#Both can and should exist at the same time
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blueskittlesart · 1 day ago
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ok apologies for lurking but in 2022 (!!) you wrote an answer to a question about AOC and in it you wrote that in BOTW link does not choose zelda over his duty to the kingdom and in AOC he chooses her over his duty. iirc (I don't) the calamity stuff in botw is only through diary entries etc....... how do we know that in botw he doesn't choose zelda (genuine question my botw copy is not with me rn :( )
ok i don't remember saying that exactly, but what i DO remember saying and what i'd continue to argue today is that AOC link made the choice to favor zelda over his duty much EARLIER than botw link, and that is the reason he was able to subvert his fate and remain alive to defeat the calamity in his own time. before the calamity hits and the time-travel fuckery really starts in aoc, it's implied that what we're witnessing is near 1-to-1 with the events that happen pre-calamity in botw, with a few key differences. The major difference is, of course, the existence of terrako, which sort of has a butterfly effect. Most importantly, terrako's initial interest in Link has him and zelda interacting much more closely much earlier on in the story. at the time that link and zelda meet and interact in AOC, link is a simple hylian soldier. he has either no rank or a very low rank, he's taking orders from captains and engaging in battle on basically the same level as every other solider. the first battle in the game is implied to be one of the first times he really grabs his superiors' attention with his skills in combat, specifically by taking down those moblins basically on his own. because he is the first one to run across terrako, he and zelda are given a reason to interact before either of them know what is in store for them, so their relationship has a foundation that is not built on the baggage and animosity that comes with that. In botw, in contrast, it's implied that the two of them never interacted without that baggage. what we know of their past is admittedly scarce, and most of it comes from zelda's diary. the first page reads:
After meeting with the Champions, I left to research the ancient technology, but nothing of note came of my research. The return of Ganon looms—a dark force taunting us from afar. I must learn all I can about the relics so we can stop him. If the fortune-teller's prophecy is to be believed, there isn't much time left… Ah, but turning over these thoughts in my head puts me ill at ease. I suppose I should turn in for the night. P.S. Tomorrow my father is assigning HIM as my appointed knight…
already this timeline is incongruous with what we see in AOC--in the botw timeline, link is not assigned to be zelda's knight until AFTER the champions have all been found, whereas in AOC, he accompanies her to meet with each one of them:
Lamenting the kingdom's plight, King Rhoam sent his daughter to gather pilots for the Divine Beasts. Alongside Link--whose brave conduct had earned him a role as her knight--Zelda would meet with the four candidates.
In later pages of her BOTW diary, zelda makes repeated reference to link as wielding the sword that seals the darkness, and in link's own memories he never interacts with her without it on his back. I'd wager that in the BOTW timeline, he is not appointed her knight until AFTER he has the sword. (this also accounts for the way she talks about him being appointed in her diary--she'd have no reason to be upset about it if she didn't already see him as being ahead of her in terms of prophecy progress.) This is important because this percieved slight on zelda's part colors every bit of their interactions in botw--they both percieve the other as standoffish and haughty, and thus it takes them an INCREDIBLY long time to actually communicate healthily with each other. In fact, the only time we REALLY see them communicate receptively with one another in botw is during the sanidin park memory, which is days if not hours before the calamity actually strikes. In AOC, in contrast, link and zelda behave much more like equals if not friends from the very beginning. Their interactions are of course still colored by their respective ranks, and Link is still obviously suffering from the communication issues that come with his mutism, but they very clearly have a better understanding of each other from the getgo because the foundation of their relationship was built before they knew the extent of their destinies in connection to one another.
All of this lays the foundation for the climax of their story thus far--the night of the calamity. we know how this goes in botw--Link and zelda, woefully underprepared and miles from hyrule castle, race desperately to the sanctum. it's implied that they get all the way to actually fighting calamity ganon, and only when they realize that they can't win does link take zelda's hand and run. By the time they get to fort hateno, link is ALREADY majorly wounded from their failed attempt to quell the calamity, so when he turns to face those guardians, both he and zelda know that there's no way he'll win. It's important to note that the guardians at fort hateno never actually hit link, zelda stops them in their tracks before they're able to fire, but he collapses anyway due to his previous wounds. he was already mortally wounded going into that battle, and no matter what zelda did at that point, he was always going to fall there.
In AOC, however, the story is different. the calamity comes while link and zelda are in the castle, and rather than attempting to fight it, link makes the decision to take zelda to safety immediately. Because of that choice, when we get to AOC link's "grave danger" moment with the reanimated blights, he is able to survive. the major story beats still play out the same way--confronted by an ambush of incredibly powerful enemies (this time the reanimated blights) which he likely cannot defeat on his own, link attempts to fight anyway to protect zelda, despite her protests. Zelda, terrified for link's life, reaches out to him and her power instinctively activates to save him. the difference is that, while aoc link likely couldn't have survived that fight without zelda's interference, he had no pre-existing wounds because he was not coming straight from another impossible fight. So in AOC, when zelda's power destroys the blights, link is unwounded and able to remain standing. there is no impossible decision to make regarding his life, and, crucially, he remains alive to seal calamity ganon in his current time now that zelda's power has finally awakened. None of this would have been possible had he not chosen to flee the castle during the initial strike instead of attempting to fight a losing battle anyway, and THAT is a decision he was unable to make in BOTW because, at the time of the initial strike, his fear of failure still outweighed his love for zelda.
