#discourse

[daybringersol]

gotta be honest, i hate the whole oppression contest between romance-favorable and romance-averse aromantics that’s going on right now. both of those groups are pressured to act like the other. you know why? because people just don’t like us being aromantic. that’s it. nobody’s more privileged than the other, at least not in this context.

if you’re alright with being in relationships, then you’re told you’re not really aromantic. the goal is to make you doubt you’re aromantic.

if you don’t want to be in relationships, then you’re told that aromantics can date, so you should! the goal is to make you more palatable, to make you romance-favorable so then, they can gaslight you into thinking you’re not actually aromantic. or they just straight up call you heartless (shoutout heartless aros, love you guys <2) and/or inhuman, but thats just their true colors showing. they think that of all aros.

and the aromantic people who says shit like that? they’re trying to throw the group they’re not part of under the bus to make themselves more palatable or less ‘confusing’. they’re scared.

nobody’s winning here. let’s all just shut the fuck up for a second and recognize that these people just don’t want us to be aromantic. that’s it. doesn’t matter if you’re romance-averse, romance-favorable or anything else. they just want us to conform. and if you’re accusing the other side of being responsible for your oppression, you’re playing right into their game.

#aromantic spectrum #aromanticism #aromantic #aromanitc #aromantism #aro #discourse #arophobia #aromance #arospec #aroallo #alloaro #aroace

[cardentist]

I have a full post about this here [Link]

but I genuinely need people to start making the connection between terfs and radfems being Weirdly Invested in silencing trans men when they open up about being raped, calling them MRA's and misogynists and trying to get people to Stop Listening To Them or taking them seriously

and the fact that you can find terfs and radfems openly fantasizing about corrective raping trans men on this very site.

people who silence victims do it for a reason, and I think we should All acknowledge that terfs seem to Love doing it

#discourse #transphobia #transandrophobia #rape mention

[carpedzem]

btw, the same person who criticized dreams translator mod and then deleted their tweets after quackitys announcement now says that they were part of quackity studio all along. so just you know if you need more proof that the idea for a mod was stolen and added in a rush :)

#discourse #should i maintag

[ingravinoveritas]

Con O'Neill sharing the video of David's eulogy for Michael like a harbinger of gayness has got me feeling some type of way here...

#michael sheen #welsh seduction machine #david tennant #soft scottish hipster gigolo #con o'neill #ofmd #my fandom worlds are colliding #there is no heterosexual explanation for this #i am convinced the entirety of the UK acting industry Knows #saying a lot by saying very little #but i will leave it to my followers to make up their own minds #ineffable lovers #discourse

[54625]

Morning crew discourse in fandom is so fucking funny .

"Morning crew are a family!! Fathers and their son!" (They constantly make dirty jokes towards each other/ make sexual innuendos about eachother, are generally very inappropriate and weird about eachother)

"Morning crew are a relationship! They're all in love!" (They have called each other family on countless occasions, Fit called himself an older cousin/uncle figure towards Tubbo, says Tubbo reminds him of Ramón and acted like he was a stand-in Ramón while he was missing, Ramón calls Tubbo his brother)

remind me to introduce yall to this crazy concept called a friendship

#qsmp #morning crew #discourse #not trying to say people aren't allowed to have their own interpretations of a media; do what you want - #it's just really funny when either side makes fun of the other like they're SO unreasonable but not us no no no we're the correct ones #the beauty of the world is that you're all allowed to be as delusional as you want #i think the world would be a better place if family MC truthers and poly MC truthers could stop making fun of eachother and get off their #high horses and just accept they're both as wrong as each other

[yourtoradorasextendedwarranty]

Every time I share one of these, sometime comes out and tells me it's either not true or not that bad. I checked most of this article and yeah no......... There's no world where I'm fine with this. Because even the "edge cases" they are trying to prevent supposedly, are being used as a tool to punish actual predators less harshly. Fuck the German government.

#politics #discourse #twitter

[myfandomrealitea]

I moderate a fan server for a gaming YouTuber, and my god the responses you're getting about how not all spaces need a vent channel sound so familiar... our server has a vent channel, but we still have banned topics, and had to put what we informally call the "This Is A Fucking Wendy's Rule" (remember this is a discord server for a youtuber) in our community guidelines. And people complain that we're silencing them or sticking our heads in the sand because we don't allow conversations about politics or wars unless you're venting about being directly affected. Do you not have any better places to talk about this stuff than a youtuber's fan discord???

Some of the stories I'm seeing in the reblogs and the tags are wild. And not just the ones that are agreeable.

(Genuinely, the way some people are losing their fucking minds because I said they aren't entitled to bring their misery into every single space they occupy. They're all reaching so bad for exemptions or justifications and if I roll my eyes any harder they're gonna disconnect.)

#myfandomrealitea #sephiroth speaks #fandom #discourse #proshipping #proship #reality

[machine-saint]

it occurs to me that "we need to make stem majors take ethics classes so they can be good people" and "cheating is okay in college because it's just pointless credentialism" are mutually contradictory despite both being popular sentiments and I suspect having nontrivial overlap

#discourse

[absolutehomosexuals]

Whenever people claim "[origin characters] show attraction to all genders", they often point to Astarion's party banter.

