#<- maybe i should make a tag for like. the 3 polls i'll do

[thirstys-stuff]

hang on wait i need to see something

[mistborn-bastard]

Hello hello, after the poll results I got around to working out a time, date, and location that I felt would work! Yes the name is just a pun on afternoon tea because I want this to be a very chill thing, so get yourself a cup of tea (or other drink of choice <3), a little snack, and settle in for some doodling.

This is all about seeing what you can get done during the party itself! Maybe it's just some silly doodles or maybe you wanna work on some bigger pieces, whatever you feel like doing!

I'll most likely be using this as a way to try and learn how to draw things other than just headshots!

The time is in GMT!! So please do check what time it will be for you!

Some more details below the cut!

The party will be here, directly north of the Applenook Hamlet waypoint! It should be safe from any events or hostile mobs so people can fully relax!

This one doesn't have a theme, but if people enjoy this enough I might do more in future with some casual themes! They wouldn't be mandatory but might help you pick a character to bring.

The squad will have two groups to it! Subgroup 2 will be for anyone who wants to draw but doesn't want to be drawn, just to help make things clear.

I'll try and get the squad up a little ahead of time and it should be /sqjoin Damai Vespati but if anything changes I will make sure to be vocal and make posts about it!

If you feel like posting anything that you do, please either tag me or use the tag #artfternoontea so I can see and appreciate your lovely art <3

Shout out to the hosts of the ongoing art parties, those were very fun to get to experience and I know a lot of people love them!

I'll be hosting these every so often for people like myself who deal with chronic health and fatigue issues, or for people that just don't enjoy the more hectic atmosphere.

I hope to see you there <3

[aluminumneedles]

The Great Knitted Christmas Gifts Bonanza of 2024

(Working title)

Besties and beloved mutuals, welcome to the chaos.

This will be wacky. Zany. Incredibly boring at times and possibly excessively dramatic for no reason at all except my (and hopefully your) amusement. We will laugh! I will cry! We will perhaps commiserate over things and also I will aggravate my carpal tunnel! I will ask for advice on things I don't know how to do! I will make polls because audience participation is enrichment for me! Good shit good shit let's get started

At the time of writing it is September 18, 2024, also known as 98 days before Christmas Eve, which will heretofore be known as The Deadline™️. I have, at present, four family members for whom I am making gifts. Now you may be thinking "Kay, that's only four people. That does not warrant a big post." But I'm making one anyway so here we goooo

PERSON #1

Mom. I already decided on my mom's gift, she's getting a shawl. It's my first shawl and I'm kinda geeked about it. It's the Cosmos Textured Knit Wrap from Mama in a Stitch

(photo taken from Mama in a Stitch's website I hope that's ok??)

Yarn is Red Heart worsted weight acrylic in Royal. Now here's the situation: I haven't made a wearable with acrylic yarn in awhile and I wasn't a huge fan of how it felt last time. But I know people do it literally every day, so: when the time comes I will be soliciting advice on how to make it soft and comfy. Plus I hate blocking and I'm gonna have to block this so yay growth!!

PERSON #2

My sister. Adorable, likes a pastel, super long hair, so I was thinking...scrunchies? And then I was thinking scrunchies are not necessarily on the level of gift I was aiming for so I thought...scrunchies + matching leg warmers (babydoll goes to the gym sometimes so i thought it would be cute)? And then. AND THEN. Was scrolling Pinterest instead of sleeping and I found these!!!

Now there are pros and cons

Pros:

I have been wanting to knit lace

I have been wanting to knit socks

Cons:

I have no experience knitting lace or socks

Oh well f*ck it we ball! Will still try to match the scrunchies to the socks. Send thoughts/prayers/advice/yarn recs, because idk what I am doingggg

PERSON #3

My brother. So, at the first of the year I started knitting a blanket kind of just because--I really liked the pattern and I wanted the feeling of starting something new in the new year. In April I decided it would be a gift for my boyfriend at the time, in May it became too hot to knit with wool, and in July the relationship ended. My brother has expressed interest in a blanket from the same pattern and has offered to take this one off my hands. I'm about 3/4 of the way done. Should be an easy gift, right? Maybe I'll throw in a matching pillow?

However, I once promised to make him this sweater:

(image snagged from the MomentsinTwine Etsy shop)

I bought the pattern, I bought the yarn, and I never delivered. (I started it and frogged it twice because my gauge was so so off.)

So uhhh PLEASE do the poll I need help deciding. Yarn would probably be a golden yellow wool blend, because that is the color he wanted 3 years ago and if I ask for an updated color choice he'll know what I'm working on 😭

PERSON #4

My dad.

Y'all.

I have no idea what to do for this man. He is a very classic "I don't want anything" person, and I am a classic "Must. Give. Gift." person. So already, times are tough!! What am I supposed to knit this man???

So I was thinking slippers-- I found a pattern for Woodland Loafers on Ravelry (pattern by Claire Slade) and I thought they were adorable. But then I was thinking why not make a whole, like, cozy care package? So I thought slippers, mug rug + mug cozy, maybe something else? He likes music, he likes to relax and watch his lil shows, he likes M*rvel?? Open to so many suggestions babes.

So...yeah. That's the show. I'll update as I go along, and if you're ever curious about how things are going or want to bully me about not making progress, please nudge me!! Sorry this was so long okay bye

[midnight1nk]

cutely sits on your askbox. Not breaking anything this time! Anyways, seen your rb my silly hitshow poll (I'm in some way surprised and not surprised with the results so far, which is a good thing, I LOVE NUMBERS!!) but I'm here for something different. I don't remember how much you actually talked about them, but maybe that's just a headache talking (usually when it rains I get headaches and it is indeed raining right now) but I wonder how you exactly feel about them? And also what you voted for :3. I've already voted myself, and I'm actually an (obviously) before movie but also bc of potential- I think they have a lot so. Yeah, that's why I'm asking you cuz I see that you're actually extra based about redemption stuff too (thank you so much, my love and tears goes out to you it feels so nice to not be alone about it I'm not kidding) so that only makes me more interested!

