I see so many people (cis men) hating on the Find the Artist quest in Act 3 and yes it's bugged, finicky and takes a bit of time......
But it also has some narrative context that I truly think some men find extremely uncomfortable.
It's one of the first times I have ever seen a femme character point out that women have their own problems. And that men sometimes insert themselves into these problems to act as a tortured artist/victim/survivor of those problems too or saviour. My example on this is that one endometriosis study that looked at how Endo impacts the male partners of women who experience endometriosis. Not men who have endometriosis but who are in proximity to it. Inserting themselves into traumas that don't belong to them.
That's exactly what Oskar did. Keri says she was "do fucking sad all the time" but men would rather live in a world where women kill themselves over men instead it being because they have their own problems.
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Of course I had options: I could have done something else; I could have worked longer hours at a different job; I wouldn't have been in dire straits had I been unable to pay my rent; I had parents and a partner and friends and a sibling who all would swiftly loan me money. But I went, and I easily fulfilled his fantasy that I wanted to be there-even though no one wants to be at work, most of the time-simply because I had the right combination of identities to appear carefree and willing as opposed to whatever he perceived as in acute need. He chose me for this outside work, and he happily paid me-revolted, bored, melancholy, quasi-suicidal as I was-because my whiteness and the upscale location of the massage parlor matched his fantasy.
Today i'm musing about connections and how they are often synonymous with our opportunities, our ability to survive, and our thoughts- therefor changing who we are and who will become. Also coin metaphors ๐ช
Last Tuesday out of the blue one of my partners was laid off, he started a new job two days later because he knows people who work at a cabinet mill. ๐
My family made the most healing ratatouille that we ate off of all weekend because someone I know from work had too many eggplants. ๐๐
We got our house thanks to the efforts of a friend with a real-estate license. I got the contact info for my current therapist from a girlfriend. I have a song stuck in my head from a child I work with and I pick up catchphrases from people on tv and I know how to do pushups for the 1st time in my life bc an online friend taught me how. ๐ฅ๐ช
Its fun and frightening to think about- that we are obelisks of pennies created from every person that gave us their two cents ๐ช๐ช
If every trait, thought, inclination, or idea of yours was a coin- which of your coins are old, passed down through the generations until they were shuffled into your hands? Which are invaluable? Like my dads tendency to accept things (like my gayness and transness and polyness) as long as no one is getting hurt, which I know he got from my grandfather โค๏ธ. Which coins are a burden you dont know how to get rid of? Like my mother's propensity to say "It could be worse, think of__ (children in Africa, Houseless folk, etc)" which has become my tendency to minimize my own experiences and neglect to give myself breaks ๐ซ . Which coins did you find on the sidewalk and which sit with you in your car? Which are made of metals you're allergic to? Which are tarnished and scratched but still good? Which coins of yours are most valuable to you? ๐
There are so many times in my life where I felt like I couldn't get a leg up, and the only way I got through was stacking pennies, adding up my connections and the ghosts of connections past to try to escape the pit..
With that in mind I want to take a moment to shout out the change (๐ฅ) that others have gifted me with recently, cuz boy buddy have I needed to stack pennies lately, but have been so blessed to have so many new coins.
Thanks @sableglass, the fire you put into the world ignited action into me. I spent a year lamenting the loss of a job until your 'fuck it we ball' attitude inspired me to get resolved about that ๐คฝโโ๏ธ. I got a job offer today. You helped me get here.
Thanks @the-golden-comet , you were one of the first writblr blogs I came across. You shaped my idea of tumblr to be something positive and uplifting during a very hard time for me ๐ซ. Your stories are so free and wild (๐ณ๐ฆ) and wonderful that they changed my outlook on being a writer and that what im 'allowed' to put in a story is anything but a limiting factor. You taught me that the course of a day can be changed with a simple frog gif and that you dont necessarily need to know someone to know how much they care. ๐ธ๐
Thanks to @tragedycoded for DMLS and @words-after-midnight for Libaw. Yall write the mentalscape of various conditions so well that im taking better care of myself ๐ง ๐ฟ. I'm more proud of the work I've put into myself. And i'm becoming proud of the person I could have become but didn't.
Thank you to @lychhiker-writes for being my first homie on tumblr and for letting me vent my various frustrations into your dms ๐๐ , and for being a brave and honest alpha reader for 7C.
Thank you @wyked-ao3 and @cowboybrunch and @gioiaalbanoart for being such great cheerleaders for my writing ๐ญ๐ seeing yall connect and feel your feelings in my comments gives me so much hope and happiness and I honesty dont thank yall enough. I finally finished ch8 (no, really, check the doc ๐) and your encouragement helped me really embrace Seeker, who I used to think was too boring, and get that chapter finished ๐.
There are so many others and I'm sorry for not naming them all ๐ but if I have read your work, thank you. If I follow you or you follow me, thank you. If we have ever bonked together in a discord chat like two wayward beyblades ๐- *Thank You*
Today, I feel like I'm finally out of the pit, and it's thanks to the random 2 cents and spare change yall have gifted me. Your influence is priceless. ๐ฅฐ๐ฐ
(Still no taglist for Monday posts yet, hmu if you'd like to be on it!)
Welp, with Dawntrail's release rapidly approaching, I'm fully expecting everyone's going to start being busy with their preparations for that and it's nice to see! Personally, I'm not going to be joining in on the festivities since I'm a really casual player and still have a ways to go before I can even think about Dawntrail. I'm still having a lot of fun with Helldivers 2 and have really been thinking about doing an AU account about a special squad of overly-patriotic Garlean soldiers...
But anyways! I figure soon a lot of people will too busy to be on here, but I'll be trying to hold things down here on Tumblr, writing and some other stuff.
Hope ya'll have fun with DT! If anyone wants to get a hold of me, I'm on Discord: AlexoftheColosuss
Also, started playing again! I'm on Crystal | Brynhildr. I'm usually on around 5PM Central Time NA!
