#misrepresented morally grey

[misrepresentedmorallygrey]

The Finals for Misrepresented Morally Grey are here!

In One Corner, we have the Super School Subject: Math!

And in the Other Corner, we have the Supposed Morally Pure "Girlboss" from the Morally Grey Murderer Series, MILGRAM; Yuno Kashiki!

[morallygay]

So yeah like i said: girlboss

[bitter-sweet-coffee]

Sounds so much clearer when you put it like that. It's not overly sappy,but it's also not a problematic ship! Good to know

hi anon thank you but please never ever use the word “problematic” again. please. i am not being aggressive or condescending, and i don’t just mean this just in terms of my posts. rant incoming, don’t take it personally i promise i’m not mad at you.

please, everyone reading this, STOP using “problematic” to unironically describe pieces art. there are better words.

if a ship is abusive, as in, depicts an actual form of abuse that you can match to the real legal and psychological definitions of abuse, call it an ABUSIVE ship. not problematic.

if a ship is something that a lot of people write poorly, in a way that glorifies abusive behaviour, call it a POORLY WRITTEN abusive ship.

if a ship contains something like an imbalanced power dynamic or significant age gap that is intended to be negative, call it a PREDATORY ship.

ultimately, when people use the word “problematic” they are reducing an entire conversation about form, content, and immersion, to an inappropriate bastardization of what it means to engage with art. you are LITERALLY fucking with the integral structure of the art-artist-audience relationship which transcends all mediums.

if a ship at its core is flawed, then say that.

if a ship is portrayed in an intentionally unhealthy way, as this is part of the message an artist wants to convey, then SAY THAT AND DON’T EQUATE THE ARTIST TO THE CONTENTS OF THEIR WORK! rather, engage in a discussion about how this can develop characters or tie into larger themes. alternatively, you can discuss the approach the artist used, how you view their methods, and state your opinion on how effective you find the outcome to be.

and most importantly, if a ship is written poorly because the author unintentionally glorifies morally grey or even immoral behaviour… this is still not problematic. it is inevitable, because everything that exists is capable of being misinterpreted or misrepresented. do not attack a person for what they do not know, instead, use this as an opportunity for an educative dialogue. or just block them idgaf

the moral of this response: please, if you find yourself using the word problematic, stop. think about what you actually mean to say. do not generalize, because that’s how you get art which depicts and endorses immorality equated to “someone’s au that i saw on twitter made sonic an alcoholic which promotes underage drinking, and i want them to leave the internet before they poison the innocent minds of children and trigger a bunch of recovering addicts” when these are not NEARLY the same thing.

shadow and infinite are morally flawed, as everyone is. you can write them being abusive. you can write them being so abusive that it borders on snuff. you can also woobify them and ruin their characters in the process. or, you can do what i do and throw in a bit of everything with a splash of insane lore and references to other media. BECAUSE THIS IS HOW FICTION WORKS!

fiction is a sandbox. you can build a castle, draw a dick in it, flood it with water, eat the sand, craft it into glass, shit on it, or leave without contributing anything. but regardless of what you do, it is a sandbox. don’t reduce it to just what one person did with it.

[fantasyinvader]

I think I just reached a point of numbness with this whole thing. It just comes down to the fact these localizers saw the original script and for some reason decided to alter it. They tried to make Edelgard a hero in line with the rest of the game, that her route is all about the power of friendship and all that jazz... except they should have known that wasn't what the game was saying.

I think about the end of White Clouds, where Edelgard tells Byleth that she wishes Byleth could have been swayed by her words and actions. In the English, she says she WOULD have done anything for that to happen, but in the Japanese she admits she was trying to sway Byleth. It's the game admitting that whatever she said to Byleth in that route, she was attempting to manipulate them which backs up with Jeralt says earlier when he met the Flame Emperor. Her words were meaningless because they were never truthful.

Oh, right. They also changed Cornelia's “We thought Edelgard was dancing to our tune, but really she made us dance to hers” to just saying that Edelgard was their puppet in order to downplay the manipulation, but to try and downplay “Edelgard was tricked by a bunch of racist goth assholes into killing Rhea” by making the Church needs to be “rehabilitated” rather than restored.

And then there's her S support, where she says that up until that point she was walked the path of hadou. That's her saying she has used her power to impose her will on others, it's not meant to be a good thing. S supporting her reveals to the player that they chose to side with a tyrant after the route made it very clear that Edelgard lies and keeps her allies in the dark about what's really going on. But the localizers saw this and changed it to her walking a solitary path instead, invoking sympathy rather than smacking the players in the face with the cold hard truth. This leads into how that ending is supposed to reveal that Edelgard's reforms were designed to push people to be “independent” in the sense she wants them to self-reliant in spite of her big speech to Rhea. Her reforms invoke the same ideals she spouts to Dimitri in Moon, so instead it's changed to her striving for a “free and independent” people (Just ignore Hubert putting down rebellions in the shadows) to make it appear as though she had actual character growth thanks to Byleth, rather than her lying and faking it while hiding her true beliefs.

