#it's more

[rookamell]

My problem also with da and social issues of all sorts is that for some reason everyone (writers and players) think that in order to show a certain issue in fiction you have to then somehow find a way to 'solve' this issue in your writing, when that is extremely not the case. Like... I'm sorry if this comes out wrong I'm trying to articulate very vague thoughts here, I think people chicken out of dealing with some societal issues like exploitation and racism and whatever else you eant to talk about because they think that in order to show these things in your writing you have to also give a solution and said solution should be watertight and not be able to be criticised, which is just... not the case. Idk if I'm making sense or if anyone will agree with me, but honestly in the case of slavery I think not even bothering to show it was way worse than if they had at least showed this is a valid issue and needs to be fixed even if they then had followed it up with 'but Tevinter and society at large is still figuring out exactly how'. It's ok to have your conclusion be 'this thing is bad but we haven't thought of a way to fix it yet, or we are actively working to fix it'. I'm not expecting white people from Canada to write a game that will somehow fix every social injustice in the world, I'm expecting videogame writers to portray issues in a nuanced way and make me and others think about what could/should/would change in the world we're dealing with. I'm expecting a conversation to be started the way the mage/templar conflict was started in da2. What I don't want is some fucking writer saying they 'don't have space' for dealing with slavery in their game for fuck's sake

[the-badger-mole]

Okay, so here's the thing. Of all the criticisms you could have for Iroh as a character (his redemption arc happening mostly off-screen is not great; him leaving Zuko to open a tea shop in the city he tried to invade was arrogant and stupid on so many levels; his potential collaboration with the Rough Rhinos needs to be addressed) his relationship with Azula doesn't even make the list.

His big crimes against her were getting her the wrong gift and saying she was crazy and needed to go down- after she tried (and almost succeeded) to murder him. And Zuko. She was aiming to kill both times. To decide you hate someone because they got you the wrong gift is wild. And to be fair, Azula didn't do that. She hated Iroh because Ozai hated him. That happened well before he sent her a doll. There's nothing Iroh could have sent her that would've made her not hate him.

Also, to reiterate, it's entirely possible that the last time Iroh spent any real time with his niece, she did like dolls. We don't get to see much of Iroh's perspective on his pre-ATLA relationships with his family. But even if she never liked dolls, jumping right to mortal hatred of anyone over an ill-thought out gift- especially if you weren't particularly close to that person- is an insane leap. Which, again, is not what Azula did. If Iroh had sent her a knife like Zuko's, it still wouldn't have been good enough, because she didn't like Iroh.

[yanhuitianyao]

thinkin about lan wangji and his adaptive device teenagers

[valyrfia]

sainz media leaking charles's contract renewal to try and put pressure on ferrari and it just completely backfiring....you love to see it

[queen-of-andor]

Me talking how if Rand goes to Tar Valon and has a scene with Logain there is also a chance for him to:

Meet Elayne and her having a crush on him. Also, meet her brothers.

Reunite with Mat and share some scenes with him ( very important bc among the group Rand was the only one who believed in Mat even after he abandoned them)

Share a scene with Egwene and maybe they also break up? Not sure about this one, might be too early.

[nintendoni-art]

So Zori's made it to the second round of @sonic-oc-showdown! I've got a few more bits of art I'll be posting through the week, but today? Wanted to answer one of the questions I posed a bit ago.

The barrier between the universe Zori lives in and all other Sonic Universes is a bit on the wibbly side, so from time to time stuff from collapsing timelines will just sorta...fall in.

Because of that, there's quite the unique pick of materials one can make a home out of, if they manage to beat anyone else to what's basically a Whale Fall of Salvageable Technology made up of "Twintail Tech", "Smiley Boxes" and all sorts of stuff in-between.

So as of recent, and with a bit of help, Zori's managed to drag away some Death Egg Robot parts, welded them together, and wedged the whole thing in a chunk of hollowed out mountain range that was covered up by a waterfall. Water's clean, vegetation grows well, it's far enough out from any settlements so stargazing isn't too badly impacted, and it's really hard to set on fire. [There was an incident at the last place, but it's all good now, they swear!] ---- Anywho, if you have the time, why not vote for Zori in the Sonic OC Tournament?

[fan-fangirl-world]

Leon and Chris meeting in the Raccoon City outbreak:

Me:

Chris being surprised that Leon used a rochet launcher and Leon trying to look cool. All those posts about them meeting as STARS and RPD,  it’s like a dream come true.