#and being smart ofc

[ahamkara-apologist]

The ageism towards Osiris is also so so so prominent but I didn’t wanna derail your post since you were doing some really good analysis on the racism in the fandom

No anon you're so right, I tried to hint at it with the fact that I kept saying that him being an older man played a part in why the racism against him was so blatant. The older any man from the Middle East is, the more people seem to think of him as being predatory, sleazy, and untrustworthy. We're considered dangerous militant terrorists when we're in our twenties, but that only gets worse as we get older, and lots of the racist caricatures are biased towards men in their 40's-50's. I blame that on why people were so willing to just assume that Osiris's actions when Savathun was masquerading as him were just him showing his true colours, even though '''he''' was wildly fucking OOC during the whole stint.

Feel free to add your analysis onto mine if you wish! That's not derailing my post about the racism at all, because the ageism and racism goes hand and hand in this case, so focusing on one doesn't exclude the other.

[the-last-butter]

HC they first met a year or two after Yelan got her vision; post fighting the in abyss but when Kaeya was still navigating his identity from Kaeya, Brother and Right hand of Diluc Ragnvindr to Kaeya Alberich, Cavalry Captain and Quarter master of the Knights of Favonius.

[seabeck]

I don’t like smart house things but I do love being able to control Spotify on my computer with my phone

[moonmaenad]

me, putting washing on the line knowing there's going to be rain in a few: *looking at the sky the whole time* Zeus don't you dare

Zeus: *lets a little raindrop hit my eye behind my glasses*

me: *glaring up at the sky*

[lostinquisitor]

kind of funny to think that spite is elandhris favorite veilguard-era spirit companion at the lighthouse

[legokingfisher]

“What did Kai see in his fear vision” “what did Sora see” “what did—“ enough. What did Riyu see

[statementlou]

forgive me if this is too serious for an anon ask.. feel free to ignore it..

but this week shook me in ways i didnt see coming. i wasnt a one direction fan growing up.. tbh im still not, i listen to only a few songs. im same age as louis. so, i found one direction through him.

i have great affection for all of the boys though. and even in my short time in fandom, i've always been surprised and saddened by the bullying liam has gotten.. he just always seemed like a good person with really poor communication skills. to understand his point, you had to give him some space and context.

but this year has been a constant worried watch over liam. it was so plain things were desperate.

stan twitter got to me so bad that i left twitter the day louis' tour ended. so i was very peripherally aware of his recent harassment, but i did worry.

and now the unimaginable has happened, i am just at loss. not just in the sense of how to make sense of this loss, but also the complete lack of empathy for him still? even for other boys' fans.?? after they've seen how all of the boys' are hurting?

and just in the bigger picture.. how is this real? what loving god/higher power/whatver has allowed this to be the state of the world? he was so kind, so generous, just a boy. JUST A BOY. just trying to find a place to fit and feel safe. why was he dealt such cruelty? just while he was pursuing something he loved? something he was gifted with? in life and in death?

im just at loss. heartbreak doesnt even begin to cover it.

for me I've felt it was a constant worried watch over Liam for many years now, but other than that, yeah. It's hard to feel hope or faith in the face of so much senseless cruelty and pointless loss; all I can say is I would hope the millions of people who are shocked and saddened by this take away something lasting both about the fact that there are real people on the other side of the computer screen and cruelty has a real impact, and that addiction can afflict anyone. Nothing can make this other than tragic and regrettable forever; but I would love to see the amazing power of fandom mobilized to support programs for addicts and to fight stereotyping and dismissing of people who use drugs in Liam's name. To see people use this as a realization to really understand that it wasn't strange or exceptional that someone talented and worthwhile could succumb to addiction and ultimately die of it, but rather a plague that our society is allowing to run unchecked because of stigma. IDK, maybe I'm just grasping at straws trying to find something remotely positive that could come out of this situation but what else can you do? It's just so sad.

[a-commas-a-pause]

My carnivorous plants: We are dying, feed us parent

A fly, literally flying past my face: 🪰

My plants: ......dying, I tell you! Starving! To death!

The fly, dancing a little dance: 🎶🪰🎶

[solomorne]

yknow i spent so long always romancing the least popular or one of them LIs in games (like sera and harding as examples) that when i actually romanced one of the most popular LIs (hello Gale) i really didn’t know how to navigate that popularity. what? there’s actually.. CONTENT? have you seen all this FANART???? and there’s… META?!?! and …. i have 10 friends who also ship their oc with him??? that’s fucking crazy dude. i’m so used to being the only cunt in the mutual circle who gives a shit about this character and being the token fan of them. now i gotta learn how to be one of many

the funniest part is gale is not my type. he’s not my M.O. he’s actually very much Not my type. i don’t even like purple

[ellearts]

Love communicating with people who are actually positive and clear thinking

[horaitos]

“gotta love how Light didn’t have any tragic backstory justifying his actions-” WRONG!! his tragic backstory was being a gifted kid

[meet-again]

Skypea:

NAMI GET HIS ASS

[florida3exclamationpoints]

Hang on thought about pastry arts school again

[whoreiaki-kakyoin]

Sometimes I remember that a mutual acquaintance of me and my partner tried to rope me into a fandom discourse convo irl. Like. Was more or less saying “I can’t believe [my partner] likes [character] from [show] when he’s so awful!” and they kept pressing the issue as if I would like. Care. Or not be aware of his fictional tastes and would be horrified clutching my pearls like omg thank you for telling me I’ll go stage an intervention.

And they gave up bc I essentially kept hitting them with “haha yeah he’s so silly that sounds like something he’d do! 🥰” Like girl we are grown adults. And you’ve known my partner for years. Surely you know what type of person he is and should be able to realize his fictional tastes don’t say anything about his irl morals. You need to get a grip.

[noamateur]

"people can surprise you. mona maintained a 4.0 average and perfect hair while she was tapping rosewood's police calls." well yes!

[gia-is-a-punk-rocker]

Noel “oblivious to his bandmate maybe being gay for him” Redding vs Ray “oblivious to maybe being gay for his bandmate” Manzerak fight