Side note: This post is not intended to start up the age discourse that surrounds Hobie. I am not going to get into it as this argument/debate comes up every so often and really doesn’t prove anything on either side you are on. I’m not dissuading anyone from absorbing any content of Hobie and saying it’s problematic EXCEPT for the things I’m pointing out in this post. If you see Hobie as a minor, that’s fine. If you view him as an adult, that’s also fine. Until the directors come forward and confirm his canonical age I am not going to bring up the same facts that is brought up whenever his age comes to discussion. This is just me bringing up a reoccurring issue I’ve noticed that doesn’t get too addressed by the community (and when it does it’s often pushed to the side)
The fetishization and inherently the oversexualization of Hobie Brown is not only problematic but also harmful. Black men being fetishized has been going on for decades since slavery times. I’m not going to go too deep into the history but if you’re interested this creator has a very good video discussing it.
With Hobie Brown being a darkskin black man that is part of the punk scene and comes off with a “rough” exterior you’re going to have people put stereotypes on him. Despite how he’s portrayed in the movie I’ve seen people headcanon him as this cold person who wouldn’t care about his partner’s feelings or come off as a womanizer that sleeps with a lot of partners without a care in the world. He fucks rough and is aggressive while the reader is this innocent person pulled under his spell. That’s where some of the problem delves with him being portrayed as this aggressive and sex deviant who doesn’t care about his partner(s) feelings. It’s a stereotype a lot of (mainly non black) people see black men as.
Despite the fact that Hobie in the movie shows to deeply care for his friends, even going as far as helping Miles who he didn’t even know up until now. He’s shown to be gentle when handling Mayday. Yet people still want to paint him as the polar opposite.
Take Miles G for instant. I’ve seen him get the same treatment with him being painted as a “gangster” who is aggressive and your typical gang lord despite him only having five minute screen time. While yes from that little time he does seem to be the much colder version of Miles Morales painting him out to be a thug goes into that dangerous fantasy a lot of people see black men. People (again mainly non blacks) view black men as this dominant and powerful man who is always aggressive in and out the bedroom.
The same can be said for Miguel who even the screenwriters have written him as “animalistic” and “feral”. Writing him off more as some beast than a human being.
Circulating back to Hobie there’s nothing wrong with finding him attractive the problem delves if you’re headcanoning him or viewing him as your stereotypical “hood” boyfriend who is deprived of any other emotion except for anger, jealousy, or this sex god who will beat up people for even looking at his partner. When we make these harmful stereotypes about black characters it starts to trickle down to irl and how we view actual people.
And we end up seeing shit like this on the daily. I don’t even have to explain why this is problematic.
All in all Hobie Brown is much more than just a pretty face. He’s a young black man living in an oppressive fascist society that he’s actively fighting against. He deserves to be treated more than just a sexy conveniently attractive guy but a much more complex character who’s backstory in atsv is still a mystery. If you’re just gonna sexualize him 24/7 and not see him anything outside of that you’re weird, and you’re even weirder if you headcanon with “he’s ugly but he got that big dick 🤪.”
i wanna spider punk’s movie so bad 🫴🫴🫴🫴 내놔
Commision for @spideypunx they’re so real for this and it was so fun to work on
what is this dude doing
Idk if I’m gonna finish this but y’all can have it ig
i have decided that i will not be supporting wilbur from this day forth because of his actions, meaning that i will not be posting any more tntduo, wilbur soot fanart. it is really crushing for us wilbarians, i get it, but we should support shelby in ANY way possible. i will now be supporting tommyinnit, bit on qsmp and hermitcraft and making fanart of these (other qsmp members not wilbur) thank you all and i wish you the best
Okay I want this one to be my first post… yay also this is 100% platonic no weird shi
“Against the NSU”
National Socialist Underground is a neo-nazi terrorist network with ties to German intelligence agencies. The network was formed in the mid 90′s and is responsible for numerous bombings and murders, mostly targeting Turkish migrants.
The existence of the NSU only became public in 2011, following a botched bank robbery by two nazis affiliated with the group. Immediately following this exposure, German intelligence agencies embarked on a massive coverup operation, shredding thousands of documents relating to paid nazi informants who were connected to the terror network.
For more information on the NSU check out: https://www.nsu-watch.info/en
And if anyone is actually reading this, I’m gonna get a gender affirming haircut soon :DD
*don’t mind the artstyle change it’s just gonna be like this now*