#this is the rare kind of drama i like

[jsdimensions]

I've been watching the sun and moon show lately. Holy SHIT this is some JUICY DRAMA

[marypsue]

Man, it's cool and all if you see a metaphor for marginalisation in the monstrous, and if you want the power fantasy of 'what if you could just eat anybody who threatened you/pissed you off'. Me too.

However, as soon as you start saying 'no, these monsters are a 1:1 on Specific Marginalised Group, and you have to treat them in the fiction like they are directly representative of real human members of the marginalised group', BUT you also, in the fiction, make them hurt/kill/eat humans? And then try to shame me, your audience, for noticing or engaging with the bit where they kill people, because you made them directly representative of a real-world marginalised group? You have lost me, and also, I think, the plot.

[royalarchivist]

I love the QSMP. Not only has it introduced me to many amazing international creators, it's also introduced me to the French and Brazilian community, who are so sweet, funny, and chaotic in their own unique ways. I love seeing fans sharing their culture and learning from one another, and I myself have learned a lot this past year. I think it's incredible how QSMP brings so many different people together – all of us united in our love and passion for this project and its goals.

But passion can often evoke strong emotions, and these strong emotions aren't always positive.

The past few months, I have seen multiple waves of hate, bad-faith generalizations of communities, and racist remarks directed at fellow fans – especially those who are part of the French / Brazilian community. This kind of behavior is inexcusable, and is in direct conflict with the mission of QSMP, which is to break language barriers and unite communities.

We are a global community with a variety of people from different backgrounds. Miscommunications may occasionally occur because of cultural differences and/or language barriers, but we should use these moments as opportunities to learn and engage with other people rather than assuming the worst about them and starting fights.

Although certain issues can be resolved with communication, sometimes it’s better to block and move on. Avoid spreading negativity or hate, and save yourself the headache of interacting with people who are just looking for someone to argue with.

No matter what community we're a part of or what languages we speak, we're all here to have fun. Please remember to be kind to each other. We have more in common than we have in conflict.

[ridiasfangirlings]

What are your thoughts on K as some kind of multimedia series thing? I've been seeing other series that do that with them having anime, games, books, etc. that are all supposed to be this one big project that you'd need to know entirely to see the whole story. Unlike K though which got popular when the anime released, I barely hear anything much about other series that sorta did the same as it did.

I think K’s a bit different from a lot of other multimedia project style anime, in that it seems like nowadays ‘multimedia project’ is just code for ‘there’s a gacha game’ XD Seriously though I do feel like a lot of series do that now, an anime comes out but it’s just secondary to the mobile game and the real focus of the project is please please spend your money to buy pngs of our large cast who will each be allowed to have one (1) defining personality trait each. Sometimes the show might get some drama CDs or there will be an idol element so they can sell CDs and concerts but it definitely feels like you don’t see light novels as much (unless it’s for an already popular series to capitalize on something pre-existing) or even really manga that are specifically intended to fit into the series timeline and aren’t just random ‘day in the life’ or ‘retelling of the gacha game’s story’ ones. 

I think K is also interesting as a multimedia project in that the anime seems to be the ‘primary,’ more or less, or at least the thing that it’s expected people can generally watch with minimal knowledge of the other materials and still enjoy. Like I think it’s expected that viewers will at the very least watch season one of K first and that will get them interested enough to seek out the side materials, the side materials supplement the anime storyline but never supersede it. Compare that to something like, for example, Hypnosis Mic, where the main storyline is more in the songs and drama CDs and the anime was intended to promote those, but the HypMic anime itself can easily be skipped (season one at least, I never watched further than that) without affecting the main storyline of the actual series. Or something like the recent Delico’s Nursery anime, which gives a taste of the story but doesn’t really stand alone well without any knowledge of the stage plays it’s part of. By contrast while you could theoretically skip the K anime and just read the side materials you would be missing the main thrust of the storyline, the side materials build up the world around the anime but ultimately they remain in service to the anime rather than the other way around. 