At least I don't have to patch up another hole in the waiting room, hope you enjoyed the froggy chairs. come on in to my pillow fort!

Gotta love the poll, but no, I didn't get a chance to actually talk about hitshow (puzzles x wpnz) 🤔 I probably should lol

When the fanart first came (as in before the movie) into the smg4 tag, I saw it and I was like "huh, that's a fun idea ^^ also that's good art" (<- is this a sign of me being on the ace spectrum? idk you tell me) but it clicked for me in the next second, "hold up, this actually has potential? we might be cooking". That's why in the poll, I chose the fanart option bc I wouldn't have that realization otherwise:

Fanart was technically first, a few seconds faster than potential haha

And ofc the movie and the meme recreation of the official account happened.... istg are we still sharing a shared delusion? it still doesn't feel real lmao. Well, now that we have: full speed ahead, chat!

Fr tho, they do have potential. NOT that they will be canon or anything, we barely just got a scene with them. But definitely the type of ship where I'm like "I'm gonna need fics and fanart to fulfill my quota :)" (but if the team does make them canon, we could have the first villain pairing maybeeee? 👀) And since we are talking about them, I do have a rant, that may be a doozy one so bear with me:

(1) I've seen some people calling the "you look lonely" render as queerbait and that made me physically wince, so I thought I voice my thoughts to the people. This is NOT queerbaiting. This is the Team simply recreating a popular meme, in response to SO many fans connecting it to the scene in the movie. Think of queerbaiting as a carrot on the stick. It wouldn't be like the Team to make false promises just so they could have more viewers/targeting the LGBTQ+ audience, that's not them. Just another meme recreation for the silly meme show, like they've always done, for the shits and giggles. Besides, like I said, we only had a scene with them; we didn't even scratch the surface. (I'll get to the whole OG bladerunner meaning in a sec)

(2) I've also seen people wanting Karen to go back with WPNZ and accept him back into the family. Or that WPNZ/Puzzles don't deserve to have a redemption arc. I'm going to go back to my redemption talk again for this: redemption ≠ forgiveness ≠ remembering. As much as these correlate to each other, they're not the same.

First, redemption. It's not if a particular character deserves it or not; if they choose to change, that's their choice. The question is, are they willing to take the time and effort to change? If the answer is yes, then they could have a chance at redemption. If not, that's their choice. Again, there's a difference between "I have to change" and "I want to change", and it takes guts to do it. Not that it will be an easy battle, but whatever the motivation may be, it might be worth it in the end.

Now, do I think redemption is possible for WPNZ or Puzzles? I think it's possible. I think that deep down, they want things to change for the better, that they wish they weren't so alone. Unfortunately, a lot of things blinded them into doing the actions they've done, almost like they didn't know how to redeem themselves. Change is recognizing what is wrong or misguided by what's truly wanted, which ultimately ends up hurting oneself and others.

The people (or lack thereof) in their lives growing up didn't help, and being locked away in solitary confinement made things way worse. Hell, WPNZ actually wanted to change for the better, but with how he was growing up and whatever HItman Inc. implemented in him, it's not easy to "forget"/"undo" the mindset he's been living with his whole life. Born and forced to be a weapon, expendable by the corporation that took him "under their wing", needed to be strong and brave in a high-risk job, the only companion and relationship he ever had was his partner-in-crime. It's why he saw the kids as weapons, needing them to be strong in the mission/get impatient when they're joking around, and misinterprets Karen's hostility towards him as nostalgic thrill. This is basically all he knows, what was constantly told to him. And I don't think he realized how fucked up his life actually was or how much effort is truly needed to learn how to change.

Second, forgiveness. Unlike redemption where someone has a choice, forgiveness is earned by others. Even if a character chooses to redeem themselves, not every person affected by their past actions is going to forgive them. And that's normal, it's fine. When it comes to redemption, you are not supposed to expect something in return, the redemption is for you and you alone. Even if you change and say your sorry's, people don't owe you forgiveness. It's not bc it wasn't sincere or anything, but those past actions could affect differently from person to person, more than realized. We have to accept that regardless of the outcome. An apology is accepting oneself's actions are wrong, forgiveness is the other person letting go of what was hurt/affected. Which ties in with the third, remembering. Just bc you forgive someone, it doesn't mean it automatically makes you forget whatever happened between the two of you. You can see someone's redemption, apologize to you in the most sincere way possible, but you can't forgive them. Or maybe do forgive them, to give yourself peace of mind, but you can't forget how hurt you were by all of it. Some things, those that hurt, can only stay in the past. You can't be "unaffected" by it with a flick of a switch, trauma and injury. How do you want to move forward, that's a leap of faith. Cooling down the hate and grudges, or even letting go.

Redemption is a choice for the person who hurted, forgiveness is a choice for the people affected by said hurt. It's their choice, and they don't owe that to anyone else. With sincerity, honesty, and courage, it can be done if you want to move forward, even if some things will still be remembered. It's literally the conversation Karen and WPNZ had in the movie:

Karen: "Fancy words don't change what you did to me, what you did to my kids." WPNZ: "I know that doesn't change anything, doesn't make up for what I did. But I'm sorry, Karen." Karen: "You've grown alot for the better, but there are some things that just can't be forgiven."

Like I said, redemption was extremely close for WPNZ. The problem was that stopped him stemmed from the loneliness he had, it's why he tracked them down in the first place. He didn't go to them bc he saw how terrible being in Hitman Inc. actually was, but bc he missed the thrill of having Karen (or Katana) around. The missions weren't the same without her. When the kids were upset during the mission, he didn't take responsibility bc he didn't understand that these were kids scared for literally being thrown in a dangerous situation, but bc Karen sheltered them from their so-called roots that the kids need to train to be stronger. Pretty confident that he was recruited by Hitman Inc. at a young age, and he had to deal with what the kids did and be strong too. He didn't want to be alone but he couldn't identify what the true problem was, and therefore stuck with the mindset he had.

