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which is definitely not an omen

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when is comes to asexuality and aromanticism you have to be okay with contradiction. one ace person will say asexuality is about not experiencing attraction, another will say it’s about not caring to act on attraction, another will say it’s not experiencing arousal. one aromantic will consider themself queer, one won’t. two people with seemingly identical experiences will use two different labels. aro people will be in romantic relationships, ace people will have sex. you get it.

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allows girlfriend to kill whoever she pleases, including her own father and 10 household servants // he's just being a good bf because she deserved to have a hot girl summer.

he can be both a good bf and problematic. he contains multitudes

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Your fave is problematic: OC edition

Ask me about one of my OCs and I’ll list out why they’re problematic.

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Leonelle taken, I'm sure Vali has already been asked and Lumi I feel like would be a short list (still open if you want) so I beckon you to tell me about whatever problematic critter of your creation is occupying your brain!!!!!

okay just for you, I can do Lumi lol. The other two lists were fairly long, so a shorter one is fine by me. also happy lesbian visibility week and autism month to her.

is the party's tank and fails horrendously at being the party's tank (sobs in low reflex saves until now)

got into a very public argument with the local owner of the stable after she took down his trophies (granted they were goblin ears but I think he hates her now)

wants tsuto dead, but unlike a certain someone, she's advocating for capital punishment instead

views the late unpleasantness as "a normal tuesday" by her standards. not everyone lives in ustalav, lumi!!!

"i'm a healer but-" [proceeds to use her heal slots on nuking undead] (just you wait until she gets smite)

"forgive me, pharasma, for we must fuck around and find out" moments before allowing our kineticist to summon a wrathspawn

is crushing a little on aria even though aria clearly is being weirdly antagonistic towards her specifically. girl, get better taste.

shoved goblins into a raging furnace without a second thought.

sometimes thinks turning into a moon hag might not seem like such a bad idea.

your fave is problematic, oc edition | ocs

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WAIT I realised I forgot even more I hate this man (affectionate)

part of a sex and death cult. helps lead that sex and death cult.

unironically believes in the divine right of kings and might makes right.

COMMITTED ANATHEMA WHILE GOING THROUGH IT, IN PART BECAUSE HE WAS IN LOVE. Weak.

engages in ritualistic murder and ritualistic murder sex with his girlfriend.

cannibalism.

bought aasimar slaves in the fleshmarkets.

TYRANT ANTIPALADIN OF URGATHOA AND ALL THAT ENTAILS

drove ember to insanity because he was jealous. of a child. normal ass behaviour (it isn't)

allows unethical experiments to take place.

uses torture as a way to extract information from prisoners.

was mean to aivu.

lets nenio run rampant with her own experiments.

accepted a profane gift from nocticula ??? for no damned reason.

allows girlfriend to kill whoever she pleases, including her own father and 10 household servants.

gives fallen!arueshalae permission to hunt in drezen.

encourages greybor's deadbeat dad behaviour by telling him to continue his career as an assassin.

his red flags are big but his boobs are bigger.

Oh I have to ask about Valerius for the problematic OC’s 👀

OH BOY let's gooo

literal and figurative parasite by being a vampiric member of landed nobility

did not in fact study his way through university in its entirely. coasted by and even [redacted redacted redacted] in some cases

desecrated a sacred tomb of erastil's faithful to raise delamere as undead

exclusively defended corrupt nobility in legal courts who were often guilty and had no qualms about it.

offered to give vorlesh a thousand souls if it meant being the master of his own without a second thought

allowed a reaping to take place in drezen

firm believer in martial punishment for things like desertion

got frisky with camellia on her mother's grave

will make exceptions for judgement if he's sleeping with them (camellia) or they're deemed useful in some way (woljif)

a massive hypocrite

committed regicide in order to get his antipaladin magic back

got drezen excommunicated from mendev

strung sosiel along and played with his heart while the poor cleric had a crush on him

used an undead staunton vhane as a source of psychological warfare against minagho

has been living in my head rent free for over 2.5 years!! he owes me rent!!

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I must go to bed but if I get any more qs I'll try find the time to answer them at work tomorrow ✌️

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Oh I have to ask about Valerius for the problematic OC’s 👀

OH BOY let's gooo

literal and figurative parasite by being a vampiric member of landed nobility

did not in fact study his way through university in its entirely. coasted by and even [redacted redacted redacted] in some cases

desecrated a sacred tomb of erastil's faithful to raise delamere as undead

exclusively defended corrupt nobility in legal courts who were often guilty and had no qualms about it.

offered to give vorlesh a thousand souls if it meant being the master of his own without a second thought

allowed a reaping to take place in drezen

firm believer in martial punishment for things like desertion

got frisky with camellia on her mother's grave

will make exceptions for judgement if he's sleeping with them (camellia) or they're deemed useful in some way (woljif)

a massive hypocrite

committed regicide in order to get his antipaladin magic back

got drezen excommunicated from mendev

strung sosiel along and played with his heart while the poor cleric had a crush on him

used an undead staunton vhane as a source of psychological warfare against minagho

has been living in my head rent free for over 2.5 years!! he owes me rent!!

