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The following post is a RWDE rant that is long, angry and non articulated. If you don’t like that, don’t read it, and leave me be. Thank you.

Warning for mentions of racism, bigotry, genocide and slavery.

RW//BY, as a show, is… I’m going to say it, actually really racist. Is it the most racist thing ever? No. Fuuck no. Not even close. But I’d daresay at least half of it is riddled with some of the most appallingly ignorant shit I’ve seen in any webseries, and yet… some people will go out of their way to harass any who dare to criticize it.

Remnant is not real. The characters I am about to discuss are not real. But the writers who wrote these characters and the world they inhabit are very real, and the shit they wrote fucking disgusts me.

so. Rant begin.

Something the crazies of the fandom will say (I say crazies because, the fandom isn’t all like this. many of you guys are chill and cool as fuck) in defense of RW//BY’s many problematic aspects, particularly the criticism of “75% of the show’s POC and minorities are villains”, is that “well, there’s a lot more POC and minority’s on the GOOD GUY side now! Hooray!”

And they’re technically right. I like Elm and Pietro and I love Maria (in V6 especially she was fucking golden) and Marrow. Them and all the other POC they’ve added in as of V6-7~ are, in my opinion, mostly great additions to the cast.

The side cast.

The thing that isn’t usually pointed out is that these characters… they are side characters. Pietro and Maria are side characters. The Ace Ops and Happy Huntresses, while playing a decent role, are side characters.

Hell that extends to pretty much every POC character we’ve gotten aside from Oscar. They’ve been side characters. Many of whom, we likely won’t see again (Until Volume 10… if RT lasts that long)

But I want to mention one thing. We didn’t start getting characters that weren’t blinding white until the end of V2 and the start of V3.

One of these characters in question I’d like to point out, Flynt Coal.

I like Flynt. He’s fine. I think his design is cool. But to deny that his character isn’t extremely racist is ignorant.

One of their first. Black characters. Was basically named… “Dark rock, Dark Rock”…

and his weapon is a TRUMPET😭

Not only that, but he and Neon fight Yang and Weiss in the tournament. Let’s talk about Weiss actually. She is the second oldest child to the megarich Schnee family, whom owns the SDC, which she is heiress to. Earlier in the series she acted extremely racist towards characters of an in-universe minority group, and never really apologized on screen. Instead, we’re given justification for why the rich girl is racist. She’s scared because of the White Fang! Poor little German name “White Snow.”

Anyways, back to the fight. Flynt mentions how it was the SDC who put his father’s own company out of business in their monopoly. Does this go somewhere? Nooooo he’s a side character, who’s beaten by Weiss and her bestie by the end of the battle.

How come they made one of their first black characters fight and lose a battle with their whitest richest character? (Obs not implying he should’ve won, just asking why they chose him in the first place) How come they named him after black rocks(which is in reference to how, in a minecraft letsplay, one mentioned the name “Flynt Coal” and another replied “He’d have to be a black guy!”)?

Who knows. But surely this is the last time they’ll make a (minority) character be positioned oppositely from our mains. Surely they won’t ever write one as a villain!

Surely she won’t be the Lakota girl, either!

Ilia as a character was a big stepping stone (at the time) in terms of RW//BY’s representation. She was the first canonical, on screen LGBTQ+ character. She was a member of the White Fang who, before joining, was able to “blend in” with humans due to her Faunus trait not being as noticeable, being spots on her face and along the rest of her body. Ilia was orphaned due to her parents dying in an SDC mine collapse, and when she saw her school friends laughing about it, she “punched their teeth out.”

Hell, overall I really like Ilia. Her design is adorable, as LGBTQ+ rep I think she’s good enough (though the fact they wrote their first lesbian character to be… a villain, is a talk for another day), and overall I find her decently written on her own. Plus, she’s fun as hell to write. Love her dearly.

On her own. Because in the story, the more I think about it… the more I’m sad, and mad, about how she was handled.

Firstly. Her name. Apparently it’s supposed to mean “Butterly Rainbow” (again, naming your first lesbian girl “rainbow” lol)… but nope. They got the name Amitola off a baby named website, when it really means something closer to “Like a blue sky.” From my understanding. Typical RT shenanigans. It gets worse :3

Ilia was also one of the very few villains in the show to be redeemed. How was she redeemed?

