#also while we're on the topic

[fearandhatred]

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[stopper-my-heart]

Nothing like Heartstopper S2E8 removing some of Taylor Swift's "seven" lyrics just so that the singing can specifically come back in at "Or hide in the closet" while Isaac is processing difficult emotions related to the book he's reading (i.e., Ace: What Asexuality Reveals About Desire, Society, and the Meaning of Sex by Angela Chen).

Did I mention "Or hide in the closet" hits just as the camera focus finishes shifting away from Isaac?

This is fine

[foursaints]

bbg i’m sure you’re already aware, but i don’t think it’s okay to ship siblings especially TWINS

not having discourse with you guys until you read "Gothic incest: Gender, sexuality and transgression" by Jenny DiPlacidi (jstor) and come prepared to critically examine how the merging of erotic/familial love in gothic literature has historically been used to disrupt the gendered boundaries that define the genre....

we're being so scholarly about this one. match my freak.

[dead-patrol]

quick psa that in the sandman universe souls only stay in hell when they believe they deserve to be there, hence why simon moved on after talking with edwin

[carlyraejepsans]

for real WHERE does the idea that [utdr humans] are nongendered so that "you can project on them" come from. their literal character arcs are about NOT being a blank slate to be filled in by the audience

i think i understand the assumption on some level for undertale, because there is a very intentional effort to make you identify with the "player character" in order to make your choices feel like your own (the beating heart of undertale's metanarrative lies in giving you an alternative path to violence against its enemies after all, and whether you're still willing to persue it for your own selfish reasons. YOUR agency is crucial).

of course, the cardinal plot twist of the main ending sweeps the rug from under your feet on that in every way, and frisk's individuality becomes, in turn, a tool to further UT's OTHER main theme: completionism as a form of diegetic violence within the story. replaying the game would steal frisk's life and happy ending from them for our own perverse sentimentality, emotionally forcing our hand away from the reset button.

i think their neutrality absolutely aids in that immersion. but also, there's this weird attitude by (mostly) cis fans where it being functional within the story makes it... somehow "editable" and "up to the player" as well? which is gross and shows their ass on how they approach gender neutrality in general lol.

but also like. there's plenty of neutral, non PCharacters in undertale and deltarune. even when undertale was just an earthbound fangame and the player immersion metanarrative was completely absent, toby still described frisk as a "young, androgynous person". sometimes characters are just neutral by design. it's not that hard to understand lol.

anyone who makes this argument for kris deltarune is braindead. nothing else to say about it.

[gayofthefae]

trailer girlfriends

The way the season 3 trailer omits "that we were never gonna get girlfriends" to say "What did you think, really? - That we were just gonna sit in my basement and play games for the rest of our lives?" yes, to make it more supernaturally applicable in some ways but also knew it was foreshadowing the friendship stuff and conveniently

They knew damn well that including "that we were never gonna get girlfriends?" would OVERTLY show that Milkvan was NOT gonna make it, much less subtly than it would when fed to you with many other scenes to distract you. "You're excited to see Mike and El as a couple after finally getting together but their inherent being together is actually the thing destroying all the relationships around it this season" was a little too obvious for you?

[m-eowdy]

by the way lads, have we come up with a ship name for edwin x charles x crystal yet? or do I have to take matters into my own hands?

[shalom-iamcominghome]

muslim and jewish solidarity is when snacks/candy have both a halal seal and a kosher certification

[irlwakko]

also alberto and giulia IMMEDIATELY start giving each other the full sibling treatment, much to only child luca’s horror

“knock knock ‘beto!” “who’s there giulie?” “not your dad” *uproarious laughter from the marcovaldo siblings and absolute shock from luca*

[greensaplinggrace]

people will really just throw any tag onto their inflammatory posts. like i promise you that the normal people in this fandom don't want to see your rancid discourse when they look in the tag of the thing they like

[pharaohbean]

i finished the xianzhou luofu arc (+ dhil's companion quest) like yesterday

what the actual frick did i just witness. who gave dan heng that right to be pretty. WHO LET THE BOSS BE HARD (<- wiped once). and holy cow i have SO MANY COMPANION QUESTS ALL OF A SUDDEN

currently working thru the Ghost Bit Thing. i have So Many Wishes for Greek Chalk Architect (dr. ratio, blame my brother he wants him) and hopefully DHIL when he reruns :pensive:

ALSO CAELUS NOT SPEAKING TO DAN HENG AFTER HE RETURNS IN HIS IL FORM?? I HAVE SO MANY THOUGHTS ABOUT THAT (no one could get him to open up!! it wans't just him to dan heng it was him to everyone!! and i just- AUGH)

(also can we agree that dan heng and bailu should absolutely be siblings or smth like that. because i watched their convo in dhil's companion quest, saw the line about dan heng not having dan feng's healing magic, and immediately went "that might be because bailu has it-")

[saintlioncourt]

you're telling me that 60 year old man was out there doing fake interviews for his fake f1 movie??? I would kill myself from cringe and embarassment

[ninja-knox-ur-sox-off]

I love Monkie kid and the way they tell stories but oh my GODS this unreliable narrator stuff starting to stress me out

(Note: i've only seen up to ses 4 ep 8 no spoilers in the tags please)

[jonny-b-meowborn]

So I've been playing Echoes of the Eye for a while now, and I still have a lot to discover but as the resident furry/monsterfucker I have to say, I'd 100% kiss the owl people. They're tall and scary, which honestly would be enough for me, but also they're weirdly polite and make some banging tunes. They look like they're very soft to the touch, and like they're great huggers. Overall 10/10 creatures

[corfisers]

can't write trans yashiro meta without writing down the bisexuality meta first, can't write the bisexuality meta without bringing up transgender reading. oh the misery