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mywitchcultblr · 2 months

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god i wish when i watch ascended video, it wouldn’t be a hate video. So many of them are made to spread hate. Most of them are obviously short video that has no context. When i rarely find actual pro ascended video, the comments are still full of haters unless video creators actively delete hate comments. Come on, there are tons of ascended hate videos, go there. They look so ridiculous bullying real people because they can’t differentiate between real people in real life and fictional characters in rpg game. Bullying real people is fine but you have to play one way in rpg game with various choices with various endings. Who cares about hard work put on that game? There is only one way to play it. If you don’t play that way, you deserve my stalking, cursing, hating, bullying, and accusing crimes. At this point, i’m surprised haters are not attacking larian and accusing the devs as either crime offenders or crime apologists for making homebrew ascended ending.

Because it's easier to bitch about people who look at Astarion differently or wanting a different type of romance for him than thinking about issues that actually matters. It makes people feels like they are doing something.

Of course people can care about fandom, I do. But I notice that ascendant haters are TOO dedicated on their hating. It's a waste of time.

I have quite a strong fandom opinion but I don't go to the content I don't like over and over again, I usually just saying my piece in my account

Also what is the point of starting a discourse over this? Anti Ascendant discourse is like starting a discourse over something like "The Ethics of simping Darth Vader" not even Star Wars' bro so deep in Reddit SW discourse bother to lecture fans like me who simp Anakin

Because it's a very subjective matter.

IT IS POINTLESS. It's make sense to have a discourse over the chantry existence in dragon age and the harm they do but WHY WOULD I GO AFTER CULLEN OR SEBASTIAN VAEL ROMANCER POST AND LECTURE THEM? Even tho I don't like romancing them.

What is the point? Whaaaaat...

Why would I pick a fight with Cullen enjoyers, go to their page and critiquing them??

I mean this discourse even spilled to NEXUS MODS. This lovely mods is created for both spawn and ascendant fans alike but two people are so salty that AA got content and said this

Please check this mod it is awesome

Then there's two people saying this out of nowhere

Who this this on a MODDING SITE? You might as well preaching in Loverslab about the ethics of the dragon born getting gangbanged. But this comment below has been deleted

I never seen anyone trying to start a discourse drama in NEXUS MODS other than a guy who insist on putting the Bible into elder scrolls

#bg3 #baldur's gate 3 #astarion #nexus mods #mods

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soldier-poet-king · 1 year

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please give me a passionate ramble about [spins roulette wheel] the antagonist you relate to the most

Holy shit friend this is an INCREDIBLE question and SURPRISINGLY I /DON'T/ HAVE A RAMBLE ALREADY LOCKED AND LOADED???

So I'm thinking abt this, and it's difficult, and I'll inevitably change my mind and come back to it, but at least off the cuff, my fave antagonists fall into one of three categories, but really only one of those categories I would say I "relate to". Also I'm using antagonist in the most literal sense of opposing the protagonist (even if they switch sides later) and not strictly as villain or bad guy.

There's camp antagonists (often but not always queer coded) that are just entirely FUN and a delight to experience. Eg. Team rocket, dr drakken from kim possible, tons of Disney villains, dr doofenshmirtz, etc. Theyre a blast and I love them

There's unabashedly evil and/or rancid antagonists or pseudo antagonists like ianthe tridentarius, lestat, and mairon/Sauron and I love love love them and I enjoy these types of characters a lot but I wouldn't say I /relate/ to them.

And then there's the woobified antagonist which is the type I DO relate to because I'm a villain apologist AND a redemption for all truther and I want to believe people are mostly good and even people who do bad things do it out of (misguided) good reasons and everyone has the potential for growth. So in this group there's a lot of traumatized kids who aren't REALLY antagonist or villains with a redemption arc. Eg. zuko, jason todd, essek theyless, cullen rutherford, the feanorians, l*tor from v*ltron, literally every single child soldier in snk, scar from fma, etc etc etc. You see where I'm going with this.

Out of all of these I'd say Essek and Cullen are the ones I relate to most. I excluded Jason and Zuko bc really they're just traumatized kids. Essek starts out as a villain because he feels an outcast, he's got that gifted kid pride, he feels so alienated from his faith, he's ambitious but in non traditional ways, he's lonely. I get that. I get that SO bad. I would do terrible things for knowledge and a sense of intellectual superiority and yeah I hate that about myself.

