Spyke
lemmy.world

Just like how Shek didn't know that Fiona would turn into a SBBW ogre. He was prepared to wear an angry skinny white girl like a condom

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I didn't need that mental image. But since you have installed it in my head, I am honor-bound to upvote.

sigh

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NeatNitreply
discuss.tchncs.de

I'm delighted to report that I have no idea what gif you're referring to, and I am happy to keep it that way

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OwlPastereply
lemmy.world

Is there a link directly to the gif? for those if us who don't have reddit logins?

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Strange. Have you typed in the URL exactly as above? It's important that there's no "www" in that url.Other than that, I can't really help you. :/

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You shouldn't need a login, if on mobile set your browser to desktop mode to bypass the age thing

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I tried to get it, but the copied link is about:blank. Try using an instance of Redlib to see it.

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pawb.social

Pro tip: if you install the browser extension LibRedirect, if you click a link to Reddit/Xhitter/Instagram/TikTok/etc, it will automatically redirect it to a privacy respecting frontend! Fully customizable which sites get redirected and which services/hosts they redirect to. Also has a "one-time disable" button for when you just can't resist the urge to sign in and leave a comment.

If you use Firefox on mobile (or a fork thereof), you can get this extension there too! If you don't use Firefox on mobile, consider doing that!

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Shrek 2 takes it further with Fiona actively choosing to let the magic wear off so her boy toy would turn back into an ogre rather than settle for a twunk rest of her life.

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lemmy.world

I'm no Disney expert but Belle is the only worthy Princess of the bunch

She wanted to pursue knowledge, not a boy or just fun; she dropped everything to save her dad instead of causing his death or dethronement; she was fully aware how disgusting Gaston was regardless of appearance; she was seduced by books not riches; and yes, she was ready to ride the beast

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Slovenereply
feddit.nl

And then she founded the company "Bad Dragon"

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Kickforcereply
lemmy.wtf

Well it can't have hurt that the beast owned a magical castle.

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Jhexreply
lemmy.world

yes but she would have left given the chance after knowing about the magic castle

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lemmy.dbzer0.com

Controversy and debate about whether the condition exists for literal hostages in a violent/deadly situation is a step removed from talking about whether people become irrationally attached to manipulative romantic/sexual partners, and stay despite all rationality pointing towards leaving.

I don't know if Stockholm Syndrome exists for hostages held at gunpoint. But I do know that plenty of people have behaved irrationally about attachment to abusive people in their lives. And we don't have to call that particular condition Stockholm Syndrome, but your argument doesn't really disprove the topic of this discussion.

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your argument doesn't really disprove the topic of this discussion.

Topic of Discussion

I don't know if Stockholm Syndrome exists for hostages held at gunpoint.

Stockholm syndrome doesn't require being held at gun point.

The real issue is people behaving irrationally according to you. If you were in this situation, you would done the rational thing. Therefore, they must be irrational. They are, I'm part, to blame for their situation.

But this is all predicted on your value system and not theirs. Stockholm syndrome doesn't take into account their story and what convinced them to behave the way they did. It a heavy hand that decontextualizes events and removes victims agency. Accounting for these may still reveal something worth addressing for a smaller subset of victims who are trauma bonded, but it should patiently and diligently center and empower the voices of victims and not dismiss them as irrational

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chiliedoggreply
lemmy.world

If he's verbally abusive, violent, and keeps you locked up as a prisoner, he isn't necessarily evil.

You can change him! Just be patient, accept him, and love him!

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Lifterreply
discuss.tchncs.de

I like the take in Phantom of the Opera better here. At first you expect it to be a beauty and the beast romantic story but Christine rejects the phantom not because of his appearance but because his soul is just as ugly as his exterior.

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lemmy.world

That’s like, the moral of the whole movie is that she didn’t judge him for his appearance and wasn’t expecting a prince. I figured this was well known.

