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Safe, healthy relationships are not boring.

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I've thought this for a long time.

Fantasy, (and fiction in general) it may not be "real", but it comes from a real people's fantasies, hence the genre name. It reflects on those people's fantasies, and thus, the people who fantasize them.

I think part of why those who ship incest, pedophelic ships, power imbalances, ships between a killer and their victim, abusive dynamics, and many other things get so defensive is because their delusion is made out of a house of cards and all it takes is one breath to knock it all down. But they just really don't want to have admit that it's wrong, becuase if it's wrong, then they have to look inward and admit that says something about themselves.

So they fight viscerally. They form groups and echo chambers, and attack anyone who threatens to pop their bubble and remove their rose-tinted glasses.

Personally, in my experience, I don't really see that same attitude and behavior from those who enjoy healthy ships or tropes or stuff. Maybe it's because there's no need for them to do gymnastics to justify what they enjoy. To themselves, or others.

*Edit* I'd also like to add that this isn't the same as when people thought playing violent video games made people violent. That's it's own, seperate thing. This isn't about when horrible things are depicted, in a careful and respectful way, to show how wrong they are. This is about people enjoying depictions of abusive "relationships" and dynamics, who enjoy shipping whole @$$ grown adults with children, or ship siblings, or any other nasty thing. When people mindfully and respectfully depict horrible things for awareness, it's done in a way that highlights that, not romanticizes it or makes it "hot" or "cute". I'm not gonna claim to be familiar with all the violent video games out there, and I'm sure there are some plain voilent ones out there, but the ones I'm aware of at least have it be to defeat bad guys, it's for a goal. Don't try to equate these things, or anything else, with the enjoyment of a persons suffering, of abusive "relationships", of incest, of pedophelic ships, killer x victim, or any other disgusting thing.

"I don't support it in real life"

Then stop normalizing it Then stop romanticizing it Then stop pretending it’s “hot” Then stop pretending it’s “cute”

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It's sad that this actually needs to be pointed out to people. But, since we're at it, let's say it louder for the people in the back.

Why would incest be traumatizing if both are 100% consenting adults that can't reproduce? "It's gross" doesn't count as an answer.

incest ruins peoples lives and shouldnt be normalised like this. familial and romantic relationships shouldnt mix.

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Can we stop treating crosses like they’re non-denomination? Yes, even if it’s emo or goth. It’s still a religious symbol. You are culturally christian. That’s not a bad thing, but when you treat your culture like it’s everyone’s culture it does make people uncomfortable. I’m pretty goth sometimes. I get really uncomfortable when I look up goth stuff on pinterest and it’s all crosses. You can wear them, but when you’re an atheist with a pin that saying “fuck religions” it’s pretty fucking weird that you’re wearing cross earrings.

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Thoughts on Hooky-Marionetta. Some spoilers!

I know it probaly won't happen, but I would love to see the characters from Hooky interact with the characters from Marionetta. There are so many possibilities, but the ones I'd enjoy the most are:

Since Dani and Nico are spreading the word and building new bridges between people and witches, I'd love to see them interact with the members of the circus during this time in the story, but I'd especially like to see them interact with Sahed, Rainah and Julia.

I'd also be curious to see Dorian and Sahed interact, since, if I can recall correctly, Dorian had a lot of inner conflict about how he felt about non-magic users, and he had a lot of trouble making friends outside the people from home, which reminds me a little of Sahed in this way. Things weren't so black and white in regards to racial relations in Hooky, both did terrible things and sought revenge against the other, perpetuating a loop of voilence. I t's been a while since I read the series, but I'm making my way back through. Anyway, this is just all to say I remember it being really hard on Dorian to realize that yes, there are terrible non-magic users, but there are also terrible witches, and you really have to judge each person individually and not hold them accountable for the sins of others. You catch more flies with honey than with vinagar, so to say. Maybe knowing Dorian was coming from a somewhat similar place would help Sahed learn how to convince the other circus members to see the plight of his people.

I would love for Julia to get to talk to Monica and Will. I think there's a lot they could share with her that would help. Monica had prejudice against the witches initially, and she overcame it, even becoming a witch herself. Will grew up with suffocating expectations and sense of duty, both to his father and kingdom. They both know what expecting an arranged marriage is like. They know what it's like to fall in love with someone who would be very difficult to be with due to the social tensions and wars being fought between their races.

On a lighter topic, I think Monica would totally get into the shipping! I remember her trying to be her friends wing-woman, and her advice always seemed to fall flat, if not cause disaster (the love potion, telling Nico to button his shirt). She would definitely get into all kinds of romantic high jinks. Her and William's marriage situation also might give Julia a heart attack.

I'll bet Kamille would love to go adventuring with Mark and Aisha.

These are just my personal thoughts and opinions. These are just a few that have crossed my mind. There would be lighter interactions too, I think, but these are the ones that my brain has been latching onto. I'd be interested in hearing anyone else's if they felt like sharing!

If I need to mark this spoiler, let me know, I am new.

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Campaign ends in an half an hour!

I just wanted to share this to try and support the amazingly talented and kind author of Children of Eldair.

It's a great story, lots of information on it in the BackeKit bio for anyone interested. The characters are lovely and you definately root for them in their journey; the art is breath-taking, and I'm thrilled to see it in physical form!

The author has run similar campaigns in the past and always delivered wonderful results, and there are many different levels to chose from to suite your budget.

If it's something anyone's interested in I highly recommend it, and encourge you to check out if you are able and interested.

The campaign ends in a half an hour for those interested!

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It's Razzle Dazzle TIME!!!

Hosts and producer: Jared Gonzalez invited me onto the Razzle Dazzle show podcast! come and check out some answered questions about Linked Universe! How was it started, How it became a comic And a little about myself…

you can find it here:

 Despite my crippling shyness, It was fun, it was chill, and it was about the Legend of Zelda and pop culture! I had a great time on the show!