for all the culturefail Supernatural likes to wallow in, there is still a part of me waiting to see an Indonesian tuyul or Filipino tikbalang as MOTW. Colonial mentality?
Maybe. If so, I partake as well. I've used Two-Face in my fic and I praised the use of Mocker Raven in a big bang last year. I was pissed as all hell (not that fandom noticed, because you don't crit the show!) that the Trickster became a Christian angel, because the trickster is a generic indigenous myth that a lot of people connected with on a show that showcases western/Christian horror and myth.
A few years ago, there was a WW2 movie with Joseph Fiennes and James Franco called 'The Great Raid' about a mission to rescue American soldiers from a Japanese POW camp in the Philippines. Manila ATE IT UP. They LOVED IT partly because their country and countrymen got to share screentime with big-name honkies. The Philippines' own WW2 stories are rich and tragic, but it was sidelined here and ppl were just happy that Hollywood was acknowledging us :-/. I mean, I went to watch that movie in theaters feeling very hopeful but ready for disappointment, and then unsurprising disappointment was unsurprising.
I know this phenomenon well. :/ I am unsurprised by it now, but children and elders are always excited to get something (anything) in which Hollywood recognizes us, etc. I went through it myself when Disney did Pocahontas. Ouch. It's difficult because I hate being the negative one but damn if this media is not incredibly problematic... and well, just awful most of the time. -sigh-
People hanging on tightest to what feels the most threatened. People relating to feeling wronged and bullied and different and belittled. It's almost like there's not enough identity to go around, so you hold on damn tight to yours, goddammit.
Yes. I want to explore this in a million words or less, because it's so true in just about every marginalized culture I've come in contact with, with friends and family and how it's almost a stage of identity that we don't grow out of.... on any level.
LOL! That is too awesome. I hope you got it. My card is pretty awesome. I got corn boiling which is definitely leading me to write more Ponca!John Winchester.
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Maybe. If so, I partake as well. I've used Two-Face in my fic and I praised the use of Mocker Raven in a big bang last year. I was pissed as all hell (not that fandom noticed, because you don't crit the show!) that the Trickster became a Christian angel, because the trickster is a generic indigenous myth that a lot of people connected with on a show that showcases western/Christian horror and myth.
A few years ago, there was a WW2 movie with Joseph Fiennes and James Franco called 'The Great Raid' about a mission to rescue American soldiers from a Japanese POW camp in the Philippines. Manila ATE IT UP. They LOVED IT partly because their country and countrymen got to share screentime with big-name honkies. The Philippines' own WW2 stories are rich and tragic, but it was sidelined here and ppl were just happy that Hollywood was acknowledging us :-/. I mean, I went to watch that movie in theaters feeling very hopeful but ready for disappointment, and then unsurprising disappointment was unsurprising.
I know this phenomenon well. :/ I am unsurprised by it now, but children and elders are always excited to get something (anything) in which Hollywood recognizes us, etc. I went through it myself when Disney did Pocahontas. Ouch. It's difficult because I hate being the negative one but damn if this media is not incredibly problematic... and well, just awful most of the time. -sigh-
People hanging on tightest to what feels the most threatened. People relating to feeling wronged and bullied and different and belittled. It's almost like there's not enough identity to go around, so you hold on damn tight to yours, goddammit.
Yes. I want to explore this in a million words or less, because it's so true in just about every marginalized culture I've come in contact with, with friends and family and how it's almost a stage of identity that we don't grow out of.... on any level.
LOL! That is too awesome. I hope you got it. My card is pretty awesome. I got corn boiling which is definitely leading me to write more Ponca!John Winchester.