#I don't intend to talk about what I do irl. my business is my own. but just know that I support palestinians with every fiber of my being

[heartbeetz]

As people who took a break from regular selfship posting for March 2nd start to come back online and pick up where they left off, I just want to leave a little reminder. Please do not ever stop caring about people in Gaza. Do things in real life, not just online. Talk to people. Help how you can. Show support. Learn and retain. Don't let Palestine or the genocide leave the public consciousness. Not now. Not ever.

[straitjacketzz]

HAVE YOU EVER DRAWN THESE GUYS?

Sooooo idek where to begin with this. I'll start by saying that yes I contacted Rebornica/Bones/Voltergeist and bought two of their old FNAF au designs. Those being Scott/Phone Guy and Jeremy. Before I get into anything I feel like I'm obligated to address Volt's past and let it be known that I do not Care about a mentally ill teenager faking other disorders or aggressively yelling at people to stop copying them or whatever other overdramatic thing they did like a decade ago and I don't think buying from them is anywhere near comparable to "supporting problematic people" compared other designers who are like homophobic or whatever the fuck else, and I'm not here to talk about or argue about "the ethics" of me giving Volt money. So jot that down before you even start typing.

I'm here to ask if anyone here has drawn art of Scott/Phone Guy and Jeremy so that i may save it and add it to their toyhouse galleries. You'll see they both currently have like 100 pieces in their galleries right now but I know that's not even scratching the surface. Theres just so much of it It's overwhelming to look for. Theres also issues of these designs being so popular to the point of people making their Own personal redesigns of them. And it starts to muddy up which art belongs to me or not. This isnt toooo much of a big deal with Jeremy as the giant "?" on his face makes him pretty distinct and easily recognizable as The Guy That I Own. But this becomes a problem with Phone Guy specifically. He is... pretty much The design that everyone draws him as regardless of if they intend for it to be Rebornica fanart or not. People use this design in their own AUs, people use this design as their own OC. Theres so so so so so much art of people labeling their art as "heres my phone guy design!" and its just the Rebornica design. And I don't feel comfortable or really have the heart to save anything that people consider to be theirs even if its literally the design that I own x__x It's just a bit hard when you own a design that is considered canon enough to a real video game to the point where people just. Take him. and there's nothing I can do about that. And it's not something that upsets me tbh because I knew this was an issue when I Bought him. Literally all I want to know is what art I can or can't save and upload to their archives lmao. So I figured asking people to send me their art directly would help reduce the chance of me just taking someone else's art that they didn't intend to be My phone guy. Not even counting the fact that a popular FNAF fan game called Dayshift At Freddy's has their own version of phone guy that ALSO had the red rotary phone head but wears a black business suit. So, any art of That One isnt mine.

But anyway yeah! And just know i'm looking for literally anything involving these guys. Digital art, traditional art, gifs, animations, physical/irl art, doodles, comics, fanfic, cosplays you made, even weird misc stuff like ponytown designs for them, literally anything and everything!!

also because i keep getting asked about it, Vincent, shadow vincent, mike, vendetta, mahogany, faith, captain, vex, sheriff, fritz, hocus, and boss have also all been sold and multiple different people own these guys now. and for vincents owner specifically, i will not be giving out their username as they Do Not Want To Be Contacted About It.

im cross-posting this on multiple websites so feel free to reach out anywhere where its most convenient for you. reblogs are appreciated for reach

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[badedramay]

There’s an entire thread on a fb group I’m in that’s hating on Yunhi. Don’t get me wrong—the drama has its fair share of problems.

However, what surprises me is how the people in this fb group don’t even consider that character development could be a thing? Like for example, dada’s misogynistic af advice to Daood about marriage is terrible, but Daood clearly seemed uncomfortable with it. Yet a good portion of that thread is talking about how backwards Dada is (which I agree with) but how the drama is backwards for showing Daood agreeing to treat his wife like that. Are we watching the same show? Does nobody think that Daood will take his grandfather’s words and finally refuse to do something he’s been told to do? Same with Kim — do people really think she’ll stay exactly the same character she was in episode 1? She’s already changing.

It is a *flawed* drama but I feel like the qaum doesn’t know the concept of character development exists unless it’s a toxically alpha male falling for a woman and acting 0.6% less alpha.

I was actually very against Maya when she said that people need to watch the entire drama before casting judgment but now I think she’s right. We have leads who are developing but it’s like no one sees that—just takes everything at face value.

I feel like..90% of the people who get on the internet to discuss PakDramas don't actually know how to really discuss them. This is just me speaking from my experience but I have seen that only a handful of people first accept the drama for what it IS before commenting on it. This is the first step of having any objective opinion on a drama. But many MANY people completely disregard the first step and jump on the next which warrants the response of, "are we even watching the same show?"

Because clearly we aren't. Yunhi is flawed, I get it. The writing in the initial episodes demanded quite a lot of suspension of disbelief. However, it has settled down now. 10 episodes is a good enough point for a drama to fully establish its mood, style, and characters. It took me taking a break from the drama, getting back to it with full intention of not letting my own notions overshadow what the drama is trying to say to fully get into the drama. But for a good chunk of the internet audience they haven't been able to let go of their initial notions.

On twt an America based "reviewer" simply cannot get over Kim's characterization. She's too busy being personally offended at someone like Kim representing American born Pakistanis that she cannot see her character beyond that. I guess that's the same for the people who are hating on Dada for being a misogynist. They simply cannot see beyond their own need to have characters that can be neatly packaged into "black" and "white" to realize that people Dada's age and belonging to the social class he does and enjoying the position of the patriarch in the family and ESPECIALLY having benefited from generational misogyny WILL most certainly act the way he does. Does that make him a villain or a bad person? NO! of course not. being misogynist is a flaw and of course in an ideal world we'd want characters to be fully rid of this flaw but misogyny is also the most prevalent truth of our society. there are countless people we know irl that are misogynist but we won't call them villains cuz apart from this one flaw, they are alright human beings.

Another thing, and Maya was completely right in pointing that out, is that no one allows a drama to play out. A weekly drama with avg 25 episodes will not reveal ALL its cards in the first episode. It won't introduce a conflict and resolve it in the same episode. yes, what it can do is that it'll give a hit about the path the drama intends to take when the conflict is introduced. which is what Yunhi DID in the episode. the major takeaway from the episode was: Dawood being advised by both his Dada and his friends to be the typical "man"; to exert his "supremacy" and show "raub" to Kim right from the beginning. We see Dawood not fully comfortable with the idea BUT giving it a try anyway. Why? cuz Dawood is already feeling out of depth with this sudden decision thrust upon him. He's feeling helpless. for him to take his Dada's advice was him trying to gain some semblance of control back.

look at the terrace scene. look at Dawood's body language. he comes there and stands with his arms behind his back in a "dominant" pose. he rattles off his usual "you so badtameez, you so arrogant" rant. Kim is completely disinterested in all that; it's nothing she hasn't heard before. she coolly dismisses him. Dawood tries to take the control back. NOW THAT BIT. Dawood reaching out to hold her hand.

"Itni asaani se yahan se jaane nahin dunga."

That's what he says but look at how he cannot see her in the eyes when saying that. that was him showing his discomfort as he tried to exert his dominance. and people think THIS Dawood will take his Dada's advice to heart and will start being all "mard" with Kim?? Kim is shocked at his action and she's angry. still, she holds her ground. she reminds him that she'll do whatever she pleases.

"Aur khabardar mujhe meri ijazat ke bagair kabhi haath lagaya."

