#controvercial
Man.. I kinda wish we could explor how would the intimacy of a romatic pairing work on an entire race of basically inmortal asexual robots more often , at least in the fanfiction scene
Like i dont mimd smut and all, im just kinda bored of it being so scential to the story when we *know* that the big robots dont need it to be just as romantic and loving as we can be and even more since they usually have very long lives
Or maybe i just dont have the ability to be horny while reading who knows
tell me what pisses you off when you’re reading fanfic. I’ll go first:
Idespise cross-fandom one shot compilations, and one shot compilations that use relationship tags that are not actually in the compilation.
romance anime is so ass why ya’ll like it
I have a controversial opinion !!!
Isn’t YouTube Premium just Spotify but with actual videos ?
Biggest Problems each original Powerpuff Girl faces in the Fandom (OPINION)
(NOTICE - These are only my personal observations from my time in the PPG Fandom Space, to get it off my chest, and a piece to open discussion. Not an end-all-be-all accusation against any particular group or party)
Oh God Poor Blossom
Out of all the girls shes the one who ends up in the creepiest of ships more often than not. With Bubbles coming in at a close second.
She is constantly put in creepy and “problematic” romantic pairings due to being “mature for her age.” (PPG 2016 didnt help with this. Fuck Jared) More often than not it falls into the territory of Blossom being GR/OOMED by whoever adult shes shipped with. Even unintentionally by the shipper.
I personally believe romantically pairing her with anyone whose an adult is creepy and werid, no matter how much you age her up. She’s never canonically BEEN an adult. Say what you will about it, but it’s freaking werid it happens to Blossom more than any other girl, and sets a harmful precedent towards real life little girls who are “mature for their age”
Bubbles does not have it much better
Due to her sweet and innocent nature, she has become the poster child for the D/DLG (Da/ddy Dom Li/ttle Girl) community.
“L/ittle Gi/rls” online often use Bubbles to depict their relationship with their “D/addies.”
This is often why with posts with PPG media you may see “D/DLG Do Not Interact,” because its that vampant of an issue especially with Bubbles.
Bubbles can also be involved in questionable ships, but not as often as Blossom.
Buttercup has an issue that’s pretty unique to her
Unfortunately due to Buttercup’s rough and tumble nature, out of all the girls she’s the most often stereotyped.
Her behavior is often flanderized. Whether it’s the violent or rude tendencies, or her tomboyish nature. The Fandom often dials it up to the max in ways that cross with other stereotypes. Especially harmful ones.
I want to be as tactful and careful as possible with my wording here.
You see, Buttercup gets put into areas where some believe girls can “only” be violent, rude, or tomboyish if they belong to specific ethnicities or identities.
This is NOT in the case of someone from those groups identifying with Buttercup. But rather, people outside of those groups deciding that Buttercup only COULD be from those groups because of her nature. Which is, yes, a harmful stereotype.
This is especially the case from the CW PPG show. Where according to the script leak shes characterized as being an aggressive, predatory lesbian. Which is a HORRIBLE way to portray her, and is in no way progressive or empowering. It’s just reinforcing a harmful stereotype of lesbians!
What do you think, though? Do you agree or disagree? Perhaps there’s a bigger issue involving a particular powerpuff that I overlooked?
My greatest hope is that people find this informative, or it at least causes them to step back and think about how THEY might be thinking about the girls.
That being said, the three’s issues CAN overlap with each other. I just categorized each by who it happens with the most often.
this fandom is so boring now lol. can we start drama for fun? gimme controversial opinions again
1. Sunkissed is actually a great book if you look at it as a study in the aftermath of grief instead of a fluffy romance.
2. I really liked having a daily book and I hope they do it again (and I liked the MTFL MC)
3. Single LI books are fine and allow PB to tell stories that don’t work well with multiple LI books and in the past, when they have tried those stories with multiple LIs it has always ended up with a favored LI and other LIs getting crumbs. There are several old books that would have worked great as single LI books.
