It's Syd

(This may contain spoilers cuz I'm gonna touch upon some of the things that I've merely heard about the finale so if you don't want anything spoiled then I'd suggest scrolling)

because up until ep 6, Jax was no more than a side character who'd spout a joke or just behave like an asshole to the other members (also, kinda telling that your supposed self insert is the one that's a misogynistic dick to everyone around him...). post ep 6 it was like Whiplash how fast the plot suddenly became centered around him and his story.

and I'm More than positive that Goose was wanting that "but he's so traumatized!" defense from fans like we've seen from people who like Jinx or ugh even Shauna Shitman (yeah I'm gonna ramble more about Her later). However, characters like that are given more leniency Because the shows they're in actually Explain their trauma's first and then Use that trauma to explain Why they behave that they do especially towards the people around them. with Jax it's just been "well he has trauma!" "what trauma?" "don't worry about it, it's just really bad trauma!" (which btw is not enough for a character like this, and no you don't get a "get out of jail free" card for explaining it for 60% of your Final episode. People aren't gonna watch ep 9 and be all "oh that explains his behavior all his past sins are forgiven!")

now personally, I haven't watched the leaks (hell i was even planning on buying a ticket but hey dodged a $30 bullet on that one. maybe I'll go watch Girls Like Girls instead...) but the gist of what I've heard its a mix of "it's mid", "it's dogshit", "the entire episode centers around explaining Jax and no one else"

and as someone who's not a huge fan of him (like yeah I don't turn red faced and have steam whistling out of my ears whenever he shows up, but i still don't like him) I'd still be largely disappointed by this ending.

not to mention I heard Caine comes back in the first 10 minutes?! you can't even properly commit to not only axing one of your characters, give the hero's at least some form of consequences for their actions, but he apparently has a "I've learned my ways" nonsense like babes this isn't MLP. (not to mention that Just in the last episode all the characters basically went "you suck and here's the reasons why". you know, at least characters like Discord and Sunset Shimmer had to work and get better instead of the "I'm sorry" "it's ok it's in the past" nonsense *ahem* Starlight Glimmer *ahem*)

"oh fans are mad that the creator of Their show made the show how They want" yeah babes, that level of writing is on par with that of an authorxcanon fanfiction. fans wanted more answers about all the characters (Not just Goose's purple fuckboy self insert character), and for the plot to Stay with the oh, idk, MAIN CHARACTER. because DESPITE Goose's insistence of "how important Jax is" Pomni Is and always Has Been the MAIN FUCKING CHARACTER of your show. That's who introduces us, that's who we've been largely following and she's really how we've been getting to know other characters. have there been episodes that center others? sure, ep 4 largely centers Gangle's mental problems but honestly after that she's largely left in the dust other than her "will she/won't she" thing with Zooble (and we're not even going to Mention those two when it comes to mech (just like Glitch)

oh btw this is the same woman who has tweets saying shit like "I only made female characters otherwise no one would watch my show" oh and "I love violence against women!"

...WOW just Reeking with internalized misogyny aren't ya there Goose?

not to mention that there are other shows that have a largely male centered cast that does this a Lot better. Despite having a rather lack luster final season; I'm gonna use Voltron as my example here. firstly, the characters not only are actually likable, they are written to have actual personalities, and yes even Keith who's also supposed to be the "grumpy emo boy" of the group still is written in a way to have people be sympathetic towards him instead of everyone thinking "god this guy's an asshole" most of the time (granted that statement was more so given towards Lance in the first season or so but that's just cuz he had to get his enormous ego under control, because he has something that Jax doesn't which is Character Development)

(granted, I've kinda stayed back on the whole voice actor controversy. mainly because 1) I've ignored what every white person has to say on the matter because white liberal savior is as white liberal savior does and "you're not mad enough we'll show you how mad you should be" which btw is problematic as well but y'all aint ready for That conversation. 2) a lot of the poc creators I've seen have been going back and forth of "they know what they were doing and being racist" or "it's a nothing burger and you guys are blowing things out of proportion". so that's all I'm gonna say on that.)

No you’re not a fake fan for having criticisms of Double Exposure

No, you’re not a fake fan for having criticisms of Pinky Up

No, you’re not a fake fan for having criticisms of S3 of Euphoria

Etc. etc. whatever other media is out there

Being a fan isn’t boot licking Everything that’s put out there, and you’re not a “real fan” for demonizing others that disagree with you

Now, if you’re critical about EVERYTHING that’s being put out people will probably question why you’re a fan to begin with but clearly that’s not the same as what I’ve listed above.

I adopted a new fur baby today 😁

His name is Henry but for funzies I’m making his middle name Emily

Because them: “oh piracy is bad!” “Don’t pirate!” “Get a dvd!”

