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hey please for the love of god when youre hearing news about gas prices and increasing oil production:
remember that there are people still fighting against pipelines poisoning indigenous land and water. do NOT forget about us in the midst of all this.
qadashdinex, zisan! chin'an shida!
listen to me, stand up! thank you, friend!
ID: tweet from dashiellwood - “Why aren’t there more LGBTQ+ dating games” the community says, after savagely tearing down a game that couldn’t meet an impossible standard to which no straight media is ever held
I keep seeing people say this is about Dream Daddy, but OP said in the tags this was about Boyfriend Dungeon. They also said this could apply to any queer media in the past decade, but if you didn’t know about BFD, here you go: (Idk if someone has already written something like this, but anyways-)
Boyfriend Dungeon is a dating sim x rogue like created by a BIPOC and LGBTQ+ dev team. Basically the premise is you’re visiting your cousin in Verona Beach (little Romeo and Juliet reference there) and are looking to date/make new friends. Some people in VB can turn into weapons, and you can go around dating weapon people while combating monsters manifested from your fears in the local ‘dunj’, the city mall. You level by fighting in the dungeon and upgrade weapons by going on dates. It was recently released on August 11, 2021.
As for the LGBTQ+ stuff, let’s see what the team has done. The player can pick (and change throughout the game!) pronouns from he/she/they. Want to swap from they/them to she/her in the middle of the game? Go ahead! You’ll be referred to thusly! You can’t choose multiple pronouns at once or use neopronouns, but the dev team sure as hell did try to make this game as inclusive as possible. You can date guys, a gal, and/or two non-binary pals. You can be in a poly relationship if you want to (All characters are consenting adults.) If you’re aroace or just uncomfy with dating, you can just have platonic friend hangouts! There are soft walls so you have to go on some mandatory dates at the beginning in order to progress the story, but other than that, you can choose not to go on them. Instead of going on dates with people, there’s a cat you can hang out and go to the dungeon with! (You don’t date the cat.) Oh, and your pronouns don’t lock you out of any clothing items. Using he/him pronouns and want to wear a dress? Go ahead!
The biggest thing the game was under fire for was one of their characters and the content warning at the beginning of the game before the character creation phase. Yes. This game does have a content warning. Like Dream Daddy, this game has some heavy subject matter. Not as dark as a game like Doki Doki Literature Club, but it still warrants a warning. On the game’s release, the content warning at the start of the game stated ‘This game may include references to unwanted advances, stalking, and other forms of emotional manipulation. Play with care.’
Since the release of the game, Kitfox and the VA of the character who is responsible for this shitty stuff have been receiving death threats for the character and for the content warning not specifying that these things happen to the player. Since then, the dev team has released an apology and an update with a new content warning:
Even after this, people have said that the content warning should also be added to the store pages, and I do agree with that. Like I said, you only get this warning before the character creation phase. Not all stores allow for refunds and this game is $20. I have heard the dev team can’t control what goes up on all of the stores, but idk how true that is.
Still, people have been asking for the option to completely opt out of these interactions or for this character to be completely removed from the game. Ever heard of an antagonist? This character is a key component to the story. This character is shitty and you can avoid unnecessary interaction with him, but unfortunately, there are some unavoidable encounters with him. Like it or not, he is a part of the story this team is trying to tell.
I have heard people recommend that they give the option to remove him from being able to text you and this is a lot more plausible than completely removing him from the game since his texts don’t add too much to the story other than keep you aware he is a regular threat. Did you know this game has an option to opt out of texts from a character named ‘Mom’, who sends the player supportive messages? If KitFox can implement that, they probably can do that for this other character too. As of August 20th the team is on a two week break, but given how they handled the situation with the game’s release, chances are that they’ll continue working on improving the game after this break. So send them feedback! Not death threats!
People were also upset that there were less dateable characters than the game was originally slated to have after the game met its Kickstarter stretch goal and that the game was too short in general. But to that I will say that it has been confirmed that there will be a free DLC with more datable characters released sometime soon.
Taking all of these gripes and using it to pick on a small indie BIPOC and LGBTQ+ team who tried to make this game as inclusive as possible is just unacceptable. These people using these things to say this game isn’t inclusive enough are probably the kind of people who see a major company throw some rainbows on a shirt and say ‘Wow! Great job!!!’ Since when did you see people complain about a major video game not have a content warning in general, or not having ‘x’ pronoun option, or being able to opt out of messages from ‘Mom’? The queer experience is different for everyone. Stop thinking that just because you experience one thing one way, it’s the same for every other person in the world. Not to mention, there is NEVER a need to send people death threats.
It’s one thing to ask for better media. Boyfriend Dungeon isn’t perfect, and there are aspects to be improved upon. But it’s another to say, 'This doesn’t fit my expectations of what media should be like! I can’t consume it, therefore it’s awful!’ Not all media is made for you and not all media will be a fit for you. Move on from that film, book, show, or game instead of attacking creators.
Anyways, stop holding queer media to impossible standards that you almost certainly wouldn’t hold a straight game created by a triple A company to and stop shitting on a game that tried to be inclusive in a year that as difficult for all of us.
currently eating shagettios and having a breakdown bc my sister asked “how I’m supposed to train a cat for therapy if I need it for therapy in the first place.” lmao
anyways, how y’all doin
Posting this separately cause I refuse to reblog a picture of their pride merch and give them free advertising
Update:
I'M DOING AN EXPERIMENT
To prove something to a friend, please
REBLOG IF YOU THINK ASEXUALS BELONG IN LGBTQ+ SPACES
LIKE IF YOU THINK ASEXUALS DON’T BELONG IN LGBTQ+ SPACES
Still a good precaution. And definitely necessary for everyone for when life has returned to normal in like three years just in case you meet the love of your life and they’re positive.