Cullen is more difficult, I'd argue he's straight up an antagonist in da2 ("mages aren't people like you and me") and while he tries to atone in Dai he still WAS a horrible person. And I GET THAT and I know fans love to hate him and that's fine but I also know what trauma and mental illness and isolation do to you, and when you're lonely and insecure and have no real supports you turn to the faith of your childhood and the one thing that gives you solace and you dive headfirst into that. Even if it was a key factor in traumatizing you in the first place you cling to it like a rock and become more and more severe with your beliefs, twisting it and manipulating it out of a sense of self righteousness. And you ignore all the warning signs along the way because it's the only comfort you have. So like. Yeah. I get using callous religious extremism masking as devoutness. It's why Cullen is one of my favourite characters. It's not because I think he deserves to be forgiven. But he deserves a chance to atone. To do better. *I* deserve that chance. I have to believe it.

This was a delicious question. Truly I'm such a villain apologist and it's partially bc I'm so soft hearted and partially because I genuinely am such a hopeful little universalist and I want and hope that everyone has the chance and the opportunity and the love to grow and become better and do better. It's not about deserving forgiveness. It's just about trying to be good. Even if your good is only marginally better than yesterday. Idk. It's the core theme of my life maybe, and why I'm so attached to antagonists and villains. Thinking abt this question I struggled to come up with examples because so many of my favourite pieces of art the antagonist is either the protag vs fate, the divine, themselves, or else it's like The Man or society as a whole, it's against the nature of human greed and selfishness, so rarely is the antagonist just Some Guy, without that guy being emblematic of wider systemic issues. And I think I like that, I like that most of the evil in the world doesn't boil down to individuals, that most individual people aren't terrible. I like that. Or I like to believe it. Idk

(I guess I DID have a ramble locked and loaded it just wasn't directly answering the question 😅)

#this was soooo good #literally nahuseresh is the only guy i could come up with where my ONLY feeling is loathing #and not even a LITTLE sympathy #i have more sympathy for melkor ahdhahdhahdhhd

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nonuel · 9 months

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this is a sideblog for ramblings, edits, and meta. there is a particular focus on mass effect, but dragon age as well as non-bioware games will make an appearance now and again

if you're going to follow me, please be aware of the following:

in general, i find fandom extremely tiring on multiple levels, and i prefer to pretend it doesn't exist. i have learned through experience that engaging with other people in fandom is rarely worth it, and i am no longer interested in interactions a majority of the time. i just want to make a space for myself now

i especially dislike male character fandoms, including ones for male characters i like

on a similar note, i am mainly apathetic with a varying side of negative toward the following male characters: cullen, alistair, sebastian, varric, joker, garrus

if one or more of those are blorbos, well... i would reconsider following

all of that said, i prefer not focusing on negatives too much; i bring this up only because i like analyzing things a lot. a lot of these analyses are meant to be (neutral voice) in tone, but i have said and will continue to say things about those characters that fans of them may construe as disparaging and/or hateful

if a post has anything i think fans may consider critical or hateful, i will warn it in the main post and then tag it with the character name at later date so that there's time for it to be buried by newer posts in the main tag. this will hopefully prevent most fans from seeing it

tl;dr: this is a blog meant for me to feel comfortable sharing my thoughts and analyses without consideration for how others may feel about it. everything will be tagged appropriately; if something isn't appropriately tagged, let me know, and i will correct it

unrelated to anything else, but other things i think warrant a mention:

i love renegade female shepards the mostestest ❤️

i don't much care for paragon shepard, but i still play them occasionally - mostly when i'm doing mshep runs

i have a long term interest in mbti/enneagram theories (not the personality test) and i often incorporate these into my character analyses. if mbti/ennea make you uncomfortable, i would also reconsider following

there may also be some oc talk here and there. reblogs will either relate to my ocs or be resources i think are neat

even more info if needed | thanks for stopping by 🫡

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kayura-sanada · 2 years

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You know, I think that even if Anders didn't go through with the Chantry boom and the Annulment commenced as intended and then you killed Meredith fans would still be pissed at him anyway, it would just be along the lines of "OMG, why didn't you do something to stop this" instead. There's just no pleasing people... 😑

Possibly? Anders was mocked in Awakening for not doing anything about the cruelties of the Chantry; Justice held him to the task and a large portion of fandom scoffed at him for the same thing. And then DA2 happened and everyone hated him for doing something. I guess large parts of fandom really do believe that a person should do something (as if people don't get killed for doing so all the time), but also that violence is never the answer? Even though the majority of the world (if not all of the world) only exists as it is today due to war and revolution??? I don't know. I don't get it.

