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One of the most common reasons given for boundaries (and subsequent boundary policing) is the idea that cc's see themselves as their characters and it makes them uncomfortable in some way. Sometimes this is made explicit (such as luanne + kyleff) and other times it's the clear background implication (pyro). There's a term in broader rp space for this concept called "character bleed" (<- blog post describing it w/ some academic articles) and its usage in the context of boundaries is complete bs
I think graecie (in her discussion on stream and on tumblr) unpacks the idea that managing bleed is on the audience really well! I also think it's a shame that, despite this, she's never used as a "good example" when talking about boundaries. So, I'm talking about her and why other people should too
Here are some quotes from when graecie clarified about her post further on stream:
"When I bring up character bleed or how our brains differentiate- or-or. Our brains are unable to differentiate fake emotions from roleplay to real emotions in real life and how, like, your brain treats those emotions that you feel the same way. I don't ever want that to be misconstrued as I'm putting that responsibility on the community to prevent us from getting character bleed, or prevent us from struggling with those things. That's not it." (22:40)
(Small note that the use of "us" is super notable here! This is something that (should) apply to all creators, not just graecie)
"When I brought [character bleed] up in the past I think it might've been misconstrued as me blaming the community or, not blaming the community but expecting the community to be responsible for preventing that and that's never what I mean. Whenever I bring it up it it just, I think it's something creators in the mcr space— in the mcrp space are unaware of, um, because it is so new. Safety tools, uh, self-care in roleplay, all of that is relatively new to the mcrp space, uh, and I don't think a lot of creators understand the impact that playing a character live non-stop can have on their mental. And like, how they— how they view that character as more of themselves." (23:45)
"It-it can be stressful to navigate but that's also, it's on me to navigate, which is what I've been doing. Um, it's not on anyone who engages with my media to navigate for me." (25:10)
This is already (somehow) leagues above every other creator who thinks it's on their (mostly underage) fanbase to regulate their own emotions! What's most interesting to me in this stream + graecie's subsequent posts is that she's clearly interested in spreading this idea outside herself. In a recent(ish) tumblr post she detailed some of the consent/safety tools she introduced on the flight and on stream she mentioned:
"I've been slowly trying to introduce more dnd safety tools into the mcrp space. I did a character, uh, like safety and consent checklist form for the flight for everyone to fill out... it's absolutely, it's on the other people you play with and the gamemasters but it's not, I-I would say it's not on the community who is consuming the content you create to be aware of and prevent [character bleed]." (25:30)
"And, I'm there for my friends if they're going through it, I've got resources for that." (27:09)
You'll notice that it didn't take some huge controversy for graecie to change her opinion, just some self-reflecting and actually listening to the community. Here's her establishing a dni tag and talking about it on stream
That other people (the ones ppl usually point to as good examples) had such a public turn-around and have done nothing to actually change the culture which encourages boundaries brings their motives into question. It's an issue that "changed" creators get to respond to their co-workers insane boundaries by saying "I do respect other creators boundaries cause its their preference" and get uncritical praise. The only reason we see boundary discourse come up so often is bc ppl who are "okay about boundaries" aren't willing to challenge the overall culture in mcyt that endorses that behavior. An unwillingness to challenge even basic ideas such as "the rules that inspire harassment are good" and "my emotional regulation is the job of the audience" makes me wonder if opinions have actually changed or if creators are just searching for fandom brownie points. If creators who "figured it out" were interested in more than just themselves I don't think this discourse would be happening every other month
I mainly just think there are better examples of "boundaries done right" than the names ppl usually throw around. Especially when graecie's a marginalized creator who (lbr) probably deals w/ a lot more fandom weirdness than the (mostly cis and het) men that ppl talk about :). That she didn't require some explosive discourse also proves this is a topic of discussion because these mindsets are so normalized
happy birthday to leo valdez, a character thats been so mischaracterized by the fandom to the point where if he were to see the way some people that call themselves his fans treat him, he’d feel like absolute shit
leo valdez is not conveniently attractive. he is not confident. he does not open up to people. he is not who people try and pretend he is.
as somebody who can never tell the people closest to them who they actually are, it is the worst feeling ever to hear people say that they love you while almost entirely making up components of who you are to try and make you more likeable to them.
you can’t be a leo valdez fan without accepting him for every bit of who he is, especially when thats truly the only thing he’s ever wanted.