And of course, the example of the Japanese version of Verdant Wind having Edelgard admit her ideals AREN'T like Claude's. You know, Claude's “I want to create a world where people aren't othered based on their beliefs and places of origin.” Edelgard wants to impose her will upon Fodlan, getting rid of anyone who opposes her in what would be considered genocide. Her ideals are not like Claude's. Claude's are actually something good, so of course the localizers make it sound like Edelgard isn't too different from Claude despite being a genocidal dictator.

They had these kinds of things, stuff that should clue players in that Edelgard is not a good person and needed to be stopped... and they decide to try and say “No, she's a good person. She'd be just like Claude and Dimitri if you help her. This is morally grey everybody.” Except the game wasn't meant to be morally grey, Edelgard was the villain all along. Trying to change that messes up the messages, themes and whatnot of the game even if the localization tried to erase the themes. Hell, they even tried to alter the script and blame the Church to back up Edelgard's fraudulent claims when the game has themes about seeing the truth and not being swayed by propaganda. And in the process, they inadvertently gave justification to the Agarthans even when they were supposed to be nothing more than Saturday Morning Cartoon villains.

I swear to god, the translation was pretty much a fanfic itself, and not a good fanfic either. It's like one that misrepresents the source material, like stories where Shinji Ikari is a complete badass outside of Super Robot Wars.

[faithfromanewperspective]

i think the problem with the expectation of activism and saying the exact right thing is that people aren't always as intelligent as we think they are. and there's nothing wrong with having lower skills in the area of critical thinking and being able to figure out who is right and wrong in a seemingly grey (or highly misrepresented) situation. your intelligence cannot be conflated with your morality. if you're a little bit gullible it doesn't make you a bad person. but, yes, to some extent you need to be a little self aware so you don't spread misinformation to people who trust you to know what you're taking about.

still, the real villains are and will always be the people who are twisting the truth for their own gain. they did it in order that some people will fall for it, and some people always will. it doesn't make you a bad person. in fact thinking it does is classist and a colonial way of thinking that values intellectualism over basic things like on the ground kindness (which doesn't require massive amounts of critical thinking). it tells people everything from the idea that they're morally weak if they ever get sucked into a cult to the idea that actual real delusions are their fault and some kind of shortfalling. you can say that critical thinking is a vital skill to learn on a mass level in order to preserve society and prevent oppression, while at the same time not be ableist and expect every non-expert to understand (and say the right thing about) things they probably have no idea about.

[helluva-dump]

Originally this was an oc I’ve had since teen years since she was originally a black butler oc.

But I decided to give her a massive redesign and recycle her to Hazbin hotel/Helluva boss

I know, I have such mixed feelings about the show and I really am not a big fan of their creator but idk… the nostalgic talk of ideas I had with friends during the early days of the fandom and I just kind of miss it.

But yeah that’s Lucinda aka Lucy, she’s guardian Angel (who later becomes a fallen Angel) that’s a descendent of Ruth. She’s very loyal, caring, and a compassionate person that wants to make the best for heaven. She mainly goes by the New Testament and feels like Heaven has an issue with the higher angels still clinging onto the Old Testament. (Much like our political climate lmao )

I was gonna scrap these ideas for her but idk… lately I’ve been thinking about Catholicism again and I recalled hearing how evangelicals and Republican “Christians” are now calling Jesus woke and I’ve been watching documentaries about Christianity and how it wasn’t really always linked to republicans

And I just been looking back at Bible stories I loved when I was really into Catholicism and I got inspired by friends who made Angel ocs and ahhh it made me wanna look back into the religion, it’s mythos, folklores and angelology and it’s been inspiring me with ideas.

I always been fascinated with the folklore with Christianity whether it’s angelnology or demonology, there’s just so many interesting ideas you can do to with a concept of Heaven and hell.

I was sooooo disappointed that Vivziepop was gonna go super biased and go with the “Lmao piss of Christians” root and just make heaven evil and hell good….

Okay, so I’m not exactly super Christian as I used to be but I can tell you why that’s gonna mess up the world building.

How the hell can hell be better than heaven when you get r@pists, n@zis, p3dos, serial killers, and hell a huge captilism problem as well as classism??? That to me doesn’t sound better than Heaven at all and I don’t see how Viv sees why this could mess up her world building.

Now don’t get me wrong, I don’t want Heaven to be 100% perfect but tbh… I wish she went with a morally grey route for both Heaven and hell. Showing both the pros and cons both places have.

