#anyway I'm having thoughts

[shadowshideme]

So Eothas removed Berath's chime from the Watcher at the end of Deadfire, yeah?

So do you think he could remove the original chime that a godlike Watcher was born with?

Because when Eothas takes away one chime my Watcher was very eager to know if he could take Magran's too. Because like- he says wants kith to be free of the gods so surely she can convince him not to leave her bound to Magran, where Magran can rip out her soul any time she needs an extra power boost, right?

[icewindandboringhorror]

(also feel free in the tags to clarify Why you made the choice you made!! :0c)

[elucubrare]

there's this horrible school of attempted literary criticism on here that holds that 1. everything in any given author's work is autobiographical, especially if it seems "real" and 2. those themes seeped into the work subconsciously, revealing something about the author that they're either trying to hide or unaware of themself. it drives me up a wall, since it seems to deny the fundamental skills that make people good writers: the empathy to imagine and portray experiences that one hasn't had oneself and the ability to take one's personal emotional experiences or worldview and fold them, consciously, into the unworked clay of a narrative.

[hexbaiting]

⋆⁺₊⋆ ⋆⁺₊⋆my beautiful princess with a disorder.⋆⁺₊⋆ ⋆⁺₊⋆

[stargirl230]

ghost of you

super quick Sua screencap redraw to celebrate the new video release - no I was not expecting it to be Like That and yes I was devastated

(no reposts; reblogs appreciated)

[calmparticles]

like glue ?

[localapparently]

krusie disease has reached me

[chinzhilla]

right... renter.

+bonus: yeah, it's him

[hinamie]

tiger lily

[technically-human]

God Stone would love ugly cat (Robotnik).

He looks like the doctor.

Hates everyone like the doctor.

Got wittle gloves like the doctor.

GOD, WHERE'S THE DOCTOR?!

The Doctor left him once more, but at least there's an ugly cat

ko-fi

[avenoirn]

to hold you is my only wish

[thymechaos]

i just can't believe that oda fucking create sanji, a stereotypical ladies man who simps to an embarrassing degree for women while having his hackles comically raised around everyone he perceives as a man - and most notably butting heads with the more obvious ~manly man~ of the crew. haha, classic anime running gag, the kind that gets obnoxious at times but still makes you laugh.

AND THEN, like a billion chapters later, motherfucker steeples his fingers and goes "soooooooo... what makes a person Like That?"

and the answer is that he grew up in fucking Toxic Masculinity, The Kingdom. the answer is that he was always Different, in a way other guys instinctively perceived as weak, and that made him the target of visceral scorn and violence. the answer is that he was sensitive, sweet, caring, nurturing - feminine-coded traits which are only valued by patriarchy insofar that they're performed by women in service of men. the answer is that in a kingdom comprised almost entirely by violent men, the only ones who were ever kind to him, the only safety he ever had, were a girl and a woman.

so cooking is for women and servants, it makes you less of a man. only women will ever really value you for your passions and dreams. women are also actively hurt by the way the world works, they are unsafe unless they comply with men's violence, and you have to protect them.

(men will always know what you are, and they will hurt you if you let them.)

and even after he leaves... at baratie he is cherished and respected, but even that is an extremely masculine environment. we don't talk about our feelings, we don't let our guard down, the only love is tough love. when he tries to express his artistry and express himself through his cooking, rather than just filling orders and making money, he gets mocked.

so here is a man who will not raise a hand to a woman, because he rejects the masculinity he was raised with and refuses to become yet another man subjecting women to violence. he is desperate for women's attention and affection because it's SAFE, it's the only kind he can trust. other men are potential threats and must be treated as such. he must at all times be snarky, tough, Not Feminine, because to be perceived otherwise is to be powerless, to be hurt.

like y'all. the queer coding of it all? the overtly feminist themes? the active rejection of toxic masculinity and the way it's shown to be directly tied to imperialism? what the fuck.

[moggettt]

I used to think it would take a monster to put someone in a place like that office. Especially if the person was himself. But we're not monsters, Mark. Not real ones.

[egophiliac]

don't think I'm not still obsessing over 7-12

[humming-fly]

Delighted to discover that the way shadow unlocks new abilities in sxsg is a perfect parallel of the pringles iron maiden

[cangrellesteponme]

alois my beautiful son they could never make me hate you