#also the reason you don't remember it happening is because it didn't happen

[summertimesadnessirl]

They literally just want to pretend that the whole last 50 odd years never happened.

It's so weird. Like? What did you do that you are like this, buddy? Let's talk about it.

Are you upset because you got programmed from birth to believe sex is evil and now you can't get off unless you think God is mad at you and you're committing a crime and one of the people involved in the sex hates it?

Have you heard of BDSM? Because we can literally simulate that feeling just for you using technology for the rest of your life without you having to take over the entire government and kill off a bunch of nice kids with blue hair and shaved eyebrows or who go by a word that makes you think you can't be a naughty boy for wanting to have sex wearing clothes from a different gender occasionally, and those people literally don't care if you wanna be called slurs for doing that when you have sex, believe it or not.

What's your deal? Did it turn out you don't like sex, you just like the idea of something mysterious and otherworldly and pleasureable that nobody introduced you to that other people are totally doing? Because we can fix you right up with drugs and intentionally confusing poetry.

Yeah. You can even start your very own mystery cult if you want, as long as you don't commit genocide or anything. We can all pretend to not know about your mystery cult. We can all pretend to be bad guys from your mystery cult. We can play that game until you barely remember your own name, it's fine.

Do you just need someone to take care of you, like in a disability accommodation kind of way? Or like, are you working too many hours? We can't really fix that with bdsm. We can play that but typically the people doing bdsm only want to play that for a few hours at a time before they need a break, but have you heard about the wonders of automation?

Yeah. We can automate a lot of the stuff that stresses you out like cleaning your floors and paying your bills on time and reordering your prescriptions and your groceries and stuff. It would work better if the minimum wage was higher and the average person got paid more often than biweekly, and we still really need to design housing with a washing machine in the bathroom that washes and dries your clothes instead of putting them in the hamper, but look, we made a little guy who lives in your computer who can take every meeting that should have been an email and turn it into a bulleted list for you. We can also do this thing where he draws pictures of your boss experiencing cartoonish violence or turning into like a weird bug when you are being bullied and it can protect you pretty well from The Emails as well. Yes. I know. The emails are scary.

If your job is really stressing you out you should meet my new friend fully automated luxury communism sometime. Their idea is that we should automate all the jobs where it seems like most of your day is spent kind of hanging out hoping that your boss doesn't realize you aren't working and getting a super high cortisol level for no reason or filling out forms to send to people who use the forms to fill out other forms who get approval via some more forms to make a phone call to a guy who works 20 feet away and give everyone a dividend so that they can work fewer hours and hang out. Yeah, there are a lot of people who believe this who enjoy fighting over the details of that, it's their hobby and also they're all afraid if they don't fight one another a lot they'll turn evil. No, not the sexy kind of evil, the other kind.

Do you need clearly defined rules that you are supposed to follow in social situations in order to feel safe, but also bdsm isn't your thing because you also need other people to follow clearly defined rules? Have you tried video games, team sports, or tabletop games? You might like those.

Did someone hurt you when you were young and call it gender and you didn't realize it because you thought that was just a normal part of growing up and you are getting uncomfortable flashbacks about that time, but talk therapy super doesn't work for you because talking about it makes it worse? That's valid. Have you tried psychedelic drugs yet? Psychedelic drugs have been used to fix that problem and many others like it for generations and generations. Using the magic of psychedelic drugs, we can make sure that you feel totally fine and safe whenever you interact with people being raised in a different way than you were and even carefully obliterate all traces of your childhood trauma for decades at a time. We also can continue to give you more, if that works for ya.

There's really no reason to do nazi shit at all.

Btw, this is how conservatives keep getting to claim that trans people are a new thing no one has ever heard, because our history and existences have continually been erased or obscured systematically through out history.

The most famous example was 92 years when the Nazis raided the library of the Institut für Sexualwissenschaft, the medical practice where the term transsexual was first coined and the first gender affirming surgery was performed in in 1931.

What did the Nazis do after raiding the library on May 6th, 1933? You may be familiar with these images

It is happening again.

[newkatzkafe2023]

Never mind JUST breaking the bed, what if they also broke the FLOOR BOARDS?

UH OH SPAGHETTI OHS!!!!!!!🫢🫢🫢

(Lmk Wukong) You would be glaring at him from where you are. Your husband went to hard and broken not only the bed but the floorboards as well. Wukong, of course, looked sheepish from what happened the other night, but you just look soo...........yummy the other night it's not often he would lose control like that. At least in bed with you, all you know is that be better fix it before someone you know see the damage. Then start on both the gossip and explanations you're gonna have to lie about.

(MKR Wukong) OK, so we was extra pissed off about....well, let me explain him, and you were fighting off bandits. However, the guy you were fighting kelp cat calling and making derogatory remarks at you. Of course, even though you broke the guys nose and legs, Wukong still laded waste to the idiot and took his scolding from the monk like a demon man. However, Wukong still had anger, jealousy, and adrenaline and rocked your world in a random in you both spend the night at. You definitely don't tell anyone about the floorboards you both broke as you had to be carried because Wukong killed your legs.

(HIB Wukong) Ohhhhhhhhh, you just had to wear that pretty short skirt. Now, not only was the destroyed, but the floor boards busted. The only reason you weren't upset about this hold incident doesn't happen very often. Also, Wukong is mortified. He doesn't remember the last time he ever lost control in bed like that. It was just that you were so sexy and with the way your thighs showed themselves peaking, he couldn't help it. You lay from your spot on your bed as you watched your husband fix the floor in your shared home, with a shared blush on your faces.

