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monoculture forests are deeply unsettling in a way that is hard to explain to people who do not spend a lot of time looking at forests

like we could say this but on reverse on every other piece of media created ever, and i wouldnt even consider this show particulary female gaze so if incel men on the internet dont like fuck them

I was reading some reviews on Dune: Prophecy on imdb because I'm a bit baffled that the show is getting somewhat bashed. Yes, I'm loving it! And of course the problem seems to be that is to focused on women. I'm sorry if I'm getting the wrong impression but just read this gem of a comment from a user:

"It could have been great but they narrowed the focus to much around the bene geserat. It's OK but feels like they spent all there effort trying to come up with a plot line which meant that men would be props. Dune had interesting and powerful women but it also had strong male characters, this show really doesn't. It lacks the testosterone hormone which really the one that makes the world an interesting place.

The graphics and sets are very good, it's just dull, even the sex scenes have the women on top. The plot seems contrived in parts. All the women are hard on the eye, it's a bit like modern computer games in that regard."

I can't say WTF enough, but I had to snort when it came to sex scenes and oh noeeessssss women on top XD

I mean, I understand it's not everyone's cup of tea, and I do understand that the setting may feel weird. I'm a Dune book lover, and I do get why some aspects may feel itchy but overall my opinion is that it's very well done, very intriguing with complex characters and complex *female* characters yes. Is there, for any instance, a lack of sci-fi and fantasy focused on men? Please.

Takes me back to SW fanboys a few years ago complaining that all the movies have women as main characters now... I guess it will never change.

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i got an idea for a dnd character: A court jester that can control fire but only ever uses this gift to entertain people, heavily inspired by both Dustfinger and The Fool from ROTE, and they will be a multiclass rogue/bard that learnt how to do control fire (druid cantrip) by the fairies of the forest

i loooveee the narrative of The chosen one gone wrong, they achieve what they where supposed to but in a twisted and doomed way

The exercise for centering oneself is a simple one. Stop thinking of what you intend to do. Stop thinking of what you have just done. Then, stop thinking that you have stopped thinking of those things. Then you will find the Now, the time that stretches eternal, and is really the only time there is. Then, in that place, you will finally have time to be yourself.

Royal Assassin, Robin Hobb

every time i see fanart of Verity from ROTE im like who the fuck is this white dude, like i pictured him so clearly as dev patel with a crown

Tom being manipulative and Tom being genuine in his reminiscing the good old days with Shiv are two things that can coincide together. They have always loved each other with hidden motives and that moment is not any different.

I will never get over how weird it feels to have tragic and emotional chapters of your life where you just also still go to work, and the grocery store, and see funny videos online all while feeling such paralyzing fear and heartache

life just goes on no matter what

we do need to revisit the wording of "you can't have your cake and eat it too" because i don't think it clearly enough conveys that it's more that you can't simultaneously retain a cake and also get to consume it (which would render you cakeless). for years i was like But why not....it's my cake....?