This is where she really gets angry. Just listen to how she spits out those words, just look at the way she's glaring at him. She's mad at being treated like this, she's offended at being thought of as someone who'll be okay with this kind of manhandling. Right as she says it, Dawood lets go of her hand. Because in Kim's glare Dawood is reminded of this very simple fact that what matters in a relationship is not the dominance of a man, but the consent of the partner. It's not an ideal Dawood will be TAUGHT by Kim - it's an ideal that he already HAS. but in the kind of partriarchal household Dawood lives in, he hasn't seen these ideals as examples around him. so he had a momentary lapse in judgement because of his need to gain control back.

One doesn't need a phd in neuroscience to understand this. all they need is a mere acceptance of characters as they ARE instead of how you'd WISH them to be. Yunhi is still one of the better examples of dramas where at least the characters backgrounds are so clear that their actions can be justified. there's not clashing contrast of how a character behaves vs what their background is. Dada is a patriarch so he'll preach about the misogyny that has benefited him all his life. Naveed, despite spending half his life in America, is still a man who never forgot his roots and is aware of how the ideals of his homeland will not change so it's better to let them be instead of trying to change them. Kim being a product of a liberal country who has seen examples of people cutting off their entire families when their ideals don't match will of course question the way of life that's in Dawood's house. For her, cutting ties and moving away is a very real possibility. For Dawood, it isn't. it's something they'll have to learn and accept about each other AS THE STORY PROGRESSES.

Kim hasn't changed; initially she was just baffled after coming in an environment that was nothing like she has ever witnessed. She brought her own prejudices to the table and was judging the family based on THAT instead of what they were (guess who else does it?) but she kept an open mind. just look at how she reacts whenever Dawood patiently tries to explain his side of the situation to her. she never dismisses him outright. she listens to what he has to say and then either accepts it, questions it until she gets a satisfactory answer, or lets the matter drop entirely because it's not worth her energy to argue with a wall. but she LISTENS. she's open to understanding this family and all she expects them is to understand her in return. that's it. that's the whole show.

ironically our audience doesn't realize that. they don't see this as a drama of two worlds colliding. heck, they don't see it as a DRAMA which has to spread out its story and reveal it in chunks of 36 minutes over the course of 25ish weeks. because Yunhi HAS a story. it has rich characters with layers to explore in them. and all of that will happen in due time.

Maya has talked about Yunhi being a story of how a husband supports his wife. and Dawood has every indication of being that kind of husband. Kim and Dawood, despite their rocky start, have a established relationship where they TALK and LISTEN to each other. i am most positively looking forward to that playing out. but where oh WHERE is the requirement that for this story to work out the characters have to be flawless?????????????????? they can't be all 10 across the board. not just in this drama but literally in every story ever. no one is saying Yunhi is the bestest writtten most perfect drama to ever exist but good lord, this drama is still farrrrrr better than the current on-air lot which are basically a confused mishmash with no coherent style or direction and most definitely lacking in that importance BALANCE which make any drama entertaining.

[seelestia]

「 # 𝐒𝐇𝐎𝐏 𝐁𝐑𝐎𝐂𝐇𝐔𝐑𝐄! 」

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i write using second POV (you/yours) and portray my reader as gender-neutral using they/them pronouns. i mostly write romantic content for male characters. although i may not write for female characters, i still love and appreciate them ^^.

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[orieriee]

One Piece High school AU part 1

Author's note: Remember this? I was going to make this a series but considering how busy I am irl because of my studies and all, I decided to drop this, I'm so sorry guys ಥ_ಥ I also kinda lost interest in the plot since it's kinda boring in my opinion when I re-read the episodes I have written, it's kinda long since I intended it to be a slow burn for Law, you and Ace. And I don't have the time to upload and I don't like my work to hang "unfinished". And so again I am sorry for dropping this series but I'll provide a plot summary on what happened in this series. Enjoy!

Masterlist

So what happened between you, Ace, and Law?

Oh here's the relationship between the characters if you haven't seen it yet (tap the underlined words)

Summary! Y/N was invited to join a national science competition and will be grouped up with the top student guy, Trafalgar Law and the first-year student, Tony Tony Chopper. They'll work together as a team for 6 months to make a research and win the competition. On the other hand, Ace, who has been best friends with Y/N since middle school, is slowly realizing his feelings towards a Y/N. How will the scene play out? Is Y/N going to fall for either of them?

Disclaimer! I do not own any of the characters except for a few that I'll be introducing later. All of the One Piece characters belong to Eiichiro Oda as the creator of One Piece. I only own the story plot/headcanons of this work of fiction.

Modern plot, highschool AU, headcanon type, it should be gn! reader but if I made a mistake by using she/her pronouns during the story, forgive me ಥ_ಥCharacters' ages are different from the original to fit the story.

Written and published by orieriee on tumblr. Please do not copy or repost in any other platform.

Ok so first of all, I'm going to divide this into sections and I might make a part 2 if I feel like this is too long

I'll explain the plot based on the timeline

I feel like I should start with Law, since you and him sort of have something going on before all of this

Before the competition, you and Law sort of know each other as the "person who often comes to the library to study"

You guys sort of see each other like "oh, this person goes to the library a lot, I've seen them dozens of time"

You guys usually sit close to each other in the library not on purpose but naturally

But you guys never talked to each other, just quietly observing

As for Ace, well he's been friends with you since middle school but he never really saw you as someone more than friends

You're just like his sibling to him and there was no physical attraction whatsoever

At least that was what he thought everytime he's with you

It stays that way until someone teased him about you and him being together that he starts to be aware of his feelings

So for the competition, it's a team competition and your team consists of Law and Chopper

At this point, there was a one-sided misunderstanding between you and Law

I should tell you now that your (adopted) brother, Lycus, likes to pick you up from school

And one time, after you guys had your briefing with Marco and were about to go home, Lycus was waiting outside of school, in a motorcycle (he gives me hot brother sort of vibes, and remember that adult Hitsugaya Toshiro is casted as Lycus)

You walked ahead and Lycus patted your head before giving you a helmet

So Law, who didn't know you two were siblings, thought you were dating

It's not until Shachi pointed it out that you are the sibling of the infamous nobel prize winner who came from our school, Lycus

You and Law haven't developed into crushes yet, just tiny attraction since you guys will see each other a lot

Meanwhile, Ace's feelings started to bubble up from that one time you gave him a clip

You saw his hair was growing a bit longer up front and you gave him a clip to clip his hair up so it doesn't get into his face

Ace didn't know how to use a clip so you did it for him

Somehow, letting you ruffling his hair and clipping it on place made his heart flutter for some reason

It's because it feels like being patted on the head

Going back to Law, one weekend, you went to the bookstore to check out some books that you like

One of them was the new germa 66 series that just came out

Guess who you met

Law (of course 🙄)

Who was reading the sypnosis of the germa 66 series

It's not you who met him but rather he met you

He didn't realize that you were crouching next to him when he grabbed the series of germa

When you stood up, that's when he realized but he was already holding the germa 66 book

He didn't want you to find that he's a nerd about germa at first, telling you that he was buying this for his... Cousin and all but you told him that it's ok to like things like this, since you also like it

But keep it a secret tho. You wouldn't want the people of your school to find out that the 2 top students are weebs of germa

Since then, you two become secret germa geeking buddies

Ace was complaining about how you don't get to spend time with them as much as you did in the past

Sabo had to convince Ace over and over that you're doing an important project so it can't be helped

Ace still sulks tho

Now here's the thing, you're the "mom" of the group and you take care of Ace like a literal child

You like to give him "motherly" affection such as reminding him to eat, to do homework, wrapping up his scarf for him, tying his necktie for yearbook photos, waking him up when class ends, etc. (I mean, who doesn't fall for you doing things like that to other people😩💓) (Ace doesn't take you for granted tho, he's just a big baby that needs care)

So when you're suddenly gone to do the research, he feels like something is missing from his routine

He can say that he's missing you

But for him, he still thinks he misses you like he misses a family, not as a crush

He can be very oblivious to himself sometimes

And there's the quite boring part where your team is stressing out about the research but it's very long and the relationship didn't quite develop here, it's just about how your team solve the problem together and how you guys spend the time together, the friendship, the moments with team members and the mentor, etc.

