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villainanders · 2 years

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there's a video essay that lives inside of me whose thesis is that game of thrones made jaime and cersei's relationship about sexuality when in asoiaf its about gender

#honestly i think d&d just like. didnt really get how to write incest and wrote a narrative about incest that basically made incest the same #thing as being gay. in the way people talk about it and the way it fits into society and the way they had jaime try to be 'normal' and then #go back to his lover and die like some hayes code era gay man #and in the books the incest is about identity under an oppressive gender binary that manifests in the most toxic way bc they have no tools #of understanding it. which could so easily be sooooosooo bad but then ISNT bc redemption comes along with brienne and another way of living #outside of the gender binary

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dontbotheraziraphale · 2 months

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I dont want david tennant to ever abandon his current fashion era. Fuzzy stripes and non-binary pin during the day, Crowley-coded genderless fuckery by night. Need to be able to count on this for years to come

#the only constant in my life #please #red nose day #david tennant #baftas #good omens

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familyabolisher · 6 months

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Young’s protocol banked on a naturally available plasticity in the growing body that would induce phenotypic changes during childhood growth. Yet sex was not given by plasticity—it had to be grown. If it was plastic, then there were no guarantees that the originally mixed character of an embryo or infant would inevitably reach a binary form. This instability was precisely what drew researchers to experiments on intersex bodies in the first place, for in displacing the gonadocentric paradigm they cast serious doubt on whether humans were really sexually dimorphic, even as medicine promised to capitalize on their plasticity to produce a binary. To resolve this instability, the plasticity of sex was coded in this clinical research as an abstracted form of whiteness, a latent capacity to be reformed and transformed into something new. That most of Young’s intersex patients were white indexes how the “abnormal” body of a child diagnosed with hermaphroditism could be made valuable through its plasticity, the promise of alteration and normalization through medical intervention. That the few black intersex children and families who spent time at the Institute were regarded by its staff as more “difficult,” combative, irrational, and ultimately disposable points to the racialization of plasticity in this era. Young saw an abstract sense of alterability in white children, while he projected a fungibility onto black children that has a genealogy in American medicine stretching back to slavery. As was the case more broadly at Hopkins, doctors like Young regarded black children as suitable experimental subjects because of presumed access and disposability, whereas white children who were subject to similar procedures were framed as exhibiting the potential for a normative cure or at least improved normality.

Jules Gill-Peterson, Histories of the Transgender Child

#currently reading #this is soooo good

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spaceaces00 · 2 months

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Extended Languages Headcanons!

Lance: Cuban Spanish

Hunk: Samoan & bits of Tagalog from childhood friends (helped him learn Spanish faster w Lance bc a lot of the words/roots are similar)

Pidge: some Hebrew (& binary code, Morse code, fuckin Latin, etc.)

Keith: knows simple Korean & the swears (was learning as a kid but oops #deaddad)

Shiro: knows basic Japanese (I like to think that he, like Keith, had a rebellious era so he hated learning but as an adult tries to pick it up again) also some Korean bc tween Keith was feisty

Allura: Garla, Altean (maybe some other planets bc of trade, balls, royalty things idk)

Coran: weirdly a lot?? Apparently went like planet party hopping and picked up a bunch of

I think everyone learns Altean eventually bc it’s the ship and it’s like a dead language 🧍but Lance and Pidge learn the quickest ok the concept of shit talking in another language

They definitely pick up phrases from each other (especially bc they don’t have any one to practice it with and they don’t wanna forget :(

#keith kogane #lance mcclain #pidge holt #hunk garrett #takashi shirogane #princess allura #vld headcanons #vld #voltron legendary defender #voltron headcanons #vld coran

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seekers-who-are-lovers · 4 months

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Some thoughts about things on Bang Bravern… (bit long, sorry)

Why do I clock the German major general Heidemarie as a lesbian?

So what if “ga-ga-pi” is some kind of a code, similar to Morse code or the binary code? Lulu has her “ga-ga-pi.” The other Deathdrive has its “ga-ga-ga. Pi-ga-ga-ga-pi. Pi-ga-ga-pi-ga.” The sequence is different in order to convey another meaning. The only solution is how to interpret it. Or perhaps, I am just overthinking.

So what are the Death Drives?

From the series’s glossary:

Death Drives : A mysterious mechanical life form that suddenly attacked the earth. Their goal is to achieve the best "death" that each of them wants. They came to this earth around all the galaxies in search of an existence that will fulfil their wishes.

Those drives sound like a part of Sigmund Freud’s psychoanalysis’ theory, the theory of pleasure principle (Lustprinzip).

Did Masami Obari, the director, turn to the Austrian psychoanalyst to gather the blueprint for his latest work?

(I know that Freud doesn’t have many fans among the Tumblr folks. But he “is” my neighbour. After having seen “Freud’s Vanished Neighbors” and read an article that the Viennese didn’t accept him as part of the community because he was not born in Austria and had Jewish family, and was still referred to as “Zugeraster,” a derogatory term for an outsider, he earned my respect and like everyone who was born centuries ago had other mentality that was not at all fitting in the modern era.)

Deathdrives, or death drives, in Freudian psychoanalytical universe, mean Thanatos, Todestrieb in German, is a term that describes: the drive toward death and destruction, often expressed through behaviors such as aggression, repetition compulsion, and self-destructiveness.