(NR Wukong) Ohhhhhhhhhh boi, he would have to be braindead from the kind of mating you just did. You may have even fractured his pelvis a bit with how wilded the two of you went. He wouldn't notice the holes on the floor until he was done smoking to packs of cigars. When he got off the bed, that was when he noticed that he stepped into a deep hole, and he instantly paled at the damage. Wukong Quickly woke you up and told you to pack your bags and that you both were going back home now........thank God you rented a hotel for anniversary night as you checked out and basically run out of the hotel in highspeed.

(Netflix Wukong) He was definitely bamboozled by the other night. You both didn't hold back at all. You were sleeping peacefully on his chest while he lay wide awake with a look of shock. He would sideeye you because that's all he can do at the moment. You had Paralyze his entire lower half. He even can't feel his man junk under the sheets. When he looked down at the bed, he saw Medium sized holes from how hard you both wrestled and mated in bed. Wukong didn't know whether to be impressed or glad he somehow survived.

(BMW Wukong) Hey, this is not your fault. You already told him that you would ride him until the wheels fall off. Unfortunately it cost you the floorboards too, when you looked at the damage it was a splinter city down there. Worse of all, Wukong was smug and cocky he got from both the floor damage and the compete numbness of your legs. Wukong would brag and flirt about it for hours, and you couldn't stand it anymore. You lured Wukong in another bedroom but broke him in instead as Wukong screams from, please. Don't worry too much, though he's clearly very into it.

(Destined one) He covered his face in compete and utter shame, especially when you layer bedridden from the previous nights activities. The Destined one can not explain what happened and how it led up to now. One moment, he was sitting in a quiet place. The next morning, he was in bed with you, and now he's naked, confused, and for some reason, he had a massive hangover. The cherry on top was the giant holes in the ground under the bed at 7am in the morning. The Destined one can never have a comeback from this ordeal and now has to ask super uncomfortable questions about himself.

(Lotmk Wukong) THIS WAS TOTALLY YOUR FAULT............but you couldn't help yourself. Wukong was just to cute and cuddly and needy of your Affection and approval, something he doesn't get often. You bit your lip just thinking about it and when you and him got a room together, you just couldn't handle it. You made Wukong head spin and make beautiful noises he never thought he could make, it was like a lucid fever dream and he wished it didn't have to end. It did however end....in fact it ended with one side of the room floors being compete dust and splinters. You were definitely nervous meanwhile Wukong wished he could die of embarrassment with how everything ended.

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[blueraith]

"How could Vi not notice her sister is suicidal?!"

I feel like people who ask this question have a fundamentally immature understanding of depression and suicidal thoughts/actions, and how the two affect people OUTSIDE of the person suffering from these conditions. Perhaps you guys are young, and you don't know how to view this matter outside of yourselves and your own perception, but it is tragically common for people to miss seemingly "obvious" details that lead up to a loved one's suicide. "I didn't notice anything was wrong" is about one of the most common refrains you'll hear after the fact.

Let’s also remember that Vi does not actually know all of Jinx's emotional tells or signs of an impending episode. She is confused each and every time Jinx goes through one and almost always unintentionally triggers her. This because it's been SEVEN FUCKING YEARS since they've seen, spoken to, or lived together.

Neither Jinx or Vi actually know the current versions of each other very well, it's one of the reasons they keep hurting each other, and part of the tragedy of their relationship.

Look, I have depression. I've had it since I was about 15 or so. I can recall self-isolating or worse and assuming my parents or friends or a teacher would notice and rush to my aid or something.

Never happened. Because depression isn't always a very obvious condition. People mask in different ways, and not always with the conscious intention to hide their symptoms. Sometimes, people with depression mask simply because it makes it slightly easier to get through the day. Jinx's case would likely be even more difficult to spot because of the manic side of her condition.

I ended up getting the bulk of my care taken care of as an adult. Mostly because I could finally advocate for myself and I also realized that NO ONE is going to notice the more alarming symptoms of my own depression better than me.

This is not to say that you can't have a support network. Or that members of that support network WON'T spot something you've overlooked from time-to-time.

But Vi is not Jinx's support network. (Arguably Sevika is far better placed for that.) She might have gotten there eventually if Act 2 hadn't ended the way that it had, but that dream of the sisters being able to recreate their lost family was shattered and the progress they were making in getting to know each other halted at Jinx's realization that she needed to leave for Vi to move on.

I don't know, it's like some of you expect everyone in your lives or in other, unrelated media to have a 13 Reasons Why style reaction any time someone shows symptoms of suicidal thoughts or actions, or when one occurs. This is almost an absurd thing to expect out of anyone unfamiliar with what depression or suicidal thoughts actually look like. Like, if you're American, this idea that everyone everywhere is familiar with what a mental health crisis looks like is even more tragically farcical because we can't even admit that poor mental health is an aspect of mass shootings here as a society and culture.

And y'all expect the ex-con stuffed into a box since the age of 15 or so to be able to just instantly spot that her sister--again whose symptoms she's very obviously not familiar with--is going through a crisis event?