By being told by the much-more privileged, whiter minority girl whom she had a crush on that what ilia was fighting for was Bad. How Ilia was fighting for it was Bad. The White Fang? Baaaad. How dare the MINORITIES FIGHT WITH NEEDED VIOLENCE for their basic living rights against the POOR WIDDLE OPPRESSORS! It’s THEIR fault they’re oppressed, because they’re making the humans uncomfortable and angry! They need to just keep their dirty mouths shut and be good, presentable minorities.

And upon being redeemed, Ilia is immediately put on a bus. Shelved.

And let me remind you again. Who was redeemed through being told by her much whiter (I say whiter in a way not to demean Blake btw, as privileged as she is she is still a minority obviously. Just… stating facts) friend that “a minority Shouldn’t use violence against their oppressors for their rights. It’s Their fault the humans are still so racist towards them. The Faunus should stop being so aggressive and be peaceful”?

Not only the lesbian character, but…

The indigenous girl.

The.

Indigenous.

Girl.

I’m sure I don’t need to point out how fucked this is. Let alone the fact this whole show is written in fucking Texas.

It’s no secret, as much as some try to make it be, how horribly Native Americans and indigenous people have been treated throughout history. The oppression they have faced stems back centuries. Their land and home was stolen from them.

Their own culture was all but forcefully eradicated.

Men, women, children, were all genocided.

To this very day it’s all they can do to fight for not only their own rights as people, but the very lands that were stolen from them.

So for this show to write… it’s Indigenous

WOMAN

‘s character being “redeemed” by learning “Peaceful protest is good, violent protest for your living rights bad!” is… sickening. Genuinely. Fucking. Sickening.

But maybe that violent protest WAS bad! Maybe, it was going nowhere and really causing the problems. Who the hell would ever try and implement that? Who leads the White Fang?

…You wanna know?

Don’t bother.

Sienna is a character we see for. One. Scene. One scene and she’s GONE. dead, stabbed, thrown down some stairs. We know very little about her, but we know a lot of her actions.

Under her rule as high leader, she got shit gone. Through her use of violence against the oppressive humans, she did in five years what many before her couldn’t in decades: Her methods were working. Her people were being given rights.

But noooooooo!!!!!!!!! We can’t have the Woman of Color in power be CORRECT. Her methods were WRONG, MONSTROUS! How dare she end slavery and fight against oppression?! She should’ve just asked NICELY! Just like Blake told—

Wait… Blake? BLAKE?!

BLAAAAAAAAKEEEEE!!!!!

Blake is one of 4 main characters in RW//BY, and she was easily my favorite. Fierce and a bookworm, an ex-freedom fighter who was quick to call out Miss Rich “White Snow” on her bullshit. She was fun, strong, and like the show said itself, she was Feisty.

I miss that Blake, tails. I miss her a lot. I’ll be back.

Nowadays, that feisty personality she has has been diminished so she can be all meek and quiet and sweet for her white human friends.

(and just now in v9, she’s completely fine with being referred to as an animal. Sienna in honorary heaven: she would not fucking say that.)

White fans and likely the writers themselves were too uncomfortable having to face that all majority people still benefit from a society built on and from deep systemic racism, so they wrote Blake to be an All Lives Matter doormat so she was more palatable Blake saw the error of the White Fang’s ways and how their justified acts of violent protest against the privileged majority were making the humans SCAWED🥺, so she stood before them all and put her status as literal Faunus princess to good use: telling all those like her who’d suffered beneath the humans’ oppression that they were wrong. How could they fight back violently? They did this to themselves. They brought the oppression, the enslavement, the bigotry and cruelty upon themselves because they just didn’t play nice enough.

Fuck, even when she’s in the “City of Racism” Atlas, she’s too busy being uwu sad and nervous and having to rely on others (funny how instead of ever empowering her again, they write Blake as this submissive docile flower baby immediately after hey reveal she was an abuse victim. Real fucking funny. Laughing my eyes out of my skull with a toothpick.) except for when she jokingly comments how rich the Schnees are and how they own basically everything.

Past Blake wouldn’t be laughing about that. She’d use it against the Schnees, rightfully.

But we can’t have that. She’s the good minority, who keeps her mouth shut tight and looks pretty for the camera.

