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The sexual/sensual coding in Aaravos and Viren's interactions: The Sequel
Also known as "Why I don't like the revelation in s5."
Trigger warning--This discussion is going to mention manipulation/coercion, homophobic stereotypes, and sexually-charged abusive/invasive behavior under the read more so please proceed with caution.
Alrighty so before I start talking about tdp s5's major reveal in the Viren + Aaravos relationship I'd like to discuss the interactions they had with each other before and after the reveal and my thoughts on them. Here we go:
First thing I'd like to note is that Aaravos is still showing the creepy, invasive behavior that concerned me in my original post. Throughout the scene he and Viren share he:
Touches Viren
Invades Viren's space
And manipulates/controls Viren's body
And in addition to controlling Viren's body, we've also find out that Aaravos can straight up move Viren's very soul if he wants.
And like I addressed in my previous post, he does all of this without asking for Viren's permission and/or showing any care for Viren's wishes--hell, he explicitly ignores Viren when the latter says he doesn't want to be in the prison with him.
That being said, these actions alone aren't the most concerning issue for me; that isn't to say that they're not concerning to me all, but it's nothing that hasn't been done before in their relationship--it's nothing new is what I'm trying to say.
However, the revelation about Sir Sparklepuff being their child is new--and imo it adds a whole new level of creepiness to the relationship.
Allow me to rehash what went down a bit:
Aaravos reveals to Viren that in order for his resurrection to be permanent, he needs to preform a spell that requires the "blood of his child"--Viren protests and claims that he'd never sacrifice his children.
Aaravos responds that he never expected him to hurt Claudia or Soren and reveals that he has a third child he can use--
Viren is confused and claims he doesn't have any other children--then Aaravos reveals that Sir Sparklepuff is his and Aaravos' child
He tells Viren that Sir Sparklepuff is there for him to use for the spell and that he will teach Viren how to use his "living essence" to reclaim both his life and his "future."
There's a lot (and I mean A LOT) of things about this scene/reveal that worry me; I'll try to sum it up neatly, but it's probably going to be pretty lengthy regardless. Here we go:
Concern 1) Viren had no idea that Sir Sparklepuff with his child, but Aaravos did
No matter how many angles I try to see it from, this feels violating to me; considering how Viren didn't know what the spell would do and how desperate he was at the time, his willingness to perform the original spell is dubious enough already--to then have it revealed that the spell produced a child that's biologically his really disturbs me. It might just be my opinion, but I feel that it adds a level of predatory to Aaravos that's unnecessary at best and horrifying at worst.
Concern 2) The lengths Aaravos has gone to keep Viren alive (and presumedly on his side).
This includes:
a) Telling Claudia the spell that would resurrect Viren.
b) Preserving Viren's body for 2 years while Claudia gathered everything necessary
c) When they first met, he chose a spell that would create a being that would not only allow them to communicate, but could also be used to resurrect Viren if the need arose.
Now assuming the writers planned this all from the beginning (I have my doubts, ngl) this shows a great deal of effort and premeditation on Aaravos's part to make sure Viren sticks around--whatever his plans may be, Viren must play a pretty big role in them or else he would have just moved on when Viren died the first time. (It's either that or he has some strange sort of fondness for Viren, which leads me to Concern # 3)
Concern 3) As of now, we have absolutely no info about how their relationship is going to be portrayed going forward
While Viren's fate is a bit ambiguous at the end of s5, I'm 90% confident that he's going to live through s6 in one way or another and assuming I'm right and that happens, there are a few paths the writers could take in how they depict the relationship
Option A) They sweep everything under the rug and pretend the sexual coding in the relationship never existed.
Option B) They portray Aaravos as a complete monster who was just using Viren for one thing or another and has now discarded him since he got what he wanted from him.
Option C) They portray Aaravos as having some dark sort of attachment to Viren--one that won't allow him to let Viren "leave him"
All these possibilities are iffy imho, but I'm honestly not sure which would be worse.
Going with Option A feels lazy--like the writers don't want to deal with the dark themes they chose to put in and decided to take the easy out.
(Granted, it wouldn't be the first time the show has dropped important plot points/developments--no one seems to have found out that Viren and Aaravos sent the assassins at the end of s2, for example--but it would still feel cowardly to me)
Going with Options B or C both feel gross--with Option B it feels like Aaravos would be the epitome of the Predatory Queer-Coded Villain--he would have effectively used and abused Viren in a violating way (i.e coerced/forced him to bear their child) and abandoned him once he was done with him. It would be pretty hard to make a case for him having a "kind side" after that.
That being said, Option C isn't really any better--Aarvos would still be following the "Predatory Villain" stereotype, the only difference would be that he'd fall more into the role of an abusive partner than the "pure evil" role that some older queer-coded villains were placed in.
TLDR: I don't like the revelation of Sir Sparklepuff being Viren and Aaravos' child because I feel it follows the reoccurring theme of possessive/violating actions from Aaravos toward Viren that I've worried about all the way back in s3.
#tdp critical#manipulation tw#coercion tw#like I said in my first post on this subject I know their relationship was never healthy#but they didn't have to go this route#to be clear this isn't me judging anybody who likes this twist or anything#I'm just giving my 2 cents#TNC analyzes cartoons#TNC theorizes#Writing this felt like being in The Twilight Zone#I started remembering all the emotions I felt after s3 was released/when I wrote Part One#It was weird but also kind of nostalgic#upcoming tags added after I mulled over my thoughts some more#if I'm honest I'm not worried ONLY about what's going to happen to Viren's character in future seasons#I'm also worried about AARAVOS'S character too--namely that he doesn't HAVE much of character outside of this relationship#we know next to nothing about him#and what we DO know feels 2-dimensional (and pretty iffy)#I'm honestly not terribly confident that they'll be able to change that and develop him too much in the 2 remaining seasons
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the THING about Disloyal Order Of Water Buffaloes is that, #1, it is one of the most melodically satisfying songs I've ever heard and that's why it was one of the first FOB songs I actually listened to of my own free choice, and #2, it makes people crazy insane bc so many of the lyrics simply make zero sense on a surface level EXCEPT "I'm half doomed and you're semi sweet" which IMMEDIATELY gets across its point and acts as a thesis statement to the song, thus allowing an understanding of the rest of the lyrics to fall into place
#especially the second verse I still have to think about a lot bc it sounds like nonsense until you really dig into it#but I tend to interpret it as actually somewhat literal#a lot of truck stops have fancy painted porcelain or glass doll displays or souvenirs (which is how I read the lizard scales line#which is also funny bc usamerican truck stop gift shops often make zero sense in most ways skskskdkdn)#and it's kind of like this weird futility. like it's pretty on the surface it's nostalgic but it's also SO out of place#and probably cheap and veneered as well#which is.... absolutely fascinating in the wider context of folie and its creation#something something music industry something something the band itself at certain points in their history (especially#right before the hiatus)#idk man. all I know is that disloyal order is insane and also insanely fun to sing. the melody is just OUGH I wanna drink it#she speaks!#m#fob#fall out boy#folie a deux
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another WIP!
anyways, when I was going into Part 2, I was not expecting a bunch of generic-model NPCs (albeit very pretty ones) to end up being some of my favorite characters of the story
I'd do anything to protect these silly little goobers!!!!
THEY'RE SO ADORABLE!!!!
#honkai impact 3rd#honkai 3rd#hi3rd#honkai part 2#hi3rd part 2#Honkai dreamseeker#honkai Sweet#honkai Darren#honkai Ahlam#honkai Yewei#idk how else to tag this lol#between these little fellas and Siobhan (extremely hot bartender lady in hsr) i am very satisfied with life rn#also i adore the setting of the Sweet Tooth diner - it's such a sweet place and it feels so homely#funnily enough I've actually had decent-ish experience with part-time food service so this event is actually really nostalgic in a weird wa#business was slow & it was a small community so it wasn't a lot of pressure#so it was great to chill and bond w/ the coworkers and make small talk with the guests#and i say this as someone who literally explodes if they have to do small talk in any other kind of situation#i don't need a world-changing professional career y'all please just let me work at a small comfy local cafe/diner#this is all i want in life T_T
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It’s wild running into a mutual again after you’ve changed your name & became a completely different person. I’ve been through entire character arcs since the pandemic started basically! Like hey yes you may or may not remember me but it’s wonderful to see you again! 😸💜
#I’m vague posting#in a nice way of course <3#it’s so cool running into old names & faces#kind of nostalgic#also weird to feel like wow you knew me when I wasn’t how I am now??#it’s just a silly feeling but it’s kinda cool#mine#op
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"why do I feel so weird and awful" says man who already made a post half an hour ago that included the reasons he feels weird and awful
#personal#thoughts#🍬 post#vent post#I'm trying to work out if I need a fun distraction or if I need to do something cathartic instead#I feel strange in a way I can't quite place. I think I might be having emotional flashbacks#and I'm not like... upset at the moment? but I feel like in a couple of hours I'm gonna be hit with emotions I don't want to deal with#there's a very specific feeling that I can't seem to describe in any normal way which might mean I need to write poetry about it instead#something about summer evenings seems to fuck us up sometimes and it's just occurred to me that I think we write more poems in summer#and I only just noticed this pattern because I think we got to the start of summer last year#and started writing poems about how much the summer fucks us up#the thing is I like summer and I've been looking forward to it but it also comes with this kind of weird nostalgic feeling#and it ends up being really bittersweet#it's like that quote or post or whatever about August giving you some of the most beautiful but bittersweet moments of your life#every so often I'm like ''okay I say we get summer depression and winter depression but we're depressed all the time#so are we really getting special kinds of depression in summer and winter?'' and then I get to like June and November#and I'm like ''oh okay yeah no this is a different feeling to the background level of depression we have''#this fucks us up in new and exciting ways that I don't want to fucking deal with but will do anyway because I don't have a choice