It's more than just Anders, though. He's the biggest name, but people also mock Solas despite his making impossible choices in the heat of war and reconstruction? Like, these people honestly don't realize that he's just woken from the end of the war, seen the devastation the end of the war wrought, and now sees himself as living in the equivalent of the Reconstruction Era after the USA Civil War or the Meiji Restoration Era in Japan or something. Everything isn't suddenly perfect and calm and stable after a major war, people, and for immortals, the time period is directly following the war and immortals' time in Uthenera. His perspective is not inherently wrong simply because it's different.

Or hey, what about Morrigan? She helped end the Fifth Blight by getting pregnant, but how many people have made fun of her for abandoning her life of living free and independent in the Wilds for taking a position in the Winter Palace, despite the fact that she had the soul of an old god (and her son) to protect??? Instead of applauding her for sacrificing for her son, people mock her for 'turning on her beliefs.'

Or how about Cullen? Countless refuse to see the steps he's taken to better himself simply because he hasn't made a complete about-face. People refuse to accept that he might have changed and become better, and many even refuse to acknowledge his ongoing efforts - many even say it doesn't matter.

Same with Blackwall. Same with Sten. Same with Oghren.

A lot of people look at the multiple layers of complexity in both the world of Thedas and its characters and actually say, "nah, I'd rather only a superficial reading" and start shouting very loudly about it online.

It's a real shame.

*Note: I am once again not saying anyone has to agree with me on anything. You aren't shallow if you disagree. There's a huge difference between coming to a different conclusion because you deeply considered the material and coming to a different conclusion because explosions and killing people is bad >:(

#nonny #response #long post #i am terrified that i sound like an elitist prick here lol #what i'm trying to say is that you are allowed your opinion but your take may be a bad one #and it may be bad because you didn't consider things like... society...#okay no matter what i do i'm gonna sound awful argh #look. i'm just saying. these characters have DEPTH and NUANCE and it's GREAT!!!#so why are so many people erasing all of that for characters with less depth than the characters in Blue's Clues???

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rubecso · 3 years

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I liveblogged that Greg Ellis video and now you can suffer with me

So I did not intend to watch the whole of Greg Ellis’ rant, but I guess I’m a masochist. I ended up liveblogging it so here, you can get the highlights without having to sit through 37:55 like I did. ETA: Holy shit, it got privated in the time it took me to copy this out. I might be one of the last people to watch it. What did I do to deserve this honour.

holy shit I'm on the video that Greg Ellis did in Cullen's voice and the like-dislike ratio is 124:1.4k

What the fuck this is 37:55 long?????

How did he bitch for 37:55??????????

HOLY SHIT 56 seconds in and he's talking about a 'mob of social justice warriors' wtf????

guys my soul has left my body

"Integrity is earned in turmoil, not simply asserted in comfort" what the fuck is this hasfdk;lsfdajlksfda;lksfda;sfda

HE IS TALKING ABOUT TWITTER DRAMA LIKE ITS A FANTASY WAR I CAN'T

"Join us on this most magnificent morality quest" WHAT

"Help us banish the reputation savages ((savagers?)) and cancel culture hedonists"

sfdsajklsfda this keeps getting weirder what the fuck

"Intellectual glitterati" he can't keep doing this

he can't keep making it weirder

i can't take it

i just can't

he's literally reading an Intellectual Dark Web manifesto in the voice of his character with Dragon Age background music and a bunch of hamfisted references to the dragon age world and general fantasy tropes

HE'S TALKING ABOUT THE CHIVALRIC CODE

"How can men and woman, who are profoundly different from one another, be equals? ~~Chivalry~~~"

I can't he's still voice acting he's acting this like he's actually voicing an emotional scene in the game i fucking can't

THE FUCKING MUSIC RAMPING UP UNDER HIS DRIVELLING BULLSHIT

"Join me, for this new adventure. Like. Follow. Subscribe."

