#im SICK of the changes yall make to gale

[asrionsun]

i think im gonna leave the bg3 fandom entirely. [im sure no one cares, i dont contribute. im just ranting into the void for my own sake.] i hate pretty much all of the people in it because of their takes. its just disgusting, and its harming my mental health. its entirely ruined my enjoyment of the game, so im gonna abandon that too. [not to mention every update ruins more, takes more away, and alters it to fit the fucking terrible fandom views and leftoverdev bias of a story and characters that were once unique and wonderful.] im sick and tired of the abusiveness of the fandom toward the characters, the dismissal and belittlement of trauma, the fetishization, the ugliness of the way certain characters [gale specifically, but not ONLY him] are treated so fucking poorly and the insurmountable hypocrisy.

having to face the fact that so very many people are absolutely incapable of critical thinking and read things so extremely wrong - not able to parse emotions, cant read facial expressions and body language, cant/dont understand the story and the meaning of anything presented, miss the symbolism, can't understand inflection and delivery of lines and their emotional weight, the entire lack of comprehension of emotional and mental states or story elements and... everything else. its dragging me down so badly.

humanity is shit, people are complete and utter shit. it just sucks so bad, and everyone has destroyed any and all enthusiasm and joy i ever found in any of this because most people lack any depth or experience or ability to relate to anything without changing it to suit them entirely, thereby altering and ruining the story and its characters and flooding the entire fandom with head canons and misinterpretations until no one makes or discusses anything that isnt something run through a game of fandom headcanon telephone until its become unrecognizable and just... utterly hurtful and lost from its origin.

i... really hate yall. i dont understand why yall cant appreciate characters as they are. why do they need to be so entirely different for you to enjoy them? if gale doesnt suit your ideal, dont change HIM, go find a different character that fits your ideal instead. so when those of us that DO love actual gale go looking, we meet each other and get to see GALE. not some altered unrecognizable version that doesnt have any resemblance to the character we loved, who looks and acts entirely different. i fucking HATE yall.

#rant #dissapointment #especially the way gale is treated #im SICK of the changes yall make to gale #to his body #his personality #his skills #his story #his motivations #his history #not ONE of you writes or draws anything resembling canonical gale #you only make your gross OC's with gales name #you change his eye color #his face #and his body so much its vile #your fandom interp has poisoned the characters and story and weve lost them to your warped rewrite and headcanons #i fucking hate yall