love it when I start getting "based on your likes" terf bullshit every few posts and I have to scramble back through my recent likes to figure out what innocuous meme poisoned the well
gender is made up nobody is doomed to any special horrible fate because of how they were born everyone gets to choose how they live their own life trans rights are human rights now TOUCH GRASS
tumblr: I see you've hit "not interested in this post" on the last eight recommended posts I've shown you about how you're innately weak and fragile and surrounded by evil predators that will eat you alive and your life is naturally under the control of the big strong alpha males who rule all of reality and your only freedoms are the scraps they deign to dole out to you because you have no power or agency or ability or value and you're a useless weak little baby who should never go outside in case a Man decides to Hurt You, but hear me out - I think you'll really like this ninth post that says the exact same thing!
thank fuck it's finally worn off, I can go back to scrolling without being constantly flashbanged by people who think feminism is when you do the misogyny to yourself instead of waiting for the boys to do it for you
the thing is people often talk about how minecraft steve is the most whitewashed character since jesus christ but never does anyone discuss how they’re perhaps the most misgendered character ever
steve (alongside all the other default skins, for that matter) are referred to with they/them and with gender-neutral language by the developers!
i think the most interesting part is that steve (and the others, mostly alex) are constantly misgendered by not just fans, but official minecraft content itself. merch, social media posts, etc will often refer to steve with he/him, and alex with she/her, although sometimes they seem to omit pronouns entirely. the developers, though, have seen them as genderless since basically the beginning
before notch became who he is today, he posted about gender in minecraft, ending it with:
and in an interview with lydia williams, she talks about how she was corrected on steve’s gender (presumably by her coworkers at the time):
and again, in the latest skin-related video, both steve and sunny are referred to solely with they/them. the developers seem pretty set and comfortable with the genderless nature of the player characters, which makes it really confusing as to why the rest of the branding ignores that fact entirely
Oh, you hate abstract art and think pointless/dumb? That's crazy man nobody has ever had that opinion before. I think you're the first person to ever think that thought. It must be all the genshin impact and baldurs gate 3 fanart you reblog that makes you so smart.
