#yeah i still agree 100%

[mintypsii]

i wonder how zeff would've reacted to sanji's bounty poster changing to "only alive" and then later to sanji "vinsmoke" (well known former conquerors/royalty of the north blue)

whether sanji's told zeff about germa or not, zeff would be stressed OUT

#op #one piece #sanji #zeff #red leg zeff #vinsmoke sanji #black leg sanji #SHUT UP yeah yeah i copy pasted this from my twt DIE #idk i like to assume sanji never told him #because he'd be scared that word would get out and he'd be sent back #or like #zeff would kick him out #EVEN WORSE: sanji paranoid that zeff would kick him out because he agrees with why judge didn't want him 😭😭 #like that's 100% ooc for zeff to do but sanji is an overthinking paranoid traumatized little guy #mind you this is the same guy who thought luffy+the strawhats would be better off without him despite everything #not /neg btw i understand sanji he's just like me fr #ok but IF sanji DID tell zeff about germa ZEFF WOULD BE SOOO WORRIED #LLIKE. WHAT DO THEY WANT WITH MY SON???? hoping sanji's still safe but knowing that SOMETHING to do with his family definitely happened #germa 66 #min watches one piece

[rraaarr]

There's a line that I feel is important and doesn't get discussed very often

Crowley comments "I don't know how you lot have stayed in charge all these years"

To which Aziraphale responds "I don't think we have" I don't know why, but it feels important

#ineffable husbands #good omens #aziraphale #crowley #ineffable divorce #gos2 spoilers #ineffable partners #like i feel there's insight here #and i don't know precisely what it is #Maybe this is one reason Azi agrees to the whole Archangel thing #But it definitely questions the theory that Azi's 100% Team Heaven .... #And it's interesting to see that the demons #or at least crowley #Still see Heaven as In Charge when it literally took both sides wanting a war #so like... yeah idek

[boimgfrog]

forgot my mom doesn't know abt my past partners so when I told her abt my boyfriend she was like "well, you know first relationships aren't perfect, it's how you learn what you're looking for" yea 👍

#jay says a thing #like no yeah 100% agree #were it not 4 my exes i never would've gone after my bf cos id still be under the illusion that i wanted someone to be my everything #instead of wanting someone to just like. hang out with. talk about anything with. sit in silence and play separate video games side by side #and like yeah hes important 2 me and i love him so much but its not that over the top obsession that my past relationships were #its comfortable. its mutual. i dont have to pretend to be perfect or gentlemanly around him. #anyways <3 yaaay now. i have 2 tell. my father. #hes a wildcard i have NO idea how he'll react

[samarecharm]

Akira being like, obsessed w loyalty, but having it as a positive(ish) trait is so fun to me. He doesnt outright say it or ever ask for it, but theres like an unspoken bond between the thieves and himself. He asks for it (demands, really) because he gives it in return. Its the classic ‘ride or die’ mentality; he demands trust and loyalty bc he 100% trusts his team. He would not have baited himself into what would be considered his literal death if he was not COMPLETELY and UTTERLY faithful to his team and the cause. He trusted them to fulfill their end of the bargain no matter how difficult that wouldve been for them. And because of their mutual faith in each other, leader to team and team to leader, they all managed to make it out and live another school year.

He has very little regard for his life but hes not necessarily reckless. Hes calculated. And while hes a bit out of sorts in the beginning with all of these new ideas and concepts, he quickly finds his footing later in the year. And bc he is assembling a team of people who are loyal to Him, he can afford to be loyal right back to them. He can afford to be risky if the risk is mitigated by having his team follow up on his actions. This team has to run like a well oiled machine; any hiccups will get the rest of the team caught or worse; hurt or killed.

Ryuji inadvertently sets this trend, bc he is Ride or Die at heart and he somewhat influences Akira on this matter. And its why he is so reluctant to truly incorporate Goro onto the team (at first). Goro IMMEDIATELY clocks Akiras leadership as something heavier than simply ‘i lead this group to keep everyone on the same page’, but he wrongly assumes Akira has some sort of Thing about power. Theres no real power trip; he is not okay with limiting his teams voices on any matter. His ideas are not the end all, be all of any plan; hes Not Shido. I can imagine how tough Saes Palace was for everyone, but they needed to have unwavering faith in each other to pull off such a mindblowing plan.

