Tom Musto ‘85

they put cybertrucks in fortnite

Shout out to the next generation of yuri warriors

The series Ahsoka is coming out soon, and in light of the recent comments by Ashley Eckstein...

... I figured I'd also point out that people hated Ahsoka.

Every complaint you've heard about Rey? It had been hurled at Ahsoka about 7 years prior.

“Oh, she’s fighting Grievous and she’s only, like 13?! That’s so OP!”

“She feels like a Mary Sue written for a prequel based fan fiction.”

“Oh, she disobeyed an order from Yularen on Ryloth?! She’s so snippy!”

“Ugh, I hate her and her stupid voice!”

“She’s always pointing out stuff other characters have missed, like she’s so perfect! She's a Mary Sue with an annoying voice and personality.”

And honestly? I remember that period. People despised Ahsoka (and sometimes voiced anger towards Ashley Eckstein too), just like they hated Hayden Christensen, and most Prequel-related content.

But guess what? They weren't the target audience. Said Eckstein in her 2018 book It's Your Universe:

“Ahsoka’s arrival on the scene was met with mixed reactions. She had a big personality and was very snippy. [...] She talked back to Anakin, and some even called her bratty. Critics didn’t quite know what to think, but kids loved her. Finally, girls had another character besides Leia and Padmé to play on the playground — and now there was a lightsaber in their hands.”

They didn't "fix" Ahsoka, as you'll see on some click-baity YouTube thumbnails.

She had a fucking character arc. There was nothing to fix.

The whole point of her character is that she starts out as immature and petulant as Anakin is in Episode II. This forces Anakin himself to grow up, so he can better take care of her.

Eventually, they both mature together... and at some point, Ahsoka surpasses Anakin by learning and implementing the Jedi teachings, while Anakin remains stuck on that first part (no thanks to Palpatine).

Same thing goes for Reva. The character has a goddamn arc.

I'm all for putting a "save the cat" moment to make these characters more likeable (and even when they do, like they did with Rey, then somehow the problem becomes that they're too likeable), but at the same time, I think parts of the fandom should wait and see before prematurely hating on a character (who almost always "just happens" to be female, weird!) to see what story is being told.

Our culture is decaying. Because we don’t value Steve Urkel.

Ok so confession as a kid I used to try to run like Sara Steele. Like I'd run with my fists waving in front of me like I was holding swords like her.

average detransitioner on the internet: instead of giving in to my gender dysphoria I found God ❤️ thank you lord for my heterosexual spouse who will guilt trip me into staying the gender assigned to me at birth. remember transies it's more delusional to be trans than to believe in god and noah's ark unironically 🤗 I hope all of you choose to suffer like me 😇

I highly recommend trying to check on him in-person if you can; when I've gotten depressed and mentally unwell I usually self isolate + avoid interaction as much as possible and this could last for days or weeks. This is basically the opposite of what you actually need in that state. I assume the same is happening here. Some people might say it's disrespectful or whatever idk idc like people who are not doing well mentally need help and support; checking in on someone isn't the same as destroying boundaries.

So when your friend doesn't respond to 2 texts sent on 2 different days, when is a reasonable time to assume they either got a new phone number or they don't want to talk to you.

Man, I sincerely hope the lawsuits against Senate Bill 458 in Montana succeed. Its binary and strictly "biological" definition of sex (which it applied to many different laws) was clearly meant to prevent transgender people from being legally recognized.

Also, it's hilarious because if you happen to have missing parts in your reproductive system, you won't actually fit in the definition for "male" or "female" here even if that's your biological sex and what you identify as. LOL

And of course, there's Senate Bill 99, which prevents any kind of gender affirming care for minors, though it was blocked in September. Not sure how long that will last though. For some reason, there's always so little coverage on these issues, so you have no idea what exactly is going on.

been awhile since I've done one of these so here's more text chat nonsense i've encountered