#viv's post

[viviantheburgg]

Rinne doodle cuz i didnt wanna do my assignments 😭😭

[thespoliarium]

I gave in to my imagination and made a cinematic edit of Stalin's USSR.

(Idk who to tag so uh: @smolpebble @soviet-space-ace @master-of-the-opera-house @kumquats-are-gay)

[autisticblitz]

In good hands.

[vivaislenska]

He gave her wings and she’ll make him proud.

(The Tech Turn™️ is 100% going to be crucial for the Rebellion.)

[chaifootsteps]

Guys, I think she genuinely believes she created the Dictionnaire Infernal.

[chibijinebra]

Seven Five Deadly Sins

Bonus:

[abyssal-ilk]

wish we knew more about what vivienne was like as first enchanter of her circle. her insistence that the most dangerous thing to a mage is lack of knowledge is soo... cronching on it. i wonder how she handles the harrowings in her circle, since they traditionally rely on secrecy. especially given how badly her own harrowing rattled her and she was so young when she underwent it. many thoughts.

[asharaks]

@vigilskept SAY NO MORE @ikarons and i have GOT you

So the thesis here is that between Leliana, Cassandra, and Justinia, we have a sort of holy trinity of femininity, the three faces of womanhood in Thedas, with femininity and womanhood being defined in relation to Andraste: she’s the platonic ideal of a woman.

First: Cassandra, as the public-facing one. She’s the most Respectable, noble-born, pious, earthly; she takes her permission to fight and command from her association with both divinity and nobility, both structures in Thedas that demand and expect “purity” of women, as an associated product of femininity. Her violence is extremely tightly controlled — she isn’t allowed to be undisciplined, sloppy, and emotional (if she has a strong negative opinion of you, she gets drunk and yells at you; this is treated as an abject failure of hers), and she’s never out of control. Her violence is sanctioned by her faith and her association with the chantry, and thus is sanctified as something holy, and not to be treated lightly; she’s the embodiment of Andraste’s strength, and she is very much still required to conform to femininity in other ways. She loves music, art, flowers, she’s a sap at heart, she reads cheesy romance novels and wears makeup; she expects to be wooed, to be the passive partner in a courtship, to be the desirable one — all things traditionally associated with femininity. Again, she’s allowed the remit of violence, but only as an extension of her spirituality, and the player is constantly reminded of her femininity.

Leliana in Inquisition represents the “darker” aspects of femininity that white people love to associate with womanhood; she’s more mysterious, angrier, secretive, privy to knowledge no-one else is. She’s manipulative, and ruthless, and subtle: her power doesn’t come from martial prowess or spirituality but from knowledge. There’s a bit of the Thedas version of the Madonna-Whore complex here (shoutout to @gyrovagi for the Andraste-Witch terminology), with Leliana taking the part of the Witch to Cass’s Andraste; she’s darker, scarier, more sexual, more menacing. She twists the things traditionally associated with Andraste’s femininity (music, birds, flowers) into weapons (her bard song, poisons, the ravens) in a mirror of Cassandra’s Andrastian associations.

This in contrast to her role in Origins, where she very much played the nice devout Andrastian girl to Morrigan’s occultism; Leliana is able to switch, her presentation fluid in this way specifically because she’s not a mage, and thus has the freedom to move between presentations in a way a mage — strictly feminised in a derogatory way — can’t. The type of femininity (the “good” kind, the “pure” kind) on that side of the balance is utterly inaccessible to anyone with magic, but Leliana’s able to move between them as she moves through life, and to use that perception of virtue as a tool to suit her needs. This is very much a costume she can take off and put on, playing different cards in different situations (see her spymaster self in the rookery vs the way she presents and behaves at the Winter Palace), and one she is able to wield effectively and safely because of her position: as a non-mage acting in service of the Maker (in DAO) or a representation of Andraste (DAI). 

