Live and Learn!

Hanging on the edge of tommorrow!

[sevenheaven7011]

Hi welcome to my blog you can call me Blue!

I'm in my 20s and my pronouns are she/her.

My current interests are Ratchet and Clank, but I also like Sonic Tmnt and a bunch of other stuff.

Dni if you're proship or whatever or bigoted in anyway. I don't respect people like that!

[jack-of-blades]

I just finished reading Tevinter Nights and it's a shame how a lot of low income folks like me can't have access to it or any of the other Dragon Age novels or the cookbook or the two editions of world of Thedas *sigh* I did put a photo of my cat right here though if you want to see how beautiful he is, please ignore the loose pdf files in the folder!

Also you can reblog this so more people can see the picture of my cat. And since there's nothing in this post relating to Dragon Age please don't tag it with anything related to Dragon Age because there's nothing related to Dragon Age in the folder I'm just putting it on a blog that is dedicated to Dragon Age because I love my cat

[sandersstudies]

Every time you go in a public place and something ISN’T disgusting it’s because somebody cleaned it. Every time you feel comfortable using a public bathroom or sitting at a restaurant table or setting something on a gas station counter or playing on a playground it’s because somebody cleaned it.

Thank you to everyone who cleans the world, especially those who are underpaid and under appreciated.

[my-life-is-a-sidequest]

I worked in a supermarket for 7 years and I don't think I can understate just how much cleaning you had to do for it to look clean (it very often where not in the places you aren't supposed to see)

[sandersstudies]

True for food service, retail establishments, gyms, outdoor areas, schools, religious buildings, office buildings, etc. People usually only notice when a space is NOT clean, meanwhile every time a space is clean it’s only because of the diligent work of janitors, maintenance staff, custodians, parks workers, or volunteers.

[sevenheaven7011]

[artistformerlyknownasbutttrumpet]

i was training a young person at work, and she referred to sexual assault as "SA" out loud, and i immediately was like, "no, it's sexual assault, call it what it is," bc idgaf if the algorithm overlords have taught y'all that you should fear direct language, how tf do any of you expect to ever address real issues with any amount of seriousness if you can't even say the words? imagine an advocate looking a sexual assault survivor in the eyes and asking "did he grape you?" it's absolutely fucking absurd, but these young interns and new hires are coming into an environment where we deal with survivors of all different kinds of abuse, and they're coming with the mindset that the words are as bad as the actions, and that makes them shitty at the job and look juvenile af

i HATE self-censorship for a lot of reasons, but being in crisis work makes it even more frustrating. who are you censoring for? like i am being so fr, WHO are you censoring for? have you even thought it through? people who have been raped know that they have been raped. if someone attempts suicide or is grieving someone who did, saying "sewer slide" isn't going to protect them from any of the feelings. a murder victim's family isn't going to feel better bc you said "unalived" instead of murdered. if anything, it's just extremely invalidating and othering. it's saying "what happened to you is so bad that i won't even say the word," which is NOT trauma-informed care. you are not protecting survivors/victims when you self-censor. the ONLY things you protect when you self-censor are the puritanical ideologies that are being encouraged by rich fascists who want your money and obedience

say the fucking words, guys. just say the goddamn words before i go insane!!!

[sevenheaven7011]

Writers should absolutely be allowed to talk about their work but a part of me really wishes David Gaider didn't make his comment about Veilguard ngl cause now I'm gonna see a flood of "Veilguard sucks actually and destroyed the franchise the creator said so" bs with unflattering Rooks and pictures of Taash screaming for the next few months

[sevenheaven7011]

My emmrich insp jewelry collection continues to grow

[theraddestpotato21]

[maskysgirlfriendmoved-deactivat]

yall gotta be nicer about m/f  bc sometimes u guys like the blandest gay sutff ive ever seen in my life

[maskysgirlfriendmoved-deactivat]

gonna add onto this you all gotta stop acting like m/f is just cishet when bisexual people exist and straight trans people exist.

[maskysgirlfriendmoved-deactivat]

last add on alot of m/f ships of poc or white/poc ship are constantly downplayed for bland white m/m or f/f ships

[majorpepperidge]

#also sometimes u guys r just fuckig misogynist. abt the women in m/f ships. sorry

[sizvideos]

This campaign defies censorship in social media to raise awareness for early detection of breast cancer

[iamanemotionaltimebomb]

this is actually super fucking smartass of them

[adobe-outdesign]

Working video/link:

Breast Cancer Awareness Video Avoids Censorship With Man Boobs | Chubstr

An Argentinian awareness group avoided social media censorship by showing women how to perform a breast exam using a plus size man. See the

[sevenheaven7011]

Blighted Emmrich would've hit so hard though maybe he shoves Bellara out of the way to save her Elgar'nan showing bro visions of what Solas did to Rook and Emmrich being helpless to save them and spending all those weeks thinking Rook is dead while loosing himself to the blight Battle of Minrathous but not only are you fighting him but he keeps raising blight corpses Heartbreaking scene where Manfred gets in the middle of him and the team and that's maybe enough to snap him out of Elgar'na'ns control the coffin scene Emmrich asking Rook if they'll still have him for however long he has left they previous fears he has seeming stupid now that the worse thing that could've happened happened and they both still here

[sardonyxlestrange]

Some last minute birthday pictures. I’m soo not used to being in front of a legitimate camera lol, I’ve gotten used to phone cameras.

