The Downfall of Bhaalspawn (contains possible SJW discussions)

here are some Peet related reblogs

https://falcon-edge-wolf.tumblr.com/post/159985627178/what-they-say-i-hate-tbbt-because-all-they-do-is

What They Say: I hate TBBT because all they do is mock nerd stereotypes!
What They Mean: I’ve never actually seen TBBT because I have no idea that they dropped that shtick after one season and I’m just repeating other people’s eight year old complaints.

anonymous asked:
What do you mean when you say it’s easier to whine about twerking in regards to PPG?

There’s two videos that highlight this concept. The first is “Everything WRONG with the new Powerpuff Girls
Reboot” by Saberspark.
In this video, Saberspark goes through the problems with the new Powerpuff Girls in list form. There’s just one big, glaring problem. It isn’t until the 21st entry (Pacing is too fast) that he actually hits a real problem with the show. And even then, it’s a problem that requires elaboration which he does not give. Before then, it’s all “This changed, that changed, Twerking multiple times, this character is lame” ect. A lot of short, blanket
statements that work as conclusions to points he refuses to actually give.

Most of his actual complaints amounts to “This is different, and it SUUUUUUUUCKS.” It’s a very uncompelling series of arguments to make, preferring quantity over quality. Make thirty lazy points as opposed to making one good point that actually has some thought put into it.

It isn’t until the very end where he talks about the removal of the superhero angle in favor of slice of life storytelling that he actually wanders into a well thought out criticism, but it doesn’t last very long and could have been the entire video had Saberspark put in even the slightest degree of effort.

This is a problem throughout Saberspark’s work, where he’s tasked to criticize something and will just vaguely gesture at something he thinks is a problem and refuse to elaborate on it. This was most apparent (to me) when he did a video called “What RUINED Warcraft?” where the entire script amounts to little more than the cookie cutter nostalgia goggles of “Remember when you had to manually make your own group?” that the likes of Nixxiom have made for years (Yes I remember it. It sucked. Good riddance to it).

On the flip side of this, look at “The Truth About The Powerpuff Girls Reboot” by Max G. This is the video that Saberspark SHOULD have made being entirely devoted to the last entry on his list. In this video, Max talks about the juxtaposition of how adorable the girls are and how obscenely violent they are. In how action and comedy was what made the Powerpuff Girls work, and how most of the show was reliant on the unrelenting amount of violence it had. Comparing this with the reboot, which is completely sterilized of all violence.

This is a core element of the series. Things like twerking, and Ms Keane’s boobs, and Ms Bellum not being around are nerd nitpicks that would neither positively or negatively affect the series. No amount of adding a rack to the teacher is going to fix this fundamental aspect of a license being stripped away.

The twerking was one joke in one episode. Hyper-focusing on that is worthless.

For all of Max’s sarcasm about being an adult who takes cartoons seriously on the internet and the level of shade he throws at the likes of Saberspark, Mr Enter and… well… me, he’s one of the more nuanced critics I’ve ever seen. Even when I think he’s wrong (Saying Zootopia’s themes are bad because they insist that people should change) he’s making a much better argument than the avalanche of cartoon pundits who merely repeat nitpicks and said arguments take more effort to defeat than just pointing out that the person is being distracted by worthless details.

The kicker is, that kind of nuanced look at the core thematic element of a series and why it appealed so much to people and why a reboot is poorer without it takes this little thing called “effort.”

Making a nuanced critique takes effort. It takes a lot of thinking and working through a show, possibly watching it over multiple times and comparing the two side by side. And it’s effort that many Youtubers just don’t want to put in. For all the detailed visuals and time spent editing in all the complicated pan-effects into a video, when it comes to the actual writing many critics are exceedingly lazy.

#Anonymous

1. Let me talk about a topic I have no knowledge of.
    
2. I’m still bitching about that SU episode.
    
3. Blah blah blah, show is telling kids to kill people despite the fact it isn’t, using Nazi as a buzzword, notices no hypocrisy at the fact he bitches about “the show telling kids to kill people” when he flat out said all republicans should die.
    
4. Because yes, wishing death on a man who’s * a fucking meme* now is justified.

Yes I gave this episode a Skull in characters entirely because Starlight still exists. Bite me.

sadist criticism dodging psychopath!