Finally, Justinia: the spiritual leader, the untouchable, the “pure”, the divine face of Andraste that’s allowed to be inaccessible. Her age grants her this freedom, as does the way she’s never really seen on screen; she’s not a romance option, she’s not a companion or a character, she’s a symbol you never truly meet, and she’s never granted characterisation outside of her role as the Divine. Her authority as a woman is tied into this spirituality —- the reason it’s okay for her to be in this position of power is that she’s unmarried, childless, undesirable, and her position feeds into her undesirability in an endless loop. Just like Andraste, she’s more an idea than a person, and an idea can’t perform gender Wrong.

Leliana and Cass are both very feminine figures, but neither of them take on spiritual roles; Cass is very much guided by chantry doctrine, but never creates it (if you make her divine, she is conservative, cautious, slow on progress); it’s important to note here that most, if not all, of the women in powerful positions both within and without the chantry appear to be largely conservative, but especially the ones who aren’t Chantry Sisters. Leliana is far more progressive than Cassandra, who is in a more masculinised role of Templar (and Cassandra is far more progressive than Meredith, in her role as Knight-Commander), and many of the higher-ups in the Chantry are talked about as conservatives and traditionalists in war table missions and ambient dialogue.

Leliana tends to view chantry teachings as suggestions (she is a reformer, but very much not a militant one) and distance herself from the position of priesthood, from Origins on. This, in combination with her perceived duality (Andraste-Witch dichotomy) is a double-edged sword; on the one hand, it works to her advantage that she is able to put on and take off the persona of Witch (in a way that is impossible for any mage — lots to say about Vivienne, and she deserves her own post, but particularly note how committed she is to people perceiving her as Intimidating and Frightening; she is forced to capitalise on the negative connotations of the Witch and try to use them as a base from which to gather power, because she is denied the opportunity to be perceived as ‘correctly’ feminine as a mage, but she simultaneously has to manage this perception through careful presentation because of the risk of tranquility or even execution being perceived as the Witch carries for her — unlike Leliana, she can’t step out of this role when it suits her, and unlike Leliana, the consequences for embodying it can be fatal) but on the other hand, those Darker aspects of her persona can be and are used against her; she’s accused of underhandedness, manipulativeness, accusations of deception and falsehood are thrown at her to discredit her role, and by extension, her power. The system is designed to support and uplift a very specific image of femininity, one defined by its relationship to spirituality, and anyone who steps outside of that gender binary is punished or discarded.

Both Leli and Cass distance themselves from traditional Thedas ideas of Womanhood, but they are both still notable as women in positions of unusual power, and their femininity and performance of gender is tied heavily to the ways they want to be perceived, which is in turn tied to the ways they want and reach for power, and the ways they use it when they have it.

[viviantheburgg]

slight horror/blood warning for kakeru's comic but it's ok yall he's just a bit silly and has minor imposter syndrome

[thespoliarium]

ao3 death of stalin writers always try and squeeze in all death of stalin members in the narrative like their life depends on it FUKKKK ... why stalin da bus driver all of da sudden -_- ....

[vivaislenska]

Sir Howzer, the Haunted.

Rex: Howzer, how many mags are you gonna carry? Howzer: YES

[chaifootsteps]

Twitter found about the racist leaks.

[theoddest1]

Let's Actually Talk About The Issues With Vivziepop

Okay, first off, hello you beautiful people! Sorry about this foreboding title, but I needed to catch y'all attention on this so I can break down the issues that I and many have with "Hazbin Hotel" and "Helluva Boss" creator, Vivienne Medrano. Now I am sure you all on here are already aware of at least a couple of the controversies that revolve around this particular creator and if you have seen my posts floating around already, some have been greeted with the problems surrounding her social media presence and just her overall as a person. I know seeing another callout on her seems very very tiring at this point, but I felt that a lot of the current callouts missed key details that were not at all addressed or properly delved on. I plan on shedding light on my issues with her and I hope you get where I am coming from when I say that she sucks.

