#which is valid you have your own opinion I respect that BUT THEY LITERALLY SAID ITS BECAUSE ALASTOR HIMSELF TOLD THEM?

[radioisntdead]

Accidentally stumbled onto the dark side of Tumblr again, DEAR GRACE SOME FOLKS NEED INTENSE THERAPY, or need to stop doing drugs, maybe both, my eyes, my poor, poor eyes, I need a holy water and bleach combo

Also I should watch gravity falls again

[jacebeleren]

It bothers me so much that the only transfem rep in mtg cards is this like. Soldier military woman, like 'ooh look at this guy's we made a trans woman who's a part of a war machine' fantastic thank you magic very original

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Okay.

First of all, there is no "our" interpretation of the text. My thoughts are my own, and your thoughts are your own. Some of our thoughts might align, but I will not allow you to speak for me.

Second, I am sorry you feel so disappointed in the current state of transgender representation in Magic. I understand your concerns and I think they're valid concerns.

Third, your concerns being valid does not mean I agree with what you have to say, though. Don't come into my inbox complaining unless you're ready for me to honestly respond. Respectfully, your approach to these concerns makes it clear to me that you don't actually understand what you're talking about.

It's apparent that you follow me or have at least seen many of my posts. You appear to respect my opinions / analysis (at least regarding Jace and Tezzeret). So listen to me when I say this:

What constitutes 'good' representation is context-dependent, and it's not something you alone get to decide.

Yes, Alesha is a "soldier military woman", as you said. I understand that you have this complaint because you believe this makes Alesha an example of the stereotype that trans women are violent. But context matters. What you're failing to consider is the fact that she comes from the Mardu Horde, a faction on Tarkir inspired by the Mongol hordes of real-world history. In this context, Alesha isn't presented as violent because she's a trans woman. She's violent because she literally comes from a warrior clan based on one of the greatest military forces in human history. And honestly, with Magic being a combat-centric game, she's not any more violent than any non-Mardu Legends, either.

Do you seriously think a story about a trans woman fighting to proudly declare her trans identity in her culture and later becoming the accomplished and well-respected leader of her clan is bad representation? Does the fact that she's a warrior really outweigh the rest of the lovingly crafted trans narrative they created for her, to you?

It's fine if you feel that way. You don't have to like Alesha or her story. But just because something wasn't made for your taste doesn't mean it's bad writing / bad representation.

Anyway, I highly recommend you read Alesha's story, "The Truth of Names", since it seems like you haven't read it yet. It's a fantastic story-- the most beloved short story in all of Magic, actually. It was the most-read article on the entire Magic website for like 5 years, according to WOTC.

And if you're interested in learning more about transfem characters in Magic who aren't Alesha, I recommend you read about Xantcha, who first appears in the novel "Planeswalker".

Next, I need to make things clear about Ashiok.

Ashiok was never intended to be nonbinary representation. Ashiok was created to be a mysterious, unknowable villain. What makes Ashiok special is that we are not mean to know anything about Ashiok. We do not know Ashiok's species or plane of origin, for example. Another part of that element of mystery is not knowing Ashiok's gender, or how Ashiok identifies. Ashiok's original style guide from Theros explicitly instructs people to not use any pronouns for Ashiok at all (which I still follow because old habits are hard to break.) Official Magic sources did not begin to use they/them pronouns for Ashiok until 2022, in the story "A Garden of Flesh" (another excellent story, BTW.) And they only started using they/them for Ashiok because it is really hard to write a story where the character is mentioned that many times without pronouns.

All this to say: Ashiok as intentional nonbinary representation is certainly not the narrative WOTC is pushing.

Yes, there are many fans of Ashiok who interpret Ashiok as nonbinary, but those are their thoughts and you need not concern yourself with that, if it bothers you so.

As for Niko, it's weird that you say they're "non-existent" in Magic story when 2 of the 5 side stories ("Know Which Way the Wind is Blowing" and "Aim Through the Target") in their debut set Kaldheim were entirely focused on Niko. They're also a starring main character in 15 of the 25 issues of the BOOM! Studios Magic comics.

I'm glad you like my analysis of Jace and Tezzeret as transgender characters. Thank you for that, genuinely. But I want you to understand that the reason I have these interpretations is because I love Magic Story. And more importantly, I actually read it. I love Magic Story, and I have so much respect for the Magic Narrative team and the work they do.

What most people don't understand is that the Magic Narrative Team is in fact very careful and very loving in their approach to queer representation. You may not know this about me, but I'm friends with A LOT of people who formerly or currently work on Magic / Magic Story. Knowing these people personally, I know for a fact that the Magic creative Team does not create queer characters for "diversity points". They're not just checking boxes. The Magic creative team creates queer characters because the Magic creative team is full of queer people and allies who want to tell stories that reflect their own + fans' experiences. And they have to constantly fight to include more / better queer representation in Magic. They want good queer representation in Magic just as much as we do.

Am I going to defend everything they do? No! Are they perfect? No! They are just people. They make mistakes and they have blind spots. For example, in my essay about my analysis of Jace as a trans man, I explain that the reason my interpretation means so much to me is because there is currently zero meaningful representation for trans men in Magic canon. There are zero transgender male characters in Magic canon who have names. That's a HUGE blind spot considering the number of canon trans characters! That's something that disappoints and upsets me.

I'm not afraid to criticize Magic Story, and I do so very often. But I am critical of Magic story because I love it. My criticism does not equal hatred or unhappiness.

Sorry to hear that their efforts at including better trans representation in Magic would piss you off. I'm sorry that you've given up.

Lastly, I think Liliana is cis, but that's just my headcanon.

[dr4wingfranciss]

"Gale is worse than Snow", "Prim Reaper", "Gale didn't love Prim", "he was just trying to separate Katniss and Peeta bc he's a asshole"

okay, i'm gonna hold your hand while i say this:

Gale Hawthorne, as much as he was annoying, an idiot, and often acted like an asshole, was a literal fucking WAR CHILD.

he grew up only knowing that the Capitol and President Snow were the ones causing pain across Panem, and keeping the Games going even after it was stablished that they were no longer a punishment to the districts but a mere entertaining show. The only thing Gale knew was that he was angry and that his best friend was willing to die just so she could spare her sisters life. He was inspired by Katniss' actions, and tried his best to protect her family while she was out in the Games.

he loved her in a very VERY toxic and possesive way, that will always be something i will NEVER excuse, and he hurted a lot of people with his inability to put his emotions into words, but he was still going to support Katniss and the revels. Gale was ready to put all of himself so the rebellion would succeed, and Panem will finally be free.

he despised Peeta, yes, but it was because of simple and pathetic childish jealousy, not because Peeta ever did something to him. They even would get along if needed, and respected each others opinions and points while discussing important topics. They weren't each others favorite person, but they were mature enough to try and "get along". I mean, do we all remember that Gale went on a mission to RESCUE Peeta?

and, the biggest mistake Gale ever made was to drop those bombs. Or at least, help create them.

i believe it is never implied/said that Gale knew that Prim would be there. He new the paramedics would be, so they could attend people's wounds, but we don't know if he was aware of the fact that Primrose Everdeen, the girl he saw grow up, that he protected like she was his own little sister, the girl he took care of when her big sister went to the Hunger Games just so she could live and then came back, the girl who was sweet and took care of others in a motherly way nobody else in Twelve seemed to be, would be there.

As much as i hate and can't stand Gale, i will never, under ANY circumstances, believe that he would EVER be okay with "dropping" a bomb over Prim. He would "drop" it over Capitol children any day, (which i believe is so fucked up i can't even put my disbelief into words) but Primrose Everdeen would remain untouched.

or at least that's what i think he thought.

if you are thinking this is a Gale defending post, and that i am a Gale Hawthorne apologist, you are absolutely wrong.

never in my life you would catch me excusing and trying to mend a FICTIONAL character's actions, but i will try my best to explain them. I've seen some justified hatred towards Gale as a character because of his actions, but it's more the amount of hatred i've seen from people that think Gale is redouced to a annoying bitch who just wanted to get with Katniss and who didn't care about her.

a) that shows me the amount of media literacy you have (none).

and b) you are just hating on him for the sake of hating, not for VALID reasons.

hating Gale because of his toxic behavior, his problematic ways of dealing with tense situations, and how he acted with other people are VALID reasons, but hating him because he was mean to Peeta, wanted to get with Katniss and killed Prim "in purpous" is perhaps the stupidiest shit i've ever read. Stop watering down COMPLEX and MORALY GREY characters just because of their superficial mistakes/actions.