There are some cute interactions with Law in the process but I didn't focus on the relationship of you two at this part

But you two definitely grow closer because of the constant meeting and hanging out together

Like that one time you invited him to a meet and greet with the germa 66 author because you didn't have friends to go with

Or when you two met at the bookstore to grab a copy of the new germa 66 magazine and went to the book café to hangout while reading germa 66

And the so-called "dates" goes on and this time you're slowly crushing on Law, without knowing that your friend is slowly crushing on you

Ace.

He won't admit it yet that he has romantic feelings for you because you're "like a sibling" to him

And it's getting more obvious whenever he sees you with Law, like, this man gets jealous and you can see it

Whenever he saw you walking with Law, because you two were just going to the lab, he would pop in between you and Law just to say hi to you and shoot Law some weird side-eyes glare

Even Law thinks he's weird sometimes

Ace's on the soccer team, and his soccer team mates like tease him

"Oh hey that's Y/N! Y/N!!! Come see Ace score a goal!! He's wants to show you how cool of a man he is!!"

He would deny it everytime

But he can never hide anything from the oh so observant Sabo

So when Sabo shoot him the "You like Y/N, don't you?" out of nowhere

He blushed and ran away from Sabo until Sabo has to climb up a tree to catch him

That's how smitten he is

"BUT DON'T TELL Y/N ABOUT IT"

Huh, ok, this is getting too long so I'll make a part 2

[pos-syscourse]

Hello All!

Welcome to Pos/ Syscourse! This blog is dedicated to filling the syscourse tag with positivity now and then. Syscourse is annoying at best and actively harmful at worst. I genuinely believe that Syscourse is life-threatening, and I want to do my best to make the world a better place.

I'll be posting positivity, check ins, and just general good vibes whenever I can!

About Us:

You can call us Pos/ Syscourse or Pos!

We're a diagnosed DID system who's been harmed greatly by syscourse. We prefer they/them pronouns when talking about us (individually or collectively). We likely won't be signing off, but if we do, we'll update this post with our sign offs. 😊

We're:

White

Autistic

Adult (though we do have some underage alters)

Happily in a relationship with a singlet!

FAQ:

What are your syscourse stances?

Nope! I won't be bringing my stances onto this blog. I will not allow this blog to become another space for people to harass me, which is all that will happen if I bring up my syscourse stances. I will not ever be answering this question.

Will other discourse be mentioned on this blog?

Nope! I am not touching that stuff with a 10-foot pole! This blog is dedicated to syscourse positivity and that alone - none of the other stuff.

Who can interact with this blog?

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Does this mean you don't have a DNI?

I think DNIs are largely pointless. People are going to interact, regardless of whatever pretty banner I would like to use! So, I just don't. If you make me uncomfy, for whatever reason, I'll block you - and that's that!

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[crash-hawk]

On the current shitstorm, complicated feelings, and Taking a Third Option

I haven't really spoken much about the allegations surrounding Dream and the effect that it's had on the MCYT community. As it currently stands, my position is essentially True Neutrality. I have no dog in this fight, and I don't plan to adopt one. Not now, at least, and maybe not ever. And initially, I was perfectly comfortable not talking about why. My anxiety, though, has finally started to break through to the point that I feel like I need to, if for no other reason than to wrestle my RSD demons into some semblance of submission.

Two nights ago, a very close IRL friend of mine, one of the two who got me into both Minecraft in general and MCYT in particular, made a similar statement to mine, discussing her neutral stance on the matter and giving her reasons for it. She was immediately attacked by people supporting both Dream and his accusers, to the point that she had to lock her Twitter for a day. Ultimately, she ended up more bemused than anything else, but seeing the language that was used against her upset me deeply.

This is going to be my only statement on this issue. I am neutral, and plan to remain neutral, but I want to emphasize as much as possible that all of the feelings that I have seen expressed here by the community after the allegations hit the 'net are valid.

The #1 reason that I have chosen neutrality with regards to the allegations themselves is that I do not believe any of this is my business. To paraphrase the old copypasta, I do not know these people IRL, and I don't feel that there is any way that this situation can resolve in a good or satisfying manner by the very nature of it playing out on social media, which I believe is inherently, dangerously unreliable. It fucking sucks.

Short of death threats or other grossly inappropriate behavior, I do not intend to shame, unfollow, or otherwise cut ties with any of my friends here in the MCYT community regardless of what position they take. I do understand if others choose to cut ties with me, although this is honestly the thing I fear the most.

I have massive, massive respect for those who have expressed their feelings of anger, betrayal, sadness, or disgust in a fan community that can be incredibly toxic. However, I also have a lot of respect for those that have said "I'm not going to jump to conclusions or take this at face value." My own emotions regarding the matter are complicated and not clearly defined right now.

I am not angry or upset about yesterday's livestream with Technoblade's father. It's pretty obvious to me that this event was planned well in advance, and that nobody involved would have had any way to predict that the allegations would come out so close in timing. The stream itself came off as overwhelmingly kind, genuine, and respectful. I do understand, though, why many people felt extremely uncomfortable about the timing and with Dream's presence in the stream.

I don't expect any other CCs to make a statement about their stance on the matter. They are human people, and they don't owe me that. They'll address the situation, or not, in their own time.

I've been a lot farther on the Hermitcraft and adjacent series side of the fandom than the DSMP side for a long time now. However, I still enjoy the story and the characters, and for right now, I feel like I can still enjoy them. I won't fault anyone for either feeling the same, or for feeling like they can't anymore.

I do not believe that ANYONE on the internet should be trying to prove or disprove the allegations. It isn't helpful to victim or accused, and it isn't going to bring anyone closure. I also don't believe it's my place to try to guess at the motivations behind the actions of the parties involved. If I'm going to be perfectly honest, I don't want to know.

A final note: for me, the thing that I've noticed that has left me taken aback has been the level of raw anger, directed not necessarily at the parties involved in the allegations, but by members of the community at other members of the community, whether it be in support of Dream or the women who came forward with the allegations. (As an aside, I am a crotchety old bird who hates 95% of internet social culture with a barely repressed fervor, and I think the whole "stan"/"anti" dichotomy is unbelievably weird and harmful, but that's a whole other can of worms.) This situation sucks on every single possible level. Please try to remember to be kind.

[willvalor]

Aight, folks. I need to have a serious talk with some of my mutuals on my RP blogs because I've had it up to here. It mostly happens on this one (and the old willvalor) since I have no threads on one and I just recently archived the other. This is by no means a callout post for any one person, it is meant to be strictly informative and a warning of what will happen in the future if this happens. It might also change to me venting my frustrations a bit, but I promise that I don't mean it in a malicious way by any means.

Let's start by saying that I'm a 20 year old guy with medical issues living on his own and having to provide for himself with minimal help from anyone except for an aunt of mine. I'm in college and I'm working part-time job at a book store. I also have friends that I like to hang out with. Yes, the latter isn't as prominent as it usually is because of COVID, but I still like to do calls with my friends whilst I finish any college work that I have to do, and play online games with them because I want to spend time with my IRL friends. Not to say that the friends I've made online don't mean as much to me, because they do! But sometimes I'd just like to get away from the screen and not have to worry about it.

These things take up a massive amount of my time, which means that most of my RP responses come rather late into the night when I should be sleeping. When I started RPing on Tumblr again through the Pokemon RPC, it was never meant to be anything more than a hobby. Even now, it still isn't supposed to be a hobby. I even stated in my rules that my blog is low activity due to my life being disastrously busy.

