This phrase has already entered my vocabulary re: media criticism where like. The viewer has a concrete view of what they expect a story to be based on the tropes and cliches they’re used to seeing together, and when that doesn’t happen, they judge it as a failed depiction of what they assumed it was going to be instead of judging it as what it actually is.
“This show is problematic because the hero didn’t kill the villain at the end”: When does he steal the bread?
“These two characters who were close friends throughout the series don’t kiss at the end! What the fuck?”: When does he steal the bread?
“This feels like it’s missing a conclusion! Like, the protagonist does bad stuff and because of a critical decision he makes as a result of his major character flaws, meets tragedy in the end! Where’s the part where he learns better and brings is love back from the dead and becomes a good guy and gets a happy ending?”: When does he steal the fucking bread??
I heard this out as “When criticizing something, you must judge it for what it is, not what it isn’t”
when boy bands sing a love song addressed to the listener does that imply all 5-10 of them are in love with you at once. that seems like a lot of pressure i don’t know if i want to be the nucleus of the boyband polycule.
Babe are you okay? you reblogged “In Pieces by Still Holding It Together” By Bouke de Vries for the five hundredth time today.
[ID: a number of ornate painted vases, each one shattered to pieces but kept in a glass vase in such a way that their shape still resembles the original. Some of the pieces have been partially repaired with gold, but most of them are still disconneced. End ID]
this current wave of mid 2010s nostalgia is so laughable. yeah dude we need to retvrn to the days when closer by the chainsmokers was the biggest song in the world and we were all drinking “unicorn flavored” milkshakes
