Freckled Lili

Someone needs to tell parents everywhere that a child never complaining is NOT a sign of a mentally healthy child, and it is, in fact, the complete opposite of that.

i am so here for the pirates of the caribbean renaissance that i watched all movies back to back and i must say the entertainment value and cultural contribution cannot be overstated. it's simply beyond engaging. like give me a sword, a treasure chest, and a green apple right now. the costumes, set design, plot speed, humor, music, feeling, character arcs, incorporation of backdrops... it's just ludicrous how many audiences it can appeal to with its thousand facets. the villains are stunting with style and the obsessive protagonists never stop moving. every supporting role could launch a story of their own (gibbs, tia dalma, sao feng, pintel and ragetti, priest and mermaid...), that's how fleshed out they are. it obv has blind spots but the ideas fly like sparks and both the practicality and cgi are still unmatched. hate to say it, but it's the best thing disney ever pulled outside animation, with superior budget use that gives back to the viewer through S-tier worldbuilding (any of us would be the most exhausted person alive being an actor in this franchise. the endless stunts??). the entire internet and my family still quote the movies. potc even proves that the 'people have no attention span anymore' cry is a myth to put consumers down because you are glued to this start to finish since the unreal commitment of the crew and cast gives it a reason to be a worthwhile watch. also geoffrey rush - i looked it up, ofc he's a theatre trained character actor - needs his own series.

the thing about stella is its like "why is she so stupid why does she keep putting herself in crazy dangerous situations and why is she ALWAYS FILMING" and then you get to episode 4 and its like she lost her parents at a relatively young age, has coped with none of that, her desire to find cryptids is half desire to find her parents ghosts and half suicidal ideation, and she has a huge grief-related gap in her memory that probably explains why she might trust a camera more than she trusts her own mind. and its like oh fuck the saddest girl in the world is a clickbait youtuber

"im not saying feminism is for everyone but-" the fuck? well im saying that. feminism is for everyone. yes even cishet men will benefit from feminism and cishet men should be feminists because cishet men are indeed harmed by the patriarchy; nowhere near to the extent that women are, but having a culture that is fully equal and anti-misogynist benefits everyone. have we forgotten that lifting up the disenfranchised people in society helps all of us as a collective? "im not saying that universal and unalienable human rights are for everyone but-" YES THE FUCK THEY ARE LOL

sometimes people will insist a character is butch/masc and then you look at the character and they’re just fat. or muscular. or black. or indigenous. or some combination of the above.

I confess that after the first tweet my mind automatically went to the notion that the orc would be hired as a gym teacher. perhaps I have some deep thinking to do