UN: Zodiac | Happy Pride!

[kaisoumods]

WHO: Everyone!
WHERE: Libra App
WHEN: June 1st
WHAT: Zodiac Network Post
WARNINGS: None!

[If you look out the window at night, you'll see the Spirit Vein shift from the dark hues into ones of brilliant light. Across the sky, the spirit vein will dance in colors all across the visible spectrum, making it a beautiful cascade of light as the Light Element takes hold.

Meanwhile, around this time everyone will receive a fancy envelope containing a fanciful invitation to the Goblin King's Masquerade. Be sure to take care of this invitation, as otherwise you might start to lose things.

Everyone's devices will emit a soothing wind chime sound as a new Zodiac post appears. The chime will sound even if you have your phone turned off or on silent, and will not stop until you read their message and comment to it.]


Ophelia has left the app.

[The post then continues on.]

Hello and thank you for using the Libra app.

Oh great, because Janet screwed up so bad with mothers day, they want me to cover the pride post. Pretty ironic to ask me to work and not her during Pride month, but I guess I get why corporate wouldn't to chance it.

Anyway, Happy Pride Month. If you don't know what that means, it means unless you're one of the few straight people that are somehow on this app, it's your month to celebrate being part of the LGBTAQ+. If you want to know what those letters mean, ask your fellow app users- I'm trying to get out of here on time since I have a date with my boyfriend.

Zodiac is proud to help sponsor any Pride-related events that are going on throughout the city. Be sure to look for our booths where you can buy Pride themed merchandise. I will say while it's rainbow capitalism, I will at least say my employers do keep caring even after Pride month is done, so there's that.

Anyway, that's it. I'm leaving. Happy Pride. 🌈


This post is sponsored by the Cinderella Hair Salon! Your hair will be the bell of the ball this Pride!

[Users will have the option to choose their own display names and userpics if they haven't already. If nothing is chosen, the app will use their real name and a quick photo taken of them from their camera's phone.

Please note that there will be no city log this month, with the next event log being posted on the 15th. As such, players are free to make their own posts and mingles regarding city events. If you want more details on what's happening the city this month, it can be found here. ]

Comments

Text | UN: makeitaventi

[venti_late]

After the fiasco from last month, I put in for the icebreaker this time!

Anyway, just a reminder that all of Shakespeare's works are meant to be FLEXIBLE in terms of gender and sexuality~! If I had to choose just one, though, I'd probably choose Much Ado About Nothing if only because I think it'd be even funnier to make it more campy and queer!

Oh, right, did anyone else receive an invitation to a masquerade?

Text: UN:hotgoss

[bebest]

Gurl, I got one too! I haven't been to masquerade in forever! I mean, I LOVE a party, but this like, the busiest time of year for me. I have my OWN parties to plan.

UN: hikari-vi | Text

[whiteshroud]

Magical Girl Alisa.

They truly need to give up on trying to push Alisa/Demon Prince ship, as they lack any true chemistry, and instead accept that the Demon Prince clearly belongs with Crow.

As for Alisa, I think there's a lot of potential between the different girls, and a lot of directions that the showrunners could do. But if I had to pick one.... I think Alisa/Towa is an underrated gem.

text | un: chaosraccoon

[actnormal]

Okay so it's not just me who ships AliTo?

Text | UN: HelplesslyWeak

[life_ethereal]

Totally agree, honestly! I'm way more invested in the Demon Prince's budding polyamory with the male cast. I can't pick just one ship for him, so clearly my answer is "yes."

Man, Alisa/Towa would be so good. That'd make it so heartwarming. Tension coming from outside the relationship and how they handle it as a couple would be way better than whatever is going on with the Demon Prince and Alisa.

text: un: trienemybest

[droptheious]

Wait. Alisa and Demon Prince are supposed to be romantic? Is that what they were trying to get at? I thought they were just awkward coworkers who didn't know what to talk about when they weren't fighting evil.

un: ragna

[centralfiction]

[local man with younger sister aware of this show due to divine intervention of dice-bot san, thus:]

Alisa and the Demon Prince were supposed to be a thing?!

un: petaltothemetal

[blossominghopes]

Right!! And if you think about it, on top of lacking true chemistry, Alisa and the Demon Prince are fundamentally incompatible! Both have better options and I do think the writers see that, but they might be... limited in what they can actually do in the face of executive meddling. It's so disappointing.

Also: Alisa and Towa are just super cute together. On the one hand, I wish more people would acknowledge the ship, on the other... maybe it's best it stays underrated. Less chance of fandom at large doing what fandom at large does.

text | un: lynya

[felyney]

If anyone here can look me in the eye and tell me that there is ANY heterosexual explanation for ANYTHING that happens Miyoworld games, please tell me because I have some friends who would LOVE to study your brain

Text | UN: makeitaventi

[venti_late]

I voice one of the characters in Gen Impact! Can confirm: he's definitely not at all a heterosexual character.

