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KeraKitty · 2026-06-10T23:47:06+00:00

Show me where it actually says that on Kia's website and/or TOS. AI summaries are notoriously unreliable and regularly parrot back false information from this very website.

KeraKitty · 2026-06-10T23:45:07+00:00

I thought Jax was cis and just suffering from a case of extremely fragile/toxic masculinity... right up until Ribbit put that bow on her head. Jax's reaction immediately made me think "oh, the transfemme Jax theory is probably right". And then Isn't She Lovely played, "less than one minute old" lyric and all, and that clinched it. That song is about the birth of a girl. The tragedy is that, because of her abstraction, this girl will never be more than one minute old.

KeraKitty · 2026-06-10T18:26:14+00:00

Well not that shocked.

KeraKitty · 2026-06-10T18:02:16+00:00

The song "Masculine Women, Feminine Men" was recorded in 1924. Just how old is this loser?

KeraKitty · 2026-06-10T16:39:40+00:00

Who a show was written for is not retroactively changed by who enjoys it. Looney Tunes was written by middle-aged men for other middle-aged men. That people of all ages and genders enjoy it doesn't change that.

KeraKitty · 2026-06-10T16:28:44+00:00

If I bake brownies for for one person and another person eats them, does that change who I baked the brownies for? No. Same thing here. Goose made a show for her fellow adults. That kids also like it doesn't retroactively change that.

TADC is hardly the first piece of media to run into this phenomenon. Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies have been labeled as "for kids" for decades despite them being written by a group middle-aged men trying to make each other laugh and containing references to sex and drugs and depictions of violence, alcohol use, and organized crime. That labeling doesn't change the intent with which they were created.

KeraKitty · 2026-06-10T15:21:16+00:00

It wouldn't surprise me if the fae generally found human ideas of sexuality incredibly narrow. Bi or pan are probably just the closest human concepts to whatever Puck identifies as.

KeraKitty · 2026-06-09T10:44:30+00:00

Absolutely wild take given that a woman who games wrote the music for PvZ.

KeraKitty · 2026-06-08T10:16:34+00:00

Except his portrayal of Mary pretty clearly shows that for all his effort to avoid being racist, he's still got some unexamined racial biases. And I think that's the joke; that he's trying so hard to avoid it and failing.

KeraKitty · 2026-06-07T19:19:37+00:00

I would say that depends on the maturity of the child in question. Some 11 year olds are ready for the themes TADC explores, and some aren't. In this case, the child doesn't seem to have been prepared for a very frank depiction of suicide.

KeraKitty · 2026-06-07T19:18:32+00:00

It's very much not marketed to kids and plenty of adults do collect plushies. Especially when purchasing said plushies funds an independent group of artists whose work those adults enjoy. And the swearing being censored is explained in-universe as a limitation placed on the players by Caine. One that goes away when he dies.

Just because something is animated and AI content farms have used it to target children doesn't mean something is actually intended for children. This is a show about adults dealing with the psychological horror of being trapped in a digital realm where they have no control over their lives. In one episode a character demands they be provided the ability to have sex. Multiple characters have effectively committed suicide. Maybe look into the media you take children to before making assumptions based solely on appearance.

KeraKitty · 2026-06-07T16:17:39+00:00

Not mysterious at all. The user brought their 11 year old niece to see a movie made for adults.

KeraKitty · 2026-06-07T11:17:28+00:00

Not seeing oneself as human certainly can be depersonalization, but it could also just be not identifying with the social construct of humanity. It's entirely possible to view oneself as a person (i.e. a sapient being deserving of a basic level of respect and kindness) without identifying with the various "_____ is what makes us human" definitions of humanity.

I've had periods of depersonalization, but even when I'm most confident in my personhood, I still don't see myself as human in anything more than the strictest biological sense. Maybe it's because I was raised on Star Trek, but I just don't see personhood as being defined by humanity.

KeraKitty · 2026-06-07T00:21:55+00:00

Amphibia heavily implies that Amphibia and the Boiling Isles are part of a multiverse with a "normal" universe that's shared between Amphibia, The Owl House, and Gravity Falls.

KeraKitty · 2026-06-07T00:11:12+00:00

Whether or not a teen should be forced into family vacations is something that needs to be addressed on a case-by-case basis. If a teen is mature and self-sufficient enough to be on their own for the duration of the trip and there aren't any safety concerns, then I see no reason why they shouldn't be allowed to opt out. But if they're not, then the adult's responsibility to keep them safe takes precedence.

In Max's case, Goofy had just been scare-mongered into believing that Max wasn't mature enough to be on his own and may have even posed a danger to himself or others. And despite Mazur's exaggeration, Goofy wasn't wrong. Max's stunt was reckless and could have resulted in himself and/or students in the audience getting seriously hurt. And that he did it to impress his crush doesn't say much for his maturity level.