Couldn’t share this fast enough.
Rebloging this to add a little more info because it’s very important:
Antiretroviral therapy when used correctly can cause the user’s “viral load” (your viral load is how much of the virus is in your bloodstream), to drop because the medicine prevents HIV from creating copies of itself.
Regular blood tests are done to monitor your viral load, and after taking the medication long enough, it can drop so low that it becomes “durably undetectable”. This means that the HIV virus in you has become so miniscule that it can’t be detected, and by extension can’t be transmitted either. It’s important to note that in order to be considered durable undetectable, you MUST test as undetectable for at least 6 months after testing as undetectable for the first time.
Also very important, being durably undetectable does NOT mean that you’re cured or that the virus is gone, not by a longshot. The HIV virus is still very much there, but instead of being active, it’s gone dormant in a small number of cells called “viral reservoirs”. This why it’s EXTREMELY important that even after achieving durably undetectable status, you continue to take your Antiretroviral medications correctly. Because if you stop, the HIV virus will reemerge from the viral reservoirs and pick up right where it left off in creating copies of itself, and you will have to start all over again if you want to become durably undetectable again.
This is great advice for people struggling with or know someone who has HIV.
Clarification: PrEP is for taking beforehand if you think you might get exposed (like you can take it to minimize the risk of transfer if your partner has HIV), and PEP (no r) is for taking after you’ve been exposed. Basically, PrEP is like the birth control pill, and PEP is the Plan B, but for HIV instead of pregnancy.
Also, please, please know that it is very very unlikely to transmit HIV if it is undetectable in your system, like if you’re taking your medication. Please please lessen the stigma for people with HIV.
COVID is slowly becoming a "third world" disease. While first world countries are hoarding vaccines, having doses for populations many times their size, third world countries can't get any because pharma companies want to sell to the first world countries first. Even then, first world countries will receive them first. While rich countries recover from COVID, they will forget about the pandemic while many other countries live the absolute worst moment of the pandemic without being able to vaccinate their population.
Watch also when some first world countries finish vaccinating their populations, they will turn to third world countries and "donate" or sell surplus vaccines. People in these countries will go "Oh how sweet! The government is donating vaccines to the poorer countries <3" when it was their hoarding that led to many, many third world citizens dying before they could even get vaccinated in the first place.
african and latin american countries are also pushed by pfizer to give up sovereign assets as part of their vaccine agreement
Yo europeans, sign the fucking petition, get the european commission to lift the patents
Everyone deserves protection from COVID-19.
This is not a bullshit useless change dot org petition by the way this is an actual thing with legal consequences. If this petition gets to a million signatures, the european commission HAS to examine it.
if you ain’t bitter, you’re blind.
A truly moving story via Gregory McKelvey. Removing police from schools is an urgent need, especially for Black students.
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This is my state, this affects me. Here is a link to information about how to contact Governor Hutchinson to urge him to veto the bill. Please signal boost; our biggest hope right now is drumming up a national outcry
Thank you Chris Mosier for elevating the fight in Arkansas! HB1570 is at Governor Asa Hutchinson desk. We need to ensure he vetoes the bi
Hi! Once you get this you have to say five things you like about yourself, publicly, then send this to ten of your favorite followers SPREAD POSITIVITY! 💌😘
OMG OKAY
1. i love my hair! i just dyed it!
2. my eyes are really pretty! i get compliments on them all the time!
3. ooh i really like my body shape!
4. my style! ive really improved and it makes me feel so confident!
5. my new friend group! i’m much more happy and less insecure about my place in it!
fair warning i only interact with a few followers so some of these may be random!
@perseus-jackass @mimsy666 @heart2pure @ironstrange-spiderson @pjpercy @petty-risings @pottermoon @sapphic-sargent @bi-lenaluthor
Five things that I like about myself, okay,,
1. I also just dyed my hair, half of it's green now
2. My sense of style
3. My humor
4. My attraction to adventure
5. My room decor
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hi i’m in love with this picrew
if you wanna,,,, @michellejones-stacy @gwendolynejones-stacy @peachy-keener @smallkindofdisaster @unreliable-faucet-of-ideas
Ahhh tagging @lovelyirony @soperiso and @angxlsgrxce, and yes I gave myself wings because it felt cute
i had so much fun! i also realize that i wear the color yellow a lot
tagging @tony-the-mage, @lobotomycastiel, and @ad1thi if any of you want to do it!
if you’re wondering, this is exactly what i would look like in a fantasy AU (im a born omega werewolf do with that what you will)
tagging: @favreaus @spiderrpcrker @armoredwars and anyone else who feels like doing this!
Mine is probably the most boring but !!!!! I have a sword.
Tagging: @warmachinesocks @the-fifth-marauder101 @irontinystar
this is so cute!!!
tagging @ayyy-its-an-idiot @favreaus and uhhhh @enigmaris (also anyone else who wants to!!!).
Kinda did my persona first to test its and this is pretty cute tbh
Taging:
@itsbuckyb1tch @steveidiotrogers @1-800-eggg @ironstrange-spiderson @potatotiingz
Thanks for the tag :3
Tagging: @itsbuckyb1tch @stark-strange-love @ironstrange-spiderson
Kind went for an evil creature thing here :P
@kitkatwinchester @peachdoxie @oo0-will-of-the-wisp-0oo
someone: *mentions my favorite character*
me: *vibrating at frequency that shatters glass* yeah I love them a normal amount
everytime you reblog this tumblr gets gayer
Two reminders about eating disorders that I almost never see:
Adults can and do have eating disorders.
There are many kinds of disordered eating that have nothing to do with body image.
Thank you and have a nice day.
