#that they can exist and not contradict

[ms-hells-bells]

you guys know that pretty much every single political group in history has had the moderate reformists and the radical revolutionaries, right? and that even though they disagree about certain methods, their goal being the same means that they cooperate in order to achieve more attainable short term progress while actions are taken at the same time for long term progress? this is what liberal feminists used to be to radical feminists, the two groups did not hate each other, they just had different outlooks, but generally respected what the other group was trying to (and had some success to) achieve. we lost this dynamic and relationship with the post modern, genderist overtake of liberal feminism, and so it is clear to me that we are in dire need of that role again, with the same repeating schisms in approach that appear under the singular label of radical feminism.

at the very least, we need to establish a differentiation in reformist (i don't mean surface level equality feminism, but looking at practicality and realistic, incremental actions, and harm reduction for women while the other group is more about instant action towards the big picture of abolishment of the system, which won't occur tomorrow or any time soon considering most of the world is NOT radical feminists) and revolutionary radfems purely for the sake of having that instant understanding of how the other faction thinks, and not having these aggressive arguments over and over again when it is clear that it's not a misunderstanding or hypocrisy or bigotry (well, sometimes it is, but i mean the core issue), but a fundamental difference in worldview that is unlikely to heavily change with defensive and highly tense online debates that keep happening over and over.

this is all i'm going to say for this round of 'oh my god everything is imploding again'. this is also not saying anything specific about certain people or making judgement upon individual incidents on either side, i'm not getting into that. just a general thought after looking at repeating patterns of conflict.

[corviiids]

there are many arguments for why light could be transmasc but chief among them to me is that it explains why soichiro and sachiko yagami have one child named "sayu" and one child named "light but it's written with the kanji for moon unusual isn't it"

[spartalabouche]

sometimes its really obvious how much people dont actually believe presentation=/=gender when they see their nonbinary friend go from extremely masculine to relaxing back into femininity once theyre comfortable with their gender and every time they call it detransitioning with zero indication thats what their friend is calling it. i dont know how to tell you this but sometimes you present a certain way for social reasons and not because thats how you actually feel. sometimes you experience dysphoria about your body that is actually related to how people view you and not how you feel about your body. i really dont think its that uncommon for trans people to swing really hard in one direction for the affirmation and then relax back into a different presentation once they are more comfortable in their gender

[horrorshow]

I really wish things could be different, you know?

for @wincestwednesdays prompt: performance/underrated words: Warsan Shire

[coquelicoq]

what i love about the Famous Actor Natori Shuuichi of it all is that...it's not just that he's famous and therefore widely recognizable wherever he goes. like yes that is very funny because he was an exorcist before he became a famous actor, which means he CHOSE, on purpose, a day job that would make it harder to hide his double life/secret identity from the hordes of his adoring public, but it's more than that. it's not just that he's famous, it's that he's famous specifically for being an ACTOR, aka a person whose job it is to dissimulate, to make believe, to inhabit roles and emotions other than his own. like he decided he was going to become as visible as possible (which again was literally not necessary! he could have gone into any other career for his day job!!) but in such a way that everyone would see him but no one would see him - they would just see his various made-up personas, including the Famous Actor Natori Shuuichi persona. i can't decide if he's a genius or if he just made so many absurd decisions that they canceled each other out and circled back around to working out. he's either playing 9-dimensional chess or he's eating the pieces. too soon to say.

[if-one-of-us-falls]

Kaleshwi is such a good ship. It's such a good ship it's so good and so beautiful. All the mirroring they have going on, the mutual respect, the friend among enemy lines situation. We might kill each other today but at least we get to hang out. I'm so glad you're here. I'm protecting you but I will never admit it. I'm so glad you survived. We are enemies but I will try to bring you over to my side because you're worth saving. I respect you even more for not giving in. You are my equal. You challenge me. I'm so glad you're here.

[sweetpapercroissant]

what do you mean WHAT DO YOU MEAN that castiel reached down into the depths of hell, battling hordes of demons to reach dean, scalpel in hand and star protégé of hell’s best torturer and dragged him fighting and screaming, soul cradled close to his grace, up to earth and in his body that he reconstructed atom by atom to make it habitable for him again and then they just proceeded to build a RELATIONSHIP that was NORMAL???? not in my spn, oh no you don’t.

[singingcicadas]

The way it's depicted, Cybertron's pre-war societal issues had a lot less to do with Functionism and more to do with unchecked government corruption, massive wealth disparity, high layoff/unemployment rates, and disenfranchisement.

People were starving, they needed work, they weren’t getting any. Those that were fortunate enough to have work didn’t get paid living wages, much less have anything to spare for health contingencies. Even then stability’s still the luxury of the top few tiers; they live one cut away from layoff. The government cared only enough to exacerbate these issues by coming up with new ways for exploitation. Any attempts to protest or lobby were shut down through political persecution. As a result the masses turned increasingly to crime, drug abuse, thuggery, and violence. Extreme acts of terrorism gets lauded as long as the collateral damage's suffered by someone else. Morality and caution are eroded in the face of desperation.

