#And writing fanfictions is a form of art therapy

[mx-loar-tev]

I have a sudden urge to write a fic about Emily struggling and dealing with anxiety and agoraphobia after she returned to her life as Emily Prentiss, after being undercover for so long to get close to Doyle.

(I have too many WIPs already though, I haven't finished the fic I started yesterday and ofc I haven't slept at all last night. And I have been up all night two days ago too. Less than ten hours of sleep in three days is not a lot. My brain is fried, istg. Please send help...)

[praetorqueenreyna]

Elaingate Master List

Greetings, fellow clowns! As I have previously threatened, I have created the Official Elaingate Master List! I tried only to include posts made that were intended to be humorous or analytical, and not ones that were just negative. I also didn't want to get too far into ship wars, so some posts may have been excluded because of that. I also very easily could have missed some posts, since there isn't a single blog for me to scour for all the content made. If you feel that you made a post that should be on here, please message me!

This post will be in multiple parts because it's TOO DAMN LONG! Enjoy!

(Putting the masterlist under a read more because HOLY SHIT is it long!)

Fanfiction

warmth (Tamlin/Beron) by @feyres-divorce-lawyer (AO3 link)

the bridges we mend (Tamlin/Beron/Elain) by @mathiwrites (AO3 link)

banned from Elain Week (Tamlin/Beron) by @shadowqueenjude

Beauty and the Beast (Tamlin/Elain) by @ennawrite

Spider-Lily (Elain/Ianthe) by @spidersmiceandeverythingnice

Stone Statues and Viperous Hair (Elain/Ianthe) by @velarisbynight

Fanart

Guess who just got BANNED!!! (Tamlin & Beron) by @jadedbugart

You got us banned from Elain Week! (Tamlin & Beron) by @thrumbolt

true soulmates (Tamlin/Beron) by @mossytrashcan

Beron/Elain and Tamlin/Elain by @mygreendandelion

Tamlin/Elain by @arson-09

Threesome fun (Tamlin/Beron/Elain) by @loonylooly

Banned for being too sexy by @herrinarte

Tamlin, Elain, and Beron by @rosesncarnations

Poetry

An invitation (Beron to Tamlin) by @rin-u-pos

A Rejoinder (Tamlin to Beron) by @jules-writes-stories

Elaingate limerick by @rin-u-pos

Analysis

What is Elaingate? by @praetorqueenreyna

ACOTAR fandom tips by @mathiwrites

Fan events as an archival space by @huntquinlan

Essay on modern ACOTAR fandom by @praetorqueenreyna

It was never about Elain by @sserrafeim

Thoughts on Elaingate by @matrixsss

Is Elain Week for all? by @mathiwrites

Is an event "for all" fans? by @theshadowsingersraven

ACOTAR Rant by @achaotichuman

Reactions to other ships by @toolsofmyenemy

Fandom Event etiquette by @obsessivecompulsivefantasyreader

ACOTAR fandom analysis by @mathiwrites

How Elaingate was avoidable by @herrinarte

A stand against all abuse by @ladyfoxreads

Elaingate Thoughts by @feyres-divorce-lawyer

fanfic detached from canon by @ennawrite

Art is a form of therapy by @mathiwrites

Dark Romance by @bluiela

Dark ships by @pan-withnoplan

Morally correct ships by @olenvasynyt

is banning ships normal? by @olenvasynyt

Other

Tamlain Collage (Tamlin/Elain) by @ennawrite

A poll: who would carry the Tamberon baby? by @huntquinlan

Tamberon Collage (Tamlin/Beron) by @shadowqueenjude

Who did this to you? (Tamlin/Beron) by @yaralulu

Koshchelain is on (Elain/Koschei) by @avabrynne

Elaingate food by @feyres-divorce-lawyer

What are your ACOTAR OTPs? by @mathiwrites

Elain Week Moodboard by @shadowqueenjude

Choose your acotar ship event by @feyres-divorce-lawyer

[kryptonbabe]

A personal argument in favor of transgression in fandom spaces

Marquis de Sade (1740-1814), would he write Wincest, Reylo and Zadr fanfiction with obsessive yandere mafia boss tropes if he was alive today?

It's so weird for me to come to fandom at my current age (30) and with my background, I was not a very online teenager, I had an art tumblr growing up, but that was very far from the whole Superwholock bubble and discourse. My first interests reading were classic literature and stuff from school and Harry Potter for little bit, then Tolkien for a long time, then science-fiction and transgressive literature, starting with A Clockwork Orange, then Piano Teacher, Bret Easton Ellis, Yukio Mishima, Dennis Cooper etc. I'm a sensitive traumatized person (for reasons I won't explain) and I've been depressed and anxious most of my life, experiencing disturbing intrusive thoughts, so the themes in fiction that interested me were always the things I was most afraid and uncomfortable with in real life, traumatic events close to me that I had no other way to explore and no one else to talk to about. In a way transgressive art was always there for me, showing me how evil thoughts and experiences are not an exclusive thing, not a burden I must carry alone, those artists and writers also cared and thought about those things in meaningful ways, that was a relief. Slowly and with therapy I learned to organize my intrusive thought as creative thoughts, ideas I could use to paint or write, and this really really helped me.

