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Ever since Veilguard was announced, there's been an absolute tidal wave of hate ranging from vitriol for the art style, gameplay changes and overall feel/aesthetic of the game, to outright racism, homophobia and transphobia, as well as attacks on the devs and fans trying to enjoy the game. So I want to just put this out there.
It is valid to:
Not enjoy the art style, as no one should dictate what your aesthetic preference is
Prefer the systems/gameplay of previous DA games
Prefer to wait until the game is out before you buy into the hype
Distrust EA/Bioware due to its past and its current actions/situation
Criticize what you dislike about the game in your own posts
Simply decide that this game isn't for you
I encourage you to:
Speak out against the mass layoffs and often inhumane practices by EA and to elevate the voices of those impacted by them
Speak out against and bring attention to the problematic or harmful things EA/Bioware has/will engage(d) in, do, say, etc, willingly or unknowingly, in the future
Criticize EA, Bioware, the devs/team and Dragon Age itself about the things on which they can improve, as it is not too much to ask for someone/something to do better
Spread awareness of what EA/Bioware have done, what they are doing, and what they do in the future. Let people know the history of these companies so they can make informed decisions and to improve the working conditions for the teams at these studios
What you shouldn't do:
Attack or harass people who are excited for and showing support for the game.
Comment under the posts of fans or official trailers/interviews with the sole intention of hating on the game to ruin the excitement or fun for others. If you don't like it, don't interact with it.
Spread misinformation about the game in an attempt to negatively impact it
What is absolutely unacceptable:
Being a hateful fucking bigot
To all the hateful fucking bigots out there:
I keep seeing a repeat of comments like: "this isn't my Dragon Age!" "Dragon Age is too gay!" "Dragon Age has too many black/Asian, literally any person who isn't a cishet white male or a conventionally attractive straight white woman!" And you know what? You're absolutely correct! Dragon Age is gay! Dragon Age is a space where people of all colors, races, cultures, ethnicities, identities, sexualities, orientations, and all walks of life exist, both in world and in its fan base!
And as for this being "not your Dragon Age", again, you are absolutely correct! This isn't your Dragon Age, because Dragon Age isn't for you. It never has been, and it certainly isn't now. The co-creator is a gay man, the devs have always included queer people and poc, and despite its many flaws and the numerous ways in which it has let down the people belonging to those groups, it is still a space for them, which are created in part by people like them.
Dragon Age will always be inclusive, as it has been from the very first game that you love acting like you care about so much. There are gay, lesbian, bi, pan, trans, black, Asian, and all other kinds of people both in and behind these games! If you can't handle that, then fine! We don't want you anyway!
To the people who actually care about this series and who want this game and team to succeed:
I encourage all of you to let your voices be heard by the devs. Tell them exactly how you feel! Let them know what landed, what made you feel seen, what resonates, what you think needs work, where they stepped out of line; all of it! More than anything, there are real people behind this game, and they've poured years of their hearts, souls, time and talent into this piece, and it seems a lot of them genuinely care for their fans and this game and want to deliver the best game they can to us! And those people matter! They deserve a fair chance to see their work pay off without having to be negatively impacted by people who just want to spread hate and see others fail.
No one is above criticism, no matter how good their intention of how pure their desires are, so when they misstep, speak out! But while we should be sure to let the devs know how much this game means to us and how much what they do matters, let's also push for the fair treatment of everyone who was unfairly laid off or mistreated by EA/Bioware and who are still fighting for their due compensation for their hard work. Let's advocate for them in the months leading up to DA:TVs launch and the months after. And let the devs know how important it is to have those people's names in the credits!!!
And most importantly... Please be kind to and look out for one another!! There's so much going on in the world right now, and there is so much hatred being spread against minority groups, and we need to be compassionate to each other! Let's allow the game to be a thing that brings us together and gives us something to escape into and enjoy!
In closing:
Hate the game or love it, if you are transphobic, racist, homophobic, antisemitic, misogynistic, or any other kind of prejudiced bigot, THIS GAME IS NO PLACE FOR YOU!! NEVER WAS, NEVER WILL BE!!!!
