not to be problematique but from what i see and hear on here the majority of self identifying asexuals aren’t actually asexual and are just experiencing internalized homophobia or are generally insecure and scared of the idea of having sex which is like …. normal. like i see so many gay people on here calling themselves ace cause they wanna kiss and hold their bfs/gfs but not have sex w/ them cause ew that’s icky and dirty and gross but never stop to think critically about why they feel that way. or “i don’t like having sex because i feel weird during and after” like perhaps maybe that’s because sex is weird and uncomfortable when you’re insecure about yourself and your body. just a thought
you think you’re taking a step forward by pushing this kind of behavior and way of thinking onto others but you’re actually taking three steps back like there are quite literally a million reasons why a person might feel uncomfortable with the idea of sex ESPECIALLY if they are trans/gay (which is a large percentage of this website) that doesn’t involve these micro identities like asexual or litho or whatever else y'all made up yesterday instead of letting these people grow and look inside themselves you’re keeping them stuck in the same place and telling them not to think about why they feel that way
I feel like this is a good post bc true points plus also most ace people I see on this site are under 18 and its not explained well enough to young kids how daunting sex is when youre not mature enough emotionally for it and its consequences. also teens are desperate for identity and a place of belonging and i feel like thats why we get all the really specific microidentities that are really just common traits of being a person growing and maturing bc it creates a sense of community missing in a lot of young ppls lives
So underage people can know they are trans or gay but not ace?
Wow.
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People in my inbox dont understand why we’re upset so let me explain:
The positive reaction to hector being brown in official preview art is due to the fact that in his debut game, Castlevania: Curse of Darkness, he was the protagonist with a strong sense of justice and overall was a good person, even overcoming Dracula’s curse which intended for him to be corrupted and carry out darker actions under his influence. Making such a character a person of color was an awesome move and, obviously, was well-recieved aside from racists.
Our nervousness and doubt, however, about Isaac, the antagonist of Curse of Darkness, going from this
to this
is because of the fact that Isaac was and as of right now, with no other background, is an irredeemable, manipulative, regular villanous character. Take a villain who not once became good in a plot and happened to be white and making them black does nothing but create more output that villains are people of color. This is not to say that the Netflixvania team won’t alter his character, as we hope right now they will, but slapping this design onto Isaac’s frankly shitty character is bad, especially considering the fact that the only brown characters introduced in the show have all been villains and associates of Dracula while the three protagonists are all white.
All of you in the Castlevania tag trying to dispute this because “there are no black Romanians”: that’s not the issue here in a literal fantasy universe where Dracula has a teleporting, time traveling castle and maybe address your racism.
