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And my manager was like no!!!! If that happened, I would drive to find you guys in my truck and we could eat stuff from my wife's garden and I would make sure everyone I know survived!! I would carry you all on my shoulders away from the zombies!!

The idea that societal collapse exposes mankind’s true nature ignores one thing: society IS mankind. We make it, just by being around each other. Social mores and customs aren’t arbitrary rules inflicted on us by some unseen force, they’re our own behaviors and views. We say please and thank you because we want to be kind. We establish charities because we want to help others. We set up garbage cans because we want to be clean. We’re the ones setting the standards and frowning at the people who don’t rise to meet them. We’re the ones who are appalled by the cruelties in our history.

The problem with nearly every post-apocalypse story is that they take the worst behavior of people during a riot or a natural disaster, extrapolate it to all of humanity, and assume that situation never changes. But even the worst disasters end. Hurricane Katrina looters aren't still looting. And there were far more people helping than looting.

Look at her design, she' has an interesting hairstyle and a studded(?) bag that matches, she has fun accessories and makeup, her model looks pleasing to the eye. Nothing intentional about Billie is actually weird, it's just the aesthetics geriatric board members THINK are weird

Not to mention how she literally mogs every one of her mean classmates, it's almost like a characters ability to garner audience sympathy is connected to their looks

Do you know what actually makes weird kids? It's about your beliefs in politics and where you stand in the landscape, and it's about taking risks. Just from miss Jane Doe - Imagine my shock learning that was her surname - I know Hexed is not the movie to meaningfully tackle either topic

If the movie actually wanted to be unique, it should've stuck to the school setting, where Billie felt like she didn't belong and where her magic could've been a nice representation of her otherness, if depicting actual otherness was "too far". I don't see what bringing her to another world where she fits in perfectly, given the intrigue of the plot is hinging on her familial connection to it, would actually do for her character

as a Filipino, I’m giving y’all a free pass to criticize this character design

in the trailer the main character is called alt, and i want to strangle someone even thinking about now, because you can't look me in the eyes and call this alt

are there some alt influences? absolutely! but no where near enough say the character is alt, like, they opened the door but didn't fucking walk through!! the character reads as though she's supposed to be punk but you can tell the designers didn't know anything about punk culture or, the more likely reason, were forced to dial it back

sooo, i went a little crazy and did my own redesign of the character

i had a lot of fun making this, i consider myself punk so it was fun thinking about what parts of the culture she would engage with

i noticed in the trailer she had embroidered the cuffs of her sleeves so i took that and ran, because diy and personalization are a big part of punk culture, i made her turn her uniform blazer into a battle jacket with a giant black widow embroidered on the back and roses on the front, i gave her gloves with Xs on the backs to imply she's a straight-laced punk(doesn't drink or use drugs), and crescent moons seem to be an important symbol in the movie so i had her embroider the phases of the moon on the cuffs of her shorts

other than that i just spiced her up a bit, i gave her more piercings, more bracelets, fishnets, belt chains, a choker, and a raccoon tail, and i made her hair spikier, boots chunkier, and her tights distressed