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lizzie-is-here · 2 years

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ok i completely forgot to do this yesterday

but as many of you know, may 1-31 is aapi heritage month. and as a few of you know, i was adopted from china when i was a baby. for those of you who don’t know me:

hi, i’m lizzie. my chinese name is xiu hua lin (pronounced shiu hwah leen). my biological parents dumped me on a bridge without a clue to who they were, and i was adopted from chongqing before i turned one. i now live in a very conservative town in southern america. i know. ew.

and in the spirit of the month, i just wanted to share some stuff about my experiences in a very conservative town in a very conservative southern state in america.

my family is huge. my mom is the youngest of nine and my dad has six siblings. they all have kids, and most of those kids have kids. i’m practically related to every damn person in my school.

my town is very racist. and homophobic. and all the other forms of bigotry you could imagine. my own dad doesn’t believe in climate change and my aunt is racist towards her own children she chose to adopt.

being adopted means that i lost all cultural ties as soon as i got picked up. my very country/ignorant parents refused to even educate me or themselves on anything about my culture past the whole awkward adoption talk.

there’s a sort of identity crisis that happened to me when i was little. i kind of was realizing that i didn’t really agree with some of the stuff my family said and was working on figuring myself out. i still am.

but i’ve never felt really “american”. but “chinese” doesn’t seem like the right label either. i’m stuck in the middle of the “perpetual foreigner” stereotype and the mild disappointment from the chinese people at their restaurants every time i can’t speak mandarin back to them. it’s not anyone’s fault, but still.

when i was younger, i never really noticed racism at school. my school was catholic, so naive little me thought that that meant no bullying. but every now and then, i’ll look back and be like, “holy shit, that’s really fuckin’ racist”

every asian kid knows the whole “squinty eyes” and that one stupid rhyme, but i evidently wasn’t perceptive enough to realize that they were making fun of me.

when i was in first grade, my principal told me i had an “unfair advantage in the classroom” because i was asian.

i kind of noticed it more when i got called a “cat-eater” in fourth grade, and by the time a teacher told me that “we need the wall to keep out the foreigners” in middle school, i was well and truly done with the american school system. honestly just done with america in general lol

and when covid hit, i was scared to go back to school. if those people were bold enough to make those statements before, then what would they do now?

it wasn’t too bad going back, but the micro aggressions were enough to make me a bit snappier than usual.

and when the fox-eye trend came around, it just felt so unfair. these white girls were copying the same features they’d made fun of me for for literal years, and now it looks good on them? but on me it’s “chinky”??? the fuck?

when that one girl wore a cheongsam to prom with a slit way higher than any actual cheongsam, it was attractive. but if i’d worn one? bro i would’ve been hate crimed before i even got into the building.

i’m so done and tired of my culture (that i don’t even feel entitled to) being “done better” by the people that made fun of me for it. i’m tired of people who look like me being hypersexualized in media, and im tired of people complaining about “forced diversity” when the eternals and shang-chi came out.

literally it sounds so cliche but 19 years of bullshit from even my own friends and family is enough for me to snap.

anyway just wanted to rant for the beginning of aapi history month. and remember, asian american and pacific islander covers a lot of ethnicities, not just the ones you typically think about. use this time to stay up to date, appreciate asian creators and such, and stop aapi hate.

#stop aapi hate #aapi #stop asian violence #stop asian hate #chinese #lizzie rants #aapi heritage month

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eyayah-oya · 2 years

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Hi! About your answer for D. May I ask, what upset you the most in how fandom and canon portrait the Bad Batch?

This is a good question!

Canon is easier to answer so I’ll do that one first. I’ll put it under a read more so it’s not a super long post.

THESE ARE MY OWN PERSONAL OPINIONS AND ARE IN NO WAY AN ATTACK ON PEOPLE THAT ENJOY TBB AND THE CHARACTERS!! PLEASE ENJOY YOUR IDEAS, HEADCANONS, AND STORIES ABOUT THEM. I RESPECT THAT. PLEASE RESPECT THAT I AM ALLOWED TO HAVE MY OWN OPINIONS TOO.