Same goes with Puzzles. Truly, the only thing he had in his life growing up was a TV. He didn't have friends. His dad was a narcissistic, neglectful asshole. His mom is implied(???) to be abusive to him, otherwise she's out of the picture completely. He literally locked himself in his room and didn't come out for years. When Puzzles eventually did come out of her room, she went on to cut her head off. You'd think that a parent would be worried for their child and rip the door off its hinges just to know if they're ok from the start. But no, it didn't happen. And the mindset she has, Puzzles thinks that by achieving her dreams to absolute perfection would make her happy, that being popular would "help" her loneliness, that she can prove that her whether-or-not-living father that she proved him wrong. It's why he made Puzzlevision or Puzzle Park.

And for the first time in her life, when someone did care, she got very attached to Leggy, upset when the Crew "took" Leggy away, so much so that he made Leggy 2.0.

WPNZ and Puzzles did the things they did because they were alone. Bc of the mindset constantly being reminded to them, they're blinded to the actual true problem. Believing that some things, like revenge and pushing boundaries, could potentially "solve" mistakes. Shifting blame without acknowledging any fault they've done themselves. Even after their defeat, they simply can't let go of the past, WPNZ with the kids and Puzzles with Leggy. They believed they moved on, and though it's true in some parts, they're still stuck in the past. All dealt with in an unhealthy way.

And now with each other. Realistically, they won't know much of each other's past but slowly, some things may start to come up and eventually, they believe that they're probably the only ones who understand each other. Not that it would be true, but it's likely what they're going to believe, again in a very unhealthy way. A level of understanding that they only know.

This is where the OG bladerunner scene comes in (see? I told you it would)! Based on what I know, and hopefully I got some points right, is that the announcement for the holographic companion (Joi) is persuading the protagonist (K) by forming itself to look like K's ex from a previous romantic relationship. The fact that Cube tweeted this meme in the middle of the hitman arc without context, the movie literally having an eerily similar scene, and then the Team ACTUALLY recreating the meme into a render, this was intentional. Fr explain to me why did the Team chose to use that (bisexual) lighting when they could've chosen any other colors? Why did they decide to recreate the meme at all?

The details they chose are intentional but not in the way most think (hitshow). With the original context in mind, the reality is that WPNZ is being persuaded with the ideal life, one where WPNZ could be with his kids and ex-wife. That his problems could be "fixed" with what's essentially a toxic option. After all, he was left broken and betrayed in the streets, still stuck in his mindset. Karen literally destroyed him limb to limb. Hitman Inc.? WPNZ was an expendable asset, they don't give a shit about him.

And yet, it seemed like someone did. She was there. Perhaps he can be fixed up again, everything could be fixed. The life just as he wants it to be, if he takes her deal. But like the bladerunner scene, it's not real. What they thought would truly make them happy, it's not what they really want. And even then, what else can they do when they only have each other? If what was done to them is done? If they believe there's no choice otherwise?

There's no such thing as "fixing", but healing. That's what they don't see.

That's the potential I basically see. Oh, it's going to be toxic as hell, no doubt about it, but it sure will be an interesting dynamic to see in the show! It's just so fascinating to me, and it doesn't necessarily mean it's meant to be viewed as romantic.

I might be hearing an angry mob with pitchforks coming my way for what I said, but do ask yourselves: is there a chance, no matter how small, for WPNZ and/or Puzzles to have a redemption arc? Not what the Team plans, not what other people think. Not if they deserve it, bc it wouldn't be classified as redemption.

Is there a chance at redemption?

Probability-wise, yes. There is a chance. They would just have to recognize their own faults, that their childhoods were fucked-up, and that the mindset constantly reminded them isn't right or healthy for them. Once again, redemption is their choice. If they let themselves see past the fog, there's a way. Forgiveness (and remembering) are other things that most people usually get stuck on and possibly confuse it with redemption. If WPNZ redeems himself in the future, it's Karen's choice to forgive him. If Meggy or even 4 chooses to forgive Puzzles after a redemption, that's their choice. Not everyone's willing to forgive, and that's fine. It's real. At the end of the day, it's their choice that they have to come to their own terms. Not even the audience could force them to make a decision. Like Karen said, some things aren't unforgivable. Some things we can't forget. We ourselves have made thousands of mistakes, probably done things that unintentionally hurt others. You've done them, I have too. We are human, they are too. All of them.

It doesn't necessarily mean they're justifiable, but understandable. That's why 3's redemption is also so fascinating to me. He's done terrible things for an understandable motive, and he chooses to change for himself, not for anyone else. From greedy desires to acts of selflessness, though he doesn't outright admit it, he does care. I've already praised the Team SO many times about design details, but the progression of 3's model from blue to purple to represent his change to be his own person, it's absolutely brilliant.

The only difference is that while the Crew has each other for support, WPNZ and Puzzles don't. We know why that is, we're shown why that is. But they could, if they let themselves. Not that they have to join the Crew, they can go on with a better way of life. There's simply a chance to change, it just takes time and effort to find it.

.......I do hope it didn't sound like me going around in circles. I just think a WPNZ and Puzzles team-up would be cool to see. I know hitshow's not gonna be canon (it's not, guys, I'm pretty sure) but like. that's the whole point of shipping? As long as there's no harm, it's fine. welp, fuck it, I'm calling hitshow toxic yuri now.

...but WPNZ isn't.....?

WPNZ can be fem now, or I can label WPNZ as honorary lesbian. People are already coming for my head for the whole redemption thing, so I might as well pick my poison. You can always call it toxic love for gender neutral anyway. I ain't going to change to say "they don't deserve redemption" or something like that, I'll die on this hill.

