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Lightning was fed-up with Laguna. She was fed-up with Vaan. She openly hated Cosmos. WoL and Kain's stupid plan gave her the worst headache and she straight-up fought WoL over it. She was harsh with Kain, and was right to do so.

The lesson here is that Lightning doesn't suffer idiots.

Meanwhile, Yuna tells her to stop being reckless, imploring them to work together as friends, and she's receptive to that. Tifa gets a little hesitant and Lightning takes the time to check in with her. And when Firion fears his ambitions for a conflict-free world are childish ideals, she gently assuages his doubts.

Duodecim was so fucking good.

#I wouldnt say she hated Cosmos. #More like told her and Chaos to fck themselves #for making them fight a war that wasnt theirs. Ethics where? #When Lightning fights WoL feels like such a big moment for a reason #Showing where her true allegiance lies with #She'd fight to death to protect everyone within the group despite the moral dilemmas #And calling these two fools traitors felt so right just like fighting them #Lightning carried the plot so fcking hard I swear. #:dissidia #In retrospective it is funny in Opera Omnia #Lightning would fight for Cosmos but not for Materia #Lightning literally deserted after Materia summoned her LMAO

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candy discourse, reblog w/ your opinions on

• candy corn • licorice • peanut butter + chocolate • mint + chocolate • sour candies

#:misc #yes maybe yes no no

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#:art

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why are ppl out there going "this thing is canon" "that thing is canon" in regards to bg3. who hurt you that you need to canonize things in an rpg with thousands of choices this badly

#LMAOOO #That response took me by surprise and into the jugular #But yeah we all have fandom war flashbacks #:misc

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Swordswoman Showdown Round 1 Part 3

Lucina (Fire Emblem: Awakening) vs Lightning Farron (Final Fantasy XIII)

Better here in a "preferred character" sense, not "who would win in a fight")

Propaganda below cut

Lucina

Has a cool dragon slaying family heirloom sword, Cool Time Traveler

She has a legendary sword from an alternate future where the world was basically destroyed and everyone she loved died so she does a little time travelling and goes back to fight destiny and kill dragons and all that cool stuff; I think her story is really good and gets really emotional at parts, like the fact that she goes back despite the odds and sees her dead family alive and well and works alongside them despite knowing what has to happen to them in her reality is messed up yknow. In general she's just a really cool and interesting character. And she has a cool sword of course 💯

Lightning

She uses a Gunblade. A sword thats also a gun. Said to be very rare because it takes so much skill to use. Does lots of slashing and backflips. Later becomes Champion of A God and sword fights a guy for eternity. Later becomes champion of a Different god and uses lots of different swords; She is dramatic and has lots of character growth and is awesome.

#She fights sephiroth#she has a fire sword for Drama#She gets armor too#how can you say no to that face#you want it she can do it

#Ok but you forgot to mention how Lightning is literally one woman army #She freaking uses magic and summons her stead guardian and even users those giant ass double edge blades and they fight in unison #She is also very acrobatic and elegant with her moves #Even more so in XIII-2 where she is literally fighting a war on her own and now has access to divine abilities making her more of a Paladin

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BALDUR'S GATE 3 — 15/∞ ➜ My love... you were dead. I saw your body... I'm here. A-and so are you.

#:bg3

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#:ffx

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HADES ‣ [3/?]

#:hades

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Destiny 2: Season of the Deep

#:destiny2

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Arcanist Rhyme

#:TWEWY

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YELLOWJACKETS + DANCING

#yellowjackets

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They’re Not “Playersexual”, You’re Just Biphobic

(I was going to save this until September 23 because I thought that would be an appropriate date, but the Ask I got included in this essay just put me over the edge. So, here it is now. Buckle up.)

Bisexuality/Pansexuality is the attraction to people regardless of gender. About 4% of the USA alone (over 13.6 million people) openly identify as bisexual, according to Gallup’s latest polling. But unfortunately, bi/pan identities are so scary to some folks that they need to make up terms to avoid calling their favourite characters such. Thus, the term “playersexual” was born: a term to describe a game character who is attracted to the player character... regardless of gender.

