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[rengineer]

[ @askredmedic ]

If you are worried about ze veird asks in your inbox (as you should be), I suggest you refrain from using ze tag of shame at all! If it is uncomfortable for you in any capacity, simply delete it and move on. Zese people are not entitled to an answer, and if zey vill not respect you, then zey don’t deserve one!

Oh, and “anons” are not as anonymous as sey think. Pruning new followers vis se block button if sings are out of place is a sure fire way of paring down zhe creepy questions!

Trust me… Whoof! Ze first few weeks to months of my blog vere an adventure to say the least. The method is not foolproof, but giving attention to zose people is a losing battle. Not only does ignoring zem deprive them of validation, but it frees up more time for your experiments! I heavily recommend it!

- Signed, Medic.

"Heya, Doc! Appreciate the advice, really. But I reckon I’ve found an even better way to deal with those pesky sunglasses, y'know?" There was a dark glint on his goggles as he spoke, his tone taking on an unsettling edge.

"Don't you worry 'bout me none. I know how to take care of myself."

[skibasyndrome]

"tell me the truth" 😉🤧

Juuuune! Thank you so much for the ask! 💜💜💜 Idk where this came from, but have a little canon divergent s1e4 moment

Simon is already halfway down the hill, almost at the bus stop, when the first, dry sob rattles his rib cage. He gasps from the force of it, gripping onto the straps of his backpack more tightly, stomps his feet into the gravel a little harder than necessary to shake off the ugly feeling. Tries to keep himself together before her bursts into a million pieces in the middle of Hillerska's driveway. This doesn't make sense, none of it. Simon doesn't think he said anything wrong, feels like some of those texts must have shown Wille that Simon wanted to be there for him, wanted to be- something. Something, someone that isn't this, a person Wille wants around one second and then can't seem to stand to even look in the eye another.

Simon feels the prickle of angry tears in his eyes and rubs over them aggressively. He doesn't understand why it has to be like this, why Wille doesn't even want to speak to him. Or let Simon speak, let him tell Wille some the things he thought about saying while Wille was gone, home, dealing with everything. Nothing sounded particularly good or comforting, but he wanted to try at least. His phone feels like it's burning a hole into his pocket, holding the texts still, and Simon clenches his fists to fight the urge to grab it and text Wille, out of spite, is what he thinks, but there's something else, stronger, more aching, that makes him want to try one last time to ask, to make Wille explain it so Simon understands- Simon stops abruptly. He is not leaving without an explanation. ***

Just as he is starting to think the student he asked for the way to the prince's room was fucking with him, Simon rounds the corner and almost collides with a distraught Wille. A last spark of Simon's defiance flares up and he is ready to fight if he has to, but as soon as Wille's head whips around, his eyes meeting Simon's through the strands of hair he has falling into his face, Wille freezes. His shoulders sag, as do the corners of his mouth, his eyes go soft, but not like Simon wishes they would. He looks like a frightened animal caught in the headlights, like he's looking up at Simon even with him being taller. And if there wasn't a crack in his heart already, Simon knows there's one now. Simon feels dumb all of a sudden, a gnawing voice telling him he's presumptuous and selfish for showing up again. He hasn't seen Wille grieving yet, he realizes with a start, not like this. He's seen the grieving prince, in a lots more clips and photos than felt comfortable, but he hasn't seen the Wille he knows, he thought he knew, he- "Simon...," Wille's voice cracks, the word breathy and unsteady. As if he's only just realized that he can still move his body, that Simon hasn't put a spell on him, Wille raises a quivering hand to his face, trying to put his hair back into place. Something about the gesture cuts Simon deep. Feels out of place and wrong, and like the Wille with the unruly bangs and the toothy smile shouldn't be the same one who has to give a eulogy to his dead brother in front of the entire school. Simon's eyes flit to the two tall figures looming in the back of the hallway, then back to Wille. Maybe he is interrupting something, maybe he shouldn't even be here, maybe the bodyguards shouldn't see him, maybe this is all part of the problem, and maybe he should've just gone home and deleted everything and forgotten about whatever it was that this could've been. But Wille is shaking, Simon can tell, even with how hard Wille is trying not to show it. And for a silly little moment, Simon wonders if anyone even thought to hug the crown prince. Simon shakes off the thought, squares his shoulders and raises his chin. Because despite everything in him screaming to reach out and do something, he needs to know if Wille wants him to at all. Or if he needs to suck it up and forget about this, for good this time. He clears his throat, takes a deep breath. "Tell me the truth," he says, and hopes it sounds more confident to Wille's ears than to his own. Wille's eyes quickly move over Simon's face like he's unsure where he's allowed to look. Simon straightens his back a little more, tries to make himself look taller and less nervous about the answer he might be getting. Despite it all, his breath catches inside his throat when he tries to continue. He lowers his voice, thinks it's so the bodyguards don't hear, but knows he has to to keep speaking at all. "Do you really want me to go and forget about this?" Wille's eyes find Simon's, wild, wide, dark, unreadable. For a few horrible seconds, Simon thinks coming here might've been one of the stupidest decisions he's ever made. But then Wille drops his eyes again. Simon follows his gaze and watches, breath quickening, how Wille slowly, carefully, grabs his hand. Wille shakes his head once, then again, more fervently, and Simon's heart drops. But Wille pulls him closer by his hand, takes a tentative step, waits to see if Simon will follow. "Stay," he says, so quiet that Simon barely gets to hear it over the sound of his own blood rushing in his head. "Stay, please."

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[buddiebeginz]

You want to know one of the ways I know most B/T stans are here first and foremost for T*mmy and Lou more than Buck and Oliver or anyone else?

Look at the way they talk about their ship. Most of it is them parroting stuff Lou or T*mmy has said.

They call Buck Evan.

They constantly say B/T are thriving (because Lou said it in that one video).

They say T*mmy had a difficult childhood because Lou headcanoned that.

They defend how T*mmy treated Hen and Chim in s2. They even say that Hen and T*mmy are besties now when there is no evidence of that.

They never see any faults in anything T*mmy does. Not a single thing he did in season 7 was wrong in their eyes. Yet they don’t shy away from pointing out the faults they see in other characters including Buck and especially Eddie.

They talk about how much the show needs T*mmy. Needs to make him a main. Needs to give him a begins episode while some of them haven’t even seen any season before s7. They make posts about how much more deserving of being a main character T*mmy is than Ravi or Karen who have been there for years.

Most of the posts about B/T are either sexual (likely because T*mmy constantly makes everything sexual) or them headcanoning them as a way more serious relationship than what’s presented on screen. They constantly talk about how in love B/T are when no one has even said the word boyfriend yet. This in my opinion comes in large part from Lou’s cameos where he continually used language that made the relationship seem more important.

They talk about how much Buck needs T*mmy and a lot of their posts make Buck the damsel in distress trope. Which just goes along with how much T*mmy patronizes Buck. Calling him Kid, calling him Evan (even though everyone else calls him Buck), dismissive of his feelings when he gets upset like an adult to a kid (like at the bachelor party), the daddy kink joke when Buck was trying to be vulnerable about his real father figure almost dying. Making decisions for Buck without talking to him (again like you would a child) like when T*mmy just abruptly told Buck he wasn’t ready and left him at the restaurant.