[readsrealm]

1. why do you hate that ship?

2. How is different from you shipping bughawk since technically mihawk is even more “disrespectful” towards him

3. Mihawk wants to be around shanks? He seeks him out because shanks told him about luffy and shanks losing an arm hurt him so much he remembered everything including th reason? He either knew where shanks is or has his vivre card? He apologises to shanks in his mind? That’s how much he respects him? For character like mihawk respect is everything. And he respects shanks and his choices. They had falling out because of the “betrayal” of their duels but we can see mihawk cares deeply about this relationship. He has issues that need to be resolved. They are basically failed zolu. If trauma didn’t happens to mihawk he would be the swordsman of RHP. Notice how shanks is a straw hat without swordsman next to him? Roger had one. Rayleigh. Luffy has one. Zoro. Shanks?

You’re just cope with hatred towards the ship while shipping nonsense like cross guild just because you like buggy.

lol why you want to fight us so bad

It’s my opinion which I’m aloud to have. Difference between you and me is that i don’t harass mishanks fans bc they have any right to ship them I just mute them bc instead of hating them you mute the tags you can do that I did that with mishanks so now I know where mishanks content will be so I can avoid it

becuase girl I can and I like it. And I never said it’s a healthy relationship, didnt I ?

Like I said surely they respect each other but they literally didn’t see each other for 10 years only bc Mihawk want to not see him and until now and it seems like Shanks wasn’t really bothered with that. Mihawk lost most of his respect for Shanks bc he didn’t get how you would lose an arm for a kid that’s it. He respected him enough to give him the poster. Yes. He respects him but there isn’t much of a bond in my opinion. And he apologized bc he had somewhat respect for Shanks bc there was a time where shanks could stand on equal footing with him which is a good reason to respect someone considering that he is the strongest sword man of the world. Though if you want to go that way. If he really cared he wouldn’t have attacked him bc shanks would be devastated and angry. Your literally putting you hc here bc Mihawk would never joined to rhp bc they are first of all too aloud and Mihawk is a loner. The only reason he joined crocodile was bc he wanted peace. And they are not failed zolu if not Shuggy is failed zolu. Zoro is always ready to lose his dream so Luffy can achieve his dream. Thriller park proved us that. Now imagine Zoro would have been there on Marineford and then on that random island where Luffy says to jinbei that he can’t be pk bc he couldn’t save Ace. Zoro would be shocked. Now imagine Luffy actually going through this giving up his dream. Zoro would be devastated bc in someway he put his dream away for Luffy. If Luffy would become pk zoro wouldn’t become the world strongest swordsman. Zoro would also be angry. The same actually happened to Shuggy. Shanks may had his reason but he didn’t told Buggy so for Buggy it was just after all these years Shanks giving up on their dream. Buggy who is known for being selfish and kind of narcissistic let go of his dream so he could support Shanks bc he thought that this is what Roger wanted. The strawhat x swordsman combi is not a valid reason lol. We literally know nothing about Mihawk (which is sad). Now you say if trauma didn’t happen he would be the swordsman of the rhp but I actually believe he would’ve made his own crew bc he doesn’t like taking orders his pride his high (which he can afford).

Your the only one who copes with hatred bc instead of just searching for your mishanks posts which is completely fine you’re here to harass us and yes I ship cross guild bc I love buggy bc I have the right to do that. For me buggy can get paired with these and clearly I’m not alone with that so yeah

BYE 😘

[konigsblog]

whorentia or however it was spelt, literally has in her pinned post about not bullying people for their preferences, being yourself and having fun etc. but orla, when people do that to you, you have to accept it!!!! you can’t block them!!!! they might find something out about you!!! 💀

a reply also said people might just come across your post without realising you were a dark content writer after you literally already said that your posts have warnings. if that’s the case, it would literally be impossible to not know what they’re going to read. people are really trying to grasp at every last thing possible to make you look bad. deep down they know they can just block but for some reason they don’t and they choose to be upset about it. this is why these people have so much hatred, because they’re always so negative and can’t take responsibility of their own content consumption. i always wonder if these people are actually 18+ because the way they act always seems really immature.

honestly it's laughable!! i know exactly WHO they're talking about. because they're all friends, they're following each other. there's three people involved, and a couple names i won't be mentioning because i have a suspicion they may be underage, while one is a confirmed minor. definitely weird how one account made FOUR different accounts to send me a message simply because they couldn't keep their immaturity to themselves, then acted as if i was obsessed, while they probably have a whole group chat dedicated to me by the looks of it, it wouldn't surprise me.

look, people need to realise that you're not owed an explanation for why you're blocked. it was pretty funny to see them not make one singular valid and clear point and then call me immature for blocking them because they were being disrespectful and disregarding my boundaries, while they had made countless comments and accounts to try speak to me. i wasn't surprised they were underage honestly.

they acted as if i got my friends to harass them. i didn't get anyone to respond to them, my friends chose to do it, whether that's because they wanted to support me, or had an opinion they wanted to share themselves. when you post a comment publicly, you have to be prepared for comments, responses, and opinions form other people. if they didn't want to receive responses, then they should've kept their comment to themselves.

and the person you mentioned? yeah, pretty strange how they say you shouldn't judge someone for their preferences, while doing the exact same thing. these people are hypocrites; they don't care if it happens to you, just as long as it isn't them.

and the other person (you know who you are, if you're reading this — which you shouldn't be able to, considering you're blocked, but i assume you keep tabs on people... 🥴😬) they acted as if i blocked them because they asked me questions respectfully. they were respectful in the dms, but began to reblog hate posts about me. don't act oblivious. i mean seriously? what did you expect? when you reblog hate posts about me, agreeing with them in any way, i will 100% block you.

i won't continue talking about these people, and i won't be mentioning their usernames (unless you want to block them yourself, then message me), because again, i have doubts they're actually adults, and can tell one person in particular wants attention BADLY.

[fandomwe1rd0]

Rick is really testing how long he can be insufferable before Morty becomes my favorite character. Let's take a look at the worst moment in the episode, that just SCREAMS victim mentality and victim blaming. But before that, I just wanna make something clear, I do absolutely love Rick, he's my favorite character and I love him. But he was REALLLYYYY testing me this episode and it got on my nerves quick, so this is just made for me to vent and see if anyone else feels the same, so if you wanna share your feelings on this, please share your thoughts in the reblogs or comments! Even if they are different, as long as you are respectful about it, I'll be glad to hear your opinion! Next up, I do kin Rick a lot, and I will cut him the tiniest bit of slack for his behavior here, as I can relate to feeling like you are unlovable, and being unable to see why anyone would love you in the first place. I mean self loathing is a bitch and I definitely relate to Rick feelings like he is unlovable, so while I did give him shit for not knowing Morty loves him in the past, I won't do it here. Now onto the rant! Here's the Convo that makes me blood boil.

Morty: You're acting like you're the one that got stabbed in the back!

Rick: Because I am the one Morty! You wanna know why I replaced myself at the beginning of that stupid knights of the sun things!? I said don't take the fucking sword, and you were like "Whatever" like I'm our neighbor Gene or David Arquette or something. You called me boring! I've become dogshit to you!

Now, allow me to dissect each line because this pisses me the hell off.

Morty: You're acting like you're the one that got stabbed in the back!

Again, Morty is mad here, and that is completely valid, Rick abandoned him for literal months on end, hell I would be furious too if I were Morty. And Rick doesn't appear to feel any fucking guilt and just prefers to wallow in his self pity.

Rick: Because I am the one Morty!

I-I-I-I'm sorry? Y-you abandoned him, for literal MONTHS! Yes, you did replace yourself with a robot that was made to make Morty happy, which does show character development and that you do care about Morty, in your own way. But that does not make you the victim! Morty must be feeling so betrayed and hurt right now, yet you're too wrapped up in your victim mentality to care

Rick: You wanna know why I replaced myself at the beginning of that stupid knights of the sun things!? I said don't take the fucking sword, and you were like "Whatever" like I'm our neighbor Gene or David Arquette or something. You called me boring! I've become dogshit to you!

