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artist-issues · 3 months
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I absolutely agree with the value of Beauty and the Beast and ranking it as the objectively best Disney movie, but I would like to challenge you on it nonetheless. Specifically on the argument I've seen levied against it the most, or at least most ferociously: It's 'problematic!'
Whether people reduce it to Stockholm syndrome, Lima syndrome, both or even neither, I know many people who don't like B&tB because the circumstances that brought Belle and the Beast together are quite loaded. Everyone in the castle, Beast included, is aware that this girl is likely their one shot at breaking this curse, so there's always a kind of external pressure on their relationship, even if it isn't always seen.
What's your take on that argument and/or similar ones that dismiss or dislike the love story because both parties were literally trapped in one form or another?
No, it's not problematic. The basis of that argument is that love is somehow negated by circumstance. But love is not at all about circumstance. Love is about choice, because it's a action—regardless of circumstance. If your circumstance keeps you from choosing, or forces your choice, it's not choice at all., and so it's not love.
Belle doesn't choose to love the Beast until after she gets to know him and he sets her free from her circumstance of staying with him. He doesn't set her free from her circumstance until he's decided he loves her in spite of his own—if he were letting his circumstance (the curse) dictate his love for her, he wouldn't have let her go.
It's a silly argument.
She was his—WILLING—prisoner. Willing. Which is no prisoner at all. She was not held there by his force or his decree; she held herself there by her promise, because she was taking the place of her father, who trespassed and offended a Master on his own land. She chose to be there; she didn't choose to love him based on any kind of proximity to him.
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lem0nn-juice · 2 months
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Do you per chance have a list of seb//aciel shippers? I ask cuz no matter what I do or how many I block these damn pedos keep popping up and I am so tired. I think a list would make it easier so I don't keep getting jumpscared by "this post contains filtered tags"
(I am fully convinced every single seb//aciel shipper is just a pedophile trying to normalize it though their fucked up nasty ship tbqh)
Not really 😭 I instantly block all the shippers I come across so I don't bother remembering their users
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mattaytchtaylor · 1 month
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Who are your top 5 favorite characters to draw?
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My OC Blue
My OC Xloe
My OC Honk
My OC Katie
Spider-Gwen
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tokidokitokyo · 1 month
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Do you know anything on how useful the marugoto textbooks are for studying japanese? I know some people who use it in a uni course but they say the books are difficult to study outside that setting. But they are the books made by the japan foundation so they shouldn't be too bad probably?
Thank you for your ask!
I do not have any personal experience with the Marugoto books, so I asked around.
The feedback is that they are good study materials even outside of a course. They have beginner to intermediate books and they seem to be reasonably priced (particularly with the current dollar-to-yen exchange rate).
For the book version, the romaji is prominent in the beginner books, but in the online version there is an option to turn off the romaji. There are also English explanations in the beginner materials.
The series blends visual and audio with reading, writing, speaking, and listening which allows you to grasp all aspects of Japanese. You can get online support if you want to pay to have someone check your work. The grammar explanations are nicely formatted, and the stories and themes are interesting.
There is also an online course using Marugoto called Minato, which is free and you get access to the online books and materials, but you have to complete it in 6 months and then you lose access.
Both recommendations said that it was good for beginners, so I think it sounds like an excellent source for learning Japanese! Best of luck!
And thank you to those who gave me their feedback! ^.^
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jerzwriter · 1 year
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Does anyone 😭😭 like the freshman series 😭😭😭
- @sugarlessgogurt
I do! I actually started a reread (which got interrupted) recently… I missed Zig and Becca! Lol
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xperplexer · 1 year
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is it good if whenever you pop up in my notifications as the newcaster blog my reactions is: NO NOT THE INTIMIDATING NEWS BLOG- But if you use this blog my reaction is: oh the yaoi pfp guy :0 ! Sorry your pfp is very yaoi vibes
k bye
i- WHAT? this- this is Howl from Howl’s Moving Castle. LMAOOOOOOOO
anyways, intimidating news blog? is it because i’m organized?
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spicerackofblorbos · 4 months
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Welcome back! 👋
Thanks Terra!! Hopefully tumblr will fix my main blog but for the time being, we'll keep this going haha I hope you're doing well!! 😊
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gale-dragon-writer · 3 months
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if I may be so bold do you have a better idea on how to handle Su and Lin dynamics.
Su and Lin? Who are they? And what media are they from?
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re-x · 11 months
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Great scene analysis'! For 4x02, do you think when Ben said "Idk what to say to that" after Devi said she could never date someone who would treat him like [Margot] was also to do with his confliction and harbored resentment for Devi's S2 actions.