They say that Buck’s season 7 journey would be meaningless if B/T ends in season 8. They accuse us of making Buck’s coming out about Buddie but they have definitely made Buck’s coming out about T*mmy. They have said without T*mmy Buck wouldn’t have even realized he’s bi. Yet we know from Oliver he was attracted to Eddie in season 2.

They talk about how much T*mmy cares about Buck and how much he understands him but we've had so many examples of the opposite being true. At Buck's first date with a guy T*mmy didn't seem to have the patience for Buck's nervousness and left him at the restaurant with little explanation. The bachelor party T*mmy chose not to dress up and didn't seem to care even though the party meant a lot to Buck. The medal ceremony Buck was excited and T*mmy's response was "enjoy it while it lasts". In the deleted scene with Henren T*mmy seemed blase about his relationship with Buck. At the dinner Buck was opening up to T*mmy and T*mmy changed the subject to sex.

Also I rewatched a bunch of Lou’s cameos (pray for my soul 🤢) and in them he often will confirm whatever they ask him. This is why they continued to spend money on them because it was like an echo chamber with a “celebrity”. They’d headcanon something T*mmy was doing or thinking ask Lou and he would confirm it even though there was little to nothing to indicate that in the scene or script. His motivation I’m sure was to keep his little sycophants around and sending him 100/200 bucks a pop for his videos. But the main thing it did was create a monster of a mini fandom that believes everything they were told is the gospel according to Lou F*rrigno Jr.

They believe that not only is what they've seen on screen canon but so is everything Lou told them and they use that as a way to feel superior in the 911 fandom. Us looking at the many many years of Buddie's history seeing the depth of their relationship and seeing the logical place their relationship will go just makes us look desperate and delusional to them. Even though some of them used to be Buddie shippers. It's like they got lobotomized and removed the Buddie part of their brains.

They believe that not only are Lou and Oliver (he supposedly doesn't post on ig about Lou or B/T to protect them😒) on their side they also believe they have Tim on their side as well. They wholeheartedly believe that Tim is invested in B/T (despite all the evidence in s7 to the contrary) and that he can't stand the Buddie fandom and that he wants to punish us by never making them a canon couple. Nevermind the fact that since Tim has returned to showrunner Buck and Eddie have been together more than ever and in really important scenes that deepened their relationship no less.

I really can't help but wonder what they are all going to do when it dawns on them that their ship isn't going to last because Buddie or no Buddie I don't see B/T lasting beyond season 8. They have built this ship up to be some amazing love story when nothing in canon has given the impression that T*mmy is supposed to be anything other than the first guy Buck dates. In fact the relationship is like a lot of Buck's other relationships with women. Buck is still with someone who doesn't really get him. He only thinks it's different this time because T*mmy is a guy and there's been all that excitement that comes from exploring your sexuality for the first time. When that newness starts to fade Buck will have to look at his relationship with T*mmy and he'll realize he's been trying to be a version of himself to fit the relationship. Just like he did with Taylor. Buck wants someone who will love him to the core of who he is. Someone who he won't have to contort himself into a different version of so they will stay and love him. Soon he'll realize he's had that person in his life already for a long long time in Eddie.

[the-tmnt-ficfinder]

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[udretlnea]

The Divine City, Interlude Quest: Dormiens Factorem

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(Edit: I added more explanations to the Author’s Notes. Check it out for more insights about this chapter. Additionally, I deleted the interaction scene with Henry, Cecilia, Lyla, and Guy because - after checking my notes - that would’ve seriously ruined the pacing. (their interactions aren’t until later don’t worry).

(Disclaimer: This work is non-canon to the plotline of the Divine City by yuriisclumsy)

For anyone with siblings, one thing was consistent: they were a constant test of patience. Or if they didn’t have siblings they had that one friend who was practically sibling-coded. For Henry, he knew better than anyone what it was like to have a hyperactive little brother. Especially when said brother asks ridiculous questions like -

“Big bro, why can’t we just let the cows free and let them establish a brand new nation with the new milk element?” Henry paused mid-throw as he processed his little brother’s words.

The teen scoffed, amused more than confused. “Because they have no experience in ruling an entire nation, let alone harnessing the power of a new element.”

Henry was - as family - already used to his sibling’s more…imaginative daydreams. There was little he could do about it other than entertain them (Such is the need to have patience when you had siblings).

He continued his task of refilling the cow feed in the pen. One-two-one-two-one-two.

“Hey, rebel dingus, can you toss me that bucket?” 

“I’m no rebel! I’m future supervisor Bobby of the new cow republic!” He puffed out his chest and brushed back his dirty blonde hair with a hand. “Nobody can tell me what to do except-”

“Guy,” Henry said almost impatiently. He swore he could feel the threads of his patience begin to unravel. “Bucket. Please.”

His little brother wordlessly hopped off the fence, grabbed a nearby empty bucket and handed it off. 

Henry strolled over to the nearest cow and - having put a stool in advance - sat down to start milking. The liquid poured into the bucket without much ceremony. Distantly, Henry could hear his little brother start humming. 

Nothing much else to do while the rest of the adults take care of the harvest, he thought. 

Mornings are often this: After finishing this one chore, it’s on to the next. The two work in tandem cleaning the pens, gathering eggs, and taking care of the livestock. As Henry is patiently tending to the horses, Guy is excitedly and quickly sweeping up dust and sticks. The cries of birds, cows, pigs, and sheep fill the air. It’s a generally lively and pleasant day filled with things the two can expect.

“Ya think mom and dad will take us to see the parade?” asked Guy.

“That’s not until December. And yeah, probably,” Henry answered. He grabbed a brush and began gently brushing the horse. A memory of last year began to play in his head, one filled with warmth and whimsy. “I love that parade. I’ve been looking forward to it ever since the harvest started.”

“Me too. The food was very yummy. Can you believe Fontainians can eat cake every day?”

Henry raised an eyebrow in curiosity. “No way they do that.”

“Yes way! I heard it from a - a riputable source!” 

“Sure dingus. Maybe when we visit Fontaine we can ask to get those special 16-slices of cake that you can only get per day,” he dryly remarked.

Guys eyes lit up in what he could only describe as pure innocence. “Yeah!”

Henry chuckled. Setting the brush down they collected their things and headed out for their next assignment. The house needed to be cleaned, and luckily it was just right across the barn. He inhaled the morning air - savoring the scent of pine - and looked up at the sky. Maybe after this we can sneak into town and nab some cookies off someone’s window.

The teen was in high spirits and his head was filled with bright thoughts of mischief.

At least, until he heard the sound of wood and stone exploding in the distance. The two brothers froze in place and snapped their heads to the right where the path rose into a hill. For just five seconds everything was quiet. And then they felt the ground rumble. Henry put a hand on Guy’s shoulder as he braced himself. 

