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nazbruhh · 2 months

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My personal thoughts on Natlan...

#Well shit #Idc if it's just a game at this point anymore #It's clear obvious hyv has something when it comes to giving actual good representation of culture #Like I heard that other Chinese companies did good job with dark skinned charecters and representation #So yeah calling hyv a “definitely a Chinese company” is no longer an excuse at this point #I talk #Important note #Genshin #Genshin impact #Genshin natlan #Natlan #I'm still definitely excited for story and world exploration #But again #C'mon.....#Since Sumeru incident I knew something like would happen again and yeah....#Idc if it's a video game anymore #Representation is STILL important

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heymacy · 6 months

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IAN GALLAGHER + his journey with bipolar disorder

╰┈➤ “At times, being bipolar can be an all-consuming challenge, requiring a lot of stamina and even more courage, so if you’re living with this illness and functioning at all, it’s something to be proud of, not ashamed of." - Carrie Fisher

#happy world bipolar day to all my bp babies #(more thoughts at the end of the tags)#shameless #shamelessnet #shamelessedit #ian gallagher #cameron monaghan #*macygifs #bipolar disorder #hello pals how are we doin #i made this gif set in july of 2023 and never posted it because 1) i was terrified to share it and potentially see Bad Takes in the tags #and 2) because my hyperfixation was waning. and while both of those things are still mostly true (the fixation comes and goes)#i feel like it's really important to share as ian's bipolar storyline was not only so vital to his character it was a bit of representation #that isn't often given to the disorder and those (like myself) who live with it every single day #world bipolar day is a day where we can both celebrate ourselves and our resilience and also raise awareness of the reality of the disorder #which is both terrifying and beautiful at its core. this disease is not a death sentence or a sentence to an unfulfilled and miserable life #while there are challenges galore when it comes to balancing life with this disorder it IS possible to live a full and productive life #and i think it's really important to have representation of that in media - and while shameless dropped the ball on a LOT of storylines #over the years THIS is the one they really fucking nailed and i am incredibly grateful #i first started watching shameless while in the midst of a major depressive episode and i was later (finally) diagnosed during an extended #hypo/manic episode - this show and ian's storyline got me through so much and made me feel so seen and validated in my struggles #world bipolar day is also vincent van gogh's birthday (happy birthday buddy) who was posthumously diagnosed with bipolar disorder #and who experienced both depressive and hypo/manic episodes during his lifetime (and was regularly institutionalized)#it takes a lot of help and support to keep us going. it takes the support of our family and friends and *most* of all #it takes patience and kindness and understanding - which is so so so easy to give if you are willing to love and listen #so please. be willing. listen to our stories. be patient with us. show us love without conditions. support us in any way you can.#we are worth it #i promise #anyway. that's really all i wanted to say. happy world bipolar day to those who celebrate (me) and may all of us living with this disorder #go on to live happy fulfilling beautiful magical lives

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emeraldotter · 2 months

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squad

#doodle #crappy art #original #atti #hi poppy #olive my beloved #still no heiko tag #cat gurl #emeraldotter's deer obsession continues #atticus is the Most Normal Kid Ever Don't Worry About It #poppy is a proud member of the skinny (reverse furry) community with her commissioned persona art #olive is so important for fujoshi representation in fiction #heiko is the most emotionally stable bass player born this century

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fella-lovin-fella · 1 month

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guess who got diagnosed with ocd a couple weeks ago

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dna-d2 · 3 months

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Okay one more thing about the new Nintendo stuff and I'm done, I promise

(i may not keep this promise)

But I'm calling out for a victory celebration of one thing in particular

WE GOT LEFT-HANDED LINK BACK, BAY-BEEEEEEEEEE

#It was the first thing I noticed in the trailer #Aside from the fact that it was Link's Awakening style #I was kinda hoping it was an Oracles remake #Or the third Oracle game that never got made #But this idea is also cool as fuck #Playing as Zelda for the first time ever #Wait Spirit Tracks was a thing #Playing as Zelda for the second time ever #Wait Wand of Gamelon was a thing #PLAYING AS ZELDA FOR THE SECOND TIME EVER.#I just needed my leftie representation back okay??#It's important to me #I'm still salty as hell we didn't get a mirrored mode for Skyward Sword Remastered #I know they could've done it #If they could do it to put Twilight Princess on the Wii #Or to give Ocarina of Time 3D a new mode for the 3DS #They could've mirrored Skyward Sword for the Switch #That's all I'm saying #Would've justified the $60 price tag a HELL of a lot more #Legend of Zelda #Legend of Zelda Echoes of Wisdom #Echoes of Wisdom

