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Judt A Litle Fruity

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Ok so I've been looking at the homophobic negative reviews for Burning shores and a lot of people seem to be under the impression that horizon has "gone woke" recently, which to me shows they've never played it because if you have, you know that there are numerous characters who are lgbtqia+, the whole story is based around the fact that capitalism was the downfall of the old ones, and that there are many comments on global warming

To prove that horizon hasn't recently "gone woke" as of burning shores, I'm going to restart the entirety of forbidden west and document each time you interact with a character who is canonically lgbtqia+, just to show that they didn't play the game at all and are just reading about it.

Stay tuned guys this is gonna take me ✨a while✨

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Seyka is Aloy if she was accepted into the Nora from the start, very weird choice for a romance for a story with all the possibilties and the ways to do it to make it with basically another skin of Aloy herself

Why? Because she has a Focus, tells people to fuck off, can stand her ground in a fight? Has a sister who she wants to save? Is skeptical of her tribe's actions? A little snarky and flirtatious? Curious and reckless? Likes to tinker with tech and improve the world around her? You think it makes more sense that Aloy (who above all is fascinated by strong-willed, creative people) should look at those traits with disdain or competition instead of admiration and attraction? That in seeing some of herself in Seyka, she wouldn't feel empathy? Also, I'm just saying, as someone very invested in Kotallo x Aloy, I'm a big old fan of pairings where the characters have a ton of parallels in their history and personality. I go wild for those hour-long analyses of why Kotallo and Aloy essentially have the same backstory and character traits. And I've never seen anyone upset about how similar they are. Maybe it's because Kotallo's outwardly more stoic? Maybe it's because he has a tragic backstory the audience witnessed and sees him grow through? And we just don't have that empathy for Seyka's experiences being stranded in a new land? I don't know.

Differences I see between Seyka and Aloy: -Seyka's a nobody. Not because she's an outcast, but because of her rank and status. She's just a grunt. She's not motivated by being the only one who CAN accomplish the impossible, but because no one else seems to be rising to the occasion. Like sure, hypothetically that would be Aloy too if she were raised with the Nora and weren't a clone, but that's not the story we have. -Seyka's deeply loyal (to her tribe, to authority, to herself) in a way Aloy's never been. You could say Aloy is loyal to the people she loves or to Elisabet, to the world. But it still feels like very different core motivations. I would say Aloy betrayed herself on the daily by holding herself to Elisabet's standard. I don't see Seyka betraying herself. -Personally, I feel like Seyka is far more earnest and unguarded than Aloy. (Up until Aloy starts getting flustered and promises Seyka doesn't have to do it alone.)

I've said it before, and I'll keep saying it, I don't think it's a problem that Seyka's so similar to Aloy. Most of the companions are in MANY ways. But what makes all of their relationships work is how they push each other and show vulnerability. I have work to do today lmao so i'm probably not going to respond anymore. But I appreciate the opportunity to try to articulate more of my thoughts. Again: you don't have to like her, we don't have to agree on anything. Have a nice day, anon.

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You’re telling me, a Fire Nation woman and a Southern Water Tribe woman and engineer who were LOVERS, made the fire nation cruisers???? idk how, but zukka nation make your love stories and fics with this little bit of information.

(Nyn Chei and Massak broke up but hey the fire nation cruiser was first designed out of love, then Sozin fucked it up)

[Image description Drake meme with Aloy from Horizon looking neutral next to text LBGTQ Ally " second panel is Aloy smiling with facepaint for the progress queer pride flag next to text "LBGTQ Aloy"]

there are like five rules to life and those rules are

1. eat 3 meals a day

2. always have a non alcoholic drink with you

3. never trust anything you think about your life after 8-9pm

4. do a little something for urself every day

5. interact with a Beast at least once a day (human, feline, canine, lizard, bird, etc)

and the secret 6th rule:

6. if you can't do all of those rules, just do the ones you can

If you're ever not sure what to talk about in therapy, having trouble with any of these things, steps towards making them easier/possible, or addressing barriers that are getting in the way of these things are all EXCELLENT topics for therapy.

happy Thursday the 20th

I’d have to wait months or even years for another chance to reblog this, so why the fuck not?

next days you can reblog this on a Thursday the 20th

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It’s called the foot-in-the-door method. First, you propose something that is slightly outside of allowable norms: denying gay people wedding cakes on grounds of “religious freedom”. Then, you slowly ramp up how extreme your demands are, coercing the other side to giving a tiny bit of ground each time, until you’ve shifted the entire fucking playing field. Conservatives are also very fond of the door-to-face method, which is demanding something completely outlandish that you know will be refused, and then asking for something less ridiculous by way of compromise, again resulting in a gradual shift in norms until views that were once considered moderate or reasonable become unthinkably liberal by destroying people’s sense of standards. The combination of these methods is called the “foot-in-the-face” method, which sums up where this whole thing is headed quite nicely.

Hey remember how you guys kept saying “why not just go to another bakery”?