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v-arbellanaris · 1 year

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under the cut in case tags are broken but spoilers for the game & fandom crit

i rly think some of you are just rancid for no reason btw. like i just think if u look at a queer man LI who is a canonical victim of abuse - inc sexual abuse, and the story does not shy away from it & the ramifications of that - and a deep, rich, layered story about regaining autonomy and healing and personal liberty and trying to forgive yourself for all the horrible things that you did & were while you were abused (that you were a Real monster for) and all you have to say about it is "ugh another fucking white LI ofc you're all into him" like... idk. i dont think the problem is the fact that he's white. i think there's something wrong with YOU.

#ppl will bitch when characters of colour are survivors of abuse saying its some jerk off fantasy. ppl will also bitch when white charas have #that narrative too. like. just because a story isn't for you doesn't mean there's no fucking value to it.#and to idk sooo easily dismiss as ofc people only care abt this LI because flirty white boy. like everyone who has tried to approach him #that way has apparently gotten rejected. so like. clearly that's not his character.#i keep saying this but sometimes stories are not for you or about you or relevant to you #and that's fine. yes. even those stories.#there's never any room in fandom anywhere for these kinds of stories. you people will deny deny deny #any depictions of these kinds of experiences and you will find a way to claim it's problematic or idk morally deficient in SOME way #and you're hemming and hawing about it. and finding 100 ways to dismiss it. but the underlying theme is that it happens with specific kinds #of stories and storylines and character backstories. but ofc you don't want to get accused of not being supportive of abuse victims #so you couch it in other terms. and i just want you to fucking know that i see you. i see you and i think you're RANCID.#your faux activism does nothing for me either as a person of colour or as a victim of abuse.#get FUCKED.#tbd #vee plays bg3 #bg3 spoilers #fandom critical

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