#(/gen that wasn't sarcasm)

[plutobutartsy]

they should invent a way for moms to express their frustration and annoyance that doesn't open a pit in your stomach big enough to swallow the whole earth

[crossover-enthusiast]

Truly, the face of a man that hates children

Hot take, but I don't see Kevin as a father-figure to Skid and Pump.

I'm not saying Kevin doesn't care about them at all. I believe he does(to some extent), but it's clear that Kevin doesn't want to deal with these two, so he would rather give them candy so they can leave him alone than to actually "parent" them. Plus, Kevin canonically hates kids, so that's something I wouldn't want in a parent-figure.

[yutasbellybuttonpiercing]

okay one more thing concerning the recent news about taeil because it just keeps bugging me.

‼️ tw: mentions of csa and sa ‼️

i know gen z are known to cope with humor. i do too. but please don't joke about these topics.

there are many rumors going around now concerning the nature of the sexual crime he committed, and i get it. we all want to know what went down, but can we please wait for an official statement?

because the nature of these rumors is absolutely terrifying. and the way many people online deal with it is absolutely disgusting. i've seen people mock csa. i've seen people use "funny" names to call a p*dophile. and i've seen people joke about csa and go "lol guys i told you back in 2021 that sth about him was off.." no you didn't. and even if you did, it's not helping anyone.

maybe it's just not my cup of tea, but i'm generally not a fan of mocking people for fun. like i keep seeing it online with for example trump's vice president candidate. you can call him out on his opinions and politics, but what is it with gen z and mocking everything a person does just because they're a bad person? i've seen people mocking the way he holds his hands while walking?? all that does is make other people that look that way feel bad about themselves. it's not funny and it's not cute. bad people do a lot of things you can get angry about, to even mockingly joke about if you must, but stop dragging the normal things they do.

and it's the same with taeil. no you didn't "predict" it. and no he wasn't "a bad performer anyway". it doesn't matter. we're all shocked, disgusted, and maybe even hurt. can we please just focus on what he actually did that was horrible? because all this does is take the focus away from the actual problem.

and once again, please, do not joke about csa or sa. at all. and especially not freely online without a trigger warning for everyone to see. it is disgusting and you should be ashamed of yourself for potentially triggering a victim and joking about csa. because what that actually does is make it seem less bad since, apparently, we can all laugh about it (sarcasm).

thank you for reading. i'm sorry for getting so worked up, but this really doesn't sit right with me at all and this is basically the only place where i can share my thoughts.

i hope you're all doing okay. my thoughts are with the victim(s?) and every ex-fan who's lost a comfort person. i'm sorry.

ybbp

[tokyo-daaaamn-ji-gang]

Shion Madarame top 10 Moments!

10. Ok let's start off with one of his more famous moments, getting one shotted by Peh. Not only did this moment provide a good bit of comedic relief for us but it also helped to inspire toman! So thank you Shion???

9. Trying to introduce himself to Senju, sure he called her a shrimp at first which isn't very polite but at least he tries to make up for it with introductions??? (Yep he was definitely not just trying to boast here)

8. Letting Yamagishi stay conscious during their fight, wow what a nice, merciful thing to do.

7. Not understanding Rindou's sarcasm, this one's from the character book when Rindou was sarcastic to Shion and Shion managed to completely misunderstand the situation and now sees Rindou as being super polite and respectful. Honestly a cute moment.

6. Listening to Izana's command, he may be the 9th gen leader but he still follows Izana.

5. Trying to stick up for South, I really don't think he needed it but it was nice of Shion to try.

4. Taking the blame for the Tenjiku incident along with the other S62 members. He must've known he'd be locked up again but still did it.

3. Helping to care for underprivileged children in the future. (Honestly this would be no1 if it wasn't for how iconic and plot important the next points are).

2. His entrance, this was intimidating af and so cool to see. Licking the blood was probably the coldest thing he did in the whole manga.