The thing is I started to get interested in comic books too, this by the age of 20, reading them by myself and sharing my ideas with some close friends who didn't care about comics, but would listen to me. I started being active in fandom spaces recently, almost ten years after I started reading comics and, oh boy, is this a different environment. Where the morally ambiguous, weird and transgressive are very close to forbidden, people are divided among anti and proshippers, and exploring heavy themes and disturbing scenarios is frowned upon. I recently read about an Invader Zim artist who was bullied and had to abandon their blog due to attacks to their weird art. As if Comte de Lautréamont, Marquis de Sade, Georges Bataille and I don't know, the fucked up passages of the Bible never existed, to free us from the closed-mindness. It's all so backwards, restrictive and conservative. Not the fact that some people do not want to engage with these themes, you have the right to do so, but we accomplish nothing by judging and hating on people who want to talk about these subjects, who understand the human nature as a complex experience not imune to evil, malice, bizarre impulses and desires.

Talking about these things is different from supporting and agreeing with them, but they are a part of our existence and sometimes expressing awful experiences through art is the only escape someone have. To ignore the worst in us is a conservative attitude that idealizes a perfect conduct and ideal way of being, an hygienist perception of what it means to be human, with a lack of nuance and complexity that is just boring on top of being a form of censorship.

[petrifiedperi-au]

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HELLLOOO WELCOME TO THE BLOG! I thought it'd be best for me to make an entirely separate place for me to talk about this AU, ehehe. You can find the original infodump on the AU here, if you're curious!

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— DO NOT INTERACT —

- Homophobes, transphobes, aphobes, sexists, racists, ablests, misogynists, TERFs, zionists, or bigots in any way, shape, or form. Just, in general, basic DNI criteria.

- Proshippers.

- NSFW accounts.

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— BEFORE YOU INTERACT —

- AU-related questions are ALWAYS ALWAYS encouraged! Please. I love rambling about my silly thoughts so much.

- I don't ship anyone with anyone, so sorry! Any questions related to shipping will likely be ignored.

- Fanart, fanfiction, and anything of the sorts are absolutely allowed! You don't have to ask to make any, either— just tag me or send it in via askbox or submission! I love seeing it all.

- I don't have any plans to make a comic, or any writing at the moment— motivation isn't my strong suit, and I don't think I'd have the time nor energy to work on a full-fledged story [and I don't have any comic-making experience, unfortunately.]

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— OTHER BLOGS —

- MAIN: @bubbleberryuniverse

- ART: @minicrushies

- OK K.O.! AU BLOG: @sami-the-therapy-deity

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[cartoonscientist]

this has probably been touched on before but so much of fionna and cake ties into the theme of self-value and self care by making references to (what is traditionally viewed as female-centered) fan culture and specifically the debate around whether fanfiction should have “some basic level of quality” or whether it should be considered an unbridled form of self expression closer to art therapy than writing a professional novel (it obviously comes down on the side of the latter)

the theme of Simon not wanting to discuss his “old stuff” that he finds embarrassing and painful because he wrote it in a very bad place mentally, what he sees as mediocre, emotionally masturbatory wish fulfillment that says way too much about his psyche, although it’s shown that other people get a lot out of the Fionna and Cake series, suggesting that it’s a versatile work of fiction which readers can interpret to fit their own emotional needs even if it’s not exactly “high art”

or Scarab’s ultimately self-destructive obsession with wiping out what he considers a “mediocre” “abomination”, even though everyone around him is telling him to chill and let it go and focus on more important things because it doesn't really matter. for years, and even today, fandom has been plagued with (usually cishet male these days, but women used to make up a far larger portion of the snark/anti-fan community) fans who don't only dislike shipping and original characters, they actively seek out creators who do enjoy these things to harass them. or, I'm sure you've seen those people on twitter who get really mad about the fact that leaving long critical notes on ao3 fics (when not prompted or specifically requested not to) is widely considered Pretty Fucking Mean

both Simon and Scarab are basically being told by the narrative to take it easy, to not care so hard about like, the ontological definitions of "art" and "quality". Simon learns to value Fionna and her world, realizing that they have a life beyond the circumstances he believed he created them under. (but when he again tries to assume control, to sacrifice his own well-being for people he feels are more deserving of love than him, his space god girlfriend basically slaps him and says "you are so special and amazing on your own simon, you don't need to hurt yourself, you don't need to try to handle everything by yourself, and actually sacrificing yourself when you don't need to is kind of a dick move, and yes I know from experience because I'm omniscient now" [which ties into what's kind of the thesis statement of the show, Simon and Fionna both feeling like they're not special and don't deserve to exist or receive care and affection because they aren't exceptional, ie don't have magical abilities/live in an adventurous fantasy world; basically, you don't NEED to be super talented and amazing and saintlike to deserve to be happy, you just need to BE, and do your best as a human])

FOOTNOTE: when Scarab told Fionna that what she did wrong was exist, it was painfully reminiscent of transphobic (and anti-ND) harassment (and ultimately added another layer of satisfaction and validation to his defeat) and tbh it's hard for me to believe the writers didn't intend that at least subconsciously

[bubbleberryuniverse]

I've been LONG overdue for a pinned post, so here we go! :D I'm Sami! Silly little artist guy that does fanfiction sometimes... and I make AUs! OK K.O.! is my special interest, ehehehe... I also like angst. A lot.