But… about that bigotry. That oppression, that racism… do we ever see that?

lol fuck no

We hear of how horribly the Faunus people are treated. Controversial labor forces that keep them as slaves to the SDC. Treated like dirt and beaten and killed and lynched.

We hear. We hear of that.

In the show, we get… a No Faunus sign put out in some background places. And the equal opportunist bully bullying a bunny girl.

That’s it. Background shit. Background shit that could easily be interpreted differently, or missed completely if you fucking blink.

There has only been one point where the true extent of this oppression is shown to us. One point which…

we’ll fucking get to.

But there’s one thing I’ve mentioned rather frequently throughout this rant. Two, technically. The Schnee family and the SDC.

Let’s talk. Let’s. Fucking. Talk.

*sighs*

So this show demonizes it’s fictional worlds only freedom fighting organization, so surely they do the same for the oppressive Amazon company that has a chokehold on the economy of an entire—

In the early volumes, Weiss, another main character, was extremely racist to those who were Faunus. She was also the daughter of the Richy Rich Bitch Family of “CEOs of Racism”. Her older sister was a cop, her younger brother out of the picture until V4, her mother a neglectful abusive alcoholic (she is a victim too but neglect. is. abuse.), her father a racist abusive asshole who looks like I could break him like a bendy straw. But her racism isn’t her fault at all! No, the dirty minorities in the White Fang who were terrorizing the richest of the rich were what made her racist. It was never her fault, only the scary minorities.

How dare the marginalized be so evil.

But she apologizes off screen and is no longer racist! Yippee! At least we marked “Racist” off her “Racist Blood Purist Rich White Weiss” card! she’s White Savior Blood Purist Rich White Weiss now! Now we can make fun of how much shit her family owns.

But before all that, she and her girlfriend battle… a black man! Gasp! Who… says before the fight, her family’s company put his family’s business OUT of business!

A throwaway line before he and his bestie get beaten. Also just realized as I type: not only did Weiss battle a black character who was affected by her family company’s monopoly, but… a Faunus. Another one for the jar.

B-But Blake knows Ilia was affected by the SDC, too! It orphaned her, because in their mines Faunus weren’t given nearly as much safety. Surely she can tell Weiss and have her see—

*Ruby voice* nope. Nope! Ilia was being violent for equality, and that’s no good. So she learns that all their oppressors (likely including the SDC)are really just SCARED of them! So she’s redeemed and becomes peaceful. The Lakota indigenous girl is turned “good.”

But maybe once they’re in Atlas—

Jokes are made about how FUNNY LOL XD it is that her family owns so much, and they’re appalled by how… literally fucking normal Mantle is, as if it’s just an utter travesty to their eyes. She doesn’t want to outright abolish the corrupt SDC, which basically rides on Atlas like a parasite, but instead free it from the dirty-blooded clutches of her father, and return it to the Pure Blooded Schnees, who will use it righteously, in Santa Schnee’s name!

She’s the granddaughter of a hero, after all. A hero who monopolized and capitalized the world’s resources and began a chokehold on an entire kingdom with how vital the Resources became, all the while implementing minority slave labor.

Because we can’t have our pretty princess Weiss face any consequences. We can’t have one of ours mains face consequences. Realize her privilege and try and do something. We can’t make our writers uncomfortable!

And this extends to Winter, too! The woman as racist as Weiss was, but without the “”excuse””, who is also a cop, and who… punches, kneels over one of the characters who is both an in-universe minority of a Dog and easily the darkest skinned character, and tells him; “You want a collar? Fine.”

But the Pure Blood Schnees are good. They’re beautiful and powerful. Even if Weiss has that scar, it’s as tiny as can be so to not ruin her pretty face. Let’s give the rich white family all the angelic imagery. Let’s show Weiss with wings.

Twice. Twice with white, huge and glowing angel’s wings.

Looking pure and holy. Pure. And. Holy.

But Angel imagery? Surely there’s a contrast. Demonic imagery: like the horns, black and red, something to do with darkness and the moon, who should that belong to? If the rich, white, blood purist main girl Weiss gets the angel wings, pretty face and princess aesthetic… who deserves to be the demon of Remnant?