I actually personally prefer this way too, while I do wish the side materials would get referenced more in the series proper I’ve found K far easier to follow than pretty much any other multimedia project I’ve tried to get into because the anime had actual stakes and important story happening and I didn’t feel like I would be totally lost if I missed, say, posts from the one person posting translations of a drama CD on Twitter or something like that. I also like that while K did have a mobile game at least it was brief and had fun moments with the existing cast, rather than falling into the trap of needing to constantly add more characters and everyone’s personalities getting flatter the more the cast ballooned. I think it both helps and hurts a little that K was created by light novel writers, on the one hand I think the anime is a bit uneven because Gora as a whole aren’t used to working within the confines of an anime but on the other the novels and short stories really give these characters a chance to shine that I don’t think they would have gotten if the anime was just there to promote a mobile game or a concert.

[avicecaro]

tbh i can sympathize with the “can’t we have feminine heroines for once? 😩” crowd, despite the fact that nearly all of these women are feminine, and the swaggering masculine heroine who abandons all feminine pursuits for her short hair and coarse language and sturdy boots (sorry i forgot my train of thought thinking about her). like she’s a myth. the media industry is not saturated with movies and tv shows and books about these heroines. most women shown in media are quietly feminine. it’s never really thought about, it’s never a plot point. it’s just assumed that’s what the average woman styled neutrally looks like and we move on.

but the most controversial brand of our Feminine Heroines are the ones who walk a weird line. i mean, you would never catch them dead doing their makeup (it’s always perfectly applied), or their hair (always carefully styled), or shopping for any of the fifty pairs of stilettos we see her run in throughout the movie (it’s not hard to run in heels but it is uniquely dangerous girl your ankles please). in fact, we may even run into another female character who we can admit does these things, and our heroine (who also clearly does these things) scoffs at her insipid frivolity right along with the men.

our heroine is clearly feminine, but she’s gotta be “one of the boys”. she’s like the “cool girl”, who jams chili dogs down her throat and magically stays a size 2, or has no hobbies which are traditionally considered feminine, but really that’s because she has none of her own hobbies at all, and of course she has no female friends, boys are less drama. she’s feminine, but somehow we’ve entered into an agreement with her that no one will acknowledge it (at least until she has a scene where she has to dress up sexy, at which time she picks at her odd, feminine outfit like it’s foreign to her, though we’re not sure why it would be)

so women who are fully aware of their own femininity (because unlike our heroine, the rest of us do not have the magic eyeliner and magic hair curlers which apply themselves, and so it would be hard to be unaware) feel understandably a bit insulted by this, and not at all represented, and conclude that the problem is that we are scared to allow our heroines to be feminine, and point to these characters, who are, of course, not masculine at all.

[averlym]

,,, little lemmings in line...

[arikihalloween]

why do you follow artsy bug back on tiktok I thought you didnt support problematic and disgusting pppl

Did you check my following on tiktok and then came back here to specifically ask me about this ? That's kinda weird /lh

I saw that Bug made a return with new boundaries, and clear indications that they've learned from their mistakes and is trying to to better

So I followed again to see the developpement

But also, it seems you didn't follow what has been going on and the new infos on that specific situation

For one, it has been proven J and Bug merely enabled K's behavior, and most of the instances were situational and due mostly from a lack of boundary from what I've seen

There was no ill intent whatsoever and things were taken too far out of personal bias against all the creators involved (including K)

So as far as I know

J and B didn't groom, they made a mistake which was to enable a 17yo who approached them with nsfw (it was mostly Java btw, Bug was barely in those vocals to begin with)

Mind you, all the parties involved were like, 17, 18 and 19, which is still in the middle zone of teen and adult and as such, they'll make immature mistakes (you don't received the world's wisdom upon reaching 18 yk)

It's hypocritical to hold them to an impossible standard and try to keep the water muddy about what really happened by reducing them to "unredeemable disgusting problematic people"

And what really happened, again, was two immature young adults with a minor in their friend circle, being approached by said minor with nsfw, and failing to keep their boundaries clear

And they got called out. And made the right moves. Which was to apologize, cut contact with the minor, and improve themselves so the mistake won't happen again.

I'll still hold both Bug and Java accountable for their mistakes, I still don't follow Java and only refollowed Bug on tiktok to see their evolution, because Bug took visible actions to change and second chances are a thing, you know ? If Bug does something problematic again, I'll unfollow and probably block.

If musicboxtune has been allowed a second chance from people after being called out for trying to talk nsfw on call while actual children were present, being a shitty person, stealing ideas and forcing people to nsfw rp with them, why can't Bug be given a second chance after a bad joke and accidentally enabling someone they thought would turn 18 a month or two later ?