In the distance, a cloud of dust was kicked up. Henry widened his eyes as he witnessed tens of sheep racing down the hill. Whatever spooked them had caused them to break away 

- And into the brothers’ path.

Henry grabbed Guy’s hand. “Move move move!” 

They barely made it to the other side when the animals sprinted past them, followed closely by a couple dogs and several people carrying rope. The two passively observed them chase.

Excitement welled within Henry’s gut that compelled him to do what he was about to do.

“Guy, go inside and tell Mom I’m following them. Now.”

“Wait what - hey! Henry!”

Without even looking back, Henry ran after them.

As he caught up to the tail end, some of the sheep had broken off leading the others to chase them. The majority of them still ran straight. Henry managed to catch up to a young woman who acknowledged him with a quick glance.

“What - what the heck is going on?” he gasped out.

The lady bared her teeth, but it was out of frustration and had no bite. “I don’t know! Everything happened so suddenly! One minute we were helping the harvest and the next thing I knew a whole herd of sheep got loose and ran away!”

“Oh, it’s going to be one of those days where something weird happens and we have to work together to fix it,” Henry said almost tiredly.

“Eh, personally I find it fun! Keeps things interesting.”

Henry dryly chuckled. “Same! Ya can’t get any more fun out here.”

“Aight, enough yapping. I’ll take that group while you take the ones ahead.” The young woman ran to the right to corral more sheep that had broken off.

Henry saw three sheep running away and straight into a small forest. Cursing under his breath, he stopped to catch his breath. 

Henry greedily gulped down air. He hadn’t run this hard since that three-legged race with the rest of the kids. Henry wiped his brow, slick with sweat, then observed the forest in front of him. 

He remembered this place as where everyone would sometimes play hide ‘n seek. It wasn’t terribly dense, but still thick enough in some places. But now something was different about it.

The air exuding out of it felt…commanding, like a king to his people except he was kind of scary about it. What was that word? Opp - oppresi-something?

Maybe it was a trick of the mind, but he can’t let anything stop him now.

“Is this where the sheep went?” asked Guy.

“Yeah, they went - wait WHAT!?” Henry’s head swiveled to his left. To his utter shock and surprise, Guy was there. “How did you - where did you - why are you - ?”

“Mom told me to follow you in case you needed help. She’s back there calling dad,” he plainly explained. 

“I - you know what, fine. You can come with me, but you're sticking close to me.” Guy nodded. 

Guy wordlessly slipped his hand into Henry’s. Then, the two marched straight into the forest.

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The two brothers quietly marched down the trail. Their eyes darted to and fro from every direction; the atmosphere — previously light and calm — became charged with anxiety. 

Guy huddled closer to Henry. 

The teen gave a reassuring squeeze. “Don’t worry. Once we find the sheep, we’ll be out of this creepy forest.”

Seriously though, when did it get so weird? It’s almost dark here despite it nearing noon. He steps over a particularly large root and carries Guy over it. He’s just about to take another step when he hears it.

SNAP

A couple feet away, right in front of him, a branch breaks. 

Both freeze as they hear footsteps come closer. A vague outline forms in their line of sight as it steadily grows clearer and clearer to reveal —

Baaaaa

A fluffy white sheep with a bell around its neck saunters over with the air of a prince. It regards them like he just reunited with his retainers. There's a collar on it; it reads Lambchops.

Guy sighs. “Oh it’s just one of the sheep.”

Henry makes an exasperated noise. “Of course. Of course it’s the sheep. I mean, what else would it be? A Hilichurl? They don’t even get this far into the city!”

The teen laughs his anxieties off while the lamb just stares at them expectantly. 

“So what do we do now? Should we have him follow us while we search for the rest?”

Henry thinks for a second before shaking his head. “No. Here’s what we’re going to do: You’re going to take this guy back to the farm and get more help. The more bodies combing the forest the better. Meanwhile, I’m going to head further in and try to find the rest.”

Henry pauses to process what he just said before adding, “How many sheep are left to find exactly?”

“Three, including Lambchops.”

“Great. That just leaves two more.” Henry gently reaches a hand to help guide Lambchops who steps to Guy without complaint. “Are you okay with this? I can guide him out with you and get help together.”

Guy shakes his head. “Nah, I’ll be alright. Remember who won that test of courage two months ago?”

“Of course. How can I forget how you lauded around the fields wearing a paper crown and cape bossing everyone around for a week?” Henry flatly stated.

“Ahhh,” Guy blows a raspberry as he pushes Lambchops gently toward the exit. “That was fun and you know it! I’ll be back soon! Don’t die!”

With that cheerful note, Henry is alone.

He feels a chill down his spine. Henry has to fight his mind from coming up with spooky what-ifs to keep him grounded.

“Alright, let’s go find the rest.”

The next sheep is thankfully not that far and Henry calmly guides it by a rope still attached to its collar. Unfortunately, that’s when his luck ends because he can’t seem to find any more hints pointing toward the last one. Henry shivered and took a quick glance up. He cursed when he saw dusk already turning to night.

This is great. I can’t - I can’t go back with just one sheep. And where the heck is the help? He thought impatiently.

SNAP

The teen and the sheep froze. He whipped his head toward the direction and gasped. 

There, some meters to his left was a thicket that showed signs of something passing through. Henry squinted until the pressure on his eyes made his sight blurry, but he thought he saw a familiar round shape. 

“Finally…!” He muttered. Excitement welled up within him and he walked toward the thicket. He could see it now, coming out of the forest just in time for the others to arrive, and handing the sheep off. And then a nice warm dinner at home as Guy recounted the story with…with…!

What in the name of the creator am I looking at?

It should’ve been a sheep, but it wasn’t. Instead it was glowing purple and seemed to. Its skin was a dark shade of violet and its hooves were…webbed feet?! 

And then - as if sensing his presence - it turned its head to him. Henry covered his mouth with a hand. It was all he could do to prevent his breakfast from coming back up.

Two sets of yellow eyes with slit pupils looked at him. If he squinted, Henry could see what was supposed to be a sheep’s face, but the horn in the middle of its forehead was messing it up. He looked at the neck to see if - yeah, there was a collar there.

Just when it seemed like things couldn’t get any weirder Henry finally noticed the purple mist blanketing the ground. The sheep stepped to the right and the teen laid eyes on a glowing black cube with purple glowing runes. (At least he assumed they were).

The moment he laid eyes on it he heard it.

It was a small, velvet-y voice that whispered in his ear.

Pick it up, it said. Henry felt a pressure on his hand as he was dragged - no, guided to the cube. 

The regular sheep stood behind him, observing quietly.

Another step. And another until Henry could crouch down and hold it in his hands. He did just that when both sheep suddenly bellowed. The purple mist and runes suddenly glowed with new intensity. Henry shut his eyes as the light got as bright as the sun. The last thing he felt was the grass.

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…

Ah. It’s you.

So, how’s it feel?

Is it everything you ever asked for and more?

Aye, thought as much. Those upgrades I gave you really lended you an edge over that dastard. Hahaha…

Thanks to you, we have a shot of rebuilding. It won’t be like it used to, but so long as the foundation’s there our home will still stand.

