[cosmic-awoo]

thinking about papers please and how its designed as a game to manipulate players into being a violent and witless enforcer of power

obvi there's the very clear themes about authoritarianism and surveillance and the violence inherent in borders but what a lot of players I think might miss are the themes of sex/gender

the bio sex binary model is used just as it is in real life to granulate and categorize each person based just on the appearance of external genitals

these are fictional pixel people but their genitals and gender presentation are still important information for determining whether someone is trying to cross the border 'properly' or whether there are "discrepancies"

does the person have a "feminine" appearance but the passport says "M"? Well to solve that "discrepancy" players are prompted to violate that person's basic privacy and dignity to look at their naked body.

[cosmic-awoo]

thinking about papers please and how its designed as a game to manipulate players into being a violent and witless enforcer of power

obvi there's the very clear themes about authoritarianism and surveillance and the violence inherent in borders but what a lot of players I think might miss are the themes of sex/gender

the bio sex binary model is used just as it is in real life to granulate and categorize each person based just on the appearance of external genitals

these are fictional pixel people but their genitals and gender presentation are still important information for determining whether someone is trying to cross the border 'properly' or whether there are "discrepancies"

does the person have a "feminine" appearance but the passport says "M"? Well to solve that "discrepancy" players are prompted to violate that person's basic privacy and dignity to look at their naked body.

[fagenthusiast]

Played papers please, i have thoughts

[fagenthusiast]

Played papers please, i have thoughts

[jawsper]

His Nectaarrrrrr

[jawsper]

His Nectaarrrrrr

[ecto-biologist]

[ecto-biologist]

[ecto-biologist]

Is nymphs having multiple hearts something that's been brought up before? Not really anything significant but cool from a speculative biology pov

[ecto-biologist]

Is nymphs having multiple hearts something that's been brought up before? Not really anything significant but cool from a speculative biology pov

[oddarette]

“Do Dead Malls Go To Heaven?”

Experimented a bit with a new way of detailing the tiles. Kinda like it? This particular piece took a hell of a lot of work. I’d love if you shared the vibes it’s giving off, for research purposes 💖

[oddarette]

“Do Dead Malls Go To Heaven?”

Experimented a bit with a new way of detailing the tiles. Kinda like it? This particular piece took a hell of a lot of work. I’d love if you shared the vibes it’s giving off, for research purposes 💖

[mephistopheles]

"bottom" please consider 🫵 whether the word you are looking for is in fact "submissive" ! because if we decide that taking dick means your personality & character r inherently subservient 😃 we might as well just throw in the towel on the most basic premise of feminism & 🔫 kill ourselves 🎉

[cosmogyros]

[mephistopheles]

"bottom" please consider 🫵 whether the word you are looking for is in fact "submissive" ! because if we decide that taking dick means your personality & character r inherently subservient 😃 we might as well just throw in the towel on the most basic premise of feminism & 🔫 kill ourselves 🎉

[cosmogyros]

[miss-oranje]

have u guys noticed the phenomenon that's like

- m/f ship between a nonblack man & a Black woman

- it's either canon (e.g. mel/jayce arcane, arthur/guinevere bbcmerlin) or entirely plausible (e.g. prism or coupé/robert dispatch)

- fanbase overwhelmingly pairs nb man off with another nb man and disengages from the Black woman character, shunting her into a background wise & sassy caretaker role (for which there is a name) or leaving her out of fanworks entirely

- fans who do this ^ claim it is an expression of love and admiration for the Black woman character, actually, bc the nb man (who may be her canonical partner) "can't handle all that" (he may be perfectly competent and engaged; she may be totally low maintenance; it has no bearing), she's just too wonderful (too much) and out of his league (lacking in flaws and interiority and fan appeal)

have we all observed this and can we see the multiple dimensions in which it is racist ☝️ i'm not bringing it up to make any beautiful fujos feel bad abt shipping this or that, just to ask for some consideration of what ppl are saying abt Black women when they make their excuses to each other. like you can just not make the excuses. yk?

[miss-oranje]

[miss-oranje]

have u guys noticed the phenomenon that's like

- m/f ship between a nonblack man & a Black woman

- it's either canon (e.g. mel/jayce arcane, arthur/guinevere bbcmerlin) or entirely plausible (e.g. prism or coupé/robert dispatch)

- fanbase overwhelmingly pairs nb man off with another nb man and disengages from the Black woman character, shunting her into a background wise & sassy caretaker role (for which there is a name) or leaving her out of fanworks entirely

- fans who do this ^ claim it is an expression of love and admiration for the Black woman character, actually, bc the nb man (who may be her canonical partner) "can't handle all that" (he may be perfectly competent and engaged; she may be totally low maintenance; it has no bearing), she's just too wonderful (too much) and out of his league (lacking in flaws and interiority and fan appeal)

have we all observed this and can we see the multiple dimensions in which it is racist ☝️ i'm not bringing it up to make any beautiful fujos feel bad abt shipping this or that, just to ask for some consideration of what ppl are saying abt Black women when they make their excuses to each other. like you can just not make the excuses. yk?

[miss-oranje]

[cudddlecat]

I had a vision.

In all seriousness, Ralsei had never wished for Flowery's death at any point of the game, and he even tried to warn him in hopes that he would survive. Ralsei was just feeling frustrated with him.