1. And finally being the captain of the 9th gen black dragons. Ok ok I know we like to laugh at Shion a lot (and it is very fun) but he is actually a very strong character. I don't think they just let anybody run the black dragons and join Tenjiku not to mention him stomping a whole toman division by himself. So he is actually strong af, he just keeps either underestimating opponents or being drawn against incredibly strong fighters.

[deimosbreakfrost]

Some of this days I saw someone saying:

"no way that people like Owen, can't them like someone else??"

Like yeah surely makes a lot of sense, why don't we stop liking one of the unic sane gen 1 characters that wasn't screwed by the writers? (Sarcasm)

We have SO MANY CHOICES of other gen 1 characters to like! For example:

Characters that got ruined by the script so many times that they are practically insuportable in some points (Courtney, Gwen and Duncan)

Characters that we're used ONCE then got forgotten/ignored during the other Seasons (Katie, Sadie, Eva, Justin, Beth, Trent and maybe Ezekiel?)

Characters that pratically all the TikTok/poser side of the fandom loves and (some of them) will simply go FERAL against you if you don't like them back (Courtney, Gwen, Heather, Lindsay, Cody, Noah, Alejandro)

WHY DON'T WE DO THAT??? (Sarcasm)

[rubyvhs]

part two, jared’s help [jensen ackles]

series masterlist | main masterlist

two, 

"You need to stop this. It's stupid." That but was obvious. I know it’s stupid, but so what? I can do whatever i wanted, it’s my life. "No, don't even think about it, Laila. This isn't a 'i can do whatever i want' situation. You're  really hurting Jensen, and he's my best friend." Now that hit.

"I didn't mean to." I mumble lowly, giving him my back as i pour both cokes into ice filled glasses, then blending some pomegranate syrup into it. He sighs, placing a hand on my shoulder.

"I know, but you need to do better. You can't keep running away like this, it's been twelve months. At least talk to him. Be in a room with him without looking like you saw a ghost." I nod once but it doesn't seem to register what he's asking because he clears his throat and tries again, "Laila, i'm setting you both up to hangout tomorrow." 

My eyes widen as i stop pouring the drinks and turn to look at him. "What the fuck did you do?"

"I just told him that you guys would hang out tomorrow at the diner next to your apartment. you should've seen how his eyes lit up, Lils, come one, you need do this." My stomach twists and turns at both the news and Jensen’s reaction. I know I’m bad, but not that much, right? God, maybe I had been rude this past year especially with him and Danneel’s divorce. I don’t even see him anymore.

"Okay..." I hesitate and Jared gives me a worried glance. "But can we just drop it after this? We don't talk about it again and i'll stop coming to set if it upsets him."

"That's not what upsets him and you know it, you're always welcome on set we love having you there." I glare at him to shut up and he does, taking the small win. 

We make dinner until Gen comes back from the store and then all sit to eat. i’ll never get tired of this, my little family. I know how hard it was for Jared to accept that he actually has Gen in his life so he used to have me ground him, come on some of their dates to make sure he wasn't being played. It annoyed Gen at first, but now that she's gotten to understand Jared, she knows how much our friendships means to both of us so she came up with the idea of having 'family' dinners every Sunday, just the three of us. 

+

"You did what?" Mad was an understatement. Jensen had told his best friend his feelings towards the Laila situation in confidence not so he can run off and tell her the first chance he gets. Jensen wanted to at least appear to have some dignity in front of her, she used to be Danneel's best friend for God's sake.

"I just told her that you guys need to talk more, told her you'd love to go out with her and she agreed."

"Right, but i think you forgot to do something, Jared, really minor," he says, voice laced with sarcasm, "asking me whether or not i actually would love to go out with her."

"You wouldn't?" that's not the point, not the one Jensen was making anyways. What he meant was that... damn you, Jared. that's what he meant.

"You can curse me out all you want but i did you a solid. You guys needed to go out at least once in your life. I'll give you her number and the address of the place. You two firgure out a time, i'm not doing all the work." 

"All the work? Who asked you to do anything at all?" Jared rolls his eyes but snatches his friends phone to add Laila's number in anyways. Jared knows Jensen's just letting his frustration out, he doesn't actually care, in fact, if he didn't know any better he'd say he's excited. 

