#subtle bias

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Small Words, Big Impact: How Microaggressions Affect Daily Communication | Relationships News

Microaggression in communication is defined as subtle, often inadvertent verbal or nonverbal behaviours that send negative, aggressive, or disparaging messages to others, particularly marginalised individuals or groups. These seemingly simple gestures have the potential to reinforce preconceptions, create an uncomfortable workplace, and perpetuate discrimination. The negative impacts of these…

[bonefall]

I personally like Thunder's prosthetic. Explained it to my friend (who does use a mobility device, a cane and wheelchair, and listens to me rant and infodump about BB) and they agreed, it's important to know that not every person needs what someone wants to give them. It's another example of "bad ableist person does a thing that hurts a disabled person because they are bad and ableist".

Clear Sky got Jagged Peak killed and would have killed Sunlit Frost! He would absolutely force his disabled son to be "normal" and present it like a privilege. "I wouldn't do this for anyone else, it's special, why don't you want to be helped?"

Thunder Storm should toss it in Clear Sky's face. (I would say toss it into the river but we do not pollute waterways in this house)

Thank you for telling me this, and tell your friend I'm thanking them too! If they have anything else to add please forward what they have to say

Since BB!DOTC tackles some of the heaviest topics in the entire series because its canon equivalent is so dark, I think very carefully about what I do here and how I show it. I take feedback on its sensitive aspects very seriously. If I'm understanding the criticism properly, it's that I should avoid stigmatizing prosthetics by making sure Thunder Storm's not the only one with it-- which he's not! And I'll add even more.

I don't want to avoid something only because it's uncomfortable if the topic is important, and my portrayal is respectful. Ableism IS uncomfortable! There are some situations where a prosthetic is not wanted! I think the rejection of this particular one is both a good opportunity to show a type of ableism and ALSO is very fitting for the characters.

In BB!Clear Sky's mind, the villain, he's fixing an old mistake. He can't admit that he got Jagged Peak killed or take REAL accountability for it (though he will, occasionally, apologize insincerely), but deep in his bones, he knows what he did was cruel. He'll never tell anyone this because he doesn't really cognate it himself, but Thunder Storm NEEDS to take his gift.

If Thunder doesn't take it, it blows a hole in his newest story. You see, throwing Jagged Peak out was All That Could Have Been Done back then. It was a Tragedy and he simply Made A Hard Choice. He regrets it very much, But You Have To Understand.

But now? Now? Well, behold. Look at what he's accomplished since the tragic death of his little brother. His cats are well-fed, cared for, and stable enough to make such incredible advancements. If only Jagged Peak had been able to hold on longer, if only he could be here now, I could fix him.

Just like I can (MAKE YOU JUST LIKE ME) fix you.

"Everything I've ever done is for Jagged Peak. For Fluttering Wing. For you." Thunder Sky is SPECIAL, but if he rejects any gift, tries to turn down the "privileges" offered to him, in an instant that becomes ungratefulness and arrogance. He both forces him to be special, and then leverages it against him if it's rejected. "Spoiled brat, doesn't appreciate what I've worked so hard to give him."

It all goes back to him and his own guilt. He can NEVER be wrong. He can't accept his family doesn't have to be "normal" or reflect his own ability. He won't see himself as a bully, let alone a murderer. It was never about his son's comfort or finding out what Thunder Storm wants or needs, it was about his own ego.

...All that said I'm still taking feedback if there's anything else I should keep in mind, or if anyone has a counter point, especially if you also have experience here.

(In the interest of having a link trail for posterity, here's the critique/call for feedback this is in response to)

[triviallytrue]

Planning on writing a longer post about this at some point but I've been kind of surprised at the lack of a gap between the reporting of Al Jazeera and (for ex) CNN - certainly there are differences in framing but with only one glaring exception, they tend to report the same set of facts

This is particularly weird in the face of all the high profile firings we've seen lately - it feels like western news outlets are reporting on things that can get you fired if you publicly acknowledge them

[filmmakerdreamst]

TV!Lyra & Will: Friends to Lovers. Pure af.

Book!Lyra & Will: Enemies to Lovers. Surprisingly electric to the point many readers came out claiming they had sex so much that Philip Pullman had to explicitly write in "the secret of commonwealth" that they hadn't.

[crimsonkenjii-writes]

Okay but like…. Do you think Nanami would ever get a tattoo in honor of his daughter??? Bc he is such a girl dad and no one can convince me otherwise

[skinandscales-if]

*gasps*

Trans Reese? Trans Reese!