Thanks for your time! Fuck TERFs and racists and all the other bigots!
#absolutely nothing is for everyone and it shouldn't be#anything that is safe for hate filled bigots is not a thing you should want to be a part of#so look out for queer people and poc!!#let dragon age be a safe space for them!#dragon age#dragon age the veilguard#dragon age: the veilguard#datv
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I miss being younger and believing the queer community was actually a safe space
#turns out white queers hate poc just as much as literally every other white person ever 💔#big bummer for young me man I feel like the part of me that still believed in people being inherently good broke a little more that day#That sounds super dramatic but it's true in a way#hard to have faith in the inherent kindness of humanity when u grow up black in a predominantly white area 💀#this just reminded me but those positivity posts that r like 'people Are kind' and then like say smth oddly profound kind of make me hopeful#but then just kind of upset#they always feel like theyre comming from a place of privilege yknow#like bro i wish strangers were nice to me out of actual kindness#and not a weird need to prove to the world that theyre not racist without actually putting in any effort to be antiracist#'hey look at me treating this black like a human being! see? im an ally! i posted black sqaures in 2020 and have blm in my bio!'#this is bc my local juneteenth festival got canceled due to lack of funding bc. yknow its been 4yrs#everyones (white ppl) moved on#they dont care anymore and they dont need to bc they alr did the bare minimum to absolve themselves of guilt#rant#ig im lucky i live in a super queer town but its so overwhelmingly white it kind if cancels that out yknow#personal#okay to reblog#if u want to ig idk#moth.txt
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“There is no fanfic on Stephs treatment I have checked” that’s like the whole point.
#I’m not saying ur wrong bc it’s not canon#I’m saying ur wrong bc ur perpetuating the misogyny that got u there in the first place#and yeah imma take it there it IS that deep to me sorry#like this isn’t like a diff in opinion on an arc or smth#this is quite literally the bigotry that fandoms supposed to be an escape from manifesting itself again with a rainbow flag over it it’s so#like first of all not that serious but concerning to me is getting into smth without knowing the source material#u don’t need to know the exact timeline of events and which specific Batmobile Bruce had in every era duh#that’d be hypocritical to say I read character to character screw the timeline lmao#but it’s like. ur telling me u adore Dick Grayson and have never picked up NTT?#u wanna analyze the queer coding in Tim’s character but you’ve never read his og robin run?#u wanna talk about Damian’s character growth but you’ve only read Batman and Robin 2020s?#u ADORRRRE steph and cass and you haven’t even read batgirls#and that’s like nonissues#my issues are u wanna discuss how Barbara is actually so cold and cruel to dick for how she handled Catalina and you’ve never read birds of#prey and actually dick never cheated so (this isn’t me being hypocritical if you’ve seen that post I just lowk changed my mind)#or if he did it was justified or whatever#you wanna talk about how Jason and Roy are soulmates and you can’t tell me a single thing besides he’s an archer a father and an addict#it’s like ur putting shit out there about these characters and their relationships and you don’t know them#and more people who don’t know them see ur shit and do the same thing#and that’s mid level issue#the BIG issue is that y’all have not unpacked ur racism misogyny or classism enough to do this and then turn around and say ur fixing dc or#whatever. u have not done enough work to speak on Jason or Damian and say they deserve better whilst u water down their anger into smth#palatable and sweet on ur white faves. u don’t get to complain about how there’s not enough about steph and all u do is spread more made up#shit to infantilize tim. and I’m not saying I’ll never read a tim centric fic that’s ooc and stupid and have fun#I do that and I don’t talk about it bc that shit should not be the main writing you find when you look for BATMAN lmao#and even then they HIGHEST problem is that even when people make more content centering the woc poc and yes even WW it still doesn’t get any#traction bc y’all haven’t unpacked as much of ur racism and misogyny as u think u have#making hcs about tim being a Barbie and Jason being a feminist and dick painting his nails is not progressive when Steph and cass are#cardboard cutouts or the vehicles through which the white men discover feminity is ok actually and nothing else#and then Duke and Damian are the token straights or allies. like y’all are so sick lmao
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blocking so many people tonight because how the hell do you post this without an ounce of self shame? 'there are people out there who are just as scared as you are' are you including the people your candidate has funded a genocide against? are you including the people Israel targets and opresses with the US regularly funding its crimes against humanity? the people who cant just go have a snack and talk to their friends because they watch their friends be murdered and theyre facing starvation? are you including the people you called the genocide of as a necessary sacrifice and something thats a 'lesser evil'? do you take into account their fear and trauma for a year of nonstop bombings, drones, missiles, shootings, invasions, etc?
