Manly Danly

The marvelous misadventures of Dan

[daniththemanith]

Look the devil could've taken any form to decieve Eve but he chose a snake. I think that implies snakes are inherently trustworthy. Candy isn't seen as deceptive just because it gets passed out of white vans, does it?

[daniththemanith]

The reason why a typical man's "hear me out"s are so bland is because rarely do they search for beauty in something they deem unfuckable. Typically women are more willing/conditioned to look for the beauty/empathy/humanity/etc. in what is considered undesirable.

[without-ado]

Strawberry Moon l seongmo.le

[daniththemanith]

[molags-balls]

I always see stupid memes joking about how all the Khajiit in the games are thieves and criminals, and comparing them to real cultures.

They’re not based on a real culture. They’re based on cats. Anyone who has a cat knows they’re mischievous, thieving, sneaky little bastards who love treats, catnip, fighting, climbing, and jumping around. They’re clever, curious, mysterious, and love basking in the sun and hunting in the shadows.

If you say “Hey! They’re just like [insert real culture]” then you’re just being racist. And if you complain that they’re portrayed as thieves and criminals then you’re just stupid. They’re cats and they do cat things and worship cat gods with cat traits and it’s okay that their culture doesn’t align with your sensibilities because you’re not a cat

[daniththemanith]

I understand you're not likely interested in debating this, and neither am I, but this take is the most sincere form of blatant ignorance of surface level obvious tropes I have ever seen.

You cannot, in good faith, insist that a group of fantasy characters in The Elder Scrolls aren't based on any real world cultures, because the entirety of the Elder Scrolls lore is blatantly ripped from real world cultures. You cannot look at the clearly Scandinavian based Nords or the Rome/Mediterranean based Imperials or even the Orcs, which have references to historical caricatures of Mongols, and make a declarative statement that that the Khajiit are somehow exempt from that. The game developers even went as far as to make a fantasy slurs based on a real life slurs. Do you think Todd Howard pulled "snow-back" out of his ass? Or do you think he had a real life term he was inspired by?

If you truly believe all of Khaliiti traits, every one of them, is simply based on felines, then allow me to suggest a few questions to ask yourself: Why would the Khajiit, one of only two beast (re: animalistic) races, be subject to enslavement? Why are they depicted as living nomadic lives out of caravans, which aren't allowed in cities? (After all, cats in real life are cherished in areas with large populations for pest control. And their colonies are based in territory.) Why would a race of simply Cat People be so concerned with having their more "elven" appearing members be the most common diplomats, as per the UESP? (Since when has a real life cat been insecure about being perceived as more human?)

Yes, the Khajiit are obviously based on an idea of cats being people, the same way the Tabaxi in D&D are, or any other feline fantasy race for that matter. But there is this funny little thing called "bias" that also factors into creation, and no creation is made without it. (That would be a creation made in a vacuum, and has all the worth as AI in my opinion.) And that includes video game creations. You don't have to reduce these characters to racist caricatures, but to insist there's absolutely no real world influences on them is naive and surface-level at best, and actually brain dead at worst. And accusing other people of pointing these factors out as racist is just deflection.

[daniththemanith]

"I joined the Stormcloaks for religious freedom I joined the Stormcloaks cause Skyrim was imperialized" Well I joined the Stormcloaks because I am kinda racist against elves cause WHY did so many of them keep slaves?? And we got nazi elves (and cats) and cannibal elves and NO ONE cares about the mermaid elves

[daniththemanith]

Far be it from me to sic two baddies against each other but Silent Hill would be a walk in the park for Ethan Winters, James Sunderland wouldn't last ten minutes in the Baker house

[daniththemanith]

I CAN'T be the only one who sees it, right???

[daniththemanith]

I believe in scary feathered dinosaurs because Birds are to reptiles as dolphins are to sharks. Trust me.

[beefstrong]

[daniththemanith]

made the mistake of watching Shin Gojira

I am now sobbing over a giant lizard and obsessed with a new franchise

[daniththemanith]

One of these days you're going to have to look whatever made you in the eyes, and listen to it ask you "What did you do?"

Not 'say', not 'post', not even 'donate'.

"What did you do, with your own two hands, to make this life just a little bit better?"

[incelprincess]

Good lord

[hotvampireadjacent]

[thenatsdorf]

:3

[everythingfox]

Baby otter first time in the water

[blackpyrefly]

kity

[mite75]

[whatsorryiwasntlistening]

sound on

[parachutingkitten]

Baby otter, in the water

Cooling off, cuz she got hotter

If you look, then you can spot her

Baby otter, in the water

.

Baby otter, in the water

Quite confused, a bit a bother

Back to land, where things are proper

Baby otter, out the water

[injuries-in-dust]

[halfabouros]

I love water based animals realizing they’re doomed to be in the water

[redavexat]

Hell Yeah

[creepymutelilbugger]

[angmallen]

[l3irdl3rain]

we were just talking shit about you