I’m not usually one to get involved in fandom drama, but this recent push from certain quarters to retroactively give Voltron: Legendary Defender credit for blazing the way for gay rep in other children’s media is funny as hell. Like, y’all do realise that most of the examples you’re citing as owing their existence to V:LD had been established several years before V:LD aired its first episode, right? You don’t even need to understand how influence in media works to figure that one out – you just need to understand chronology.
a shocking concept: if a movie doesn’t have the time (or ability) to develop a romantic relationship to a believable level …then maybe they shouldn’t include it
why are moms so afraid of Doom turning their kids into devil-worshippers. like, Doom has a pretty strong anti-demon message to it
One of the devs of the original 1993 game is a mormon with that exact position.
That would be Sandy Petersen.
Nice
“You kill demons to save the World.”
“That’s devil worship.”
“Lady….you cut in half demons with a chainsaw. It’s not worshipping anything but the chainsaws frankly.”
Terry Pratchett’s view on Doom:
“Over the centuries, mankind has tried many ways of combating the forces of evil… prayer, fasting, good works and so on. Up until Doom, no one seemed to have thought about the double-barrel shotgun. Eat leaden death, demon…”
The odds for beating Thanos are 1 in 14,000,605 and for winning the UK Lotto are 1 in 45,057,474. Thus, defeating Thanos, who killed half of the entire universe, is far more likely than winning the lotto in UK.
PSA: journalists aren’t supposed to put names in the headlines if the person isn’t a public figure. It’s not a matter of maliciously not giving credit
^^^as a journalist, this is something that bothers me ALL THE TIME
A friend of mine on Twitter explained this the other day, so to elaborate based on what she said: If the name is not instantly recognizable the way a public figure is, then putting the name in the headline isn’t going to bring about any sort of recognition or connection in the reader, and doesn’t do much to draw the reader into the story. But something like “local teen” does create a connection by tying the person into the community, and encourages the reader to learn more about what this local teen has done. The name will be in the article itself, after the headline has done its job at getting the reader to look into it.
It’s worth noting too that usually, according to the Inverted Pyramid writing style used for journalism where the most important information is shared first, the person’s name is usually in the first sentence of the first paragraph.
Whenever I see someone get up at arms over a headline that says “Local Teen” and the first comment is “SAY THEIR NAME” I’m always like “hey, thanks for telling every journalist present that you don’t read articles and just skim headlines.” Really makes us feel appreciated.
I think this Onion headline illustrates the point pretty well
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The suggestion to use automated filters for issues of copyright is short-sighted at best and harmful at worst. Automated filters are unable to determine whether a use should be considered “fair use” under the law and are unable to determine whether a use is authorized by a license agreement. They are unable to distinguish legitimate parody, satire, or even your own personal pictures that could be matched with similar photographs that have been protected by someone else. We don’t believe that technology should replace human judgment.
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I just found out commercial characters have their own little fandoms and it’s the funniest thing in the world when people make them interact.
I love how The World’s Most Interesting Man (link) and Old Spice Guy (link) are all like “Hell no, I don’t have a feminine side” while Mayhem Guy (link) is out here like “Hell yes I’m a woman! And I just found out that you’ve been cheating on me for two years so now I’m destroying everything you love and I’ll take everything else in the divorce!”
ACTUAL NATIVE ACTORS PLAYING ACTUAL NATIVE CHARACTERS?
WHO KNEW YOU COULD DO THAT
It’s on Hulu now. As time goes on, there’s more and more characters of color, more and more queer characters, and more and more of a good time had by all. Especially notable are the native characters, because I don’t think native & indigenous Canadians get much rep.
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