I HATE the Discourse™ around this scene because it basically takes one 3 second moment of contrived fanservice out of a 3ed act that is ENTIRELY comprised of contrived fanservice and acts like its particularly egregious because: women.
Popular opinion: this moment was terrible and borderline embarassing. Not only was it so forced, Nothing about it was earned. A 7 year old could come up with this. The bar is so low and y'all ate it right up
@KekePalmer
"Let her wear Daisy Dukes and throw a truck at Carol Danvers".
Look man, you'd already sold me at that point, but I appreciate you sweetening the pot like that.
People forget Rogue started as a Captain Marvel villain alongside Mystique.
Can we also make sure we don't forget that the original Anti-Vax video she shared was also Transphobic?
Because I would REALLY like for that fact to not get lost in the discourse.
I may now hate the word "Plothole" more than any other word that isn't like, an actual slur of some kind.
Newsflash: MOST of what people call "Plotholes" aren't ACTUALLY plotholes, and the ones that are rarely actually impact the story.
Thread time!
PLEASE tell me they undid the Vivian censorship.
PLEASE tell me they undid the Vivian censorship.
PLEASE tell me they undid the Vivian censorship.
PLEASE tell me they undid the Vivian censorship.
PLEASE tell me they undid the Vivian censorship.
PLEASE tell me they undid the Vi-
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@Q_Review
It feels like Avatar just... has no cultural cache... I see nobody talking about it, no Memes based on it... nothing.
Would it have helped if they struck while the iron was hot and gotten Avatar 2 out within a few years of the first?
Not sure but this... this feels off.
@WholesomeMeme
@HamillHimself
It's not actually Mark, it's a really good impersonator, but that shouldn't diminish how cool this is.
He's a dude who makes public appearances as Luke Skywalker and knows how to sign!
As a trans person, this is one of my favorite Trans Jokes written by cis writers (? AFAIK they are).
Hank does something 100% offensive here. Equating gayness and Transness, asking about genitals etc.
But the joke is at HIS expense. They outright call him ignorant.
If you're still somehow unaware of Project 2025 or have convinced yourself it's just some scare mongering tactic hardcore establishment Dems are trying to use to scare us into voting for Biden... watch this please.
It's real and it's ACTUALLY scary.
John Oliver on Project 2025 and a second Trump term.
I was going to clip this segment out into shorter sections but decided to keep it together because it's too important and, frankly, it should terrify you.
@kennedytcooper
I love how in the same post this dude complains about people not realizing he's her husband and thinking she might be ashamed of him... but then doesn't want to go when she wants him by her side at an event.
My dude, she's trying to clearly demonstrate she is NOT ashamed of you.
Stuff like this bugs me because it's a fundamental misunderstanding of these characters
I doubt Tony would be. He was maybe on the Right before he became Iron Man, but I doubt he stayed that way. However, Tony's politics actually don't come up.
But Cap & Supes? We KNOW theirs🧵
1. In a stunning audio release, Michigan and Ohio Republicans are heard stating that the "endgame" of anti-trans legislation is to ban trans care "for everyone."
They discuss exactly how they plan to do it: "piece by piece, incrementally"
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@AP
Correct Headline: Company that produces two products, Mr. Potato Head and Mrs. Potato Head which are literally the same product with a few different parts, decide to just make one product and put all the parts in that box, probably to save cost.
Oh the horror.
To be a plothole, a thing has to happen that is LITERALLY IMPOSSIBLE by the rules of the fictional universe in question.
Even if the movie doesn't provide a direct explanation, if it's possible to reason one in your head it's NOT a plothole. (2/?)
How to Alienate an audience
I've gone from interested in this movie to concerned but still overall interested to now wanting to actively avoid it until maybe after it hits streaming based purely on comments from the director
So good job. Hope the Anti-SJW hatebucks are worth it
@AnneComics
I'm also incredibly happy it doesn't appear to have the actual deadname written there under the scratches. I've seen them do that before where they block out a word in a way that you can still see what's there... or fail to entirely like that ASBAR issue.
I keep seeing comments to the effect of "But Magic should be able to fix their legs! So it doesn't fit!" and frankly?
This argument is basically arguing against most player backstory, choice and even consequences.
Straight up resurrection is possible in DnD.
@AdsButt123
Ok, this is coming from someone who proudly cosplays her second outfit, one of the leggy ones:
The Captain Marvel suit is awesome and was 100% the right move for this movie.
