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[ionozoned]

permanent interactions call for 2024 !

hi! my name is morton. i'm a nervous little disabled guy with autism and adhd, but trying my very best to overcome my crippling social anxiety despite it all. extra reassurance that it's okay to reach really out helps me a lot! so if you don't mind, please like/reply to this post if now or at any point in the future you want to give me permission to do any of the following.

send you asks (prompted or not)

send you ask memes/writing prompts (prompted or not)

write you a starter (plotted &/or prompted or not)

private message you through IMs or discord (available to mutuals) to plot,  discuss starter/scenario ideas, figure out the best way to interact, or just talk about our characters in general!

mutuals in general are always 100% free to do any of these for me as well! if you have a preferred interaction method, please feel free to lmk either in the replies on this post or in my dms, or use the interest checker below!

▽ interest checker ▲ ask memes ▽ inbox call ▲ interaction guide ▽

i'll still be slow. i'll still be anxious. but i'm gonna try to keep improving this year both with interacting, and knowing my limits so i don't push myself too hard and instantly burn out. gonna keep trying until i find a good balance and i'm glad to have yall around for the ride. 👍 (just please keep in mind that iono is a low activity blog, and will not be as active as my main pokemon rpc blog, @.wrongtrain.)

[ghcstrule]

i've waited all week just to get these

i can't believe i didn't even have to make up a headcanon that he needs glasses, that's just canon, thank you miriam

[ghcstrule-archive]

benson: would you challenge a straight marriage like this? barba, a bisexual man: if i thought the husband was good for murder, i'd cross examine the priest.

[bite-to-dust]

You can request one. Here's yours.

@bite-to-dust can I request a fortune or does it have to come organically

[blightbright]

Solas fandom and "genAI"

I recently came back to Tumblr 99.9% because life is stressful and I'm autistic and special interesting about Solas, but I never could keep my mouth shut so... re: so-called "genAI" in fandom spaces:

I say so-called because it is neither truly generative nor intelligent, and it is not really artificial: it is created with the real stolen efforts of living people and real environmental exploitation

I have little interest in blaming everyday individuals (except CEOs, political leaders, billionaires, etc) for the harms of the most popular "genAI" tech, because it's a systemic problem

"genAI" is intentionally confusing and it's ok if people are genuinely ignorant, at first, of how it works or the harm

I also have loved ones who disagree with me

THAT SAID, I urge people to learn more about and consider the harms to society, other people, and one's own process of self-expression, learning, and creativity from the use of "genAI"

I can't control your behavior but I can tell you that your messiest, most "OOC," error-ridden rough draft, or your most wonky-proportioned stick figure fan art is infinitely more precious, valuable, and emotionally, culturally, and spiritually significant than an unintelligent plagiarism algorithm doing it for you, even if it gets less hits/kudos at first. don't give up hope: your own art means something. I encourage you to make fandom a heartfelt space of resistance!

it is important for communities to define boundaries of unacceptable behavior (i.e. use of non-gen AI spellcheck, Google Translate, "genAI" rewrite functions, character "chats," plot/outline "generation," full-blown "generated" pieces... IMO, I'm fine with the first, uneasy but ok with the second, and the rest I actively oppose)

in the absence of clear boundaries, transparency is key! please publicly and clearly disclose ANY use of "genAI" at ANY stage of the process for fan works, because concealment of this is disrespectful and hurtful. if you didn't know before, such is life. now you know.

avoid all bad faith arguments about shipping wars and witch hunts. you have nothing to fear from posts uncovering AI if you do not use undisclosed "genAI": the two works in question did. you have many things to fear from unchecked "genAI" use if you are a writer, artist, or someone who needs our planet to stay alive

the work @durgeapologist, @fangbanger3000, and others have done to raise awareness about "genAI" use in popular fan works is extremely valuable, difficult work, and does not need to be perfectly worded to be earnest, meaningful, and ultimately beneficial for fan communities

bonus point, sponsored by autism: Solas as a character draws on figures from Norse lore including Loki, god of many things including callouts and criticism of powerful systems; Odin, god of words, wisdom, poets, and uncontrollable creative inspiration; and Fenrir, wolfpup god of surviving trauma, seeking praise and social approval from the powerful only for it to result in pain, raging against the system, and freedom. IMO, if I want any character to rally people together for the sake of resisting billionaire tech companies when possible and celebrating old-fashioned creativity, it's Solas. it's in his story's DNA. whoever we want him to smooch.