Yet, even then, some people still constantly press me about responding to threads. I'm okay with a reminder every once in a while, but when you start to do it every time I pop online, it starts to get a little irritating, and it honestly gives me really bad anxiety when people do that. I get it, you want a response to our thread. But please understand that RPing is not a priority for me, nor is it for a lot of other people. We have lives. My blog is low activity for a reason- I queue things for a reason.

With that being said, I'm not rolling over and taking it and letting myself be pressured to reply to threads anymore. If you're going to be constantly pressing me about this- I WILL block you without saying anything. This isn't going to be an argument anymore. This isn't a matter of "you need to respond to our thread and quickly" anymore. I'm tired of this. I have the right to unfollow/block at my own comfort- and being pressured to respond to threads is pushing my boundaries and my buttons, and I won't stand for it anymore. I'm setting my foot down, and if you and I are going to have a problem because of that, you're getting the big hardblock and I'll do the same to any accounts that you use to try and circumvent it.

Again, this is by no means intended to be a callout or vagueblog of any sorts, and I'm by no means mad at anyone who's done this. I'm just planting my foot down a bit with these things, since it's started to become a bit frustrating. Please respect the fact that this blog is low activity and I have a busy life where RPing is not my number one priority. Thank you.

[phanbliss]

i'm asking out of a place of wanting to understand, so please don't assume i am accusing you or attacking you, but regarding a post you reblogged recently, it was an ask where templeofshame claimed that if dnp weren't together it would be kind of like "baiting" us but i really don't think that's fair? they haven't EVER said or pretended to be in a closeted relationship, only been friends that joke a bit about their occasionally romantic tendencies, i have friends who think me pt.1

this ask is long due to there being several messages, so i’m putting it under a cut. the post in question: x

me and my best friend are together when we’re really not. we’ve said so, but eventually just stopped denying the claim while occasionally joking about it. i think its unfair of us to act like they owe us something? they don’t owe us a “coming out” (i agree with op tho that coming out has issues of it own, but its the most relevant term) neither do they have to tell us if they aren’t together. 

however we perceive their relationship is our business, and as long as we aren’t toxic about it pt. 2  then really we shouldn’t care about ppl calling us “silly shippers” cause shipping them isn’t weird or rude, i, myself, truly believe they are together, but i don’t think that they owe us anything. they are real people with their own complex lives that we may not understand, heck, that THEY may not understand and they are just living their truth. for whatever reason, they may feel that they don’t want to tell people that they’re in a relationship (if they are in one) pt. 3but neither do they feel the need to (and in my opinion, shouldn’t feel the need to) explain and clarify their status to us.

 it isn’t in any way baiting or manipulation. if we decide to invest our lives and our time into writing fanfics and making art then that is our choice! they are obviously fine with it so long as it isn’t shoved in their faces, but they don’t owe us clarification, maybe i’m misunderstanding something, i just don’t think it’s fair to say that they are being manipulative pt.4simply by being themselves? 

they are their own people with their own reasons for keeping private or not telling us. they have never pretended like phan is real, have even denied it in the past, never made merch or something that has catered to shippers specifically. they have simply let us be (even if dan was quite rude about it before, but i believe he has improved a lot over the years) and made some quips about it. they choose to share parts of their lives with us and however pt5 the phandom reacts to that is our “issue”. 

in summary, i believe that it is unfair to say that if they aren’t together it means we have been baited and manipulated and “wasted our time” because i really don’t think that’s fair to the good times we have had while shipping them. they are real people that owe us nothing about their private lives and can hide or reveal as much or as little as they want. i do believe that some people DO “queerbait” irl, especially ytbrs, but dnp have never pt.6acted fake or overly romantic to seem like they’re in love, their bond, in my opinion is genuine, and whatever we read into that is valid, but it doesn’t mean that they owe us an explanation. 

i think i should end this now, but before i go, know that i do NOT intend this to be a dig at anyone, just wanted to share my perspective and ask your opinion about what i’ve just shared. i just see ppl acting like dnp could qb us and it kind of makes me think. have a nice day, take care, peace out! end 

ooof anon, i appreciate that you sent this to me, but i’m really not the right person for it! i’m not one of the smart people in this fandom, nor one of the cool ones, so discussing things with me over anon is not as fun and rewarding as sending an ask to one of the popular people haha. but i’ll reply with my thoughts anyway!

we’ve had discussions about this on IDB before and my opinion hasn’t changed since the last time i said anything on this subject.

TO BEGIN WITH:  i in no way believe they are consciously encouraging the shipping to make money. they are two people in a long term relationship that navigate a difficult world of being queer, being popular and trying to stay private.

1) “me and my friend” - while i definitely appreciate and understand that, we have to try to not compare dnp to ourselves if we want to make a proper point. i could say that me and my friend x haven’t talked in 2 years but i still consider them a friend, which doesn’t mean that it’s the norm for everyone - same goes for the “me and my friend” arguments concerning dnp. i don’t mean you necessarily, i mean things i’ve seen over the years. “me and my friend always say i love you! we live together! we spend all our time together! we’re platonic!” - that’s awesome but it doesn’t mean anything about dnp

2) i don’t think @templeofshame acted like dnp owe us anything. i took it more as like at this point, dnp admitting to having been platonic this whole time (lol i’m laughing while typing this) would have been a form of queerbaiting. templeofshame never said they owe us a “coming out” or anything like that

3) you have to remember that their audience is largely queer. to a lot of the younger fans, they are some sort of role models and maybe even eye-openers when it comes to their [fans’] own sexuality. they are most likely aware of this and definitely accept it.

4) the biggest thing i guess i should explain is why i believe that them having been platonic this whole time would have been some form of queerbaiting and… and there is no way to put it while still being nice? so forgive me, this is my opinion and i’m not trying to start drama.

they DEFINITELY benefit off phan. they have since the start (or at least dan). back in their younger days, people didn’t really ship them as much as assume they were a couple, that’s how they behaved and most people would jump to that conclusion. when shit hit the fan (vday + general life stress) and dan started lashing out, shipping got real hard. and dnp could have left it there, could have left shipping as that elephant in the room that we’re not allowed to mention, but no

slowly, gradually, they went back to accepting shipping. they haven’t denied anything in years and in many ways they encourage it. and really, no one will make me believe that they - as in the joint brand of dan and phil - would be as popular as they are without the shipping. lots of people watch them for their chemistry and hear of them through phan. they themselves no longer shy away from it - see tatinof fanfic scenes, their fanfics in tabinof, all sorts of things i’m too tired to mention - lots of recent things from this year.

so yeah, i believe they are very aware of phan and accept it, and if they accepted it while being two bros in ~other relationships~ or ~perpetually single~ then yeah, i would feel it’s wrong. not because they said something outright but because 9+ years of certain behaviors are as good as admitting to it. 

they are basically out at this point, both as not being straight and being a couple, and i’m happy they got there on their own terms.

bottomline - i firmly believe they’re together and all that is missing is an actual confirmation - which we don’t ‘need’ - but if they weren’t together, we’d be right to be upset by this point.

idk if this answered your ask but i’m really tired and as i said, i’m dumb so you’re better off asking someone cooler than me hah :)

[bitegore]

Someone else (i think?) responded to you in the replies and covered the basics, but i can also add some more elaboration as the op.

You cannot walk around threatening people when you get angry or stressed or tired or cranky. This is like kindergarten shit. If you get stressed out or frustrated or run out of people juice and start telling your friends and the people you care about that you are going to physically hurt them, they should leave you. They will be right to. If you tell this to a stranger, that is an IRL crime (at least in the US) and you can be taken to court for it. You cannot get frustrated and say that you are going to choke someone if they say one more word.