If you aren't listening to this please please just imagine all this said with the upmost sincerity. Like, if you've done Cullen's romance picture it as the voice he used for the really emotional scenes.

Oh fuck I'm gonna listen to this whole thing, aren't I?

He's... he's talking about Johnny Depp and Pirates of the Caribbean

In Cullen's voice

Why is Cullen talking to me about Johnny Depp

He's talking about some time when him and another voice actor tried to hold an event where I guess they could try and launder their image after supporting JK Rowling?

Anyway this leads to him saying: "None of the mob showed up. Why..... WHY???"

THE PREGNANT PAUSES

THE INTERSECTIONAL MOB

OH god another "WHY???"

His voice quavering with OTT emotion

Fuck he really does want to be JBP, huh?

He's literally just bitching about people not showing up to his events now

“THE CANCELLATION OF CULLEN RUTHERFORD”

I CAN'T THIS IS JUST TOO FUNNY

OKay now he's just playing a propaganda film he made about the BLM protests??

Okay back to the cringe now

"In response to one angry mobster, Greg stated that every life has value~~~~~~..."

Okay I have now heard Cullen Rutherford say "All lives matter" with 100% sincerity

"We are living in an era of woke capitalism, in which companies pretend to care about social justice to sell products to people who pretend to hate capitalism."

Okay but like... you know that the 'capitalism' part of that is the problem and not the 'social justice' part right?

"Vile and LIBELOUS messages followed. They were posted online by a SELECT FEW..."

ooooooooh he's on to bitchiing about Mark Darrah this ought to be good

"Not to defend Greg or Cullen from the libelous and ridiculous aspersions...."

DUDE YOUR CHARACTER DIDN'T NEED DEFENDING WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU ON ABOUT????

Okay my chances of ever not hating Cullen have dissolved now, sorry this is all I'll hear when I hear his voice now

"And giving these negative nnnnnnincompoops exactly what they demanded..."

He literally drew out the 'n' in 'nincompoops'

"This post... had 6 likes. One of two comments.... was posted...." *dramatic reveal voice* ".... by MARK DARRAH"

"Mark Darrah... is the worst kind... of corporate coward. He has :’( no code..... of honour :’("

there are 10 minutes left i'm going to die

OKAY i have now heard Cullen Rutherford, commander of the inqusition, say the words "Go woke, go broke"

"One doesn't challenge The Maker.... without consequences"

I think the Maker here is Bioware?????

"Greg and Cullen were summarily lumped together.... and generalised!!!"

DUDE CULLEN IS NOT REAL

YOU CANNOT LUMP HIM IN WITH ANYONE

WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT

HE DID IT AGAIN

HE PUT "THE CANCELLATION OF CULLEN RUTHERFORD" TWICE

"The racist trolls came out of the woodwork to cancel Cullen, once... and for ALL!"

"I stand... for HUMAN... RIGHTS :’’’’’’’’’’’’(“ IT'S A VIDEO GAME CHARACTER

"BLACK.... LIVES... MATTER.” *long pause* “AND THEY DON'T MATTER MORE..... THAN ANYONE.... ELSE’S."

Yes. Correct. You are correct. Well done.

*insert the ‘You’re Correct Horse’ video*

"I love.... I ~~~~~love~~~~~~.... everyone "

"So yes.... alll... LIVES... DO... INDEED.... MATTER.... TO MEEEEEEE~~~~~~”

"This moment of history is harsh and merciless.... and in this moment.... I'm choosing.... LOVE"

HE'S LITERALLY JUST REPEATED THE 'WOKE CAPITALISM' LINE FROM EARLIER WORD-FOR-WORD

"Mobbing.... is social murder!"

"And by definition.... people cannot survive their own murder!"

(Again, just imagine his voice breaking with ~~~~~~~emotion~~~~~~~ on that line)

"How do we move from hateful to grateful????"

(The worst part is I know that this shit is going to be convincing to some people and that makes me actually sad)

"Exercise from the neck-up, during this.... PANIC-DEMIC!"

