#dp critical

[peacesmovingcabaret]

Unpopular Opinion: Most cartoons/kids shows are bad at writing romance.

[number1villainstan]

jfc Danny Phantom (as a show) is so chauvinistic

And like, watching Beauty Marked in particular makes it extra obvious, especially because with the whole pageant thing and the medieval theme makes it seem like it's half-heartedly trying to be a girl power episode, except it really doesn't work--you have a bunch of girls trying to bribe the judge to get to be the beauty pageant winner, and Danny and Tucker reveling in 'getting all the girls' while Danny's chosen as the judge, and Sam judging the girls involved and boys watching instead of the actual practices and ideals that the pageant is apparently based on, and the whole implication that misogyny only exists in the 'dark ages' which both disrespects actual medieval Europe AND sidesteps the question of sexism in the modern day, the treatment of Dora's relationship with her brother (imo very poorly handled), probably a whole bunch of other things in this episode and in the general show that I'm not mentioning/remembering

but like, it's Danny Phantom, i shouldn't expect that much of it

[quackerzzz]

One last Danny Phantom thought but I think the show would be better if Sam and Paulina were enemies to lovers

[quackerzzz]

A third take from my Twitter has hit the towers