Which leaves us pretty confused because, if anything, it shows he has no clue what he's doing with women.

He's known to be this skilled seducer – the fantasy equivalent of a prostitute and, canonically, his pimp's favourite – yet his advances towards female companions come off as clumsy.

We've always chalked it up to him being a snarky little shit, with a touch of stereotypical gay man attitude¹, but the implications of it being genuine are terrifying.

As far as we know, Astarion gathered prey for at least two centuries, and he only ever talks about his male victims: Sebastian and the so-called darling boy were his only sincere relationships. 

If you romance him, he justifies his initial manipulation by saying he only ever seduces people he's genuinely attracted to.

Couple that with the fact we never hear about any women, can it really be a coincidence on his writer’s part?

All we’re saying is, he probably didn't pick up his victims by calling them "a pretty flower", which unironically sounds like someone's first attempt at flirting in a lifetime.

We're even more appalled when people claim he flirted with Lae'zel (who he briefly teased and later implied he wasn't actually interested in, when she asked him why he hasn't tried to "bed" her yet) or Karlach (he seems to sympathize with her quite a bit due to their shared slavery trauma, offering to show her the Upper City when she implies she's never been – didn't come off as sexual at all, honestly).

If anything, his comments towards Wyll sound way more sexually-charged, going as far as to say he was the man Astarion dreamed to marry when he was younger.

And we know Wyll is the furthest thing from his current type, given his approval options.

A history of successfully, and famously, hitting on men coupled with overly-friendly, borderline exuberant interactions with women... wonder what subculture that reminds us of!

Hint: it's gay male subculture.

We also tend to forget Astarion's perception  of his own sexuality is extremely screwed, because centuries of repeated sexual abuse will do that to you.

He's canonically riding that post-escape wave of mania and engaging in sexually risky behaviour (e.g the foursome with the drow twins at Sharess' Caress) + putting on an "open minded, experienced lover" façade (e.g justifying the MC upon being cheated on with Mizora and allowing them to sleep with Halsin to make up for the lack of sex in their relationship).

To put it gracefully: he fucks his way in and out of situations, exchanging sex with favours/protection is second nature to him at this point.

He's forcefully trying to reclaim his sexuality, biting off more than he can chew and re-traumatizing himself in the attempt: what's a little flirting with women to make sure his new allies are on his good side, after all? He surely can't be violated more than he already has been.

What's the damage in agreeing to sleep with a heart-broken Lae'zel at the tiefling party, at this point? It's the perfect manipulation, laid out for him on a silver plate. Also, we know from his confession scene that Astarion's first sexual proposal to Tav was indeed a form of manipulation: he admits that the initial reason why he pursued the player was to seek the protection of someone stronger and to make sure that the party won't kick him out. So, in the instance of Tav refusing him (the only option that triggers the scene between him and Lae'zel), it's only logical that he'd run in the arms of the next best thing, which in this case is Lae'zel, a great warrior that's eager to find a partner for the night.

And when she claims he performed flawlessly? That's the same thing the narrator tells you during the Sharess' Caress scene, only to reveal he's dissociated into oblivion.

Of course Larian didn't want to restrict players' options by locking certain romances, but we’re sorry to announce… he's still not beating the allegations.

¹ Being visibly gay = not being perceived as a threat by women, thus taking liberties such as sarcastic "flirting" towards female acquaintances.

Karlach refers to him as "fancy-boy" if she's in your party while recruiting him, so he is perceived that way in canon.

We can also see Gale being uncomfortable around him at first, especially when Astarion tries to strike up a conversation through party banter, for seemingly no reason – which seems like a pretty clear hint to us.

#astarion #baldur's gate 3 #bg3 #bg3 tav #astarion ancunín #baldur's gate iii #astarion ancunin #tav oc #baldurs gate tav #astarion x tav #spawn astarion #bg3 companions #bg3 astarion #cazador szarr #gale dekarios #shadowheart #karlach cliffgate #wyll ravengard #lae'zel #baldur’s gate 3 #bgiii #baldurs gate astarion #baldur's gate astarion #gay #discourse

[dwtdog]

babe i fear that says leaking to main. if u think tumblr has any equivalence to main fucking twitter then u don't go here loll

#discourse #love the burner accounts though keep it up

[danmei-confessions]

"SJ is an abuser," they said. "He abused LBH and 'many other talented disciples of his'" they said.

Then what about SY? The guy who pretty much used sharpened leaves on MF and other disciples, who were teenagers at that time AND his disciples? Those leaves could kill them if SY didn't aim them right. Want proof?

He readily plucked a leaf and inserted a bit of spiritual power. The first time, he used too much and the leaf couldn’t withstand the power and split apart. The second try succeeded and he held it gently between his fingers, breathing out, then throwing it. The leaf flew like a knife in Ming Fan’s direction!

