Someone didn’t want to feel their feelings.
this post was submitted on 19 May 2025
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This mod is a quintessential example of this meme
They turned him into just Tarion
Mhhm, someone got undesired feelings when looking at Astarions ass and made a mod to remove the problem.
The length men will go to to not learn anything about themselves is impressive.
That ass really had someone CONFUSED
Im super straight. Whoever makes me hard is a woman.
My favorite part of this is that they have this, but then install all the nude female mods, or the big boob mods.
Like, I can't find a decent male armor mod on Nexus without going through pages and pages of the most thirsty ass nude/skimpy mods. I know I can block them, but that also hides some gore related mods, so I just sit there and wonder at the depravity of people who look at polygons in the shape of a human and get off to it. :X
The only reason I can think someone would want to do this is because they are gay or bi and have not come to terms with that.
Definitely. Took all that time and tinkering to get rid of ~~their urges~~ wOkE pRoPaGaNdA!
Just today I was leaving the grocery store parking lot and saw some guy with a solid upper body load groceries into a lifted truck with a Trump sticker and the whole time I was worried about the poor guys tiny legs snapping.
Never skip leg day, folks.
This videogame character is making me have gay thoughts again!
Okay but the butt-hugging going on in the left image doesn't make much sense given the fabric. Left butt should just have that connecting middle part added. No need to make it smaller.
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it's a fetish at that point and you cannot convince me otherwise.
Dude spent his freetime styling an ass to his prefered shape. I think we're kinkshaming him.
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The same people who cry when someone makes a game where the woman don't all have large breasts
Vampire twink ass got him feeling weird.
As a straight male I can honestly say that while the default is aesthetically pleasing, pants just don't wear that way unless you're very friendly with your tailor.
Which is perfectly in keeping with Asterion's character.
Gale: That tailor violated me. He was measuring my inseam and then there was definite... cuppage...
Astarion: That's how they do pants!!! First they go up one side, they move it over. Then they go up the other side they move it back. Then then they go up the rear. Right, Wyll?
Wyll: Yes, yes it is... in PRISON!!
Karlach: pretending not to listen, grinning
This is for the men who don’t wipe after using the toilet because that’s gay
What even is the point of wiping ? You’re just gonna be shitting again soon anyway.
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I mean yeah. So many insecure men, refuse to wear fitted clothes or talk to their doctor about lower intestine problems, because they believe that admitting you have a butt is gay or feminine.
Removing the gay/trans rear is pretty in character for these types.
Its a weird attitude that would be a lot more funny if it didn't cause men to die of preventable ass cancers.
Having your pants in your crack that high, is NOT fitted.
Yoga pants, sure, I guess, but leather pants that you need to hike/fight in, that is a huge nonstarter.
It's a fantasy world, we can have magical leather pants that show off your ass and are comfortable to fight in and maybe even give a +1 to stealth rolls.
"I keep trying to stealth, but the clap of my ass cheeks keeps giving me disadvantage!"
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Why were they staring at his ass in the first place....seems kinda sus fam...
The ass is the unifier. We must break bread with the ass not be divided by it.
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Let them eat cake
I have complicated feelings on this. (Note: I've yet to play BG3, I will eventually)
I'm bisexual, so I'd never ever install this mod. But I feel as though that I can't say someone is explicitly wrong for doing so. Maybe they're not the kind of person I'd want to interact with, and maybe I might not be able to help but judge them a little, but its their prerogative.
Like, should a person be expected to expose themselves to something they see as sexual if it makes them uncomfortable? Even if that discomfort stems from homophobia or fear of discovering that they are bi/gay? Like, this arguably is an issue of whatever the player consents to seeing.
It being included in the anti-woke modlist is funny though.
IMO you’ve consented to seeing sexual content when you continue purchasing and/or playing the game after seeing the content warning and age rating that includes “Nudity” and “Strong Sexual Content”.
That's a good point, but IDK if that'd mean they consent to all sexual content in the sense that they might have some ignorant expectations of what they'll find in the game with that rating.
This is obviously extremely tame compared to some of the stuff they probably just stumble over on the internet. Though obviously, they don't consent to it if they decide to specifically install this mod.
Does this make everyone's ass flatter or just Asterion's? I'm genuinely curious. Because I know he isn't the only one that's caked up.
Even then, if it's just Asterion and not other male characters, I don't know what to make of it. I don't think making an ass flatter is homophobic (although it certainly isn't ally behavior). But it might reveal some internalized homophobia. Maybe. Again, I'm not really sure.
If it were all male characters and none of the female characters I'd be more concerned about sexism than homophobia. But that's just me.
I assume just Asterion's given that's what the tweet suggests.
If it were all male characters and none of the female characters I’d be more concerned about sexism than homophobia. But that’s just me.
That's an interesting take, could you elaborate?
Obviously, given that the mod seems to be just Asterion, it's not a real concern. But if they were leaving women as they are (scantily clad, revealing outfits, etc) and de-sexualizing I'd be more concerned about why they feel it's okay to objectify women and not men.
But it seems like it's a moot point, anyway.
That's what I suspected you meant. I agree that it is (partially) irrelevant to the topic of this post, but still I think its interesting enough that I want to engage with it if you don't mind.
Sexualization is not intrinsically objectification. It can be but you'd have to make an assumption about their motivations for installing such a mod that I think is unrealistic in that case.
Further, keeping character's you find attractive sexy and de-sexing characters who you (think you) find unnattractive on your own local private play through seems like something a person would do for the sake of enhancing a private fantasy. It'd be that they are treating the game as at least partly an erotic experience would be my assumption that would be damaged for them if the sexualization of certain character hurts that experience for them.
