#i'll tag this with a bunch of ships i don't like since they apply

[whitestopper]

[a-star-that-burns-brightly]

{ Intro Post }

https://linktr.ee/opolivebranch https://arab.org/ https://wck.org/ my blog supports queer/trans people, people of color, disabled people, and minorities in general. If that isn't fine with you, go somewhere else.

Hello there, kind stranger! It's nice to see you. My name? Silly fool, I don't adhere to names. You're allowed to call me whatever you like. You can use any pronouns on me (including neos) My age is reserved for close friends only. this blog primarily serves to be a place for me to spout my inane incomprehensible ramblings about pieces of fiction that I really like, as well as the actual analysis post every now and again. If that sounds like something you'd like, feel free to stick around!

list of media that I really like (+ favorite characters from said media in brackets) - danganronpa despair time [david chiem, teruko tawaki, whit young] - tetro danganronpa pink [kamimura kazutoshi, hiroaki nakamigawa, okazaki manano] - milgram [kotoko yuzuriha, amane momose, haruka sakurai] - lacey games [lacey] - studio investigrave games (favorites are dead plate, cold front, and married in red) [rody lamoree, vincent charbonneau, winnie bosko, augustine orlov, bok-su go] - the summer hikaru died ["hikaru", hikaru indou, yoshiki tsujinaka] - vivinos' work (mainly her shorts, favorites are tili tili bom, jordan river, and my september. I also like alien stage and pink bitch club) [till, ivan, basically the whole pink bitch club cast] - infinity train (specifically book 3) [hazel, jesse cosay, grace monroe] (there's more, but these are the ones I mostly think about.) list of things that I like in general - drawing - history (especially art history) - analyzing stories and characters - psychology - long video essays (please send me recs) - character design - vocaloid [riproducer, ghost and pals, kikuo, maretu, pinocchio-p, hiiragi kirai, kurage-p, guchiry, deco*27, vane lily, mcki robyns-p, nilfruits] - music in general [the crane wives, sodikken, marina, melanie marinez, nicole dollanganger, mitski, lana del rey, amanda palmer/the dresden dolls, will wood (and the tapeworms), tally hall, chonny jash, jack stauber + more !!] - cool pixel art - pictures of sunsets (+ the sun in general) - learning about + researching new things !! and a lot more !!

some notes about this account + myself - I try to keep this blog relatively positive (keyword here is try), but I am a very opinionated and passionate person, especially about fiction. It's who I am and I don't try to hide it, so there will most likely be negativity just as there is positivity. - I love talking about my interests and fandoms !! Please send me asks about it :D - I don't tag spoilers - Though it may not look like it since I mainly talk about DRDT and Milgram on here, this is intended to be a multifandom blog and I want to make a bunch of posts about the other media in my favorites bucket soon (once I rewatch them...) Please don't follow me for any fandom specifically lmao - I welcome any critique or corrections of my posts so long as you aren't an asshole about it - I don't condone or tolerate harassing people over fiction, especially fictional ships. I also don't talk about it much, but I do like a lot of dynamics that would be abusive and/or unhealthy in real life. If either of those things make you uncomfortable, feel free to block me (this also means proshippers are free to interact with my blog, if that wasn't already obvious) - I don't have a DNI because I think they're counterintuitive uh. just don't be a dick and like, follow the three fandom laws and we'll be good - I make a lot of kys jokes, joke threats, and jokes about suicide in general, and also a lot of lame sexual humor. I'll make them freely on my blog because it's my blog, but if we're talking personally, please tell me if I'm making you uncomfortable and I'll tone it down. - I can also reclaim the F slur and do use it sometimes, same thing applies. - My favorite kind of media is media that tackles dark and/or uncomfortable themes in an interesting way because I think things of that nature should be discussed, plus it's just fun to read and write about. It's also the reason why I love the horror genre so much, as it gives a space for these themes to be explored without judgement. any recommendations of media that fits this bill is welcome - When I analyze characters, I tend to focus in on their flaws because those are the most fun for me to analyze. Please know that when I relentlessly slander a character, it is simply because I love them <3 - I really like characters who are morally very bad people, but still nuanced and complicated individuals. can you tell I'm a kotoko yuzuriha fan yet.

contact info + extra blogs

@allkn0wingallag0ny - my art blog!! I post my silly drawings here @drdtappreciation - confession-adjacent blog I made for people to share positivity about danganronpa despair time The only other social media I really use is discord because I hate modern social media culture, but I don't feel like giving that out unless we're mutuals. If we are though, just hit me a DM and I'll send it your way!

