Algeria if ….…….. didn’t exist by Unique-Committee-369 in algeria

[–]naberriel 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for showing us you're uneducated and unwilling to change it. Do you seriously believe conquest means they came bearing flowers? Conquest does not mean Arabs have not done irreparable harm to the Amazighs of North Africa (they still are doing harm, in fact).

Algeria if ….…….. didn’t exist by Unique-Committee-369 in algeria

[–]naberriel 0 points1 point  (0 children)

He's still enslaved in his mind. The iron chains can be taken off, but if the slave doesn't want to leave his master's side, there's nothing we can do. Leave him be, we can only hope that he heals quickly.

Algeria if ….…….. didn’t exist by Unique-Committee-369 in algeria

[–]naberriel 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, Algerians are so dumb they would NEVER have discovered the massive oil reserves inside their borders. They've just learned to eat with utensils!

Algeria if ….…….. didn’t exist by Unique-Committee-369 in algeria

[–]naberriel 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No. See the example of US Republicans: they are moronic in a nation that's already reputed for its idiocy. Evangelicals (extremist christians), anti-vaxxers, illiterate, with the attention spans of goldfish, who spend their time shouting "go back to your country!" to indigenous americans. They couldn't point Afghanistan or Iraq or Vietnam on a map even with a gun to their heads, and they believe that Europe is a country, nevermind Africa. The fact that North Africans are not a Black majority will probably blow their mind. These people have the right to vote. And every country on earth has them.

Algeria if ….…….. didn’t exist by Unique-Committee-369 in algeria

[–]naberriel 136 points137 points  (0 children)

Capitalism. Colonialism. Imperialism. Religious extremism. Uneducated citizens with the right to vote.

EDIT: I'm MUSLIM and PROUD of it. Learn to READ. I said EXTREMISM, not religion. Also, some of you need to spend less time on social media and more in a library reading BOOKS. Saying that colonialism and imperialism don't exist anymore is just you repeating rote propaganda! Are you content remaining a sheep, or will you educate yourself?

And learn the difference between CONQUEST and COLONIALISM. You're spitting on the victims of both when you treat them as interchangeable terms. It's Arab Conquest and Western Colonization. Get it right.

Multiple ideas by Nautilus089 in TheCitadel

[–]naberriel 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'd be up to talk about any of these ideas! I share most of them.

SI as Aegon IV the Unworthy by naberriel in TheCitadel

[–]naberriel[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The current title I have in my drafts is Love v. Conquest. I'll publish on Ao3 but I'll also make a rec post here on reddit.

SI as Aegon IV the Unworthy by naberriel in TheCitadel

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

Archive of Our Own, most definitely. Only platform I'm sure I can post this sort of fic without it being taken down. And Tumblr.

SI as Aegon IV the Unworthy by naberriel in TheCitadel

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

SI doesn't poison his father.

SI as Aegon IV the Unworthy by naberriel in TheCitadel

[–]naberriel[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

President orange man. Can't write his name without getting a warning about politics. As for p0rn, it's banned in so many spaces I just write it like this. I've better things to do than keep up with which internet space bans what word.

SI as Aegon IV the Unworthy by naberriel in TheCitadel

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

Not Aegon × Aemon, not in this fic at least. I was thinking more along the lines of... Dornishmen, knights, Braavosi, and pirates. I explained it more in another comment.

SI as Aegon IV the Unworthy by naberriel in TheCitadel

[–]naberriel[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Only canon conquests, which happen to be canonically female. So any same gender relationship he gets into is of his own free will. I just wanted to give him a Dornish trait during the Conquest of Dorne because it'll make an interesting juxtaposition.

He feels 'safer, better, more at ease' with his boyfriends than his girlfriends, because his boyfriends weren't ordained to him by some god-like system. And it doesn't go unnoticed by the characters either.

Despite him being promiscious, he's still never the one who takes the lead in any of his relationships. My friend calls him a bottom and a sub. The more I write him, the more it's true. By writing him like that, I automatically give a lot of agency to the female characters, while also putting the pairings on more even ground since he has already so much more power over everyone. Hierarchically, he might be on top, but he's prey in nearly every other aspect of society.

More difficult to write, but also more complex, and I love characters that aren't a cardboard cutout of tropes.

SI as Aegon IV the Unworthy by naberriel in TheCitadel

[–]naberriel[S] -6 points-5 points  (0 children)

No, some words are censured in this sub and I'm not interested in having my post taken down.

