#necessary even

[pretentious-ravioli]

[triple-starsss]

(barring the details lol,) i really like that shadow was adopted and "normal" actually! it really gives us the non-fantasy perspective of being able to focus on the ethics of his childhood ^-^

cus like. can you imagine the f*cking headlines and shit if any of that stuff is publicized (since he's an idol now)?

"Gerald adopted an orphan to run crazy tests on him!!!" "how could anyone do that to him? ;;;;;" "(insert smth about doxing Gerald) (scandal)"

people would go wild, i think! in both good and bad ways lol (the fun part)! :D

LMAOO THE DOXXING

but yeah!! when you take out all the 'ultimate lifeform' stuff and see what Shadow went through on a more grounded level - its insanely fucked up!! I felt as though without those experiences, i'd be writing an entirely different character so i wanted to incorporate them in a way that felt believable in this universe absdjf

[quiggyballs]

the fact that we, collectively, as a society and as a people are still actually seriously putting tags on articles of clothing such as t-shirts and under wears NOT TO MENTION we put them on BLANKETS of all things,,, it says something im sure.

[dearhaos]

it is important to be delusional sometimes

[superchat]

i would liike some stability and a place to let me be Me

[diffinity]

the problem with people who sit at their computers all day is that they dont go out so no one can make fun of how they look and smell so they just stay like that...

[abysskeeper]

“How did you spend your Saturday night?”

About 6 or so hours standing in game, writing a not-love confession that has to be continued.

[catsforartists]

The eternal writing struggle between focusing on storytelling/structure and symbolism isn't as hard as you think it is.

[krawdad]

Okay, so you can't or won't make our [as thoroughly demonstrated] spectacularly, and unnecessarily, taxing job less harmful on our bodies. Will you at least hire a masseuse to ease our broken bodies? ...ooh, or a hot tub. Or both

My inner monologue, going over a hypothetical proposal for the puppeteers/Disney negotiations.

[tambourgi]

"The only time Hollywood is willing to risk taking on projects about marginalized individuals is when the potential audience can feel sorry for them. White, straight, and often male audiences are seen as the status quo, the normal demographic. If they don’t see themselves in the main characters, they must at least be moved to feel pity for them. They must learn a lesson. It’s why any major film with a queer protagonist must see that character suffer and nearly die; it’s why movies about Civil Rights issues are more likely to get funding and attention than films featuring African Americans doing, I don’t know, anything other than facing obvious discrimination or oppression. And this trend isn’t stopping: Roots is coming back, after all, because we have learned, from Django and 12 Years, that slavery is big again! Perhaps that’s a cynical worldview, but there’s a lot of truth hiding under the statement that slavery is, again, big business."

-Tyler Coates,  2013: The Year of Persecution Narratives (and Persecution Complexes)