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Gender and sex are not the same. Gender is a social construct defined by your own terms and sex is what I’m having with Sydney tonight at the temple at 10:00

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bodywriting FREAK

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hi hello sorry for disappearing i think i am back??? i have lots to do and that csyd analysis i still owe

i will try to push it out by tmr but no promises but

i have missed tumblr :3

and the sneaky update fucking killed me

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I won't be leaving the fandom, I still have fun with DoL, and I have made friends that I truly cherish.

I have my own fair share of criticisms towards the staff team in the Degrees of Lewdity Discord Server. However, progress has also been made by DoLcord staff, none of them are on the side of Israel in this genocide, and have thus banned the discussions of any military topics related. It should not have taken this big of an outrage for them to finally do something, but progress is progress. Đánh kẻ chạy đi, không ai đánh người chạy lại. Changes were made, and call me naive, but I am hopeful for the future.

I do not judge my mutuals or any other DoL artists/fans for leaving the fandom. I believe it is only natural to be disgusted when told such news, and I support the decisions that you come to make. 🫂

I only ask for nobody to be harrassed, and instead, we should bring our focus to Palestine and show our support.

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It's been a rough few days.

From the river to the sea,

Palestine will be free.

Show your support and donate to charities dedicated to Gaza.

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about initiates

My reputation at the temple has taken a hit because of you. You're a beacon of purity to us, and yet you've done this to me. I don't really mind, it just means it's my turn to corrupt you!

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Saw this tiktok and immediately thought of Sydney it was like "What does it mean when you're flirting with a guy and he's just crying and holding up a crucifix"

i like it

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this took a millennia to make cause i kept getting distracted and gathering screenshots to back my points up was incredibly time consuming

but it has been done. anon from how many days ago i hope you are happy

A little of Pure Sydney's flaws

There will be two parts to this cause on god this is long. On this part I will be exploring flaws that tend to be a bit more visible with pure Sydney

This is in no way a complete analysis, I definitely have missed many more of Sydney's flaws, and because Tumblr is a bitch and a half, I regrettably cannot jam as many screenshots from the game/its codes as much as I would like. But I hope this post could act as a good point of reference regardless for any fans of Sydney, or people looking to explore more of their character out there!

Continuing under the cut.

So.

What’s the deal with Sydney? What’s wrong with them, what are their flaws and what make the relationship between them and the PC so toxic?

Well ain’t there just so much to unpack.

In short, Sydney at their core is a spineless, directionless, malleable individual that important influences in their life can easily shape, be it their family, the Temple, or the PC.

Sydney, as they are today, was raised with beliefs upheld by the temple. Something they are deeply religious, devoted and grateful for. However, as we all know, some of those values can be extremely morally questionable.

Speaking of deeply devoted let’s start with Pure Sydney, shall we? 

Victim blaming tendencies

One of the ideals Sydney was raised with is their extremely victim-blaming mindset. Which I have shown here

2. Lust and internal conflict

Something else that fascinates me greatly is that regardless of their state, Sydney is always tempted by the PC. PC’s existence and presence alone are pushing Sydney towards the pit of sinful desires no matter if they are Pure or Corrupted. 

The first thing that comes to mind is when accepting their confession results in a decrease of Sydney’s Purity stat: 

The notion of accepting Sydney’s affections is seen as an encouragement for them to fall towards sin. 

Being in a relationship with PC means they are constantly fighting their own urges and desires. Being taught their entire life that these feelings are wrong, Sydney suffers from tremendous guilt. Even when promised and permitted by the Temple, Sydney still finds physical intimacy with the PC sinful:

These just go to show how deeply buried Sydney is in the Temple’s teachings, unable to stray from it. Which is a perfect segue into their next flaw

3. Attachment to the Temple and blind faith.

Even from the latest confessional scene added, Sydney clearly cares about PC’s wellbeing and displays great concern for them, almost breaking out of the ideals they were raised with just to defend their beloved. But they are not quite there yet. They still seek out for the Temple when they are faced with these doubts. They think that they are doing something wrong for prioritizing the PC’s best interest over the Temple’s teachings. 

Sydney is INCAPABLE of detaching themselves from the Temple. The Temple is just such a big part of Sydney’s character that no matter what, they will side with the Temple before they think about the PC when forced to make that choice. 

