j.k.r. needs like one close friend to sit her down and go: “okay, but, go over this with me again. you decided the evil snake your dark wizard kept as a pet and vessel of his fragmented horrific soul – the one that has to be murdered in order to defeat the evil wizard – is in fact….an asian woman who was cursed to eventually become a beast and monster in her own body. am i getting this right? the asian woman turns into a snake because her bloodline is cursed and then she becomes the pet of a white supremacist with magic. you invented a body curse specifically for turning women into monsters and your first thought was not like, subversion of fairy tale misogyny but….to add a layer of racism? just trying to understand here.”
Or mayhaps, Political correcteness is in sure need of a close friend to sit down and be able to keep perspective?
Grindelwald, as a character on paper, is not racist. He doesn`t care, as long Wizards get to sit on the top of the pyramid instead of continuing to hide in plain sight and non-wizards consent to that view. Voldermort, on the other hand was indeed all about “pure blood”.
Is there anything in the trailer that claims or tries to claim that only female asians can be cursed? No? I didn`t see it either.
Can we just cool on this social modern trend of ruining storytelling?
me: hey friend of political correctness, there’s this trope that has been used to demonize asian women for the last idk, eighty years in cinema, and I think it’s kinda bad. how do you propose we put that in perspective. i mean the racist trope of the Dragon lady came out of Yellow Peril – which was extreme racism towards asians – and is identified often by making an asian woman look exotic and associating her with dragons or snakes and being very sexual. this whole reveal is a literalization of the dragon lady because this woman is physically going to become a snake. there are entire books written on this one form of racism.
Dragon Lady Stereotype: The Dragon Lady is an ethnic stereotype of East Asian women found in America and other Western societies. The Dragon Lady stereotype is one of the major East Asian woman archetypes utilized in American fictional works in literature, media, and theater and is defined as a strong, deceitful, authoritarian, or mysterious woman of Asian descent. Dragon Ladies are also calculating, clever, and sexually alluring exotic woman determined to seduce white men. The inception of the stereotype is hard to pinpoint, but its stereotypical nature has connections to the racism toward people of Asian descent during the Yellow Peril years in the late 19th century and the sexist attitudes toward East Asian women as sexual objects.
Historically, East Asian societies have long traditions of women serving in positions of power. However, these histories challenged the larger spectrum of Western patriarchal beliefs, which were particularly widespread during the early 20th century. Therefore, the Dragon Lady image is the antithesis of the submissive, subservient, and exotic Asian sex doll stereotype. The term has been applied numerous times to Asian film actresses and politicians throughout the 20th century.
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Welch, Rosanne. Women in American History: a Social, Political, and Cultural Encyclopedia and Document Collection [4 Volumes], edited by Peg A. Lamphier, and Rosanne Welch, ABC-CLIO, LLC, 2017.
It’s almost like this is a thing that is actually a big deal, with a lot of history behind it. that’s not even the full entry, it’s longer than that.
actually this is specifically something that gets taken up a lot in regards to popular culture because it’s a trope that originated FROM pop culture. just searching this for articles and books I get a lot of hits on the subject:
including ones that focus on things like Batman’s Talia al Ghul! And Wolverine!
it’s almost like this is somehow indicative of a pattern i did not personally invent
that affects women, particularly asian women
even in non-acting worlds, like idk, Law.
I just think maybe this is worth noting because it has a nearly century long history that is recognized by a range of scholars and just regular people who have been affected by it.
“Friend of Political Correctness”: yeah but like,,, without racism, how will we tell stories?
The Rumbelle fandom is amazing and talented and has the most creative ideas but it seems like a lot of us are sitting here like “what if they find out what a dork I really am and don’t like it??”
Friends, let me clue you in on something.
WE ARE ALL THAT DORKY AND IT’S WONDERFUL.
I’m telling you right now that I am dorkier than any of you could possibly imagine or likely be in real life. For real. I’ll give you some examples:
I have a cat and I give her a voice. And I argue with myself in her voice.
In fact, every animal I come across gets a voice and all of them have sassy attitudes.
I often go to bed at 8pm on weekdays and 10pm on weekends because I like my sleep.
I know a vast amount of information about the Geiko (Geisha)/Maiko history and culture of Japan and have even gone so far as to make a formal study of it. I can answer all of your very niche questions. When a form of media incorporates Geiko and gets even the tiniest thing wrong I have a fucking fit. (Looking at you, Westworld😤)
I love early American history and had a blog called Your History Teacher Sucked for awhile because I am of the firm opinion that the way we teach history in the United States is bullshit and boring and can be way more fun.
I was a hardcore Vampire: The Gathering player in college and I miss it all the damn time. D&D as well.
I am a vastly hyperbolic person and unironically refer to some of the people I love as “blazing glorious unicorns descended from holy heavenly rainbows.”
There’s more where that came from. And if you’re saying, “But, Maple, none of this is that dorky,” to that I say, yes it fucking is and that’s ok.
Let your dork flags fly the same way you let your LGBTQIA+ flags fly, friends.
I hope this makes some of you feel better.
Maple, Maaaaappppplllleeee!!! You are adorable, and I love you, ok? 🙂
OMG that’s adorable! Mr Sprite often yells at the TV when they get Japanese culture/history etc wrong so I feel you. I’m thinking he shouldn’t watch Westworld…
Mr. Sprite would be irritated as fuck I think with the season 2 Shogun/Edo (roughly) arc. It feels so token to me. The way non-white culture is treated on that show angers me in general and the Japanese arc boiled my blood, especially when they introduced Geiko/Maiko characters. Like, do your fucking research.
Mr Sprite yelling at other things we’ve watched:
No! OMG that’s completely wrong!
Fuck, that’s COMPLETELY disrespectful, you would DIE for that!
Okay, but the seating plan is all wrong, that would NEVER happen!
Well, that’s not even the right era for that porcelain…
He can’t reach his sword in that outfit, wtf?
Excuse me, you show that level of disrespect and you walk out of there? I don’t think so.
No no no, they’re not prostitutes! Look at the obi! FFS…
I think you’re supposed to be uncomfortable by the racism because it was all written by a gross White dude who was probably a major weeb. That being said, I wish the show made that point more explicitly.
I went over there and played in the arcades, ate some good food, hung out with people who liked the same things i do at a concert, and took some great photos with them.
He went over and put on a kimono and conical hat, ran through the streets shouting ching chong, called it a playground, went to a forest and took video of dead bodies, and caused a minor international incident.
So yeah, i’m better than logan paul.
Reblog if you’re better than logan paul!
You have to try REALLY hard to do worse than Logan Paul at this point.
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