do not go gentle

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[starfanatic-deactivated20250812]

Okay so this is just… wrong. It’s wrong. The question this person was asking is why Luke Skywalker isn’t as culturally popular like Anakin, Obi-Wan, Padme, etc.

For one, the main reason is this generation grew up on the prequels not the originals. This generation immediately attaches to the prequel trilogy because of this. Additionally, Luke barely has any content… ever. He had 3 movies that doesn’t have enough lightsaber battles or flashy battle scenes to hook a lot of the close minded fans in. The next 2 movies ruin his character completely. No fucking wonder Luke isn’t popular anymore.

Two, Is Luke NOT supposed to have flaws? Ah yes he must be this perfect person who never makes mistakes and always does whats right. Sounds like a Gary Stu… Disney tried that and look what happened to Rey. People HATE her including me. She’s probably the weakest protagonist in all of star wars. Most people in Luke’s position would have done the same or worse… but go off i guess.

Luke’s overpowered? OVERPOWERED? He could barely use the force in empire strikes back, lost against Vader in ESB and lost his HAND. He literally had to access the dark side to defeat Vader. He is FAR from being oVerPoWeRed. Also did we forget when he failed to save Han?

Luke IS a underdog thats the whole point. He’s a farmboy trying to topple down a empire and two sith lords who have decades of years of experience. Luke is way over his head. All of the odds are stacked AGAINST him. But ah yes Luke is a overpowered whiny farmboy who isn’t this cool, flirtatious guy so he is a bad character.

Please shut up. Some people like heroes that can actually inspire them. Absolutely no hate to Han, he’s great.

[culturevulture73]

Okay, hold the hell up here. I’m sorry, I have to add some comments here, please, no offense but I have to talk about what you excerpted here @princealderann​ because I agree with you and I cannot believe those other comments.

Luke isn’t as culturally popular as Obi Wan, Anakin or Padme?

In what UNIVERSE is this true? Because it sure as hell isn’t anywhere I hang out. That person needs to go on Twitter and see people so excited if Mark Hamill makes any contact with them! Maybe in the circles they run in, but not in the wider universe. CF the reaction to that cameo.

Then I read the rest of it and I think “what OT did that person watch” and I give up. When you start telling me that Luke made a dumb decision in Empire (if he doesn’t make that decision, he’s not a hero) or that he’s overpowered and not interesting in Jedi, you’re telling me that you don’t get Star Wars at all. If you’re also telling me that Han and Leia have the more interesting story in Jedi, where most if not all Han and Leia fans will tell you they got the absolute shaft storywise?

I give up. 

(edited to add - “we grew up” is THE MOST INFURIATING THING. I hate it with the fire of a thousand suns (or nuns, as we used to say on Television Without Pity)

[umbramtempero]

I agree with all of the above.

But like....I can’t get past the part where this muppet with room temperature IQ is trying to spin the possibility of the stormtroopers confiscating the droids as a good thing.That alone is enough to tell you this halfwit isn’t worth the time it takes to type up a response to their headache-inducing garbage.

[malewifenat]

What does the arab in your carrd mean? Is it like afab and amab?

.. i’m palestinian

[captainlordauditor]

same energy

[princesskuragina]

[unscharf-an-den-raendern]

[definitely-not-lordenglish]

[catradoraism]

[highlights-of-the-lowlife]

Stop vilifying adults that live with their parents.

We’re still deep in one of the worst economic recessions of modern times. For many of us its not a choice but a requirement in order to survive. For many of us we have disabilities that make finding accommodation that suit our needs a lot harder and a lot more expensive.

Many of us pay into the household. Many of us are trapped in abusive households because we don’t have the means to leave. We aren’t moochers or afraid to leave the nest. The world simply isn’t built to support us anymore.

[solitarelee]

This is actually an incredibly western (and specifically American) thing. In a lot of other countries and cultures it’s NOT AT ALL uncommon for an adult to still live with their parents. As a second generation immigrant, it’s BEWILDERING to me. My cousin still lives with our grandmother; it’s important. She needs someone to watch after her, and she has the space… why wouldn’t he? This obsession with “adults” being “fully independent” of their parents is a fully American, bizarrely capitalist notion and it needs to be stomped into the ground.

