Mostly Thrawn and Anders

She/her pronouns, autistic, asexual. born in 1988. Proud member of the Anders and Justice Defense Squad. I'm also a huge Thrawn fan. I also sometimes post SJ stuff.

[spekkios]

MASS EFFECT: ANDROMEDA (2017) ↳ aya

[nyctoheart]

these tags are so funnyyyy

[meanbossart]

A bloodthirsty vampire spawn and a murderous demi-god enjoying their good ending 😌

[asharaks]

lets address my favourite topic: dev bias in writing. "i don't like sera because she's annoying" the guy who wrote sera also wrote jacob taylor. can we take the marginalised romances away from this guy. he hates black people and he hates lesbians. there's a certain impulse in some of these devs to take...i guess schadenfreude?? in writing romances that "punish" the player - from gaider's "alistair is a manchild and terrible partner" to whatever weekes says about solas - there is something in particular in these devs' loathing for women (or people playing women) that makes them willing to weaponise unimaginable bigotry in punishment.

kristjanson writes a lesbian, and gives you absolutely no opportunity to extend her kindness or empathy: sera is marginalised across several dimensions, both in- and out of-of-universe, as an elf, as neurodivergent, as a lesbian, and her romance is marked by scenes you are intended to read as hysterical, irrational, unreasonable. your reward for being interested in a neurodivergent lesbian is getting shouted at, having a bow pointed at you, don't you regret this? and again, in mass effect - you romanced Black man and he leaves you without a word, he takes up with another woman and starts a family behind your back, what did you expect?

kristjanson's writing is so full of racist, homophobic, bigoted tropes that are levelled against the player and the romance in a way that feels like punishment, like he wants to make sure no-one (no woman) can have a joyful, fulfilling relationship with a marginalised person, like you don't deserve to be successful in these relationships without conditions. and i love a difficult, unconventional, even tragic romance in games, but in contrast to the treatment the other romances get it is notable to me that kristjanson singles out the lesbian and the Black man for treatment that not only punishes the characters involved but leans heavily on stereotypes particular to those groups.

if you are a woman, or playing a woman, devs feel all too comfortable belittling and insulting you for pursuing the romances they choose to make available in their games, to the point of self-sabotage, and that is a significant factor that needs to be taken into account in any analysis of how these storylines play out.

[freshtrashcoffee]

The sun always shines on our way forward…

[a-stars-art-blog]

Happy Mermay 🤠🧜‍♂️

[gaydramedy]

eli vanto pov chapters are just romantic introspection, noticing microaggressions, fruitless career strategy, and fantasizing about leaving thrawn for good AND staying with thrawn forever

[barbwalken]

[shybanshee]

another day another thranto wip o7

[shoppingbaag]

🥺

[a-stars-art-blog]

Another thing where I saw a blue creature and went “THRAWN!!!”

[organicmatter]

guys i just found out about this site that does a daily guessing game, it’s phylogenetic wordle- so fun!!!

[josilverdragon]

Saved this because it is so true.

[ps1fiend]

Spyro | Year of the Dragon (2000)

[sevenwoods]

Sebastian's Story

[darkspaceboytoy]

Incredibly violent take of mine but I actually don’t think you need to relate to a story in any way to enjoy it. You can enjoy a story even if you can’t point at a character and insert some aspect of your personality or identity into them. In fact I would argue the need for a character like that to be present in every single story you experience is a sign of stunted growth.

[arwingyoshi]

Personally, I don't see why Rasaad and Neera couldn't be bi romance options.

I can understand making Rasaad and Dorn romance options for female GW, since not everyone liked Anomen and this way you actually have options.

Much as I like the same-sex romance options in the enhanced edition, I think it might have been fair to make Rasaad and Neera bi so that players looking for same-sex romance actually had some variety too. And, lbr, some players might not vibe with evil companions.

With Neera in particular, I feel like there's even less justification for her to be a male-only romance, just because male GW already had three ladies to choose from and wasn't exactly hurting for options. Making her straight almost reeks of "see, straight male fanbase, we're giving you something too, so it's fair".