sukibenders

"People in the south panic over a little bit of snow," Well yeah, because the last winter storm that hit parts of the south was so unprecedented, that people weren't prepared for the level of impact it would have and many people suffered because of it. On top of that, even the parts of the south that don't get much snow have to be prepared because we don't have the same level of resources as, say, up north, and a lot of our infrastructure is outdated especially in more rural areas which almost always gets hit hard, whether that be by snow or by freezing rain and leftover ice. But, yes, joke about us being overly dramatic for a couple of laughs, the same way you do when it comes to our reactions to hurricanes. 

sukibenders

"People in the south panic over a little bit of snow," Well yeah, because the last winter storm that hit parts of the south was so unprecedented, that people weren't prepared for the level of impact it would have and many people suffered because of it. On top of that, even the parts of the south that don't get much snow have to be prepared because we don't have the same level of resources as, say, up north, and a lot of our infrastructure is outdated especially in more rural areas which almost always gets hit hard, whether that be by snow or by freezing rain and leftover ice. But, yes, joke about us being overly dramatic for a couple of laughs, the same way you do when it comes to our reactions to hurricanes. 

sukibenders

Would anyone be interested if I published a book filled with just random stories/ideas? Like I want to get back into writing and have so many ideas, but they just aren't connected to bigger plots. I wouldn't mind sharing them, just wanted to see if anyone was interested. 

nostalgiclogan

@sukibenders yes and pls don't hesitate to tag me ♡
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-ncvermores

that sounds like a fun idea!
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sukibenders

It can be hard enjoying Twilight fics at times because, while the og books/movies have been called out for the racism present, fanfic allows you to change that or at least, you know, have that aspect called out. Some fanfics, however, just be adding to that. Like, no, having your yte oc within a majority white story call/refer to the only poc characters in set text as a "mutt" or other demeaning names (slurs) alongside their white counterparts is NOT funny. It wasn't funny in the og conception, nor is it funny here. But to each their own.

sukibenders

Fandom makes this worse bc they'll have fics always include this for their, whilst joking about it when it comes to Jacob, when in the text they should know better. The autonomy these characters have is ripped away from them due to the presence of the Cullens/vampires. It's even worse when fics add this but have one of characters imprint on a vampire/Cullen oc, who is often yte, as if being near vampires isn't practically unbearable for them. That and the racial connotations behind it bc the imprinting controls these characters entire lives, to the point where they won't age, can't do anything to make their imprint unhappy even at their detriment, so on so forth. Basically making them a slave to them, which isn't a good thing to have your only poc characters go through whilst placing the yte characters, who they have to suffer with, on a higher pedestal. It's so sick.
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sukibenders

@kiaracarreras even Alice has her moments bc a lot of times she kind of treats Bella like a doll, from throwing parties that she forces Bella to attend to, at least in the movie, packing lingerie in Bella's bag even though she knows that Bella wouldn't wear that. While Jacob didn't often treat Bella the best, it's very easy to see that was intentional due to the writing bc, in book 1, he was very different. I think once SM*yer wanted the love triangle she added these attributes to Jacob heavily, painting him as being an aggressor for his overprotective nature but never Edward, who kind of follows suit. It's also annoying with, back to the imprinting thing, how Jacob explains it to Bella about them not having control over it, and how they would never harm their imprint, yet he's constantly crucified for it in BD. Like yes, it is creepy, but the fans and books/movie still play for laughs at his expense, on top of having him get thrown around by his friend who knows the predicament better than anyone, and her husband even though the imprinting is the reason for Renesmee making it in the first place when the wolves attacked.
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kiaracarreras

@sukibenders LIKE GIVE THEM DIRTY LOOKS?! They’re weird and don’t interact with other people but want people to think they’re normal? Don’t even get me started on Rosalie trying to feed Jacob with a dog bowl, also the genuine disrespect of the Cullens to the quilletes but whenever something goes wrong, there they are asking them for help. Another thing was the boys cutting their hair when they became wolves, in Native American culture hair holds memories (one of the only Native American actors got fired from the movie because he didn’t want to cut his hair) so how does that work? There’s so many problems with this that the lore would be hard to explain on top of everything else so as hard as I tried to do a Jacob fic, my oc was Bella’s sister who stayed in forks and she had done research on the cullens so she knew about them and that would have been a good plot point especially with how terrible they all treat Bella. I genuinely hate the cullens (minus Alice because at least she tried?) 
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sukibenders

Some yte people suddenly "now" understand the meaning behind the phrase "race is a social construct," to defend the casting of Jacob Elordi as Heathcliff, but then turn around and try to call people dumb for pointing out the racial coding present in Heathcliff's description and the layers behind it. Hmm.

sukibenders

Also acting like other remakes of Wuthering Heights don't exist where Heathcliff is actually poc....like just say you're a Fennell shooter and call it a day, like-
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sukibenders

Like, yes, it is important to note that how we see race was very different during this point and time, and even the idea of whiteness as we know today was different (eg. why many Irish people at the time faced discrimination, even though they are, by our standards, viewed as and benefit from being yte to a degree). However, that doesn't necessarily take away from the complaints presented, especially with Elordi as the casting because he does not give racial ambiguous, not even for the standards Wuthering Heights is set in. Don't play in these people's faces. And this defense looses it's weight even more when you factor in the fact that their are actual brown men casted into the film, but just playing the guys who were prejudice to Heathcliff for being the "other." Like it's okay, you'll live if WH remake gets criticized.
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sukibenders

Not them trying to compare Brokeback Mountain to Stranger Things, just because of Finn Wolfhard's SNL skit DIDN'T feed into the narratives they wanted or were pushing on to him for years. Oh, I have to laugh.

sukibenders

@vxnpirebones I literally just saw this, but on Twitter, and I couldn't stop cackling bc HUH!?
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vxmpirebones

@sukibenders they on TikTok saying he came out as bi four times I’m crying because you would know if he came out 
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sukibenders

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Mind you, the skit was making fun of that awkward ass coming out scene that these SAME FANS were review bombing the hell out of when it came out. Can't make this shit up.
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sukibenders

I take queer media recs with a grain of salt if it comes from someone who can't even share recs that include poc. Like, okay they may have a long list, but they also never want to question why it's all snowy and that doesn't sit right with me.

sukibenders

Like it's okay if you don't know a lot of poc queer representation and ADMIT IT, rather than trying to act like that specific rep can't touch the ones you favor (I've seen this happen a lot). If that's the case, don't get mad when people brush off what you have to say, because they already know it's not genuine nor a safe space either. Like even knowing some media poc queer media will be fine with me, but seeing ZERO on a list? Nah, that's enemy territory.
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sukibenders

Men and birds will jump through hoops trying to excuse a man for cheating by blaming his wife, saying she was annoying him with her behavior...as if said behavior is not only pre-planned skits, but what was helping push the family's revenue. The same revenue that, if we're being honest here, was mostly thanks to Kristy herself, so I don't know where the idea of her trying to take from his pockets is coming from other than misogyny. Secondly, so a man is perfectly free to cheat, but I'm supposed to feel sorry for him when he faces consequences for his actions that could've been resolved had he...communicated? Hmm, nah.