Like, damn, no one in this fandom is cut more slack than Jinx, and this entire criticism of Vi makes that more clear than any other. It's a position ironically devoid of any and all empathy, probably because y'all spent it all on Jinx, and assumes a sort of selfishness and coldness towards Vi that is in no way, shape, or form supported by canon.

It's honestly an argument that I dismiss entirely the moment a person attempts to make it. Largely because I am exhausted of how hypocritical this aspect of the famdom becomes towards Vi. Jinx's actions are a large part of the reason Vi sinks into alcoholism. She then proceeds to taunt Vi about it in the mines as if Vi's pain is nothing to her.

I NEVER hear anyone talk about that. It's almost always about how Vi should have done better. How Vi hurt Jinx. How Vi wasn't good enough.

It's some Grade A, Bonafide Bullshit™

Vi and Jinx were never going to ride off into the sunset together. If that is something you thought was going to happen and are now irrationally blaming Vi for because you're disappointed....? I don't know what to tell you. I personally thought it was pretty obvious that they were Doomed Siblings in this storyline and any potential, permanent reconciliation between them may happen in some far off sequel project or not at all.

[9mysterybook6]

Rhylie a you are just crazy about power and you still do your bad deeds

Seriously, you say I'm crazy about authority while you call yourself the queen gacha

And another thing, you are just trying to get followers so that you can cause problems with others.

And you use any method to get more followers

You were Reblogs on your blog a lot of other blogs And you were posting videos from YouTube

And do I have to remind you that you tried to throw your followers at others before, the one that you them you harassed them

You don't deserve any followers, and your blog.

You never changed from the beginning you are still the same bad person

And again, you tried to be friends with the person you harassed.

Didn't I tell you to leave prometheus2007 alone?

Didn't I tell you before not to mention their name on your blog? You have no right to say their name.

Let me talk about something else.

Everyone thought Rhylie had deleted her blog But the truth is she just changed her name

rhylie the queen of gacha community

I find this funny.

This is funny, Rhylie called me before that I thought I was a queen

like I said before I never called myself a queen tumblr or gacha Just like she used to call me While she calls herself the queen

And this was her response to them

And I must say there was a lot of Narcissistic in this post.

And again, imitate other people's posts.

First stop Rhylie

After reading this I see you are the childish person here

You never respected or listened to other people's opinions.

The biggest example of what is Pamit.

You never respected her wishes, her opinion, or listened to her.

but you stalker her and her friends like a creep

And if someone obstructs your path with Pamit.

You will harass them, spread lies about them, and steal their posts and do hate drawings about them.

And I am %100 sure that is did not happen to you with Sergio

You always lie in your stories and events and make yourself the victim

But what about Sergio

Sergio has the right to tell his part of the story.

And I won't be surprised when he tells me the truth about you.

And again look at your actions

Here is the translation

How I look America Sergio's behavior How I'm getting 600 followers while leaving him alone

If I may, do you think I'm incapable of showing intelligence or maturity when responding? I wanted to tell you that I'll stop leaving Sergio and Pami alone while everyone can make fun of solosergiohd while I take a break from making fun of sergio, but zb189 is incapable of reasoning and all he does is create hate memes about me. But I'm going to have 600 followers and Sergio will get more jealous.

Are you kidding me? I asked for an apology for Sergio and not that trash of a post

Again, you are imitating my words to you

zb189 didn't do anything to you, you deserve all this after harassing and bullying people

And again you are still the dirty art thief

Remember guys when I said she doesn't put it on tag so Nobody finds stolen posts that she stole from the other

Surprise she does it again

Like I said when no one is looking or noticing she posts stolen art on her blog to get a lot of followers.

Look at this This is a drawing by braydenhalo.

https://www.deviantart.com/braydenhalo/art/Lila-JollyFox-Smiling-Critters-Oc-1149570688

Like I said, she's still a dirty thief and she's never changed.

Like I said, she does whatever it takes to get followers.

And you know Rhylie previous actions when she has many followers.

Rhylie usually lies about things and presents herself as the victim, then asks her followers to attack, bully, or report her victims.

Rhylie is also trying to get people who don't know her drama to report her and stand by her side after she told and spread lies about the truth.

Rhylie always tries to win the affection of others and sympathy of others so that her blog will not be reported.

And makes herself a pitiful victim

That's why I say spread awareness about Rhylie and I say report her blog.

Because imagined the disaster Rhylie would cause with her followers and the impact Rhylie would have on them, especially minors.

As you know, Rhylie loves stalking and chase minors like a creep.

And you know what's funny, remember this reply?

This is so funny

Aren't you the same person trying to be in a relationship with two girls you know nothing about

Even one of them said her age 18 While telling you your age 21, They do not feel comfortable with your words in a relationship

Then you, stupid, answered

Rhylie: I am 21 years old and a sensitive person Blah blah blah

You are trying to insist on being in a love relationship with two people, and one of them is their age 18 While your age 21!!!!!

This is what I call Pervert

And when you failed to convince them to have a relationship with you

Rhylie started doing drama and crocodile tears.

Rhylie: say you're not the right person for me Blah blah blah Blah blah blah Blah blah blah

Even in the end you tried a guilt trip and a manipulative to get them to be in a relationship with you or at least be by your side

But of course this did not succeed because they know your true nature and your heinous actions.

So Guys remember to spread awareness about Rhylie and report her blog.

