sentences that are largely recognizable to a medieval peasant

literally every character who's been mind controlled and made to do terrible things feels awful and has trouble accepting that it wasn't their fault, meanwhile minthara baldursgate is like remorse is for losers and i didn't do anything wrong in my entire life ever

You can’t call yourself a leftist if you hate children tbh, like you can choose not to have them or be around them, but outright hating the most marginalised group of people in the world who have absolutely no power or control over the most basic parts of their lives and bodies is a dangerous mentality to have and you need to grow the fuck up and get out of your edgy phase and start treating everyone around you like human beings, even the ones that piss you off.

I do also believe that hating children is a sign of underlying ableism, because most of the justifications of hating children comes down to “they’re annoying” or “they don’t know how to act” or “they’re gross” and if you are unable to treat people who lack social skills, who make loud or repetitive noises, who are incontinent etc. with basic respect and dignity, then what’s the difference between hating children and hating disabled adults that share the traits you find so irritating?

I just really enjoy saying things to my coworkers like, “yeah, I just don’t read many books by men.” I think it’s good for them.

Putting the term "Catholic guilt" on a high shelf where fandom can't reach it until everyone learns how to identify characters who are very very clearly coded as Protestant.

@thesylverlining

i think there is a difference between a knowingly flawed character and a thematically uncomfortable character and knowing the difference is half the battle

Every time an author reassures readers that the smut is skippable I sigh a disappointed sigh. This is not a reassurance. Why would anybody who likes smut want to read smut that was only included as an afterthought and has no impact on the narrative? Insulting. Just don't write it at all if you're not going to make it matter.