I know it's not directly related/the same thing, but cheating/maybe even Devi's obsession with status & the relationships she has with Paxton(S3) & Des, along with Ben's deep insecurity and perception of how guys like that could treat him felt like a reasoning behind his hesitation in that line. Almost like, "well you did" (she didn't; but my initial assumption was that was Ben's inner thought as I watched it).
Thanks for your question, apologies it took me this long to get to them. I think more than anything, Ben felt guilty for the whole situation that Devi found herself in. And when she kept pushing him and guilt-tripping him, in a way, he just didn’t know what to say… but he definitely felt both guilty and ashamed of himself, so much so he couldn’t look her in the eye anymore (he did a similar thing when he said ‘it was my first time too’ in the previous episode). There was no resentment here, concealed or otherwise.
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shinmiyovvi · 1 year
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So I feel like this is customary since you have new ocs but! For Arthur and Ji Eun, what would they think about Zari? (Both Ultimis and Primis respectively) alsoooo love you Shin 💖💖💖💖💖
AAAAAAA Love you too, Hazard 💖💖💖 Anyways...
Primis Ji eun: She would be cold and stingy with Primis Zari at first since she couldn't trust someone that easily but she would later on be kind to her. Ultimis on the other hand, she gets annoyed with her being a hothead but still understands and be nice to her for a while.
Ultimis Ji eun: Ultimis wasn't quite social as she would keep her distant away from anyone. But she would tend to get startled and scared when Ultimis Zari would get angry. But she tries to keep in touch to her whenever she's call and needed someone to talk to. Meanwhile, she feels safe when she's around with Primis Zari since she's quite more calmer than her Ultimis counterpart.
Primis Arthur: He always thought of Zari as a little mushroom, considering that he is the tallest and would tease Zari for being a smol angy woman. His thoughts about Ultimis feels like he's talking to a very ferocious yet caring smol mushroom.
Ultimis Arthur: Quite a respectable gentleman towards the two Zaris. He would let the two have a cup of tea when they feel angry or sad. He is a good listener like his Primis counterpart as he is there for the two when they needed someone to talk to.
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artist-issues · 6 months
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when did steven universe say anything about god?
Out loud? Never. But every story that is an actual story is offering you a worldview. Steven Universe has a pretty explicitly anti-God-of-the-Bible worldview. It's not just because of the pro LGBTQ+ stuff (that's nothing new.) It's mainly because of White Diamond, her specific characterization and powers, and how the antidote to her "bad" worldview is the phrase "if every pork chop were perfect, we wouldn't have hot dogs."
Steven Universe doesn't say anything about God literally. But it has a strangely large amount of specific things to say about the God-of-the-Bible symbolically, thematically, metaphorically--whatever you want to call "the language of storytelling."
Just like Kung Fu Panda never says one word about self-empowerment, not literally. But it is impossible to ignore that it's about self-empowerment, and says so in everything but words.
I'm getting a lot of questions about the Steven Universe comment, so a more in-depth explanation is probably coming in a different post. Because I watched the show all the way through--because it's incredibly well-done (for the most part) and I understand why others enjoy it. But that's what's scary about it.
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lem0nn-juice · 1 month
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top ten favorite kuroshitsuji characters?
1. Maurice
2. McMillan
3. Ciel
4. Joanne
5. Edgar
6. Alois
7. Soma
8. Sascha
9. Grell
10. R!Ciel
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mattaytchtaylor · 1 month
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1. How are things?
2. If you hadn't gotten into art, what other interests would you have pursued?
3. Are you watching/playing anything you wanna talk about?
They're okay! Things are bad! But I'm still here!
2. Probably my first love of movies - i went to college for it enough times i probably could have made a whole career out of it
3. mmmm still playing RDO lol
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everyday-younglife · 6 months
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for the ask game, 10 and 17 for p4? :D
10. worst part of fanon repeating the same arguments over and over and over every couple of months? years? since 2009!! tired of it... z
17. there should be more of this type of fic/art hmmm... that's a very good question! most things i've liked reading have already been written, in terms of souyo anyway.
but i do like yosuke/kanji either friendship or romantically, i haven't seen that a lot... i think it'd be neat !
OHOH and more fic where yosuke and naoto are good friends that bond over sentai and video games hehehe
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xperplexer · 1 year
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your dedication to killing that old hag is unparallel
i will kill her myself if i must
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amesliu · 2 years
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Annabeth’s inner monologue: trying to be responsible, second guessing everything, not sure if they are on the same page
Percy’s inner monologue: Kiss! kiss! Kiss! Kiss!
They are so oblivious and I love them so much 😂
LMAO BASICALLY
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