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Leonelle problematic moments

we love women's wrongs here. happy lesbian visibility week, here's my beloved daughter.

gullible as hell, absolutely no thoughts going on in that pretty little head of hers when it comes to hot women

ordered a hit on her own father and brothers. heart.

nearly caused a Diplomatic Incident because she almost summoned hellfire upon irovetti. whether this counts as truly problematic is up for discussion, but it stressed her advisors out so it counts.

has fumbled at least two milfs.

made bartholomew delgado her diplomat. rarely has that man done anything but fail.

made a poor enterprising goblin cry because it happened to have her throne.

relies on her advisors too much, basically content to be a pretty face on the throne while they do all the work.

tried to dress nok-nok up in fancy clothes.

"release the hellhound."

encouraged worship of lamashtu in the region. later sacrificed a nereid to the mother of monsters.

"you're really petty" "and conceited I thought this said pretty."

slept with then got with her best friend's girlfriend, therefore not honouring the bro-code.

uses her big baby cow brown eyes to get whatever she wants and it WORKS.

doesn't say "oooh big stretch" whenever her borzoi does a big stretch.

nearly handed over her crown to the evil nymph she was in love with. ggs go next.

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Your fave is problematic: OC edition

Ask me about one of my OCs and I’ll list out why they’re problematic.

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˚✧ ELDEN RING ∞ ° ˎˊ˗  

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6 albums i've been listening to (+1 standout track)

tagged by @dragonologist-phd! thank you, even if you picked a truly atrocious time for me to be tagged 😂 I mostly only listen to soundtracks while I'm working, and my current rotation is. Something.

Overwatch 2 — Original Game Soundtrack (multiple artists); favourite track: Esperança by Edouard Brenneisen.

Fallout (Prime Series) (Ramin Djawadi); favourite track: Ice Cream and Apple Pie.

Overwatch — Heroes and Villains (multiple artists); favourite track: Sigma (Mark Petrie) - there are so many good tracks on this one, but this will forever be the standout.

Dune Part Two (Hans Zimmer); favourite track: Harkonnen Arena. That entire sequence in the film was *chefs kiss*.

Overwatch — Cities & Countries (multiple artists); favourite track: Busan (Adam Burgess) - it's just a bop.

Horizon II: Forbidden West — Burning Shores (Joris de Man and the Flight); favourite track: Her Sky, Her Sea. It gets me every time.

tagging: @fashionablyfyrdraaca ; @cassynite ; @katewalker ; @kirkwall ; @yennefre ; @winedark

Please don't feel obligated to do it if you don't want to.

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i included in-game non-playable godlike as well because yes

dawn godlikes appeared in a ttrpg version of pillars of eternity. i don't know how official it is but i still decided to include it

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would you trust your icon to babysit your children be honest

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How to spot Liberal Zionist Propaganda 101

This post is by no means exhaustive at all. There are many Liberal Zionist talking points but these are just some of the most common ones. While on the surface they seem a little naive and hopeful at best, they are very much harmful. If you claim to be an ally to Palestinians, this post is primarily for you!

For starters, liberal Zionists will often try to both-sides the issue of Palestine, talk about how it's complicated, they'll claim that the conflict hurts both Israelis and Palestinians, how the only way forward is one where Jews and Arabs "just need to get along," amongst other things. They also often like to centre themselves, even when acknowledging Palestinians as the victims of Israel or this "conflict." From time to time, they also like to engage in tokenising certain Palestinians whose views tend to more or less align with theirs. Here are some common arguments you may hear from them:

1. Any form of justifying Israel's existence or claiming that the only solution is two states

It does not really need to be said why justifying Israel's existence is harmful but justifying its continued existence also means legitimising Israel's land theft, its expulsions of Palestinians, and its ongoing harm to Palestinians and other populations. Reducing any sorts of “solutions” into a binary is unhelpful. Needless to say, a 2ss would not even address any legitimate concerns Palestinian have, such as the right of return, and would only legitimise Israel’s colonialism. Talking about a two-state solution also implies that the root of the conflict lies in Palestinians not having their own state rather than being an occupied people. It is very much also possible to construct a paradigm where Jews and Palestinians both live together on the same land as equal citizens that doesn't involve two separate states, much less an ethnostate.

