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i adore sam for making fcg just fully, tits out (wheels out?) pro-deities in c3 -- it is so fucking funny
all three campaigns we've had even the sorta "pro-deities" (and tbh I find the idea of "pro-deities" and "anti-deities" in cr discourse to be so stupidly black-and-white but for the sake of a tumblr post, sure) characters to have some hangups -- like vax goes with the raven queen but it's obviously this unbelievably heart breaking thing where he has to leave his family behind
or jester creates her own god
fjord with ukutoa (ukutoa) and the wildmother -- even cad isn't so preachy with the wildmother!
so what does sam do for campaign 3?
like the incredible wrecking ball that he often is he just decides -- yeah fuck it. FCG thinks the gods are great and can do no wrong and no he cannot be swayed by other arguments
it's so good
and it is so funny
#critical role#c3#bells hells#sam riegel#when people try to start discourse about sam#i'm always like#you guys know he loves the story right?#and he loves the rest of the players?#he just likes making characters that push everyone else into difficult conversations or choices#that;s#good#that's a good thing#yall are just dumb
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Average Drama Enjoyer observes some peak drama.
#dungeon meshi#toshiro nakamoto#laios touden#kabru#izutsumi#Before anyone mistakes this as mischaracterization: The joke here is that it's ambiguous what the hell he means.#Kabru does love getting into fights a bit more than average but he's mostly here for the drama.#I screenshot the scene of him going 'The dark arts!' with a little smile everytime I re-read dungeon meshi. He's so catty. I love him.#And shout out to Izutsumi for adding fire to the drama. Girl said 'I am the listener. I heard that shit.' and refused to apologize.#Joke two: the deep cut - Welcome to more propaganda for whatever the hell is going on between Laios & Shuro & Kabru.#Laios trusting Shuro with some *heavy* information because he admires him so much! And wants to be his friend so badly!#Kabru also has another great character moment when he immediatly clocks Laios as not being as malicious as expected.#We love a character who can put the clues together! It is such a good subversion of what role we think Kabru is to play in this story!#Now he's eager to befriend Laios - who is barely interested and currently trying to befriend Shuro - who is barely interested and...well.#The painful triangle of people trying to get to know the other person better and being rejected...Friendship triangle.#We have all had a friendship triangle situation before. Right? You guys have also struggled to read people. Right?#Laios is universally relatable. Right?
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hey. you know we can talk about ulder's shortcomings as a father without becoming violent about him, right?
#.txt#you do know he loved wyll right? guys? can anyone hear me#sometimes you can and do love your son AND still choose duty anyway#you do know he was not only a single father but he was also a DUKE? with responsibilities? to an entire city?#im not excusing him but like. there's so much more to it than just ulder being a villain or antagonist in wyll's story#he is NOT any of those things 😭#*
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stultifera navis rerun AKA thinking about Iberia hours again because a lot of the Iberians have such fascinating relationships with the concept of home but specifically Thorns and Lumen are eating at my brain. like where do you call home when the place that is your home Just Fucking Hates You? Elysium's rewinding breeze specifically makes a point to hammers home how differently Iberia treats its Liberi and its Aegir
(which is especially interesting since this comes right after a conversation where Purestream commented on how despite Leizi being a high ranking government official, there are still some experiences that are universal for all Yanese people - because the experience of what Iberia itself is like isnt universal for all Iberians)
But all that being said, Thorns also straight up states that Aegir is not his home, and yeah, how could it be? How could a place you've never been to, never truly known, ever be your home? How could it ever feel like a home?
