Spread this as far and wide as possible.

Florida is a Fascist hellscape ruled by hateful bigots.

I am at a loss. I don’t know what we do to stop this. At this point, we may want to start thinking about funding an airlift to get trans kids and their families out of that Nazi nightmare.

Spread This as Far and Wide as Possible.

Responses like this are why Neil Gaiman is one of my Favourite Celebrities.

Today marks the 80th anniversary of Mervyn LeRoy’s RANDOM HARVEST. Starring Ronald Colman and Greer Garson, the movie premiered in NYC on December 17, 1942.

Addams Family Values

Wednesday Addams' Finest Moment.

Batman: Mask of the Phantasm (1993)

RIP Kevin Conroy (1955-2022) A True DC Legend who endured a Gruelling Childhood and the Bigoted Attitudes towards Gay and Bisexual Men to eventually voice one of the Flagship Heroes of an Iconic Comic Book Universe for 30 Years. Farewell Caped Crusader and Take Flight to a Place of Peace

Dame Angela Lansbury

RIP My All Time Favourite Actress. A True Icon of The Screen and Stage

The Addams Family (1991) dir. Barry Sonnenfeld

Morticia Addams: Gloriously Gothic Mother of the Year Material. Take notes from this woman future mothers!

What has been the most magical part of making this film and this whole journey?

HALLE BAILEY AS ARIEL THE LITTLE MERMAID (2023)

I wish you the Best of Luck Halle Bailey! To everyone who's doing Racist comments about her Casting, Stop being such Guppies!

Rest in peace Nichelle Nichols, December 28th 1932- July 31st 2022

“Last night, my mother, Nichelle Nichols, succumbed to natural causes and passed away. Her light however, like the ancient galaxies now being seen for the first time, will remain for us and future generations to enjoy, learn from, and draw inspiration.” - nichellenicholsofficial

RIP George Peréz. One of the Greatest Icons of the Comic Book Industry and a Genuinely Kind Man who Appreciated his Fans.

Voltron Rant regarding Prince Lotor, his plans  and everything that follows...

Right now it’s late, and I’m tired, but there’s something that has been going on in my head for a while now since season 6 has come out. Recently I started to work on a long post about comments made by the staff and Lotor’s actor, regarding his behavior and I’ve seen a lot of reactions from fans in regard to anyone feeling that Lotor’s actions were justifiable, or that one should feel sorry for him for his past. 

Now on the one hand, it’s perfectly fine to have a sympathetic villain. A lot of shows have that and they are stronger for it. On the other hand, if you’re having someone do villainous acts, please have the character own those acts rather than, saying that they just need help and hugs. Or that it’s a nature vs. nurture thing, because in a lot of cases one could use characters that fall into the same tragic area as Lotor and point out the folly of this statement. 

Now while I have nothing but mad respect for the Voltron creative team and the cast, I do think that they’re making a bit of a bad choice in how they’re wording things in regard to Lotor. Because they are painting him in a very “Draco in leather pants” way, which will not go down looking good should the character not get redeemed, and even if he does, it still doesn’t look good. 

Again I really love him as a character, I just wish that people would at least realize that he’s not some innocent person that has done no wrong, and, in this case, that defending his actions by putting the blame on Voltron or Romelle, or his parents, is just adding to the issue that he hasn’t fully come to accept. That he could be accepted by others, even welcomed in, if he would let go of his damn desires to go across the rift and accept that he’s both Galra and Altean. 

I mean, hell he had an open chance to just live the life he was talking about, but he either didn’t think about it, or didn’t see what he had right before him. 

Let me try to explain, again, if this comes off as bitter or salty it’s not meant to be but it’s late and my brain is working on over drive here. 

Let’s start with Lotor’s plans for the Alteans. Given what Romelle tells us Lotor has these people completely under his sway and control. They trust them with their lives, love him and worship him. This means that they would give their lives for him if he but asked. And yet, rather than just explaining his plans to these people, the ones that owe him their lives, he lies to get them to be used for his plans. 

My issue with this is that it’s a cold and calculated move. Not some misguided action, it’s a deliberate choice that he had to consider before making it. Meaning that he didn’t trust his people, or that he didn’t fully understand the level of devotion that he had. Lotor could have easily talked about his plans to the Alteans there. There was no reason not to, as they trusted him. He could have explained, in detail, what he was trying to do and why it was going to benefit all of them and allow them to come out of hiding. Again given the feeling of devotion these people have, I would be damn surprised if he didn’t get a whole host of volunteers to be tested for this project and to willingly do this for the betterment of the people. 

This plan that he set up was a whole folly because of the fact that there had to be better ways of doing this or getting the energy for the Quintessence. Not only that but one could argue that he had the perfect set up there for his own peaceful existence or a way there to grow his own army. The Altean’s would have happily learned to fight, or work with tech, to help build him up an army to fight his father. He’s a long living person, so why not play the long game? 

Also regarding the situation with Romelle, As per JDS, I should note that he points out that Lotor could have put up his hands and let himself be arrested. He could have easily owned what he did at that moment and said “Yes, I did what she said, it was for the greater good, and I’m not ashamed of it. I’m willing to be put back in the cell while you all cool off and so we can talk. Like we have in the past.” That’s all he had to do, and yet he dumbly put himself in a weird position and later blames everyone else for his choices. Choices he made on his own. No one had a weapon at him saying you have to do any of this. 