So then, I guess that’s it. You’ll be executing your plan of escape huh?

I wish I could come with you, but I’m afraid I’m more suited here. Still, good luck mate. Oh, one more thing. I know those souls outside this vault seem scary, but I ask that you don’t be too hard on them.

I’m sure they’re similar to you in some respects.

…

I won’t be hard on them, but I can’t promise anything if they attack me first. Besides, what I’m looking for out there is nothing profound or special. What I truly want -

Is to take back my lost time.

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Henry didn’t remember what happened after that. It was all a daze. One minute he was walking out of the forest with both sheep, the next he was getting lectured by his dad while his mom checked him for injuries. He’d been impulsive before, but this time was different. 

He tried to think back to his earliest memory.

There was this weird looking sheep…purple mist…a black cube that he picked up. Wait, where did he put it?

Curiosity and awareness filled his youthful mind. He certainly didn’t feel it on his person. Did he give it to Guy? To that lady? Or maybe he dropped it -

“Henry, are you listening?” says his father. The teen regards the man - wide shoulders, nigh-bulging muscles, tanned skin, and calloused hands. Despite the obvious difference in size, he’s gently rubbing circles into Henry’s hand.

In lieu of an answer the teen nods. 

Henry’s father sighs. “Why don’t you get some sleep bud? You look like you’ve seen a ghost. 

But I still have chores to do! As Henry opens his mouth, his father speaks before him.

“Don’t worry about your chores. I’ll take care of ‘em.”

Henry just hums; he’s too exhausted to care. He goes to his room and climbs in bed. After ten minutes of staring at the ceiling he manages to fall asleep.

///////

…

Thank you.

///////

Elsewhere, two hooded figures sprinted back across the bridge and into the defunct service tunnel.

Any bystanders would’ve noticed their cloaks were singed near the edges. They were so focused that they didn’t see the purple bird carrying a black cube in its beak, flying over the city wall.

///////

High above the city, a pair of eyes was watching a screen. It let out a couple of beeps, signaling that something changed.

A female in what almost passed as scientific uniform quickly hailed the Acting Director. “Acting Director, we’ve got readings.”

There was a brief flash of small light as an almost childlike figure instantly appeared by her side. “Show me.”

Tack tack tack tack

“Oh no, please don’t tell me - “

“It’s going inside the city,” She confirmed.

The Acting Director grimaced. “...Well shit - pull back everyone. Get ‘em back here. I’m going by myself. And keep scanning. Notify me of any changes.”

“Understood,” There was a beeping in her ear that she put a finger to. “Oh, squad 3 had a run-in with some civilians.” 

Marc raised an eyebrow. “How bad?”

“They got spooked, that’s all.”

“...Keep an eye on them for three more days. If they make too much of a ruckus I want them here and their memories scrubbed.”

“Yes sir.”

Marc nodded, already turning to leave. I’m fine. It’ll be fine. The creator isn’t even in the city - isn't even here so there can’t be anyone with sufficient power to open it.

And then Marc remembered that Teyvat was a fantastic place where coincidence was another word for fate. Things happened for a reason. If things were consistent like back home, the vault could be opened.

He growled. Best to be quick about it, then.

His body blinked out of the room.

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A/N: 

Inspired by The Divine City by @yuriisclumsy

Ta-da! Revealing Henry’s little brother’s name. Also, I tried to execute how it felt to have a little brother; using some of my own experiences definitely helped and I hoped I achieved that. 

Yeah, peasant life is full of work. That’s what I wanted to convey.

I hope the sheep scene weirded at least one person out. I know I would if I found a mutated animal.

Hmm…odd how Ceci and Lyla’s cloaks are burnt. I wonder what caused that?

Up next, we’ll check in with Andre, Hugh and…Emery?! I swear there’s an important reason we’re going to them before we check in on Ceci and Lyla. Please bear with me!

Remember: If you have questions, comments, or critiques post them! They help keep me motivated! 

[sparklevents6000]

looking back on kittycorn's past behaviors and comparing them to today makes me realize her affinity for incest was to be revealed some point down the line even if it wasn't in march. before just openly indulging in something so horrible she pruned her image to the best of her ability by "cutting off" people like Jay when they were revealed to be bad in a performative song and dance where she'd complain about it on the main blog, say that its resolved, and then keep going as if nothing had happened or how bad the ZCP was pre-disbandment with people having to walk on eggshells and such lest kittycorn lash out at people, guilt trip them, and even suibait kittycorn would over compensate for A LOT and pat herself on the back for the barest minimum like basic accessibility.... in a comic about how bad ableism is, or how she'd pat herself on the back for being such an open and welcoming community when she'd say "no you can't like this because xyz" and constantly police what depictions of certain characters were okay in what fashion (like cuddles who wasn't allowed to be depicted positively because "hes based off of abusers" which can be also said with sly) and especially the dog whistles (the comet flag being a comet only incest flag), the encouragement of certain dynamics (the family, especially eve, teasing sly because of kitty's degradation fetish) being drawn or talked about, and the re-release of certain art and characters with omitted incest so it can be "acceptable" despite her saying that its funny that secret canon character dynamics are becoming semi-public kittycorn has been in this repetitive cycle of glorifying her trauma and essentially making it her entire identity with base sparklecare being just that, one big comic to represent her trauma, she'd get upset when people criticized the main comic or her dozens of side AUs because "shes coping with trauma and this is how she copes" despite saying how personal this comic is/was to her which always made me think if its so personal, why release it to the public? yeah, there's that sense of wanting to be validated and having what you made be seen but if its to the point where being the victim in every single situation you find yourself in under the guise of "coping" I don't think that coping mechanism is particularly healthy. I personally think sparklecare should've just been a couple conversations between friends, maybe just the toyhouse without this big flashy comic reader that would have her breakdown because people weren't reading and engaging with it "right". and that's what happened recently, people weren't happy with her or what she decided to do and just fell down the "i'm a victim! I'm coping!! you guys aren't doing the right thing!!" and continuing to fall with making cutesy names for incest with several "kindred" flags, calling herself "little sister gender", and asks to be called "little sister" or "little girl" romantically and sexually keeping her stuck in her trauma and having this all loop, what kittycorn has been doing is horribly unhealthy but I think its too late for her shes had things like her personal carrd saying she "kins" a cometparent and puts a cometkid in a "romantic" section, when she was friends with emsody they indulged her by putting "eveorma" on posts by fans, or how strange and forced interactions were made between family members in an effort to somewhat keep secret canon under wraps, and shes said before her explanation posts were deleted, that she quite literally cannot live without incest. shes too far gone and she doesn't want help or to make an effort to help herself in any way she can so she can keep being the victim

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[starsloverxz]

I feel you are missing my point here.

Even though I agree with you that the text needs to stand on its own, the fact remains, in Epic the Musical, it is canon that Odysseus is not SA'd, even though he was in the original. And when analyzing Epic, that is unfortunately a detail any analysis needs to also include.