So as not to cause too many problems in the future, or Rhylie get more people to target Or do more horrible things

And a message to Rhylie:::: Before you say I am jealous of you As usual just Lie and excuse

This is not true.

I never get jealous of a corrupt person like yourself.

I don't even care how many followers I have.

But at least I respect them and don't use them as tools to attack others like you.

I mean do you see me crying crocodile tears like you and guilt trip like you

Of course not

I'm just telling the truth about you and your harassment of people.

So keep harassing me, bullying me, attacking me, drawing hate on me, And make your followers attack me And spread lies about me and copying my words, Because eventually you will be banned from here.

[thekirammanjinx]

Where did you notice this op? Did you take a survey or do a census? Because this sounds like you're talking out of your ass. Caitlyn is an Asian character not to mention the conflict at hand in arcane is based on CLASS DIFFERENCES.

Are you a poc? Because the way you're wording this doesn't even sound congruent. Even so, issue in arcane is classism, so anything going on would be about CLASS! jinx and vi are WHITE, caitlyn is ASIAN. Stay with me now! I know it gets difficult out there to understand words do have meaning(classism vs racism) not all classism is racism especially when you get to the part where racism is not a factor in arcane/runeterra.

"Yes those things did happen" waiting patiently to see where caitlyn ever hated an entire city. The fact that you have to lie on that for your argument? Which already wasn't valid to begin with. Because again, arcane is based on classism.

Every action caitlyn takes is not fueledd by classism, and especially NOT racism, but her status and privilege allows her to easily put the pieces into play. She didn't gas the chembarons because of jinx. She specifically created her strike force to PREVENT the innocent people of ZAUN from a full scale attack from piltover.(op do you remember that?)

Caitlyn created a small organized strike team to rid zaun of shimmer, a harmful gruesome substance that was forced upon zaunites and it's base/main purpose was to cause harm? Not solely because of jinx... she did it because the chembarons had gone too far unchecked and because jinx, an active terrorist and murderer on multiple counts, remained unaccounted for.

It's also laughable the way you say, "one person did something wrong", is this not how all of yall think when you blame EVERYONE in piltover for what some people did? Jinx actively bombed multiple establishments in piltover for that very reason, did she not? Caitlyn being a target of jinx in s1 despite never causing her harm?

Caitlyn did not actually hate all of zaun though. And the constant downplaying everything jinx did in s1? Everything caitlyn endured because of jinx? Stop trying to take away her trauma by acting like all jinx did was steal candy from her or something. Jinx did a surplus of awful terrorism and traumatizing things.

"I thought you were different" has nothing to do with race, because again WHITE, but also it doesn't even have to do with class. It has to do with caitlyn's world falling apart and the one person who she thought wouldn't betray her has. The one person she thought understood, doesn't.

In this case you genuinely don't understand her character or the narrative at hand. So in this case you have proven the point of your footnote: You don't like her because you don't understand.

I’ve noticed most of caits supporters are white privileged people who’ve never been through any hardship in their life or have faced racism. “I thought you were different” a phrase that has been used against a poc suggesting that their race is bad or dangerous like I like cait but y’all saying she did nothing wrong is crazy. She gassed the undercity? She hated a whole city because one person did something wrong again another thing poc face. Yes she gets better but those things did happen and if she’s your favorite character, you need to realize that. Also sfop with that “you don’t like her cause you don’t understand her character” bullshit. Someone can understand someone and hate them.

[melancholic-pigeon]

@vaspider @mistresskabooms @nerdykeppie I'm the one who's being weird? Me? really? You are absolutely sure you're not the asshole in this situation? You're ABSOLUTELY SURE this was a justified response to my polite confusion?

Wow. I really misread you.

[bumblingbabooshka]

B'Elanna, Neelix, Tuvok and Chakotay needed to star in an episode where they just talked about their different beliefs and approaches to spirituality/religion. Paired off and all together. I need to gain more insight. I need characterization and I need it to be messy.

[rhytmrocket]

hi so uh

i have a playthrough of pokemon shield in which im only using poison types (as soon as i got access to them) and so uh here's my team of dumbass creatures

explained below the cut (left-right, top-bottom), we have:

Bria, a sassy roserade who's kinda just there cuz i like roserade, and is thus a swing slot. functionally, she's kinda just a diet nikki with grass stab who happens to also serve cunt

Chia, a quirky garbodor who's my lead in major battles. she sets up spikes+tox spikes and explodes. the sweetest fuckin thing

Niro, a timid low-key toxtricity who mainly functions as electric stab. he's the resident chill guy who lowkey (heh) doesn't give a fuck

Nikki, a timid haunter who's my special-attacking nuke. she's kinda just Bria +speed, ice coverage, and stab on shadow ball but -grass coverage. but who needs grass coverage. she is a nefarious schemer

Ura, a quiet skuntank who's my physical attacker and main source of coverage. dark stab, flamethrower, dig, and a psychic immunity are quite nice to have. she's a powerhouse in battle and incredibly sleepy out of battle

and Quoisse, a bashful toxapex who stalls and has water stab. also my primary second-choice in double battles cuz blockhaus (i forgot its english name) is cool and it's cooler than protect. ironically, she highkey hates everyone except me

i also have Vic, a bashful toxicroak who shares the swing slot with Bria, but i didn't have space on the canvas to draw him and was too exhausted to do him separately. so i'll draw him later. he's basically just fighting stab and earthquake user since dig isn't really the best ground type option bc it's vulnerable to said eq (which Ura is already weak to) and two turns is a long time. he likes breaking things, such as the bones of steel types (do steel types have bones?)

so yeah those are my dogs :>

[masastiy]

Just my rambling on this topic and an attempt to justify this "bandaid for poor writing", because I don't really see it like this. I don't think I've answered a lot of points that you had made, but just wanted to share my opinion. Also, the way I see Lucanis might not be the right or only one, I understand.