Like, if I get cornered by my grandma's friend's sister's cousin in the grocery store who just cannot stop talking about how much she loves my hair and my art is so cute, they saw it on Facebook, and what does "transgender" mean, like. Obviously this is frustrating. Obviously I will want to smack them if they're really getting on my nerves. I cannot say that. You cannot say that either. It stops being cute really fast once you're not, like, fourteen. You have to come up with a different way to say that, because you absolutely, one hundred percent, cannot be acting like that as an adult. I don't care how mad or stressed you are, you can't do that. I also can't do that.

Also: I don't understand why it's bad to say "I am incredibly exhausted of talking right now and am getting angry for no reason and I promise it isn't your fault but I'm sure you know the feeling and i need a short break before i can get back to you"

It's because the average person does not, actually, know the feeling, and most people will take it as a circumspect way of telling them you hate them. The average person (at least in the US where I live, where our manners are kind of circumspect) will absolutely read into that as "i am irritated with you personally, and this conversation, specifically, and I cannot stand you and have run out of patience" rather than "I have a limited capacity for any conversation and have run out of that". The average person does not have a limited capacity for total human interaction of the day. The average person only has this for conversations that are difficult, annoying, or otherwise try their patience, and they will read that as "you try my patience" or "this conversation tries my patience". It comes over like a fucking insult. Is this annoying? HELL YES IT IS. It is EXHAUSTING to not be able to find common ground on this. That's why you pick something easier for the person to understand, if you want them to understand, or you pick something they know how to deal with - like a 'goodbye, i have errands' script- if they don't.

Finally: you are entitled to privacy about your brain. Not everyone will understand, and not everyone is worth making understand. Do you really want to explain that you are "one of those autistic kids i hear about on the radio, like Jen's kid, terrible business, it's so sad" to your grandma's sister's friend's cousin or whatever? Do you really want to do the song and dance of "what is adhd and why are your conceptions wrong" with every person on the planet and risk sticking your foot in ableism? Do you want to explain to your boss why you need a breather on your lunch break and open yourself up to ableist workplace harassment? If you answered yes to that, like, good for you but you shouldn't, lmao. Respect yourself. Respect your own privacy. If you are talking to people you can trust with it, sure- but not everyone is trustworthy.

Also for the record- most if not all of these scripts are intended to provide space for reasonable doubt. If you don't understand that these would be "urgent", that's because absolutely none of them are intended to sound urgent and most of the time when people use them they aren't. That's the point. I don't like when people know they're wearing on me, because the more they know about what wears on me, the more they can do it if they don't like me. I'm sure you're familiar with the way people behave when they don't like you but they have to play nice. I don't like that. If I can minimize the ways that people who don't like me can get to me, then everything is better, you know? And so on and so forth. (Adults do not grow out of catty high school shit, for the record. Unfortunate but true.)

Please memorize some "i desperately need out of this conversation because I cannot behave like a human any more" scripts. Please. I can even supply some. Let me get on my computer but, my god, there are formulaic ways to say 'i have no ppl juice rn and you speaking to me any more will cause me to conjure vivid, beautiful images of me THROTTLING YOU" without being a giant douchebag and it worries me that you don't know this

[one-abuse-survivor]

so my roommate told me their trauma yesterday and I find that I’m having a hard time taking it seriously. I know that I can’t just say “are you fucking kidding me that’s nothing” because clearly, to them, it wasn’t. But at the same time, I went through the same thing but objectively much worse, and while it was a little traumatic, I’ve long since figured it out. They’re here saying how hard it was for them to get bullied by 5 or 6 people in elementary school, even though they had the administration on their side, and also probably started it by pummeling someone who said something they didn’t like (they did not say this, but they are very easily offended and accuse people of being exclusionary/mean for not having the conversation they (the roommate) wants to, and also said they threw the first punch in every fight they were in. makes you wonder). Meanwhile, I had forty some-odd kids actively participating in games specifically intended to ostracize me and probably ten who spearheaded all of this. I never got into a fight once and just took whatever blows I got dealt because of the zero tolerance policy, still got in trouble for it because the kids reporting things didn’t like me, had no support from most authority figures. I understand that things affect people differently, but I’m finding it really hard to acknowledge their trauma as valid. The fact that they use it as an excuse to be a piece of shit doesn’t help but I’d already written them off as garbage in that respect. Also, what does respecting someone’s trauma really mean? I know brushing it off and saying “that’s not traumatic” is a big no-no, but to what point do I have to let them get away with things because of it? I’m a naturally loud person, and they’ve told me I need to not be loud because it triggers them. Is suppressing myself a reasonable thing for them to ask of me? Any advice you have is greatly appreciated. Take care of yourself!

Before anything else, I want to tell you it's not uncommon to feel like someone claiming to have gone through the same thing as you didn't have it as bad as you did, and being upset by that. I've seen a lot of people, online and irl, express feeling this kind of indignation, and not just with regards to trauma. I think it's okay to feel this way, so long as you handle it responsibly. And handling it responsibly definitely includes not telling the other person what they went through isn't traumatic—I'm glad you already know that.

I think, at the end of the day, the best thing to do in this case is to establish boundaries. You can't prove your roommate truly went through bullying and trauma, and you can't prove they're making it up either. That's not your business or your right to know. But what you can do is be aware of your own emotions, so that when this anger and indignation you're feeling get too much, you can look for ways to keep them in check.

A way to do that is to establish boundaries, as I mentioned. For example, you can ask them politely not to talk to you about their trauma. You don't have to explain why, but if you want to, you can always say it's a topic that makes you uncomfortable, maybe because it makes you remember your own trauma. You don't have to (and in fact, you shouldn't) specify that you don't think their experiences were bad enough or that you think you had it worse. All you have to do is ask them to not bring up their trauma to you and enforce that boundary if they try.

With regards to "what does respecting someone's trauma really mean", I don't think having gone through trauma should let anyone "get away with" anything, because "getting away with" means you are dodging accountability for your actions, and I think people should always be accountable for their actions. Trauma can often explain certain toxic actions, for example, but it doesn't justify them. We're still responsible of not being toxic to others.

They asked you to not be so loud around them because it triggers them, and I think that's something you do need to respect to make cohabitation work between the two of you. It's not your place to decide noise isn't actually triggering to them. But you do also have a right to not feel like you're suppressing your natural self around them.

Boundaries are often complicated and even incompatible like that. When that happens, and staying away from one another isn't an option, I think the right course of action is negotiation. For example, you can ask if it would be okay to set a few hours of the day when you get to be loud around them, or the two of you together can come up with a way for them to communicate how susceptible to loud noises they feel each day so you can regulate according to that. (As someone susceptible to loud noises myself, tolerance to noise can change a LOT from day to day, at least for me). If they say they don't want you to ever be loud around them, you can always negotiate a way for you to have enough alone time in the room to express that part of yourself, for example.

The problem with negotiation is you both have to be willing to accommodate one another and to be honest with one another for it to work, and, sadly, you have no control over how much your roommate wants to cooperate and be honest with you.

So, yeah, this is a very nuanced and complicated topic, and that's all the advice I can really give you. I really hope some of this helps, and that things with your roommate go as smoothly as they possibly can :)

[kingofthewilderwest]

do you still blog about httyd anymore or should I just give up on this blog now?? I really don't wanna give up on this blog though

Short answer: Helheim YES, you bet Odin’s black eyepatch I’m still blogging a ton of HTTYD! Looking forward to RTTE S6, any of ya’ll?????

Long answer: Thank you for asking and seeing what I intend, you sweet friend! It’s very thoughtful of you to check with me rather than assuming something about my intentions and accidentally unfollowing someone who’s still going to blog plenty of HTTYD. If it’s okay for me to say, sending you nothing but kindness… perhaps in the future consider avoiding words like “give up on this blog” - those words can come across unintentionally unkindly. I know you’re expressing your own emotional worries, and I understand that, though unfortunately this can come across as hurting since it seems to suggest others’ interests are a disappointment to give up on. But don’t worry, it didn’t hurt me one bit, I’m thankful you think my blog is worth holding onto… and thankfully, you have a happy answer awaiting you.

