#and the 'are video games homophobic' video

[average-mako-enjoyer]

At least when people who like Kaidan call him soft, they don't follow it with the words "basic man" and "generic noodle".

If you go to a Kaidan lovers section of this site, for example, you won't see anyone calling him "soft boy," "basic man," and "generic noodle" in a positive way.

And no, I'm not saying you're homophobic, I'm saying you're repeating the same rhetoric as the people who are

Again, I'm not saying you hate Kaidan, I'm saying you use the same derogatory language as the people who hate Ashley, the people you call out for their misogyny, and that's very common in this fandom, and I find it concerning.

I'm not saying you're just like them, I'm saying that this kind of language is very familiar to anyone who's ever seen these people talk about anyone other than what they consider to be an alpha male.

And this really isn't about Kaidan at all, it's just about the choice of language.

I don't think I'm being allergic here.

I never called you misogynistic. I very clearly said that it's not about this character at all. I kept saying that the combination of your and the next poster's tags read a certain way.

I explained very clearly why it reads that way to me (and not just to me, it turns out).

what I was saying is that the same people you're talking about who make ugly comments about Ashley then immediately turn on Kaidan and use your language to describe why there are some "better", "real" romances.

They call him boring, they call him a whiner, a softboi, and a noodle, which is derogatory. They basically call him a sissy and a faggot. And you kind of go along with that.

That's all.

I'm not being nitpicky, I'm just trying to explain my logic as I see it based on things I keep seeing in and out of this fandom. If you can't see my point, well, okay. Happens.

I wasn't trying to insult your character or call you out, but I find it pretty sad that you completely ignore my points and see it as both me insulting you personally and me trying to defend a fucking video game character. Maybe I wasn't clear enough, but I really don't know what words I should have used to be clearer.

And yeah, "and that’s all it took for you to come on to my post and say I’m being misogynistic" is not true and you're completely twisting my words. All I said was, "What is it with people and pitting two evil bitches against each other?"

Let's leave it at that.

The way I have to make sure I don’t get on Mass Effect tiktok because they ALWAYS end up hating on Ashley is so annoying. I swear people played the og Mass Effect once, killed Ashley during that play through and just never thought about her again besides miss remembering her comments.

How many times do I have to say it people. ‘I can’t tell the Aliens from the animals’ is triggered by being around Keepers. In universe there is a on going conversation about what the hell the keepers even are so while her comment is in poor taste she isn’t talking about any sentient being.

The ‘Bear Vs Dog’ monologue is a metaphor where humans are the dogs and the person is the Council. Her point is that the council would throw humans under the bus in a heartbeat and Oh, come ME3 she is completely right.

If you bring her along to the conversation with the  terra firma guy she makes it extremely clear that she doesn’t like them in anyway, even before she gets character development. She the hates her grandfather being used by them and strongly opposes them uses his history to promote their racist messages.

ALL the teammates in the og Mass Effect said dumb shit. Garrus in particular makes some shity comments. Because a group of random wildly different characters that start off distrusting each other but grow to love one another like family is a huge part of all the games.

But oh, Ashley is a woman so she gets to die while the boring soft boy gets to live.

[unclerippuascension]

people be like "oh its so sad that matpat is no longer making stuff on youtube" meanwhile i'm over here like

[thefreshprinceofjunes]

Do you remember before? We stood facing each other on opposite sides of that door. Now we stand side-by-side. Let's go home together this time.

[joseigamer]

Persona 2: Homophobia Simulator (2011)

Bonus:

[k-wame]

Richard Brake as Dean Portman & Al Weaver as Mark "Kid" Dantalian DOOM (2005) · dir. Andrzej Bartkowiak · Action · Sci-Fi · Horror

[soft-witcher-club]

I feel like people are forgetting that Link and Sidon are fictional characters that you can still ship together even if Sidon is engaged, remembering it's an arranged marriage.... Also do you know bisexuality exists?

[dreamingalto]

I absolutely love how in this new Dan and Phil Games era, they are making up for all the gay jokes they couldn't make previously. Like it has to be averaging at least 3 to 4 gay jokes a video.

[mabaris]

that stupid comicbook.com article and also fan response in general to the companion romance situation annoys me so bad for the sole reason that everyone acts like the only people in the game are the pc and playable companions

[labyrynth]

het shippers wanna be marginalized sooo bad

they genuinely seem to think that being called boring constitutes discrimination and that “x character’s sexuality is never made explicit!! they’re ALLOWED to be STRAIGHT!” is a revolutionary sentiment to put under m/m and f/f posts

and then if you mention queer coding they accuse you of homophobia bc “stereotypes” and if you mention that YOU’RE queer they accuse you, a human person, of being bad representation, or of fetishizing sexuality

wild

[limielle]

nothing makes me more mad than when david gaider tweets lmfaoooo

[streetfarterturdstrike]

SNK fans are sooooo terrified Capcom might have race swapped Blue Mary (they didn’t) meanwhile King is literally a white washed Grace Jones

[thefreshprinceofjunes]

[arcenergy]

Do youi think they explored each other's bodies

[spacedlexi]

is anybody else out there still creating twdg fanworks 😭📢 where is everyone please dont say reddit i cant go back there

[leverage-ot3]

White and mrow for the ask game! You are a celebrity to me in the leverage fandom and have motivated me to rewatch at least twice. Hope you have luck in finding something!

OKAY I get the touch grass thing 😭 so I technically post 2+ times a day because of my insanely stacked queue but I’ve actually been hyperfixating on like 7 different fandoms on the dl these past few months so I haven’t been engaging as much as I used to but I promise I’m still here and leverage is part of my core character!!!

also y’all probably don’t understand how much things like that mean to me 🥺 like the leverage fandom is so much smaller than fandoms like marvel or supernatural or even wwdits or ofmd but I’d like to think I take part of facilitating a place where people who love leverage can find each other and entertain each other

I truly cherish each and every one of you dearly 💖💖💖

[lakesbian]

how am i supposed to do Tasks in an Efficient Manner. when alec being so so bad at punching is living in my head