Some people change, good for them. And some don't, and that's okay too! But don't deny that chance!

Plus, I do wanna see fics and fanart of them acting like a bickering old married couple. And maybe they kiss as a treat. Anyway, friend, you already said so much about WPNZ/Puzzles/hitshow, and I love reading your posts, but I did wanna to say a few things not only about what I see in hitshow but to also support you! "extra based", I'm pretty sure I'm not but thanks anyway, that's really touching to know that you feel heard. Here, bud, have some hugs 🫂💙 /very pos /gen

And to everyone else, stories are grounded in reality. While it's a "silly meme show", the Team does take some real issues into the show. Not ALL but some, and I appreciate that. I just hope yall could understand things aren't always black and white, or an easy path. There can be a change.

Ultimately, the choice is yours.

thanks for the ask!

[wizblr-blue-moon-ball]

You find a letter addressed to you...

The envelope is a pale, moonstone white with gold filligree. It is sealed with a wax seal, the engravings from the stamp showing an intricate magical spell used to ensure the letter was delivered to you.

If you are with a friend who also recieves a letter, you notice that each seal was customized to specifically reach you and you alone.

The paper inside a fine parchment with an invitation written in deep blue ink....

☆

Hello Magical Friend~☆

You are cordially invited to the Blue Moon Ball, the first of its kind hosted on Wizard Island (Island).

It will be a week-long celebration of the magical and arcane with old and new friends; if you happen to receive this letter, you are one of many esteemed guests we would like to host at our establishment.

Should you decide to attend, please sign the RSVP card added within this envelope and send it back using your preferred method of mailing.

The ball will be held in the fourth week of May, the Nineteenth through the Twenty-Fifth (May 19-25). We hope to see you there!

Signed...

☆

Welcome everyone to the official announcement post of the Blue Moon Ball! Wizardblr's (maybe?) first community-wide event. Hosted by yours truly @the-necrobotanist! I'm happy to see you here!

The event will take place over the course of seven days, where participants will make posts relating to a series of themes throughout the entire week.

The event will take place on the week of the 19-25, mark your calendars!

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RULES

Please be polite and kind to other participants

No AI generation in any and all submissions

Do not reveal any personal info

No NSFW

(This is everything for now. Please do not make me extend this rule list)

♡

There are four categories for people to partake in for the prompts: Art, Writing, Roleplay, and Photography. I'll explain a bit more in detail about them below.. .

ART [#Blue Moon Ball Art]

Draw your character according to the prompts, and perhaps other people's characters!

Use of picrews/heroforge is allowed as long as you credit where you made the image from

Use of AI to make art is strictly prohibited and will not be included in the event.

No NSFW

WRITING [#Blue Moon Ball Writing]

Write a story, drabble, or fic of your character!

There is no base word count or word limit, do whatever you wish!

Poems and the like are totally welcome and allowed!

No AI generated writing is allowed.

No NSFW

ROLEPLAY [#Blue Moon Ball Roleplay]

Roleplay at the event! I'll make a few starters for people to post and add to :)

Keep everything SFW, and if a RP situation makes you uncomfortable please remember that it is okay to back out

No NSFW

PHOTOGRAPHY [#Blue Moon Ball Photogtaphy]

Take a photo! Whether it be an outfit, food, or a pet!

No revealing personal information. This includes your face, address, full name, etc. Please practice internet safety.

No NSFW

The official prompt list will not be revealed until 3 days before the event! There will however be a prologue prompt!

♤

Prologue Prompt

Your prompt for before the event is.....

DRESS YOUR BEST~☆

Gather your fabric and get your sewing kits ready, your first prompt is to design and create your character’s outfit for the ball!

Create an outfit and post it to tumblr, whether through art, writing, or whatever you wish! Make sure to use the tag #BMB Outfit so people can see your work, and feel free to mention me so I can reblog!

All outfits submitted (unless noted otherwise in the post) will be added to a poll for a "Best Dressed" poll that will he hosted after the main event is over, consider it an afterparty of sorts.

All rules above apply to this post, I hope you all enjoy!!

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ALSO JOIN THE DISCORD!!!

♧

That's everything for now! I'm so excited to be hosting this, and I'm so, so happy and grateful for the huge amount of people interested. I cannot wait to see what you make!!

Enjoy the ball, Magical Friends~☆ !!

¤

Pinglist Set A

@scuttling-comfuddlement @the-gnomest-bastard @kobold-sanctuary-buss-island @satyrs-apothecary @irving-the-pirate-wizard @morbingtime @justagingerwithredhair @chaos-familiar @these-detestable-hands @regina-the-sorceress @combustion-witch @yourlocalbreadenthusiast @selldemapplez @agentldiddy @fractalkitty @wizard-island-trading-co @good-wizard @the-illegal-wizard-council @ash-the-tiefling @mysticminion @blobbiedaykeeppcaway @life-is-okay-rn2 @skyethebisexualwolfwizard @thequeerwizardcouncil @dread-the-eldritch-wizard @profeshinul-wizurd @a-squirrel-wizard @the-mighty-dalob @amateur-wizard @chaos-wizard-nyehehe @bertskullhaver @transgender-wizard @flowers-the-sun-witch @the-silliest-sorcerer @wizard-ghost @a-goose-in-a-trenchcoat @flirtyambiguouswizard @paltering-peculiarity @parkyrtheelvishbard @ceeceelemons

[sulfur1c-4cid]

DNI: zionist, antikin, ableist, lgbtq+ phobic, fatphobic, fat kink, proshipper, support ai art, anti-cringe, general bigotry, s/h + ed blogs, proship.

im sorry for not reblogging or answering asks regarding current wars and genocides but i really cant handle it.sorry.