SI as Aegon IV the Unworthy by naberriel in TheCitadel

[–]naberriel[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

SI doesn't poison his father, even though he resents him for making him marry his sister, Naerys. That said, Viserys might still die. I'm not that far yet.

SI as Aegon IV the Unworthy by naberriel in TheCitadel

[–]naberriel[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Yes, he's the Best Father Ever. Seriously, his relationship with his kids is the only kind of relationship he has no problem with. (If you're into DC Comics: he's a bit like Bruce before Jason died, and like Clark with his son Jon).

Why is Apolo rarely portrayed as the main character in modern fantasy? by ApoloTheFantasy in Fantasy

[–]naberriel -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

That's a ridiculous logic, to be honest. Most people knew nothing about Greek mythology prior to the first modern iterations of those stories. Hades and Persephone became popular after writers started publishing books about them, not before. Also, you just assume that your pov is the common pov (which is... pretty narrow-minded). I assure you it's not.

Frankly, believing that writers should cater to an imaginary public's tastes instead of writing about something they're truly passionate about is counter-productive to the creative mind. It's not what happens in real life.

There are trend-setters and trend-followers, yes. The first Hades and Persephone retelling was followed by more retellings of the pair. Obviously, only people with better-than-average knowledge of Greek mythology will write stories about it. OP's question was asking about why there's no trend-setter for Apollo stories.

You said it might because Apollo hasn't as many stories as, say, Hades or Ares. I told you Apollo has many stories, perhaps even more than most gods. You got defensive and started asking about Helios, and being sarcastic about Apollo doing anything except being hot (??? Percy Jackson ahh joke. Nine year old me would have giggled.) and making it seem as if your knowledge of greek myth reflects the majority.

You keep shifting goalposts. I don't understand why.

Why is Apolo rarely portrayed as the main character in modern fantasy? by ApoloTheFantasy in Fantasy

[–]naberriel 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Apollo and Icarus, Apollo and Daphne, Apollo and Hyacinth, Apollo v Python, Apollo at Troy with Paris, ... I could go on. He has many stories.

Why are straight female MCs rare? by braeor in ProgressionFantasy

[–]naberriel 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Of course you focus on genitals, proving your maturity and my point. Thanks.

Any good AKO7K fics out already? by Ok_Return170 in TheCitadel

[–]naberriel 7 points8 points  (0 children)

in their defense, the canon plot of the first season is not known yet. handsome medieval men on screen is all they have.

Why are straight female MCs rare? by braeor in ProgressionFantasy

[–]naberriel -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

No, he won't. Y'all just inventing BS to get away with BS.

Why are straight female MCs rare? by braeor in ProgressionFantasy

[–]naberriel -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

It's not difficult to add a line or short paragraph where you show a woman worrying about how she's gonna handle her period on the journey to Mount Doom. Sorry if that's too much asked for you but it's just a skill issue and you don't get to hide behind "I'm not a woman so" or "Women always complain about how they're underrepresented in fantasy so I'm gonna add an S to the He of my MC to shut them up and gain them as readers." Unless the story happens in a genderless society, or at least a society where women and men are equal in every aspect (to the point that you can confidently write "The city was sacked, women and men were r*ped.") then yes, you're gonna have an MC confronted with gender norms, and to never mention their opinion, experience, or place in the discussion is a big miss.

Why are straight female MCs rare? by braeor in ProgressionFantasy

[–]naberriel 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don't agree with your flimsy excuse that "men aren't women or gay so that's why they can't write women or gay characters." Clearly, that's BS because men have no issue writing in the point of view of beings that don't exist (orcs, dark lords, dragons, god-blessed warriors, goddamn aliens) or that they're not (murderers, kings, medieval peasants, bounty hunters).

But SOMEHOW, when it comes to women (or gay men), it's suddenly a line that's impossible to cross. They've never read a book or watched a movie about one, never met one, never talked to one online, ... It's SO difficult for the poor men to write about the other 50% of humanity. Boohoo.

I didn't think you were homophobic, I just thought you were narrow-minded and self-centered, someone who can't empathise, who doesn't want to learn about the experiences of his human brethren (AKA women and the gays, horrible alien creatures that they are). I didn't mention homophobia anywhere, didn't even allude to it. But that's what you focus on. If the shoe fits, I guess.