so where do you go when the place that you are from hates your people and the place your people are from is completely unfamiliar and alien to you? Thorns' answer at the end of the conversation with Aya is: my home is where i chose it to be. my home is where there are people I care about and people who care about me
in the complete opposite direction, Lumen's oprec asks: why do you still stay in a place that wants you gone? because the people of Gran Faro like Jordi well enough but when push comes to shove, they will want the only Aegir in town gone
and yet, when Rald the messenger offers him a chance to leave Jordi turns him down and when he's forced to escape Gran Faro after the people there literally try to send him to his death (or worse) at the hands of the Inquisitors he keeps trying to go back because like everyone in stultifera navis, Jordi is clinging to his own dreams of a golden age
but the shape of that dream is unique to every character and for Jordi, his dreams are deeply, inseparably bound to the Eye of Iberia, the legacy his parents left behind
and it's this dream of becoming someone great, of bringing about that golden age that his parents devoted their lives to help create that ties Jordi to this nothing town because despite everything, despite the mistrust of the townsfolk and the hostility of the Inquisition and the danger from the ocean, he simply cannot leave it behind
(or, because i personally dislike the official translation,)
"I just see this place as my home"
so yeah. not sure what overall point i was trying to make here i'm just. deeply in love with these stories about chosing what is and isn't your home, of saying you will not call a place your home because it has given you no reason to or saying you consider a place your home even though it has given you every reason not to. deeply unwell about them <3
#arknights#asto speaks#not much of an essay writer i just keep thinking about them and i need to force other people to think about them too#thorns story fucks me up bc like. this whole almost found family adjacent idea of like#maybe home isnt something decided by your birth but something you can chose based on what truly matters to you#it just gets to me. i guess.#jordi gets to me in a completely different direction there's nothing personal about it i just find his story *fascinating*#just a guy. a completely normal guy. an absolute nobody caught up in these dreams of greatness while also fully aware of his own normalcy#but never letting either of those overshadow the other. never losing that self awareness or that fuckin obsessive determination#god. what a Character#i love jordi so much like genuinely#i joke a lot about him being just a Guy but thats also kinda like the best thing about him#the fact that he is the way that he is and does all the things he does despite being just a Guy#gently holds#for context i was so hyped about new iberia lore when sn was announced i read the whole thing as soon as it dropped on cn server#cuz someone uploaded all the story sections to bilibili right after it came out#and '我只是把这里当作自己的故乡啊' fucking hit me SO HARD#in like the greater context of elysium demanding to know why hes risking his life in like 5 different ways to return to gran faro#because yeah jordi just doesnt want to leave his home but like we the audience knows the full *weight* of what that home means to him#and the weight of the dreams that made him chose to see Gran Faro as his home and to refuse to let go of that#thats why i like the original a lot more than the translation i think like it really emphasises that active *choice*.#this is the place jordi has *decided* to see as his home and he knows what that means and what it means to him#side note the part on thorns might not actually age well depending on whether hg decides to ever release more aulus lore#i mean i'll gladly take the L if it means more aulus and/or thorns lore like#i just wanna know what (if anything) is tying him to iberia yknow#ak#iberiaposting
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Imo Jason is “irredeemable” by default because I don’t see what he needs redemption from.
#I don’t know if I’ve mentioned this before but joining this fandom made me fucking hate the word ‘redemption’#no person I’ve seen who is in love with the concept knows the who what where when why or how it should work in a story#apparently it isn’t just themes and tropes anymore people don’t understand the proper use of the word ‘villain’#kelseethe#also hilarious: Jason should recieve sensitivity training HR style from Bruce ‘I’m the government and children are my cronies’ wayne#if Jasons headstrong/‘answers to no one’ attitude towards vigilantism is what makes people think he's villainous#I hate to be a broken record but the baddie you’re describing is Bruce#nobody thinks he’s a villain for only trusting in his own methods/self and repeatedly isolating himself#and on top of that gaslighting and hurting people around him in attempts to do what HE **thinks** is the right thing#you people always thought *him* heroic not problematic for all these traits#the only difference is Jason isn’t psychologically abusive & controlling#yet he’s still the bad guy just cause he liberally kills folks in the crime business.#l'd argue goth ham war is the b*tman story to remind you of everything that makes Bruce authentically himself#Idk how to tell you that Bruce mentally compromising/crippling his son in a twisted attempt to ‘save him from himself’#is perfectly in line with slitting the same son’s throat because he couldn’t stand to see him avenge his own killer#and yk what a redemption arc could be interesting for someone like Bruce#because he rarely questions or doubts his choices esp wrt Jason. no matter how morally dubious they may be#I think it would be quite fun to witness his extremely restricted worldview be challenged/shattered he deserves that humbling experience
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i think the reason why im so drawn to spirit tracks and pkmn scarvi is that having the legendary/princess as a companion rather than a goal that marks the games completion makes me feel satisfied the way i would after helping a friend
my brother always teases me about how I still havent finished botw after almost 7 years bc "id rather be out picking flowers" which i wont say is untrue. and yes i know Zeldas been holding off ganon for 100 years, yes i can get some sort of idea what her relationship with link was like by recalling memories and going through her diary. ive always loved botw for its unique storytelling and setting which makes it stand out, because it lets you get to know who you're saving.
