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✷ my character themed spotify playlists
ELIXIR OF BLOODLUST. astarion ancunin $100.00
AVIATION GIN. bradley bradshaw $21.86
BAHAMA MAMA. sarah cameron $50.00
CAMPARI. jennifer check $17.00
DEVILCRAFT. patch cipriano $4.55
VANILLA MILKSHAKE. charlie dalton $1.25
WHISKEY. jack daniels $16.99
AMERICANO. kevin dolenz $0.79
GRAPICO. steve harrington $0.79
DRINK ME POTION. alice liddell $0.00
VERITASERUM. narcissa malfoy $65.34
MELLOW YELLOW. eddie munson $0.25
O’HARREN’S SCOTCH. matt murdock $14.15
HANKY PANKY. andrew neiman $5.34
TRU: BLOOD. eric northman $9.80
ROOT BEER FLOAT. peter parker $4.50
JOSE CUERVO. javier peña $19.86
SHASTA COLA. peter quill $4.99
DIAZEPAM. harley quinn $7.37
MALT WHISKEY. harvey specter $1,324.00
JAGER. phil wenneck $19.99
LIQUID DEATH. everlark $12.74
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My thoughts on the general idea that isekai anime started to go downhill when they started to be written by men featuring male protagonists in wish-fulfillment adventures is that if you look beyond the current trends of isekai--beyond anime, even--you'll find that there are a lot of works of isekai (or, as they're called in English, "portal fantasy") written by men that featured girl protagonists that didn't have the same issues people find in current isekai when discussing the genre's flaws. (Some of these works are a lot older, and have other issues relevant to the time, but that's another topic.)
Off the top of my head, you have L. Frank Baum, Lewis Carroll, and C.S. Lewis as examples of men who wrote portal fantasies with girls as protagonists that didn't have the same issues that you see people criticize in isekai anime. The main difference I could see between their works and isekai anime that people dislike is that they were writing for a more general audience of children. More often than not, they also had younger girls who were either related to them or the children of friends of theirs that inspired them to write those stories. Lewis dedicated The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe to his goddaughter Lucy, Lewis Carroll wrote for Alice Liddell and her family, etc.
Even looking at more recent examples of isekai/isekai-adjacent works that feature girls and are written by men--Coraline by Neil Gaiman, Labyrinth by Jim Henson, Pan's Labyrinth by Guillermo del Toro--if you look up interviews by those people, they often cite their daughters as inspiration for the stories and protagonists they wrote.
The underlying theme I see here, is that none of them were horny while writing their works. (There's debate about Carroll, but I'm not going to go into that for now.)
I'm not saying that you have to be a dad if you're a man writing these kinds of works, but there is a general sense of empathy for the younger protagonists that doesn't involve sexualizing underage characters. I think that's one of the main reasons why these stories are different from current isekai that people often criticize. Just my two cents.
(There is one European isekai that is written by a man and features an overpowered male protagonist--that would be Michael Ende's The Neverending Story. But that story makes it a plot point about what happens when the isekai protagonist becomes too powerful for his own good.)
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Some incorrect\extremely correct quotes for my EXTREMELY FAR AWAY IN THE FUTURE ADP FIC (and in part in TIALAMYDK LMAO)
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Alice *after entering Douxie's mind for several minutes, on the floor*: Oh, wow. Your brain is a disaster
Douxie *also on the floor*: Yeah, I know
Alice : Ever thought about doing drugs?
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Zoe: Casperan.
Douxie: Ashildr.
Zoe: Clumsy dumbass.
Douxie: Angry Chiwawa.
Claire: *confused* What are they doing?
Archie: Insulting contest.
Claire: Ah.
Zoe: Old Man.
Douxie: Dwarf.
Zoe: Flat ass.
Douxie: Useless Half Lesbian
Zoe: Knucklehead
Douxie: Mosquito
Zoe: Peter Pan
Douxie: *Suddenly grinning* Pinky pie.
Zoe: EXCUSE ME?
Douxie: HA! *Claps hands with a smug face* I WON!
Zoe: HOW DID YOU JUST CALL ME?! I'M GONNA FUCKING END YOU!
Alice: Now, now…
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Douxie: Hello, my name is Failure, and you're watching my life crumble into pieces.