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Here's my Carrd [other socials are in the info section] + my KoFi! I also have an ArtFight, for whenever the season comes around! I'm ALWAYS okay with art or writing of any kind throughout the year, though— you don't have to ever ask to make me anything! Just make sure to show me, please. I love to see it! :D

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I ALSO HAVE OTHER BLOGS!

ART— @minicrushies

CARPOOL THERAPY (OK K.O.! RP BLOG)— @carpooltherapy

OK K.O.! AUS— @sami-the-therapy-deity

PETRIFIED!PERI AU— @petrifiedperi-au

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DO NOT INTERACT — Homophobes, transphobes, aphobes, sexists, racists, ablests, misogynists, TERFs, zionists, or bigots in any way, shape, or form. Just, in general, basic DNI criteria. Proshippers are NOT welcome here.

[whileyoursleeping]

When commenting should the reader only praise?

honestly, unless the author has explicitly asked for constructive criticism and feedback, i think so.

99 percent of people who are writing and sharing fanfiction (or creating and sharing an art form) are doing it for free, to be able to engage in their communities and have discussion and build relationships. they aren't doing it because they think they're gonna be the next stephen king or picasso, so receiving criticism (or even constructive feedback) can really set them back and discourage them. there's also a lot of people who use it as stress relief and therapy, so, you know, if your stress relief becomes stressful because it's getting picked apart...

there's also a big difference between "huh, this theme is interesting but the idea was poorly executed and the story could benefit from xyz" to "i didn't like it therefore it sucks". that nuance is missed a lot. i've been writing fic for nearly 15 years now, and there seems to be more and more people who treat creators like content cows instead of people and get enraged when they don't get exactly what they want (i guess entitlement is a good word here?).

tl;dr unless the author of the content you're engaging in specifically says, "i'm looking for constructive feedback here" you should probably just say something nice about it - or, to quote ye olde fanfic authors, "don't like? don't read."

[penig]

I feel a little creepy bringing this up, but I also think it's important for people to realize it. Especially people who work out their issues through fandom a lot - cheaper than therapy, often more effective, been going on for millennia, go forth and do what you need to do.

Authors engage with their fiction at a personal level, too. Authors work on their own issues in fiction, and don't necessarily understand that they're doing it until afterward.

I have a writer friend who was in an abusive relationship. She got out of it about the same time I had a personal crisis that deeply involved my marriage. We were able to talk about these things to each other in a productive way. One of the things she said was: "When you reread what you wrote during X time later, you'll see that you were already telling yourself about this."

Most of this author's mid-career was spent writing thrillers, about being trapped, misled, and harmed; about making mistakes and taking responsibility; about choosing options that other people think are bad for you, because for you they are the safe options. Once you know some details of her experience, you can see exactly where the abusive relationship began and roughly how it played out, and how all of the stories she wrote during this time, and during the long period of her recovery, had him for a villain, until she was finally able to kill him off the way she needed to. Since then, she's written a joyful celebration of art and community; she's written a medievalist fantasy of self-discovery; she's done the work she had to do and gone on with her life at last. But it wasn't until she was safe that she could even admit to herself that she'd been writing about her abuse the whole time she was being abused.

Lots of people have engaged with her thrillers at the surface level; we will never know how many people engaged with them to do the same kind of work she was doing; or how many engaged with them to do different work on different issues; or what qualitative difference it makes to all those processes to know how her personal history shaped her work. This is the nature of the beast.

One of the ways people work on their issues with art is through creating for themselves - fanfiction, meta, formal litcrit, adaptation to other forms of media. This is normal. Usually it's healthy. But it doesn't have to be. This is not something that can be judged from outside. Sometimes people who really, really ought to have therapy cling to a fandom instead and this...is not always productive. And sometimes people get into parasocial relationships with creators in which their own real issues get all mixed up with their imaginary construct of the creator.

So that's enough vagueblogging. It's time to talk about Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett. Who were two very different people who were best friends forever. Who were both writers doing what writers do. Who early in their careers collaborated on a religious satire in which their work got so mixed up together that they couldn't always tell who had written what in its final form, and which featured major themes about friendship, including two best friends forever collaborating, not particularly effectually, to save the world. Who had fun identifying themselves with those two characters. Who liked the idea of a film adaptation, who actively wanted a film adaptation, but couldn't find an acceptable way to do it within the industry. Who verbally worked out the details of a sequel, but never could actually sit down to write it together, but who continued to influence each other's work in ways that anyone reading both of them could see easily if they cared to look.