"Text her tonight cause i told her you're going out tomorrow. Don't make me look bad."

"It isn't a date."

"Yeah? Might as well be with how you two are acting." Jared rolls his eyes and walks onto set where he's called.

"Whatever." He mumbles like a child, checking the phone number under the contact 'Laila Rhodes SPN SET' as if he needed a reminder of where he knows her from. Jensen, though he'd never admit it, is actually excited and very pleased with his friend for setting this up, he wants to talk to laila more than anything seeing as he's spoken to her as much as he's spoken to the crafts team, probably a little less even if she used to come over.

When she'd be at their house, Danneel would more often than not shoo jensen away to go make coffee for them or hang out with the kids, or any other stupid excuse. At first, he thought it was because she didn't want them to meet but she later told him that Laila's very shy around new people and she didn't want her to leave. Jensen understood so he bit his tongue, but now, he's known her for 5 years, shy or not, they'd have to talk eventually. He'd make sure of it.

part three

[mazeinthemiroh]

hi!! i wanted to ask if i could request a txt reaction to having a s/o who has dark humor/sarcastic humor, thank you in advance!

txt with an s/o who has a dark/dry sense of humour

genre: general

warnings: none

pls like and reblog if you enjoyed! feel free to request anything <3

soobin

bro is shook when he hears these types of jokes come out of your mouth because damnnn. he's all for sarcasm and stuff, so your dry humour comes across as funny to him, although in the early parts of your relationship he wasn't too sure if you were joking or not. however, he still feels he needs to get used to more of your darker jokes since he's not used to them.

yeonjun

yeonjun is the sassy, sarcastic king and he's proud of it. so yall will be going at it will each other in terms of jokes. it's so wild at other social gatherings when people hear the way you guys interact with each other because both your sarcasm comes across as rude and other people are like 'are they okay? have they been arguing?' when really you guys have a mutual understanding that your jokes are just superior to everyone else's lmao.

beomgyu

beomgyu makes a lot of dark jokes omg. and mostly in situations and circumstances where he really shouldn't. he's glad he has someone to share these types of jokes with because usually he gets scolded by the other members, as they say, what he's saying is inappropriate or a step too far. so you guys can keep whispering your dark sense of humour to each other when you attend a special event or in a public place or something and it wouldn't bother either of you.

taehyun

he kinda freaking loves your humour. the sarcasm, the wit; yeah, he lives for that stuff. it's quite similar to his own sense of humour, so it's no wonder why he is so attracted to you in the first place. he loves how quickly your brain works, and appreciates your sense of humour because some of your darker jokes have layers to them, which he finds super cool.

hueningkai

my gen-z boy right here is ready for this type of stuff. he's grown up being on the internet and knows all there is to know about dark humour anyway. so learning about your sense of humour and tendencies to be sarcastic honestly fits his vibe because he just gets you straight away and it's not awkward or unfunny at all. will 100% join you in these types of jokes anyways.

[rottenpumpkin13]

Why do you ship Gen and Cloud? Wouldn't they have torn each other apart in canon if they met?

(Just to be clear, I ship them post-canon and that's what I'm referring to here)

Maybe I'm biased because I'm a sucker for unconventional rare pairs, but just look at them. "The man who tried to obliterate the planet and ruined my life was your friend. Our best friends were close enough that they shared a sword that we both associate with them. You tried to kill Zack. You wanted to kill me at one point. But you were a victim of Shinra too, right? I want to hate you, but I can't. I pity you. We're both connected to Sephiroth and Jenova through the cells inside of us. It wasn't your fault. Where were you when Zack died? I want to hate you but I can't.

There's so many conflicting feelings on Cloud's part, and there's moments where all he sees in Genesis is Sephiroth in a different font.

