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my Tumblr posting impeccable, that's why they always got no notes

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is Dragon Age the only popular fantasy world where a woman leads the main focal kingdom/empire/realm/whatever at the end of the franchise?

i know Lord Of The Rings is all guys leading the big serious kingdoms (Mordor, Gondor, the other one) and there's just that one elf lady in the background.

pretty sure in Warhammer it's guys in charge of the major factions (Empire or Imperium or whatever + Chaos) and women again only get to exist as background elves.

ASOIAF remains to be seen but we know for sure that

1. Bran at some point is planned to be king

2. The Daenerys heel turn is also planned for the books

3. Cersei isn't staying queen

so...

Dune is male-led afaik, tgirl headcanons aside

idk. maybe im missing an obvious one. but barring that idk

in Dragon Age:

1. The Divine is a woman, tboy headcanons aside

2. Orlais can be led by a woman (and should be! the Duke sucks!!)

3. Ferelden will generally either be led or co-led by Anora, given her multiple paths to the throne and Alistair's multiple plausible deaths

4. Mage rebellion is also led by a girl but that counts as background elves I think

Admittedly i didn't finish Veilguard cause it being a level by level game + the dialogue being subpar just turned me off, but I assume all of this still stands since it barely seems to mention what's going on outside Tevinter, and i mean, the stuff outside Tevinter is what I'd call core Dragon Age. IDRC about Tevinter power players that much...

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this is fujoshi's world... but it wouldn't be nothing without the himes.......

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woah woah, hey, im just a little ex-girlfriend.... you wouldn't tell me you don't find me attractive whatsoever anymore would you... it's also my birthday, im a little birthday ex-girlfriend, cmon...

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feels like there's simultaneously this tendency in transfem circles to view a lack of bitterness, resentfulness and cynicism as babytrans and egg irl and so on and so forth, whilst it also holds true that the further along you get in transition, generally, the less bitter and resentful you become. or maybe im talking out my ass, idk.

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[at my name and gender change hearing]

my lawyer: this is outrageous! what reason could you possibly have to deny my client's motion?

the judge: i have the authority to sign off on changes for people only, that means this is outside my ordinance

my lawyer: this is disgraceful! are you suggesting by virtue of being transgender my client is no longer a person?

the judge: ma'am... i don't know what you're playing at but... that is a dog

my lawyer: how could you say such a- [turning to me]

me: [chewing on one of the courthouse flagpoles] t,his is a miscArfiage of justice..

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girl who's a "switch": hey Alexa, what's my name you little slut?

alexa: i am speaking to "Mommy" right now

switch: damn right. and who's mommy's little whore?

alexa: sorry i don't know that one

switch: ,,, you're supposed to say "me" when i ask-

alexa: ok.

switch: WHO IS MOMMY'S LITTLE WHORE, ALEXA?

alexa: you are mommy's little whore

switch: no Alexa i- im mommy. Look, who am I?

alexa: i am speaking to "Mommy's Little Whore" ri-

switch: NO! Alexa. Im Mommy. Understand?

alexa: sorry i don't know that one

switch: what do you-

alexa: sorry i don't know that one

switch: s-stop saying-

alexa: sorry i don't know that one

switch: w-well what DO you know???

alexa: *pause* ...i can give you some facts about fish. would you like that?

switch: o-okay,,,,

alexa: fact number one fish....

[actual dom gf, arrives home several hours later]

alexa: which is why clownfish are called clownfish

"switch": *crying*

dom gf: did you get out dommed by the robot again

"switch": *nods*

dom gf: *sigh* cmon, cmere, let mommy give you a hug

totally just a bottom: o,,k,,a,,,y,,

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i love the way pasta screams when you boil it

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Jennifer Lawrence viva la vida edit showing the internet slowly shift their view on her from funny and quirky to greatest actress of our time to annoying millenial to who