From Freud’s book, “Beyond the Pleasure Principle” :

Our departure point was the great antithesis of life drives and death drives. Object-love itself shows us a second such polarity – that of love (affection) and hate (aggression). What if we succeeded in connecting these two polarities, what if we succeeded in tracing one back to the other! We have always acknowledged a sadistic component in the sexual drive; as we know, this component can develop a life of its own and turn into a perversion that dominates a person's entire sexual life. It also occurs as a dominant partial drive in one of those forms of organization of sexual life that I have termed ‘pre-genital’. But how could we possibly suppose that the sadistic drive, which aims to harm its object, derives from Eros, the preserver of life? Isn't it altogether plausible to suppose that this sadism is actually a death drive that has been ousted from the ego at the instance of the narcissistic libido, and as a result only becomes apparent in conjunction with the object?

So you have the enemies, the Death Drives, ready to destroy the humans, and Bravern on the other with the quality of being the Eros. The sentient robot’s ethos is to save the humanity first. All the while obsessing with his pilot, Ao Isami. Obsession and kindness overlapping.

@whypolar analysed their names, then doing some googling of the meanings of both Isami and Lewis’ names, it seems the two share the same description. Yours truly is not at all a Japanese language expert, this website suggests that Isami has 21 variations in kanji.

勇 means "bravery, courage."

Brave - Showing courage and strength in the face of danger or difficulty.

Daring - Willing to take risks and try new things.

Strong - Having great physical or mental power.

Courageous - Having or showing courage in the face of danger or difficulty.

Resolute - Firmly determined to do something.

Soldier - A person who serves in an army.

It describes Isami’s personality perfectly!

Lewis, on the other hand…

From the celebrated author of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Lewis Carroll, to lauded actor Daniel-Day Lewis, a boy called Lewis is in good company! Lewis is of German origin and means "Renowned warrior." It has many variations in Latin, French, and Gaelic languages that all point to the same sentiment of “strength” and “courage”. With the name Lewis, you can hope to instill your baby boy with a fearless optimism for life.

All three of them—Bravern, Isami and Lewis—are “strong and courageous.”

#bang brave bang bravern #yuuki bakuhatsu bang bravern #ao isami #lewis smith #isami x lewis #heidemarie #death drive #sigmund freud #masami obari #bravern thoughts

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sophiaforevs · 7 months

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Between the early cancellation of Discovery, Seven/Raffi and Mariner/Jenn being erased in their respective shows, and SNW having queer coded characters but not confirming anything on screen, I'm really afraid that we're entering another "No Gays in Trek" era.

For those who don't know, 90s era star trek featured so few queer characters b/c Rick Berman largely held a policy of not wanting any homosexuality in his shows. And yes, we all remember the handful of episodes that slipped through that addressed it but the fact remains that there were no canonically queer main cast members before Into Darkness in 2016 gave us a five second shot that could be cut when whoever was showing the movie found the idea of two men in a loving relationship disgusting.

Then we got Discovery with multiple queer characters that allowed people to feel seen. And people never stopped bitching about them. The amount of times that I've had to listen to people complain that Adira's only character trait is that they're non-binary despite that literally being a single thirty second scene and never brought up again makes me understand that they very likely don't want to like the queer characters in that show. And it's not that there aren't criticisms to be made about the queer representation in Disco: Discovery Buries it's Gays before the end of the first season. Making your trans characters aliens who already have a history of gender fuckery is problematic b/c it somewhat plays into the idea that queerness is unnatural for human beings. But I never hear those complaints. Only the pronouns. Only the "We get it you're gay but don't shove it down our throats." But I don't want to get too off topic.

Now Discovery is being canceled early. And by early I mean, the writers weren't given proper notice that their show was ending. They were halfway through production and allowed to adjust the end episodes of the season to try to give a satisfying ending.

In Picard and Lower Decks, we got two sapphic relationships ("sapphic" meaning a romantic or sexual relationship between two women who aren't necessarily strictly lesbians) and they were pretty good. People had been asking for Seven to be queer and Jeri Ryan had been playing her as such since her introduction (see again: Rick Berman) and to see her finally get to express that was really healing. Mariner got off to rocky feet when the creators tried to pull a "Dumbledore is gay" where they said she was bi but didn't commit to it, but they she actually got a fairly satisfying relationship in season 3.

But in their most recent seasons, both were completely written out. Seven/Raffi gave us no explanation beyond that they "broke up." They went out of their way to keep them from being on screen together for most of the season. Mattis said in a Reddit AMA that he wanted Seven to be captain and Raffi to be first officer at the end of the season and that Starfleet would have regulations against relationships between the two despite the biggest reason Seven was promoted to captain was that she was a rule breaker. We didn't even get that much for Mariner/Jennifer. Jenn just wasn't in this season except for two background appearances.

And in Strange New Worlds there's just… nothing. SNW is the most recent new show and there's no queer representation. They code Ortegas as gay but don't actually confirm it on screen. There's just… nothing.

And this is how you loose the culture war. The bigots make enough noise that the show that is supposed to be a beacon of diversity doesn't necessarily side with them but they just kinda bow out of the conversation. They decide that it's easier to not bother than to take a stand. And so I and many many queer star trek fans are left wondering:

Does the franchise even want us any more?

#Star Trek #Prick Berman #No Gays In Trek #Disillusionment Trek

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susie-dreemurr · 6 months

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“Etoiles era o diabo dos código binário, matava 30 por dia, e agora tá conversando com eles?”

