Bwah @barbler.bsky.social · 14hMy other 😍 character is Orin so oscillating back to antagonists. But she is an antagonist that gets SHAFTED which is key [motions to the gortash fans & added content from him being so popular] 020
Bwah @barbler.bsky.social · 14hSometimes I self-analyze like wow do you only like antagonists surely this says smth abt you. But then I drop to my knees & scream WYLL RAVENGARD 😭 🛐 & it's like oh no you just like characters that get majorly shafted by the writers my bad 130
Bwah @barbler.bsky.social · 17hWahoo my 3rd job paid big money for my last month's work. No ice soup for me this October. Udon time. 010
Bwah @barbler.bsky.social · 17hSelf-hatred & PTSD was That Strong. TLDR lqg-sj is also this to me & part of why I do find both the fanon LQG as the direct & seeking out harasser AND the canon of SJ being sooo in the wrong & unreasonable toward the close-minded rude rich kid & I enjoy my third thing (sitcom writing) every1 else 💥 020
Bwah @barbler.bsky.social · 17hBut boy was he NOT easy to be around. Guy who accepted going to prison broke out for some reason died like twice & kept doing his own thang w/ no explanation. YQY was experiencing a stress ulcer the likes of which unseen before & he still only spilled bc he was on his deathbed abt it bc his-- 110
Bwah @barbler.bsky.social · 17hSJ in a Well if he'd simply hadnt jumped to the world conclusion immediately & been a better person to be around YQY would've told him everything like he did SY & only after SY was so personable & nice to make him feel comfortable w/ spilling his guts. SY? SY the guy that was personable & nice-- 110
Bwah @barbler.bsky.social · 17hHypocritival Abt The Setting That Doesn't Get Examined on SJ moment. Bc like surely in the hater SY POV biased filter PIDW knowledge/base SV scapegoat setup if it Was somehow SJ's fault it would've simply come up. Like it feels in the vibe of blaming everything wrong in the SJ-YQY situation on-- 120
Bwah @barbler.bsky.social · 17hSaw a thing that HCed the baizhan raids as SJ's fault via him ambushing LQG as a disciple > BZ members reactively take it out on QJ > it becomes a tradition SJ does nothing abt. & on one hand genuinely interesting idea but on the other feels like yet another Blame Everything Structurally Wrong Or-- 220
Bwah @barbler.bsky.social · 20hWhat You Mean cashgrabs. & ofc way too many ppl have forgotten abt death of the author/only use it to go well I can ignore the shoddy writing but still uncritically consume/buy into these in the vain hope the Next Soulless Cashgrab will appeal to Me This Time. 010
Bwah @barbler.bsky.social · 20hAnyway this+[redacted]+the mxtx series of retcons/rewrites/new extras that're completely tonedeaf to the original feels like we're past the decade of soulless remakes/sequels that are blind to what was good abt the original into the decade of soulless It Was Always This Way (read: worse) IDK-- 110
Bwah @barbler.bsky.social · 20hOtherwise a murdering manipulating etc guy. In conjunction w/ the broader tonedeafness they have towards writing their characters of color & stuff (WYLL 😭) just completely completely embarrassing. 000
Bwah @barbler.bsky.social · 20hLike obv I think a lot of Larian & WotC's writing has always been spineless but to completely not even have a handle on its own messages like Second Chances & People Can Change & onlyyyy retconning the minority ethnic group they wrote into nonexistance when their problematic fav gets to remain-- 100
Bwah @barbler.bsky.social · 20hObv joking but also [expression changes to dead serious] getting rid of the racism of the setting by changing "corrupt politician gets attacked by minority he was oppressing & then experiences his own oppression/what it is like to be a powerless & a victim" into uh. That. Is just so... 100
Bwah @barbler.bsky.social · 20hHaven't heard much else on the topic but the stupid novel retconning Astarion's racism... as if taking the racism out of an elf isn't like taking the wings off an angel that's just some twink now. 100
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Bwah @barbler.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Damn work might be drafting me to out-of-state for up to a month??? Rip my other job and my other other job <- guy w/ 3-5 PT jobs at any given time 🤪 010
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Bwah @barbler.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Even outside the broader issues of it Not Making Sense. It kind of erasing LBH's core discontent. 12 yo is fine w/ a world where someone's entire life & person can be smited & replaced at a whim as long as it was materially beneficial to his own life w/ no further concerns nor lingering questions. 010
