Really? I hated being a kid the entire time I was. I hated being told what to do. I still had the news and the internet in the 00s, it wasnt like I was unaware the world was shitty.
Not having responsibilities was nice but theyve never been all that bad for me. What, I have to do dishes, wash your clothes, work a job, pay rent? Its never felt all that onerous in exchange for control over my life
I had so much fun going out for halloween! I havent had to wait in line like that for ages. Ive never seen it so packed. Must've been almost 500 people in there (not kidding)
The lesbians in front of us met in the line and either became fast friends or started hitting it off, and good for them
Let me pitch this
Dune Soulsbourne
The bonfire equivalent, eternal reawakening/resurrection is actually a prince of persia sands of time thing - you die but revert to your last meditation point, having revealed it was a prescient vision
Theres still no guns, combat shields work, its slow methodical intentional melee combat
C'est plus ça change... thats part of what feminist lit theory is calling out - the inability to perceive women as people and only as gooner bait, its not sex negative to say "hey 2B is acknowledged to be created to be sexy as part of the male gaze, its not really adding to the world building or her characterization strongly, it doesnt make sense practically or have a patina of making sense (e.g. Quiet needing to be almost naked to breathe). And that makes for a weaker/bad character design." And saying it is sex negative is a little silly. I think we were much closer to a better society with slut walks and take back the night, but the issue comes when women are only allowed to exist in media to serve the male gaze - and this is a term with actual real meaning, its not some airy fairy thing. Its also not exactly transgressive or rebellious to put 2B in a fetish adjacent maid outfit, it was done to serve the male gaze and acknowledged as done so by the creator of the game. It also wouldnt be as much a problem if there were more women in fantasy, sci fi, etc that were just women as they exist. Unsexy, unglamorous, not super fit, not enormous boobs, not in fetish adjacent gear - if it was just one way among many to see women in power fantasy media, Id push back less against saying its merely sex negative to see 2B or boob armor and so on as an actual issue.
Whether feminist lit theory was packed with homophobia or not doesnt mean, hey, lets throw out all of that criticism and analysis in favour of having "gooner bait" in media uncritically (also I doubt youd be surprised to hear Queer Theory has a lot of the same kinds of things to say anyway) - like how is it that the transgressive or rebellious or best thing to do is that we serve the male gaze like this yknow.
The characters dont come out of the aether fully formed, theyre made that way by people. Seemingly only being able to be a high femme sexy queen is a reflection of the attitudes of people who made the character and the society that enforced those attitudes. Why are so many women in this kind of fantasy media only allowed to be a high femme sexy queen? Why is it that in stories and media that serve a large audience thats how they seem to be presented? Because of things like the male gaze. Sexuality in media can be an interesting thing, can serve the story, further characterization, the issue is that it seems to begin and end with what patriarchal cishet norms are on what it means to be a women (apparently, wear as few clothes as possible and sex it up and who cares about the interiority of the mind in the body).
Boob armor is mocked partially because its actually quite impractical, armor is designed how it is for function and the fancy filigree shit is added as a nod to fancy ass nobles having a lot of money - as a fantasy thing its neat and sometimes what we want is a power fantasy anyway, so fill your boots. I think the criticism of boob armor is overwrought too.
2Bs character design is acknowledged to be "gooner shit" by the series creator. I think its an interesting contrast between the environment and story and these maid outfits, some parts are furthering the story and world building (for example the blinds). She doesnt pick goth maid, its repeated across other androids so its not exactly furthering characterization. Its a weaker case to call out being unable to see women as sex objects in video games - 2B looks like that because thats what the creator was trying to do and seeing her or criticizing her that way isnt "thinly veiled misogyny" its just regular feminist lit theory.
Samus armor is cool though for sure, no notes there. It makes sense in universe, serves the story and characterization, and isnt tailor made to be fetish content.
Aw, I wish my friends still did prezis for fun lol
Downside: tones can be a healtrip and hard to figure out from an atonal language. There's nothing connecting it like romance languages or Germania languages and English. No real free leg up
Upside: way simpler grammar, also no gendered pronouns. Typing can be done way faster.
Lula won?? Holy shit awesome
Poly isnt for everyone and it doesnt have to be, also Im always a little distrustful of people who seem pretty saturated looking for another one.
7/10 now conservative governments
Probably the only thing that'll save us is none of em will ever be able to agree with each other on anything constitutional, and it just takes one guy to hold the whole thing up like Meech Lake and Charlottetown
Shes gotta stop being so online lol, this is very much like stepping on a million rakes and continuing to do so for like 10 years.
