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had to think abt this for a second bc movies dont rly exist in the ffxiv world i think but i DO know how he'd react to a haunted house or other scary thing he knows isn't real

Thank you for sending this in!!! <3

This is a tough question bc with my current obsession (Stranger Things) there's a lot of characters that I feel get mischaracterized by the fandom.

But since I already talked about Nancy and Joyce in some of my other responses to this ask game I think I'll talk about Steve in this one:

I really don't get why the fandom (or at least parts of the fandom i stumble across quite often) feminizes him so much.

Now, I'm all for femme dudes. I am a femme dude and I love seeing that sort of thing in fiction. I even really love seeing more traditionally masculine characters exploring their more feminine sides.

But i see so many fics feminize him to the point that the character is to me unrecognizable. These depictions of Steve don't feel (to me) like a fun new twist on the character, or exploring the potential of something that's underexplored in the canon, or exploring how things might have turned out different if x, y, or z had been changed.

They just kind of feel like some character i don't know masquerading as a character i find really interesting and compelling in the canon.

Along a similar vein, I don't like when I see him depicted as being stupid about everything?

Steve is shown to not be smart in the same ways as many of the other characters, and he is frequently paired up with characters that are just generally very academically smart (compared to everyone) such as Nancy and Dustin. But he is also, repeatedly, shown to be very competent and capable in a lot of other ways (even if he doesn't do well in school).

One area in particular, is that in the canon Steve is generally pretty socially acute (with some inconsistencies bc the show sucks at consistent characterization). He is also really good at being presented with new information or a new situation and adapting quickly and skillfully (even if he freaks out a bit about it in the process).

He may not be good at writing essays. He may not know as much about science or history as Dustin does.

But Steve is not only good at listening to people who know more about a subject than him, but also at getting the work done and doing what is necessary to action that info in any given situation.

He also is repeatedly shown to have a decent amount of common sense, something which those super academically smart characters he's often paired with tend to lack.

So I really don't like how often i see him depicted at just being so incompetent and stupid about everything. And i don't like when the canon contradicts itself to try and show him like this also.

Everytime I get a message like this I’m just so

angst meme!

rubs my evil lil hands together HMMMM

Saying Goodbye at Train Stations Or At Any Form Of Transportation Is The Best Shit In The World. The World Is Kept On Balance By Angsty, Lingering Hugs. Thank You Writers For This Invaluable Service.

is “unrequited-but-not-actually-unrequited-love bc everyone’s just emotionally stunted and fearful” an angst trope bc that is some excellent shit

when everything has gone to hell and they know they’re going to lose but they refuse to abandon their course anyway. esp if theyre spiteful abt going down fighting, or even if they just refuse to leave bc they cant fathom doing anything else

alternatively, when everything goes to hell and a character just explodes about it. esp when it meant everything to them and now its ruined so nothing else matters.

entering a room that has Memories in it but those cant or wont happen again

when ppl commit to The Right Thing To Do but always think abt what would have happened if they actually did what they wanted instead

when someone tries to help and the person getting helped just reacts violently bc wtf are u doing :)

self sacrifice ie take me not them :)))))

THIS LETTER i could drag the war poets into this but ill make do with just oscar

😭😭😭 thank you!!!! I’ll be sure to keep the content rolling 😁

Some aspects yes, others very much no. 

Y’aromirr has undergone a lot of growth since he left home, most of which was by force, and a lot of it stings at his mind in the night when he least expects it; Could he have mended his relationship with his mother? Should he have...? And beyond that, was his blood-soaked path through sword training truly the best option, or just the one he chose to see? While he’s happy to be where he is, and who he is, he certainly can’t say he’s at peace with it all... At least not yet.

It’s no bother at all! I hope you don’t mind if I answer this publicly, but I figured since it’s a brush question that other people might wanna know too. It was indeed a brush! I use Clip Studio Paint and they have tons of free brushes that have been made by different users. This one was difficult to maneuver, but I really liked the result, and then I overlayed it several times with different colors and effects to get the iridescent look ^^