“GIMMIETHEPEN”

Maybe I find myself smiling on that distant shore  Maybe I’m not alone

I dunno if you are aware of this but anyway

well you know what i have to say to that?

I mean he can tell me they have three seasons of development and mutual feelings all he wants, but that doesn’t make the context of that development somehow healthy or not messed up.

Especially when the show ADDRESSED that a lot of this is messed up and not ok to begin with.

If you’ve watched the show this long and don’t think there are any uncomfortable situations placed upon these kids that pressure them to date, and also think it’s somehow romantic these two have been hurting other people who care about them for each other and don’t really suffer consequences for it, then that’s a problem.

there are ALOT of problems with how they set up their romance, and it’s hard to watch because i both feel uncomfortable since they’re kids and everyone seems to be pressuring them to date. And frustrated because their romance hurts their relationships with everyone else because some of their worst moments on this show, come from it.

Marco kicked jackie away like she was nothing, for star.

Star, ignores her own boyfriend, and ditches him for marco repeatably.

Marco wasn’t even planning to go back to earth again.

Star, was spying on marco’s relationship for months apparently.

And no one sees a problem with this?

This isn’t healthy, and the sad part is marco and star don’t really feel bad for most of this, even when the show addresses it star and marco don’t really deal with doing this stuff.

we waited most of the season, to even address the crush.

I would prefer the see the secondary character’s be treated with more respect then this, then have all their feelings brushed aside because star and marco’s romance matters more then how it has affected other people?

Even if you find some of this romantic, you cannot deny there are some serious problems in their relationship that need to be fixed for their relationship to be healthy for them.

I want these characters to be better then this, better friends and better people who actually learn from their mistakes then get a pass for being in love.

I liked star and marco more, for being characters that felt bad when they hurt people or did something wrong, then for getting a pass for everything they do for love, because it makes them feel more real and like caring people i can enjoy watching.

sometimes i feel like having a bare minimum knowledge of how structures of power rule this world through capitalism is a curse that keeps you from ever being truly happy and capable of just. enjoy things again. like the good old days. when you used to play the sims and not think about how a life simulation game this big won't ever be able to simulate your life and culture because a) you are not american. b) the game is made by a multibilion american company for americans and you just started playing it in the first place bc of piracy and cultural imperialism. your parents made you learn english when you were younger so you could maybe leave the country and live a better life than the one they had but the internet happened while you were growing up and every single piece of information you wanted was accesible only in english so you start thinking. ok why everything is so centered around the usa. why is their culture depicted through their media as the default culture. why am i only able to see myself and my culture through their distorted lenses. LIKE OK BRAIN GIVE ME A FUCKING BREAK PLEASE MY SIMS JUST HAD THEIR FIRST CHILD IM BEGGING YOU PLEASE STOP I JUST WANT TO VIBE TO THIS MOMENT S HUT UP

doodle

Same old world

Barn mate

and….

OK K.O

Kipo and the Age of Wonderbeasts has the best soundtrack ever seen in an animation since Spiderverse

i drew them as older kids some more :’’’)

Important

I have reason to believe that someone is going around into other people’s accounts and sending them messages on IM with fake links. 

This happened to me just now. I thought it was suspicious after seeing the tinyurl link, but I clicked it anyway and it brought me here:

Whatever you do, DO NOT LOG IN. Take a closer look at the URL at the top.

This is a scam. It’s a website made to look like tumblr’s home page, and it will steal your information and hack you right out of your account.

My guess is that this has already happened to tumblr user @turntableking and their account is being used to drag more people in.

Please be careful!

May 18, 2020. João Pedro Mattos Pinto was murdered by the police IN HIS HOME in São Gonçalo, Rio de Janeiro. he was only 14. when the police murdered him, he was PLAYING in his own backyard. his house now has at least 72 bullet holes in it’s walls. and his mom’s heart has one giant hole, that one type that is impossible to be ever filled again.

this happened exactly a week before George Floyd’s murder. João Pedro was black too.

it doesn’t matter where you from. all cops are bastards. all of them. brazillian ones. us cops. even the ones from your country. all of them serve the same racist purposes. 

João Pedro should be remembered. his life and Floyd’s matter so much.

so much respect for the protesters in Minneapolis. 

Is ML misogynistic and hold double standards for the female characters? Iyo.

100%. It expects Marinette to be perfect, and punishes her when she isn’t. They punish her anyways even when she’s not wrong. This is funny considering the one who supposedly holds this burden is Adrien. 85% of what we see from Marinette is her pining over a boy or being toxically jealous. Marinette’s jealousy and her inability to confess her feelings honestly are the only repeated problems we see her try to improve on. Why??? Confessing I understand because they want to milk the whole love square for as long as they can, but the jealousy??? It receives way too much screen time, especially in comparison to her many other wonderful qualities. Is jealousy really the best repeated lesson they could come up with for Marinette? For all the girls watching the show? I don’t know any girls who are like this irl. In other words, as a girl, can’t relate.

As for the other girls in the series, I want to mainly point out the blantant girl on girl cat fights going on between Marinette, Lila, Chloe, and Kagami. Just w h y. Luka is a completely nice boy who doesn’t resent Adrien or Marinette for how they feel. Nino is a great friend who steps up for the people around him. Nathaniel is a quiet shy boy who is passionate about art. None of them are pitted with one another, and none of them have any type of heated rivalry going on. Chloe, Lila, Kagami, and even Marinette (in season 1) are all aggressive and malicious to one another, all for some boy (no offense Adrien, but you aren’t so good that all these girls should fight for you). I know exactly (0) girls who are anything like this in real life. I’m sick of all this girl on girl hate.

Jesus Christ the treatment of Kagami is just…b a d. In Riposte she seemed really cool. She was calm, collected, and badass, but we saw a more vulnerable side to her when she’s looking down at her family ring, fearing her mother’s disappointment. Great, interesting character so far. Then Frozer happened. Became super snippy, competitive, and aggressive??? I don’t know about you guys, but I saw her as serious, refined, and controlled. This was just a complete 180. She snips at Marinette to assert her dominance out of nowhere??? Now what we see of her from that point on always has something to do with staking her claim on Adrien. Great. A female who is so weirdly possesive of a boy she’s only been on (1) date with.

How about Luka? While Luka is in need of more chracter development, his attitude is just completely opposite to the venom between all the girls. He is focused on having fun with Marinette, and wooing her (and succeeds briefly ;)). When he finds out about her feelings for Adrien, does he stake his claim on Marinette? No. Make passive aggressive remarks to him? No. He’s a nice person who respects both of their feelings. He respects that Marinette likes Adrien, and even encourages her to go after him. He puts her feelings above his own.

(Adrien salt incoming) Adrien should repent for his mistakes and apologize properly. Adrien should feel bad for making Ladybug feel guilty for rejecting him. Adrien should have time in the show for self improvement. Adrien should not be some kind of pure deity who should always be listened to in every situation. He shouldn’t always be in the right, and Marinette shouldn’t always have to listen to everything he says like it’s gospel. Marinette’s emotions should be validated, just as much as his are.

A lot of what I said has already been discussed in the fandom (and probably more coherently), but I hope you see what I mean. Adrien ain’t the bees-knees. Girls shouldn’t be depicted in such a toxic way, especially over a guy. Both girls and boys should respect each other’s boundaries.