RB > LIKES on art, preferably

art fight,,

pronoun👍

strawpage!! <- kinda important

bsky

userbox by @/oy--with-the-poodles-already :]]]

stupidscav -> sordid-dog

hello!! I'm callie/fester! feel free to alternate names and give name suggestions!! I go by it/thing/he/they. I am neurodivergent (autism, anxiety, probably adhd and maybe ocd) please be clear about things,, my mental health also may not the best currently so I might not be in a stable mood sometimes. expect some vents. i am also a minor, and I love bugs, indie music, Gravity Falls, The Owl House, Night In The Woods, and Rain World. :3

you can send me bug images as long as it is NOT A LARDER BEETLE. THEY ARE SMALL BLACK BEETLES WITH A WHITE/TAN STRIPE. DO NOT SEND ME THOSE . if you send an image of a larder beetle i WILL be blocking you.they remind me of some bad shit that happened to me in the past .please and thank yoy

please also refrain from sending me images of worms, or ask if you can send an image beforehand.

if anyone uses this to specifically send me images of tjem im just gonna delete this part

I am a demiboy and a bi lesbian, and I adore contradictory labels.

I am also otherkin/fictionkin, and my confirmed (?) kintypes are caninekin and cryptidkin :] i also relate to/kin a lot of other characters and creatures,, im probably constelic/fictionflicker

about my tw tags: I tag the word itself. if "your mom" was a trigger, I would simply tag the post "your mom". you can always ask me to tag something!

current tags:

#dog misc: me yapping

#festers fuckery: me art

#dark pearls: vents and/or dark topics.yea the tag is the same as before

#waggy tail: happy vents

#dog rage: me being rightfully mad

#dog howls: serious discussion/announcements

#awroo: asks

#dog treats: gifts

old tags + info (these are my previous tags i used to use):

#scavs silly misc: miscellaneous posts/original posts. I upload random shit sometimes🔥

festers fuckery: art :3

#dark pearls: dark topics, vents

#pearl treasury: asks and polls!

#scavs favorite pearls: gifts! at least I think that was the tag

#scav is serious: announcements mostly

spam acc: @gayass-ery

music sideblog: @musicmutt

btw, I love being tagged! I love being asked! I love getting doodle requests, though idk if I'll get them all! these are basically always open!! unfortunately I am a horrible procrastinator so I might not always answer timely :']

probably gonna add more if I forgot, which is very likely. ty!

-please don't make jokes on my vent posts or blank reblog or anything unless I say you can btw. should have said that earlier sorry

[fe-smashorpass]

Introduction! (Please Read)

Edit: I’m doing all the generic class portraits now so most of the info below is irrelevant

Inspired by other smash or pass blogs, this one is about Fire Emblem characters!

My name is Mod Garn and I use she/her!

Will only be posting characters who are 18+ but since this is Fire Emblem not everyone has a canon age. Even if they do, a character's age can be called into question (here’s another post I made on this topic). TL;DR I'll be arbitrarily judging a character if they look old enough for this. If you think a character should or shouldn't be here, I am sorry.

I will be doing almost every character in the franchise, including from the mainline and spin-off games, one off generics, the cipher exclusives, and manga exclusives.

Also I am splitting up characters who are technically the same character but under different identities.

Characters that will be excluded are:

Underage characters (as mentioned before)

Characters without any pictures of them

Characters who share the same portrait as each other since that would be redundant

Generic portraits for classes, so if a character uses a generic class portrait (ex the 10 elites from fe3h) they won't be included (the only exceptions are Abysskeeper and Gatekeeper)

I'll be posting 3 characters a day, alphabetically, (unless a new character drops with a name that starts with a letter that’s already finished), at 12PM EST.

Also thank you to reddit user u/Just_Nefariousness55 for making this post compiling every character in the games. My life was made so much easier because of you.

#fe smash or pass and #fire emblem smash or pass are the tags used for the actual smash or pass polls

FAQ under the cut (please read!)

Q. Why? A. Because I can

Q. What’s the age limit of the polls? A. I’d rather not have any underage people rebloging/commenting/liking on the smash or pass polls (for y’all’s safety and my comfort)

Q. What will happen once you’re finished with all the generic classes?

A. I have no idea

Q. Why are people smashing/passing X character? A. IDK!!! Maybe to piss people off. Maybe the character is not as hot as you think. Maybe something else. Baseline is… I don’t know!

Q. Can you post X character? A. No, as I've stated before, I post characters alphabetically (unless a new character drops with a name that starts with a letter that’s already finished) and certain characters will be excluded due to a multitude of reasons (read above). If you're asking me if I were to smash or pass a certain character, please specify and I will answer.

Q. Can you add a “not attracted to character’s gender” option? A. No I don’t think it’s necessary to have, you can just press “pass” or not vote at all

Q. Why is fe2 Nuibaba your pfp? A. It funni

Q. IDK this character, can I still participate in the poll? A. Sure! You can decide whether to smash or pass just based on looks

Q. Can I explain the reason why I would/wouldn't smash? A. Yes cause I'm nosey

Q. Are you a fan of Digimon? A. Yes :}

[jessiarts]

(Poll at the end!)

So, you guys know by now that I've been doing a fundraiser game for the past month or so, where I've been trying to encourage people to donate money to a Palestinian GFM, and in exchange I've been making the pumpkin carving stencils you voted for.

First, I want to say that I'm so grateful to those who have donated and/or shared those posts because it genuinely helps so much! Together we've helped to raise over $500 for this family since this fundraising game began- and you guys should be proud of that!

You definitely earned all these stencils!

That said, I'm going to open up a little and say that even with those who have been reblogging the posts (again, thank you so much if you have!), the posts still just struggle to reach people more and more with each round. This past round we weren't able to meet our goal at all, despite having a much shorter goal than any previous round, and I know it's because it just wasn't able to reach enough people.

Honestly, to be completely blunt, it feels like pulling teeth just to get those posts to be seen, but I don't want to give up on this- not when the family is so close to meeting their overall goal.

