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despiteherself · 5 years

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somewhat spoiler-y thoughts under the cut. don’t keep reading if you don’t want to see stuff about httyd3

okay. so overall i actually enjoyed httyd3 (surprising; i know). i do have lots and lots of complaints but the stuff i liked was exciting and interesting enough that i sort of just blacked out the bad stuff. and i’m going to love picking that stuff apart bc boy was there some cringy shit. especially if you don’t like hiccstrid, their scenes with actual relationship talk were awkward and wooden and god. the ending was SO :/

actual spoilers from here on out. you’ve been warned.

grimmel was a lot more compelling as a villain. they sort of gave him a backstory thing and it kind of ruined it a bit for me bc it was basically “i killed a night fury as a boy and my village loved me for it so i killed all of them” but idk something about it was lacking and i was like. oh. did you guys not care enough to flesh this one out. actually, writing it down it sounds way better motivation than when he actually said it even tho it’s basically the same thing.

the deathgrippers were being controlled! grimmel was using their venom to mind control them, so any “alpha talk” didn’t get through to them and they did exactly what grimmel wanted.

and hiccup didn’t give a shit lol. these dragons were constantly being drugged via needles in their head/neck and being forced to hunt and attack and carry grimmel around and hiccup didn’t even feel a little bit sorry for them or express any pain. the whole movie was kinda “wow ppl don’t deserve dragons we need to save them” but he didn’t express any empathy for dragons being used? not many were shown in this movie to be used, and even less that hiccup saw, but idk the whole “let the things you love go!” didn’t congeal well.

further more, he made several terrible decisions for the entirety of berk, including running away to find the hidden world, which they had no proof even existed and absolutely kept walking exactly into everything grimmel wanted, but when ruff did it (after she was “captured” and let go she flies straight back the place they’ve settled leading grimmel back to new berk) it felt like it was being played as a WAY worse thing. like she was an idiot for doing it, and it was just! hiccup. every decision you’ve made has been panicked and blind and made your position worse and worse.

gobber, valka and eret all get a little screen time, and they all play the naysayer stoick part? like “hiccup this is dangerous” and hiccup completely ignores them. them: hiccup we have advice hiccup: ok cool im not listening and i don’t want to hear it. they don’t even get to really explain their points of view ???????

valka’s other stuff is “oh we might have been followed leaving berk” and then her being all “astrid do u still love and believe in my son?????” what “he’ll listen to u” uhm ??? and no one else i get? ?/ they literally do not talk except about hiccup

gobber’s scene where he tells hiccup to marry astrid is so weird and awkward and only tuffnut yelling “oh no not the m word!” had anything that made it better. noah fence but astrid was all “that’s weird and awkward of you” and tells hiccup she thinks they’re “not ready for marriage” and the idea is silly and it 100% sounds like she’s not interested in him at all. and he’s obviously super invested and he’s all “haha maybe you can have snotlout” she makes “jokes” about snotlout being into valka. it was....

also. he ONLY mentioned snotlout when saying there’s other guys and idk. it ..... idk now i think about it it maybe feels the “joke” is kinda who would want snotlout which :/ but i guess means tuff and fishlegs are valid suitors? i don’t know

hiccup in the whole was pretty weak tbh. like he didn’t stand out for me and most of his plot felt like it had a bunch of good ideas but they struggled putting it together. it’s like when u see a fic and u love the general idea but the execution is not how u would, and they go on and it’s like. i really really wouldn’t have

they weirdly anthropomorphise toothless and then also. have him act like a dog and i found it disconcerting

the light fury is genuinely super blobby and ugly and i cna’t believe they made me watch SO much of “uwuw sexy seductress” content and toothless being a complete airhead who licks a rock to “practice” for it. was weird and i was uncomfortable.

also astrid is all “wow toothless has a girlfriend its so cute !!!!!!!” and they watch him watch other dragons doing mating dances and hiccup is like ‘i never pegged you for a romantic, like never” like get a fuckign hint !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! she never kisses you on the cheek. astrid expressing sentiment cause she thinks something is romantic but never for your relationship is telling you A LOT about it

honestly. they don’t do anything to make me convinced in ANY WAY that astrid is actually into him and wants to marry him for real. at their wedding she is SO wooden and when they kiss hiccup brings his hand up but astrid is just STANDING there,,, and they look so blank. it’s so.

also. i was right astrid was mostly just a prop for hiccup’s story and she barely interacts with anyone that isn’t hiccup or valka, and when it’s valka it’s about hiccup.

