strange

Just threw on Mulan and noticed something that annoyed me. Hey Netflix! How come Ming-na Wen's name isn't listed in the 3 allotted spaces when she's the main character voice? Get your shit together, Netflix. :/

Yeaaah oookaaaay. SO. Listening to HP read by Steven Fry, like I sometimes do when I'm bored and want noise happening. For apparently the FIRST TIME EVER it clicked in my head the years on James and Lily's tombstones. Born 1960. Died 1981. TWENTY ONE! They were TWENTY ONE when they died. WTF how did I never realize that? In my head they've always been in their late 20's. And not because of the age they are in the movies, the movies are clearly depicting them as they'd be at Harry's age, not the age they were when they died. I just always got the impression they were closer to 30 than 20 and I'm just totally shocked right now and yeah. The prophesy... "have defied Voldemort trice" even makes me think older than 21. lmao. I guess 21's not really that young to have defied Voldy trice consideration what Harry went through before 17 (though he'd not have if not for the prophesy/parents thing, so maybe that's why I considered Harry an anomaly), but for some reason I always thought they'd have to have been older for having defied Voldy personally thrice. 21 just seems so young for..... just. All of it. So wow.

Just. Wow. lol. I feel like I need to start the whole thing over again just because this new realization.

Current Mood: shocked

After a long, involved, and very interesting conversation I've come to the conclusion that Pokemon is nothing more than cutified slavery. Pokemon are not animals, they're a race; a species of sentient peoples. They have language and emotions and personal desires. You capture them and take them away from their homes and have them fight for you. Whether they want to or not, no trainers bother to ask them as far as I've seen. If they don't like their trainer and they run away they're still legally registered to that trainer. They live in tiny little balls like genies in bottles. While attempting to initially capture one they resist. They fight back. They do not want to live in your backpack full of tiny prison cells.

Sure you can call pokemon battles the equivalent of martial arts competitions. Sure, you can say that if they're unhappy they just leave. But you know what? Every time you say anything about pokemon, replace the word "Trainer" with "Slaver" and the word "Pokemon" with "Slave". See how much you sound like rich bags of dicks back in the day trying to rationalize slavery.

Apparently the internet has had this very thought. And another.

Why the fuck are we making slavery cute?

Current Mood: anxious

Pfft

Whaaaaaaat??

I think I hate Pokemon now...