#that you can ignore those groups

[purgemarchlockdown]

The temptation to vague about something in the milgram-confessions blog because its something thats bothered me for Actual Years about certain fandoms vs letting it go because when it is brought up its actually done somewhat tastefully and reasonably which makes me happy and this anon probably didnt mean it in the incredibly bad faith way I keep on seeing it be repeated so really Im getting upset over nothing.

#the answer is: ramble a bit in the tags just to get it out of my system #for some elaboration: Im asian! I have a knee jerk reaction when people go 'the westerners are projecting their values onto the east again' #because 9/10 of the times someone does that they're an American who wants to justify their weird racism/homophobia #by using the idea that asian countries (especially Japan) are backwards and/or ignorant but disguising it as 'being mindful of their cultur #and also then homogenizing them and pretending their all a monolith to be assholes to people! #and/or completely dismiss any possible criticism or interpretation for a series as a cultural values thing #this one fucks me up especially because usually there IS Merit in those interpretations/criticisms #but a concerning amount of people then go 'oh your just pushing your cultural values onto them' as a smokescreen to be a bunch of assholes #and/or discredit their ideas because Clearly All (insert x group here) think EXACTLY THE SAME and BELIEVE FULLY in whatever cultural #idea their using to justify this behavior #Ive Seen actual good discussion on differences in culture! #especially in another fandom of mine #but the worse option has happened so much that when I hear someone say those words alarm bells start ringing #its bad faith! I know its bad faith! But Ive engaged the worse option in good faith and came out wanting to punch someone A Lot More #Ive seen actually good faith discussions of cultural difference in this fandom sometimes! Its really nice but It scares me #cause im just Waiting for Someone to come in and ruin it #can you guys tell ive seen too many bad anime video essays? Ive seen too many bad anime video essays.

[manawari]

Han Islat. Yes, that's the whole post.

#he's your typical badass mc but you know what's the thing? HE KNOWS HE'S STRONG YET DOESN'T TAKE ALL THE SPOTLIGHT WHEN HE IS IN A GROUP #he sees everyone's potential and knows what which of those skills shall benefit the missions #he's strict he's harsh but doesn't ignore when he knows how capable someone can be #honestly that's what i love about him #he keeps everything fair and equal #pick me up infinite gacha

[teja-has-puppet-autism]

y'know sometimes I go to make a post on this here webbed site, and I almost always end up deletin it cause I measure it through the "how widely applicable is this" + "how horribly can people twist this" metrics and it just stops my little fingies from typin

(this turned into me typing an essay in the tags cause I very much did need to process some shit lmao)

#I have thoughts I wanna get out there #but also I have had people threaten me and harrass me for far less than my thoughts of #'hey maybe my community isn't fuckin normal about trans women' and #'you can be fucked in the gender and also not use transmisogynistic stereotypes and terminologies to do that' #while also pointing out that transmasculine experiences are frequently ignored erased minimized and criticized habitually #(I have eliminated my worries via tag talk lmao so i will keep on processin down here) #Like idk its such a difficult intersection of shit because obviously a lot of transmasculine folks have experienced primarily if not only #other transmasc spaces online and have some deep set transmisogyny going on and then also the other way around of a lot of transfeminine #folk have primarily if not only interacted within transfem spaces and have deep set transmisogyny goin on #(which I'm not gonna argue on transmisogyny being a transfem only word or about transandrophobia or anti-transmasculinity my verbige is #constantly changing around this topic because of the shit that gets hurled at transmascs that use any of the transmasc specific words or th #OG word that applies to the misogyny experienced and intertwined with transness just: language is hard and imperfect so I'm using what I'm #using right now) #and anyway so those two groups of folk clash on their own and have a lot of strained and difficult communication and then there's a third #group that intentionally causes further rifts by trolling and sending hate anons and making accounts pretending to be transfem or transmasc #and shitting on ''the other side'' (heavy HEAVY quotations on that one) #and that all combines into an absolute clusterfuck of lack of understanding or sympathy from either 'side' of things for the other #there is just a lack of fundamental knowledge about our brothers sisters and others shared between us all and it is INFURIATING

[andromedasummer]

can one of you f1 girlies become a journalist and interview the drivers who refused to take a knee because they wanted to fight racism in a different way/disagreed with how blm went about seeking justice and ask them, now that nearly 3 years have passed since the may protests, what steps they've taken to educate themselves on racism? what actions they've taken to improve things for people of colour within formula one/motorsports as a whole? or how they've gone about promoting racial equity in their own country?