I think that should be all! Thank you for reading all the way through. I hope that you'll like what you find here :D

[shining-gem34]

SHIPPING INFO. Answer the following for your muse(s) so people know how shipping works on your blog.

What’s your OTP for your Muse(s)?

Hm! I won't say it here, because I don't want to give the wrong impression. I will say I do have a few OTPs! My close friends/besties already know my bias!

What are you willing to RP when it comes to shipping?

Excluding the big NO-NO (r*pe, non-con, underage sex, and etc.), I'm pretty open and willing to try a variety of things for shipping. It can go from fluffy/playful to angsty next. On that note, I am also open to exploring toxic ships/red flags as well. :3

How large does the age gap have to be to make it uncomfortable?

As someone who RP's muses who are either in the three digits or immortals, I can safely say as long as they are both ADULTS who are consenting, all is good. I will say NO if our muses have a parent/child bond like Muse A has raised Muse B since they were a kid, or anything similar to that.

Are you selective when shipping?

In general, it's a yes.

Mostly because I don't get home until the evening and by then my energy is pretty low. It takes time for me to sit down and focus on tumblr replies. Too many things happening can feel overwhelming for me, especially if I think about making sure shipping with the same muses are different/varied. It hasn't happened yet as my activity levels here are random! But I am thinking it about now and rjrbrjrhrje Y e a h. That is why I made the shipping rule for new people who are following me the first time.

Otherwise, if we're already friends, chances are we already went feral about the characters/ship. I don't mind going straight into pre-established ship or RPing (plotting) how they got together. I'm not picky in that regard.

How far do steamy moments have to go before they’re considered NSFW?

I don't think I have reached that point on this site. If I do, I would say the moment they start stripping while kissing and getting handsy with each other. Maybe there's touching the private parts. At that point, as I try to follow my own rules, I would probably move the full NSFW into DMs/IMs.

Who are other muses you ship your muse with?

Uh. For reasons, I'll keep this short and sweet:

For everyone who saw read my ramblings in DM's or I drop something and leave like a rat, thank you so much for indulging me. <3 I had so much fun coming up with fluffy, silly, and angsty stuff for our muses together!

And it doesn't have to be just romantic too! It applies to platonic/familial muses too!

I do hope we can continue this and watch out muses get into shenanigans together. <3

Does one have to ask to ship with you?

Preferably, yes! If you don't tell me, then I won't know!

How often do you like to ship?

I'm thinking hard on this, because both outside and inside here? Not alot honestly. I do think about shipping however it usually ends up being brief and passing entertainment. So I don't really have alot of ships I am committed to.

Are you multiship?

Yes! It's surprisingly refreshing thinking of each ship being it's own thing and not a bunch of connected events. <3 I definitely enjoy the dynamics of each ship too!

Are you ship obsessed or ship more-or-less?

I say ship more-or-less than ship-obsessed. I don't actively seek out people to ship. Also it's too much for me to handle checking too many things happening at once. So, I'm usually committed to a few ships and if something develops naturally, or I feel something is happening? Yeah, I'll ship. :3

What is your favorite ship in your current fandom?

Me x Dan Feng

Finally, how does one ship with you?

I would say just be direct and ask if we can ship our muses together. I will say "yes" most of the time, especially if we have been plotting in the DMs and have a few IC already). If not, then yes I would like to discuss it first and get some IC interactions going. I always have a meme tag for a bunch of memes I've reblogged to break the ice, or starters if you prefer that!

Because, the more we talk about our muses dynamics and each other, I am more likely to fall in love and turn feral! I will be 100% on board shipping them! Like moreso if it's a character I am neutral about it's a BIG WIN because YOU made me love them!

Trust me it happened like....3-4? times now since I started this blog. I love it when people have so much love for their muses I just support them and fall in love too!

Tagged by: @memovia, @etherealguard, @grislyintentions Tagging: You!

