#2 minutes after sex is distinctly different from a character who doesn't do that. so it's like. have fun but also the medium you're using I | Explore Tumblr posts and blogs

leatherbookmark · 21 hours ago

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I love tiktok edits of videos from fansigns and such because they subtitle everything. Not just what the idols are saying -- though it's more of a "*praises him*" than "wow that was so cool!" kind of subtitles -- but also every single thing they do. So you have a video of a guy talking quietly to another guy, and in case you didn't know what you're looking at, the subtitles helpfully inform you that the guy who's smiling is smiling, or that the guy who's taking his jacket off is taking his jacket off, etc, etc. Fascinating.

#shrimp thoughts #i don't have a tiktok and will never have a tiktok so idk if this is an accessibility thing but I don't think so #because the guys aren't labeled? so if someone's visually impaired a *smiles* isn't going to help them discern WHO is smiling #so it looks more like a cross between a video and this like... i struggle to put my finger on this way of speaking online #*smiles* *hugs you* *covers you with a blankie*#this also made me think of like... forms of fanwork that both explore the possibilities of medium X but also are clearly limited by #the medium Y #for example social media aus by default require everyone to be social media obsessed. the kind of socia media is dependant on what #generator the author has on hand. written fanfiction often makes it just texting/group chat but the same AU on twitter will have #everyone using twitter because it's easier and more efficient. but also it WILL give you a guy who idk wakes up after his surgery and the #first thing he does is open twitter so he can update his real life friends #in an actual fanfic the friends would either already be there OR he'd call them/drop them a quick text #in an actual fanfic the main couple would just have sex and maybe their friends would spot a hickey the next day #BUT in a social media au they have to update their twitter followers (somehow everyone's also followed by hundreds if not thousands of #people) or even post a sneakily taken photo of their partner's naked back. because some authors do write actual prose parts that #detail the couple's first meeting irl (if they met online) or just things that are more difficult to portray over fake twitter screens #but some don't. whether because they can't or because they cna't be arsed I Don't Know but a character who posts on twitter WITH PHOTOS #2 minutes after sex is distinctly different from a character who doesn't do that. so it's like. have fun but also the medium you're using I #inherently impacting who your characters are. and very often they're obnoxious assholes #though i wonder what would it look if one person in a SM au was a twt-obsessed chronically online weirdo and one only used reddit to ask fo #advice about their hobby. hm. it would probably not be a SM au then

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