#f1 #formula one #its been long enough surely they must have made some headway? right? (: ? #no those dumb fucking black and white anti racism videos dont count because their vagueness allowed #for them to be co-opted by white people who believe racism exists and that the whole of blm/equality movements are racist to them #from what ive seen literally only lewis has taken action to set up foundations and research groups focusing #on improving racial diversity at both grassroots and professional levels #others have given lip service but genuinely if another driver has been helpful in fighting racism in motorsports do mention #it would be a very very pleasant surprise #because the whole we race as one movement was very much image control #it was always going to be down to lewis and the other poc in the sport like zhou or yuki to fight against the unique and #insidious racism they face in the sport. ultimately the others won't because while racism is a problem they have #and causes problems for others. they see it as a problem they're not responsible for solving #and im sure most of them genuinely truly dont think theyre racist. dont know how their actions can enforce racism #but lewis has stood there and explained over and over again both behind closed doors and tv screens #and at a certain point that continued refusal to listen or engage becomes active and malicious ignorance #and that makes you racist. whether they believe that of themselves or not.

[asleepinawell]

and I have seen more wipes there than all the other alliance raids combined 🙃

#except wod because why would we ever get the interesting one #ffxiv #ffxivmp #mp #I posted this before with another meme but it deserves its own post #and I changed it from syrcus to crystal because all I get lately is loa #but good lord how do experienced players still think that rushing the atmos lanes will work #like that is a wipe mechanic #you cannot greed the atmos lanes if everyone gets dumped in A #YOU ARE MAKING THIS TAKE TWICE AS LONG YOU IDIOT #that and behemoth are the two biggest wipes #everyone ignores the iron giants and then they cleave the boulders and the players #just do the basic mechanics and these things go so fast!!!! #and stop ilvl cheesing or I will beat you with a waffle iron #gOD #oh and the bone dragon #'we can ignore the adds the healers will just have to deal' says someone who will shortly be dead #when half the raid dies because the adds aggro on the healers and then everyone takes massive group damage you are slowing it down #I really do not understand what part of 'doing basically one mechanic per fight will make things go faster' is hard to understand #also healers at 50 don't have an those cool abilities they have at 90 to keep you dumb ass alive

[erstwhilesparrow]

Can you tell me more about this vampire hunter pretending to be domestic? 👀

i can!! i very very very much can!! :D

so. first thing you need to know is that this is an AU of an AU and i've entirely lost the thread. the second thing you need to know is that this AU of an AU is the lovely @cohnal's doing. it read one of my fics and went, "hey, what if [Much Beloved Character] met these guys." and i went, "AUGH. FUCK. YEAH. HELL YEAH."

under a cut due to Paragraphs. o/

o/ !

so. the background information is that there's this little gang of three vampires who've been living together for a long time. they're super close, and have most recently been living in a big old house somewhere that could reasonably be described as 'on the edge of town.' they've been getting a little reckless lately with their feeding, killing people they probably shouldn't and attracting attention when they didn't before. so one day, a vampire hunter comes to town.

the hunter -- we will call him owen -- by virtue of being a hunter, is already a little on the edge of things. his work mostly keeps him alone and separate from others. this is an interesting contrast to the vampires, who have of course been exiled from life but very much behave like family with each other. it's winter, and owen gets trapped with the vampires in their big old house.

the 'pretending at domesticity' was a thing in my original fic -- the vampires sometimes put blood in bowls and sit around the dining room table drinking it as if it's soup; one of them curls up in front of the fireplace and thinks about how if she looks very sweet the others might carry her upstairs like a child to her room -- and it was at least in part about... playing with this image of 'family'? none of the three vampires stays in the 'parent' or 'child' or 'sibling' or 'partner' role for very long in relation to the other two. it's supposed to be a little bit off, a little more mutable, a little of both [hey this set-up looks familiar] and [hey wait that's not supposed to happen].

and the thing my brain has snagged on re: owen is (1) figuring out how he responds to this, as someone who has no family or other long-lasting connections, and (2) where he ends up fitting into this dynamic? because. look. he's trapped in a house full of vampires. his whole job might be killing them, but he's not walking away from this one. i like the idea of him turned more than i like the idea of him drained of blood and dumped in the snow.

so. guy trapped in a house with something family-shaped but not in the traditional sense. the image of him fitting alarmingly well into that family-shape. the image of him bristling with weapons and tension still sitting down at the table to... eat? the image of all of them, three vampires and owen, settling in front of the fireplace as if to share drinks and stories, and that's where one of them sinks their teeth in his neck to make him turn.

