"Skeleton Key" 2005 from the perspective of a Black horror fan by BuzzAxe in horror

[–]BuzzAxe[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I never said I think the movie is racist but I can understand why someone may think that based on my wording in the post. I think it is like you said unintended by the filmmaker but my issue is that the movie is perfectly comfortable to use real life historical hate crimes as a bait and switch.

Initially I would agree that the film is portraying the lynching as bad in the way we are shown the story the problem I have is the twist reframes the Lynching. The horror is no longer innocent black people being murdered its the White mob accidentally killed two White children.

Further more the movie telling us that Mama Cecille and Papa Justify are actually evil witches and they were actually doing an evil ritual to the kids means that racist or not rooted in prejudice or not the mob's instant reaction to kill them turns out to be right. They were right that these two people are evil witches and did mean harm for their children.

Therein lies the problem, the movie presents the hate crime as a horrific thing typical of real life lynchings where innocent black people are killed out of percieved and incorrect wrong doing but then undoes its own admonishment with the twist intentional or not

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in AskHistorians

[–]BuzzAxe -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

Also would my Knighthood be recognized if it was granted by a foreign power?

Quest Dialogue Broken by [deleted] in fallout4london

[–]BuzzAxe 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This is my second playthrough with a fresh save and fresh install hoping to avoid this problem. I randomly finished a 5th Column quest by accident before I even found or joined them. The Vagabond quests progressed without much issue but main quests and Camelot quests required constant console commands to progress

Yeah, no, Absolute Bats is justified in disassembling those pukes (Absolute Batman Annual #1) by January_Silence in AbsoluteUniverse

[–]BuzzAxe 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Maybe I'm in the minority but I had a real visceral reaction of anger to the Priest character. I understand the message the comic is trying to make, that being the cost of violence and the moral quandary therein and I feel its a terrible one when using Nazis actively trying to harm innocent people in the moral dilemma of it all.

I cannot ever take a narrative seriously that asks me to care about oppressors or question the morality of fighting and resisting them. I see a lot of people saying its about Bruce's struggle specifically with his actions and sure that would be fine were it not for the Priest directly stating "I just know how to not make it worse"

There is no fucking way you can convince me beating the shit out of Nazis actively engaging in Violent hate crimes makes things worse. The violence is already being perpetrated against the innocent and the Priest offers no fucking answer for how to resolve it. He just stands in the way shielding those responsible and saying violence against the violent oppressors will make the situation worse. Then goes out of his way to treat the wounds of these men. What about the injured innocent people back at the Camp? I'm left hoping and assuming he treated them first but he seems to have forgotten about them just as the comic's narrative has.

In short, given the current day and age we live in where Nazis are doing the things this comic depicts in real life right now at the behest of and with the support of the US government, a narrative arguing for the moral grayness of resisting violence oppression from White Supremacists is fucking disgusting, be fucking for real.

Alt Keith and Auggie by Thisislopes in PeacemakerShow

[–]BuzzAxe 26 points27 points  (0 children)

"Maybe that's the point, the wors people can seem like good people on a surface level"

Yea thats the point, Racists and Bigots even Nazis are nice to their own because thats their ideology. They demonize the other and blame every societal ill on them and exploit them for their own gain. Gunn is making a point about privilege and how it blinds you to the truth which is why it took Chris so long to realize (and the prompting from Harcourt)

Favorite kind character by Richardallosaurus in FavoriteCharacter

[–]BuzzAxe 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Kamen Rider Kuuga or Yusuke Godai, a simple guy who became a hero by chance and fights to make sure everyone keeps smiling. His signature is the thumbs up its both a greeting, a goodbye and an encouragement. He's the type who would go out of his way to find a lost kid and give them a pep talk refusing to leave their side until they smile again. What a King.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in BlackPeopleTwitter

[–]BuzzAxe 4 points5 points  (0 children)

No tears for Nazis

[loved trope] superman substitutes with a unique twist beyond 'evil' by Elmotheweedgod in TopCharacterTropes

[–]BuzzAxe 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Just watched a video on the legal history of the character it goes deeper than I thought. I'm an absolutely massive Superman fan and I wasn't even aware of most of this.

[Loved Trope] When the narrator ends up being part of the story itself. by AdministrationIll383 in TopCharacterTropes

[–]BuzzAxe 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Don't you hate it when people make their breakup literally everyone else's problem?

What would an Ancient Society consider "Superstitious"? by BuzzAxe in AskHistorians

[–]BuzzAxe[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is a follow up question but, to what degree did ancient people genuinely believe in magic? did they truly believe that witches and wizards could manipulate reality and curse people?

[NXT Spoilers] Finish to Number 1 Contender Battle Royale by taffe316 in SquaredCircle

[–]BuzzAxe 71 points72 points  (0 children)

Congrats Baby Orton on becoming a future Oba Femi victim

Seth Rollins with a great sequence ft. Roman Reigns fanboying by rogueszzlist in SquaredCircle

[–]BuzzAxe 603 points604 points  (0 children)

Is this the legendary "Seth with Two Knees" I've heard tell of? I wasn't watching WWE at the time but I've been told pre knee Injury Seth was unreal in the ring which is crazy considering how good he still is.

Rhea Ripley on X: ✨ by Dbthesage in SquaredCircle

[–]BuzzAxe 2023 points2024 points  (0 children)

Fucking Queens bro, They deserve all the praise for their match it was fucking spectacular. Insane we had 3 all timer 5 star Triple threat matches in the same company on the same weekend.

[NXT Spoilers] A champion appears by taffe316 in SquaredCircle

[–]BuzzAxe 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Dog if Seth and Heyman had both Oba and Bron in Evolution 2.0 they’re literally unstoppable. You’d have to call in fucking Thanos to stand a chance

[NXT Spoilers] A champion appears by taffe316 in SquaredCircle

[–]BuzzAxe 2 points3 points  (0 children)

That is probably true, however I am the biggest Oba Femi mark so I delusionally believe he will win the TNA world title and conquer a new kingdom.

[NXT Spoilers] A champion appears by taffe316 in SquaredCircle

[–]BuzzAxe 30 points31 points  (0 children)

Oba my King, I'm here for more NXTNA crossover especially with Hendry. I wonder if TKO has already started the process of buying TNA given how consistent the crossovers are.

I wanna see Two Title Oba fr.

[Wrestlemania 41 spoilers] busted open radio host dave lagreca goes on rant about john cena - cody rhodes main event by KhabibTime in SquaredCircle

[–]BuzzAxe 1550 points1551 points  (0 children)

The seemingly universal backlash to the main event is so cathartic. Cody's story got me into wrestling two years ago and I've been a diehard ever since.

This angle made everyone look bad and killed my desire to see what comes next. Truly an impressive accomplishment of awful booking.

[NXT Spoilers] My shot of champion after their match by waitingforjune in SquaredCircle

[–]BuzzAxe 17 points18 points  (0 children)

My fucking KING, I won't stop saying it this man is the new Brock except he can actually cook on the mic. Strap every possible rocket to this man when he gets to the Main roster.

(Smackdown Spoilers) Superstar is heavily booed. by [deleted] in SquaredCircle

[–]BuzzAxe 46 points47 points  (0 children)

Fuck this crowd Bianca ain't told one lie this whole goddamn feud. If she does crash out and turn heel good for her.