[leonardcohenofficial]

20 questions for fic writers

i was tagged by @majorbaby to answer these—thank you so much!!!!!!!

i'll tag @draftdodgerag / @radioprune/ @sightofsea and anyone else who'd like to do this! answers below:

1. How many works do you have on Ao3? a grand total of five :D

2. What's your total Ao3 word count? 28,313 words!

3. What fandoms do you write for? currently have only published for mash, but i have fics for the man from uncle, star trek, star wars, doctor who, twin peaks, starsky and hutch, and black sails in drafts

4. What are your top five fics by kudos? i only have five fics on ao3 LOL

5. Do you respond to comments? i do my best to!

6. What is the fic you wrote with the angstiest ending? i suppose it's (open your hands) given it takes place before "bottoms up" which is fairly angsty in the overall houlifield arc

7. What’s the fic you wrote with the happiest ending? between the two longform fics i've posted—someone is waiting and so this is the word—they both have happy endings! i suppose whatever is happier depends on if you're more of a fan of piercintyre or hunnihawk endgame

8. Do you get hate on fics? i've never received any direct hate, so none that i'm aware of.................... 

9. Do you write smut? If so, what kind? yes; not usually plain pwp because i like having somewhat of a story tied to the smut but every once in a while it's less plot-driven

10. Do you write crossovers? What’s the craziest one you’ve written? i have not written any crossovers nor do i particularly feel any want to

11. Have you ever had a fic stolen? nope/not to my knowledge, hope to keep it that way!

12. Have you ever had a fic translated? no but would be honored and open to granting permission to do so!

13. Have you ever co-written a fic before? no, don't really have interest in doing so (LOL)

14. What’s your all time favorite ship? legitimately such a hard question lol; there are some ships that i don't even think about actively shipping because in my mind i nearly forget that they're not canon (see: spirk, skysolo, albert/dale, illya and napoleon, etc.) whereas there are certain relationship dynamics that continue to make me feel like the top of my head is being torn off and i think always will (twelveclara is absolutely insanity inducing, vanerackham also being a ship that really took over my brain and has not let go since, honorable mention to whatever barisi did to my psyche as a seventeen year old); not to mention all the relationships from non-fandom (for lack of a better term) media that i find extraordinarily emotionally impactful (tommy and axel in edge of the city, omar and johnny in my beautiful laundrette, whatever is happening between hamlet ophelia and horatio, same with karen joe and martha in these three, could name plenty of books and films and plays that this happens to me with)

all of this to say, it probably is piercintyre (still with a lot of love for hunnihawk) or spirk

15. What’s a WIP you want to finish but doubt you ever will? i have a few mash fic drafts that have been sitting in my notes app since literally 2019 so we will see if those ever see the light of day lmfao

16. What are your writing strengths? i think i'm very good at third person limited POV, which is how i write all of my fics (i don't like first person POV fics, despise omniscient, and find second person hardest to write); i also think that i'm pretty strong with narrative structure (comes with being a dramaturg lol) and internal dramaturgy and detail when it comes to researching for my writing

17. What are your writing weaknesses? i don't write linearly (this applies to my academic writing as well as fics) which i think does often make it harder on myself when piecing together a bunch of vignettes and trying to make them flow; i think that my understanding of narrative structure helps me get around this but i do wish i didn't always throw in an obstacle to my own writing. i also think i can be a bit too succinct (this is more a challenge with my academic writing than my fics imho but is a note that i get consistently from my committee haha)

18. Thoughts on writing dialogue in another language in fic? if the writer actually knows how to speak it and isn't just throwing text into google translate on a wing and a prayer, i don't always HATE it hate it; i've read a few good the man from uncle fics where if illya is speaking in ukranian or russian it's either mentioned in a character's POV or the text is put in italics which i think is a more effective device in communicating that the characters are speaking another language rather than the one the fic is written in

19. First fandom you wrote for? i wrote very bad doctor who and sherlock fanfiction when i was in middle school which i published on deviantart LMFAOOOOOOO

20. Favorite fic you’ve written? i think the honor has to go to someone is waiting—it was just such a labor of love and weaving in all of the sondheim references that have been so important to me with a longform exploration of hawkeye's takes on love was (as cheesy as it is to say) really special to me as a writer and it means so much that it resonated with so many people! (plus it has a very good soundtrack)

[morethanmybody]

Rules!

First off, you have to respect people’s (and muses’) pronouns. I’ve had a problem with this in the past and if you can’t do that, this really is not the place for you

Alright, onto more basic rules. Please don’t godmod and definitely don’t force ships or anything else on me. Just be considerate, really, and you’ll be fine

I won’t rp with muns under the age of 18 both for comfort reasons seeing as I’m an adult and also because this blog isn’t always sfw

I may not always be super active here (if this or anything like dropping threads, etc is bothersome to you, I am probably not your person), but I tend to be more active on discord and am almost always available to chat and plot. If we’re mutuals, feel free to ask for my discord!