And there's the desperation and curiosity on Gen's part because he just woke up and here's that same Infantryman who's cells he wanted all those years ago. Here's the same, puny kid who killed Sephiroth. More than once. He has Angeal's sword. He used Angeal's sword. Did he know Angeal? He definitely knew Zack. What are the odds, right? This man was friends with Zack, the same Zack you want to do right by now that you've been redeemed in the eyes of the goddess. Where is Zack? He died too? Suddenly he’s in a whole new world where his friends are gone, the city you used to live in doesn't exist anymore, and the only fragment you have left of that past is this man you barely know. But there's still a chance to redeem himself. If only Cloud would let him in so he could show him that he's different, that he's not the same man he once was.

Their interactions would NOT be boring let me tell you lol. It's not enemies to lovers exactly, more like forced proximity mixed with their contrasting personalities that would make for an interesting dynamic. Genesis is pompous and proud and never shuts up, but the only person who can make him shut up is Cloud’s sarcasm, bluntness and painful honesty.

Even if you can't picture them as a romantic pairing, they have the potential to be really good friends. "Beloved" by Sinnatious on ao3 does a really good job of showing how their friendship would develop first before the romance. You should definitely check it out in case you can't envision the pairing :)

[nihilnovisubsole]

Gimme 18 and if it’s not an old man I’ll even applaud

hello!! sorry i'm a day or two late on this. it's hard to post at the same velocity when you're doing it on your breaks.

18. the character that gave you the most trouble writing this year?

i've got some half-finished original short stories that are like getting blood from a stone, but they're difficult because of research and plot, not character. no, i got into a whole other character predicament this year. one that probably involved biting off more than i could chew.

i find the prevailing style in shipfic is to spend the majority of time with the main pair, and other characters take much more minor supporting roles. i heard it a long time ago, actually: somebody i knew told me that my laser focus on writing only my pairings was holding my character voice skills back. i wouldn't go that far. i think it's a common mode in romance because the development of the main relationship is what the story is about. that's just logic. i imagine that logic goes double for stories where the writer explores the physical side of the relationship. i mean, we joke about PWP, but i'd wager most erotica readers aren't showing up for debates about tea forks first, if you get my drift.

when i drafted ideas for ffxiv stories over the past few months, i thought, "hey, this isn't for money or a deadline. i can afford to experiment." i knew i couldn't resist writing about royce and raubahn eventually, but i wanted platonic stories that highlighted her with other characters as well. it wasn't some kind of snobbish "gen fic over shipfic" deal. i just thought it'd be a fun challenge to make stuff Like It Is In The Game. the main story is about all kinds of different interpersonal bonds, and it's such a huge cast, i felt like i'd be leaving a lot on the table.

there's one complication to that. when you plan for an ensemble cast, you have to learn a deluge of new character voices all at once. urianger's pretty straightforward if you've taken a shakespeare class, but where are you putting y'shtola on her spectrum of sarcasm and bookishness? how is your dialogue walking the precarious tightrope of antiquated and modern that ffxiv's localization falls into? not to sound corporate or anything, but there's an onboarding process! it sure was easier when you only had to worry about getting the love interest right.

"so, ak, are you actually going to follow through with that challenge? are you going to finish any of those WIP stories and post them?" uhhh... we'll see!!

[demonsonthemoon]

Here As I Am

Fandom: Our Flag Means Death Pairing: Israel Hands & Edward Teach Word Count: 1610 Rating: Gen Summary: “It's not even that bad,” Ed says. “Stop,” Izzy protests weakly. “Stop! Stop it. Eddie, just-” Ed feels tears gather in his eyes, but he listens. For once in his life, he listens and stills his scurrying hands, waiting to hear whatever it is Izzy has to say to him. “Stop trying to save me. Stop pretending you care." Notes: Hello, hi. Mmmmmh........ so that ending, right? I didn't like it. I felt like it wasn't earned. So I wrote the set-up for a more tragic version of an ending that would lead to an entire arc of heart-wrenching internal conflict. I'm so much fun at parties. Title from "Because the Night" by Patti Smith

Read it on AO3.

There's so much blood on his fingers as Edwards calls out for help. He's not used to that anymore. He's gotten with his persona as someone that's above getting his own hands dirty.