…Oh, I know the answer to this one! It’s—

Throughout this whole post, there’s been one character I’ve purposefully neglected mentioning by name.

Adam.

We didn’t see the guy much. Black trailer, V2, V3, V5, V6. And he was really only reoccurring in V5, which… 😶

But from what we did see, we saw the Face of the White Fang. We saw someone who did bad things for the right causes. We saw someone who despised his oppressors, but who seemed to care for his fellow Faunus. We saw…

a fucking lie. A headcanon, perhaps. Badum tss.

What Adam REALLY WAS was an abusive cruel irredeemably evil monster jerkface asshole creep bitch who NEVER cared about his own people, NEVER cared about his people’s rights, NEVER wanted anything more than glory and power and to be lionized.

The minority character, by the way.

Why did the writers decide to make this guy the hatesink? Why did they decide to make Adam suddenly not care about his fellow people’s rights?

Why did they decide to make him laughably cruel to his own people whom he seemed to genuinely care for before (like in that scene in volume 3, where he only agrees to go along w/ cinder after she starts KILLING FAUNUS, but maybe that scene was a headcanon too, all in le head)

Why did they decide to make the goals of one of their in universe minority characters to be wanting nothing but fame and power?

Why did they also write him to be a former child slave?

Volume 6 is one of my more liked volumes, with it (for me) easily being the best looking, and the horror stuff was great. Also, Maria.

But then they threw Adam in last minute. One last kick of that dead bull.

He comes back in his finest NieR: Automata cosplay and starts spouting some of the most embarrassingly bad dialog this show has had while fighting Blang (basically that one fucking hilarious “Boobs in my mouth please please please hello You’re nothing” post as dialog), and it’s in this that, after 6 volumes, we finally see his face.

Adam was branded. I’m not putting that shit lightly, Adam was fucking branded.

And the brand is used to show how evil HE is. He was hurt more by his gf leaving him than ANY scar ever would. Who cares about all the trauma he surely went through in slavery, he sure fucking doesn’t! Okay, Cameraman Mike, be sure to focus a whole bunch of shots on his brand, which is still blood red and grotesque, to really hammer the point in how much of an asshole he is.

Never mind it’s a brand of the SDC, of which one of our main character’s family owns. Who cares if this is literally the only time we’re shown the true extent of racism against Faunus?

It’s swept aside! Because the same episode we’re given one of the most honestly depressing reveals for a villain yet is the same episode that villain dies.

Dies with the brand facing the camera. His death. Entirely. On. Screen.

Thank fuck Adam was written as an irredeemable monster of a villain(/j), because they literally wrote, animated, and voiced a scene where we the viewers watch a former child slave, branded and blinded over an eye, have his death be entirely on screen. A slow death, entirely on screen.

Adam, a former slave to the SDC who, sometime during his childhood was branded and permanently blinded, died more slowly… more gruesomely… than Jacques fucking Schnee did.

Even died before him, too.

But notice one thing. I keep referring to him as having been a “child slave.” Emphasis on child.

Don’t blame me. Blame your fucking writers.

I want you to read this. Read this paragraph. Twice, if you have to. As many times as you need to to get the fact into your head that THIS IS FUCKING VILE.

This is in the writers commentary track for volume 7. They tiptoe around with their words, but I’ll translate it to the best of my ability. In it, Miles shared a particular headcanon: in which the

FUCKING VILLAIN HE WROTE TO HAVE BEEN A CHILD SLAVE TO THE SCHNEE DUST COMPANY GOT HIMSELF BRANDED FOR BEING TOO MUCH OF A LITTLE SHIT TO KEEP HIS DIRTY TRAP SHUT.

SO THEN ONE OF HIS CAPTORS HELD THIS CHILD DOWN TO THE GROUND AND JAMMED A CATTLE PROD DOWN WITH THE SDC PROPERTY LOGO ONTO HIS EYE.

THAT LITTLE BOY SURE HAD IT COMING, HUH? HE’S ALWAYS BEEN SUCH AN INSUFFERABLE LITTLE PRICK, EVEN AS A CHILD IN SLAVERY. HIS CAPTORS REALLY LET HIM HAVE IT!

LET.

HIM.

HAVE.

IT.