I ***absolutely*** do blog about HTTYD. HTTYD’s still the bulk of what I talk about and what I plan to keep talking about. I know that that’s what my follower base wants and I’m never going to ignore that, so this is a HTTYD blog to stay forever. I can’t escape ya’ll, nor do I want to. ;) If you take a peek, even just yesterday, I posted another HTTYD analysis about Hiccup and Astrid influencing one another in incidences like Blindsided! In the last few hours I have answered two asks about my opinion of HTTYD characters. Within the last week, I’ve also talked about topics such as Heather’s dragon lens and reblogged a number of fandom art, images, and links about DreamWorks Dragons. And tomorrow I have in queue another HTTYD-focused analysis. So I’m mostly definitely blogging about HTTYD still!

What’s awesome is you also have got a lot of power within you to help direct my blogging habits, too! ^.^ Lots of my blogging is based upon the questions people field me. Feel free to send me ask prompts about anything HTTYD if anything comes to mind! Interacting with other dragons fans is something that helps keep me stimulated, excited, and active, too! I’m not saying on you, of course, to keep me blogging, because that’s not true… but it’s definitely a fun and energizing way for us all to participate in fandom to our fullest together. It makes us all in the community more active. I can only say so much without bouncing off others who share my same love.

If you’re wondering why I’m a little quiet about HTTYD right now, it’s because I’m waiting for RTTE S6. Because of the long hiatuses between content, it means that sometimes I’m going to be a little quieter about this fandom than other times. There’s a nice, natural ebb and flow to fandom. Sometimes I’m quieter, but never hibernating; sometimes I’m blogging four analyses a day about HTTYD, sometimes blogging HTTYD analyses twice a week. I know some people newer to fandoms get worried when fandoms enter their quieter phases, but that doesn’t mean the fandom is falling apart… in truth it’s probably just a happy, healthy, hearty fandom as always. I’m definitely not drifting away from HTTYD. Even in the quiet times, I never fully stop blogging HTTYD, and frankly I’m much more consistent blogging HTTYD than many fandom blogs are during hiatuses. And since RTTE S6 is coming really, really soon, you’re frankly about to be inundated with HTTYD. Inundated.

For you can bet your boots that the second RTTE S6 hits Netflix, that’s all I’m going to be raving about, and I’m going to be raving about it hard.

Now, it’s true that I’m someone who does like multiple fandoms, and I’m not going to restrict myself from blogging about the other things I love. I mean, that’s the point of us having recreational fun on this website, right? To interact with that which we love and care about? There’s freedom in us expressing what we love, and so I shouldn’t be restricted, either! ^.^ That said, knowing some people don’t want to see everything I’m interested in, I’ve separated some of my non-httyd content out onto another blog. I have a side blog for video games, space, aliens, and the like. 

And within this own blog, if you watch the tags, I’m quite vigilant about tagging everything and anything. I’ve tried to make my tagging system a valuable resource for anyone who wants to control what content they wish to see from me. I know not everyone does blacklisting, but I’ve set my tagging up to make it easy to blacklist. If you don’t want to see non-httyd content from me, I’ve created a personal tag for all material that isn’t about DreamWorks Dragons! That tag is #non-dragons. If you blacklist #non-dragons, you won’t see a single post from me that isn’t about the How to Train Your Dragon franchise. I also have tags marking all my fandoms - be it #vld, #lotr, #mcu, or anything else I enjoy that isn’t DreamWorks Dragons. You’ve probably noticed I’ve got a bit of Voltron stuff I blog about. That’ll still happen - consider when Season 5 comes out at the start of March - but that doesn’t mean I’m abandoning HTTYD, or have quit blogging about HTTYD during the premieres of other shows I lot. I’m never not blogging about HTTYD. So if you are someone who does a tag blocker, feel free to block out Voltron, and you should be all set to go to see lots of RTTE stuff without anything else.

There will of course be some periods that makes my life busy and mean I’m blogging less than average original content. That doesn’t mean I’ve stopped blogging or that I intend to slow down long-term. We can’t decide that a recent blogger’s trend means that they’ve forever abandoned you, because we often don’t know what’s going on behind the scenes influencing their blogging habits. Oftentimes, it’s the blogger dealing with temporary irl situations. Once the blogger deals with that temporary event, they’re going to be back on track. That’s definitely the way it is with me. I can’t control all my life circumstances and sometimes things come up. Like, well, now, for instance. In the last few weeks I’ve been fighting to get enough money to pay rent. Thankfully that trial is coming to an end and I’m ready to jump back and pound things out on tumblr again. But whenever I get into irl situations like those, I use a queue and reblog fanart from any fandom. It’s not as HTTYD-centric, but it quietly shares with people that I’m still kicking and haven’t left this blog behind. ^.^

And yes, there will be asks I receive that aren’t about How to Train Your Dragon (and I fully welcome those asks, by the way! Please send anything about anything I love!). But it’s definitely the case that the majority of the people I interact with are in the HTTYD fandom, the majority of my internet friends are in the HTTYD fandom, the majority of the content I search for on tumblr is HTTYD, and the majority of my analyses past and present and future are going to be HTTYD.

I’ve explained in posts months back that I do have to balance my time online writing analyses (which can take a very long time to write). Several years ago, circa 2015, I had more free time. Now I have to balance my blogging life with a financially strained position where I have to focus on making a living for myself and paying rent. I mean, I’m twenty-five, I’m an independent adult, I have to take care of myself, it eats hoards of free time. Adulting sucks. But because How to Train Your Dragon is so important to me, and interacting with the HTTYD fandom is so important to me, I’m always trying to make the effort to keep my blogging active. I’ve been slightly quiet in the last week because I’ve had a bit of irl circumstances hit me hard, but they’re alleviating again. Hence why I can guarantee there’s going to be another HTTYD analysis on the blog tomorrow, 9 AM MST, and more to come thereafter!

And really… guys… the HTTYD fandom means so much to me. I’m sad someone thought I’d stepped away from this fandom because I’m always wanting to be here as a forever friend to the HTTYD community. It’s my forever home. I’ve said it before and I’ll keep on saying it: you guys have made a difference in my life. I’m so thankful to be in a community like this. It’s very important to me and you all are reasons why this is such a great place to be.

I hope this helps thoroughly explain what you’ve been seeing in my recent blogging habits, friend. I hope it assures you that I’m still heartily blogging HTTYD (and that even more concentrated HTTYD is on the way). I mean, I posted an analysis yesterday on HTTYD. Pretty sure it’s still something I talk about! XD

Now, sending you best wishes, and have a wonderful day! Take care and stay awesome!

[punkscowardschampions]

Janis & Jimmy

After smacking Mia one (and Jim).

