@claranon guess what’s happennnning
flutiebear reblogged
We are all proud to have brought Krem to life in the game, and seeing people in the genderqueer community respond positively to him has been wonderful. We are also listening to feedback on how we can improve with characters in the future. (For example, some trans folks feel I wrote the player choices to be too clueless or uninformed, and wished for options to speak from more personal experience. I’ve heard the feedback, and I intend to do better next time.) It would be a lie to say that this was as easy as creating any other human character—it was uncharted territory for all of us on both the technical and the artistic side—but it was worth the extra effort. The world of Dragon Age has room for people of all backgrounds and identities, and it was a pleasure to show that in one more way.
patrick weekes [x] in general being a pretty excellent human being (via spicyshimmy)
#dragon age inquisition#dragon age inquisition spoilers#dai spoilers#da3 spoilers#krem de la kreme#my favorite#although yeah i did think some of the choices were a little too DUH WHAT IS MAN? ME NO GET#it was a little too belaboring the point at times#yes i get he's trans OK do i really have to pester him a thousand times about what that means to complete the conversation out?#still#i do think they did a pretty good job with him#all things considered#not perfect but very good
you should totally go watch B Gata H Kei (Yamada's First Time) it's fucking hysterical and raunchy and yet also adorable and totally offputting to your average otaku so you know it's quality seriously I have never identified with any anime heroine more than awkward, self-absorbed, sex-obsessed, hypercompetitive, insecure yamada. I LOVE her. omg. Yamada is so ME when I was 15. and all the nakedness is geared toward the female perspective, not for titillating adult dudes and yamada never once apologizes or acts ashamed about wanting sex and she wants it so bad but has no idea how any of it works and she has such natural normal fears like "does everyone's vag look so weird?" and "what the hell is that thing?" (the first time she sees an erection) and i just UGH HELP
#b gata h kei#yamada's first time#no wonder the otaku fanboys hated this show#its like the evangelion of teen sex comedies#one big fuck you to the otaku fantasy of how girls should or do act#also its fucking hysterical and made me spit water several times#so go check it out#one caveat though#there is a really icky incest subplot#but its minor and unrequited and never portrayed as anything positive#but if that thing bothers you like it does me#its good to know in advance#still#it's a very minor subplot of an otherwise awesome show
why are so many published short stories about manpain
#in the span of three stories#i read one about a man becoming obsessed with the quote-unquote beautiful death of a girl he witnessed committing suicide#a man who installs a happy chip in his brain because his wife is depressed or something#and one about a man who ignores his wife -- who's just been in labor mind you -- to sing to his premie baby#i just don't get it#who the hell is reading these stories#well#i guess i am#but it's getting to the point where if i see a male author's name#i'm skipping the story#because apparently the latest crop of male writers thinks that women only exist to channel their Important Emotions#*rolls eyes*#nothing new i guess#still
an early morning terminator rant
You know the 45786th thing i really like about The Terminator? Kyle is a virgin, while Sarah definitely, definitely is not.
Usually in those kinds of situations the writer employs the 'whore with a heart of gold' trope, wherein a less-experienced man breaks through the woman's cynical veneer with his empathetic dick, and through his love he teaches her how to be innocent and trustful again -- in other words, he essentially re-virginizes her. And so the sex they have is somehow new and special because they're just so in love, and usually this is the first time she ever orgasms because love, and it all just reeks of internalized misogyny and slut shaming; the message is meant to be, "gosh, isn't it just so sad that a woman would have so many partners and never find true loooooove?"
And instead of that, in The Terminator it's KYLE'S situation that's presented as the sad one. His is a world too harsh and brutal for the luxury of sex or kisses or even tickling; his is a world of survival, not living; and Sarah pities this poor man who's never know the simple, wonderful pleasure of physical affection that she takes for granted every day; he appreciates every touch, every feeling; and it's no coincidence that the only time he smiles in the entire movie is right after they have sex--
And it's like, yeah, Sarah's blown off for her date at the beginning of the movie, the guy she was planning to sleep with that night; but she didn't really like him all that much anyway, and she shrugs it off like no big thang and goes to the movies by herself anyway (and like, how cool is she? when was the last time you went to the movies by yourself? ugh, sarah you are the BEST) and it's never presented like it's her fault for wanting to sleep with the guy and that's why he ditches her; there's really no sense of fault at all, just a demonstration of sexual desire.
And so in the love scene Sarah's the one with all the control -- at first Kyle climbs on top her and starting poking about haphazardly and she's like, nope, bro, let me show you how this is done. and so she rolls on top of him and puts his hands where she likes to be touched and moves her hips the way that she likes and she rides that cowboy into the sunset until she comes, and then he comes too--
Because it's always a partnership between them, Kyle and Sarah; they teach each other so much; but the lesson that really matters, in the grand scheme of things, isn't the one about how to make a bomb or how to shoot a shotgun; it's when Sarah teaches Kyle how to have sex, because that one night they share, the love they make, in the end that's literally what saves the world.
It isn't saved when Sarah destroys the Terminator--because that's merely about preserving the history that has already taken place, or will take place, or IDEK with these wibbly-wobbly timey-wimey bullshit tenses--but she and Kyle save it together by making a baby; they save it through the act of creation; finding love in darkness; affection in a blight; they save the world by doing the only thing humans can do that machines can't. Love, sex, affection -- in The Terminator this is presented as our one true advantage, our saving grace, the weapon of mass creation that will one day deliver the world from its perdition, and how the fuck do you not scream a message like that at the top of your lungs, love will save us all
#it's kind of discouraging actually#that my fanfic usually gets a handful of hits on each update#while people are still reblogging meta for fandoms i'm not even in anymore#i mean people can like whatever they like obviously#and obviously I still stand behind my work#still#i do like to write fic too you know#it is something i like to do#don't mind me#those anons sort of put me on edge a bit i guess
flutiebear reblogged
maybe there's a message in naomi's windows?
Jerry Wanek tweeted earlier today that there was a certain pattern to Naomi’s windows that nobody had picked up on yet. At first, I thought it was just a visual reference to an old computer punch card, meaning that Naomi was Heaven’s “programmer”, so to speak.
But when Jim Michaels tweeted back, “Is it Morse Code”, that got me thinking — what if there were a hidden message in the pattern?
Thanks to jkateel for the screencaps
The official answer is crosses on the side wall?
So yeah, a lot less fun than it could have been.
Oh. Uh. Well. I guess that's cool too.