I dunno where else im going w this, i just like thinking of Goro feeling some kinda way about Akira (and the thieves) unanimously declaring him as the leader of the thieves fully knowing what shady things theyve done up until this point. Someone who claims to change peoples hearts is deciding who gets to keep their free will or not, and to have a team basically say ‘yes hes our leader and we would die for him’ does NOT look good to anyone! Especially to someone who is quite literally killing people on behalf of someone Very Bad! Who then Dies for it!

#he is my little meow meow and a litte fucked up actually #goro would never want to be completely loyal to anyone #he follows his own rules #but like akira still trusts him? and it makes him so fucking upset #like how dare you act like im predictable #like i would just blindly follow you like an obedient dog #but he still trusts goro #and he still includes him in plans and hangout meetings #bc he fucking knows what his team is capable of #and their loyalty to him; and his loyalty to them #means that literally any wrong move would have goro dead like no joke #i say this as an avid goro lover and applogist #but if he literally killed Any of the thieves he himself would be dead very shortly after #and to some degree goro knows this #and it makes him a bit (alot) bitter and angry but also like #this is the life he chose yeah? #and like SO WHAT if he listens in a bit more at meetings? #and SO WHAT if ryuji invites him to eat with the rest of them Just Because #and SO WHAT if Akira loudly; with his whole being; acknowledge that he Wants Goro to be with them #and having that mean that he would be completely 100% loyal with Goro #and wouldnt die for him bc he Knows thats not what Goro would want #but would do it only if he absolutely must #and SO WHAT if that means he too is being read like an open book no matter how insistent he is that his pages are sown shut #to hear yusuke say ‘no i do not think that would be wise; goro would agree’ and have him ACTUALLY be right like fuck off #fuck right the fuck off ! #you dont get to know me im unknowable !!!!!!!!!!!!! #tagging as #akeshu #shuake #bc like i want to find it again

[felix-lupin]

G'morning 💟💟💟

This is a ramble about a post about the Harry Potter books (wishing they were not written)...

I Really Enjoyed the Geodyssey series by Piers Anthony (Isle of Woman, Shame of Man, Hope of Earth, Muse of Art... I never read the last book... Climate of Change)

I read the first 4 books many years ago, and I Really Enjoyed reading these books and the style of writing that spanned across many generations and time periods. I re-read this series many times over the years, and each time I enjoyed the stories and the characters.

Piers Anthony is a prolific author that has written a plethora of books. I have only read the Geodyssey series, and not any of his other works.

And then something happened and the reputation of Piers Anthony changed from 'respected prolific sci-fi and fantasy author' to 'creepy creep'... He was writing too much about panties and female bodies and teenage sexuality and he is no longer popular or respected 😶

These things are confusing and sad.

Many times I have experienced emotional cruelty from others in the form of 'You like/enjoy (random media)? Then you must be the kind of awful/evil/wrong person who supports (inappropriate behaviors of the creator of that media)!'

These things are confusing and sad.

I imagine that about 98% of Creatives are Normal Humans that will be sometimes good and sometimes bad, but always Humans that are Going Through It, making mistakes and learning, and never perfect... And only about 1% of Creatives are perfectly evil rotten humans, and only about 1% of Creatives are perfectly good kind humans. The individual that consumes media is not responsible for the actions of the media creator. I guarantee that all humans have enjoyed a work of art/music/literature that was created by someone that they would be repulsed by, if they were to know the creative personally. Should this diminish the experience of enjoyment that the individual feels upon consuming the media?

For example... Michaelangelo was secretly queer but openly hatefully homophobic. In person he was bitter, condescending, sadistic, and rude. He did not bathe, and upon his death he had had the same pair of stockings on for So Many Years that it was necessary to scrape them off of his skin with a spatula. Meeting him in person would not be a pleasant experience for most humans... But he gave us David and La Pieta and the Sistine Chapel and So Much More! Should the Beauty of those works be diminished because they were created by an asshole?

And Jared Leto is a bad person and a bad actor, but Mr. Nobody is still an emotionally beautiful and thought provoking film.

There were too many examples, across all media, and through out all time. Should you choose to only consume media that was created by perfect humans, it would be necessary to live bereft of Art.

I perceive Art like this... There is a Collective Consciousness of humanity's ideas and imagination (the noosphere) and Creations are conducted into this realm of reality (born) through the Creatives (conduits). Consider the Michael Sheen quote/acting advice about the characters they portray not being able to exist unless they open themself and channel that out into the world (paraphrasing)... Consider a child being born... Is that child an extension of the parent? Responsible for the behaviors of the parent? Or is it its own entity that should be perceived by its own merits? Creations of Art are the manifestations of ideas and imagination that have been born through the conduit of Creatives... Creations of Art are the Children of Creatives. Should you be repulsed by a beautiful child because its parent is ugly or vulgar?