If that sounds like it’s just a circuitous way of describing a bi/pan character, it’s because it is.

I first heard of the term “playersexual” almost a decade ago, from a Dragon Age fan complaining that Dorian was gay and thus it was “unfair” that she couldn’t romance him as female character. This fan said they wished BioWare would go back to Dragon Age II’s model of everyone being “playersexual” for “equality”.

Now, if you’ve actually played DA:2 and you’re not a bigot, you’re probably rolling your eyes just as hard as I did when I first read such a ridiculous statement. Well, prepare for this next one:

“When you make a male Hawke, Anders and Fenris are gay and Merrill is straight. Opposite is true if you make a female Hawke.”

These people are so afraid of bisexuality that they cannot even fathom its existence. They can believe in dragons and magic, but they cannot believe that a character is simply bi/pan. I find this especially hilarious for Anders, considering he had a canonical boyfriend, as confirmed both in-game and in The World of Thedas: Vol. 2 book.

I truly thought we were past this nonsense in 2023. I really, truly thought that. But then Baldur’s Gate 3 was released in full, and suddenly these same fuckers came out of the woodwork to bend over backwards avoiding calling these characters anything except bi/pan.

Note how in the above Ask, the anonymous questioner actually doubles down on avoiding addressing these two characters in particular as bi/pan!

“Playersexual” doesn’t even truly work for the characters of Baldur’s Gate 3 regardless, because the definition is oriented around attraction to the player character… which these characters are not exclusively attracted to. Here are some examples that prove otherwise:

If neither Lae’zel nor Astarion/Gale/Wyll are in a romance with the PC, Lae’zel will say she plans on propositioning one of the men for sex at the night of the tiefling party. She also flirts with Karlach in party banter.

Shadowheart expresses interest in Karlach, (“I like her. She looks like she could throw me over her shoulder and carry me to safety, should the need arise”) as well as Halsin if he leaves the party, (“he may have been misguided, but I liked looking at him.”)

Astarion flirts with nearly everyone in the party, but to just pick two examples: he mentions Wyll is the type of princely figure he used to dream about marrying, and says to Shadowheart “such a grim name for such a beautiful flower”.

Gale used to date Mystra. He also debatably flirts with Astarion by offering him some blood, after Cazador’s battle.

Wyll flirts with Lae’zel in party banter, and also refers to Halsin as a “delight” and “hunk”.

Karlach seems to have a little crush on Jaheira by the way she reacts to meeting her. She also says of Halsin, “everyone in this camp wants to climb that oak”.

Please keep in mind these are just a few examples I’ve picked out from screening through the dialogue, and there’s even more that prove the attraction to different genders these characters have is not related solely to the player. It’s just part of their identities.

In the Ask sent to me above, the anonymous questioner said they “cannot see Karlach as anything except lesbian and Astarion as gay.” This is just as bad as saying they are “playersexual” in my opinion, because yet again it’s erasing their bisexuality/pansexuality. Worse yet, it’s doing it because of the way the characters act. You cannot measure queerness based on actions and appearances being in line or not with queer stereotypes—it’s not a scale! And bi/pan folks are just as queer as lesbian and gay men, by virtue of simply being bi/pan!

All in all, I think this entire “playersexual” debate boils down to the fact that some people still refuse to see bi/pan identities as anything but “discount straight”. And that’s why people are rightfully angry when folks try to further this myth by pretending bi/pan characters don’t actually exist.

#:bg3 #:pop culture analysis #i need a better tag to encompass this kind of internet bs

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rb and put in the tags a book you love that you would kill to see as a movie/show adaptation and a book you love that you hope never ever becomes a movie/show adaptation

#All I can think of is that I wish the Earthsea films never existed #:misc

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[INSIGHT] Doubt the audacity of this bitch.

#:bg3

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Shaddy :,)

PS. I might finish the body and paint a better background someday uwu

#:bg3

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Ultimecia!

#:ffviii

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#:ffx2