(An incoherent rambling/pondering below about when people say things like “the good old days of television” when things weren’t so “woke”)

Sometimes I truly wonder why people say, “ahhh, the good ol’ days” or “this couldn’t be made today!” when they think of old shows/movies that they watched when they were younger. Shows like “All In The Family”, “My Two Dads”, “Miami Vice”, etc. or this movie that popped up on my dash called “Blazing Saddles”. I know when some people say that phrase “good ol days” they mean the times where things weren’t as “political” (aka diverse or caring about minorities), but it seems that a lot of them missed the point that these shows were teaching. And when people say “couldn’t be made today!” they.. also still may be missing the point (I mean, perhaps one reason why people might be offended by something is because of misunderstanding of what the piece of media is trying to say).

If y’all have seen these shows then y’all know what I’m saying. But I think when they say “this couldn’t be made today” I think they’re right… but for different reasons. Let’s take “My Two Dads” an 80s show about two dudes taking care of this girl, but they aren’t sure who she belongs to. They raise her together, they’re very loving, and heck they even had an episode about how they are equal to families with a father/mother structure and they have a right to keep their kid. People nowadays would accuse them of pushing an agenda and brainwashing the children and tryin to destroy the nuclear family.

Next, let’s look at “Benson” a spinoff from the controversial comedy “Soap” (check out Matt Baume’s video abt them). “Benson” is a hilarious show and it’s about a wisecracking, sarcastic/smart alec African American man climbing the political ladder. He starts as a butler on “Soap”, he’s moved to the governor’s mansion and becomes the head of household affairs, later is promoted to state budget director, then Lieutenant Governor, and finally runs for governor… but unfortunately the show ends on a cliff hanger so we’ll never know whether he won or lost. Benson is the smartest one in the governor’s mansion, but the governor himself is a bit of an airhead, he’s silly, a little bit.. incompetent. But if this show was made today, people would say that the show is saying that black people are smarter than white people, they would be missing the point..

And Miami Vice, an 80s show that has been terribly warped by pop culture (think of what happened to Star Trek). People think of this show as the “cool cars, hot women, expensive fashion” type of show, but it’s so much more than that. Mutuals could explain this much clearly than I could. This show addresses issues like mental health, the cop system being very corrupted, lgbt rights, sexual assault (they don’t get it right all the time, but when they do, they do). People idolize Sonny (the main character), and wish to be him, but they fail to see how depressing his life is. They only see him as the Cool Guy™️, but he’s not necessarily that. If it was made today.. it would either just turn out like a “Fight Club” situation, people misunderstanding it, or people calling it propaganda.

And Wiseguy, a show abt an undercover agent things and such. There’s this arc that will forever remain relevant. The KKK arc (I forget the actual name for the arc). The racists blaming minorities for their loss of jobs, ruining the world, saying that the white race is in danger (the same old, same old racist shit). This show has been forgotten and I don’t really know why, it’s really good. This show would be labeled as woke and would be written off.

I think some of this also comes down to bad media literacy skills and such.. they fail to see messages that were targeted toward them, were trying to teach them something, but they miss it completely or they willingly ignore it…

Naruto has a multitude of characters where their writing is heavily based in queerness and queer experiences. From the devotion two characters have for one another to a point where they would trust each other with their lives, to feeling like the other one is the only person who truly to their core understands them and accepts them for who they are despite their flaws and issues they’ve done in the past.

Naruto as a series is so queer in its writing that the writer - whether intentional or not - made the main two characters always run after each other even if one of them fell into darkness, saying he’d shoulder the pain he’s holding just so he can be near him and you’re saying you think… Obito is gay?? The guy who literally lost his mind over a girl??

Edit: I’m talking about canon btw. Hc if you’d like I’ll always support that, but he’s not canonically gay or bi. His character is rooted in his love for a girl and the only reason he saved kk was to have time alone w Rin because he didn’t want him interfering. He’s in love w Rin and only Rin in canon🙇‍♂️

i wonder if mike thought about kim ever. when jesse threw himself in front of walt in the desert, i wonder if he thought about kim. did he see her that night, the hoodie and the gun and the tearful determination, while they sat in the lab and waited for gus? did he see her in that junkyard, watching the laptop splinter into a million pieces, jumping and cheering?? two lost souls who gave Everything and got shattered in return??? one day you’ll wake up and realize you haven’t thought about it, but do you ever really? do you ever really forget? maybe you can’t, when you’re working for a time bomb. “what is it with you guys?” don’t know. i wonder if mike ever thought about kim.

fauci saying “vulnerable people will fall by the wayside” and that some will die but that’s ok because we’re not going to see the “tsunami of cases” we’ve seen before is so dehumanising. so babies with no immune system, elderly people, disabled people, and people without adequate access to healthcare can all die of covid. but it’s ok guys because actually they’re just falling to the wayside and everyone else will go back to normal and be fine (sarcasm).

my death or the deaths of my family or friends wouldn’t be us “falling by the wayside”, it would be us being failed by our government, healthcare systems, and communities who have refused to take coronavirus seriously despite mounting anecdotal and scientific evidence of the harm this virus does. fact that people can accept the deaths of vulnerable groups just because they want to eat in a restaurant or don’t want to wear a mask is horrifying

WANT CON TO STOP TALKING ABOUT NOT EATING CAKE IT’S ACTUALLY MAKING ME SO SAD

it’s all the rest of what i want with you

connor dewar/brandon duhaime :: 8k

Summary:

“Brandon,” Connor says with a sigh. “There’s no baby in there.”

“Not yet,” Brandon says. Connor feels his stomach twist, almost like what he would imagine a baby kicking to feel like.

in these trying times of dewvorce, may i offer you 8k of pwp inspired by @stillfertile’s wonderful art which i had. several breakdowns about 🫶 anyway please enjoy!!!

Mr Perfectly Fine 2.0

when hawkeye gazes at someone lovingly while they laugh at his joke it’s like ben stop or i’ll fall in love with you istg

My afraid-of-romance ass has just been asked by another regular customer for my number and the stupid thing is that again I do think this guy is kinda cute and I really probably should say yes

I honestly just don’t get how people default to thinking southern accents are like unserious and unintelligent, I know I live in a bubble and I’ve never been outside of the south so like my world view is skewed but like idk I can’t like conceptualize hearing someone’s accent and going “your accent is too stupid and silly for you to have a brain” like ???

No, I’m pissed at you actually because I wouldn’t even be here in the first place if it weren’t for you

what is it with this past 24 hours and absolutely baffling takes on the last episode

the best superman going evil soundtrack would just be the two repetitive “duh duhhhhhhh”s of Hans Zimmer’s “Flight” soundtrack, but the second note starts going off key

I get we’re not supposed to use “going nonverbal”, because it overshadows people who can’t speak 24/7, but selective mutism is a whole separate anxiety disorder and using that is just shifting the damage. So we can’t use that. So is there just. Not a word?