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Puki will you leave tumblr because everyone’s acting like it’s dead now :(
oh yeah its SO dead.
that took 3 minutes.
i literally fucking blinked and this shit happened istg y’all are insane—
Fuck it. Spread this post to every nook and cranny on tumblr. Prove to everyone that this site is ALIVE and FLOURISHING and that it will last for fucking DECADES
With a lot of new people entering the fandom, I thought it’d be fun to go over some things I’ve heard flying around that aren’t really… true. Not everyone has the ability to play the games, and the lore can be tricky to navigate, so hopefully this will help!
1. The spelling of Hunnigan’s name– From what I understand, there was confusion on the RE wiki several years ago where her name was listed as “Hannigan” (an Irish last name). Hunnigan appears to be an uncommon spelling; when you google it, it autocorrect to hannigan. But in the games and canon itself, her name is spelled with a U.
2. Leon killed a bunch of people during the chase in Vendetta– Honestly, I can’t blame the fans for this one. When you look at the movie, that’s exactly what it looks like, but the movie left out some crucial information that can be found in the canon novelization. The people in the cars are actually Arias’s men, who were sent to take out Leon and the rest of the team. As such, Leon was intentionally trying to kill them, along with the zombie dogs.
3. Chris isn’t smart and can’t read– Even though Chris is very popular, he gets a lot of hate. Just like any popular character in media, there is a lot of misinterpretations and misunderstandings. There’s a line in the original Resident Evil (1996) where it jokes about Chris not being able to read. A lot of people ran with this and assumed that meant Chris couldn’t read books, but in this instance, it’s specifically talking about his ability to read piano sheet music. And while I disagree with the notion that someone’s ability to read is connected to their intelligence, Chris can both read and is very smart. You simply can’t do what Chris does without being a highly intelligent, highly capable individual. Additionally, it’s said that Chris has read Levi-Strauss as part of the New York mission since the BSAA had been tailing Arias for a while and he’d owned various Levi-Strauss novels. So… Chris can’t read sheet music but he can definitely read books.
4. Leon withholding the chip from Claire in Infinite Darkness– I think this one mostly comes from the lack of media literacy/people not paying close enough attention to the plot, but Leon actually had a very good reason for doing what he did. Earlier in the series, he tells Shen-Mei that if she releases the information from the chip, she’ll have every agent on her. The same would apply to Claire. The running theme with Claire and Leon in ID is him trying to protect her; “when are you going to stop treating me like a kid?” “probably never”. He’s not trying to be a dick or a “government bootlicker” (which is such a ridiculous take anyway considering he’s there against his will), like the director of the series outright said he was doing it to protect her.
5. Leon’s a womanizer– Leon would have to “get bitches” in order to actually be a womanizer haha. A lot of Leon’s ladies’ man image was created by the fandom due to his sex appeal. In terms of what’s actually shown on screen and what Capcom has divulged in interviews and such, Leon’s a loser. He’s awkward in an endearing way. He doesn’t have a whole lot of success in the romance department and that’s how it was intended to be. So he’s not a jealous womanizing cereal cheater like what you see on tik tok sometimes, that’s just newer fans having fun haha.
Barbie was fantastic, not because it was a great "girl power" feminist story, but because it said the Patriarchy and Toxic Masculinity are rooted in insecurity and harm everyone involved, even men. This wasn't anti-male or radical-feminism, but an honest look at the world and the harm we can accidentally inflict on each other. The only way to fight it is through loving ourselves and each other.
One thing that tickled me about the Barbie movie was how Gloria's husband is (imo) a 'Real World' Ken.
We see very little of him in the movie. In both of his scenes, he's trying to speak/learn Spanish. He does nothing important or if consequence in terms of the plot... But he's trying to learn a language his wife and daughter speak. He's not excelling, I'm not even sure if he's succeeding. But he is kensistently trying.
For all of the 'Real World' men who are antagonists or opponents to Barbie, El Esposo de Gloria (as he is listed in the credits) has true Kenergy.
The Barbie movie: The Ken's need to find who they are outside of pursuing Barbies, a clear allegory for how real life men should not define themselves by trying to attract a partner and building their personality around that, something that would be healthier and better for them overall
Misogynists: barbie movie is so anti-men :(( how could they do this :((((
go watch Barbie
GOD BLESS THE VOLUNTEERS
AO3 IS BACK I SURVIVED
y’all don’t understand i was in the midst of reading the most beautiful fic before bed. i dreamt of continuing my reading upon waking up from my slumber, only to be awoken to the most painful news ever. ao3 has been shut down. i fear that i can no longer continue and must return to the most dreadful site ever. wattpad.
The five stages of grief:
Denial
Anger
Bargaining
Depression
And acceptance
I take a deep breath, shielding my eyes from the piercing light of my computer screen. I am sweating profusely. My hands are visibly shaking. Everything seems to hurt now.
It has been 12 hours since AO3 went down due to a DDOS attack. I thought that, just maybe, I could wait it out. I didn’t need my fix today. I could go outside. Talk to friends. Maybe even work on that fic of my own.
My head throbs painfully, almost in time with my racing heart as I refresh the page.
Again.
Again.
Please! Won’t any god out there hear my pleas?
There are tears streaming down my face as I grab my hair. I know of something that can stop the pain. The desperation. The need to read.
…
I slowly move my cursor to the search bar, deleting the url inside.
You promised you’d never go back, I think.
But I am cold. I am burning. I am desperate. Desperate enough to return…there.
I begin to type.
Everyone going batshit because ao3 is down:
