I knew it was over when I realized most targ stans think prophesies and visions in asoiaf/got/hotd are supposed to work like Disney where the hero uses it to save the world.
Helaena is a really good example of the fandom just not understanding unsaid stuff because I still see people arguing that her disassociation and deflection of her grief is her “getting over” Jaeharys
A lot of stuff in HOTD isn’t openly stated but it does inform how the characters act and interact with others. For example Rhaenyra didn’t spend half the season crying over Luke, but his death is the entire reason why she treats Jace the way she does.
@hellothere61737@im_vhagar Too many teenage stans/shippers think "thing that makes me uncomfortable" must be bad writing and ruins the character im stanning.
@im_vhagar -'loyalty to family & clear goal' isn't necessarily good writing, arc can be more complex than linear progression
- wants alimond boymom over nuanced uncomfortable targcest
- wants gwayne's vulnerability...even tho aemond is psycho
"good writing" is when TG are flawless heroes
@CyberBepis@vagabond0121@funghuishao@ChiefTeef8 Marxist critique of power of economic reduction is entirely myopic. In practice it has been nothing but westoid intellectual apologia for mass graves from Cambodia to Afghanistan,from Kazakh to Poland. (and ofc smearing every popular uprising as color revolutions & cia coups).
@CyberBepis@vagabond0121@funghuishao@ChiefTeef8 ...all serious books on GLF & CR is banned in China. Unlike which, you can harshly critique your public leaders & remove them without fear under liberal democracy, but that distinction is obviously moralist nonsense to you.
@Waimingfung@ArtsyMarx1st There's no tanks in the streets in France. The image is AI generated. The french people have infinite freedom to protest, try doing wuat the french are doing in China and you wilp be in prison.
@Cynon44 "Peaonal connections to china" is doing a lot of work lmao.
Also holy ancedote. I guess 1.5 billion chinese are hive minded as your "friend with connections"