[gcrdenview]

Tag List

Regular Tags

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[studies-of-the-soul]

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[bite-to-dust]

Yeah, sure you can think whatever. I know what I know.

Here's a fortune for you.

Technically if I push this further none of us are murders because none of us are real.

[roxanncc-a]

archiving this blog !! you can find me on my other blogs if you want to interact still -- otherwise please feel free to softblock me !

[tewwor-aaa]

yall know what it is. tag time

[ionozoned]

( i should FINALLY be back here in a few days if all goes according to plan but in the meantime can we all agree that they're in love )

[1997bestsalesman]

(Ooc, sharing here bc it's my deltarune blog: send in your deltarune (preferably ch 2) headcanons!! I need writing inspo, but i'd also just love to hear them tbh!!)

[ghcstrule-archive]

i keep saying i'll write up the bios and verses pages, and i swear to god i will eventually, but regarding barba after the events of "last call at forlini's", he took a job teaching law at fordham university.

[ar-vodun-transmissions]

Anonymous Asks: What are your thoughts on Chalastor? For IC and OOC please.

HAHAHAHAHAHA

“Me? With her? Surley you jest, why that’s the funniest thing I've heard since the great depression! She is nothing but a naive and overly hopeful princess who fails to see the harsh reality that sinners cannot and will not be redeemed, they had their chance in life and I’d argue most if not all love it down here, being able to experience and do all the things they couldn’t in life with near to no repercussions. Dear Charlotte is nothing more than some passing entertainment, something to change the mundane day to day of this eternal inferno. If i were to ever pursue a relationship with the princess it would only be for me to have a way to the far better Magne woman” she wipes some fake tears from her eyes “Oh I haven’t laughed that hard in ages, thank you dear gray face!”

If I am to be honest, I won’t lie and say I used to ship Chalastor/Charlastor rather passionately in fact; However, I have grown out of it not only due to the sheer impossibility of it ever happening and if it did, it would be some real toxic bullshit but to just how rabid the ship base is. Some (not all) Charlastor/Chalastor shippers get so toxic and angry if there are any other ships that interfere with their OTP, like them often dissing Chaggie, which is fucking canon, and by all means is a healthy relationship and just ugh, leave my canon sweet gay ship alone. No decapitating Vaggie, or Charlie cheating on Vaggie for Alastor or any of that.

 I also dislike how people tend to make Alastor, a soft squishy deer man who is putty in her hands and is oh so wholesome. That is not the case, never will be the case, he is only helping the hotel and the princess because he is bored. He doesn’t believe in the cause or even really give a damn about the place, he literally, the first thing he does is put a fucking bar in a place that discourages sin. He rolls his eyes at her as she is preaching her cause, he keeps pushing Vaggie out of the way to isolate Charlie to manipulate her better  (Vaggie is clearly her voice of reason, and life line). He also makes a bastardized parody of her song. He doesn’t care or give a damn about the princess, and with how devotedly blind to her cause Charlie is, will not even realize it until later down the fucking line.

The ship art is cute, It really is. But it will never happen, it will never be canon and people need to get that through their thick skulls. I’m not saying don’t ship it, ship what you want I am not stopping you, more power to you. This is just my opinion

[flyiingfoxx]

Permanent Starter Call

Mutual’s only please!!!

By liking this post, or replying with your URL if you use a side blog you are giving me permission to do the following: 

Send you memes and random in character asks

tag you in random starters

tag you in posts that remind me of our characters

talking to you through IM’s and other means of contact that we are both comfortable with using ( like discord, group me, things like that)

plotting through IM’s and asks and all the other fun rp stuff

just being good friends in general 

I’m also giving you permission to do the same with/for me! I’m not very good at making friends because of my anxiety, so I felt that this was the best way to reach out to people. That and me and Emily need some love ‘cause we’re lonely beans! 

[clevrest]

secxndstark ⇀ clevrest