Bwah @barbler.bsky.social · 02/10/2026More palatable answer* to a set-up I've retroactively simplified** stop considering things I never wanted you to" *that also once you think abt it too hard becomes horrific 🙄 **that the weird note LBH's relationship is left on w/ SY is just cleared up w/ Well He Knew The Whole Time is so... like-- 110
Bwah @barbler.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Confronting his complicity in acting with his mysterious jailer/benefactor's agenda that he in the end benefited from & thus ofc must not be so bad ig! ^ all originally concepts I thought had potential that ofc get the 10 yr later retroactive "no don't think abt it that hard here's an easier-- 110
Bwah @barbler.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Insecure attachment bc the core of the anxiety his sense of worth & value is hased on is unknowingly a lie that no one ever bothers to clear up. & again the interest of SY's willingess to even as he gets mad at his System rage & redirect his blame toward easier targets (Airplane) while ofc never-- 110
Bwah @barbler.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Complicitness in an unjust set of circumstances, a world that once again proves itself how expendable certain lives are considered, & doubling down on his promises to SJ that only the person who directly stole his life is benefiary of. Horrific. Bingyuan left on that open-endedness of LBH's-- 110
Bwah @barbler.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Experiencing or acting upon it bc it becomes too close to harkening them to their own realizations they would not be able to withstand if they were conscious (YQY 🙂↕️ SY too) Hence the mixed annoyance & horror of the SV end but the sheer Indignant Rage toward the new extra bc like yeah YQY's own-- 110
Bwah @barbler.bsky.social · 02/10/2026& slowly gets snuffed out by suffocating circumstances. &/or they are so unable to conceptualize an alternative they become complicit in maintaining & reinforcing said circumstances. SJ 🙂↕️ LBH ig & then bonus bonus pts for not even being able to recognize that discontent & shaming others for-- 110
Bwah @barbler.bsky.social · 02/10/2026& Another Thing now ofc this says smth abt me as a person bit maybe I just enjoy when characters are discontent & live with a soul deep misalignment & inability to accept the unfairness & hypocrisy of their circumstances. & ofc bonus pts when this anger is then misdirected & futile & isolating-- 130
Bwah @barbler.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Gets shifted into the BL love interest role is sooo something 💥 thing that Could be interesting in showing like parallel ways the dehumanizing nature of story only serving audience expectation rather than delivering on its own trajectory can be or smth but norppppp 💥💥💥) 010
Bwah @barbler.bsky.social · 01/10/2026*Wins defined structurally as ofc hollow & false hope flags that mark the path of ultimate condemnation **Fulfillment ofc defined by audience standards, with any character desire sublimated into that (again why the LBH losing 99% of his interiority & drive & interesting characteristics once he-- 110
Bwah @barbler.bsky.social · 01/10/2026That both restrains & harms but facilitates him in contrast to how the Protagonist Halo functions (the Villain is allowed to Win* but only in facilitation to Major Ls while the Protagonist is given Hardship, Loss, & Tribulations but which are meant to facilitate amassment of Power/Fulfillment**-- 110
Bwah @barbler.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Same way his relationship w/ YQY is mired in that (a pt I find v clear but kind of lacks direct recognition. More YQY unintentional HR violation recognition analysis lol). TLDR I do find the conveniences of some of SJ's improbable life experiences interesting / the Villain Halo force as smth-- 110
Bwah @barbler.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Experience with subservience or neutral/unobtrusive authority figures. The same way him being friendless & isolated is key despite the WRP women being his friends hc being cutes it is an improbability/would have to be mired in awareness of the disparity of social power in the relationship the-- 110
Bwah @barbler.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Like I know SJ's inability to recognize neutral-to-positive feelings as anything but suspicious-negative is a big thing but even par the QingQiu name just being a result of his life being railroaded/negative luck stat it just doesn't make sense for his character to have ever had any even Neutral-- 110