Isso se chama rivalidade de shonen, Pac <3

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“Etoiles was the devil of the binary codes, killing 30 of them per day, and now he’s chatting with them?”

That is called shonen rivalry, Pac <3

#qsmp #qsmpblr #etoiles #qsmp etoiles

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teaah-art · 1 year

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Desi LGBT Fest 2023 (hosted by @desi-lgbt-fest)

Day 2 : Legacy

Ghoonghat : A Portrait of The South Asian Third Gender

CW : Colonialism, Transphobia, Homophobia, Casteism

TW : Transphobia, Homophobia, Slur usage

South Asian history has ALWAYS been queer. We have ALWAYS had gender nonconformity as an integral part of our society. Yet, the modern Indian "conservative" view somehow points fingers to alleged western influence or modernization when it comes to queer visibility, fabricating a fundamental disconnect between South Asian culture and queer identities that was never supposed to be there. Why? What may have caused this mental divide? The answer might lie in systemic barriers built during the British Raj and the lasting consequences of that.

Third Gender identities such as the Kothi, Hijra, Khwaja Sira, Aravanis, and more are queer identities native to South Asia. No existing lgbtq label in usage in the Anglosphere describes them accurately and while 'Transgender' does serve as a viable umbrella term, it doesn't quite catch all the nuances. The term 'Third Gender' as a phrase does come close to distinguishing the identity as its own unique label, despite the term 'Third Gender' once again, being a western terminology tracing back to the 1860s which was once again proposed in a non-South Asian context and would still only serve as a broad umbrella term. Having said that, I will still continue to use 'Third Gender' to refer to these communities here because most of the names have been and do get frequently used as a slur. While much gets discussed in the anglosphere about slur reclamation in lgbtq+ spaces, South Asian queer dialogues aren't that well organized and not being a Third Gender person myself, I am hesitant and unsure of the appropriate use for community specific terms, which again vary from region to region.

History of South Asian Third Gender communities traces back to AT LEAST medieval era, if not farther back. While roots are hard to trace back and South Asian queer history may not be as linear and resolved as one may want to think, stigmatization of Third Gender communities along with other queer labels can certainly be traced back to colonial times. Section 377 of the British Colonial Penal Code, enforced in 1862 criminalized any sexual acts that were deemed 'against the order of nature' and was meant to systemically target homosexuality, sodomy, and any sexual nonconformity in the British colonies of the time. The Criminal Tribes Act of 19th and 20th century British regime in South Asia, that set out to profile hundreds of castes, tribes, and communities as 'hereditary criminals' (237 communities as of 1931), also included Third Gender communities and likely reinforced the queerphobia in society that Section 377 may have already established.

At the time of independence, when the Criminal Tribes Act was scrapped from the Indian constitution, but Section 377 remained. This means, as of 1950, you could legally present as a Third Gender individual, you could be in Third Gender communes in public and would no longer be arrested for it! But if you came out of the closet for say, being gay, or bi, you could still end up in jail. Not to mention that about 200 years of queerphobia, systemic queerphobia, does not change in a day despite legal reforms. So in 1950, when we were in a position where being gnc had legal immunity but being non-heteronormative didn't, Third Gender folks were put in a unique position where they could push for change. And push, they certainly did! I should note here that my discussion here of any legal reforms past 1950 would be limited to India since I am an Indian citizen and know Indian systems the best.

In 1994, India recognized Third Gender communities as a legal sex separate from the gender binary. This came with voting rights, right to contest in elections as a Third Gender person, right to legally LIVE as a third gender person, and more. On the state level, Third Gender activism ensured affirmative action for trans people not only for government jobs but also corporate jobs. Pension plans, welfare coverage, medical insurance, and even systemic changes towards establishing legal measures against gender discrimination. Despite the social stigma, despite their community names being used as literal slurs, Third Gender people have been at the forefront of every single South Asian queer activism and they have been WINNING!

I wish they got the recognition they rightfully deserve outside of South Asia as well. Current global queer activism is at a crossroads where trans exclusion has taken roots even in parts of the community. A lot of the exclusionary activism stems from the regimes and mentality that have a history in South Asia of erasing and colonising queer history. Is it so surprising then, that these regimes elevated bigots to power who further the same narrative they've been peddling since as far back as the 19th century? Shouldn't, then, Third Gender voices and activism inspire persevering and continuing to persevere against those very same barriers?

Third Gender erasure, reclamation, and activism is South Asian legacy, a story of resisting colonial structures, status quo, and systemic oppression. It is high time it gained visibility in international queer spaces.

Some articles to read under the cut (likely far more credible than my rant). Heavy TW for Transphobia and Homophobia for nearly all of the articles.