*Inhales deeply* Rick...you are realllyyy testing my patience right now. If you have been following my blog for a bit, you probably know that victim mentality is the one thing that can make me hate a character, and Rick is just overflowing with it in this episode. And also, Rick was just a huge hypocrite here. Morty did lash out at Rick, yes, but he actually felt bad for it. Morty actually always feelings bad for lashing out at Rick if he is under the impression that he hurt Rick, and Morty clearly shows guilt when Rick says "I've become dogshit to you!" he clearly didn't intend to hurt Rick's feelings, he's just a 14-year-old who lashed out, and Rick says wayyy worse things then what Morty said to him to Morty on the daily. Morty lashed out, he is a teenager, that's what they do. But parents tend to be mature and smart enough to know that the kid doesn't mean this, and is just mad. You are literally the smartest man in the universe. I get being hurt by this, and seeing yourself as unlovable, but that doesn't make your treatment of him here ok in the farthest stretch of the imagination. He has every right to be mad at you, especially considering how you insult the poor boy daily.

Also he's mad because Morty didn't follow his instructions...Rick..DO YOU NOT HEAR YOURSELF WHEN YOU SPEAK!? You legit ignore Morty's advice every fucking time at this point! Also yes, Morty was impulsive and reckless when he took the sword without knowing exactly what happens after he takes the sword...but...he's a teenager...Rick were you never impulsive and reckless when you were a teenager...oh wait! You are REGULARLY impulsive and reckless! So what's your excuse hmmmmm?

I love Rick, but by God he was testing me. Thanks for reading this ranty post, and please let me know your thoughts in the comments or reblogs!

[mini-jiminie]

No because again, leaving room for doubt is erasure and does invalidate them. They are literally out there showing us themselves in the show and you are still casting doubtful opinions about them. Are you insane? As another blogger said it’s like having your cake and eating it too. I don’t care if you’ve been here since 2017 or the year zero, doesn’t make a difference to the fact you’re invalidating them for your own benefit.

It’s not about being right or wrong, it’s just appreciating them as they are, respecting them. You’re answering asks about theories which have no valid basis, touting your opinion as fact, and it’s not. You don’t know they have been in other relationships, there is no evidence whatsoever, you’re believing a grainy video above everything Jikook have ever done, and that is homophobic, no matter what you say. You need to check yourself there. They literally spend the later half of 2023 travelling together and then enlisting and therefore there was no distance. They spent lives talking about each other, hugged like crazy at Hobi’s enlistment, went to Yoongis concert, they saw each other, so you think they made the decision for the show and enlistment in a vacuum? Grow up. You are the very definition of an insecure jkk, because you’ve also just said about JK being bi and with a women, that’s literally a paradox, bc he’s not going to leave Jimin if he loves him, for a women just bc you said it’s safer (again homophobic) and I’m sorry but that is so obvious, he’s obsessed) Jimin didn’t write letter for just anyone and get just anyone to sing on it, that shit meant something.

These men obviously have something incredibly special going on with each other, no matter your view point, or the aroace person or mine. Whatever we say or whatever our opinion has no mind to that.

They not only enlisted together but made this show for us to enjoy and all you keep doing is shitting on it, offering nothing more than doubt. You should truly be ashamed.

Suck my fucking dick omfg.

Yes, Jikook are gonna announce their very gay relationship through mf Disney+.

I’m only ashamed of the fact that I have to share this space with such shallow minded imbeciles such as yourself.

I’ve been replying to ‘controversial asks’ because, people like you are not the self proclaimed leaders of the tumblr Jikook space like you wanna believe you are.

You sound like a fucking cultist, did you know?

People can share their opinions whether you agree or not. Plus, bold of you to claim that I’m stating my opinion as fact when you are damn well doing the same thing.

Please touch some grass. Being so obsessed with two people who could give less of a rat’s shit about you is unhealthy.

[porcelain-gal]

tw/cw .. mentions of psychosis, paranoia, and christianity

. . . CONTEXT + PSA!

i had someone in my inbox basically say that shifting can cause psychosis and/or paranoia due to some reasons they provided and i'm going to be speaking on this and giving my opinions on this topic! i accidentally deleted the post like an idiot so i can't reply to it directly which i apologize for!

please keep in mind that these are my personal opinions and i am in no way a mental health or spiritual professional or anything of the sort, i'm just speaking about my own thoughts on the matter.

also to those reading, please don't be disrespectful to op because they were respectful in their original message and this is a serious topic i wanted to discuss!

. . . MY THOUGHTS!

My opinion on this is: people possibly having these issues isn't because of shifting itself.

one of your points was that people sometimes make others feel like it's their fault for not getting their desires (i paraphrased so i apologize if that's not entirely accurate but that's what i got from it!) notice that it's not shifting itself causing that issue, it's the community.

say christians say to another other christian who is struggling that they aren't being recognized/forgiven by god because they're doing something wrong and they're just shitting on them and whatever. then this person goes on to start spiraling into paranoia and all this stuff thinking that they're being shunned by god or that they aren't pleasing god. this person isn't feeling bad because they're a christian on it's own, it's because of the community making them feel that way.

for another example, say someone who is a dog owner is dealing with a dog who has health issues and people in the dog community are blaming the owner because they think they aren't taking care of the dog meanwhile the owner is doing everything they can, essentially blaming the owner without knowing their circumstances. in this situation, the owner doesn't feel bad because they own the dog and are dealing with its health issues, it's once again because of the community blaming them.

if both the christian and the dog owner simply decided to leave the community or just ignore it, they would be able to get help and heal would probably continue on their life being a christian and a dog owner. why? because the issue was never what they were doing, it was the people around them fucking with their head and making them feel bad.

for the second point, if someone is developing psychosis and paranoia, literal mental disorders, from not obtaining their desires then i personally believe that person was not stable in the first place. if said person decided to just stop shifting entirely and leave it, they would still have to deal with the possibility of going into psychosis and paranoia over other things because shifting was never the problem, it was their mental state.

your average person won't just develop whole disorders from simply believing in shifting. people believe in gods and higher powers and aliens and manifestation and all these things that sound just as fantastical as shifting and a lot of them aren't dealing with those issues but there are people who do. the only difference is that the majority of people who do develop these issues were never mentally healthy to begin with.

and of course there are special instances where seemingly normal people develop issues through believing in these things but those are pretty rare and usually happen because of additional causes, not just what they're believing in/doing (e.g., someone converting to christianity and being taken advantage of by other christians, causing them to develop issues.)

i hope this explained my point of view on this and maybe gave some others some insight! if you don't agree, then you're valid of course but please don't be disrespectful or rude in the comments or my inbox. thank you for reading!

anti-shifter, proship/profic, ageplay, pro ana, bigot/incel, and any variation dni

[pearlboybby]

RANT : this is DISGUSTING, NOBODY is talking about this so i will. 🍉

this is lesbiansnowwhite, they’re a tiktoker known for neopronouns/xenopronouns. they are FAR more well known on tiktok but i dont have tiktok, so this is from their insta.

they claim to support Gaza but their twisted idea of “support” is making “pronouns” BASED ON WHATS HAPPENING IN GAZA.

wtf is g3nocid3/g3nocid3s “pronouns” and who the FUCK in their right mind would use or defend this?

they also had a hit/ler “pronouns” video but they took that one down. (but left the pu/tin one up. what)

they (pictured below, and is still up) coined pu/tin “pronouns” like p*tin didnt unalive thousands of innocent Ukrainians. and he’s still at it. p*tin as well t*rtures LGBTQ people in his own country through their military.

no pride/no prides “pronouns” they said comes from the fact there is no pride for gazans. it’s sad and true that there is no pride for gazans, but what was their sick idea to make “pronouns” out of it and thought ppl would support it?

this post is NOT a diss towards xenopronouns and xenogenders in general, even though i dont agree with it or think it’s valid personally, i let those kids do what they want. (as long as they dont threaten me, ive seen adults attack and bully MINORS who say “i wont call anyone meowself” she was 16 and the person bullying her was 24, fucking stop, that behavior will NOT make ppl listen to you or learn to respect or validate you. i lost ALL my open-ness to TRY and respect and validate this concept after i was sent R4PE threats over my opinion. sorry i wont call you “uwuself”, dont send me fucking R4PE threats. idc if you are 13. plus i am ONE of the autistic ppl who struggle with pronouns other than he/she/and they, and genders other than female/male/and enby. not all autistic ppl are the same or think the same. ik a lot of autistic/adhd and “autistic” ppl use them, but again, we’re not all the same.

why arent ppl talking about this? it’s probably bc an absurd amount of ppl think sick xenogenders and their corresponding pronouns are okay, and they think should be held at gunpoint for not using them for random 10-20 year olds online. and by “sick” i mean the ones based off cr1me, tragedy, m*rder, g*nocide, r*pe, p*dophilia, n*crophilia, prosh1p, z**philia, inc3st, y*ndere’s, st*lking, k*dnapping, c*nnibalism, s*rial k*llers, and yes these exist. ive seen at LEAST one example of each of these in ppls gender-hoards in pinterest. (which is where i got sent the most violent, vulgar, disgusting threats ive ever seen in my life from literal 9-17 yr old babies)

more ppl talked about them and their partner crying over being called ladies in a bar, by ppl who most likely didnt know they were both enby, than THIS behavior.

idc if they are “trauma genders” if your trauma relates to any of those, you NEED to see a psychologist or go to a psych ward, not identify with or as it.

if you validate and/or defend this, you are just as sick as them, turning tragedy into genders/pronouns is NOT support, it’s the opposite really.