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godzilla nes is the only creepypasta i unironically think is cool like fr. the ending is very cheesy and out of place but overall i love how surreal the whole thing is and how it slowly escalates from pretty minor and even fun changes into progressively more bizarre territory, not to mention how amazing the spritework for it is
#face from this story was even a direct inspiration for flowey on undertale! that's cool#i also like how it's about a kind of niche game instead of a big nostalgic title like those pastas usually are about#and the way the weirdness manifests in the story is pretty unique. it's not random gore it's just weird unexplained shit for the most part#the ending does suck though lol can't have it all
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since i've gone on T i sweat more and i stink more and that's all expected yeah. but what i DID NOT expect was for my new Guy Stink™ to smell EXACTLY LIKE THE GUY I HAD SOME KIND OF SITUATIONSHIP WITH IN COLLEGE
#god is doing experiments on me i KNOW#atlas.txt#also bonus i never REALLY got over him so its a very weird sort of nostalgic/horny/heartbroken kind of vibe every time im done at the gym
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winx club number 1 comfort media to me when I was a weird preteen and was ugly and was acting strange and all my peers hated me and bullied me and shunned me and my friends dropped me because of signs of mental illness and no one knew how to handle me, least of all myself ✌
#feeling very nostalgic tonight. but the weird inbetween kind that makes me fucking sad but also makes me feel like a little kid#idk i feel..... way too young for this adult body..... idk idk idk#feeling 12 again and like i just need a hug because all the bad things from back then are hitting me full force idk idk idk.....
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rereading old fics can be so personal
#mimi chats#felt nostalgic and went thru old comments on some of my favourite pieces#and i just#miss having that presence and interaction i guess#but also so happy that i got that opportunity#and also to express myself in that kind of way that was different from what a lot of other writers were doing#like till forever falls apart and i bless the rains#both so special to me#and to think one came from a weird itch to write some th ont based off africa by tot#and it endinf up beinf so poetic and thematic??#yeah anyways i’m just getting sentimental#and i kinda miss being in slightly bigger fandoms
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it’s officially “you will be exhausted and have to shower again if you go out” season
#ran a bunch of errands today and guess what. :)#is it weird though that this kind of heat is also a bit nostalgic
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Watch "A Brief Look at Harry Potter" on YouTube
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If you're feeling nostalgic for harry Potter watch this delightful breakdown of JKR's world done by a trans creator- seriously the breakdown of the politics of HP is brilliantly done. Watch it and let me know what you think of economagics 😂😂
#winters ramblings#i think lily put WAAAAY more thought into JKRs world than JKR#but this video is THOROUGH not jusy the books and movies but like EVERYTHING except the newest game obvs#also it is SO FUCKED that wizards deadass advocate for segregation from muggles like it starts lookin REAL WEIRD#when your series that already decided Slavery Was Awesome also decides to have its Main Trio advocate for segregation#honestly really makes you rethink how anyone thought JKR was progressive at all#like even when i read the books the first time- which was admittedly late at 18 the SPEW storyline felt Odd#like i kind of assumed that other house elves would slowly start making like Dobby and begin working for pay#like dobby was such a sympathetic character and instead we got whatever winky and kreatcher were#it felt so odd that LITERAL SLAVERY was apparently fine and dobby was some kindof aberration#like what the absolute fuck. lily talks lots about it watch the vid lmao#also been watching a lot of HP vids latetly probably because its topical to make videos about#but like go find your local trans creators and watch their HP videos#because honestly ive been a little HP nostalgic too. which is why i watched a 10 he vid breaking down HP world building lmao
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feeling vibes. not sure what kind of vibes but they sure are vibes
#ramblings#this isn't negative in any way btw i just. idk#feel nostalgic i think#vague nice feelings?#i feel a bit like a kid again#and all i'm really doing is watching youtube on my computer#don't do that too often anymore. usually just watch stuff on my phone#it's weird#like the way the sun comes out of computer speakers hits different#reminds me a little of when i used to obsessively watch minecraft letsplays on my mom's old chunky laptop as a kid#used to watch them for hours and hours#good times#i'm just listening to inabakumori rn but the feeling is kind of the same#his music gets me feeling nostalgic for some reason#typing this from a new laptop btw. feels nice to use a computer that isn't slow as shit lmao#maybe that's part of it too. this computer is nice and new and all my own#it's so fast and i don't have to share with anybody#i will if my mom needs it of course but she's taking the old one for her personal stuff so i probably won't need to#also the old one was lagging so often it made it frustrating to draw and this one doesn't lag at all when drawing#it feels so nice#what was the point of this post again? idk#i think i lost it at some point#ah whatever. hope y'all are having a nice holiday season
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Parkour civilisation is a thing that I have now watched.