(If you answer this post with more arguments, I don't think I would be able to find the strength to reply you back any time soon, I'm very sorry in advance. I don't mean to be disrespectful, not at all, it's just hard for me to participate in discussions. Ugh, it took me almost a whole day to write this. I guess I just wanted to get it out of my head, it's been buzzing in there for a week.)

Also, if anyone else reads this, sorry in advance to anyone who played non-male Rook. I played as one, so it was natural for me to use respective pronouns.

All right, enough beating over the bush, I should get on with the main topic.

I, too, had my doubts about this romance at first, was unsure whether I should romance him or someone else. The progression with him did seem undercooked to me at first, the lack of !anticipated! ("not what I anticipated" doesn't mean "not right", though) response was almost maddening.

But then "Inner Demons" happened.

This very quest sold him to me utterly and completely, after it I had no intentions of romancing anyone ever again in this game. It explained to me a whole lot about him.

And the line "It's better I stay here than risk losing you" was one of the most important to me. Here is what it says, in my opinion: that he is trying not to get close to Rook, because he fears that he would, without a doubt in his mind, lose him eventually. So, during the first acts, he is just trying not to get involved, not to fall in love (but failing). Hence, in my opinion, his dialogues are not bugged, but he is purposefuly brushing off Rook's advances.

Why can't he outwardly reject Rook if he is afraid to get close to him?

"Old stale fear of disappointment".

I know that this feeling was mentioned in the context of his relationship with Caterina, but this fear definitely encompasses his whole life, it was irrevocably instilled into his cranium since he was little. To add salt to this injury that never healed, he fails to kill Ghillanain: he disappointed himself, he disappointed everyone around him. He is dealing with a lot of disappointment to add more. So he is afraid that, if he rejects Rook, it would make him even more disappointed in him. Moreover, if he rejects Rook, he would hurt him, and that in turn would make Lucanis even more disappointed in himself, add that salt to his already festering injury. He is just stuck in a whirpool of disappointment that he can't even take a breather.

He is afraid of reciprocating Rook's feelings, he is afraid of rejecting them. So, what is left for him?

To ignore them or brush them off with an impassive reply.

Perhaps he was hoping that the principle "If I ignore it, it will go away" might work. He was hoping that if Rook keeps hitting the wall, that if he sees that there is no hope for them sharing a future, Rook's feelings would eventually dwindle. Perhaps he hoped that Rook's feelings would prove superstitial, just Rook having fun at being a flirt, and would let go of them easily. But, to no awail.

That is why "he's just completely missing in Act 2", he had no reason to declare his feelings before he "broke out", so to speak, and allowed himself those feelings.

Anyway, I remember only one moment when he didn't deem Rook with any reply, and it's this one (I also included the "positive" option, because previously I only flirted with him, and now Lucanis' answer cracked me up).

After this I understand all the talk about Lucanis' microexpressions, because, the way he pursed his lips just a tiny bit and furrowed his brows a fraction says a lot, I think. I may be seeing things, but he does have some unique expressions, and this one does seem intentional. Although I understand why such a reaction may seem bugged with a follow up to a neutral response.

Also, here Rook's words sounded rather rhethorical, like they didn't need any reply.

"Yet, I'm still here".

What can you answer to it? "Good"? Too awkward. "I'm glad"? Too personal for Lucanis on that stage of their relationship. For me personally, this particular line just doesn't imply any reply.

Why is he not flustered when he is being flirted by Rook?

Because, I think, that as an assassin, he was trained and is rather skilled in the art of seduction, which is rather obvious in that almost-kiss scene, where it looked like his training kicked in for some reason, and it wasn't the real him. So he is not stuttering when Rook flirts because he sees and understands conventional flirting when it happens, he must have been introduced to it in his training, he must have used it on his targets, because, once again, it comes very natural to him. That is why he understands Rook's intentions - Rook's flirting is on point and obvious. Lucanis sees it and dismisses it. He does have the ability to read the room.

Then why is he flustered when Neve flirts?

Because, to me at least, her "flirting" seems extremely weird. From what I remember from her banter with him, her flirting is half-joking, half-threat, half-compliment in as many sentences. Perhaps it's my own demisexuality and awkwardness speaking, but I suspect a lot of people, even those who are open with their affections, would be at least a bit weirded out, because her intentions are rarely clear. It's like "are you trying to woo me, to insult me, or stab me?" So I wouldn't even call him flustered or embarassed with her, I don't think those are the right words. I'd call him confused and weirded out by her approach. And it shows in his replies to her. From my memory, some of his answers were as following: "I don't even know what to say" and "I was going to say 'thanks', but now I'm not sure". It's not in any way a romantic reply and an attempt to flirt back. At the same time, Rook's intentions are always clear: in his flirting with Lucanis he shows care and admiration, which are easy to catch on.