Not everything about women in media has to be uber-sexy.
So if I'm understanding correctly, this guy hated FFH so much he made Spider-Man Lotus, a film that seems to take Spider-Man Twitter's insistence that Peter has to be a depressed sad sack loner 100% to heart & made a whole ass movie about that?
And everyone rightfully hates it?
It's also not a plothole if the characters don't know something you think they should, or they react to something in a way you think is bad.
Well-written characters should feel like actual human beings and human beings are capable of making mistakes. (3/?)
What "Plotholes" are and the reason they've become so popular is because they feel like a way for a person to list "Objective" reasons they don't like a piece of art. Like if you can make a list long enough you can prove a thing is "Objectively" bad (13/?)
Movies that Ripped off Z*ck Snyd*r apparently:
Superman I and II (1978)
Back to the Future Pt. 2 & 3 (1989)
The Lord of the Rings Trilogy (2001)
The Matrix 2 & 3 (2003)
Pirates of the Caribbean 2 & 3 (2006)
Enjoyment of a piece of art isn't a mathematical equation. It's a feeling and everyone's feelings and thoughts are different.
People need to learn to accept that. (END)
Calling it now: He's going to be let off entirely.
Pretending to cry so hard he can't even speak while recounting the moment where he killed two people in a trial where they aren't allowed to refer to the victims AS Victims, but CAN refer to them as "Rioters"?
It's a sham trial
"Poe just got demoted by Leia, so Holdo is actually sticking to that punishment and not including him in the plan" is one such thing. This was a mistake on Holdo's part. It's a mistake the character made. It's NOT a plothole. (4/?)
So why is Lynda Carter trending?
...Of fucking course!
Listen. Wonder Woman is iconic. Diana is & always has been part of DC's "Trinity" for a reason. Lynda Carter & Susan Eisenberg are both big parts of her popularity.
She didn't suddenly become popular in 2016 from one movie
Cap is on the Left and has called out Conservatives before. He quit in disgust when he found out about Nixon. He calls out America for invading other countries. He called out the Military industrial complex and the Drug war.
This was published in 1990. Bush was President
Can people stop sensationalizing this? I know the internet likes the "Disney = Evil" narratives, and I'm not gonna defend everything they do but in this case the headlines are misleading.
ONE exec was uncomfortable. ONE.
No indication this is gonna lead to censorship. Calm down
Also, things that are just super convenient to move the plot forward but don't technically break the rules are also not plotholes. A more apt name is "Plot Contrivance" for them. They're typically more acceptable than full on plotholes unless you overuse them (6/?)
Same deal in the new movie with Rey, Finn, Poe, 3PO etc making the "They fly now!" joke. This is an actual "Plothole" he cites in the video and it's bullshit.
The 3 who were surprised just didn't know the First Order specifically were using Jetpacks as Standard Issue now. (5/?)
"Give us Good, non-political movies like Watchmen or V For Vendetta!"
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*streams internally*
*screams externally*
*Screams multiversally*
@KaiserNeko
It just feels like more and more people are falling for these lies... like everyone was on a hair trigger to go back to believing we are all monsters and all it took was a few obvious lies for the hate train to begin again...
It's depressing.
@KaiserNeko
He's a fairly private person I think but I've known for a while.
The best Batman is gay.
He's also a Trans ally and I genuinely cried when I first saw it.
Art is subjective. It's not possible for art to be "Objectively" good, bad, or anything.
Case in point: The Room. Most people would tell you it's a bad movie. One of the worst movies ever made etc.
But a ton of people enjoy watching it and go to theatrical screenings. (14/?)
There was even a whole episode of Big Bang Theory where the movie was "Ruined" for Sheldon because Amy pointed it out to him.
But it's NOT a plothole.
The movie isn't ABOUT how some Nazis melted, it's ABOUT Indy's personal growth. (11/?)
He also saw the Rise of Fascism first hand. There's NO WAY he sees shit like Charlottesville and thinks these people are the correct side worth his support.
John Walker was supposed to be the "Jingoistic Right Wing Cap". Steve is 100% not that.
A good movie can actually get away with contrivances and even ACTUAL outright plotholes and still be good because you don't think of them.
Oddly enough an example of this is Raiders of The Lost Ark.
TO THIS DAY the most cited "Plothole" for the movie isn't a plothole (9/?)
