#I DON'T KNOW BECAUSE I CAN'T TELL IF THIS IS LEGITAMATE

[vellichorom]

imagine having proship dni in bio and then having LITERAL PROSHIP MEDIA like dangan ronpa as ur interests. cringe. if ur gonna be against problematic fiction the least you can do is stay consistent xoxoxo

this sounds exactly like what i would wake up to in one of my groupchats followed by a " drink a caprisun ugnli "

[csvent-2]

https://www.tumblr.com/csvent-2/755875433859465216/first-of-all-english-is-not-my-first-language?source=share Apologies to the mod for how beaten this topic is, but this particular anon's ask irritates me. Most CS events typically aren't like artfight, we're not usually attacking anyone to gain an in-game currency point (unless it's a pre-set event, but they're not common). It's why both writing and artwork is usually allowed. Appraisals don't have anything to do with writing for CS events. So what if you don't usually get an appraisal value for writing? That still doesn't de-legitamize writing as a respected art form. And shit, even the mod here said they've seen writing appraisals before, so it does exist, even if only rarely. I'd also like to counterpoint your counterpoint about bullshitting: in my opinion, you can bullshit both. Maybe I'll get flack for this, but in the various different CS communities I'm in, I've seen some subpar artwork that is very much not polished, made at the last second, and they still get a point. A visual artist is going to find artwork easier to "bullshit" than writing (that's me, I find it easier to bullshit than writing), and you're going to have writers that find it easier to bullshit writing than artwork. "Spelling tools" and "grammar checks" don't make your writing good, and having a "speech to write" program doesn't either. Summing it up so simply like this is insulting as fuck, you clearly have no understanding of what goes into good writing. And what's so different than a writer having these tools VS a visual artist who has different pre-made brush types/textures, or gradient maps that do the color-scheming for you? How about modeling apps so that you get your anatomy right? That makes visual art SO much easier to make, you can't condemn writers for having tools when visual artists do, too. In regards to AI: so what if it's a bit easier to spot visual AI artwork vs AI writing? That doesn't mean we should ban the entire genre. It's getting harder to tell AI art, too, do you want to take it further and ban art as well, just incase? And what do you mean "fanfiction doesn't sell?" Have you ever heard of "Fifty Shades of Grey?" You know, that Twilight fanfiction that became a popular series all on its own? What about the fanzines the other anon mentioned? Or people who WRITE THEIR OWN BOOKS AND PUBLISH THEM? Because most people's writings about their OCs isn't fanart anyways. They could absolutely write and publish their own works. Lastly, who cares if there are no written adopts, that's not the point. The point is that people want to be able to write about their characters for prompts or CS events. Is it really that fucking hard to let them have their own category, or for mods to take the time to read something? Thanks for reading.

I think this is the perfect end to the topic.

My stance is and always will be that writing is art and writers deserve their work to be able to be shared in CS/ARPGs. Thanks to all anons who provided very well thought out responses.

Any additional writing debate messages that aren’t already in my inbox at the time of me queueing this post will be deleted, the topic has run its course.

[compassionatereminders]

