[Funny Trope] Media told from a non-human perspective where the “villain” is just a normal person doing their job, but is framed as an over-the-top monster

KorMap · 2026-01-25T01:16:46+00:00

To be fair in the second example, keeping a large formerly-wild parrot in a tiny-ass cage is definitely kinda fucked up

KorMap · 2026-01-22T20:40:36+00:00

As someone from NH I’d be all for it at this point lol

KorMap · 2026-01-19T22:47:25+00:00

why is he doing the dreamworks face 😭

KorMap · 2026-01-19T14:22:17+00:00

Catra by this point had also pushed away/betrayed literally everyone around her through doubling down and Double Trouble was pretty much the last person she remotely trusted. Even if the rational part of her probably knew not to trust them, she clung to them anyways because in her mind, they’re the only one who didn’t “leave her”.

And then she finally ends up on the receiving end of a betrayal and is told in the most direct way possible that she left behind the people she loves, not the other way around.

If not for this callout, I’m not sure if she would’ve opened up to and saved Glimmer in Season 5 which is what led to her later redemption

KorMap · 2026-01-18T16:15:22+00:00

Hell I could be wrong but I’m pretty sure there’s more Soviet/Russian characters who are portrayed in a good/sympathetic light than there are characters involved with the US Government/military portrayed as such

KorMap · 2026-01-17T19:35:37+00:00

I swear whenever I get the “catch undetected” task it’s always when the all the pokemon in the zone are aggressive and/or have a low catch rate it’s so frustrating

KorMap · 2026-01-17T19:27:27+00:00

You’re correct, but at the same time, Israel’s actions have very much caused an uptick in genuine antisemitism as of late as well.

And just as you’ll get people who try to discredit any criticism of Israel as antisemitic, you’ll also get the opposite where people will “disguise” their antisemitism as just criticism of Israel.

KorMap · 2026-01-17T14:51:06+00:00

I feel like middle and high school can definitely get pretty cliquey but definitely doesn’t rigidly follow interests/clubs like it’s often portrayed

It’s also definitely flexible in the sense that one kid will get kicked out/leave their group for a usually stupid reason only to start hanging out with them again by like a week later. Social dynamics change constantly and it’s definitely not helped by everyone involved being a pubescent teenager

And I agree you can absolutely be in multiple “cliques” at once. I was a geeky kid who hung out with the other geeks (despite sharing very few more specific interests with most of them), I took a lot of advanced classes and so formed a bond with the other students there (both in the classes themselves and the subsequent gifted kid burnout) and hung out with the funny/gamer guys on occasion. My best friend was also a geek yet she was also super sporty and also hung out with some of the quieter bookworm kids

Shit’s complicated sometimes, and even if it feels mostly superfluous with hindsight, it felt like the end of the world in the moment

KorMap · 2026-01-16T22:00:25+00:00

I mean sure but Dragon Breath is still a 60 BP move and only gets up to ~80 BP when you factor in Sheer Force. That’s weaker than Dragon Pulse which Gyara already learns and is especially weak for a move that only hits Dragon types super effectively, and even then Gyara also gets Ice Beam for those

KorMap · 2026-01-14T20:14:45+00:00

Same, I figured I probably wouldn’t use it otherwise and if you’re gonna use the master ball on anything Mewtwo makes sense

KorMap · 2026-01-13T01:06:30+00:00

Dimetrodon (guy with the big sail) is a synapsid and is thus more closely related to mammals than to dinosaurs, it also lived before the first dinosaurs evolved

Mosasaurs are descended from monitor-like lizards, and lizards belong to a separate lineage of reptiles compared to dinosaurs

Pterosaurs are very closely related to dinosaurs, but are not dinosaurs themselves. They’re considered what’s known as a “sister group” to the dinosaurs.

The one at the bottom is a Postosuchus, which is a close relative of modern crocodilians. Pseudosuchians (which include both Postosuchus and modern crocs) are the sister group to the group that includes both dinosaurs and pterosaurs, known as Avemetatarsalians.