And there are other ways to add stakes to the musical. The suitors do not have to threaten to rape Penelope. Threatening to kill her is more than enough. They're already threatening to kill Telemachus. And threatening to kill the queen would make sense. Since she would be the last obstacle between them and the crown.

Instead, the author chose to omit one rape and add in the attempt of another.

And speaking from the perspective of a rape survivor and an academic, I'm trying to understand why it was so necessary that he, the author, add in that detail when he didn't need to, when erasing a similar detail because it "personally made him uncomfortable" is given such a big pass by a majority of the fandom. And I have yet to hear a single explanation that doesn't come off as insensitive and down right degrading towards survivors.

Attempting to "modernize" a threat by using rape is cheap and degrading. There is no thematic or story relevance with the way Epic is in its current state.

The fact is, he didn't need to add an unnecessary attempted rape. And yet he did anyway. He omitted the SA of a man, and continually added references to the SA of women in a gratuitous manner.

And any time anyone in the fandom tries to address this, they've been driven out, or accused of being insensitive, as you have with me.

I'm not trying to turn this into a "trauma competition". I'm asking, from an analytical perspective, why this change was 100% necessary to the story of the Odyssey? Why add an attempted rape when an attempted murder would have worked just as well?

I didn't say it was necessary, I explained to you why I think Jay did it, also attempted rape does hit harder than an attempted murder

It's not cheap or degrading and it did serve a purpose, by your logic Odysseus's SA in the original was also cheap, degrading and even more irrelevant

I repeat I explained why I think Jay added it not that it was the only way or necessary there's a difference

As an artist I can also tell you not everything in art must be added out of necessity, art is very versatile and speaks to the humans emotions and experience, your view on necessity is very limiting, think more does this take away from the themes, purpose and overall experience when added? Which in this case it doesn't but of course you're entitled to your opinion if you think it does, people view and read art differently there's very rarely a correct way to view it

I'm frustrated with deleting Odysseus's SA not the addition of Penelope's and that's what the discussion should be about in my opinion because that's what is actually important and a problem Jay has

Also your previous comment read to me like male SA survivors are more important than female SA survivors, the way you worded it reads as slightly insensitive to me, I may have jumped the gun with that assumption but I understand your frustration as a survivor, I just think your wording and focus is on the wrong issue

The issue is Odysseus SA not being included not Penelope's addition

[nekropsii]

Also that June post sucked I wrote it on sleep meds at like 6 in the morning I articulated myself like shit. Not an excuse, but it is an explanation.

Further rambling under the cut.

I was trying to make the point that it’s deeply frustrating to me how much of a big deal was made out of it (in a negative sense) and how much harassment ensued especially right in the moment when nothing had even really happened yet and still hasn’t really happened but I said that Badly.

The JKR comparison was not a statement of there being any bigotry present, it’s just literally the only example most people - me included - can think of when talking about an author confirming some kind diversity before it even happens, if we see it at all. I’ll admit part of why I’m so cynical is that I grew up in an era where queerphobic jokes and queerbait were just about the only thing you could get in mainstream media, and everyone would still tout that as if it’s real representation, so I’m always prepared for people to just be lying to me.

So, I see that June gets confirmed in 2019 because someone won a treasure hunt, and we still haven’t really seen her, and I’m just instinctively deeply skeptical it’s even gonna happen. Especially considering we got that fuckin’ Roxy Detransition arc first.

Another sticky point is the canonicity of Postcanon, period. I do not see any works outside of Homestuck proper to be canon, especially not in the way that Homestuck itself is canon. I’ve said this several times on my blog and didn’t feel it worth reiterating but it’s kind of important, especially given the JKR comparison. I think June is awesome, it’s a really cool progression of her character, especially considering Homestuck was once pop culture and she’s the literal main character. But part of why I kept saying it was “literally nothing” was because I was operating under the mindset of “it’s not even canon anyway, why are you harassing people for being excited about it?”. It’s stupid to act like a character or person coming out as trans ruins everything for you in general, but it was especially stupid to me for this to be such a federal fucking issue when basically all we had to go off of at the time was a Tweet, especially in a fandom that proclaims itself to be so progressive, and especially when so many people who were denouncing June as being “not real” due to being in Postcanon got so excited when Roxy was turned into a trans dude. It’s just stupid and unfair and transparent, and I hate it.

The Junecourse situation was super fucking messy and really hard to navigate, and it frustrated me a lot because a lot of people were being kind of silly or even just outright bigoted. It was strange that people got so mad about it, it was strange that some people acted like June was a real person, it was strange that people got badly harassed no matter what they did or said. It was stressful and weird, and it was dumb to me that all that warring and all those lies were circling around a tweet, for the most part, and plenty are still operating under the simple tweet confirmation.

I should acknowledge that there’s apparently more than just the lone tweet now. I’m sure I’ve seen all that before, but I’ve got pretty bad memory issues and, again, I was writing it at 6 am on sleep meds, so it genuinely spaced my brain. That is completely on me and I apologize for contributing to false narratives. The post’s been deleted. I’m not asking for forgiveness or anything, I’m just explaining myself. It was a bad post, but I wasn’t making it out of malice, though I do recognize that in situations like this, intent doesn’t matter nearly as much as actions and impact does. That was a failure on my part. I’ve since deleted it.

I’m apologizing here not because there’s a fire being lit under me or anything - I’m not being pressured - but because this is a genuinely important issue to me. Sadly, I am merely an ally and still in the active process of reading theory, so I lack the general polish one acquires from lived experience and actual real learnedness. Transmisogyny is not a reality I have to live with every waking moment of my life, and as a TME man it is a systemic force that works directly in my favor, so I’m liable to accidentally perpetuate it, even if it’s something I do not believe in personally and am making strides to, for lack of a better, less cringe-inducing term, “be a better ally” about.

TLDR; I fucked up and made a sloppy post that contributed to false narratives surrounding a confirmed Transfem character and the discussion of her online. It sat around 77 notes as of deleting, though most were thankfully just likes rather than there being a whole lot of spread. Still sucks, though, and I’m sorry.

Thank you for reading.

[writingquestionsanswered]

I'm writing a fanfiction that centers around a minor character in the original source material. Because their appearance took up such a small amount of space, they're not "in the know" of the larger plots points in canon. I'm worried that I'm just going to bore the reader by re-explaining things they already know, despite the fact that this character wouldn't know any of these things in the first place. Thoughts?

Fan-Fiction Based on Minor Character

I'm not sure why you'd need to re-explain canon things at all, especially if the character wouldn't know about them. I think if you hit a point in the character's story where they need to know about something canon that happened, you can just have a canon character explain it succinctly, just as would happen in real life. Because in real life, let's say you have a fairly new co-worker and something comes up about an event that happened to the established co-workers in the past. If the new co-worker says, "Wait, what happened?" Whoever explains it to them isn't going to go into an exhaustive hour-long explanation of every second that unfolded. They're going to summarize it: "Oh, it was wild! There was a night we were all working and these city officials came in with the mayor and asked if we would stay open an extra hour because Elton John wanted to come here after his concert. We got to have pictures with him and everything!" If that was something that actually played out in canon, so the reader "was there," so-to-speak, that little summary will just be a refresher that they can look back on fondly with the characters. It only becomes boring if you go into long and unnecessary explanations.