I’ve always enjoyed shows and movies and books for the characters. To me, plots are secondary to the characters; you can have the most interesting plot in the world but without interesting characters, it would be boring to me. I started watching TBB with high hopes. I generally liked the characters and I was interested to see where the show would take them. (Though I do admit that part of the reason I started the show was because of Echo—he was my hyper fixation at the time.)

Every member of the original Bad Batch is a stereotype of a typical American action movie which I find incredibly boring. The mysterious and badass Hunter/tracker/leader. The snarky and rude sniper who distances himself from others. The muscle who is purely there to show off or be dumb (I hate this one the most). And the annoying nerd who forgets that others aren’t as smart as him.

Now, I recognize that there are a lot of people out there who really like the Bad Batch and the representation they’re given. Hell, a lot of the time I am a lot like Tech: I info dump and show off my knowledge all the time. I used to get called a know-it-all in a derogatory way until I decided to embrace it. It still hurts to get called that though. Anyway, I’m getting off topic. The point is, I’ve seen a lot of posts about how people identify with the Bad Batch, especially Tech. And that’s not my issue with the show and the characters.

My main issue is the development of the characters. Specifically that there was none. None of them changed at all throughout the entirety of the season. We should have seen some development and growth, especially from Echo, but he was barely in the show at all. I wanted to see the Batch worry about Crosshair or try to go and get him back, but he’s almost never mentioned unless he’s actively hunting them in that episode. And then it’s to get away from him. The Batch was hyped up to be this super close knit batch who care about each other above everyone else, including other clones, and yet it seemed like they barely tolerated each other in the show.

Another thing that I struggle with is how the introduction of the Bad Batch takes away one of my favorite themes and lessons in the Clone Wars show. I love that the clones show that you don’t have to be different to be important. You don’t have to have special powers or look different in order to be special. We love the clones. Look at Echo and Fives! They’re fan favorites for good reason. They’re fun characters and yet, besides Fives’s tattoo and goatee, they’re exactly like all the other clones. For someone who has never stood out once in their life, it was incredibly validating for me to see a show where you don’t have to be different to be of worth. The Bad Batch took that away from me. They’re different and because they’re different they’re special, unlike the “regs”. They degrade the other clones and then in the Bad Batch show, the other clones bully them. It never felt right to me, more like the writers were trying to make the Batch out to be pathetic and alone, make others sympathize with them, despite seeing them act the exact same way during TCW. Not to mention, I personally struggle with portrayals of bullying of any kind.

Not to mention all of the blatant whitewashing, ableism, and just idiocy of the way the show was written.

Now on to fanon.

One of the biggest things that I have issues with is the same reason why Anakin apologists annoy me. I’ve found that the Bad Batch fan base tends to write the characters as always in the right. They never acknowledge the mistakes the Batch makes nor do they acknowledge how their actions might hurt someone else. Especially with Crosshair and Hunter. Both of those extremely popular characters made several mistakes in the show, but I rarely saw anyone hold them accountable before I stopped engaging with TBB content.

I also have a big issue with the way people treat Wrecker as though he were a child who doesn’t know anything. He’s incredibly smart. He has to be in order to create the exact kind of bombs he needs or to fire a projectile at something. That all involves complex math and chemistry. He is honestly my favorite of the original batch, but I hate how he’s always portrayed as dumb and childish. I know that maiseey recently got Wookiepedia to change their page on Wrecker and I’m glad about that, but it doesn’t change the way the show and the fan base treats Wrecker. He’s only there as the comedic relief in almost a side show kind of way. And I hate it so much.

