Aimsey: I'm not effected by Minecraft, what are you on about? You're crazy.
[Video cuts to Aimsey sitting in a corner screaming]
Aimsey: You guys think a Mine– a block game is gonna make me sad?
[Video cuts to Aimsey sitting in a corner screaming again]
Aimsey: You're crazy! [Sniffles, holding back tears] No, you're cra– no, you're crazy! You're crazy! [Sniffs] Anyway, um– [Laughs]
(loudspeaker in hand, standing on a high surface) sleep token made a music video entirely about two women having sex without leaning into the male gaze. sleep token's choir (which includes a *woman of color*) has been with them since their very first album. sleep token recently put their choir in entirely new outfits (including masks which show the bottom half of their faces, corsets, and one of them in a sheer shirt with her cloak open). sleep token recently put their choir on a huge platform so the audience is forced to look at them. sleep token's bassist and guitarist, iii and iv respectively, regularly interact with the choir on stage. sleep token, a decently well known metalcore band, has a woman of color in it. vessel and iv from sleep token both regularly post and tag the choir on instagram
people making videos about how devs decided to make companions bi/pan in DA4 'cause of BG3. because it's unheard of for DA to have done that before after all. never happened.
To be clear I am not trying to gloat about knowing things other people don't, but ngl I am genuinely surprised so many people were just completely unaware of the fact that Hbomberguy is bisexual cuz like...he is not subtle about it at all.
We can't theorize (with reasonable suspicion) that kerry is actually just repressed and gay, not bisexual, but it's acceptable to ship kerry with a female V regardless of wether he wanted that or not.
It just feels hypocritical to chastise me for apparent bi erasure when I have valid reasons to believe he's actually gay, when no one bats an eye when ppl ship him with female V. Regardless of his actually sexuality, he said no. And if him being bi is relevant to how we talk abt and represent his sexuality, then his consent matters in how we talk about and represent him.
Too bad RTD's entire filmography is crazy biphobic. Man don't give a fck about bi representation.
while i have only actually watched doctor who and casanova and this video essay i feel kind of pretty safe dying on the hill that he does care a lot about queer rep (bi rep included) he's just, like.. unhinged about it. refuses to make it palatable. i think it's fair to say that the rep he makes doesn't resonate with every bi person or can perpetuate biphobic stereotypes but i think it's also fair to say that he did a lot for pioneering it in the first place. i never watched torchwood but if every main character's kissing a guy and a girl on screen there then like, i do think this is something that matters to him
ernst 'i went to a judas priest concert at 13 and got exactly the same rush of a sermon with none of the guilt so i decided religion is a scam' lindholm.
ernst 'i raised my kids to embrace music and the arts to self-actualize instead of tearing holes in themselves via doctrine' lindholm
So, like, I agree playersexuality in RPGs can be limiting from a storytelling/character depth/character agency/etc standpoint, and that is very true.
But also, I don't want to have to be a guy to romance the characters I want to romance.
I mean, thankfully mods for Bastila and Handmaiden and Morrigan and Cassandra exist, but honestly, if it's a choice between the most appealing lady being straight or being playersexual, I'd take playersexual every goddamn time.
This does not mean playersexuality is a superior choice from a writing or game design standpoint, far from it.
But if it means I get romance the female character that I like the most for that, I prefer it personally, in the games I play.