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illonink:

My top three feminist exploitations of male-default language:

1. “Valar morghulis. All men must die.” “Yes, but we are not men.” – Daenerys, Game of Thrones

2. “No man can kill me!” “I am no man!!!!” – Eowyn, LotR: Return of the King

3. “God creates dinosaurs. God destroys dinosaurs. God creates man. Man destroys God. Man creates dinosaurs.” “Dinosaurs eat man. Woman inherits the earth.” – Dr. Ellie Sattler, Jurassic Park

lynati:

dreadwerewolf:

lokiloo:

I hate hate HATE all those 2edgy 4me theories about kids shows. Like Angelica dreaming up the rugrats, or the ed, edd, and eddy children being ghosts, or literally anything that takes a lighthearted and fun kids show and has to turn it into some tragic take of rape or murder or misinformed mental illness.

So you know what? From now on I’m gonna do the exact opposite. Every cool grim-dark show is now because of a bunch of children. To get us started:

Game of Thrones: A middle-school DnD campaign with the most angry, vindictive DM who has promised to kill everyone’s player characters (and their family) by the end.

The Walking Dead is actually a bunch of kids playing zombie apocalypse in their neighborhood and every time someone “dies,” it’s because their parents called them home for supper.

American Horror Story: A group of highschoolers stuck in detention together each trying to outdo each other with their most gruesome guess for the plot of that summer’s blockbuster. Even those who profess to not like horror have a season  storyline to suggest. There is a meta-plot about the group finding themselves and learning the true meaning of friendship.

(Incidentally, Criminal Minds is a group of psych & sociology undergrads’ weekly game of drunken Whodunit.)