There being exactly two McGuffins that bring the characters where they need to go in TRoS, one for the Villain and one for the Heroes, is one such thing.
Their existence is super convenient for the plot but doesn't technically break any rules (7/?)
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Sure, they're enjoying it "Ironically" but it's still a bunch of people going out and enjoying watching a movie. They're approaching it from a different perspective and their subjective experience is positive. (15/?)
Same deal with most of the explanations for stuff like Snoke, Palpatine's return, 3PO not being able but not "allowed" to interpret Sith writing etc.
These things are convenient for the plot as they move it forward in a contrived way, but none of them are impossible. (8/?)
@spideyupdated
This is one scenario where "It's Magic" is ACTUALLY a perfectly acceptable explanation.
It was literally a Magic spell that was supposed to erase him. It makes sense it'd alter or destroy all that stuff.
That "Plothole" being that Indy was mostly ineffectual towards the outcome of the Nazis getting their faces melted off. Whether he got involved or not, the Nazis would have gotten the Ark, opened it, and Melted. He was ultimately pointless to it. (10/?)
@matsnerdcorner
I've seen this actually happen in the wild. While cosplaying Rey at a con, I once had two little girls also dressed as Rey run up and very enthusiastically want a picture with me.
It's heartwarming and awesome and I love it.
The "Why is nobody on the Left or feminists reaching out to depressed young men?!" thing is exhausting because...
We have been.
Repeatedly.
It doesn't work because the Right/Manosphere just creates a strawman version of what we're saying and the target audience believes that.
@thelittlestbi
Bit of both.
there is some iffy stuff like some Goombella dialog but on the whole it was great IMO.
They have the sisters be transphobic to her but are portrayed as definitely in the wrong & Mario being nice to her and accepting her is what gets her to stand up to her sisters
This is sadly very common from what I've seen.
Project 2025 IS real. They have a website. If enacted, it'll mark the end of Democracy and the rise of an explicitly Christofascist USA under GOP rule.
This is a real fear. Stop pretending it isn't.
Let’s think about it— a “secret plan” among Republicans that no one acknowledges is real including the people we must reelect to protect us from it.
It’s a little qanon-y at this point, primarily about defending Biden’s nonsensical renomination.
Oh wow this is funny.
Horikoshi made an intentional joke where a character's dialog is filled with cringe slang and even included author notes that eventually give up trying to decipher the slang.
And the weebs cried foul when it was accurately translated.
This is kind of a perfect encapsulation of why a lot of translation critique on this website is fundamentally flawed. Just about everyone complaining about the official release is kneejerking without looking at the original JP.
@aNerdskull
Remember when Paper Mario: Thousand Year Door included the most nuanced and sympathetic portrayal of a trans woman in any video game ever and NoA deemed that not wholesome and censored it out of the US release?
Mario isn't political at all.
"These people hate our children" says the man who's only I'm this situation because he mocked dead children and sent his viewers to harass their grieving parents.
An actual conversation that just happened:
Me: Cloud from FF7, Twink or Twunk?
@girl_krillin
: Twink. Total Twink. not enough muscle definition to be a Twunk.
Me: Who is a perfect example of a Twunk then?
GK: *without an ounce of hesitation* Trunks [From DBZ].
So gatekeeping is trending because of some asshole trying to claim you need a certain level of knowledge to be an anime fan.
Well. Here is my Anime collection. I think I qualify
Hi.
Anyone can be an anime fan and gatekeeping sucks.
Your favorite shows and movies are probably going to go on hiatus/be delayed/be cancelled soon.
This might upset you. That's fine. It's supposed to upset you.
But remember to aim that anger where it belongs:
At the studios/companies for not paying writers fairly for Streaming.
@MattieWashburn
I never in a million years thought I'd get to see Starro the Conqueror in live action until James Gunn delivered it to me gift wrapped.
Its a gift I will treasure always.
@notCursedE
This is the world Transphobes want.
Everyone is afraid the genital police are going to come in and violate us for the crime of not looking feminine enough.
This'll affect trans people and butch Cis women too btw.
C0m*csG*te is a hate movement.
Their ringleader just claimed a comics legend who is no longer with us supported him, and when that legend's wife chimed in to refute that, they attacked her and false reported her into a lock.
AND THIS ISN'T THE FIRST TIME THEY'VE DONE THIS!!