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vrojakreply
feddit.org

That's the interpretation from the modern perspective on relationships. The tale is from a time where women (well, more like girls to be exact) were married off without any say of their own, and the tale was supposed to tell them "hey, we know the guy we're forcing you to marry seems like a hairy monster, buuuuut if you can look past that he might be nice actually!"

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But in the Disney movie which the picture is referencing, it’s not a forced marriage, which is the version I think most people think of.

To me, the original tales all felt like the Murphy’s Law of storytelling. While they are the originals and are much more mature material, I honestly feel the vast majority of Disney adaptations (I’m talking classic 2d series run) are better at teaching the lessons to a modern audience than the original stories. Times change and art often reflects this.

Sadly, the pendulum has swung too far the other way and we’re remaking material in a span of time that the lessons haven’t changed all that much. That’s why you can go back to pretty much all eras of film and get valuable lessons from it because the lessons all still apply. It’s just that much of a new medium.

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nescreply
lemmy.cafe

Being hairy monster makes you not-nice automatically?

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It is part of the "monster" definition.

Otherwise it is called a creature.

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otacon239reply
lemmy.world

I have to imagine there’s a meme or comic of Bella being all super excited ready to bang becoming disappointed once he transforms back into a human, but I wouldn’t know how to search for it without having to sift through piles of rule 34 to find one. I’m not brave enough.

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Now that I think about it, I certainly was disappointed. He was a hot muscular beast until he turned into a cookie cutter long haired twink. Should have been a clue.

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Watch the scene again. She was disappointed at least for a moment.

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lemmy.world

Now that you mention it, I wonder what that says about the shift of sexual morals. The original French tale was written in 1740.

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socsareply
piefed.social

Right, Beauty, and the author's thinly veiled fetish.

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I know you're kind of joking, but the story was written during a time where girls would often be married off to older men they didn't know and the story was meant as a comfort/encouragement to these young girls that he may be ugly and old and not really what you dreamed of, but maybe he turns out to be an actually kind person who can give you a good life and you can learn to love him despite his looks.

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lemmy.world

Noooo oooooone sucks like Gaston, no one fucks like Gaston, no one's dick's as incredibly thick as Gaston

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lemmy.world

For there's no man in town half as manly,

Perfect, a bear so-far-gone,

You can ask each of Tom, Dick and Stanley,

And they'll tell you whose top they pre-fer to be on

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Gaston has topped every willing villager behind the local tavern but i have zero problem believing he still intends to marry Belle and have 12 kids. He's a hunting lodge bear but his sequel orientation is dominant. Doesn't matter who.

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socsareply
piefed.social

You can't tell me what to do. You're not my mom.

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ramble81reply
lemmy.zip

So you’re saying you have a sub fetish where your mom is the Dom? Or is that mommy complex?

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lemmy.zip

I wouldn't blame Belle if she was disappointed and called it off.

Tales can be cruel:

And people underestimate big dommy furries:

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lemmy.world

This comic is neither left-right or right-left orientation and that should be punishable by death.

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It's meant to be read upper left, bottom left, upper right, bottom right. So I guess that is technically still read left-right.

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andros_rexreply
lemmy.world

When I watch Mulan, I shut it off before the reveal and pretend that Mulan never gets outed. I am so thirsty for gay trans man romance :(

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jlai.lu

That's not a fun fact, that is the entier story...

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lemmy.dbzer0.com

TBF, the stories that Disney's been strip-mining for generations're crazy dark, originally.

  1. Sleeping Beauty woke to find she'd had two children, and now they were teens nearly as old as she was when she fell asleep. 🤮
  2. The Little Mermaid was double-crossed by a human princess last minute, and was turned into seafoam (died). 🥹
  3. ad nauseum...
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ramble81reply
lemmy.zip

I have a book of the originals that I just haven’t sat down to read yet. I need to

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They're so clearly puritanical propaganda from way back that I'm consistently disappointed with modern society for slurping up Di$ney's candy-coated versions that instill 99% of the same bullshit: stay at home forever, don't defy your father/mother, royals are the magic cure-all, you're born special (the world just doesn't know it yet), etc.