And to me, this is why the progression with Neve is different. It's easier to joke back and forth, than to face true, suffocating feelings, than to let someone in. It's easier to accept humour and nonchalant approach than sincere care, which Rook provides, since Lucanis seems to be a person who was not used to such thing. I think that he is afraid of true feelings and unpacking the baggage, so he closes off with Rook. But also, this is why, in my humble opinion, his relationship with Neve is never as important to him, as his relationship with Rook (I'm sorry to Nevecanis shippers). It seems more airy, less involved. After all, if you don't romance him, and don't get Inner Demons, he would want to separate from Spite even if he is with Neve.

Probably because he never truly let her in. And because Spite, who is a really important aspect in Lucanis' life, doesn't trust her. It's easier with her, which doesn't mean better.

I do agree that something is missing in his romance, though. Not an important aspect, but still. Like a tiny touch during their second coffee date would have been really appropriate, otherwise that scene with Lucanis howering over Rook seems rather awkward. Also, I'm almost convinced that they had kissed before, because the kiss that they shared during the romance scene doesn't seem like their first. They also should have had at least a tiny talk about Lucanis' inexperience. But other than that, the romance is rather refreshing. I think that it is intentional that way, and that the demisexual prism was there from the very start. Yeah, to some it may seem like it's an attempt to put on a bandaid after the fallout, to close the wound. But just some dialogues from the game say otherwise. Like this one, for example.

As for the concept arts - the scenes that weren't included... I'm not upset that they were cut off. Because my personal first thought, when I saw them, was that Lucanis was acting like some of kind of experienced hero-lover, which contrasts with the way I personally see him. Yeah, that sounds extremely biased, I know. But to me it seemed to be a little off with the whole inexperienced/demi aspect of him. Maybe it's just me, maybe in a relationship he would open up faster, I don't know. As for the scene with the gondola fight, I'm awfully grateful that it was cut off: Lucanis knows that Rook can't swim... yet he still purposefully pushes him into the water? That's a huge red flag for me. On the other hand, Rook can't swim, but still agrees to this dangerous affair? It's irrational. Besides, Rook on the concept is a lithe woman, Lucanis would have little trouble saving her from the water if she was to fall off. But my Rook is the tallest possible, plus-sized qunari... It would be extremely difficult to pull that save off, perhaps even impossible, and that scene's hasard and thoughtlessness would increase tenfold. So, the gondola fight seemes to me rather impossible with the variety of Rooks.

All in all, to me, his romance is one of those slow-burn ones that is affected by the trauma. His just happens to be more closed off because, unlike the characters who you had mentioned, he is also an assassin - let's not forget this ESSENTIAL detail and all the consequences this profession may imply (like, feelings are a liability), topped with a betrayal from someone important.

I just think that demisexuality comes in an abundance of flavors, peppered with various experiences from a partner. Demisexual person and a budding relationship with one is always different, just like any heterosexual, homosexual, and so on, so I don't really understand the comparison with the player's experience. I mean, it seems like you're saying that what we have with Lucanis is not a good representation of demisexuality, but I'd say that there is no appropriate and avowed template for depicting demisexuality, as well as any other relationship. Like, there is no "right way" for dealing with trauma, for example - the way a person dealt with their trauma in a movie might not be similar to the way the vewer of said movie dealt with the same trauma. And it's perfectly normal. The way you, me, or any other demisexual person behave or the way your relationship developed is not the only appropriate way for any other such relationship to develop. If the majority of demisexuals are easily flustered, it doesn't mean that everyone has to be. There is no "right way" to depict demisexuality. So, to me Lucanis seems to be just his own brand of closed-off and inexperienced demisexual.

As someone who is acepec, the whole demi Lucanis debacle just doesn't sit right with me. He has so many dialogues that just cut off suddenly, scenes that feel like they're missing (that missive in Act 2 where he talks about dealing with Spite once and for all that just became a completely different scene with Zara??) All the concept art for the romance that was never explored. The massive difference in relationship progression between Rookanis and Nevecanis in terms of both emotional and physical intimacy.

Lucanis' romance is so clearly incomplete even in a game where the romance arcs are sparse on the whole. His character without the romance feels incomplete as well - we get two or so big moments of characterisation and everything else is just the same scene about coffee repeated as infinitum.

I have no issue with a character being awkward and inexperienced, wanting to take things slow, not recognising flirtation or romantic cues, wanting to figure out their complicated situation before jumping into something. I am that person! It took 6 months after my partner and I acknowledged we had feelings for each other for us to start dating because I was not in the right place mentally to do so. Both of us are demi. Both of us have had very few previous experiences with romantic relationships. But that doesn't preclude a person from understanding or wanting emotional intimacy.

The Lucanis situation does not come across as 'he just doesn't have sexual attraction to Rook yet', it's just complete shutdown of conversation on all fronts (something he does not do with Neve, btw.) I too find flirting scary from people I don't know and agonised over it before my partner and I were together. This is not how he's written. His expressions do not reflect shock or awkwardness when Rook flirts, nor does his tone when he responds. Do you know when he does do this? With Neve right at the start of their banter. And he overcomes that shyness quickly. He just does not acknowledge Rook speaking at all the same way any video game character does when their conversation tree is bugged, the game decided to cut some response dialogue and just transitioned directly into the neutral follow-up line. He isn't rejecting emotional intimacy because of Spite and the Ossuary prison because during the ambient dialogue it's clear he's sharing that emotional intimacy with Neve waaaaay before Rook helps him.

