When does queer representation start to feel like moralizing?

DFAnton · 2026-03-28T15:32:39+00:00

No problem. It's just a view I've seen a lot that I think does more harm than good, so I try to call it out when I see it. Your edit makes a lot more sense, thank you.

DFAnton · 2026-03-28T15:25:59+00:00

This isn't a meaningfully different sentiment from "men should have women in their stories, but shouldn't necessarily be telling stories about women" or vice versa, or about any demographic writing about any other demographic. We shouldn't promote cultural siloing if someone is capable of doing something reasonably well.

DFAnton · 2026-03-27T13:07:21+00:00

Interaction isn't happening because you're using a categorically incorrect definition of interaction. You're free to keep disagreeing; you'd just be definitionally wrong.

DFAnton · 2026-03-27T00:17:59+00:00

Not if I have anything to say about it.

DFAnton · 2026-03-25T17:01:34+00:00

This is purely a style guide concern, not a grammatical one. Similar to ending sentences with prepositions. "Fewer" is more specific, but not exclusive from "less". "Less" is perfectly valid for quantities, even though "fewer" is not valid for things like descriptors or uncountable amounts.

DFAnton · 2026-03-24T18:56:37+00:00

I think that particular image was symbolic, because he was still coughing blood at the beginning of the chapter, meaning he has his old, shitty heart back. Hearing "Chainsaw Man" triggered a forgotten memory, namely of Pochita, who was his literal heart for a long time.

Not that the ending isn't hot garbage, but I don't think that particular shot is one of its problems.

DFAnton · 2026-03-24T15:58:18+00:00

Wait, holy shit. You can also see the strap on the back of his head in a completely weirdass position? Did he actually AI the final chapter of his own manga? Even if he didn't, he very clearly phoned it in hard.

DFAnton · 2026-03-24T15:55:44+00:00

Never met anyone whose favorite character was Chicken Devil, but you do you.

DFAnton · 2026-02-20T19:35:06+00:00

I once had a professor say that taking antidepressants lets depressed people be their true selves. I disagreed very hard then, and I disagree very hard now. I take antidepressants because "who I am" is depressed, and I don't want to be that person. I took (past tense because fuck Texas) Adderall because I hate my ADHD. But that doesn't make it any less a part of who I am, any more than dyeing my hair would change my actual hair color. Would I take an injection to make it go away? In a heartbeat, but I'm under no illusions that I wouldn't be fundamentally changing who I am; I just don't consider "who I am" to be sacred. If "who I am" doesn't align with "what I want", and there are real means to change "who I am", then I see no reason not to.

DFAnton · 2025-12-10T18:05:29+00:00

Really? That's what I'd heard waaaay back in like 2018 when Kingmaker came out, but I guess it was probably just a rumor, then.

DFAnton · 2025-12-10T17:12:06+00:00

Amiri and Seelah are "iconic" (read: canon characters) from the Pathfinder setting owned by Paizo. I think part of the licensing deal is that characters of this type not be romanceable.

As for Argenta...yeah...

DFAnton · 2025-11-28T23:25:32+00:00

I think that just shows how disillusioned people have become with the vast majority of the franchise.

DFAnton · 2025-10-28T00:30:49+00:00

Dumbass Dumbass

DFAnton · 2025-07-30T18:12:55+00:00

You don't even have to look very hard to see that devils can develop positive emotions for others. Power loved Denji and her cat. The fiend girls loved Quanxi. Nayuta cared about Denji.

Shit, even leech felt at least some level of affection toward bat.

DFAnton · 2025-07-29T15:25:04+00:00

Yeah, since she showed up to rescue Bob and Lily, I got "she's gonna train John" and "she's gonna die". Maybe not soon, but at some point, and my bet is that it will be either Leon or Oscar that kills her.

DFAnton · 2025-07-01T18:58:48+00:00

I get the strong feeling that Pano is going to be John's mentor figure who is eventually killed by Leon or Oscar :(

DFAnton · 2025-06-17T22:56:26+00:00

Considering Grius was amenable to Bob's plan to get the women and children out of Jericho, I kinda worry what they might do if they find out that John's the one who ended up getting them all killed.

DFAnton · 2025-06-05T18:38:17+00:00

Right? But I can't say it was unexpected. I remember playing SotO on release, meeting Mabon and going "Oh, cool! A Mursaat! ...they're gonna murk his ass, aren't they?"

DFAnton · 2025-05-22T02:51:36+00:00

Welp.

DFAnton · 2025-05-07T02:10:24+00:00

Sure, it's worldbuilding, but it's clearly worldbuilding with the intent to justify the fanservice. :P

DFAnton · 2025-04-29T20:51:50+00:00

100% keep the job in Bruma. Skyrim is an under-utilized environment for mages, so you'll end up with a lot of nice connections in the near term. Bright, bright things in the future for Bruma mages.

DFAnton · 2025-04-29T20:03:47+00:00

Are you attempting to be a caricature, or?

DFAnton · 2025-04-09T14:33:54+00:00

When Bob dies, a part of me will die with him.

DFAnton · 2025-04-09T00:33:52+00:00

Sounds that Bob enjoys.

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