my sister is really bugging me lately. My dad says that I shouldn't let the way she treats him bug me, but it pisses me the fuck off tbh. She's fourteen and I recognize that that's young and that she's still growing up and she's not an adult, but it still feels like she's old enough to know better than to treat people with complete disrespect. The worst part is that when she gets herself into fights with someone else or causes a new problem or does something rude, she genuinely seems to think she's in the right and if you try to have a conversation she gets pissed off. She's so bad that when my dad went to talk to her a week ago, my eight year old sister literally said "i'm worried about daddy" and when I asked why she said it was because other sister gets in fights a lot and she was scared she was gonna hurt my dad. (She didn't, though she did yell at my dad who has never once hit any of us to hit her because he was confronting her about something she did and I think she wanted an excuse to say she'd call the cops? That's the literal only explanation I can think of, because I've heard her tell her to hit him so she could call the cops before, a few years ago.) Anyway that's not entirely relevant but it's just like she gets mad if someone wont do something for her and acts like no one loves her and I do feel bad for her because I know she's had breakdowns feeling like no one loves her from fights happening or from someone not wanting to be around her or hang out with her but the thing is while I do feel bad, no one owes her their time and when she acts like that, she can't really expect it. Like the eight year old, who she loves to flat out yell at when the eight year old just says something rude, and then defends herself by saying that she should be allowed to defend herself (which is not what anyone is saying when they point it out, we're just pointing out that her full on yelling at an eight year old who is much younger and wasn't screaming at her anyway isn't okay), will walk away from her because she's being rude and 14 year old will start yelling and complain to dad that no one likes her. But I feel like if even my 8 year old sister is realizing to just walk away from the situations instead of engaging because she's just so tired of it, that really says something about the consistency of these things. But anyway, all that said, basically I don't want to be in my sisters life at all (14 year old). Like she has redeeming moments but it's not enough with everything else. The other day she was rude to me and like 40 minutes later when we saw each other again, she said "name, I love you," I guess to move on from it and that's more maturity than she normally has, but I just feel like that's not enough. Like it's reaching out and it's nice but it's sure as hell not an apology or even an admission of guilt and since then she's caused more problems, with me and in general. So yeah I just genuinely don't want to be around her. Like I'm at a point where I'm like, maybe in a few years if she's a better person, I could forge a good relationship with her, but even if she became a million times better over night, being aound her and trying to be super friendly (I can be decently nice just fine even if it's a little annoying when things go unaddressed) right now or any time soon isn't something I want. Like I legitamately don't think she deserves my time and also she just makes me so miserable and I can't really explain this next part but just being around her doesn't FEEL nice even when she's being nice or better (which never last past the first slight disagreement. but even if it did).

But I'm legitamately afraid, too, because I know that most of my other sisters are also at that point with her (I have a lot of sisters, and 2 of them I don't think are done with her, one goes back and forth and the other I think is chill with her but I don't think they talk much) and I know that that adds to her feelings of isolation and feeling unloved and unwanted but like the thing is it's her actions that caused it and I feel like I shouldn't have to feel bad for her because she's created the situation she's in but she seems to legitamately not see that and I'm just fucking terrified because I know she has issues with depression and I know that she has self harmed before and I'm afraid that the isolation and those negative feelings could lead to something really bad. So I feel like telling people yeah it's okay to distance yourself from her and doing it myself could end badly and that just worries me because I don't want that for anyone and at the end of the day I do care about her and also I wouldn't want to see how that would affect my dad because he loves her so much but I also don't want to be around her and I don't think it's wrong to say to my sisters who have distanced themselves from her that they're not doing anything wrong and I am going to tell my eight year old sister that it's okay to walk away when she's being mean (not from the whole relationship, she wouldn't want to anyway, but just from the fights) even if it upsets 14 year old sister more. But about my distancing myself and what I feel like is holding a grudge which also makes me feel bad, I feel like a bad person for doing it when I know how she's feeling. And I know that she genuinely feels the way she does but at the same time I also feel like my dad keeps getting manipulated by it bc she does feel that way but she brings it up any time she's in trouble and then all of the sudden he's comforting her and feeling bad for saying anything. She also jokingly says 'oh so you don't love me' when she asks for something and my dad says no and that would be fine but she keeps insisting about whatever she wants after she says that and it'd be so much less annoying if it wasn't for how often she says it and for all the background information about her saying similar things in situations that I'm sure she does feel them but that make him feel bad for just parenting. But anyway sorry for the rant I know that's ridiculously wrong and you don't have to respond but I needed to get that out lol

I think your frustration and anger and hurt is completely valid, but I also don't think we can disregard that she is 14 and having mental health issues. So avoid her when you can and call her out when you have the energy and try not to feel bad about it, because you are allowed to have limits and boundaries. But maybe don't write her off completely while she is still in the early stages of puberty. There's a good chance this is a phase or at least something she can grow out of at a later point. Not that you are obligated to be there with zero concerns if she does. Being 14 excuses a lot of things, but not this level of consistent manipulation and disregard

[aemiron-main]

Hey!! I just wanna say that i adore your analysis posts!!! Like your brain!!!!?? How do you even think of these???/pos