*my trans MC starts chanting like a cultist around him* and *happy dragon sounds* (which in my head are like fox yipping but lower)

Yes yes! Big part of who he is and how he sees the world, I’m super excited to write more for it! Trans MCs may get into a convo with him about it too 👀

🤭hehe I do like the idea of little dragon yips as well your vision is wonderful

[57sfinest]

You mentioned how the characters being cops is a meaningful narrative choice. Would you elaborate on that?

yeah so like obligatory opening fuck cops and i hope they all die.

but making harry and kim cops allows the game to make criticisms of cop culture & procedure from the perspective of the inside, and allows the player to be on the receiving end of anti-cop hostility from characters like liz and dros. a player's natural response to their character getting criticized might be to go on the defensive, but a smart player will then stop and think: why am i getting defensive, especially if i already hate cops? it's an interesting way of showing how the system gets reinforced from the inside: i'm a cop, they hate me for who i am, i'm only safe with my fellow cops. as in cult recruitment tactics where you isolate the recruit and make them feel persecuted so they'll stay and not question the cult, it makes them feel even more a part of their station and therefore make them less likely to leave.

also, harry only gets the leniency he does because he's a cop, which i've talked about before. kim only really cares about him (at first) because he's a cop. jean only comes to check on him because "dammit, he's one of us." evrart and joyce use him because he's a cop. people *have* to respect and answer to harry despite everything he's done because he's a cop. these two forces, between him getting cut slack and given sympathy because he's a cop and being hated and pushed away by civilians, work together to display how cops stay in a system even if they know it's corrupt and useless. it also shows how useless harry's own weak moments of anti-cop rhetoric are meaningless while he's still on the force. he's aware of the issues, but he won't *leave*. he's comfortable with the power and leniency it affords him.

[rogueddie]

Instead of getting a Steve funko pop, maybe try and see if you can get a character you don't already have? (I am however rooting for you to get more Steve funko pops XD)

what if I told you that I already have 18 stranger things funkos

(I do have at least one version of the young adults and kids though. it's just the adults and side characters but it's hard to find the versions I like for a reasonable price 🙃)

[j-emini]

where the fucking fuck is perez's 5 second penalty

[braveburned]

the way I interpreted hw2 is — following the thought initially put forward by ruin that princess quest is the canon ending of sb, hw2 takes place concurrently with ruin ( if slightly before by like, the ending of hw2 and the beginning of ruin overlap ) where gregory is the protagonist and the gameplay is him and vanessa trying to put an end to glitchtrap for good who in turn sets the mimic free as one final fuck you ( and likely the hope that the mimic would .... y'know, mimic afton and thus continue to carry on his eternal existence of fear and misery )

[mantisgodsdomain]

"oh, yeah," we think, "we could probably cross this over into Li nked Uni verse if we actually draw out the canon for long enough, smacking different versions of the same character into each other is always fun especially when it has the potential for massive cultural differences and shit like running into things where the thing that has been forgotten has significance beyond the things that are remembered. Hey, we should probably check the comic in order to comply with the six-month rule, we don't think we ever finished-"

We return from the reference images. We have remembered why we didn't finish looking into the base comic.

[lighthausen]

I think there's something to be said about actual character and text analysis and how it intersects and influences with "fluffy fandom fun" interpretations of a character and text. One has to be self-aware, know what their fluffy fandom biases are when trying to write a meta-type post.

[hyaciiintho]

🌸｡*ﾟ+. I think for all intent and purposes, I'll be referring to P as... well... "P" in all his tags and whatnot. Try to keep things as spoiler free as I possibly can on here. At least for a few months? I'll try to tag "Lies of P Spoilers" in things that have spoilers, though when it comes to writing in certain verses (post-game), I can say with 100% certainty that... it'll be incredibly spoilery c': So... warning on that front, if anyone cared and wanted to play the game themselves if they hadn't yet. If anyone wanted any other specific tag to use (because the general spoiler tag is kinda used by the fandom in general dfghujkdf), I can make one people can blacklist so they don't get spoiled!

Also, his google doc is probably gonna be hella spoilery, so if people just want to interact with an in-game verse (like beginning to mid-ish timeline) then they're free to request whatever information for him for that via DMs! But I think imma get started on his doc soon (after I fill my queue with other stuff) because... I'm excited to use him and I have the PERFECT FC's for him to use~

[skenpiel]

u guys should watch lake mungo btw i havent watched any new horror movies in years but its a really well written one with a very cool concept

[yellowraincoat]

Okay, so the thing is, I can’t think of an example where subtext that is both intentional and well written doesn’t pay off in some shape or fashion— Maybe it foreshadows something, offers closure to a character arc, provides motive or context, etc— subtext should pay off, it doesn’t have to pay off in some dramatic way, it just has to be acknowledged through emotional pay off.

Except in the case of queerbating. And I don’t know if that’s what this post is trying to talk about, but it is, coincidentally, the situation where I most often see people complaining about relationships and plot points being unrealized and subtextual. Because the subtext is there but not being realized for malicious reasons. And maybe for some fans it’s easier to just say: the writers don’t even realize the implications, or, it’s bad writing! than to acknowledge that queer subtext is being included intentionally but will never ever have a pay off, and I’m not talking a big on screen kiss, I’m talking a mental realization of same sex attraction, an acknowledgment of how internalized homophobia has shaped that character etc, there’s a way for queer subtext to pay off that isn’t just “these characters date”

But yes some things are better as subtext. I love subtly and nuance— as long as that subtle subtext is realized in some way and not just shunted off the the side, which is bad writing.

…It’s just that I can’t remember the last time I heard someone complain about subtext that was cohesive and that added something to the text in a way that was satisfying except when it was in the context of queerbating.

i hate this weird trend in fandom where subtext is seen as a Bad Thing and is only done if the creators are too cowardly to commit to showing something. i hate to break it to you but nuance and layers are what make stories interesting, if you have no subtext then you have a very flat story

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