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mymarifae · 2 days ago
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these two are linked in some way. 100%. i'm hesitant to add mem to the theory board because idk if they'll be related to march too or just cyrene (being an entity that sort of embodies cyrene's... essence? like ELF elysia in hi3) but the similarities they have with Both are too big to ignore completely
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unsure if they're about to go the route of cyrene and march being the same person or if march is simply like... a fragment of cyrene that was sealed and sent away to maybe give her a chance to live on since this girl is doomed to die in virtually every universe and iteration. amphoreus's time and space displacement is fucked up and it seems like we're going to be spending a lot of the adventure split across concepts of "past," "present," and "future." so that mayyyyy be why we were able to see cyrene interacting with and talking to stelle in the nameless faces video, if she's no longer "whole"/dead/...whatever.
she does appear to be emerging from a place of... non... physicality. also it's worth noting that in the first picture of her i included, she's sinking - into water or a water-like substance. that can presumably freeze over...... and become the ice block himeko and welt found march 7th in....... hm? 🤨
it's hard to say how much cyrene will have in common with elysia - it's unfair to expect them to be the exact same character, and maybe these points i'm about to bring up mean little in the end because we don't know for sure where the story is going to go, but
elysia was "born from nothing" which doesn't quite have the same connotations as march 7th's "birth" but you know. they both found themselves in a sudden state of existence with next to nothing to fall back on and they defined themselves
elysia is not humble about her beauty and speaks often of it (as she should; she is very pretty). similarly, march frequently boasts about her cuteness and describes herself as the cutest girl in the world (as she should; she is very cute)
"never forget your roots" is one of the mantras elysia lives by. this stands out to me because despite not... really needing those memories, march is pretty insistent on remembering her past. the lesson that the garden of remembrance and just the universe and her adventures in general have tried to teach her ("your present defines you; so long as you're happy here, you don't need the memories of your past, and retrieving them might destroy what you've come to love now") just doesn't appear to be sinking in. perhaps because she subconsciously has a core belief stating the opposite
as for how mem would fit into this i have nothing for you because we don't have anywhere near enough info on them for me to begin thinking about that. but it seems like they'll be a pretty big deal.
like i'm spitballing more than anything here. if march IS a fragment of cyrene i think it's also obvious that she has grown into her own, entirely separate person and her origins are inconsequential - though she might not think that if/when she learns this about herself. that might also offer an explanation for why the garden of remembrance won't let her have any part of her old memories, not even a hint. because learning that she's technically a piece of someone else might be too heavy a blow to her sense of identity and she'll be entirely too focused on all the wrong things. uncovering her past will slow her down at the most inopportune moment... make her vulnerable in all the worst ways. which might be why she appears so absent from the adventure.
it's also possible that like. all three of these guys - march, cyrene, and mem - are fragments of a titan (don't ask me which). or that march was given cyrene's coreflame (don't ask me which) before being catapulted into space. or march was the previous owner of the coreflame cyrene has now - if they can be passed on to other people - before being catapulted into space. or i mean, the coreflame cyrene HAD because i'm not convinced this girl's fully alive and well. mem IS the coreflame, brought to life/imparted with cyrene's memories and will.
do you see... there's just so very much to think about... looooots of story spoilers got thrown at us if we can just... untangle the mess... can anyone HEAR me
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velvetvexations · 15 hours ago
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[CW for mentions of rape, murder, assault and forced pregnancy/birth. Nothing detailed.]
Gonna be real for a moment. I hate every single person who says "trans men (or transmascs) benefit from misogyny/the patriarchy". I hate all of them so much.
Like. Tell that to the trans men who went through FGM. Tell that to the trans men who were married off at 13 and had three kids before even reaching adulthood. The trans boys who died giving birth because of that. Tell that to the trans men and boys who were murdered by their parents and husbands because they showed signs of not being an obedient, submissive (future) wife and mother. Tell that to the trans men who have been "correctively" raped upon coming out, or even just showing signs of not being the "perfect women" they should be. Tell that to the trans men who have been impregnated to force them to detransition. Tell that to the trans men who aren’t allowed to leave the house without a hijab on. Tell that to the trans men who aren’t allowed to speak, go out, do anything without their husbands' supervision or permission. Tell them. Tell them how much they’re benefitting from the patriarchy and misogyny.
But I forgot only white trans men from western countries who’re perfectly accepted by everyone around them and pass the second they come out, and also somehow don’t have and never had a uterus or vagina or at least not any of the problems that often come with that, exist and we’re only allowed to speak on the misogyny in other places as if all people affected by it are cis women, because we all know transmasculinity and being non-binary were invented by white women and girls AFABs TMEs to feel ~*special*~ and it’s not actually a real thing outside of western countries (my best friend doesn’t exist and all…). And just mentioning that some of the people in those countries affected by those laws might not be cis women is horribly misogynistic and means you don’t care for women.
And I’m sick of acting like any of that implies anything about the treatment of trans women. Trans men and trans women aren’t opposites. Two things can be true at once, for fucks sake. Trans men and women can be, even are, in fact, treated horribly at the same fucking time, and both of these things are important to talk about. Talking about the shit that happens to trans men does not mean "so none of that happens to trans women" or "and what trans women go through is nothing in comparison", it just means "this happens to trans men." And that is a full statement.
Not every conversation about trans men needs to include trans women, just like not every conversation about trans women needs to include trans men; same with non-binary people. These are separate but overlapping conversations; and yes you need all of them to understand transphobia as a whole, but trans men talking about their problems isn’t taking anything away from anyone. Fuck.
I'm so mad. Sorry for the long rant. I block anyone on sight who makes these stupid takes but there’s still always more for some reason. It’s exhausting.
I'm sorry anon. <3 I know how frustrating it is.