Text | volans

[aquilaconstellation]

I can think of heterosexual explanations for a lot of them, but you might need a foot stool for the looking each other in the eye part.

un: shadowsword; text

[rupturingheaven]

Honestly, I'm impressed at how queer these games manage to be, all things considered.

un: belleoftheboulevard

[greatlydares]

Zone One Restless, this one drama from the 1990s, that was actually based off a book that WAS gay. Unfortunately it was the nineties sooooo it was very censored.

un: midnightfishing

[illucesco]

i worked on the history's hitmen series for a while. i'll tell you this now, both twins were supposed to be bisexual in the edwardian era game, they just got too scared they'd scare off a massive chunk of their audience if jacqueline kissed a girl onscreen.

but their excuse publicly was "too hard to animate girls kissing."

[actnormal]

COWARDS

un: yiling

[conseqweinces]

what kind of bullshit excuse is THAT (＃`Д´)

Text: UN:hotgoss

[bebest]

You are missing the obvious answer which is EVERYTHING should be more queer than it is!

EVERYTHING.

I wanna live in a world where there's as much queer romance plots (or NOT, I see you aces!!!) as there are boring hetero ones! We're back to the movie tropes again where there's, like, one white dude with brown hair and one white lady with blonde hair and they have a miscommunication and hate each other - then uh oh suddenly they're in love- rinse and repeat FOREVER. Why can't WE have some cliche story tropes now? Just for us!!!!

[drewthetower]

we've already claimed knight/lady-slash-knight/lord for the queers

give us more dammit

text | un: kissmyash

[switchaxe]

can I say a whole fuckin genre because regency romance would be the perfect genre for more gay shit and there is a significant lack of gay shit

text: un: Mr.ColdFeet

[anyprice]

idk if ya'll grew up watching the Animaniacs, but that show was my jam growing up. I wanted to be an animaniac.
But that aside, noone in that family is straight.

I'm pretty sure Wakko is even non-binary. I remember a comic where he claimed his gender was 'other' or something.

anyway, pride month is so much fun. I can't wait to dress in drag all month. Madame Bruegel Poisson loves the holiday of rainbows.

[actnormal]

Sam I'm saying this with all the affection and love I have for you:

Of course you wanted to be an Animaniac.

text; un: absolutenumber

[mediocrites]

It is immensely disappointing that we've still yet to get a mainstream Sherlock Holmes adaptation that offers anything more than improbably intense subtext for the two main characters. Although I will offer compliments to the one that made Watson a woman and then left their relationship entirely platonic.

Text | UN: DionLesage

[light_warden]

I recall that there was a Japanese drama adaptation where both of them were women. Unfortunately, I believe it was cancelled for unrelated reasons, though I haven't been up to date on that.

Still, I do agree with that assessment.

un: violetsmoke; text

[infezione]

Mimi's Strange Journey. It's already pretty queer, let's not kid ourselves, but damn it, it needs to be more explicitly queer.

(I wish everyone on the internet who says Micah isn't bi a very "go fuck yourself".)

[actnormal]

^ This

un: steadyflame; text

[reignitions]

Fighting games are already surprisingly good for queer rep, but more would be great.

Shout out to Street Brawler for a certain polyamorous bi queen, and of course shout out to Guilty Gear for Testament, Venom, and Bridget.

text; un: allin

[neverchanged]

Wishing you lots of fun on your date, Jarry~ I'm not shocked that our favorite cranky forever-intern has more game than Potato Salad Girl.

Now, where did I put my mask...? I was so sure I had one.

un: petaltothemetal; text

[blossominghopes]

Back when I still had the time for long RPGs, I remember being SO continually disappointed at the romance options in the later entries of the EGO series. I was crushed to find out there had even been a cut romance route between the protag and one of the male party members in the fourth!!

It stings so much more when 2 had the option and it was even the one that made the most sense... TToTT

text; un: doordasher

[doublethumbsup]

u know if u think about it

the dinosaurs in the Triassic Acres series got a lot of genderfluid stuff going on lmao

one time i saw someone on the internet SO bend outta shape about queer people he was like
WHAT ARE THEY GONNA MAKE THE DINOSAURS IN THE MOVIE TRANS NOW
lmao
buddy
like thats a whole PLOT POINT
and i like miss plot points on the REGULAR

so funny

un: tm149

[goodolrika]

I-- Wow. *Wow.*

How do you miss the point that badly?!