but because theyre memories, it only works if theres something for the player to investigate that already happened. its retroactive (but effective nonetheless)
on the other hand, spirit tracks does something similar but instead of having the player try to piece together memories and interpret them as a spectator, you actually have an opportunity to get to know zelda yourself by talking to her and working together. besides making it a gameplay mechanic, giving the player control over how they interact with zelda makes it so much more personable.
and I find that making the goal feel personal instead of an obligation gives me more of a reason to work towards it. I know what kind of person botw zelda was but as the player, shes still very much a stranger to me. but spirit tracks zelda? thats my friend!!!! she invited me to go to the beach after we get her body back!!! i dont want to whip her to make her move faster thats mean :(
you know how hostage negotiators are trained to introduce themselves and get to know the person theyre negotiating with because its harder to hurt someone when you know what their favorite food is? its kinda like that, because it feels like im helping a friend than being told or led to do smth
and although i havent played scarvi myself, i feel an attachment to koraidon and miraidon even just watching playthrough clips because its like!! thats my weird scaly dog!! it loves sandwiches and we're friends!!! you know!!!!!!
#i dont normally write long posts like this but i think ive been trying to put this into words for a long time and it finally happened#my cloth mother spirit tracks zelda and my wire mother lttp zelda#ACTUALLY ANOTHER THING when i was a kid i always felt guilty when i had to catch the legendary at the end of the game#because to me it was like 'i know none of this is real but if i capture you and have you under my thumb am i robbing the world of something#normal thoughts for a 10 year old to have#when i talked to my brother abt this he was like 'i mean yeah the point is to dunk on the NPCs what were you expecting' and i mean i think#i get that its supposed to feel rewarding because the legendary is THE reward. but it doesnt feel right and i dislike he feeling of pushing#others down to get ahead. i guess u can argue sun/moon does smth similar where you have nebby with lillie#but lillie still ends up handing nebby over to the player and i STILL feel bad because im like shit man you raised that little guy#and koraidon/miraidon feels less like a reward but more like overpowered motorcycle lizard that is just so oupydog. and i love him#and in spirit tracks i went out of my way doing some of the side quests bc zelda asked nicely and honestly that was enough for me#i think all of this boils down to.. i feel very protective abt things i care abt so stories that give me a reason to care hits harder#this can also go the other way bc i CRIED when i finished links awakening because i KNEW every person and im responsible for#literally the end of their world. like. there was a family with 5 kids. marin loved singing and cared about me. she was my FRIEND#i just. ugh. i have too many feelings rn. i kinda wanna draw more spirit tracks link and zelda i think that wld make me feel better#yapping#diary#loz#pokemon
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y'all are lucky it's an emerald kick i'm on right now and not an oras one because i get weird and feral about how characters in oras are aware of the narrative they're in and react differently to it depending on which game you're playing
#pepe silvia meme dot png#listen. listen. if you're playing alpha sapphire then you're the antagonist in archie's story.#if you're playing omega ruby maxie's the antagonist in your story and he leans into the role with glee.#(also he's much friendlier than people give him credit for. he has a whole monologue in seafloor cavern about how#happy he is to see you even though he knows you're about to fuck up his plans#and archie does NOT have equivalent dialogue in alpha sapphire he just gets right into kicking your ass)#(i'm so normal about maxie you guys)#when zinnia asks if you've ever had to hold back your grief... if you answer ''no'' she LAUGHS#and says ''don't you know you're supposed to agree? and then we can share a touching moment of pain?''#i'm also totally normal about zinnia#god#''don't you know you're supposed to agree'' fucked me up so bad and all i did was read about it on bulbapedia#there's no place like hoenn#<- resurrecting this old tag#edited to add: ALSO ''s/he's the hero. right?''#GOD I LOVE ZINNIA#broke: zinnia did nothing wrong. woke: zinnia did everything wrong while speedrunning the five stages of grief
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My OPOC crew is finally finished WOOOOOO that took like. a week. but I am incredibly happy with them, they're finally real <3
Hope y'all like the blorbos, the start of their story is set around the current animanga situation. Post-Wano if you will. It gets kickstarted by the fall of Kaido and Big Mom and the consequences that brings to their territories and the world. They're going to have an extremely bad time starting out in the middle of the current world situation👍
They're mostly independent cause I don't enjoy canon and OC interactions all that much beyond using it as setup or for character development. That said, I do have an idea for one drawing/comic that is incredibly stupid and will likely do for the memes.
