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I don't really know how to deal when a work makes me feel empowered/moved/etc and then other people say it's specifically not that thing << I'd never tell someone else how to feel but it kills the joy for me
monkey91
magpie51
aww man that's sad 
guava971
that's happened to me before....
orange35
you can be empowered by things people don't like!
orange35
i know a lot of the time i'll be like "EEE QUEER CHARACTER" even if other people are like "but they're an evil queer character that makes them a bad example of queerness"
orange35
and that's okay
orange35
people can have different opinions
orange35
and different things can be empowering for different people
orange35
(ikr it's like "no just gimme all your queers i will put them all in an easter basket no matter what kind of egg they are")
orange35
i am not sure that made sense because it is 2 am here
pepper7
yeah baiscally representation police suck
orange35
i do think it's worth analyzing why things were chosen from a doylist perspective but i am a very watsonian enjoyer of media so
rat755
People have different reactions to things. It's entirely possible to feel empowered/moved by something that wasn't meant that way and that most people don't perceive that way, and it's... actually cool, really?
rat755
idk, I like it when it happens to me. Granted, it mostly happens because I only pay attention to half of the song lyrics or something like that, but still. XD That doesn't make my reaction not valid.
rat755
It makes it weird, maybe, but that's absolutely fine. Generally, people having different reactions to things seems like a good thing.
rat755
(As long as said people don't start arguing about the Only Right Reaction, lol)
orange35
i was thinking more like people who dislike all the queer villains in metal gear solid, of which there are a lot, but they're also super varied and interesting and their love lives & lovers are super important
orange35
to them and to the plot
pepper7
^ preach
orange35
and also i find it unbearably sweet when the guy who punches lightning and tortures people for the fun of it is all like "IVAN 
" over his cute boyfriend
" over his cute boyfriend
orange35
like wow u may be a sadistic asshole who wants to start ww3 but u really love that guy <3
orange35
(omg yes)
lemon731
on the other hand, though, people are also allowed to find something to be a bad representation
lemon731
the fact that so many villains have a queer spin to them but most heroes do not is troubling to me, because the subtext is queer = evil
lemon731
that doesn't mean you can't find them empowering on the individual level
magpie51
I am just going to take this whole plurk and put it in my pocket because this is beautiful. 
orange35
no ur face
orange35
hi random person i don't think i know :3
magpie51
Hello I am ziri and I play an OC at the game ravenbone plays at.
orange35
i was going to ask u which game but then i was much distract by your very shibe icon when i looked at your profile
orange35
wow such goddess
orange35
very okami
magpie51
You know okamis 
magpie51
/hugs you so much 
magpie51
I'm from 
magpie51
We The Lost is pretty rad I like it there a lot 
orange35
i need to finish the okamis someday (I beat orochi and then wandered off) but yes i know the okamis C:
orange35
and i am glad u are in a rad game that you like a lot
orange35
i'm in 
which is also a rad game which i personally like a lot too
which is also a rad game which i personally like a lot too
magpie51
Oh ho ho yes good. 
magpie51
I have heard about Crux! I hope it is a rad time. Also yes, Okamis only gets more amazing after defeating Orochi
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okay I'm going to yell for a minute
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and please nobody take it personally
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btw I made the pp so I think I get to yell
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I know opinions are a thing
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I know opinions are a thing
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I know opinions are a thing
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that doesn't change anything
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that's why I said I'd never tell anyone how to feel
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that's why I never speak up
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that's why this plurk was anon
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I know
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they're a thing
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that doesn't change what my brain does
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and what my brain does
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when I see something that I find wonderful and beautiful and special
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and then someone else looks and says no, it's trite and dumb and overwrought
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go "...oh. I guess I was wrong. time for the world to dim a little."
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and the only way for me to avoid this 100% is to literally never talk to anyone
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I don't know how to make it stop
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don't like don't read doesn't apply because until I read I don't know it's being said
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people don't have to have the same opinions as me! I don't want everyone to agree with me; wanting that would be shitty
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also marvel don't worry this isn't really at you
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you just... picked up on the reason I don't ever feel like I can actually talk about this
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I don't want to invalidate anyone
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even when I feel incredibly invalidated myself
magpie51
That does make sense
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I'm sorry for yelling
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it's just been building up
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and since today is a day I hate I figured I'd let it out
magpie51
No it's okay
magpie51
You're allowed to yell when you need to
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I'm mad at myself more than anything
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I feel like something's broken about me that I can't just have an opinion without feeling the need to be validated
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it's nobody's fault but mine