#Bell Let's talk

[500seawormideas]

[trans-androgyne]

Genuinely, what happened to “feminism is for everyone”?

That’s the feminism I grew up with: encouraging people to recognize that fighting sexism and restrictive gender roles helps folks of every gender. We’d push back on the idea that feminists hate men, pointing to inclusive feminist literature and how many men are feminists.

Now, there are so many people insisting that the solution to patriarchy is to openly hate and ostracize men no matter what. Why? What is the benefit? It’s certainly not effective in fighting oppressive structures to exclude half the population from your cause on the basis of immutable traits. It may feel cathartic to say horrible things about men and try to punish them for your frustrations with patriarchy. But the only actual effect I see is the increasing right-wing radicalization of young men, who are being told that the left hates them for the way they were born and presented with an abundance of proof that it’s true.

Why are we going back to treating men and women as different species? It doesn’t fix things to say “well women are the good gender and men are the bad one” this time. If you sincerely want to dismantle sexism, you’re going to have to unpack and let go of all sex and gender essentialism—even that which considers women inherently pure and men inherently immoral.

[yashley]

As you all step out, what do you see?  (episode 111 spoiler:)

[risky-witchy]

Thinking about the new episode of cr and about Dorian and Orym but I’ve seen a lot of people making jokes about Dorian’s dad seeing everyone intrusive themselves and is like ‘wtf is that my son’ and so true so valid but consider.

You are the father of the Wyvernwinds, a family who essentially serves as royalty in their culture. Several years ago your youngest left, likely against your wishes, and just a short period of time ago your oldest dies, and now all of the worlds leaders are gathering to develop a plan to deal with a potential Calamity level event. You spot someone who looks similar to your only living son. He is then a part of the group of, frankly, hooligans who are fucked in the head brave and are gonna be the main task force against this event and summons your goddamn wyvern dragon horse, while wearing the sluttiest outfit you’ve ever seen, as well as a sending stone that matches with the halfling who approached you after who very clearly is fond of your son. Not to mention he doesn’t go by his birth name and title but is wearing gold to symbolize the death of his older brother. What would you do then

[c-kiddo]

cad and belle are just wee besties to me . and have lots of sensory pressure hugs. (from npc requests but i wanted to draw them together anyway so bonus cad)

[drawsmaddy]

Concerned for the party and Exandria as a whole, excited that these three are stuck together

[nellasbookplanet]

Downfall has only just started, but already I'm deeply curious what Bells Hells reaction will be to seeing it play out. I've mentioned before that I suspect the dislike or outright disdain some of the party feels for the gods - most notably Ashton and Laudna, but also Imogen at times - is in part a product of the gods being so distant as to not feel like real people to them, and therefore being easy scapegoats.

It’s easy to see the mortal victims of Ludinus and the Vanguard as just that: victims. The Hells have met them, have been them. They have not seen or felt the gods suffer in the same way. Laudna even went so far as to blame the gods for mortal deaths and suffering after the solstice, even as the gods are the ones under attack. They feel uniquely abandoned by the world, and it's easy to blame these distant, powerful figures for their hardship. Certainly much easier than to see the mortal systems that enabled their harm, or to actively seek improvement on their own.

But to see the gods now, not just as people but as mortals, with all the flaws and vulnerabilities and fears of any of the Hells, with loved ones of their own and the same desperate sense of self-preservation as any living thing, will they be able to hold onto the disdain that they’ve clung to for so long?

[ur-lil-flo]

I don't see people talking about it enough, so here it is: James is scared of Ruby in the beginning. His world is a simple food chain: he can buy anything and anyone, and if he can't buy it, he threatens people until they do what he wants. But Ruby does not take his money, and his family's name doesn't make her fall down begging for forgiveness.

He can't control her. She's not a part of his game, and that's why she's terrifying to him. She is a threat to his family, and, for instance, his sister, whom he can't seem to protect in this situation. That's why he would go to great lengths to shut Ruby down - because he's scared.

I think it's crucial for the story because he's had people being rude to him for a reason and with no reason. He's had people he fought with, but she's the first person (probably after his father) whom he can't control. People like this have the power and don't see him as a human being, they're only there to hurt and punish him. That's why her apologizing to him makes him fold this fast. His father is terrifying and cruel, and he has never in his life apologized to James for hurting him and constantly ruining his life. Ruby was hurt and said what she thought, but she didn't mean it. While James expected her to play some kind of game (planning something with Alistair, not taking money, etc.), she was just herself, with all her honest reactions and emotions.