aside from toothless, and a little bit of stormfly, the gang’s dragons are mostly just. in the background and don’t really have anything to do with anything

behind everything there were this warlords, i didn’t pick up names and apparently they were the ones who were funding drago or whatever? and they call grimmel in bc he cares about killing night furies and are hoping that it’ll mean they get all the dragons. it was kinda. i sort of liked the idea but i felt it was shoved in, and they just mentioned drago to make it seem like it was planned when they came out of nowhere. and idk not planned at all. like an idea that was good but they didn’t edit everything to make sure it fit. a lot of stuff felt kind retcon-y like apparently stoick was “obsessed with finding the hidden world” and he even mentions in a flash back that it’s not the nest they’re looking for in httyd1 so it’s so weird like. and there was this ~journals~ stoick had about it and it’s just! they never ever mentioned this before gfhsdfjhdfgjdfgfdg guys. that’s so fucking messy and kinda annoying. in the grand scheme this retconning isn’t too much, but it’s enough that it’s like. none of this was planned and i can tell and instead of making it match up you just bluster through like “actually this always happened” as if u think i’m a dumbass who will just blindly believe whatever you tell me instead of a long time fan with a personal involvement.i know some of u read my blog,,, come on

i didn’t cry at all like lol. i had fun but i wasn’t emotional.

no characters die don’t worry

ruff was PERFECT and everything she did was wnoderful and i LOVE her so much! she got to speak A LOT and she’s all “it’s so tough being this hot” i love you girl, and she’s over eret and is like “wow he missed out” and talks about snotlout and fishlegs which was :///// but the guys don’t do the whole fighting over her thing so that’s! and she’s like “i guess fishlegs but he’s a nerd” and at the end he cries at the wedding and she’s like “wow i guess the sensitive guy wins” so a lot of her stuff was kinda about men ://// but herself was PERFECT and she boops grimmel’s face with the bobble ends of her hair pretending they’re a zippleback. she makes jokes about why is grimmel’s face so long, and her’s is long but WOW does that take the cake. and she says “astrid round face” it was so !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! she’s so good i love her

rupple does a good job with tuff. the voice difference was noticeable and i kept thinking about it but i think he did well. tuff gets a bunch of speaking parts and he’s super involved with the whole wedding concept and he’s like “haha wow hiccy, a DOES NOT WANT to get married 2 u LOL. which is #tru cause like. she’s a viking warrior queen and you’re well you. you need to shape up. also. be more like me” which i will TAKE i cannot believe tuffstrid is REAL. also now im about 80% convinced hiccup and astrid took a break to see other ppl and tuffstrid fucked. tuff and astrid don’t really interact except for when they leave ruff behind but they KEEP on doing this whole, vibe thing that makes them seem like they’re good friends. like. tuff thinking he knows what astrids want or admires and he actually goes and all his advice/pep talk is like half leg jokes but it’s all good????? tuff has ear piercings, they’re SO on point they look so good, and he’s got rings all over his fingers i love this kid so much he’s so great. he calls his braid his beard and whenever anyone looks a little sad he like, shoves their face into his braid to comfort them.

also tuff says there’s no edge of the world cause actually it’s round like the sun and the moon and stars, even tho stars are dumb.

i was right fishlegs’ first sentence is basically them all going “wow a nerd” akdshgfkdjghfg. he doesn’t get as much screen time as the others, and most of it is focused on fishmeat, who is ADORABLE and PERFECT. that big moose dragon meets fishmeat at the start and they become bffs and he defends his lil buddy

snotlout’s also not as much screen time, and most of it is him following valka around and being impressed with her and wanting her to say nice things about him. the rest is him getting caught on his cape. valka says nice stuff about eret cause he’s actually good at this planning stuff (except one bit thats played for jokes where snotlout is like “we should spilt up cause *good reasons*” and then eret is like “we should spilt up cause i feel like it” and valka’s all “i trust your instincts!!!!”. it was weird bc it was the only really good tactical decision snotlout made and it gets ignored) and he keeps getting his ego pumped up when he takes what valka says wrong - like she’s being polite, or there’s double meanings and he takes it like he’s good but all he did was get caught on a cage and hung there until hookfang picked him up - and at the end she says “eret maybe brawn, but you’re the brains” and snotlout feels validated again but he doesn’t really deserve it? like idk i wish she said something meaningful. it’s not kind to make someone feel like they’re good at something they’re not. you should encourage him when he’s doing well.

eret is just kinda. around. doing things. and being like, snotlout’s “rival” for valka’s attention and eret is like. what are you on about lmao

also. i’ve seen some out of context spoilers and they mentioned something being gay but i don’t know where that’s from? snotlout kinda says some great things about eret but it’s a real squint and gobber says eret has the body of a norse god but then he says he does as well and then puts a crick in back when he’s stretching so it’s very clearly a joke and it’s definitely like ‘he’s fat and old and dirty its funny cause he thinks he’s attractive” rather than anything else

hmmMMmmMMMMM god ive forgotten what i’ve talked about and what i haven’t im sure i have more to say but this is already super long os. you can ask me questions if u like. send me an im or something

#httyd3 spoilers #httyd 3 spoilers #hidden world spoilers #spoilers #httyd3 #dot post

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samanthasroberts · 7 years

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James Deens Current Girlfriend Chanel Preston, Head of Porns Advocacy Committee, Speaks

Deen co-founded the Adult Performer’s Advocacy Committee (APAC), an organization that helps ensure workplace safety in porn, with Preston. She is now serving as chairman following his resignation—as her boyfriend stands accused of serial rape. Where will performers turn for help now?