'the world is going to be tense' its already fucking tense, you people just dont give a shit about anyone that isnt white or cant play into your ultimate victim complex to excuse your eager participation in genocide. you cant call for people to just 'survive' when you helped put a heavy asterisk next to who exactly expected to stay living if your war criminal wins.
[GO DONATE TO DOCTOR MOATH]
#also already seen so many people fucking sprouting out their manifest destiny bullshit without second thought over red states#without acknowledgement of the largely Black population in the deep south and the queer people that live in these areas#because it was never about protecting POC or queer people. it was about protecting their comfort in being able to ignore the people in thes#states that they say tarnish and impose dangers against the 'greater populace'#(because the rest of this country is soooo great and admirable and safe for marginalized communities of course.)#like i always think of how white and democratic populations support for BLM was LOWER than before george floyd's murder only a year later#liberals rely on POC (especially Black people) to vote blue and if a state is red theyre the first to be blamed#and then told they deserve the ongoing oppression and targeted abuse they face for not 'showing up'#you use their life and the fact theyre opressed to advocate for a 'lesser evil' and that their lives are at risk#and when Black or Palestinian or Asian or Indigenous or Hispanic or any other POC group tells you theyre still being fucking opressed#you call them psyops or that they'll be to blame if ppl dont vote blue because they 'complained' or wasnt compliant in you using their live#as a political tool. you scream protect trans bodies for a candidate that made no promises to provide protection#and you blame queer people in red states for staying there and that theyre willing victims#you call a genocide a lesser evil. you looked at it and DEFENDED the funding of it saying at least its not 'cheeto man' paying billions#for the murder and terrorism against Arab communities and countries.#there was mass surveillance against Palestinians here. theres border walls and sieges and torture here.#youre a colonizer and supporter of imperialism while using progressive language and softening the role you participated in in advocating fo#an administration thats currently commiting genocide and ongoing colonization#youre fucking tense while sitting in bed with a thumb up your ass because the opressor you supported might lose.#you havent even waited for results to blame and harass the communities and people in areas that mostly have targets on their back#regardless of who's the president or not#you dont care about anyone but saving your own damn back and youre willing to turn it against other opressed people#the second youre given a chance.
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“I don’t know why the op said this happened yesterday when this news is four months old”
This may shock you but it’s an election year in the US and even “the lesser evil” utilizes propaganda.
