[ SECRET POST #4884 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #4884 ⌋

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Comments

[tabaqui]

Opinions differ. I have enjoyed a *lot* of the non-English Netflix offerings, and subtitles are not an issue for me.

Re: Your favorite non-English speaking shows on Netflix...

[(Anonymous)]

It took a few episodes, but I'm hooked on The Untamed now!

Re: Your favorite non-English speaking shows on Netflix...

[tabaqui]

Loved 'Kingdom', loved 'Dark', am just starting to watch 'Money Heist', started 'The Untamed'.....arrgh, my brain...was 'Beforeigners' on Netflix? That was awesome.

I know there's a couple more.....

Vent thread

[(Anonymous)]

Space to rant!

I'm petty mad at the moment over deviantart at the moment. I know people have been leaving the site for years and I've been holding onto it for the few fan coms I was still following - but they just rolled out their new update that had completely changed the layout of the site and its not good. On top of that they had admitted that there's still a lot of things that need to fixed or updated - so DA has imposed a partly broken site to fix nothing that needed to be fixed and is so buggy that using it for too long makes my screen crash.

[(Anonymous)]

Yes, I hate this so much. It's so poorly done, every, single, time.

[(Anonymous)]

"His eyes were the loveliest shade of brown, shit brown to be precise."

[(Anonymous)]

The art is interesting looking, what is this from?

[bur]

I get Jessie, because I was a theater kid and even my ace ass was all in on performative sexuality. I mean, it's not cool that she's making Cloud uncomfortable, but I have known SO MANY Jessies. Everyone else is like my god. Give the guy some breathing room and lay off! He's doing fine. He's bashing the thing.

[(Anonymous)]

IMO not at all appalling. I actually thought it was a more beneficial form of "anti racism/xenophobia" YA fiction for white teenagers to read, because it puts you in the headspace of someone who has been raised in relative isolation and only ever taught racist/xenophobic ways of looking at the world. So she's a kind person and not at all malicious, but she's pretty racist for quite a while, because she truly doesn't know any better.

But as soon as she's exposed to things that contradict the worldview she's been taught, she begins to factor those things into her understanding of the world, and over time comes to realize that her people are the oppressors and there's no excusing it.

I can see how the story may not be all that enjoyable for people of color, because the center of the story is a character who is basically "white" realizing she and her people are horrible oppressors and joining the resistance. And many POC readers would probably rather not read about white girl's social justice awakening.

But it's not an appalling story, nor is it an irrelevant one. It just probably speaks to (and is potentially illuminating to) white teen readers more than POC teen readers.

It is worth pointing out, though, that it is definitely an ensemble cast story, where the other characters play important roles, and almost every good guy character but the central girl is "other."

[mishey22]

I realized I did this too when the comment was posted. Oop.

[(Anonymous)]

tbh this is how I feel. I get Jessie and my vibe was that Cloud was kinda digging it from her too. (I realize this is a doomed ship for so many reasons but tbh I really like their dynamic and ship it anyway.)

But he's so horrifically uncomfortable with everyone else that it's just uuuuugh. Leave the poor guy alone.

[tabaqui]

Interesting.

I wonder why the reviewer hated it so much. I mean - yeah, not exactly an awesome book for a young black kid, or asian kid, but is a book about a 'white' kid discovering racism is wrong *that terrible*?

Overdone, sure, and sometimes condescending, but not *bad*.

Ah, well.

[anarchicq]

The awkwardness of saying "Homestuck" is one of the many, many reasons I didn't get far into it.

+1

[(Anonymous)]

I was literally coming down here just to say 'you can say Jensen Ackles, it's okay'

[(Anonymous)]

DA.

I don't think it's the most terrible concept in the world, but it is an overdone and completely repetitive story.

Also there's something to be said for how these kinds of social-justice stories that focus on white characters, and come from white-authors are given more of an audience and focus than stories that come from people of color themselves. And I imagine that as a person of color that must so utterly frustrating to deal with

No one will listen to the merits of 'not being racist' unless it comes from a white person yanno?

Again: not saying the book or author should be burned at the stake, but I can understand the irritation towards the story-type in general.

[tabaqui]

Oh, I can, too, but man - that review! As if the book was one long tirade against all things 'other' and ranted about the evils of everything non-'white' and the superiority of everything 'white' as if it were gospel truth.

Not the impression i got from Anon above or the article other Anon linked....

Oh well. It seems to be doing well sales wise, or did, so that's probably all the publishing company cared about.

[(Anonymous)]

Yeah, I find the rage-filled response to it pretty baffling. I think it must have something to do with how long it takes for the central girl to fully transition out of her ignorant racism. Like, she starts having questions within the first quarter of the book, but IIRC it takes most of the first book for her to fully shift gears.

The students who are "other" at her school are extremely hostile towards her due to her race and family background, and she's basically helpless to defend herself because despite being a "privileged whitey" she's basically a squib. So it takes her a while to work through the fear and anger she feels at being bullied by these people she's been taught to hate and fear, and realize that they're directing their fury at her for some very significant reasons.

But if someone's all keyed up to hate the book already, the first third of the book doesn't do much to deconstruct the main character's ignorant beliefs.

[tabaqui]

I guess not. Interesting stuff!

[(Anonymous)]

Well shit. Thanks for pointing that out, OP. I've been doing the same as you lol

[(Anonymous)]

This is why my primary ship is great. I mean, sure, the one most often put as 'bottom' is five foot three, and the other half of the ship is nearly a foot taller, but that doesn't make the bottom all... ukefied and emotional. He's a right rude little shit.

[(Anonymous)]

It's a thing in Ironstarnge. On the screen they're almost the same height but the actors are not, however the difference is not that big. Fortunately it's one of those ships where the roles are not set. It happens in one or two fics I love and it honestly gave me a pouse reading that. It reads like a relic of the seme/uke days.

[tabaqui]

My favorite kind.
I like a bottom (though i like switching most of all) that will tell the top to shut the fuck up and fuck them, that will get physical and handsy, that will tell people to fuck off, to quit doing that thing they don't like, all that.

Steve Rogers pre-serum and spoiling for a fight is like - my catnip, heh.

[(Anonymous)]

I love eye colour mentions and I give some leway in cases of blue/gray and green/hazelnut eyes as they're very similar. It's not always one or the other. You can find the whole threads on Cumberbatch's eye colour.

[(Anonymous)]

I hated every single character. Not one was likeable. And the book spent all this time on them just doing shit to each other - like, where was the damn plot?

Re: What Song/s Would You Have On the Soundtrack to Your Life?

[(Anonymous)]

Depeche Mode - Wrong