But yeah sorry rant aside, I’m bothered she didn’t do research on such folklores befofe wanting to do a story on Heaven and hell. I get she doesn’t wanna offend Christians that may take it personal…. But she literally had already made pagans and witches angry with how she badly misrepresented Voodoo and potrayed Stolas. (I won’t lie that bothered me too )

And I get religious trauma, but I would still take wha to learned from the Bible and make it work with world building. It’s possible to make a good story while still showing respect to the mythos and faith. Moral Orel was a good example of that and it never was disrespectful to Christianty, but to those that use the religion to harm others. I was so hoping she can take that route but didn’t.

anyways rant aside, I wanna have fun doing more things with Lucy

[crof-fwf]

What the….?! and this alucín?

Okay, I can't blame anyone for looking for content on the "fun social network". However, the comments of a certain person have caught my attention. And it wasn't until my curiosity have rewarded me with something that really left me with "My honest reaction". And this was My honest reaction:

And specifically, this was the "compilation" of posts that prompted me (in these moments) to simply share my thoughts on his comments. NOTE: It seems confirmed that the user is probably CanonSeeker [yeah, "Ese loco del centro de la ciudad"] so the "exposure" to his twitter profile can be useful for Content Creators or simply fans who want to avoid him. So do not think about debating with him since it would be in vain,and in addition to wanting to talk about his comments.

Now yes, to the posts that I want to dissect

First the antecedent

"Everytime somebody triest to "FIX" RWBY" ?

Here he expresses himself on how the "Fanworks" of the "Fix Fic" category are based on misrepresenting every aspect of the canon.

Although here I will say that I have no references regarding "Fix Fic" in general beyond Celtic Phoenix's "Fixing RWBY".

I start about how he falls into the "generalization" that he gives to the "Fix Fic". And my comment is about how prejudiced he is when talking about said FanWorks.

Although, it may be that before I fell into this fandom there was a time when this type of FanWorks abounded but coming to sin the same or worse errors than those of the series or simply wanting to be pretentious.

But even so, it is not about invalidating that at the end of the day a "Fix Fic" can be considered a fic where the author has to be committed to fixing aspects of it without having to separate so much from the canon, being like a challenge for the author.

And now let's get to the subject.

This user has commented on suggestions to consider for a "Fixing RWBY" and here is the "short" list of suggestions that Dori/CanonSeeker has shared...

My quickest and most sincere reaction:

It is an exaggeration to consider this list as very long, but it is the specifications shown that are "eye-catching". So well lets see line by line the list. My points are mainly focused on the "Fix Fic" section. In which, from my perspective, a "Fix Fic" tries to stay within the events of the canonical series, while at the same time deciding to rewrite elements that were not satisfactory within the canonical execution or additionally add elements that do not try to unbalance of the canon. So, let´s begin:

"Try to focus on the female protagonists." "jaune is a side character. " "Do not make a cis white male have more of a role than them."

For a "Fix Fic" section it is somewhat understandable to keep what would be the main cast, but still it would not be bad to have to explore other characters (and yes, also include the male ones).

"Do not have a straight white male shame them for their actions."

I don't know what he mean by "shame". But if he mention it as a form of "consequence" for the cast for non-positive actions. I don't know what to say, that the team is can be "shame" by any character that doesn't fall into that category… and in case we take it into account I doubt that's the answer, because imagine if other characters [outside this "category"] "shame" the cast, and Doris/Seeker gets angry anyway, it only makes it more ironic.

"No straightwashing. " "keep bumbleby canon."

At this point I don't know what it means, since let's say that the "Fic Fix" is in charge of "fixing"… this "Ship", either due to the lack of growth, moments, or rewriting the "conveniences" of its development.

At this point I can't find a purpose for it because… "A Fix Fic" would not seek to carry out that type of "washing"

"And NO Fanservice. "

Short: If it turns out that he was always Seeker, then this would be… laughable.

But in no short: I think that such situations would not be necessary for a "Fix Fic"…

Don't make evil men "morally grey"

Here I have a question for my estemeed…. If there can be gray morality in the male antagonists or not?

And the answer: Honestly, it's ironic to settle for "cartoon" for the male antagonists but both the fandom and the series want to take it upon themselves to give depth to the female antagonists…

Don't have jaune or adam date anyone in team rwby.

Okay, and I ask again: Is a romnace necessary for a RWBY Fix Fic? And I want to apply this in general. Because if you are going to make a "Ship" in a "Fix Fic"... it would be with too much care and detail

Ruby is to be idealistic, and it shouldn't be a character flaw.

Doesn't the fact that a character has no mistakes make her a "Mary Sue"? and even more so for the fact that he wants Ruby to be idealized.

Yang is not a party girl, not alcoholic, and not a slacker.