And in a way, Sydney’s blind faith is encouraged by the Player for choosing to keep them Pure. The PC is essentially acting as another shelter, shielding, “protecting” them. The PC never expressed that they wanted a change of mindset from Sydney, so Sydney never had a change in mindset. 

And if you played the new confessional event, you would know that you as the player never had the option to either. This might have been intentional. But I will expand on that later. 

More showings of Sydney’s blind faith can be found in littler events while praying with Sydney in the Temple, where they would turn a blind eye to fellow followers being punished:

A bit more about their attachment to the Temple I have also mentioned here.

4. Superiority/Saviour complex

Another aspect of Sydney that people talk about, but I don’t think quite enough, is how aggressive they can get, specifically towards those they deem as sinners. This is a trait shared among both states of Sydney.

For example, the beach date:

And several more.

Though, pure Sydney might be a tad worse at this. As they seem to find themselves more righteous than sinners:

If they are the one taking confessions, pure Sydney is often more judgemental compared to the more empathetic corrupt Sydney:

When PC as a member of the Temple is caught masturbating by Sydney, they take matters into their own hands:

They also display a bit of a saviour complex from their opinions about the PC at low Purity:

5. Dumb teenager

Just a small thing, but I feel like most people just brush over the fact that pure Sydney practically proposes to PC at high enough lust.

I think I don’t need to stress just how insane it is to propose to someone you haven’t known for long. Just to what? Have sex? Loser behaviour. 

I can't wait to explore their flaws when corrupted :3

When kept pure, Sydney has so many interesting flaws that make them incredibly humane and a little irritating, but that's the charm of their character! They are deeply troubled and blinded by their own devotion that they are ignorant, a bit arrogant and even self destructive. It's what makes Sydney... Sydney and I wouldn't have them any other way.

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working on writing down and showing sydney's flaws and. this is much longer than i originally anticipated. hopefully i can get this done in the next couple of hours

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Begging for you to share more of Sydney being flawed (I love seeing em struggle)

so true anon

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I took Sydney asking for forgiveness at the end of the confession to be Sydney apologizing for ‘selfishly’ thinking of themself. Sydney was already confessing their doubt. PC and Sydney are bound together, forever as one. It’s ‘wrong’ to think of being separate from PC’s punishment because to Sydney, that’s the same as thinking of being separate from PC.

Aye! Spot on.

They still are asking for forgiveness for having doubts, though. They started the confession with "Forgive me [sister], for I have sinned." ... "I... I can't believe that I've been thinking about this." And later asks to be forgiven for being selfish too.

So they are asking for forgiveness for both their doubts and "selfishness" 🙂‍↕️

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Hi! In one of your posts you mention that Sydney kinda victim blames the PC, where are the instances of that? I'm genuinely very curious

I am so happy you asked :3

It's been pointed out by many at this point that when the PC confesses to breaking their Promise Vows with Sydney, Sydney doesn't exactly hear the PC out. At the moment, they don't care whether PC broke their vows on their own volition, all that mattered is that they must be punished to atone for their sin:

In addition, in the latest update, we were given a new confessional event for promised Sydney, and they made very interesting statements:

Of course, Sydney is expressing doubt and vouching for the PC, but it's worth noting that prior to this event, they hold the mindset that victims shouldn't have "put [themselves] in a position where [they] could get attacked." And even during the confession, they still chose to go out of their way to deliberately victim blame the PC, even though deep down they're starting to think otherwise. It's a conscious decision that they made.

And the fact that they think doubting the Temple is considered wrong and they need to confess and ask for forgiveness? Just wraps it all up nicely.

That is all that is in the game so far! And worry not (?) as there will be more victim blamey scenes of Sydney to come!

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Is there an estimate time on when the Sydney pregnancy content is coming out? I've genuinely been losing my mind ever since I read that little snippet that was shared

There is no ETA! We can't be for sure when or who is coming out next! From what I have heard, the pregnancy system is being reworked as it is currently a bit too complex and heavy, its successful rework will allow for easier implementation of pregnancy content. So all we can do is hope for the best and pray that they get pregnancy all polished by this year!

Regarding Sydney specifically, they aren't exactly lacking in content compared to many other LIs, so their pregnancy content and expansion overall probably isn't too high on the priority list. I do not know who is more prioritized than who though.

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i was greatly inspired by emilebois' version of this, it brought such a tear to my eye that i had to draw my own sydpc version

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huh

EXCUSE ME???

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when she says she doesn’t send nudes