Stede gets up to grab bandages and Ed can tell from his tone that even he doesn't believe that it will do any good. But Edward pretends he hasn't noticed. He can't let himself notice. Because if even Stede, blindly optimistic Stede who raced the oceans after Blackbeard after he had stranded his crew, if even the Gentleman Pirate cannot believe anymore...then there really isn't any hope left.

“Great, Bonnet's in charge. I'm definitely fucked,” Izzy says. Snarking still even as he bleeds out under Ed's hands.

The joke should be reassuring. Izzy is still Izzy. Can't be anything too wrong with him if he's still capable of sarcasm.

But Ed knows better these days. Izzy might have kept barking at the crew half the time, but the rest of his days were spent nursing a bottle. And there wasn't any shouting whenever Edward was on deck. The truth is, Ed already knows that Izzy isn't the same man he used to be. Edward made sure of that, butchering his body as he saw fit.

The toe hadn't been the first time Ed had marked easy. But all his other marks had been gifts. Those news scars... They weren't anything like that.

Izzy might be acting sarcastic, but there's no warmth in his eyes to let Edward know that he's in on the joke. There's just pain. So much pain. And Ed might not have ever seen that face before, but the Kraken has.

There's a certain tiredness there as well that pulls at Ed's heart.

“It's not even that bad,” Ed says. It's a lie. It's just another lie, the umpteenth one in his long career as a pirate. He knows it and Izzy knows it. His first mate has always been able to read right through him.

“Stop,” he protests weakly. “Stop! Stop it. Eddie, just-”

Ed feels tears gather in his eyes, but he listens. For once in his life, he listens and stills his scurrying hands, waiting to hear whatever it is Izzy has to say to him.

Fuck. He has so much to say to his First Mate. So much to explain, so many things to apologize for. He's been such a dick for the past few months and, sure, Izzy's been a dick all of his life, but he's always been there.

And now he might not-

And Ed can't-

And-

“Stop trying to save me. Stop pretending you care. We both know the choices that have led me here, and if you must take everything from me, at least leave me with the dignity of dying a pirate's death. It's the least you can fucking do.”

“Izzy, what are you-”

“I love you.”

Ed feels the tears run down his cheek. There's a finality to Izzy's tone that brooks no argument.

“Izzy, I'm sorry-”

“No. Don't. Don't you dare say that. I love you, and I hate that I still want to fucking say it when I'm about to fucking die because of you. This is because of you, Edward. All of this. Because of my love for you, and don't you dare apologize because you fucking wanted it.”

The hand that he had slipped behind Izzy's neck to keep his head from the deck suddenly grips into a fist. Izzy smiles through gritted teeth, and it feels like he's biting into Ed's skin.

“We called it loyalty, but we both knew what it was and you let it grow, and I won't let you apologize. Reap the fucking fruits you've sown. It's about damn time you face the music for your actions, captain Blackbeard.”

“No, Izzy, no. I'm sorry.”

“What are you even sorry for? Do you know?” The smile is softer this time, but it doesn't matter. Edward is already flayed open.

“I fed your darkness, Blackbeard. It was supposed to protect us. But you decided you'd outgrown it. Did you even think about what it left me with?”

Ed doesn't want to hear this. Not now. Not like this. Izzy is his best friend. He can't die like this, words of hate in his mouth and reason enough for them to be justified. He can't die with the name Blackbeard on his tongue, Edward's name another thing that got stolen by the greatest pirate of the Caribbean.

It's not fair.

“I need him. Blackbeard... It was us. I needed you. And you left me.”

Ed thinks of Stede. It's the worst moment. The man still isn't back with the clean bandages and Izzy is dying in his arms and Ed is still thinking about Stede anyway.

About waiting for him on the docks.

About waiting for him on the ship.

He thinks about the moment he realized that Stede wasn't coming back, that he had left.

He thinks about how he closed the door to his own feelings, put on the skin of the Kraken, how he stopped seein anyone around him because his gaze was entirely consumed by absence.

