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navree · 1 year

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I think if they are going to make an Aegon a full on rapist they should do the Brothel Queen(s) so that the Black's image can suffer a similar blow because let's be real, people are already justifying B&C so there's no way they are going to be viewed as bad people. I feel sorry for Alicent obviously because I love her a lot and honestly I will cry if the BQ end up happening because she really can't catch a break (and I would also feel terrible about Helaena because she did nothing wrong, but it just makes no sense for her to be made to suffer it too).

But who am I going to lie to, they'll probably manage it terribly like they've done Alicent's rapes to date and they'll still find a way to make Alicent love Rhaenyra which makes no fucking sense

I think I've been open about my not wanting the Brothel Queens to happen, and honestly that's not going to change. It's a personal thing mostly, I genuinely don't care if it's a good narrative choice or if it would balance out bad portrayals and offer a more grey view of Team Black; any positives I might potentially feel about it are going to be washed away a million times over by how sick the whole thing makes me. I have no, none, zip, zilch, zero interest in watching scenes of two women imprisoned into literally sex slavery and forcibly raped for days on end in any situation, especially when those women are a) characters I like who're already going to be going through some heavy traumas and b) are 1) a woman who was a victim of marital rape since age sixteen and 2) a woman who's had a full psychological breakdown and is completely incapable of taking care of herself in any way let alone performing in a sexual situation. This could be the most well crafted storytelling with the most profound message and the utmost narrative consequences and I won't care, I do not want to see it and I will never want to see it and I get bile in my mouth even thinking of the fact that Mushroom even thought about making it up (which I'm gonna be honest, I'm firmly in the camp that he 100% did) because he found it hot.

And honestly, I don't think it'd be good storytelling, I think it would be really cheap. This show's parent series was notorious for using rape and sexual violence for titillation and shock value, something that HOTD has really shied away from (there's one on screen rape to the best of my recollection, Alicent's, and I actually didn't mind how they handled that in the show, starting it with the shot of Alicent's ruined fingers on the bed as she starts doing her nervous picking and then makes herself stop was incredibly haunting, it's the fandom's reaction to that scene that's insufferable), and going back to it is just gonna feel lazy and unoriginal to me, and more like the writers going "look how awful this is! aren't we so edgy and groundbreaking! aren't you shocked!" over and over. It'd just feel lazy to me.

The thing is, Team Black fans are going to justify anything their faves do, and that would likely include the Brothel Queens storyline, likely under the guise of Alicent deserving it or it being a just punishment for calling Rhaenyra's kids bastards. And listen, no shade, Aemond's gonna be committing war crimes right and left in the Riverlands and I'll be there in my full "you're doing amazing sweetie dot jpeg" era, I get it. But anyone who isn't a full stan, any casual watchers or anyone who's on the fence or just watching the show for the Hell of it, even them Burlington Bar folks, they're going to see the Blood and Cheese scene (provided it stays book loyal in its entirety and doesn't cut away from anything, which I'm hopeful for) for the horror that it is, and for the stain on Team Black that it is. We don't need gratuitous and graphic sexual violence to hammer the point home, especially when Rhaenyra's rule over King's Landing is already filled with a bunch of butchery that made the people turn on her and her family, and even more especially when we know what'll happen to Helaena eventually.

Listen, at the end of the day, you can give me any excuse in the world, that it'll make people realize Team Black are not morally superior, it'll make Team Green more sympathetic, it'll be good drama, it'll be a good storyline, it'll be a compelling narrative, it'll be profound, God himself could descend from the Heavens and tell me that he's ordained that if we get a Brothel Queens scene the entire viewing public will become fanatical Greens supporters, and it will not ever change the fact that I do not want this storyline to happen. Ever.

#personal #answered #anonymous #i'm genuinely sorry if this sounds like i'm annoyed anon because i'm not #i'm just a) rather hungry and b) this is just a shpiel i've honed rather well #because i've been asked this a few times #people are gonna justify anything their faves do that's the way of fandom #violent rape won't change that they'd probably cheer for it #i remember sansa stans saying that dany pointing out she was raped was cringe #and that she didn't actually have it that bad and that she should quit complaining #just cuz they didn't like dany or jonerys as a ship #it's a personal thing for me i don't want anything like it i hate it #i don't care if it 'whitewashes' rhaenyra (in between the peasant murder and child murder #and extrajudicial killings and the torturing and the demanding a teenager be murder because her husband groomed her #and all the other stuff she canonically does)#that's a trade i'll gladly take one hundred percent no questions asked #like i'm honestly even sus about why george included it in the book at all in the first place #that alone makes me ill #i've no wish to see it on screen in any way no matter how many positives people give me #i hate it!

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aracely83865610 · 3 months

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aimasup · 3 years

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So I've downloaded Gacha Club and it's Really Fucking Cool actually

I got into the app and figured out the controls a little, then I decided to make my ocs but in gacha form, just to see what would happen.

So I make a new default and decide to start with skin colour, as you do, and immediately hollered 'Jesus Christ' at my phone because these are the options.

This crazy amount of variety is kept for the other aspects. If you want an accessory or hat or shirt pattern, it's probably there, you just have to scroll through the hundreds of other options that are also fully adjustable in size, shape, colour, sometimes position, and the poses! I was surprised at the amount of poses.

It's like Picrew but on drugs. It's like getting a Barbie playset for free but surprise! You get the rest of the mall too because there's more than 200 options for hair base, a hundred more for bang options, and much more of props/weapons. You can create literally any character and add your own twists because there's just so much cool stuff! It doesn't even have to be human. Have you see those Weirdcore Gacha videos?

