Dia Duit!!

Mania Smackdown tonight! Have a fantastic Friday!!!!!

Dia is Mhaire Duit!

Ahhh cannot wait let the chaos begin! Hope you had a fantastic week so far my friend I'm always rooting for you ❤️

(Pictured: Me screaming love across the Atlantic for you)

Just a little unprompted appreciation post for these two heartstopper show mothers because you know what? They deserve it. They deserve a little love for being such wonderful ladies.

I read a translation of the lyrics for C'est la Vie and boy was that a mistake

at almost 3am i realised how raimunda from volver and nawal from incendies had common points in their stories and how the twists of each movie shows how similar their tragedies are, but by a single thing that changes, makes an important difference.

i'm going to reblog soon to fully develop.

Pippa Black in City Homicide S4E4 'Protection'

12:56 am and i just put on legally blonde after gushing to @the1975attheirverybest how iconic elle woods is

finally fell asleep at 3am, woke up at 7:30, went to counseling, did not get put in the psych ward 😎👍( <-🕶️+🥲👍)

Dia Duit!

Happy EC Day!! I'm not able to watch anything from last night or today until Monday, but I'll be getting EC updates XD. Enjoy!!!!!

Dia is Mhaire Duit!

That's cool, have a great weekend no matter what you are doing my friend. I hope you stay safe, happy and take care of yourself. I hope you enjoy EC of and when you get to it 🥰

happy mother’s day to the girls who can’t watch lady bird. who cried so hard during everything everywhere all at once and their moms didn’t get it. to the girls who listen to class of 2013 and get sick to their stomach. to those who refuse to read crying in hmart. happy mother’s day. you’re amazing and i’m proud of you.

Actually let me pull out my bachelors degree for a moment and explain why sci-fi films benefit and hold back POC!

When the sci-fi genre was brought to television (Star Trek) it was a groundbreaking moment for diversity in television! Not only did it give the show runners opportunity to cast black actors and POC because the show took place in a parallel world where discrimination was not a problem, it opened the door to tell stories that made controversial topics easy to digest.

Because in the sci-fi genre, you need multiple races/cultures/species to tell a good story. In space nobody looks the same. Fascism, racism, bigotry, sexism. All those topics that were taboo on TV could be retold in a different format. They didn’t have to say “black” to tell a story about racism. They could make an alien race that was being treated unfairly to show white audiences how cruel racism can be. People were shocked that the show was bold enough to go there. There was lots of criticism but praise too because using fictional scenarios is an easier way for people to cope with challenging topics.

So this quickly became a common trope in sci-fi. Alien race not treated fairly starts a revolution. They’re branded as “violent” or “barbaric” until our heroes get to know them and learn they’re not different and simply demand respect. A character learns they’re half of this race and feel shame/worry they’d be treated differently but their friends reassure them they don’t discriminate and love their friend all the same.

This is where I argue this trope is not really relevant in modern film. Film has advanced so much in storytelling where we no longer need this trope to talk about these topics. To be blunt, it no longer represents our modern world. It has been overused so many times, it has lost its meaning. Show writers have forgotten its purpose and we get watered down versions of the initial template.

So as you can see, Loki’s story is not new. It’s not challenging or groundbreaking for its time. It’s a trope. A trope that can still bring up conversation. But to say Loki being a frost giant represents POC is not accurate. There are better ways to represent BIPOC in film and using an alien race is outdated and overdone.

You know what I can probably still wrap my head around Ludger being totally okay fixating on Julius as an adult because. Well he knows what he’s doing. but my real question is how Elle is so well-adjusted for a child who only ever spoke to her father and barely remembers her mother. Victor doesn’t seem to have anyone else looking after Elle (or the house for that matter) and Elle doesn’t have any friends...

ohhh im suddenly getting very angry at everyone today