People on this site outright calling the Game Grumps horrible people is kinda hilarious to me because I’m pretty sure both Danny and Arin combined are much kinder than any assholes on this hellsite.
Seriously they’re ANGELS
Nah, angels isn’t the right word. The Game Grumps have messed up in the past and done a few problematic things. But the thing is that they’re REAL PEOPLE. When you make videos that are mostly unedited and have more genuine banter compared to other lets players out there, you’re bound to show your faults. But real people fucking work.
What makes a person good or bad is if their willing to make up for their mistakes or try to learn from them. The Grumps in particular have gone out of their way to fix things for other people if their informed if they’ve done anything harmful (two good examples would be the trigger warning placed at the start of the disney princess playthrough and the section of the sonic adventure playthrough that outed the name of someone who created a walkthrough being cut out for their safety).
I’m not gonna lie, they’ll probably make more mistakes in the future. But that’s okay! Because that’s all part of being a developing human being. Don’t ever let Tumblr’s shitty witch hunt mentality tell you otherwise.
Also, don’t use this post to defend Jontron. Don’t.
i watched playthroughs of undertale back in the day but actually playing it now im just…hit really hard by how fucking bizarre it is that the fandom characterized sans as some sex god like…. hes just goofy and depressed
the disconnect between erotic and stoic fanon sans, and the canon sans who stacks dozens of hotdogs on your head.. incredible
the way in which the fandom missed the point of sans and the game at large is still one of the most tragic things to me. the only side of sans they’re interested in is what they see as dark, edgy, and sexy, but is really just hopeless desperation that you, the player, push him into by murdering everyone he cares about. it’s a side of him that should never have to be seen. it’s very obviously not who he wants to be and the fact that the fandom drools over that side of him as hard as they do almost feels sadistic and cruel in a strange way
id agree like… yeah “killing is bad” is hardly some groundbreaking message but the way the game goes about it is really interesting and unique. its really neat how you see the characters in the pacifist run vs the no mercy run and how theyre pushed to their breaking point. and yet somehow this incredibly simplistic message flew over peoples heads and what came out was “skelton badass and sexy”
I recently got done playing a pacifist run on the PS4 and I kinda made that connection as well. It’s just so weird how Sans got so sexualized by the fandom just because he had a “dark” side to him, which in reality is just desperation to try and save what world he has left.
Like, I get it in a sense; playing a genocide run shows Sans in a completely different light than what you’d expect from him, and people love that. But the only reason he’s being so “dark” and “edgy” is because he’s trying so hard to stop you – the player – from literally ending the world. It’s not dark or edgy. It’s an act of desperation.
I really love Sans because he’s just this goofy fuckin skeleton man who just wants to live in a timeline where he and his friends are happy, and it’s pretty sad to see how the fandom has twisted his character into something that’s not even him anymore.
Not to mention in genocide run he knows killing you wont stop you. When he kills you his plan is to make you reset out of rage. He knows hes not actually hurting anyone. its more like pinning someone to the ground until they say uncle. Not to mention if you reset before defeating sans there’s still hope that you can do pacifist without frisk possessing you but i dont know whether or not sans knows that.
TLDR of my addition to this: sans knows hes not hurting anyone when he kills you over and over again in genocide.
I was thinking about why I prefer to read manga over American comics (as in, monthly serialized comics) and, putting aside opinions about the “quality” of either medium, I think the reason why is because I have absolutely no idea how American comics work.
Say you’re a complete noob to manga. You don’t know shit about it. But that One Piece thing you saw on TV looks really cool and you want to read it. Where do you start? Volume 1 and go from there.
But imagine the same situation but with comics. You just saw the new Spiderman movie and now you got a craving for more like it. Where do you begin? Well, no one knows because there’s been 901823434^34 different iterations of the character for decades.
With manga, there’s usually one guy (and maybe a team of artists under them to help) working on it. Even if it goes on for years or may switch leads, there’s usually some “consistency” to keep everything in check. With American comics on the other hand, it’s the complete opposite: you have multiple different writers and artists, each contributing their own take on the character: alternate timelines, alternate motifs, etc etc. It’s all a big clusterfuck to me and I have no idea how anyone can keep track of it all.
i wanna read spiderman, where do i start?