Bug showed improvements, I want to see if they'll keep those improvements.

Now typing this all out, I realise it's the first time I voice all my thoughts on the matter publicly

From day 1, from the first doc by Exposer, I felt something was off. The screenshots are weirdly cropped and there was only claims about the vocals. And as the situation unfold, it became abundantly clear that what actually happened wasn't important

It all felt like a weird power play, trying to ruin someone's reputation to rise by stepping on the crumbles

As soon as someone would get called out, I'd see 3-4 replies about people saying they'd take the ocs/AUs or advertising their own version of a concept

Right of the top of my head I can think of 5-6 people who stole either Java's or Bug's OCs

Not just AUs, OCs.

Do yall even realise that after all of this, Java and Bug have leverage to sue a whole bunch of people for cyberharassement, defamation and plagiat ? Yall realise ocs fall under original content and thus copyright, don't you ?

The enabling of nsfw, with the proofs that are out now, would mostly rule in their favor imo, because K is shown lying about their age a few times, deflecting blame and even said themselves that they were enabled, not groomed

Speaking of K, don't get me wrong, I'm worried about them. From day 1 it was clear there was someone else influencing them, which wasn't J and B. There had to be someone that brought up the "grooming" idea and K went along with it. There had to be other people K showed the nsfw too, other adults who likely also enabled, possibly intentionally contrary to J and B

Hell, just last week, there was a whole drama on twitter during which it was found out that an ADULT 'friend' of K IMPERSONATED them and made a NSFW ACCOUNT to "GET CLOSER TO K"

Like, fr protect this kiddo ?? After everything that happened how the fuck did people not notice this kinda behavior around K right away ??

And this person wasn't Java, nor Bug.

Now that I'm at it rambling, doesn't it feel so easy to blame Java and Bug ? They were and probably still are popular artists, it's easy to talk about fame and power dynamic (even if on the internet it doesn't actually mean much especially on a scale like this case bfr)

Everyone scrambled to try to claim Java and Bug's ocs right after they got called out. People have been waiting for this. Java had already been in a drama the year before at this point and there was still clear resentment leftover from then.

I'm not saying it was all planned out, it feels absurd to believe this was all a conspiracy to get rid of some popular artists

What I am saying tho, is that it was easy to blame the two popular artists who already had resentment about them, and then muddy the water to hide the involvement of many in the situation

How come we never held accountable the other adults present in that same server who were also on call with Java and K ? They could've also said something to stop the enabling

How come we don't know who K sent nsfw to, aside from J ? How come aren't all of the people who followed that nsfw account held accountable either ?

I disgress sorry

I hope that gave some food for thoughts for you anon tho

As a last note, thank you for asking me about this /gen

Although a dm would've been preferable, I supposed you prefer your anonymity which is fine ig

If I follow someone really problematic, I prefer to be told and shown proof, and I'll unfollow (or block)

I got nothing to hide, hence why I'm not trynna sugarcoat my thoughts on the whole thing

I made my own choice on this matter with the various doc that have been made available

If you want to stop supporting me and my work, that's your choice

Have a good day/morning/afternoon/evening/night

[famewolf]

I'm gonna be a little quiet on here until after I start playing Dragon Age. I don't want to be spoiled and the urge to click on posts that have DA tags blacklisted is mounting. And just like with Inquisition, I want to go in totally blind.

[sevenseasaurus]

so do the rest of you guys just simplify your dreams when explaining them to people or do I just remember a significantly weirder degree of depth than the average bear

[iamacolor]

love that she didn't miss a beat and immediately went along with the roleplaying - she saw the opportunity to get away and spite her ex at the same time and she took it

[zorkaya-moved]

it is a pretty messed up thought of zarina asking one of her male friends who know how much she wants a family about having a kid together. and making it very clear that it's like a business transaction because she doesn't want to make it emotional and doesn't want another person to think they're going to need to do more. it's just... desperate. it's showing her giving up on ever finding someone who will love her but also shows how she doesn't trust others and how it seems to be the only way for her to actually reach out for her wish. and this 'you don't need to worry about being a father/parental figure, I'll be taking care of everything. money, hospital, care, everything.'

