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Squirty ✦ they/them ✦ lesbian ✦ 24 ✦ Gemini ✦ Type-5 ✦ Dinosaurs, RWBY, FFXIV, Halo, Dying Light

[zquirty]

“i don’t think cinder deserves redemption” yeah well i don’t think you deserved that last piece of pizza but we don’t all get what we want sometimes

[positivelyqueer]

Things to do instead of celebrating genocide

Use January 26 day as an opportunity to learn more about First Nations people and histories, and educate your friends and family on the ongoing impacts of colonisation

Spend the day taking care of Country. One idea is to grab a bag and spend a few hours collecting rubbish, while taking the time to learn more about the Country you are on.

Show up. Attend a protest, rally, or dawn service in your area (if it’s COVID safe).

Spend a few hours using your voice and sign petitions for change.

Ignore the public holiday and go to work. Many of our supporters have told us that their workplaces don’t recognise the public holiday, providing their staff with the option to work instead and take an alternate day.

If you have a disposable income, consider spending your days wage with First Nations owned brands and artists, or direct your penalty rates to Paying the Rent.

Listen to music performed and curated by First Nations artists like Barkaa, Ancestress, Nooky and Miiesha, and while you are at it check out this Spotify playlist curated by Meanjin based Yuggera DJ Dameeela, who joins the world’s leading DJ’s with her own track ID’s on Spotify.

Spend the day watching movies and series featuring and produced by First Nations people.

And for mob – practice self-care, celebrate survival and stay out of the comments section.

[dupliciaa]

truly a match made in heaven @spoggi​

[zquirty]

semen demon named bemon

[dupliciaa]

these are a couple drawings done by me, lineart and color done by my beloved @spoggi!! they’re absolutely beautiful and i wanted to share them with everyone <3

[dupliciaa]

tbh cinder is a beautifully written villain. also they’ve built her up way too much to consider her unimportant and think she should have died at the end of v8. there’d be no point in going through the trouble of showing us her backstory, setting up her arc, and making her a maiden if she was just going to die. y’all just don’t like to see a girlboss winning.

[dupliciaa]

and now that i’m in a shit mood i’m gonna be petty online bc i literally don’t care.

f.allen petals is disgusting and p*dophilic.

[dupliciaa]

while i’m at it, jaune is also a bad character and i’ll say it until i die.

[krypti]

I agreed with you at first but Jaune subverts the “typical cishet anime male” tropes

[zquirty]

✨nobody asked you✨

[shadows-and-science-gone-mad]

Ceratosaurus really does keep getting a raw deal, huh?

Inspired by this tweet:

[i-draws-dinosaurs]

[zquirty]

the best part about halo’s storytelling (& the dumpster fire that was halo 5) is that despite all it’s shortcomings, halo infinite took the story of cortana & the chief & made it something that is extremely emotional. i grew up with cortana &, in some ways, so did the chief. cortana was not only the chief’s bestfriend but ours too. & i think that’s why i was so afraid of the weapon taking her place, i didn’t want to continue playing halo games without cortana. but the way infinite ended was perfect. we could all finally grieve & the memory of cortana, the good she had done, was preserved over the bad. i quickly came to the realisation that i wasn’t afraid of change, the chief wasn’t afraid of change, we were afraid of betrayal. the weapon makes all of realise that it’s okay to let someone in after the damage is done, it’s okay to be human & let yourself feel.

i am truly impressed by 343’s storytelling & the fact that they turned something around that was received so poorly. i’m proud & happy to put the series of my most beloved games in the hands of people that truly care.

[cromirn-rising]

the amount of PoT simps i see around is astonishing.

"Its a MMO game! it doesnt have to be realistic!"

then wheres the MMO part? i dont think gathering tiger nuts and going to some pond across the map counts as MMO. shit, they dont even have a leveling system in yet. twice on that, theres no penalty to dying. hunting is absolute trash, ive been clapped several times by much smaller creatures as a spino.

its better off playing itself as some sort of 3d roleplay chat room, thats where the real gold lies even if its all a bunch of sem-literate teens.

[zquirty]

you're calling people "sem-literate" & yet you're using the term "mmo" in a completely wrong context. mmo is literally just that; massively multiplayer online. what you're talking about is rpg & the game has never been toted as an rpg. stop spreading false information on the game itself & mmo in general; mmo isn't a genre, it's a sub category for a game.

[dupliciaa]

just watched a vid proving cynthia can beat leon and i think it’s so funny bc swsh and pokemon journeys spends so long stroking leon’s dick and saying “oh he’s the undefeated champion!! ohhhh she’s so strong and powerful!!!!” when in reality the only reason he’s the undefeated champion is prob bc cynthia didn’t want to join whatever they’re calling it in this anime bc if she did, she’d literally sweep the floor with every single trainer. there’s no one who can convince me otherwise

[lucymidnight96]

‘Nother Cynthia stan in denial i see

She won’t sweep the floor on anyone, she’s not the strongest champion. Get that through your head. Plus Leon actually has character unlike Cynthia in the games.