From a "Fic Fix" point of view, ok, it's well aimed to NOT downgrade a character to be a "party girl, alcoholic, and a slacker."

BUT : ) , they can simply be aspects or defects so that there is a challenge or a purpose to overcome, but not reduce the character to what was mentioned

(But ironically to reduce it to half a Ship, there they are quiet)

Adam taurus is irredeemably evil. So is torchwick.

… I don't have anything relevant to comment except for the fact that you can make an "irredeemable" character, BUT : ) the same is how it is written / handled…

One (Adam) being able to offer more crumbs and (Roman) the other would be a "enough but I wouldn't complain if there were more"

Don't call it a rewrite or a fixit fanfic. Call it an AU. A fan AU.

In short: Depending on the story you write, as well as the one you want to "tell" is what would classify the "Fanfic" as an AU or "Fic Fix". As I said, the "Fic Fix" in the end would enter the category of FanFic but its purpose would be a more ambitious one. (in the sense of giving yourself as a challenge to "improve" the deficient aspects of a series)

That will show your respect to the show and its writers. And showing CRWBY writers Miles and Kerry that respect will cause others to give your work a chance.

And the only salvageable thing at this point is basically: "The impression", honestly you would cause a lot of distrust to most of the fandom by being "rude" with the CRWBY, but hey, it's not like it's not a guarantee that the fandom will give a chance to a "Fic Fix" for the same reason that the fandom is also very "defensive" when it comes to aspects of the series, to such a degree of humiliating or harassing the author because "he had ideas that could hurt the canon" . A good impression does not guarantee a positive reception from the fandom to your "fix fic".

And to give a quick conclusion: Apparently the "Fixed" version or idealized for Doris/CanonSeeker is the "over exaggerated" representation (or flanderization) of what RWBY is... And last: I know that I argue when it is a "Fic Fix", and in the case of an "AU" I will only tell you that: Have fun as you also have fun when structuring and making your AU story.

Now to "Mimir".

[saa-na]

re: people reblogging my posts about finland;

i'm not upset about people misrepresenting finland because i'm patriotic or a nationalist but because the popular image of finland, which is a result of a hundred years of propaganda, is so fake and narrow. on a geopolitical scale i'm fundamentally against the idea of "good finland" that is perfect and does no harm because i find that gives the state far too much leeway to make morally grey decisions, which directly results in suffering of people in and outside finland. on a smaller scale i'm upset about the clean image of finland because it ignores the cultural history of working class, lower class and underworld finland and reduces these diverse cultures to mystified legends; "dark history", "secret history"... as a historian who uses class as a category of analysis i have found that the "official story" of finland ignores class and the "official narrative" includes poverty only as something we've risen out of instead of something that still excists in finland. i find that this sort of attitude makes poverty look like an issue of lazyness and gives the idea that poor people live fully miserable lives with no joy. maybe i feel like the irritating issue is that people who reblog my posts seem to have no curiosity and present themselves as experts instead.

[violetsiren90]

Yes! Serious was the other word I was trying to think of.. Those angry, annoyed, stern, serious, "death stare" expressions are very attractive.

I'm repeating myself again.

I mention that because I was recently seeing pictures and videos with those expressions right before I found your story. Which is ironic? Or.. I don't know. That might not actually be the word I was thinking of.

Anyway!

I was trying to keep my vulgarities to a minimum, just because I never know if I tend to cross boundaries in being too vulgar around people. I never know how comfortable would be with me saying or doing some things. Especially if you don't know how someone might act or react.

Back to what we were saying though...

I think another reason why I'm attracted to those serious expressions is because, well, most men - including the BTS boys - are a lot bigger than me. I'm a short person. They are literally three times my size too.

So that whole experience is on a whole other level in some ways.

Like manhandling.

And I know about bdsm. I've experienced it. I've read about it. So that isn't what I'm worried about though. I've read smut stories with bdsm involved. But not so many give me the serious expression" vibes to it.. And you researched it? Which is great! Not many people, that I know, actually attempt to research certain topics before really adding those details into the stories. So I'm happy someone actually researched it.

But the more morally amoralistic the fictional men are, the better that story is. In my opinion. So now I might have new stories to read.

I didn't actually mean for my message to be this long.

That is very ironic that you stumbled onto my story just off of a Bangtan serious-mode high!

I completely understand trying to respect the sensibilities of others! That being said, you are free to thirst on my page! It is ho-hours pretty much around the clock here... 😂💃

Oh man, do I understand you on the size thing! I am a 5'2" shorty myself, and with Namjoon especially I get dizzy at the mere concept of being tossed around! 🥴🥵

Ah, I see what you mean about the content including the serious expressions specifically! You know, I think that I was really focused on presenting that in Make Me because the inspiration was that one picture where he's in the studio with the other members of rapline (you know, the one where he's just got his head tilted back like the world is his bitch? 😩). I think since that was the kick-off for the whole concept I wanted it to be integral to his character as well.