[rainbowcarousels]

I'm going to need your thoughts Sephiroth for the character asks 🥹🖤3 <3 <3

Sexuality Headcanon: Gay. So gay. Did I mention he's gay? I mean I think there is some potential wiggle room with Aerith but that's because her balls are bigger than his.

Gender Headcanon: I think in practice from an outsider POV, more agender than anything else. Gender is not really something that he thinks of and interacts with other than his discomfort with how he gets portrayed in the media. That said, I think if you asked him, he would say CIS male because that's how he self identifies so I'll respect that and say CIS male.

A ship I have with said character: Have I mentioned Genseph to you lately? No? Then I must be dead. Like I love AGSZC, I do, and even more than that, I love AGS in general because I believe they balance each other out but I could happily ship Genesis/Sephiroth on it's own maerits, but I can't see Sephiroth/Angeal on it's own. It's not a notp or anything, it just doesn't work in terms of balance for me. Genesia and Sephiroth fire and ice in balance and it just works. They push and pull at each other, both literally and metaphorically, and what they say and what their body says are sometimes in total contrast which fascinates me. Genesis is quite literally the choatic colour for a monochromatic world and Sephiroth needs that chaos to find himself so he doesn't get the desire for human smores.

A BROTP I have with said character: It's a toss up. I would say Aerith because that same feral energy comes from her (family trait clearly) but they both also have this shared experience of being former Shinra lab kiddos and her enthusiasm is only rivalled by Zack's. I feel like Sephiroth always needs someone to just grab him and move instead of asking him to come along and Aerith does that. That said, professionally, I'm fond of him and Tseng interacting. Like they have so much to deal with between choatic red heads and Heidegger being a few fries short of a moogle meal at his job, let them bond.

A NOTP I have with said character: Vincent. I can't ship something where 'that's not how your mum used to do it' is a response that could be canonically correct.

A random headcanon: Understands so much more than he's given credit for. I love to write roboseph as much as the next person, but I feel like he leans into it in a very Captain Holt type way and it's become part of his sense of humour to fuck with people by pretending he doesn't understand something or that he's not understanding their meaning till they get annoyed and let him be or call him on it. This is helped along by being so deadpan that it's almost impossible to know when he's being serious. He is a study in microexpressions and few people understand them.

General Opinion over said character: I think one of the things that throws me about Sephiroth is when people can't see CC era Sephiroth being the same guy as OG/AC era Sephiroth, but for me, this is one of the things that drew me to him as a character. That he is someone who got broken into pieces and is picking them up, emulating people, trying to rebuild a sense of self but clinging onto this belief that he's special because he's always been special. Like this is a person who is horribly broken in a lot of ways and one day, I want to write AC era and give him an arc with that but I think my main opinion of him is that I love that he's got all of these facets of his character.

He is the kid looking for validation and family from TFS, he is still the awkward dude from CC, he is the person who lost everything and chose to just get a meteor and start over and he's someone who is afraid of losing whatever he has of himself left. Like he contains multitudes, he's a fascinating character made all the more fascinating by the more normal things about him.

[deathsbestgirl]

okay i'm gonna try this again because i think i can say it better:

my post about mulder wasn't to say he's perfect or literally never done anything wrong or to hurt scully. i'm a mulder apologist to the extreme (scully too if you haven't noticed), but that isn't what i was doing.

mulder isn't doing it *to* her. he's doing what he does, he's working, he's following a path simultaneously set out for him & that he forged. he isn't intentionally doing anything to her, and he isn't being thoughtless or an asshole. that's so extremely reductive to me. yes i keep referencing trauma, because this fandom talks endlessly about scully's and dismisses mulder's. (all that the path to hell is paved with good intentions.)

but mainly what i'm talking about is that he's not responsible for her abduction, cancer, emily, melissa, etc etc. like i stated in the post. and somehow, he's still getting blamed for these things? as if it isn't the fault of aliens & the conspiracy of men & csm. literally everyone except mulder because he did not have a hand in it, he did not orchestrate any of it. a lot of the things scully goes through is because of these men who think they're gods, who have too much money & too much power. and the other chunk of it is the dangers of their job. which scully is aware of and she still chose then fbi. it's literally at the core of why she chose it, even if it takes her time to figure it out.

mulder does a lot because of his trauma & because he wants to believe, and it's all stepped in love. the alternative to not believing is terrifying for him — the way believing is terrifying for scully. they are so similar, but still fundamentally different. their approaches, their childhoods, their perspectives, what they cling to. they both deal with their trauma in different ways, and one very similar way: diving into work, using it to bury what they can't yet face or deal with, or bring into the light (each other).

anytime i talk about trauma, i don't mean "every single thing he did was perfectly okay because trauma" — i just mean people need room to figure that out and it isn't something he does *to* her. @actual-changeling said it pretty well here. intentions don't erase hurt but he's never tried to hurt her, and she's never tried to hurt him. it doesn't mean it didn't hurt them and of course that's valid. but it still isn't even what i was talking about. but i guess i'm going to anyway.

a huge part of their relationship is learning to communicate clearly & openly. people aren't just born knowing how to do it, and certainly not people with their history. this is how you heal & grow. (yes therapy can help, but it's extremely hard to do alone. because healing in relationship, in my opinion, is the most effective way. someone who will stick around for the hard parts, work with you through trial & error. loving you through your mistakes & struggles, as you're learning/unlearning. and it goes both ways.)

mulder carries guilt for things that aren't his fault (as does scully). i understand talking about it in this respect, but that isn't what i see very often. it's how horrible he is for what he does to her & puts her through. when most of what happens to scully is because of the job & csm & the syndicate. scully understood the dangers of her job. in irresistible, she tells karen kosseff she's aware there's predators in the world, it's her job to bring justice to these people and she needs to believe she's capable. she couldn't open up to mulder in that way yet, so she dealt with it in her own way. (she does this with her family too, she's the strong one.) later in the cancer arc, she admits to karen kosseff that she relies on mulder & his strength — but the only way she opened up emotionally, with true vulnerability, was in the letters she wrote to him in a journal. that she intended him to have after her death. it takes her years to just call him and not hang up when she needs him, and really it happens in fits and starts and backpedaling. but they continuously try! mulder is always trying to let her know she can show him her vulnerability, that he's there to support her. and she does the same for him. there are times they're successful, usually at very trying times for them. where they do talk, they take physical comfort. they learn the ways the other will accept care.

in fire, mulder pushes scully away but he learns it's a way she cares for him. doctorly & physical. he touches her cheek in beyond the sea & firewalker. she touches his arm in squeeze, conduit, pusher. she runs face first into his chest in the pilot, he lifts her chin & hugs her in irresistible. scully covers him in a blanket and pulls his head to her shoulder in herronvolk when his mom is lying in a hospital, near death. they learned each other's minds, what comforts the other and what they will allow and it slowly expands. as does their verbal communication.

i don't mean that his actions don't affect her, but it takes mulder a long time to really understand it because scully does not communicate her feelings, wants, needs. that's something that takes her a long time. there are ways they've both communicated these kinds of things that the other wasn't able to understand, or maybe didn't take seriously because of the circumstances. syzygy, never again, elegy, fight the future, triangle, dreamland, one son. it's why, to me, it's important leonard betts comes after never again. in never again they struggle to communicate, they're not on the same page. the choose silence instead of talking about it. but in leonard betts, he helps her dig through body parts without question. he tells her she did a good job, she should be proud. he didn't get it in never again, but he started to and he did something about it. there are many ways to take responsibility and changed actions, voicing things that matter, that the other person should hear is part of it.

sometimes i just think people are very unforgiving of mulder's struggle, the way he is because of his trauma. and he always does something wrong that's talked about almost like it's unforgivable when that isn't true. even if he was selfish in the cancer arc, he's helpless watching the person he loves most die "because" of him. someone who deserves answers & the truth as much as he does.

it upsets me because it's one of the most realistic & human things about them. it's one of the things handled so beautifully in this show. it's often so raw, the depth of connection & effort & patience & love. despairing yet full of hope & wonder. it so often robs scully of the little agency she does have. it feels dismissive to only focus on scully's. to ignore every step they take together & apart, the ways they change each other, the way they forgive each other everything because they have this intrinsic understanding.

scully's entire arc is difficult to watch, but so much of it is true to the reality of what women experience. yes it's a lot, but it's a tv show. and a scifi horror drama one at that. do they textually cover every single thing? no, but a lot of it is weaved into their cases (kaddish is always a standout to me) and the acting (which if you believe ga, comes across so well in the script she's able to grasp the cancer arc through them alone, not having experience with it herself). there is so much meaning in everything on this show.

the x files is about love because everything mulder (and scully) does is about love, comes from love. and people don't always love perfectly or well. and everyone understands the world & love differently. something else i think is incredibly poignant about their relationship. they keep learning each other until their way of loving completely merges on the foundation of their trust & faith in each other.

