fashioned for love

stop deactivating

i thought we all agreed we were here forever

guy who gets a pepsi from the break room vending machine every day after his work shift & amiably says “gotta have a pepsi!” while grinning & passing it back & forth between his hands but one day the pepsi is sold out & he leaves the building robotically with a completely flat expression & isn’t seen at work again

You know that whatever character did those problematic things isn't like. Real, right?

You are aware that a fictional character is just a rhetorical construct designed to fulfill a narrative/thematic purpose right? That their actions are written by an author who wants to use them to explore complex ideas and moral gray areas within the safe confines of fiction right? That they aren't a real person who has killed real people right?

The thing most people who read asoiaf don't understand is that it's about how love will save the world. Once you understand this the entire series will become clear.

also grooming subtext is everywhere in stories that majorly involve children because everyone has been a child and children frequently get manipulated and the easiest shorthand to communicate how scary the fantastical/unusual situation the character is in is is to use imagery that suggests sexual abuse. the adult manipulative supervillain tells the child superhero that they’re mature for their age in the same way the slasher wields a phallic weapon. noticing these things is not pervy nor is it accusing the authors of being perverts, it’s just picking up on what’s in front of you