I hope that helps!

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[multibodied]

what's your top 10 (or maybe more) of the worst takes you've ever heard?

Eeh, I don't really remember them that much, most of them are just "Something is CANONICALLY [insert head-canon here]"

But you asked for it so here we go. Under the cut cuz yeah, not tagging this

1. Daniel and Emma were in love – I've seen this take once going through their tags and I think this is by far the worst one I've seen in the whole dbh. I hate it

2. Daniel and Emma can have some kind of a reconciliation, Emma can possibly forgive him. Fucking Christ, people refuse to empathise with Emma even for one second, that's the only explanation I can see as to why would someone say this.

3. Connor is "minor-coded"/literally a little kid. Enough said

4. Hank and Connor canonically have father-son relationships because he calls him a son in that one scene where he's fucking useless. Or probably even worse, when people reference the scene before Hank's suicide ignoring what the man is actually talking about and what aspect of Connor makes him think about Cole (— people don't come back unlike this plastic prick)

5. RK800, RK900 and RK200 are literally the same as siblings because they're all RK's, "sister-models". Shipping any of them with one-another is therefore incest. As if Tracis aren't identical in model and likeness, only being different in hairstyles.

6. All androids are aro-ace canonically (???) like people haven't played the game at all to miss androids kissing and hugging and being a romantically involved couples.

7. Only Markus and Connor can hack things. We have a scene with North hacking the road sign debunking that, for one thing. Maybe this take is not that bad like the others but I remembered it exists so I add it here

8. Connor was deviant all along / 60 is deviant because he was showing emotions all along. Like emotions = deviancy, or Machine connor is emotionless. I'm guilty of thinking along similar lines myself when I got here tho.

9. [my own bad take that I made a few days ago, realised it sucks the first minute after posting and deleted. I won't specify.]

Can't think of anything else even tho there're definitely plenty. There are opinions and headcanons that in my opinion are wrong and I dislike them a lot, like character-hate and stuff but it's not exactly a "take" to list it here. So yeah

[dinos-haunting-dioandpercy]

Jurassic Park explorers, Dionysus and Percy Jackson.

[talk to them !]

Names: “Percy Jackson!” | “Dionysus. God of wine, leopards, theatre, madness, being great- you get the point.” [End.]

Ages: “Fifteen, currently.” | “I don’t know���a couple thousand years old? Why? Percy quit answering them so quick.” [End.]

Gender + Pronouns: “Uhh..male, he/they. And why are you so suspicious of everyone?” | “because last time we trusted someone, we ended up on site b with that damn nightmare fuel of a dinosaur! Sorry, what…what was the question again? Oh- I don’t have a set gender. But everyone’s calling me He/him currently, so just refer to me with those.” [End.]

Sexuality: “Oh- uhm, I’m Bi? I think that’s the word. But I’m not interested in dating…” | “these are pretty personal questions, don’t you think? Fine, I’m…what is it called? I don’t care what you are, only who you are.” Pansexual. “And I have a wife so I’m not interested-“

Appearances: Perseus Jackson—short messy black hair, sea green eyes, prominent red scar across his nose, tan olive skin, crooked nose and teeth, tall, lean for his age. | Dionysus—long curly black hair, purple eyes, tan olive skin, large red scars across arms, tall.

Some Personality traits: Perseus Jackson—on edge, nervous, sassy, quiet, energetic at times, smart, fast-thinker. | Dionysus—grumpy, smart, calculating, defensive, slightly arrogant, and seemingly protective over the other; Perseus.

- Ooc information. -

In character tags: 

dio and Percy into the Jurassic. (Perseus and Dionysus.)

wine bottle shattered by a dino. (Only Dionysus.)

dino lurking in the water ! (Only Percy.)

Out of character tag: star speaking ooc !

!AU EXPLANATION + OTHER INFORMATION BELOW!

STORY:

Basically Percy and Dio figure out that there’s a dinosaur park going to open, via Hermes seeing everything by flying around and stuff, but not actually intervening. Basically the premise is that Percy gets roped into it, forced to go on a quest to go see what they’re doing—but Dionysus is so curious he decides to tag along.

In this AU Dionysus is more powerless than before, and therefore feels helpless when chaos ensues. None of the other gods end up doing anything because the problem is only affecting mortals, not themselves. Humans brought this upon themselves so the gods don’t help out.

Like Ian Malcom and Alan Grant and such, Dionysus and Percy keep getting roped into coming back to these damn parks and dinosaur sites because they had been on the original Jurassic park island. Throughout this they grow closer since they went through a traumatic experience together. They are like father and son.

Currently, Dionysus and Percy go back and forth to these places, occasionally coming to camp—and just coming back with more scars. It gives Percy more PTSD than he already has, and truly makes Dionysus feel helpless. Pathetic. He’s a god, he should’ve never let these things happen. He shouldn’t have been powerless to stop it.

Dionysus is still grumpy, but more obvious in his care for Percy. They bicker jokingly and have their little moments where they argue, but they’re family now. Truly.

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ATTENTION:

[Out of Character:] I’d like to say a couple of things. Please do not treat these characters like C.AI bots. I’m not comfortable with any weird or romantic asks. I’m not comfortable with those weird interactions, and your ask will simply be deleted.

Remember, this is not canon. It’s an AU. Where I also incorporate my own Headcanons. It’s my own blog, I’ll do what I want. This is not trying to be rude, just a heads up.

(credits for dividers, and moodboard under cut!)

⊹ ࣪ ˖ JP dio + percy moodboard .𖥔 ݁ ˖

(Not a ship!)

Dividers by thecutestgrotto, bernardsbendystraws, and i-collect-shiny-stuff !!

[dullorangepulp]

persona 5 fans can't keep it in their pants.

an explanation (of my boundaries) under the cut:

this is the haru fanart i posted to reddit that started this whole mess. this completely non-sexual, completely safe-for-work art prompted this guy & his friend to begin leaving sexually-charged comments under my fanart. After I asked him politely to not say that & to delete his comment, he mocked my discomfort & his friend joined in to downplay his actions.

I think I'll have to clarify this so that no one thinks i'm some kinda anti-horny, anti-free speech prude: there is nothing wrong with finding a fictional character attractive. there is nothing wrong with expressing your attraction to a fictional character on a public forum. there is nothing wrong with saying that you find a fictional character hot. I find plenty of fictional characters hot, & if I were confident enough, I'd totally belt out my love for a fictional character from the rooftops.

that's not the problem. the problem is that there was no prompting for this comment whatsoever. the fanart i posted didn't have haru in any kind of skimpy fanservice-y outfit, she wasn't doing anything sexual, she's literally just standing in a white void wearing futaba's normal clothes, so there was no reason for this guy to start salivating at the mouth at my drawing of her.