#ra speaks#personal#idk if it’s just that Time of Year already or what#but the amount of#‘WOW look what BIDEN passed !!! this is why we vote blue no matter who <3’ posts is getting nauseating#like sure vote however the fuck you want if you think it will save your own skin#but have you thought for a second. just maybe. the dems are starting ti get scared about November#and instead of idk considering NOT finding genocide they’re distracting us with shiny but impotent baubles?#‘Biden passed an executive order to have undocumented immigrants apply for citizenship in the states!’#okay why didn’t he do that four years ago. why have kids been in cages at the border for four fucking years.#use your damn braincells he’s not a saint he’s a politician trying to get enough goodwill among liberals to scrape together a win in nov.#capping inhaler and insulin prices is great! why the fuck are COVID restrictions getting more and more lax?#cracking down on industrial pollution is great! why did he start and continue pipelines in the west?#we are literally entering another lavender scare trans people are being driven out of Florida and banned in public spaces#roe v wade was overturned with little fanfare student loans remain unforgiven and oh yeah THERES A GENOCIDE TOO#by all means vote for who you want. but you’re not gonna gaslight me into believing Biden was or is a good choice.#‘lesser evil’ ‘we’ll push him left’ ‘we can’t survive trump again’#don’t talk to me about how ‘we’ won’t survive trump again while standing on the corpses of the people who didn’t survive Biden.#at least fucking acknowledge the queers and disabled and poc who died for the lesser evil you love so much.#before telling me I’m a traitor to democracy for voting for who I want to vote for (not genocider 1 or genocider 2)
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we need more movies that are shitty in a fun iconic way and less movies that are shitty in a “these people had a lot of money to make awesome special effects but somehow failed to make an actual plot” way
#also queer and poc characters being written by cishet white people#and shockingly#they end up being stereotyped token characters#please cut that shit out#can we make goncharov real#ifb we work togethger we can do it#goncharov#i hate cgi so much i hate it i hate it i hate it#i love dumb little puppets that don’t look remotely realistic#bring back practical effects PLEASE i am begging#also digital effects are only good when they’re bad#every early 00s movie has the worst effects and it so so so beautiful#movies
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#Non Sims#I came back to Simblr because I really#missed having the creative outlet#I missed the community#missed being apart of a community#where I don't have to explain myself (especially to men#who do not understand queerness#what it's like being POC#who don't understand women).#It's been refreshing to not have to deal with that.#I feel so out of place like I should have cut my loses.#I don't really have a community#I don't have an audience#seems like everything I post recently must be shit#I am wondering if I am oblivious to how bad my edits look?#Are my sims really badly done?#Do people really not like me?#These thoughts are running around in my head.#I am doing this artist alley booth now I am worried#I am not good enough for that?#At this point I should just start over#but I don't think I can do that a 3rd time.#I feel pretty pathetic for caring and I really wish I didn't.#I wish I was in a place where my enjoyment making something#was enough.#The edits I just did LOVED making them#posted them and now I don't have love for them anymore.#I am just lost because I want to make my art#maybe it's not worth sharing.#Frustration with myself.
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i follow pjo tags that im usually fine seeing on my dash and i keep seeing people posting about some Discourse thats popped up again since the comic con card photo things came out about leah and like. i guess i curated my dash well because im seeing literally none of that
#crunchyposts#pjo#pjotv#im not tagging this with a//abeth i dont want it in my tag for her#thank god i dont follow racists and am not on reddit#the amount of people on reddit i saw who were so disappointed in them not looking like the characters#i honeslty dont really understand the gripes with them not looking like the book descriptions like any issues i had went out thewindow when#i saw actual people attached to them#i like that ann/beths black!!!!! i think it adds a lot to her character!!!!!#i dont give a shit about percys hair color!!!!!!!!!!! ive seen walker act i trust him!!!!!!!#i really dont get why people are so disappointed with it????? i saw one person say bc they had an idea of what they looked like for years#but i mean. more representation for marginalized groups#ive thought a lot about lack of rep as a queer south east asian person i was just happy there was more of it for other marginalized people#i wouldve preferred an animated show but honestly i prefer this now bc i never wouldve gotten why annabeth works better if shes black#if it was animated and they changed the race of any of them the discourse (cough and racism cough) would be 10x worse itd be awful#but like an all white cast???? i wouldnt like that either#and you KNOW the shitstorm online if they changed any major character even if it wasnt one of the main 3#anyways sorry long tags again i thought a lot about this get off my blog if you complain about any of the actors appearances i dont think w#should dictate what a childs appearance should be just for a tv show#edit actually extra thing here i think it would be kinda cool if rachel was still white so we could subvert that trope of poc love interest#being stepping stones before the main character inevitably ends up with the white main love interest#if they made it like extra clear that he was going to choose annab/th though to shut down any racism that might happen
