thisfeliciaday:

I had a day off this weekend from shooting Supernatural, and I was walking around downtown Vancouver on Saturday, sampling all the artisan coffee I could get my throat around. At one point I saw a pair of guys walking towards me wearing gamer shirts. Black short-sleeved, one Halo and one Call of…

I am so sorry you’ve been having to go through all of these things. This is among the many, many things I’ve feared GamerGate has been doing to both people and the video game industry. I, myself, didn’t say much on GamerGate for a long, long time because I’ve been certain I would get doxxed for it despite not being a celebrity or prominent figure in any of this.

On one hand, I’m glad you spoke up, because having to hold those feelings in is incredibly toxic. On another, I hope this doesn’t cause any harm for you, and above all I hope you continue to be happy. You may not see this message, but in the deluge of messages you’re going to get, I hope that at least somehow, somewhere, you are seeing and hearing all the support and appreciating you need and deserve at a difficult moment like this one.

I know that the road forward after GamerGate is going to be incredibly tough for everyone, because everyone has been damaged by it. If anyone can do anything to help you feel better and more comfortable as best we can, please share and let us know.

The Only Thing I Have To Say About Gamer Gate

queenkobara:

Lorna Dane is ripped and it means so much to me. Why? Because various body images need to be seen and she is strong physically so it needs to be shown.

Let’s face it Alex was a fuckboy intimidated by her strength and intelligence so he broke her mentally to feel powerful.

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While I don’t like the costume for her with All-New X-Factor, I definitely like how fit and mature Lorna looks as drawn by Carmine. With a power set like hers, Lorna could easily be all soft curves and remain effective, but she clearly takes the initiative to stay in fighting shape. Where she’s at right now is good, I think, fitness wise. I wouldn’t want her to wind up like she was with her “second mutation,” which really seemed to me more like an excuse to strip her of her unique power set and turn her into a generic and forgettable strong girl.

I think the relationship between Lorna and Alex can be salvaged and turned into something admirable, just not for another 8 years or so. The way their relationship “works” is too ingrained, and writers fell back into the bad writing of it after only 5 years of the two apart, so they clearly need more time separate. The “traditional” form of their relationship was incredibly toxic and abusive. When the guy has to blow up rocks and angrily shout at Lorna about how they should leave the X-Men and go live a civilian life, that’s not a relationship of loving equals, that’s a relationship of submission and domination.

At one point, I had even referred to characteristics of an abusive relationship in reference to the way Lorna and Alex’s relationship traditionally works. One notable element is that the abuser tends to try to make the abused cut off all ties with others and depend largely or solely on him… which Alex did both times they had just gotten together. First, getting Lorna to come with him to live a civilian life away from the X-Men (and coincidentally, away from Jean and Bobby), and second, having Lorna tag along into space where Alex is literally the only familiar man she has as an option for comfort in a “you could die at any moment” war-torn territory.

Still, I think their relationship could be salvaged given enough time apart and the right amount and type of development.