also not to 🤓👆 but also to 🤓👆
this is how many people were online yesterday from all the teams
it's not that red wasn't trying, it's that all the other teams had a lot of people to gather resources and prepare for the other day, while red just died, lost everything and got spawnkilled
and even if u ignore rubius and luzu, red would still be at a disadvantage
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hi!! i know u talk a lot about aromanticism a lot on here, but i don’t think i’ve ever seen u talk about aromantic anthy. would u mind discussing/elaborating on it or linking to a post where u do because i’m very curious!!
i got a similar ask half a year ago or something ridiculous like that on my main blog, but i’d like to really do justice to my url right now and explain it in more concrete terms.
i will say, it’s important to bear in mind that this reading of anthy’s character is very much informed by my own experiences, and a lot of those experiences are ones im not keen to talk in depth about. but you know. let’s make some nebulous gestures towards ideas of being traumatised, being autistic, struggling to meaningfully connect with others and honestly not really wanting to do such because of how they treat you.
like ive previously said, an aromantic perspective on the world would, i think, really benefit anthy. when youve lived your whole life experiencing violence at the hands of these patriarchal structures, of which romance is absolutely one, it’s kinda like. damn. im uncomfortable buying into those ideas.
anthy also has this lovely line in ep 19 where she says to utena ‘romance either happens or it doesn’t’ and it’s just sooooooo. so very interesting to me, actually, that anthy would say something so black and white about ‘romance’, a topic that anthy knows better than a lot of rgu characters is hopelessly confused and arbitrary and often enabling violence. and utena (fellow aromantic gaybo) says 'yeah, i know, but...'. these simplifications, these elisions. what is and isn't articulated. but what? maybe things are much more complicated than we'd like to think.
anyway enough of that tangent. one thing i as a trans and aromantic person always return to when discussing trans and aromantic readings of characters/texts more broadly is that there's no singular piece of evidence that can really cement these readings as Undeniable. it's like. okay. there's a critique of romance as a patriarchal structure in revolutionary girl utena. there's an ambiguity about anthy's feelings towards characters like utena, where there is clearly a queer connection but it takes shape in unconventional and complex ways. me, i'm aromantic, i see all of these pieces and i go oh well that's because she's an aromantic lesbian. you know, there's plenty of little moments i can evidence but those moments can be used to argue for an alloromantic lesbian anthy too. romance is a very arbitrary thing and i think everyone should take their own approach to it unapologetically. of course, mine is that it's hellish and i want nothing to do with it, but im just one guy. and im okay with that. i feel strongly about this reading and it is personal, and id be dishonest to say otherwise, but i do also find that it's well-evidenced in the text. as one of my lecturers once said, don't worry about authorial intent, it isn't real <3
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yall wanna hear all the haikus i had to do for this project?
too bad
does he not love me?
am i so repulsive he cannot stand the touch of my hand?
my cat
time passes
we are older now, i think
summers pass in a blur, hot pavement under bare feet
ice cream dripping down your face
my best friend
do you remember
when we were children?
we would play in the mud
knees scraped, teeth chipped
the ache of siblinghood
i see the children laugh in the park chased by their father
do i remember being that small?
a scream of joy as he lifts her in the air, a pulse of longing in my chest
i am too big now i think, to play with my father as we once did
i do not remember when my bathroom started smelling like you
your shampoo on the edge of the tub, your clothes on the floor
even when you leave part of you stays
a remnant of the day we met
the tulips were in bloom in the park. that's what the bathroom smells like now
clean air, your cologne, tulips
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glance, change, alternate for serena
ohohohOOO thank you thank you >:3c
glance: at first glance, what stands out most about your oc's appearance? what's their distinguishing feature?
serena's big, not abnormally so, but she's a taller than average and muscular. i think that paired with her scars n wing rips makes her very intimidating to most people, esp at a glance. exudes "dont' fuck with me" energy and she embraces that for the most part. as for her distinguishing feature, i think most of the time people first notice the scars on her face, then her other scars/wing rips, and then her prosthetic in approximately that order
change: has your oc ever drastically changed their appearance? significant haircuts, big tattoos, complete wardrobe swap, etc? why? how do they feel about the change?
not really! she's been pretty consistent with her looks most of her life and, outside of makeup and generally smaller accessories (neither of which she wears), i don't think there's a ton of ways most dragons can change up their appearances? tbh dragons and bodily self-expression is sort of an underdeveloped realm of ttw's universe that i oughta put more thought into bc they're just as social as humans, but don't have the same pressures of modesty?
going back to the question though, the biggest change she's made is her big arm sleeve tattoo:
she got it bc it looks cool and she likes plants first and foremost, but there's also an element of "i want to have something that's not a scar on my body" to it. she'd get more tattoos if she had the money too, but alas
it's not a *drastic* change per se, but she's gone through different prostheses/styles over life since she's a congenital amputee. most of the time, she has two models of prostheses—one designed for day-to-day use and another for sport/active use—that she switches out depending on what she's doing. she's pretty happy with how her current ones look, but if she had more money she'd consider other models. also doesn't help that getting them replaced every few years is a huge drain on her finances
alternate: What would your oc's alternate universe look be? If they're a fantasy character, what's their modern look? If they're sci-fi, what's their fantasy look? what au would you want to see your oc in, and how would they dress themself? bonus: prompt an au!
we're crossing the streams here babey! i actually doodled what she'd look like in a honeybee au a little while ago, so here it is with some color slapped on. she's a bighorn sheep humod
it's fucking Hot in the desert and she's not trying to be more exhausted than she usually is, so she rarely wears leather but know in my heart she is a leatherdyke. or at least adjacent. otherwise she's usually in tank tops and. i think cargo shorts would be funny, but that's a gut reaction and not one i've thought out dhkglhdf defs practicality and moveability over all else
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💙💛💛💕(one blue and 2 yellow because I consider friends easily but im afraid of putting pressure jksdfjklsfd) You're so lovely and nice and i love seeing you on my dash aa
No pressure it's all good!! We talked before and I already sleep wrangled you, that's a clear proof of friendship as far as I'm concerned!! gdhsj
me: I wanna have good vibes so ppl enjoy being around me
me, choked up and teary eyed: wdym it's working
In other news I'm getting weepy from all the love how dare you be so sweet my dentist is gonna want to talk to you ;v; <333
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