#POINT BEING. i need to find some gay people who are also neurotic about mechanics and enjoy complicated roleplay. i know they exist

[walterdecourceys]

i want to try playing thirsty sword lesbians so bad but both the groups i do d&d with would be so turned off by the title alone

[frostiifae]

hey wait a sec it's my blog and i get to do and say whatever the fuck i want

i know this show has been spoiled to hell and back for everyone already but it's a good excuse for a readmore anyway

i want to reiterate that i really like the show becuase i'm going to say a LOT of negative stuff about it. it's really good. however,

laios fucking sucks. i want to be forgiving and subjective here but i just cannot emphasize enough how much i despise laios as a character. it has been twelve fucking episodes and i have given a shit about him or his feelings i think exactly once that entire time. i cannot believe this show is daring to pretend that it is even remotely about laios. it is OBVIOUSLY ABOUT MARCILLE.

i'm using two whole bullet points to talk about how much i don't like laios! there are LOTS of fictional men out there who are like, autistic meatheads with no thoughts head empty disease. i don't care for any of them but a lot of people really like them and i'm willing to be sympathetic because most of them have at least likeable traits. laios does not. laios is not merely a moron (which i don't like but is arguably not his fault), he is also wildly self-centered, having done i think one thing at most to directly help another character without there being some direct benefit to him or his interests.

i know i'm sorry a third whole bullet point about laios but please listen to me. i understand that he is framed favorably by the narrative. this is because it is trying to lie to you and convince you he is the main character. do not be fooled. he is at most a clueless autistic brute with a quirky kind of disgusting special interest and a series of traits that make him exactly the brand of Barely Competent Adventurer the others need to actually make progress in the dungeon. if you find this to be an interesting character, fine, i guess, but know that i am judging your sense of taste

pun intended

ok i'm done shit talking laios let's talk about some other stuff. every other character is great!

marcille is obviously the best. i will forgive you if you don't feel that way because she is also autistic and neurotic in a way i'm sure some people find annoying. however, i constantly find myself identifying with her. she is just like me for real for real.

i really like the way senshi and chilchuck have both had mini-arcs contained within episodes, those have been some of my favorite moments with them. this is another reason why i am so adamant in my negativity towards laios btw. he hasn't had to go through shit. he is too blockheaded to undergo meaningful change

i'm really interested in namari and also the weird racial tension that's getting built on the surface, especially since i've heard that's supposed to become Extremely Relevant in the Near Future,

i went on a little rant about this with ellie after we finished the episode but the framing of episode 12 kinda bothers me, like. there's no way we haven't Been Knew that falin was probably going to be in a pretty gruesome state when we found her, in need of resurrection. it feels a little bit rushed, in a way? a little reliant on cheap shock value that feels really unearned and even dissonant with all of the foreshadowing about resurrection and its mechanics.

i wouldn't be surprised to hear that this is mostly an anime problem. there are a few broader-stroke type complaints i have surrounding the show's themes and tone not really seeming to line up with its presentation - it almost seems like some sort of deconstruction of the Cozy Hobby Anime but the anime itself doesn't really seem to... understand that? i don't know it's weird.

anyway a lot of my feelings boil down to the fact that i'm mostly here to see falin and marcille being really gay. and marcille REALLY delivers. she is absolutely head over heels for falin and it is not fucking subtle. but that does mean that i'm gnawing on my own arm anytime marcille is not directly on screen and that may or may not be anyone else's problem

thanks to my wonderful gf's persistence and patience and a mild nonsensical breakdown on my part i'm finally caught up on dunmesh (anime) woo

it's p good. i do not think anyone else will like my feelings on it