THEY WRITE AND HEADCANON A FICTIONAL CHILD SLAVE BEING BRANDED IN THE EYE AFTER HE STARTS THE FIGHT. HE STARTED IT.

THEY WRITE AND HEADCANON A FICTIONAL CHILD SLAVE BEING BRANDED IN THE EYE AND GROWING UP TO BECOME A HORRIBLE, DISGUSTING DEMON.

THEY WRITE AND HEADCANON A FICTIONAL CHILD SLAVE BEING BRANDED IN THE EYE AND HIS CAPTOR JUST “LET HIM HAVE IT.”

“LET HIM HAVE IT,” NOT IN REFERRAL TO A MINORITY BEING HATE CRIMED.

“LET HIM HAVE IT,” NOT IN REFERRAL TO A MINORITY SLAVE BEING PERMANENTLY SCARRED.

“LET HIM HAVE IT” IN REFERRAL TO A MINORITY CHILD SLAVE BEING BRANDED AS PROPERTY IN THE EYE BY HIS CAPTORS.

And I think this says it all. From the white and the black, blue and the red, oppressor and oppressed and angel and demon, Weiss and Adam almost mirror each other.

Just look at their scars. Theirs are on the same side.

But while Weiss’s is the smallest, prettiest scar of all,

The brand of the SDC all but covers half of Adam’s face, in all it’s grotesque, blood red and hideous glory.

I’ll let you guess the implications.

Killing off a WOC in power the very scene she’s introduced. Showing the Lakota girl the “right way to protest”. Painting the oppressors in a more positive light than ever showing the oppressed be oppressed. Showing your hatesink character had been branded in the eye the same episode he dies on screen. And this is what broke me.

They’d read in the history books of children forced into slavery slaves being branded

and they’d see the backstory for a villain.

Because we can’t write the minorities fighting against their oppressors to be justifiable!

We can’t face how a member of the majority will almost always benefit from an oppressive system!

We can’t write the pretty white rich family of Fantasy-Amazon owners as wrong for their horrible practices both past and present!

We can’t let the WOC be right about violent protest!

We can’t let the native girl be angry and fight back against her oppressors!

We can’t have a shred of sympathy for the ex slave who was branded while he was a boy!

Because they did this.

Faunus.

#rwde #seriously long post #image heavy #long post

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beesinspades · 2 years

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hello I am here to tell you that you should read 'the tarot sequence' by k.d. edwards, aka the queerest books I've ever had the pleasure to read. and when I say queer, I mean guys kissing but also non-binary characters, ace characters, and queerplatonic relationships.

i mean a society where it's just the norm to be bi. i mean open displays of affection and non-sexual nudity between characters regardless of gender and relationship status. i mean romantic relationships not having more value than platonic ones. i mean a shit ton of found family.

add to that amazing worldbuilding, sexual assault trauma that's handled seriously (in and out of the bedroom), MCs in their thirties, disabled characters, poc characters, humor, engaging plot, and I could go on. it has everything but most of all, there's SO MUCH warmth and love!!

walking into these books as an arospec, bi ace person has been such a breath of fresh air, I truly cannot recommend them enough!!

(as a note the ace character was confirmed in a free extra, but the author confirmed it'll be brought up in a future volume)

#the tarot sequence #bookpromotion #books #queer fiction #queer books #I tweeted all this first and then someone asked if I'd posted it on tumblr too so I did

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oraclesmuse · 9 months

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wonyoung and starship's relationship

welcome to my new series! on an idol and their company's relationship. inspired by an ask :)

tarot isn’t fact nor a prediction of the future. it is an interpretation of energy that cards present. energies are always changing. i do not take responsibility for any rumours or information spread from my readings.

wonyoung's thoughts on starship? - the positives

2oc, the empress, 6oc, 3oc, qow

aww.. okay... wonyoung is such a sweet girl. she really has a positive mindset and tries to keep one too - when i do other idols and their companies, i always get the negative stuff first but this time, positive stuff came first.

she thinks starship have worked well with her and that they do their best to help her with connections. there might have been a female staff who was very caring towards her and looked after her awww. she has a lot of childhood memories with starship, in particular, she also has a lot of good memories with her friends, i got an image of i*zone - she might have felt homesick during i*zone but then felt like i*zone were a great family too. she feels grateful towards starship for that.