Meanwhile the many alleged restrictions of Functionism are just lip service complaints made by the characters which doesn’t match up to most of the stuff we’re shown. Like if Rung could become a psychologist, a specialized job that requires higher education, despite having zero background on top of such a weird alt that he had to be classified as an ornament, then wow the functionists must be open-minded. If Dominus Ambus could be a scientist/doctor/explorer/author/successful social rights advocator during the height of functionist control with a minesweeper military-use alt (assuming that his secondary alt's the same as Minimus'), then wow the functionists must be accommodating. If Tyrest could become chief engineer under Nova and later go into law, a complete change of profession, while being a jet, then wow functionism's flexible. If Ratbat and Momus could become senators in a society that discriminates heavily against beastformers and labor frames, then wow that’s progressive. If every Prime from Nova to Zeta (with the exception of Sentinel, his alt’s a tank, he only has wings in Megatron Origin as part of his Apex armour upgrade), every single named pre-war senator other than Proteus and Momus, and four out of five of Nova Prime’s buddy club (only Galvatron's a grounder) were wingframes in a society that supposedly discriminates against wingframes, then wow that’s… inconsistent worldbuilding.

Megatron didn’t get into bloodsports or start a war because he didn’t get to pursue his dream job. He got driven into the pits and down the slippery slope of moral degeneration because his only source of income was cut off by the mine closure incident. People wanted livelihoods above anything else, it's the failure to provide that that made the miners go off the deep end and resulted in the death of a guard. If Functionism actually ensured that everyone could be guaranteed a job or at least minimized the unemployment rates, then stratified castes or not, there would have been no war. People, or societies, are generally capable of tolerating an incredible amount of injustice as long as the majority still have a chance at scraping by at the end of the day. But the government, and later Megatron, kept yanking the rug out from under everyone over and over until they no longer even had a chance at that; there's no other choice left but fight or die.

[lapinposts]

how it feels to read people on this site criticize death of the outsider

[moggettt]

HERE IT IS!! after Many moons of chipping away at this OC song comic for my scifi-noir android character Whitney and his bodyguard Bast, it is finally as complete as it shall ever be;; I’m proud of the work I put into this one! Pretty niche, but maybe some folks out there will enjoy UuU

ps: there's also a video for easy viewing!

[quibbs126]

Since we’re talking about the Witch’s Castle artbook I’d like to bring up this one thing I saw

Apparently Earthbread was a normal island in the world, one that basically no one went to, and then it was transformed to how we know it today, being all food-ified

This is Witch’s Castle and not Kingdom, but it feels like this is the only explanation for Earthbread we’re gonna get. Also it was made by Studio Kingdom, aka the people who make CRK, so I feel like this has grounds for being canon in that game. Also it just makes sense

[fiona-fififi]

The way people sometimes refuse to acknowledge that writing choices that clearly go against established canon should mean something is endlessly frustrating to me. We don't have to agree on the interpretation, but these writing choices SHOULD mean something.

Otherwise, it's shitty writing.

[torontofetish]

i think america is a top by necessity, not by choice. he would probably love to bottom for canada but for one thing he's so fucking pushy and domineering there was just never any hope for him and it'd be less embarrassing for everyone involved if he stopped trying tbh. second of all canada would never let him, and somehow canada is even more domineering than him (no one believes america when he says this) so really america has no choice in the matter

[silverhalla]

alright time for my two cents about it

imo not officially addressing some of the big world-shaping decisions from the prior games is the right move? even a non-central decision like sacrificing the chargers or not recruiting a companion splinters the game - if every world state gets to be the canon world state, where all of the decisions are referenced and included and neatly lined up, how do you continue to build a cohesive narrative? the more decisions you import, the more the state of the world continues to branch. at a certain point I think you have to make a choice - either embrace the idea that no two players will ever create the same thedas so there can never be one central world state for the series as a whole, or leave the bulk of those choices offscreen. if it isn’t being addressed onscreen, to either canonize a certain choice or to redact it, you’re walking a fine line where you can have both player freedom and a cohesive story.

I personally just think that at a certain point, addressing every decision a player has ever made is going to make the world smaller, not bigger. how far can all those branching narratives splinter before they run out of story to safely tell without doubling back on prior player choices? why would they even want to take that chance?

[virtualcarrot]

I think the dumbest thing about shipping wars is the absolute failure to acknowledge that shipping's not about how "they'd be so good together" over another lesser suited ship. In fact, it's not even quite about the characters.

It's about what this specific dynamic made from these specific characters together, brings to you. Whether because you find it wrong-bad or fascinating or soothing or inspiring or whatever.

Like, when push comes to shoves, shipping is about you. The person doing the shipping. And that's not only fine, that's also what fiction's for, ultimately. The reader. You.

[infizero]

my sources for shuichi being trans:

girl voice (in the original jp - voice is noticeably higher and more feminine sounding than any of the other boys)

general appearance (prominent eyelashes, fairly soft features, pretty androgynous esp when you pair with the jp voice, at certain points if ur insane enough it kinda looks like he has a binder outline)

wears a hoodie to the beach

gets really weird about having to go into the girls bathroom (obvs for different reasons but if you view those lines thru a trans lens then it honestly makes a lot of sense)

depressed and suicidal (not explaining)

im trans and i said so