if you want to, please give your opinion on this I’m really curious on others thoughts
Me remembering @blood-orange-juice post on how Childe has the aggression of a prey animal made me think of how I feel he is a very feminine character despite not outwardly presenting as such. His aggression doesn’t stem from a masculine desire to feel stronger, it stems from his fear of being hunted down, overlooked, and overpowered, an aggression felt by a lot of femme and afab people, including myself. Like the scene in the golden house where everyone ignores what he has to say, or the scene in the courtroom where everyone dismisses what he has to say and blames him guilty for actions he couldn’t have possibly committed. The courtroom scene in particular reminds me of how often famous women (especially poc but that’s a can of worms that’s not my place to get into) are often demonized with people waiting for them to make one minor slip up (real or made up), so the public can justify their hatred towards them. Moreover, the attitude of “he’s a fatui so he probably did something wrong anyways” (which is true but doesn’t matter in this situation) mirrors the attitude a lot of famous women get of the “I never liked her anyways”, or “finally a reason to hate” or “I knew she was a mean girl” if the public gets a reason to turn on them.
There is also Childe’s habit of for lack of a better term, larping as a normal person, especially as a normal brother and son to his family. This changing of his behavior, especially in front of family members as to not lose their approval is also a pretty common feminine experience (not for me though luckily) and I have a lot of people in my own life who I know act that way. Playing the “good, responsible, nurturing, and almost a third parent” older sibling is also a fairly common feminine experience, and Childe acts very similar to that archetype despite having completely different reasons as to why.
His important female relationships with characters like skirk, Tonia, his mother and the Tsaritsa also add to this. It’s made very clear that he loves his younger siblings a lot, with Tonia being no exception, and Childe likes experiencing Tonia’s girlhood with her, playing along with being the knight in shining armor to her princess. He buys dresses and other gifts for her in inazuma, and doesn’t posses the slightest bit of shame or care that others might judge him for going dress shopping on his own. Continually, Skirk and his mother both teamed up to give him mommy issues (although Skirk didn’t do it on purpose she didn’t try to abandon him like his mom did, he left the abyss of his own accord), although mommy issues tend to be pretty universal, his respect and desire for acknowledgment from female authority figures like Skirk, the Tsaritsa, and to some extent the traveler and Clorinde (he did really want a duel out of her and views her as a strong, worthy opponent) reads as a feminine desire to me. More specifically, the need to be liked and acknowledged by the women you look up to so one day you can feel as secure as they appear to be, I personally find to be a very feminine experience.
What I find most interesting about this situation is that most of Childe’s traits I find feminine are painful feminine experiences, besides the heels in foul legacy form, the garter around his legs, the exposed skin on his stomach and being canonically pretty, things viewed as traditionally feminine, the feminine aspects of Childe’s character deeply painful for both him and people who experience similar things in real life. It reminds me of a phrase I can’t quite remember where I heard from, but is something along the lines of “femininity is pain”.
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So in botw you(as Link) buy the house in Hateno village and fix it up...but in totk everyone says it's Zelda's house...so we can assume post-Calamity Ganon fight Link absolutely took Zelda back there, and let her live there, and she did for SO LONG that the villagers consider it HER house???
It's very interesting, that's all I'm saying.
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Thinks about how Vergil’s story is about the feeling of losing autonomy and control, of not being safe and going to every length you can to build up your defenses and power, hurt others before they hurt you, only for his self destructive path to end in the greatest loss of control possible.
He looses his autonomy, his name, his face, to the man who was responsible for this whole complex to begin with. and finally free and on the verge of death he’s still trying to regain control, casting aside entire parts of his identity to feel like he can’t be hurt anymore. but it’s not that easy. and that human part of him has to know what it’s like to have to rely on. Having to go to Dante, using the nightmares, even the very act of using a cane.
and now he’s in the underworld, having once again to rely on Dante for the foreseeable future. Just like in 3 they fight together really well, having each others back and covering each others asses, all while never losing that competitive streak. But they trust each other, because despite having it taken away from him numerous times, Vergil is giving up a bit of that control to trust his brother anyways im so normal about this can you tell ahaha
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Was staying late at the office today and nearly burst into tears when I saw someone mention Richarlyson lost a life (I completely forgot they were all at 2 lives again and thought we'd lost him for good).
Because Richarlyson was experiencing lag and (apparently) crashed, it's unclear whether his death will count, however, due to the surrounding circumstances and similarities to Bobby's final death, it might. All we can do now is wait and see what the admins say.
Regardless of what happens, please remember to be kind — both to the admins, the streamers, and fellow fans.
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Mairuma Chapter 296
This chapter was really upsetting. You have Iruma innocently happy about wanting only the best for the Demon World and its inhabitants whom some are now his best friends and you have this bitch Narnia being a bitch about it and putting a damper on things. So thankful for Amu-chan for saving the day. She truly is a supreme Mama ❤️
Narnia deserves that bitch slap
My rough translation:
Fenrir/Narnia: The Demon World is a world of noble demons, and what kind of a nuisance would a foreign object be to take the liberty to intrude into this world without permission, disrupts its balance, and causes chaos?
If by mistake a human being comes to power...for example, if a human had entered this soirée pretending to be a demon. I would find it so repulsing and disgusting. It would be very unpleasant.
Hey...what do you think of humans?
*Iruma is visibly shaking*
Amaryllis: Amu-tsun is here!! Milord ~ ❤ ️
You're my knight! Don't leave without permission ~ ♡
Iruma: Yes... I'm sor...sorry...
*Amu-chan notices Iruma shaking as he grips onto her*
Amaryllis: (to Fenrir/Narnia) Thank you for your help ❤️
Fenrir/Narnia: No, it’s no big deal...
Amaryllis:....
*ENTER THE WELL DESERVED BITCH SLAP*
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