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They say that he's boring and has no real interesting story, and I have to point out that 1. that's wrong, just inherently so, and 2. okay, so why is it not suspicious to you that the one Black companion in the game is painfully underwritten? Also, Wyll not having as much of a storyline as the rest of the companions isn't an excuse when I've seen white fandom make mountains out of lesser molehills! I've seen, time and time again, white fandom create whole rich worlds and stories for background characters with one line, or side characters with even less to work with than Wyll! They can invent story threads and motivations for a pocket of lint, but not this one Black character?

When they say that his whole hero thing and general kind and romantic nature makes him less interesting or annoying, I can't help but think that that would not be a problem if he were white, or if his personality and questline were transferred to a white character. For God's sake, there's a mod that takes Wyll's dance scene and replaces him with Astarion (which is an issue in and of itself but that's another post for another time)! That's all I need to know about where people's heads are at!

I've even seen people writing angry screeds demonizing Wyll for making the deal with Mizora. I'm sorry, was 17 year old Wyll just supposed to sit back and watch everyone die? Would a white hero faced with this kind of dilemma be received so poorly by fandom? I think not!

It all comes back around to antiblackness, and I always feel like I'm the crazy one for noticing it!

The problem here is that people love heroism, but only when it's a white character. When heroism wears the face of a Black person, then suddenly it's cheesy and boring and evil and all the bad things in the world.

I’m really scared. The court date for eviction got moved to the 19th of August. My power is about to be shut off during the hottest summer in years. I have nowhere to go. I don’t know what to do with my cat. I don’t even have a car to live out of. I’m gonna be on the streets in 100 degree weather and no way to get to a cooling center.

My life’s purpose has just become paying increasingly expensive bills until I can’t anymore and I die on the streets. I don’t have any hobbies anymore. I don’t have a car or any money for things I enjoy. There is no joy in my life anymore. I don’t know what to do. I’m disabled but not “disabled enough” to get disability. My quality of life is nonexistent.

I have to skip meals multiple times a week. My blood sugar is always low. I’m a few missed meals away from a diabetic coma. I’m gonna die like this.

I need help.

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