I don’t know much about how fanon treats the rest of the batch beyond what I’ve already said. I only really engage with the cloneshipping part of the TCW fandom and I rage-quit TBB before the finale episodes. I don’t think I ever read fanfiction beyond a select few authors who I am friends with. I might not have all of the facts and the fandom might have changed a lot since I last poked at it. If the show was halfway decent (I’m my opinion) I might delve into the fandom, but the show bores, annoys, and frustrates me, so it’s not worth it to me to join a fandom I’m not interested in.

In order to be fair, there are clones from TCW that I don’t like, no matter how much I want to, because of how they’re always portrayed in fandom and fanon. That’s why I took Wooley and made him my own.

Thank you again for the question and I hope I answered it satisfactorily. I’m starting to fall asleep though, so I’m going to end here.

#ask and lizzie answers #tbb critical #rant about canon #rant about fanon #lizzie rants #I tried to be as non-judgemental as possible #it’s great if you like the characters #ship and let ship #love and let love #I chose to hyper fixate on Wooley #and there’s no room left in my brain for anyone else #I like seeing interesting takes though #I still won’t write tbb #and I won’t watch the next season #not worth my time

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lizzieblabbers · 13 days

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hello

i may look like i dont care but inside i am really freaking out my routine is bound to be ruined (hell its not even established yet) and i have to make adjustments and actual plans for my life in the remaining weeks of the month...

not just waking up and continously trying to work out, but actually do big girl decisions that (i know im just being oa but this is me okay) will actually affect my life in the upcoming days

im about to be thrown again into the thing i like to call 'independent girlie moments' and i know my minds gonna be in adjusting phase again (NOT EVEN ADJUSTED TO MY cuRRENT SITUATION R U KIDDING ME)

this post is just a rant, no flow whatsoever, just me blurting out every single thing in my mind to be able to start an activity that has been long overdue

maybe it also doesnt help that shark week is almost there and my hormones are everywhere (as it is always naman, but i think it is different this time) and

ang dami ko na naman sinabi, ill end this here

BYE SEE U AGAIN

#lizzie rants #lizzie talks a lot

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lizzie-tempest · 5 months

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Holy shit. I have so much to do in work and I feel like there isn't enough hours in the day. I'm exhausted and I'm still here for another 4 and a half hours. My head hurts. My back hurts. I have never been so stressed in all my life.

Btw, when I'm busy, I put a sign up saying "Staff are nearby. Please ring the bell for help". The little bell is loud as hell. I don't have a problem with people ringing it. So why. Why do people read the sign, see the bell and then instead of ringing it, they look around for me and if I haven't noticed them, they stare at me until I feel their eyes burning into the back of my head. Why?! It's both annoying and intimidating! Just ring the bell for god's sake!

#lizzie rants #lizzie speaks #lizzie is exhausted

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pkmnprideflags · 9 months

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just found out that there is only one Moon Stone available in Pokémon Emerald, and there are two Pokémon in its dex that evolve via Moon Stone (Skitty and Jigglypuff). There's one Moon Stone in Meteor Falls, and then the only way to obtain another is for a wild Lunatone to have it as a held item. Except you can't catch Lunatone in Emerald, it's a Sapphire exclusive.

Well, rip delcatty's pokédex entry i guess

#lizzie rants #lizzie's emerald catch-em-all #pokémon #pokémon emerald #dingdang gamefreak designing their games around trading #kind folks i appreciate your work but do i look like i'm playing this on a gameboy advance with a link cable

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steveandbuckysdaughter · 2 months

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I am so so so so so TIRED to see people fatshaming two perfectly healthy girls because they have round faces. It’s disgusting.

The actresses of Mai and Azula are on point for their roles. Hell, if they were chosen there must be a reason, it’s not like there’s no Asian actresses out there they could choose from.

People can’t accept that Azula can have a characterization beyond “crazy and sadist sicko”. She’s a perfectionist. She’s an asset to her father. She’s jealous of Zuko’s birthright and of how it might take what she has away. Those are things that OG Azula too had. The only difference is that we actually see it in season one and have a background on her, rather than writing it in a rant. And what has been added only makes her a more complex character, given the change in the family dynamic as well.