HE'S QUOTING CULLEN I FUCKING CAN'T

"As fans eagerly and patiently await the release of Dragon Age 4, and hope for the inclusion of their ~~~~beloved~~~~~~ Cullen"

*vomit*

okay now he's just telling Cullen's backstory?

I'm guessing this is going to lead somehow into the whole "DON'T BE MEAN TO ME FOR THE SHITTY THINGS I DID IN THE PAST!!!!" thing?

Okay no he just... said it and then moved on?

"Only time.... and the Maker... will tell”

THAT’S IT

what the fuck i am going mad help

this video should come with a warning I got sucked in and trapped for half an hour

#dragon age #greg ellis #fandom drama #anti cullen #I know this isn't really about Cullen as a character but I want people who have that tag blacklisted to be able to avoid this #cullen fans please don't hate me for saying I hate cullen #I promise I don't hate people who like him #I just never liked the character #it's not like a moral stance or anything #anyway I think Greg Ellis owes me reparations for the psychic damage I took watching that video

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nightswithkookmin · 3 years

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Jimin is a pretty bOY

This is a continuation of our discussion on my last post. Thanks for sharing your thoughts with me, I think I agree with all of it.

Not sure how I feel about the calling eachother out bit or near scolding of others in the comments. Please let's be welcoming and respectful of others's thoughts regardless of whether or not we agree with it. It's ok to hold diverse views. We do after all come from different backgrounds and have accumulated different experiences and I think it plays out in how we see things. Everyone's opinion is valid. Plus, I purple yall.

Now, do I think he is trying to pack on muscles........? Yes. He said so himself in Festa when he said he would rush to the mirror when he thought he had gained some muscle only to find out his biceps looks like a muscled kindergartner.

He also said lately he's into exercising and staying in shape which is true because for quite sometime now since early this year he has been talking about how "weak" he is in their Vlives and have even given instances of him not being able to do certain things- certian simple and easy tasks- which is typical of him I'd say. He's always talking about how "weak" he is especially around JK and juxtaposing that with "but JK is so strong" which I'm sorry but I have to smirk at right now cos it's such a typical gay pick me simp thing to do. We've all been there.

Do I think he's trying to be a muscle bunny or revert back to his body shape around debut? Absolutely not. But I do think he is straddling the line of toxic masculinity which is what the conversation is about.

I don't think there's anything wrong with wanting to stay in shape or even enjoying work outs. Last night I ran downstairs because I had left my stew on the stove and now this morning I called renew my gym membership because I discovered running can be actually fun to do... No. No it's not. The gym instructor would have to come for me kicking and screaming.

RM have said even though JM looks skinny and fragile he is one of the strongest within the group. Besides, this is not the first time he's expressed interest in working out and building his body- hello, on Era?

I remember people complaining he looked too buffed up in that period on SNS and PJMs quickly jumping in to clear the searches for it. The choreo for On required agility and endurance and required the members- not just JM build up some definition in their muscles.

We've seen them go through all that. So it's not simply a matter of black and white staying in shape or doing it because he feels pressured to do so. Especially, when you consider that he's undertaken some pretty unhealthy measures in the past in attempts to lose weight or soften out his body post these muscle building, weight gaining periods and we've always chalked it up to his dance and how as a contemporary dancer he has to look a certain way or this or that to try to justify and make sense of it. Next you, know there are six chapters of break the silence of him talking about all the dark places he's been, the pressures to look his best for his fans or for his job and all these other painful stories he's shared with us over the years. And it's like, but why? Why do this to yourself?

I'll never forget the look he gave JK when JK was talking about wanting to build muscles in one of the interviews for the promotion of Be- I think I made a post on it. When JK noticed JMs disapproving glare he backtracked saying he would want to stay skinny after gaining all that muscles.

I mean if I'm to be honest, he was bound to crack at one point. The signs were there being surrounded by all these men who adhere to the traditional aesthetics of a masculine body- from Namjoon to Taehyung.

I wish y'all will steer the conversation in this direction and make it more about gender norms and expressions and breaking stereotypes and diversity in the body aesthetics of men.

Jimin is a man too. He just isn't what people traditionally will label masculine. Androgynous is more an apt word in my opinion. How many times have I said, I think Jungkook hetero passes because his body aesthetics is quintessentially what most associates with a masculine man?