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yeah-thats-probably-it · 2 months

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thinking about what if data were aromantic. even after he gets the emotion chip put in, he still just doesn’t feel romantic love, and doesn’t understand what other people are feeling when they talk about it. and he’s really upset at first because he feels like after everything he’s been through to get here he still isn’t fully human. there’s still a piece missing. he’s tapped into every work of art humans have ever created and romance seems so ubiquitous that he thinks you can’t be human without it

i’m imagining this as like a b or c plot of an episode. maybe he’s been working with a crew member who turns out to be aromantic and they commiserate about how alienating it can be to hear everyone talk about romance all the time. everyone comes together at the end to help him realize that he feels so many different kinds of love, and no human’s experience with emotions is exactly the same and your humanity doesn’t depend on what emotions you do or don’t feel anyway

i think this would be a good episode. i would enjoy it

#i went into tng fully expecting to ship data and geordi #but for some reason daforge never grabbed me as a romantic pairing #but i love it very much as a queerplatonic dynamic #and now i know why!#i also like the idea that geordi is alloromantic but data is still his Person you know?#maybe he ends up with someone else as a romantic partner but his bond with data is never any less important to him #let 👏 data 👏 and 👏 geordi 👏 form 👏 a 👏 polycule 👏#if the o’briens can have one and the entire crew of the voyager can have one they should get to have one too #also i know it’s problematic that so much of the available aro representation is aliens and robots #but against this must be set the fact that i’m aro and i like data #daforge platonic significant others let’s make it HAPPEN people #//#tng #star trek tng #star trek the next generation #data soong #aromantic headcanons

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marymekpop · 13 days

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⟢ highlight of the hour: love next door [07/16] ⟣

confession

#love next door #korean drama #jung hae in #jung somin #lndhoth #mmkfav #mygif #i can go on about this confession forever #the way bsr wasnt completely shocked and in a way was sort of expecting a confession #she was waiting for him to finally say it becus she too felt the same way for him and just needed confirmation #also thank goodness no one interrupted them looool #i really liked just how lowkey and simple this confession was #the drama does the angst so well and things had been so angsty and confusing between these 2 besties #so this confession scene was a perfect representation of where they were at in their relationship #nothing big nothing grand not too dramatic #but still so important and speaks volumes about how they feel about each other

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3-cats-in-a-coat · 10 months

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Bucky is a disabled amputee and that should still be true in AU’s and fics in general

I don’t care if it “““DoEsN’t FiT wELL””” with your Stucky Coffee Shop AU, unless a fic is exclusively pre or during the war then he should be an amputee and if a fic is exclusively pre-war then Steve should be disabled because that’s what he was pre-serum. The reason why this is so important to me is because it’s important to have representation for disabled characters and we can’t just erase that.

The only time when neither one of them were disabled was during the few years between Steve getting the serum and Bucky falling off the train.

Also, fun fact, the type of amputation that Bucky has is either a shoulder disarticulation or (more likely considering how far the metal arm goes into his shoulder) a forequarter amputation.

And now, here are some suggestions for how to explain why his left arm and shoulder are missing: Cancer, him still being a war vet who lost it in action, an accident involving heavy machinery and bad safety precautions, a very large and extremely infected wound in his shoulder or the “very revolutionary” idea of just not saying how he lost his arm but still referencing every once in awhile that it’s missing and how he’s affected by it.

#disability representation is important #op is not physically disabled but is still an ally #or at least trying to be one #please give constructive criticism if I did something wrong #disability representation #bucky barnes #stucky #steve rogers #disabled characters #bucky barnes is disabled #so is steve

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tanadrin · 1 year

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why is all paleoart so stiff and boring? like is it just 90% of what you see is cheap stuff commissioned to illustrate grade-school textbooks. or what? there's gotta be some paleoartists out there just killing it.