Feels iffy seeing y'all hate on Leon, a brown man in favor of your white champion cuz “SwsH sUcKs”

[zquirty]

why are you bringing race into it? dupe is just expressing that there's a lot of evidence to say that cynthia would win. 'nother leon stan in denial i see

[farsight-the-char]

Potential RWBY scene.

Cinder loses. HARD. No more Grimm Parts keeping her alive, probably no Maiden stuff. She is defeated and dying. Probably after Winter kicks Cinder’s ass, or Ruby Silver Eyes stuff (or both).

Jaune stands above her. She says the words “What are you waiting for, Kill Me”.

Jaune looks at his new sword, seeing his reflection in the blade.

Jaune then puts away his sword, and instead heals Cinder.

???? Cinder Redemption? Cinder Death? What ever happens, Jaune has given Cinder the Choice.

[zquirty]

how about no. let's stop putting cinder's fate in the hands of men that she clearly despises & allow her to take a journey of redemption on her own volition. let her take control of her life. say it with me: cinder fall does not need to be shown any kind of mercy to want to change.

[corttana]

Thel ‘Vadam + armor

[dupliciaa]

if you don’t like the show stop fucking watching it

[dupliciaa]

An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

👉👈 here’s my first little fic posted on ao3,,, please be kind and gentle

[steponmecinder]

genuinely do not get how people watched midnight and came away going "🥺🥺poor rhodes uwu he was just doing his best 🥺🥺🥺"

like did we not watch the same episode? all the art of happy rhodes and cinder honestly just creeps me out like. THIS IS NOT A GOOD MAN. hot take but if rhodes was a woman none of you would be woobifying him like this. the FNDM really needs to stop obsessing over men in a show about women tbh but that's a rant for another day

[zquirty]

as an avid cinder stan, i could not disagree with you more. rhodes wasn't a bad person. he was a person who made a bad decision in the heat of the moment. rhodes was a huntsman, so it's implied that he would've travelled all over remnant, carrying out missions & helping people. think about how many children he would've come across that were the victims of poverty, homelessness, slavery. you cannot expect one man to take on the burden of so many lives, whilst also risking them in the process. cinder & rhodes are the victims of circumstance. the madame was a rich woman, who owned an establishment frequented by other rich individuals. whose to say that if cinder was taken away by rhodes that it wouldn't put her in more danger? rich people in the universe of rwby hold a lot of power; the madame could have ordered the authorities to arrest rhodes, could have him assassinated, among many other things. & what would happen to cinder then? returned to the madame & abused even further, without the hope of escape that rhodes initially gave her, or she could just outright kill cinder & find another child slave. to put into perspective: how many homeless people do you come across & think to yourself "i wish i could put them in a home." so you drop them some money & hope they can put it to good use. but giving them money will not change the fundamentals of the society that has put them there in the first place. most people aren't homeless by choice, they're victims of circumstance, of a society that couldn't care less about the poor. rwby has never been a show solely about black or white, there's a lot of grey area. rhodes is the prime example of this. after cinder's aura shattered in her fight against rhodes, he tossed his weapons aside in a bid to help her & she acted defensively, killing him. yes, he made the poor choice of expecting a child to face up to crimes that were, in cinder's mind, very justifiable but he's not an inherently bad person.

[steponmecinder]

please show me where I said he was an inherently bad person

[zquirty]

“this is not a good man”

[bridgyrose]

So, thing is, saying someone is not a good man does not inherently mean he's a bad man either. He was a flawed huntsman, one who acknowledged that he saw what Cinder was going through, stood by until his swords were stolen, then opted to train her instead of trying to get her to a better spot. This isnt saying he needed to help out every child he stumbled upon, but when a child actively steals your weapons with the intent of using them to free herself, telling her to "stick it out a while longer" and train her isnt exactly the best decision he made. Nor was him immediately drawing his weapons to arrest Cinder after she finally did break.

[zquirty]

"this isn't saying he needed to help out every child he stumbled upom" "telling her to "stick it out a while longer" & train her isn't exactly the best decision he made" so which argument do you want to go for? either you wanted him to be literal saint who took in every abused child he came across or you accept that regular people are regular people & can make poor decisions.

[bridgyrose]

What Im suggesting is helping where he can. We're not dealing with absolutes: help everyone or help no one, good or bad, flawed or perfect. What we're dealing with is realistically what he could do, which as a huntsman, is helping out those you can. Its possible to help out someone being abused and not help out someone who's in poverty due to resources, time, and other factors. But the biggest issues comes from the fact that Cinder already had the intent to kill for her freedom once. That's usually a pretty big warning flag that someone needs immediate help, not to be told "stick to it."

[zquirty]

he was literally giving her the tools to help herself. what else do you suppose he should do? all my earlier points still stand. helping her further would've only garnered more abuse & she would either be killed or act out the same events, just without rhodes there this time. cinder's story is to showcase that no matter who you are, you can still break, sometimes the opportunities given to you are false. rhodes isn't a good or a bad man but the post was implying that he was the latter, even if it wasn't directly said. only after i responded did they back pedal.