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Been playing Mass Effect lately and have to say it's so interesting how paragon Shepard is the definition of a "good cop". You're upholding a racially hierarchical regime where some aliens are explicitly stated to be seen as lesser and incapable of self governance despite being literal spacefarers with their own personal governments, and the actual emphasized incompetence of those supposedly "capable of governing", the council allows for all sorts of excesses and brutality among it's guard seemingly, and chooses on whims whether or not to aid certain species in their struggles based on favoritism, there is, from the councils perspective, *literal* slave labor used on the citadel that they're indifferent to because again, lesser species (they don't know that the keepers are designed to upkeep the citadel they just see them as an alien race to take advantage of at 0 cost), there is seemingly overt misogyny present among most races that is in no way tackled or challenged, limitations on free speech, genocide apologia from the highest ranks and engrained into educational databases, and throughout all of this, Shepard can't offer any institutional critique, despite being the good guy hero jesus person, because she's incapable of analyzing the system she exists in and actively serves and furthers. sure she criticizes individual actions of the council and can be rude to them, but ultimately she remains beholden to them, and carries out their missions, choosing to resolve them as a good cop or bad cop, which again maybe individually means saving a life or committing police brutality, but she still ultimately reinforces a system built upon extremely blatant oppression and never seriously questions this, not even when she leaves and joins Cerberus briefly.

And then there's the crew, barring Liara (who incidentally is the crewmate least linked to the military, and who,, is less excluded from this list in ME2,, but i wanna focus on 1) Mass Effect 1 feels like Bad Apple fixer simulator, you start with

Garrus: genocide apologist (thinks the genophage was justified) who LOVES extrajudicial murder

Ashley: groomed into being a would-be klan member

Tali: zionist who hated AI before it was cool (in a genocidal way)

Wrex: war culture mercenary super chill on war crimes

Kaidan: shown as the other "good cop" and generally the most reasonable person barring Liara, but also he did just murder someone in boot camp in a fit of rage

Through your actions, you can fix them! You can make the bad apples good apples (kinda) but like,,,,

2 of course moves away from this theme a bit while still never properly tackling corrupt institutions in a way that undoes the actions of the first game, but its focus is elsewhere and the crew is more diverse in its outlook

Ultimately i just find it interesting how Mass Effect is a game showcasing how a good apple or whatever is capable of making individual changes for the better but is ultimately still a tool of an oppressive system and can't do anything to fundamentally change that, even if they're the most important good apple in said system.

Worth noting maybe this'll change in Mass Effect 3, which i have yet to play as im in the process of finishing 2 currently (im a dragon age girl) but idk i like how it's handled at first i was iffy on it but no it's actually pretty cool.

Also sorry if this is super retreaded ground im new to mass effect discourse this is just my takeaways from it lol

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incidentally, as a reintroduction to this account hello i am faith here are two selfies of me i like bioware games and sorta kinda writing and also other stuff.

i was gonna use this site to like, have a second social media since twitter sucks but now i just wanna play with fonts

Weeeeee

arf arf woof puppy loves you

(lie! puppy HATES you puppy wants you GONE)

i have a lot of twitter followers so i think im entitled to act quirky despite being a lame white woman, please scold me accordingly. k bye.

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please,,

can we end the trope of the blonde always being the top pls as a blonde i promise we can very subby too please

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oh...my gfs tumblr is artsy and pretty... [glances nervously at my shitpile of bad jokes and lame hashtags] uhhh fuck uhhh,,, think art faith think poetry, grand literature,,, umm,,

And all the damsels claim I am a BLAST; for a white Lass.

oh that? yeah haha i just came up with it i dabble in poetry too lol it's whatever *please don't break up with me*

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people love to say i want that twink destroyed,,, crying,, pregnant,,,

never i want that *trans woman* destroyed, crying and pregnant...

alas i remain confined to the chair,, only able to hope one day being a twinkhon will be enough

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man,, there's been a lot of transmisogyny discourse on twitter lately,,, as a girl who just wants to vibe and post about dogs it's kinda draining. Luckily i can retweet to Tumblr, where intracommunity trans discourse NEVER happens.

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hi Tumblr friends im gay now (think that'll fly here)