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If you have something you would like to say in regards to this or any other FMA-related post coming from this blog, either in reply or reblog:

STOP. WAIT. READ. THINK.

Doc has not seen past FMA 03 Episode 27. I have not seen past this exact post you are reading on FMA 03 Episode 25. Neither of us have seen Brotherhood. Neither of us have read the manga.

FOR THE LOVE OF AL'S SHINY METAL ASS DO NOT SPOIL A BITCH

Seriously, people. It sucks SO HARD. Let your livebloggers pick their way around the thing you are watching them liveblog. Let them have their feelings about the story beats and character choices. Let them be wrong about shit. Let them have their experience. Why the hell are you reading otherwise?

If you absolutely must share your spoilery thoughts -- or if you aren't sure if it's a spoiler -- TELL IT TO THE DISCORD THAT'S WHAT IT'S THERE FOR.

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THIS IS A REPEAT OF THE DISCLAIMER FROM ABOVE WHICH YOU ARE GOING TO SEE ON EVERY SINGLE POST BOTH AT THE TOP AND AT THE BOTTOM BECAUSE SOME MOTHERFUCKERS CANNOT BE ARSED TO READ SHIT SO YOU'RE GONNA GET IT AS THE YELL-Y BREAD OF A CONTENT SANDWICH

If you have something you would like to say in regards to this or any other FMA-related post coming from this blog, either in reply or reblog:

STOP. WAIT. READ. THINK.

Doc has not seen past FMA 03 Episode 27. I have not seen past this exact post you are reading on FMA 03 Episode 25. Neither of us have seen Brotherhood. Neither of us have read the manga.

FOR THE LOVE OF AL'S SHINY METAL ASS DO NOT SPOIL A BITCH

Seriously, people. It sucks SO HARD. Let your livebloggers pick their way around the thing you are watching them liveblog. Let them have their feelings about the story beats and character choices. Let them be wrong about shit. Let them have their experience. Why the hell are you reading otherwise?

One review I remember, said that while playing, he bought the mariachi outfit and spend the rest of the game running around in that; and respectfully that is playing the game wrong.

A key part of playing Saints Row is, to my mind, about exploring gender expression. Saints Row is often called a parody of GTA but I would argue a more correct description would be a queering of GTA. GTA has character customization yes, but it's comparatively grounded, Saints Row on the other hand lets you dress up as a slutty goth cowboy, and provides you with not only a gender slider, but also a dick and a boobs slider.

The thing with Saints Row is, yes it takes the tropes associated with GTA and turns them up to eleven, coating the fight clubs in a hyper-kawaii coat of paints, and allowing you to surf on the roofs of fighter jets. But at times it also does genuinely compelling character studies at times - the example that comes to mind is Shaundi's meeting with her past self and both of them despising each other.

Im holding off on my final verdict on the game until I have either beaten it or gotten bored, but while it is a more grounded affair than anything after SR2, it does feel like this is the game where it finally embraces the queerness that has almost accidentally snuck into the series.

And nothing is more evident of this, than the standard boss going from a random white male chunk of beef, to a brown woman with Link levels of LGBT (yes all of them) swag.