[andreii-tarkovsky]

Fresh Off the Boat - “Hi, My Name Is…”

[aj-elloo]

YES

[wumbawoman]

Why Uzo Aduba wouldn’t change her name:

My family is from Nigeria, and my full name is Uzoamaka, which means “The road is good.” Quick lesson: My tribe is Igbo, and you name your kid something that tells your history and hopefully predicts your future. So anyway, in grade school, because my last name started with an A, I was the first in roll call, and nobody ever knew how to pronounce it. So I went home and asked my mother if I could be called Zoe. I remember she was cooking, and in her Nigerian accent she said, “Why?” I said, “Nobody can pronounce it.” Without missing a beat, she said, “If they can learn to say Tchaikovsky and Michelangelo and Dostoyevsky, they can learn to say Uzoamaka.”

source

They can learn

[whitmanifesto]

I’ve worked with many exchange programs on campuses, and they still “encourage” Chinese students to choose English names for their stay in the US. I’ve adopted a rule for myself, I won’t address them with their English name until they’ve told me to stop trying their real name on at least three different occasions. My family is largely immigrant, and while we’ve never had this problem, I don’t think anyone should have to change who they are when them find a new home, even a temporary one. So far, only two exchange student actually wanted to keep their English name, and one of them, Alice, had had Alice for a nickname since she was little.

[neenorroar-deactivated20181203]

Don’t know if it’s okay to add this here, but I used to work with a Chinese woman who had changed her name to Angelina for the sake of ease. When she first told me that was what she’d had to do, I asked her for her real name and if she minded me calling her that. She looked so frikkin happy, and it only took about two minutes for me to say it right. It’s not that people can’t pronounce these names, it’s that they won’t. It’s lazy and it’s rude.

[tashabilities]

It’s also RACIST.

Say ‘racist’.

They pronounce Tchaikovsky and Schwarzenegger just fine.

[badgyal-k-deactivated20190901]

^THANK YOU. Babies of color,

MAKE THEM SAY YOUR FUCKING NAME. ALWAYS.

[thefingerfuckingfemalefury]

ALL OF THIS

[black-brunswickers-deactivated2]

1. no, english speakers actually still struggle with Tchaikovsky and Dostoyevsky

2. also with Polish names, Russian names, indeed names with sounds that don’t exist in the first language (for these examples, English)

3. the avg Pole/Eastern European is white, mispronouncing a name doesn’t just happen in embarrassingly racist america, it happens when people read a word with different sounds to their own and get confused as to its pronunciation as a result

4. this would happen with ‘white’ names in countries with the same alphabet but with different rules, try asking an italian to pronounce Shane (an irish name) for instance

5. if you don’t know how to say it, what’s so hard about asking them. what’s so hard about having to repeat your name a couple more times so foreign people can get it, how do you all manage to live with the lack of patience you’re displaying

6. address people by the fucking name they said was theirs, not the one that makes you The Most SJW

7. I hate this post it sucks

[thequeensclock]

Their metaphor falls flat because most Americans can’t pronounce: Tchaikovsky, Michelangelo and Dostoyevsky.  Most Amerians can’t pronounce my name and it is Irina. 

[noldorinwa]

In my time on tumblr I have seen countless posts going around about the Racist Dumb White PeopleTM and their inability to pronounce PoC names correctly and I would just like to point out that guys, i agree that for instance, I don’t know, English-speaking people are probably very likely to mispronounce Quvenzhané Wallis’s name, but that doesn’t really have anything to do with her not being white.

And I always see a lot of people being like, oh, but they figured out how to pronounce other “white people names” like Tchaikovsky and Schwarzenegger, so they’re hypocrites because they can do it when they want to, and i… die a little inside everytime? Because, news flash: anglophone people do NOT pronounce those right. In fact, all foreign names of non-anglophone people get mispronounced all the goddamn time on English TV, and it has shit to do with racism and a whole lot to do - as mentioned above - with phonology.

So if you’re honestly so deluded that you think anglophones are pronouncing all other western ‘white’ names “right” and are deliberately fucking up the rest because they just couldn’t be bothered? Well rest assured that they are not. They are butchering ‘white’ european names left and right all the time too, and they don’t even have to be that hard. You think people get Roberto Benigni or Ennio Morricone’s names right? They don’t. And every time I hear someone say Modigliani I want to fucking cry.

Which is NOT to say you shouldn’t try to educate people on the right pronunciation of your name, I support that 100%. But making it a “racist white people” issue is frankly ridiculous.

[another-love-doesnt-exist]

another day, another merican nonsense lol. Born in the netherlands, grew up in france, I assure you neither french people nor anglophones say my name right. My dad goes by the french equivalent of his name, Guillaume instead of Willem (or Wilhelmus, being his actual legal name). 