“well, you’ll have to choose one of the major points in the series to start at and then switch between different iterations depending on what kind of tone you’re looking for“
i wanna read jojo, where do i start?
“volume 1“
“I want to read X-Men and Wolverine, where do I start?”
people always talk about how trans people are such a small part of the population but like listen my dudes i guarantee you if the subject of gender was actually properly taught and talked about, if there wasn’t such a massive taboo behind the entire subject, there would be so many more people IDing as different forms of trans and there would be so many less confused and sad people out there
i spent so much of my life going “god i wish i was a girl” never knowing it was an option to just Be A Girl and i know there’s SO many people out there experiencing the same thing
do you ever feel victimized by fanfic authors when you make them fanart and then they give YOU compliments and you try to give THEM compliments and its a vicious cycle??? ♥♥ ft. @nicolareed
I KNOW Y'ALL ARE HYPED THAT MCR IS POSTING BUT HERE IS A FRIENDLY REMINDER THAT 1) IT IS MOST CERTAINLY WARNER BROTHERS WANTING MORE MONEY AND 2) GERARD, FRANK, RAY, AND MIKEY HAVE BEEN SO MUCH HAPPIER AND HEALTHIER LATELY SO PLEASE DON’T BADGER THEM ABOUT THESE POSTS THAT THEY HAVE NO CONTROL OVER???
If you don’t believe being asexual has any negative affect on people I was told by a psychiatrist that none of my relationships count because we didn’t have sex, and
I can’t say I’m gay since I don’t want to have sex with girls.
and I was taken off my antidepressants because they may be lowering the libido I never had in the first place (plus various other reasons, but still immediately, cold turkey, which should NEVER happen unless they’re switching you to something else)
But aphobia doesn’t exist and asexuals are privileged, right?
Sorry to add to this but I wanted to say since I’ve had bad experiences with mental health professionals and biphobia, I usually get asked “but are you sure you are sexually attracted to both sexes, are you sure it’s not just an emotional attraction?!” Like my dude don’t you think I can tell the difference between wanting to date someone and wanting to be friends? Also, due to be gray ace 90% of the time I am not even attracted to anyone but like sure, make me feel guilty that I can’t “prove” my bisexuality.
Sorry too but to add on, being aro isn’t much different. I told my therapist and she was immediately concerned that my meds were repressing “all my emotions” and wanted to take me off them. My insurance ran out and I went off them bc of no money before that happened. She also suggested dating someone anyway to “fix” the “issue” and expressed concern that my emotions (romantic feelings) weren’t present because “I’m suspicious and untrusting of everyone and don’t want to try hard enough.”
Having your orientation medicalized and invalidated is bad enough, but its fucking dangerous to have your meds taken away because you’re not performing relationships the way some doctor thinks you’re required to.
Aaaand this is why we need the bi/pan/ace/aro alliance.
this is why we need to recognize more queer experiences and identities than gay and lesbian, through increased awareness, information and representation.
My hand slipped… (P.S. It’s transparent!)
Join the alliance!!
I actually wrote up a whole document about “newer” sexualities and identities for my therapist because she’s older and isn’t up to speed (she’s since passed it around to other folks she knows in the business to get them up to speed). Funnily enough, my demisexuality didn’t give her pause but me saying I wanted a curio cabinet for my dildo collection and that I was in a poly relationship both made her falter a little.
She’s been 100% supportive though and very nice and open to learning about all of it. While she doesn’t know some things and doesn’t identify as LGBT she’s still interested in learning and it’s good. I honestly hope everyone that’s had shitty therapists get good ones because god damn you deserve a good person who is actually looking out for your wellbeing.
I am Silver Tongue, I am an artist. I have many characters and you can check out my art in the art tag. I occasionally practice witchcraft though I don't do anything too complicated. I am girl 2 and don't know what else to put here.