[do-you-know-this-queer-character]

hey i noticed an anon mentioned submitting a lot of arcana characters and i wanted to pop in to say that that game is a racist, fetishizing mess. not only do they have a brown character who is kept literally in chains and is a vessel for one of the writers’ thinly veiled bucky barnes slavery kink, one of the bad endings features their fantasy-jewish-coded character turning into a literal bird, not to mention his numerous bird motifs.

between asra, nadia, and julian, asra and nadia are clearly more sexualized throughout the course of the game, even when fans have asked them to tone it down and stop fetishizing their “exotic” brown characters.

the fandom is and has been historically overwhelmingly hostile to fans/people of color who try to mention these problems. fans of color trying to dissuade people from writing nadia as a step on me dommy mommy queen have been shut down by elle trying to spin it into a “women can be dommes too!” issue, when the problem is that nobody would be treating nadia like this if she was white. asra gets his paid scenes hijacked by the white LI and then is painted as the toxic one in his and julian’s relationship (of which is only there due to elle’s mlm abuse fetishization) because god forbid their favorite white boy isn’t a perpetual victim.

outside of the game itself, dana rune has run a fanzine about an incestuous fire emblem fates ship (corrin/ryoma/xander) and further information can be found at the relations_zine handle on twitter. she may have scrubbed her name from it but it’s clearly her art style lmfao, and iirc she’s still in the followers/following list on that account. elle has a long history of fetishizing mlm abuse/slavery/“yaoi” on their tumblr that they’ve since deleted, but like. i googled “elle thalassiq fetishizing mlm” and immediately found posts with thorough screenshots so it existed lmfao. and even if it didn’t, it’s very evident with how they treat asra/julian/muriel.

this is heated and not thorough, but i’d like to end this by saying that this is coming from a former fan who eventually had to leave the game and fandom altogether because of the compounded issues that were never addressed, brushed under the rug, or actively encouraged time and time again. do not play the arcana. there are better games out there. and the last i was in it, the fandom was a toxic cesspool that would attack anyone, especially fans of color, who ever voiced a dissenting opinion about anything in the game. i hold my queer media to better standards and you should too. this game does not treat dark, heavy topics with respect, it treats them as fetish fodder.

Okay, I figured something like this would hit this blog eventually. The point of this blog is not for me take a stance and say what media is good and what media is bad. I am not brushing off your concerns - that’s a whole lot of awful information, and from me posting your ask, people can make their own choice about wether they want to engage with the game or the fandom. But I am just one person, and I don’t know anything about 90% of the media that is submitted here. If I excluded every piece of media that someone said was below a standard, I wouldn’t have any media left. This blog is simply a recognition game, I’m not trying to promote these pieces of media. I’m not saying that because they have queer characters that they’re fantastic or anything like that. I’m not taking any stance on any of it, actually.

This isn’t about the quality of a media, the quality of a fandom, or the quality of the representation that a character represents. It’s just a recognition game.

I am not going to get into any of these debates myself, since I know almost nothing about most fandoms here, but if you have serious concerns with a particular media posted here, send in an ask like this detailing the problems and I will post it, so that people looking at this blog can see valid criticisms before diving into a new piece of media.

As a further note, racist and antisemetic comments or tags on any post will be blocked on sight.

I will tag all asks like this with “media critical”.

[survivalove]

hello! hope you have a good day! I love reading your meta.

as a fan of Katara, can you please share your opinion about the TSR episode? I love Katara very much, but this episode has always caused me discomfort, as if Katara's grief was used to hastily close this hole "zuko has redeemed himself and now they are friends." it seems to me that Katara and her grief (as well as Sokka's grief!) deserved a better attitude than to become a bargaining chip "we will write a hasty episode to redeem Zuko and will not return to this topic anymore." Yes, I understand that this episode is firstly dedicated to Katara, but it always seemed to me that it was written without due respect for her.

so I wasn’t gonna answer this because you mentioned voldemort but then like a hypocrite I broke my own rule and replied to an idiot so here it is:

while I think the premise of TSR is egregious I don’t think the episode as a whole is ruined because of it. I actually think it’s the climax of Katara’s entire arc as it builds off from multiple moments not just about her mother, but her as a bender, her power and always remaining in control of said power. not to mention all this time, she’s confronted and helped persons that have been oppressed throughout the war and now seeing someone who oppressed people for most of his life, of course inflicting unparalleled pain on her, but not letting him own that power and reducing him to (figurative not literal!!) shreds. very good stuff.

so yes, i enjoy it voldemort aside, however comma: the premise is indeed quite horrible.

i agree, the writers definitely used katara and sokka’s trauma as a means for this very middling redemption arc after 3, just as bad if not worse, episodes of the same stuff IN A ROW.

katara getting yelled at for not being so forgiving like everyone else, and then sokka’s trauma being used as a means of information for a trip he wasn’t invited on???

(can we be real for a second and admit that sokka and katara should have been the two persons on that trip in the first place?)

next up, my favorite line:

forgiveness is the same as doing nothing!

coming from the person that literally begged for forgiveness from every other person in the conversation, including katara hhhhhhhh

and then the racist comments to boot like 😭😭 may i remind you once again the premise is based on him needing to earn a genocide survivor’s forgiveness so of course he (the writers) couldn’t help himself and had to make fun of the other genocide survivor! he makes it so easy for me to be a hater.

(can we also talk about how some people like to frame this as him defending katara as if 1, katara can’t defend herself?? which she did and 2, didn’t need to be racist to do it???)

and then you have the sokka discourse which pisses me off because most people that harp over that line don’t even like him like that, and trying to pick and choose which sibling is correct when talking about their mother’s death?? both of their opinions were valid and it’s a reflection of their core personalities: sokka is pragmatic, rational and logical. he didn’t agree with aang because he suddenly adopted pacifism, he agreed with aang because yon rha no longer posed a threat to him and his loved ones and to him, confronting him wouldn’t be worth the effort or ease the pain of kya’s death. meanwhile, katara as we see throughout the show, dives headfirst into doing whatever she thinks is right (imprisoned, painted lady, waterbending scroll) she wasn’t concerned about the logistics, she was concerned about the principle and of course, having to essentially replace her mother’s role made her feel more tied to her death at large. one mean comment throughout sixty one episodes does not define her relationship with sokka. pretending otherwise is just annoying.

after that, i find the episode pretty enjoyable i can’t lie to you. getting kya’s story told and witnessing the satisfying climax to katara’s arc (which is far superior to anyone else’s in my opinion) makes the rest.. almost worth it.

[fantasymindpalace]

What the IC and Rhys did was awful. They shouldn’t have kept the secret from Feyre. But let’s not forget that Nesta originally agreed to keep the secret as well. And the only reason she told Feyre was because she wanted to hurt her. She literally weaponized Feyre’s potential death and miscarriage all because she was angry at Amren. Rhys and the IC sucks for keeping the pregnancy thing a secret, but so does Nesta.

And you’re right. Feyre’s her sister. So why didn’t she tell Feyre immediately after finding out about the secret? Why wait until she was angry and lashing out to tell feyre? Unlike the rest of the IC, she owes Rhys no loyalty. She could’ve said something a lot sooner, but instead she used the knowledge to hurt her little sister.

So, yeah, Feyre definitely had to right to know. Rhys and IC are absolute trash for keeping the secret. But Nesta, as Feyre’s sister, should’ve told Feyre right away once she realized that no one else would. She could’ve had a conversation with Feyre. Instead, she chose to tell Feyre that she and her unborn baby might die in the most apathetic way possible.