This just confirms that the idea that gods are incapable of change is PROPAGANDA and we are CORRECT believing that the Greco-Roman pantheon is quite literally closed-off from the others. Like everyone this is isolation. An abuse tactic. TOA FANDOM WE ARE CORRECT
quick does anyone remember the Norse gods saying anything about godly change. we got apollo & aphrodite as the greek-roman duo. set & isis as egypt. who’s our norse.
I really like the little detail of Chiron usually being the one to announce a demigod once they’ve been claimed but the moment Apollo arrived in camp he took over the role so smoothly which really establishes him as the patron god for camp half blood plus he worded it exactly like Chiron so he probably taught the centaur how to do it which is so 😫😫😫
hii! I wanted to start reading the riordanverse but I'm having trouble figuring out the reading order. If anyone could help me I'd really appreciate it
Doing a final project in my stats class, we have to pick a subject and collect data on it. We need at least 100 data points, and I figured this blog is big enough that a poll on here could get to that pretty easily!
Doing my project on if it’s more likely to be born in certain months :]
I have gotten the OK from my teacher to collect data using a Tumblr poll, btw. I’m also going to have to send her this post as proof of where I got the data from / proof I didn’t just make up the numbers. So. Behave
People have a tendency to villainize E. Gadd because he doesn’t express a lot of empathy and makes a fair share of tactless comments, but I definitely stand by the fact that he and Luigi have a darned good friendship going.
I mean, did E. Gadd make a goo clone out of Luigi’s DNA without his permission? Yes, but it was a clone specifically so Luigi wouldn’t be alone when ghost hunting. A clone that he felt he could only trust Luigi to train.
Heck, a lot of E. Gadd’s recent technology has revolved around making Luigi’s ghost hunting easier and safer. And that’s in addition to the fact that he…
Details in his scientific notes how worried he was for Luigi during certain boss fights
Calls Luigi every few minutes throughought Luigi’s Mansion 2 to make sure he’s okay, once saying he was on the verge of leaving his bunker to go out looking for him
Has flown into a panic about Luigi’s safety, even after he technically completed his mission to save the world
Willingly stayed in a dangerous situation he didn’t want to be in so he could help Luigi save his family
Started choking up at the thought losing Luigi, wanting his last words to him to be an expression how proud he was
Maybe he’s a little mean sometimes, and sometimes he crosses boundaries or doesn’t listen, but it’s balanced out with efforts to help and shows of genuine concern. It’s a flawed friendship, but one of genuine respect between the two.
It feels like… an old autistic guy with hyperfixation issues who has long given up on having any sort of relationship (platonic or otherwise) that isn’t strictly professional. And then in the midst of his scientifically motivated self-isolation, along comes this awkward green undiagnosed plumber who is not only capable enough to wield his inventions like a champ, but is kindhearted and understanding enough to put up with his nonsense and still consider him a good friend.
So now E. Gadd has stopped masking around him. He has found someone he feels completely comfortable around for the first time in his long life, someone he actually cares about and thinks about so often that it’s gotten intertwined with his hyperfixation.
Again, the friendship has its flaws, but the two are clearly very good for each other. It’s a very specific flavor of wholesome that I really enjoy.
But thinking about that scene of Mario parkouring around the construction site while Luigi runs behind him, quick enough to keep up but unable to jump around or do acrobatics….
Why do I feel like it’s a nod to Luigi’s Mansion game mechanics vs Mario game mechanics?
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