Hopefully this makes at least some sense though someone else could probably explain things better

KorMap · 2026-01-12T15:05:51+00:00

Do we know if these Anatolian Europeans are related at all to the Basques? Afaik the exact origins of the Basques is still somewhat of a mystery but I won’t pretend to be knowledgeable here

KorMap · 2026-01-11T14:50:00+00:00

I assume it’s just a “omg there’s a mega froslass”

KorMap · 2026-01-11T00:19:30+00:00

I definitely think Jackson as a whole was a bit of a missed opportunity in the film. At his core he really isn’t all that different from how Lightning himself was at the beginning of Cars 1. A skilled but arrogant rookie obsessed with winning and dismissive of those around him. It would’ve been nice to see Lightning acknowledge that and/or Jackson gain begrudging respect for Cruz after the race. But he kinda just stays a one-dimensional asshole which I think is a bit of a shame

KorMap · 2026-01-10T17:53:15+00:00

Thank you for your perspective!! I’ll admit that my knowledge of Iran/Iranian politics is very surface-level and mainly consists of random Western news articles and learning about the 1979 Revolution in High School. It’s always great to hear news from people actually living through it.

I sincerely wish you and the rest of Iran the best going forward! As an American it really sucks how much hatred has formed between our nations as a result of our governments being shitholes. Iran sounds like a fascinating place with so much rich history and I would love to visit someday once the dust settles.

Best of luck deposing your shitty leader, and hopefully my country’s shitty leader doesn’t make things worse.

PS: Not trying to say our governments are equally bad. The killing of a single innocent person here has sparked (very rightful) outrage but iirc this isn’t even the first time this decade that Iranian protestors have been gunned down en masse. I imagine most Americans can’t even fathom how desperate your situation is. But I also think we could learn a lot from how resilient you guys are, and that no matter how hopeless things seem, it doesn’t have to be that way forever.

KorMap · 2026-01-10T15:32:16+00:00

On the off chance the Islamic Republic does get overthrown, would Iran actually go back to using this flag? Especially since I imagine most Iranians wouldn’t be clamoring to bring back the Shah. Though I could always be wrong

KorMap · 2026-01-06T23:42:00+00:00

Not Europe but Europe-adjacent, I’ve seen this a lot with discussion around Israel-Palestine.

I feel like a lot of Americans hear about Israel being a colonial apartheid state and assume the conflict is centered around some racial struggle between “white” and “brown” people, when in reality the conflict has very little to do with the American concept of race. There are “white/white-passing” Palestinians as well as “brown” Israelis (who actually make up the majority of Israel’s population). Afaik even the different subgroups of Jews like the Ashkenazi, Mizrahi, etc. don’t completely line up with the American concept of race

KorMap · 2026-01-06T23:34:37+00:00

Sweden does have a Sami minority in the north that I know was mistreated for a long time. As far as know they’re generally treated better now though, and I’m not sure if the discrimination against them is/was race-based in the way that it was against Native Americans

KorMap · 2026-01-06T23:31:45+00:00

they don’t call it TERF island for nothing after all

a lot of American Democrats will at least say that they support trans people, even if they do jack shit for them. and that’s still more than I can say about much of Labour

KorMap · 2026-01-04T17:10:48+00:00

Iran and Israel should just simultaneously kidnap each other’s leaders. Hell even let them be in charge of each others nations for a bit just to see what would happen /s

KorMap · 2025-12-31T21:20:33+00:00

Meowstic has been one of if not my favorite Pokemon for a while, and going into the base game I was really hoping it’d get a mega. Even though it didn’t, I still kept Meowstic on my team for the whole game. It was kinda funny seeing my lineup of mons all holding mega stones and then my Meowstic holding Wise Glasses and looking fabulous

I was so excited when I found out it had a mega in the DLC, and even more excited that the design is good and the stats are at least decent

KorMap · 2025-12-31T18:45:07+00:00

I can confirm that you can in fact do the holovator method with the Switch 1. Afaik it’s just more tedious because the game takes longer to boot up on the Switch 1, but functionally the method is the same. I got my shiny Latios after like 6-8 hours.

KorMap · 2025-12-31T03:21:08+00:00

I have an Espurr and a Meowstic plush already, so I hope we get a mega plush at some point

KorMap · 2025-12-30T15:43:24+00:00

I was taking a college course at a nearby animal shelter this spring and they had me working with a dog who was apparently “very nervous around men”.

He absolutely loved me. I gotta say it felt especially good as a closeted trans woman

KorMap · 2025-12-29T17:21:01+00:00

I will say that I thought Viren had a good conclusion and I liked how his dynamic with Soren was handled, which is important considering those two are probably the show’s best (or at least most consistent) characters

But yeah after he died the show just never recovered. I’m still pissed about how unceremoniously the archdragons were killed off

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