Honestly Feyre was done so wrong by everyone in the series, including Nesta. Like imagine finding out that everyone, including your own sister, knew that you and your unborn baby might die and you only found out because your sister was lashing out.

If we’re going to hold Rhys and IC accountable for keeping Feyre in the dark, why don’t we hold Nesta accountable as well when she also agreed to keep it a secret from her sister? Nesta isn’t a hero in this situation. In fact, there are no heroes - only a victim, which is Feyre.

this is my personal opinion, obvi the books are open to your personal interpretation. i think nesta may not have told feyre right away because it was probably very intimidating for her to openly disagree with the inner circle. i mean, they clearly don’t receive criticism from outsiders very well. yes, they do keep each other in check, but if a non member of the ic disagrees with or critiques them, well i think their actions speak for themselves. i also think the ic meddles WAY too much into the archerons family affairs. the sisters relationships with each other are not the inner circles business. nesta’s delivery of the information was less than ideal, but i don’t necessarily disagree with it either. yes, she did mean to cause harm with those words. however, to me, the severity of the situation warrants a strong reaction. and the importance of the information outweighs the delivery. shit comes out in heated moments, that’s just real life. i mean, the ic literally went behind their own high lady’s back and kept secrets about her very life and pregnancy, and nesta was just supposed to go along with it?? at the end of the day, feyre needed to know. and nesta was the only one brave enough to speak the truth to her. that took a lot of guts. and even after, they gaslit her into believing that saying something hurtful in an argument is worse than literally withholding medical information from the high lady of their court. they deflected the blame and put it all on nesta. but after all, there are just my meaningless opinions on the matter. you bring up valid points and i do agree at the end of the day feyre got done soooo dirty. however, nesta was courageous enough to do something that nobody else in the ic was willing to do, and i respect it

[mr-nauseam]

love your takes BUTTT it's literally canon Sejanus doesn't listen to Coriolanus? the whole plot of Part III hinges on the fact that Sejanus is doing things behind Coriolanus's back (which drives Coriolanus insane). He tries to reason with Sejanus multiple times and Sejanus never listens until Coriolanus uses the brothers card. I get where you're coming from but Sejanus not bending to Coriolanus's will is pretty much a thing(TM)

Thank you! I’m really glad you like my takes! And I appreciate the chance to discuss this topic. That Sejanus agrees with everything Coriolanus said or that he bent to Snow’s will was not the message I intended to transmit at all. So I'm gonna try to explain my thoughts here in a clear way but of course it is important to remember this is my perspective, you are free to agree or disagree with it, but here is exactly where I come from. 

My posture is that Sejanus is not a character that directly confronts or openly questions Coriolanus for his ideas, nor does he try to defend his own beliefs against him. Something that at least to me does not imply that Sejanus bends to his will nor that he listens to him (although Sejanus does listen to Coriolanus advice on many occasions. I will elaborate on this point later because it is a matter with a lot of nuance) and the central point it does not mean that in any way Sejanus shares Coriolanus's worldview or agrees with his perspective. 

The first point to explain here is how much awareness Sejanus had about Coriolanus's horrible ideas, and the truth is that I think we have a lot in the text to say that while Sejanus is not aware of Coriolanus's personal hatred he have for his family, Sejanus is aware to some extent that Coriolanus, like most of his classmates, has prejudiced and negative ideas about the districts and their people. The Capitol is not a kind place to the districts in any respect, while we are offered a wide range of feelings about the districts and the games within the mentors, it would not be risky to say a large and overwhelming majority hold a dehumanizing and extremely negative view to a lesser or greater extent over district people. Despite many of the mentors showing a disagreement with the games, saying they find no purpose in them, this opinion does not equate for example to believing that the districts are full of people who are just like them and deserve equal rights and equal opportunities. 

Think of how one argument used to explain why no one wants to watch the games is because they are about children that no one cares to see die (Arachne and Livia), and while we are offered other opposing views that seem to resonate more with a positive idea about the districts and the value of their people (Clemensia and Lysistrata) these views are coexisting peacefully with these extreme ideas. The games in the Capitol are treated as an issue where everyone can have their own opinion and every opinion is valid, that is the reason why some opposing views by others born in the Capitol don't cause as much of a stir as the extremist views of punishment and hatred neither do.  The games do not provoke an important difference of opinion among the mentors, the games do not cause division and I highlight others Capitol born because Sejanus is treated very differently and judged under another parameter by his Capitol classmates and teachers for having been born in the district. His opinions cause conflict for who he is and that’s why he is violently reprimanded. 

Related to this, is relevant notice that Coriolanus Snow in contrast with his peers, was raised under extreme and hateful ideas against the districts. He has internalized much of this prejudice and bigotry in a way that his ideas could be radical for others. We see consistently in his thoughts, and in some of the opinions he expresses openly that the hate Snow feels is something else even in comparison to his classmates but not for someone like Volumnia Gaul which is a bad sign. 

Yet for Coriolanus to say out loud terrible and dehumanizing ideas against the districts would not cause any conflict in the Capitol, especially with his other classmates. He lives in a place where it is socially acceptable to treat the districts as enemies deserving of the worst offenses. This translates to the fact that while, when he talks with Sejanus, he is aware that he must hide the contempt he feels for Sejanus and his family, it does not necessarily imply that Coriolanus is so conscious of his need to hide from Sejanus certain negative opinions about the districts (actually this something he learn during the book he must do), or sometimes he will say insensitive comments that from his perspective are not bad or inappropriate to say, because again, the environment in which he exists does not punish or condemn believing the worst about the districts and expressing it. This gonna provoke that throughout the book, Coriolanus will say from time to time awful things about the districts and Sejanus will be there to hear these comments and he will not say anything about it, or do it in a very passive way, without try to engaged in an argument or a direct confrontation with Coriolanus for had these opinions. While he actually does this to other people and their negative ideas regarding the districts. (1. “What is it?” he asked. “Aren’t you happy? District Two, the boy, that’s the pick of the litter.” “You forget. I’m part of that litter,” said Sejanus hoarsely.) This is one of those cruel and totally insensitive comments that Coriolanus will make without the awareness that what he has said is wrong. The worst? Is not a bad faith comment, it was genuine, Coriolanus himself is envious that Sejanus has such a strong tribute, a possible winner in his eyes. However Sejanus who is aware of the horrors of the games and what Coriolanus has said, barely tries to correct him. (“You forget. I’m part of that litter,”) With this Sejanus makes clear to Coriolanus that’s not the kind of thing he should say to someone like him, that is district because Sejanus is part of the affected group, is part of the children suffering, which is a correction yes, but only related to himself that not go beyond. He’s not trying to correct Coriolanus for saying he should be happy and all the line of thoughts that do not see district lifes as important that provoke this comment in the first place. The matter stops there for him and then Sejanus complains about his father. And the thing is, this is not the only time a similar situation will take place. Later when Coriolanus helps Sejanus with the sandwiches, he insists on how Marcus will be the winner, he emphasizes his strength, ergo to him, Marcus is someone capable of killing other children without any problem, someone who would do it without hesitation, he says it as a compliment but it is a prejudiced idea over a district boy who only happen to be tall, is an insensitive commentary, and I think Sejanus is quite aware of this. 

I mean he shows already a good awareness of why the tributes didn't trust him or accept his food, I don't think this is any different but Sejanus once again doesn't discuss this language, these ideas that clearly Coriolanus is expressing, even though he did with a little girl: (2. “It says, ‘Please don’t feed the animals.’” “They’re not animals, though,” said Sejanus. “They’re kids, like you and me.”) I will go deeper in the conclusion about Sejanus's context and the hostility he faces, as this influences his behavior and his relationship with Coriolanus; however for now we will continue on the topic of proof why in the text I do not see that Sejanus try to argue with Snow or make him change his opinion most of the time. 

Another important clarification that I want to make before continuing is that many times Sejanus will say his opinions and feelings openly to Coriolanus which involve Sejanus expressing aloud his despise, sadness, anger, over the Hunger Games and the conduct of the Capitol, and I believe that these talks are different once again from Sejanus trying to correct actively the bigoted opinions of Coriolanus.