I don't know if I will end up sharing more of them than this but feel free to ask about them if you want to? Individual info cards of each of them below:
#one piece#op oc#one piece oc#one piece original character#The ones that have bounties already had them before they joined + added Jean's first bounty cause... captain#the rest won't get a bounty or their epithet until later in their story when they start to get more famous#some of them also get a second new epithet further down the line. Like Rye goes from “the griffin” to “white comet”#I love Jean cause he's like anti-main character. he wants anything EXCEPT being the king of pirates. let the man rest (no)#these cards + info is pretty much right as they start ish. The OG crew that sails from WCI are Jean. Tomogy. Garza and Chat#Everybody else joins later#I blame their sudden existence on my WCI rewatch. it inspired me#Bless honestly because I've been wanting to create a OP crew for the longest fucking time but I never found something I liked#Until them. my beloved chaos incarnate of a crew#Also relevant to let you guys know most of their names are puns or play on words. in proper OP fashion#I have some vague general ideas of their development as they navigate around and some more random drawing ideas of interactions/scenes#but the info in the cards is about all I have fully developed so far. they're fresh babies#my art
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i am actually hyperventilating oh my god. oh my god. so john actively asks if harold is okay after he talks to lou (the gambling guy). like, he cares about him so openly to ask if they're okay and well. and he cares and is vulnerable enough to listen to harold if he isn't okay.
also, john just throwing the ball to bear because the library is their home and bear is their dog...i cannot deal.
anyway, then harold asks him if he was listening and john says always. and it's the way he says it, so softly and yet so definitively. yes, always. yes, i listen to you, yes, i will listen to you forever. yes, you will always have someone watching you. oh my god.
oh my actual fucking god. i cannot handle this. and then john actively comforting harold and being his shoulder to cry on and someone to talk to. i am so overwhelmed.
#person of interest#rinch#john reese#harold finch#i am ignoring the sad grace ending bc honestly? ifc#*idc. their story bores me mostlg#esp bc it just feels so hollow#when John is right there#like i know the show is trying to maintain the general sense of heterosexuality but like#it just rings So hollow to be like 'this guy who doesnt connect with anyone choses john and has so much for him-#so much love for him. but haha they're just coworkers! they're just friends! ahaha its not like they both have confessed#that they give each other meaning and purpose#and that there is clearly so much love there#like idk. i firmly believe you can love more than one person#but i find it really boring to keep being like#harold loves grace! harold is SOOO sad without grace! when John is like. right there.#especially!!!! because harold accepts that danger is a necessary part of what they do#and he KNOWS john can handle himself#but he still loves him#idk i just dont like it#anyway
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i love sanji he’s a lady’s man at heart but only men keep falling for him
#thinking about ace#and pedro#when i saw pedro light sanji’s cigarette with his paw-electricity#i posted it on my ig story going am i insane or is this not very homoerotic#and people replied i don’t even go here but you’re right#men see sanji and immediately think what if our love language is acts of service#especially lighting their cigarettes#and sanji is such an acts of service dude as well#but not particularly as a romantic love he’s just an acts of service dude down to his bone#he needs to be needed in order to be loved#and so when these guys do things for him#he’s like ah they’re so nice#bc he is doing these things for people#to be nice as well#rip sanji one day you will open your eyes enough to know you have a harem#until that day#keep failing at being a ladies man
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This thing is so silly I’m only reading the comic he’s from for him
#I love silly robots. you all know this#the story for the comic is interesting but I mainly struggle with its sense of tone#it struggles to find a foothold between comedic quips and the cover of heavy topics#to where even if the point made is right and the character in the wrong is definitely portrayed as being in the wrong#the tonality of it all just makes the discussion of the topic to begin with come off as insensitive#anyways this is just a long way of saying some jokes could’ve been done without lol#but I like him. found this guy on the search for lesser discussed media with robot characters#also it may just be the red and yellow color scheme but he reminds me of Edgar
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literally what do you MEAN the coyote got run over offscreen and the roadrunner is alone and left unchased!!!!!!!!!!
