It is right and good to both bully corporations for shallow pride aesthetics and also be happy that queer people are considered an important demographic to cater to
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Unrelated, but made alot of progress in WoTR and despite seeing alot of negative comments, I didnât mind Act 4. It was okay.
However, I really like Nenio as a companion, but oh my god her quest has been very frustrating. I had to look up guides for the puzzles and I am now stuck at probably the toughest bossfight yet for me with the final boss in that questline. I am struggling hard.
The right way to bully the corpos is to tell them to be bolder and gayer.
The wrong way is to tell them to stop it completely.
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The thing about that is how capitalism erodes the human spirit into a cynical cog in a ruthless hierarchy contrary to our nature and when profit is placed above all else as the one purpose of what youâre doing, the politics of appeasement to retain a customer base means you cave to fascists immediately once thereâs a small dip in profit from âcontroversyâ.
Inherently reactionary movements will always make noise, bully their opposition into silence and dishonestly assert supremacy where unchallenged. Itâs already the case that the corpos are cowering in the growing shadow of bigotry.
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Enigma is an incredible pain and only the incredibly adorable scenes at the end with Nenio, My Friend make it worthwhile
(also apparently if you do the quest as a Legend then you can uno reverse card the boss and itâs very funny)
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Im playing as Angel, which has usually gotten me through most fights, but this boss is just very difficult.
I love the asthetics of Enigma though, itâs just really frustrating gameplay. And Nenio is so fun as a companion.
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Wait, Nenio has a quest in Act 4? I thought I didnât need to do Nenioâs quest before Act 4, since I was on a very short timer to get to there and I thought Iâll bother with it after Act 4.
I do really like Nenio as a character, but I feel like the auto-build has made her so suboptimal that I wouldnât use her in my party. Sheâs so fragile⌠same goes for Ember. I know I should use Mageâs Armor and whatnot, but still!!
(Also I really do not know who to swap out, I want Ulbrig for Death From Above, I want Sosiel for buffs, I want Lann and Arueshalae for ranged damage (and annoyingly, Lann has Dimension Step whereas Arueshalae is skill monkey/trickery⌠I guess I can swap out Lann? He does a ton of damage thoughâŚ), and Seelah for tanking and Mark of Justice. Yes, no spellcasters. Yes, itâs dumb. Shut up!!
Everyone seems to play Nenio as a Weird spammer or whatever, but I donât think the auto-builds will steer her to that and Ember similarly has weird choices taken (no Evil Eye??). I know I can just respec them, but Iâm already following two builds for Ulbrig and Arue and itâs getting obnoxious every time I level up. Aaaahh!!!
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No, in Act 5. After you come back out you can get the other masks you need and do her quest in nameless ruins.
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I have built for my go to:
Me as Cleric Angel for pure damage/buffer.
Seelah for Tank
Wotjif for Rogue/meele dps.
Aru for ranged dps.
Ember for almost pure healing/support.
Nenio for my spellcaster, which I donât think as high dps but utility. So various debuffs/battlefield changes etc.
I dislike it not because their tokenism is demeaning or the false pandering of their marketing departments. Not that I like that either. But why I really dislike it is because far too many people mistake it for actual support.
They donât realise theyâre being played. They take declarations of support and solidarity at face value. They donât realise that when a corporation says it supports your cause, 9 times out of 10 what they really mean is that they want to stick your causes logo on their products and then sell them to you.
The trap is reprehensible but watching people fall in the trap is even worse.
Unfortunately though, in current/many situations, the other alternative is to not have them do anything at all, which by default means less visibility, which means less awareness and less support.
Fake or false support still brings awareness and shows that people exist, so it is still ultimately a plus even if itâs not for the right intentions.
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The vast majority of queer people absolutely know that companies pandering to Pride is just that, pandering â I donât think Iâve met anyone who identifies as LGBTQ+ who thinks that corporate entities are sincere allies. But then again, like Stonetower said, the fact that weâre a demographic worth appealing to (even if itâs only in the west) is definitely a form of progress too since it would never have happened not too long ago.
The only people who really get into a tizzy about it are conservative regressives who have a fit over any kind of minority representation and support.
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Okay but look at who was ACTUALLY at Pride
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Fy1g-lfXgAAov8A?format=jpg&name=small
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Fy1mBWvX0AEmHe8?format=jpg&name=large
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I want that Sasuke t-shirt
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The worst part about corporate pride is the ongoing sanitationist of it in the name of being âfamily friendlyâ (aka advertiser friendly)
And how that affects the youth
Have seen some wild pro censorship takes from teens and young adults the last few years.
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I canât find it from a quick google. Might need to get a custom print job done 
âPride is becoming too degenerate!!!â â teenage redditor whoâs never attended and whose only understanding comes from conservative youtubers.
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Sorry to interrupt but they changed the guildâs tabard that Iâm in and now vax looks UGLY
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âIâll report you to the con management and they will kick your degenerate butt out!â - teen whoâs never been to an anime convention to an artists who has had a booth there for years.
Wrong washing machine setting
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