Coriolanus is Sejanus's friend from his perspective. It makes sense that Sejanus would express his discomfort to Coriolanus, and sometimes this discomfort, this worldwide he has and communicates can prompt a change of opinion in Coriolanus. In fact the talk with the little girl I mention earlier, would echo later in Coriolanus as he himself thinks that Sejanus was right the more he interacts with Lucy Gray the more human she becomes in his eyes, but this is a change of opinion that Sejanus was not intentionally seeking to provoke in his friend when he told him of his concerns and fears, he was simply venting with Coriolanus, in who he trusts. (Besides it's important to note that the idiot Coriolanus ended up dismissing this idea like many others that Sejanus communicated to him and actively decided not to change his mind even if he now has a better understanding of the situation thanks to hearing Sejanus point of view.)

Another scenario that is repeated throughout the book that I mentioned earlier and we will now take a closer look at is the silence of Sejanus in the face of certain opinions and actions of Coriolanus that once again clearly prove that he does not value the lives of people in the districts. (3. “Did you mean it for real? You think we should have betting on who wins?” “Not really,” Coriolanus said, then cocked his head. “On the other hand, if it’s a success, then absolutely, Clemmie. I want to go down in history as the one who brought gambling to the Games!”) I have said many times that I do not consider the movie in anything I analyze or make posts about, but for this occasion I will bring it up to mark a contrast: The gambling issue in the movie is a serious proposal made by Coriolanus to Gaul, not a joke, and Sejanus clearly seems disgruntled at his words, because he himself a minute ago was saying why the games are abominable, why they should stop to be made and Coriolanus his friend of all the people, say that? 

Sejanus confronts Coriolanus directly for his comments and for the action of stealing food from the cafeteria considering his words in the next scene. This does not happen in the book. While Coriolanus in the text expresses this as a silly comment, only a joke, it is still a joke of bad taste, that makes very clear he has a mind in which the lives of the tributes are trivial enough to do these jokes, his youth contribute to why he thought was a good idea say this aloud. And is Clemensia the one who actually questions Coriolanus for this comment, for what he implied not Sejanus. 

At no point later in the story will Sejanus bring up this issue to discuss it with Coriolanus, not even when this proposal becomes a reality, and one that happened thanks to the direct participation of his friend. Even if it is obvious that Gaul was pushing the grambling matter to happen, the truth is that Coriolanus never tried to refuse to write the proposal, to be part of that idea, he showed no resistance nor even in private.

You as a reader know his motives to no protest, Sejanus does not, although he may suspect why, since he has a clear understanding of how power dynamics work within the Capitol and the personality and beliefs of Snow, still is important to point out that no conversation occurs where he ask for an explanation of why Coriolanus talked why he not look bothered to help it happen. There is silence. We can say it clearly now. Sejanus is a character who disagrees with Coriolanus, and has let him know this on many occasions, however, in general he does not question Coriolanus, he does not confront him about his ideas and actions. This is not to say that Sejanus approves Coriolanus or agrees with him, nor that he never protests, in fact it must be said that Sejanus does try to change Coriolanus’s mind, this happens in D12, but the results are quite depressing and disappointing. 

Which brings me to my next point, and that is that here I disagree with the idea that Sejanus does not listen to Coriolanus. For he does, many times actually and it is part of the conflict they both enter into once they are in District 12, but the fact Sejanus chose to listen in the past to his friend, does not mean he’s bent over his will. This has its nuances and I will explain it below: 4. ( “I can’t, all right? It’s part of who I am. And you’re the one who said I could help the people in the districts if I agreed to leave the arena.” “I believe I said you could fight for the tributes, meaning you might be able to procure more humane conditions for them,” Coriolanus corrected him.)

Sejanus here admits that he listened to Coriolanus's advice but Sejanus is his own person, with his own beliefs and understanding of right and wrong. That is why he considers that listening to Billy Taupe's request (and later getting involved in the plan) is the right thing to do, while Coriolanus does not believe that’s the case. 

He does not agree. He recommends Sejanus to forget about it, something we know Sejanus does not do, he decides this time not to listen to this advice that his friend gives him. And this action is the one that unsettles Coriolanus, because in the past Sejanus had listened to him. The incident in the arena is the most prominent example, but the point is that Sejanus had previously considered it appropriate to listen to Coriolanus, that now he decides he will not listen to Snow, is what causes the tension between the two. 

Especially is what makes Coriolanus feel so threatened, because from his perspective Sejanus has proven this time that he will not bend to his will as he did before and that scares him. This makes Sejanus a danger from his eyes. No that Sejanus bending to his will is a thing that actually happened before. Like I said, Sejanus listening to Coriolanus is not the same as Sejanus bending to his will. The person who thinks that’s the same is Coriolanus, is his worldview of the actions of Sejanus (who from his perspective owes him obedience), not what is happening. Coriolanus believes that Sejanus not listening to him, is disobedience, it is a betrayal, because he considers he has the right to control Sejanus in some way, when it is not the case, he is only his friend, and the people you are friends with have freedom, but the background in which Coriolanus was raised, has made him have this belief without any basis in reality. 

(I mention his background because this is not an expectative Coriolanus Snow will have about his Capitol friends, he only expects this type of blind loyalty and obedience from Lucy Gray and Sejanus, who are from the districts).

Sejanus does not owe Coriolanus any obedience. He’s not “out of control” nor being “irrational” by choosing not to follow his advice this time. And we are getting closer to the end, let's talk about why the confrontations that Sejanus tries ends up being a failure. 5. ( “What sort of strategy was that?” “A desperate one. But look around!” Sejanus grabbed his arm, forcing him to stop. “How long can you expect them to go on like this?” [...] “They lost the war. A war they started. They took that risk. This is the price they pay.” Sejanus looked about, as if unsure which direction to go, and then slumped down on a broken wall along the road. [...] “You’re right, Coriolanus. I’ve been stupid. Again. I’ll be more careful in the future. Whatever that holds.”) Coriolanus and Sejanus relationship blossoms in D12, they have a better understanding and get along well, but in D12 it is also where Coriolanus most shows his true colors to Sejanus. If some of his earlier comments discreetly revealed that he holds prejudices against the districts, discretion is no longer an issue, and Coriolanus is quite outspoken now about what he believes about the people of the districts, what he thinks they deserve, similar to the way now Sejanus, free of the isolation and discrimination he faces in Capitol, is more firm regarding his own beliefs. They are in opposite positions, and I believe that at this point Sejanus can neither deny nor run away from a horrible truth: Coriolanus deep down does not believe that the people of the district are human. He has told Sejanus without hesitation that he believes that the people of the district, people like Sejanus, deserve to be punished. They deserve to be abused and live in misery for provoking the war. And I think we can agree that Sejanus has implied several times that he does not believe the district rebellion was unjustified. He constantly reproaches how the Capitol did not correct the mistakes that led to such a circumstance in the first place. 

Now imagine what it was like trying to reconcile that his only friend believes that people like Sejanus have to suffer. It is no surprise that Sejanus decides from this moment on to hide the truth from Coriolanus, he decides to avoid further conflicts and fights with his only friend in the world. In this scene Sejanus agrees with Coriolanus. 

Not that he really does because we know he insists on helping Billy Taupe, Spruce and Lil, but he has decided that he will deal with this conflict of interest by giving Coriolanus the reason, in front of him. Honestly, I wasn’t surprised, Sejanus never had the courage to try to make Coriolanus change his mind, he now tried but failed, Coriolanus wouldn’t listen so Sejanus didn’t try to insist. He's resignate. And how not to be? This is not the first time this has happened:

6. (“Stop being so self-indulgent, in other words,” said Sejanus. “Well, so dramatic anyway. That’s how you ended up in the arena, remember?” asked Coriolanus. Sejanus reacted as if Coriolanus had slapped him. After a moment, though, he nodded in recognition. “That’s how I almost got us both killed. You’re right, Coryo. Thanks. I’m going to think over what you said.”) Let's do the summary. Sejanus does not share Coriolanus's ideas, he does not agree with them, sometimes he lets him know this but he does not insist on the subject. Other times he ignores what Coriolanus has said even if they are ideas that clearly make him feel uncomfortable or with which he disagrees deeply. Sejanus in D12 cannot deny that Coriolanus will probably never understand him nor agree that the districts need to be freed from the Capitol's control yet Sejanus appreciates Coriolanus, he considers him his friend and that's why he decides to lie, to hide things from him. 

Sejanus prefers to maintain his friendship with Coriolanus rather than defend his actions and beliefs. Hence why I think it is noteworthy to point out that Sejanus only tells Coriolanus what he has been doing, once Coriolanus manipulates his trust. 

