Always Bring a Phoenix Down

Movies and shows like Obsession have a character wish for another person to "love them above all else" and every time, they make the victim into a crazy monster as a consequence of the wish

The lesson is supposed to be that you shouldn't force someone to be with you and you're not entitled to someone else's affection and I personally think making the "fake Nikki's" in the situation unhinged bogs down the point

Personally, I think it might've been more effective if wish!Nikki really was the perfect girlfriend who self-harmed herself to appease Bear, and real!Nikki was the side that tried to kill him

Bear convinces himself that real!Nikki is fake and is the monster of the horror movie keeping him from being happy with wish!Nikki

Actually, real!Nikki is the victim trying to save herself from the abusive asshole who is perfectly fine with the pretend version of herself despite seeing how much damage she's suffering with while being with him

The self-harm is from the side that "wants him" and continues to be with him. The "dangerous" side is literally just real!Nikki trying to get away from him in her only way out

Somehow the movie did a better job selling it

I don't know why or how

I never particularly hated it. I just didn't see it in the original

The Seven Code appmon are supposed to represent each of the different appmon types which all have their own colored icons so it's a really nice detail to include here

I really hate how it's seemingly wrong to write a character as being a helpless victim. It's weirdly more acceptable to have them willingly subject themselves to horrible treatment than acknowledge that sometimes people get victimized through no fault of their own

And it really baffles me because there's a bizarre attempt at subtle empowerment. "They're better than the original because they had agency and chose to be in this situation." Choosing to put yourself in a harmful situation is called self-harm and we should never sugarcoat that

There is something valuable about showing a character getting hurt solely because of the random selfishness of an asshole, calling out the unfairness of how these situations happen with no logic or reason, but then allow them to build themselves up after finding closure about the whole thing

GaoKing Swordmaster is pretty cool, but if you think about it, you technically don't need to use GaoLion or GaoEagle. GaoPeacock can just sub in for the torso entirely and achieve a similar effect

Same with GaoMuscle and GaoPredator. GaoMuscle can combine with GaoWallaby to form the Magnum configuration or just be the legs and add that jump ability to the regular bear knuckles. GaoPredator can either use the Abyss form or use GaoToppy and GaoTurtle directly for a full aquatic form

My friend was telling me about that Camp Canine thing so I looked into it. Tell me why there was a yelp review that tried to defend them with the whole "it's a women owned business"

Fuck right OFF with that

The bottom line is that a dog died in their care. What the fuck does one of the owners being a woman has to do with anything? I highly doubt people would be reacting any differently if the owner was a man

Also, the dog that died was owned by a woman so you're invalidating a woman's grief. See how you played yourself with that mindset?

I see a lot of posts where people really wants the side they hate to be one thing, but then end up playing into the stereotype that fuels the other side

For example, I do see RWBY fans accusing RWDE of being sexist. The problem is that they occasionally do this by bringing up Adam. I've seen a lot of posts insisting that someone would only criticize Adam's writing because they hate women, but there is a massive debate about how the show handled the racism plotline and Adam's a huge part of that

You're being so one-sided about defending the show for feminism that you're dismissing the entire discussion about racism. There are sexist Adam fans. We shouldn't deny that. But, we still can't conflate the two

If you choose not to see the difference then you end up validating the stereotype of "RWBY fans will defend racism if it protects their girls." That is the truth

And I'm gonna keep it fair, because that's the whole point of this post

I do see people respond to the above by saying "Of course you're defensive over your little anime waifu" and that doesn't help dissuade the sexism accusations either

And I think people were allowed to be ticked off

Listen, you shouldn't parade accusations you haven't verified properly so I don't blame them for not wanting to allow random accusations in the chat. However, saying that last line is enough

Getting that aggressive and loud about denying them is gonna leave a bad taste in the mouth. For the record, I know nothing about Gooseworx or Digital Circus so I am completely unbiased. I have no reason to endorse or combat the claims going either way

In a vacuum, that's not a smart response because it's very easy for that reaction to bite you in the ass. Either you're right but look like a smug asshole or you're wrong and look like a racism apologist

If someone brings claims you do not know, and they admitted to not knowing, you should just say that you genuinely don't know

They're complex in their simplicity. Every animal plays a specific part, but you can mix and match however you want. Aside from the sharks, and tiger and wolf, you can even use any pair of arms if you chose to

With the new GaoGuardian, you can see how every part can be compatible with every mecha they already have and that adds to fun of the combinations

I've been waiting for DemiDevimon's cards

Also, can we comment on how Cyber Sleuth and Hacker's Memory each only had one expansion each and Time Stranger has enough to fill out 3 different ones

Wait a minute....

DEVIMON AND ANGEMON GET MATCHING POSES WITH EACH OTHER!? HELLO?????

Everyone says they want more diversity, but at the end of the day, they only stick with stuff made by white people

"De-center whiteness" but don't celebrate or showcase any culture that's south of the equator. Put POC everywhere else but the culture created by their own communities

"De-center white people" but raceswapped versions of preexisting white characters matter more than new and preexisting POC characters I guess....

Recently I saw a video where someone compared the phrase "why not make a new character" to segregation and I really wasn't a fan of that

Her video was a response to criticisms against raceswaps in media, and while I'm not gonna deny people do get racist about that, I feel like her stance was a little disingenuous

Maybe this is just the side of the internet I go through, but most people I see saying that are saying it in the context of "Give me better representation than a white person's crumbs"

Using Miles Morales and John Stewart as examples here, they're both very popular characters on their own. Miles and John aren't Peter Parker and Hal Jordan but black. They are both independent characters with their own backgrounds, families, and personalities that allow them to stand on their own two feet. They have arcs that Peter and Hal can't have because they are their own people

"Just make a new character" is valid criticism in my opinion. Diversity should be better than "White person, but make them not white."

As cruel and manipulative as she is, deep down, some part of Azula genuinely craved friendship, affection, and love

But, she grew up in an environment where everything depended on control and power and she unfortunately did not have enough influences that could counter that upbringing until it was too late