I'll use some fanart I did of a character in a skimpy fanservice-y outfit as an example of when I'm okay with someone commenting how hot she is:

If someone commented "why is Aigis so hot", I wouldn't be creeped out at all. In fact, I'd probably either express gratitude at them engaging with my post, or I'd just ignore it & not reply. This is because everyone knows playboy bunny costumes are skimpy, fanservice-y outfits worn in adult entertainment spaces. So, it makes perfect sense for someone to comment that they found my art of Aigis in a bunny suit hot, because I drew & then posted this with the awareness/expectation that I'd get that kind of comment. If I didn't want to see people comment that they found my art of "Aigis in a bunny suit" hot, then I would've just never drawn or posted it in the first place. If someone commented that they found Aigis in a bunny suit hot, & I got mad at them over it, then yeah, I'd be overreacting because it wasn't that serious. I'd 100% be the asshole in that scenario, & i'd deserve to get called out for it.

The problem with this guy's comment is just how unnecessary it was. This guy could've just said "why is haru so pretty" or "why is haru so cute" & that wouldn't have made me uncomfortable at all! This is because "pretty" & "cute" are normal, non-sexually-charged compliments that you can just give to strangers & no one would bat an eye. Plus, it'd make me happy to hear that someone found my drawing of Haru pretty/cute, because it'd mean I was able to accurately draw her (since Haru is already very pretty, it's just that me being able to draw her pretty means I've gotten good at drawing characters to look like their canon pretty selves.) I myself have commented on many people's posts & said that I found a fictional character pretty/cute, & it'd be wildly hypocritical of me to say that others can't do the same.

This is especially egregious when you consider that r/churchofharu, the subreddit i posted this fanart on, already ALLOWS NSFW posts! So, this guy could've just made his "why is haru so hot" comment on any of those! But noooo, he had to comment on one of the only few SFW fanarts, & he had to comment "why is haru so hot" instead of "why is haru so pretty" or something else along those lines. You guys just don't understand! He had to tell me "lol just cope" when I expressed my discomfort at him announcing his sexual fantasies to a random stranger, who he doesn't know the boundaries of, whose AGE he doesn't know, & who he doesn't know if I'm fine w/ horny comments in general (which I am, btw, just not on my SFW art.)

That's honestly what upsets me the most; how people online don't take the time to consider how the fanartist themselves feels having to read their degenerate comments. People on the internet in general don't see other internet users as people. & in the internet's post-tiktok era, people don't really see fanartists as people, but as content-creators. This guy & his friend are hardly the first people to not listen to others boundaries, or to overstep them then go "lol just cope" when the person gets upset at them. That's what ragebait is, after all. & everyone knows to just ignore that.

The problem is that this guy isn't trolling or ragebaiting. He's 100% serious, & he actually thinks his actions are perfectly fine. Those are the most dangerous kinds of people; the ones who don't realize the things they say are wrong, who never self-reflect, & who actually treat others like they're not human, because they don't see them as human.

If you got to the end of this & you still somehow think I'm some kind of soyboy, weak willed, anti-sex prude that needs to grow thicker skin, then like, yeah sure, I probably should grow thicker skin (no to all the other stuff tho, did you even read the post? nothing I said was anti-sex or implied that I'm a prude. everything i said contradicts that, in fact). But that doesn't mean that that guy's comment was okay. On any other site, If I don't like a comment on my post, I can just block the person & it'll delete their comment, or I can just delete the comment manually. On reddit though, that person's comment is gonna stay there forever unless a mod deleted it, or they deleted it themself (which I POLITELY asked them to do! you can see how well that turned out -_-)

As a general rule of thumb, don't say things online that you wouldn't say to someone in person. If you wanna say horny things, go to a r34 website or 18+ discord server. If you wanna comment on someone's SFW fanart of a character you find attractive, just say "this character is pretty/cute/whatever". If you think that you can't keep it in your pants & the urge to comment something horny on SFW fanart is too strong, then just scroll past! no one is forcing you to comment on every post you see! & especially no one is forcing you to comment your sexual desires about a character on someone's completely SFW post when the fanartist never asked you to, nor consented to read, nor is old enough to know that you shouldnt normalize leaving sexually-charged comments on people's fanart when you DON'T KNOW THE FANARTIST'S AGE.

[ask-forest-bird-wally]

Welcome dear employees!

______

Welcome to Forest Bird! It's a pleasure to see a new head in this forest! I hope you will like it here! I'll explain the Au to you! By clicking here you can already discover part of your arrival here! But let's move on! I'm going to explain this world to you!

The howdy refuge or commonly called Forest Bird is a forest and a refuge for local birds! Howdy Poppy and Frank work together in howdy's refuge their goal? To protect care feed and have information about birds! And you? You are the new employee! You received a letter from Howdy and appeared in this forest without any explanation by losing consciousness, when you wake up you seem to have a small loss of memory but also you find yourself face to face with a certain Wally characters. Wally is a puppet that seems to be shy in appearance he does not have human arms but wings, but wings as hands Wally was not the only one because other people you see from the corner of the eye seemed to have wings as hands, (your goal here is to understand why you arrived here, how why wally to bring you back to his nest and find howdy's refuge and maybe return home but for that you will have to win the trust of each character that You were discovering on the way)

you can start chatting with wally or asking questions but be careful he is shy and wary of strangers you can meet other characters as you go

Now let's get to the rule!

- No NSFW

- No homophobic comments, racist, transphobic, No bullying, hate, proshippers, offensive, any comments of this type will be immediately blocked

- Please give me time to answer that question don't stress me I'm also busy irl

- It's PG-13 here so if you don't have any content that makes us uncomfortable

- All fan art is accepted! But don't forget that we stay in the sotf I don't want any fan art that puts anyone uncomfortable

- I may not have answered your question yet for the reasons below

- I'm working on it and it takes me time

- I deleted the question either because I have already answered either because it spoils secrets too early

- I lost your question / I didn't understand the question and I'm trying to understand it

- Regarding the answers of the Ask, I'm not going to draw each question so be understanding