And the cuts to summary always feel like... When you were watching TV as a kid and the adverts came on, then you got a recap when you got back to the show.
I usually hate adverts, but it feels weird that parkour civilisation doesn't have them.
#also like. when am i meant to go get a snack?#its kind of nostalgic#weird blended with this rather new short content style of narration
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The nonbinary struggle for me is not wanting to be femme because it's physically and emotionally uncomfortable for me but also kinda wanting to be femme at the same time cuz it feels like I'm missing out on something really great and fun and that maybe I'm just rejecting it cuz I'm afraid I can't pull it off
#just nonbinary things#like i see other people being femme and I'm like “wow that looks like fun!”#but then i try to imagine my current self in a skirt or makeup and already i can imagine the ick I'd get from it#and i haven't worn makeup in a long time but i distinctly remember it feeling sticky and heavy in my face after a while#cuz this is also very much an autistic struggle#i just think about this a lot cuz i have interests in stuff like fashion and dolls and just cute nostalgic girly stuff#but it just feels weird because i don't look or act like the kind of person who'd like that stuff#maybe I'm just overthinking it
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No but like genuinely seeing httyd1 era Hiccup next to rtte or httyd2-3 Hiccup I know it's the same character but it like won't connect in my brain. Who is that man. What.
Ngl Hiccup's 'glow up' was a tragedy. KEEP HIM SMALL AND UGLY!!!
#the difference in behavior rlly doesnt help either 😭#like ig you could attribute his lack of sass to maturity but its weird bc it seemed like its what rtte was going for but they just#made him look like an asshole thats mean to his friends for not reason. not the previously endearing snarkiness#also. httyd1 hiccup is more competent than any other version of him. thinking abt a few months back when i watched all the movies back to#back and im nostalgic for httyd2 so i can just kind of turn my brain off and enjoy it but#the moment the end credits roll the inconsistencies and other issues haunt me but i digress#httyd#moth.txt#deyas dragons
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I spent last night looking at Neocities sites and here are my takeaways:
There's a real push to keeping the internet weird, open and less corporate-driven -- info on bypassing paywalls, protecting your data, archiving web media and basic coding/tech literacy.
(I found one tutorial on how to make a pop up that detects whether someone has an ad blocker and suggests they install one if they don't! Love that.)
There's also resources on finding the kind of internet that isn't the default experience anymore - alternate search engines I hadn't even heard of, human-made link lists and webrings. (Webrings! Turns out they never went away!)
If any of that sounds interesting to you, by the way - sadgrl.online has a lot of it and is possibly the best thing on the internet????
The "90's web" aesthetic is really fun and nostalgic, but I particularly loved seeing some people bring the better parts of the "modern internet" into it. What if we had weird, eye-searing personal sites BUT with plaintext alternatives for accessibility purposes? CW for flashing lights and unreality triggers?
(Again sadgrl comes in with a lot of resources for making your website accessible.)
Most of all, I'm honestly emotional about all the sites I found that were like, "hi! I'm 14 and this is my website where I talk about stuff I like haha."
It's so good that so many kids and teens who never experienced the "old internet" are still finding stuff like this and making their own weird stuff! Not just because weird websites are more fun, but because these skills are being passed down.
Anyway it's great and who knows maybe I'll make my own site sometime to keep horror media recommendations or something.
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