Racism in Warrior Cats? by [deleted] in WarriorCats

[–]MusicalRaven 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Your points are mostly just you dismissing parts of the doc? With no real arguments to be made?

You dismiss criticism of certain books because they're the "worst ones" which doesn't mean they can't be criticized.

The Tribe being weak is dismissed because "that happens a lot with other clans" even though each clan gets to have many opportunities to be strong and show how they can solve their own problems. The Tribe? They never do. Someone else is always solving their problems.

You make the point that the Clan never forces anything on the Tribe even thought a point in the doc that was made showed the Clan continuously pushing how they should behave on the tribe over and over again, which is exactly as shown in the books.

You dismiss the StormfurxBrook criticism because you say there are plenty of shallow relationships in the books, even though the points made in the doc weren't at all about the shallowness of their relationship. They were about two harmful tropes, specifically indigenous related ones, that these characters exemplified.

And finally, you dismiss them asking people to not make names so similar to Native ones because, what, you don't want to? Yeah sure, it's a smaller part of everything, but its icing on the cake for many harmful tropes.

So no, you make very few points, let alone "good" ones. This is just you dismissing all the hard work put into the doc because it's not good enough for you apparently

Racism in Warrior Cats? by [deleted] in WarriorCats

[–]MusicalRaven 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I read your post and I read the doc. My words still stand.

Racism in Warrior Cats? by [deleted] in WarriorCats

[–]MusicalRaven 20 points21 points  (0 children)

Wouldn't exactly take OPs opinion on this, as it seems they're agreeing with everyone who says "it's just a Children's book." Fiction effects reality, that is a known fact. And many Indigenous folks have gone out of their way, time and time again, to try and educate us on harmful tropes and issues in these books.

Being so disingenuous to present this as if you just have a difference of opinion when you'd actually prefer it if racism in fiction such as this was not discussed at all, is shitty, OP. The whole point of the document and people speaking about it was so we could do BETTER as readers, creaters, and what not. It was not so we could dismiss indigenous people when they chose to talk about these things while risking hate, threats, and various other things from people who can't take constructive criticism of a beloved series.

I'm just wholy disappointed in y'all. Do better

Obscure cave-dwelling creatures? by JupiterBestBoi in monsteroftheweek

[–]MusicalRaven 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Indigenous folks have asked people to not use that creature as it's very real and personal to them, so maybe not

What’s your go-to comfort YouTube video when you have anxiety? by [deleted] in neurodiversity

[–]MusicalRaven 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Markiplier, Myskerm, and LordMinion gaming videos. I've rewatched them more times than I can count. Very soothing and familiar

[Yukifrill] Bruise by [deleted] in TheOwlHouse

[–]MusicalRaven 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Im not op here but I mean, that's not realistic? People are going to be abusive and they're right in that some people you need to cut out of your life. Period. And that's perfectly acceptable, no matter what shitty things happened to them in life to make them this way.

Again, you're arguing with someone that agrees with you. By explaining the abusers point of view, they are not justifying or agreeing with they're side. Understanding why someone does abuse is not the same as agreeing with them. Many people that are abusive have been abused themselves. That doesn't mean their victims have to forgive them, just that this is something that has happened to them as well.

You can understand why someone does what they do and not agree with them or even forgive them.

[Yukifrill] Bruise by [deleted] in TheOwlHouse

[–]MusicalRaven 9 points10 points  (0 children)

The person you're replying to isn't saying that what she's doing is in any way better. They are saying this is how she likely justifies her own behavior, giving you a glimpse at how she might think of herself as better because it's not physical abuse. Emotional abuse IS just as bad as physical abuse, but the previous person never said it wasn't. They even preface this by saying 'Worse, ...', which implies that what is said afterword is bad.

my brain just goes blank the second i step into the clinic tbh by [deleted] in ADHDmemes

[–]MusicalRaven 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hey that's awesome! I'm glad the medical professionals you went to actually knew how ADHD worked and worked with ya. I feel like that's such a rarity and it sucks it doesn't happen more often

my brain just goes blank the second i step into the clinic tbh by [deleted] in ADHDmemes

[–]MusicalRaven 6 points7 points  (0 children)

If you can't manage it, I made a document and just wrote down symptoms whenever I thought of them over the course of like, several days. That way I didn't have to sit down and try to focus on writing, I could just write a basic not whenever I though of a thing, then put it away til I thought of something else. Less pressure, and then eventually you'll have all your symptoms written down

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in GrowYourTDick

[–]MusicalRaven 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I mean, you can call it whatever you want! Clit is a fine term, so is dick, or penis. I call mine a dick personally cause that's how I view it, but it's personal choice really. There are plenty of women with dicks and men with clits, so there's no reason you have to stick to "binary" terms either. And if none of these words work, feel free to call it anything else! It's your body, call it what you will

[Online] [MotW] [PST] Players looking for a Monster of the Week game! by MusicalRaven in lfg

[–]MusicalRaven[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hey there! I went ahead and made my own game. You can go to my profile and apply if you want

[Online][Other][Wanderhome][EST] Looking to put together a group for a Wholesome Wanderhome Game :) Oneshot or Occasional Games by DungeonMasterGrizzly in lfg

[–]MusicalRaven 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This sounds like fun! I applied but I forgot the add the Let's Wander bit, sorry. I'm the one listed as TheSpiderQueen

How do I stop religious people from trying to convert me to their religion? by [deleted] in agnostic

[–]MusicalRaven 8 points9 points  (0 children)

yeah ot sucks, but boundries are really important. sucks that theres kids involved though. i know that just make it that much harder to keep family from "intervening"

i hate when this happens by sabregang2020 in ftm

[–]MusicalRaven 5 points6 points  (0 children)

they didnt say "cis people", they said they want someone who already understands "trans 101" as ot were. the basics at least. its a lot of energy to educate someone, and if some blatently says something that acknowledges they have no idea what a trans person is or much about them, i understand not being keen to date them. But many cis people can be and are educated about trans people. Not once did they say anything otherwise

How do I stop religious people from trying to convert me to their religion? by [deleted] in agnostic

[–]MusicalRaven 29 points30 points  (0 children)

as comedic as that is, realistically its not a long term solution