[steponmecinder]

genuinely do not get how people watched midnight and came away going "🥺🥺poor rhodes uwu he was just doing his best 🥺🥺🥺"

like did we not watch the same episode? all the art of happy rhodes and cinder honestly just creeps me out like. THIS IS NOT A GOOD MAN. hot take but if rhodes was a woman none of you would be woobifying him like this. the FNDM really needs to stop obsessing over men in a show about women tbh but that's a rant for another day

[zquirty]

as an avid cinder stan, i could not disagree with you more. rhodes wasn't a bad person. he was a person who made a bad decision in the heat of the moment. rhodes was a huntsman, so it's implied that he would've travelled all over remnant, carrying out missions & helping people. think about how many children he would've come across that were the victims of poverty, homelessness, slavery. you cannot expect one man to take on the burden of so many lives, whilst also risking them in the process. cinder & rhodes are the victims of circumstance. the madame was a rich woman, who owned an establishment frequented by other rich individuals. whose to say that if cinder was taken away by rhodes that it wouldn't put her in more danger? rich people in the universe of rwby hold a lot of power; the madame could have ordered the authorities to arrest rhodes, could have him assassinated, among many other things. & what would happen to cinder then? returned to the madame & abused even further, without the hope of escape that rhodes initially gave her, or she could just outright kill cinder & find another child slave. to put into perspective: how many homeless people do you come across & think to yourself "i wish i could put them in a home." so you drop them some money & hope they can put it to good use. but giving them money will not change the fundamentals of the society that has put them there in the first place. most people aren't homeless by choice, they're victims of circumstance, of a society that couldn't care less about the poor. rwby has never been a show solely about black or white, there's a lot of grey area. rhodes is the prime example of this. after cinder's aura shattered in her fight against rhodes, he tossed his weapons aside in a bid to help her & she acted defensively, killing him. yes, he made the poor choice of expecting a child to face up to crimes that were, in cinder's mind, very justifiable but he's not an inherently bad person.

[steponmecinder]

please show me where I said he was an inherently bad person

[zquirty]

“this is not a good man”

[bridgyrose]

So, thing is, saying someone is not a good man does not inherently mean he's a bad man either. He was a flawed huntsman, one who acknowledged that he saw what Cinder was going through, stood by until his swords were stolen, then opted to train her instead of trying to get her to a better spot. This isnt saying he needed to help out every child he stumbled upon, but when a child actively steals your weapons with the intent of using them to free herself, telling her to "stick it out a while longer" and train her isnt exactly the best decision he made. Nor was him immediately drawing his weapons to arrest Cinder after she finally did break.

[zquirty]

"this isn't saying he needed to help out every child he stumbled upom" "telling her to "stick it out a while longer" & train her isn't exactly the best decision he made" so which argument do you want to go for? either you wanted him to be literal saint who took in every abused child he came across or you accept that regular people are regular people & can make poor decisions.

[steponmecinder]

genuinely do not get how people watched midnight and came away going "🥺🥺poor rhodes uwu he was just doing his best 🥺🥺🥺"

like did we not watch the same episode? all the art of happy rhodes and cinder honestly just creeps me out like. THIS IS NOT A GOOD MAN. hot take but if rhodes was a woman none of you would be woobifying him like this. the FNDM really needs to stop obsessing over men in a show about women tbh but that's a rant for another day

[zquirty]

as an avid cinder stan, i could not disagree with you more. rhodes wasn't a bad person. he was a person who made a bad decision in the heat of the moment. rhodes was a huntsman, so it's implied that he would've travelled all over remnant, carrying out missions & helping people. think about how many children he would've come across that were the victims of poverty, homelessness, slavery. you cannot expect one man to take on the burden of so many lives, whilst also risking them in the process. cinder & rhodes are the victims of circumstance. the madame was a rich woman, who owned an establishment frequented by other rich individuals. whose to say that if cinder was taken away by rhodes that it wouldn't put her in more danger? rich people in the universe of rwby hold a lot of power; the madame could have ordered the authorities to arrest rhodes, could have him assassinated, among many other things. & what would happen to cinder then? returned to the madame & abused even further, without the hope of escape that rhodes initially gave her, or she could just outright kill cinder & find another child slave. to put into perspective: how many homeless people do you come across & think to yourself "i wish i could put them in a home." so you drop them some money & hope they can put it to good use. but giving them money will not change the fundamentals of the society that has put them there in the first place. most people aren't homeless by choice, they're victims of circumstance, of a society that couldn't care less about the poor. rwby has never been a show solely about black or white, there's a lot of grey area. rhodes is the prime example of this. after cinder's aura shattered in her fight against rhodes, he tossed his weapons aside in a bid to help her & she acted defensively, killing him. yes, he made the poor choice of expecting a child to face up to crimes that were, in cinder's mind, very justifiable but he's not an inherently bad person.

[steponmecinder]

please show me where I said he was an inherently bad person

[zquirty]

“this is not a good man”