Always great to see another Exalted fan in the Wyld

"bluesky is nothing but wokescold leftist politics" idk man my timeline is all my beloved mutuals and artists who draw anime characters with huge breasts, maybe you should try following other people

professional snuggler, part 2

Saylam be like "I would rather die giving them what they want than die trying to take them down"

I don't think it's a *desirable* position to be in! Between people of good faith, negotiation and compromise are definitely preferable! But sometimes no compromise is possible, or people don't act in good faith, or both at once. Now more than ever we have to prepare ourselves for that failure state.

That's the limit of pacifism. If the stakes are too high for you to submit, and/or the opponent is unwilling to be pacified, then you must fight or you will die, and the opponent will step over your corpse to get what they wanted all along.

*I* may owe *you* an apology for making you feel uncomfortable/threatened enough you felt you had to try to pacify me with a show of submission.

However, it only worked because I am *willing* to be pacified, and because the stakes are low enough *you're* willing to perform submission.

"that's presuming the only thing I care is pacifism"
Good point calling me out on that.

However, I reject your apology. Unless you're going to admit you're wrong about something, you shouldn't apologize for asserting your beliefs. I suppose I am trying to argue you out of what I see as an error, so

So the less a show engages with your ideas, the more you like it?

Except, Kudelia was only able to achieve that change politically because Tekkadan performed violence on her behalf to prevent her from being killed or imprisoned when Gjallarhorn came for her in the first few episodes.

And even if it was worse for Amuro personally, was it not better for the world in general?

This is incoherent with your self-described pacifism. Annie's point is that symbols and ideas on their own can't overcome actual power ("the ability to compel obedience, often through violence or the threat of violence"). Symbols and ideas need power used alongside them to achieve meaningful change.

Perhaps; but was it *worse* for him than sitting around in house arrest stewing in depression?

The childish, unserious neoliberals in this case being McGillis?

Amuro's in a very particular context in that shot, arguing against someone attempting ecocide. I think a far more analogous situation to IBO is the one in Zeta Gundam, when Amuro's inaction was b/c of despair and resignation, and actively fighting against the Titans was a good thing for him.

That's not victory, that's survival while the ruling class compromises *just enough* to reduce the chances of another revolt

You don't have to say "child coded" about Almiria she's like 8, you can just say "child"

To paraphrase GK Chesterton, I don't need fiction to tell me there are villains. I'm well aware. I need fiction to tell me villains can be overcome.

I can't, I hate this ending. If I wanted to watch bad men triumph, I'd watch the news.