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Ummmm.... I like historical accuracy. I think it's really cool when they make clothes by hand. I love when they wear bonnets instead of beach waves. I want to feel immersed in the period when I watch a period drama. I also prefer being able to see, so I don't mind better lighting, but on the whole, what's the point of watching a period piece unless it's period? Just watch a modern then?

As for the actresses, Karolina Żebrowska has a really good and probably the first non-sexist take I've seen on the "iPhone face" problem:

But of course, none of the aesthetics matter if your script sucks. I'll take bad hair over a bad adaptation which is why I don't mind the clearly 1970-ness of Persuasion 1971 (it's the hair).

So, no, I don't find this annoying or toxic at all. I love historical accuracy. I love accurately weird hair and accurate bonnets and clothes that don't fit modern tastes and I don't think the 90s was better at it. Emma 2020 did a great job and took so many of the clothes from extant garments and fashion plates.

I guess find another inbox that will be more in agreement with you. I don't know how someone would get a vibe from my blog that I'm not into historical accuracy...

- Aang was very mature and sensitive for his age (as he was forced to be). Most adults don’t have as strong and morally correct conviction as him, let alone most twelve year olds.

- Katara was a child. Regardless of how mature and strong she was, she was a little kid and a victim of the war, just like every other kid in the series.

- Sokka was incredibly smart, like ridiculously so (keep in mind he’s 15-16), and likely one of the smartest characters we encounter in atla. There are countless times the team would have been absolutely cooked without him (in most episodes, yes).

- Toph doesn’t hate being feminine, she hates being forced into a box. While she presents as a tomboy, the show also acknowledges her want to be taken seriously as a girl.

“Water is the element of change. The people of the water tribe are capable of adapting to many things”

I have always thought of this with Katara who literally set out to punch outdated traditions in the face and was of course a water bender. I forgot about Sokka!

He went full inventor! He overcame is bigoted beliefs! Oh I love this! The elements aren’t just about the bending and how they use them, it’s also how the nonbenders internalize the culture!

I low key want to go over the nonbender characters now and see how much they tie to their nation’s elements.

the electric mayhem (minus animal bcs hes their kid) arent a polycule, theyre monogamous. but specifically they break up and date each other one at a time. they have a chart.

animal is genderfluid. this is mentioned exactly once bcs kermit calls her he and she starts yelling "SHE/HER!" kermit corrects himself and the show goes on

rizzo made out with gonzo once but he still considers himself straight bcs gonzo is not a guy, he's a whatever. gonzo agrees with this

uncle deadly dated tim curry. it did not end well.

actual emotional scene of gonzo talking about how he feels abt gender. no jokes.

kermit: no matter what, gonzo is still gonzo, and we're always going to support gonzo no matter what gonzo decides- gonzo: kermit. i still use he/him

statler and waldorf wedding episode. theyre divorced by the next

beaker trying to ask bunsen out on a date. in the end it turns out bunsen thought they'd been dating for years.

miss piggy hanging out with drag queens

related, miss piggy starting to present butch and kermit being Really Into It. hes embarassed abt it

pepe begins a story with "when i was a little girl...."

janice decides to start using just she bcs "like, i could never be her"

rowlf mentions having a husband. even kermit is like "??? since when??!"

Jane Austen, whose personality was bestowed on "Fanny" 1999, would probably not have survived at Mansfield. She'd have been sent packing to Portsmouth years ago. She would have gotten in a fight with Mrs. Norris. Fanny Price's personality is just as vital to the story as her being pushed down by abuse. A different personality would make her into Jane Eyre and Jane Eyre famously did not get to stay with her wealthy relations long term.

So often, the events of the story are very tightly tied to the personality of the characters, which is why alterations to the character ruin the story. P&P 2005 gets away with making Darcy shy and Elizabeth more angry because that story can still be achieved with those traits. It's less interesting than canon Darcy's arrogance and snobbery, but it works. A snarky Fanny Price makes the story fall apart. Anne Elliot despising her family makes her story illogical.