I also realize that it's great to help pick colours and outfits, and maybe adjust your own fashion sense because of how you can pair accessories/props with scenarios and personality. It can also be a medium for people who don't draw or write but still want some creative juices flowing.

I'm still not in the fanbase but I think I get it now. This game is so popular because of. You know. The seemingly unlimited customization that's possible. And it's free to download.

Gacha videos are literally just people playing dress up and house and sharing their playtime with the rest of the world and getting horrendously cyberbullied for it but we don't talk about that

Even the ones that make me go 'oh, yeah, this is terrible' like 'characters doing/meeting random stuff', 'charactets/ocs reacting to stuff', the infinite wacky AUs and crossovers and nonsensical storylines that have obvious references to other media, I completely understand the logic behind all of it, because when I was younger and I had a paper and pencil, I would draw the stupidest shit and blatantly trace from other people's stuff (I know it's bad now I never posted it don't worry) and make them do what I thought was funny/emotional because I didn't care about quality moreso the fact that I made it.

It's so weird seeing the spirit of what I used to create reincarnated into another generation (all the bad and good bits), and making it so public too. I'm just really glad that there's lots of kids out there who are still having fun and somehow dealing with the crushing judgemental force that is the internet.

Edit: I'm not saying you have to be supportive or that you have to like it at all, in fact, you can express your opinion against these types of things, I'm not gonna stop you. I'm just taking a side and expressing my personal stance on this.

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itsjustindieber · 2 years

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hello is almost 1 am let me thought dump please, thank you. it just clicked that the chance of me actually meeting you is like one in a million y’know? like what are the chances of meeting a stranger online. WHAT IF YOURE DERICK omg are you derick? also where’s derick gone. i net theyve got midterms or something IDK IS HE BRITISH DOES HE HAVE MOCKS AS WELL HOW OLD IS HE IS HE JUST HERE FOR A WHILE WHERED HE GO? ok but back to the topic like what even are the chances of us meeting. like unless we’re older and financially stable i can’t imagine we just, meet. THATS SO WEIRD BECAUSE RIGHT I TRUST YOU MORE THAN LIKE MOST OF MY SCHOOL FRIENDS but i mean i just moved schools BUT STILL. like how far are you from me 4,000 miles or something? gosh that’s so weird isn’t it. i keep forgetting we still are just kids who met online. there’s never going to be strings attached to anything we do because in like 20 odd years who can guarantee that we’ll still remember each other. BUT LIKE IMAGINE WE’RE IN OUR 30S WITH OUR OWN RESPECTIVE LIVES AND WE JUST BUMO INTO EACH OTHER ON THE STREETS. the chances of us recognising each other is little to none and that’s weird i don’t like that idea. everything is gonna be a memory in like a couple days give or take. what even matters anymore. not this. like i might as well just disappear because there are no strings attached right? i’d still feel guilty though, that’s odd. the idea of no strings attached is stupid. obviously there are strings attached or else guilt wouldn’t exist that wouldn’t be a thing. IDK I JUST THOUGHT IT WAS WEIRD AND HAD TO SAY SOMETHING. ok but pirate music is weird like i’m listening to it right now and gosh it sounds so weird. i cant decide if i like it or not. i don’t, but i kinda do. IT FEELS WEIRD BUT I KINDA LIKE IT. aspiringly, i’d like to be a set designer. it sounds so fun and furthermore you work with such different prompts every day it sounds like the dream. AND ITS A FINANCIALLY STABLE JOB. but again, the chances of being hired are so low. i might go into something like engineering or applied sciences, maybe even architecture. my only problem with architecture is 7 years of school. i know that’s not too long after and you’ll be like “oh fantastic” but like it still feels weird. stupid school. I HATE HOW YOUVE KINDA FIGURED IT OUT THATS SO COOL HOW DARE YOU. have you ever like lost your appetite in the middle of the night. idk it’s weird like i wasn’t hungry a moment ago but now the idea of food is like grossing me out. ANYWHO smiles are so cool. baring your teeth is usually seen as aggressive but when you upturn it it’s suddenly positive

OK THATS IT GN

- i feel like if i met you on the street or something i'd walk past you and then IMMEDIATELY turn around because holy shit woah this person whom i've only come to know because of the internet is?? walking down the street?? and i just?? met them?? like i'd pause and think like hmm was that keiko and then i'd be like THAT WAS KEIKO (this was my thought process last night because i was on a walk and i'm pretty sure i walked past willem dafoe but i don't think willem dafoe would've be taking a stroll in a neighbourhood in canada but holy shit he REALLY looked like willem dafoe)

- please don't disappear i'd be really sad because there are so many strings attached right now and we may not realise it but once those strings are cut we'll be able to tell because losing a person who're you're close to whether it be because of drifting apart or just losing contact sucks ass and i'd rather not have that happen now

- set design sounds fun as hell and so does architecture!! i feel like you'd be a good architect and you'd make really cool looking buildings like imagine if you became an architect you could make a building shaped like a SNAIL how fucking cool would that be??? i think 7 years of school is definitely worth it

- yeah one time when i was in the hospital a nurse had to force me to eat because holy fucking hell hospital food is gross. so so gross.

- smiles are very cool yes

thanks for this ask this actually made me feel better because i've been in like a sad ish mood since i woke up and uh this made my day so thank you!!

#j.d answers #keiko tag #j.d's favourite asks

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