Have been thinking on this for a day or so... And just wanted to submit these thoughts for your consideration.

(I agree 100% that JK Rowling is a jerk and this ramble is Not About That)

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Good morning!

It's definitely a. Complicated subject? I agree that people shouldn't be harassed for what they enjoy in media, though. Someone who harasses or belittles others for what they enjoy in media will always be 100x worse than the person that's enjoying the "bad/problematic" media.

I personally could never read the Harry Potter books after what happened with JKR, but I do understand that there's a good amount of people who read the stories *before* the transphobia stuff came out, and to a lot of those people the series means something to them. There is some degree of separating the art from the artist, although it's impossible to do that entirely.

I think it's mostly fine as long as one acknowledges the problems that a work does have, things in the work that are. Prejudiced, for example. Although I do also understand that there's a lot of people that would rather not be. Reminded about Harry Potter, or talked to about it, or it upsets them when there's references to it.

Both of those people—people that are attached to Harry Potter and keep talking about it and making fanwork for it, and people that don't want to talk about it and having it referenced makes them uncomfortable— are valid. As long as nobody's harassing or belittling anyone else. Although, I will note that, while I can't control what anyone decides to do with their money bc it's their money, even the people who are still fans shouldn't buy things that are going to give money to JKR.

#im in class rn so sorry if this isnt like..super coherent. but ignore that #from the nebula #But anyways #if someone wants to properly seperate the art from the artist and make it clear that they dont like the artist #even though they like the art. the Not-Supporting-Said-Person by buying stuff thing is. important. imo #also anyways #im loosely in the latter camp. I would rather not talk about Harry Potter or participate in things related to it #Although one time my old school had this Harry Potter day thing where they decorated the school #and a bunch of kids and teachers showed up in cosplay. Which is sweet‚ I guess‚ but I was uncomfortable with it at the time #They talked about how great JKR was the entire day and when someone brought up her transphobia they just brushed it off #like it didnt matter. And when I was like yeah ok im not gonna really help set this up. because i dont like JKR #the teachers acted like i was being. whats the saying. a wet blanket #So while i do understand that theres some people who like Harry Potter and still want to have fun with it #I also completely understand people who wish it wouldn't be brought up around them and they didnt have to hear it referenced #.. #Although I do agree that no artist or *human* for that matter is 100% 'unproblematic' and expecting people to be perfect is unreasonable #And what someone enjoys in fiction is NOT a reflection of their morals. I would be a BIG hypocrite if i claimed that people's fictional #enjoyments said ANYTHING even SLIGHTLY about their morals. It doesn't. #Think i say that in my bio too

[liebelesbe]

I need to stop looking at twitter. Twitter is the mind killer etc

#homophobia and mostly transphobia in the following tags btw #saw a post that was like 'the same stupid arguments that were being used against gay ppl in the 90s are now being used against trans ppl' #and i was like 'hm basically yeah but sometimes people do still say those about gay people today! but otherwise good post' #and then the comments were all either like 'ummmm but trans people are evil??? so those comments are valid??' #or 'I agree with both comments' #OR 'um? people weren't homophobic in the 90s?? are you insane? everybody was 100% fine with gay people in the 90s 🙄 idiot' #like HELP. HELP ME. #delete twitter right now for your mental health 👍 #doddie redet

[knifefightandchill]

It's always a bit concerning when different meta turns into something akin to discourse.

#did i miss like a whole chapter of tumblr stuff while i was at con ?? #i stick by everyone has their right to their own opinions and interpretations and whatever #but i dislike how one singular person is considered the expert and is put on a pedestal. #to the point that they're mentioned when someone doesn't agree with a take #unless they're the creator i'm not taking what they say as canon. at all. widely accepted or not. because it /isn't/. #because widely accepted doesn't equal accurate or right #no matter how well researched it is either. because i still don't think one singular person is 100% right when it comes to /everything/. #except the creator or creators themselves #popularity is just popularity #also yeah i'm bias too because i really really dislike a lot of their takes and could counter a lot of them too but it's pointless. #there can be good interpretations and shitty interpretations. but that's the beauty of fandom spaces #thank you for coming to my tedtalk #personal #i would love to post my own meta and probably will sometime when i grow a second braincell. so it's a little less jumbled insanity. #also it's mostly krauser centric so that has little to no bearing on leon. #also we're talking about a series that's almost as old as me #that has multiple timelines and retcons and inconsistencies and a novelization and live action movies. #like /come on people./ #we all know where i stand when it comes to ID too tbh

