ok is anyone else bothered by the interior design of apartment 2J bc
THE SOFA IS FUCKING ORANGE. IT IS NEON ORANGE. THE DAMN THING LOOKS LIKE FANTA.
not only that but the walls are baby blue and the rug beneath the coffee table is a mossy green ??? its like a cartoon room brought to life who tf designed this room?? you dont need to know color theory to understand that these colors DO NOT complement each other whatsoever. this living room is APPALLING and it makes me wanna scratch my face off.
I wish I could be attractive and funny the way men are allowed to be. They get to be funny without criticism and without anyone saying they're not because of what gender they are. And the fame they're allowed. No woman has been worshipped and praised the way that male celebrities are. They didn't even do that much to be liked, they did the bare minimum and were vaguely attractive. But women like Taylor Swift who has put so much thought and effort into what she does is still seen as average?? she has one of the most diverse and extensive discography of any current musician and is still doubted. Don't even get me started on men in gaming doing less than the bare minimum and being overtly racist, sexist, or homophobic and still are praised and fawned over.
I'll forever be mad about this i think. I wish I could be admired the way harry styles or timothee chalamet are :/
ok don't get me wrong i love kendall and katie and the dynamic they have but realistically siblings do not get along as well as they do. they are the fuckin dream team okay and while i do adore that it doesn't feel realistic. katie's the younger sister, i think she should be more annoying. kendall's the older brother, i think he should be more full of himself. MAKE. THEM. BICKER. OKAY??? SIBLINGS BICKER ABT STUPID SHIT ALL THE TIME. WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME THEY DID THAT??? with their dynamic it kinda feels like kendall is the younger sibling and katie is the older sibling bc kendall is kind of an emotionally inarticulate moron and katie is a stone-faced know-it-all who commits money laundering schemes. now i'm not saying that dynamic isn't good. it was and still is very entertaining to watch, but with them i'm very aware that i'm watching scripted characters rather than authentic siblings. like what kind of siblings have performative handshakes?? no one does that irl.
**This Big Time Rant does not at all intend to make James Diamond out to be a villain or otherwise terrible character. I love James Diamond with all my heart, but his squandered potential really grinds my gears sometimes!**
James Diamond going from suave to loser in the later seasons of Big Time Rush would've worked tremendously well if he wasn't written to be such a persistent fucking CREEP. I think becoming a loser and realizing he might not be as smooth and charming as he once thought he was could do him some good and may even bring about some necessary introspection. But I will say it time and time again: pursuing Lucy was not the way to go about it.
She made it abundantly clear that she did not like him at all when they first met. He even convinced Carlos that being in the "friendzone" was the worst possible outcome and roped him into his desperate and futile attempts at wooing Lucy in Big Time Rocker because who better to humor his delusions than his easily impressionable best friend?
His feelings for Lucy festered upon Big Time Rush's return from their first world tour, and soon James would pursue Lucy at every chance he got (whether that be leaning in for an unwarranted kiss, using some lame-ass pickup line, chasing after her while saying "She will be mine!", etc.)
James had the potential to be a lovable idiot who grows out of his romantic impulsivity and obsession with appearance to become someone who embraces the weirder side of himself and finds someone who loves him for him. I don't believe Lucy is that person. I believe that James wore her down after many, many, MANY rejections to the point where Lucy came back in the middle of her own tour AT THE TAIL END OF THE FUCKING SHOW to be like, "Actually, I like you now."
I can't explain how unsatisfying and infuriating Jucy's relationship is to me. There was so little time to showcase Lucy legitimately starting to fall for James that I find it so hard to believe that her feelings were genuine even if she made the grandeur gesture of confessing her love to him on live national television. I feel like a huge contribution to her confession was that James was so heavily persistent that she eventually just gave in regardless if she believed she truly liked him back or not.
Do you know what happens to people in real life when they're pursued by someone who refuses to give up despite the several rejections and declines? Bad shit happens. People get harassed, people get hurt, people even get killed. I'm not saying that it would ever get to that in this case. It's just a kids' show, so of course things would NEVER get that drastic. But I think it's unhealthy to set this kind of example and set people up with the expectation that persistence is key. Yes, persistence is key, but not when it comes to romantic pursuits. This should not be normalized because consent, respect, and boundaries are SUUUUUPER important!
I'm honestly two seconds away from writing my own story where James becomes the kind of lovable weirdo I wish he became in the canon series because it disgusts me the way he turned out. Seasons 3-4 James Diamond is, dare I say, gore of my comfort character. I can and will do better by him. He deserves that.
ik in the past i said the more kames showed their foreheads/cut their hair the worse their characters became but ykw further proves that notion??
