble are both darker skinned. Specifically, Zooble, played by AJ Noon, is black (though from where specifically, i do not know), while Gangle, played by Mantra Radhakrishnan, is Indian. And yet, for some reason, they are the least humanoid cast members. Zooble is a collection of parts that happen to take a human shape, and gangle is literally a mask with red ribbons. They dont have "normal" eyes. Their base form selves dont even wear clothes.

"But what about kinger, queenie, and jax? Theyre not exactly human like either and theyre white" you may ask. Well I'll tell you:

1. Kinger, though he's not humanoid exactly, is still a king chess piece, which is supposed to represent a human king. While you can argue that Gangle also embodies something which is supposed to represent people, Kinger is also explicitly a white chess piece, and the color of his chess body mimics that of human skin color. Compared to Gangle, who again is a pure white mask with red ribbons. He also has hands and eyes which, when you look at his sillouette, makes him more humanoid than just as a chess piece. His base form also wears clothes, unlike gangle. On a related note, the reason why queenie is represented as a black queen chess piece, at least to me, is purely because shes meant to compliment him because shes his wife.

2. Jaxs actor isn't,, actually white. Izatillo Ishonov is from Kyrgyzstan, which is in Central Asia. Which means that now we have three non-white main cast characters that are represented by non-human-looking digital avatars. Though, i will say that jax is still more humanoid than Gangle let alone Zooble- while her digital avatar is a rabbit and not a person, its still a very humanoid rabbit that stands upright and has normal looking limbs, and her base form at least wears clothes.

like just look. really look at everyone's digital avatars here. compare the three on the left to the three on the right. what is going on here

(Obligatory I am a poc disclaimer here)

[sea-bea]

truly the saddest thing about pom/ni is that you go through the series and theres just,,, nothing about her that makes her interesting as a character, narratively speakign. everyone else in the circus has something more to them thats explored in the show at least somewhat. whether its exploring the other characters hopes, dreams, backstory, theres always a little something more there that gives them more depth.

but with pom/ni, theres just nothing extra there. she has no greater hopes, no greater dreams, no greater aspirations other than "get out of the circus" (which everyone else already wants to do), she has no arc to fulfill or development to overcome. shes jsut...there.

and no, i dont mean she (or anyone else) needs to have trauma or something bad for her to be a worthwhile character or person. but generally main characters go through development or arcs where you learn more about who they are as a person, and pomni is just,,, never given that. i mean, you learn that she's an accountant who likes to explore abandoned areas, but thats kind of really it. thats the only thing about her. you dont learn if she has family, what friends she has outside of the exploring group, if she had any other greater dreams, if shes even bothered by the idea of not having a greater dream, if she hates her stagnant life, if she even likes her stagnant life. you barely get to really know her.

truthfully im not sure if she has a narrative function other than to be an audience stand in, or a crutch for other characters to lean on. her character feels like the equivalent of being at a funeral of a dead woman, and in their eulogies everyone she has ever loved describes her by her role and not like,,, any actual personality traits.

[beardedmrbean]

[theplanetprince]

I think now that there is a bit more people in the know of the episode-- but my main issue with Jaxs backstory (I dont care that shes trans. Good for her.) But my main issue with the whole mother thing is that is a regurgitation of the Ragatha Plotline. And i guess if the idea is that Jax is all the characters all combined into one including their issues it wasnt communicated well.

And the fact we never learn what actually became of her mother despite jax saying this is her biggest regret-- ie not learning whether or not her own mother lived or died due to her actions-- quite honestly sucks and feels like a missed opportunity.

And as someone who as a very difficult relationship with their mother/is trans it didnt help Jaxs monologue from feeling like--

Like it offers an explanation but its not the cure-all I think the writer wants it to be. (Not to dismiss hugging vulnerability as a trigger for ptsd-- hugging and being touched without permission is actually one of my triggers as well)

Like oh sick the person committing this very blatant misgonistic abuse is trans-- this means trans people are not exempt from internalized transphobia or misogynyyyyyy, righttttttt? Wait no why are idolizing wait no-- wait no why are you all walking away--

So am I supposed to accept that Jax assaulting likely her elderly mother regardless of prior abuse went without any reprocussions? Not even any jail time for concussing someone which is likely what happened? Like im not saying jax and her mom have to skipping through a field-- but some closure for this very obvious character thread wasnt even addressed in the closing montage/monologue. Like at least Ragatha was mentioned to have cut ties with her physically abusive mom and was implied to have sought counseling and became an advocate for people like herself?