4. Save the Date is also underrated. It is actually really funny and cute and the MC shows real growth and development and the Justin romance is excellent.
Controversial opinions: Choices fandom edition
1. That side character you got attached to was never meant to be an LI. It’s okay to yearn, but PB is not depriving you of a romance you invented yourself
2. A lot of converted Poppy antis talk about her classism but conveniently ignore that they were perfectly okay with overlooking it and simping after her anyway up until she did more fucked up stuff later on when they diss her now3. Many of the loudest Distant Shores 2 campaigners (who kept spamming PB with demands for the sequel and refusing to take no for an answer) spent most of the book’s runtime talking about how boring it was week after week and only changed their minds when it was too late
4. If an LI is from a goc book, your gay/straight “headcanons” are erasure, even when PB contributes to the erasure in the books
Bonus: I have to say it, I have to say it…… the goth chains outfit from ILitW is one of the tackiest motherfucking looks in this app (both for m and f MC, but particularly f!MC’s)
Controversial Opinions: My Asks Are Open
1. Dr Ethan J. Ramsey is in NO WAY a dom in bdsm. People always think the gruff boss man would be a dom in bed- NO!! He exerts so much control in his job, bossing people around and having to use his brain all the time. That’s tiring!! Most people in that position would rather have a break from that, especially when sex is a way for them to relax. Sub!Ethan !!!!!
(Bonus: Dom/Sub is not the same as Top/Bottom)
2. Book 2 and 3 should’ve been about Bryce’s and Jackie’s family situations respectively, instead of continuing
retconningEthan’s parent story arc. We’ve already established Ethan’s father figure is Naveen! Ok!!! Now let’s focus on anything BUT Ethan’s family. Not to put down Ethan’s family situation, but Bryce & Jackie’s >>> Ethan’s as plots to follow, especially once bk1 was done.3. Kyra shouldve been the one to die, not Danny. HEAR ME OUT. Kyra’s story arc in bk1 was her coming to terms with her mortality, and making the best of her life and living it to the fullest. If she had passed in bk2, it would be a satisfying closure to her story arc. She is already prepared for death, she knows her time is limited, cancer or not. Danny’s death is random and out of the blue, and I know its supposed to be realistic and death doesnt discriminate, but this is a fictional story, and deaths should have a purpose other than just being shocking.
Controversial Opinions
1. Mason Jennings is an outstanding character. Noah stans who hate on Mason are for the most part super hypocritical. A lot of the complaints I see about Mason’s actions, Noah does too if you take Mason’s route. All of the things Noah gets praised for as a love interest Mason also does if you take his route instead. Mason helped MC when her mom died, he was the first to encourage us to follow our dreams as a photographer, he asked the recruiter to give the scholarship to Noah, he forgave Noah even though he broke into his house and drove him to the hospital. He gets so much unnecessary hate for being privileged.
2. “The Nanny Affair” MC is the most badass feminist character ever. She had the workload of a single mom and works in a STEM field almost completely dominated by men. She doesn’t even cheat if you don’t make her, and whether she does or doesn’t, she still chooses to give up the love of her life to give Mason and Mickey a bright future. Even if she did cheat, it was obvious that she and Sam were much happier together; Sam was literally forced into Sofia’s marriage. Like, people can understand why the “Desire and Decorum” MC cheated on the Duke even though she was engaged. Why is Sam any different?
3. Poppy Min-Sinclair is an absolute scumbag. People who want to romance Poppy have implicitly shown that classism and racism in a partner isn’t a deal breaker for them.
4. A majority of the WLW in the choices fandom are biphobic. All the complaints I’ve seen from WLW complaining about lack of representation from PB all ignore the fact that a majority of the male love interest they’re complaining about are actually bisexual. As a trans Pansexual person, I think options for MLM are plentiful, so when you say “there’s not enough gay representation”, you’re wrong. What you mean to say is, “There’s not enough WLW representation”. Which is a completely different issue.