No wonder they said that if a master makes his move, even a flower can hurt people. He shouldn’t have killed Ming Fan with that shot, right……

Numerous disciples listened to his command and piled forward. Shen Qingqiu unconsciously pulled out a bunch of leaves and sent them whizzing into the air. ~Fan translation—Chapter 4

Tho he immediately regretted—not for hurting the disciples! His thoughts are:

What am I doing? Luo Binghe is that excellent male protagonist, it’s not like he hasn’t been ganged up on before. Can he even be killed?!

Does he need you to fucking worry about him?! ~Fan translation—Chapter 4

SY can use leaves with qi as knives to hurt kids but not be labeled as an abuser but SJ, who only whipped LBH as a corporeal punishment is labeled as such?

Hypocrites, aren't ya?

.

#danmei confessions #svsss #shen jiu #salty pickle jar #discourse #shen qingqiu #anti shen yuan

[sysmedsaresexist]

I don't really exist outside of tumblr, and I tend to forget that there's a lot of other things happening in the world.

Politics, wars, climate crisis...

Syscourse feels so much less important when you realize that there's sixty year olds drinking their own piss on TikTok and calling it a miracle cure raking in millions upon millions of views and all the dirty, dirty cash they desire.

Let's all take a moment to raise our glasses of perfectly aged urine and remember...

Hating on people just trying to make sense of themselves and the world around them is a waste of fucking time.

RIP, pour one out for the haters and keep being you

🫗

#syscourse #discourse #pick a topic #this post applies #what am i doing with my life #i didn't need to learn about this today #inspirational #live laugh love sas #tw reality

[hermitcraftx]

i know damn well the "stop watching just the popular hermits its unfair that my fave isnt more popular!!!! i hate [x] cc for being more popular than my fave so i'm going to shame people for not watching my fave!!! this will help the problem and not make it so that people avoid my fave!!" crowd isnt already bitching about people watching like. mumscarian and lumping joel in with them. yall joel is fucking new. hes NEW. all of his following comes from BEFORE hermitcraft yall CANNOT get mad at him for being an "overrated hermit" when he is NEW

#jamies bad posts #hermitblr #hermitcraft #discourse

[megabuild]

prev anon I agree with you, but also aren't you a little excited to see Xisuma "xisumasays" Void have to act normal, especially on a team with Zombie "be the obnoxious queer you wish to see in the world" Cleo?

hey sorry to use your anon to catapult a more serious discussion im not annoyed or whatever with you specifically but you guys do know that the hermits are like. friends with each other right. you guys do know that cleo and xisuma often work with each other on hermit helping hermit streams and such. you guys know xisuma is like not actually deeply homophobic

#anon #asks #discourse

[ingravinoveritas]

cloud-based-and-rainpilled replied to your post "It's been just barely three days since the...”

@ingravinoveritas ahhhh the parallels are just so… honestly, yes of course they love acting with each other, but also considering their life circumstances, it’s like they’re living the fantasy of actually being together, hence pushing so hard for working together, especially as a duo. It’s opaque but using acting is a brilliant non-disguise. abso-lutely down bad, I forgot how flirty those interviews were

@cloud-based-and-rainpilled I absolutely love the way you phrased this, and I fully agree. "Living the fantasy of actually being together" is a perfect description for it.

I think that's why the parallels with DJ and Ty just struck me so much (meeting on set, starting off as friends, the relationship deepening into something more over time, and now they never want to be apart). And Michael and David living that fantasy by saying they want to do a theatrical tour of GO or play them very old seems so transparent at this point, yet still looks opaque to those who aren't paying close enough attention. Because when you think about it, what is really so different about DJ saying he and Ty are going to be old men together versus Michael and David saying it? How much more can you say "I want to spend the rest of my life with you" without actually saying "I want to spend the rest of my life with you"?

So it is exactly what you said--a non-disguise for something else entirely. It is a pretense, and one that Michael and David (hopefully) won't be needing for much longer. Their feelings were more than apparent in those interviews last year, and I can just imagine what we're in store for once filming on GO 3 starts in January...

#cloud-based-and-rainpilled #reply post #michael sheen #welsh seduction machine #david tennant #soft scottish hipster gigolo #DJ qualls #ty olsson #spn #at this point the subtext might as well be a billboard #also David is the first person I've heard Michael talk about wanting to spend the rest of his life with #i've never heard him say it about anyone else #and i've wondered if he never really thought about growing old with someone before David #you love who you love #even if people don't expect or understand it #they are perfect together your honor #let men be in love 2k24 #ineffable lovers #discourse

[sillygh0st]

After suffering in my mind for hours today im thinking and like

Madagio said to fit that "they LIKELY wouldnt talk again" and Mine (mike wife, in lore she is a goddesses) on bbh chat implying that in some day she will resurect qmike so like, atleast to me it dont seen like it its ending? Like until now every lore that was "ended" (qtazercraft, qfit and qbbh today probally) still got a space for the CCs bring them back

Im not giving up in Hope, and i think that we will have a "end" tomorrow, but also coming with a start of a new big lore (that I think that will Focus on CCs not npcs) and/or a reset following with a hiatus and a ""season 2""

#nictxt #qsmp #my opnion my opnion #discourse #i know that its hard to be positve rn but i preffer to be :') #(and jf uou are not being atleadt put a warning in your tags/post)