Like the mother plotline feels like such a shoehorned in addition. Which I feel like is a shame because it wasnt really needed because ragatha already had that covered. You could have either made it matter or not. And they chose not. Like the phobia of corn wasnt even given proper pay off either-- it was just another character tick that sat unused like checkovs gun. Jaxs mom was just another in the pattern of women Jax had mistreated in the journey of discovering herself. It wasnt narratively satisfying that no one really solved that mystery of all the women in Jax's life being painted with the brush of one bad experience. And I say one-- because Ribbit unlike everything we were led to believe was so accepting and patient with Jax and her latent identity. There's nothing Ribbit does within the narrative that fuels Jaxs paranoia other than Jaxs lingering issues. Which while realistic is not how that character would internalize it nor is it satisfying narratively, i think personally.

My worst fear honestly with this fandom and how many people there are in it would be suckered into believing that everyone you abuse will stick around.

Its the pattern that Bojack from Bojack Horseman found himself in time and time again--

"All I know about being good, I learned from TV. And in TV, flawed characters are constantly showing people they care with these surprising grand gestures. And I think that part of me still believes that’s what love is. But in real life, the big gesture isn’t enough. You need to be consistent, you need to be dependably good. You can’t just screw everything up... You need to do it every day, which is so… hard."

[sea-bea]

you can tell the fanbase is white bc no one on my dash gives a fuck about canon black nonbinary person zoo/ble, or canon brown south asian queer gan/gle

[sea-bea]

also hey hold on. rag/atha and pom/ni were the most human-presenting cast members and they were both white (kin/ger i guess wasnt totally human presenting, but he was a white chess piece) . the most non-human-looking were zoo/ble and gan/gle. gan/gle at least has a human like face (though shes just a mask and a bunch of ribbons at the end of the day), zoo/ble was a bunch of body parts. what the fuck is with that huh. what the fuck is with that

**(im not sure about who plays ja/x's IRL self at the end, the actor might be asian but I am not sure and i dont want to make an assumption. either way shes the third non human character so. take that how you will).

[sea-bea]

anyways fandom is white, fork found in kitchen what else is new

[sea-bea]

you can tell the fanbase is white bc no one on my dash gives a fuck about canon black nonbinary person zoo/ble, or canon brown south asian queer gan/gle

[sea-bea]

also hey hold on. rag/atha and pom/ni were the most human-presenting cast members and they were both white (kin/ger i guess wasnt totally human presenting, but he was a white chess piece) . the most non-human-looking were zoo/ble and gan/gle. gan/gle at least has a human like face (though shes just a mask and a bunch of ribbons at the end of the day), zoo/ble was a bunch of body parts. what the fuck is with that huh. what the fuck is with that

**(im not sure about who plays ja/x's IRL self at the end, the actor might be asian but I am not sure and i dont want to make an assumption. either way shes the third non human character so. take that how you will).

[sea-bea]

anyways fandom is white, fork found in kitchen what else is new

[sea-bea]

you can tell the fanbase is white bc no one on my dash gives a fuck about canon black nonbinary person zoo/ble, or canon brown south asian queer gan/gle

[sea-bea]

also hey hold on. rag/atha and pom/ni were the most human-presenting cast members and they were both white (kinger i guess wasnt totally human presenting, but he was a white chess piece) . the most non-human-looking were zoo/ble and gan/gle. gan/gle at least has a human like face (though shes just a mask and a bunch of ribbons at the end of the day), zoo/ble was a bunch of body parts. what the fuck is with that huh. what the fuck is with that

**(im not sure about who plays ja/x's IRL self at the end, the actor might be asian but I am not sure and i dont want to make an assumption. either way shes the third non human character so. take that how you will).