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@woonahz i bothered to watch a playthrough when it first released and its not even like the quality of its other components is enough to outshine its weird objectifying angle, as if bad rep of real vulnerable populations is cured by the work being funny enough or pretty-looking enough
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crazy how this game's legacy is that it was partially responsible for ding dong being abused while he worked at game grumps
𝕸𝖎𝖟𝖚@__vasnormandy
Tengo un juego perfecto para vosotros
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@woonahz youre acting like a subject being able to exist removed from any connotations means the connotations dont count, thats severely ridiculous
we know that queerness is just a trait but that doesnt mean how its mistreated just disappears, the world doesnt work like that
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@1obviousburner Uh, ok. If that's how you define fetishization, I dont think DrD or in any other event in the history of mankind, has fetishization ever happened. Nothing is so removed from its context so as to serve exclusively sexual purposes. I think it's usually an "and."
char-lim, I quit.
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@FatDykon it is so funny how theres been such a sacred treatment put towards language and symbols from random teenagers winging it on their blogs
these were not forged in fire from eons past there were from an online GSA club just shrugging at one members suggestion
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@xx_incel_xx theyfab gawking material is very often denied as analogous to any other gender struggles but also the state of being nb will be inevitably polarizing to binary people so yeah they can come off as insensitive at times
(theyfab is a barely justifiable term too to be clear:)
GIF
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usually their politics/gender politics are irrevocably dogshit but these are some of the best and kindest friends ive had and i dont know how to get over that dissonance
☭🇧🇦@necrosisfatal
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@woonahz said nowhere that youre personally seeing queerness as inherently sexual, but thats what fetishization is, again its not mere attraction to a trait or person, its thinking the sole purpose of a subject is to be sexually gratifying, thats why its bad, yes, in all those forms
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@woonahz for you to both say that the criticism "felt subjective", which is like saying a meal "felt caloric", and ask if fetishization is even bad (it very very prominently is, this has been measured atp) you seem way too lacking in the baseline aspects of what played into the situation
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@woonahz this second sentence is really strangely structured, what "other ways" are you insinuating?
and again, this game was heavily incentivized by boosting queer visibility in the industry and for GG, their rep of gay men being bad from a gay man's perspective is pretty substantial
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@woonahz DD is a gay man, surely he saw his orientation being fixated on by straight people enough by the time he wrote about the game, *all* criticism is subjective, so its weird to say that and act like its a point of contention for him pushing back against his own poor representation
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@woonahz "is fetishization a problem" YES? WHAT?
it is not just being attracted, treating a person, or even a concept, as inherently sexual by its existence alone is incredibly bad
fujos are not all saints, too many treat gayness as a tool to objectify people (incl Real People) with
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@LinuzTheKing @snickerolli if its not fanfic sometimes its e-books thrown onto amazon, but theres so many dead ends right now that either need to be refreshed or replaced, the public doesnt read like they used to so work opportunities have wilted
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@snickerolli What is the average young, talented writer even doing nowadays? They aren't working on big budget shows or movies that's for damn sure. Is it just that hard to break into that kind of work these days that most people who would are stuck writing fanfiction instead? Shit's bleak.
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as cool as i think indie animation is i wish there were more actual WRITERS who worked with indie artists because as cool as indie shows are you can tell many of them arent writers and are more artists
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@snickerolli not indie but a similar problem caused steven universe's worst derails, doing board-first story formation vs script-first, so odd detours would happen just bc the art team had a bunch of overlapping faves, you could tell there was an internal shipping culture sometimes
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@TheLittleSketch to put shame towards harassment of creative leads who at the *very least* made poor artistic choices is not even a problem, but circulating these complaints about cancel culture and toxicity as these impending dooms on careers is taking a fraction and calling it the whole
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@TheLittleSketch whats most unfortunate about this kind of shit is often a vast majority of people with opinions on these matters are very mild, but mild nature doesnt grab attention, so only the most extreme reactions float up and then situations much more complex get watered down as drama
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It's simple, really. Just don't be racist. Don't be pedophilic. Don't be a mysoginist. Don't run away from controversy when being called out. Don't be dismissive towards your fanbase, especially your PoC fans. Actually give all of your characters the development they need
Natillas💚🖤@GreenBlackHeart
Man gooseworx drama is so discouraging as a creator who'd like to one day make my own show, the level of entitlement online fandoms have over YOUR creation to the point they completely dehumanise you and treat you like garbage because they didn't like a writing decision you made
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@Cringeavoider the ability to value simpler art as a vessel for greater things has been turned into permission to always make simpler art into a bigger deal than it effectively is, i adore tons of juvenile and simple art but it will never be a substitute for works that are truly weighted
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Really demoralizing to me that this guy 100% won (culturally) and now almost everyone talks like him when discussing fiction
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@Punished_Franz thats barely constitutable for a subculture, those are clothing choices
and you probably dont know many lesbians
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@1obviousburner It's literally just crossdressing and presenting in a feminine manner. A woman dressing up like a man isn't inherently sexual either.
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Yes, subcultures get extremely sexualised by the mainstream. This applies to every niche/minority. How many goths have you seen on here that aren't just basic amazon fit hoes with an OF link in their bio, pandering to mentally stunted men?
Yes, this also applies to trans women.
Ash@MaidcoreEnjoyer
Everything about femboy culture is extremely sexualized. The targeted demographic is emotionally vulnerable underage boys. Are people unable to put two and two together on why this is very fucking bad? Input "femboy" into google images and let it speak for itself. It is a fetish.
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@s0menumber5 that sounds like just a state of being than a subculture
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@livvidaloca this chick has been swimming in weird bigot-lite garbage for a while but the severe lack of quality control on allies who pretty much still hate you but just make sure to not misgender you is atrocious
cannot keep thinking the least is enough when its bundled with this shit
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the day people stop pretending "trans inclusive misogyny" stuff like this is funny or supportive is the day all my lifes problems vanish
clairebear@geckotailzz
random texts I get from my brother lol
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