OKAY FINALLY illegally SAW FROZEN and it was okay c: now pls stahp the posts on fb & tumblr
To think I was just there a few days ago. I live ten minutes away from that mall and it's an occasional hang-out spot for me and my buddies. It really was one of the few malls in Maryland that I and most others have felt more safe to be in, but I guess it's turned out to be like this. Sure, you hear about many other shootings and tragedies, in which you eventually become desensitized about. But when it happens to a community you live and thrive in, it becomes all the more eye-opening. Anyway, my thoughts go to their families and I hope things will become safer and calmer around these parts. Unfortunate that I never knew about the victims beforehand despite living in the same city, but I can feel like I know them through this very supportive community.
Almost thought it read "no thanks i'm god"
i vote for board games #candylandorbust
I'm thinking this would relate more to future games other than Kingdom Hearts 3, kinda like what Nomura said about there being plans for an expanded universe or something. Maybe a tinier connection in KH3 but something more in the games after that. Other than that, let's have this come internationally~
kinda maybe sorta on topic but i've just discovered the Fantastic Four movie is one of my guilty pleasures. Part of it is due to my girlie crush on Jessica Alba < 3
Oh lawd, I missed it. D: I thought the premiere was Sunday, you know, when they had that 5-hour marathon in the middle of a random day. And then they started this counter thing for the premiere the next day and it just kinda pissed me off because the marathon was misleading. So yeah, I missed it D: But yeah, I'm curious to know how it went. I heard the animation was a little bit weird to get used to. o.o
Watching Adventure Time feels like I'm on drugs. Which is the same feeling I have watching most cartoons anyway. Hmm.
Just sat through Harry Potter in Spanish I feel like I've accomplished something in life.
I believe they are making a movie set in Polynesia entitled Moana. So I guess that's one. (and maybe they mimght even title change it to an adjective related to the movie lol) Also, just realized, coincidence this is all being discussed on MLK day. Hmm, things do happen for a reason.
It's okay Misty I hope I got dis :c Okay, so I'm bi-racial, right? People ask me what Disney princess can you most relate to or something along those lines and I say Mulan. Then, knowing of my Chinese heritage, they go "Of course." Like it's supposed to be obvious. I have African-american friends who relate to Tiana for such "obvious" reasons. Yes, it's obvious that the color of my skin matches the princess I admire the most. Some people become "colorblind" to this so that they may see the princess for what they are in character, not in race. But I see it. I just see it. Tiana is the black one. Mulan is the Chinese one. etc. I can't pretend I don't see it. I look at myself and see a half-Asian woman. Yes, character matters along with ethnicity for me. At the same time, I throw away all those politics and see the movie for what it is. I haven't seen Frozen and have actually heard quite a bit about it's supposed potential to have the characters be ethnic. But I hope that when I do see it, I see for its quality, the morals it teaches, and the overall storytelling aspect. But then it's what happens after I see the movie. Suddenly, I might realize that the entire cast was Caucasian. I can't ignore it. I see it, I just see it. Especially as a woman of color, it's very present in my mind. Some friends say I'm pretty f*cking crazy and oversensitive about it and that I should just see for what it is on the inside. Yet, Disney has really only released one movie that features an Eastern-Asian Princess. What if other Chinese girls can't relate to Mulan? Sure, she's got the same ethnicity, but are we obligated to like her then for that? They may see more of themselves in Belle or Elsa. Yet, they are Caucasian. It's relieving that we are surrounded in a community that becomes colorblind that and I'm all the more happy that people support others of their taste no matter what ethnicity. Yet, we can't completely colorblind ourselves so that we are actually blind to reality. I see fewer of my Caucasian friends relating to ethnic princesses than my non-Caucasian friends relating to Caucasian princesses. I'm thinking it's not because ethnic characters aren't as fully fleshed out as the others, but because well, options aren't wide and vast. If we are able to see past race, why shouldn't it work the other way around with having more diverse princesses being related by everyone as much as other Caucasian princesses are? I don't think Disney is being directly racist, but it's more of the fact that they are racially insensitive. I'm sure Frozen is a wonderful film and that people of all ethnicities will enjoy it. But leading ourselves to believe that just because Disney is in the clearing for appeasing the minority population with merely a few diverse films shouldn't be the case. Now I'm not saying that they should make more diverse films for the sake of diversity. Why doesn't Disney put the same amount of effort into these wonderfully told stories but behind the mask of a diverse character? It's a lot of external factors that unfortunately keep Disney too far from shaking things up, as explained by Misty before. I can fully admit, I'm not good with words. But I hope there is at least an understanding of where I am coming from. And I don't mean to diminish the so-called Caucasian princesses, because yeah, they are diverse in itself. It was just a lack of a better term on my part. I realize that Merida is Scottish, Elsa and Anna are, I think, Scandinavian, Belle is French, etc. But certainly, Disney can and should go out of their bounds to reach stories beyond their apparent liking of Europe.
I'm someone who prefers to binge watch lol. Cliffhangers tend to upset me nowadays so I usually wait until the last episode/chapter/etc. In turn, most shows I watch are like a season long D:
aww, what a beautiful friendship you guys have~ well, i tried lolololol
He's digital and he's an atlas.
post acknowledging i know how a forum works
I stroked my non-existent beard whilst approving of the remastered track. that's how manly it was to me
Yeah, it's hard for people to not get caught up in the nostalgia of the original, so I think there will be people who will prefer the old one over the new one no matter what. I'll take a listen to most of it today and see how I like it as a stand-alone. Hopefully it'll be just as good as how I liked KH 1.5's remastered soundtrack. :x
The only game I've ever 100%'d was Journey. Of course, it's not really saying much, just ended up trying to be patient for someone to stick with me the whole way through the levels as one of the achievements. .-.
