I didn’t know this stuff either, and feel like that’s a good thing. Like this is what allies should be doing. Not taking parts and awards and saying how they should have or could have gone to the person that should have it. Also, one shouldn’t be yapping about it for credit all the time. You just do the shit because the shit is right.
The Original Series people weren’t fucking around.
I mean, let’s talk about this. TOS premiered in 1966. So that is during a) the Cold War b) the Civil Rights Movement and c) not all that long after WWII (and—importantly for this discussion—Japanese Internment)
Not only did they have a) a Russian on the bridge, b) a Black WOMAN as communications officer and c) a Japanese bridge officer (the actor playing whom was in a interment camp as a child.) But they also did episodes which specifically dealt with racism, prejudices, current events.
HELL, friggen MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. told Nichelle Nichols to stay on the show because it was so important for the Civil Rights movement. That this show showed a future when the movement was over. When Black people had achieved equality with their white peers. ALSO IT HAD THE FIRST INTERRACIAL KISS ON TV. And Shatner and Nichols deliberately ruined all the alternate takes where the kiss didn’t happen so that the producers were forced to air the kiss.
Whoppi Goldberg saw Nichelle Nichols on screen for the first time and went screaming to her mother about how there was a Black lady on tv who wasn’t a maid. And this is one of the pivotal moments that made her want to act.
Gene Roddenburry knew what he was doing. And he picked all the right people to play the parts in this.
mystery of the universe #218: how the mcu fandom somehow interprets steve rogers as an innocent child who’s never heard people curse before despite the fact that he grew up in brooklyn and served in the army
These boys had the confidence to be SILLY, FUN, participate in a LIGHTHEARTED JOKE THAT MAKES THEM FEEL FUNNY AND CUTE (which they definitely are, by the way)
And some shitlord comes along with
“This is so funny because none of you are cute”
Excuse your crusty ass, these boys are adorable and dorky, and do not need your salty attitude on their post
They had the confidence to take these pictures, post them, add them to this chain, and basically have fun on this post because they wanted to, and it makes them feel cute because they are and deserve to be treated as such.
Do you even realize how much it fucking bites for someone to come and basically shut down your fun because they don’t like it, much less with others agreeing to it (and messaging you just to poke the bear with the metal stick because even looking like a sponge still doesn’t have enough pokes), and much muchless on a fucking public social media site with THOUSANDS of notes on said post?? Because of that response and gif???
That isn’t ok at all.
I understand you’re mad about what men have done, what limited women’s rights, past and current events, I really do. They are horrible, and the rage you feel over them is fully deserved for everything girls and women have gone through.
But to shit on someone’s silly fun and confidence because of it, just to “crack a joke” by saying they aren’t cute, making it sound like they’re just stupid for ever participating in that post is never ok.
As tavrisprite said in the tags, y’all preach love and tolerance and yet pull shit like this out of nowhere.
What if they were females? Would it be ok then??
Actually, no, let’s not even go there because I shouldn’t need to pull the “what if” in order to see how much your comment fucking hurts.
Feel free to correct me on anything, but this is just a shit way to treat anyone, much less a small group of boys just acting cute, dorky, and generally having fun and enough confidence to join that silly post.
You don’t do that to anyone, ever.
Thank you, sir, madam, or variation thereof, very much.
Praise this person
Thank you so much I hate that post Bc of that asshat
Sir, madam, or neuter, I would like to formally extend the Excellent and Articulate Human Being Award.
Or in other words: You are an A-motherfucking-plus human being, four for you, you go.