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kookinglikeachef · 3 days ago
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I cannot stop laughing about your SVT fighting headcannon 😭 please do what it would be like to get into an argument with them 🙏🏽!!!!!!!!!!!!
kookinglikeachef: please don’t ever expect anything serious from me. I’m just here for shits and giggles. even if I sound absolutely, confidently dumb 👍🏽
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Seungcheol
He’d berate you like a child
Everything you say can and will be used against you
Like you’re getting arrested
Oh, and don’t try to walk away from him
“Y/N, COME HERE,” loud AF with that dad pointer finger
He’ll disregard whatever you’re saying to get his own point across
You’ve lost your sugar daddy privileges
Will snatch his necklace back from around your neck
You’ll get it back when he feels like returning it
Jeonghan
He hates fighting with you
If he’s in a state of rage, he’ll get mad at other things
“Why is this wall here-“ PUNCH
“Who put this fucking stove in the kitchen?!” PUNCH
Just cursing out of frustration
Words you didn’t even know existed
And he’ll throw anything
Shoes
Chairs
Days old meat from the fridge
THE FRIDGE
Comes back to you when he’s more calm
“Do whatever you want”
Joshua
He is a gentleman
So he will argue as a gentleman should
Does his very best not to give up on you and the conversation
“We’re not making sense to each other— at least I’m having a hard time understanding you.”
“We’re both intelligent people here, right?”
“I know you said that you understood what I was saying after I broke it down a third time…”
Those slight digs, you won’t even realize it
Jun
No matter how much he loves you
He will still press you out
He loves to debate
For fun
So you better have all of your facts together
Cause he will eat yo ass DOWN with FACTS
And then eat your ass for real to make it up to you after he’s won
Because arguing (probably) lowkey turns him on
Hoshi
He can not be serious for once
This mf gets a thrill out of a heated discussion
Laughs in the middle of the argument
Will prolong it for entertainment’s sake to see if you’d take the bate
“Mmmmmm… ok”-ing your arguments instead of telling you how wrong you are
Lies about random facts to make you seem even more wrong
Somewhere he eventually zones out, forgetting his own game
“Were you talk- I am so sorry. Could you say that again?”
Wonwoo
He may seem like a softy and quiet
But try him and his smartass words
I dare you
Wouldn’t even need to raise his voice
You’ll get cussed out in the calmest yet, most pretentious way
“Y/n, let’s be logical right now.”
He will leave you feeling like the dumbest bitch alive
Woozi
For the next 30 days your name is unworthy
If you say anything else, you a dumb bitch
Dokyeom
Will only be confrontational if necessary
He could challenge you
He could tell you about yourself
He COULD disappear like you are a discardable piece of shit
Nope, sorry
He’s not arguing with someone he’s bending over every night
It’s “whatever you say, beautiful”
Mingyu
All those muscles are for catching attitudes
He does not care who is wrong or right
He just want to win
Just says the same thing every time while getting progressively louder
You’re gonna be arguing ALL DAY
Ruining your mood, PH balance
Accuses you of being too dramatic
He’s that “I know you are but what am I” type
A BIG ASS BABY FOR REAL
And “you better watch that tone”
If he knows that he’s in the right he’ll 100% not back down
But if he know he’s in the wrong in the middle of the fight he MIGHT not admit it
Just shrugs his shoulders, “so anyways, doesn't matter anymore” mid-argument
Minghao
Arguing with him is not for the weak
Stares at you sideways
He will either tell you what he think or stay silent
The silence is to spare your feelings
You’re disturbing his peace for shit like this?!
Alright then, bet
He’s gonna say the most out of pocket shit ever
Points out flaws you didn’t even know you had
Then BLAMES YOU for putting him in a position where he had to blow up at you, who he loves
Forcing him into a meditation coma
You will not be seeing that man for weeks
Seungkwan
First and foremost good fucking luck
Cause it’s gonna get disrespectful with a capital D
If you’re arguing with him then you must lack confidence
Rolls his eyes at everything you say
He really gonna body you with a straight mug
Oh my god he’s gonna SPIT in your face, girl
Does not sugar coat nothing
Fuck how you feel
Arguing with him is pointless
He’ll have your heart in your ass
Choose life y’all, don't fuck with him
Vernon
Arguing with him is about as easy as hugging a wall
He wouldn’t say shit
Only responds by nodding his head
And sighing
Like he’s not trying to hear your mouth at all
Can’t wait for you to shut up
Sitting there with his head in his hand, “you still going?”
DINO
He tries to understand where you’re coming from
No matter how archaic and outdated he may feel that it is
Because he literally almost walked away mid-sentence and disappeared into the abyss
But he’s got some shit to get off his chest as well
Still does his best not to say anything to you that he don’t mean
So he won’t take an argument too far
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polo-drone-073 · 1 day ago
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Eddy's story Part 1
Chav Kevin
Eddy, who was still called Kevin at the time and whose name was also a program, lived in a very run-down residential area. Like most of his chav buddies, he was unemployed, had no prospects and didn't know what to do with his time. They spent their time hanging around, harassing passers-by and starting drinking beer early in the day. One of the few highlights in his dreary existence was playing football in the street.
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Then one day something unusual happened. A black - almost mysterious - van turned into his street just as he was playing football with his friends. The van stopped. The side door opened. What was that? The inside of the van, which looked so inconspicuous from the outside, shone gold. And the boys who got out were all wearing gold football outfits.
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The Golden Team approached the chav team and asked if they should play a game together.