[cinnamon-notes]

i can't sleep :c

#and i think it's because i kinda have a lot on my plate rn #and lately i've gotten back into journaling- which is something im really proud of- cuz you know when i was with my ex i could never have my #own privacy so i had to give up journaling- which is something i had been doing nonstop since i was five and i could barely write #grammatically correct sentences- and im happy that im eventually journaling again- i really am- but this means that i do not know how to #handle my feelings unless i write- and today i was too depressed to write #cuz stuff happened at work as it usually does and im almost on my period and my PMS is killing me #then this man decided to tell me im incapable of loving and i will never find someone to love me back and that im a bad person and that im #uncaring and this hurt so much although i knew he was teasing- it still hurt! #then this other guy said im unreliable cuz i didn't show up for a task that was even optional and i had never 100% agreed on before #and i didn't show up because: depression + pms getting worse + had to figure out some bureaucratic shit that was pivotal and urgent #i talked to the moon this morning #that conversation we had (yeah i believe she replied) was the most meaningful thing of the day #so rn im just focusing on replaying it in my head because it was sweet and it was cathartic and i wanna do that tomorrow again #so im looking forward to it #while stupid voices in my head keep telling me that man is right and i AM a bad person who can't love and cant be loved #while stupid voices in my head tell me people are better off without me #ugh- i really cannot sleep- i have a lot of anxiety #and i hate that the most of it is caused by that stupid man i really hate that man #cinnamon darkness

[samsspambox]

please please talk abt your ace artem ideas i barely see that hc and i love it sm😭😭

bksjdbk hI NONNIE!!!

honestly, i've had this hc since i first started playing this game cuz one look at that mf and he just screams demi/ace to me, ya know?? its also bc i do project onto that mf and im demi as well, but that's beside the point jkbdskjbs. and then zak also thinks artem is demi |another link here| so like,,, it's out there!! the game also gives us solid material to think he's on the ace spectrum!

like,, spoiler-free for the meantime but back in his personal story 1/main story one, it's said that artem never had a partner, not for work or not in his love life. personal story 4 also gives us content to work with (iykyk). but you came here for hcs nonnie, and i shall give you hcs

artem wing ace hcs that you can pry from my cold, dead hands

first of all, he feels weird about it

he sees people his age start talking about sex and stuff and he's just like ??? have yall tried the new coffee today its great jskbdkjb

and,,, i know we give him shit for being a virgin and all and that he has no bitches but like

artem wing can pull bitches

its just that he just hasn't,, engaged bc it's weird?? people want him for his looks??? where's the emotional connection??????

i think this is one thing that he feels like he's behind on and it took him a good minute just to accept the fact that he's comfortable with being behind on this one

definitely has those moments where he's like "wait, that song was about sex?!"

i wanna put him in the 'he's also demiromantic' box but i feel like artem just,,, genuinely forgot about romantic love jkbsjdb

like he'd been so busy doing his work and doing all these good things for people that the second he stopped all of his emotions caught up to him and he was just like 'oh.'

i feel like once he said 'that person is aesthetically pleasing' after neil asked him if he thought a person was hot and then neil just nodded his head

that's not to say he doesn't experience libido or horniness bc im pretty sure he does

just that it only happens in specific situations that he knows how to avoid and therefore it doesn't happen frequently/at all.

probably covered his eyes during sex scenes as a kid not bc he was flustered, but because he couldn't understand why it was happening and everyone covered his eyes anyway so might as well

his personal take is that when there's a movie whose plot has need-less sex he turns it off jksbdkjsb

and yeah! those are some i have from the top of my head, feel free to add more if yall want!

