#fictional character btw

[sylvyspritart]

Rest in peace Hieda no Akyuu According to Touhou lore, Hieda no Akyuu cannot become older than 30 She was canonically born in 1994, so now in 2024, 30 years have passed

[bigboobyhalo]

the anger inside of me

[am3ya]

the issue with shipping aro/ace characters isn't putting them into relationships, it's the fact that no one adds how their sexuality impacts the relationship at large. And how it'll always be different from your average romantic relationship in some way.

[styrofauxm]

look. i'm sorry. really sorry for not just letting this die. but it bugs me. so suffer i guess.

If I saw a canonically trans character and said "well I prefer to write them as cis" people would be pissed at me, for good reason.

If I saw a canonical trans woman/man character and wrote them as a demigirl/boy and said "while the show just says she/he's trans, not that she/he's a trans woman/man" people would be pissed at me, also for good reason.

If a character was directly implied to be trans, and the creator confirmed later that they were meant to be trans, and I went "well it wasn't said explicitly in the show so it's not canon," people would be pissed at me, for good reason.

If the majority of a fandom did those things, we could collectively agree that the fandom is really transphobic.

You can sub this out for any queer identity with mainstream representation, and probably non-queer identities too.

So why is it considered acceptable to do these things to aspec characters?

Why are ships contrary to aspec identities the only ships against a character's canon queer identity that get popular?

Why are aspec people the only ones that get consistent ship discourse over our real identities?

Why are aspec people the only ones asked to sit back and take it?

Why is it on aspec people to not ruin allo people's fun in fandom, but allo people are allowed to ruin ours?

(The answer to all of the above is: aspec identities are viewed by other queer people as functionally straight and are treated as such)

[mjulmjul]

Katya / Goncharov

[stellaluna33]

Here is something I believe very sincerely: You can understand why a character made a certain decision and feel love and compassion for them- and still agree wholeheartedly that their decision was a mistake and even morally WRONG. These things do not contradict each other. Love does not equal agreement.

You can also believe that a character made mistakes that resulted in certain consequences- without this meaning that you "hate" them! Still feel LOVE and compassion for them, understand where they're coming from, and want healing and better things for them. These things do not contradict each other. Criticism does not equal Hate.

And I believe this about real people too.

[thestrangesthell]

Here’s an idea: if you think fiction affects reality so much that you feel a need to send death threats (a criminal offence btw) to people over the fictional characters they choose to ship, maybe you shouldn’t be on the internet.

You know, since the very thought of these fictional characters being paired together makes you lash out at real, physical, living people. Even though fictional characters cannot be hurt. Maybe talk to someone about why that is.

Just a thought.

[hiimcanadia]

There's a lot of posts out there reminding people that they don't have to respond to every stupid post they see but I feel like it's worth saying that you also don't have to finish reading the post once you've realized it's stupid. Easily one of my favorite things about the internet is the ability to get like two sentences into a post and go "actually I think you're wrong" and then just stop reading.

[comfort-character-central]

If there is one thing to keep in mind when it comes to you and your f/o, it is that they would undoubtedly love you, exactly as you are. As you are, right now, are good enough. In fact, your f/o would be the luckiest individual on this entire planet, in this entire galaxy to even be around or with you. Being in your f/o's life would be a privilege for them, a wonderful one at that.

[keikeichi123456]

zosan but imagine a day where sanji finally gets a GOOD picture for his wanted poster, it captures his beauty in the best way possible and it unintentionally spawns a MASSIVE fanbase full of women and men alike

at first sanji is on cloud nine, he gets so much attention from the 𝓵𝓪𝓭𝓲𝓮𝓼 thats its kinda overwhelming

then his fans start getting more and more bold, being so obsessed that it’s starting to affect his crewmates as well which he feels extremely guilty about

its gets to a point where there are stalkers after him, crossing his boundaries but thats where zoro steps in

at first it didnt seem like zoro cared too much for his fans but zoro is of course really jealous that the fans are hogging all of sanji’s attention but he stays silent cuz it’s not his place to tell the cook what to do until it starts to endanger sanji

zoro protects him as best as he can the entire time but sanji only realizes this when he basically gets kidnapped by some stalkers (he couldn’t say no okay they were beautiful ladies ☹️) and zoro does everything in his power to save him

no wonder zoros been hanging around him so closely lately, he thought the marimo was jealous turns out he was actually just worried (and jealous too but sanji doesn’t need to know that)

bada bing bada boom zosan kiss and then happily ever after

[anobsessedchocolatechip]

*points at my favorite character* I never said he was a GOOD person I said he was my favorite person

[hildegardladyofbones]

One of the best things about Disco Elysium by far is that it does not fear ugly women. The world is full of ugly men, but ugly women are so hard to come by.

[wraithee]

Imagine if Aziraphale runs heaven like the bookshop and he’s just hanging out doing absolutely nothing but shuffling papers around to look busy while keeping inconsistent office hours and tracking Crowley back on earth all day long and stress snacking, and that’s what ends up ruining heavens plans for the second coming.

[smaeemo]

I hate that every man Im attracted to in TV is a middle aged white man, and that every comfort character is an awkward probably autistic queer coded freak

[beanghostprincess]

i'm aware that due to luffy's more cheerful personality and looks, a lot of people might find it weird to picture him in sexual situations. especially since most of us see him as aroace (as if aroace people couldn't have sex or be in love but, y'know, that's for another time) and it's completely understandable to not feel comfortable around sexual stuff if you don't like it with this specific character. however, being uncomfortable around that type of content and infantilizing luffy's character to the point that you consider it problematic or wrong to put him in romantic/sexual situations is too much and you should let people enjoy characters however the fuck they want. if you don't like something just scroll and ignore it, but don't try to make everyone follow your own moral compass and likes because we're all different and luffy is just a fictional character.

people often forget he's the captain of a pirate crew. he's mature and has critical thinking and if seeing a cheerful/cute character instantly makes you assume he deserves to be "protected" from sex/romance, you are: infantilizing his personality (that may or may not be neurodivergent coded, but that's another story), villainizing sex and romance instead of just seeing those as something you don't personally enjoy but should let other people consume, and using being aroace as a shield from the real world and a stereotype instead of actually being inclusive and truly seeing him as aroaspec. friendly reminder that aroaspec people can have sex and be in romantic relationships because it's a spectrum. that's the whole thing about it. it's understandable to not be comfortable around sexual situations with a character you don't perceive as sexually active, but that doesn't mean it's wrong to write him that way. let people do whatever they want with their idea of luffy and have fun!

[throwawayasoiafaccount]

btw what theon went through is what thousands upon thousands upon thousands of slaves still go through in essos. so, do you still feel pity for the slavers that were crucified? do you still pity the slavers killed when daenerys freed the unsullied?

i ask these questions, and yet i know that there are still many people who believe that the violence against the slavers wasn’t justified, or believe that it was simply “too much” or “not fair.” truly… what an insane hill to die on.

maybe these people should spare more empathy for the formerly enslaved instead of wasting time making up excuses (that are not supported by the text) for why the slave masters' deaths were somehow not justified 🫶