ALSO them: “yeah we’re gonna remove our shows because technically we only had licensing rights and we decided not to tell any of you until like 2 months before we removed it from the platform. Oh but we’re not gonna give you all the seasons on physical media because fuck you that’s why” 😁

Yeah if you’re not aware: Shera, Kipo, HTTYD Race to the Edge, Trollhunters, etc are being removed from Netflix like Voltron was because they all belong to Dreamworks and they work with Peacock now, nope doesn’t matter that they’re all “Netflix originals” they’re leaving in Feb and beyond

(Its been about a week but if you haven't seen S2 Ep1 this is your spoiler warning so scroll now if you wish)

Because from what I’ve seen the consensus from people is “the show is playing it off for laughs and promoting abuse!” … yikes

But this is the same people claiming “Viv calls herself Valentino” with their “evidence” being a video where her voice is dripping with enough sarcasm it looks like Pennywise drooling while about to eat Eddy during IT

But let’s discuss anyways:

The scene is played in such a way because the line before it is coming from the abusers perspective. Vox's chuckling while saying “You can’t hit Angel in public. It’s not— it’s not funny anymore” and Val responding with “When have I ever done that?” The laugh that they’re getting from the audience is more of a “you’re kidding right?” Like the audience laughs in disbelief that Val would say such a thing more than the audience thinking his abuse of Angel is Actually funny.

Hell, Vox isn’t even saying this for the same reasons we are. We say Val shouldn’t hit Angel because abuse is bad; Vox is saying it because it’s bad PR on the Vs and any bad PR on the other Vs is an extension of Him specifically and he doesn’t want that if he wants to fool the masses into joining his cult uprising against heaven.

Now I’m not gonna sit here and act like Viv is a perfect writer and the show itself is above criticism. However my biggest complaints is about how the fandom perceives both Angel and Val is because the both of them aren’t perfect stereotypes of a “perfect victim/predator”

Like people aren’t a fan that Angel acts like an asshole at times instead of a walking sob story that you’re supposed to feel nothing but sympathy for at all times and Val is very boisterous instead of acting malicious and “they can’t take him seriously”

I do have a bigger complaint about the Val one because people seem to have this perception that all abusers go around acting like Claude Frollo but the reality is that they don’t, and to be honest that’s a good reason why there’s a lot of time why victims aren’t believed. And a lot of the time it’s “he/she acts a certain way there’s No Way they could be an abuser” and if the show weren’t outwardly telling/showing you Vals abuse of Angel I can’t help but wonder if there’s people who would act the same way about it.

A) that Caitvi Romeo and Juliet fic I mentioned

B) pirate/siren Polytrix fic

C) suddenly wanting to update my rebellion Catra fic (blame Danny Motta for this one)

D) Teen Beach Movie “McKenzie and Brady falling for Leila and Tanner trying to get the two back together” of All things (yea idk I saw an edit and wanted this fic to exist)

So I’M gonna go Try to get my brain sorted out (as in not get distracted making edits… Again) I’ll see what I can come up with 🤷‍♀️

and my problem with this is that the show doesn't paint Caitlyn as being "morally correct", it never has; what the show Does do is have Caitlyn view herself as being "morally just" which isn't inherently the same thing. In fact, its why she's added to the list of being morally gray like her fellow counterparts even back in S1 and it's solely because her viewpoints of what is and isn't "morally just" is flawed from the getgo.

mainly it has to do with not only having people like Grayson being one of her only remodels in life, but it also has to do with her being so incredibly sheltered up until she meets Vi and being introduced to the bigger world around her.

But I’m Not Quite as worried about Amazon taking the reins on this one. Mainly because they’ve also done Fallout which Has to be the best of the bunch (at least I think so). And despite everyone and their mother going “well Amazon also has Hazbin Hotel!” I’m gonna be Real honest, it’s not as terrible as people make it out to be. It’s really just crude humor, most people having lackluster media literacy, and most people being misogynistic as hell about the creator (but no surprises there)

Besides the point, I do think we need to wait longer before making any kind of decisions because all we’ve gotten is the show announcement; nothing about casting or if they’re changing the story at all, so on and so forth.

HOWEVER,

what you're Not gonna do is straight up lie to my face and act like it's a crazy, taboo thing to say an animated person is attractive.

like sure some of those "hear me outs" are rather wild but thats kinda the Point of them. like "yeah i know this is weird but here me out on why i think they're attractive" but they're acting like it's a Weird thing to say that a character like Caitlyn or Rumi or Raven etc. is attractive.

"pixels btw" like babes it's a Person for gods sake. back in my day we talked about the Beast, Spirit the horse or Kovu cuz those were conventionally attractive animals but all of a sudden we're acting like it's bizarre to have a crush on a conventionally attractive person Just because they're from an animated media.

Incest is when you’re shipping those who are Actually Related. You know? Wincest, Pinecest, Vijinx, etc. etc. oh my. (Also, Gross)

Not when we’re having different viewpoints on “characters who are close but aren’t related” (also Zoey’s va likes and supports Polytrix so wtf are you even talking about?)

Also if you’re Going to be straight up rude and disrespectful to me you’re getting blocked. Usually I try to play nice but a good chunk of the Rujinu shippers are Extremely disrespectful.

Because Very similar to Timebomb now, the Rujinu shippers themselves are starting to give their ship a Bad name.

Yea, overall, we can coexist while disagreeing on a ship but Some of you have Got to Lose your Damn Attitude 🙄