[branwell-bronte-deactivated2022]

[charleybeebear]

[skulki-d]

Invader Zim is to media what big titty goth is to gf's. This is just doubling up on top tier.

[ghostriderskull]

[thereturnof-msbewitching]

I laughed louder than I should have on this 💕

[bobgalloway55]

🤣🤣🤣

[beardedmrbean]

[everythingfox]

He understands

[dogpuppy]

[scarabesque-returns]

The Euros love Buc-ees

[scarabesque-returns]

And they love the south

[pocket-deer-belly]

every time i think about overwatch's orientalism i go a lil more insane. 5 japanese characters all of which are tied to a very stereotypical mythologized version of japan. they're some of the few explicitly magical characters. all of them are part of clans and lineages and shit. every map that takes place in japan is an orientalist fairy land with idyllic old looking villages with shrines and gates and cobblestone and zero utility poles in sight. this game is so incredibly racist

[pocket-deer-belly]

what's interesting to me is that no other asian characters get this treatment. mei is a climate scientist or something. diva is a gamer. lifeweaver and symmetra are scientist. something about japan specifically makes the overwatch devs get a boner for the image of a permanently ancient magical other, japanese characters are simply not allowed to be contemporary

[cookingwithroxy]

thank fucking god someone else was thinking this too

[diogenesofsin]

I don't know... Torbjorn just so happens to be incredibly short, Scandinavian, and an industrious crafter.

Reinhardt just so happens to be a massive German man who is serious humorless and a literal knight.

Sombra just so happens to be a Mexican criminal with ties to organized crime, a preference for machine pistols (like those popularized in 'drive bys') and a soft spot for poor under privileged persons.

Mercy just so happens to be a Swiss woman who is great at science and healthcare.

Zenyatta is from Nepal and physically designed to be evocative of Buddhist, in addition to being a member of a famously pacifist organization.

Like, Overwatch doesn't do any cultures any favors. They are the most watered down, most stereotyped, most trope-laiden versions of the characters they can be-

because that's the point. You're supposed to be able to read the character at a glance, to understand who and what they are about without reading or watching a single narrative-driven second about them, to feel like you know the character just from hearing their random chirps during gameplay.

[theresponseblog]

I will say that I'm surprised more people don't get upset about how Overwatch's "Mexican" character is a tatted-up MS-13 gangbanger who carries a TEC-9...

[diogenesofsin]

How long do you think it will be before Overwatch adds a Nigerian Prince who's a brilliant computer hacker?

[lordascapelion]

Frankly I think everything should adhere to the G Gundam school of ethnic sensitivity

[occasionaltmblrforafreehero]

"being a writer" most of you write gooner fanfic for ao3

I do not respect you

[skulki-d]

Why would you respect anyone for being any kind of writer?

[punishedsaints]

[moonlit-altar-v5]

”how are you so good with computers?”

I know how to restart them, next question.

[thatsbelievable]

[skulki-d]

When you can't remember where you put it

[atomic58-blog]

[o-kurwa]

[reginaldqueribundus]

oh my god and it's a Canada Goose so this is the equivalent of befriending a small demon

[lttrsfrmlnrrgby]

OP you're wrong. Duck, duck is the most perfect name for a goose, ever.

[enbycrip]

This makes me so happy every time I read it. Especially the bit where Guy makes DuckDuck smoothies of all the good stuff he’s meant to eat.

This is the best buddy comedy-drama ever.

[official-ornithology-posts]

Official ornithology post

[baygeethefirst]

Please just tell me the guy has more than one blender

[atomic58-blog]

[tomorrowandbeyond]

[aardvarkingmad]

It would be great if we could SLOW THIS FUCKING THING DOWN so we could actually look at the various images.

[twinflamedreams]

Fun fact on tumblr you can control gifs, on mobile at least if you slide your finger over it you control the movement then you can move it at your own pace to stop, rewind, slow down, etc.

[letterful]

[martyred-conquered]

Local man discovers thinking

[twinflamedreams]

Many people have like zero internal monologue going on, they are equal to AI meat puppets, just walking through life going through the motions.

so if they are serious then good for them, hopefully they consider THINKING once in awhile.

(This actually would be a net positive if it triggers internal monologue in people who lack it……)

[discount-walter-white]

I just.... wtf.... why the hell is this even a post.

[twinflamedreams]

Best not to think about it too much, posts like this inflict psy damage when you focus on them too much. Either it’s satirical and a troll or the person is serious and they are mentally bankrupt…… (but improving possibly by the sounds of it, thats nice at least…..)

[discount-walter-white]

I sincerely hope they find full sentience soon. Before they're terminal.

[twinflamedreams]

Agreed 🤣

[forestberriezzz]