Bwah @barbler.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Authority figures, can't socialize with his peers, publically PTSD freaks out in what are meant to be controlled spars showcase event guy ever. What kind of crack was the QJ PL smoking & surely it must've been SJ's 3rd position under some kind of ambivalent to semi-malicious authority figure. 110
Bwah @barbler.bsky.social · 01/10/2026OK & one more SJ thought I do think his disciple years are fr the most vague/intentionally hand wavily ambiguous bc fr regardless of what kind of godly OOP talent SJ must've had to become QJ head disciple as a late comer, illiterate til 13 no formal education until he got there rly, chafes against-- 120
Bwah @barbler.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Slavery & repression by not being good at regulating himself in a way that bummed everyone else out. & who go "Didn't you see how he was condemned by the story? Why aren't you condemning him" with again no interest in examining of the framework of said condemnation. 040
Bwah @barbler.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Old cartoon censorship style "ppl exploding from bombs & falling pianos are fine but mimicable violence cannot be depicted so children don't thoughtlessly try to recreate it" except it's fandom adults on the internet mad abt ppl who sympathize w/ the guy who reasonably reacted to a life of violent-- 140
Bwah @barbler.bsky.social · 01/10/2026FR & that that scene is not in SJ's POV itself gives the "SJ is known for jumping ppl with no instigation & just loves to be difficult" when he is the #1 never defends himself guy & his reaction to YQY's disappointment in that scene isn't even anger rly. But yeah broad reactions to SJ rly do give-- 130
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Bwah @barbler.bsky.social · 01/10/2026deserves exploration (LBH, SY) but not how SV does it bc it basically does not. Also YQY is a secret 3rd thing in this. & all of the above bundled w/ the "intent =/= impact" & "assumptions vs reality" concepts ofc ofc 121
Bwah @barbler.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Anyway yeah TLDR the SJ overly pessimistic & self-fulfilling mindset is def one that deserves criticism & exploration but not how SV does it. In the same way protagonist-centered morality & how easily ppl can willfully rationalize & make excuses for themselves ALSO-- 120
Bwah @barbler.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Guy whose 24/7 internal monologue is I'm An Unloveable Monster A Rat Hiding Just Waiting To Be Chased Out Every Moment Is One I've Maliciously Stolen & then he uses his this mindset to excuse uh. Hoarding 40 teasets and tacky junk. Being depressed enough to go to a brothel to get hugged to sleep. 130
Bwah @barbler.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Outside of his fate-mandated abuse of a specific child he 99% uses it to be a hermit misanthropist. Like even the "ambush LQG out of the blue for no reason random chimp attack" phase of his life was as a disciple lol he got the PL position & immediately used it to go OK now everyone leave me alone 130
Bwah @barbler.bsky.social · 01/10/2026treatment of him (ie: scapegoat transmigrator justification) bc it thus gives him culpability ie: blame. Officers this is entrapment) Anyway but esp when like, par the LBH shit, fr what is the worst he does other than be unpleasant to be around... like sure he abuses his position of power but-- 110
Bwah @barbler.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Metanarrative elements are so direct (he was born evil & he's wrong for thinking it bc thinking it is what made it true but he WAS, literally, fated by story to be so. They hated him for being wrong bc he was right. & him believing it is what provides said narrative justification in its-- 120
Bwah @barbler.bsky.social · 01/10/2026I compare it to SJ's "I'm evil & thus there is no point trying to change", like def the insidious & self-fulfilling aspects of it are fun to examine! But it's so weird how both story & fandom hold his mentality as somehow so much more unforgivable. & ofc bc I'm me i must mention even when the-- 120
Bwah @barbler.bsky.social · 01/10/2026V subjectively determined. Like ofc part of my gripes are the LBH protagonist-centered morality & how the work itself fails to meaningfully criticize it #isekaimoment but that the "entitled person logical looping themself into believing whatever they do is justified" is just more insidious when-- 120
Bwah @barbler.bsky.social · 01/10/2026I get why in an SJ vs LBH discomfort ppl are more put off by SJ's grounded child abuse crimes than LBH's genocidal mass murderer stuff but when it comes to like core character motivations/rationale for behavior I do find LBH to be 1000% more annoying lol. So fork in fork drawer taste is often-- 162