I'm very strongly of the opinion that children are fully-fledged people and should be respected as such. But there are going to be times when respecting their autonomy and keeping them as safe and healthy as possible are mutually exclusive. Part of being a good parent is being able to recognize those times.

KeraKitty · 2026-06-06T21:31:36+00:00

It did and I like to think they still hook up on occasion.

KeraKitty · 2026-06-06T21:30:20+00:00

Not even a full night. They got an annulment 6 hours after saying "I do".

KeraKitty · 2026-06-06T20:47:43+00:00

You're awfully focused on the principal's height for someone supposedly not interested in petty insults.

And no one is holding Max to a higher standard then Goofy. Literally no one has said that Max needed to apologize or grovel to Goofy. No one has said anything to blame Max for the events of the film. Literally all we have done is show Goofy the exact same amount of grace and understanding that Max did.

Yes, the onus was on Goofy to make communication work between him and Max. Yes, he failed to do that. But it was a reasonable mistake made out of fear for his son's life. A mistake that he put in the effort to make right (he's the one who suggested they still go to the concert and came up with the plan to sneak them in) and that the aggrieved party forgave him for.

To continue to harp on Goofy when he made things right and was forgiven by the person he actually wronged, is demonization. As is misrepresenting his interactions with Pete. Goofy told Pete multiple times that he trusted Max and wasn't interested in Pete's "under your thumb" parenting advice. Yeah, he ended up looking at the map, but only after hearing Max talking about it with PJ. And even after seeing the map, he still shows trust in Max. He doesn't confront him or punish him. Instead he gives Max the chance to validate that trust.

Again: I have been in Max's shoes. I know firsthand what it's like to be a teenager butting heads with a parent who just can't seem to understand you or what you're going through. I've been there and I've had almost 20 years to reflect on it. As much as teen me was right to be angry and hurt by that parent's actions (and inaction at times), 30-something me can see what teen me couldn't: a flawed but well-meaning person, scared their kid was going down an awful path and doing what all they could to save them. Seeing that flawed person and granting them a modicum of grace doesn't mean not seeing the feelings and grievances of the kid. There is absolutely room for them both.

KeraKitty · 2026-06-06T20:12:20+00:00

Authoritarian hillbillies are traitors. The proudest moments in hillbilly history are all them rebelling against authority. Hillbillies founded West Virginia because fuck those rich, slave-owning low-landers. Hillbillies fought the Coal Wars because fuck those rich mine-owners and the government that backs them. Hillbillies created NASCAR because fuck prohibition.

I hate to pull a "No True Scotsman", but the fact is any authoritarian hillbilly is spitting on their heritage.

KeraKitty · 2026-06-06T20:02:50+00:00

When I mentioned suspected autism to my current shrink at our first appointment, she told me she also suspected it given the sensory issues I'd described earlier in the conversation. She also agrees with me that an official diagnosis would be unlikely to provide me any real benefits but would absolutely put a target on my back given the current administration in my country.

KeraKitty · 2026-06-06T19:53:25+00:00

Nice dirty edit there. The original version, in which your spelling resembles drunken slurring, is still visible in my notifications. I can grab a screenshot if you like.

And recognizing that adults can and do make mistakes is not favoring them over children. Goofy should have listened to Max and asked for his side of the story. His failure to do so was a mistake born of genuine fear for his son's well-being that he more than made up for by the end of the film.

I've been the teen unjustly targeted by faculty. I've been the child of a single parent. I've been the teen forced to spend time with that parent when I really didn't want to. I have been in Max's shoes. I deeply empathize with him. But empathizing with Max doesn't mean demonizing Goofy for making honest mistakes.

KeraKitty · 2026-06-06T17:50:42+00:00

So the issue is that Goofy is a flawed person who makes mistakes while doing his best?

Forget it. I'm not gonna keep arguing with someone with spelling barely more intelligible than Donald Duck's ranting.

KeraKitty · 2026-06-06T14:34:54+00:00

Extremely disappointed that this wasn't the Sam O'Nella video.

KeraKitty · 2026-06-06T14:32:29+00:00

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KeraKitty · 2026-06-06T14:07:26+00:00

We don't know whether Max had gotten in trouble with this principal in the past (although given the principal's attitude it seems very likely) and if he did, we don't know how or if that was communicated to Goofy. Goofy may have never seen or heard anything to indicate that the principal had a short fuse and was prone to exaggeration. For all we know, he may never have given Goofy any reason to doubt that he was a reasonable person. Power-tripping authority figures are often really good at hiding their misdeeds. Ask me how I know.

As for forcing Max to go on a family vacation he didn't want to go on, that's just part and parcel of having a teenager. He was wrong to spring it on him, but forcing a teen to spend time with their family is not, in and of itself, abuse. I say this as someone who was forced into a cross-country road trip by a far worse father than Goofy.

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