The chavs were astonished. A professional team was challenging them. They, who were anything but athletic. They, who trained more to lift beer cans than to train their bodies. But what was wrong with that? It was clear from the start that they could only lose against such a great team. But at least there was a chance of scoring one or two lucky goals. And the chavs had all the time in the world. And this game seemed to be the biggest change they had had in the last year. The chavs agreed. The game could begin. Both teams had fun. The fact that the Golden Team won by a landslide was, in the end, of secondary importance. The Golden Team had noticed one of the chavs during the game who seemed to have potential. Kevin. He played really well. Was that just a lucky moment or was the guy really good? Some of the gold guys spoke to him. They even offered him the chance to become a member of the Golden Army. Kevin, who was actually more of a cheeky rascal, suddenly became shy. Had he just been offered the chance to play for this honorable team? Would he really be able to live up to the expectations placed on him? It sounded tempting. Very tempting. What was the price he would have to pay to join the team? He was undecided. It was @brodygold who then took the decisive step. He came out of the van with a fresh jersey, held it in front of Eddy's nose and said: "Don't you just want to feel it? Not just with your hands, but all over your body? Come on Kevin, just put it on. What could possibly happen? It's just a golden jersey. Kevin could no longer hesitate. The temptation was too great to wear such a shiny jersey at least once. He quickly bared his upper body and slipped into the Golden jersey. It felt great, so soft, it caressed his upper body and wrapped around him. Could it be that it was starting to become a second skin? Kevin suddenly felt strange. His eyes became glassy, he suddenly felt so weak on his feet and yet a new energy came along. Contradictory feelings flooded his body. His face probably shows best how indescribable he felt!
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And where did the jewelry that he had always wanted come from? But, even though the Chavs like to wear flashy jewelry, he wouldn't have dared to wear this.
He felt crazy. He felt... Yes, how did he feel? He remembered a word that he had heard in a beautiful old musical when he was a child. Yes, that fit. He felt supercalifragilisticexpialidocious!
Brody was the first to come to him to welcome him as a new member of the Golden Army. He also told him: "Everyone who joins us gets a new name and of course their player number. From now on you are Eddy Gold, midfielder in the Golden Army and you have the number 73. Welcome aboard." All of his new Gold Bros also congratulated him. They drove together to the training center, which is also the home of the Gold Bros.
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Proud to belong; to finally have a real purpose in life, to have sports bros who are like real brothers with whom you can go through highs and lows. A family that stands up for each other.
You have the same chance as Kevin. But you don't have to wait for the mysterious van to turn into your street.
Contact our recruiters: @brodygold, @goldenherc9, or @polo-drone-001.”
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summertimesadnessirl · 3 days ago
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Being saved to me is being allowed to die.
There is nothing else I want.
I'm just doing the other stuff to pass the time while I'm locked in the house waiting to be allowed to die bc I keep attempting and failing.
I don't care about anything else except dying.
If there's a god they better stay away from me because I genuinely think that the existence of all gods is evil and that the reason evil exists is because there are gods.
If I could rip god out of the human brain without leaving them vegetables
You know how the story goes that's not even an original thought.
Unjustified hierarchy is the root of all evil.
If you're god, you either should have to fix literally everyone's problems or kill yourself.
Literally you should only have power over others to the exact extent to which you perform a service which enriches them and anything else is just rape with a hands free orgasm.
If I stand for anything I stand for that.
So if I meet God, I'm killing God or dying trying.
If God loves me, God will kill us both at the same time so people can just fucking exist without someone siphoning their ability to be joyful and live their lives freely and feeding off their screams like lodge entities or some shit.
It's not complicated.
Acab means God.
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sammy8d257 · 1 year ago
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"What do you get when you mix blue and pink together?"
"A mess."
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Aka the horrors of realizing, for better or for worse, you are your parents
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fragmentedblade · 7 months ago
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The "Dan Heng is Dan Feng" dogmatics annoy me a lot. It entirely brushes off one of the most interesting and prevalent questions posed by the game, incarnated by several characters and stories that give the question different hues with different potential answers, and a constant also in HI3, like a thread waving the two games together
#The question about what makes a person themselves is super interesting#Is it the memories? Is it personality? Is it body? Is it resemblance? What about narrative reiteration?#Bronya is not Silver Wolf but they're both HI3 Bronya but also they're not#Is March the same person she once was? What about the Trailblazer? Welt looks at Himeko and Silver Wolf and feels like drowning#but he is looking at nothing other than something eerily recognisable#Vidyadhara are reborn anew as if washed clean but Dan Heng's process was skewed. What does it mean to Dan Heng?#He has the body he has the moves he has the stern haughty air he has muddy memories he can't quite recall but something stays#Is he or is he not the same? Where does one end and the other start? Where do they overlap?#Does how others regard him influence whether he is or isn't Dan Feng?#Does the memories of others weight more than your own memories and will?#What does constitute a person? How is selfhood constructed? What are the ontological implications of all this?#If you respond to these questions one way in one context when it comes to one character‚ can you confidently reply the same thing#in a different context for a different character? If not‚ why? What does it say?#It's not a straight up answer. The question is what's interesting and it's what makes Dan Heng's story interesting#Seeing it dogmatically negated mainly for the purpose of a ship annoys me a lot#It is a constant in HSR but it's even more clear after playing HI3. This problematic about what constitute identify and selfhood#and whether or not they're the same thing is a constant there too. With Kiana‚ with Otto‚ with Kevin‚ with Fu Hua‚ with the simulations#of the Flame Chasers most notably with Mobius but in general with the continuation of their goals and feelings‚ Klein as human and as ELF‚#the iteration of consciences of the Herrschers‚ the puppets of the Herrscher of Domination‚ the influence of the Herrscher of Corruption‚#the many times characters are found in different universes being slightly different yet recognisable‚ the amount of times characters seem#to reiterate existences in different eras‚ echoing past selves with past faces yet different‚...#And usually it's not easy to respond to all of them with the same answer‚ which only opens more questions. It's extremely interesting#and it's obviously a topic Honkai as a game cares about a lot. But no. Nothing matters. Dan Heng *is* Dan Feng yes or yes no questions asked#No problematic. No questioning. No doubts. All usually because of a ship. That the drive. I don't know... I'm all for shipping#but I quite dislike when shipping gets so out of hand it crushes and brushes off good writing or core motifs in a text. It's... shabby#And it saddens me haha. Why do you even care about these characters and their dynamic if you're erasing core traits of them as characters?#Abfkabdkkd anyway...#I talk too much#I should probably delete this later#But I had to vent a little. It annoys me a lot this kind of approach to analysis what can I say
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saltyowlets · 13 hours ago
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*sighs* Its come to my attention that a few people have misconstrued this post. Or at the very least, I didn't make myself clear.