Not to mention that there was a number of opportunities when he was alone with Allura where he could have mentioned the Alteans and explained everything before Keith and Romelle came in. This way not only does he look heroic, as he can put his own spin on it, but also Romelle’s impact on Allura could have been lessened some what, or at least the whole revelation could have had a different outcome. 

Then there’s the fact that there’s a number of characters out there that both counter the idea that one has to end up with a “the ends justify the means” mentality from the tragic life he’s had growing up, and the idea that how you’re raised and the people around you, are what create you. 

Also one could note that it’s not the fact that he didn’t have anyone around him loving him that made him make bad choices, it could just be the fact that he’s already predisposed for it due to being in the Quintessence and it makes it easier for him to naturally think the way he does. 

Just to name a few: (Warning Spoilers  below the cut) 

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I'm gonna get some hate for this but here It goes;

Does anyone feels like that the whole rhetoric that some dickbabs shippers try to push that Dick may date Starfire but at the end of he'll always go back to babs has some racist undertones? Like, it's giving that "Oh honey, let Richard have his fun with that exotic woman, i just know that when he's ready to settle down he's going to choose you" racist bullshit and i really don't like that. Also besides that obviously being very offensive towards Starfire (bc y'all are treating her as some type of sexual entertainment that's supposed to amuse Dick until he's ready for something serious) do y'all also know that's offensive towards Babs, right? Like, y'all are treating her as if she's some teenage girl watching as her childhood crush dates the head cheerleader instead of the grown ass woman she is, like, she has better things to do than sit around listening to Taylor Swift's "you belong with me" while dreaming abt the day Dick Grayson decides to give her a chance

This is why I love Starfire.

No. Like. This scene was really important. This douche hated her entire race and took that hatred out on Starfire. He called her slurs throughout the entire episode. And Starfire just endured it, because she knew her friends loved this guy. And when he is in trouble, about to die; she has every right to let him. But what does she do? She starts trying to help him. And even as she’s trying to save his life, he pushes her away, throwing slurs at her face. But she presses on, and ends up saving him. Do you know how important it was to see this as a kid? That no matter how much someone treats you with hatefulness and cruelty, the right thing to do when they’re in danger is to help them? That’s some powerful shit for a ‘kids show’, and don’t you dare look me in the eye and tell me that all of this is just superhero bullshit.

Rant done.

Even if they dropped the ball with Victor not actually addressing his race and citing his robotics as a reason for prejudice against him, the reason he understood what Starfire felt, this was a landmark episode.

The slur Val-Yor (subtle show) uses, “Troq” means… you know what, let’s just grab Cyborg and Starfire’s moment of dialogue for reference.

Cyborg: What’s up? I thought you said it didn’t mean anything. Starfire: No. I said it means “nothing”. When Val-Yor calls me “Troq”, he is saying that I am worthless, a nothing. Cyborg: Star… Starfire: There are those on other planets who feel Tamaraneans are inferior. Troq is what they call us. Cyborg: So he’s calling you a terrible name. And you know that if you punch him out, it’ll just confirm all the bad stuff he thinks about you? Starfire: Yes. You know what it is like to be judged simply by the way you look? Cyborg: Of course I do. I’m part robot.

The show isn’t pulling any punches here, it may be using alien species, but it’s showing a racist being a racist even while he acts as a superhero, and it uses actual attitudes people may encounter (“You must be one of the good ones.” When he has to acknowledge she saved his life.) This is incredible and the show should have gotten awards for this. More shows should consider these ideas and use them, even as ‘filler’ episodes, because we need to see it. 

Val-Yor is a racist ass. But Starfire doesn’t let him win, and delivers an amazing line in the end, reminding me why Kory is one of the best characters around, even if she was created for the cheesecake appeal in comics, she has a lot more to her, a lot of heart and soul that should be highlighted more often.

Way to go, Teen Titans. You were an amazing part of my teenage years, and I wish we’d gotten more of you.

And Val-Yor represents the bigots who no matter what, if your kind to them or if you punch them in the face, are just gonna dig their heels deeer into the dirt cause they’ve already decided your lesser than them.

And the thing in particular that I like about Starfire’s and Cyborg’s dialog where he says “I’m part robot” as opposed to “I’m black” is that teen titans was a show made in 2007.

By 2007, going to school with black people, the same supermarkets, etc. was more or less normalized. Not a lot of people really looked at a black person side eyes for using the same water fountain that they used. There wasn’t really anymore “White kids in the front and black kids in the back” or people actively segregating people based on race.

It was normalized to be black and for black people to do all the same shit white people did without anyone being segregated or arrested for just walking into the same store as a white person.

But being part robot isn’t. More people are probably afraid of the fact that he’s half a walking machine or more so deals with casual ableism from people who are afraid of him or look at him like he is a monster or freak. Not much unlike people who have visible disabilities that can’t be hidden.

#so basically they hint at ableism rather than sticking purely with racism#and that discrimination regardless of the axis it is one#effects people and you can sympathize and understand how someone feels regardless

Lois Lane on the notoriously good Clark Kent (Superman 80-page Giant #2)

The Definitive Proof of How much Lois loves Clark Kent.