And Mai? The actress is talented, she delivers a good Mai, and does justice to the character. She’s 17 and at the beginning of her career, of course it won’t be perfect. She gets to grow. Thing is, you guys won’t let her, because a square jaw scares you so flipping bad that you feel the need to shame her for it.

Everyone is a body positivity advocate until a girl with a rounder face shape is cast as a character in a live action you are NOT forced to watch? Seriously?

I’ve seen so many people on the internet calling them all sort of names, fatshaming them, insulting their work without even focusing on the acting. And I’m like, what’s to fatshame there? Let me tell you: nothing.

If I have to put it through your thick head like this, so be it. Even though I hate talking about and comparing bodies.

This below is a picture of Azula’s actress.

She has the face card, she has the jawline, and she has a fit, enviable body. And you still have the audacity to “fat-shame” her?

These two pictures are in costume. Again, face card and an enviable body. She even has the expression for Azula. You see a girl with a rounder shape of face and will automatically go “no she’s too cute to be Azula!!” Dude. No. When she will actually deliver as the crazy girl we know, she will devour. She will, and you all will switch back because that’s what you are, slimy switchers.

And now, onto Mai’s actress, a very beautiful girl with talent and looks. She is literally so pretty, and you dare hate on her? You dare shame her for how she looks? From what I’ve heard she’s a minor, too, so this makes you 100000% more slimy and undeserving of any sympathy in my book.

This is her, this is the girl.

She’s literally so pretty. Maybe she hasn’t got the same facial structure of Mai, but she delivered all her lines she had in the little screen time and with the discutibile scenes she was given. She was good. But you see a square jaw, a rounder shape of face, and are immediately triggered.

And you can’t even use the stupid argument of “she’s fat”, because this is literally her.

A very normal, very healthy young woman. Not as skinny as OG Mai? So what? She’s still a fricking thin girl. Nowhere as “fat” as you haters make her to be.

I shouldn’t have to explain common sense and basic decency to grown adults, and yet here we are.

This is honestly so frustrating. In the year of 2024 you can’t possibly justify insulting girls like this, with no shame. It’s absolutely idiotic and shows very a big lack of brain cells. I see you, haters, behind your device, with your insecurities and shame for yourself, laughing at two girls who made it farther than you ever will. You can critique the acting once you’ve seen it in full potential. Until then, shut your tramp up. This is very small dick energy of you.

I don’t see why I should treat you with kindness when you are so eager to make this kind of jokes about pretty and in shape girls you are very obviously jealous of. Go touch some grass, incels.

#I hope anyone who sees this copies the link and sends it to whatever bitch-ass they see commenting this crap #Mai #ATLA mai #Azula #ATLA Azula #lizzy yu #Thalia Tran #NATLA #ATLA #avatar the last airbender netflix #netflix avatar the last airbender #netflix avatar #avatar the legend of aang #avatar the last airbender #body positivity #rant #Ross rants

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honeyrabbit17 · 3 months

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i just wanna be one of them th1gh gap bitches tbh. lol <3

#tw ana diary #ana trigger #ana bllog #ana rant #ana buddie #an0rec1a #ed not ed sheeran #tw ed but not sheeran #coquette #wl motivation #ana meal #girl interupted syndrome #black swan #lana del rey #lizzy grant #ahs murder house

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unknownn-girl · 3 months

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i was born to be someone’s muse i promise just give me one chance please

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lyuhsk · 1 month

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these new slangs are ridiculous

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wren-kitchens · 5 months

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mildly frustrated at how many 'we need to talk about lizzie more' posts ive seen and the distinct lack of actual posts of art or writing about lizzie that ive seen cross my dash

like guys i thought we wanted to talk about lizzie and not the fandom's problems when is that happening

