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Terrorpunk: Embracing the Horror Within.
For all those with identities that put others on edge. People with parts of them commonly used as horror tropes, people who act "unnatural" and put others off, people with stigmatized "scary" disorders and disabilities, people who have horror and fear intertwined with alterhuman identities, queer identities or anything else that people generally find off-putting or downright terrifying--but in spite of that, don't see any of it as a bad thing, and reclaim the horror that others see in you. This is for you--for the monsters and the freaks and the eldritch abominations.
This is about reclaiming the stigma placed upon you. Maybe you are scary to them, but maybe you don't care so much about how they react? Maybe you keep being your authentic fear-inducing self out of spite. Maybe you like being a little scary because it's become intrinsic to who you are. Being open about yourself and unapologetically doing so shouldn't be a fear inflicting thing, but if it's going to be that way, you're not going to change for them. You're you, let them be scared. It's not on you to become palatable. It's not on you to hide parts of yourself away. Maybe it's on them to not see anything unknown or new as terrifying. You see the horror within yourself as nothing bad, and you openly embrace who you are and who others with differing experiences from "the norm" are too.
You don't need to be anything in particular to use the label, this isn't a term to be gatekept. Terrorpunk is reclaiming the terror that others or even yourself might think of about any part of you. That's what it's about, being unapologetically you and scary by doing so, because if people see you as someone that fills them with terror, then maybe that's fine by you. You won't change for them.
Keep in mind that this is not a term to use to cause or justify harm, exclude others or further any stigma. No one by any means has to reclaim being feared, or being something that scares people. There's some of us that find power in it though, to take the stones they throw, pick them up and ask them what they have left to throw at us.
Those who exclude others on the basis of identity (transphobes, homophobes, TERFs, ableists, racists, anti-alterhumans, aphobes and anyone else who excludes those who act on good faith) aren't included under this term. Terrorpunk isn't a basis for your hate or actions to harm marginalised groups or anyone similar. It's not an excuse to harm people in general. It's simply about being you, and if being that is scary, then so be it.
#terrorpunk#punk#alterhuman#lgbt#queer#neurodivergent#disabled#otherkin#voidpunk#actually psychotic#plural system#< tagged some relevant communities#we're also psychotic--dxed with schizoaffective disorder#our disorders + alterhuman identities + queer identities intertwine with this in a unique way and we wanted to describe it#feel absolutely free to use it if you wish. we don't know if others relate but we decided to post it anyway#we're the scary psychotic queer nonhumans they warned you about#so deal with it#op#mal (tox/he/they)#written at 2am please excuse grammatical errors
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based on one of the aether current quests in labyrinthos, where a gleaner asks you to say a prayer for him before he goes on a long journey
#ffxiv#erenville#ffxiv wol#wol x erenville#ffxiv spoilers#endwalker spoilers#comic#art#drawing this was really hard guhuhuhuh impostor syndrome i really don't know what to do about my art anymore#but yknow what better to draw it and feel like an insane person bc idk what i'm doing anymore rather than just not draw it at all#okay sorry for the negativity hehe umm some other thoughts#i tried to make this very specifically not about jealousy or being a tsundere or whatever its about being able to voice what you want#or communicating w other people..something more relevant/interesting to me#meade#adding a wol tag lol
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how do you feel when someone sees ur sonas or ocs as a comfort character? just a curious answer sorry lol
Idk why I didn't see that until now!
I think it's really sweet when someone considers an OC or my sona as a comfort character. It's like... Idk, it's comforting to me, too, to know that someone sees an aspect of myself or just how I perceive myself as a whole as something to feel comfort towards!
#asks#anon#It's honestly one of the sweetest things I hear about on rare occasion#I'm so happy to hear some people look at my funny guys and my sonas that way! it means so much to me!#sfw tickling community#sfw tickle community#(tagging the last two for blog relevance)
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the example people always go for with 'taking things literally' is 'not understanding idioms and metaphors' or 'not understanding sarcasm' and that's frustrating for Me, Specifically, Personally because I am a person who has a lot of social struggles with Taking Things Literally but, crucially, not in that sense. I understand idioms & metaphors just fine and, as someone who's primary special interest is the written word & storytelling, actually am pretty good at them and thrive with them. I miss sarcasm occasionally but catch it most of the time and am often sarcastic myself.