#chattering sparrow #hm. on reflection you probably didn't actually need all of those paragraphs. probably i could have been more concise. #however. also. you know i'm going to do this. you know asking me a question gets Multiple Paragraphs back. #i hope you enjoy ^-^ thank you so much for the ask reyni!! #it's very. vibes. right now. #but also know that in my heart there's an unwritten sequel to this unwritten fic where owen has been successfully adopted into the group #and everyone is very [oh yes our beloved pet hunter who is always being a grouch in the corner; we love him so] about it #and i'm ignoring all moral nuances in this hypothetical unwritten sequel to an unwritten fic!! owen gets a hug i don't care about the rest! #sometimes you gotta. such is the way of things. the complications can go in the first unwritten fic instead. [thumbsup].

[lemonduckisnowawake]

So a while back @floorbacon0621 was talking about a hallmark movie where a woman body hijacked a rich lady but then realized all she wanted was family for Christmas.

Cue @emarynn going "eh, sounds boring" and me going "WELL CHALLENGE ACCEPTED."

The below is the result, transcribed (copy/pasted) from Discord because I realized I wanted it somewhere I could find before it got buried (it's already been buried actually) from all our chatter....which means I need a new tag for my personal writing stuff. BUT ANYWAY

Woman- gets isekaid into rich lady ML - rich guy whom rich lady is engaged to Rich lady - gets isekaid into woman

Plot: rich lady sees this sad and hectic ADHD family that is just NOT managing holidays well and is giving stress upon stress to each other and is like "all right, imma straighten you all out cause i'm a doctor" and actually starts helping the woman's family cope. Woman's family is like "woah, daughter, college in the city really has changed you. maybe this was a good idea after all." Meanwhile, woman is not at ALL happy to be in rich lady's body and is annoyed with rich guy who is doing his uttermost to scare off rich lady to break off the engagement, but woman isn't gonna do that cause this isn't her life - and rich guy is confused cause it was about to succeed, so what the heck? Woman wasn't really looking forward to the holidays cause her family is SO chaotic and it drives her nuts, and she guesses that this is a great way to escape but…they were expecting her and she still LOVES them, so she's gonna check. Unfortunately, before she can do anything, she's pulled into rich people christmas stuff with rich guy as her confused date. She finds all the bluster and pomp way too annoying and almost worse than her family's chaos but, again, not her life so she doesn't say anything. She likes the food thought, but everything is so fake that it just pricks at her even more until she can't take it and just….leaves the party at one point to hide.

Rich guy comes after her and they have an emotional moment or idk, which now confuses HER cause where was the rude guy? To which he admits he was trying to break up the engagement cause there's someone he loves who is not as wealthy and thought the best way was to act mean. To which the woman, in utter bafflement, is like, "Dude. It's a free country. Just…..break it off? You're over the age? Is there like any formal contract?" "Uh…no" "??????????? Then why don't you just break it off?" "They'll disown me. I don't have any job experience!" "??? Are you serious? You're in training to be the CEO? And you have a college degree? Just….use that to get a job???" "Oh…." "Uh huh." Anyway, cue woman accidentally making things better without even meaning to in her comedic shenanigans to just CALL HOME and see how everyone's doing, interspersed with cuts from rich girl who is having a blast organizing everything but thinks she should probably find a way to get back to her body cause being an heiress is great.