#not to be bitter but i got 3 likes and 0 reblogs on my lizzie fic that i posted last night #whereas i usually get like 26 ish notes for my other stuff in the same amount of time #and like. ive seen SO many posts of 'dont forget lizzies story'#i definitely havent!! i am definitely writing lizzie-centric things!!!#its just that no one cares to actually /read/ it #it does feel a little less like caring about lizzie's story and more about protesting against the misandry by using lizzie's story #as an example #idk maybe im thinking too much about this but yk. support artists and writers pls #dont just compain about how no one is writing when i am!!! we are writing!!! we are drawing!!!#are you reading? are you reblogging?#wren wrambles #im not gonna maintag this cause its more of a rant than anything but #yeah

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dxiifut · 1 month

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jumping from the 5th floor rn would be nice tbh

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lizzie-is-here · 2 years

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some pictures from my vacation!

plus a lil video 🤍

some things we did:

i went into this damn tea store three separate times. i got two teas and a really neat mug

rode the banana boat with my brother, cousins, their friends, and some little kids. one of the little kids asked, “if i cuss will you tell my mom?” and when we said no she said “freaking fruitbowl”

rode the slingshot again and the vomatron, my cousin screamed on both lol.

we went to dick’s (a restaurant where the staff are mean to you)

maybe drank way too many monacos

bought a shit ton at a crystal store

went on a sunset dolphin cruise! it was really fun and the dolphins were super social

#sort of face reveal?#vacation #beachphotography #panama city #panama city beach #about the author #lizzie rants

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lizzieblabbers · 24 days

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something is wrong with me

i know there's a ninety percent chance that this is just pcos messing up with my hormones, or a ten percent chance that people are really testing me

its been days and ever since i feel resentful of every little thing that does not go my way. i am so frustrated with everything i might explode

it doesn't help that my acne is getting fucking worse lately (which may have been caused by the stress induced by reasons unknown to me) and its physically hurting me, making me more irritable

honestly i am just so tired of living (as me) in this shithole

i mean yeah there's a bright side but im starting to doubt if that was mean to balance out the bad ones or just to make the latter more powerful and felt??

SEE THERE'S SOMETHING WRONG WITH ME

there are unnecessary things running through my head rn and it has already caused me to be two days behind my schedule (FUCK IT REALLY)

i had coffee today so maybe its the reason why i had the guts to write and publish this tonight and not let it rot in my drafts for days

...maybe coffee's the answer to my writer's block?

BUT THATS NOT THE ISSUE

either way i know i have to fix my sleeping schedule (which has been shit for the past few days, by the way) to be productive again and actually feel like a living human being and not just merely existing

ok thats it im gonna sleep its already 11:48 bye

#lizzie is alive thank god #lizzie rants #2024

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lizzie-tempest · 7 months

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why are the university students where i live so mean?

i'm giving you bitches 10% off all the shit you're buying because you're a student! i need to see your student id to do that! it's not my fault that my shit eyesight can't see it even when it's hanging around your neck! you don't have to roll your eyes and then look at your friends to say "can you believe this shit?" I'M RIGHT FUCKING THERE I CAN HEAR YOU!

#other than that and the guy who stole £24 worth of stuff i had a pretty good day #lizzie rants

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pkmnprideflags · 9 months

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whoever's idea it was to make the master ball missable in rse can personally fight me. I was trying to not be over-reliant on walkthroughs and it cost me the ball that catches pokémon without fail while i'm doing a fucking catch em all. Fuck team aqua and their stupid hideout they should just have the devon guy give it to me or something

Edit: according to bulbapedia it's only missable in ruby and sapphire. Sorry for the unnecessary rant im dramatic

#Tw swearing #Lizzie's emerald catch-em-all #Pokémon rse #Lizzie rants

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lanalanatellithowitis · 1 month

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forever a lana del rey girl

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