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Seeing someone's awful, self-righteous, bad faith, rage bait take and realising that you already have them blocked for their other dogshit opinions 👌👌👌
#barbie Ken voice: SUBLIME.#You know when someone identifies themselves as a queer poc and like leverages it in a way that is so cognitively dissonant and embarrassing?#like bro you're giving us hot qpocs a bad name youre scaring the hoes 💀💀💀 stoppppp 💀💀💀#You can't leverage your status as a poc over another poc#especially when you are specifically talking about Thai culture and the person you're bitching about is literally half thai#especially when all perth said was I had friends that would watch every BL religiously and now there's so much coming out that they can't#so ''I think the BL industry is becoming oversaturated because the target audience can no longer physically keep up with the output''#is a perfectly reasonable thing to say???#especially as someone that is looking for roles in said industry? like they don't want to be in an unwatched unprofitable show?#he is a professional BL actor he has worked on two of the most profitable BL's that have come out of Thailand in the last like 2 years#being like ''his professional opinion doesn't matter because he's straight''#and ''I clearly have more experience with the BL industry because I consume the finished product'' is. ??? questionable???? at best???#speaking as a queer person of colour who has 2 years experience in the TV industry: oversaturation is a word that is really commonly used#it is a real worry for people that are working in a genre and it's a way to say like what is going to be innovative and popular#and how can I get on that wagon#because it's a career you're not just looking at the output at the end (the show) you are looking at the entire process from start to finish#That's literally all Perth was doing???#sorry it upset your sensibilities as a BL consumer but he was talking from the perspective of a BL professional#anyway what the fuck ever lmao
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does anyone have a spiderverse discord that’s not full of evil people
#i think it could be fun to talk to other people and bounce ideas and writing and art and shit back and forth#but 90% of people on this website turn out to be villains#literally i am not kidding#i don’t think i’m qualified to like. run a server like that but i could look into it if like people were interested#especially queer poc#someone else made a similar post like this but they were also evil so interact with this instead 🫶🏾#lmk!#fens fables
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My alarms were ringing while watching *that* Amy Cuddy video during a class today and I gotta say I might be fully right thinking that. Quick searches show she was taking a stance with someone claiming being trans is harmful (not surprising when a chunk of the talk is saying that Testosterone makes you aggressive/more forward, a major talking point people try to use against trans women and poc and also calling it the dominant hormone) and also someone mimicked her experiment with a lot more people and it seems that power poses didn't do anything. It also seemed like she was trying to evoke some inspiration porn (while talking about IQ, another thing I'm always wary about) and made no mention of what helped her get through college and saying it was just power poses. Did you get help going through college??? You're still a white cishet woman like. I can 100% seeing you having no problems paying for school and not having to work during that education. People doing these kinds of things recognize that privilege exists please.
#Not to mention all the ways being neurodiverse can change so so much about how people feel and express themselves#Sorry I don't like having my chest splayed out a lot it also makes my chronic pain worse!! Thats why I slouch a little so the weight is#off of my chest and not stabbing into my inflammation.#There are so many factors and it feels like her experiment was with like. 10 people. 9 of which were white :/#And most likely attending harvard or whatever school she said she went to.#The other person that she was defending herself with apparently was writing a piece on how like.#Being transracial and being transgender is the same thing which like.#I think you can kinda see why. That isn't great#Tuvel I think was the other person's name.#And apparently a ton of queer people and poc were very very angry about all this when it first came out#with both of the two#Ranting about class stuff dw about me.#I know this is like. A first year communications class and maybe I'm looking at things too deep but like. Damn#Also I'm not trying to downplay the fact she apparently lost some knowledge from being in a car accident. that sucks. Trauma is never good.
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Its bs like this that leads to inaction/ our politics going right. If you actually think this, please educate yourself on history and how politics in this country work, and stop spreading hopeless rhetoric. Some of us arent ready to surrender yet
screaming "we can push them Left!" when all the while they've been pushing you Right.