wonyoung's thoughts on starship? - the negatives

the tower, ii of pentacles, ix of cups rx, the high priestess rx, the star, the lovers rx

there's not enough stability in the company for her... sometimes, the work is late minute and sometimes she has to do what the company should've done. she might they think they're quite stingy with their money and prefer to do everything inhouse instead of investing. starship are negative and can put down ideas sometimes, refusing to listen to staff or the members' suggestions. they might actually do the opposite of the suggestions and might be sneaky about this... they might also promise wonyoung things but never fulfill the promises. regardless, she tries to move on and hopes for beter things.

starship's thoughts on wonyoung?

the hermit, qop, aow, 6op, 4op

they like that she reflects a lot and is a homebody. they like that she's given them a lot of financial success and that how hardworking and passionate she is. they think she's creative and always trying to prove herself. they like that she is kind and selfless and will help people without expecting anything from it.

starship's thoughts on wonyoung's fans?

strength, 10ofs, 5ow, 3oc, aos, poc, the chariot

starship definitely believe that wonyoung's fans are very important but know that her fans do not like them at all. they think they clash a LOT with wonyoung's fans and this makes them feel very bitter because like mentioned, wonyoung's fans are very important... due to their bitterness and ego, instead of actually listening to them, they would rather keep clashing with her fans because of egos. 5 of wands. do i have to explain more? anyways... they think that wonyoung's fans are creative and very loyal who will love her no matter what. starship think wonyoung's fans have great unity. they believe that wonyoung's fans get along well and are friends. because of their unity, they are able to make big projects and go forward for what they want. the ace of swords here... starship think wonyoung's fans will do anything to get what wonyoung deserves.

i hope you guys enjoy this new series i've started from today. please let me know if anything resonates currently or in the future!

i am also open to suggestions on an artist and their company. not the whole group and company because i prefer to be detailed.

thank you :)

#kpop tarot #wonyoung tarot #starship tarot #ive tarot #wonyoung #ive #kpop

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approximately20eggs · 2 years

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what's the stormlight archives?

hello and jbksgsbdgs boy am I glad you asked!!!

the short answer is very simple. the stormlight archive is a book series by brandon sanderson. it's also part of the cosmere, which is basically his interlocking fantasy universe, but like all other book series in the cosmere, stormlight can be enjoyed on it's own, separate from the rest :)

the long answer: oh my god. oh my goddhdbshsvsh these books are by far my favorite books that I've ever read. and there is so much I love about them

first of all, there's a huge cast of absolutely fascinating and diverse characters with really differing viewpoints on the world and I love them all a whole lot. they're all so well written and amazing and many of them are intentionally written as very problematic people and it's hgdgdbgssvgs it's wonderful and so interesting to read. there is a healthy amount of war criminals in this book series (at least 4 I can think of immediately)

non-demonized DID rep? autistic rep? accurate portrayals of depression and ptsd? stormlight has it!

gay rep? yes. ace rep? yes. bi rep? yes. this series said queer rights

poc rep idk how exactly to explain. no one on Roshar, the planet stormlight takes place on, is really white as we would see it, according to branderson. but there's a fair amount of fantasy racism and classism within that, so proceed with caution. I cannot personally speak on whether the themes related to this have been handled well in the book, as I am white, but I can say that the fantasy racism is not portrayed as a good thing within the narrative, and their are viewpoint characters from multiple in-world ethnicities and on both sides of this conflict.

with that being said the worldbuilding is immaculate. the whole world feels alive and breathing, like it just goes on even after you shut the book. every culture feels rich and detailed, with regular "interludes" that often take the form of everyday people in the world that just gives it life and depth beyond just the plot and the main characters. some of it's downright funny too. in one of the dominant religions in the world, men can't learn to read and women's left hands are like. considered sexually explicit??? lots of memes about these two details in particular. but anyway if I can make my own worldbuilding half as amazing as Sanderson's I'll have something to be very proud of

the magic system is also great. without saying too much, you sort of make promises to your own personal little fairy who is also your friend and sort of your therapist and in exchange for really really meaning those promises you get superpowers! also there's these things called shardblades which are giant glowing murder swords that can cut through solid rock. and also shardplate which is basically a mech suit but high fantasy flavored. these are powered by the light that comes from the basically-hurricanes that regularly pommel the entire continent. hence the name stormlight. (really fascinating how the world has been built to accommodate these storms btw)

also, do you like crabs?? there are so many crabs! almost all life on Roshar is some form of crustacean. there are tiny cockroach crabs, dog-sized crabs that are really just crabs that are dogs, crab people, big crabs to pull heavy loads like oxen, fucking kaiju-sized murder crabs that live in chasms, and even more types of crabs! if you've ever thought "man, I wish the concept of carcinization had been taken to the extreme in this high fantasy setting," the stormlight archive is for you!