I just want more of his writing. Where is he and his character in this story? He's so incredibly inaccessible to us. And I know people will say that characters do not have to be emotionally available to the player (which is true! A great example of this working well is Vivienne, who is warm but not directly open if befriended.) But that should then be a consistent character trait, and it's clearly not. In fact, Lucanis is incredibly declarative about his feelings for Rook romanced or not once you hit Act 3, he's just completely missing in Act 2. Which to me is a flaw in the game's structure. And that 'missing-ness' is being read as demisexuality instead of 'hey this character's writing is actually incomplete and needs restructuring and additional scenes.' Those additional scenes could very much be as awkward and non-romantic in tone as you please, but we needed more of them. Have Lucanis visit Treviso more often to do things other than drink coffee. Have him visit other locations as well! Teach Rook how to cook a local dish, the gondola fight we saw in the concept art. Deciding after the game's poor reception that a character who is clearly only 3/4s of a character, who is lacking in so much characterisation, is the demi character? That feels bad man. Demi characters should be written with just as much care and attention, should get to express themselves in as wide a variety of circumstances, show us more of themselves and how they interact with the world. The reality is that Lucanis has the weakest romance arc in the game, and posthumously attributing that to demisexuality feels like an indictment of acespec people's ability to read the room and express emotional intimacy rather than a true attempt at representing us.

Just as Cullen's heterosexuality and preference for elves and humans is in fact a game development constraint rather than a character writing decision, and Solas' heterosexuality was a result of running out of dev time to record voice lines and re-rig cutscenes, I think we should be able to acknowledge that this version of Lucanis is not a good representation of his character in multiple ways. And that is due primarily to the development cycle rather than writerly intention.

We've had beautiful slowburn romances that were also deeply affected by character trauma throughout the Bioware series. Lucanis' is (in its present state) not one of them. Leliana, Cullen, even Alistair. I think using demisexuality or even slowburn as an 'excuse' for Lucanis' incomplete character isn't a useful way to think about his writing.

Note: This post is purely about quality of writing wrt emotional intimacy. I have zero issue with virgin Lucanis and think that fits his wider writing. I also don't wish Lucanis to be someone he's not - Zevran or Davrin or some other flirty/dommy archetype. I just don't like the casual conflation of awkwardness and inexperience with asexuality. These things do go together but also I don't think we should use demisexuality as a bandaid for poor writing because it reflects poorly on our understanding of ourselves and the community.

[thesmokinpossum]

Didn't felt like mentioning it immediately but shoutout to my sick and twisted brain for getting so triggered by an unexpected Christmas parade that I ended up havin the absolute worst panic attack of my entire life (potentially the only real one? I've had a couple other episodes I thought of as panic attacks but they were not even close to that so who knows) to the point where I spent the very last day of my 30th year on this earth in the ER, good times, good times 😊

[naamahdarling]

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[unluckycactus]

Before I reply there's something I must clarify: I never said the deal was about transmigration, tho? I just said deal.

I didn't put the word transmigration anywhere, and I specifically talked about reincarnation only the whole time in my first post.

Not sure where you got the transmigration bit about, but this just serves to point out how we all interpret things differently!

Anyways!

You're correct in the fact it hasn't been outright stated that LSH was offered a deal at the time of his death. After all, we solely got CJS' pov through CH.

However, just because we didn't get a word-for-word retell of it, doesn't mean it didn't happen.

It can be truth or not until proven otherwise, simply because in this novel a lot of things happen off-screen or are not revealed before time, but nothing happens without a reason.

Examples of this: the apocalypse on Earth 1, KRS' abilities, ogCale's character inconsistency in general (and boy don't we all know how long it took us to know the truth 🫠), Choi Jung Gun and his multiple identities and so on.

What makes me inclined to believe LSH did get a deal offer is the following trail:

CJS & LSH both made deals in the afterlife. This is canon and confirmed.

If i remember correctly, it is around 423-426 when Cale meets LSH in his dream and gives him embrace. LSH confirms that both CJS and himself made a deal to pass on an ability.

Of course, later on we get to know this deal was LSH's way of earn merit and earn his memories in his reincarnation.

But, to me, it's the fact he got the chance what matters.

LSH's words to Cale during their meeting.

'There are times when gods make mistakes.'

'I didn't die in your place. I died while running wild. Got it?'

In my interpretation of things:

There are times when gods make mistakes = Death fucked up.

I didn't die in your place = dont blame yourself for it.

Which complements with what we saw during CJS' memories about not being CJS time to die yet.

So it can be inferred that maybe, MAYBE, LSH got a similar speech.

I reiterate this is just my interpretation of things and I am no know-it-all, nor do I claim my knowledge is absolute or irrefutable because that's just not true.

Also. You actually brought up my next point yourself!

None of the old Team 1 members (who died in the same day as them) sans CJS & LSH got the chance to make any kind of deal. Not to pass an ability. Nada.

Given all that is why I have interpreted the novel the way I have. I can be wrong ofc, the novel will show me in due time.

Now, as to why I assume GoD fucked LSH over. It is because of the following track record:

GoD made a deal with both CJS and LSH so they would each transfer one of their bilities to a person of their chosing.