Literally adore how detailed and thouroghly explained these are, and the fact that you pay so much attention and thought to mike's character is honestly so nice. (He's my favorite character and not a lot of people appreciate his complexity like you do)

Your recent post about my mike's guilt over his queerness made me lost my mind man!!! Literally like JAIL JAIL

Thinking about how like Mike feels a sort of guilt for his feelings for Will. AND OMG the way you said that "him asking Will he's the bad guy cause he doesn't why either" IS SO GOOD!!!! CAUSE YES!! if you're don't look into it deep enough, it sort of comes off as condescending or retorical, but Mike is LEGITAMATELY ASKING THAT!!! HE DOESN'T KNOW!! He feels so helpless that at this point, he's rather Will just blame it on him cause he doesn't even know what's done wrong!!!

The thing with the wheeler's household is like you said!! "They don't tell each other what they've done wrong!!" And that's so important when it comes to your kids, cause they NEED to know what they've done wrong, you NEED to tell them in order for them to learn and grow as a person.

But they don't do that, so that manifests as smth that Mike has, which is just unrelentless guilt for everything regardless of what he thinks is his fault or not cause even if it wasn't obvious, it still is right?, he thinks that everything he does is to blame. Because then what else?? He doesn't know how to recognize faults cause he's never been taught to!!

It's always "you should know better" and people expect him to know what's he done wrong instead of COMMUNICATING!!! and so he internalizes that which makes it even worst.

Cause now it's not "Oh i'm to blame for everything" now it's "I'm to blame for everything AND i can't even figure WHY either"

Anyways i'm rambling and probably not making sense, but like it was fun rambling about him. LOVE YOUR POSTS KEEP IT UP!! :DD

AAAAAAAAAAAA HELLO ANON OMG THANK YOU SO MUCH!! THATS SO SWEET OF YOU!! i honestly have no idea how i think of it, the spirit of stranger things just possesses me and then i black out and write analysis LMAO (seriously though my brain just loves spotting patterns and i love analysis and sometimes i just stare at random screenshots/scenes until my brain puts some random puzzle piece together)! AND THANK YOU AGAIN OMG??? IM SO GLAD YOU THINK I APPRECIATE HIS COMPLEXITY BC I LOVE HIM SM TOO HIM AND WILL ARE MY FAVES AND JUST AAAAAA!!! <3 <3 <3

ABJFFJBH IM SORRY IM TAKING MYSELF IN!! LOCKING MYSELF UP FOR THAT POST!! AND YES YES YOU SEE THE VISION YES MIKE IS LEGIT ASKING THAT AND IT ALMOST SEEMS CONDESCENDING BUT HES BEING GENUINE!! And the fact that will can't even give him an answer?? No wonder mike's so upset after that- will's unintentionally doing the same thing that mike's parents do, he's not answering Mike when mike asks what he did wrong. But will doesn't realize that mike's genuinely asking, he just thinks that mike's being snarky because he doesn't KNOW that mike DID try to call!! AND YES EXACTLY!!! KIDS NEED TO KNOW!! And yes yes YES you're so right about mike's guilt!! He's never been taught to recognize fault in the proper way, YES, that's such a good way of putting it!!!

"It's always "you should know better" and people expect him to know what's he done wrong instead of COMMUNICATING!!! and so he internalizes that which makes it even worst." EXACTLY!!! EXACTLY!! PEOPLE EXPECT HIM TO KNOW BETTER BUT NOBODYS EVER TAUGHT HIM!! YES!! "Cause now it's not "Oh i'm to blame for everything" now it's "I'm to blame for everything AND i can't even figure WHY either"" EXACTLY YES AGAIN TOTALLY!!! And in his mind, if he can't figure out WHY, then he can't figure out how to FIX IT either- which leads down a dangerous road of seeing himself as inherently the problem like his existence as the problem and so then the only way to fix his existence is to end it. AAA YOU MAKE TONS OF SENSE!! I LOVE UR THOUGHTS!!! and thank you so much i will DEFINITELY keep the posts up!! <3 <3 <3