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    Mary Sues and why we hate them.

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    I'll be honest the whole concept of Mary Sues irks me.

    I'll put it this way: Why is it that so many Star Wars fans who grew up idolizing Luke Skywalker are quick to jump the gun on calling Rey a Mary Sue? Why can't she just be a badly written character, or why can't you just say you don't like the Disney sequels?
    This is a rhetorical question mind you, I'm not looking for genuine answers, I find Star Wars in general quite boring.

    Point is, it was invented as a way to deride fanfiction writers who made very self-indulgent Star Trek fanfiction, usually women. I don't like the senseless cruelty in making fun of people who make self-indulgent fandom material, that's kinda the whole point of being part of a fandom. The fact that the term now broadly applies to (usually female) characters that you don't like that much makes the existence of it as a term and as a concept all the more irksome to me.

    LGBT Chatroom

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    · Edited by honk friend

    I finished Homestuck a little over a week ago and it's given me a lot, and I mean A LOT to think about. I won't get in to all of it, but the queer stuff specifically is interesting to me in like, how gender and sexuality is written in to homestuck in a way that simultaneously extremely thoughtful and well put together and yet totally intuitive. It's further expanded upon in post-homestuck content like the epilogues and HS^2, and it's all very intelligently written and interesting to contemplate. Basically I kinda adore how every character has a unique perspective on gender and sexuality that varies based on how divorced their upbringing was from human society on Earth and how their own species reproduces, I really don't think I've seen the fact of gender and sexuality being social constructs demonstrated so casually and succinctly in other narratives and I have nothing but high praise for how it's handled within homestuck.

    I could write a whole essay going in to specifics but it'd be loaded with spoilers and keep me up for hours, but if any of you guys have the time and interest to invest in an 800,000 word titan of a webcomic, I couldn't recommend homestuck enough. And if you already have, hey, I'm down to chat in this thread about it.

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    Terraria anyone?

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    On 2022-03-17 at 3:44 PM, Kyoshi said:

    I own the game on Xbox but I could never properly get into it, no idea why. My brother and his girlfriend however have put tons of hours into it before, it was their main game for a good while. I love the music in it and its overall style, yet it never has quite pulled me in.

    Fun fact: The development studio, Re-Logic, is located in my state, Indiana. :D One of the only major studios in the state. Was a pleasant little surprised when I found that.

    Terraria's bar for entry is really high, but if you can pass it it's a really rewarding experience all round. I'd recommend giving it another shot on PC since IMO the game is a lot easier with a more straightforward control scheme on KB+M.

    best social network ?

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    Before the NSFW ban and mass exodus of users, I'd have said Tumblr. Twitter is the closest thing we have to that now but I absolutely loathe Twitter.

    I guess I'd have to say Discord, if you can count that.

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