#mumbling to myself death is random and meaningless death is random and meaningless the world is disrupted quietly no one knows what to do#the story cannot progress there is a story beneath the story. There is no one to tell it what to do#everything is unfinished and empty a life that never got to be fully written except it did but how could that be it???#and then it does a little dance!!!!!!!#WES ANDERSON IM GONNA KILL U WITH A MAUL WHAT THE HELL#this is the saddest movie ever made guys im crying voer a roadrunner#im not doing it right!#everyone is dealing with loss they're all alone and they have to perform their roles and they cant and they dont know how or why#this is a love story this is a death story this is a story story#GOT RUN OVER. OFFSCREEN. LIKE. THE PLAYWRIGHT?#the playwright who gets run over offscreen?????????#he predicts his own death a hudnred times over. The. the#how am i supposed to wait for saturday i need to see it again neowwwww#haunted ghost movie!!!! but haunted in a calm and slightly hopeful way#death isn't scary the alien isn't scary. he's just there. he's gonna take something from you and you're gonna feel like#the world is upside down and on fire and scary and you're not gonna know what to say. but it wasnt personal. It didnt mean anything really.
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Something I've noticed in the SDV fandom is how, despite being ~~controversial~~ in the general fandom, lots of really fantastic artists/writers in the community gravitate right to Shane. And I'd like to propose one theory as to why:
ConcernedApe: Oh, the snarky, scrungly asshole who hates you at first but has a secret soft side and implied tragic backstory? Yeah, let's make him romancable.
Stardew Valley fan writers/artists:
#not to say the other marroage candidates arent good material for storytelling themselves#its just that#well as a person i find shane attractive yes#but as a WRITER this man feels like he was made to draw me in specifically#the potential for an enemies to lovers arc that doesnt feel convoluted?#the barebones of a story about a guy trying to learn to be a responsible dad while struggling with mental health to hang stories from?#backstory hinted at in just the right way that you can craft your own narrative that could make sesnse canonically?#the right balance of shittiness and sweetness that readers will root for the character while believing his struggles?#seriously writing for this boy has actually improved my approach to writing my original characters#i literally have a note on a first meeting scene between two love interests in the novel im working on#that reads#add more hostility#because the scene was bland and i didnt know wjat it was missing until now#sdv#stardew#stardew valley#sdv shane#writing
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I want shido to turn out to be rllly insecure and shit
#HEAR ME OUT FOR A SECOND OKAY#Ik a lot of guys that r like him#On surface at least#They’re loud and constantly in trouble and they get into a lot of fights#Nd u see them and go “yeah he just doesn’t give a fuck”#But when u get to know them it turns out they do give a lot of fucks actually#they actually care sm and it’s fucking stupid how hard they try to look like they do not#and they’ve almost always came to the conclusion that only way to stop thinking so lowly abt themselves is to just#Not think at all#But this behavior leads to everyone degrading them as a joke bc it’s funny and they’re a silly guy who doesn’t care so it’s ok right???#so they also start to make self depreciating jokes to satisfy their desperate need to fit in#which makes them think more and more which makes them repeat the cycle again and and and#It’s depressing how many guys r like this but whatever anyways#DO YOU GET WHAT I MEAN#SHIDOU FITS PERFECTLY INTO THAT TROPE#HE HAS A DEPRESSING STORY IK IT#anyways on a second note I love befriending that type of guys bc they’re actually rlly cute#+ they almost always have this one hobby they talk to no one abt (bc it’s too girly or too weird etc) that they’re rlly rlly excited abt#blue lock
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your talks about knowing if someone is a fictive or not is fucking hilarious because like- for us SPECIFICALLY I’m essentally front personified and thus the perm fronter and front gatekeeper as of now but like!!!- for us we operate a lot on what we can (phantom) feel, hear or see- like yeah it’s not most clear but like- suddenly feeling picked up or splatted against a wall but not SEEING it happen to the body and KNOWING it’s not happening to your body is a REAL FAST reality check, drawing something and suddenly feeling like there’s wires under your skin shocking you half to death bc youmanaged to actually draw a brain buddy without realizing even more so.