James and I are involved. It was never a secret but we dont talk much about it publicly. Obviously, this situation has presented me with complicated feelings, and Im navigating them as best I can.

As one of the adult entertainment industrys top male performers stands accused of rape and sexual assault, the industry must now re-evaluate how performers give and receive consent.

On Nov. 28, Stoya publicly accused her porn star ex-boyfriend, James Deen, of rape. James Deen held me down and fucked me while I said no, stop, used my safeword. I just cant nod and smile when people bring him up anymore. Since then, eight other women have come forward with their own allegations of abuse against Deenwith many claiming that the incidents in question took place on an adult film set.

In an industry thats historically lacked performer unity, many have come to rely on the Adult Performers Advocacy Committee (APAC) to represent their interests. Its the closest thing adult performers have come to a union.

Created by performers in the industry, APACs mission is to provide representation for performers in the adult film industry and to protect performers rights to a safer and more professional work environment. Deen was one of APACs co-founders, and up until his resignation last Monday, served as the organizations chairman.

With few entities looking out for adult performers, APAC was supposed to be that safe harbora place to turn to for guidance, to address safety concerns, and to help with any other issues performers had. Its a confusing time in the adult industry; theres no precedent for this. Given the numerous allegations against Deen, its clearly a conflict of interest to head an organization promoting the well-being of performers.

Following his resignation, APAC issued a statement to reiterate whose side theyre on: The APAC Board wants to state unequivocally that we stand with performers and other sex workers who are victims of any sort of sexual assault. APAC is committed to being a safe space for performers, and to creating a safer and healthier industry.

Still, performers may have a difficult time turning to APAC in their time of need considering that APAC president and co-founder Chanel Preston is dating Deen, and continues to as she assumes the additional role of chairmanDeens vacated position.

When pressed for comment about the potential that her relationship with Deen may give performers pause in coming to her organization with concerns, Preston issued this statement (with the condition that it be published in its entirety):

James and I are involved. It was never a secret but we dont talk much about it publicly. Obviously, this situation has presented me with complicated feelings, and Im navigating them as best I can. The porn community is small and many performers have had some sort of relationship with Stoya and/or James, and are experiencing this situation in a personal way. James is no longer involved in APAC decision-making, direction, or duties. APAC has issued a statement of solidarity with all sex workers who have been violated or assaulted, and the revised boards members, which consists of Conner Habib, Ela Darling, Veruca James, and I, will continue our commitment to serve our community and provide a safe and supportive environment for performers.

Now more than ever, adult performers are in need of support and advocates they can trust. As more women continue to levy allegations of sexual abuse and assault at Deen, many of which allegedly occurred in a workplace environment, its clearly a time for change.

Tori Lux, who accused Deen of assaulting her on a porn set, wrote, He proceeded to straddle my chest, pinning down my arms with his knees. Then, he raised his hand high above his head, swinging it down and hitting me in the face and head with an open palm. He did this five or six times. Later, Ashley Fires told The Daily Beast she was almost raped by Dean while on the premises of the S&M company Kink. Kora Peters and Amber Raynes experiences also took place on setand on-camera, no less.

It may prove difficult for women in this situation to turn to an organization now headed by Deens current partner, but Preston is not to blame for this. In an industry this small manyif not mostperformers drift in and out of relationships with one another given the difficulty many civilians have in understanding sex work. Nonetheless, women who have felt victimized by Deen may feel like they have nowhere to turn but to the public.

Porn star Nicki Blue, 27, is the most recent woman to come forward, alleging that things between her and Deen got out of handalso on the premises of S&M company Kink. She was 21 at the time. I started giving him [oral sex]. It was nice at first, then it got really rough. I kept trying to pull my head up to say something, it was too rough But he would just push my head back in so I was choking and I couldnt say anything. As he was doing itthis is the embarrassing part and why I didnt say anythinghe said, Oh my God, I have to go to the bathroom, and he pissed in my mouth.

Deen is certainly the most extreme example, but also not the only performer to allegedly violate consent on set. Sadly, adult performers have been dealing with similar workplace issues for years with little recourse. The allegations against Deen may finally force directors and to have conversations about limits and acceptability.

