For all writers/non-writers: A king (with a g) reigns. A horse (no g) has reins. Memorize that, please.
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How did the small studio original dev team of City of Heroes manage to design THREE different gendered character templates TEN YEARS AGO but Ubisoft can only manage “scruffy white dude” with the current video game technology?
*applauds*
I was referring to a very specific character trait I sometimes see in these so-called unrealistically perfect characters that bothers me – the rest of the self-insertion, perfect characterization, I enjoy the hell out of that. I agree with you that when the term is thrown around, it is incredibly gendered. The particular character trait I was speaking of, I see across gender lines, which is what I meant by that. I am sorry I was not more clear. I am not articulating well today.
(Okay, just one more! Since I reblogged squeelokitty’s reblog of my post, it is only fair I answer this ask publicly, especially since their original post was completely fair and addressed their particular concerns)
I actually totally agree with you. And the thing is? That sort of focusing on tragic backstory is almost exclusively a male privilege in popular culture.
Women don’t get to fixate. They’re expected to ‘get over it,’ and ‘get on with their lives.’ But two thirds of Batman media I’ve ever been exposed to has been “DEAD PAAAAAAARENTS.” Loki’s creeping “I’m the victim here!” mentality is from the same vein. It’s manpain.
What are the worst insults aimed at men? ”You fight like a girl.” ”Stop being a p—-y.” “You’re such a little bitch.” The c-word.
The worst thing a male can be called in our society is a girl. When we use Mary Sue, even in a ‘non-gendered’ way, we’re adding to that. We are using a distinctly female name as an insult. This isn’t a nonsense word. This isn’t an invented word.
Using the name genders the insult. And it is leveled as an insult. If someone says, “This character is far too fixated on their backstory, I find this boring and frustrating to try to read, and find their current relationship with character X to be more interesting,” that is criticism. “This character is SUCH a Mary Sue” is an insult. It provides no criteria. It provides no actual information. It is just a slur that you can level without having to provide any context. And by doing that, even if you use if on a male character, we’re tarring a character with a negative, specifically feminine brush.
If we have a problem with a character, I just wish we would address our particular issue, instead of using the term as a shorthand. Because it’s worse than useless, for the writer and the fandom at large.
Stop Saying “Hail Hydra.”
Hydra was made to be a transparent duplicate of parts of the Third Reich, with roots in the Third Reich, as one of various sources that allowed Marvel to continue to write about the Third Reich long after it stopped being prime…
:takes a huge exasperated breath:
JUST BECAUSE FICTION ECHOES ELEMENTS OF REALITY DOES NOT MEAN FICTION IS REALITY AND INVERSELY DOES NOT MEAN THAT REALITY MUST BE REFLECTED IN FICTION AND WHEN WE DESTROY THE BOUNDARIES BETWEEN FICTION AND REAL WORLD ISSUES WE DESTROY WHAT MAKES ART BEAUTIFUL AND ENJOYABLE PLEASE STOP MAKING EVERYTHING A SOCIAL JUSTICE ISSUE
:exhales:
You cannot honestly tell me that the muses preferences for other muses is not SOMEWHAT based on the mun’s personal liking of a character like give me a break.
Ex: I love Stackson NOT ONLY because they are pretty much opposites and they share similar struggles with the fact they were both controlled to kill, but because I really love Stiles as a character in general (and it doesn’t hurt that Dylan is hot as hell)
life doesn’t have trigger warnings
PSA
// To play devil’s advocate for a moment …
Do you have any idea how long a list I have of things that should be tagged lest they trigger one of my followers. Not only can I not keep up with it, I refuse to. My blog, you take what you get or you can leave. Harsh? Yeah but there it is.
And seriously, I can name 10 of my followers who don’t have triggers or if they do, know how to fucking cope.
When did we lose the ability to cope with things rather than insist people keep them far away from us so we don’t have to deal?
I was under the impression that the whole matter of a triggering subject was that an individual had difficulty learning to cope with that certain idea and therefore chose to avoid it instead.
Sure it’s your blog and you have a right to post whatever you want, but it’s still a considerate thing to do.
Also, I have no idea why you sound so angry. My post was not combative and was posted purely out of a standpoint of concern for others. I didn’t realize the discussion of tagging posts was a topic of such serious debate and frustration.
My apologies. I’m not angry in the slightest about it but rather speaking with decisive passion about the topic.
I agree that a trigger is supposed to be something that is beyond a person’s ability to deal with. However, it has become so exaggerated that quite simply anything with even the tiniest negative connotation is a trigger. Do I believe the big things (porn & graphic violence) should be tagged? Yes, but not as a mean of not “triggering” anyone but because I don’t know who might be looking over the shoulders of my followers.
A considerate thing to do you say? My friend, I think this trend of tagging any and all posts lest they “trigger” someone is absurd and ultimately harmful. We don’t learn to overcome those things that make us uncomfortable or raise negative feelings/reactions by hiding from them.
Okay serious moment
dyaln is fucking brilliant. Just look at those acting skill.
friendly psa;
Remember that you can random tag me anytime.
Remember that you can random tag me anytime.
Remember that you can random tag me anytime.
Give me texts/phone related things.
Give me gif or icon chats.
Give me text starters.
It’s great in between long/multi-paras and really deepens a line.
Even if we don’t have a verse, give the love.
Random tagging makes me feel really special.