with all of that being said: stormlight may sound off the wall, but it does cover some *extremely heavy* topics. does it cover them well? I would certainly say so, as would a lot of other people, but ultimately that's not really something I can be the judge of on my own. a really big theme, for example, is the morality of violence, particularly as a means of protecting people. there's also a lot of focus on the trauma people have suffered over the course of their lives, and how they move on from that and recover. Sanderson is not the sort of author to pull his punches with the heavy themes. and I love that about these books, too.

if you're interested after that heavy ramble, the first book in the series is called The Way Of Kings. they're hefty books but really amazing once you get into them, and especially once you've hit your first Branderson Plot Twist™️ (he's known for his masterful trope subversion, and these books really show off that skill). if you do get into them, please let me know. I'd love to hear what you think :)

#the stormlight archive #brandon sanderson #cosmere

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writeyouin · 2 months

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Hi! I just want to thank you from the bottom of my heart for your dedication at making 3 gender versions of Sinless Sinners, you could've gone just gender neutral, or even with the more popular x reader gender being, fem, but you made 3 versions to include as many people as possible

I got genuine tears in my eyes when I saw there was a male version of the fic, as someone transmasc, it can become like doomscrolling when searching for fics even with fem hastags and pronouns filtered out bc most people won't tag nor specify gender yet make the fic fem

So yeah, thank you so much, really. Words cannot express how much I appreciate your extra effort

I appreciate your gratitude, but it seems to me that what I'm doing is the bare minimum. Like, all I have to do while writing is use bold when I use a pronoun that describes the reader, so that when it comes to uploading the chapter, I can find and change the required passages to male or gender-neutral (I always start with fem since I am fem, and it helps put me in the place of the character).

Honestly, that's not a lot of effort, the bar is on the floor for inclusivity. I would like to go back to some of my earlier works and do the same, and in time I will.

I am genuinely honoured that I made you feel included by such a tiny act on my behalf.

I hope other fanfic authors might also do this since X Reader fanfics tend to be more geared toward fem readers. In my one-shots, I use they/them pronouns, but for big stories like this, I don't want anyone to be left behind.

Oh, and how wonderful that you found some comfort in my writings as a trans-masc person. I find that so beautiful. It is amazing that we live in a world where you can be your best self, and I hope to continue providing stories for you.

I've said before that I'm trying to get my novel published. Part of the problem is that my writing is 'subjective.'

That's true, I'm a very opinionated person.

The other part of the problem is Agents are afraid nobody will find my work relatable since the cast is very diverse.

In my first novel, four of the main 5 characters are POC, one is trans-fem, and 3 are LGBTQ+

Frankly, I don't see what's unrelatable there. I'm white, but I relate to the POC characters because of their struggles. I'm also aro-/ace, yet I can relate to the love stories, because it's not odd to yearn for love in any capacity, or to wish to see it in others.

Now, I'm writing my second novel, and this one is for children but that hasn't stopped me from adding a Gender-fluid main character.

I can only hope these might be published one day. I would like the world to be more inclusive.

#mail

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𝐇𝐎𝐖 𝐂𝐎𝐔𝐋𝐃 𝐈 𝐈𝐆𝐍𝐎𝐑𝐄 𝐘𝐎𝐔? 𝐓𝐑𝐔𝐒𝐓 𝐌𝐄 𝐈 𝐀𝐃𝐎𝐑𝐄 𝐘𝐎𝐔!

;; drunken confessions with Venti!

;; modern!au & gn!reader (also poc friendly) some plot holes 🫡 (I think) alcohol & drinking mention (for @mufzai!)

It was an innocent question, really! Jean was just wondering how you and Venti, practically the embodiment of freedom got in a relationship, that’s all!