On the topic of plotting, sometimes I love plotting extensively and sometimes I’d prefer to just wing it, but I’ll always take your preferences into account too!

Memes! Send me all of them. Seriously, as many as you want. I may not respond to them all, but I like having them in there for when I wanna write but don’t have specific ideas! I will also be sending you a whole bunch of memes as long as you’re okay with that!

I’m somewhat open to smut, but likely only with people I have written with in the past. If you’re just here for smut, I suggest you move on

I also write a lot of triggering topics with Taylah. Most notably, domestic/sexual/childhood/etc abuse, sex trafficking, drug addiction, and ableism. Taylah is often in an abusive relationship, was emotionally, physically, and sexually abused/trafficked as a child (and received an extreme form of applied behavior analysis "therapy"), is currently being sex trafficked, and is being manipulated into a drug addiction. I will happily tag any of this and anything else, but there will often be mentions of this and it also affects many aspects of their personality and I won't sugarcoat this stuff, but I am happy to not go into specific/intense situations with you

I’m somewhat selective and mutually exclusive, but I do wanna write with you all! I just reserve the right to say no to anyone I can not see my muses or my writing style or anything else meshing with you and your muse. I want this to be a fairly chill place. With that being said, I like having multiple threads with one person, I just may be slow to reply

I am known to drop threads because of lack of muse/motivation or simply forgetting as I have adhd. Muse/memory/etc can be fickle because of it. I can sometimes take months to reply and sometimes I'll reply within an hour, just depends! Never be worried about reminding me if it’s been more than a week or so since I’ve replied to a thread, I'm more than happy to give you an update

I’m open to any length of thread, but typically stick around para/multi-para with little formatting and I don’t typically use icons (you can do whatever you please!)

If you unfollow me, I'd prefer if you hard block me. I won’t seek you out to ask you why you did. You should always feel comfortable only writing and interacting with those you wish. If you ever want to come back after doing so though, feel free!

Oh also! I play around with canon HEAVILY. Sometimes I follow it, sometimes I don't. Pretty hard to follow Taylah's canon though considering she's in like 5 minutes of the entire show, so I've made up my own canon for them over the last... 3 years? I've written them for awhile now!

[marc-spectorr]

hi callie, whoopsie daisy it’s been a while 😧 I decided to apply and work a second job cus like… I was bored no joke 🤗

how you doingggggg?? Hope you’re day is swell 😮‍💨 Has your funko arrived yet? i just got mine (mk) ^^

ANYWAY I HAVE A QUESTIONNNNN honestly it’s fic wise. I have so much time on my hands (shock??? A miracle??) SOOO I was wondering if you could recommend me scenarios or tropes of fic ideas since ive ran out of stuff to write about. Don’t care about the character choice, soo don’t worry!!

Thank you so much. OKAYYyy I’m just writing everything beforehand so when I open my lil page I just sit back and watch ,, ngl sounds fun

I think I know what I’m doing on here I THINK, moonjin xx

heyooo moonjin, i missed youUUuU 🤍

i've been great just busy working every day and sleeping at night hehe,,, how about you???? omg my funkos aren’t here yet, and i'm getting impatient LOLOL. i have one thats finally on its way, but the rest that i preordered aren't shipping until the end of august, and i– 🙃 at least i have my poe funko to keep me company ahsdfkhsdf

AYEEE i looove coming up with fic ideas!!! ok ok if you don't mind, let's dm about that bc i'm not sure exactly what kind of plot you're in the mood for and it's a lot easier than going back and forth thru asks 🤗 but yaaay i can't wait to read what you've written so far! don't forget to tag me in it so that i'll see it!

luv you a whole bunch!!! hope everything's good!!

[a-yarn-of-purple-prose]

The Chasm Delving Highlight Reel, part 1

I've been going through the Genshin Impact tag at AO3 chronologically (one week's worth of fics at a time) for the last few months.

My name for it is Chasm Delving, because going through search results feels a lot like diving down into the darkness and finding the odd treasure, by which I mean I love it (this person has willingly and lovingly got 100% in every single region of the game map, thank you very much).