Anyway, blah blah blah, magic of Christmas, switcheroo goes back to normal after they meet and tell them all the happenstances ("you broke off my engagement?" "NO! He broke off his engagement with YOU! I didn't say I'd accept or anything! And you actually made my family functional?" "Yeah, being a psych and med student is great" "…..i hate rich people" ":DDD") End movie

#lemon duck quacks #lemon duck tales #....yeah ignore the potential copyright issues of that tag #one of these days i'll go tag my other writing stuff with this tag #anyway this isn't even counting the random plot bunnies bacon and em and i went into after that wall of text i sent #perhaps i will reblog those additions if i can get permission to screenshot our unhinged convos #but just having this means i can go and use the search function to the start of it all #you know the whole arranged marriage thing reminds me of another convo with another group of friends #where i spitefully tried to combat the idea that enemies to lovers couldn't exist in contemporary romances #i mean i succeeded somewhat by telling them 'customer x customer service rep' to which the immediate and loud response from all #was a resounding NO #i got distracted

[eternally-tired-cryptid]

Hi in case it wasn't clear I stand with the victims in Palestine and if you think that the Genocide currently happening is in any way okay or justifiable I want you nowhere near me. I fundamentally disagree with you and dislike you and I will never see eye to eye with you. I will not tolerate it around me and I will block.

#jasper rambles #palestine #i could go on a whole thing that even if you think the hamas terrorist group deserves to die that clearly isnt what is happening here and i #obviously a flimsy excuse. but the people who genuinely believe that this isnt genocide are either willfully ignorant or are okay with the #genocide. and those people will not listen to me or have a civil discussion. so i will not engage them in discussion. this is the closest i #will get. any other discussion about palestine and their struggle will be in support of them and donating what i can #i may not post this constantly on my blog. but that doesn't mean im ignoring it or side with israel #idk if i should name names but i was recommended a pro-israel post bc a cosmere blog liked said post #i dont want to cause drama bc idk this blog ppersonally and maybe it was a misclick? but. regardless #i looked at said cosmere tumblrs likes more and it was not a misclick.

[gentlemanbutch]

How does one monitor their heart rate if they can’t afford a smart watch?

Wanna track my symptoms but idk the best way to do it.

#not to be like omg I think I have xyz #but I am…concerned I may have pots #which is not new it’s just worse and I can’t ignore it now. and it also makes more sense if I also have eds #I MAY actually have a local cardiologist I can see but I wanna track my symptoms first #I can take my pulse on my phone but idk how accurate that is #my parents also have one of those …idk what they’re called. it’s a board you lay on and can tilt back to stretch your back #so I can probably do a homemade tilt table test on that lol #but yeah I just…don’t know what to track and people in a group I asked in were being rude #pots #postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome #undiagnosed chronic illness #undiagnosed disability #eds #ehlers danlos syndrome #chronically ill #chronic pain #disabled

[zoekrystall]

Did that fav pkmn thing on a whim and I'm sorry for all my babies I didn't choose bc I really like too many by some.

Love how it's mostly pretty ones and then there's clodsire. Even tho I got it in my team since the beginning of violet do I continuously forget its name bc I just call it by the nickname blobby (one of the rare times I didn't spend hours googling the perfect nickname but it nonetheless is a perfect one)

And for fun without any legendaries as fav

Reg nicknames I even write all down so I only spend decades once for each pkmn (unless I don't like the prev one anymore). Need to update that someday since it's mostly old revolution ones but hey. Blaze do I use for arcanine nowadays more and ninetails got others. Gardevoir got soteria nowadays which I prefer more. Etc.