In his fake world, she was real. She took responsibility for her actions, she saw herself hurting James, and wasn't fine with that like others were in the past. I think that's what made him fall for her. She was honest and open, wasn't scared of him, respected herself, and made him respect her.

[cassafrasscr]

They should've asked the Arch Heart about Molaesmyr.

[zwoftt]

small dorym moments in the recent episode!!! (not much, but we've been eating a lot thus far)) robbie [dorian] watching orym gracefully fly through the trees to get a better view of the area when at nana morri's... the interested face robbie had when listening to nana and orym's little chat.... dorian was afraid of the fey realm, and orym was also one of the people trying to comfort him alongside fearne, imogen.. the little chuckle liam [orym] makes when dorian whispers in his telepathic bond might be a bit of a stretch but im guessing one of the reasons liam was so keen on making sure the wall team was not too far from the others was because dorian was on that other team. and thats such an orym thing to be worried about. robbie [dorian], in spirit, being concerned about orym tripping. AAAAAGH. ORYM MOVING CLOSER IMMEDIATELY WHEN DORIAN GETS CAUGHT ... not really dorym moments but just stuff i wanna point out: dorian riding sidesaddle,, braius offering to help orym onto the horse and orym *sourly* parkouring up onto it himself,,, dorian mf charming a fey dog (liam laughing)!!!

[septembermonologues]

delilah's approach to consuming laudna this time and her specific wording of "i've waited too long to have been this close and have it taken. i'll do what i always do, what must be done." is so similar to what lolth just pulled with opal and her "so sorry. i think i wanted us to have a little more time to do this organically . . . you accepted my crown, and now the bill is due". and dorian getting as far away from laudna as quietly and slowly as possible is making my chest ache because yes sure he has the thing (another fucking thing) in the bag of holding he was tossed but also he's reliving what cost him his brother's life and half of his friends barely two days ago. what is he supposed to do with that. none of this is fair but having to have to replay that day again hours later is so fucked.

[pikopiikko]

i am getting barraged CONSTANTLY on all sides by STUFF THAT SHORT CIRCUITS MY BRAIN THIS EPISODE

[shorthaltsjester]

every bells hells interaction with keyleth being a bullying (affectionate) interrogation — usually about things they have already interrogated her about — versus their interactions with vex being like 3 of the hells at any given time Will be distracted by her hotness and the rest will be just going yes ma’am whatever you say . extremely extremely real of them . i have to imagine after every interaction keyleth is like WHY do they keep doing this to me and vex is like idk darling maybe your vibes are just off

but also i just need them to carry some of the our old pcs are bugs were poking under a microscope energy to vex i need to know what her takes on vaxorb and the gods are right now . do i think vex is as likely to be open with bells hells as keyleth is? doubtful. but i still want them to try

[astrangertomykin]

I truly honestly understand what the hell Ashton was thinking in that moment and cannot find myself to be mad at them. When you spend your life in pain already, there is no threat or fear of more. It's all the same, really. Especially when this way you could use it to help the people you love and, finally, make that pain worthwhile.

[annemarieyeretzian]

chetney saying “I think there’s one rule, though. same that applies to me. if you start getting weird again, we might have to fuck you up a little bit, knock you back into, you know, you. hopefully it won’t happen too often, and maybe we just keep a closer eye when items of increased arcane or powerful magnitude are nearby.”

[dark-elf-writes]

I absolute blame @musicfeedsmysoul12 for making me think about Hells Belles crossovers (and the urge to rewatch hells belles for the third? time this year) but now I can’t stop thinking how well it would work with a PJO crossover.

Like demigods aren’t a rare sight in hell to begin with as they have the best therapists in house and even though most do them get Elysium there’s still A Lot to process as both canon fodder and neglected children of gods, (Hazel in particular is a semi-permanent resident of the Hellp desk because she and Sharkie are childhood friends and everyone refuses to let her go back to Asphodel, and Nico even though he is technically alive but gets a pass as a child of Hades also spends a lot of time around there.) but suddenly a lot more start showing up. Like a lot more. All around the same time. And they’re all so battered and bruised it carries over to the afterlife at least for a time. Whispers of the start of a war catches everyone’s ears. Whispers that become screams and the hellp desk is ready to take that war to Hades and the Universe itself because these are children fighting on the front lines. And just when things start to calm down whispers of another war (and the mess with the Doors of Death that leads to a lot of souls Greek and otherwise making a break for it) start and it all starts over again.

Just the hellp desk trying their best to help the Demigods lost in the wars and some that are still living and keep showing up to say hi to piss of their dad/uncle.