A big part of kink in general for is fantastical elements. Since this is a form of escapism for me, I enjoy ridiculous and over the top things.
Such as hyper fats. It’s why I have no size limits. Frankly, I’m holding back 9/10 by keeping Usagi at Japan-sized. If I felt comfortable enough, she’d be infinitely bigger than she is right now.
Simply put, it’s fun to me.
I understand not enjoying it and being more content/comfortable with more realistic weights, but I also feel sometimes these people are sticklers about other people enjoying kink in their own fashion.
Idk sometimes it feels like people are far too judgmental of others. Like “I’m consuming and participating in this kink in this fashion which is superior to yours.”
@itsjustagoober replied to your post “Pretty much every numbered crusade that the...”:
Oh yeah? What happened in that one? And the second?
Okay so
Fourth Crusade was to retake the Holy Land after the somewhat success of the Third. The third is one of the more popularly know crusades, that of Saladin, Richard Lionheart and so forth. it ended with the treaty of Jaffa which was more or less a truce agreement between some of the bigger leaders of both factions for three years. It didn't gain much for the Europeans so, naturally, they wanted to retake the holy land again.
By the time of the Fourth Crusade, it was more or less used as a means of the Church trying to stop European infighting. Common foe and all that as well as showing the power of the Papacy and all that good stuff. The Pope, head of the church, would claim it was the duty of rulers and monarchs to come to the service of God and that it was to be to their benefit as Christian souls to fight.
The leaders of the Fourth Crusade has decided, in secret, to attack the Holy Land through Egypt, a much stronger and wealthier target. The bulk of the funding for this came from the Venetians, funding the boats and other supplies for a military campaign.
Come the time of the Crusade to amass in the Summer, a number of those who had vowed didn't turn up or ended up elsewhere. About a third or fourth of the expected size turned up. Hardly enough to cover the costs that the Venetians had spent in preparation. So, Doge Dandolo of Venice suggested that the crusaders should work off the debt by attacking the city of Zara
The Christian City of Zara. The Christian City that was an economic rival of Venice, Zara. The City controlled by Sworn Crusader Emeric of Hungary, Zara. The City of Zara which the Pope had banned them from attacking under threat of excommunication (expulsion from the catholic faith and thus God).
They agreed and it was captured by the crusaders in November.
So that's pretty bad right? Becoming effective hired swords for a merchant republic instead of the holy warriors expected?
Well, it gets worse.
See, while they were in Zara for the winter, they happen to meet Alexius Angelos, the son of the deposed Emperor of Constantinople, Issac II. He, seeing his opportunity to regain the throne, offers both money AND to bring the Byzantian Empire back under the authority of Rome. A means to pay off debt (and earn their own pay) and restoring a split in the faith was better than nothing, even if they didn't reach the Holy Land. The Leaders agreed and went with him, laying siege to Constantinople in 1203.
The siege paid off and the reigning Emperor Alexios III fled the city. This allowed Issac II o be restored to the throne and for his son Alexius to be crowned as co-emperor as Alexios IV. All is good!
Well... no. Alexios is only able to raise a small portion of the promised funds. This was where he made a massive mistake. He asked them to remain in the city until March which the leaders and knights all agreed too. When he failed to pay the full sum, there was now a full army in the city. They took to plundering which then caused both Isacc II and Alexios IV to lose support, leading them to be deposed and replaced by.... another Alexios, this one becoming Alexios V.
.....
And then it gets worse!
The leaders, lacking supplies and payment, decide that they might as well just seize the city and then divide up the empire and the spoils of conquest. It doesn't go great but priests keep morale up. In fact, they use the rhetoric that the peoples of Constantinople and the greater Byzantian Empire were a greater threat that members of Islam and, of course, the Jews!
This leads to the Sacking of Constantinople. it lasted a few days in which thousands of innocents were slaughtered by crusaders , holy sites were desecrated and any material wealth was sacked from the city. It was a very vicious and brutal sacking. it was shocking even at the time, even the Pope was said to be in shock.
This Sacking weakened Byzantium as many of the territories it held were seized by the crusaders or members of the nobility splintered away to form their own kingdoms or states. Venice, of course, seized many coastal settlements in the chaos in the Aegean Sea. This sacking greatly weakened the nation and it was never able to really recover against the growing might of the Sejuks and Ottoman empires that followed. Naturally, the crusaders who took the lands didn't fare much better in controlling their lands either.
The Fourth Crusade to retake the Holy Land only had about... a fifth or so who took the oath make it. Instead, it harmed what had been a great ally or if not that, a great Christian presence in the East.
Uhhh, me? Why not lol, curious how it would be~ :3c
"Urph! Mmh, gotta say, Miq, wasn't really expecting you to wanna melt in me... but I ain't gonna complain, heheh.~"
As expected from Miq and her smolness, there isn't exactly much of a bulge to see from the outside. However, there is at least SOMEWHAT of a bulge visible on Aqua's gut, and considering the lack of thrashing, it's not unpleasant for her. If anything, it's more like slowly slipping away into bliss in there...
...well. Warm, melty, gurgly bliss, but still.
"Lemme know if you wanna do this again later, alright? I'll be more than happy to provide.~"
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Tifa one of my favorite female game characters of all time.
You truly can’t go wrong with Tifa the strong willed bartender and I want to see what they do with her in part 3 when they eventually do show her off again.
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