(Coraline and The Wee Free Men were written and published almost at the same time. I read them one after the other. The two books are very different reads, in different genres, but at the high concept level, they are the same story. Tell me that's a coincidence and I'll shake my head and say "Bless your heart, child.")

And then one of those friends got a debilitating disease and died.

And the survivor became determined to bring about the film adaptation and to get the sequel made, explicitly for his friend's sake.

Even though his friend would never see it, and it meant new collaboration with new people.

Good Omens (TV) is the best film adaptation of a text work I have ever seen in a longish life of being disappointed by film adaptations. S1 made me happy; S2 made me happy and sad and ultimately (perhaps inevitably) dissatisfied; I hope that S3 will make me happy and satisfied. But there is a level at which that doesn't matter. Gaiman has repeatedly expressed gratification over the way people have embraced it; but he's not doing this for us. And he's not only doing it for Pratchett.

He's doing it because he needs to process what happened when his best friend got Alzheimer's and died. Maybe he doesn't know that's what he's doing - but he clearly is.

Pratchett's illness and death are all over the adaptation. We saw it even in S1, we talked about it, the difference between Crowley and the Bookshop Fire in the book and in the show, and people openly recognized that the difference was between a young artist working with his best friend and an older artist whose best friend had died. That was simple; we all got it. Some of us didn't like it, but we got it.

But it's all over S2, too, and here it's not simple, it's a big complicated mess. The villain of S1, who wasn't in the book at all, shows up sporting the most noticeable symptoms of the disease that killed the member of the creative team identified with the character the villain goes to for refuge. The original creative team's avatars are suddenly working at cross-purposes when they seem to be allying where before they were allying when they appeared to be working at cross purposes. Mirrors function in the plot again but they're confusing. Memory is a huge theme but it doesn't resolve. And the character who is the avatar of the creator who died goes off to a Heaven it knows is a horrible place and leaves the avatar of the creator who survived angry and miserable on Earth. All in the service of setting up that long-deferred sequel.

And the thousands of people who are in a parasocial relationship with the survivor and are livid, or feel betrayed, or otherwise take this personally - really need to accept and remember that.

[meownotgood]

Ayo what the hell😭😭

It’s not like the internet isn’t already full of people obsessing over certain characters/people/things they like. This blog just happens to be one of those corners of the internet.

Yeah, maybe I *am* mentally ill and I’ve personally been embarrassed by how much I obsess over him, but Aki simply has become my comfort character. I know it’s strange - I’ve never felt such a strong attachment to a fictional character before, I’ve never had a fictional crush like this before. I’m stressed 24/7 and have to deal with shit every day and if going to this blog ab Aki is my weird escape, then so be it. Yeah, maybe I do need therapy, but that ask was way out of line.

Is your writing Aki fanfics? Perhaps. But it genuinely is *beautifully* written. Seriously. Not to mention that I’ve discovered far far worse fanfics out there that would, be considered more concerning lol

Sorry for the rant. I know this is the type of reaction that anon wanted but I still felt the need to spill this out because it got to me. Like said above, I’m fully aware that I have this odd obsession with a fictional character and I that ask was aimed at me, too. Idk what else to say than uh, yeah that was a whiplash

I know right?? like I just don't understand it because I feel as though liking a character or writing fanfiction is really a normal thing. and fanfiction is far from a waste, it's writing just like any other form of writing is. it can be fun and it can be polished or messy but it's still writing, and it isn't anything to be ashamed of.

this is part of a larger issue, there's a lot of people out there who think fanfic writers and ESPECIALLY smut writers are just degenerates but people write smut for so many reasons. smut can be art, sex can be used to tell a story, it can help writers with their stress and trauma, it can just be fun as hell to write and that's all okay. let people write what they want, there aren't enough writers out there

I've gotten a few asks like this before and most of the time I simply ignore them and move on, I know I'm happy and that's all that matters. I'm sorry autism scares you, but I'm a perfectly happy well adjusted individual. let me live in peace with my silly writings and my topknot collection lol

[onthemeander]

Get to know your fic writer!: 1, 4, 7, 8, 17, 19, 26, and 41!

1.Do you prefer writing one-shots or multi-chaptered fics?

- multi chapter. I tend to have ideas that are too big for one shots and even if they could be one massive pager I get impatient and just want to post what I have right away.

4. Where do you find inspiration for new ideas

- every where. Seriously there’s no limits to where you can seek inspiration. I have found it listening to music, watching documentaries, looking at museum exhibits, reading text books, talking with friends, going to therapy, Hell I even came up with a novel while starring dead eyed out onto the plains of Kansas during a road trip.

- my biggest advice is get inspiration for wildly different sources. You want to be the next big fashion designer? Why not watch a 30 minute video on how lightening is formed. Next best author? Let’s go to a soccer game and people watch. The more you mine inspiration from different sources the more raw material you have to play with for you stories. I also lean heavily into rabbit holes. Research subjects that interest you and see how things connect to one another. A lot of creativity isn’t creating from scratch it’s just fusing two disparate ideas together in a new way.