Breaking gender barriers is not just about embracing feminine apparels- that teeters on cross dressing quite frankly and can be a bit performative and baity. Then you have to consider their culture in itself has an inherent pro gender diversity feel to it.

Now, let me explain my problem with the Klout ad campaign a little bit.

Do you see how Tae stands out? And I'm not saying this to fuel the "Tae was their fav" debacle. It's the 007 feel... I'll explain in a bit.

Most often, alcohol advertisers as well as most advertisements intended to sell to men often try to appeal to men's internalized ideals of masculinity or try to shape and define what a man or masculinity should look like. These ideals are so often toxic and detrimental to men and mostly women too.

Take a look at these ads for example. All I had to do was google search ads for men.

Real men drink milk and look at the image they present as real men. This blatantly implies if you don't look like this, if you are not a strong cliff climbing man with abs you are not a real man.

The second image is subtle. I call it the 007 slash Kingsmen-esque ideals of masculinity. It portrays men as sexy cool badass- works out but isn't too buff, filthy rich or middle class, wears Rolex, designer clothes, is kind but has a mean exterior and is every 13 year old wattpad girls's dream of a man. In fiction, you see this kind of masculinity in characters such as Edward cullens to Christian Grey. And a lot of ads for men alternate between these two ideals of masculinity.

Do you see how they modeled Taehyung in these ads after this kind of masctheme? Tae looks the same in almost all the ads. 007 sexy cool badass.

Now, I may not be a makeup beauty guru or MUA or whatever, but one thing I've picked up on especially when it comes to makeup for men- BTS and Kpop idols mostly is that, they soften out the harsh features on their faces and make them appear more androgynous or effeminate to suit the Kpop look and they ditch it entirely in different settings.

So for instance, Tae and Kookie's natural hawkish eyebrows tend to get softened around the arch and edges- don't know how the fuck they do that- but it appears less in your face intense most times when they wear make up in kpop related contents.

However, in certain other contents that lean towards a certain gender theme those features are emphasized. Not to say hawkish features are masculine features. Just saying in men, Kpop idols, my observation is they soften those features out with makeup or surgery.

Now, take a look at JM in these ads and look at everything from his posture, make up, hairstyle and brows. It's as if someone took an eraser to his androgynousity and erased his feminine side. Take a look at his photo above and compare it to the ads.

I am not a man. But I feel the gender look they went for, intended to appeal to men, tapped into a rather outdated stereotype of what man and masculinity should look like.

What is a man?

What should a man look like?

What aesthetics of masculinity is Jimin gravitating towards now? And I'm not talking clothes, I'm talking the expression of his gender. Time and again, he's talked about how looking a certain way made him uncomfortable in the past because he was constantly fighting his feminine side. He is androgynous. Sometimes he leans more into his feminine side. Other times he leans more into his masculine side but this is the only time he's leaning into his masculinity that makes me uncomfortable to watch because like I said it bothers on toxic masculinity.

He's said whoever he was, the version fighting to look masculine, that wasn't him. So forgive me if I worry whenever i see him suppressing his feminine side and acting like 'one of the boys.' Him staying in shape is not synonymous with him erasing a valid part of himself or suppressing it. He can stay in shape, celebrate his masculinity and still be FILTER.

What I'm saying is, this not a conversation about him exercising. This is a conversation about an ad erasing his feminine side and boxing him into a narrow expression of his gender and how that might be affecting his view of himself especially in the way he's been gravitating towards a certain masculine aesthetics and how that could be toxic.

Tae has said the same thing and BTS have agreed the JM as of 2019 was the real JM according to them.They said he was that way- suppressing his feminine side, because there weren't much songs and choreos that suited him and so he had had to bend himself to fit with the others.

And so when I see him leaning a certain way I tend to wonder if his exterior environment is playing a role in that. I hope you can understand that.

He is a contemporary dancer and strength and flexibility are prerequisites for his craft. The company go out of their way to incorporate contemporary dance in their choreos for JM's sake which helps solve that problem of him trying too hard to look a certain way.

May be I'm projecting. May be my little brother is effeminate and I've always recommended Jimin as a role for him to tell him not to try to look different just because other boys look different. May be I've seen him try one too many times to kill himself in the gym trying to build on muscles and getting frustrated with himself because he ends up looking like someone else. You can't gym the queerness away. Society will never let you be who you want to be so you might as well flip it the middle finger.