Anyway, if you really think you were pronouncing Van Gogh right all this time, I’ve got a bridge to sell you. 

[umbramtempero]

Anglophones can’t even correctly pronounce Ivan, the most common and very simple Slavic name, and y’all talking about Tchaikovsky and Dostoyevsky lmfao

[iveseenthetruth]

I’m pretty sure the only reason americans can correctly pronounce my name is because it was featured so heavily in Skyrim.

Also, regarding the original context of the post, no, ppl should only learn your name if they want to have you play a big part in your life, as a common curtesy. I have had teachers that didn’t read my name correctly the first time and called me by a wrong name for years. So freaking what? Especially if it’s a teacher or profesor that more than likely has dozens of students every year.

You need to be important if you want your name to be remembered and correctly pronounced. And that Uzo chick? I literally only remember her because she had a scene in orange is the new black where she peed on the floor in front of ppl… Yeah that right up there with tschaicovski, Michelangelo and Dostoievski, or schwarzenegger (who was a politician).

Fucking entitlement

[iveseenthetruth]

At the end of the day, if a person or persons haven’t put in the effort to learn how to correctly pronounce your name it’s because your simply not important enough to them. And that’s it. It has nothing to do with race or anything other than what you are to that person. Why is this such a hard concept to wrap one’s head around?

[umbramtempero]

I’m not sure I completely agree. Learning to pronounce a person’s name correctly is a matter of courtesy. It is disrespectful if one doesn’t bother just because a person is not important to them. I work in an international company and people generally try to pronounce others’ names correctly, even if they might never speak with that person again. And the more you try the easier it gets to learn names from other languages. After working there for a few years now I can generally guess the pronunciation of most names based on the spelling even if I don’t speak the language, because of all the practice I’ve had.

I do agree that most of the time the mispronunciation is because of language differences and getting so angry about it is not warranted. There are times people will simply never be able to pronounce something correctly because of phonetic differences. So some people might never pronounce your name correctly, but you need to be understanding, especially if the person did make an effort.

[baby-yoda]

#oh god yes

[cushfuddled]

I know I’m being really snooty rn but I am literally begging television shows to go back to having endings that make actual thematic sense and don’t use tragedy as a way to peddle their finales as a more “honest” and “meaningful” experience

[nubbsgalore]

swallows huddled for warmth. (source: x, x)

[allthingseurope]

Cordoba, Spain (by Jonathan)

[radmenace]

leftists plz for fucks sake PLEASE read more about radical feminism before criticizing it so much, yall literally sound like american capitalists who say communism is going to kill individuality and ruin our healthcare

[queenofquelling]

Communism will kill more than those two freedoms! Why is it America is the land of the free to other countries??? Well duh, because of capitalism! Please learn the truth about history, not what your radical leftist professors tell you.., or any other classroom teacher!

[umbramtempero]

I'm sorry, but it's precisely because of America's brand of unchecked corporate capitalism that many people from other parts of the world consider it a third world country. I'm from a former communist country and definitely wouldn't call it "the land of the free" - their healthcare system is non-existant and can bankrupt a person easily, they have zero workers' rights, barely any sick/paid leave, wage gaps, no parental leave, etc. These are all problems my shitty post-communist country solved years ago because of the socialist policies applied in our past.

Any country that has a good quality of life aims to strike a good balance between capitalism and socialism, as neither system is perfect.

The problem is a vast number of people make no distinction between socialism and communism, which is why I think so many "communists" have popped up in recent years. In my experience this misunderstanding is especially true for people from former communist countries and brainwashed Americans. Communism is such a boogeyman to them to the point they will actively work against their own interest if something sounds even vaguely "communist", when in fact it's socialist.

PS. I'm not advocating for the return of communism, but for people to have a more nuanced understanding than "communism bad, capitalism good" OR vice versa. Everything has its' positives and negatives and the trick is knowing what to keep and what to discard. Nothing is black and white.

[cornerstorebitch]

no offense but reading is literally the cure to brain rot and there’s no work around to reading books

[stormbun]

Fawkes is a phoenix, Harry. They burst into flame when it is time for them to die, and then they are reborn from the ashes.

HARRY POTTER MEME » [3/6] spells, magical creatures, potions, and/or objects: Phoenix

[gifharrypotter]

Ha! Another Weasley! I know just what to do with you…Gryffindor!