“What do you mean it just kinda happened?” she questioned with a bewildered look on her face as you laughed at her expression.

“It just did” you repeated after calming down and softly smiling. You closed your eyes as you felt yourself walk down the memory lane.

It was a Friday and you decided to visit the café you’re a regular at. Unfortunately when you arrived the café was packed. You were about to leave when you heard an unfamiliar voice call out to you and point at the seat near him

He grinned and exclaimed “You can sit here next to me I don’t mind sharing!”

Smiling gratefully you mouthed a ‘Thank you’ and took your order. After that you went over to him and introduced yourself “Thank you again. I’m [name] and you are?”

“I’m Venti! It’s name to meet you [name]” He grinned and you finally took in his appearance.

Venti had aqua green eyes that reminded you of the sky and dark blue hair with teal tips at the end tied in twin braids. You paused for a moment.

“I wonder how you managed to sneak in wine without the employees noticing” you pondered and smiled in amusement when Venti nervously smiled

“It’s fine really!”

“No no I insist! You shared your table with me it’s only fair!” After your order arrived, you’ve been arguing about sharing your food with him

Sighing at how stubborn you were being, he rolled his eyes playfully “Well if you insist”

After you finished your food and we’re about to get up, he suddenly asked “Hey [name], do you mind if I get your number? I’d like to hang out sometime” he grinned sheepishly

You smiled at his question “Sure I’d love to! Here’s my phone add your number in it”

After that encounter with Venti (and you facepalming at your stupidity for giving your phone to a stranger) you two hung out a lot! From drinking competitions to just enjoying eachother’s company while he played the lyre.

One night when you were getting ready to go to bed, you suddenly heard a knock on your door

“[name] open the door pretty pleasee” said a very familiar voice — Venti. He sounded drunk so you rushed to get him.

The second you opened the door Venti fell into your arms. He cuddled into you “You’re so warm [name]” he stumbled on his words “Also very pretty and warm I wanna stay in your arms foreverrr I love youuu” he giggled

You felt yourself blush at his words and sighed “Venti, you’re drunk. Drink water and go to sleep you don’t mean that” (you felt your heart throb at the last sentence but pushed that aside. You had to take care of Venti)

Pouting, he retorted back “Fine but when I wake up I’m telling you I love you again and taking out *hiccup* out on a date” and passed out?? ‘Stars above he’s gonna give me gray hair early’ you thought with a soft smile on your face

When Venti woke up he was met with a headache. He groaned and took in his surroundings.

Gray colored walls with an AC under the window on the left (it was very sunny out, practically perfect for going to the beach! He wondered why it’s so sunny during autumn?) and a shit ton of pillows. There was also a bedside table with painkillers some water and a note? He picked it up and read what it said

📝 :: Hey Venti it’s me your very cool bff!! You were drunk last night and came to my house (how did you even do that you could barely stand) Drink(?? Idk my mind isn’t working it’s 3 am WHY WERE YOU DRINKING AT 3 AM) the painkillers I’m probably either downstairs or buying groceries

After reading the note the events of last night came rushing back to him and he felt himself go red “Right I did that” he muttered to himself

After drinking the water and rethinking his life decisions he decided to go downstairs and was met with the sight of you reading a book on the couch and drinking coffee

You perked up when you felt the sound of footsteps and smiled when you saw Venti “Good morning Venti! Sleep well?”

“Good morning and yes I slept very well!” He replied with a smile

“Well that’s to be excepted considering you clung onto me like a koala the second I opened the door and passed out right after” you teased with an amused smile on your face

He huffed and playfully yelled out a ‘Hey!’ and giggled. After that he walked over and sat down next to.

There was a comfortable silence between you two until Venti suddenly uttered something. “Did you say something Venti?” You questioned

“I said I meant what I told you last night.” He said more clearly this time “I love you, I really do.” He repeated with a serious look on his face

Shocked at his sudden confession, you quickly regained your composure and with a soft smile on your face “I love you too, Venti.”

“Hello to [name] are you awake?”

“Hmm? Yes sorry I zoned out what were we talking about?”

#genshin #genshin x reader #gender neutral reader #venti x reader #venti x you #venti x gender neutral reader #genshin impact x gender neutral reader

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