#is it that the main character is black

[youareinacomawakeup]

fucking HUUUUUUH

THE FUCK YOU MEAN STATIC SHOCK IS "RATED R"

THE FUCK YOU MEAN STATIC SHOCK IS "RATED R"

WALMART YOU GOT SOME FUCKING EXPLAINING TO DO

[foreverrryourssss]

Aries in fall 🍁

[5qu1dink]

PRETEND ITS STILL THE 20TH

50 years of the moaner !!

[umblrspectrum]

hi heres art so you pay attention to me now go read the tags

[attyrocious]

My piece for @1000sunnyyears zine. You can download the zine for free over here.

[femininedating]

Princess Treatment is all I accept.

[ricky-mortis]

Webby design <3

Sketch of hair design under the cut

It’s shaved like that on both sides!

[mollysunder]

The thing I never got about the fan reaction to Mel and Jayce's relationship (in general) is that people were incensed on Jayce's behalf that Mel used him for political gain, but like... that's what happens when the government sponsors your research. Obviously the funding mechanisms aren't the same because Piltover is an oligarchy where civic functions such as the Enforcers and even Zaun's ventilation system are privately funded instead of through a common pool of taxpayer money, but the purpose is the same, which is to benefit from the conclusions drawn from the results of the research.

I don't understand how anyone in the audience could be shocked or angry that when Mel, a high ranking representative of Piltover’s government, chose to invest in hextech it wasn't clear that she and Piltover would benefit. And it's not like this foreign concept to Jayce, he was originally being SPONSORED by the Kirammans', which is almost the same relationship except it's more explicitly private to the Kirammans' benefit, but I didn't see any pitchforks out for Tobias and Cassandra.

It's just such a double whammy headache to end up reading posts where Mel is hypervillainized while Jayce is practically infantilized because as an adult man in his 30s he simply can't understand complex relationships or make his own decisions. The way some fans have been offended on Jayce's behalf straight up erases any agency or even intelligence he has.

[fantasykiri5]

Imp and Skizzzzz!!

They’re hivewings, of course!!

[housederiva]

The amount of people I have seen say ‘well obviously I'm picking Harding for the end choice, there's no way I'm losing Assan’

Are you forgetting this a whole Davrin attached to that bird

[roachliquid]

Man. It really bites seeing Maximus (from the Fallout series) be so heavily overlooked by the fandom, when he is such a well-written character. Bar none, he's one of the best fictional examples I have ever seen of someone raised in a high-control group.

The Brotherhood of Steel, in their entirety, are given all the classic traits of a cult or HCG. They boast about having these grandiose ideals, all of which revolve around controlling other people's behavior. They use those same ideals to justify abusing lower-ranking members, implying all the while that it serves some greater good. And despite their supposedly rigorous beliefs, they're happy to turn a blind eye to unsanctioned abuse - because it serves the same purpose of keeping people "in their place".

Then we're introduced to Maximus - a young man who has made the mistake of taking those ideals seriously, but due to the environment he's been trapped in, was never taught how to act on them in a real and meaningful way. And in the process of figuring that out, he fucks up. (He fucks up a lot, because the Brotherhood wouldn't dare teach him anything that might help him function without their support.) But he genuinely wants to do the right thing, and we see that come through time and again as he slowly learns how to be his own person.

And yet, even with all that growth under his belt, getting away from the group isn't that simple. Because, like any high control group worth its salt, the Brotherhood doesn't want you to leave. Sure, they'll threaten to kick you out (or in this case, kill you) - because it keeps you in line. But they'd much rather have you under their thumb, so he still has to deal with the threat of getting sucked back in.

As a cult survivor, I rarely see people like me depicted accurately in the media. We're almost always either scheming sadists or helpless barefoot victims - you rarely see a nuanced depiction of how a regular person, with both good intentions and the skills needed to get away, can still end up trapped in that kind of group. Maximus is an incredible example of how that can play out, and I hope more people come to appreciate both him as a character and how well that dynamic was handled.

[stonnedparrott]

Every time I read a Non-Magic AU where there's no substitute for Remus's lycanthropy, an angel loses it's wings

[foreverrryourssss]

[feminineenergylife]

I am that girl 🖤

[hinamie]

he will stop fighting back when i try to draw him if i practice enough (coping)

[eastgaysian]

'is gortash brown actually based on some features of his appearance if you squint' you guys are . So close to cracking the code on how deeply fundamentally hostile the fantasy of dungeons and dragons is to people of color