and it's... it can come off rather cold but then you look more into what she's saying and it is... truly desperate because she wouldn't have asked if things were not completely decided or gone awry for her to even arrive to that conclusion. it's her giving up on a life where she might find love like victor did with margarita or her mother with her father. it sound like such a business deal, so impersonal like 'no strings attached'. and she would even say that there is no need to take care of her either because she'll be fine by herself and she will rationally and completely honestly explain why she asked, why asking the person she asked, and why not anyone else or why even speak of it. and it's... terrible, in a sense.

it's seeing despair and the denial of it, the crashing of one dream yet reaching out for the pieces of it so it won't completely die out. it's picking up embers and starting a new light/fire of hope. but it's desperate, it's sad, and it's... unusual. it's the longing that no one would get, but it's also understanding of just how strong zarina's wish for her own family is and how she is longing/yearning for it. and how... alone she is. and if she's asked or told that a child isn't going to 'fix' anything, zarina knows. she isn't asking because she just had an idea or a thought. it probably took her months, if not years, to come to that conclusion and be prepared for almost anything. she knows taking care of a child is hard, but she is willing to do just that.

annnnnd that's the last thought about such type of a scenario/dynamic. won't be talking about this anymore today until asked. it can be used as a potential plotting scenario etc if anyone would be interested. I want more thinking about zarina's thought process and the reason behind her going that far. because it underlines certain parts of zarina that not many people will ever see or witness or know, even herself.

[neraiutsuze]

“It was much better to imagine men in some smokey room somewhere, made mad and cynical by privilege and power, plotting over brandy. You had to cling to this sort of image, because if you didn't then you might have to face the fact that bad things happened because ordinary people, the kind who brushed the dog and told the children bed time stories, were capable of then going out and doing horrible things to other ordinary people. It was so much easier to blame it on Them. It was bleakly depressing to think that They were Us. If it was Them, then nothing was anyone's fault. If it was Us, then what did that make Me? After all, I'm one of Us. I must be. I've certainly never thought of myself as one of Them. No one ever thinks of themselves as one of Them. We're always one of Us. It's Them that do the bad things.”

― Terry Pratchett, Jingo

i wish ppl on this website, and within leftist circles in general, were a little less gung ho about making jokes or statements like "billionaires arent people" "nazis arent people" "police arent people"

there is no level of evil where a human stops being a human. if you decide to kill them for their crimes, then you are killing a human. and sometimes that is justified! oil execs and war profiteers have destroyed countless lives in service of their own sick greed, and given the chance to enact that same violence on them, id probably pop their heads like a pimple.

but it is important that we do not shy away from the reality of that choice. it is a human life that is being ended. a person with interiority, feelings, family.

if we stop considering any group as people, even a group defined by their own evil actions, then we are drawing a line to divide society into persons and non-persons, and stating that those non-persons do not deserve to live.

i hope i dont need to explain why that is a dangerous position to take.

these people and all of their evil, their greed, their hatred, are just as much a part of humanity as art, culture, language, food. they are a part of us that has grown malignant and cancerous, and like a cancer, they must be excised for the sake of the whole--but they are still a part of us, made of the same stuff as us, down to their cores.

evil humans are still humans.

[lesbianladyeboshi]

Completely blanking on a long shift while all your whiter coworkers make money is... not great for self esteem

[prncssguya]

so many dramas, so little time.

blossom (dropped after main couple got together because it got boring after that. first half was really good), the story of pearl girl (dropped even though i love zhao lusi, the plot was going nowhere), the blossoming love (watched up to like episode five and i like it so far. looks like it’s been added on viki so i’m going to pause until a few more episodes are out), moonlight mystique (anything bai lu. looks interesting, i’m adding to my watch list), flourished peony (awww the go go squid couple are back together. adding to my watch list). tried guardians of the dafeng but sorry i couldn’t handle the sitcom style of the show, also dropped love game in eastern fantasy (i really wanted to like this one for esther yu but it just didn’t land for me) and kill me love me (in the previews, it was sold as this deranged ML and an angsty enemies to lovers dynamic but it didn’t live up to that hype for me). attempted rise of ning because of ZWY from lost you forever but the villain was the most compelling character to me but she wanted to choose her “brother”…. ok. i haven’t watched fangs of fortune but all the gifs makes me want to

[watery-melon-baller]

on the one hand, i really like working on the script for this video essay. on the other hand, it feels like im just being super negative and and a hater towards the entire toh fandom because they like making their dolls kiss

[teafiend]