I have many things to say about Cullen and his relationship to his faith but the crux of it is, I fully believe he becomes agnostic. Even before DAV, there was always a lingering doubt about the Chant of Light and how the Chantry uses the doctrine for their own needs. It is hard to separate that kind of gospel from such a system especially when hundreds of years later, both become intertwined. The Chantry dictates daily life and although we can argue that you can deny it and still worship the Maker, that distinction is harder to see with the DA franchise as a whole.
The Chantry is embedded in the governing systems, from judicial (Templars/Seekers) to diplomatic (Tevintar vs Southern Thedas) How can you practice earnestly when the Chantry has dictated how to worship. How can you trust the Chant of Light and the history around it when the Chantry has actively lied about history, Ameridan for example, or how much imperialism and invasion it has done to the elves?
And a Cullavellen? Cullen would have to discuss with Lavellan about how much damage the Chantry has caused to her people.
How can you ever interpret it as in good faith? How can you look your lover in the eye and still speak doctrine that dictated that she as she is should not exist?
And especially with the fact that the Chantry will probably do the same to Lavellan as they did with Ameridan and if you want to theorize even more, maybe even Andraste (yes I’m a proponent of Andraste being an elven mage). How can Cullen be at all okay at the idea that his lover will be reduced to a human all in the name of religion?
Cullen is fully aware of the lies that the Chantry has done and will continue to do. Multiple times, he has made it clear he wants to distance himself from the Chantry, extremely doubtful of it, and clearly critical it from the first one on one convo you have with him.
I also like to argue that Cullen is at his best when he is acting on his empathy and belief for the people and not from religion. Many of the wrongs he did was on the behalf of religion. His devotion to the Inquisition and in tandum the Inquisitor is best when it's because he believes the good that both have done for the people of Thedas, not an affirmation that the Maker exists. I also argue it's an insult to what Inquisitor has done by reducing it to them being the Herald, but that's a discussion for another time.
Do I think he doesn’t believe in the Maker? No, he definitely still does, but his relationship with that faith is more to do with believing that there is someone there. Don't I think he is strongly tied to his faith anymore? No I do not think so and to be honest, I think that's a good thing.
BTW, you want a fantastic analysis of Cullen, faith, and his relationship with Meredith, highly recommend reading my mut, @/the-shaper-ate's analysis [Here]
Cullen and Faith
You cannot tell me Cullen doesn't lose faith in religion especially in the events of DAI. Like yes, he complete disavow the Chantry after they refused to help Kirkwall at its time of need. How they probably exasperated the issue by vilifying the Kirkwall mages when Cullen has seen the truth, that these mages are being hunted down for sport even.
We have seen the way he talks to the Chancellor, how he was so eager to see the Inquisition act when the Chantry has failed. Thats the crux of why he left the Order, because the faith he had in the institution has broken. Which is why he still holds Templars to a high regard, because he sees the Chantry as the force that is turning the Order into something he didn't want to become ((althought we know the Order was already like that with or without the Chantry's help but thats a discussion for another day))
Everything he does is for the Inquisition, for the people. Even when it comes to the Inquisitor, the way he calls them the Herald or anything to do with their possible divinity, he almost sounds doubtful. Not because he doesn't believe in them, but he doesn't really believe in the religion that so tries to claim Inquisitor.
The scene where he is praying at the altar, Inquisitor can state that they have met a real god or something similar, challenging Cullen's faith. And the way Cullen talks back, its almost resigned, as if he knows Inquisitor is right, but needs at least this moment to pray and hope for something. Hope someone is listening
To find comfort in the words that seem to ring as lies
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redheadedfailgirl · 6 months ago
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From 'Dream of a woman' By Cacey Plett.
This sums up exactly how I feel about most transition timelines. As much as they reflect people's experiences, they are also a narrative. And the narratives that get shared the most tell a lot about what our values are. The timelines that get the most attention are the ones where people go from sad, loser, nothing boys into beautiful women.
But if you go to /r/transitiontimelines or a similar place, and sort by controversial or look at what has the least likes, its people who made timelines when they still don't 'pass' yet. Even if they're happy as can be, that's not what people are looking for.
I think it says a lot about what people expect from trans women, that they only want to see us be beautiful. In some cases, that they want to believe they can be beautiful. So there is no value in trans life if you're not beautiful.
#i dont know if this is exactly what the narrative was trying to convey here but it is something i felt while reading it#and i hope thats meaningful to others when shared#i know he's kind of a chucklefuck but i so think 'the queer art of failure' by J. Halberstam has a lot to say about the impetus to he happy#and its conditions#a lot of the time i feel like i have to perform positivity as a trans woman because its whats expected both from women#and from people lucky enough to transition#while at the same time social conditions are worsening and even personally#there arent solutions to much of my dysphoria#regardless of all that you're expected to just be happy even though the conditions for that don't exist#i think being honest about those things#that negativity#can bring its own happiness#and i think thats also valuable#i guess what im trying to say is that i think ugly trannies can be happy and should be valued#i think sad trannies are wonderful and ought to be cherished#and i think people shouldnt have to pretend to be happy in the same way a woman shouldn't have to pretend to be a man#maybe that doesnt make full sense and i need to think harder to communicate my feelings#but thats the vibe rn#anyways#i really like this book and yall should check it out#dream of a woman#cacey plett#trans women#transgender#trans#transmisogyny#transition timeline#i dont mean this post to denigrate timelines btw#just the way that we give certain ones attention and the teleology of transition that follows#books
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sskk-manifesto · 5 months ago
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Ep 5!!!