Wow, what a huge compliment that you're someone who has participated in BDSM and enjoyed my little story! Yes, I did research beforehand because I wanted to be sure to really pay respect to the dom/sub dynamic and not misuse or misrepresent it in an attempt to write a trope. My friend @orchidyoonkook also helped me greatly with her contributions of knowledge about the community and their practices. I know you mentioned that you enjoy fics and smut with darker themes, and she has an absolutely delicious reader-insert oneshot (The Devil Wears Valentino) where Yoongi is the prince of demons himself!

And yes, morally grey characters can be so incredibly compelling! I'm not great at writing darker characters myself, so it's a skill I greatly envy!

[cockroachgirl1997]

seriously not sure how people in my social environment didn't suffer from whiplash considering i used to shift from one political extreme to the polar opposite; meninism to feminism, atheism to (a very brief phase of) christianity, anti-activism to veganism and environmentalism. and of course i couldn't just be normal about any of these either, but had to go the militant route (doesn't help that i was born a contrarian and polarizing is just in my nature)

but the more time passes, the less i feel inclined to ridicule myself for it, because what it boils down to in the end is: i was a very young person still figuring out my moral compass and the political climate around me. if i had to reason about it, i'd probably describe that development as "having initial pick-me-ism get replaced by actual education on the topics, as well as a more conscient application of empathy, and then hopelessly overcorrecting to compensate"

nowadays i don't even want to put myself in any sort of camp anymore, because those boxes usually come with an already built-in set of instructions on how to fill in grey areas that maybe are better left grey for a multitude of reasons, and leave less room for the individual person to make up their own opinions (especially since those groups operate on the basis that they agree and disagree on the same things, which means you make yourself a target for abuse when you stray from the median). i'm also not a fan of overgeneralization / oversimplifying complicated topics just to make them more digestible at the cost of misrepresenting realities (such as when entire demographics get demonized). i absolutely do possess views that overall may be assigned to certain camps, but occasionally i will also hold an opinion that does not fit within that cluster.

anyways whatever. i used to be very this or very that and now i like to be both as well as neither simultaneously. life is fun and i love learning or un-learning and changing my mind whenever i feel like i've gotten it all wrong before

[misrepresentedmorallygrey]

Do you think your favorite Morally Grey Blorbo is mistreated by the fandom? Do people not understand them? Are they constantly compared to the likes of Satan?

Or, on the flip side, are people saying they did nothing wrong? Constantly overlooking key characteristics, making it seem like they like the character in their head more than the character you got? Making them into a morally pure saint when they really aren't?

TL;DR: Does the fandom not seem to know the Definition of Morally Grey?

Well, I have good news!

WELCOME TO MISREPRESENTED MORALLY GREY!

RULES:

-No Harry Potter Characters

-No Real People

-2 Submissions or More guarantee entry

-DO NOT USE FAN ART!

-Morally Grey is Subjective. If I get an Ask saying that *insert Character Here* does not deserve to be here, I will make a poll for you to decide

-Cutoff date is February 29th, 2024

-There will be 4 Brackets, 'They Did Nothing Wrong' (A-Side), 'They Did Everything Wrong'(B-Side), Both (C-Side) and Mixed (D-Side)

Edit: PLEASE STOP SUBMITTING EDELGARD VON HRESVELG!!! ESPECIALLY IF YOU AREN'T GONNA CAPITALIZE HER NAME CORRECTLY!! She has guaranteed entry anyway!

Edit Edit: THE SUBMISSION FORM IS CLOSED!!! Thank you All for Submitting!

*tags for exposure*

@tournament-announcer @yall-hate-kids-tourney @look-how-they-massacred-them @morally-grey-girlbosses @godsspecialestlittleguyskirmish

[the-technicolor-whiscash]

It’s funny like coming into inquisition I had no idea which of the characters I’d like the most cause all I knew about them came from buck wild tumblr posts from years ago and dirtybiowareconfessions because I am a whore and I can honestly say I never expected for my favorite bitches to be Cassandra and Dorian and I also love Sera and Josephine and I think they’re all generally (with the exception of Josephine mostly) characters that the fandom mishandled and misrepresented ESPECIALLY back when the game first came out people had absolutely no nuance about any of these bitches and also did not understand how to use critical thinking and understand that you can enjoy a character while still criticizing their actions or beliefs. Part of that defo comes from the people who hadn’t played any other dragon age games and didn’t understand that oh the whole series is built on morally grey characters and y’all girlies wouldn’t know how to handle Anders or like, Sten or god forbid Morrigan but also I think it was an era of the internet in which people were more mmm aggressive about their opinions. Not to say that they aren’t now but like. I feel like it came out right in the “death threats” era of the internet so.

