#But they're so simplistic in their one-dimensionality I can't help but like them

[annihilatius]

I'm unironically getting interested in a 10 year old Minecraft roleplay series that hasn't been updated in 7 years and will never actually be finished because the two people that made it together got divorced and don't even record stuff at all anymore so there's barely any fandom anywhere and any fan content that exists is (the vast majority of the time) stuff from 8 years ago when it was still being made uploaded by inactive accounts I'm so fucking ashamed of myself

[self-loving-vampire]

Kink rate,

Yandere,

Tomboy,

Big titty goth gf

Yandere:

The thing with yandere is that it can mean many different things. The broadest definition is a character who is basically extremely emotionally dependent on their love interest. This can be a lot fun but is not particularly attractive. I have more of a non-kinky interest in it.

The more popular version is the more simplistic "possessive girlfriend who kills you or others if you're unfaithful".

I like the first thing, but the second one often ends up feeling kind of one-dimensional even if I think possessiveness can be hot in some darker and more serious storylines as a 8/10 kink. The focus needs to be on the dehumanization for it to work for me, with the more abusive character treating their victim like personal property.

Even in that scenario, the yandere aspect is not really necessary and may not always add much to the situation. I think a 5/10 may be warranted in that I don't have strong feelings on it as a kink.

Tomboy:

My girlfriend is into this, and I technically fit the idea in some ways but only really because I am so autistic and intelligent that I see gender as a primitive and arbitrary thing that doesn't matter.

Remember that "I am above the rules if they're stupid" post? That's basically my take on gender norms. It's not really that I'm strongly aligned with any gender but rather I just don't see the point and am detached from the whole thing.

For what it's worth, here's my results on a gender role test. Both were on the low side and not very strongly differentiated.

Based on this same apathetic outlook, I don't have super strong opinions of my own on this other than that I don't like the more bioessentialist takes about it ("She can't help being really feminine deep down!" and the like) or the assumption you see sometimes that not conforming to gender is a false front to appeal to men.

So I figure maybe a 6/10 overall? I guess in practice I'm likely to have a higher compatibility with them over normies who get squeamish when they see blood or something but that still feels more like a friendship thing than a kink thing.

Big Titty Goth GF:

I never understood the appeal of this one to be honest. People have talked about it a lot (less so in recent years) but never really elaborate on the appeal much beyond maybe an indifferent outsider attitude and a link to BDSM. Things that are not really unique to any subculture anyway. 4/10.

[myonlypen]

I've not had an excuse to write this before but can I just saw how much I LOVE these flags, purely from a vexillological standpoint? I haven't done any research into the intended meaning of aspects of these flags, this is purely my interpretation: if my interpretations are anything close to the intended ones then that makes them great flags though!

The first one, the standard LGBT pride flag. Usually you want to keep the number of colours on a flag to a minimum to avoid business or eye-hurtiness. But on this one the use of lots of colours is deliberate. To me, it is very good at representing what it stands for: inclusivity. As far as I know, I could be wrong, the colours don't stand for specific things, and that's a good thing because they can stand for anyone who feels like it represents them. And the simple design means the multiple colours works, and each stripe being the same size helps reinforce the concept of equality. It's also easy to remember which order the colours come in, because it's just the rainbow. If you accidentally draw them in the wrong order, you can just turn it upside down and you've done it correctly now! Some people are taught that the rainbow has 7 colours and while there's no "correct" answer for that, 6 is definitely more sensible answer because indigo and violet are just purples. Newton only chose 7 when he was playing about with prisms for mystical reasons. I'm glad this flag is on my side in thinking that 6 is a better count.

I'm not a fan of the more recent pride flags with the triangle on the hoist. I understand why they were made: some groups want to exclude some people from the LGBT+ label so the flags that add colours for e.g. trans are made to explicitly say "yes, including them too!" but I feel like that's sort of ceding ground by allowing the claim that the original flag didn't represent them. From a design point of view they're not great because they compromise the simplistic design which makes my "too many colours" complaint more valid. Plus the stripes aren't all the same size any more due to the triangle so I can't argue the equality interpretation. That, and, they're harder to draw from memory which is important for flags. Once I get to the triangle I'll have to remember which other flags' colours were incorporated into it and in which order. And perhaps this last complaint is a little cynical but I also get a bit of a consumerist vibe; "there's a new pride flag this year, please buy our new thing with the updated design. gib money plz"

But the trans flag? That's my favourite of the lot! Blue and pink are colours associated with the gender binary, at least in the English speaking world. At first I felt a bit put off by this because it felt like somewhat reinforcing gender roles. What if you're a guy who likes pink or a girl that likes blue? But then I thought about it some more. The colours aren't very deep so it isn't putting those associations front and centre. In fact, the pastel colours make it really easy on the eyes too, I could look at this flag for hours! The horizontal like of symmetry is also effective; the fact that the blue and pink are reversed on top and bottom communicates that it's about both trans men and trans women and doesn't privilege one over the other, and the white in the middle represents non-binary people. Of course, that could be seen implying that gender is a one-dimensional spectrum with the the binary on either end which may not be the case but there's only so much you can represent on a flag. On a lot of flags, I find that white space doesn't look like a part of the design but just part of the canvass that wasn't filled in (like, Japan isn't a red circle on white, it's just a red circle and the rest is blank) - but with this flag the white actually looks like it's part of the design and it works.

The bisexual I don't have as much to say about because I don't see it as often as the other two. You'd think that a flag representing "bi" would be a bicolour flag. But it's not! Because it doesn't represent one or the other, it represents both or either! Whether the two things it represents are straight and gay relationships, or gay and lesbians, the thin line in the middle means it doesn't matter to those who this flag represents. Magenta is also a top-tier colour so that boosts its likability rating too.

Flag Wars Bonus Round

Happy Pride Month!

These flags were close on their results for second place in the previous pride flag poll, so I decided to make a poll with just these flags.