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"subverting stereotypes by making a vampire/werewolf couple where the vampire is butch and the werewolf is femme!" did you still make the savage animal person the black one again

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this does not apply if you wear exclusively leggings. Those things tear all the time you need like a million on standby

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I could never read those booktok-popular "dark romances" for. well. many reasons. BUT the biggest of all is that the instant a man wrongs a woman in a book I want his ass dead. I have zero tolerance for that shit. I don't care if it's a misunderstanding I don't CARE if he's got a secret sadboy past. If he insults her to her face I want her to come after him with a chainsaw no matter what forever

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AND THEY’RE FUCKING CORRECT

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I'm actually so fucking sick of El gee bee tee pluses who think that everyone who doesn't reclaim queer or doesn't understand some dumb niche label or whatever is just Uneducated and Stupid and Doesn't Know History. History is not some infallible force of nature where everything was done correctly. I'm glad that a smallish people in the 80's reclaimed queer but guess what? The whole community hasn't. Screaming at people that bi lesbian is a valid identity because people used it in the past but when you look closer it's because people didn't understand what bisexuality was, so you were either gay or straight. It's the fact that yall scream about knowing queer History but refuse to critically think about it further, and say that "things were better back then". Oh my god. Leave people alone.

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the dream

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Bit telling that for years and years evangelical religious extremists have been allowed on university campuses with their bullhorns and horrific imagery where they harass students into physical altercations and when students complain to the university’s administration they just shrug their shoulders citing freedom of speech but when those same tuition-paying students start protesting against war and genocide they call SWAT

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i love blocking people who call themselves 'bi lesbian' on sight

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nothing makes me go "ooooh we are NOT the same" quite like reading some post about how people talk with their parents about their interests. what do you mean you told your father about stevebucky. what do you mean he asked further questions

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mfers will say "im against book banning in schools and libraries!" and then turn around and say ao3 needs to be censored

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The problem is most redemption arcs rely heavily on the abused/victims forgiving the ones who have wronged them and the lack of the villain actually doing anything other than give one word apologies to right their wrongs.

No. That's not how it works

First of all the very idea that forgiveness from the victim is required is anti victim. Forgiveness does not make your life better. It's not necessary. Its not up to the victim to help out someone who wronged them. It's not their responsibility and it's completely valid if they didnt forgive. I'd be more pro redemption arc if more stories went the route of "it's nice you wanna be a better person, do that 9364846947 feet away from me." Because I actually find that IS the best way to improve one's self, as someone who's been on both sides of that coin.

Most villains also aren't shown to do much to help, or at least are still allowed to retain power without any caveats. They don't do anything to fix their problems other than a few "sorry's". Which is lame from a storytelling perspective and from a character perspective. It takes a long time to better one's self.

TL;DR: write better redemption arcs.

"redemption arcs are toxic, you shouldn't try to fix someone!"

actually it is so important to me that being in community and experiencing human connection can save people. thanks

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I LOVE LESBIANISM. I LOVE NOT LOVING MEN. I LOVE ALL WOMEN. THE NONBINARY. THE TRANS. THE SILLY. I LOVE NOT LOVING MEN!!!!