After some hesitation over posting the fics I loved here, I ended up dropping a bunch of links to a kind stranger on reddit, so what the hell, y'all are getting links as well.

This got a bit long, so I'll put a cut here. Keep reading for the links!

First things first, understand my rules:

This is a completely personal project, the search is filtered according to my preferences. I'm ace. While I do not filter out explicit content from my searches, the only kind of smut I recommend is either amazingly written or very romantic, because I'm a romantic bitch.

At this time I'm only going over completed works and even then only what catches my eye. If you think I missed an obvious gem, do drop me a line, askbox is open.

(ongoing fics will get their own separate recs posts)

You won't see crossovers or modern AUs here, unless they are very exceptional. I offer no real explanation, those are just genres that don't vibe with me. Same thing goes for omegaverse, but you could tell that from the "I don't really read smut" on the first bullet point.

I have no issues at all with any ships, but I have no interest in Aether as the Traveler, so don't expect him to show up.

(if you, personally, have issues with ships, don't click on links to those fics. I'll put descriptions with warnings and ships. Don't worry, I'm not trying to fool anyone into reading something they won't like)

I'm doing this chronologically, starting january 2021. I'll eventually go back and take a look at 2020 fics, but for now this is what it is.

Since the characters are released the way they are, fics about them tend to show up all at once, then peter out over time. This is quite normal.

I'll cap each post to 10 fics because this here is very long.

That said, here you go:

The Chasm Delving Highlight Reel, part 1

This dive has fics first posted from January through May 2021. Most fics here are one-shots, but not all. I do not take responsibility for sleepless nights.

Ad Infinitum, by HAL_berd

Rated M

Warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence, Major Character Death

Characters: Diluc and Kaeya, as well as many Mondstadt characters

Ships: Diluc/Kaeya

General vibe: heavy angst

Trigger warning: suicide mentions, a whole lot of psychological pain

Technically a 2020/12 fic, but I couldn't leave this out. This is a time-loop story (honored tradition) and I'll let you guess which day Diluc's looping.

This fic had me sobbing, I'm warning you.

call me "lover boy", by wishroll

General Audiences

Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply

Characters: Tartaglia, Zhongli, Traveler

Ships: Tartaglia/Zhongli

General vibe: top quality fluff

Trigger warning: none

Incredibly cute romance. Childe realises his feelings and decides he just wants to kiss Zhongli, but the world seems to be against it. Short, sweet and fun.

by a love so much refined, by Star_on_a_Staff

General Audiences

Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply, Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings

Characters: Vlad, Nadia, other Fatui and Special Guest Star our boy Childe

Ships: Vlad/Nadia

General vibe: fluff, sweet and comforting

Trigger warning: none

A sweet romance about Vlad and Nadia, the porters at Northland Bank. I'm a sucker for NPC stories and this one is beautiful. Amazing prose as well, with great use of letters as a framing device.

You, Other You, Me, and a Case of Snezhnayan Fire Water, by Kairi_of_Knives

Rated Teen and Up

Warnings: Graphic Depicticons of Violence

Characters: Lumine, Venti, Kaeya

Ships: gen fic here babies

General vibe: drunken shenanigans and cuddling with a side of found family

Trigger warning: alcohol use

A vibe, more than a story. Just Lumine & Venti & Kaeya being drunken buds. It's funny, sweet and touching.

not the place where you came from, by Laylah

General Audiences

Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply

Characters: Fatui skirmishers. Yes. They have names and all.

Ships: Anemoboxer Vanguard/Geochanter Bracer

General vibe: hurt/comfort with a side of found family

Trigger warning: none

An 100% wholesome tale about your regular mobs being people that love and care for each other. It's perfect.

Call my name in the night, by DefenestrationProtestation

Rated Explicit

Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply

Characters: Diluc, Lumine

Ships: Diluc/Lumine

General vibe: not quite porn with plot, but not without it as well.

Trigger warning: none

Dilumi smut because of course I read Dilumi smut. This one makes the cut because it's a perfect little noir thing. I'm awed by the level of Marlowe pastiche going on here. Also, it's quite hot.

complications with mortality, by amorilyy

General Audiences

Warnings: Major Character Death (but not in a violent way)

Characters: Hu Tao, Zhongli

Ships: none | gen fic

General vibe: time's advance is inexorable, but life is beautiful

Trigger warning: none

Hu Tao & Zhongli through time. It's sad, but good sad, I wouldn't even class it as angst. This fic filled me with this sweet nostalgic feeling and made me cry. Enjoy.