By appealing to the sense of family, of being “brothers,” Coriolanus knows the message he is conveying, family will always love you no matter what you do, family will always be with you even if they don't always agree with you. It is a bond that does not seem as fragile as a friendship that depends in large part on Sejanus accommodating Coriolanus’s demands.

Sejanus speaks easily once it is clear that yes Coriolanus won't change his prejudices, but at least won't hate Sejanus. The lie is that Coriolanus promises he will respect Sejanus’s opinion and offer him help if he needs it because they are almost like brothers. (Which as we know is not what happens, in the end Coriolanus prefers to let the trouble of a Sejanus that does not obey him anymore be in the hands of someone he considers more capable: Gaul, provoking the death of Sejanus.)

I'm sure I sound like a stuck record but after a lot of text, here come the conclusions. 

So from my perspective Sejanus Plinth is a character that most of the time does not tend to directly confront or question Coriolanus Snow and the rather questionable opinions he expresses from time to time in the book. This is not to say that Sejanus has never tried to do so or not shown that he disagrees with these ideas, but Coriolanus Snow and Sejanus Plinth in the entire TBOSAS book never have a debate about their perspectives on the world, their values and the hunger games. 

I already said that Sejanus venting his feelings, his disagreement with the games is not the same as a debate, it is him just venting to his friend, and the super vague answers Coriolanus usually gives him, while in his head he is judging Sejanus and elaborating on why he disagrees with each of his opinions, I think reinforces  this point of mine. Along with the fact Lucy Gray, is for example someone who actually does question Coriolanus and his worldview, they DO have debates and confrontations about their values, the role of the Capitol and its relationship to the districts and human nature. 

Surely this already seems like I'm slandering Sejanus but it is not the case nor the intention. I LOVE HIM AND I FEEL HE IS SUCH A COMPLICATED CHARACTER that now I am going to do what Sejanus almost never does when he is in front of Coriolanus: defend himself. Because a vital aspect of this situation is to understand the hostile and violent environment in which Sejanus Plinth has grown up as a district person in the Capitol. I don't think I'm wrong in saying that Sejanus is a painfully POC coded character, a racialized character who is perceived as an outsider within a homogeneous society that exploits and has a superiority-prejudiced view of the districts. Some people might say that those aspects are up for debate (I don't think that's the case) but look at one detail that is canonically textual is that Sejanus is ethnically different from all of his peers in the Capitol. 

The discrimination and intimidation that Sejanus suffers in the Capitol has everything to do with who he is, with his ethnic identity that is different from that of the people who live in the Capitol, specifically different from his classmates, who after living a war against the ethnic group to which Sejanus Plinth belongs, feel more resentment, hatred, contempt than ever. 

It makes all the sense in the world that Sejanus avoided confrontation, or questioning his only friend, due to the circumstances he lived through. There is a certain naturalization ergo inevitably someone ends up getting used to hearing the dehumanizing ideas that Coriolanus expresses, when all the people around you for more than a decade, repeat them to your face. That Coriolanus makes the effort not to call Sejanus a savage to his face is something that Sejanus would certainly appreciate a lot, even if Coriolanus keeps talking about the tributes as if they were animals and doing other “minor” questionable actions or comments. Coriolanus seems to care about Sejanus, they usually get along more or less well, so I ask again. Why would it be worthwhile to enter into conflict with Coriolanus? When the chances of friendship are almost nil to Sejanus. Besides, another factor that could contribute is that Sejanus back in the Capitol is in a fragile position, his family has money but he doesn't have the status or social power, if he gets into too much trouble or questioning he could not only alienate Coriolanus, but he could get his family fucked (nor a coincidence why in D12 he try to speak about these matters with Coriolanus, and later why he choses keep Coriolanus a part from his rebels activities, is  a big risk). Sejanus is already corrected in a more aggressive way than the rest of his peers, imagine if he goes further. Well we don't need to imagine it is what happens during the 10th games, and we saw how it went wrong.

While I believe that Coriolanus's lies, and that they have been studying together for over a decade would inevitably give away in one way or another that Coriolanus does not see the people of the district as human beings who deserve the same rights, we must also give credit, as fair, he tries to make a conscious effort to keep hidden his feelings of contempt and resentment towards Sejanus and his family, in other words Coriolanus from an external point of view again seems not so bad in comparison to other classmates who bully Sejanus directly to his face. 

And if there is one reason Lucy Gray was able to fearlessly question Coriolanus, it is because she has something that Sejanus does not, it is not talent, it is a support system. She has covey, and Sejanus has a dysfunctional family.

He hates his father, Strabo makes him miserable, and they just argue all the time and although Sejanus has his beloved Ma, you have to question how effective support she could be, when 8 year old Sejanus had to be the one to comfort her, and the arena incident, did not prove that Ma has the necessary skills to handle such a stressful situation (which makes sense, because the Plinth’s life is MISERABLE and HORRIBLE), so Sejanus is on his own. 

Absolutely alone, and only Coriolanus, with his very obvious flaws, is the only person Sejanus can trust. To say goodbye I want mark this: 7. (“Always an honor to be of service.” “That’s a fine polish job,” Coriolanus replied. Sejanus tensed at the implication that he was, what, a suck-up? A lackey? Coriolanus let it build a moment before he diffused it. )

I think Coriolanus has complicated feelings for Sejanus, he doesn't hate him completely, he cares in a weird, twisted way about him, but Coriolanus grew up hearing all his life that people like Sejanus were not human, they could not to be trusted, they were savages, that he should hate them, because the rebels from the districts caused the death of his parents. No matter how much he acts like a decent person, those kind of beliefs seep into his actions, the first encounter of snowjanus, has always lived in my head, because maybe we could discuss if Coriolanus's intention is properly conveyed but here, in their first meeting, he tried to intimidate Sejanus. 

In a discreet way, not so crude or direct, but he wanted to intimidate him, to annoy him, and then he tried to relax the situation, to make it look like that was never his intention. It's a passive aggressive gesture, and considering Sejanus's life in the Capitol, a place where they hate, despise, and see less people like him (from the districts). This is what Sejanus believes he must endure to have a friend. To what he must not argue, nor protest, if he wants companionship. And that is so sad. 

Ps. It was not his responsibility to comfort or try to make Coriolanus change his mind too. Trying to confront Coriolanus's ideas was useless in many aspects. It was always at risk to end BAD for Sejanus to do it and a mutual of mine do the addition that the no confrotation can come from believe Coriolanus never being on disagree with Sejanus openly until later in the story, make Sejanus thinks Coriolanus have very similar beliefs which is not the case!!! This was very fun and I really nice relaxing thing to do on my day off, thanks!!!

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just so your aware, most of things levied at Dillon Goo are... exaggerated at best, swapauanon saying that Dillon would "replace the entire crew with RWDEs" and "making everyone straight" or whatever is just an assumption based on the fact that he's an ex RT employee, is friends with Shane newville, and that's it. i literally asked Swapauanon for any evidence of Dillon holding any of opinions that they were accusing him of and they sent a answer linking back to a thread of one of their own asks sent to you for some reason, and then turned off reblogs of when a singular rwde poster found it (They also said that they "stumbled on it" even though they are the reason it started so ????)

i think Swap just thought "Well Dillon is friends with Shane, and Shane made The Letter, and some people who believe in The Letter hold these mostly unrelated opinions, so Shane and also Dillon automatically hold those opinions too" which is a fallacy

we don't even know if Shane truly hates M&K, most of the rage in The Letter was more directed at RT in general then them specifically, and even if did hate M&K at the time, it's been 8 years since he made The Letter and he's in a much better place mentally, maybe he's not even holding that grudge anymore, is that bridge burned or is there just water under it now? (i didn't bring up Dillon here because there is 0 evidence of him hating M&K personally i could find)

i do get why people are paranoid about the show's future and anyone trying to buy it, but fearmongering is not okay

(sorry if Swapauanon isn't okay with they/them, the blog doesn't have pronouns anywhere. if there is validity to anything Swapauanon is saying, someone please post tangible evidence. also sorry for wall of text)

Yeah I kinda realized after I reblogged that that I had stuck my foot into a much deeper quagmire than I was aware and wish I could take it back. I don't really know the who did/said what of the RT scandals and history, and as far as I'm aware no one seems to have incontrovertible receipts about good guys/bad guys. Maybe there aren't any such things here. *I don't know*

So I just want to say, for the record, that wherever RWBY goes, I want it to keep the direction it's been going, get gayer, and have everyone who works on it treated with respect and fairness. Whoever does that, I'm cool.