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[farla]

So on the one hand, the update was all very cute and the characters good. On the other hand I don't really like any of what we're learning about.

In the end, I'd really prefer rare thoughtless lines about games for girls that people can ignore or make up other interpretations than something pointing out it's sexism but making it canon that there's sexism there. Stories about sexism are good, but beyond the sexism issue, they're not ones I really want to explore the worlds of. I'd rather have a gender neutral or actual matriarchal society over yet another replay of how the patriarchy is inescapable.

(Also holy fuck tumblr, everyone's talking about Kankri and all anyone says about Porrim is how hot she is.)

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[(Anonymous)]

And if you can't tell if that last letter is an L or an I, that is exactly my point.

[farla.livejournal.com]

Indeed.

I was actually impressed by how much the original quirks are designed to seem more annoying than they actually are. But by now it seems he's running low on options.

[purplekitte.livejournal.com]

Yes. I was surprised how much Latula's quirk annoyed me when I read Terezi's fluently without even noticing. Gamzee and Tavros' quirks annoy me a bit too, but I'm more used to them. Nor did I find the character very interesting.

I like Meenah more as she gets more screentime, and my like for her feels very close to my feelings for Vriska. I like Aranea, but totally differently than Vriska or Mindfang.

I liked Kankri being an obnoxious liberal troll, but admittedly I've been running into a lot of political correctness gone wrong wank recently. I just hope this doesn't mess up how people portrayal the beta-version Sufferer, 'cause I like some of the current fanon I've seen for him. The update made pretty clear the two grew up to be really different and even people who can't Kankri still became fans of the Signless, but people could still ignore that completely.

Poor Porrim. Hopefully tumblr people will give her the serious attention she deserves once we stop being struck speechless by how amazingly hot she is. Damn.