I'm hoping you guys can help me figure out how to continue.

I'm considering these options:

Keep going as usual- Each week we have a poll, and if we meet the goal at the end of the week I make you guys the stencil you voted for, and if you raise more than TikTok that week I make you two stencils.

Change the format- I pause the fundraiser game, take a few polls (bracket style) and let you guys vote out a set of maybe 3-4 pumpkin stencils to look forward to, then restart the fundraiser, but instead of having a weekly goal to meet I release the stencils on a milestone basis. (i.e: when we reach $X I release Waddles the Pig, then when we reach $Y I release Perry the Platypus, at $Z I release [insert blorbo here], and so on. And maybe if you guys want I can give extra stencils for reaching milestones quicker than TikTok?)

Honestly, I'm leaning towards the second option, but I want you guys' opinion.

Also I want to know if you guys even like the whole PVP against TikTok thing. I started it because I thought it would make it more fun for everyone, but if you guys aren't here for it let me know that too. If you like competing against TikTok choose "YES pvp" and if you don't choose "NO pvp"

[butts-bouncing-on-the-beltway]

I think one of the things that's going to be the most important from early poll results is building the reputation of quality I'll need to justify prices that actually have any profits lmao

I know that I'm making clothes that should last a minimum of 3-5yrs hard use or 5-10yrs light use, but I also know that over the years even places that DID that stopped without lowering their prices, so people are gonna be understandably dubious of a $50 price tag for a simple button up shirt, or $150 for a coat.

I'm genuinely wondering what the best way to demonstrate this to clients pre-purchase, because sure I could photograph garments on models and it would look great but that doesn't actually mean anything to a lot of folks these days. I suppose I could see about finding some visual medium creators who would be willing to do reviews on demo items or something? But that doesn't necessarily seem like the most effective route to trust either.

Process pics/videos are a given I think, and maybe even demo item giveaways?

I'll have to keep thinking about this.

[mellowwillowy]

honestly, ive been meaning to ask for a HOTTTT few months now (which i never got around to) but do you still write for blue the boyfriend? i remember going through his tag a few months ago and i fell in love w his character but i never requested bc i didnt know if it was like ???? temporary??? limited?? i just never saw requests for him (assuming hes not as popukar.. question mark?) so my brain assumed you just dont . write for him anymore jsjsjsj

I write for all my OCs! Females, Males, Lovecraftians, Monsters... all of em! It's just that none of them get requested as much as our superstar, Yulian, so they barely made an ask appearance.

As for the stand-alone fics or HCs I'm writing, it mostly used to depend on my mood. Now it heavily depends on what webtoon I'm working on. Since I'm now working on Uphill Daisies, new characters from the series will be introduced here + Kaspar and Yulian will be written for PR work (bribe lol)

That said, Blue and Eleanor are most definitely will receive the same attention should I ever work on their webtoon one day! While we wait for that, you can send rqs or questions! If it's easy/light, it'll be easy for me to respond :3

Fun fact: Even if Blue isn't the most popular, he's always paired together with Yulian priority-wise if we ignore their popularity! He ranked second 2 years ago and I'm sure he'll still rank second if we make a poll (confident... confident... Blue is preciousssssss!!!)

Maybe I'll make a poll of all characters when I write a scenario for all the characters like Yulian, Blue, Eleanor, Kaspar, and Seth (Seth... meh, idk if anyone even fans him anymore. He has never gotten my attention anymore rip)

[nenilein]

As someone who's had mixed feelings on Teddie for a while now, that post genuienly helped me like him a lor more! I didnt know anything about the p4 translation so it's actually really shocking to hear about it being rushed

Thank you! I was honestly surprised how many people had that reaction going by the tags. My goal wasn't necessary to make people "like" him, but I really hate it when characters who are children are sexualized, including by calling them predators, so the accusations Teddie gets thrown his way due to how he was sadly mishandled by the localization always rubbed me a special kind of wrong.

P4's localization being rushed was common knowledge back in the 00s, but I guess that didn't carry over into the social media age after all the gaming news sites that hosted the interviews talking about it shut down and apparently nobody kept backups of them... Maybe we should try to find the translators on social media to get them to repeat their statements from back them on the record again, but I also kinda don't wanna bother these poor folks. It's been 2 decades since then, they have long moved on and might not even remember much about the experience anymore as freshly as they did when they were first interviewed. Maybe one day when I have tons of spare time I'll go diving into the wayback machine to try and find a backup of the interview, but I honestly don't even remember the name of the newssite I originally read it on...

As for the impact of this essay, I don't even mind that it didn't do anything to help Teddie in the poll; he is my favorite character in the series (and maybe of any series), yes, but P3 just got a whole remake, it makes sense its characters have an advantage. (Plus, Koro IS a good boi, even if I'm not a dog person) I am just glad so many people seem to agree that when Teddie's mental age is taken into account the accusations against him become a lot less justified. <3

[shigariope]

I'm a Writer. What's up?

I totally forgot I even had this until I got tagged today! I should try to use this thing. Let me do an intro post:

I write Huskerdust rom com smut mostly. I have two main AUs

Someone You Can Bet On: Inspired by Celestialalpacaron's Husk Overlord AU, though it's very much its own monster at this point. I liked the ring idea, the casino, and the winning Angel idea. Took those and made it a marriage of convenience with Angel taking control and making a deal with Husk to save him from Val. It's a slow burn rom com with themes of masking, trauma(cPTSD is the main one here), healthy relationships with proper communication, and blood lust violence/murder. Drugs/alcohol are purely mental dependency/addiction not physical in Hell in this AU, so don't be expecting those themes at all. https://archiveofourown.org/works/54446458/chapters/137927506 My other is P0rn(can I say that word here?) Reviewer Husk where Angel is sent to trade his body to get better reviews from Husker the porn critic. Instead, Husk says he can make the porn better and begins to teach Angel how. It's also a rom com and it's my no angst AU. Read it for a good smutty time, with laughs and romance. I'll be consolidating them into one in a couple months and editing them up(not deleting the old ones), but for now they're in a series with each kink tagged (most installments have a specific kink highlighted like bondage, sex toys, tummy bulge, exhibitionism etc) https://archiveofourown.org/series/4061233