#us politics#our two parties are getting pushed right cuz conservatives vote in greater numbers than those on the left#and each year sees that becoming more and more true#we have a 2 party system cuz most people who want to see that change dont vote or only vote in the presidential#and the only way to change the 2 party system other than a revolution thatll kill millions of vulnerable people#Is To Vote in those other elections#like seriously do you hear yourself? why would a politician go left when people on the left arent voting?#politicians have to gain favor from voters and if people on the left are protest voting or refusing to#theyre gonna be forced to look to the right!#and the people who only vote in presidential elections but none of the other? do yall think we live in a dictatorship?#fuck this shit is so wildly ignorant it frustrates the hell out of me#not only do we have to fight conservatives we gotta drag yalls dead weight too??? and yall wonder why we're losing this war#and stop using genocide as an excuse thats not frustrating thats rage inducing#tell me you know jack all about us foreign policy and about genocide without saying it#when you use the suffering of palestinians to justify your protest vote that tells me you dont actually care about genocide#you only care about the method#cuz otherwise the things being done to poc indigenous queer people etc elsewhere would also send you to the polls#but no fuck everyone else all that matters is this one single genocide the rest? they can all die huh#never mind that there is literally tangible proof of how it will exponentially worse for palestine and the congo and the other genocides#if trump wins#who cares? as long as you can go to sleep at night
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Being mad at the people who have been influenced by the terrible stuff they’ve seen rather than be mad at the terrible stuff is honestly such a crazy way to live like how do people do that
#like I’m white and can recognize that white people can suck#yeah yeah not all white people sure#I’d like to think that I don’t suck#I at least try not to#but while people getting mad when poc hate on white people#without acknowledging what they might’ve gone through to believe that way#is not a healthy way to live and won’t solve anything for anyone#won’t make the poc dislike you any less#and I can acknowledge that#but white people and straight people and men who just can’t look at how awful the world is#to poc and queer people and women#would much rather ignore the problem and yell at the victims for wanting to bring injustice to light so they can fix it#like I don’t want to hate men#I would love to live in a world where men are not something to be feared#where bad men are the exception that are called out by other men#but that is not the world we live in#and I won’t just allow that world to keep going on if it doesn’t have to#which it doesn’t#but changing that world would take power away from the oppressors#and they don’t want that#so until they can relinquish that power the way those of us in oppressive groups are willing to do#then nothing will ever change#opressed groups will continue to hate their oppressors#and oppressors will continue to be hated#and that’s not a good life for anyone
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this is coming from the position of a student, so don't take my word as gospel, but i want to strongly encourage people to prepare for the coming years and look outward to find communities in real life. this can be big like getting involved in fundraisers or organizations or small like going to poc/queer/art social spaces and talking to people. making friends and connections will help you and others build support networks, something you will need as we enter the new term. i know talking to strangers in real life can be scary, unfamiliar, or difficult (depending on where you live especially) and it may take a lot of compromising and work –– and i don't want to condescend –– but we have to try starting now. this is about your safety and welfare, as well as the most vulnerable people's.
if leftists/progressives/minorities want to survive and beat back what's coming, we need to do our work offline too and take up space. an example of getting involved would be (if you're an artist) reaching out to fundraising organizers and making prints of your artwork to donate for raising funds.
#personal#this doesn't account for everyone but it's something to think about#also please be nicer to people. leftists especially on social media have a tendency to be mean in a very unconstructive way to each other#and i don't want to discount what they tend to be angry or mean about because it often does matter but i hope our first reaction toward#a dissenting opinion or behavior is a little grace instead of immediately dunking on each other for points#i'm also not saying online communities and spaces aren't any good for support but. it might not be enough. put the work in to prep yourself#it sucks how when right wingers lose they blame leftists. when leftists lose we blame each other.#leftists blame liberals and liberals blame poc voters and it can be completely true and warranted and then we all get killed#please resist doing that this time#be a friend; show some grace; look out for each other please#an example from my life would be i've been going to munches and queer/kink events and meeting friendly people#it's pretty tiring socializing and working through those interactions and by the end i'm also pretty tired#but it's worth it because not only do i know someone irl who's like me but if they're ever in trouble or need help#i can be a potential lifeline to them in an immediate way. and vice versa
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Did... did the straights forget we don't have anywhere near as much representation as them again? Like I get y'all are use to EVERYTHING catering to y'all's taste but seriously? Seriously? like yeah, nowadays you can find more, ESPECIALLY when it comes down to indie stuff... it's still NOTHING compared to how much cishet media is out there. Also did y'all forget when we DO get romance it tends to be double edged sword what with the whole "bury your gays" thing popping up often or gays just being side characters with little on screen romance thats often sanitized for homophobic mass appeal? Not to mention media rep varies VASTLY between queer person (ESPECIALLY bipoc who are often left out of romance, even when it comes down to HETERO relationships).
