jessie from pokemon is such an upsetting character bc her life has been a failure since the very beginning
she is a broken person
unlike for james, who could quit at any time and return to a comfortable life, for jessie, team rocket is everything she has.
she lived in poverty, with a mother who was a criminal, and they were so poor they ate snow
her mother disappeared, looking for mew. there was never a mention of jessie having a father
she wanted to be an actress, and decided to take that route instead of going with a boy she loved, but she ended up losing both as her audition didn’t go through
she wanted to be a nurse, but failed
and now she keeps failing trying to catch that god damned pikachu
as much as i like dawn i almost want jessie to win all the ribbons because she fucking deserves to be happy and she deserves those victories and she deserves a friend like james
*wipes a tear* u go girl
this post is good except for one tiny detail, and that’s that james cannot just “quit at any time and return to a comfortable life”
james’ family has riches and luxury, yes, but his parents are neglectful & uncaring and have engaged him to an abuser. they refuse to let him live in the lap of luxury unless he marries her and spends his whole life miserable.
everything about jessie and james is, from where i’m standing, intended to be opposite. james is a soft-spoken boy from a family that knows wealth but not love. jessie is a headstrong and outspoken girl from a family that knows love but is dirt poor.
the thing they have in common is that neither of them found happiness until they found each other (and meowth, of course) i know this post is about jessie, and trust me–she fucking deserves it–but you can praise her like the queen she is without making it sound like her partner has it easy. neither of them could live the lives that were handed to them with a smile on their face, and they’re both amazingly strong people for continuing to work hard every day, even if it is as antagonists.
I cant believe there is finally an analysis on team rocket im so proud
I’d like to throw in Meowth’s backstory as well
Meowth was an ordinary Pokemon who lived on the streets. He stole food to survive but had a habit of getting caught. One day he was taken in by a gang of wild Meowth led by a Persian.
He was able to survive through them until he saw a domesticated Meowth who belonged to a wealthy woman. He tried to win her over, but she brushed him off, stating she preferred the company of humans instead of ‘street Pokemon’. Meowth decided the best way to win her over was to become more human-like.
He forced himself to learn how to walk on two legs (But at the cost of losing his mobility and getting caught more often) and forced himself to learn how to talk (The first word he learned was Rocket ironically). He learned all of this by observing a ballet class he used to sit-in on.
When he finally went back to her having mastered his skills, she rejected him again, now calling him a freak. Meowth left to be ‘the richest freak of all’ and eventually found his way into Team Rocket.
Had a bed in his house, even though the lack of one in Napstablook’s house and their fake sleep in ruins indicate that ghosts most likely don’t need to sleep;
Collected diaries, making only one entry in each;
According to Toby, had 4, 5 and 6-fingered gloves because he wasn’t sure how many humans actually have;
Got invited to an unfamiliar house and immideately decided that the appropriate thing to do is to lie seductively on her piano and feed himself grapes;
Bonus points if he was in the box form;
Was unironically selling Bishie Cream, Anime Powder, Cute Juice, Attraction Slime, Beauty Yogurt and fashion basketballs made for wearing not playing;
Also sweet treats made out of sparkling stars, burgers made out of edible glitter and sequins and sandwiches shaped like a sword;
Also pressed his face into the steaks and sold them as well (and it apparently wasn’t real meat either);
Promised one of his employees that if something happens to him, their face will be pressed instead;
Wrote reviews for his own hotel, one of which said “my face tastes beautiful!”;
Had tables in form of himself in his restaurant;
Refused to put functional lamps in the rooms of his hotel because “stars make their own light”;
But put giant bottles of perfume called Eau de Rectangle that looked like lamps and had caps too large to open;
Apparently placed a statue of himself in an already existing fountain, causing the water to flood the floor and the carpets?
Hired a monster just because as a rectangle he sympathized with their angular struggles;
Ignored all suggestions on the improvements of his hotel because “that’s not how they do it on the surface”;
Instead of berating Burgerpants made a whole CD album full of songs of how bad he is at his job and played it;
Was posing dramatically when the eggs on his cooking show didn’t turn out right and beating up villains on a quiz show;
Had a show dedicated to washing hands;
Made 28 movies all consisting of a 4-hour shot of rose petals showering his body;
Made a fabulous entrance by sitting god knows for how long behind a wall of his friend’s lab and then repeatedly running into the said wall until he crashed through it;
Included a question “would you smooch a ghost?” that only had answers “hell yeah” in his quiz and made the timer count up during that question;
Had adorable rectangle outfits;
Kept repeating “welly well well” when he couldn’t think of a good excuse;
Tried to make a pun and immediately decided to cut it in post-production;
Totally believed his enemy saying that there was a mirror behind his back and decided to check if he (a rectangle) looked good enough for the fight;
Made Frisk write an essay about himself in like 6 seconds;
Was fine with beating up a 10 yo and threating them with a chainsaw on live television, but didn’t allow them to write curse words in the essay because “family-friendly show”;
Felt the need to have a union-regulated break in the middle of the fight;
Caught a thrown stick in his mouth and winked;
Pointed at his friend and her crush with a leg and said “smooch now”;
Decided to sell Toriel plushies with his face instead of hers;
can i just say like telling people not to smoke or drink alcohol while they’re pregnant is ableist and classist as fuck and it needs to stop
first off the majority of smokers/substance abusers are from disadvantaged and poor backgrounds or are struggling with mental health issues and they use it as a coping method so to tell them theyre a bad person for doing that is both classist and ableist
the main argument against it is that your child will come out disabled but honestly if that happens so what??? whats wrong with that??? this whole mindset has deep fucking roots in ableist thought process and im fucking sick of it. like. why do you hate people with disabilities lol
this is so idiotic and this post is based on completely uneducated views of the topic. You can’t say that trying to prevent a soon to be child from having a rougher life due to choices their parents make is ableist. Trying to help a situation by making it more healthy and safe for both parent and child isn’t a fucking ableist thought process. Are you kidding me? “So what if the baby is disabled?” I don’t know. Who is going to pay for the defects the child might have to deal with? Who is going to stand up for the child when they’re being bullied for something they couldn’t control? Who is going to sit and help that child through a life that could have been entirely different had their parent not made poor decisions while pregnant? But that doesn’t matter, right? Because that’s ableist thought process.
I agree 100% with belle, the original post is ridiculously ignorant
as a disabled person, i beg you not to smoke or drink while pregnant. i complain about ableism a lot, but it’s not ableist to urge people not to harm their children before they’re even born? it’s not about thinking disabled children are undesireable - it’s about giving every child the best chance to enter the world in the safest way possible. disabilities can happen at any time for any reason, but the harm caused to a fetus through alcohol and tobacco use is absolutely preventable and we need to hold parents-to-be accountable for that.
- ‘u dont have (insert food/music/restaurant here) over there??’
- ‘wait what time is it. shouldnt u be asleep’
- alternatively: timezoned/clockblocked again
- ‘do u need a hug. have a virtual hug’
- weird slang terms
- ‘i will fight everyone thats mean to u. i will fight them rn’
- vague embarrassment regarding ur accent
- ‘dont maKE ME COME OVER THERE’
- ‘oh yeah i have a friend who lives in (insert country here) and apparently’
- no real hugs :((
- suffering
- fahrenheit vs celsius
- the measuring of things in feet fucks one of u up, probably
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