Shabnam Mausi - India's first trans Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA)

The whole debacle with the 2019 Trans Rights Bill

The Hijra community and their plight during the pandemic

A Tamil Third Gender perspective on community labels

The Khwaja Siras of Pakistan and their legislative battles

A Bangladeshi ally's conundrum on what term to use for Third Gender communities

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sleepynegress · 8 months

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HELLO! I'm sorry you've been getting idiotic anonymous people being rude about Uhura. I saw your lovely post about her and it made me happy to see that people appreciate her! She is so much more than lots of fandom pretends. Also I high-key agree that Karl Urban absolutely nailed his performance of Bones. It was so dead on!!! Zoe's Uhura was lovely too but as you say, sharper around the edges, and personally I felt her relationship with Spock was very sweet but difficult initially for me because I really get stressed when one person doesn't get the emotional needs of another. So their really gentle scenes made me SO happy when they finally happened. The warmth and gentleness shone through and won me over entirely. Zoe played sharp with just enough warmth. But I still love Nichelle's too. Uhura is great! Anyway didnt have a huge point here just happy that you also love her and call people out LOL

The main issue is the misogynoir and perhaps TERF leanings against the most recent player in the part, Celia Rose Gooding. She is non-binary and goes by she/they pronouns. She also has a short close-cropped style which beautifully frames her face. The troll is hyper-fixated on attacking that, disparaging her presentation of femininity using coded language to imply aggression or masculinity. This is extra backward because, of the three players who took on Uhura, she has the darkest skin tone, has the fullest lips and a wide nose bridge, and her hair is the only one not in a straightened or processed style (which is fine for an option BTW). All of these things together are rare aesthetics for a Black woman, and appropriate, especially for an sub-Saharan African woman's character presentation, especially in a futuristic sci-fi mainstream iconic franchise, like Star Trek and so important for young people to see as normalized femininity. I think of Lupita Nyong'o talking about the effect Alek Wek had on her...just being there as this South Sudanese supermodel, with very dark skin and short natural hair...

Celia Rose is the particular target this troll has framed as their "fanhood", with thinly veiled insults and backhanded "compliments" that keep dogwhistling in their posts with various account names.

As for Zoe's Uhura, that professionalism and sharpness, when it came to her abilities and focus on her studies was an obvious intentional writing choice to stave off the very criticisms *she still got* because of the misogynoir of that era...

People were accusing her of coercing Spock into her ship assignment and even assaulting him(!).

That mess never makes sense, but hating Black women for existing or having what we are perceived as not "deserving" is sadly an old tradition (see those who make a hobby out of hating Megan Markle). And now, I see people praising the OG Uhura, Nichelle, for aspects of her character that were actually forms of limitations on her because of production bigotry...i.e. the forced interracial kiss, that people constantly cite as some forward thing w/o the context that it was forced because the implication was that no one in her crew would willingly kiss a Black person. IOW, aliens assaulting them for their entertainment was the lesser evil and more palatable to white audiences than someone choosing to love on Uhura (and I would add *especially* someone white, because even showing Black affection and love in that time was a rare thing, and her episode showing some yearning towards an old love showed no physical affection between them either). Anyway, all that to bring it right back around to ALL the Uhuras are great. And the weird microaggressions, macroaggressions, hatred, and attempts to shove them into a particular box are misogynoir; a microcosm of the kind of bullshit too many Black women go through on the regular just for existing.

Celia is a Rose and I hope she shines, gets loved on, has friends (including some Black ones) who are genuinely concerned for her well-being and actually help her when she's in need.

P.S. I missed this reading way too fast before but this bit is sus IMO Zoe's Uhura was lovely too but as you say, sharper around the edges, and personally I felt her relationship with Spock was very sweet but difficult initially for me because I really get stressed when one person doesn't get the emotional needs of another. If you meant Spock not reading Uhura? Then yeah, I agree. If you mean Uhura not reading Spock?? I can't walk with you there because Spock literally almost hindered Uhura's career and got her on an exploded ship(!) because of his emotional bias and almost killed Kirk on the bridge because he was not managing his emotions well. Meanwhile Uhura read him well enough to provide some comfort after the loss of his mother.

#uhura #meta #answer #star trek #celia rose gooding #star trek: strange new worlds #she reminds me of kim from a different world

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let-us-cultivate-our-garden · 1 year

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How do you feel about the representation ( or lack thereof) in TOH?

I'm not sure to which representation you're referring to but I will try to be comprehensive. Just a note: representation in media is highly subjective; one person may feel seen by a show's representation, another may not. For example, as an ace person, I don't feel like Lilith is good ace rep because it is never even mentioned in the show. It's only in supplemental materials. If your show is going to tout itself as being diverse then the bare minimum you should do is put that diversity front and center so that even the most casual fan can see it.

If you like Lilith's representation or any other character from the show, then I will not take that from you.

The rest will be under the cut.

The biggest draw the show has is its queer representation; we've come a long way from Korrasami, now we have our main character in a sapphic romance that forms a key part of both characters. We have pride flags as a casual part of the background, non-binary characters, and no one angsts over being queer, it's just a normal state of being. I feel like this is the strongest aspect of the show in terms of representation and I'm glad people are feeling seen as a result of it.

Where I feel the show needed more work on was racial/ethnic diversity. TOH is a rather white show; despite Luz being biracial and having poc friends, most other significant characters are white-coded. Eda, Lilith, Amity, Belos, and Hunter are all white or white-coded characters and they take up significant portions of the overall story while Gus, Willow, Raine, and Darius are in supporting roles. This is especially egregious with Gus and Willow since they're the first witches that Luz befriends but they don't have as much focus in the later seasons, especially once Hunter is introduced. It's also worth noting that any kind of character development the non-white characters have is nearly always in relation to white characters: Willow and Amity, Gus and Hunter, Raine and Eda, and Darius and Hunter/the previous Golden Guard.

Another thing that others have pointed out is that despite the number of poc in key roles, the overall aesthetic of the Boiling Isles is very Euro-centric, even in the Deadwardian Era (its name a pun on an English monarch). It's such a missed opportunity to not play around with the overall aesthetic of your show and have it be more unique looking, maybe take influence from real world cultures and apply that to how magic is used based on a character's background.

