You know what? I nearly didn't post this. Tumblr and its "this shit is problematic and you're problematic for liking it!" attitude has really made me wary. Not because I willingly ignore problems within media I enjoy, because I don't. But because it's so prevalent over the site, and I'm sick of seeing it. I'm not stupid, I know problematic shit when I see it, but it's not going to stop me from enjoying a thing if the problematic thing is not what the whole thing's about.
So yes, I know this has off-putting content. I'm well aware of it. I don't excuse the character's behaviour AT ALL.
(I'll stop being defensive about it eventually; the longer I'm away from tumblr, the better).
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Today I want to talk about From Eroica With Love, because I want to share the absurdity I've been reading recently.
However, it comes with a couple of caveats:
( things that may well put you off, and rightly so )
ON THE OTHER HAND!
( things which are good! )
I don't really have a conclusion, this is mostly me writing down stuff so I can remember it (I don't do that enough).
So yes, I know this has off-putting content. I'm well aware of it. I don't excuse the character's behaviour AT ALL.
(I'll stop being defensive about it eventually; the longer I'm away from tumblr, the better).
~
Today I want to talk about From Eroica With Love, because I want to share the absurdity I've been reading recently.
However, it comes with a couple of caveats:
( things that may well put you off, and rightly so )
ON THE OTHER HAND!
( things which are good! )
I don't really have a conclusion, this is mostly me writing down stuff so I can remember it (I don't do that enough).
From Bhujerba to just outside Raithwall's Tomb!
Caveat lector: there's a lot of swearing in this post. Sorry.
( Read more... )
Raithwall's Tomb shenanigans next!
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Theories that I like about this game:
# that the characters are doing what they feel is right. Which doesn't excuse some people's behaviour, but it's an interesting theory to apply and look at.
# there's also a theory about rebellion - Fran rebels, so does Ashe, so does Venat and in a minor case, so does the rogue Urutan-Yensa. (I'm sure there are other examples, but I can't think of them right now).
# that the game is Ashe's Start of Darkness (don't take my word for it; listen to her theme tune*) but it's curtailed.
*I have always loved that track, but had no idea it was her theme tune, or that she even HAD a theme tune. I AM THE WORST FAN OF EVERYTHING EVER.
<---- Start to Bhujerba | Raithwall's Tomb to the Elder Wyrm --->
Caveat lector: there's a lot of swearing in this post. Sorry.
( Read more... )
Raithwall's Tomb shenanigans next!
~*~
Theories that I like about this game:
# that the characters are doing what they feel is right. Which doesn't excuse some people's behaviour, but it's an interesting theory to apply and look at.
# there's also a theory about rebellion - Fran rebels, so does Ashe, so does Venat and in a minor case, so does the rogue Urutan-Yensa. (I'm sure there are other examples, but I can't think of them right now).
# that the game is Ashe's Start of Darkness (don't take my word for it; listen to her theme tune*) but it's curtailed.
*I have always loved that track, but had no idea it was her theme tune, or that she even HAD a theme tune. I AM THE WORST FAN OF EVERYTHING EVER.
<---- Start to Bhujerba | Raithwall's Tomb to the Elder Wyrm --->
I completely forgot to mention it, but I went to see the doctor on Friday to tell him that I had stopped my medication. I expected him to shout at me (even though he doesn't strike me as that kind of person), but he was fine, and said yes, we could see how it goes with just the iron tablets and the vitamin D (I also take folic acid and magnesium, but he doesn't know that). He did say, however, that as soon as I feel like my mood's slipping and I'm becoming depressed again, to go back and get re-prescribed (though IF that happens, I am going to beg not to go back on Cipralex).
Let me reiterate that, if you are on antidepressants, DO NOT DO WHAT I DID. Seek medical advice in ALL CASES.
I have noticed that I feel a lot more human now. I also feel more like doing stuff. I am sleeping better, but not for as long (which is good!), and I feel more refreshed when I do wake up. I feel like I am reacting better to stuff - things that make me laugh, cry, etc. Also I noticed that now I don't feel like everything makes me cry, which is also good (I haven't really listened to what I'd define as emotional music, for example, but I imagine that'd make me teary anyway? *shrugs*)
I actually feel the best I've felt in about ten years. Amazing.
~*~
I am knitting mum a pair of socks for her birthday. It isn't her birthday until December, but this is my first time knitting a pattern into socks, so I thought I'd give myself plenty of time to wrestle with them, rip them back if I had to, and throw them away if I needed to.
I think mum possibly suspects that I'm making them for her, as she knows I'm making them, and I asked her a couple of days ago if she liked the design. So. It's probably not going to be much of a surprise to her. Oh well.
Let me reiterate that, if you are on antidepressants, DO NOT DO WHAT I DID. Seek medical advice in ALL CASES.
I have noticed that I feel a lot more human now. I also feel more like doing stuff. I am sleeping better, but not for as long (which is good!), and I feel more refreshed when I do wake up. I feel like I am reacting better to stuff - things that make me laugh, cry, etc. Also I noticed that now I don't feel like everything makes me cry, which is also good (I haven't really listened to what I'd define as emotional music, for example, but I imagine that'd make me teary anyway? *shrugs*)
I actually feel the best I've felt in about ten years. Amazing.
~*~
I am knitting mum a pair of socks for her birthday. It isn't her birthday until December, but this is my first time knitting a pattern into socks, so I thought I'd give myself plenty of time to wrestle with them, rip them back if I had to, and throw them away if I needed to.
I think mum possibly suspects that I'm making them for her, as she knows I'm making them, and I asked her a couple of days ago if she liked the design. So. It's probably not going to be much of a surprise to her. Oh well.
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