No, my Taking Things Literally is that if you say something to me or give me an instruction, I will Understand It Literally. I will get what you said and not at all what you meant. There are exceptions to this in cases where I've learned the script and even use it myself (e.g. the other day I asked my mum "Is this Not Butter" about a thing, and she replied "Yes but it has buttermilk", because we both understood the real question was "is this the lactose-free spread?" because I was making food for my sister) but in the vast majority of cases, I just. will miss implications and unspoken assumptions. I will just completely miss them, they will not register, I Did Not Know They Were There.
Implications in a narrative? I am on it immediately, this is my bread and butter, I can pull a story apart to get to five layers of subtext & implication & theme like breathing
Reliably understanding that the request "Can you empty the dishwasher?" includes emptying the drying rack which is not physically part of the dishwasher because the real request is "Can you put the clean dishes away?"? Not a chance
#me#fortunately I know a lot of Techy Computer People#so I can go ''you know how if you input a command your computer will do Exactly What You Told It To? my brain works like that'#and then they get it#and that last one is one we've been working on#the request is now usually phrased as ''Can you get the dishes?'' which is mutually understood to be either#''can you put the clean dishes (in both dishwasher & drying rack) away''#or ''can you load the dishwasher & do the handwashing?''#depending on the time of day & which of those tasks needs done#however sometimes my mum & dad do forget and use ''can you empty the dishwasher'' and then later they go ''you didn't get the drying rack''#and I go ''you said dishwasher!! you didn't mention the drying rack!!'' and they go ''okay fair''#ANYWAYS. I AM HAVING SOME. COMMUNICATION DIFFICULTIES THOUGHTS ATM#[squints at this post] [sighs] okay I'm going to add the relevant tag but if this break containment I WILL be turning off reblogs posthaste#bc my activity STILL gets influxes from my last autism post to break containment#actuallyautistic
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Hi, whump community of Tumblr! I’m (kind of) new! I’ve been in the whump community on here for a hot minute, but never was active beyond a couple messages, and maybe a like or two on a post.
I don’t write much, and I publish even less. This blog will likely be more for reblogging things other people have written than it’ll be for original works.
However, I will be making reference posts.
For various reasons, I have a lot of extremely in-depth knowledge of a fair few different types of physical injuries. I will likely be making in-depth reference posts on various types of injuries, healing times, short-term effects the injury would have on one’s everyday life, as well as potential long-term consequences of the injury. A bit of the knowledge I have comes from unfortunate past personal experiences, but a large portion comes from fixating on an incredibly niche medical topic for so long that I acquire a ridiculous amount of information about it. (That is to say: no one is being hurt here!)
I am unsure of the market for such reference posts, so please let me know if this is something you’d be interested in! (I’ll likely be making a few anyways, just so I can tell myself I’m doing something productive with my knowledge, but I likely won’t be posting regularly.)
#whump#whump writing#whumpblr#whump community#<- tags because 1) they're relevant and 2) for reach#i'm so serious about this btw i have no idea if this would be a type of reference whump writers would consider valuable please lmk#and like#i have a fair bit of knowledge on some pretty (imo) niche topics#i don't know how much is already out there on some of them but i'm adding in my two cents#i have a lot of love for research of weird shit but not a lot of skill using it for writing so#why not?#i guess?
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word of advice to genuinely anyone who wants to get more comfortable in your body/face or the body/face:
make an album of pictures that are basically "what do you MEAN thats me?!"
i've spent the past bit of time looking through and picking out like,, 9 pictures from the last couple months that i just really like, it's doing wonders for how i feel about myself in this moment
(granted, from a plurality POV (which is the point of this blog) i do identify pretty strongly with the body's appearance, so i think that does help)
but yEAH also have fun in pictures!! make funky faces, mess around with poses, have FUN you don't gotta be pretty all the time! (also dont delete pictures do noTTTT you will regret it! even if they look bad and awful to you rn there's a good chance that in however many weeks/months/years you will look back and love those pictures so KEEP THEM!!)