So yeah, that's me! I will be releasing OC material in the future as that's my main goal. But for now, enjoy the fanfics and maybe eventually stay for the romantasy novels. I have 3 social media platforms I dabble in to talk about my work, post updates, and talk to my readers, but Twitter is my main go to. So if you're looking for me: https://x.com/poziepie (I post updates, silly memes for my AU, polls to ask my readers what they'd like out of certain things, and this is where the vast majority of the fanart wonderful artists have made for me is. Still regret not making a new one so it was shigariope but here we are!) https://bsky.app/profile/shigariope.bsky.social (I try to mirror my main posts from Twitter here but there aren't any polls so boooooooo) https://www.instagram.com/shigariope/profilecard/?igsh=bGdvd2R1bjQ3bXpj (I rarely use this, just do my weekly updates and follow some artists on here!)

[streussal]

Response to the OJ Simpson anon. I was confused to receive this, but I'll try to respond in good faith:

Copy + Paste of what I got in my inbox (under a cut because it's so long (not doing a screenshot because it would take 3 screens)

The Court TV docuseries OJ25 (2020) is the best and most truthful account of the trial. 2016 Vulture interview with juror Sheila Woods: I guess maybe black people cheering was less about O.J. and more about the politics of the LAPD at the time, police brutality. A lot of their catharsis was bigger than O.J. I can understand that. But at the end of the day, two people were murdered. I think most people thought we based our decision on race. Race never came up in the topic of our deliberation, or even how the LAPD treated black people. Like, regarding Fuhrman, none of his comments really … The thing with Fuhrman was once his credibility was shot, you really could discount anything he said. He was definitely a liar — he lied on the stand — and when he came back to the court, he took the fifth on everything. Why would you trust anything he said? He was the detective that found all this evidence: the blood on the Bronco, on the back fence, on the glove … all of that created reasonable doubt. Was there a moment in particular during the trial that really swayed your decision towards reasonable doubt? Yeah, when they started talking about the blood evidence. There was, like, a milliliter of blood they couldn’t account for. And they found blood on the back fence of Nicole’s condo, and that particular blood also had the additive in there. That additive is only found in [a test tube of blood], so why would the blood sample on that back fence contain that additive unless somebody took the blood from the test tube and placed it there? Do you think O.J. was framed? I don’t know if he was necessarily framed. I think O.J. may know something about what happened, but I just don’t think he did it. I think it was more than one person, just because of the way she was killed. I don’t know how he could have just left that bloody scene — because it was bloody — and got back into his Bronco and not have it filled with blood. And then go back home and go in the front door, up the stairs to his bedroom … That carpet was snow white in his house. He should have blood all over him or bruises because Ron Goldman was definitely fighting for his life. He had defensive cuts on his shoes and on his hands. O.J. only had that little cut on his finger. If [Goldman] was kicking to death, you would think that the killer would have gotten some bruises on his body. They showed us photos of O.J. with just his underwear just two days after, and he had no bruises or anything on his body.

Anon I am not sure why you sent me this. I have two posts tagged OJ Simpson, from April 12 & 13 of this year (a few days after his death).

One, a link to an article Andrea Dworkin wrote about Nicole Brown Simpson and domestic violence.

Two, a poll asking "did o.j. do it?" on which my tags were: #yes #but also one of the main police detectives was recorded being very racist in interviews with a journalist a few years earlier #(and cops are generally racist but this was a lot)#and there was an inconsistency in records of how much blood was drawn from oj for dna samples#and the transporting officer dropped by the crime scene before delivering the blood to evidence#which lends credence to the evidence planting theory#(it was a tiny inconsistency but like. that is not proper evidence handling)#also the prosecution fucked up a few times#so like. it makes sense why he was acquitted#(and again: he did it. more stuff came in at the civil trial like the bruno magli shoes)#(but the jury finding reasonable doubt wasn't completely insane)

So I'm not sure if you were just sending it to let me know about a true crime series that I might like, and giving more info on jury opinions?? In which I case I'm a little confused by the timing, but sure, why not. I hope this was not a "actually OJ was innocent" thing you just me though. I have trouble telling.

[transfemlogan]

SOO i was planning on taking small, short requests on my nsfw blog & realised maybe I should take some here too!! (Sfw)

They'd be ~500 words or less (or more, if I really, really like the prompt) and won't be beta read. Very short & sweet.

I'll make a list of stuff I won't & will write, but I'll pretty much write everything :P

[simplegenius042]

Fallout characters react to Jujutsu Kaisen Abridged (or at least their variants in it)

Was inspired by AO3 user StrykerKitsune with their fic "Miraculous watching Hellsing Abridged with a twist" and their hilarious (and kind of chilling) interpretation of the cast of Miraculous Tales of Ladybug and Chat Noir watching Hellsing Abridged by TeamFourStar but instead of the main Hellsing cast its replaced with variants of the Miraculous cast who are watching it (So instead of Alucard, Seras, Integra and Bernadotte, they were variations of Luka, Marinette, Kagami and Adrien respectively). The funniest and unique react fic I've read so far (considering instead of watching Miraculous, that cast watched themselves play the role of the Hellsing Abridged cast) and I'd advise you give it a read if you want to burst in tears.

Anyway, thinking about that today gave me a surge of inspiration to write a react fic... but with (most) of the Fallout cast watching variants of themselves playing the roles of the main cast in The Schmuck Squad's Jujutsu Kaisen Abridged.

Solemn and sometimes fun seriousness watches pure absurd crack.