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[suiana]

surviving romance still tears me apart after MONTHS of ir finished.everytime i go back to read some chapters to reminisce or maybe just clip for videos i cry no i SOB. IT'S THE MOST BEUTIFUL PEACE OF FICTION AND I SYILL REFUSE TO BEILEVE THAT SE EUN WAS THE DEVIL. EVEN THOUGH I MADE A WHOLE BOARD BEFORE IT WAS REVEALED, SHOWING HOW SIMILIAR SHE IS TO THE DEVIL AND IM PLANNING ON UPDATING IT IUTS JUST WHY SHE MANIPULATED ME SO BAD THAT EVEN I DONT THINK SHES THVW DEVIL I LOVE SE EUN U CANR DO THIS TK ME IOVE U SE EUN STAY WITH ME STOP YOUR NOT TT DEV YOUYT NOT DTMEH DEVI.Ok anyways i really love how each of the girls pictures were crossed out. I don't get seonyeongs YET but maybe it's about her growing literally and also mentally and tearing the page?? Idfk. Hana's rip was lips that looked seductive, or lips like a siren because on the first run she died because she trusted her friends voice, which lead to her death and her zombie form becoming the same thing she died to. MY FAVORITE ONE IS DEFINITELY JURI AND SHINBIS CROSS. IT EVEN LOOKS LIKE THE SLICE WHERE SHINBI WAS KILLED AND I HTAE THST THEIR SO TRAGIC. Basically, Shinbi and juri's crosses are aligned. Their canon. Anyways!! Rina's cross being a heart, AND HAVING A LITYLE HEART NEXT TO HERS RESEMBLING MINWOO IS SI CUTE OMD. Cheram, jinhiu, mihiu are all normal rips because they got out of the story at the same time. Chaerin's is also a rip similiar to theirs, but its a straight line cuz she got out of the story by the help of the devil im totally not reaching but it also looks much older and just ripped unlike the other ones, which looked punched through symbolizing how she wasnt even able to get out of the story while being self aware of whar would happen jihyeon's cross was ripped out like chaerins,except hers is fully ripped out cuz she actually got to go out of the story after finding herself unlike chaerin who went insane because she was self aware. Seyeongs page being a pink cross talks about how shes still just a character in a story. Nothing else AND THAT HURTS SO BAD. I WILL DIE ON A HIL DEFENDING SEYEONG MY BABY. MY CUTIE. Also, jinhius cut is like a sword bc shes a swordswoman, maybe cheram's rip is referencing to a window and how much she helped?? Yeri's page looks crumpled up and punched at bc she punches and she also cried before she died on the last run. Im not sure why seonwoo's page is just a little cut but do wish we saw more of her cuz shes sk pretty :(This isnt the full explanation cs tumblr deleted my last ask i probably shouldve added on notes instead.. ANYWAYS!! im finally not anonymous cuz i really want to show you what im referencing to and my old board of why i thought se eun was the devil 🙏🙏

i guess ill binge read this after im done writing my lab report LOL

[jerzwriter]

Why don't you write more diverse characters?

And also:

Also might get hate for this but your Casey and Jessica pairing gives me "when straight girls say they wish they are gay so they don't have to deal with boys". I'm aware you're queer yourself and there's no one way to be queer but just wanting to let you know, from the perspective of a gay person myself.

You're welcome to disagree, delete this or so on but I just want to offer my two cents if that's still something I can do.

Nonny,

Let's see: Wake the Dead: My MC is Latina. I have a whole HC on how she tries to connect to her culture despite most of it being stolen from her due to their circumstances. It has been addressed in asks, etc., but I have not written it completely because of time. I wrote an extensive backstory on Eli's family; his parents are canonically black/white, and his brother (like him) is biracial. Crimes of Passion: My MC is Latina and demiro. I haven't addressed the latter as much as I want to, partially because I don't relish the inevitable feedback. You know, where the fandom that demands diversity then tears down any creator who attempts to write them? So, 99% of creators have decided to only want to write what they know? Yeah, that.

Open Heart: Casey is white because that's the sprite I used in canon, and you know what? There's nothing wrong with that. Her husband is bi-racial. Their 3 children are biracial. His mother (an OC) is black, his brother (an OC) is biracial and bisexual, oh, Casey's bisexual too, and I HC that their youngest daughter is queer, but I have not written much about their adult daughters.

So, yeah, while I don't owe you an explanation, I needed to point out how wrong you are. Saying there is no diversity among my characters is a bit of a stretch unless you want to say that Latino, black, biracial, and queer people aren't diverse. I hope that's not what you're saying.

As to Casey and Jess, you're entitled to your opinion, of course, but the typically straight girls who wish they were gay so they don't have to deal with boys don't date or fall in love with girls. At least not the ones I have known. They certainly don't fuck them. So, there's that. Have I written smut for J/C? No. But I haven't written much smut at all recently. I just have not been interested in doing so.

So I am bi, and my bi character isn't bi enough for you - BUT why do I suspect that you're one of the people who bitch about the lack of queer characters in the fandom, then sit perched and ready to attack when someone tries and doesn't do it "right." I can see how that really encourages people to branch out and write more diversity. Oh, that's sarcasm.

If my stuff isn't your cup of tea - that's fine. It's allowed. Don't follow/read and find another creator who can provide you with what you desire. That's sort of how it's supposed to work.

PS... are you the same anon who said I don't support queer creators? If so, babe, you're going to have to try harder. Don't accuse me of things that are so easily verifiably wrong.

[ectogeo-rebubbles]

Poll: Timing of the Siskarak fling that definitely happened at some point for sure

If you don't think Garak and Sisko ever banged then this is maybe just not the post for you. <3 If, on the other hand, you think they did bang, but not at one of these specific moments, PLEASE DO tell me about the scenario(s) you're imagining in the tags or replies or reblogs or whatever, bc I ABSOLUTELY want to hear about it!!!! <3 <3 <3

DETAILED EXPLANATIONS OF THE POLL CHOICES:

pre-canon: The crackiest one by far. We know that Garak was at the Cardassian embassy on Romulus at some point before canon, based on Broken Link. According to a deleted scene (therefore DEF not actually canon facts, just for fun lol), Sisko was at the Federation embassy on Romulus at some point before canon. YOU DO THE MATH

post-Profit and Loss: "Oh, and if you'd like, stop by the shop one day. I have a number of suits that would look quite flattering on you." We all know from Past Prologue that this is Garak's fave pickup line.

post-The Search part 2: Sisko has a charged little conversation with simulation!Garak in the Replimat, including many sly smiles and the line "Mr. Garak I never knew we thought so much alike." This could easily be the moment when Sisko realizes Garak's attractive.

approx. The Way of the Warrior: Remember how Garak offered Sisko a new suit earlier? This ep involves Sisko cashing in on that, and making Garak do a fitting for him in the wardroom to pass him information. Maybe once the crisis has passed they do a more private fitting, if you know what I mean. Or maybe they've already hooked up before The Way of the Warrior, and that's why Garak makes that expression of interest when Sisko call him up to the wardroom and asks him to bring his tailor's kit (thinks it's another booty call).

approx. Favor the Bold: This ep is where it's mentioned that Garak is temporarily stuck hanging out on the Starbase, and it also happens to be when Sisko is working from an office there. So the hookup would not necessarily happen during this ep, but just when they are in similar conditions of being the only Niners left behind on the Starbase. Garak is starting to cooperate more extensively with Starfleet than he ever has before (he even has some anxiety and paranoia during Favor the Bold that could be taken as a precursor to his more severe breakdown in Afterimage). But yeah what could better symbolize his desperate the-enemy-of-my-enemy-is-my-friend sort of cooperation that he now has with Starfleet than to sleep with Sisko. <3

In the Pale Moonlight: Exhibit A, this meme of a screenshot from ITPM that features the text: "they call it committing murder because it’s a commitment. it’s a more serious commitment than marriage." Enough said. <3 ^_^ I mean, who WOULDN'T get turned on by all that shady plotting and scheming, whew! Not to mention the inherent intimacy of sharing a dangerous secret.