These boys are being shaped by their environment. I hate to say this but the environment they are in isn't exactly progressive and the longer they stay in there cut off from the outside world...

Flying out helps. Meeting different people and being exposed to different cultures and conversations on gender expression helps.

Anywho, these are just concerns I have. Will have them till I see that's not where he is headed towards. But let's not act like these ad campaigns do not and can not psychologically impact these boys especially as these advertisers are not looking to tap into their own definition of gender and masculinity but shape it and redefine it to appeal to the demographic they intend to market to.

I think this is just a grey area for me. Rather than try to change JM to look a certain way in order to sell alcohol. I think the ground breaking thing would be to have a man who looks like JM show us how someone like him would sell a can of drink. I think that would be revolutionary.

Signed,

GOLDY

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shizuu-chann · 4 years

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Things that are apparently unpopular/controversial opinions within the Dragon Age community:

Thinking Solas is the least attractive companion in DA:I (but he's okay as a character, and I wouldn't even mind him if he just had hair! It's the shiny, bald head with his affect that I just don't personally prefer)

Thinking the Solas romance is a waste of fucking time (and he's not even cute) because he just betrays you in the end

Solas has some stupid takes on things in the DA universe (I'm mostly just referring to Wardens, honestly)

Anders was better in Awakening, because he's just an emotional manipulator in DA2. I hate that, because he was my BABY in Awakening, and then DA2 happened. (I don't even care that he blew up the chantry, even though I don't agree with it, just that I don't buy that whatever happened between Awakening and 2 changed his personality that drastically)

Anders's romance, while I initially loved it, has proven to be even more emotionally manipulative than just his friendship

The amount of Solas/Anders stans vehemently defending the, quite frankly, AWFUL things they do/are going to do is honestly astounding

Sebastian is cute, but he's boring as fuck and has no personality beyond "choir boy cries at statue of Andraste because he's just so pious"

Seriously, you can't even kiss him. To each their own and all that, but damn.

Cullen is worthy of love and the mentality of "people can't change" that pervades the anti-Cullen circles is very telling to me. You can still dislike someone but acknowledge that they've made strides to better themselves. You don't have to suddenly like Cullen, but to say that he's still as actively anti-mage as he was after the Circle fiasco in Origins is childish and deliberately obtuse

I've noticed anti-Cullens are usually also strict "Solas/Anders did nothing wrong" people--which they did. Again, you can still like them AND acknowledge that they did some stupid fucking shit, seriously

Alistair is a good king, and I put him there for a reason, and doing that doesn't make me a bad person (seriously, what is wrong with some of you? I don't understand the need to literally attack people over fictional characters and the opinions thereof)

That reason being I'm not a fan of Anora and I DO NOT want to choose between Alistair and Hawke in Here Lies the Abyss. I won't do it, no sir.

Some people in this community are blatantly intolerant and very toxic.

There's more, but I just annoyed myself writing this. And I acknowledge that people love some of the things I hate, and that's fine! I'm not saying you can't or shouldn't, merely that I'm surprised because what I expected to be a general consensus of opinions based on other games was not so. Willing to debate, if necessary, but will not accept verbal abuse on my opinions. Be respectful or don't say anything. All these opinions have reasons, some of them nuanced and some just personal preference, so please don't nitpick and come to the incorrect conclusion that I support the Chantry or hate mages (love them! On my third mage run in DA:I, and never sided with the Templars fucking ever bc no~). I'm merely critiquing some of what I've noticed, to me, are rather deliberately ignorant opinions. I also am not using "anti tags" (what?) because I don't consider any of this anti? I like the characters I critique, but sorry I'm not going out of my way to cater to everyone who is a die hard fan? If you don't like it, block me. That's okay, but I'm an adult with opinions and with an interest in light-hearted discussion/debate.

#dragon age #dragon age inquisition #da:i #Dragon age 2 #Da2 #dragon age awakening #da:o #da: origins #alistair theirin #alistair #cullen rutherford #Cullen

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The Guardian Angel Part 3

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(Y/n)'s POV

"Thanks you Jasper." I said softly about to get out only for him to grab my wrist. "I need to tell you something." He said causing me to frown slightly at him. "What wrong? Is it about your family secret? I won't tell anybody. You all ready know mine so." I started only for Jasper to pull me toward him and press his lips against mine.