7. How do you choose which POV to write from?

- depends on what themes I want to cover. I definitely favor certain narrative voices but if I want to explore themes of abandonment i wouldn’t pick a character like Scott from teen wolf who had a reputedly robust and reliable social network.

8. Do you prefer the beginning, middle, or end of a story?

- middle. I always have an idea or a phrase that feels like gold I just gotta figure out how to get the characters in position to use it.

17. What do you do when writing becomes difficult? (maybe a lack of inspiration or writers block)

- Hahahaha loaded question. Any of my readers probably know me pension for going radio silent for months or years on end and then popping back up again to post multiple chapter with in weeks. I get hyper fixated on a craft or art style and that’s all I want to do so everything else drops to the way side.

- However if I’m writing a scene and I find it really hard to nail down I do a couple of things: sleep, walk, listen to music, or text a friend. Usually that allow my mind enough space to wander and while it does that wandering I can usually puzzle out what I need to keep going.

19. What is the most-used tag on your ao3?

- probably angst and hurt/comfort. I live for the drama and I drink the tears of my sad boys.

26. Which of your fics would you call your wildest ride?

- my first ever fanfiction was a kingdom heart retelling of beauty and the beast where sora is forced to “dance” for Riku the best. His first performance was to hips don’t lie and was wearing the iconic orange outfit from that music video. And that’s all I’m gonna say about that.

41. Do you tend to reread fics or are you a one-and-done kind of person?

- I tend to drop fics before I finish them, shit attention span and I get bored, but if I do finish them I tend to reread them for years to come.

[pjunicornart]

Hi! Read this please!

Welcome to my playground! You'll mostly see art here, as I am an artist. This is your warning: I AM NOT STRICTLY SFW. I post whatever I feel like, and that includes NSFW art/potentially triggering artwork. Rest assured they will be tagged and marked properly.

My commissions are open! Before you request a commission from me, please refer to this post: here.

About roleplaying: Not currently looking to do that sort of thing. I might make a blog dedicated to that in the future. But for now, no roleplays, sorry!

Send me asks! I take requests, and I love answering questions!

Please use she/they pronouns when addressing me, and you can call me PJ or Rosey. I'm 20, queer (aroace), suspected autistic, and a huge chocoholic.

Right now I'm working on Student's Echoes, a take on the Undertale NaJ AU owned by Dreamy's Mess, with some extra l o r e. You can check out Student's Echoes here: @studentsechoes

On this blog, I am working on Researcher Lewis. A very dark, twisted version of Lewis from Meet the Robinsons. Yes, he will be connected to my other major project (Student's Echoes). How? You'll have to wait and see... This is Researcher Lewis' basic concept. (cw: vent art/disturbing imagery) (to find Researcher Lewis posts, use #researcher lewis)

I am also working on Pasteltale. A very dark - but brightly colored - Undertale AU. It's gonna be bright, gorey, grotesque... everything I love! It will mostly appear as still images with some small comics here and there. This is Pasteltale's basic concept. (to find Pasteltale posts, use #pasteltale)

Other minor things I have here: Vampireverse (my reboot) - I have a version of the Vampireverse originally created by someone I do not wish to name. A version where Jasper is part Siren, and in love with a village girl named Lucy. PJ's Daycare (my reboot) - A story more geared towards older/mature audiences, it follows PJ - a recovering addict sentenced to community service and reform via therapy. Along this journey, he discovers a lot about himself. Various Lewis AUs - I LOVE Meet the Robinsons, and its main character, Lewis. I make tons of AUs of Lewis, and may occasionally share them here. Unicornverse - Underverse. But they're magical sparkly unicorns. This is a self indulgent thing, to be honest.

Themed Playlists - I like making playlists around a certain character, ship, or theme. You can check them out on Spotify! (Names act as the link.) Calamitree - A playlist for Bradilo (Bradley x Milo) from Milo Murphy's Law. Featuring two distinct sides of the relationship. Freckles - A playlist themed around my reboot version of Lewis from Meet the Robinsons. Missing Summer with PJ - Doodling on the bus seats while wishing it were Summer is better than going to school, says PJ. (NaJ PJ themed playlist.) Subject 07 - He has every right to be miserable, but he has a lot of love to give. Rainbow Trinkets - Jam out with Kawaii Lewis with all of your best colorful accessories on!

My persona's name is Rosey, and you can find her reference sheet here. Use #rosey's log to find out more about her.