#nonnie asks #anon asks #sam answers #tears of themis hc #tears of themis headcanons #tears of themis #artem wing #zuo ran #talks from the spambox #LISTEN WE NEED MORE ACE REP IN MEDIA #i call myself the friends to lovers tag bc i literally cannot feel romantic attraction unless im friends with someone #and even then it has to be a specific set of circumstances #ive been out as demi for ages but its taken years for me not to feel like im broken even tho i still feel like that #like on bad days #and i'll get so confused when people just start dating people bc they wanted to like ??? no?? i cant do that?? #anyway yeah i love artem so much and i 100% agree that he's on the ace spectrum

[creepykuroneko]

Whenever I see asian, brown, and/or black Americans reinforcing, supporting, and upholding racism, colonization, imperialism, colorism, and any other belief system that not only harms them directly but other non-white communities as well and they still want to claim that they themselves are POC and face discrimination I feel bitter disgust towards them.

#yeah I know the oppression Olympics aren't real #everyone has their own problems #but the way so many Asian Americans contribute to colonization of the USA #refuse to admit they are guilty of anti-black racism and won't even acknowledge the Native American genocide really upsets me #then of course there's the colorism that every single Community is guilty of #don't even need to explain that one #the fact that my fellow brown people are also guilty of anti-black racism is upsetting as I feel we should be allies #and let's be honest there are black Republicans out there #whether it be through self-hatred or combination of multiple factors a lot of black people don't want to see other black people succeed #plus I've seen my share of black people on the Internet Posting pictures of themselves in red face for Halloween or #talking about how if Pocahontas was real she would be a black woman #fucken really? #plus many middle class and higher Asian Americans and African Americans don't want to acknowledge who's stolen land theyre living on #i 100% agree African-American should receive reparations from the US government #but I see people talking about how they deserve to have a plot of land and that makes me uneasy #of course there was that whole Asian American vs African American violence during the covid shutdowns #white supremacist love to see anyone who is not white tear each other down because it makes their job easier #I know we have our history between all of us that has left scars that never healed #I just find it so sad that we as a whole are still tearing each other down instead of trying to do better #I don't know how to properly explain this without going into a long ass historic rant #plus I don't want to #no energy #just wanted to get some thoughts out of my head

[no1ryomafan]

In my constant brain rotations of “why are people in the west so hard on mecha aside from the fandom can be a bit unfriendly” I think one thing I realized as much as I hate to say is how mecha is sometimes treated remind me of the constant hatred superhero stuff gets.

It’s such a weird comparison because with mecha I do not know what the root of it was-and I’d love to know why but I feel there’s either no clear answer or there is one and it’s stupid-where as for superheroes in the west while there’s still a dedicated community the mainstream audiences have become tired of them due to over-saturation, which I understand, but it’s caused such a massive dismal to the entire genre of it much like mecha.

People think superhero stories can’t have any substance because it’s all about fighting and not about the characters- yet forget the SIGNIFICANT impact they had to so much pop culture. How superhero stories were rooted within comic popularity, how superheroes inspired countless of stories, even so far as reaching japan since so much early anime was taken off of western media which birthed its own genre of superheroes. It’s no different to how mecha help started up the anime industry making it one of the most important genres to japans history, yet most people don’t know it and belittle it.

Yet in superhero story cases it’s even WORSE when people are against it yet then go to see one superhero movie because it’s animated and put it on a pedestal and don’t bother to try other superhero content even though they consumed is no different from the norm. It’s the exact same shit when people watch eva and then think all other mechas don’t compare to it, when the genre always had darker, mature and emotional elements, just only a select few decide to canter to a audience who doesn’t even accept what genre it’s from which makes it all the more frustrating to deal with.

I’m someone who’s hardly into superhero stuff even if some of it catches my eye but it sucks to see that the situation is pretty identical to how mecha is seen, that I can’t help to feel sympathetic whenever I see some comic book fans upset at the mainstream audience even if they too can be a little hostile.