#Episodes that make me go “The author has never talked with a woman ever” 😓😓😓#I don't like how Lucy's character is handled at all. And I feel like I can't talk about it because I'm just going to sound like a bitter–#ss/kk shipper... But I really don't like it. And if it can help my case I'm a multishipper so I really don't take any–#issues with atsu/lucy I like the ship quite a lot actually.#So you're telling me there's this girl... Who meets this boy who pretty much ruined her life by directly causing her to lose her job...#And the next time she sees him she's going to sacrifice her own freedom for him as well as tell him “when you're done doing your things–#come and save me” (longest ewwww ever)... And when she regains freedom (author didn't bother to explain how because they don't care)–#she goes to work... As a waitress at the café beneath his workplace. So he can keep doing his Cool Superpowers Job while she literally–#must serve him every time he visits the place. It's just ?????????????????????????????????#Look‚ I don't dislike Lucy and I feel general affection towards her. It's just that they make her act like no one ever would#Just for the sake of the plot I guess#And like I knoww it's (probably just a little) more nuanced than that. I know Lucy is living her own fairy tale fantasy.#It's just that what I've said about her story is still true‚ you know?#I'm sorry but as sweet as atsu/lucy can be. I really hate the author for making Lucy a waitress. Sorry. Sorry. Sorry.#It's so weird. This anime has women writing standards that feel like dating back to the 20s#Same with Katai and the ideal woman tbh. Like why are women to be seen as this abstract impersonal entities? Why can't they just be people?#Ideal for WHO. It's like super screwed up of a concept. What even is an ideal woman? What does it mean to be a woman anyways?#They just want to say “ideal wife”. But women aren't made to be wives their existence isn't functional to another person.#Sorry. I derail. Next episode is going to be even worse on this front ughhhh#Back to the episode: once again it really shows they were running out of budget with this season‚‚‚ the animation looks very suffered#Too many flashback also... I feel bad for the animators tbh#I don't really like the shift in art style :( Not even Atsushi I found particularly pretty this episode my heart cries#The nail pulling thing made me feel like throwing up afhsjyabfsbfwasfvb I feel like I can bear worse gore but there's a couple of little–#specific things I can't stand and this seems to be one of them pffftttt#I like Higuchi I think she's both very funny and cool. I really wish she was explored more (but then again looking at Teruko... )#The relationship between Kunikida and Katai looks so interesting even though we only get glimpses of it. Kunikida regrets Katai leaving–#the ada but is also happy for him but also worries for him. He comes to his house seemingly to check on him and starts cleaning around.#The way he loves him and cherishes their friendship and shared history is really evident and it makes for a compelling dynamic.#Perhaps I should read their short story... In any case. Going to someone's house and compulsively start doing the dishes half out of will–#to help out half because he can't bear the mess sounds a lot like something I'd do lol
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here-there-were-dragons · 6 months ago
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i have to wonder what super hardcore militant vegans think should be done about obligate carnivore animals, because in all my painfully-rapidly-approaching-30-years i've literally never actually seen anyone give a clear consistent much less halfway feasible answer on that
#mostly i've just seen like “how dare you ask questions you just want an excuse to murder you're sealioning ect”#or worse some vague and wildly improbable nonsense about like. fake robot animals covered in beyond meat or something equally convoluted#which is a thing i did see someone suggest as a serious answer#i mean i already know they think i'm a genetically inferior hateful vampire that should starve to death for the greater good#because my exact combination of health conditions make meat basically the only semi-safe way i can get close to enough nutrients#i know this because they have repeatedly told me that i'm either evil or should be sacrificed or both#and yelled at me for asking questions by bringing up the whole disabled thing and then they're like#“a lot of vegans i know are advocates for disability!” as if that ever means jack shit in the society that results from anything#no matter what you do a vast majority of people in any given society will *not* be advocates for the disabled. i'm sorry they just won't.#and what do you think public perception of people who physically can't survive like that is going to skew towards#in a society founded on the belief that non-vegan diets are evil?#at absolute best we're looking at being a heavily marginalized class generally seen as something like vampires and our existences taboo.#(as if these type's own insistence that they should be allowed to harass and shame people doesn't disprove their assertion that we won't be#thinking it could possibly go any better than that is a fucking fairy tale. human nature doesn't work that way.#you simply cannot eliminate the human desire to designate and abuse a class of have-nots. the absolute best you can do is mitigate damage.#take it from someone who's been multiple kinds of disabled and chronically ill all my life. people will not “just”. ever.#i get this even from people who are otherwise very aware of and VERY GOOD at avoiding this sort of thinking#“i'm a disability advocate!” no you are not. you are a poster. my experience has taught me that what people advocate for in their free time#means precisely jack shit for how they will actually act when faced with the situations they make otherwise rational posts about#and the fact of the matter is even if you somehow really are the perfect disability advocate a majority of people WILL NOT BE YOU.#a majority of people in society will be margrat from accounting who clutches her pearls when she sees the gays and thinks autism isnt real#and who has never had a nuanced thought in her life and actively does not want to#a vast majority of people in your Vegan Utopia will not be you and your friends who march with wheelchair users and volunteer at the shelte#a vast majority of people in your Vegan Utopia will be jenny who starved 8 cats to death on broccoli because she can't be bothered#and who thinks that “carnivores” are actual nazis and don't deserve healthcare because she saw someone say that online.#ALWAYS assume your society will be made up mostly of the worst kind of person it can because it WILL ALWAYS BE TRUE and you can't change it#most people seek the low-effort option. and evil is most often banal and low-effort.#i'm just so fucking tired of every single even vaguely lefty-adjacent political movement simultaneously acting like i don't fucking exist#and at the same time that i need to be sacrificed to achieve Utopia. god. at least conservative whackjobs are upfront and honest about#how they think that i'm a burden on society that needs to be Eugenics'd . rather than trying to morally gaslight me about it.