The show is also touted for its disability representation and neurodivergent characters; however the former is more of a metaphor and the latter wasn't intentional. Fans noticed that Luz displays signs of ADHD and Dana admitted that she wasn't written that way but approves of the interpretation. It's great that fans can project their own head canons and for the creator to be fine with it, but it would have been even better if she was written that way from the start; really show how people perceive her as different because of how she is. We got some of this with how she struggled in school and how she loves learning but not about what the boring topics in school but by then, it's rather late. I feel like the show had a missed opportunity showing how isolated Luz was in the human realm; we got her high jinks and school pranks but nothing really that would make her an outcast and thus want to leave Earth.

Eda's curse as a metaphor for disability has been well-received but it makes me wonder what a disabled witch would look like in the show? Someone who was born with weak magic (Willow doesn't count she was in the wrong track). How would they navigate the track system? What aid would they need to perform basic magic? What prejudice would they face?

We get that in the form of Hunter, who while technically not a witch, functions as a disabled witch. And we get how he had to work twice as hard to earn any decent respect but it's not really because he lacks magic, it's more due to the fact that the coven heads perceive favoritism as the emperor's nephew.

We get some more challenges a disabled witch would face when Eda loses her magic but it doesn't really go anywhere and she utilizes her harpy form and seems to get along fine.

When I think about how disabilities are usually represented as just metaphors in popular media, I think of Toph. In Avatar, Toph is literally blind, there's no metaphor here. But the show is extremely clever depicting how she navigates the world using earth bending and justifies why she is the master of her craft because she was taught by the original earth benders and uses it ALL the time.

TOH could have done something similar by having a character with a real world disability and think of a creative way to show how they utilize the magic in their universe.

Basically, the show is very good at depicting queerness, but could have been better in its disability representation, and definitely dropped the ball on its poc characters.

#the owl house #toh critical #toh criticism #diversity #representation in media #long post #luz noceda #emperor belos #lilith clawthorne #toh hunter #eda clawthorne #amity blight #willow park #gus porter

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satirates · 9 months

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Now that the climax of Etoiles and the codes' lore is in a couple of hours, let's see what we know so far

When the first code arrived back in the beginning of May, he wasn't so much of a threat. He was just pushing the eggs around, trying to be scary. But everything changed when he managed to kill Bobby for the first time. Suddenly, his attack became more violent. He was clearly trying to get every eggs on the server to one life. He killed Ramon when nobody was watching. It killed Tallullah in one of the longest (at the time) and the most heart-wrenching fight on the Island, just in front of her dad. The day the French arrived, he tries to kill Dapper three times and, seeing that BBH was outsmarting him, trapped the egg on top of an antenna with way to much mobs. With Dapper's first death, the only egg on the island left with two lives was Pomme. It was her first day...

This was the binary entity terror era. It last from the second half of may up to about half of June. Everybody on the server was scare of the code. He seems unbeatable. No matter how many times you hit him, you can't make enough damages to down him. He was just made too strong. Players started to think he maybe in creative too (he wasn't, it was proved by him falling like a turd trying to kill Pomme the first time. X) .

But then Bobby perma-died. And Because of the pain, Forever created Ninho. The code tried to attack Pomme multiple times, but the islander knew she was next. They were prepared and the Ninho system was proven to be stronger than the code. Back then, TTT in the c hat were a common occurrence and were always meet with panic. But the code didn't reach his goal. Until he did. He killed Pomme, one shoting both her and Philza in a show of strength that was so brutal that it totally demoralized everybody at the time. Pomme got is soul repaired, she got her life back. But something change in the code that day. He changed tactic...

(I think the admins realized that giving the players fights they can't win was demoralizing them. They spend so much times trying to ensure the eggs safety, it seems unfair to just one-punch them all)

Since then, he hasn't attacked the eggs even once. This was the start of the code observator era. He disappeared for quite some time and when he reappeared at the beginning of July, he was seen taking pictures of the eggs and the Ninho. He continued to do so for the following weeks. But he was also doing something else. Something we still don't have an explanation for: Giving the eggs parents something that represent their child. Apple for Pomme, Scythe for Dapper, mushroom hat for Leo, Potato for Chayanne, etc.

Then, at the presidential dinner party, he did his first egg impersonnation. the two codes impersonated Tallullah and Chayanne. They then tried to kill Étoiles too. They tried to single him out several, only allowing Philza to fight too for the beauty of the Lore. It was clear that they were trying to kill the candidates with only 1 life left. Why? We don't know. Maybe to piss off the federation, maybe to scare the islanders even more?To make them remember how much of a threat it is? What is sure is that something change again. Étoiles and Philza became the first two islanders to defeat the codes in a fight. It was a victorious day and... something else too...

This was the start of Étoiles arc. The codes keep trying to fight him after that. Were they impressed by his ability to fight? Did they see in him a potential ally? They tried to kill him by impersonating Tallullah/Dapper. Then, they imprisoned him in the Nether. They gave him the drawing of an unbreakable shield and waited for him to find it. It was hidden under a skulker box. Was he meant to find it? Probably. Were the code's intentions to get it out of his cold body? Definitely. They then procided to test him in a fight. The most powerful sword against the most powerful shield. Which one will win?