(im really tired and just got out of a bad mental health time, so i'm apparently in big internet positivity mode)
-the host (they/he?) and i think someone else is here (possibly our positivity holder who uses they/she)
#sysblr#plurality#osddid#positivity#self love#system#plural#plural system#plural community#dissociative system#spacestationcollective#host.html#putting a lot of tags for sys stuff on here because i think its relevant but also some just nice things
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Planning for any story should look something like this-
"Characters need to perform a magic ritual with this specific item. I- as the author- want the protagonists to succeed."
They get the item and perform it the normal way
They use a loophole in the lore to do it an alternate way
They do Some Other Third Thing I did not plan for and destroy this outline
I also write statements in a very loose way to allow wiggle room for character antics. "He gets the magic item. How? I dunno. He just does." And then when the character (finally) gets it, he discovers too late that something else he needs was dropped because he did something dumb. And it's been eaten by werewolves.
#writing#writing community#writblr#characters#write dummies it's fun#“my character has a 3 million iq tho” good- make them a dummy in some other way#lowell#tagging protagonist of the novella where this is relevant rn#writing advice#writing tips
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this is a system specific question and idk how many people will be able to give advice but.
wdyd when your host just straight up disappears? as in, they've been gone for longer than they ever have before and now a different alter (me) is pretty much frontstuck in perpetuity and said different alter (again, me) is losing their ever-loving mind.
info: - yes something specific triggered their disappearance but it's more or less been resolved already. i have no clue if host knows it's been resolved, though. - no there are no other alters that can share the burden of front with me. i am truly stuck, it sucks. - no we do not have any professional help people to talk to about this. no we will not be getting one. - uhhh ask and ye shall receive (more information) maybe
if this is incoherent it's because i'm going insane, thank you
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#question#Adding some relevant tags in hopes of helping Anon#plural community#plurality#plural system
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I'm gonna copy/paste this to some other blogs too because I would like advice from people with different perspectives
Am I weird or inconsistant for wanting to marry a fellow aroace person?
Society today always ties mariage and love together but historically and legally (at least in my country) it was (is?) not the case. Mariage was a contract between two families to perpetuate the bloodline, to keep lands, goods and properties between them, to socially protect both parties and help them to enrich themself, and while love between the two individuals was always a nice addition it was not a viable reason to get married/divorced (that and the all "only hetero wedding" cause religion is always a party pooper, but it's an all other point).
At it's roots mariage is only a social and economic contract but today the only good reason to be married is romantic love? And I'm just 😐 about that.
Don't get me wrong, I find it fantastic that Love is now a primary variant when before a lot of couples where stuck together because the family didn't ask or care for for their consentement. But now it's the ONLY reason people will accept the mariage of others and when I try to explain myself that I want it as a partnership with a friend to live my life people tries to... Invalidate me?
Like I just want to meet a good friend (that could support living with me every day 😅) laugh with them, cry with them, support each other, and that we like it or not mariage is a way to do so cause the state loves families cause they are profitable💲💲
So the state offers (or is supposed to) socials advantages and economic safety to married couples that it doesn't to single people.
And while I kinda agree with the reasonning behind it, I'm also sad to be more subjected to instability because I don't feel romantic love.
I've asked it to different people (both lgbt and not) and I was called greedy because I only want to profite from the eco/social benefits of the mariage, and I was like Yes ??!! That's the reason why this contract exist ?? And it's a natural and beautiful thing when the two persons love each-other but it's bad, greedy, I'm a leech/a parasite that only want to suck the money out of the system for myself because it's for "helping to support the children of the family" But there is plenty of CisHet couples and LGBT couples that can't or doesn't want kids but are still allowed to marry, but I'm weird for wanting it?
Because I only love my friends and I'm not IN LOVE with them? Because I don't want to fuck them?
Why my platonic love towards my friends, peoples dear to my heart, is less valid than the Oh so beautiful, Oh so pure, Oh so sacro-saint romantique one ?!