Rules and Loose Suggestions, by Kayoi1234

Rated Teen and Up

Warnings: Major Character Death (an OC), No Archive Warnings Apply

Characters: Treasure Hoarders, Qiqi, Mountain Shaper, Zhongli

Ships: none | gen fic

General vibe: crack treated seriously, by which I mean treated with love and respect

Trigger warning: none

Remember what I said about fics about mobs? Here you go, this one is with Treasure Hoarders.

This fic has a lovely framing device with the rules and manages to express so much character and situation in a couple sentences. Honestly, rambly-me is very jealous.

melt (speak or forever hold your peace), by anatakana

Explicit

Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply

Characters: Diluc, Kaeya

Ships: Diluc/Kaeya

General vibe: hot, angsty and VERY smutty

Trigger warning: none

Chances are you've already read this fic, but in case you haven't, it's a character study by means of smut. Listen, I understand how it sounds, but it's a lesson in writing porn in character.

Complex with bitter notes; has a sweet finish, by LittleWhiteTie

Rated Teen and Up

Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply

Characters: Diluc & Kaeya

Ships: none | gen fic

General vibe: hurt/comfort but for emotional hurt, angsty but with a soft end (as it says on the title.)

Trigger warning: none

This one is very "Diluc & Kaeya have an important conversation", which is a common theme in this fandom, but the vibe and style here are immaculate. They are both so emotionally constipated, your honor.

💜💜💜

This is it for now. I have a lot more recs, but I'll post them 10 at a time and edit this post with the next link once I do.

Part two!

[rjalker]

Since I just got a bunch of new followers this is not well I'm assuming you following me for miraculous ladybug thibgs but to warn you this is not a miraculous ladybug blog I post abput whatever the heck I want whatever pops into my head. It's completely random

I do try to tag things so that if you don't care about something you don't have to see it. If I'm reading a book watching a movie playing a game Etc, it'll be tagged as "Rjalker plays/watches/reads insertnamehere"

So if, for instance, you don't give a single fuck about the animorphs? You can block the tags "Rjalker reads The Animorphs", and "Rjalker watches The Animorphs", and that should cover 99% of my animorphs posts. So if you see me blogging about something you don't give a fuck about just block the tag I use, and if I'm not tagging it just ask me to. Anon is on at the moment but that might change depending on if people are idiots or not.

Just only send asks, do not send chats because that's too much fucking effort and like honestly if you send me chats I'm much more likely to block you then respond because that's... That's just too much effort and too much pressure so nah. Asks only.

If you want your asked to stay private you have to say so otherwise I'll publish it cuz usually people are asking me things that a lot of other people ask me so it makes it easier if I only have to answer it once

Also when I'm on my phone I'm almost always using a speech-to-text because well I suck at this keyboard so, if you see a post and there's some really random words in there that don't make sense? Sounded out, and whatever it sounds like is probably what I meant to say. Like this entire post here is being made a speech to text, so if there any weird words yeah, sound amount. Most of the time I catch the typos. But sometimes not

See, right there I meant to say sounded them out and it said sound amount.

Oh, unfollow me right now if you are a terf, Nazi, aphobe, homophobe, racost, misogynist, antisemite, pretty much any kind of bigot, or if you think it's okay to ship pedophilia or incest ships.

My pronouns are she, her and I have no idea how to spell my username in a way that will convey its pronunciation. Also PSA, @shipsallshipshoweverimprobable is my twin sister so if you see us like commenting what seems like mean things on each other's posts we're not actually being mean and you do not need to be alarmed.

Uh I think that's most of the points?

When it's not freezing cold winter i garden and I take a bunch of pictures of plants and I also take pictures of bugs, but any pictures I or videos whatever I post of bugs will be tagged as "bugs", "insects", and then whatever other specific thing applies. So like, pictures of bees will be tagged as: bugs, insects, bees. Pictures of wasps will be tagged: bugs, insects, bees, wasps.

If you need anything specific tag, no matter how random just let me know.

I for instance, I absolutely loathe the 11th doctor and would greatly appreciat it if people wpuld tag posts that include him so that I don't have to see his face. So yeah. I don't care how random the tag you're requesting seems I'll do my best.