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mantisgodsdomain · 1 year ago
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Occasionally we debate on illustrating random bits from our Discord PMs that we find really funny but then we remember that we're, like, the physical embodiment of the "ace that makes sex jokes" stereotype and phrases like "iterator dick discourse" would both be remarkably difficult to illustrate and probably require us drawing something at least somewhat NSFW (we do not particularly care to learn how to draw this)
#we speak#realistically it would just require more specific tinkering w what we choose to include but we still think the dickscourse is funny#it's the image of a bunch of ancient monks gathering around to very seriously debate decisions with the upcoming iterator project#and then the whiteboard is just like. “ITERATORS: dick or no?”#(vital context: we got hung up on the semantics of people giving their iterators actual genitals in smut)#(as the existence of that on the puppet implies that someone had to design and manufacture and ship that shit for the finished iterator)#(and the general aura of the ancients instantly catapults this to fucking hilarious because it implies job titles like “dick director”)#(and work emails about iterator pipe written in the exact same cadence as all of the ancient correspondence we see in-game)#we dont think a lot of people designing iterators really Get the sheer amount of semantics and construction and effort and PEOPLE#that go into a project of the iterator's scale#especially when hundreds of them have been constructed! theres gonna be a whole ass trail of design changes and iterations!#youre gonna have hundreds of years of iterators being designed and technology coming into fashion and out of fashion#and things being integrated and things becoming obsolete and things being more or less practical as time goes on!#you cant really say that All Iterators have a trait because the sheer scale and timeframe theyre built on means thats near impossible#our windows 95 writing computer has different construction and deeply different design to a laptop from 2023#despite them technically being the same type of technology#you expect tech developed hundreds of years apart to be The Same? absolutely not. theres gonna be eight trillion weird design quirks#accumulated both in the construction process and in the continued design refinement and improvement stage#...which is to say that you can and should write what u want but if youre gonna include pleasure inducing wires then we want like#a 40k word essay on how this got into the design how it wound up in future designs what function the wires perform that makes them Like Tha#and so on and so forth#we admire the confidence and ingenuity of the people who want to fuck the robots but we cannot get into their fantasies with good conscienc#we live in the same house as an engineer who manages largescale construction and we also know too much about designing technology#...we should segment these tags into a separate post or something. we've gone WAY off-topic.
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jrueships · 2 years ago
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BTW this is not to anyone, it's just a general i wanna just say Thang, calling people BUT MEN ESPECIALLY 'mother' or like 'my wife' my girlfriend u know u know. im not sayin the spicier examples.
does NOT , listen, N O T A L W A Y S mean
THEY ARE A BOTTOM!!!!!!!!! (The kind of bottom I'm talking about is the simplified, singular watered down version usually straight (eerily) young people love to throw away as an 'insult'. Which just emphasizes what im intending here.)
that perpetuates an already problematic perpetuated mindset THAT CAN NOT JUST BE 'AUTOMATICALLY EXCLUDED' just because IT ISN'T BEING USED IN THE CONTEXT IT ORIGINATED FROM. Serge ibaka is mother. DeMar is mother. But they also be bangin out bratty ass mfs on a daily basis like the shit is clockwork. Both can be done. that is all i wanted to get out there. ty. gootbye
#reminder people be gay and misogynistic like.#making only one thing ur entire personality is not good when everyone is meant to be multi-faceted#like as much as the brain might try and simplify things for it to help make some sense....#like being born and not rlly knowing where everything is in the body or whats it#...stuff knows. like. YOU might not know.. but you do.#and u dont#at the same time#if yall can have both on a matter that is so fuckin complex#yall can have both on a subject as stupid as the nickname#which yes is stupid sounding but ALSO yes deserves respect because words have meaning and meaning has power#as 'fun' or weird as they may sound to people who might not be as familiar with the meanings (COUGH at 'tiktok' AAVE..)#babygirl does not ALWAYS only mean!!! BTTM!! SO IT SHOULD NOT ALWAYS BE USED AS THAT#brat as well#like let things have personalityy.. let abstract things be abstract!!#ESP if ure gonna have to put it out into the world where it exists way wider than outside ur understanding#i get needing to simplify things. trust me im stupid. but when it's going past the self as this very cut down singular thing..#it's might not have the reaction u prepared urself for n then upsets happen#ANYWAYSS#people do NOT have to be PATHETIC to be a bottom like. cmon now. is this shit ancient rome or smthin THIS IS BACKWARDS THINKIN IN THE#be open to understanding theres a more to things. that doesnt mean know everything#know that u cant know everything!! know theres probably more than one peculiar to things! just be aware! be open n also be careful#yall can have BOTHHHHH !!!! yall can have MOREEEE!!! why yall goin hungry when a FEAST is UPON YOU??#dom m*mmies.. power bttms.. dom bttms (boms lol) ETCETC!!! tops can have personality too!! besides SEXY or D*DDY like.#IT'S SO SILLY HAVING TO SAY THIS bcs it ISSSSS but it needs to be KNOWN !! it just goes to show how vast the emphasis on more meaning is#cus if i can say this much on some silly soundin shit... imagine when i speak on sumn serious
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phagodyke · 7 months ago
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ykw actually I am angry + disappointed w them. I've been pushing how I feel aside and trying to make it my own fault so it's all contained but I think theyve just been mean. and they really should know me better ik I try to pretend I don't expect more from them so I feel less hurt when they do things that upset me but we've been friends for years by this point. like come on.