[web-novel-polls]

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Misrepresented Morally Grey

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My Tag: #most fucked up webtoon ship

WN Contestants - Ilyana and Magnus from The Beast Tamed by the Villainess 

Eliminated WN Contestants: Ariadne and Cesare from I’m the Queen in This Life, Valeta and Reinhart from Failed to Abandon the Villain, Chloe and Damien from Betrayal of Dignity, Layla and Matthias from Cry, or Better Yet, Beg; Charlize and Dylan from I Tamed a Tyrant and Ran Away, Karloi and Rue from Wished You Were Dead, Ophelia and Alec from Why Ophelia Couldn’t Leave, Chloe and Kairos from I Shall Kill that Sweet Devil, Erna Hardy and Björn Denyster from The Problematic Prince, Cierra/Sierra and Claude from Cierra/Sierra, Eilec and Rose from The Empress of Ashes, Syriana and Azester from Villains Behind the Curtains, Odette von Dyssen and Bastian Klausitz from Bastian, Carcel Escalante and Inés Valeztena from The Broken Ring: This Marriage Will Fail Anyway, Selena Evan and Ignus from I Was Discovered by the Villain

Old Hag Tournament 2024

URL: oldhagtournament

Tournament Tag: #old hag tournament 2024

My Tag: #old hag tournament 2024

WN Contestants: Granny Wen from MDZS 

Queer Book Character Tournament 2.0

URL: queer-book-character-tournament

OP’s Tag: #queer book character tournament 2.0

My Tag: #queer book character tournament

WN Contestants: Hua Cheng (TGCF), Shen Qingqiu (SVSSS), Lan Wangji (MDZS), Wei Wuxian (MDZS), Yin Hanjiang (DVAWTK) 

Eliminated WN Contestants: Wenren È (DVAWTK), Shen Qiao (Thousand Autumns), Xie Lian (TGCF), Luo Binghe (SVSSS), Yan Wushi (Thousand Autumns)

Queer Book Tournament 

URL: unrequitedbrainsidianangst

Tournament Tag: #queer books

My Tag: #queer book tournament 

WN Contestants: The Husky and His White Cat Shizun / 2ha

Eliminated WN Contestants: Case File Compendium / BAB, Heaven Official’s Blessing, Female General and Eldest Princess, The Scum Villain’s Self-Saving System, The Imperial Uncle, Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation, JWQS, Guardian

Serial Adopters Tournament

URL: serialadoptersbracket

Tournament Tag: #tumblr polls or #tournament poll

My Tag: #serial adopters bracket

WN Contestants - Round 2 (begins Feb. 26th): Cale Henituse (Day 3), Xie Lian (Day 13), Han Muchun (Day 25), Kim Dokja (Day 27), Wen Kexing & Zhou Zishu (Day 29) 

They Should Have Been At The Club Tournament

URL: should-have-been-at-the-club 

OP's Tag: #should have been at the club tournament 

My Tag: #should have been at the club tournament

WN Contestants: Luo Binghe (SVSSS)

Tortured Artist Tourney

URL: tortured-artist-tourney

OP’s Tag: #tat2023 

My Tag: #tortured artist tournament

WN Contestants: Han Sooyoung (ORV), Wei Wuxian (MDZS)

Eliminated WN Contestants: Yoo Jaeha (Tomb Raider King) 

Ultimate Webtoon FL

(I’m listing the Webtoons/Manhwa adapted from a novel since it’s a webtoon-themed tournament with a lot of novel-adapted manhwa)

URL: webtoon-brackets (Multiple Tournaments)

OP’s Tag: #polls

My Tag: #ultimate webtoon fl

WN Contestants:

Abigail Freidkin (I’m Just a Stepmother, but My Daughter is Just So Cute) Aisha (Into the Light Once Again) Ariadne (I’m the Queen in This Life) Aria Roscent (The Villainess Turns the Hourglass) Asha Pervaz (The Age of Arrogance)  Astina (The Lady and the Beast) Athanasia de Alger Obelia (WMMAP) Bianca de Blanchefort (Marriage of Convenience) Charlize Ronan (I Tamed a Tyrant and Ran Away) Chloe Verdier (Betrayal of Dignity) Daisy (Tricked Into Becoming the Heroine’s Stepmother) Deborah Seymour (The Perks of Being a Villainess) Dillon (For Better or For Worse) Edith (I Thought It Was a Common Possession) Elise (Doctor Elise)  Eris Miserian (Kill the Villainess) Estelle (From a Knight to a Lady) Fiona Green (Author of My Own Destiny/I Become the Wife of the Male Lead) He Yan (Who is the Prey) Ilyana Glayne (The Beast Tamed by the Villainess) Judith (The Villainess Flips the Script),  Karen Heyer/Carynne Hare (Resetting Lady) Kayena Hill (The Villainess is a Marionette) Keira Parvis (Actually, I Was the Real One) Lariette (I Thought My Time Was Up!) Layla Llewelyn (Cry, or Better Yet, Beg) Lyrica (Mother’s Contract Marriage) Maxi (Under the Oak Tree) Melissa Foddebrat (Beware the Villainess) Navier (Remarried Empress) Penelope Eckhart (VADD)   Pereshati Lapileon (My In-Laws are Obsessed With Me)  Raeliana Macmillan (Why Raeliana Ended Up at the Duke’s Mansion) Reinhardt (I Tamed My Ex-Husband’s Mad Dog) Rosalite (Touch My Brother and You Die) Roselyn (Shadowless Night) Rosentine Arzen (Secret Lady) Roxana Agreche (The Way to Protect the Female Lead’s Older Brother)  Ruby de Borgia (How to Get My Husband On My Side) Selena Evan (Caught by the Villain) Seria Stern (The Tragedy of the Villainess) Shuri (A Stepmother’s Marchen) Tia Lombardi (I Shall Master This Family) Valeta (I Failed to Oust the Villain) 

WN Eliminated

Autistic Headcanon Tournament

URL: autistic-hc-bracket

Tag to Check: #autism

My Tag: #autistic hc bracket

Eliminated WN Contestants: Lan Wangji, Chu Wanning

BPD Blorbo Bracket

URL: bpd-blorbo-bracket

Tag to Check: #polls

My Tag: #bpd blorbo bracket 

Eliminated WN Contestants: Luo Binghe

God’s Specialest Little Guy

URL: godsspecialestlittleguyskirmish

OP’s Tag: #tournament poll

My Tag: #god’s specialest little guy

Eliminated WN Contestants: Mobei-jun (SVSSS), Yoo Joonghyuk (ORV), Kim Dokja (ORV), Xie Lian (TGCF), Hua Cheng (TGCF)

Most Fucked Up Ship Tournament

URL: fucked-up-ship-tournament

Tournament Tag: #most fucked up ship tournament

My Tag: #most fucked up ship tournament 

Eliminated WN Contestants: Beefleaf from TGCF, Bingqiu from SVSSS, He Yan and Fu Shenxing from Who Is the Prey, Claire and Balt from The East Wind of the Atlas, Eucenielle and Tes from I Hold the Tyrant’s Heart, Estelle and Khalid from From a Knight to a Lady 

Queer Media Tourney

URL: queer-media-tourney

Tournament Tag: #queer media tourney

My Tag: #queer media tourney

Eliminated WN Contestants: The Untamed

Sleepyhead Tournament

URL: sleepyhead-poll 

Tournament Tag: #sleepyhead poll

My Tag: #sleepyhead poll

Eliminated WN Contestants: Jing Beiyuan (Round 3C)

Sword Gays Showdown 

URL: badass-queer-couples-battle (Multiple Tournaments)

Tournament Tag: #sword gays showdown

My Tag: #sword gays showdown 

Eliminated WN Contestants: Wei Wuxian (Bracket 1), Zhou Zishu (Bracket 1) Yin Hanjiang (Bracket 1), Di Feisheng (Bracket 1), Hua Cheng (Bracket 2), Luo Binghe (Bracket 2), Liu Qingge (Bracket 3), Xie Lian (Bracket 3), Lan Wangji (Bracket 3) 

Victims of Yaoi

URL: victimsofyaoipoll

Tag: #poll

My Tag: #victims of yaoi tournament

Eliminated WN Contestants: Han Sooyoung

Completed

MXTX Swords Tournament

URL: mxtx-swords-tournament

Tournament Tag: #mxtx swords tournament

My Tag: #mxtx swords tournament 

Ultimate Shizunfucker Tournament

URL: ultimate-shizunfucker-tournament

My Tag: #ultimate shizunfucker tournament

[jasperjv]

I have a lot of time to think about all the psychological torture I've been through within the past 5 years. Teenagers tried to warn us. I brushed it off as inexperienced kids not knowing what nuance is. But no, my adult abusers misrepresented and weaponized what they had painted as the "morally grey" or just "an asshole personality but still a good person" because they fucking had good politics or whatever.

Even if it did make me feel sick to my stomach, frustrated, upset, enraged, even crying my fucking eyes out until I got a migraine, I thought I was too sensitive, since I didnt keep track of all that was happening and how I was being treated. I didn't trust anything about my own judgement or feelings. I basically asked other adults (who were also trapped in the abuser's web, mind you) how I was supposed to feel.

