#htlal

[blanketorghost]

Now that FictIf and The Arcana have been bought out by Dorian, I feel the need to remind y'all as the only person who's spoken out about this but;

Heir To Love And Lies is an extremely racist story to its core.

The love inrerests are either harmful stereotypes or key players on the violence and corruption here in Colombia.

Even if Nathalie has a Colombian father, she has failed to accurately represent the country, the spanglish abhorrent and the treatment of rural Colombia is one of the worst I've seen.

The MC is a white saviour stereotype and is such an awful character whom barely cares about the town; especially when their decisions will affect the livelihoods of workers.

Chava and his whole family are a huge stereotype of low income workers and farmers in the perifery. Their relationship with the drug cartel was unnecessary and insulting— especially when Colombian people already struggle with discrimination about being poor coca and marijuana farmers.

Sergio is literally the epitome of everything wrong with Colombia and shouldn't be romantisized as a love interest— especially as he is related to an assasination which happen in Colombia on the daily .

Val is part of the most corrupt, homophobic and racist institutions and attempting to make her a love interest makes me want to barf as an lgbt Colombian. Especially when I receive news on the daily of lgbt people getting abused by police. I'm glad her route never got released.

The whole story glorifies the foreign colonization of Colombia's economy; which have affected our country gravely— even leaving entire regions of ours in extreme poverty.

'La Dama Roja' is such an awfully constructed character; both character design and story-wise. Her dress is mexican right out of the bat. Her whole character crumbles apart once you actually learn about Colombian politics and culture.

The whole story is a complete regression for Colombian representation and a slap on the face for me, and many other latino users whom have shared their concerns privately to me. It perpetrates so many harmful stereotypes and completely misunderstands the intricacies of Colombia and its people. It ignores our pleas for positive rep after being thrown and dragged through the mud as a druggie country for upwards of fourty years and refuses to acknowledge that Colombia is more than just drugs and coffee.

If you want 'good' Colombian representation, you are much better off watching Encanto in spite of its issues.

If you want Colombian rep that is more mature leaning I would recommend;

Los Viajes Del Viento for a culturally accurate depiction of the north of Colombia

Señorita María: La Falda De La Montaña for a documentary about being lgbtq+ trans in rural Colombia

Los Colores De La Montaña for a depiction of how the drug war has affected innocent farmers in rural Colombia

These are all critically acclaimed movies that all tackle living in the small towns that HTLAL is supposed to be based upon and do a much better job at it.

Also, I've said this many times but I think it's worth mentioning that if you want a more in-depth representation of all the issues HTLAL fails to tackle respectfully, y'all should read The Rebellion of The Rats by Fernando Soto Aparicio

[fictifgames]

Have you met Uncle Sam in Heir To Love And Lies?

[chaotic-kitty]

Approximately, for every female LI there’s two male LI’s…..

There is a total of 9 potential female LI’s, 17 male LI’s & 2 Nonbinary LI’s

Female LI Featured Stories- 3

Female Specific Routes- 4

Female Stand-alone Stories- 1

Male LI Featured Stories- 4

Male Specific Routes- 9

Male Stand-alone Stories- 7

Nonbinary LI Featured Stories- 1

It is really hard to keep on believing the devs of fictif when they say that they’re not only inclusive but that there’s not enough interest in female characters/routes. 1) that’s a lie. 2) it’s a bit hard for your audience to be interested and invested in female LI’s if you don’t give them a chance! It’s kinda obvious that the devs don’t really give a damn about non male characters. And I get that it takes a lot of time and effort to make these stories, but by saying Celia was only gonna get 7 chapters from the start, shows you didn’t want her to succeed. You cut Tess’s route than blamed the fandom for lack of interest. Val doesn’t even have her route yet. Elise was overshadowed by Sawyer. And all the other female LI’s that are featured in the other stories had more male LI’s to compete with. And don’t even get me started on the Echos Of Warmth story. This honesty makes me worried for the future on Anisa🥺

The only story that has a good balance of characters and screen time is FTLOG but the majority of that story is stuck behind a pay wall. And even after unlocking all of the scenes, it still felt a little rushed.

Just do better guys, it’s not that hard!

[thearcanagame]

All good stories come to an end.

[gaming]

Fancy a coffee? Good thing you just inherited a coffee plantation then! But you also inherited quite a mystery… and, of course, some love interests that might make your head spin!

Check out more from FictIf here 💖

[lilmxindica]

I like to put my friends through hell listening to me be down bad for chava cerilla

[sunnywithachanceofdoom]

I don’t even like this sleazeball that much but look at this shit 😂

[swimminginanunknownparadise]

Honeymoon Morning

pairing: Sergio Jimenez x fem!reader

summery: The morning after your wedding is spent with quiet conversation about the future in an intimate moment.

The deep rumble of his humming woke you up first, then his thumb massaging circles into your thigh. He was warm against you, and you wiggled closer to him with a sleepy sigh, head ducking into the crook of his neck. You didn’t know what time it was but you could hear the birds chirping outside, the salty air made you smile more. It reminded you of home. The room was still completely dark, the blackout curtains did what they were supposed to do, you were grateful for that much. “‘S too early,” you mumbled, earning a soft laugh.

“Morning, cariño,” he pulled you even closer and you wrapped a leg around him, grinning happily. He was your husband now, and you, his wife. “Good morning, Mr. Jimenez,” you mumbled into his chest. He chuckled, a deep rumble in the back of his throat that made your toes curl. “Good morning, Mrs. Jimenez.” You leaned your head back enough to look at him and you grinned even harder. You got to wake up like this every morning for the rest of your life. Nothing seemed better than that.

“Can we just lay here like this for a while?” You layed your head back on your pillow and pouted up at him. He smiled and let his hands roam your body. The intimacy of the moment made you melt in his hands. “I’d like nothing more.” You grinned again and craned your neck to kiss him, which he returned happily. You rested your hands on his bare chest and closed your eyes again, just imagining the two of you sitting on your porch in rocking chairs, drinking coffee and watching the plantation light up with the sun.

“Do you think we’ll be like this in forty, fifty years?” You tapped your finger on his sternum and he looked down at you with a curious look. “What do you mean?”

“Will we still be us, when we’re eighty?” You looked up at him, you’d never seen him so peaceful. “Yea, I think we will. I definitely know I’ll still roll my eyes when you tell dirty jokes.” He laughed and you did too, you knew that that was never going to end. His laughter always seemed to make the tips of your ears burn red, even more so when you knew he was laughing because of you.

“Oh, my love, I know you’ll be even more beautiful when your grey, your glow even brighter, and you’ll still light up my world.” He smiled again and pressed a kiss to your forehead.

“And you’ll be just as handsome as ever,” you smiled and kissed his nose quickly, just a peck. He smiled again, full of love, and he tucked a strand of hair out of your face. “And mischievous,” you kissed the corner of his mouth. “And romantic,” your hand dragged further down and he shivered. “And you’ll be all mine.” Your hand rested on his pelvis and you grinned again.

“Such a tease,” he grumbled, but he still had that adoring look on his face. “I’m sure that won’t change either.” You shook your head and smiled innocently. Your other hand came up to cup his cheek and he leaned into it. The band of your ring was cold against his skin and he smiled. The two of you layed in bed for a while, just basking in each other, the love you two had for each other. Thoughts of long walks on the beach, breakfast, and the days outing forgotten for just a while in the quiet of the bedroom

a/n: so uh, ok ik I said I’d post a text story… well that was evidently a fucking lie :) buuuut I did come back with some Sergio content for all my fellow Fictif hoes! If you don’t know about Fictif PLEASE check it out, it’s amazing!