New girls entering the porn industry often dont know their limitsthey learn on the job. I didnt know it was okay to say no, that I could leave whenever I wanted to, says adult actress Carmen Valentina. As a newbie she felt pressured into pleasing a director in the hopes of being rehired. I was booked for a handjob, when I got there the director and talent kept trying to also get me to do a blowjob scene. Not wanting to make anyone angry, and being so new, I did the blowjob scene. I didnt get paid more for it, says Valentina. I felt taken advantage of. I was new and still learning the ins and outs of the industry.

Anxiety about not being rehired or the fear of being labeled difficult prevents some female porn stars from speaking up. As hundreds of women compete for relatively few jobs, it creates an environment in which newand sometimes establishedperformers participate in acts they later regret. There are no advocates for these women on set, no one to protect them from being bullied into submission.

Workplace issues are at times unavoidable no matter how experienced the performer is. Adult actress Katja Kassin was hired to do a rape-like scene in an old bathroom with several urinals. She agreed the male performers could put her head in a urinal under one condition: it be sanitized. I explained my concerns about germs and contracting diseases like hepatitis A or B. All performers and the director were present during the conversation, says Kassin. Only one urinal was cleaned and approved of, but her co-stars had other ideas.

The male performers dragged me towards a bathroom stall and attempted to dunk my head in the toilet even though I made it clear I do not consent, says Kassin. I said no several times but it took me using physical force and pushing off the guys to stop the scene. The director made no attempt to interrupt the scene. She did not intervene.

Though Kassin wanted to stop the scene, the director communicated to her that if I didnt finish I might not get paid in full, which increased the pressure for me to continue the scene. Afterwards, Kassin addressed the issue with company staff but no one seemed to care. I decided to just suck it up, says Kassin. I can understand why none of the girls reported their abuse [regarding Deen] because oftentimes it feels like as a female porn performer you dont have any support.

With repeated exposure, alarming situations or on set behaviors can become conventional over time. Performers are encouraged to push limits physically and mentally. Its not just about the sex; its about finding the extremes. Seasoned male porn star Voodoo believes the extreme nature of sexually violent pornand the way its handled by directors, crew members, and performers on setis creating problems within the industry.

I will never defend him but you cant just blame James Deen, says Voodoo. I believe the women who accused him 100 percent, but at the same time the porn industry is responsible for creating that kind of monster.

As a director, Voodoo feels obligated to ensure the comfort of performers within a scenea responsibility he wishes more directors took seriously. If Im behind the camera and I see my performer experiencing physical or psychological discomfort, its my duty to stop that and see if theyre OK, but directors arent doing that, says Voodoo. Instead theyre saying, Go harder, more, more, oh she can take it! As a performer, Ive been subjected to that and told directors to go fuck themselves. Directors are getting out of control with what they want to put out there.

Source: http://allofbeer.com/2017/09/19/james-deens-current-girlfriend-chanel-preston-head-of-porns-advocacy-committee-speaks/

from All of Beer https://allofbeer.wordpress.com/2017/09/19/james-deens-current-girlfriend-chanel-preston-head-of-porns-advocacy-committee-speaks/

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jimdsmith34 · 7 years

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James Deens Current Girlfriend Chanel Preston, Head of Porns Advocacy Committee, Speaks

James and I are involved. It was never a secret but we dont talk much about it publicly. Obviously, this situation has presented me with complicated feelings, and Im navigating them as best I can.

As one of the adult entertainment industrys top male performers stands accused of rape and sexual assault, the industry must now re-evaluate how performers give and receive consent.

source http://allofbeer.com/2017/09/19/james-deens-current-girlfriend-chanel-preston-head-of-porns-advocacy-committee-speaks/ from All of Beer http://allofbeer.blogspot.com/2017/09/james-deens-current-girlfriend-chanel.html

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adambstingus · 7 years

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James Deens Current Girlfriend Chanel Preston, Head of Porns Advocacy Committee, Speaks

James and I are involved. It was never a secret but we dont talk much about it publicly. Obviously, this situation has presented me with complicated feelings, and Im navigating them as best I can.

As one of the adult entertainment industrys top male performers stands accused of rape and sexual assault, the industry must now re-evaluate how performers give and receive consent.

from All Of Beer http://allofbeer.com/2017/09/19/james-deens-current-girlfriend-chanel-preston-head-of-porns-advocacy-committee-speaks/ from All of Beer https://allofbeercom.tumblr.com/post/165525070767

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allofbeercom · 7 years

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James Deens Current Girlfriend Chanel Preston, Head of Porns Advocacy Committee, Speaks

James and I are involved. It was never a secret but we dont talk much about it publicly. Obviously, this situation has presented me with complicated feelings, and Im navigating them as best I can.

As one of the adult entertainment industrys top male performers stands accused of rape and sexual assault, the industry must now re-evaluate how performers give and receive consent.

from All Of Beer http://allofbeer.com/2017/09/19/james-deens-current-girlfriend-chanel-preston-head-of-porns-advocacy-committee-speaks/

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