#The Shadow Players

[rhetoricandlogic]

The Shadow Players - Heidi Heilig

I had a little time to let my thoughts settle on The Shadow Players series and I still think, Alex Brown's reviews on all three of the books (x / x / x) are spot on and here's why:

The ephemera: the quite excellent prose of the book is interspersed with sheet music, handwritten letters, propaganda posters, show bills, and etc. that function as a sort of caesura and work really well in the places they've been put. I have never read anything in a style like this and it was a fantastic experience. The books are divided in to "acts" in accordance with the title, so sometimes you get chapters written as a play-script.

An accurate depiction of bipolar disorder in the MC. I mean, come on, what fantasy novel does that? It's very well done and and makes for a extraordinary character development, including the benefits and drawbacks of medication.

Apart from Jetta, the necromancer MC, there's quite a cast of characters of all colors and orientations (political and otherwise) and it all comes natural; there's none of this lecturing tone so many concurrent authors employ. You get the rebel leader, two showgirls, the MC's parents and love interest as secondary characters along with lots of tertiaries and extras. The main and secondary undergo actual development, which I have been missing lately.

The main theme: colonialism in all its gory. I would assume, the inspiration was Vietnam under the French, but it's not so clear-cut. Not only do we get a discussion of all the destructive political aspects but also the personal ones, particularly for persons of mixed race. This part is very, very well done.

All of this is so finely integrated into the story; nothing stands out as seeking controversy or condescension; this was a very pleasing read.

Absolutely recommend.

#Heidi Heilig #The Shadow Players #myreads

[indestinatus]

#inej respecting kaz's personal boundaries

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#quality of your mp3 player #but yes this made me scream <3 #kanej #shadow and bone #six of crows #kaz brekker #inej ghafa #freddy carter #amita suman #sabedit #socedit #kanejedit #socdaily #shadowandbonecentral #mygifs

[derinthescarletpescatarian]

The Fantasy High player characters get in so many combat situations where I would just leave. I would just be like 'this isn't our problem' and encourage the rest of my party to withdraw as quickly and safely as possible. They're teenagers. Apologies to all my GMs but if I don't have to be in a fight and there's no clear benefit I simply will not be. I would've prioritised getting my party out of the nightclub and left the zombie DJ to his bloodbath. Now they're facing a concrete golem, fuck that. I would just leave.

#I wouldn't have stolen Johnny's car I would've had the rogue take the crystal and hide in the shadows while the rest of us went back to the #diner and kept eyes on to make sure he had a clean getaway #these guys do so much unnecessary killing #I'm a boring player I'm very sorry

[daddy-long-legssss]

thanks to the - uhhh - the wonderful string players as well for ... helping us out there 😜🎸

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#i think about this often #on the daily in fact #his cheeky little face #pointing his guitar like a little flirt #it's basically finger guns #such a soft and fluffy shadow puppy #the 'memories' cover lives in my mind rent free #miles' immaculate vocals and alex 'ooouhhing' and 'ahhhhing' with the string players in the background is my favourite thing in the world #and alex playing miles' guitar 🥹 #alex turner #the last shadow puppets #bcc electric proms 2008 #the age of the understandment #tlsp #taotu era #my gifs #mine #daddy-long-legssss

[keykidpilipili]

Shadow the Hedgehog (2005) remake in which Silver has a random chance of spawning at the end of any last stage that isn’t the true ending. Those secret boss encounters happen more often as you unlock more paths and his dialogue gets increasingly pissed each time.

#shadow the hedgehog #silver the hedgehog #shadow the hedgehog 2005 #sonic series #sonic games #Joke ending in which Silver collects all seven emeralds because you didn't and scams Shadow with the promise of timetravelling if he defeats #black doom with him(after they won he turns off Shadow's super form and basically holds him on a chaos made leash while they go ark visit) #Silver VS the player tryint to 100%! FIGHT! #Silver on the 10th ending: I am this close to vibrating into Blaze's dimension I WILL KILL YOU Shadow: ???? I am on humanity's side????

[densewentz]

my shady baby out to put the V in Van Helsing

#wwdits #what we do in the shadows #guillermo de la cruz #vampire guillermo #the v stands for vampire #i hope he goes absolutely feral #my double down all or nothing high stakes player over here #wwdits fanart #vampires #digital art #digital illustration #artists on tumblr #my art

[sofiarostova]

home by now or just one long extended game of tag, you decide

#muna #munaedit #katie gavin #josette maskin #naomi mcpherson #musicedit #dailymusicians #musicgifs #why did they do that #what about home by now makes jo chase her around every time. it kills me #katies REVENGE #mine #the shadow at the bottom of the second gif from the player is gnna drive me insane. but i am calm i am at peace nothing has to be perfect

[antirepurp]

pmd eos gang rise up

#sonic the hedgehog #shadow the hedgehog #silver the hedgehog #maria robotnik #sonic #sth #purp doot #pmd #i mean this is goofy fun but ngl. future gang being shaped like this is a thought that i cherish #player and partner would be rouge and omega but i just didn't wanna draw robot stuff today #i already struggled drawing maria aksjdha

[carnation-damnation]

ugh, this grass!! >_<

#windows media player visualizers my fcking beloved. holyyyyyy shit #eyestrain #Shadow the Hedgehog #shth #sth #art from the den #artists on tumblr #emo #was gonna put mcr lyrics as the caption but that would have been a bit much

[makeupafgplayer]

fighting game player who chaos controls the neutral

#fgc #fighting games #make up a fighting game player #street fighter #guilty gear #marvel vs capcom #tekken #capcom #sonic the hedgehog #sonic adventure 2 #shadow the hedgehog

[webdiggerxxx]

꧁★꧂

#desktop #computer #stereo #record player #stickers #pokemon cards #fangoria #family guy #snoopy #the simpsons #mario #shadow the hedgehog #posters #room #bedroom #colorful #rainbow #modern #flickr #2023

[cs-oc-blank-random-posts]

CARMEN WEEK DAY 6: DRESS UP

i had a vision.