would recomend checking to see if the voices register as “not yours” or “in another language”- even if you register the words and language if it doesn’t FEEL like what you know as yours/body’s you should check shit out- we primarily use body’s voice or I’m limited to it- however I DO register the spanish and such languages at times and I can 10000% tell you that juanaflippa threatened someone with a gun bc she didn’t want to see a “not my mate” throwing themself on me and I 1000% registered those words as rusian despite body being english only and the voice she had at her disposal as ONLY the body’s voice.
idk if any of this will help anyone but it MIGHT be more aproachable to ask them to say/do something a certain way involving your senses and check that way than other methods,,
AGH THATS SO TRUE. this is nicer than me going "annoy them" BAHAHA
#ask#anon#reminds me of when Sal got stabbed inspace and then when he fronted the pain carried over to our IRL body#psychosomatic pain is a bitch#sorry i swear a lot btw if you guys would prefer i do not then i can censor myself more in the future#from susie#Also this is less of a 'do they exist' exercise and more of just me sharing but:#speaking of languages this reminds me of when Kurapika would front they actually speak with an accent that you know is from Japanese#and its a nightmare when they learn new words theyve never heard of because#if they have NEVER HEARD or seen it before they will READ it in their accent#and its like. ok thats normal right? its not hurting anyone?#but the reason its a nightmare is because he fronts a LOT. and it RUBS OFF on the front so like#all of sudden we're pronouncing Simon Petrikov's name wrong (Peterikovu)#and were SO EMBARRASSEd...#also our body is ASIAN (Filipino) and currently live in Asia please do not assume I'm white while I tell that story lol#anyway thats Anecdotes With Susie#btw we love Kurapika and he is so valid for this#i tell the story bc its funny that this happens involuntarily#he masks/catches himself when hes in public though
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Reading the spoilers of otome light novels always be like, "Wow, people really hate men."
#rambles#I KNOW I COMPLAIN ABOUT THIS A LOT OKAY LEAVE ME ALONE#I JUST...........#NUANCE#PEOPLE HATE NUANCE AND IT SUCKS#PEOPLE HATE COMPLEXITY#AND MOSTLY#people hate stereotypical tropey men that are specifically written that way for the trope#'i hate how possessive and dismissive he is of mc!!!'#it's the same level of idiocy as going to the circus and being mad at the clowns#if you want to read a story about the perfect politically correct male lead find some chronically online girl's book on tiktok#like look okay let me be honest here#when i go to isekai manhwa as my medium of entertainment choice i embody those middle aged women reading smutty novels abt guys named knut#i don't go in expecting quality okay i'm not an idiot#i go in expecting a specific fix to be filled#and if that specific fix is a possessive dismissive male lead then by the almighty god himself one must do as one must#now let me be clear like.... i am complaining about two things here#one: readers don't like nuanced complex men#two: readers do not like genre-specific stereotypical men#these two things are not the same okay#possessive stereotypical men are not nuanced or complex... BUT BY JOVE THEY HAVE EVERY RIGHT TO EXIST#SHITTY STEREOTYPICAL MEN ARE JUST AS ENJOYABLE AS NUANCED AND COMPLEX MEN#it's so funny that people go into otome manhwa expecting q u a l i t y#this is the modern woman's equivalent of those trashy novels our grandmothers read#we are no better than them#i really just want to go into reading spoilers where everyone is on the same page of 'okay so we all just have terrible taste amiright'#tho tbh writing all of this i should be more forgiving of people that love crappy reader-inserts on this website#but lmao no i am not i have way better taste than they ever will whoops u//w//u
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