Étoiles came out victorious again. Nothing seems to be able to beat him, especially with is brocken shield. But the codes continues to fight. And, with every fight with Étoiles, they grew stronger . The Frenchman is no longer teasing them. He was almost killed several times. He admitted that these fight started to feel more and more unwinnable (also, the admins told him hrp that the fight were arranged to be defeat for Étoiles so the codes could get the shield back. But they were so impressed by his resistance and endurance that they decided to change the story)

Now we are at the finally. The final battle, the Sasuke vs Naruto. But I have so much questions!!! Why Étoiles? What did the codes wanted from him? Were they using him to train? Is Étoiles really the last barrier that prevent the codes from attacking Islander? Will eggs die because the islanders as became too complacent with the codes, telling themselves that it's just" a Étoiles thing"? Will he win? Will he be the first canon death of the qsmp? What does the codes really want? Is it scaring the players out of the island, or is it working for the federation?

So many questions, I hope some of them are going to be answered tonight.

(also, I didn't mention the one time the code attacked Cellbit after he started working with the federation or the whole Maximus arc, but they could still be very important to that mystery too)

#qsmp #qsmp french #q!etoiles #qsmp code entity #qsmp binary entity #qsmp lore #longpost

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boyswanna-be-her · 2 months

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So I recently have begun questioning/experimenting with my gender identity, and as a consequence have been (possibly over-) identifying with horror movies that I have decided are trans allegories, at least to me. Many of these movies were definitely not meant to be queer metaphors but that hasn’t stopped me lol. Anyway as you are also horror fan and trans/non binary individual, I was wondering if you ever went through a similar era. My most recent was Jacob’s Ladder, with the chemical being a metaphor for the gendered socialization we all go through growing up. Also, hope your life/day/etc is going well and full of joy!

I've been thinking about this ask for FOREVER and honestly don't have a great response, or a succinct one. I tend to find myself in characters who are on the fringe/isolated and usually autistic coded (thinking the anti-heroes of "Re-Animator" or "Possession" or "Fade to Black") -or- in the characters who have good intentions but get in too deep because of it ("They Look Like People" or "Resolution"). It's not about gender on its surface, but I think the through line in the first type of movie is that these are people who can function in society and even some relationships from day to day, but over the course of the film they're slipping and it's becoming more and more obvious that they're out of step with the world around them. Pretty similar to my relationship with gender, I think, and the fact that no matter what I did, my actual relationship with gender was inevitably going to manifest in some material way in my life.

#IDK IF THIS MAKES ANY SENSE AT ALL FAM IM SORRY

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neonscandal · 5 months

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Can I ask what songs that came to your mind when you think of BakuDeku, SatoSugu & SasaMiya?

I spend a great deal of time thinking about anime and music so I love this question! So many songs to choose from so I picked a few artists to apply across all ships to narrow down. Naturally, a lot of these songs are spiced with a sprinkle of angst because I'm in my sad girl era 24/7.

BAKUDEKU

Paramore Selection: All I Wanted

We've always known Midoriya's eyes were always drawn to Bakugo but we're finally seeing just how much Bakugo is similarly consumed with thoughts of Midoriya.

Hozier Selection: Work Song

Broken, battered, on the edge of death. It goes without saying, canonically, there's nothing that will keep these two from one another.

Billie Eilish Selection: Everything I Wanted

They are both self-sacrificing idiots. Midoriya, for just about everyone. Bakugo, for Midoriya.

Wildcard Selection: Gravity by Sara Bareilles

There was a post sometime ago calling them a binary star system by @comradekiwi. I ate that shit up. ✨

SATOSUGU

Paramore Selection: In the Mourning

Because of course it is. Ten years of grieving over a punishment yet to be carried out followed by a year of knowing Gojo was finally alone in the world.

Hozier Selection: Francesca

After everything, neither would change a thing if it meant they were, for a time, together. For everything that happened, I don't think it changed the way either of them felt about one another.

Billie Eilish Selection: you should see me in a crown ... fine. TV

Actually, I think both fit from Geto and Gojo's perspective respectively. In actuality, Ocean Eyes and being lost in one another is the answer.

Wildcard Selection: Someday by The Strokes

This whole series is just adults trying to correct what befell them as kids and spare others from a similar fate. But fate is not so forgiving.

SASAMIYA TBH the true challenge because... happy couple?? Can't relate.

Paramore Selection: The Only Exception

Nose buried in countless books about love but shying away from everyone around him? So Miya coded but they're probably more Still Into You leaning.

Hozier Selection: From Eden or The Bones (okay so this one might be cheating)

The idea that one would leave Eden just for a glimpse of someone they love beyond all their imperfections? This is so Sasaki to Miyano coded. The Bones because they are undeniably end game.

Wildcard Selection: I Want You Around by Snoh Aalegra

In the days before Miyano realized how serious Sasaki was? Just Sasaki's simple want to be around Miyano, or Miyano admiring Sasaki and not knowing what else those feelings could be.

Bonus Wildcard Selection: Notice Me by Role Model

Peak. 🎯 They're both incredulous at the fact that they wound up together.

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fleecal · 1 year

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My theory about Harvey

My theory is that Harvey is immortal, maybe even the first immortal.

We know Harvey is older than most of the characters. We see them in RL: Paradise, which is implied to happen around 1796 and Harvey is still alive in the Winter of 1981 in CE: Seasons, 185 years later. And even when we stab them in the Fall of 1971, their legs are still moving if we look in the cage, which could be interpreted as they are still alive, even after being stabbed.