Like... sorry but our media is not created equal, if y'all are so annoyed with platonic love not being depicted enough why don't yall go beg/demand it from the majority of media out there that just feels like it HAS to shoehorn cishetero relationships into everything? Hmm?!
not to sound like a homophobic straight dude but I think yall should just let some characters be Friends not everything has to be about romance
#i just find this so FUNNY in the 'the audacity of straights to complain when this is moreso a problem with cishetero media then gay media'#oh & a problem with cishetero culture/society IN GENERAL not just media#also i dont really care if other queer people agree with this or not the sentiments make no sense regardless#if op was specifically complaining about shippers that would be one thing but this literally is targetimg anyone who wants to see romance#in media that doesnt have it & honestly if white people want to complain about white media & shippers have at it#but no this doesnt target anyone specific & broad strokes everyone who wants to see romantic relationships where there are none#maybe im taking the post too seriously but it just rubs me the wrong way#oh wait sorry i mispoke in one of my last tags it doesnt target EVERYONE it targets specifically people who want to see gay relationships#i also dont care if op is gay or queer btw lgbt people can have bad opinions#also it really is true when u start out a sentence with 'not to sound x' & it ALWAYS ends up sounding like x#also while i get the whole 'ulterior motive' part of this it still doesnt really make much sense tbh though#like... thats cishetero patriarchy culture not shippers not those who want depictions of gay romance thats our horrid societies attitudes#towards relationships & alsyi again this really is majority a WHITE problem anyway u look at it#if ur complaining about societies attitudes guess what? thats heavily influnced by (or just is) white society#complaining about shippers? guess what a majority of ships are! even when the media has a decent or mostly cas of poc guess what these#shippers gravitate towards shipping? if ur guessing white people ur correct!
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There's a very specific pattern of events that occurs with every new medium or platform. Every single one, without fail. It goes like this:
A new medium/platform arises.
Sex workers and pornographers, having been chased away from the platform/medium they were using previously, adopt the new medium/platform and become its pioneers.
The sex workers and pornographers popularise the new medium/platform. Lots of other people start to use it, too!
The owners of the medium/platform are making lots of money now. They decide that they don't need the sex workers and pornographers anymore.
The owners of the medium/platform make new rules that make sex work and pornography forbidden there. The sex workers and pornographers are chased away.
Once the pornographers and sex workers are gone, the medium/platform can market itself as respectable and becomes appealing to mainstream audiences. It becomes very popular.
The new people who have come to the medium/platform are painfully normal and very sheltered. In order to make the medium/platform more comfortable for themselves, they start to chase away other "undesireables" too, e.g., queer people, PoC, religious minorities, etc., etc..
The owners of the medium/platform allow this, if they aren't already actively encouraging it themselves, because they're making lots of money now and undesirables are broke.
Anyone who offends the delicate sensibilities of the medium/platform's main cohort of users is now being chased away, with the blessing of the medium/platform's owners.
Oh no. This is a Nazi bar now.
Meanwhile, having been chased away from the medium/platform, the sex workers and pornographers are looking for somewhere to go.
A new medium/platform arises.
Sex workers and pornographers, having been chased away from the medium/platform they were using previously, adopt the new medium/platform and become its pioneers.
Rinse, repeat.
This has been true for every medium/platform since the advent of fucking VHS, if not film itself or even earlier; indeed, many pioneer towns were built up around brothels that were later legislated out of existence when they weren't needed anymore. It's a betrayal that plays out again and again every time a new medium or platform comes up and grows popular enough to stand without the sex workers and pornographers who made it so.
For all of us who are currently searching desperately for a new medium or platform that won't eventually betray us in this way, good luck. 💜
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