BULLYING

Okay, I am starting off with Vivienne's blatant use of bully mentality, her agreeing or encouraging her fans to call people who see flaws in her works sub-humans or harass those who find issue or simply jest about her works trademark cussing and and overcrowded designs. She has had this issue for YEARS and refuses to grow up and act her age despite many telling her, even her own fans at times, that she shouldn't be acting so unprofessionally. Clearly, she doesn't care and thanks to her fanbase caring more about her feelings than her being better she feels as though she doesn't need to change or do better. This goes for her friend group as well, who defend her tremendously and act as though she is never in the wrong. Name one time a friend of hers called her out for acting childish, I'll wait.

Now, you're probably wondering, "Wtf could they have done to warrant such a response?"

Criticism...That's all they did. (White Text is random peeps they would speak with or maybe mutuals)

Keep in mind...they used to be a fan as well. They were also a minor at this point

But, Viv doesn't care, this person's critical yet harmless tweets about her shows is what lead to her painting them in a horrible light and making them out to be someone who has attacked her personally and as "nasty".

Rich coming from Viv since she is completely fine doing exactly that for "Ava's Demon". Not only does she criticize it, she takes a shot at the creator as well, but GOD FORBID others do the same towards her.

And according to someone who knew her well, it's all cause they felt creeped out by her.

Her hatred for criticism is so prominent that Ima makes that a section of its own. But let's get back on the topic of bullying.

Vivienne has a fanbase filled to the brim with pushy and overall annoying individuals who have harassed, threatened, disrespected, and wished harm on many people, all cause someone had a negative thing to say about Vivziepop's mid af show. One of the earlier known instances is the one revolving around a MEME of all things.

This was what started it all, and it led to both parties blocking each other and people being mad pushy and calling them an idiot and the like over their opinions. Now look, their take and you're opinion on said take is fine so long as you stay respectful and humane about it all, but don't dogpike someone all cause they think HH sucks. And while Viv can not control her fanbase, for they are not a hivemind (some of y'all act it tho, ima keep it real) she is seen here ENCOURAGING the behavior. Tell me how someone who doesn't even like your trash ass show has the sense to tell people not to harass others, someone with a smaller following, but not your grown damn near 30 year old ass?

Oh, but people wanna act like she can handle criticism, is a sweet person, and grew from her past experiences. Fam, she was 27 in this screenshot [December 16, 2019] and has shown no change from 2013 to fucking 2024. Over a decade of the same petty ass behavior, and keep in mind, according to several of her old friends and workers, she is worse behind close doors. WORSE. She's already acting like she got no damn sense out in the open, imagine behind closed doors.

Last but not least, a glimpse into her outright blatant slander towards Dollcreep, a once good friend of hers that she even visited and spoke with frequently!

She stated that they fetishized pedophilia yet according to the victim and friends of the victim who were once friends with Viv as well, Viv actually threatened to end their friendship if he hadn't drawn NSFW art of her character and his character having sex [Addi was 15 at the time this was drawn]

On top of that, she liked the post, something she didn't need to do. The art also depicted things she had regularly drawn on her own. Addi being tied up forcefully, being sexualized, being harmed to some degree through bondage, etc. The claim that she forced DC to draw this out is backed up by her own art depicting similar elements. Also, if my memory serves me well, Viv and Doll were 17-18 years old [Doll was 17 Viv 18] and have a 1-year age gap. The way Viv frames things here is as if DC was way older and imposed some sort of power over DC, which sources say otherwise. If anything, Viv had a LOT of control throughout all of this drama, which deserves its own section.

I'll be making posts that talk about the different issues regarding Viv, so one post isn't too long (this one is already lengthy enough) and that you can just pick at one post targeting certain issues around this creator.

[phoebastria-albatrus]

viv + vex commission for @emizucker ^-^

[abyssal-ilk]

very fun to me that the only inner circle members that don't show up to the wicked grace game are vivienne, leliana, and solas. everyone else is there but them. it could be for any number of reasons but i like to think its because all three of them are EXTREMELY competitive. solas can't handle losing to anyone, vivienne can't handle losing to half of the table (esp solas, sera, and blackwall), and everyone's too scared of leliana to play against her. it's all fun and games until one of these three sits down to play

[cloudysfluffs]

REALLY considered not posting this one.......might delete later

ns//fw and/or ki//nk blogs please dni!!!