2. Security for Israel could only come through peace

This is a similar talking point to the one above. Not only does it centre Israeli safety and security above Palestinian liberation but it mistakenly assumes that once Israel makes peace with Palestinians, it'll achieve security. The reality, however, is that Israel's imagined security has quite often come at the expense of peace. In fact, "peace" has just acted as nothing more than a smoke-screen for Israel to carry out its expansionist policies, particularly in the West Bank. When liberal Zionists talk about peace juxtaposed with Israeli security, they're talking about attaining a negative peace rather than a positive one.

3. Israelis are not their government.

This point does nothing to actually help Palestinians. It is also an incredibly tone-deaf thing to say when Israel has targeted many Palestinian civilians by having alleged proximity to Hamas, such as being family members of militants or leaders (inc. children!), civil servants in a Hamas-led government, or even any male above the age of 15 they consider to be a potential combatant! It also deliberately erases Israeli civilians' support of and culpability in Israel's actions towards Palestinians.

4. Netanyahu and/or the Israeli right are the source of conflict.

While it is true that things have gotten inadvertently worse under Israel's various right-wing governments, they are not the source of conflict, but rather a product of extremist nationalism and Jewish supremacy perpetuated by the system. Both the 1967 occupations and settlements were undertaken under centre-left governments in Israel, and Israeli policy under non-right wing governments has been just as harmful towards Palestinians and has paved the way for where we are today. Blaming Netanyahu just also obscures the violent nature of Israel's military occupation over Palestinians which long precede him coming into power.

5. Netanyahu and Hamas are two sides of the same coin

I don't think I've seen any allies give validity to this claim but it's an extremely reductionist claim and is sort of similar to the one above. Groups like Hamas are merely a response to the Israeli occupation while Netanyahu is a byproduct of it. While some Israelis may see Hamas or their actions as an "obstacle to peace," Israel's actions and policies long pre-date Hamas and how Israel is currently responding to Hamas is no different to how Israel has engaged with Palestinian militant groups in the past, regardless of political affiliations or political goals. It is also important to note that Hamas has agreed to the establishment of a state along 1967 borders while Netanyahu aims to prolong the occupation and empower the settler movement (some of whom are part of his coalition government) as much as possible.

6. Israel is not a settler-colonial state.

While it is indisputable that Jews have historical connections to Palestine, that doesn’t automatically make you Indigenous or negate Israeli settler-colonialism. Colonialism in particular describes a relationship of exploitation. There are many cases of this, but we most clearly see this in the West Bank where Israel exploits natural resources on occupied Palestinian territory for its own political and economic gains. In terms of settler-colonialism, it is widely known that Israel expelled hundreds of thousands of Palestinians to make way for Jewish refugees and migrants to the new state of Israel, and is still actively facilitating Jewish migration to Israel today while denying Palestinians their right of return.

7. (X) doesn't help Palestinians.

It is not up to anyone to determine whether certain tactics or strategies are helpful or not. This point only seeks to discredit pro-Palestine organising. Only Palestinians get to decide what is actually helpful for the cause or not.

8. Any sort of Hamas-blaming.

On the surface it may seem like there’s nothing wrong with this, but this point is often harmful and usually lends itself to right-wing talking points because its objective is to deflect blame away from Israel. Certain arguments blaming Hamas also aim to minimise Palestinian suffering perpetuated by Israel. It also paints Israeli violence as retaliatory to Palestinian violence which only obfuscates Israel’s (and by extension, the US’) role in its state military apparatus and the differing power dynamics between Israelis and Palestinians. In other contexts, this point seeks to also legitimise certain opposition, such as the Palestinian Authority. Hamas-blaming also tends to sometimes lead to racist diatribes about Palestinians and their culture.

9. Al-Jazeera is not a credible news source.

Al Jazeera is a news source like any other. It has varying editorial policies and therefore will have equally good reporting on certain issues while having terrible reporting on others. The difference is that Al-Jazeera's news on Palestine is credible because it comes directly from their Palestinian reporters on the ground and first-hand eyewitness accounts. Western news sources are no more or less credible than al-Jazeera. Compare this to CNN, NYT, and any other Western news sources where Palestinian voices are often entirely missing from the narrative.

10. Overemphasis of antisemitism on the left

Antisemitism is a real issue and has the potential to fester in left circles if not directly addressed head on. Combatting antisemitism is extremely important, however, it is not an issue exclusive to the left. There is also a double standard in that no one expects Zionists to call out Islamophobia and anti-Palestinian racism. Certain accusations of "antisemitism" also seek to distract from what's going on in Palestine by making it about Jewish comfort and feelings. Combatting antisemitism, Islamophobia, anti-Arab racism etc is always important as the basis of good politics.

Last but not least, be wary of native collaborators or any sort of normalisers! They are Palestinians or Arabs who try very hard to appeal to Western liberal consensus and can end up perpetuating a lot of harm to the cause and/or other activists. You will know them when you see them.