#clamanath

Marc: covering his eyes while waving his knife/sword around

Akuma: gets hits by his knife/sword

Marc: Sorry. Sorry!

On one hand i understand, there are moments and episodes in the show that do make the characters look bad and it can be irritating when the show and certain parts of the fandom glosses over them, but on the other hand, the fact they keep bringing it up these moments again and again and again, most of the time without either the context or the nuance these moments have, or sometimes making up headcanons to make these scenes worst than they actually are just makes me want to shout at them to get over it!

I'm glad you read my post. And yes, a big issue with the miraculous fandom is not letting go. On both sides, really. It's not just salt.

Multiple times I have seen salt die down for something but someone into sugar just has to go on and on about how much they hated that take which sparks it all over again. Which is why I also tried to point out sugar people as well and how I'm bothered by the discussion in general.

It's also the lack of any compassion with people that even slightly disagree with you in this fandom that very much bothers me. I joined a survey recently of someone doing results on miraculous stuff and the person gathering the results was so snide and rude when it came to takes they didn't personally agree with. I understand being bitter about the number of toxic salters but nowadays the miraculous fandom just brands anyone who happens to dislike a character they like as a toxic salter. No one wants to hear them out and people constantly make fun of them. It's awful. It's absolutely awful. It's awful to even think I used to be a part of this and didn't even realize it. Had an incident not have happened with my friend I wouldn't have truly known how bad and toxic this blatant flaw in the miraculous fandom is. If you say you hate Adrien? You're attacked. They don't want to hear you out. You're stupid. And if they find your reasons "stupid" they just consider you toxic. If you say you hate Marinette? Guess what? You're stupid. It's such a horribly toxic take but no one points it out because no one likes salters right? Some of my close friends are salters. They are not terrible people. I don't always agree with their takes and yeah, frankly I don't always see where they get their opinions from but I respect it. Because they're allowed to dislike characters and things that I like.  But then of course, there is real toxic salters out there like those who stalk your blog and look for any little disagreement with their ideals to pick at and harass you with. That or they just have a very unhealthy take which makes you more worried for them than anything. And yes, that is awful... but we just love to mistake that as the majority, huh? People always complain it's just the salters who can't let things go. But it isn't and that's the huge issue here. We're constantly bitter. We're constantly feeling the need to defend characters for issues that happened years ago against people with takes that may or may not have changed. We constantly feel the need to belittle people who disagree with us and it's frankly sickening. Yes, salters bring up scenes with no context or nuance but guess what? So do sugar people about salter's takes. Hence why I tried to make it very clear in my post, "Feel free to correct me. Maybe I'm missing something." The huge problem with the miraculous fandom is they can't let go, they can't spare an ounce of compassion to listen. And they can't just block people and move on if they would rather not hear it. They just have to keep calling each other stupid, mean, racist, sexist, awful... it goes on and on. Yes, I'm sure there are some people like this in the fandom but often times the terms are just tossed around. What I wish miraculous people could understand is... the writing in this show isn't good. It isn't. We can't kid ourselves and pretend it is. We can enjoy it, still, of course. But people have every right to complain about it. And even if it was good writing, people still have every right to complain. People have different tastes. People have different ideals. That doesn't make them terrible people. This fandom has just hurt my friends and myself quite a bit. It makes it very hard to enjoy the show anymore simply because sharing an opinion in this fandom is almost like a death sentence. I get both takes usually. I can usually see what salters are upset with as well as sugar people. I just don't get why we have to be such jerks to one another. I don't think I will ever understand. It's such a waste of energy and all it does is make this fandom more and more bitter. I have watched my friends go from small complaints to downright rage mostly because of how this fandom has treated them. Though I suppose that's the same with every fandom, isn't it? That's just the sad reality... ain't it?

Meanwhile Ethan is looking at her as she dies like:

Here's the thing.

Omg it's 2.30 a.m. and I already know this is the best thing that I'll see today! The trailer you linked is hilarious and Zenigata pulling this kind of thing is something I can perfectly see XD.

The film's plot goes like this: Zenigata, absolutely psicologically destroyed by his incapacity to arrest Lupin, has a mental break down and as a result now by night is convinced that he is Lupin III and by day he tries to arrest Lupin (himself or the real one?). (I can see some dramatic/comic scene of Zenigata watching himself on a mirror saying "I've became my own worst enemy" like in the trailer).

Lupin at the beginning makes fun of the situation but in the end helps Pops(partly because the detective Is a really good thief!) with some wacky trincket he made up on a whim that works only bc he is a super lucky monkey man👌

Yep! I’m subbed to ‘em!

For the most part, they pretty much line up with my thoughts. some disagreements here and there, but overall good.

….eeeexcept for his Ghosthead and CT3 ones.

Like, to be PERFECTLY FAIR, I was SO pleasantly surprised to find he didn’t just completely unfairly trash the game like so many other people have done. (I was originally gonna just skip watching that review due to this fear, but caved in  after the video started bringing a lot of traffic to my “All Bates Quotes” video.)

And while some of the things he has problems with and I’m fine with, I can just attribute to personal tastes, there are very clearly some things he’s scoring the game down for simply because… he didn’t understand/wasn’t paying attention, such as how the different guns and the parasitic brain work.

And I realllllllyyyyy disagree with the whole ending message of “Please don’t ever buy this game. Just watch riff LP! (where said riffers DO trash the game)” cuz, like… People I’ve gotten to PLAY Ghosthead without the prior knowledge of the internet hate behind it have actually liked the game just fine.

It’s not perfect, but it’s actually a really nice entry horror game, when you’re a weenie when it comes to scares, so you need something to dip your toes into to get into the genre. So discouraging people from wanting to look at it outside of a negative biased LP lens is…. :/

Aaaand as for CT3, I won’t get into too much detail, since I’ve already yammered on quite a bit, and I could probably write three whole encyclopedias about my problems with CT3 ALONE…

His review for CT3 just kinda came off to me like he skimmed though the game really fast, just to quickly wrap up the whole thing and slap the “Eh, it’s alright!” label on the game and end it at that.

Which I….So…so….sooooo highly disagree with.

CT3 is so…poorly put together. Like, I’m not talking like “OH! IT’S A BAD CLOCK TOWER GAME!!!” I mean- it’s bad- as a game and HORROR game. There’s so many technical issues that he just…never bought up?

Not things he could have MISSED, either, like- there’s a whole bossfight that just- removes your auto aim.

For no reason.

Without telling you or giving you any explanation.

And you can’t manual aim with your bow, either, BTW!

So you’re just locked into place wherever you just happen to have been facing Alyssa’s whole body at the second you hit the bow button.

And did I mention the boss is super speedy and runs around all over the place?

Meaning most of the boss fight is spent missing because you were off turning Alyssa’s whole body by a LITERAL CENTIMETER.

Now TRIPLE THAT when they get a huge health buff on hard mode.

And it’s only that ONE BOSS that does this.

And that just… scratches the surface.

But it just felt slightly…sketchy to me that he just- never brought that or any other game play issues up, and just kinda glossed through the game and said “It’s fine.”

….

Sooooo, ye, those two reviews aren’t my favorites, but overall he’s pretty good!