#no discourse pls

[signalbody]

I’m not a Christian - I was raised Catholic and I’m thankful for that experience, but my own spiritual path has (thus far) taken me farther East - but with that said, hating the sin rather than the sinner has struck me recently as a REALLY profound insight when followed through to its logical conclusion.

I really do feel like a lot of people, myself included, fall into the trap of hating the doer of evil more than the evil act itself, and I think the fruits of this are obvious in how readily we resort to exactly the same kinds of cruel behavior we rail against the moment we’re in positions of relative power.

I don’t know, “the previously oppressed become the greatest oppressors” and other cycle-of-abuse observations probably sound a little facile, and maybe they are, but the internet is REPLETE with basically good people who become total ghouls in the pursuit of (at least theoretically) noble ends, and I think it’s worth remarking on.

IDK man, I guess just don’t get so mad at the monsters that you become one. Easier said than done.

[fumifooms]

I have found out the hard way today that posts with ~the funny number~ in text don’t show up in the tags, but the fandom needs to know about who’s fighting for 3rd place for the most written Dunmeshi ship on ao3 rn…….. On the day that Dungeon Meshi hit 1k fics on ao3 no less, magic is real

[thesarcasticism]

i don't really get why persona 3 the answer was such a polarizing epilogue to the story. were we all too young when we played it or something? because looking back on it now, it was a perfect exploration of everyone's grief, and how it manifested so strongly in them that their personas actually stopped time because of how desperately they all wanted to go back. even if they could only see the protagonist just one more time. for just one more minute.

to say nothing of the significant character arcs aigis and yukari both go through. the way they both accept their grief and move on, resolving to change the world for the better. the way junpei and ken both feel the same, as a result of their experiences in "the journey."

i guess people didn't like it because yukari was "bitchy" or whatever, but she's very clearly grieving, it's just that her grief comes out in the form of anger. i guess sexism played a role there - women can't be angry or mean and all that. i, for one, think it was completely in character of her to react that way. the way she was so dismissive of everyone dwelling on the past when they walked through all the doors, even when confronted with her own, she was very clearly pretending. pretending like she was ready to move on. and then, finally, after aigis and metis defeat her and she realizes that only aigis can use the key now, she breaks down in tears, finally showing how terribly this situation has been affecting her, how much she was holding back, how much she was repressing.

maybe people just didn't get it because (and i think this is a good thing) they haven't had to grieve for someone they've lost. as someone who grieves for my father every day as he loses himself to alzheimer's, i felt extremely seen by the answer. everyone's reactions are things i've gone through - yukari's anger and despair and regret, ken and akihiko's desire to move on and live life to the fullest, junpei being afraid to go back, and a little bit afraid to go forward too, and everything in between. i think that grief just isn't something one can understand until they've experienced it firsthand, and that's okay. i know i didn't understand when i first played the answer. grief is one of the most complicated and complex feelings we experience. it can't be easily broken down into five stages like we all pretend it can. it's every feeling under the sun, all the time, every day. and as you learn to live without that person, as you grow around your grief, you carry that love for that person with you wherever you go. but the grief never truly goes away. you just get better at handling it. you just get better at reminding yourselves what they would've wanted for you. and you try to live for yourself, and a little bit for them too.

in my opinion, the answer was a fitting ending. it answered any lingering questions, gave all the characters closure and new motivations for their futures, and i won't pretend like i didn't shed a tear when april 1st finally came and they played brand new days.

the only legit criticism i have for this game is the same one i have for FES as a whole: why can't i directly control my party members aaaa this part of the game had some of the most difficult bosses and aigis is just powerhousing her way thru. i mean i did it but fuck me you guys. and then there's my usual criticism of no feMC (or shinjiro!!) but eh, y'all know how i feel about them

[dyke-chotomy]

transmasc lesbian discourse is SO tired, im gonna start microdosing testosterone out of spite

[dreamwclkers]

Like okay fine whatever- everyone is entitled to headcanon whatever they want-

But for THE largest updates account in this fandom to actively erase a gay man from their Pride post and then proceed to dedicate an entire post towards a STRAIGHT MAN? That is absolutely insane, tone deaf and a PERFECT example of the homophobia this fandom harbours, and I'm just SO OVER IT.

[cart00nmilk]

“Sonic needs to have tan eyelids” “Sonic needs to have blue eyelids”

WRONG

Slutty Black Eyelids

[recent-rose]

me trying not to lose my entire shit when i see people say 'hikaru' is just the (vulnerable/openly queer/not repressed/etcetc) version of the real hikaru

[saltedbirdcat]

Bro “Your the only friend I’ve ever had…” is such a funny line when you think about it cause it erases every other person who was an ally to Elphaba like Fiyero? Not a friend. Chistery? Merely a work associate. Elphaba has a one track mind and that track is Glinda 😭

[needlesknick-knacks]

my 'hottest' dc take is that dickbabs and dickkori are both interesting, complex ships which can be written to have one be endgame/one break up without reducing/mischaracterising any of the characters involved. It literally comes down to personal preference on which you like better. Can we stop fighting (and give babs and kori solo runs please)

[entirely-strange]

"it doesnt matter if its fictional or not!" then whats the difference? why isnt the police investigating r34 and ao3 the same way they investigate dark web sites? why is it wrong to hear someones trauma and then say "this is just like that one anime"?

[birdboybuckley]

8x11: bucktommy being completely insatiable and horny for each other. evan “heart eyes” buckley back in action. both of them looking at each other with so much love and fondness. both of them actively expressing that they want to be together and try again. straight eddie dropped TWICE. buck saying with chest he doesn’t not have feelings for his STRAIGHT best friend

bvddies: OmG BuDdIe CaNoN!! We NeVeR BeEn So ClOsE!!!!!! GaY EdDiE NeXt EpIsOdE.

[sawlvr]

SOME arcane fans when i explain and give valid points as to why caitvi is NOT toxic

[mulders-too-large-shirt]

i think it is fascinating that the first time we see mulder have sex (in 3) and the first time we see scully have sex (in never again), both of them approach it fundamentally as an act of self-harm.

mulder, wracked with the grief of losing his partner, trying to save this woman he just met as an act of penance, while scully's necklace dangles around his neck.

scully, processing that she does not have much longer to live, feeling terrified and frustrated, once again trying to force herself into doing what society expects of her, as if that will bring the happiness she has been denied.

i just think it's neat.

[atopvisenyashill]

people will be like “elia isn’t central to the narrative it’s crazy she’s so popular” and meanwhile not only is ned stressing out about her murder and what it means for jon snow every three to four business days, but her daughter’s angry black cat is quite literally haunting the red keep and someone claiming to be her son is about to land on westeros. it’s almost like the ghosts of elia and her children are in fact central to the narrative and she’s popular for a reason.

[beelxebub]

i totally get why people make the captain a military man or ex-military in modern AUs because it makes sense but i personally believe he would simply be one of those middle aged autistic men whose special interest is wwii military vehicles

[berrycake99]

Since Velvette's been confirmed lesbian I'm begging everyone not to harass Polyvees fans after this🙏ik that the beef against Polyvees fans is mostly on TikTok (ofc...) and ik some Polyvees fans have been unnecessarily salty against "family-trope"-Vees fans, so now let's not go backwards again! There was a point of tolerance along the way we've forgotten somewhere, let's use this chance to bring it back and keep it.