Matchmaker! AU

 special thanks to @sanktnikolais ​ for editing my messy thoughts, i adore you

  As a Colombian woman, it really warms my heart to see how many people are loving Encanto—all the positive reactions and the praise the movie has received not only from the critics but from the audience in general make me happy beyond measure. I, as well as pretty much everyone in this country, have always resented the negative representation we have had in the media. 

  For instance, “Narcos” is one of the best examples of this hurtful representation that continues to profit from some of the darkest moments of recent history, events that we all would like to bury in the past.

  Nonetheless, the discourse I have seen about Encanto, especially on Tumblr, has disappointed me greatly. Most people have focused on coming out with headcanons about the characters’ sexuality and gender, or writing Camilo x reader fics (do you realize he’s a teenager? please stop) shifting completely the real focus of the movie. Listen, I am not going to tell anyone what to do or to gatekeep these characters. The fact that you think Isabela is a lesbian doesn’t bother me; what I’d really like to remind people of, specially queer white folks, is that this movie isn’t for you. 

  This movie was made first and foremost for Colombians and Latinos. Therefore, when a movie like Encanto, which excels in every aspect and has finally given us the representation that we have been dying for, gets its every valuable aspect outshone by these woke and for the most part ridiculous takes (Bruno is autistic bc the knock on wood thing? Tell me you are white without telling me you are white.)  It is expected that people like me won’t feel happy.  

  That being said, in this post I want to tell you about the amazing job Disney made at representing the armed conflict in my country and what this representation and the song “Dos Oruguitas” mean for Colombian people.

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every fucking time i see someone using the term American to refer to USA citizens i want to put my head inside a blender. idc you do not have another word for saying people from the usa, America is a whole continent not just your country. I'm tired of watching the whole world reducing it all to the United States.

Never forget that Steven Universe’s queerness was intrinsically linked in its narrative and themes. It told a story of oppression, mental health, triumph, and loving yourself using characters both metaphorically and literally queer (along with neurodivergent, PoC…there’s a lot of layers to this). Anyone downplaying its LGBT+ rep is talking out of their ass. I’m so tired of this show being the animation community’s punching bag. The discourse around this show hasn’t changed since 2018. Who fucking cares that it isn’t perfect, we’ve heard it all, most agree. But the fact a cartoon for children aimed to be this nuanced, complex, and mature, whilst still being a whimsical cartoon is amazing and exactly what kids need. I know they’ll grow up thankful that they watched it and all the other cartoons following in its footsteps.

i’m so tired of thomas asscheeks. the miraculous ladybug fandom is hell on earth and it’s time that everyone knows about it. THIS is what’s been going on here. if this shit makes you uncomfortable, it should. this is a big problem. 

Never not rebloging this

some dumbass: hermione deserves BETTER than ron!!!

also them: I ship hermione with fucking bellatrix

“Abuela, I can finally see. You lost your home. Lost everything. You suffered so much all alone so it would never happen again. We were saved because of you. We were given a miracle because of you. We are a family because of you. And nothing could ever be broken that we can’t fix together.”

Encanto (2021) dir. Jared Bush and Byron Howard

ao3 just dropped it's Christmas gift. I've been constantly searching a kghn fic that I completely loved but read once, never downloaded and got lost. After two years of filtering and despair without knowing if it had been deleted, I finally found it again. I'm ecstatic.

Guess I should pay it back with finally updating my own fic. Time to defeat writer's block.

I came here to procrastinate away from writer block have a good time and I'm honestly feeling so attacked right now

Me, strutting on my way to see my therapist bc I hadn't been able to book an appointment in two months: ♪Scooby Dooby Do, where are you? We've got new trauma to solve now!♪