[breeeliss]

Okay but, I really like the Love Square. I don't like any other ship aside from the Love Square that's the only ship I'll ever like. I don't get why me not liking other ships makes me homophobic?? I also don't ship Alyanette because I see them just as best friends and I think the show only sees them as that too. I'm never gonna ship them as a couple so I don't get why that makes people awful and homophobic. You can't just make people make ships more popular

you and a few other people have left similar questions in my inbox so i’m going to do my best to explain this. there seem to be other users who are also confused. i really recommend you read @chatchevalier  ‘s explanation here since she also spoke about this. 

first, let’s get the easy thing taken care of. the prevailing argument from most of the queer people in fandom who made posts yesterday was we want you to respect our ships. respect. that means no sending us hate, no bashing our ships, no tagging onto our fics and art and posts about how much you don’t ship our ship. don’t like? don’t engage. i think everyone can agree on that point. 

now what seems to be tripping people up is the whole “queer ships being unpopular is homophobia” sentiment that’s spreading around. i want to make this clear, this is in no way meant to shame people for their ships. i’m a multi-shipper myself and ship most if not all the ships in this fandom involving the miraculous class. what i’m trying to draw attention to is fandom trends and consistent fandom behavior. 

so, i’l use the example i showed in my screenshots on the original post going around. oftentimes, i get people who come into my inbox telling me how much they hate chlonette (chloe x marinette) because it ships a bully with their victim. now that in and of itself isn’t homophobia i think we can all agree. you’re allowed to dislike that ship for that reason. i think a lot of people react to chlolya (chloe x alya) for the same reasons. 

but let’s look at chlonath (chloe x nathanael). we arguably run into a similar problem. chloe being paired with someone she bullies. chlonath is particularly interesting because chloe and nathanael don’t interact very often (maybe a total of 10 seconds in “evillustrator”). chloe interacts with alya more, and interacts with marinette much much more. but look at the popularity of each of these ships. (i’ll be using # of ao3 stories as a proxy for this). 

Chloe Bourgeois/Alya Cesaire: 38Chloe Bourgeois/Marinette Dupain-Cheng: 90Chloe Bourgeois/Nathanael Kurtzberg: 125

despite the fact that chloe has barely interacted with nathanael and bullies him right along with the other classmates, chlonath is more popular than chlonette and chlolya. this is also a good time to point out that this is the only straight ship of the bunch. 

this happens in media a lot. you have a common trope introduced, in this case it’s a bully/bullied relationship becoming a romantic relationship. another common one off the top of my head is the friends to lovers trope. now when we see it applied to a straight pairing, we love it. adrienette friends to lovers is ridiculously popular, and it seems that the bully/bullied to lovers trope in chlonath is also compelling to people. but the moment these same tropes are attached to a queer pairing, interest plummets. which is why chlolya and chlonette are less popular despite those characters interacting more in canon, and why alyanette is always seen as “just two friends” even though they interact more than adrien and marinette do. 

and, to top it all off: i’m gonna bet my bank account that users get more hate for shipping chlonette and chlolya than they do chlonath. 

we do this unconsciously as a result of heteronormativity ingrained into us through continued exposure to societal homophobia. everyone is socialized to think that heterosexuality is preferred. it’s why there’s so much straight romance on tv, and it’s why gay people are still getting fired for their sexuality in the US. we can’t help this stuff, but if you learn to look for it, it’s easy to see. the fact that we enjoy certain tropes as they are applied to straight ships but not those same tropes as they are applied to queer ship.....is an example homophobia. internalized homophobia, implicit homophobia, subtle homophobia but homophobia nonetheless. 

if you ship chlonath but not chlonette, this doesn’t mean you’re homophobic. but when you look at macro-level trends like ship popularity in fandom, you see patterns that are anything but a coincidence. it’s no coincidence that this pattern of popularity matches up with patterns of hate. chlonette and chlolya get questioned more, people get more hate for it. chlonath doesn’t get nearly the amount. it’s very subtle, but this is the kind of implicit homophobia you see in media. 

now the solution is not to force you to like pairings you don’t like. not at all. this is just something to be aware of and something to consider when people wonder “why are queer ships getting all this hate?” queer shippers notice this because we’re hyper aware of the popularity of our ships. if you deal only in the love square it’s hard to see this, so we’re just pointing this out. 

we’re not telling you to ship our ships. we’re not asking for more popularity. we just want you to acknowledge fandom homophobia and keep people from bullying us for the queer content we produce.