I'm so so so tired of the "meds as a last resort" mentality.

If I get a migraine, could I rub peppermint oil on my temples and lay in a dark room and suffer along until the pain abates and I can take pride in surviving on my will power alone? Sure, I fucking guess. Or I could take my fucking meds and have a functional day.

And the same goes for my damn Adderall. Clearly, I can *survive* without Adderall for my ADHD. I did it for my entire life up until I FINALLY got diagnosed earlier this year. But guess what? I dont NEED my meds. I COULD go without them. I don't fucking want to. I am so much more functional with them, and there is no honor in unnecessary suffering.

Domee Shi to Hosoda Mamoru: I hope he felt that when he watched the movie, there were several little homages to The Girl Who Leapt Through Time and just a lot of several of his female protagonists that I’ve been inspired by growing up.

i cannot even begin to express how much this guy is telling on himself here as someone who refuses to enjoy or respect the perspective of anyone who isn't just like him (or what he wants to be...? like. this guy said that 'until now, pixar has had a great track record, much like marvel!' we get it, you can relate to genetically modified captain america and the hulk who turns into a giant green monster when he gets too emotional but a third generation immigrant chinese girl who turns into a giant red panda when she gets emotional is just going too far)

i'm just. so tired of these piss-weak takes. he's one of the i'm-not-racist-but people.

you are still upholding and enforcing white-only narratives if you only want people of color to exist as one dimensional side characters with zero insight into their culture.

even the director who has said that the story is semi-autobiographical - she and the production designer both stated that it is not a chinese film, but that it is a coming of age film that happens to be about a chinese girl.

and that is obvious from just watching it, the metaphor in the film is obvious, the intention of the film is clear! this is about the teenage experience, and everyone's adolescent experience is different. the fact that this escapes a 40 year old man is hilarious, and so, so pathetic.

tldr; when you have a problem with a multi-cultural story about growing up, purely because it does not reflect or mirror your own culturally barren upbringing, that's on you for being, and remaining, xenophobic and racist.

sokka: too much life-or-death is bad for the heart, you know?

katara: you have a heart?

When someone is telling a story and we’re seeing the flashback while the voice over is happening. And then they quote something someone said and it’s their voice but we see the other person’s mouth move.