#mega yikes

[dougielombax]

Really, Netherlands?

Blackface?

Fucking hell.

[pollyanna-nana]

Hey just so folks know. Unfortunately the @/mysterycharacterbracket is pro-gun and pro-forced birth (and also probably misogynistic in general) and willing to post about it on the tournament blog itself. Super disappointing and I hope someone can steal this concept from them :/

[mint-orchids]

moral of the story: stay punk

[nerdsquadfilmsofficial]

When I’m playing tf2 as medic and My team is winning but my game crashed (I was carrying the team the entire game.)

[stiltonbasket]

NieLan trying so hard to be crunchy parents. Full organic homemade food, no dyes or artificial additives, zero screentime, handmade no plastic toys, pure cotton/linen clothing.

NieLan going from 100% crunchy with Jingyi to 50% with Jueying and back to 80% crunchy with the twins.

Lan Xichen is the one who decides that Jingyi doesn't need screen time aside from educational programming later on, mostly because he didn't watch much TV as a kid, but Nie Mingjue insists on the all-organic food and natural fibers for clothes. He read an article about babies being full of microplastics from their bottles and pacifiers, so nothing synthetic is allowed to come within five feet of baby A-Yi. All his bottles are made of glass, his pacifier is made of silicone, and his toys are all made of wood/cotton instead of plastic or polyester; later on, Wangxian follow some of that example with their small beans.

[beiplaysffxiv]

I dunno why I am writing this, honestly. Probably because the wisdom tooth eruption has been ruining my week and I am just fucking annoyed at the discourse. I don't really have a following here yet, so I essentially risk nothing.

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There's an on-going discourse on Twitter dot com, about whether or not Lalafell are kids and should they be allowed into NSFW content. This came up after Lalafell players started speaking up about the unnecessary hate and harassment they receive from others, simply for choosing to play the potato-shaped gnome race.

Lalafell are NOT children. They are NOT child-coded and regardless of what some of you think, they were NOT based on human toddlers. I don't know how many times it has to be said at this point. Pretty much all of the Lalafell we meet in game (including our WoL) are adults. The only exceptions are maybe 1-2 vague NPCs, that appear in a seasonal quest of some sort and only exist, because the Devs don't bother making child models for every existing in-game race.

All of the Lalafell/Dwarves we meet in sidequests and MSQ are adults. Some of them are middle-aged. There are in-game mentions of them being in romantic/sexual relationships - interracial as well. There are married Lalafell. There's a pregnant Dwarf in the Nier questline as well. Hell, everyone's "favourite" Lalafell villains in pre-Heavensward story are adult men.

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The general argument against Lalafell being adults are their "child-like movements and high-pitch voice" along with some piece of Lalafell description, mentioning how "difficult it is to tell their age". I'm going to go into realism right now, but do you know who else fits under this description? People with Achondroplasia.

They exist. Due to their bone development their movement is obviously different from your regular person, which is sometimes compared to how a child moves. They often have a high-pitched voice as well and in many cases it is difficult to tell their exact age until they grow much older (look up Quaden Bayles and the whole drama surrounding his age). These people are the actual closest irl example of what Lalafell would be. Not literal fucking children.

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Does that make Lalafell fitting for NSFW content? I'd say that depends on your approach. Canonically Lalafell do have sex and nothing you do or say is going to change that. I sincerely do not see any issue with people who portray their very obviously adult Lalafell in mature situations (sex, drinking, smoking etc.). They do not hurt anyone by doing so and they make it clear they do not infantilize their characters. Hell, I see a lot of people wishing they could at least modify their Lalafell to have more mature features. Which is somehow ALSO frowned upon?? and pretty much all Lalafell modders have been shunned by the community at this point.

That being said, people who sexualize Lalafell while also purposefully infantilizing them are still creeps. They do not represent the Lalafell community. Just like people modding their catgirls to wear diapers do not represent Miqo'te players.

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tl;dr - My stance on Lalafell is that they are absolutely NOT children and shouldn't be seen as such, unless the player very clearly and specifically makes it known their character is underage. Lalafell should also be allowed in NSFW content without being ostracised as long as they're not purposefully infantilized.

[rebelspies]

Going into The Last Duel tag was just post after post of r*pe apologia from Adam Driver stans.

[dat2ndaccount97]

So long story short the power button on my mac finally died about 2 months ago, would've been nearly $850 minimum to get fixed, and I may or may not be getting a gaming laptop for Christmas, so I haven't been keeping up on my doll news, what little there is these days (and is also why I haven't been on here as much). But earlier I got a notification about a post from the Barbie Subreddit, and it was for a new doll that apparently leaked from Amazon Canada and...

I very much don't like her. She's officially known as

"Barbie Signature Pink Collection Doll", and her description reads as follows

"Meet new Barbie Signature Pink Collection Doll, Barbie Doll (12-inch) with Silkstone Body Wearing Tulle Gown. The Barbie Pink Collection is a bold celebration of Barbie and a tribute to her iconic signature color. Featuring a Silkstone body, the first doll in the series wears a breath-taking off-the-shoulder high-low gown with bow accents. Ruffled layers of cascading tulle flow into a dramatic train that makes a stunning 360-degree statement.

Bow-kissed sandals, elegant drop earrings and a glam high ponytail complete Barbie doll’s striking silhouette."

I don't like the hair, I don't like how the dress is party dress in the front & fancy ball gown in the back, her face is meh, and I feel like other dolls have done the "Celebration of Barbie and her iconic color" thing and done it way better, and probably on a budget bigger than $5. And a silkstone body? Yeah, I have a very bad feeling about her (and other dolls in this line up since she's apparently "first doll in the series".)

I know we say this often around these parts, but "Mattel, What about you doing??". I have a bad feeling about barbie in 2021.