#if you accidentally use good lighting or composition in your illustration of the carboniferous period #the Secret Guild of Paleoartists comes to your house and skeletonizes you #before mounting you in a display as a warning to others #a lot of astronomical art has this problem too #especially of like views from exoplanets' surfaces #like i think it's doing a bad job of communicating information #“this is what the silurian might have looked like”#no this is what a bunch of random silurian animals that are anatomically correct #but look like they're made of stiff plastic might have looked like #this may seem like a stupid gripe *and it is*#but this is one of those areas where representational art is still like important #and contributes to the culture!

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reflectionsofgalaxies · 2 years

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HOW IS SHE REAL?!?? MA’AM~ ✨

From this interview:

#Kristina Tonteri-Young #KTY #Sister Beatrice #Warrior Nun #Avatrice #I love herrrrrrr #read the article #it’s worth it #she’s so eloquent and her answers are so well thought out #she’s passionate and caring and knows she’s always still learning and it’s so freaking incredible to see #Save Warrior Nun #representation matters #in this case they specifically discuss #Asian representation #as well as #queer representation #amoung other important aspects of identity

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idon-twannabeperceived · 2 months

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Btw seeing gringos trying to dance tango or salsa is so 🫥🫥

Like I don't mind at all bro go off but like put some flavor in there I AM BEGGING i swear u won't die WHERE IS YOUR SOUL DO YOU NOT HAVE A HEART

#tango specifically gives me so much cringe but bc they have such a weird and wrong idea of how tanho is really like #i do not enjoy seeing it butchered #but i do not mind that other people dance it per se i just wish they cared a bit more about how it's traditionally danced #i was thinking about this seeing a gymnast the other day that had i think salsa in her routine?#(idk bc the volume was so low i just had to go by a bit of what i heard and her movements)#SHE WAS STIFF #all her routine was so beautiful and elegant and then that part... it was definitely there #but then i saw a YouTube video nd it was one of those where they teach how to dance x latinamerican rhythm #but the teacher is always yanki and the steps are all numbered and there's squares on the floor telling u where to step #and LISTEN i know it's useful to have a visual representation or a guide at first to figure out the movement #but please that's just at first u can't just go through life overthinking merengue bc u're gonna look dumb #even the teachers look like they are trying to hold a penny between their ass cheeks without it falling while they dance #u have to let go and just feel it at some point #some of our dances are so much more about the feeling or connection with your partner than about the technique #technique is still important but like #i would enjoy much more watching someone who doesn't know every dance so just does a couple basic steps but FEELS the music #and is just enjoying themselves while dancing #than seeing someone who spent an entire year learning every step and turn but they look petrified and scared while dancing #nobody is out to get u sweetheart u can let go PLEASE u're scaring the kids

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slxthserenade · 1 year

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Ngl I never ever expected to find such great Arab rep in FIRE EMBLEM of all medias. And not even a side character but a main lord, one that’s so loved by the fandom for his personality and antics and goals and uniqueness. Claude von Fire Emblem you are truly the character of all time.

#fe3h #claude von riegan #claude appreciation will continue as long as I still own a consciousness #arab rep in media always makes me go ‘it’s o k. it could’ve been worse. it’s something.’#but claude is one of the few characters I genuinely truly love and get excited over #and yeah. representation is important.#al rambling

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soullessjack · 5 months

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hey uh not for nothing but it would be so much easier to talk about the ableism issues with how jack is treated/depicted if you guys could learn to understand that bigotry doesn’t necessarily have to be intentional and outright cruel for it to be harmful. that sometimes it is accidental or made with good/harmless intentions but that doesn’t make it less bigoted in the long run. If we could just move past that one square we could actually have a conversation 👍

#if I went into the full depths of how normalized and perpetuated ableism is—#—or the general fact that disabilities both physically and mentally are incredibly misconstrued and understudied and misrepresented #and underrepresented and all these other things that make it incredibly difficult to be disabled in almost every space possible #sad to see it in fandom spaces too but well. history is history and what’s embedded is embedded #progress is not linear and it is not a quick fix either but if we could just Get This In Out Heads and actually talk it out .#maybe we could get somewhere #I haven’t been very strong with my posts lately but trust me it’s still very important to me #anyways . whatever #ciao ciao #cal.txt #spn #spn fandon #jack kline #autistic jack kline #autistic representation #fandom ableism #etc etc whatever else #Please just Google infantilization and maybe rewatch the show until you can pick up on how jack is Not seen as a child in canon #pleass im so tired of this. it’s been seven fuckinf years