This will include characters from Fallout, Fallout 2, Fallout 3, Fallout New Vegas, Fallout 4 and maybe Fallout 76 while we're at it.

Now as for the characterization of the Vault Dweller, the Chosen One, the Lone Wanderer, the Courier, the Sole Survivor and the Resident, they will be based on my Fallout OCs:

Elrand Brandt (Vault Dweller), Finidy Mona (Chosen One), Alph Dolen (Lone Wanderer), Ryder (Courier), Nate Gust Sarid (Sole Survivor) and Vega (Resident). None of my other OCs (e.g. Ortega "Ore" Brantley, Marissa "Ress" Bishop, Arcane Urias, Mathias "Mason" Talos, Aggravor, etc) from A Radioactive Calamity of Love, Bombs & Gore will be included, as this is purely for Fallout. I will be posting my Fallout OCs' character sheets (?) from now to whenever, before the polls of course.

The "watchers/reactors" will mostly comprise of the Fallout protagonists (who will be my OCs to avoid vague personality conflicts plus other things with a mostly voiceless and customizable character), their companions, story-relevant leaders, one or two DLC relevant characters and whoever else I personally think should be there. None of them will include antagonists (unless the antagonist/immoral figure is a companion or story-relevant, like Myron, Dean Domino, Ulysses, Strong, X6-88, Porter Gage, etc).

However, on the "Abridged Variants" side, characters will be chosen through polls that I'm gonna be posting either everyday or every week depending on how I feel. These polls will discern which Fallout character plays the abridged version of the Jujutsu Kaisen cast, and I will be presenting options I personally believe could do some good but also an optional "name a character in the tags" (and if it's a Fallout protagonist, just call them by their titles if you can't remember my OCs' names). This will include protagonists and antagonists. Now the size of the variant characters will only be as large or as important as those that significantly appear in the abridged version, not the source material (so Junpei's teacher, his most minor bullies, the unnamed student who interupts Itadori's "spooky little flip-flop grilled cheese bullshit club", etc won't be casted as variants).

I'll also find an OC to host this little reaction because why not, you know?

Anyway, to summarize: Gonna make a "Fallout characters watch/react to their variants in Jujutsu Kaisen Abridged", will include characters from most, if not, all of the Fallout games, characterization of the Fallout protagonists will be based on the OCs I have for them, will not include the mystical OCs from A Radioactive Calamity of Love, Bombs & Gore, character sheets for the former OCs will be posted before the polls, said polls will indicate which characters become a Jujutsu Kaisen Abridged variant (and the time period of the polls vary depending on character importance), watchers/reactors only include protagonists and characters of importance and will not include antagonists (excluding amoral/immoral companions or story relevant non-companions like Ulysses), but variants will include both protagonists and antagonists. Extremely minor characters or unnamed characters won't be casted and lastly an OC of mine will be the host of the reaction fic.

Hope this made sense. Will be posting OC Fallout sheets first and then the polls.

[glassesblorbospoll]

✨ glasses-wearing blorbos tournament ✨

Hello and welcome to the glasses blorbos tournament poll!! Where we will find out which spectacled character reigns supreme over the rest (but not in a mean-spirited way, because we love peace and love) (the losers will all DIE, badly).

We will be determining how the bracket is seeded (randomized or not, etc.) from YOUR guys' opinions! we'll start asking once the submissions close.

Once the poll starts, we encourage asks, replies, tags, posts, etc. with propaganda for your faves!!

you can start submitting your glasses-wearing blorbos NOW here!: link to the google form. but please read the rules below first.

rules:

be nice to your fellow real, living, breathing people.

no terfs no bigots no bitches

submit only via the form linked above; submissions via ask will not be accepted. only use the asks for questions, propaganda, and to be super nice to us

there is no deadline for the submissions yet. we will see when we close them once we start to get submissions, so please submit!

don't submit the same character more than once, but do make several submissions for several different characters if you so wish. you know how it goes.

in principle, we will only be accepting submissions for characters who wear glasses, NOT contacts, for like at least about 50% of their screentime. but it doesn't mean nobody else will be accepted! characters who wear them very rarely, wear a monocle, or have some other weird thing going on that we can't even imagine right now will be reviewed on a case-by-case basis.

keep in mind we are two people who don't know every piece of media in the world, and we can't spend all of our time doing research!! for this reason, try to provide evidence if it needs to be provided!

the criteria for who the superior glasses-wearer is up to you: do they represent the SPIRIT of glasses-wearing better? are they more iconic for the fact of wearing glasses than the other one? do they wear their glasses BETTER? or are they just your FAVORITE out of the two?!?! doesn't matter. but we're thinking it's mostly about the latter.

There are some characters we will be including by default because at least One of us Likes them (Velma Scooby Doo, Alphys Undertale, Berdly Deltarune, Kim Kitsuragi from Disco Elysium, Teru Mikami from Death Note... maybe more...)

mods:

yo! i'm glitz, i'm also @thesoupisburning and i'm here because i wear glasses and think everyone should know ! i'll be doing most of the mathy stuff and also if you say anythin mean to us, you're saying something mean to rat and i WILL come for you. heart :} use any and all pronouns for me or check my carrd via my main. i am very friendly and love attention so please. please interact. also im opinionated and super sexy trust me bro <3

hi I'm @ratbefriender she/her you can call me Rat and it all started when I was approximately 7 years old and I wore glasses to school for the first time. when my classmates started asking me how many fingers they were holding up, I knew I had to fight the good fight for our brave spectacled blorbos, despite the word blorbos not existing yet. anyway: we're just having fun <3 be nice to us. peace and love.

inspired by: great poll tournaments such as @character-of-all-time @insanepoll @siblingshowdown @ultimatemessywomantournament @ultimate-rat-bracket @magnificent-mlm-matchup

gif below: random anime guy we dont know him sorry