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I loved Clark, as a character. I was really disappointed with how the second half of the film included him choking out, tying up and holding a white woman at knife point. Maybe this is because as someone from the UK, knife crime is highly racialised and it just felt... wrong. I am not sure if this was intentional on the part of the writers and producers, but even as an unfortunate untentional result the race politics are still really bad. This could have easily been solved (?) by having Mary not be a white lady, or having Clark remain the main character throughout and we see his descent into madness directly.

Clark is characterised as an alcoholic black man who is unable to escape the cycle of violence that his brain pushes on him. Not society, Mary specifically talks about neural pathways. He is portrayed very sympathetically for the majority of the film, but that does not take away from the stereotypes being reinforced here. This is further emphasised by him being the only black character in the entire story- even Captain Clark is played by a white man (no, I'm not kidding. Look it up).

When I came out of the cinema, I was a bit disappointed- and not for the reasons I'd seen people talk about online. I wasn't mad there wasn't more Async content or they only explored level 1 according to the wiki, I was upset at how Clark was treated by the narrative.

There is such a thing as good change, such as gay people being allowed to exist now, or advancing surgical techniques, but this is not one of those changes. I hate this change. My friends hate this change. All of Tumblr is AT BEST indifferent to this change (but most of us hate it).

For the love of your platform and my continued shit-posting:

ROLL IT BACK.

Thanks,

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My name is Mahmoud. I live in Gaza with my family, and we are going through a very difficult financial situation. I tried to create a donation link for my family, but I couldn't find someone to help organize and manage the campaign 🥺💔So my friend Ahmed decided to support me by sharing his own family’s donation link, and we agreed to split the donations between our two families.

Right now, we have almost no food, and the cost of living has become unbearable due to the siege, soaring prices, and the closure of all crossings.Everything has doubled in price in an unimaginable way 🥲🥺

We might be forced to flee to southern Gaza after the announcement of a full invasion of Gaza City 💔

The bombing and destruction never stop — not for a single moment. There is no longer any real life in Gaza. We are just struggling to survive, trying to secure the bare minimum: water and food.

Winter is coming, and we have no winter clothing after our home was destroyed and we were displaced multiple times 😭🥲Please, we urgently need financial help to buy food and store some in case the situation worsens.

This is our donation link.

Please remember: donations are shared between two families. So, for the sake of God, help us, my friend. Save our children, my younger siblings, my parents, and even my older siblings — we are all homeless and hungry 🥺🥲💔

My name is Mahmoud. I live in Gaza with my family, and we are going through a very difficult financial situation. I tried to create a donation link for my family, but I couldn't find someone to help organize and manage the campaign 🥺💔So my friend Ahmed decided to support me by sharing his own family’s donation link, and we agreed to split the donations between our two families.

Right now, we have almost no food, and the cost of living has become unbearable due to the siege, soaring prices, and the closure of all crossings.Everything has doubled in price in an unimaginable way 🥲🥺

We might be forced to flee to southern Gaza after the announcement of a full invasion of Gaza City 💔

The bombing and destruction never stop — not for a single moment. There is no longer any real life in Gaza. We are just struggling to survive, trying to secure the bare minimum: water and food.

Winter is coming, and we have no winter clothing after our home was destroyed and we were displaced multiple times 😭🥲Please, we urgently need financial help to buy food and store some in case the situation worsens.

This is our donation link.

Please remember: donations are shared between two families. So, for the sake of God, help us, my friend. Save our children, my younger siblings, my parents, and even my older siblings — we are all homeless and hungry 🥺🥲💔