(if this has been done before ill take it down but jesus h christ it wouldnt leave my empty headspace)
one of my favorite genres of discourse is when people try valiantly to take fictional (and often fantastical) scenarios and compare them to real life standards to make them more problematic
“I can’t believe that 300 year old vampire finds a 20 year old attractive” they’re literally an undead creature of the night that kills people susan
this is a bad opinion and you should feel bad
typing up my apology statement on iPhone notes rn
Crash
faqs:
is this real? / i thought pro wrestling was fake? wrestling is 'fake' in that the fights are choreographed and the winner is predetermined, but the physicality is very real. there's no way to 'fake' getting whipped with a metal chain so hard it leaves welts.
why ARE they chained? this is a specialty fight called a 'dog collar match' where both participants are, you guessed it, fitted with dog collars which are then chained together.
is this legal? / how can this be allowed? why wouldn't it be? they're both consenting adults who planned and agreed to it.
but they could be seriously hurt! they know, and they accept the risk. pro wrestlers are well aware of the injuries possible in their line of work, and they do it anyway because they're crazy people.
IS there aftercare? of a sort, yeah - there's a medical team on hand to patch everyone up, and lots of coworkers backstage to give them a 'job well done!'
why are they wearing thigh highs? they're kneepads/shin guards for protection. looking like sexy thigh highs is just a bonus side effect!
ok, but why's that guy in a shiny speedo? personal preference. wrestlers can design their own outfits and some prefer full coverage long tights, while others wear less to show off the gams.
is that cm punk? yup! he unretired last year.
why do straight men watch this? i'm still trying to figure this one out. 🤷
#is this just kinky as hell to anyone else or like#is that just me?
Nah mate two half-naked muscular men chained together by their dog collars whipping the shit out of each other with chains in a ritualised power struggle with a predetermined dominator and submitter of the interaction in a public ring is wholesome family entertainment
oho, so this is one 'o them intricate rituals I been hearing about...
listen, I’m not even surprised Outsider is tired of this guy
character development is a myth
Because in the original Dishonored it was just kind of creepy and played up the idea of Daud as a mysterious supernatural assassin, where the watch didn’t even have an image of him. But then if you play the dlcs you realize that everyone in Dunwall knows what Daud looks like. The random slaughterhouse workers you can free in Knife of Dunwall recognize you on sight, Abagail Ames launches into a buisness proposal 20 seconds after laying eyes on him, the non-lethal option in Eminent Domain (at least how I played it) is that you fall through a roof and there’s a random guy sitting there like “just the man I wanted to see!”
What I’m getting at here is that this conversation definitely happened:
Poster Artist: Alright, that’s the reward and the list of charges settled. For the portrait…uh…do any of you know what he looks like? Because, I mean, I sure don’t.
Watch Captain, who hired him to kill someone last month: Ha ha, no, why would I know that????
Noble, who hired him to kill someone last week: I’ve never seen this man in my life
Overseer, who got his ass kicked yesterday but doesn’t want to admit it: I’m pretty sure no has. Ever. We probably shouldn’t even bother to ask around.
Poster Artist, who saw him on a roof once but definitely isn’t a narc: …
Poster Artist: Yeah, ok, how about I just give him a mask?