Between that steady stream of insidious hopium in the communal well and Religion® still holding global sway, I honestly have very little hope we'll avoid extinction by our own hands, NGL. It's not an if, it's a when. 😄🫣😶

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Can't find another source for this tweet from either Twitter or Reddit, but here's a screenshot of this tweet by Twitter user @hiimbobbi:

Personally, Belle was not fooling me or anyone. When the Beast changed into a human, I saw that look on her face. That was DISAPPOINTMENT.

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lemmy.zip

Y'all would be shocked after knowing the type of fantasies have girls have about beasts and all

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Honytawkreply
feddit.nl

Didn't peg Belle for being a gold digger though.

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lemmy.world

He was still a wealthy prince, no? If he was charming and kind on top of that, I think a lot of women wouldn't mind, even ones that aren't furries or monsterfuckers.

If I've ever watched the movie I don't recall it at all, admittedly.

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rt3_m0reply
lemmy.zip

Bro thats borderline beasteality. It is fucked up.

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I think straight girls just can't have standards or they die alone.

Edit:

Im not saying all men are trash! Just most of them!

Queer women can die alone too; look at me!

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lemmy.world

With how common and popular female sex toys modeled after animal and fantasy creature penises, tongues etc. are this just makes sense. And having known some horse girls in my life, yeah, I'd not be surprised at all to learn many have fantasies like that. I always found the "horse/dragon/tentacle etc. dildo" thing pretty fucked up, I'm sure many of those people (and people in general) would not like it if they heard about "horse/dragon/whatever fleshlight or sexdoll for men". (Never seen or heard about that existing, but I'm sure it does).

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You know a lot of men buy those bad dragon type of toys? Probably more than women…

And the same types of sites definitely sell fleshlight type of toys.

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Called out to whom?
Do you just point a finger and say "ha-ha" like in Simpsons?

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I mean if your partner comes out one day and wants to transition, you can still be happy for them even if you don’t want to stay in a relationship with them. No shame there.

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Did the older live action one get a new actor or did it just become Ron Pearlman without make up?

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lemmy.world

This is a plot point in one of the Witcher short stories.

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Came here to share that. The beast was cursed to be a beast while raping a preistess, and eventually learned that women actually had more interest in sleeping with him as a beast than they ever did when he was human

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"No offense, honey, but do you think perhaps if I went back to that witch and asked real nice she could turn you back, but this time because you were good not because you were evil"

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cdf12345reply
lemmy.zip

What is up with belle’s face on that cover? Holy crap.

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_stranger_reply
lemmy.world

Goofy has a son.

Disney can't explain that away

Plus there was this whole thing:

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Capt. Wolfreply
lemmy.world

You know... I've seen a lot of shit in my decades on the internet...

I was there for the tubgirl/goatse/blue waffle/lemon party College Humor invasions...

I've read the jolly rancher story, the coconut story, and others that would make some men vomit.

I've seen the Hulk getting railed by Slimer...

I was not expecting pregnant, barefoot Goofy looking like he belongs on a dakimakura today.

I only hope this doesn't awaken anything in the guy from the FBI that monitors me... Sorry Steve... The poor guy's been through a lot.

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She didnt sign up for some random human, if she wanted that she could have had Gaston.

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Is it worth reading? I've played Witcher 3 and saw the first (sometimes good, sometimes shit) series of the show, but never read any...

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All of the books are worth reading! Start with the short stories then move onto the longform books. There's also a collection of Audible rips floating around the high seas too that are quite high quality. Also for how much of a reputation the brand has for salaciousness, the books are actually quite tame most of the time, and some of the stories are clearly inspired by the same source material as many of the classic Disney princess movies.

Honestly I also thoroughly enjoyed all of the Netflix media for The Witcher too. Blood origin was a fun prequel, and the animes do a good job of giving kind an alternate approach to the series that's equally good.

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