Sometimes kids really should be trusted in that way, because they are less prone to have been brainwashed with adult life experiences to just be okay with fucking bullshit. Maybe they wouldn't believe the justifications I would have parroted at them. Because the reality was that I was emotionally abused. And the reality was that even if the way I was hurt was nothing but collateral damage, that would not make it okay, and it wouldn't be my job to MAKE it okay.

[writingwithcolor]

Hey so recently I was making a character and got to the colouring phase when I realized I wanted to make him black. The problem is that I already built up large portions of his backstory and characterization which I'm worried will become problematic with him being Black...

Basically he's an necromancer with heavy ties to blood. He dresses as a clown because he doesn't like to look at the scars from a run-in he had with some flesh-eating bacteria which "killed" him. The way he got said infection is due to his immense love of rats and the fact he isn't exactly that smart. His general personality was planned to be just completely full of love despite being very morally grey and pretty dumb. Is there anything I can do to keep as much of his intended personality as possible without him seem racist? Or if not is there a way to keep him dark-skinned without being problematic?

Black character w/ flesh-eating disease, dresses like a clown and portrayed as unintelligent

We do not recommend writing this, as is. The character seems like a racist caricature. 

There’s not a lot of redeeming qualities put forth to rework the character into something not insensitive. It might be easier to thoughtfully assign him an equally important role, just as a different character. If that cannot be done, we’d recommend shedding some layers of these stereotypes.

The clown part stands out as the worst bit, in my opinion (Colette), and feeds that caricature image. 

Combined with the:

Necromancy - not bad in itself, but is heavily misrepresented so must be handled respectfully.

Association with rats - they are seen as dirty and lowly in some / many perspectives. Your story also associates them negatively, as he literally gets a flesh-eating disease from dealings with rats.

His being “not smart” - which can feed the stereotype of Black people being inferior in intelligence. 

Again, these elements in isolation are more workable. All stacked together, it becomes troublesome.

What are other ways he can hide his scars without dressing as a clown? There’s always clothing, masks, thick makeup, surgery, etc. One can cover up their scars without pulling a Joker.

He can love rats, have pet rats or even work with them as a scientist or something. He could have had a run in with rats, like an infestation in the city of his home, that caused him to get bitten. Getting bit by them could’ve been bad luck or an unfortunate consequence, and doesn’t need to be because he acted in a way that puts the blame on him or his lack of smarts.

Smarts should not be measured in one way. I don’t think we do people justice to call them ableist language. In what other ways is the character talented? Is he artistic, a great musician, have a green thumb, a great storyteller, good with people? Look into the multiple forms of intelligences for ideas.

~Mods Colette and Norma

[illwynd]

Me: *loves loki's complexity and flawed nature and enjoys darker or more complex takes on him in fic* Also me: *writes loki did nothing wrong actually' meta out of spite due to the way disney has handled him. Like he has flaws but not the way they say and it just makes me wanna be like well if that's ur attitude he's perfect actually.

Lol, I feel ya; I used to be perfectly willing to acknowledge TDW’s flaws but then I sat through years of listening to people loudly shit on it (for flaws shared by quite a few MCU movies that never get that level of disdain, I might add) while those same people threw a fit if anyone dared criticize TR or the Loki series. So now I think it’s the most perfect movie ever made and I will fight anyone who disagrees.

Regarding Loki, otoh, I tend to dig in my heels on all the countless ways they erased and misrepresented all his glorious ambiguities and grey areas, because that’s one of the things that frustrated me most about the show: how it tried to have its cake and eat it too. It wanted to spend the whole show punishing him for bad actions of the past and demonstrating his inferiority to… basically everyone and trying to bill it as an arc in which he was repentant and reformed, but it also apparently assumed that all viewers have the moral discernment of a 2-year-old and would be dreadfully corrupted if they did not begin by making him literally exposit about his own motivations in order to assure viewers that he wasn’t really bad and didn’t like hurting people. (Thus, y’know, making the whole reform arc redundant.)

That, from a character who once snarled accusations about a dripping-red ledger at someone else through his own reflection superimposed on the glass. Like, talk about a fuckin glowdown just in terms of storytelling, if nothing else, leaving aside how damn OOC the show is. It’s not showing him as "flawed." It's not showing him as morally grey. It’s refusing to allow him any complexity if it might for one second have audiences rooting for a “bad guy.” Frankly, it’s insulting. I don’t need moral lessons from the Mouse, and I damn sure don’t want them if they don’t comprehend why a morally grey character like Loki is so incredibly valuable just as he was, and why a “reform” arc is actually so damaging.

So yeah, I totally understand your reaction, but I’m gonna be over here thumping my fist on the table about how they screwed over his complexity and misunderstood his darkness and misinterpreted all the things that made him such an interesting character in the first place.