#a wild lux appears #(made this in december but for whatev reason left it in drafts until now. prob bc I wanted to limit non important posting idk) #Maybe you think garchomp is there bc of other reasons but I use it since dpp bc cynthia made kid me go 'woah!' #I remember having looked up as a kid to cynthia and juniper a lot and that fact n reason behind it makes me also go yeah no I was a girl wh #one day decided to be happier otherwise. Bc the reason was 'oh wow female and cool so I can indeed be that :0' most importantly with junipe #bc I never cared for battles. ye ye ignore fictional professions I was like 8. reason I loath alola tbh I missed doing non battle side stuf #I vividly remember picking my first pkmn game up (hg) and just immediately going fuck being a trainer let me be a prof and it's so funny ho #my horrendous sieve brain has that laser ingrained. Sometimes still brainstorm and I would prob study ghost pkmn tbh who by sheer luck isn' #dead yet. That and maybe being v charismatic to that type idk. Why bc I like those lil fellas. #What I also find extremely funny is having went by sonia prior to swordshield and there being a prof sonia. Wish I still went by it when it #dropped. Imagine. Kid sonia wanting to be a prof and meeting swsh sonia being on her way to be one. I either would've made her my #personality (which I think I nonetheless did I think I changed my icons to her) or would've wildly shaking her going 'it should have been #meeee'. which ig I mentally do by every rival or friend group person that takes that route like take me w you I hate battles please. Insane #that only blueberry academy me start to hate em slightly less. After over a decade of battles. Ig alpharad's n others streams w nuzlockes n #all started to also show me the appeal of actually strategizing instead of brute forcing which I did. #*that only blueberry academy MADE me #Whatev. Also no I don't got anything else that another pkmn would kickstart talking abt. Just know I drag my 2013 xerneas everywhere w me #and it is a fucking crime that I can't throw it into violet. What is this. You clearly don't mind throwing others into regions they don't #belong to at all (which I personally really dislike hc lore wise but gameplay wise whatever let new trainers catch old legendaries) #To come back to fav pkmn yes I'm in the dragonair boat. I hate evolving mine. Dragonite is fine I like it standalone but I like the #aesthetic of dragonair more. Idfc abt logic or whatever this is aesthetic talk. Yes I prefer some fan evos more. #I keep wanting to play that fusion fangame and if you want to know what pkmn I like I found out I have a huge overlap w alpharad there #Which sucks for us both! We adore pkmn that get lewded the most and I hate my life. You do you idc some are humanoid I have to admit that #but I personally would prefer to not see any art or even just jokes abt ANY of that. Humanoid or not I Do Not See. #I don't block let alone report over that just. tag and don't bring that to my doorstep thx. #What I will at most block n judge is if you touch any of the kids idc in this franchise if they're just pixels. #Can you tell I am writing this close to midnight anyways this is all. This became like a completely dif post in the tags welp

[ignorantsanonymous]

The Tragedy Prayer

"Let us offer up a prayer to those who have perished in this nightmarish act of cruelty today.

And I remind you all, once again, that we pray not to God, but to ourselves; to sharpen our minds and to focus our wills.

Our Power, which burns within Us, exquisite be Our Might.

Our Kingdom come, Our Will be done, on Earth as it is within Us.

Give Us this day our fondest wish, and improve ever upon Us, as we strive ever to improve Ourselves.

And lead Us not into corruption or malaise, but give Us strength to persist in the face of adversity.

Lives have been taken needlessly from Us by a loathsome lost soul on a mission of evil.

May the sickness of this rotten death-urge vacate Our collective Being.

May the exploiters of tragedy find that their words turn to shit in their mouths.

May the deniers of tragedy find that they are denied mercy until they repent.

May the cruelty of this world be alleviated by the love and fellowship and brotherhood and sisterhood and siblinghood that We may find in Ourselves.

To love One Another and to serve One Another and to serve those that love Us.

And may Those whose souls are on this day scorched with pain and anguish find Their way to the balm of kindness.

Let Those who have been so darkly touched by the worst of humanity see now the best of it.

And may Our differences be cast aside, and all the bullshit cut through, until all that is left is the truth.

Let it be so."

-TJ Kirk (May 2022)

#In May of 2022 TJ posted a video discussing the tragedy and politics of the school shooting in Uvalde Texas of the United States #And he ended that video with this prayer #I omitted one word-- the word twenty-one-- the number of lives that were lost in Uvalde that day #because I plan on reblogging this every time a mass shooting happens in this country #I even added the first part to the description of this blog as a general prayer #This channel's name-- Ignorants Anonymous-- is of course a parody of the support groups #the ones that are supposed to aid those with addictions #and those support groups rely heavily on the christian religion as an anchor to help guide their members #though nowadays they try to be more inclusive--as long as you have an entity or concept you hold higher than yourself then #the twelve step program can still apply #along with the name I also wanted to similarly parody the religious aspect of the support group #kind of like how satanists parody abrahamic religions with the name of those religions' opposer #while ironically holding themselves to the message of peace and love preached by those texts than the actual followers of those religions d #You do not have to be atheist to follow this blog or to get use out of it but #I find that the words of TJ Kirk-- The Amazing Atheist-- do a better job at representing the theme of this blog than I ever could #i hope he never discovers this blog personally but if he does i hope he at least approves of my use of his expressions #prayer #tj kirk #the amazing atheist #amazing atheist #terroja kincaid #YouTube

[inanthesis]

I'm gonna try and tackle some drafts today but bc of some nonsense I saw I twitter say it with me folks: Zhongli is the man he is today because of the many friends he's made and the many losses that have eroded him over his life and he was not solely influenced by one dead dust chick.

