Being aspec is so funny because I literally forget not everyone experiences and sees attraction (and, hence, attraction based experiences) the same as I do. And this goes especially for fandom.
Like, I'd see a sort of trend(??) in a fandom space, particularly with shipping, and think:
"This doesn't make sense, attraction isn't that simple/doesn't work like that."
"No that character isn't in love with that one because they find them aesthetically attractive. They still don't know anything about them or their personality!"
And, then I realise,,
most of these folks are allo.
For most of these folks, attraction does work like that and is that simple.
There's folks that do fall in love just from being aesthetically attracted/without knowing the individual(s) or their personality well.
(I assume this stuff would entail things like 'hallway crushes' and 'airport crushes'... whatever those are...)
Being in the TF2 fandom and not really shipping TexasToast is amusing
Because, most everyone is like "Texastoast!" "They're such a great couple!" "My OTP!" *Most every Pyro + Engi post being tagged as or TexasToast related*
Meanwhile, I'm over here like:
"And- and Engi and Pyro are like, father and child, and they- they bake together and Pyro is like Engi's assistant when he's building stuff =3"
"Oh and Pyro and Ms.Pauling be making out dyke style."
Yet another flag!!
Can you tell that these are self-indulgent yet??
A flag for sapphics that are male/female bigender
Or, in other words, a flag for male/female bigender beings that are sapphic!!
Colour meanings (from top to bottom) and such below the cut
You don't need to use my meanings, but they're the ones that I've personally applied
Muted/Dark Purple (Unsure of this colour's name) - Specific and/or collective attraction to traditionally masculine and/or traditionally feminine presentations or regardless of presentation
Pink - Sapphic attraction
White - No meaning // Apply whatever you may like!!
Pastel Purple/Lilac(??) - being male & female
Pastel Green - Personal gender expression & presentation, whether you may be a femme, stud, butch, a mix, in between, neutral, or something else entirely!!
AndrewGames722 is 100% one of my Top 3 ARGs, and recently 'Don't Turn Left at the Crossroads' (for lack of a better name) has found its way up there as well. LITERALLY TODAY (Nov 30th), I finally watched the vids abt it.
But, as I'm insane, I used my two living brain cells and picked out VERY vague parallels between AnGa722 & DTLCR.
SO, LET ME COOK.
And note, little to none of this makes any actually sense.
Because, again, I'm insane.
Also spoiler warnings for the endings and lore of BOTH ARGs. (Mostly AnGa lore =p)
SO, SO, SO-
One of the biggest points of sfawtde is the fact that D3rLord3 essentially sacrificed themself to warn Avery &, by proxy, everyone to ever view the footage. And they did so not once, BUT twice.
(Because remember, kids; he had to edit in that censor bar over the footage of when he saw the King.)
*Now, one of the bigger/final points of AnGa722 was The Reflection/The Palladium/John, along with the others, sacrificing himself to ensure that Andrew/072216 (and SS13??) escaped the simulation. And not just that, but to destroy 62020 and 46 Intel entirely so that no one else would end up imprisoned.
So, my point is,
while under severely different circumstances,
both ARGs carry a theme of a character (or in AnGa case, characters) committing self sacrifice for the sake of others.
But I do find this interesting.
Because for The Reflection, it was a matter of him using his limited ability (as he too was imprisoned) to aid Nicholas & the DoomStriders in taking down 46 Intel. He'd been trapped long before due to his long standing rivalry with 62020 and his previous attempts at taking down the orgnisation/cult.
D3rLord3, on the other hand, was simply a player who noticed something funny about their world and chose to investigate it.
So, outside of the self-sacrifice stuff, if I were to truly compare/parallel D3rLord3 to an AndrewGames character,
it'd have to Alexander.
Because Alexander worked for 46 Intel, just like Andrew and Nicholas (Alex's brother) had.
He was the one that questioned 62020's true motives.
He was the one who went to investigate, to find the truth.
He was the one who discovered 46 Intel's true plans.
And he was the one that suffered for it (bro dieded =/).
D3rLord3 sacrificed their sanity (and possibly his life) to learn what was going on & warn others to not venture into the world.
And Alex sacrificed his life to figure out 62020's true ideals and what ultimately prompted Nicholas' rebellion that led to 46 Intel's demise.
And these characters had to make these sacrifices to prevent others from meeting the same, or worse, fates.
AND their curiosity was ultimately the catalysts for BOTH of their stories.
Huh
Funny how that works.
*Astrix on that bit since it's very possible that AndrewGames is meant to be symbolic or metaphorical. However, I'm not sure and in this post I take its story as literal.
Also, I refer to D3rLord3 with he/they because I don't see him as a guy. From what Ik, neither them nor Avery have confirmed genders. So, as far as I'm aware, those mfs are just pixels on a screen. Plus, it's not like gender or pronouns is relevant to the stories anyway =p
OKAY,
end of insane/nonsensible ramblings.
This was just a ploy to spread AndrewGames722 propaganda/j
Because if I get the bottom surgery I want in the future, the transphobes and exorsexists can never win.
Like, think about it.
Imagine if I'm using a public bathroom and some transphobe tries to confront me. And then they try insinuating anything about my bits and I'm just like:
*Manaical laughter*
Transphobe: "What? What's so funny?"
Me: "Why assume it's just one?"
Transphobe: "What-"
"We duel wield in these parts"
[PT: "We duel wield in these parts"
