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See also: the Mongolian Naadam festival

i dont agree with a lot of the posturing against people who only watch kid's cartoons because it feels mean-spirited. like if you want to do that it's cool and i don't think you're committing some moral or intellectual sin--but it is very silly when people who do this forget that they're watching cartoons for children, not in a 'you can't expect children's media to be good' way or even a 'the politics of children's media aren't worth analyzing way' but in a 'you have to be realistic about genre expectations' way. because that's how you end up with arguments over whether steven universe should have killed people or not

#children's media often has 'violence is bad' messaging in it that would be obnoxious in media for adults#this is bcos many little kids do need to be told not to bite their siblings (via @penny-anna​)