Janis: Soz about the shiner, like Janis: Dunna how to dodge like a decent ref should obvs...you should work on that Janis: But forreal, you're welcome for the time you got to spend in the head's office with a cold press on #schoolboyfantasiesaremadeofthis Jimmy: 🤔 You mean this tiny insignificant scratch like Jimmy: I'd say get the pads out but between you and your nan lately I'm not sure my ego's up for that Jimmy: Your plan all along was it? 👌 she's no type of mine but I appreciate you trying to be a mate 😉 Jimmy: Best bit was Gracie doing her bit to defend my honor at the end there. Maybe I DO owe her one 😂 Janis: Alright, monty python 😂 don't be a hero on my account...oh wait, advice coming too late, my bad 😉 Janis: Ah well, if you're not fancying it like, pal, good thing I'll have her to myself all this week AND next 🙄 thanks mia... now THAT was the real plan all along 😏 Janis: At least you know what her shout is already 👍 though if you could spit in Mia's next, I think she'd take that and call it quits Janis: If you make like Rocky and get steak up on your bruises, I'll get my Da to cook it for ya after, we settled too then, yeah? 😘 Jimmy: Mia's plan 100% 🙄 Am I meant to be offended that she thinks you're a lesbian still? Because I'm taking it as a compliment #prettyboy 😂 Jimmy: Shame I've got too many disciplinaries to have her banned it'd be one less skinny latte to have to expertly craft Jimmy: Maybe. What sides are we talking about? I think one more smack down and I'll be demanding my chips triple cooked Jimmy: Warn your relatives Janis: Assumedly, pretending here her stinging text slams had her intended effect, and didn't just make me fall about, like #facesoprettyyoudontseeascar 🤞 Janis: Ugh, tell your boss to do one, 'cos they'd lose half their business if you did, think on, dickhead 😒 Janis: Know your worth, babe Janis: Gotta respect that Janis: At least my Brother doesn't need to bother fighting you now I beat him to it, ay? Jimmy: Who'd you wanna be, princess (bless Gracie Lou) and basketcase already taken and athlete being the obvious choice 💪 Jimmy: Tempting offer but you can do better Jimmy: Of course that was 1 of the 10! Should've seen that coming Jimmy: Can't lie I'd much rather take you on 😉 Janis: Never seen it 🤷 but boy is Charlie Sheen's bro, yeah? So sounds legit for the family I have to endure 😏 Janis: You're not gonna end up with Grace in the end are ya? 😤 just 'cos you wanna rock the leather fingerless gloves #lewk Janis: I'll never tell 😉 his ego definitely ain't up for that Janis: we can have a rematch any time any place Janis: i'm ready 💪 Jimmy: Me either. Still break you out though. Isn't that what they do? 🤔 I'll ask your sister but not before she gives me of precious bling to take down cash converters Jimmy: My bad boy image has taken too much of a battering, literal, for me to refuse the fashion 😎 Jimmy: Let's go then. There isn't a nurse but I can still play the concussed care and run. Say when. Janis: Probs after some cringe bonding and bants, thank GOD we got that outta the way, mate 😜 Janis: Most of her jewels are from Primark so I dunna how golden your chances are, don't tell anyone like #banginonabudget Janis: What lesson you in anyway? In PE rn so usually you wouldn't get a look-in (you ain't that special, babe) but they got me coaching the first years girls for a fucking team management module and...Give me strength Janis: we talking screaming when the ball comes their way levels Janis: so I'm making them do laps whilst I shout encouragements about how it ain't that cold from my warm as shit coat, like any gym teach worth their salt 😉 Janis: Gonna get an A, like Jimmy: Oh I dunno, you and Mia still need to hug it out 😉 bet she'd love it too 💘 Jimmy: I'm in art of course #tortured soul and everyone knows you're my muse so done deal there. Jimmy: I'd come snapping but I don't need the rep that'd come with background first years in their shorts Janis: I'd sooner watch a thousand chick flicks with Gracie Janis: amongst other fates worse than death Janis: but honestly #whyareyousoobsessedwithmehun? #toolittletoolateforthisloveaffair Janis: That's probably why you're so tortured 😉 Edie Sedgewick I ain't Janis: Nah, that wouldn't help your case, there's only so much bashing that I can be a party to in a day... Janis: I get to swap with Kayleigh Dwyer next period, meant to go write up about my experience but sure I can as easily do that wherever you need to get your inspiration from, like Jimmy: 😂 it's the curse of being so #goals, hun Jimmy: I don't have a clue who that is but like I've said before you take a decent picture. Now don't get a big head (it'd fuck with my framing terrible) but it isn't half bad being stuck with you Jimmy: There is always Mia's 🦆 pout if you're really busy but like Jimmy: Since you aren't I'm thinking back to mine? Twix will happily hear about any of your running or ball based experiences Janis: Kayleigh? Rude, she sits next to you in English, the one drooling all over you and the desk? Bless her, she'll be devvo 😂 Janis: I forgot you haven't had an Ali McKenna education, she was Andy Warhol's main bitch (aside from Basquiat, tea) in all his shit films, Bob Dylan was hard for her too but she weren't really arsed so he wrote Like A Rolling Stone about her Janis: At least you didn't come for my life that hard post-bath Janis: Bad enough like, I'd have to fake my own death forreal then Janis: She'd fucking love that...do her dirty in the edit, boo, no facetune 😂 Janis: A girl after my own heart that dog, kindred spirts 😍 Janis: sounds good, always down for being out of this dump Janis: your Da's unlikely to pop back for lunch, yeah? Jimmy: I've been calling her Kourtney #awkward Jimmy: Bet she loves it anyway Jimmy: Speaking of, I still have that project to finish up (deadlines long enough to hang yourself with cheers ms sheppard) might dedicate some space on that edit to the lot of them. Fancy helping as well as inspiring? 😈 Jimmy: #satireorshadeisit? Jimmy: Good. Keep the lovefest away from me. Last thing I need is Twix licking my wounds Jimmy: Packed up his sarnies myself so we're set Janis: The KardashiKlan clout, everyone knows she's the CLASSIEST sister, SO fitting 😂 Janis: Can't be anything but a sweetheart, can you? N'awwh! Janis: Hell yeah, you clearly need my talents for cuntery, you bring the skillz, I'll bring my winning personality and large head, like Janis: How fucking rude though, tell her to keep her antiseptic spit to herself 💅 #menaintshitbabygirl #imsorryyouhadtolearnthislessonsosoon Janis: Like I said, you're just too good for this world 😇 Janis: Maybe I'll find the time between being a muse and bad influence to make you one Janis: Its no steak apology but Jimmy: 👍 Too right Jimmy: Maybe if we take the mad bitch out she won't chew a hole in anyone's face (tempting as that'd be if it was any of Mia's squad) been enough facial damages sustained for one day Jimmy: Get some very #aesthetic shots for my A Jimmy: 😇 Always on that good boy track Jimmy: Maybe I can shout you a pie and pint in that spirit Janis: Goes without saying, need the skirting and your Da's shoes to be safe for another day Janis: Should bin off the rest of the day altogether, then you could take Twix to pick the kiddo's up, Cass would be made up getting to show her off Janis: you always after those best big bro points, I know Janis: and I know it, you always want me to protest too much the other way like 😈 Janis: wholesome afternoon of dog walking and homework with bae, no wonder the entire female population of the school is so jealous 😉😘 Jimmy: Did you just have a good idea? 