[sweusource]

Star Wars Legends: Skywalker-Solos + mothers

[culturevulture73]

“The idea of fan cultures, or “fandoms,” cultivating fan fiction writers began at the earliest in the 1920s with societies dedicated to Jane Austen and Sherlock Holmes, but took off in the late 1960s with the advent of Star Trek fanzines. The negative stereotype of “fans today is that of obsessed geeks, like “Trekkies, who love nothing more than to watch the same installments over and over…” However, this represents a core misunderstanding of what it is to be a fan: that is, to have the “ability to transform personal reaction into social interaction, spectatorial culture into participatory culture… not by being a regular viewer of a particular program but by translating that viewing into some kind of cultural activity.” Henry Jenkins, a Massachusetts Institute of Technology professor and expert on fan culture, likens fan fiction to the story of The Velveteen Rabbit: that the investment in something is what gives it a meaning rather than any intrinsic merits or economic value. For fans who invest in a television show, book, or movie, that investment sparks production, and reading or viewing sparks writing, until the two are inseparable. They are not watching the same thing over and over, but rather are creating something new instead.”

—

Casey Fiesler, Everything I Need To Know I Learned from Fandom: How Existing Social Norms Can Help Shape the Next Generation of User-Generated Content, p735

Update: Now with link to an open access version of the paper and correct page, apologies for the typo.

(via fanstudiesnetwork)

[antiplondon]

JK Rowling is Right—Sex Is Real and It Is Not a "Spectrum" - Quillette

This post is the best all-around debunk of the science denialism of trans activism. It’s too long to copy and paste, I would recommend reading the whole thing.

[catsheep]

this is perfect

[moon-chime]

"Harry Potter fans imagine a world without J.K Rowling"

As an aspiring writer, this call to seperate a woman from her work (whose recent "offence" was naming sex as a biological reality, standing up for homosexuals, and stating she wishes transpeople peace and happiness) is absolutely horrendous.

What about R. Kelly? How about Chris Brown? What about Drake? Harvey Weinstein? Woody Allen? Bill Cosby? Trump? Joe Biden? Danny Masterson? Kevin Spacey?

You know, men that belong to a long list of violent, dangerous, pedophilic, abusive, rapist, misogynistic, offenders who the majority have yet to lose really anything for what they have inflicted upon so many women and girls. Where was the tra circles demanding they be seperated from their work, that their work be burned, that they be muted and silenced and harassed until every article about them is just as damning as they have made it for a woman who spoke a material truth with years of research based on her gathering of knowledge on both sides of this debate?

TRAs will cancel a woman for a very minor, very gentle, very carefully worded tweet and article about her truth that aligns with science while also showing support for the trans community!

Yet they will not out their own bucket full of rapists and pedophiles (or those who support rape rhetoric and the conversion of homosexuals) that lurk within their community (with an alarmingly increasing number of children and girls filling the label of "trans") and hide behind the identity like a shield.

Eli Elrick. Andi Dier. Riley J Dennis. Johnathan Yaniv. Morgan Ogher. Lavern Cox. Caitlyn Jenner.

I could go on. Even those who are not big names spout this damaging rhetoric. They attack women verbally and physically. They prey on lesbians and support conversion therapy and rape rhetoric so they can feel 'valid'. Transmen have even began to demand gay men interact with their vulvas.

If you cannot criticise a movement without being silenced, it's not because they are an oppressed group. It's because they have the power, the voice, the funding, the recognition, and the cult like ideology to eliminate every single threat that comes their way.

Women cannot name sex based oppression without being "transphobic".

Lesbians and gay men are no longer allowed to have same sex attraction without being bigoted.

Black people, especially black women, are being used as pawns to say "black women are women and therefore transwomen are women" as if being black makes them less of a woman (and by default, more like men).

Indigenous cultures are being nitpicked at for "proof" of a third gender, despite knowledge that this "third gender" was just another homophobic out-casting.

It's not us who have the power to silence these hate mongering liars that spill toxins into our communities.

Ask yourself this - why can't I question this movement? Who's being harmed here? Why are women losing their jobs and being "cancelled" for speaking what I know, deep down, is true? Why is this movement made up of mostly white males? Why do they hide rapists and pedophiles? Whose spaces are being lost? Why is the word "Terf" so potent in silencing women? Why am I afraid of losing so much if I question this movement?

[zelzelly1]

I think some frames are missing

tracing ‘blood blockgate battlefront’

[talerano-deactivated20190106]

This is?! So fucking beautiful?! And amazing?!?!

[anidala-is-my-life]

OMG ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[good-call-my-young--padawan]

Oh my… how dare you 💔 this is E P I C ! ! !