Idk How Many Vogue Edits Are Going Around Rn And How Many Are By Black People But Just So Yall Know It

drew this a couple days ago when i saw tuxedo pearl in the artbook bc it reminded me of that one still from stsf

OKAY SO. MEGAPEARL

she is an iconic, unexpected fusion. but as soon as i saw her on screen, i immediately recognized her design. the hair? the outfit? very clearly referenced from:

REVOLUTIONARY GIRL UTENA!! megapearl’s hair is obviously from anthy (right) and her outfit is obviously from utena (left). but as you may know, rebecca sugar has referenced RGU in steven universe several times!!! RGU has a lot of meaning to me so this is especially exciting for me to see!! it even helped me to realize how similar our pearl and pink/white’s pearl are!

our pearl is like utena. she fought because she believed it was what she had to do to reach her destiny. yet her “destiny” caused her so much hurt and she failed to realize it until much later, after things had gone sour.

pink/white’s pearl is like anthy. she was repeatedly used by others for their own gain, and simultaneously idolized these people because not doing so would result in abuse. she then adopted this mindset of idolization because it was all she knew how to do, and didn’t realize how badly it was hurting her.

ANYWAYYYS that’s my rant on SU and RGU. not sure if anyone else put two and two together but it made me extremely happy to see this!!

mood

Tom and Star hugging but Tom bring Marco in is the sweetest thing I've seen this week. Like it wasn't Star it was TOM.

Adrien is the definition of a Nice Guy: says "M'Lady", gets mad when he's rejected, and can't take no for an answer, so instead he hounds the object of his "affections" despite her rejecting him over and over again, ignoring her when she says she just wants to be friends.

And people are falling for the "Romance" (Misogyny!) of this character and plot, hook, line, and sinker.

This is why calling out Adrien's behavior matters.

Real Life girls are being influenced by this show into thinking that Adrien's behavior is romantic, cute, and perfectly acceptable.

Real Life girls are being taught that a guy harassing you means he's in love with you, and that you should just give in and accept his feelings.

Real Life girls are being taught that endlessly pursuing a guy, that stalking, that stealing his phone, that memorizing his schedule, are all fine and dandy if it's 'for love'.

Miraculous Ladybug is a fun show aimed at kids, and young girls especially. Which is WHY the behavior being shown positively in the show matter so much, why people (rightfully) call how Adrien acts as Sexual Harassment--

Because that is what it is, even if sex is not mentioned or implied.

He's been officially sexually harassing her ever since she said she was in love with someone else, and just wanted to be friends-- and when he ignores her express wishes, and continues to pursue her, despite her many and continued, heated rejections. Adrien, in episode 3 of SEASON ONE, lied and said that he and Ladybug were in a relationship to a ma,n purely because he saw him as a potential rival for his affections, causing the man to be akumatized, and never apologized or told Marinette the truth about what happened.

Adrien's behavior is not okay.

Marinette has been stalking Adrien, stealing his possessions, memorized his schedule, and successfully lured his bodyguard away from him without Adrien's knowing, so she could ambush him into going on a date with her. Marinette has bullied and violently driven off any other girl that gets close to Adrien, since she sees them as competition for her affection. She doesn't want him to have female friends that isn't her (taken, dating someone already) BF.

Marinette's behavior is not okay.

Miraculous Ladybug is teaching it's young female viewers that a boy harassing you after you've told him "no" is romantic.

Miraculous Ladybug is teaching it's young female viewers that stalking your crush, stealing his phone, and controlling who he can be friends with is just you being "quirky" and "boy crazy"

If you've never considered the character's behavior in this way before, it's because that is by DESIGN. There have already been multiple instances of the crew in charge of ML sexualizing their characters, drawing porn of their children characters, racism, bigotry, and other disgusting things. Feel free to look at the "ML writers guillotine" tag for examples.

TL;DR, love the show, but be conscious of the messages it is spreading, and do your best to reduce the harm to the kids growing up consuming this world. Fiction impacts reality, especially when it's middle-aged white men directing shows aimed at young girls.

she is so me

Movie: Kamikaze Girls

she was whitewashed by white people for white people. representing white-passing biracial kids was a bug, not a feature.