I've also tried to convey my ideas through rough sketches of a little comic on another site and some told me they didn't see the point, others to "just found a roommate and stop being weird" and someone accused me of queerbaiting because I depicted myself (a girl) with another girl and I was told I wanted to profit from a queer audience without wanting to write a WlW story properly, and I don't know it hurted me to receive those replies, to not be able to tell what I wanted to do, what I was craving for, that I started crying on the spot it was the first time I felt so invalidate as an AroAce and it came from an other lgbt member, like shit lady I'm trying to express something difficult for me why did you felt the need to insult me like that !!!!??? I've also received creepy DMs from guys that wanted to help me discover thE ReAL DeAl fuck every one of them !!!!
I just want to find my soulmate in this stupid universe but I know mine will be a Friend, a sibling from a different family. We will eat as every other couples, we will arguing over the evening movie as every other couple, we will stress together over taxes and rent like every other couple, we will love each other but of a simple and serene love that only friendship can create, completely platonic but nonetheless true. BECAUSE WE WILL BE TWO RESPONSIBLES AND CONSENTENT ADULTS THAT KNOW WHAT THEY WANT
I just want an other idiot to be a couple of idiots that helps each other to live in a society that despise single people and exposed them as failure to enforce it's own nuclear family model
And if I want us to signed a stupid mariage contract together I dont understand why everyone else tries so hard to make it weird !!!!!!
I'm sorry if it appears rude, I'm still under the heat of the emotion and not an english speaker
I want comment ? advice ? answer ? acknowledgment ? I dont know am I actually the weirdo ? 😞
Hi anon,
I apologise for taking so long to respond to this. I hope your life is going well :)
No, I don't think you're weird, inconsistent or greedy for wanting to marry someone platonically for tax benefits. It's not wrong to want the same benefits as romantic couples without forcing yourself into a romantic relationship. As long as both you and your partner consent to it, it’s totally fine!
This is not the first time I hear about aspecs wanting to marry for tax benefits. The concept is quite present in examples of relationship dynamics in qprs (queer-platonic relationships, a type of relationship that isn't romantic but goes beyond the social norms for friendships).
Aros already have a natural disadvantage to this system and because of that we won't ever be able to marry for romantic reasons. We're at a disadvantage for something we can't control and that's what many allo people don't understand. You want to marry because of (a different kind of) love, but even if it was exclusively for money benefits, it's none of other people's businesses.
I'm sorry you faced so much backlash. Those people were extremely rude. Real people can't "queerbait", that's a concept applied to fictional characters only; those people who told you to just find a roommate wouldn't certainly be happy to just be a roommate with a romantic partner. As I said, those people fail to understand that it's not a choice to not be romantically attracted to someone and probably fail to think outside of their allo experience and the amatonormative society. It's really unfortunate though that queer people, who should be supporting you, are the ones being hateful.
So basically, it's totally fine to want marriage for non-romantic reasons. Other people think they know what is best for you but they don't. Follow your own path and think of your and your partner's happiness before other's opinions. There's nothing wrong to benefiting from a societal contract like marriage. Honestly I think it's a smart choice.
#I'm going to write some notes here that I didn't know how to put in the main text#it's awful the amount of aphobia in the general lgbtq+ community#our existence isn't queerbaiting and aspec fictional characters aren't queerbaiting either#headcanoning characters as aspec isn't homophobic (unfortubately there's many comments like that)#and the same is said in your comic which is awful#i received this around a year ago or even more#i was out of tumblr for many months#i started writing this answer but didn't finish and only had energy to see this again today#i know in a year many things change#maybe this anon already married?#either way i think it's important to not this for other aros too#on this post i specifically talked about aros with 0 romo attraction because it was the relevant group for this convo#i know not every aro is like that#also i cant read the first few tags unless i post haha#aromantic#aro#ask#anon#long post
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not going to pester the mvp with a rb but with regard to the tone tags video + the bombardment of misali by people saying ‘it makes sense to ME it’s more important that i convey my tone not that you understand it’ i hate to break it to you but communication is a two way street. if the other person can’t interpret your meaning despite you using something that is explicitly intended to enhance interpretability that thing!!! is broken!!!!!