I have two besties on here. @arinthehunter and @thecrispykoala! They're dating each other, and I couldn't be happier for them. Arin specifically is not only helping me write for Student's Echoes, but she's also writing her own fanfiction over on AO3. Go to her blog for details~

Do not interact: MAP/MAP supporters (pedos get out), TERFs, queerphobic/LGBT-phobic, crpyto-bros/NFT supporters, proshippers, ableists, misogynists, white supremecists/pretty much anyone who doesn't support movements such as BLM, racists, super straights I want this blog to be free of hate, so take your ass and shove it. Content Warnings Researcher Lewis: Blood, gore, psychological horror, disturbing imagery, grotesque imagery, torture, dehumanization, abuse (all forms), needles, alcohol(?), drugs Pasteltale: Blood, gore (pastel variety), extreme violence, grotesque imagery Special note for minors: Posts that might be triggering or too explicit for you will be marked as mature or tagged with "tw" type tags. I am not responsible for anything that happens to you. You have read the warnings, it is your call whether you heed them or not. Scroll safely and cautiously.

Enjoy my playground! Please be civil!

[starssunsoftheinfinite]

MasterPost Please Read

─── ･ ｡ﾟ☆: *.☽ .* :☆ﾟ. ───

WRITTING REQUESTS {OPEN still working on that Loki fic but I'm now in a spot where I can fill in more requests while I do it! Might be a little slow though<3 my apologies}

ART REQUESTS {OPEN}

Full Fanfictions can be found posted separately here, as well as eventually a large collection of one-shots from Tumblr as I write them for ease of reading ☆

Who will I write for? {more to come}

☆MCU☆

Bucky Barnes/Winter Soldier {Please specify if you'd like WS Bucky}

Loki/Jotun Loki {Please specify if you'd like Jotun Loki to be canonical as in smaller than the usual frost giants or something more like the what if? Jotun loki}

Steve Rogers

Thor Odinson

Peter Parker

☆X-men☆

Erik lehnsherr

Scott Summers

Charles Xavier

Logan howlett

Alex Summers

Peter Maximoff

Kurt Wagner

Sean Cassidy

Remy Lebeau

☆The Witcher☆

Jaskier

Geralt

☆The Hobbit☆

Bilbo Baggins

Thorin Oakensheild

Fili

Kili

Thranduil

Legolas {Please specify if youd like Hobbit Legolas or LOTR Legolas}

Bard

☆The Lord of the Rings☆

Frodo Baggins

Samwise Gamgee

Pippin Took

Merry Brandybuck

Aragorn

Gimli

Legolas

Sauron {He would be portrayed in a physical form, please specify if you'd want your own description of him, please provide this in the ask, Sauron in his armor, Rings of Power Sauron, or the Sauron that's often depicted in fanart E.G the long blonde hair ect}

Elrond

Lindir

☆Castlevania☆

Alucard

Trevor

Would you write for ships?

Yes! Nothing incestuous {that includes thorki} or with questionable dynamics/age differences {e.g tony stark and peter parker} though.

Even if it's an obscure ship or a rare pare such as Loki and Bucky or something like that I'm willing to give it a go.

I will write ships for all the fandoms I have in my Bio.

Do you write x readers?

Yes! If you don't specify what gender you'd like them to be for, I will always go for completely neutral {Please message me if you notice any slip-ups that give the reader a gender identity in these fics!}

I'll happily write for Cis men, Nonbinary{transmasc or transfem}, Agender, Genderfluid, Transmen, or any other identity you'd like to be written about.

However, I don't feel comfortable writing Female readers, my apologies.

When requesting a trans reader, please specify things that you want to be mentioned such as does the reader wear a binder, have top surgery, or neither? Bottom surgery? Hormone therapy? etc... If any of these aren't specified I will do my best to keep the language either neutral or on the more masculine side for Transmasc or Transman readers {E.G referring to the genitalia as a dick in smut fics if needed whether they have surgery or not}

What kinds of things can I ask for in smutfics?

Im open to writing most kinks.

I WONT WRITE {more things to be added as time goes on}

age play {in nonsexual situations its fine}

race play

excessive food play {I'll write it lightly but I dont like to get too into it}

Non-con or dubious consent {this includes if both of either character is intoxicated in some way}

Urine play

Scat fetishes

Fart play

I will not write the use of slurs during sexual interactions

Can I be given a nickname if I want to ask anonymously but still want you to know it's me?

Of course! Just request a nickname or emoji/symbol to be used for you and Ill add you to a list I have to make sure only one person has that nickname.

Taken sign offs - 💚

─── ･ ｡ﾟ☆: *.☽ .* :☆ﾟ. ───

If you have any questions please send them in my ask box

[baraxolkarts]

I've been engrossed in various forms of art since my childhood (more like a jack of all trades), and the Internet only amplified it. Drawing, video games, fanfiction, it all became a part of my life, moving me forward and giving me it's meaning

my interest in psychology also played a part in how I observe people's motivation behind what they're doing. And of course, with this combination I can't help but adore just how different people are

for some, art is a living; for others it's a therapy or the means to express themselves, or many many more. It's just so fascinating, because you can tell, or at least guess, what kind of person is someone

there are messy sketches. Neat sketches. Colored or not, full pieces or abandoned WIPs for a reason or not

but the most interesting I find writing. Does an author write on a whim or carefully explores their world, characters and story? Do they use complex, flowery language or simple words? Maybe the text is not so simple after all because it's full of hidden meanings, self-awareness and other meta? Who knows if not the author himself, and we as readers are the ones to descipher it

this is what makes art, people and their motivations so unique. So please, don't stop creating!