FUCKING LUCY. the more she pins her hair back and the fewer highlights she has the more flanderized she becomes. she lost her smokey eye, she lost her EDGE. and don't get me wrong i'm all for maturing and character development but falling for james was not the way to go with that. there wasn't enough time to develop those feelings, the start of their relationship in big time dreams felt so undeserved and unwarranted. you're telling me lucy loved james SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO much that she left in the middle of her tour to join an awards show just to see james? after basically 2 seasons of turning him down?? BULLSHIT. i mean sure they had their cute little moment where they were about to kiss in big time pranks 2 but what was there other than that? at most it felt like a spur of the moment kind of deal. and the whole motorcycle fiasco in big time rides? fuckin forget abt it. lucy was rightfully upset at james for stringing along a stupidly elaborate lie and didn't want to date someone she couldn't trust. james fumbled and that should've been the end of it. he did not and still does not deserve her.
of all the guys it seems katie has interacted with logan the least. where are the wholesome katie and logan interactions? i'm sure they'd have some very nice exchanges every once in a while that i would LOVE to see
i'm sure several people have said this before but if you haven't heard this yet TOTAL DRAMA ISLAND IS NOT THE NAME OF THE SERIES (in terms of the original show) IT'S THE NAME OF THE FIRST SEASON. THE NAME OF THE SERIES IS JUST TOTAL DRAMA. IT'S 2025 PEOPLE LET'S GET WITH THE PROGRAM.
**This Big Time Rant has no space for racist interactions. If your intention is to spread hate speech or otherwise express indifference toward my take on Carlos Garcia's Hispanic culture, please leave. This is not the post for you. Not only will I be sharing my take on Carlos' culture, but additionally I will be sharing my own thoughts and experiences from MY Hispanic culture in relation to his.**
I wish Carlos leaned more into his identity as a Hispanic-American and spoke more Spanish. I'm not saying he should've been speaking Spanish all the time or even be relatively fluent in the language, but I only recall him saying about 5 words in Spanish ever.
"Mis amigos" (2x: When he said "Stand back, mis amigos" as he busted down the door to a dressing room in Big Time Photo Shoot a short while after the "snowmobile break".)
"Papi" (1x: When his father, Officer Garcia, kicked down the door to apartment 2J in Big Time Break and said, "Did someone lose a helmet?")
"Número dos" (2x: When filing a false police report in Big Time Lies for a robbery he and James staged to avoid getting in trouble for 'soda-bowling' at Rocque Records.)
I just think it'd be great for his character to embrace his culture seeing as he's the only one out of the four guys with TWO VERY LOVING PARENTS in the picture. He strikes me as the kind of person to not really know much about his Hispanic culture because it just wasn't something his parents discussed growing up. They might've given very vague answers if anything when asked, so eventually he stopped asking. Maybe he never learned to speak the language as well as he'd hoped, but he sprinkles in a few words here and there as his way of staying true to his roots.
Perhaps he feels self conscious about not being "Hispanic enough" because he's spent the majority of his life in a predominantly white environment and hasn't interacted with many people like him. When was the last time Carlos interacted with another Hispanic character who wasn't a part of his immediate family?
I feel like focusing more on Carlos' culture (even if just a little bit) could do wonders for his character progression. It'd give a little insight as to who he is, what his quirks are, what he believes in, etc. At least then he'd be more than just a brainless moron whose lack of awareness was the punchline to many a joke (especially when it came to slapstick humor).
Seeing someone struggling with their racial identity and eventually learning to embrace the things they learned about themself would do wonders for an audience of people with similar experiences. Take me for example. Oftentimes, I don't feel Hispanic enough. I've spent my entire life in predominantly white spaces (not because it was my choice but because growing up in Catholic education meant there were very few people of color). My dad never spoke much about his Puerto Rican culture. He gave me very vague answers any time I asked about it, so I learned to stop asking. I distinctly remember him referring to me as a white person because I don't speak or act the way our people do. But that was hardly my fault, I was only a product of my environment. I wanted more than anything to learn about who I was and where I came from, but he wasn't interested in teaching me anything I could learn.
Although, I've learned from the experiences of other Hispanic-Americans that their parents hardly discussed their culture because leaving their home country behind in search of a better life also meant leaving behind a huge part of who they were. While it is truly incredible that moving to America has granted many people of color over the course of history the opportunity to provide better lives for themselves and their families, it is very disheartening to learn that some (albeit inadvertently) have lost touch with their roots and felt that being a proud American trumped being proud of their ethnicity. Perhaps that was the case for Carlos' parents or even his grandparents.
The weight that unspoken stories hold is astronomical. It would've meant the world to people like me to have someone like Carlos to relate to in this respect. There are so many unspoken stories of not just Hispanic culture but all cultures, and filling in the blanks would make answering so many questions about ourselves a hell of a lot easier. It only takes a simple conversation to feel less alienated and alone. Representation matters!