I hope the nervous awkwardness isn’t apparent in my face😬

[sevenheaven7011]

Lee Everett to this day is still one of my favorite video game characters of all time

[birdplushie]

"it's not that deep" START DIGGING!!

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[yourlocalfandomfriendo]

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[yellow-faerie]

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[vampiraptor]

[philosopherking1887]

OOPS TOO DEEP

[breaks-hetheon]

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[artist-of-obsessions]

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[fablegate]

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[marzibird]

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[the-luckyrabbit]

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[staarbles]

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[sebwritesstories]

[birdplushie]

"it's not that deep" START DIGGING!!

[magn-animously]

DIG

[14-opossums-in-a-trenchcoat]

DIG

[buriedunderyourmum]

DIG

[hannisconfused]

DIG

[kitsunesakii]

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[yourlocalfandomfriendo]

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[apple-notplural]

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[vivitur-moritur]

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[spacecat24-7]

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[chub-froggy]

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[thatghostthateatspeople]

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[krowbreaker]

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[spid-the-spider]

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[annabelle--cane]

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[yellow-faerie]

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[vampiraptor]

[philosopherking1887]

OOPS TOO DEEP

[breaks-hetheon]

CLIMB

[artist-of-obsessions]

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[fablegate]

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[marzibird]

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[the-luckyrabbit]

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[staarbles]

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[modmad]

[sebwritesstories]

[greader-ler]

an interesting place to preform science I say…

[free-my-girl-tourney]

Fandom Misogyny Victim Tournament

Round Two, Bracket 1

Regina Mills (Once Upon a Time) vs. Toriel (Undertale / Deltarune)

Regina Mills

Toriel

Voting ended onJul 12

Propaganda below the cut:

Regina Mills:

The literal embodiment of evil is a man and is forgiven as soon as he says “I’m good now” even though he could see the future and manipulated her mom to be able to manipulate her enough to cast a curse, but she’s an awful person/mother when she’s basically sacrificed her life for her kid and he let his fall into a portal. I could go on.

See above - the embodiment of evil had to manipulate two generations to hurt her enough to cast the curse. She has a massive heart and has been abused her entire life. She needs a hug, cocoa, and some good therapy.

Fans hate on Regina, a Latina woman of color, for things they give the white and male characters a pass for. Fans threw tantrums whenever the 'hero' characters forgave or befriended her and insisted she should apologize to them more (when she already did and saved their lives many times over) and be deferential to the (white) characters instead of being such a 'bitch' who dares to be angry and upset about the bad things that happen to her. Fans refuse to engage with her backstory as a victim of forced marriage and insist to this day that her killing her abusive husband was wrong and a murder "in cold blood." Fans downplay her role as the co-protagonist of the show and whine when she gets focus. Fans call her an abusive mother even though she was actually a very good mother who just made a few mistakes and downplay her connection to her adopted son as less 'real' than his biological family's connection to him. But fundamentally what fandom most hates about her is that she got the redemption arc and narrative focus reserved for the Spikes and Zukos and Anakins of the world while being a woman of color.

Regina starts off as the villain of the story and ends up as the hero. In almost any other show she would have been killed off but for all its flaws OUAT knew it struck gold with her and allowed her to shine. She is also incredibly funny.

Toriel:

GOD FORBID A MOTHER OF A TEENAGER ENJOY A GLASS OF WINE AND THE COMPANY OF ANOTHER ADULT ONE TIME INSTEAD OF ALWAYS BEING A MOTHER RATHER THAN A FULLY REALIZED PERSON.

Toriel is frequently flattened by fans into being The Perfect Mother character. When she strays away from that and showcases character flaws and flaws in her parenting, she is immediately criticized and treated like the worst person alive. People say she is a nuanced character but they dont actually want to see that in action. They also for some reason believe that "perfect mothers" exist and that when Toriel isn't one, she is abusive and neglectful. There's a lack of thought and concern put into her character by fans to the point where Toby Fox (writer/developer) on a stream had to say "your family in Deltarune loves you" because people were concerned that she was somehow a bad mom because she cannot read her child's mind. She is criticized whereas her ex husband who spends more time harassing her and believing he can "make everything right again" and get back together with her - despite her expressing clear disinterest - than he does spending time with their child. He didnt even know they have problems, whereas Toriel pays enough attention to them to know something is wrong and is happy to see them with a friend. Communication is a two way street but for some reason Toriel is expected to have all the answers. Oh yeah, and she's supposedly somehow the devil who was "taking their kid away from her ex husband" and then that was proven wrong by him not spending time with their child.

Rarely do we see mother characters given nuance or as more fleshed out characters. Toriel was created as a response to the way that mothers are so often demeaned and treated with zero importance in video games, and she is there to make you consider her feelings. She isn't perfect, but she is traumatized and bound to her motherhood and the loss of her children and it informs her actions in Undertale. In Deltarune, she is again a loving mother, but is criticized far too harshly for her mistakes. And yes, she makes mistakes. But everyone does, its only natural. There is no such thing as a perfect mother, and Toriel always exemplifies this. But she tries her best and cares so much, and remains a really compelling character across both iterations. She deserves better than to be hit with a weird madonna/where complex for mothers.