#that one onion headline but ‘i don’t know how to explain to you that people need to understand what you’re saying.#for people to know what you’re saying#i’m not like. fiercely against tone tags i just thought the video was good and the tier list was useful for people struggling to understand#WHY some people have issues with them. there’s much better way to convey your meaning in text! you should at least consider how your#communication effects others#see: the trends of using overly negative compliments (DELETE THIS!!!) and taking on a tag claiming it’s complimentary#bc it’s ‘funny’ when in actuality! you just sound like an asshole#it’s a pet peeve. learn how to express yourself kindly and in a way that people can understand it’s a normal human struggle to need to learn#how to navigate new interactions and adapt to each others needs#digging your heels in and claiming ‘it’s not about whether YOU get what i’m saying’.#fundamentally misunderstands the whole point of communication??????#text✨#yes this is mostly a very long vaguepost of one asker that has been stuck in my mind but wanted to say smthn#anthropology✨#< this counts. i took a linguistic anth class this stuff is relevant and i think about it a lot
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#I miss community captions... #I captioned videos myself. It was a lot of fun!!! #There were problems with people adding in their own commentary and hoping to sneak in their 20 seconds of fame #but it was nice #it was so personalized #Go back and watch some of the Markiplier videos that still have em on there. They're so unique #YouTube's Caption bot can't replicate that... #not in a million years (tags courtesy of @meanya)
#i copy tags#youtube#youtube subtitles#youtube captions#youtube community captions#community captions#subtitles#captions#closed captions#i ramble in the tags#i rly rly rly prefer having subtitles on#ill take the auto generated if thats whats available#but sometimes the extra notes are so charming#dropout#will have funny notes in the captions a lot of times#i was surprised to see captions used as annotations when i started watching like kpop fandom content#sometimes it was too distracting and not relevant#but some subtitlers waited until the end to put cute things like that and i think thats fine#but little related jokes are perfectly fine#as long as i can tell whats actually going on#i usu appreciate the added content
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realised that as all of my irl friends fear me in tabletop games. even after all of this time, i am still successfully following in shizune's footsteps. next comes getting them into risk. australia will be mine
#blue flavoured ramblings#yeah let's go with that tag name for irl shit#i'd tag shizune's source material but it's all in all an awkward scenario. game still holds a special place for me but it seems people who#still hold onto it tend to be a bit... dodgy. it hasn't even aged that badly despite everything being stacked against it!#the worst it has is that kenji no longer reads as an extreme parody of a certain type of person#and is now just an actually accurate portrayal#which if you view this from a modern lens instantly turns him from a funny comic relief#into an actually creepy and dangerous character. unfortunate!#you'd think the meat and potatoes of the game would be what aged the worst given the game's subject matter and origins but#somehow that's aged really damn well. i haven't revisited it in ages but i did read some retrospectives from relevant professionals around#the 10 year anniversary and there was a lot of serious praise thrown. not perfect by any means with a decent amount of pretty important#slipups but WAY ahead of its time.#(shizune is arguably one of those slipups unfortunately)#sucks because it's a big part of what got me into a lot of my current interests (pre-diagnosis) but it's also dodgy as fuck to say#it was your starting point. hopefully the other work i've done would make it clear i'm a Trustworthy Human Being should anybody dig shit up#anyway#weird to think shizune still holds a place of personal importance to me but it makes sense#character who is unquestionably a bad person but is doing their very best to be a good person in spite of it?#character who struggles with communication and simultaneously sees all the hurt they bring while being just as blind to it?#character who wants to lift others up but can only do so indirectly because direct action merely pushes people down?#YUM YUM EATING IT UP#IT'S A TWISTED MIRROR REFLECTION STARING BACK AT ME BUT YUM YUM#at one point i was heavily into the headcanon that she could have a diagnosis like me because so many of her flaws resonated with me in a#deeply personal way. since let go of that because there are meaningful differences and while shizune's story is a familiar one of#being alone in a room full of people it is a much more deaf-specific one that doesn't match with me perfectly and the same goes for their#personality. she still helped lay down the seeds for me to understand myself given i got into it around a year before i got my diagnosis#so i think no matter what i'm stuck with her in my memory now. the least popular character in a super awkward game to like for my interests#awesome!!!!!!#raindrops and puddles#that's the tag name i'm using for this game btw
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how to start and maintain a successful girlblog
hey girlies!! here are a couple tips i wish i'd known when i was starting up my own girlblog :) enjoy!
