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INACTIVE | peony | 26 | acearo lesbian | she/they | siamese-chinese | multifandom | currently manga/anime brainrot

[areyousanta]

Don't Forget

[soranatus]

Don’t forget… By Alice | Reiko

[ravelte]

don’t forget!

[lemon-and-lead]

never forget october 3rd.

todays prompts for spook and goretober were "braids" and "pins".

[mrakmrakmrak]

[moonlightsdreaming]

Sailor Moon | "Moonlight Anthem"

[sailor-moon-rei]

by jiji_zizidolce

art republished with artist’s permission

[milsae]

winter bubbline

[thyornprincess]

There are things you can gain from losing something.

[elainiisms]

girls in anime will say "she's my best friend" then spend the entire series flirting, confessing their undying love for one another and partaking in the most romantic physical gestures known to mankind

[akamirai]

2022-11-02

chisatakiweek day 3 - Domestic & Marriage

[slyvox]

Worn out

[homelychill]

hello adora or da  h̝̜̬̦̅͑ͦḛ̵͇̜̆͡ͅy̰̹̮͐ͤ̌ͯ͆ ̨̞͖̜͓͈͒̂̆͊̅a̫͚̲͈̿̒̾͆̉d̵̘̦͇͉̻͕̳̩ͯ̓͗ͤ̀ͥͫͮ̽ŏ͂̕͏̭͕͕̘r̴͔̱̰̙͖̯̱͗͒̋̃ͫͣͩ̆͊̀͜a̡̖̲̓̄̄ͧ̈́̎ͭ̃ fo today 😈💯🔥

[notebooks-and-laptops]

One thing I enjoyed about Dragon Age: Absolution is the way it shows how being brought up within a specific culture can passively affect your outlook without you assuming it will.

Our villain, Rezaren, believes that he sees Miriam and Neb as his siblings, despite very obviously seeing them as slaves. The pervasive culture he's been brought up in assumes ownership; and so he continuously views Miriam and Neb in that lens despite the fact that he thinks he's not (better posts than this one have been made talking about this but specifically such things as: does not believe they have the right to say 'no', believing he can do whatever he wants with Nebs body/soul without consequence, wanting to take Miriam back as a tool to fulfil his dream etc.)

But Hira, who was brought up in Tevinter, left due to the Venatori and joined the inquisition is ALSO deeply affected by the culture of Tevinter and how it views elves. Hira is willing to bargain the freedom of a woman she loves, and there's something about ownership there. We don't know much about Hiras family and whether they participated in slavery, but I would argue that Hira's ability to rationalize her actions stems directly from an unconscious bias about slavery and elves.

And I think that's really interesting. It takes a lot of time and energy to break our unconscious biases. Love isn't always enough, even if the people experiencing that love (platonic, romantic like Hira or familial like Rezaren) believe that it should be, or that they're not participating in these wider cultures.

I hope we get an arch for Hira where she realises this, and grows (although not necessarily for end game Hira/Miriam I think Hira has gone too far), or a Tevinter character in DA:A that is desperately trying to put in the work to change these biases and recognsie them as a sort of counterpoint/flipside. But in this show, I enjoyed that the two Tevinter characters, despite their supposed love for Miriam, couldn't break free of the unconscious biases and culture they were raised in.

[fresh-prince-of-denmark]

I have a blind spot and it’s in the shape of a pretty woman

[beaulesbian]

Miriam & Hira’s scarf 1.01 || 1.06

[dalishious]