#idk rant

im not saying ra is a good person just that hes not cartoonishly pure evil AND HE WOULD NOTTT KILL AN ANIMAL for training purposes this mans killed his own people for harming a tiger

like he can be batman's antagonist for his methods but he doesn't have to be a pure evil person like this was one of bruce's teacher and also father in law who supported the relationship cuz he loves his daughter (i consume canon very selectively do not fight me on this i will not change my mind)

also its more interesting story wise like give them depth and dimensions i am tired of ANOTHER middle eastern old guy being the embodiment of evil like give the guy some legit reasoning, and i feel a bit meeeh with the white family saved boy from his brown family who he's had to cut off forever and so they don’t have to explore his complex cultural identity as a mixed kid (especially between two VERY different cultures the settling period was crazy cuz mans just experiencing culture shock and whiplash from the shit weather)

give damian a complex relationship between his two families like give mans some longing for his mother, happy with his dad and brothers but mans missing the days in the sun, the league’s botanical gardens, animal conservation, the food,….

Sometimes i think about how lotus blossom COULD have been an accualy interesting villain if they committed to ONE of the ways they were trying to characterize her & mickey

Because lotus blossom is obviously meant to be a femme fatale, shes tall shes curvy shes beautiful and she gets close to mickey ALOT, not to mention as racist as it was femme fatales were often depicted as poc simply to add to the "mysteriousness"/ to make them more "exitic", the whole point of femme fatale is that there meant to be sexually appealing but "Dont last that long" there often meant to show sexuality in a bad light despite apoealing to the audience

And all thise things? There an industry issue, i could rant abt them but it woudnt be this comic specific, the main issue regarding lotus blossom outside the blunt racism is that- shes not a femme fatale. She's a molestor.

The whole "point" of a femme fatale is that the main character should like them even if it's shallow, they SHOULD be fighting against their attraction to them, theres a reason why in slang it's reffered to as "wanting that cookie" it's fighting off something thats not good for you but something you activley want.

Mickey does NOT like her, he's not once depicted attracted to her OR as much as being charmed by her, he's scared of her not to mention most of the time she forces- yes forces im not gonna reffer to it as anything else, everytime lotus forces her physical affection upon him there usually far away from any crowd, completly alone- hell in one of the comics she literallry tricks him into going away from the crowd (& minnie) into an empty alleyway- you know a place you usually think of when imagining sexual assult, that mixed with his extreme expressions? How did they NOT notice that they wrote down text definition of sexual assult? Not subtext Just plain straight in your face text

HE'S CRYING, not to mention what shes saying to him here :/

They WANTED to write lotus as a femme fatale, she never gets accualy punished for her actions against mickey and MICKEY gets blamed as if he was the one trying anything with her, by minnie by goofy, I geniuenly think they wanted a femme fatale but were too scared of showing mickey attracted to a woman that isnt minnie so instead they went in the opposite direction BUT HE STILL GETS TREATED AND PUNISHED AS IF HE WASNT PUSHING HER AWAY EVERY CHANCE HE HAD

I don't like vague people or people who are dry. (Not actually, I really don't like not reading people easily so I can't know what they need or not.)

They make everything conversation so confusing especially for people like who understands when you exaggerate it.

If you don't like being with me, please just tell me. Because I actually feel a bit like a black sheep, and an outcast not able to know what you're saying or what you mean.

I'm exaggerating upfront or extreme or loud as they say. I like being direct sometimes. So I need you to either tell me step-by-step or speak in a exaggerated way.

Because not being able to read the room just feels scary. And I feel uncomfortable, I feel very judged. And I just outright feel wrong with others.

I can never understand easily so it makes me frustrated or nervous with others who are annoyed as to why I can't understand the subject or someone easily.

I need it from the heart to understand. I NEED to see your emotions, how big and heavy they are— so I can have a clue as to what you are like really.

And so for that reason. I apologize for people who are annoyed with me being loud or extreme. Or maybe even annoying to some point.

It's hard understanding something who allow themselves to not be read, either purposefully or not. I will not be able to get what you say. If your dry and vague. I need you to explain to me.

All the details so I do what you want me to do.

Because apparently all the choices I do for this particular task are wrong. I can't read your mind.

I need you upfront for me.

ODIO CON TODA MI ALMA QUE LA MAYORÍA (fuera de Tumblr o mis amigos con los que hablo de la serie) LO VEA COMO ESTE MACHO PELO EN PECHO TODO MASCULINO, SUPER MUSCULOSO, GOLPEA MUJERES Y HOMOFOBICO/TRANSFOBICO

Es que literalmente Tulio en la serie es todo lo contrario, es increíble lo poco que se vieron la serie o le prestaron atención, FAKE FANS!!!