We have seen Harvey in an anthropomorphic bird-person form in the secret scene from CE: Birthday, in addition to their normal parrot form. Of the other anthro animal people we've seen, the only ones we know to have multiple forms at the same time are Mr. Owl and Mr. Crow (Who, as a side note, are also birds). And while we have never explicitly seen Harvey change on screen like we have with Mr. Crow and Mr. Owl, we saw Harvey in their anthro form and then right after flying away in bird form. Perhaps they were originally a bird who was given immortality like Dog but since they are older than Dog they have since learned to change form the same way Mr. Crow and Mr. Owl have. Another possibility is that Harvey was originally human but as they are older than Mr. Owl and Mr. Crow, they are able to take a fully animal form and we just have yet to see their human form. Also, we see a silhouette that looks an awful lot like Harvey in secret photos in the Underground Blossom Demo which implies that A, we are playing as Harvey again B, Harvey is not stuck in their fully bird form. Also, C, Harvey has been there for Laura since was a baby and that makes me happy.

Additionally, a few of the games (CE: Seasons, The Lake, Arles & Case 23) have four-digit codes that start with 14; 1487, 1422, 1458 and 1421, respectively. While this could be a coincidence or an idea the devs had but later dropped, I find it interesting. Nothing in-game links these numbers to Harvey, but it doesn't feel accidental that four different codes start with 14. My theory is that Harvey was born in the 1400s or just before and those years are important dates in their life. This is wild speculation but possibly after Underground Blossom, we will get a game set in the 1400s about Harvey and their history and how they became an immortal parrot. We know Harvey is a lover of music seeing as they are attracted when playing music in both CE: Seasons and CE: Paradox. The 1400s were part of the Renaissance. Perhaps Harvey was a Renaissance-era musician or belonged to one. If Harvey was originally a bird, perhaps they were used as a test subject by his owner, like Dog was by James.

Side notes: The three paintings in CE: Case 23 in Chapter 3 are Renaissance paintings, though all were painted in the 1500s. Not sure if that's relevant. Also in CE: The Mill, we see that the chapel, in which Case 23 Chapter 3 takes place, was built in 1384. It isn't in the 1400s but it's close so I am mentioning it.

Bonus: On the RL Wiki, it says Harvey's sex is "Male (Anthro Form) Female (Bird Form)". Therefore Harvey is not cis. My vote is non-binary since all the other anthro animals are called Mr. or Mrs. or Ms. but Harvey is called Harvey. I support trans rights. I also support trans wrongs (Murdering hotel guests and giving the meat to the hotel chef to serve to the remaining guests.)

In conclusion, I think Harvey is a non-binary immortal murderer from the 1400s who loves music and deserves their own game.

#rusty lake #rusty lake harvey #harvey rusty lake #harvey the parrot

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laz-laz-ace-pilot · 1 year

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I love the High Republic Jedi

I really need to talk about the Jedi in The High Republic because damn I can’t stop thinking about them and the contrast with the Jedi Order we know during the prequels.

I’ll try to keep this as spoiler-free (and coherent) as possible, but the central three books of Phase One of The High Republic follow the events of three ‘disasters’ that the Jedi try to assist with. It’s also a time when the Republic is expanding into the Outer Rim, and when unity is the calling card of this movement. And the Jedi respond to each of these disasters by working together – I know that sounds pretty basic written like that, but these books cover several perspectives as they come up with plan after plan to help save lives, however they can, pushing the limits of the Force together to achieve their goals.

But the Order isn’t just one monolith of thought; the series explores perspectives that we largely don’t see in the mainstream content around the Prequel Era – from newly-made Council members struggling with Coruscant priorities versus the realities of the Outer Rim, to Padawans who just want to study the galaxy, or who have to learn under new Masters when their previous one dies. New Jedi Knights who are given Padawans they’re not ready for. Jedi who question the close relationship with the Republic. Jedi who struggle with grief but don’t go on a genocidal rampage to deal with it. Jedi who go on soul-searching journeys after using the Dark Side to save lives.

It explores how Jedi interpret the Force through different lenses; some understand it as music, some visualise it as a vast ocean, some like a vast constellation of stars. How these lenses help them explore new abilities, but also how they need to look beyond that to overcome their weaknesses.

Then there are whole areas and disciplines that no longer exist in the Prequel Era – the autonomy of Jedi temples far away from the Core and the Jedi Council, raising Jedi that may never even see Coruscant. Jedi who disagree with the direction of the Council, or the Order, and strike out on their own, but remain Jedi. Wayseekers, who follow the direction of the Force above all else. Mediative retreats that can last whole lifetimes, like the Barash Vow. Shit, Yoda goes on fucking sabbatical!

And then there’s the crazy stuff that a lot of Disney Star Wars could never do. The Jedi to ex-Jedi mercenary mindmeld/ drift compatible moment that allows them to tame two dragons to ride into battle. The ancient creature capable of cutting Force Sensitives off from the Force and husking them. Yoda had a non-binary Padawan who left the Order for a hot boy they met at the circus. Autistic Jedi. Asexual Jedi. SO MANY LESBIANS.

But at the core of it all is teamwork and compassion. Even as threats escalate throughout the story, the Jedi retain their respect for life throughout, and avoid taking it where they can, mourning it when they do. And as more lives are lost and Jedi are traumatised by the events they see, they actually address this trauma and how it might affect a Jedi’s ability to keep to the Code. There are no chosen ones or super powerful Jedi that save the day; everyone pitches in what they can to help the greater effort. And its this that inspires unity within the Republic – selfless compassion for any stranger who needs them, who act together to achieve the impossible.