#when the argument that she was the /only/ important person in his life comes up it just makes me want to see any content about her even less #because those people cannot seem to grasp that “those who share the memory” were MULTIPLE PEOPLE HE CARED ABOUT #and how he said himself in the azhdaha SQ that he believes having to give up that which he loves was the erosion given to him by the #heavenly priniples. again. this was in azhdaha's quest with no ties to the dust lady. I'm not saying this makes old man dragon yaoi canon #but like... it sure was a clear indicator of just how much his old friend's erosion pained him for him to begin to think he was cursed with #enduring loss #some people try to be like “you can enjoy something when the fandom is shit” but it's hard to enjoy a property or a character #when if you look for content you will find so much bullshit like this which completely overlooks the actual lore of your fave which in my #case is absolutely zl. he's my number 1 and always has been and i won't stand for the erasure of his other friends #not to mention how this group also tends to ignore the very significant relationship between gz and ping.... #anyway i wasn't gonna tag rant but oop this topic gets me heated #|| ooc

[burning-thistles-bt]

absolutely in love with apprentice groups...

Spottedpaw, Willowpaw, Redpaw, Frostpaw, Brindlepaw, Tigerpaw, Whitepaw?

Firepaw, Lightningpaw, Copperpaw, Airpaw, Creekpaw, Darkpaw, Runningpaw, Mousepaw, Sandpaw, Longpaw, Cherrypaw?

Graypaw, Featherpaw, Cricketpaw, Ravenpaw, Dustpaw, Lynxpaw, Swiftpaw, Cinderpaw, Brackenpaw?

Cloudpaw, Cliffpaw, Ashpaw, Fernpaw, Tulippaw, Elderpaw, Brightpaw, Thornpaw?

Lizardpaw, Reedpaw, Primrosepaw, Perchpaw, Pikepaw, Robinpaw, Woodpaw, Dawnpaw?

Snowpaw, Mistlepaw, Bramblepaw, Tawnypaw, Sorrelpaw, Rainpaw, Sootpaw?

i eat that sh*t UP

#its about the ~kinship~ the ~homoeroticism~ the ~undying loyalty~ the ~rivalry~ the ~friendships~ #there's just something about the bonds that are formed during apprenticeship. cant quite get the innocence anywhere else #even those you know turn evil (ex.: tigerpaw) can be so kind and ignorant when theyre young and learning. growing. babies #lolling thoughts #apprentice groups #the gang #the apprentices gang #frosted thistles #burning thistles #hunted lynx #burning thistles au #burning spotted thistles #apprentices #random #rambles #thoughts

[pezpenser205]

btw ive learned something fascinating recently that people on tumblr dont know about. if someone gets something casually wrong (and theyre not being overly confident or a dick about it) instead of commenting or going into their askbox and saying "you are a dumbass and this is why i think you should die" you know that you can just say "this is wrong because of ______. ____ wrote a good article/post/study/video on this that i think you should read/watch."

one of these is significantly more productive than the other and makes it so that the person is educated and less people in the world think like that, and if they dont listen, then you can still tell them to die and that they suck because now its confirmed that they do. its a win win.

the other is just sending a note into a paper shredder because youre upset about some shit somebody didnt have any intention of meaning or even know the implications of. this inevitably alienates them from your perspective entirely because nobody wants to listen to the ideas of someone whos first thought when somebody is unknowingly ignorant is to tell them to die and that theyre fundamentally irredeemable as a human being.

hope this helps everybody. 👍

(THIS DOES NOT APPLY TO PEOPLE WHO ARE BEING ACTIVELY BIGOTED OR MALICIOUS DESPITE KNOWING THE FACTS OR PEOPLE WHO HAVE ALREADY DUG DEEP INTO THE ISSUE AND ARE RUINED BY CONFIRMATION BIAS AND THEIR DESIRE TO HATE A GROUP OF PEOPLE. KEEP SENDING THOSE PEOPLE DEATH THREATS PLEASE 👍👍)