A small gasp escaped my lips as I slowly kissed him back. Jasper pulled away slightly as I craved for more. I quickly moved over the console and straddled his waist. Our lips moved in sync as I run my fingures through his hair gently tugging it. Jasper pulled away as he takes a deep breath. "What was that for." I mumbled confused as Jasper placed his hands on my hips.

"Your my soul mate." Jasper said as I saw a hint of fear flash his eyes. "I've been waiting for you. Your the reason I was created. Your the reason why I lived so long in this cursed life." He said causing my breath to slightly hitch as I nuzzled my nose against his. "I'm sorry you had to wait for so long." I told him softly causing him to slightly squeeze my hip.

"It's worth it." He mumbled causing me to slightly smile before opening the door and got out. I saw Jasper bite his bottom lip as he grins at me. "Now would you excuse me. I have someone to look after. I'll see you tomorrow." I said as I peck his lips and quickly went to the house.

"Penny! I'm home!" I called out as I lock the door behind me. I heard a soft whimper causing me to drop my stuff on the couch and went to the basement to see Pennywise in a ball. "Pennywise. I'm here. I'm so sorry." I said softly as I went to lay next to him causing him to wrap his arms around me. "Please. Don't leave me again." He said softly causing me to frown slightly as I run my fingure through his hair.

"I'm sorry." I said softly as he held me tightly nuzzling himself closer to me. "I was with the Cullen's doing a project with Jasper." I started as I gently tug his hair. "Their vampires like you said. They promise to keep our secret if we can keep theirs." I added as I gently kissed his head. "They could hurt us." Pennywise growled softly as he leaned into my touch. "Their vegetarian. As in they drink Animal blood instead of human blood." I told him as he started to purr.

Time Skip

Pennywise decide to stay home one more day since he was gonna eat the rest of the raw steaks in the fridge. And since I got a ride from Jasper everyone started to talk about us. "I though she was dating Robert?" I heard as I went to my locker.

"Yeah you could practically see the love and adoration look Robert gives her. Maybe she's dating both of them?" I heard causing me to tense up slightly. "I hate being the center of attention." I mumbled as I exchanged my books for the next classes. "Just ignore them darlin'." I heard Jasper said causing me to look on my right to see him leaning against the lockers looking down at me.

"Easy for you to say. Your used to it. I'm not. I prefer getting bullied and beat up then this." I told him causing him to frown. "My hometown wasn't always the safest. This poor kid was being beat up by his father whos a cop. Now him amd his gang startes bulling other kids in school. Sadly I was one of them." I said as we walk to our history class.

"It wasn't as bad as the other kids had it because of Pennywise. And I know how to protect myself." I added as we sat in the back. "But I remember when the losers went to kill Penny I manage to stall them and took him out the town. Ever since that day we stuck together." I said softly as I lean my head against his shoulder causing him to wrap his arms around me.

"Strange I'm used to getting beaten while you are used to being stared at." I said softly as he pulled me closer. "You shouldn't feel like that." He said with a small frown. "Its just something that I'm not used to and I'm not a big fan either." I mumbled before forcusing back to the teacher.

Time Skip

"Where are you going?" Pennywise asked me as I put on my boots. "Jasper asked me on a date." I said softly only for Pennywise to growl darkly. "Your not going." He growled causing me to look at him with narrowed eyes. "Penny. I have my reasons to go." I told him causing him to walk towards me. "I don't trust him or his siblings." He snarled as I wrap my arms around his waist causing him to stiffen.

"I trust him. Just as I trust you." I said looking up at him. "I'm also his mate. You don't have to worry." I told him causing his eyes to widen. "That's impossible." He mumbled as I moved away from him. "What is?" I asked just as I heard a knock on the front door. "Because." He started but glared at the door.

"Your mine! Your my mate! Only mine!" He yelled just as Jasper appeared in front of me hissing at Pennywise. "She's mine!" Jasper hissed causing my eyes to widen. "I won't let you take her from me!" Pennywise yelled as he started to run towards Jasper. "Pennywise! Jasper! Wait! Don't!" I yelled standing between them. Then everything went dark.

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