Tulio no es hipermasculino, es asustadizo y en cierta forma inocente, si bien se preocupa mucho por si mismo y su imagen tiende a disculparse cuando la embarra estrepitosamente con sus mejores amigos, es suuuper romántico a tal punto que le daba vergüenza mostrar cómo fue con Cindy cuando la conoció en el verano a sus amigos, no es para nada la vista distorsionada que generó el fandom. Odio como constantemente en los fanfics lo tratan como alguien sumamente despiadado y cruel (a pesar de que si lo es en cierta medida, cofcofPatanayCindycofcof), Tulio no es así, en varios episodios se demuestra que, a pesar de que lo oculte, le importa mucho la opinión de los demás, rompiéndose con facilidad y más aún si es de sus amigos, no por nada el mismo dice que, de todos trabajando en el programa, era el más inútil.

Y HOMOFOBICO??? CUANDO TULIO FUE HOMOFOBICO, literalmente es amigo de Juanín y Policarpo, como sería homofóbico /hj

Nah pero en serio pienso que más que homo/transfobico (aparte de mis headcanons) él solo haría preguntas sumamente incómodas (como en ese video del entrevistador negro preguntándole a una persona "why are you gay" repetidas veces). ES QUE ENCIMA EN UN VIDEO FUERA DE LA SERIE HABLA INCLUSIVAMENTE ANTES DE QUE SIQUIERA SE INVENTARA (creo) EL LENGUAJE INCLUSIVO XD. Tulio definitivamente no entendería sobre la comunidad y le daría igual, pero no sería abiertamente homofóbico... Misógino si, no homofóbico 🤪

Y ni quiero hablar de las veces que he leído que lo hacen absuuurdamente dominante e intimidante por algún motivo, ¿Tulio? ¿El tipo que le tiene miedo a las ballenas?, ¿Ese Tulio?

Como se nota que querían tener a Tulio de chico malo a la fuerza, TIENEN A JUAN CARLOS AL LADO, SEAN ÚTILES SIMPS DE BODOQUE Y USENLO PARA ESO 😭, o mejor usen a la vida pasada CANONICA de Tulio que era literalmente un dictador

I want Violet from Fourth wing to take some guys balls.

She has threaten people with it before and honestly it's golden. But I want her to actually take some guys ball sack from them. And before you guys joke and say "lols she has Xaden by the balls." I mean like cut them from his body.

I mean like I want her to just say "Fuck it" and live up to that Violence name and steal a mans balls. Freaking 'Gone Girl'; slit his throat and take the balls. If Xaden asks why she has a pair of balls, then she can simply say that it's a reminder to not fuck with her threats.

I've said this thought to my coworker who has read this series with me, and all she did was laugh.

My biggest concern was that even if the Duffers had planned a Byler canon all along, I doubted Netflix would allow their most popular show ever to be queer. And also because the GA loved midleven; they were iconic.

This is what makes it so strange that the Duffers were allowed to ruin them in season 4. And how Midleven is not being marketed AT ALL. If the reason for midleven being endgame is because it would be most profitable for Netflix,... then why aren't they cashing in??

And then I was watching this video essay by Verilybitchie on YT about Queer media which explains how oftentimes new companies (streaming platforms but also in the past just regular up-and-coming cable channels) would target minority groups because they're the ones most looking for new places to get content.

"In the 60s and 70s, when cable channels were first introduced, small new networks like Fox, and the CW, got their early success targeting niche audiences, specifically black audiences. (...) And streaming is following this exact same business strategy. They're churning out huge amounts of diverse content because they're building up a new business and they want to attract invested viewers who don't feel like they're getting enough content elsewhere. That includes people of colour, LGBT people, women, and young girls." - Verilybitchie

For example, one of Netflix' first shows Orange Is The New Black, is diverce as fuck. The main character is bi and in multiple queer relationships, and most side-characters are also queer one way or the other and ethnically and racially diverse. But it also targets women specifically; a huge demographic that isn't being catered to enough. This clearly helped build Netflix' userbase.

But now, with Netflix having become as popular as it is today, they want to target bigger, more lucrative audiences (aka predominantly cishet, white groups), which is why all of their shows are slowly becoming stale and mainstream or get canceled after one season.

But my point is that Stranger Things was given the green light in phase 1 - the phase where they were targeting minorities. This means that there's a higher chance for them to have been greenlit even if - or maybe even especially if - it was queer. And now with the panel saying "they were just amazed Netflix was letting them do this at all", I don't know it's just reminding me of all of this.

It's clear that Netflix is being very hands-off when it comes to ST, trusting them to deliver one way or another. Especially now re-watch value isn't as important in Hollywood anymore; they don't have to please the GA for it to remain popular, the GA will watch it either way until they figure out the queer endgame, and by then they've watched the whole show and ST will no longer be the reason for them to renew their subscription at the end of the month anyway.

If they hope to get a new audience for ST after the show is already over, so they can get a small boost of new subscribers, it would make more sense to once again target the queer audiences who wouldn't otherwise have watched it. Everyone who likes Sci-Fi Fantasy is already subscribed (or watching the show illegally) so they have to give it a new appeal if they want to get new fans; the queer userbase that will watch anything just because it's gay. In my opinion, it's their only way for getting new fans, especially once everyone knows how it ends and the suspense is taken away. And with shows like Sex Education, Young Royals, and Heartstopper doing as well as they're doing, they know there's a huge audience for this.