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you were a full time job I thought I'd never miss

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Vi + Jinx + Tragedies.

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Now it's my turn to chase the monsters away

I can't stop making memes lmao

Game of tag: Part 1  Part 2 [Part 3]

sorry Vi, for putting you through many awkward positions.. you’re only gonna suffer for another 6-10 pages I think /o\

it's INSANE to me how s1 was praised for its portrayal of mental illness and then s2 did a COMPLETE 180 and validated (the season itself but also the 'I like Jinx better now' fandom reaction) all the most vile notions about mental illnesses and society.

s1 felt like Jinx could never fit this unfair society and so her acting out against Piltover in the end was karma, it didn't feel like the narrative was putting the blame on her for being ill and raised in a violent environment but on Piltover, she was the monster they created, her illnesses didn't make her a monster inherently it was how others treated her that did that. but s2 narrative does seem to think exactly that, that it's all Jinx's fault for not being able to fit society's standards.

s2 goes the route of unrealistically healing her so that the narrative/characters/fandom can go 'I like her better now' 🤮 but ultimately she STILL has to exit society cos even after being unrealistically healed of her worst symptoms she's still not palatable enough and needs to make room for others to lead a happy life without her.

this validates the most toxic notions ppl have about how society treats/should treat ppl with mental illnesses. that they are indeed inherently unlovable (so much for 'don't cry, you're perfect') and ppl would be better off without them cos they'll never fit into society and that's their fault, society is correct for finding these ppl undesirable, as the writers' attitude and fandom reaction proves ig.

I've Heard This Story Before

The little blue-haired girl with magic stones...

...and that invention that HAD to work...

...to save her big sister...

But they had such different endings...

...and I can't, for the life of me, figure which ending was the happy one...

Look, pal, when I say "fanfiction does not have the cultural reach to be able to change social perceptions of controversial topics"

what I mean is "if Game of Thrones could not manage to normalize incest, a handful of shipcest fics on AO3 with 50 kudos each sure aren't going to manage to normalize it!"

And you know that. In your heart you know it.