LSH confirms that GoD deliberately didn't tell CJS that Choi Han would see his memories and his death in order to earn said ability.

In CH's POV we see GoD admitting to CJS that he didn't even ask his ancestors for consent before transporting them to Nameless 1

The contents of CJS' deal were laughable. GoD essentially just said 'oh boy it's not your time yet, i usually don't ask for permission, but yadda yadda would you wanna live in another world?'

The state of said world shone by its absence during GoD's description.

Following that behavioral pattern we got KRS!Cale own consentless transmigration.

GoD essentially scammed CH out of a good chunk of his lifespan for no reason.

It is true CH did make a deal himself. However, the reason why I label it as a scam is because... doesn't that deal become pointless after Part 2?

CH made that deal to enter the SG's test. Which was taking place in a different world.

And what does everyone in Part 2 do? World hopping.

Sure. Cale and his group do have limitations and constraints when traveling worlds, but no one got robbed the way CH did to make that happen.

You'd think at least the Elves who have long lifespan would have to adhere to similar conditions, but nope!

I know CH is happy and all about his deal cos now his lifespan matches Raon's but ??? GoD ??? what do you have to say for yourself???

So,,, yeah. All that, along with other details that I'm certainly forgetting rn, is why my faith in GoD is at rock bottom and I'm unable to believe he's not fucking LSH over.

Yet again, this is all just my interpretation and opinion based on of all the above tho. Opinion is subjected to change as soon as confirmed information comes out in the novel.

If anything, I want the deets from the author to revisit this at some point and see what did I get right

When I think the God of Death can't get worse I remember that bro offered Lee Soo Hyuk a deal, got turned down, and then he decided to fuck up Lee Soo Hyuk in the afterlife for absolute no reason.

Cos GoD can (and has) gone out of his way to make stuff happen before, but for some reason he got a very stick-to-the-book, migration-agent-like attitude when it came to LSH's reincarnation.

I guess GoD couldn't really do anything when it comes to Choi Jung Soo cos wanderer privilege™ but the change in treatment is very sus.

And before anyone tells me "nah, that's reaching a bit---" let's remember this guy has a track record of kicking people from their homeworlds without consent (CJG, CH, Cale) so I don't put it past him to do it out of sheer pettiness.

No but seriously, it's so weird how he's willing to bend rules for other ppl but he's an asshole to LSH. I really need a reason for that cos ??? I don't believe in that 'sticking to the rules' bullshit

Allow me to flesh out this idea, in case you missed the point:

The whole thing this is about is how GoD went from 'yadda yadda make a deal with me pls' to 'yeah you're a reincarnator but there's bureaucracy™, so have your own version of the herculean tasks and let's talk about it later' with LSH and LSH only.

And the whole reason I'm bringing it up is because, unless GoD planned to fuck him over like that from the get-go, his attitude is very ???

Didn't LSH help defeat the WS anyways? Or we're just gonna ignore the fact LSH essentially gave Cale a spatial pocket dimension of his own, which allowed Cale kill WS at his own pace 🤷🏻‍♀️

"Oh but that's bc LSH needed to gather merit!" And what was the game plan in the case LSH took the deal instead of dying on KRS' behalf? <<< THAT'S where I'm getting at.

Whether he took the deal or not, LSH was required to help take down WS anyways. The only difference is that the second time was practically demanded of him, but the first time it wasn't 🤨

And that's the point. The rules changed. Like,, GoD pretended to skip said reincarnation bureaucracy once but then backtracked and conveniently became a rule-oriented guy?? Talk about lack of consistency.

You can argue "well, it's because the first time is a deal!" as if LSH couldn't just strike a deal after being dead lol

Let's not pretend the GoD's deals are some exclusive VIP shit, bro does them so often that the concept has devalued a lot over time.

[forcebookish]

one of the things that has me nonstop thinking about topmew is that they're actually a very unique type of couple in fiction but not in real life. in most fiction, people are always falling in love by accident. they meet, circumstances put them together, they're caught by surprise when they fall in love. but though both top and mew had never been in love before and didn't totally know what to expect, it wasn't a complete shock. they met through a mutual friend, they found each other attractive and interesting, so they decided to date. they fell in love because they went on dates and did romantic things together on purpose. i think neither of them expected to fall so hard, but still, the point of dating is to see if you're compatible and fall in love and maybe build a life together. and that's what they did.

i don't think that makes them boring, i think that makes them relatable! i think that makes them stand out from other fictional couples! you know, people claimed they wanted more realistic BLs, but for some reason when topmew came along, a ship based on a real life gay couple, they didn't like them?

[ourceliumnetwork]

it is not slacking off to write or create it is not slacking off to do things that are fun i am not slacking off or procrastinating right now i'm allowed to do things i enjoy doing for fun including playing games and writing and such

[david-watts]

sitting here overheating because my room really does get super fucking hot in the late afternoon and takes fucking forever to cool down. but it got me thinking about how damn I used to never get dressed during the day during the summer even though I really wanted to. and it was because my m*ther never bought me clothes that were wearable when it's twenty degrees plus, sunny, and as humid as it gets here. and if she did it wasn't for wearing everyday. like poverty is one factor in that but seriously I straight up didn't have enough regular clothing to last a week, especially since I wasn't allowed to wear a shirt more than once and trousers/skirts thrice without washing. that and I was rarely able to choose outfits out for myself either.