“Now I'm leaving you,” Izzy adds. He manages to sound triumphant even as his body is wracked by a cough that ends in a pained gasp.

“Izzy, you can't go. You can't leave me.”

“I wanna go,” Izzy responds.

It's like the ground is opening under Edward's feet. Like their ship is falling directly to the bottom of the ocean, not a drop of water in sight. And then it keeps falling, through layers and layers of earth and rocks.

Edward did this. He took the best thing that had been given to him – true friendship, loyalty that ran deeper than blood – and he twisted it. Made it devotion, made it worship, until – like all proper gods – he stopped even talking to the man he calls his greatest friend.

And now Izzy wants to leave. And now Izzy is leaving.

“No, please,” Edward cries out. “You're my only family.”

Izzy dies with a smile on his lips and Ed gripping his jacket and his hair.

Edward calls out his name. Once, twice. And then he crumbles into the other man's chest and screams.

The ship inside of him doesn't stop falling and he doesn't stop screaming. Everything he has kept trapped inside his chest for the past decade is coming out. All of the emotions he repressed, because Blackbeard doesn't show any emotions. All of the love he never managed to allow past his lips because he thought that it would only be met with scorn.

All of the words that he never said, and now it's too late. Now his best friend is dead.

He feels hands on his back, trying to comfort him. He doesn't move, even when his scream turns into sobs.

He hears Stede's voice, some shouting, and he notices movement around him, the crew getting to work to get the ship moving. He doesn't look at what's happening. He doesn't check whether they're doing things correctly. Those kinds of things are Izzy's job.

Let them strand the ship, let them capsize for all he cares.

He shudders as that thought registers. He recognizes the impulse for destruction, the one that powered him for those months he spent without Stede, running the crew ragged and sailing them directly into storms.

It had been some sort of drive then, something that could get him out of the blankness of his mind, out of the deep hole that was taking over it. It doesn't seem to build up the same kind of energy now. He's so tired.

Hands push at his shoulders. He resists. He keeps his face against Izzy's shirt, doesn't care if he gets blood all over his cheeks, doesn't care if it gets in his mouth.

“Edward.” It's Stede's voice, right next to his ear. Edward shudders again, hides deeper in his best friend's dead body. He doesn't want to face the other man, not right now. He knows that all he will see in Stede's face is the details that Izzy hates. Hated. Stede's wavy hair, the softness that is still in his eyes even when it has mostly disappeared from his body, the unconscious mannerisms leftover from his upbringing that he never quite managed to do away with.

“Edward, we need to move him. We need to clean the- to clean him. And you. You can't just stay like this.”

Edward whines. He's not Blackbeard in this moment. He's a pitiful little boy who only wants to hide in his mother's skirts, but he has already learned that it's not safe there.

Stede's gentle hands pull at him once more. He's too tired to resist. He gives up. That's the story of his life, lately. He lets himself be pulled away until he's sitting on his butt. Stede crouches in front of him and pulls him to his chest, and Edward keeps crying.

Out of the corner of his eye, he sees Jim and Oluwande drag away Izzy's corpse.

“I'm sorry, Ed” Stede says.

Ed suddenly wants to move away. He can't hear this. Not coming from Stede. Not when Izzy refused his own apologies.

He hates himself for the part of him that longs to hear Izzy say the same words. To hear Izzy acknowledge the role he's played in Edwards own suffering.

But the man lost several toes, he lost his leg, and he still stayed with Ed until it got him killed. No matter what he wishes, Edward cannot ask for more. He realizes that now.