#op #this is snarky but also a real step by step thing because i know for a fact theres people who dont know how to do this #people who grew up on the internet especially just have 0 knowledge on conflict resolution #i dont necessarily blame them bc its just the world we live in now. but it does get exhausting #like i get it bc a lot of situations where this happens its minorities that are fed up with the bullshit #and ofc if somebody is just saying outright 'i will never support ___ people' or '[x group] is just not as civilized as white people' #you can absolutely immediately skip to death threats #but like even im guilty of this. where somebody is just repeating what their family/friend group says and doesnt actually know shit #and theyd be really easy to win over but because the alarm bells start going off ill go straight to snapping at them #and while its understandable and justified i need to learn to be able to tell the difference before i do unless im in an actually- #-potentially unsafe situation #i understand the gut instinct to ignorance and the immediate spike in fear or anger or disgust #but legitimately since i have started taking a minute to talk to people who are just saying shit online #like 2/5 have gotten closer to understanding what i was saying or agreeing entirely. and thats 40%. thats A LOT. #people CAN change their minds especially if they are Unwillingly Stupid #a lot of people Are just plugging their ears and going lalalalala but some of them are just listening to those people without thinking- #-about it #and you can fr be the one that gets the gears turning if you get there at the right time #i dont recommend doing any of that irl of course bc theres actual danger. but online the worst they could do is stay the same as they were

[crossdressingdeath]

Time for Positive Things About DAI: I do like that the game lets you interject in some of the party banters. One of my biggest complaints about the party banters in the other games was that it never really felt like my character was... part of it, you know? It's nice to hear your companions actually talking to each other and interacting without you, don't get me wrong, but it always feels like soldiers in the back ranks chit-chatting as they follow their commander more than a group of friends hanging out (with you included in the group). Little things like the opportunity to teasingly defuse one of Blackwall and Dorian's arguments or the chance to respond with embarrassment (or glee) when other companions start grilling your LI about your relationship just gives more of a sense that you're a group of friends rather than a commanding officer and their subordinates when you're walking around the world. Being able to respond like a person would to some of the conversations that your companions are having, especially the ones involving you or involving tension in the group, and especially being able to choose how you respond like it's any other conversation with a companion, is just a really nice addition to the party banter system! More of that in DA4, please!

#dragon age inquisition #also can da4 please give us at least one 'stop arguing i swear i'll turn this party around' interjection #every game has had at least one banter that could've benefited from an 'i'll turn this party around' interjection #it is time to give us one #it's odd because dai is generally the worst at making you and your companions feel like FRIENDS rather than coworkers #but things like banter interjections and the wicked grace cutscene are some of the best group interactions in the series #in those very specific areas dai is actually i'd argue the BEST at making the group feel like friends #they feel very natural and casual and like an extension of the group dynamic! #(just ignore how we don't really SEE that group dynamic outside of those scenes)

[marcos--budt]

JUST SAW SOME CRAZY MISOGYNY AND MISOGYNOIR ON MY DASH SO NOW YOU ALL HAVE TO SUFFER THROUGH 10 FEMINIST POSTS IN A ROW😘

#First of all transmisogyny isn't a thing bc males cannot be oppressed #On the basis of their sex/gender in a patriarchy no matter if they think wearing makeup makes them female. They cannot experience misogyny. #Also TRAs NEVER calling out the rampant racism and misogynoir in their own movement #And calling feminists who fight for sex based rights inherently racist for... Fighting for women's sex based rights..? #They keep saying black women arent women and then pointing to radical feminists and go see! You dont view black women as women! #As if radfems even considered black women to be different in their womanhood? #Only white males can other black women like that I swear #And completely ignore the fact that radical feminism is most widespread in mostly NON-WHITE COUNTRIES #Anyway when they deal with all the racism and nazism and incels in their own ranks they can start talking #Not saying there isn't racism in radical feminism bc racism is EVERYWHERE where there are white ppl/colonizers/descendants of colonizers #The absolute male clownery #They only care about black women when they can use them as weapons against evil ''terfs'' lol #How about listening to black women? You know those who you call non-women? Those you silence and threaten and speak over? #VERY WHITE MALE BEHAVIOUR JUST SAYING UWU #Also can privileged white males stop stealing the language of the group they oppress to silence us thank youuuu