>Good guy director gets fired after far-right pundit digs up past he repeatedly apologized for
>Tumblr thinks this is okay
New rule, starting now. Anyone making a snarky comment about this gets unfollowed because that’s gross
>28 year old my little pony fan thinks I value their opinion on someone getting fired for making rape jokes
hahahahaha here I was, legit hoping this discourse wouldn’t show up on my blog but, there it is. wow.
#1) The person who dragged up the pedophilia jokes about James Gunn is none other than far-right blogger Mike Cernowich. You know, the guy behind fucking #PIZZAGATE.
#2) James Gunn already apologized for previous behavior. Like, several years ago. In 2012. Before #MeToo. Before ANY of this. And his behavior since then proves a marked change.
#3) In fact, James Gunn’s behavior changed so radically that he became the target of Mike Cernovich. Because Gunn’s been pretty outspoken about our current president. Which didn’t sit well with President Pizzagate, not one bit.
#4) So Mike Cernovich finding and released all the old tweets during SDCC was NOT a coincidence. This was targeted to Disney, to see if Mike can wank himself over forcing the biggest major conglomerate to make a marketing decision in order to get ONE GUY rightfully furious about Trump out of the business.
#5) Look, I think James Gunn’s tweets are pretty damn horrible. But to put it on the same level as someone like Harvey Weinstein is disingenuous.
#6) We’re not winning any wars with the mentality of “problematic people are forever doomed for having once done problematic things, even if they’ve changed.” And like stated above, James Gunn is NOT another Weinstein. I’ve said homophobic things in the past, and I’m A LESBIAN for fuck’s sake!!
#7) Dave Bautista isn’t the only one who’s on James Gunn’s side in this. The entire GOTG cast is on his side.
#8) In the end this isn’t just about GOTG. This isn’t about Disney. This isn’t about James Gunn’s career (he’ll bounce back). This is about Right-winger trolls weaponizing accountability. And it’s fucking gross.
This isn’t about Disney. This isn’t about James Gunn’s career (he’ll bounce back). This is about Right-winger trolls weaponizing accountability. And it’s fucking gross.
My favorite Ragnarok headcanon is that the entire movie is a story Thor is telling the audience. That’s why it opens with a monologue, that’s also the reason of the sudden tone shift into comedy and that’s why despite all the horrible things that happen, it’s so endlessly optimistic. The real events that transpired were probably very similar, just much, much darker.
This really explains so much, like how characters like Loki and Hulk, and Thor himself, are so different from the other films- because we’re seeing them through Thor’s eyes. The dialogue is different as well, much more casual and shorthand with use of slang in place of the typical Shakespearean lines, because Thor is paraphrasing in his retelling of the events. I like to imagine that Thor’s audience is actually the asgardians on the ark at the end of the film, mostly families and children, so he’s ramping up the goofiness and drama (you are now meeting the grandmaster, please dont cut my hair, get help), using childish humor (the naked hulk), and poking fun at everything (surtur’s big eyebrow). They were all just extremely traumatized, so Thor is taking care of his people in the only way he currently can- taking comedy theatre tips from loki.
In other words, I too want to be injected with a magical serum that’ll give me the perfect body in mere seconds without my having to do any exercise whatsoever.
And then, after punching all the Nazis, I want to sleep for 70 years.
“What in the land’s name happened to your hair?” M’Baku said, walking to him under the banian.
“Shuri said it was in her way,” Ingcuka answered placidly, as if he had not worn his hair up in messy buns every time M’Baku had seen him before. “And then the kids decided it needed color.”
A little bit hesitate to post this one as it’s only in Chinese
This is drew for a poem.
It’s too difficult for me to translate those beautiful words in an accurate way.
I will appreciate if someone could help to translate it into English.
All right, here’s my attempt at translation, @xxxxxx6x. Paragraph breaks indicate panel breaks.
To the Oak Tree
If I were to love you, I would not be like the clambering campsis flower, Using your tall branches to flaunt my self;
If I were to love you, I would not be like the besotten bird, Repeating the same simplistic tune in exchange for shade;
Nor would I be merely the source of spring water, Always there to provide support and refreshment; Nor just the tall cliffs, There to increase your height and accent your dignity. Or even the sunlight. Or even the spring rain. No, those are not enough!
I must be a Kapok tree by your side, Stand with you as a tree. Roots, firmly entwined in the ground; Leaves, gently brushing in the clouds.
With every passing breeze, We murmur to each other, Speaking words That none else will understand.
You with your branches of iron and your trunk of steel, Like a knife, like a sword, like a halberd; My with my red blossoms, Like a heavy sigh, Or a brazen torch.
Together we bear the cold winds, the pounding rain and the crackling lightning; Together we share the morning fog, the evening mist, and the rainbow. We stand, seemingly separated, Yet we will always be there for each other.
Only this can be truly profound love, where loyalty and faith lives: Love – I love not just your majestic being, I love also your stubborn position, The ground beneath your feet.
Steel Phoenix Studios 