#meg text #to clarify I do agree 100% live action superhero movies especially the MCU got really stale #but that doesn’t mean those movies being stale should single out all superhero content when the stuff before is still GOOD #I was in a server that wasn’t mecha but someone was like “I hate superheroes” yet the discussion was just about a old Justice league cartoo #again- what’s so wrong about the animated ones? when they were from a time pre-saturation and people praise shit like spider verse? #I seriously cant tell if this is also a factor of the ever growing issue of people don’t wanna check out old things despite their importanc #*me awaiting the day someone unironically saids the boys/invincible/spider verse is a deconstruction so I can sigh in pain with actual fans #I hope to god that doesn’t happen but it feels like it’s close to why people already say superhero movies don’t have characters #and maybe that’s true bc I haven’t watched a marvel movie in ages but also I think you more so mean “characters being expanded upon” #because… every story has characters… just some can lack dimension and depth… but their still characters… #oh and it’s funny how it’s always these two that get singled out for focusing on action but shonen gets a pass 😑 #action doesn’t equate to less characters!! How do people not realize this? #it’s fine if not your preference but fights can LITERALLY be CHARACTER DRIVEN #a lot of them are in fact because there’s always a purpose to these fights! Even if the meaning is sometimes barebone #also I know there’s gonna be a mecha fan who hates superhero who finds this post #and hate to break it to you but I’m pretty sure the super in super robot came from superhero and just not super powered #especially when a lot of the stuff Nagai made/worked on was him clearly tackling a superhero story from another angle #of course mecha isn’t entirely a superhero genre since we have “reals” but the 70s robots? Oh yeah meant to be superhero’s #and what I said above I think the comparison is warranted because the downplaying is unreal sometimes #will say between the two superhero’s probably have it worse because mecha honestly is more so “im curious but idk more then 5 shows” #because my god I can’t have some conversations irl where this shit doenst get unnecessary heated #had a whole English teacher who wouldn’t stop complaining about superhero movies last semester in college 💀 it’s that bad #that said mecha still suffers from people liking one show and shooting down the other it’s just not as prevalent bc mecha content is low #it’s not dead like others say but it’s mainly been gundam and people now just think gundam is every robot (which is PAINFUL but whatever) #moral of the story is don’t judge a book by it’s cover especially when that book is actually really important to fucking pop culture

[crunchycrystals]

prayers that fans online won't have the same reaction to speak now tv as they did to red tv <3 you don't need to bring up people you think songs are about please just talk about the art itself and how it's good that she found a way to reclaim it please i can't do this again

#crunchyposts #ts #god it annoyed me so much in 2021 like SHUT UP. SHUT UP PLEASE I JUST LIKE THE SONGS WHY ARE YOU DRAGGING SOME GUY INTO IT #on one hand speak now tv doesnt have a 10 minute version of all too well but on the other hand. wouldve couldve shouldve brought some #stuff back to the front of fans minds #like she explicitly said too dont harass people you think the songs are about (i still think it shouldve been said 2 years ago but #yeah 100% agree on all of that especially because you never know the real answer of what a songs about) #but then there are Some People just willfully ignoring it and saying 'i know she said not to but i want to' AJSGAHJFMSAHJFSGAHKJ #PLEASE LET THE ART SPEAK FOR ITSELF ITS SPEAKING NOW !!!!!!!!!! #anyways. yeah ive been pissed about this for 2+ years

[moodr1ng]

basically im gonna start just putting 'dni if you define gender categories as men and non-men' and move on lol. like just be open and proud that you do not respect multigender people and, more importantly, people whose genders sit outside of the western colonial gender binary entirely, and stop pretending. like just decide whether im a man or a woman to you personally and sit on one side of the fence. if you are unwilling to conceptualize gender without a binary in there - even a reinvented binary that makes just enough space for you but not me lol - then fit me in the binary. im serious. if you think "everyone is either a man, or a not-man" is anything but a reinvention of "everyone is either a man or a woman" but awkwardly shifted to try and add nonbinary people to one side, then put that framework into use and misgender me. i am actively asking you to. you do not get to handwave me away as just an exception to your good new gender binary, or to try and say i fit into both groups when you are literally defining them by being mutually exclusive.

decide if im a man or a woman to you, treat me accordingly. ONLY treat me as one or the other, and do not switch it up when its convenient for you. just misgender me. i think its kinder.

#long post #vent #sorry im still high and annoyed bc ive been saying this same shit for like a year or two or whatever #oh btw when i said ppl whos gender are outside of the western colonial system i DONT mean me #i am colonized enough that i have no sources on how my people saw gender pre colonization so im just stuck w the colonialist framework 🤪 #my point is moreso that i believe people w cultural/pre-colonial/decolonized (idk which terms are best sorry) genders who also are impacted #by this forcible translation of their gender into the western standard only to have it then used against them #is particularly fucked up like. in a way that i dont experience #but yeah needed to spell it out like. #when i described the framework of gender which i believe is regressive and also cannot allow my gender in any meaningful way? #YES that includes men vs non-men bs. #if you agree with that shit that is binarist thinking which hurts other trans ppl and ppl whose genders dont fit that reductive vision. #so when i said 'people who will 100% say they agree w my gender but ultimately can only let me be my gender by crushing it into place' #n all that shit? #if you use that 'non-men' shit or similar stuff. i do mean you. i was asking you to consider that your view of gender is reductive #and rooted in binarism. #like idk how to make it clearer lol #if you are surface level agreeing but youre still going to choose to view gender thru this binary lens then misgender me. #its one or the other. but you cannot have both here. you cannot hold views on gender that are based in denying my gender means anything #while also claiming you respect me. #97