I don’t know if this even makes any sense but I love the High Republic Jedi so much and I absolutely recommend the series to everyone, but especially to people who only know the Jedi through Obi-Wan and Anakin and Ahsoka because it is so much more than that.

And I just know, in my heart, that if Yoda had announced to them that they had no other choice but to split up and become Generals to battalions of slave soldiers who were going to be slaughtered in their millions under the direction of an increasing corrupt Senate, they would have put him in a retirement home so fast and there wouldn’t have been a Clone War.

Just saying.

#the high republic #jedi #star wars #prequel era #like several temples would sraight up go rogue if faced with what Yoda proposed #Elzar would ask what crack Yoda had been smoking #the disgust at the blatant manipulation and abuse of the clones #Cohmac going on a tirade about how they're losing their independance from the republic #Reath refusing to go into a highly suspect war when he could be READING #the suffering Burryaga and Imri would go through #it just wouldn't fly

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3rdbogwitch2theleft · 9 months

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We're currently in season 2 of our Smallville rewatch (or first in my partner's case) so, largely from memory, here is my ranking of Smallville characters who should have been canonically queer listed on a scale from "Dude it was right there! I cannot fathom why you fumbled the ball here!" to "I mean I get why you didn't, but the subtext was loud". I might change my ranking after we finish the show.

1. First and most egregious we have Tess Mercer.

This woman is a lesbian.

Her second scene in the entire series is a square off with Lois in which Tess waits maybe 15 seconds before asking if Lois is into role play (to be fair, Lois is in a Spirit Halloween style french maid outfit at the time). Their tension remains severely homoerotic throughout the her time on the show.

They pair Tess with Oliver. They pair her with Zod. They give her the hots for Clark and none of it feels the least bit authentic. She is gay. Let this woman be gay.

2. Coming in at a close second is Chloe Sullivan.

Comp het is the only narrative explanation I can think of for why Chloe spent so much time pining for the obviously disinterested Clark when Pete was right there!

(Yes, I know that the actual reason is network demanded the love triangle, but I want an in-universe explanation, damn it)

Don't get me wrong, I remember her relationship to Jimmy being delightful, but "spent my teen years wanting someone who I knew didn't want me" is giving big "closeted and not ready to deal with my sexuality yet" energy.

Also her jacket choices in the early years feel distinctly sapphic to me, a sapphic who lived through this era.

Bonus: she and Lana could have ended up together and driven a stake right through that love triangle from hell.

3. Lois!

Lois is bi. Fight me.

Am I saying this just because I'm in love with her? No, but I'm gonna be real with you, it is a factor. It's just so obvious to me.

Let bygones be bygones and bi gals be bi gals

4. Clark Kent

Am I saying this just because I'm in love with him? No, but I'm gonna be real with you, it is a factor.

As the show went on, they dipped more and more heavily into the "super powers and kryptonite poisoning as queerness allegory" and it's... it's not great. But that's a whole other post. I just think that if you make listen to a character earnestly describe herself as her bestie's "krypto hag" when talking him through an issue he's having with his sex life AND you make your first on screen lesbian a homicidal shape shifter the least you can do is make your allegorically queer main guy actually bisexual.

Let bygones be bygones and bi guys be bi guys

Also it would kinda explain why he looked the other way about Lex's deeeeeply creepy behaviors for so long. He had the same blind loyalty to Lex that he had to Lana. While I do not ship them especially in the early seasons (Clark is a teen and Lex is in early 20s for the first 4 years of the friendship, that's a big nope for me) Clark having a crush on his morally dubious older friend would explain a lot.

Clark, that grown man is bribing a government agent for your mom's medical records. He is not you friend!

5. Lana Lang

I just think it would have been neat. As I mentioned under the Chloe section I would have really liked it if she and Chloe had ended up together.

Also Lana's journey from damsel in distress (that poor kid is in so. much. distress.) to morally complex love interest to superhero in her own right could also have been a really cool exploration of gender identity.

While I know the average TV writer in the 2000s first association the the word "binary" was likely "code" rather than "gender", non-binary Lana Lang would have slapped.

6. Lex Luthor

Lex is the official recipient of the "I completely get why they didn't make this canon, but the subtext was loud" award.

Lex is manipulative, duplicitous, obsessive, and predatory. (In other words, just another billionaire amiright) Making him canonically gay or bi would have reinforced some extremely harmful stereotypes and given how popular the show was in its time, I am very glad they didn't do this.

That said, he's just so obsessed with Clark and he loooves to compare himself to Alexander the Great.

And a season 6 (when everyone is adults) toxic, chaotic Clark/Lana/Lex throuple would have been amazing. The secrets! The betrayals! Certainly beats the canonical Lex/Lana doomed abusive marriage and ride on the ever present Clark/Lana merry-go-round.

Lex also made a clone combining his DNA with Clark's. Fellas....

Honorable mention: Oliver Queen

I don't have a narrative reason.

Maybe the fact that he was paired with first 3 people on this list at different points in the series just gives him a bit of bi/pan 4 bi/pan energy.

I also just think it would have been fun. And I like fun.

#smallville rewatch #the image function was giving me grief so here's a long ass text post for your wednesday night enjoyment #characters that should have been queer #long post

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