@jackie-shitposts

#ALTERNATIVE STYLE #ALT #ALT SANDIEGO #carmen sandiego #carmen sandiego netflix #10leon13 #blank #carmen sandiego 2019 #carmen sandeigo 2019 #self insert oc #self insert #art #carmen sandiego blank #shadow-san #player #Carmen week #Carmenweek

[triple-starsss]

Haven't even talked about what each member of Triple S does within the band!! RAGH

Sonic plays guitar, that's a bit of a no-brainer.

Silver is the main vocalist!! that creature can sing!!

And Shadow plays the drums!!

Shadow knows a couple different instruments. Gerald actually really encouraged Shadow to improve upon his musical talent and ended up signing him up to a shit load of different tutors (those sort of dwindled as he got older, he mainly wanted to focus on drumming but Gerald doesn't know that's what he plays now, he just thinks Shadow quit entirely). He still somewhat remembers how to play these instruments to a pretty decent level but he's definitely a little rusty.

Both Sonic and Shadow will occasionally sing too if it's needed but it's usually kept to a minimum!!

#Shadow ex violin player all because of that one sonic and the secret rings minigame #think rich kid that plays an instrument and whatever comes to mind - he probably learnt how to play it #Triple☆S #T☆S TXT

[caramel-sandiego]

Zack: With great boredom comes great irresponsibility Shadow-San: Please do not drag Ivy and Player to the store to taste test soaps again

#carmen sandeigo 2019 #carmen sandeigo netflix #incorrect quotes #carmen sandiego #zack #ivy #shadow san #player

[tomurakii]

Dude I know I'm deep into my Gale obsession when seeing people's dumbshit takes actually makes me angry. Someone on instagram called him easy and a gold digger??? How do you live with yourself.

#had to turn off my phone and sit with my thoughts for a sec after that one #like what the FUCK do you mean #I just don't understand how people think GALE is the 'sleazy' one. and they're always the Astarion simps lol #like Gale. a fuckboy. GALE. who is so fucking dedicated and loving and poetic and straightforward #compared to Astarion who ACTIVELY. CANONICALLY. USES SEX TO MANIPULATE THE PLAYER. and he has his reasons for that #but between the two you're saying GALE is sleazy??? #or easy? when the only way to trigger his romance is if you initiate in the weave scene and reciprocate his flirting in the shadow curse #like he straight does not come on to you at all. if you heard the narrator say the moment is intimate and them imagined a “romantic walk” or #“kissing him passionately” and thought that was the platonic route then buddy it is definitely you with A Problem not him #anyway #bg3 #gale dekarios #baldur's gate 3 #baldurs gate 3 #gale of waterdeep #baldur's gate #baldurs gate

[zoeywades-spouse]

Misogyny and homophobia can literally go hand in hand. They work together because they are products of the same system that is the patriarchy. When you have someone publicly shaming a female LI who the majority of people romancing her are queer people (queer women, non-binary people, and bi/pan men) it is going to result in a two-fold situation of misogyny and homophobia.

This is especially the case when they are tearing down a female LI to prop up a male LI. Doing it on a public platform can result in queer players feeling alienated. This shouldn’t be something that is hard to comprehend.

It’s very similar to what happened to the reaction to the Sadie scene where people calling the scene “gross” or “nasty” and leaving it at that resulted in unintentional shaming of queer players because the majority of people who romance women in the fandom are queer people. There were discussions about how misogyny and homophobia go hand in hand and how it was reflected in the Sadie situation.

The same thing goes for this situation. We can see instances of this throughout the years choices has been around where unreasonable and unfounded shaming of female LIs are a product of misogyny and homophobia that work hand in hand and alienate queer players. You guys remember all the Ava hate?

This situation isn’t a “it’s misogyny or homophobia” but it’s both. They’re working together when there’s unfounded hatred and shaming of a female LI. And saying that this argument “assumes everyone romancing Valax is queer” and “assumes there are no queer people romancing Aerin” is a weak argument to ignore how homophobia and misogyny work together that has genuine negative effects on queer people. And then to say it “derails” from the main topic of misogyny completely overlooks how these two work together. It is a situation of intersectionality here

The majority of people romancing Valax are queer and while there are obviously going to be straight men who romance her there are less of them compared to queer people because it encompasses more genders in its inclusion. Even more importantly, cishet women make up a large portion of the fanbase within the fandom and many of them assume that female LIs are for queer people. When people, especially cishet women, therefore hate and shame female LIs for invalid reasons that results in misogyny and homophobia working together

Furthermore, this isn’t about queer people romancing Aerin (I’m one of them) but about how people who only/mainly romance men and then shame female LIs publicly result in alienating queer players who romance women due to how in this case misogyny and homophobia work together.

It’s not about whether or not all people romancing Valax are queer or about how it’s solely misogyny but about how misogyny and homophobia work together that has a genuine effect on queer players in the fandom

#they literally work together #and are working together in this case #and trying to say it’s one or the other ignores how these two work together #and especially the effect it can have on queer players #that’s why intersectionality exists #choices #playchoices #choices stories you play #pixelberry #blades of light and shadow 2 #princess valax