[straykats]

lowkey hate the concept of a 'good' book or a 'good' movie or a 'good' song or whatever because preference is so so personalised and subjective. and when i say i hate the concept of smth being 'good' i mean more that i hate the concept of something being 'bad'. saying something sucks or is bad, to me, is the same as invalidating another person's joys and that really sucks.

#but capsicums are bad bad horrible 100% never touching or having them in my future home #like for example i love the shadowhunter chronicles but i KNOW there are tonnes of funky things regarding it #so whenever i see someone shit on it or say its a bad series im like :// but i really love the characters abd yeah i sont agree #eith some of the pkot choices that wete unmecessary but i still love the series??? #anf when someone says i have bad taste in music its like. it almost sounds like saying im not supposed to enjoy this #and im wrong for enjoying it or smth #like idk #saying 'X isnt my favourite' isnt the same as 'X was horrible' or smth like that yknow #kat talks

[coffee-bat]

oh on that topic. did anyone else find cortex's first crash4 boss/4th time's a charm absolutely fucking insane

#like i never hear anyone talk about it #when tough levels are discussed its always either the crate escape or cortex castle #and like yeah. i agree #but also #THIS FUCKING BOSS??? #its insane #thank the crash gods for boss phase checkpoints or else id have lost my mind but it was still horrific #i died at the last phase over 100 times #i no joke CRIED #i went at it for over an hour #i was sweating so much that i had to leave and take a shower #after which ofc i beat it second try but yknow. it was still over 100 deaths at last phase #its fucking ridiculous and its genuiely the only thing stopping me from starting a new game to do it all over again #(instead of just replaying levels as normal) #like i just know ill never beat it again. #idk if anyone else struggled with it that much too or if i just suck but. theres too much going on in the last phase #never doing this shit again the mental and physical toll isnt worth it #ramble #crash bandicoot #honestly the one thing i LIKE about this boss is what it does character-wise #bc 1) it finally makes cortex look like a genuine threat (one that is ACTUALLY a difficult enemy rather than pumped up over the whole game #then turning out easy) #and 2) it makes his defeat and subsequent emotional breakdown feel earned #for both of you #he genuiely did his best. he did outstandingly well. he put his absolute all into it. he was a DIFFICULT enemy. and it wasnt enough #it feels justified for him to breakdown after losing #and also *your* victory feels earned bc that was fucking tough as hell. YOU had to put your all into it too #idk i. like it in this aspect #youre equals who both had to outdo yourselves and he has a justified mental breakdown after losing #its good in the character way is what im saying. the boss still fucking sucks gameplay-wise

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anons from earlier today ⬇️ (sorry for doing so much tag answering but it’s a heavy topic to me so i don’t want to get too... out there with it lol)

#'not ready' anon #oh yeah i completely agree with you 100% #it's a whole different beast and i really wish she was advised to put her socials on private bc it's gonna get brutal quickly :/ #so many aspects i don't like about this rip #'dare i say it' anon #yup exactly- it is a very uncomfortable choice in general from whoever was deciding this #and it doesn't surprise me that probably a bunch of men who are likely involved in this decision would not see how gross it is to actively #choose someone so much younger for him #like i fully expect they didn't recognize that it would be an issue because so many older men don't see an issue with dating women in their #early twenties #so it's very much a disappointed but not surprised moment for me lol #if they really thought this would be a good way to market to his younger fans- there are other! ways! you fuckers! #'answer in tags' anon #don't worry- you are very much entitled to feel that way and i totally understand where you're coming from #different topics are gonna hit different people harder and this is also a big Ick Factor conversation to me because of personal experience #so i 100% understand the feeling of needing to back off. even if this is not a breaking point for you i do always recommend taking steps #back occasionally to cool off and with that distance you can see whether you are still deriving joy from this fandom #or if the stress/things that upset you overrides it #also remember you are always free to dm me off anon if you ever want to have more of a one-on-one conversation about it! #i feel like i can at least give a decent ear since i have experience leaving fandom AND coming back lmao #asks #anonymous