#lawchan rants

[lawchan89]

It’s been two days and I still can’t get over Rayla’s letter, folks. That was some of the most earnest romantic poeticism and like, Callum is literally a piece of her— half of her. She didn’t want to leave him, she stayed until the last possible moment, and we know from TTM that she couldn’t even resist giving him that kiss she wanted so desperately to give him. She has so much love to give this boy, and him to her. They’re both hurting deeply from this.

It’s a sad song. It’s a sad tale. It’s a tragedy.

And if we’re gonna start just simplifying this down to “they’re just teenagers” or demonizing Rayla for leaving on his birthday and flat out ignoring her side of things (as fandoms are wont to do with female characters, I’ve observed enough of them over the years to know), then let’s nip that nonsense in the bud right now before the season airs. Seriously.

[lawchan89]

You can easily tell who in the SVTFOE fandom has actually been in a relationship and who hasn’t

Like

REALLY EASILY

[lawchan89]

Let me make a couple things perfectly clear here and now:

Not posting about your stance on world issues on social media does not mean you are “silent” about it.

Your “silence” does not equate to “complacency” because I and nobody else has any right to judge you for not speaking out in a FB post or tweet.

There could be a number of reasons you choose not to. Maybe you live in an abusive household or you’ll get fired from your job if they discover your angry stance on our so-called “President’s” policies. Or maybe you just choose not to for your own mental sanity.

These are all valid reasons, and I and nobody else has any right to judge you.

Do not let anyone ever tell you that you are “complacent” for staying silent on social media. They don’t know you. They cannot make judgement calls on you based solely on your social media posts, or lack thereof. If they know you outside of that, then they know what kind of person you are already. You don’t owe anyone a thing.

You don’t have to prove a thing to anyone in your social media presence

You don’t have to prove a thing to anyone in your social media presence

This post goes out to every single person outraged by what is happening in the world but not consistently posting about it, or worse, is unable to. I see you. I love you. You are valid.

And do not let anyone on a social media handle ever tell you that you are “complacent” for being “silent”.

[lawchan89]

YIKES that so-called “realistic” Lion King clip

If you wanna spend 10 dollars on the remake, spend it on the soundtrack and not the movie

[lawchan89]

Fuckin Disney Maleficent sequel putting Angelina Jolie in an oversexualized dress that looks like strips of black tape in the year of our lord 2019 FUCKING FUCK FUCK FUCK IT ALL

[lawchan89]

"There's a certain sect of [media] commentators who have built their careers around complaining that their hands are not being held through the entire narrative.”

— The magnificent Lindsay Ellis summing up my entire problem with young fandom in one sentence

[lawchan89]

Okay but it bothers the hell outta me that Karmi can’t see that Hiro and “Captain Cutie” (barf) are the same person.

I know, I UNDERSTAND that they’re going for a Sailor Moon/magical girl thing where they so obviously look like their alter ego but nobody catches on for some reason. But you COULD easily make the argument for Sailor Moon, or even Miraculous Ladybug, that there’s some sort of enchantment or other magical element that prevents them from being able to recognize each other’s identity (such as the masks in ML).

Here, there’s no magic. They’re just helmets. That you can easily see through and recognize a person’s face. The crew is doing an homage to a genre without fully understanding why it works within the universe of that genre and it doesn’t here.

It’s SO ANNOYING how much this show falls short of its potential.

[lawchan89]

“Critics are wrong ‘cause they don’t like the thing we made popular on Tumblr”

Putting aside the fact that “liking a movie doesn’t make it good” is a statement that continues to go over you people’s self-righteous heads, did ya’ll forget that Shape Of Water won Best Picture this year?