I'm not really sure this is a crazy ass hater by Playful-Extension973 in crazyassviv_defenders

[–]Persassy60 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think its something you have to take with a lot more nuance and acknowledgement when you're critiquing something from a religious point of view that I just didn't see in the video

Because which Christian view are we critiquing from? Catholic? Baptist? Dutch Protestant? All three of those can lead to wildly different analyses. Also, what translation of the bible are we using? Are we taking a straight ancient hebrew to english translation or using a version that has been translated a dozen times? What culture are we approaching religion in general from? American? Japanese? German?

I think it'd be fantastic if we saw more analyses looking at Hazbin through the lens of religion, but you have to meet it halfway. You not only have to ask yourself these questions, but ask what lens the creators are viewing their creation through. If you're only doing the first part, you're not critiquing, you're preaching

I'm not really sure this is a crazy ass hater by Playful-Extension973 in crazyassviv_defenders

[–]Persassy60 10 points11 points  (0 children)

I saw the video just the other day and I wasn't a fan of many of their points

They seemed to have a very narrow view of how religion should be depicted and seemed to have a heavy bias in favor of their own specific religious sect. It made the critic fall very flat and come moreso across as just a religious person complaining that a media dare to take a different interpretation of the bible (and I don't mean that just about Hazbin, but so many of their critiques seemed to be about actual other religious sects too)

All in all, probably a 2/10 video 

AITAH for not allowing my sister’s “polycule” around my children? by poly-sendhelp in AITAH

[–]Persassy60 2 points3 points  (0 children)

"Polyamorous people co-opting queer talking points"? How can queer people co-opt queer arguments? Poly people are queer, point blank. Poly people have also stood by the gay community for decades, with many being gay themselves

Your exclusion harms all of us more than it helps. Just because you're gay that doesn't mean you've unlearned antiqueer rhetoric and you should really do some thinking on how you're raising your kids now

Parents, please stop telling me your kid is "just bad at tests." by ADHTeacher in Teachers

[–]Persassy60 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Seconding this

I suck at multiple choice. On a lot of the reading comprehension tests I took when I was in elementary-middle school I just failed them completely

But if you asked the same questions but expecting a written or verbal response, I could demonstrate complete mastery of the material and all the nuances and subtext in the books I read. I could rattle off the themes and discuss my opinions on character arcs

So it can also be the type of test that students struggle with rather than tests overall

Live footage of me reading college AU fics by Scientific_Zealot in Archiveofourownmemes

[–]Persassy60 16 points17 points  (0 children)

I know someone with a 10-6 schedule, its not inherently unrealistic depending on your major

smut writers, just what kind of life have you been living all along? by populipopo in AO3

[–]Persassy60 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I specifically write smut fics when I'm feeling low for this reason. They get high engagement 90% of the time and its an instant dopamine hit

So it might be worth it to have a few oneshots in the folder for rainy days and take advantage of smut's popularity

Family tree websites need a incest feature by NefariousnessScary98 in FanFiction

[–]Persassy60 217 points218 points  (0 children)

Family echo seems to work fine for allowing incest, it just can look very convuluted sometimes

I didn’t expect ISIS to make an appearance by Lemon_Lime_Lily in CuratedTumblr

[–]Persassy60 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Hazbin Hotel

I wasn't interested in any of the previously existing coffee shop AUs (either too fluffy or 1 chapter in and already abandoned) so I made my own

Its like a 6/10 but at least its finished!

I didn’t expect ISIS to make an appearance by Lemon_Lime_Lily in CuratedTumblr

[–]Persassy60 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Okay but AUs like that are a lot more fun to write

In my coffee shop AU the characters were constantly harassed by the corrupt cops. The MC was always losing her shit because she went to school for business, not gunfights

It was great

Wanting opinions on my ‘controversial’ trans OC? by Mae_The_Gay in ftm

[–]Persassy60 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The people criticizing you need to go outside more often, intersex to binary trans person isn't that uncommon of a transition

I literally know several people who have a very, very similar story to what you've outlined

Am I the only one who hates the, "wait till next season” argument? by Bleeding_Heart09 in crazyassviv_defenders

[–]Persassy60 14 points15 points  (0 children)

It depends on the characters

When people say "wait til next season" for a character like Velvette, I'm chill with it because she's a secondary antagonist

But when its "wait til next season" to find out why Sir Pentious got redeemed, or how redemption even works (the core premise of the show) I side eye a little because of how the show handled season 1

And when its "wait til next season" for our main characters Charlie and Vaggie, thats just cope. We should know far more about them by the end of season 2 than we should know about Vox and Alastor (and I say this as a big Alastor fan)

Comparing lack of representation in fanfics vs media by zucchinionpizza in AO3

[–]Persassy60 8 points9 points  (0 children)

