Warnings: Devil/Human smut, expect some things that are not… very nice (but it’s loving, nevertheless)
A little explanation of the fic: When Ohmrom loses his powers because of PLOT ISSUES, he goes back on a sacred mission to the Nine Circles of Hell… To get his pact back. AKA he wants to get dick
I don’t care what the reviews say: I love the teachers’ romance. Heartstopper is about queer coming of age, and Mr. Farouk’s queer coming of age was delayed. Many of us experienced this. His story belongs.
Do you wanna know what I really hate about playing a game during its hype period? All of the dumbest takes about characters floating around. I saw someone saying that people trying to woo Gale are mostly straight and that he is the epitome of the white privileged male stereotype. I don’t care how you interpret characters, it’s not my place to tell someone how their analysis of a certain character is wrong, but man, the way some people jump to conclusions… just blows my mind.
Before you start, no, I did not pursue after Gale and I am not straight either. I will, later on though, on my playthrough as Astarion. And if you are that interested in the fanbase of the companions shall we take a look at the majority of Astarion’s?
Ok tbh I admitted know very little about this game and I avoid stuff that isn’t memes or fanart. I like to stay in my little corner yk
No, I love Astarion, and I think he deserves all the hype he gets. I just don’t get it when other companions like Gale getting the trash talk and the attitude of “oh, he’s a boring character with his heterosexual attributions and background. Only straights must love him.”
I merely gave Astarion as an example. Despite being a very popular character with his openly queer personality, his fanbase includes many straight women too, and I have no qualms with that.
friendly reminder that characters don’t need to be saints to be entertaining. and telling a story does not mean endorsement. art does not need to be all about morally good people.
IDK if this was meant as hyperbole but it’s literally true:
We are genuinely in a crisis of media literacy, with ever fewer genuinely factual resources available in the style and language used by contemporary audiences.
It may sound condescending, but we genuinely need to remind people, or worse, explain to them for the first time that art is not evidence of real world behaviour.
So, thank you, for this reminder. Genuinely.
You’re correct:
Art does not need to feature exclusively morally pure characters. Art is not proof of the creator’s secret, violent desires.
ETA; Yes, the links are US American; no your country is not immune to propaganda. Be POLITE in asking, and I will help you find the data for your own country as well.