FIND YOUR NICHE -
decide what you want your girlblog to focus on. it could be fashion, beauty, lifestyle, self-care, a combination of any of these, really anything that excites you!! having a clear niche will help you get a loyal audience.
CREATE A GOOD USERNAME -
your username should be memorable and reflect the vibe of your blog. try to keep it short and sweet, and personally try to avoid using too many numbers or special characters.
some username ideas
sugarplum
cupcake
glitter girl
dainty daisy
peachy
DESIGN A THEME -
choose a theme that matches your aesthetic/niche. spend some time customizing it with colors, fonts, and images that represent your style. a visually appealing blog will attract more followers and is just nice to look at :)
POST REGULARLY -
consistency is so important! try to post at least a few times a week to keep your audience engaged. i'm starting to use the scheduling tool to plan out my posts.
ENGAGE WITH YOUR FOLLOWERS -
respond to comments, messages, and reblogs. making a blog is about building a community, and your followers will appreciate the interaction!!
USE RELEVANT TAGS -
tag wisely to help people find your blog. research popular tags related to your niche and use them where relevant!
FEEL FREE TO REBLOG -
don't just post your own content – reblog posts from other girlblogs that inspire you. this helps you connect with other bloggers and keeps your blog diverse.
STAY INSPIRED -
follow other girlblogs, browse pinterest, and stay updated on the trends in your niche. keep yourself inspired!! it will reflect in your content and keep your blog fresh.
some of my favorites
@honeytonedhottie
@pinkpigtailsprincess
@girlbossagenda
@girljournal
@universalitgirlsblog2
DON'T BURN YOURSELF OUT -
if you feel burned out, please take a break!! i felt burnout for the last half of may, and it sucked because i felt like i couldn't produce any good content, and i was tired of posting!
#girlblog#that girl#it girl#clean girl#vanilla girl#just girly things#pink pilates princess#pink#cute#self care#coquette#girlblogging#girl blog#girlblog aesthetic#cutesy#cutecore#pink aesthetic#pinkcore#pink y2k#pink blog
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This is why I'm generally wary of social media, and especially wary of the way so much of it is explicitly marketed toward children, who tend to be much more vulnerable to this sort of thing.
More things to look out for:
Anything where "propaganda" is used as a buzzword in order to discourage people from doing their own research rather than to encourage it.
All sources of information except the ones WE personally subscribe to are complicit in a massive media cover-up. You are not immune to propaganda. The latter is, of course, true. You aren't immune to propaganda. And neither is Tumblr-user @objectivetruth. Look up the buzzwords he uses, note their origins and associations, and keep your eyes open for fallacious rhetorical shit. Be on the lookout for sensationalistic journalism always, but if some internet stranger's telling you he's a more credible source than literally every news site by sole virtue of his not being a news site . . . no, he isn't.
Any space where unfamiliarity with certain terminology is met with hostility.
The fact that you don't know what finning is and haven't done the slightest bit of research to correct that issue on your own proves you don't care about marine life. Go back to your fucking oil rig, shark-killer. Now, a lot of this comes from a place of frustration with the lack of visibility certain issues face (and a lot of these issues are, in fact, important, which is why I cite finning as an example). But this particular approach equates unfamiliarity with complicity. Take it as a sign that the person speaking cares more about riling up a like-minded mob than about being informative.
Generalizations and assumptions.
