#bnasks

Ahhh yes!!! Full disclosure, My expectations for the film were actually extremely low. When I heard Ryan Coogler was doing a vampire movie I don’t think much of it. I thought it would kind of be like Blade and I don’t like Blade.

Then the trailer dropped and despite the fact that people were hyping it up that didn’t change my mind either and I dismissed once again.

I should say that I don’t think the trailers were that good because they leaned heavily into the horror/vampire aspect of the film rather than everything else. And while that was done beautifully there is so much more to the story.

But then again, maybe that was the intention since trailers shouldn’t reveal everything that happens in the movie.

Long story short, literally the only reason why I originally went to see this movie was to support Ryan Coogler. It was only actually physically seeing the movie with my own two eyes that changed my opinion change.

I was a goner the moment the full opened up with the little lore animation and I was fully converted by the time Sammie started playing in the juke joint. I’m not joking when I say that seeing Sinners was religious experience for me.

From the acting(there is not a bad performance in this movie which is rare), to the costuming, to the music, and the setting— the movie is a masterpiece. This movie deserves all the awards and praise.

Unfortunately, masterpiece it is, I doubt I’ll be writing for Sinners. I don’t have much time to actually write fanfiction, and as much as I love the movie, I’m not really a fan of vampires or horror.

I understand that. It’s not obviously everyone’s cup of tea because Daemon is problematic and Nettles is one of the few genuinely good/innocent characters in the Dance. She does technically deserve better, but he loved her enough to sacrifice his own life for her and he treated her with the tenderness she deserved.

Again everybody is entitled to their own opinion as long as it isn’t rooted in biases. Not saying you are doing this anon, but some people use the excuse of Daemon being a morally gray man to say he shouldn’t be with Nettles while shipping him with every other (white/non-Black) woman in the books/show.

Wherever you go, that's where I'll follow

Nobody's promised tomorrow

So I'ma love you every night like it's the last night

Like it's the last night

If the world was ending

I'd wanna be next to you

If the party was over

And our time on Earth was through

I'd wanna hold you just for a while

And die with a smile

If the world was ending

I'd wanna be next to you

🩵❤️🩵❤️🩵❤️🩵❤️

The lyrics fit them perfectly

I believe that while the media pushes a certain agenda(Black women being undesirable to men) and we do need to push back at that harmful narrative, that isn’t true in real life.

Not that we should be putting men on pedestal, but there are plenty of men(Black, white green, whatever) who do find us attractive, marriage material, etc. in real life so please don’t buy into their lies.

I do greatly dislike how the show used its Black audience, particularly its Black female audience for views (for years) and has rewarded everyone else with happily ever afters while we get crap. This is why I get fucking pissed off when passive aggressive racist non-Black women say we have “enough” representation, but at the end of the day Bridgerton is a silly show that peaked with Queen Charlotte.

Let’s not forget that the last season, which was shit, is a great indicator of what s4 is to be like since that Jess woman is still the show runner. Trust and believe anybody “celebrating” will be crying when this crap airs in two years— if they still have enough people tunning in.

Now there is still “hope.” Provided this show doesn’t get canceled they can recast Gregory(Jonah Hauer King, Tom Blyth, or whoever) bump up his season and cast a monoracial Black girl to play Lucy(which is probably what they’ll do considering the backlash they are getting from their Black female audience for their racist decisions), but the wait (4+ years) will be too long so just boycott the show cause it ain’t worth it.

Even in this messed up media landscape there are shows (and movies) that prioritize Black female representation. We don’t have to beg anybody for scraps.

And in regards to the daemon and nettles thing the fact that I’m a (dumb) white man and see all the insidious and gross implications about cutting nettles and how it affects the story by giving them over to other characters who are white in source material I can’t imagine how poc like you are feeling. I felt like I was slapped in the face and betrayed. Keep being vocal about it because I’m certainly not rolling over and accepting this

Yeah navigating shipping within fandoms is a doozy, particularly when it comes to Black women(which personally for me is even a separate issue than what non-Black women go through and I don’t think we should be lumped in with “POC”, but it is whatever).

I would rant non-stop about fandom racism/misogynoir and the effects it has on shipping, but honestly ranting about it is extremely draining so I’ve pulled back.