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richkidcityfriends · 2 months

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people's absolute inability to understand the purpose of metaphor will i think be the thing that kills me

#it's not even that ppl can't understand metaphors like #even when they DO understand them #they don't seem to get the point of them ig????#like they will accurately describe what the metaphor is depicting #and yet still somehow get dragged into long debates about the vehicle of the metaphor #that are completely divorced from both its tenor and its purpose in the story #like of COURSE the tiny intricacies of the metaphor are important #but if you are discussing them without any reference to what the metaphor is actually saying then you are doing something wrong!!!!!!!!!!!!#this was inspired by a specific tiktok video i saw about whether the tv show in i saw the tv glow was or wasn't 'real'#that was based entirely on supposed clues and easter eggs and did not once reference anything about trans and queer identities #and the role of the tv show as a representation of literally anything to do with them #aside from saying basically 'this is what this represents but i want to talk about whether it is real' in the intro #but i see it so often about so many things #and it drives me spare!!!!#i saw the tv glow #mo rudaí

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ef-1 · 1 year

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I remember your girl edits from ages ago they were so good 😭 I can't find them anymore pleaseee the daniel one lives in my brainnnnmnnn

I posted it in 2020. How do you even remember that 🤯

here is girl!daniel from that post. i could write a dissertation about her but i wont (yet) also was conflicted about the intensity of her freckles, so here are both versions

#you cant find that post bc i deleted it #i believe max was the focal point of that post then 2 days later austria happened and i was do annoyed i nuked the post #i cant believe youve been here since i was 19 🥹❤️‍🩹#girl daniel had my HEART okay. only woman #she wore a blazer to the interview bc she wanted to be taken seriously :)#she doesn't want her hair straightened but she doesnt stop the stylist when he starts straightening it bc she wants to seem agreeable :)#later she flirts with the interviewer bc she needs to make sure he'll stick to the script :)#he eats it up :)#weaponised flirting is a honed skill she developed at the v beginning of her career :) learned how to use the smiley girl thing :)#she doesnt know how to use weaponised flirting on people she ACTUALLY likes bc girl flopism representation is still important #when ai 🤝 facetune 🤝 me combine no one is safe #2020 was such a good year for genderbending though #miss ricciardo loml also

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everysongineverykey · 2 years

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i love you azura books i love you luz's nerdiness given prominence throughout the show i love you "luzura" i love you amity and luz bonding over a "cringe" book series i love you lumity azura/hecate cosplay i love you young queer couple cosplaying as a queer couple that really inspired them as kids and helped bring them together i love you beautiful tribute to the power of representation in media as shown via a latina girl adoring and being heavily influenced by a book series starring a latina witch who she can see herself in i love you varied and beautiful discussions of representation in a show with heaps and heaps of just that :')

in the same vein, i love you cosmic frontier i love you chief engineer o'bailey-hunter parallels i love you gus captain avery cosplay i love you gus helping hunter confront his identity as a grimwalker by introducing him to a series with a character he can see himself in i love you star trek deep space nine reference i love you black boy cosplaying as a black space captain i love you camila connecting with luz using her own nerdy childhood obsession i love you power of stories and, again, representation in media i love you the owl house's constant message that representation matters i love you i love you💙💙💙💙

#the owl house #listen. i have SOOO many thoughts on the narrative weight of the azura books #and how it's a casual reminder of how important representation is. luz gets to see herself as a witch #fighting evil and saving the day #and this character also has a queer-coded relationship with her female rival #which undoubtedly helps luz as a young bi girl as well!!!#and also cosmic frontier like... it's a bit more of a joke but still #hunter finding comfort and solace in a character going through the same things as him. gus not forcing the grimwalker topic #and instead trying to help hunter come to terms with his identity in a gentler way. AND the captain of the ship in cosmic frontier is black #just like gus. i know rep probably isn't a problem in the boiling isles #since yknow. bigotry-free fantasy world and all #but it definitely is in the human realm! and it's good for gus to get what he can there. yknow?#also the reason i say it's a ds9 reference in particular is just cause i'm a stan. it's an educated guess.#point 1: it features a black captain called avery. ds9 has a black captain played by a man called avery.#point 2: it features a chief engineer called o'bailey. ds9's chief engineer is called o'brien. same kind of irish name.#point 3: it was written in the 90s like how ds9 aired in the 90s :]

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