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lunammoon · 3 days ago

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i wish more than anything that people online actually got Vivienne bc currently i have to defend her far more than i would want to because so many people don't GET her and end up accusing her of being the wrong kind of annoying and so i have to defend her as if she doesn't remind me of one of my most frustrating to talk to cousins

#vivienne de fer #dai #even if you could romance her i could not bring myself to because i look and talk to her and i think “hi Auntie”#bc she looks and sounds and acts like some of my aunts #people say the vivienne is a self hating mage and/or wants to put mages in concentration camps #and this take tells me that you're not black #not in a “white people always have bad takes on non white characters” way #but in a “vivienne is a very specific type of person and if you're black you know at least two”#side note whoever made her a darkskin black woman im kissing you on the mouth #Vivienne's whole deal is respectability politics. which is annoying but not what people accuse her of #she doesn't think that mages should be oppressed if you listen to her she thinks that the the circle is a force for good #she thinks that the system is flawed yes but should be fixed instead of gotten rid of #and that people's bad experiences with the circle are a problem with individuals and not the system as a whole #because even though she had to work hard and admittedly did go through adversity she eventually got into her current position #she manages to make the system work for her and thinks everyone else who didn't do that same isn't dedicated enough #but she thinks that the circles are needed to protect mages and that destroying the system would cause more problems then it would fix #if you are black and live in the DMV you know a Vivienne. She's like 40-75 and works in the federal government #she votes democrat but shes def on the more center leaning right side it's just that America is a two party system and she hates Republican #she's one of those people who thinks that policing isn't inherently bad it's just that there's a lot of bad apples #she emphasizes the importance of peaceful protest bc “violence just turns people against you in the long run”#and she does actually organize things #but like she's the only one in your extended family that remembers you use they/them

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