[cinhomi]

rora!! please take writing at your own pace and don't apologize for taking time, you're not obligated to churn out pieces of writing. we like you for who you are and not just the content you produce <3 I also went through the same thing recently and went off tumblr for a while because I was feeling so guilty for not writing more like other writers, and only when I took a long break off writing did I finally start slowly touching writing because I wanted to start telling stories again, even if it wasn't stuff other people wanted to see. so please please take everything at your own pace and don't pressure yourself <3

- titracha nonnie <3

mhmh, I know bubs, I know...

I write because I want to, because I enjoy it, but most of all because it's a form of therapy for me. even when I took a break from it all I still produced poetry (in my language ofc) and frangments of thoughts. I like it, I like creating, I like living in my imagination more than reality, art in general lets me do that. I started this blog to distract myself after something bad happened between me and a person I really cared for; I wanted to use this system again to cope and not think about it but I realized I still love writing even if the language barrier doesn't let me put words together with the same exact meaning or the same intention I originally had.

I just... thought about what I did before and my production was far more meaningful, suggestive, it left a mark, I had my own style and for as much as it may seem like I'm being presumptuous, I was more successful in the past when I actually put my feelings in what I was doing. I was well known among a lot of writers, I was admired, praised, and today I actually don't care about that but I see a difference.

I'm starting to draw with meaning again, too. I'm painting with passion and desire and love. I'd like to do all this with my precious stories too, even if they are fanfictions, even if I write to fake being in the arms of a man that doesn't know I exist.

thank you for this message nonnie. I know I shouldn't apologize, I'll try to stop, it's a bit annoying isn't it?

[damiannasworld]

Whoever dares to say fanfiction isn't "real writing" can fuck off and kiss my ass. 💀 Sorry for the bad language but this genuinely makes me upset. Fanfic is a true form of art and it requires a lot of creativity and effort. Still people do it for free without getting any profit. Through fanfic both writers and readers can go through all kinds of emotions and issues, it's almost like free therapy. I'd like to sincerely thank every single writer in this fandom. 💚 Your creations have saved many of my darkest days. They've made me laugh, cry and experience a whole rollercoaster of emotions. Never let the opinions of a few dumbasses stop you from writing. Thank you, I love you all! 🤗

I know that some people think fanfiction is a waste of time and is not real writing, and that's fine, but don't then come to me and tell me I should think that because the fact of the matter is, the only thing stopping me from falling into an abyss that I will never return from, is my writing.

Nobody actually knows just how close I am to that edge, but I have a writing schedule and unfinished stories and people who have used my writing as their own way of helping themselves in their own lives so nobody tell me its not real writing when it is literally the one thing keeping my mental health buoyed just enough to keep the air in my lungs.

If that ain't real then nothing is.

[rae-is-typing]

Please Read: Thoughts on Narrative Therapy and Anon Hate

Hello. 

I’m writing this post because I have some thoughts that I want to share. If you have any issues with this post, take it up with me. Leave Tiffany out of it. She did not ask me to write this. I asked her if it was okay, she said yes. They read it over and told me it was okay to post.

TL;DR at the bottom (I will be going to bed soon, so I may not respond as swiftly as you or I would like).

Content warning: swearing, talk of Roe v Wade being overturned and the implications that has for many other civil rights precedents, talk about triggers and content warnings, I got called some pretty creative albeit dehumanizing names, narrative therapy is discussed. Please let me know if I should add anything else. Screenshots at the bottom.

I received this while I was at work:

“You are the lowest subspecies of human for telling that anon that THEIR REAL LIFE FEELINGS ABOUT ACTIVELY HAVING THEIR RIGHTS STRIPPED AWAY is stupid because you like to romacticize our real life struggles with abortions and getting access to one with cute little anime boys. Stop protecting fictional writing when it’s actively harmful to the people effected by this law. You are actually the lowest scum beneath a womans shows if you think that’s an appropriate response - someone who actually aborted”

This was the catalyst for this post I guess. But before I move onto my response for that, I want to address a couple of things. 

First and foremost, I want to apologize about my harsh delivery on the reblog before this. There was a much better way to communicate my thoughts and I should have taken a step back before reacting. In the future, I will do my best to collect my thoughts and articulate them appropriately. With that being said, I stand by my message. This leads me to the larger issue and what I really want to talk about: using writing as a means of processing trauma, emotions, and current events. This is completely okay and healthy. It’s a form of narrative therapy and is incredibly beneficial to those who utilize it. Posting these works on one’s own blog is perfectly acceptable. If you don’t like it, you can block the blog and go. You are not obligated to stay on someone’s blog if you don’t like the content. Similarly, no one else is responsible for your triggers. As long as the art/post/whatever has proper content and trigger warnings before the potentially triggering content, then it is up to the viewer of said content to determine whether or not they wish to proceed. 

