“Water Does Not Resist. Water Flows. When You Plunge Your Hand Into It, All You Feel Is A Caress. Water

i’ve been known to think about wei “marshal steel” chen fhr. on occasion. to dwell upon, even

💞 and 🚲 for JOYCE !!

🚲 : Does your OC enjoy playing the field? Or are they more monogamy-minded?

joyce doesn’t necessarily want monogamy, but her ortega derangement syndrome doesn’t leave much room for noticing or returning anyone else’s interest. like i think it’s pretty damning that she’s a dating sim MC and in three playthroughs i’ve never felt compelled to even try another route with her.

her puppet, josie, cursorily flirts with mortum to make their working relationship easier, but it doesn’t excite her. mortum wants to be wanted by josie, so where’s the sport?

i do think she has chemistry with chen, that he has chemistry with ricardo, and that they’d be good for each other in a trio, but i can’t see her wanting someone who’s good for her. she’s busy acting up about ortega !

💞 : Do they treat sex casually or do they view it as something with a lot of emotional weight?

definitely something with like planetary weight, although that might not be true if it wasn’t for the re-gene tattoos, because she’s a sensual person & totally horny enough.

this is going to have me on my hands and knees dry heaving

i finished retribution :-)

hate when people think the only archetype possible for a male sidekick to a female protagonist is a soft boi and/or himbo. like the implication there is that the only reason a man would ever defer to a woman’s authority is if he was a bumbling idiot. love male supporting characters who are smart and strong and confident and can step up when necessary but still kind and humble enough to let someone else take the lead most of the time

1000 Books You May Have Actually Read

this could be about anything

the raven boys

the response that gets me is “well i don’t read.” okay. not everybody enjoys reading. but your thought process doesn’t have to stop there! let’s think laterally and apply this question to a form of media you to enjoy and engage with regularly. can you name a black woman who is a…

tv/movie creative?

podcaster?

youtuber?

music artist?

stage actress?

visual artist?

dancer?

there are many many subcategories within each of these, including specialities, genres, and professions, and i promise you there is a black woman doing amazing stuff in every one. maybe even several!

these broad categories, especially tv/movies and music, will have their own big five. if you can name them, try going deeper by naming one in a specific genre you enjoy. how about a genre that a friend of yours enjoys? a genre you want to engage with more than you currently are? talking to people In Real Life and having goals or plans for the media you want to enjoy are also (alongside google) useful tools for combatting passive/unconscious bias.

this is literally such a quality critical thinking skills addition to the original post