Douxie: *waves his fingers and sings like he is in a Disney Channel intro*
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Simon: Why are you on fire?
Douxie: This is just how my day is going.
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Douxie: Everybody shut up, please! I'm thinking.
Zoe, patting him on the back: Well, don’t think too hard. I wouldn’t want you to hurt yourself.
Douxie: Oh, for the bloody sake, Ashildr!
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Jim: I’m here for the cult stuff.
Alice: How did you find us?
Jim: I saw your ad on craigslist.
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Alice: To be honest, I'm kinda pissed that I'm not asleep in bed next to the love of my life in a cottage with no obligations other than watering my vegetable garden.
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Archie, looking at Douxie, Alice, Simon and Zoe: Okay, so I need to become a therapist faster.
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Simon, on the phone: Oh, hey man… Sorry for accusing you of murder last week.
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Alice: Someone take me to art museums and make out with me.
Zoe: But they said not to touch the masterpieces.
Alice: Well somebody's got to pin the artwork to the wall.
Douxie, on a mic that he brought by himself: This is Douxie, those idiots are fucking around in the East wing again.
Douxie:*drops the mic on the floor and leaves, muttering about being a third wheel*
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Zoe: Mom liked to say ‘you can be part of the problem or part of the solution,’ but I happen to believe you can be both.
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Jim: Who's in charge here?
Zoe, shrugging: Usually whoever yells the loudest. So, me.
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Barbara, seeing both Douxie and Alice on wheelchairs: I hope you have an explanation for this.
Alice: We have three, actually! :D
Douxie: Pick your favorite.
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Alice: *venting endlessly to Simon about her week*
Simon, every once in a while: *in a monotone* Wow, that is so wild.
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Alice: Yeah, well I've never died so how do I know that Gods or... God are real.
Nari:*appears*
Alice: WHAT THE FLIP
Athena:*appears too*
Alice:*looses her flipping mind*
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Zoe, to Claire: Well, one of us has to be wrong and it’s not going to be me.
Claire:
Claire: Yes, it's you, actually.
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Alice, *talking about Zoe*: She's the girl of my dreams!
Douxie: You say to most of the girls that they are the girl of your dreams.
Alice: I have a lot of dreams.
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Douxie: The next time I open up to someone, it'll be my autopsy.
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Simon: Sorry I can’t be emotionally vulnerable with you, it'd ruin the mystery.
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Zoe, *talking about one of her first meeting with Douxie*: And then he ran into my knife. He ran into my knife several times.
Jim: You mean you stabbed him?
Zoe: He ran into my knife.
Douxie: She ran into my knife, too.
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Zoe: I don’t even have time to tell you how wrong you are.
Jim: Okay?
Zoe: …
Zoe: …
Zoe: Actually it’s gonna bug me if I don’t, so...
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*Zoe and Alice are texting*
Zoe: Your ass is like…
Zoe: Spacious
Alice: WHAT
Zoe: Sorry, I didn’t want to say fat because it might trigger your ED
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Bastard number 1:*sarcastically, while leaving* I hope you all make it to adulthood.
Jim: That’s... a great prayer.
Simon: A needed one.
Douxie: A needed one indeed.
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Simon: I will send my army to attack!
Simon: *makes roaring noises*
Simon: *releases a dumpster of raccoons*
Jim, next to his Vespa: WHOA
Jim: THEY WERE YOURS????
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Zoe, singing to the tune of I Kissed a Girl: I killed a guy, and I liked it-
Douxie, whispering: Should we call the exorcist?
Alice, also singing: The taste of his cherry chapstick.
Simon, appalled, but looking apathetic: Call the exorcist.
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Zoe: Alice and I are no longer dating.
Alice: Zoe, that’s a horrible way of telling people we’re married.
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Zoe: Hey, quick question. How petty am I allowed to be?
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Alice: What if the person who named Walkie Talkies named everything?
Alice: Pregnancy tests are Maybe Babies.
Toby: Socks are Feetie Heaties.
Jim: Defibrillators are Heartie Starties.
Douxie: Nightmares are Dreamy Screamies.
Claire: Stamps are Lickie Stickies.
Zoe: I hate you guys so much.
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Alice, looking through their clothes: Has anyone seen my top?
Simon, grabbing his mint gums without looking at her: Zoe's in the kitchen.
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