Going back to narrative therapy… plenty of writers, myself included, use writing as a means to process stressors, trauma, feelings, anything we need to process. We are allowed to post what we want when we want as long as we follow community guidelines. Given the recent decision by the supreme court, it isn’t unreasonable that writers process this awful news via writing. This is exactly what my good friend Tiffany did (She uses she/they pronouns by the way). They posted some headcanons that have since been privatized. She got some anons that were clearly unhappy with what they posted, which is what led me to reblog with such intensity. 

They claimed the post was tone deaf and asked what was wrong with her. After my reblog, I tried to see where they were coming from. Tiffany, someone who is impacted by the Supreme Court’s shitty ruling, posted headcanons about the Haikyuu characters supporting human rights with proper content warnings, a description, and a cut off with the “read more” option. I can see why folks would think her post odd if they haven’t been involved in spaces like fanfiction blogs. However, this was posted by someone who had been on Tumblr for a year and (as far as I know) has posted fanfiction for that entire year. The anon must have either sought it out or was sent it by someone that did, meaning they had some prior exposure to spaces in which fanfiction is shared and consumed. This is an assumption, of course, I don’t know this for a fact, but I think this is the most likely scenario. It is incredibly common for writers and other creators to post things related to their personal lives and current events. All of that to say, in no way was Tiffany’s post tone deaf. Colloquially, tone deaf means that someone lacks empathy, is out of touch with society, or oblivious or ignorant to challenges a group they aren’t part of face. In my opinion, the headcanons lacked no empathy, were very relevant, and lined up with the most recent injustice us uterus owners face. It’s also very frustrating that the anons automatically assumed that both Tiffany and I aren’t part of the group that is being subjugated. Both of us are, and neither of us are shy about it. 

Okay, now I’m finally moving on to the above message. I am going to go bit by bit because I can.

“You are the lowest subspecies of human”

Thank you

“You are the lowest subspecies of human for telling that anon that THEIR REAL LIFE FEELINGS ABOUT ACTIVELY HAVING THEIR RIGHTS STRIPPED AWAY is stupid”

I didn’t do this. The term “tone deaf” doesn't fit the situation and I don’t see how it does. 

“you like to romacticize our real life struggles”

I’m fairly certain that you don’t think I have a uterus. I do. This does impact me. 

The term “romanticize” implies that I’m making an undesirable (read: terrible, abusive, oppressive) situation desirable. Again, I didn’t do this; Tiffany didn’t either.

“Stop protecting fictional writing when it’s actively harmful to the people effected by this law”

Again, I am affected by this law. I don’t see how this post is harmful. Someone please explain or elaborate so I can understand. Some of your other asks make it seem like you believe only women are impacted. This isn’t the case. Anyone with a uterus is impacted. The overturning of Roe vs Wade poses a serious threat to Obergefell vs Hodges, Lawrence vs Texas, Loving vs Virginia, hell, one of the senators from Texas wanted to go after Brown vs Board of Education. 

“You are actually the lowest scum beneath a womans shows if you think that’s an appropriate response”

Thank you

This is the comment I was referring to, as well as others from Tiffany’s page that I’ll provide screenshots from. “...REAL LIFE women…”

“-someone who actually aborted”

From the bottom of my heart, I am sorry that you had to go through this. I can only imagine the stress and pain you had to go through, and I hope that you find the healing and peace you deserve.

Now, I want to take a look at the other asks. In one of them, you say “I wish you well” which is interesting because you also said “Get some fucking professional psychiatric help, your brain is clearly rotted…” and “you’re all fucking morons.” I find it disgusting that you are so willingly using needing psychiatric help as a way to discredit and insult someone who did nothing wrong. That’s really fucked up. Do better.

Something I found especially frustrating was the lack of elaboration in all of the asks. If examples were given about how I romanticize the situation, how they were harmful, the consequences of the headcanons Tiffany posted, and the message behind your words, I would be more than happy to reflect on a new perspective and grow as a person. As of now, to me, it seems like you just want to yell at someone. That’s valid as fuck, I need to yell at someone or something too sometimes. However, this isn’t the place to do it. Especially to someone as kind and as supportive as Tiffany.

It’s also very frustrating that you aren’t even trying to understand where Tiffany or I are coming from when you demand that we see your side while insulting and dehumanizing us. Expecting us to be willing to hear someone out that tells us we’re scum, we have no brain, we aren’t fully human, we’re morons, etc is utterly ridiculous. 

Some other thoughts: critiquing and criticizing art is fine and often encouraged. What isn’t encouraged, or shouldn’t be, is insulting people then getting angry when they respond in kind and shitting on people using narrative therapy when it's not causing harm. (Again, I’ve tried very hard to see their side, but I haven’t been able to. If this is an issue, please explain how they were causing harm and I will gladly reevaluate and grow). If you have a personal issue, then block and delete, baby. It’s free and will make both of us happier.

TL;DR: Narrative therapy is valid as fuck. If you don’t like someone’s content, then just fucking leave. Don’t demand understanding while calling people morons… just don’t. Please elaborate further whenever you leave an ask claiming something. 

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