My college professors taught us to watch for this in our essays. "Since the dawn of time, humans have always . . ." is a common opener. Here's an exercise: examine the experiences you think do apply to that opener. What defines the human experience, in your opinion? What sets us apart from "the animals"? Whatever just popped into your head, it probably isn't applicable across the board. Now examine the experiences you think are universal among all kind people. Love, perhaps? Empathy? Nope, not even those. And radical communities often take advantage of these assumptions, recognizing people's tendency to fear the new and confusing. All these self-proclaimed "aromantics" are a lot of psychopaths who need corrective therapy. Examine this more closely, and you'll notice a lot of false equivalency. The absence of (my specific culturally-inherited vision of) romance = mental disorder = moral bankruptcy. The expectation here is that you'll accept these conclusions as given, since your experience is, in theory, culturally standard.
Reblog bait, or whatever equivalent exists on other sites.
I see people across the political spectrum discussing issues on the internet, and invariably, there's someone in the notes soliciting their fellow political community members for frequent redeclarations of membership: "Reblog if you're a good person!" "Reblog to piss off an [insert ideology here]!" "Mutuals, reblog or I'll block you." Followers, spread the good word or you'll be expelled from OUR community. Spread the word to kill a dissenter. Spread the word to reinforce your claim to morality. I just filter out this shit. It's not productive commentary.
Slogans and blurbs.
They spread like wildfire, and they frequently reduce complicated problems to uncomplicated rage bait. Social media and radical internet spaces thrive on the low attention spans of their users, so they often go hand in hand. I cannot stress this enough: research the thing before you join the tag club.
My last bit of advice . . .
When in doubt, gather more information.
A lot of radical communities have a fundamental belief in the existence of an "endpoint" for learning. Universal adherence to this particular belief system would result in a perfect society if anyone actually listened to us. In truth, that endpoint does not exist. No philosophy is without fault. Even science is subject to the failings of conventional wisdom; it's fundamentally rooted in the constant overturning of existing theories. Despite what the "moral perfectionism" side of Tumblr would have you believe, progress is a continual process of trial and error. Question your own community. Read what you find unpleasant, and ask yourself why. If the answer to that question is, "it's common knowledge", ask yourself why that is. You won't always be wrong; sometimes you will. Be empowered by that knowledge. You're at no shortage of opportunities to grow.
okay. listen. if you ever find yourself falling into a new ideological circle, pay attention. if you notice that you’re among people who define themselves as part of an “in-group” with a pre-prepared human “enemy” to constantly rail against—if everyone fantasizes about the mental state of these loathsome monsters, if they participate in witch hunts or (perhaps worse) poke bears and court harassment on purpose to comfort each other over—get the fuck out. you haven’t been enlightened to some grand conspiracy, there are no evil “enemies” or “degenerates” trying to rip apart the fabric of society, and you do not have the moral duty to “enlighten” anyone to whatever you think the “truth” is. it’s neither safe nor normal to spend hours of your day fighting with strangers on the internet
a lot of people wear this shit like a badge of honor, but it’s also not normal to hide your “in-group” status as a form of martyrdom, relishing when the “enemy” slips up around you. it’s comforting in the moment, but in the long run, you’re alienating yourself from the world outside of your bubble. the more you alienate yourself, the more vulnerable and lonely you become, and the harder it is to reject the comfort of belonging to the “in-group”
i’m writing this from the perspective of someone who grew up in a cesspool of awful, cult-like rural churches—which is its own situation—but i see similar shit happening in online communities all the time, both within and 800 miles outside of my own ideological principles. yes, every toxicass radfem i block seems to be trapped in a version of this vicious cycle, but i also see it happening in random queer circles and niche fandom communities. no one is immune, not even me. i’ve watched people fall into this shit and never make it out. be careful
#i'd tag with something relevant if i weren't so fucking tired#op had some good prev tags tho#prev tags#some ideologies come pre-baked with this nonsense#because they naturally revolve around an in-group and an out-group#but i swear to god people will start acting like this over fucking#anime shipping wars#which probably seems harmless to most people#but those communities skew very young#and i have no doubt that it can be psychologically damaging#no matter how inconsequential it seems to my jaded 26 year old brain#me when i make a post
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Your Cubito, Your Culture: an Event Overview
Do you enjoy creating? Do you like exploring or sharing your own culture through an artistic* lens? (* inclusive of literary arts, visual arts, etc.) Here's an event for you!