[sterek-ao3feed-archive]

alchemists were right. sometimes it is magic

https://archiveofourown.org/works/51390178 by whoscountinganyway "When you love someone, it is either a fact, a dedication, a curse, or a weapon. Only you can decide which of the four it is. Sometimes its two, or three. Rarely all four, never all four." When Dr. Deaton said, Stiles took it in stride—took the information and hid it in his back pocket 'cause it wasn't useful, right then. "And you have to decide what that means." "And let me guess, there's a secret fifth thing where love is a stick up my ass," Stiles said in reply. "I get that over Scott a lot." Dr. Deaton sighs. "You are going to take a while to train, aren't you, Mr. Stilinski?" "You're just now catching on?" * A curse. Loving Derek Hale is a curse, because he's going to give him away. Stiles knows this, knows it's going to be better for everyone, if the Hale family were alive. But he's going to be the only one who remembers how things were. Going to remember what him and Derek were and the crazy, adventurous, adrenaline-pumping life they had. And he's going to go through it anyway. Words: 2, Chapters: 1/?, Language: English Fandoms: Teen Wolf (TV) Rating: Mature Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Categories: Gen, M/M Characters: Stiles Stilinski, Derek Hale, Sheriff Stilinski (Teen Wolf), Scott McCall (Teen Wolf), The Hale Family (Teen Wolf), Isaac Lahey, Lydia Martin, Allison Argent, Alan Deaton, The Argent Family (Teen Wolf), Jackson Whittemore, Danny Māhealani Relationships: Derek Hale/Stiles Stilinski, Scott McCall & Stiles Stilinski, Sheriff Stilinski & Stiles Stilinski Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Spark Stiles Stilinski, Scott McCall & Stiles Stilinski Friendship, Slow Build Derek Hale/Stiles Stilinski, Mates, Supernatural Bonds, Alternate Timelines, Sarcasm, Angst and Humor, Good But Secretly Bad Friend Scott McCall, Stiles Stilinski Saves The Hale Family, Awesome Sheriff Stilinski (Teen Wolf) read it on AO3 at https://archiveofourown.org/works/51390178

[smol-bean-of-the-smols]

love it (sarcasm) when artists who utilize ai art generators don't tag their posts with anything relating to ai art therefore it gets through the filtered tags and so i have to scroll through their blog for confirmation that it is indeed ai art stuff because i recognized the style of that specific ai art gen but it wasn't in the tags and then blocking that individual blog.

this is about a post i saw on the Radar thing and immediately recognized it as from an ai art gen but got through my filtered tags because it WASNT TAGGED PROPERLY

i don't care if you made changes to it with your artistic skills, it NEEDS to be tagged because that is not an original work made completely by a person. it's still from an ai art gen. and therefore i don't want to see it.

[ultraviolet-psyche]

Aight lemme be real for a minute

As someone with autism, I really don't like the growing trend in Gen Z Internet slang towards extremely negative and/or concerning phrases being meant in a positive manner. Especially when aimed at strangers. Especially when there's no obvious indication that the intent is positive.

I don't struggle with things like sarcasm, hyperbole or tone as much as other autistics I know, but if someone commented something like "IM GONNA KMS" on a fic or post of mine, with no tone tags, clarification or any other obvious signs of positivity. I'd have a lot of trouble discerning whether they really enjoy my content, they really hate my content, or they're genuinely in a bad place and crying out for help. If I wasn't already aware of the potential positive intent, I'd immediately assume one or both of the latter two. And that would be really upsetting to me.

Many autistic people struggle to understand phrases that say one thing, but mean the complete opposite. To me, at least, this recent development in online language feels very sudden, and now I'm trying to get used to "omg kys" meaning something positive in certain contexts. I've always known that phrase to be one of the most horrible things you can ever say to someone.

If we're going to be saying wild and unhinged things to Internet strangers to indicate enjoyment of their work, can we at least go back to things like "I wanna eat this" and "This [thing] helped me more than therapy"? I don't care if you use this new slang with your friends or whatever, just... please at least reconsider hitting random strangers with things that could be easily read as negative, or if you really wanna say it, at least give an obvious indication that you mean it positively. When in doubt, just leave a clear, easy-to-understand compliment like "I loved this" or "good job".