#just got home and went to put my shit away but my flatmate was in the kitchen and i got suddenly so mad i had to walk back out#not going to do or say anything while im this upset. i need to be a lot calmer before i can even be in the same room as her#like okay. so originally it was just the two of them getting drinks and theyd rather it was just them bc i dont drink. thats cool#it wouldve been difficult for me to join them after work bc travel. and ik theyd done this before just the 2 of them and had fun#i can fully respect that its why i said no and stuck by that decision when she asked again#but to not mention she was taking the day off work and btw i just found out that BOTH of our other old flatmates joined in too#to not mention that they were travelling that entire distance and that it wasnt just drinks it was a whole day out together#thats just mean. why wouldnt you tell me that why did none of them say anything.#and the fact they did the exact same fucking thing last weekend too i didnt know about that at all#like i need to stop trying to justify it. im allowed to feel unwanted and excluded bc thats exactly what theyre doing.#im tired of feeling like other people dont want me around. i know i can be difficult and annoying sometimes. but im really not that bad#and we're meant to be friends!!!!!! like youre supposed to like your friends. and want to spend time with them. or at least i do#and yeah everyones annoying sometimes thats just part of being alive ur supposed to tolerate it if ur friends#im allowed to want to feel like im wanted. im allowed to want ppl to care abt me. that shouldnt be too much to ask for#but the overwhelming message im getting at the moment is they dont want me around. and when i am around them i feel like they dont listen#to me and that they dont really care how i feel unless it directly involves them or theyre responsible for it#i feel like they dont see me as a real person that exists. only a version they have in their heads and they base all their assumptions and#decisions off that version instead of directly communicating with me. and constantly avoid me under the guise of 'giving me space'#when im upset or having a difficult time and most need support from other people. i just feel really unseen#and ik that part of how i feel IS exacerbated by insecurity and depression. like they do care to some degree#but also a lot of it is evidenced in the way they act towards me. mainly my roommate bc shes the person i interact with most#and personally i find the most direct ways of showing u care abt someone are showing up for them. and making them feel seen#and maybe not everyone feels the same way. but thats how it works for me anyway#so to repeatedly exclude me and avoid acknowledging that ive been having a difficult time is the opposite of that to me#which is the point im trying to arrive at... sorry ik ive probably said similar things repeatedly the last few weeks but i feel like its#crystallising a bit like this is the core reason why im so sensitive and reactive atm and why i got so upset by it#idk. not tonight bc im still very emotionally raw but maybe tomorrow if im calmer i should explain that i was upset + why to her#i avoid doing that so often when im upset bc i dont think theres much point in having a conversation abt it unless u expect some kind of#resolution from it. or if you want an apology but idrc abt being apologised to the crucial thing is what theyre going to do different#and i love her but shes very resistant to changing her behaviour bc of other ppl being upset by it. and like i said before she has
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things that fill me with rage: people who spend hours and hours and hours camped out in the main central parts of the house which you need access to in peace by yourself for like 20-30 minutes just to do basic selfcare--let alone actual sanity time outside your room--every single day from before you wake up in the morning until at best the last few hours of your day, where any energy you had is gone and you're having to recover/catch back up from a day trapped in your room with no selfcare
things that fill me with enough rage to blow up the sun: people who do this and every now and then fake you out by going Somewhere the Fuck Else for literally just long enough for you to hustle out of your room--or even start to--before SIKE they come right back through and start camping A G A I N. this time while you are probably trapped outside your room until the thing is done, and/or it'll be Rude to very obviously turn around and leave to avoid them. which they WILL inevitably take offense at. 🙃🙃🙃🙃
#moogletalks#venting#like genuinely unless you are disabled in a way that makes it difficult/spoons-intensive to move from one place to another#it is ungodly fucking shitty and rude to monopolize the house for the *entire fucking day every single day*#ESPECIALLY. IF YOU ARE GOING TO EVEN SLIGHTLY JUDGE PEOPLE FOR EITHER AVOIDING YOU OR EXISTING IN YOUR LINE OF SIGHT.#straight the fuck up it is a basic basic need for most people to have a chunk of time during the day#that they can decompress and be alone and exist *out in the main areas of their house*#people act like the only place you can or should have space and time to yourself is in your own room and that is literally not true!!!!#even before you add in that a huge swath of traumatized/mentally ill/otherwise neurodivergent people need that time alone#VERY DESPERATELY#to function#both in general and because guess what they are extremely likely to be deeply traumatized by#you guessed it!#being unsafe in their own living space!#both short-term immediate instances of abuse if they're caught#and *k n o w i n g* that no matter how chill people pretend to be they are almost certainly lying to your face#while winding up to eventually lash out at you#we are constantly waiting for the other shoe to drop and we HAVE TO HAVE TIME ALONE. TO EXIST IN OUR HOMES.#and it is always the exact same people who do this shit that spend the entire fucking day every single day hogging the main spaces#and act like you murdered their dog in front of them and pissed on their face and demanded their entire life savings#at the single tiniest suggestion they should maybe in fact make a point of setting aside time to let other people have in the main spaces#AND they will get shitty and judgy and pissed off when YOU go fuck it#and just start trying to plan around blocks of time where they're Literally Asleep#every time someone complains about me not getting important things done that can only be done during the day#because i had to purposely ruin my sleep schedule for some goddamn peace to stretch my legs and feed myself#i get a little closer to ending up with my fucking face on the news l m f a o#i hate ableds i hate ableds i hate ableds oh my GOD#bonus points too if they're someone who can't even fucking just pick one place to spend a while in#they have to constantly move in and out of EVERY SINGLE CORNER OF THE HOUSE THAT IS NOT LITERALLY SEALED OFF TO THEM#even if you try to find some out of the way corner to hide in THEY WILL EVENTUALLY SWEEP THROUGH. PROBABLY WHILE INVADING YOUR SPACE.
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