😮 Jimmy: But yeah world's most bog standard bro coming through 🏆💪 get that middleschool clout cass 😎 Jimmy: We just can't stop being #goals however hard we try. Damn 😘 Janis: Don't sound so surprised dickhead! I'm a wealth of cunning plans or have you forgotten Janis: Didn't hit you that hard Janis: Now who's being modest Jimothy 😊 you know you're bestest Janis: whoda thunk it, bitch, not I Jimmy: Been a while can't blame me 😏 Jimmy: 💕 Cute Jimmy: How will I survive the aft? Janis: We can go back there if you really pining Janis: and I'M the one who's sexuality is always in question Janis: #fakebaebetterthanarealone Janis: Ha ha, keep testing me and you might not Jimmy: You'd never make it. Can't get enough of me 💋 Jimmy: If you'd rather be in school doing their tests don't let me stop you 😏 Jimmy: 😎 Jimmy: Told you i'm bad Janis: 😑 Janis: bet you break before i do Janis: we'll see how bad you are, won't we Jimmy: Last shift's 💶 on it Janis: Done Janis: I've got my eye on some new kicks Janis: At least even when you lose you can still pretend you treated me 😜 Jimmy: When you lose you can pretend you don't need a man to treat you Jimmy: so many #s in that for you Janis: Imma win when I PROVE I don't need you to treat me as much as you need me to treat you, sucka! Janis: and there ain't no point in nothing if it doesn't make your 'gram captions pop off #truerwordsneverspoken Jimmy: We'll see Jimmy: so soon too ⏲ Janis: you started your countdown already, boy? Janis: keeeeeeeen Jimmy: Not ready? Shame Janis: Born ready Janis: Admittedly, got the upper hand, nothing sexy about first year girls, despite what some fourth year boys might believe Janis: you surrounded by all them loose af art hoes Jimmy: How rude of me not to pull all your focus Jimmy: yep, those blunt fringes really get me goin Janis: Well s'why I know I got the W in the bag 🤷 Janis: Called that in the air Janis: whip off those unnecessary nerd glasses and there's real beauty under there Janis: #hotdamn Jimmy: For a rom com hater you've got all the cliches down 😂 Jimmy: Quietly confident now. That shit won't help you off screen 🏆💪 Janis: Oh, you don't recall how pushy my sister is? Janis: Let's call this off rn and she'd be happy to remind you herself I'm sure 😏 Janis: I'm sure you've learnt PLENTY off a whole different typa romcom that is all types of fucked IRL Jimmy: Only if she promises to bring Tam too. I need that model height for my shoot naturally Janis: You really wanna be that letchy photographer stereotype, huh? Janis: Get the whole squad 'round for a sesh Janis: Just know they'll start a # Jimmy: #rolloutladies Jimmy: 😂 Jimmy: I'll #bowout of that one thanks Janis: Sure? It'll give you a better chance of winning the bet Janis: #knackered Jimmy: I'd rather lose Jimmy: #takemymoneyandrunaslongasIcancomewith Janis: Sweet talker. Janis: Meant to be me with the gift of the gab 🍀 Jimmy: nope, real talker Jimmy: Got up close and personal enough with Mia today thanks. Still washing these hands Janis: Same, despite what she might think, not something I fancy repeating either Janis: Though I will if she talks shit one more time Janis: So watch out if you don't want the other side to match, like Jimmy: Don't make me say I'll do it all again Jimmy: so many stereotypes already in this chat Jimmy: 💕 Janis: Ew. 💋 Janis: Best get your chat to as high a standard as poss tho, as all the guards and other inmates will be listening in Janis: Reckon's her Da can actually get me done Janis: Bitch be serious Jimmy: Doesn't he sell cars? Janis: Lmao, no Janis: Though he is 100% a used car salesman in aesthetic, you're spot on Janis: He is a lawyer or some shit so he knows realistically who gives a shit about a playground scrap but he'll try and scare my parents like they're fucking idiots so no one is ever mean to his little princess again Janis: That type 🙄 Jimmy: She wants to be a yank so bad it must hurt Jimmy: Remind me to cut my pops so slack next time he's pissing me off Jimmy: could be so much worse Janis: Too bad she's a few hundred years late for the mass migration to the states Janis: Only looking famished, like Janis: Same, wouldn't hate being as spoilt as she is but you know Jimmy: Yep, too bad you'll be waiting for those kicks Jimmy: 🎅's your best bet Jimmy: Not too late to back out 😏 Jimmy: Keep on his good side Janis: No chance Janis: I can keep him on side by keeping away from yours, simple 😜 Jimmy: You sure? There's literally songs about how much he loves 💋 Jimmy: I think he'll be mad if you don't cave Janis: 💋 for him from MILFs maybe Janis: I don't think it'll pain him to see you go without Janis: I see no mistletoe, like #demstherules Jimmy: 👌 Bet stays on Jimmy: Take your chances Janis: Way to make me sound more predatory than the big man 😲😂 Janis: If you're that scared, we can mark it down to a lose for you by default 😉 Jimmy: Not when I'll have you begging for a draw in a bit. Easy Jimmy: Just get ready to accept your loss, not reason we should both be sore Jimmy: #bruisedandbattered Janis: Pretty cocky for a boy who can't even promise A FEW bruises, like 😜 Jimmy: Waste of a 🤞 Jimmy: why talk about it when I can just do it Janis: As long as you start it, I'm allowed to finish it Janis: win win for me 😊 Jimmy: Cocky for a lass who hasn't won anything against me yet Janis: 😡 Janis: it wasn't a fair fight all those other times, thank you very much Jimmy: Maybe you were faking the skills as well as the 💕 Jimmy: awwh Janis: You won't be finding out any time soon Janis: ✌ Jimmy: So you keep saying, all talk I think 😂 Janis: All talk no action is right Janis: Prick 🖕😂 Jimmy: 😘 Jimmy: You're about me Jimmy: unlucky ☘ Janis: Shh Janis: Not all bad, I suppose, at least you've got a cute dog 😘 Jimmy: good point, what a you offering? first year having an asthma attack? 😂 #goals Janis: I never said I had anything worth sticking 'round for Janis: More fool ye for your 😍 Jimmy: Secret's safe. I won't tell Mia Janis: I think she's pretty confident she knows where she and I lie on the pecking order already 😂 Janis: not coming for her 👑 Jimmy: just her 👃 Janis: What can I say? Save daddy the surgery fees Jimmy: you're the 😇 you think I am Janis: it has been said Janis: oh wait, no it hasn't, ever 😂 Jimmy: Only because 🐶 can't speak Janis: The love is so real Janis: Its all the treats and walkies, maybe I'll have to employ the same technique on you when the bet is up Janis: Worth a shot 🎯 Jimmy: Start now #worthashot #haveyoubeentricked? 😂 Janis: I'm not quite as easy to distract as Twix Janis: All these dog comparisons, bit rude tbh, don't think I appreciate Janis: Will piss on your boots tho Jimmy: Unless we're playing pool or darts Jimmy: Make sure they're mine. My dad has only just replaced his Janis: Wasn't even you, it was pub lighting and a prick munching on his crisps too loud at the bar #dontflatterlike Janis: Will do 👍 I'm not looking to make him dislike me anymore than I already have lol Jimmy: #surejan Jimmy: least he's never about so no drama there. Been enough for one day Janis: #ihateu Janis: what's he even do, like? dead busy Jimmy: 💕 Jimmy: Warehouse Jimmy: Very much #goals Janis: Ah fun, lots of shitty shifts and long days like, I'll give him the benefit of the doubt too for being such a prick about poor Twix then Jimmy: Probably shouldn't. He bought her Janis: True...People never think how big a commitment a dog is though Janis: Twix be giving them puppy dog eyes like a pro Jimmy: before 🎄 too though what a prick Jimmy: can't even use the excuse Janis: Bleh Janis: Shoulda clued him in like 😉 #cuffed Jimmy: if I'd known he was going to do it I would've Jimmy: done now though Janis: Yeah, its just another stress you don't need, like? 😕 Jimmy: Snagged me you so maybe she's worth keeping about 😏 Jimmy: Because yeah she does take all the credit Janis: Smooth 😋 Janis: Can't go breaking my heart now, nor the kiddo's for that Janis: I can start taking her out again in the mornings, don't miss much 'bout dem days but it was decent having a running buddy Jimmy: Fancy some company or you wanna be alone with your true love? Janis: You reckon you can keep up, yeah? Janis: Not having you slowing me down 😉 Jimmy: Can't be using me as your excuse thanks 💪 Jimmy: maybe I'll come with then when I'm not working, leave you in no doubt Janis: Its a date, mate Jimmy: 💕 Janis: That's probably them more than sufficiently warmed up Janis: Get back to work, slacker 💚 Jimmy: 🎨📷 will do Jimmy: not too hard though, gotta keep my 💪 up for the victory party you'll owe me Janis: In your dreams, baby 💋 Jimmy: see you there 😘