Your Cubito, Your Culture is an experimental MCYT community event, first launching in 2024. The goal is simple: incorporate an aspect of your local, regional, national, ethnic, etc. culture into your work, such that it becomes a significant part of your work!
We all know that creating works involving a culture that you don't know much about requires a lot of research, so let's start with something that each of us are likely more familiar with, shall we?
Rules, timelines, Q&A, and other relevant links under the cut.
Rules:
As per Tumblr (and AO3 for writers) TOS, you must be at least 13 years old to participate.
Characters, not content creators; please avoid overt RPF in your works.
Please keep your works relatively safe for work; wiggle room is allowed in case anyone wants to explore some darker topics in more depth. For reference, if you're a writer posting on AO3, your work should be no higher than an M rating, though a G-rated or T-rated work would be preferable.
Please tag all content warnings and shipping appropriately.
No AI-generated content.
Please @ this blog and tag #your cubito your culture 2024 when you post your work on Tumblr for us to reblog your post. If you are planning to post on AO3, a collection has been set up for you to submit your work.
Timeline:
2024/08/11–18 UTC 09:00: Interest check!
2024/08/18 UTC 09:30: Prompt idea release time!
2024/09/01–2024/09/30: Posting period (tentative)!
Prompt Ideas (Optional):
Prompt Suggestions (submissions)
Hyperspecific Prompt Suggestions (submissions)
Q&A
Q1: Is there a limitation or restriction for what quality or quantity work I can make for this event?
A1: Not really. No word limits for writers, no art quality restrictions for artists, and create however many works you want; this is an experimental event (at least for now) and it's all meant to be in good fun. That said, a certain degree of quality control is expected, so please make sure that you can consider your own work to be completed or satisfactory before you submit it.
Q2: Am I restricted to creating works about characters whose content creator counterparts are from my own culture?
A2: Nope! On a more personal note, if that were to be the case, I, as the event host/mod, would be having a hard time writing about the cubitos that I'm interested in, and I'm not about to do that.
Q3: What if there's an aspect of my culture that I cannot directly translate into my work?
A3: Feel free to adapt it to the setting as you wish! It's your culture, after all.
Q4: Am I allowed to create works in which non-English languages play a significant role (e.g. fanfics written in a non-English language, code-mixing between two or more dialects/languages)?
A4: Yes, and that ties into one of the reasons this event was created for: international cultural appreciation! It's up to you if you want to provide a translated summary/version/etc. We trust that all works (and translations, if any) are created in good faith.
Credits:
Mod/Event host: Aqua @minecraftrelatedrandomness
Prompts: Anonymous users
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Omg how do people on this site like communism! I read somewhere that communists eat babies!!
🐸 blood-and-heroes-88 Follow
It's true my grandfather died opposing the soviets in the war 😡
He fought for liberty and freedom
🏖 i-love-florida Follow
Communists persecuted my family for no reason
They took our home and our farm
🌅 garnetfucker93 Follow
Omg that's so fucked up what the fuck
🎇 shitfuck-opinions Follow
Communists are literally so fucking evil they literally kill you and eat your baby
☭ popular-marxist-leninist-blog Follow
Communists do not eat babies. This myth has been disproven several times including by anticommunist sources. It originated from like 3 nazi groups, two CIA agents and some weird ethnonationalist cultist.
[Several paragraphs of quotes and citations from relevant papers and articles from both communist and liberal sources and even one where the US very clearly admits to lying about communists eating babies]
🎇 shitfuck-opinions Follow
[Links to a series of articles that cite other articles that cite three nazi groups two CIA agents and one ethnonationalist cultist and also like a link to one guy with a youtube channel with 700 subscribers]
🌅 multifandom-the-blog Follow
Why do you literally love putin you tankie
💣 anarchomccarthyism Follow
YOU CANNOT HIDE THIS IN THE TAGS ASDGHGS
[Screenshot of "#clink clank here comes the tank"]
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#shitpost#making this post was the equivalent of doodling with crayons during my breaks#also this isn't about one post or one piece of anticommunist propaganda in particular
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