Of course I should reiterate that I've not played the game. So I might be missing some context. I have played Skyrim loaded with, ah-hem... certain mods. And I know why I installed those, and it wasn't because I wanted to embrace objectification.
I mean, if we're taking the example of flattening an ass on men and leaving round, partially exposed asses on women, I think we're going beyond objectifying people. The game let's you run around naked with genitals on display. If someone wants to have that kind of play experience, they can do it without mods. So if they feel the need to desexualize men and leave women in sexual roles, it tells me something about how they see women.
I'm not asking you to come to the same conclusion. You're free to feel however you want.
So if they feel the need to desexualize men and leave women in sexual roles, it tells me something about how they see women.
It tells you how they see people they're attracted to. Which happens to be women. (and maybe men but they're denying that potentiality to themselves possibly)
I find both men and women physically attractive, but I do not find all men and women physically attractive. If I installed a mod that de-sexualized certain people but not by gender, would that mean I'm objectifying the people I find attractive?
Culture obviously plays a role here in making men see women as merely potential sexual play things. Even when I thought I was straight I never understood this on a personal level, because a major factor in finding someone sexy for me is precisely that they are not an object.
I told you don't need to agree with me. Can we leave it at that? Or do you think it's your job to change my mind?
I'm not trying to change your mind I'm earnestly curious about how you think. My question was good faith. I promise.
If it theoretically ended up changing your mind or making you dig your heels in, so be it in either case. That's not what I want to achieve here in asking you about your perception.
I also earnestly just enjoy discourse.
If you don't want to answer though, that's fine. I'll leave you be.
If you're interested in discourse, read what I already wrote. I said "I'd be more worried about misogyny" not that it would in fact make a person misogynistic. Is is a problem to acknowledge that some people who would engage in that kind of behavior might be misogynistic in your mind?
If you’re interested in discourse, read what I already wrote. I said “I’d be more worried about misogyny” not that it would in fact make a person misogynistic.
I'm terribly sorry but I'm confused by what the meaningful difference is? I feel like you were trying to communicate something very specific here and I'm missing it.
Is is a problem to acknowledge that some people who would engage in that kind of behavior might be misogynistic in your mind?
No, its not a problem exactly. Its a reasonable possibility and it makes sense to be concerned about. A lot of men are dumb chuds, and women-hatred goes along with that. However, I don't think its realistic as a base assumption that its a larger possibility over homophobia for it to be your primary concern. Admittedly, this is more based on my own experiences though and trying to put myself in the shoes of someone who'd care to install something like that.
Like, I know I clearly had internalized homophobia when I thought I was straight. And I was exposed to a lot more homophobia from my male peers than misogyny growing up. I saw and heard both, but one was WAY more intense and it was the homophobia.
That is to say, I'd bet the reason a person would do this is because of insecurity over potentially being gay/bi far more than because they are that obsessed with "putting women in their place" in their private video game time, other than on the basis of using the game as porn/erotica if they have some kind of kink and for whatever reason like using video games for that purpose rather than just regular purpose made porn/erotica.
The sort of guy who's primary reason for wanting to flatten men's asses in a video game would be because they view women as subhuman or something would make them unhinged and a rare breed of incel. While it being because they're insecure about their sexuality seems just... more likely to me.
To be "more worried" implies I'd be on the lookout for, not making accusations using only the mod as proof. It raises my hackles.
And I'm not saying that homophobia, internalized or not, shouldn't be considered. Homophobia and misogyny go hand-in-hand quite often. My point was merely that I'd be looking for misogyny first. because someone who wants women's bodies to be exposed but wants or allows men to be more covered up clearly values the two groups differently.
As you say, there are other reasons to engage in such behavior. But a) I'm probably going to be reasonably skeptical of those reasons and b) even if they have those reasons, it doesn't make them not a misogynist.
FWIW I'm gay and nonbinary. I get where concern for homophobia is coming from. It's just not my first thought in the specific scenario we're discussing.
And I’m not saying that homophobia, internalized or not, shouldn’t be considered.
Yeah I know you aren't saying that. In the same way that I'd still consider sexism/mysogyny as a possibility of being their primary reason. Its just not my first thought based on my experiences and intuition.
As you say, there are other reasons to engage in such behavior. But a) I’m probably going to be reasonably skeptical of those reasons and b) even if they have those reasons, it doesn’t make them not a misogynist.
FWIW I’m gay and nonbinary. I get where concern for homophobia is coming from. It’s just not my first thought in the specific scenario we’re discussing.
Yeah I understand that is your stance, what I don't understand is why you'd suspect that over homophobia. That's what I'm legitimately curious about.
Like, is it the same as me, in that its based on your personal experiences and knowledge of your own internal knowledge of your mind when you were younger? Is it more of some kind of logical/rational analysis? or statistical fact? Is it intuition? Ideological frameworks?
I just don't understand why this is your thinking and I'd like to know. I'm not saying you are wrong, my own beliefs aren't on like, rock solid critical thinking or facts or whatever. Its personal experience.
Call it intuition if you need to label it. But having spent most of my life passing as a man, and flying under the radar sometimes (in that people didn't immediately know that I was gay), I just heard a lot more misogyny than homophobia. That's probably just the guys that I know. But it has influenced me.
In my experience, men don't sexualize women to appreciate their beauty, but to demean them. It makes them feel powerful.
So you're telling me some rando sculpted his butt as a hobby project 🤔
Anti-"woke" mods are hilarious, they just prove how thin-skinned teabaggers are.
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