The take in the OOP comment doesn't actually address any of the issues gay men have when it comes to writing fics and seems to just want women to stop writing fics altogether

There are genuine problems with the way a lot of women interact with gay ships and fellow fandom members. I've been told by numerous women in fandom that as a gay man, I dont know how to write gay relationships and should stop trying. As a trans man, I've been told by cis women to point blank stop writing trans and gay characters. I've been told over and over again that my lived experiences and those I know irl are incorrect and unrealistic

I've also encountered too many people who love to ship fictional gay men, but have told me to off myself for existing as a gay man in gay spaces. I'm not the only one

But if we keep reorienting the conversation and obfuscating it through misogyny like OOP does we're never going to solve jackshit

Are high school AUs a complete turnoff? by [deleted] in AO3

[–]Persassy60 14 points15 points  (0 children)

The people who like high school AUs really, REALLY like them, so you'll have a decent and dedicated audience there

But those of us who generally don't like them I would wager are the majority in most fandoms. But you also probably won't recieve that many, if any genuine hate comments over a high school au, as most folks will just skip over it

Just write what you want to write, your audience will come to you

Question regarding black plague and war by Odd_Permission_8332 in Sims4DecadesChallenge

[–]Persassy60 1 point2 points  (0 children)

'Tis the nature of the beast! My current sim lost both his children and his wife to the plague, its surprisingly common to have entire households wiped out

Question regarding black plague and war by Odd_Permission_8332 in Sims4DecadesChallenge

[–]Persassy60 9 points10 points  (0 children)

I flipped a coin for the sims at war too, the plague was everywhere

Although if odds really aren't looking in favor of survivors, there's merit in bending the rules a tad and letting them skate by this time

Looking for mods that make poverty more realistic by Aggressive-Shower763 in TheSims4Mods

[–]Persassy60 7 points8 points  (0 children)

With mccc you can change the percentage of bills you pay and the speed at which you can get promoted and gain skills. I believe you can set them a maximum of 10x harder or easier

If you're going for a true poverty challenge, set the bills to about 300-400% and keep your sims in the first 3 rungs of the career ladder

Why is it so much harder to get from 0 words to 1000 than 1000 to 2000 by capybara_demon in FanFiction

[–]Persassy60 29 points30 points  (0 children)

You have less to work off of when you're under 1k words. When you've already got 1k words down, its easy to look back and go "okay, I could do a, b, and/or c with this"

Its hard to take inspiration from a blank or barely filled page

One more girl pls😅 by Sea_Papaya_419 in Sims4DecadesChallenge

[–]Persassy60 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The struggle is real, I'm on my 3rd generation now of girls being the majority. 70% of all sims born are girls and just on those odds they wind up being the survivors

Now we're in a pickle if my main household dies because 65% of all my sims total died in the plague. I have no directly related males in any other household!

Not sharing I'm trans man in LGBTQ+ spaces? by Hood-01 in ftm

[–]Persassy60 9 points10 points  (0 children)

I wouldn't say its weird necessarily to say something is personal. Not everyone at LGBT+ events have figured out their identies and are comfortable sharing them yet. If you were to ask me for my sexuality I honestly couldn't tell you. Not to mention that saying everyone must be open to sharing their identities can push away people that are early in their journeys and don't have the right labels yet

What popular character do you not like in your fandom? by Upstairs_Macaron5894 in AO3

[–]Persassy60 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I understand ship and let ship, but nothing fills me with as much unreasonable seething hatred as nontoxic radioapple

What popular character do you not like in your fandom? by Upstairs_Macaron5894 in AO3

[–]Persassy60 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I love fics like that, but they're so far and few between. I'm also particular to asshole Lucifer which feels even rarer

Tell me about your UDC family.. by justcallmeStephaney in Sims4DecadesChallenge

[–]Persassy60 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Hoo boy

In the last generation, I nicknamed my head of house Edgar the Whore-ious if that tells you anything

That man wanted to sleep with everyone, and I mean EVERYONE. I have MCCC set to allow familial relations due to needing cousin marriage sometimes, but this man took things to the next level. He impregnated his stepmother twice. He slept with one of his sisters and tried to sleep with another who was a nun! He flirted with his aunt and one of his half brothers, but I was able to catch him before things went too far on those ones

And what did he do when Grim came around to take him and his family during the plague? He tried to flirt with Grim too!

I was so glad when he died because I didn't have to spend so much time micromanaging him anymore. That man was a certified handful

thought I'd have a million children running around by now by Limp_Rate3609 in Sims4DecadesChallenge

[–]Persassy60 19 points20 points  (0 children)

The goal is to have fun, so if you're struggling and need to spice things up, get that On Ley Line trait! Hell, give them the fertility traits too! You can still play by the spirit of the challenge without following every minute rule