[kiwichaeng]

15 Questions

tagged by @liminalmemories21 Thank you <3

1. Are you named after anyone?

Nope! But I was initially given a completely different name and it wasn't changed until a few months after my birth because my parents worried that it would be mispronounced and the meaning would be completely butchered into something bad instead. My grandma gave me the name I have now

2. When was the last time you cried?

A few hours ago, I was in a theater full of Swifties. We all danced and sang to Taylor Swift's Era's Tour movie. I cried during the credits singing along to Long Live

3. Do you have kids?

Hell no

4. What sports do you play/have you played?

I used to play basketball with my friends in high school

5. Do you use sarcasm?

All the time /gen

6. What's the first thing you notice about people?

The way they talk, which includes pronunciations, accents, and how they speak about themselves and others

7. What's your eye color?

Brown

8. Scary movies or happy endings?

Happy endings! I especially love it when it's hard-earned

9. Any talents?

I don't think so? Does being really good at reading someone's tone count?

10. Where were you born?

Pakistan

11. What are your hobbies?

Reading, singing, writing

12. Do you have any pets?

No :(

13. How tall are you?

Don't know the exact measurement but short

14. Favorite subject in school?

Literature and Biology. I took Economics for a short time and really really loved it

15. Dream job?

My end goal is a paramedic :)

Tagging people makes me nervous and I don't know who's already done this so open tag <3

[regulationbluebunny]

FFXIV Write 2023 #18: a fish out of water

Subject: Farim adjusts to life on the ocean.

Gen

Mentions @duskwightdancer 's oc

Farim tossed another dried biscuit into the air. It was some sort of Lominsian travelers staple, the fishmeal baked into it was as solid as a rock. Great for protein, horrible for taste. He had no intention of making any more of them. They were better suited to satisfy the infinite appetites of their airborne travel companions. The gulls squawked and dived for the one he tossed through an open port hole.

Gwen's ship already had a cook, a miquote Tia whose skin had become leathery and worn far beyond his age by the many years of ocean reflected sunlight. He seemed to think he was fufilling his civic duty by taking the Viera under his wing. In exchange Farim taught him everything he knew about fae brewing, magical preservation, and recipes. X'irsel gave him chores to do that didn't involve Farim making a fool of himself on the deck. He taught Farim the little things: how to stand without getting tossed by each clap of the waves, how to tie his own hammock. He was the closest thing Farim had to a friend on board besides Gwenette.

That was not to say, however, that the man liked him. Farim wasn't one of the crew. He was no help at all on deck and he was still squeamish about the near infinity of the ocean if he thought about it too long. But every sailor had their reasons for being on the sea. His reason was above deck letting tension out of the sails for the wind to pick them up. X'irsel at least respected him for that, or so it seemed. There was something of a romantic hidden beneath his wrinkles and angry countenance.

"Just because you've got your own recipe doesn't mean you can toss mine overboard," X'irsel said, snatching the remaining biscuit out of Farim's hand. He bit it in half.

"Be my guest," Farim said, holding his palms up in surrender.

"Get busy," he scolded, "unless you want me to find you work to do."

"Yes, sir."

Either he didn't notice the sarcasm through Farim's accent or he pretended not to.

And he did have work to do, that much was true. He promised to translate documents for the captain while they made their way up and around the coast. If he managed to prove that he could handle himself by the time they hit the next port, the captain would consider his request. So far there hadn't been a chance to do much "proving." He felt more like cargo. He'd been putting off the last of the translations because he wasn't sure what they would find for him to do when they finished, but he was nearing the end of his grace period. He had to find a use for himself on board or find his way back to the first.

[fizzingwizard]

A few times in fic comments someone would write something and then add "/pos" and I was soooo confused. To me, "pos" means one of two possible things: "point of sale," or "piece of shit" x'D so when someone wrote something like "Love it! /pos" I didn't think it could be meant as an insult... but I didn't know how else to intrepret it because the only other option was "point of sale!"

buuuut at some point I figured it out. /pos means "positive." It's a tone indicator. Ohhhhhh. Slapping my forehead. Know how I figured it out? Getting other comments where peole used /gen (I assume "genuine") and similar. Before this year, I was only familiar with /sarcasm. When the word wasn't fully written out I was confused. I might have worked it out sooner if I hadn't already thought I knew what "pos" means in two other circumstances xP