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kaionyx · 5 days

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SIR DID I HEAR (read?) YOU RIGHT??? DID YOU SAY YOU LIKED FINAL FANTASY??? asking as a semi-longtime ffxiv player,,, have you played it (and what did u think if so)??? sorry i literally exploded reading that lol ive never been more absurdly into someone /lh

(also you mentioned ffv was ur fav, do you have a favourite character?? i haven't played it yet but i do like noctis, he was in the crossover with 14)

like genuinely i was on call with a friend when i read that and they found my rather flustered explanation very amusing. like im sorry how am i supposed to explain that someone i already thought was attractive is now more so bcos they potentially like the same games as me??? insane. absolutely insane. im going insane. feral, even. absolutely barking rn (despite really being more of a cat than a dog tbh)

ANYWAYS yeah this is completely disjointed and a bit of a mess i just!!! oh my god!!!! aaaa!

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Haha that’s adorable. I have played FFXIV and it’s not bad, but they’ve could’ve done better with the story. My favorite character is Sephiroth, purely just because he’s pretty and I want to bend him over my lap. Tifa is a cool character too, but she’s from VII though.

#ftm ns/fw #t4t ns/fw #☣️ anon #nsft asks

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adrianasunderworld · 2 years

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Why do you think so many people cling to the idea that Leona would be an asshole to his s/o? Like he would delight in beating up his partner and would be offended if his partner wanted a little bit of intimacy.

I know Leona is mean and he is very guarded but..still

He’s not that kinda character. Basically, why does the fandom have two very different versions of Leona?

I am going to be 1000% honest and say I'm pretty sure it's people being racist. Leona, someone who is based off a film that takes place in Africa, meaning he would be black. So people are vehemently characterizing him, the black housewarden, as an aggressive abuser? Hmmm...

Like you said, Leona is no saint, he's guarded and can be an asshole. But he isn't an aggressor. He's said time and time again that using brute force for a problem isn't his ideal, that he prefers to make a plan and out smart the opponents. When he found out some Savanaclaw students were going to gang up on and beat Jack up, Leona intervened. These are not the marks of an abuser. The only time I can think of him being over the top pissed (save for the Overblot, but everyone went off the rails leading up to their Overblots. So he isn't special in that regard.) was when the Mc meets him in the botanical garden. But the matter is let go once Ruggie shows up a moment later and it is forgotten. It ended up being all talk. The point I'm getting at is Leona doesn't get physical until it's needed, even with people he doesn't like. So him putting hands on his partner of all people doesn't make sense. In short Leona is a poc man who isn't some flawless saint, and thus will be villainized.

I think another part of it on some level is people being misogynistic. I see a good chunk female Leona fans putting him into the role of protector for girl!Yuus and xreaders. For example. Another thing about Leona as a character, that has been stated multiple times in game is in his culture, women are valued and respected, and him being raised in that culture, means Leona does too. Part of Leonas appeal ,to female fans specifically, is him actually giving a fuck about women, and I do think some asshats absolutely hate that. Because I've seen tik toks joking around about some of the boys being misguided, like they clearly took some bad "how to be more manly" type advice. Then look at the comments and it's stuff like, "He took advice from Leona" Are we talking about the same Leona? Because the one I know would hear you spouting that nonsense and think you're fucking idiot. People love to do the exact opposite of his characterization.

This all reminds when I was very into Pokemon SWSH. Raihan is my favorite character in that game. And I saw a good chunk of people really lean into the whole "feral dragon man" persona. If you haven't played the game, when the gym leader Raihan battles in the arena, he yells, he takes a wide stanch, he acts like the dragons he trains. And it's all an act for the cameras. Outside the gym he is friendly, takes care of historical artifacts, and likes taking pictures for his instagram. He is the most laidback guy in that game. And yet people really love to make his battle persona his only personality trait. Raihan is also a very tall dark skinned man. I can't help but side eye it all. Because none of that math checks out unless you add a racist bias to the equation.

#twisted wonderland #leona kingscholar #twst leona #racism mention #misogony mention

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