#I feel like this makes me look crazy

[ovaryacted]

Hey, I'm wondering - what do you consider as requests? Because it says in your pinned post that requests are closed, but you've been responding to quite a few detailed asks from anons that I'd personally count as requests (since they're asking you to write about a specific thing). So if you don't mind, could you tell us what's the line that we shouldn't cross when requests are closed? Like what counts as a request and what's okay to ask.

Hey there anon! Yeah, I figured me answering a bunch of asks would raise questions when I say requests are closed lol, I don’t mind clarifying this out!

So requests to me are when someone asks me to write out an actual one-shot or fanfic piece including ideas or concepts they want me to incorporate. So for example someone will send me an ask saying the following:

Hi! Can you write about Leon doing x,y, and z incorporating [concepts they want]. Thank you!

Obviously that’s a very general example, but if someone asks me to write a full fic out, that’s a request. If someone were to send me something like that (which I haven’t gotten yet), I won’t answer it cause chances are I’ll have a fic idea already saved that would have these things anyway, and believe me I have a lot of ideas. Getting requests also overwhelms me and gives me anxiety so I just decided to close them from the start.

All of these asks I’ve been answering are more so thirst messages or headcanon thoughts people want expanded on. For these asks, I can easily crank out 500-700 word responses, which come off the top of my head.

The answers to these asks for the most part don’t take much thought or energy (unless I’m really tired), hence why I answer them the way I do. Plus, my brain never really stops working, I’m always thinking about ideas when it comes to Leon so I don’t mind writing something without the strain of making a fic.

My own qualifications and thought process for one-shot/fics take a lot more energy and it’s far more extensive (brainstorming, outlining, formatting, making aesthetically pleasing, etc). For these asks, I don’t have enough creative juice to sit and write 2.0k words (usually my benchmark for what I consider a fic), so I shorten it down to something that’s bite-sized (for me because my actual fics are much longer). Sometimes, I end up writing more than I expected so these asks can turn into drabble pieces too (sometimes they overlap with analysis posts).

I also have analysis asks based on very specific concepts for Leon’s character, which involve a whole separate way of thinking. I actually do research and use my brain when making analysis posts, hence why I categorize them differently from everything else. (I use the ovaryacted thoughts tag for all character analysis posts).

I do have some asks that I haven’t answered yet because I’m saving them for a one-shot piece down the road. Though the person who sent me the message might not have explicitly asked me to do that, I found the ideas interesting enough to incorporate them in a fic I wanted to write anyway. I already have a very long WIP list and enough ideas to write the fics I want without needing to feed off of someone else’s brainstorm. So I just don’t take requests, but all of these asks are what I consider thirst posts and they can be sent at any time.

I’m sorry this was so long, but I have a lot of ways I differentiate the things I write cause this is just how my brain works. I hope this helps and answers your questions!

[lousysharkbutt]

happy halloween! 🏴‍☠️

[puppyeared]

horrible truth bomb dropped on my head 20 min ago

[petricorah]

scenes i loved from Real Enough to Get Me Through by @marriedzukka <333 [ids in alt]

[starry-bi-sky]

i think i'm hilarious -- aka i made blood blossom danny au memes

all of these come from my DpxDC prompt "i am pushing the batdad agenda--" and it's corresponding additions in the reblogs ksdjlf.

i am. rotating them in my head. forever and always. personally i think there should be more batdad aus in dpxdc, their dynamic could be neat. :)

[wardingshout]

I'm also having a lot of fun with this game!!

[bixels]

The Ryoko Kui interview's reception is such a disaster over a pretty normal (yet still flawed) interview between a non-Japanese fan and Japanese artistic. This is discourse for discourse's sake, and it's no surprise that almost every Twitter user I've looked at who's using this interview to parade Kui around as a goated mangaka standing strong against Western ideology is anti-trans.

Like, I do think the interview was kinda wonky with its focus on fandom culture, which Kui clearly didn't have much interest in. But sometimes that happens. Sometimes interactions between two people, especially a fan and a creator, two people who view and interact with a piece of media in completely opposite perspectives, don't click. Does this really need to get blown up into a "West vs. East culture war" issue.

Anyways, Kui saying "I don't consider my audience's interpretations when writing. I leave it to their imaginations, but I have my own read on things too" is the healthiest, most normal thing an artist/writer who wants a non-parasocial audience could say. Artists and writers use this line all the time. If Kui didn't enjoy autistic Laius or Farcille headcanons, she would have probably voiced/signalled her discomfort, like she did on the topic of Senshi fanservice. Overall, Kui handled the interview really well. Props to her to sticking to her guns and keeping a healthy disconnect from the fandom. While I think the interviewer could've/should've been more tactful and restrained, the flaws in their questions is not a symptom of the woke mind virus trying to wriggle its way into the pure Japanese psyche. It's the sign of an over-eager fan who sees a piece of fiction differently than its creator.

[holly-mckenzie]

“I will not fight you,” Princess Meria told Rhaenys, “nor will I kneel to you. Dorne has no king. Tell your brother that.”

“I shall,” Rhaenys replied, “but we will come again, Princess, and the next time we shall come with fire and blood.”

“Your words,” said Princess Meria. “Ours are Unbowed, Unbent, Unbroken. You may burn us, my lady…but you will not bend us, break us, or make us bow. This is Dorne. You are not wanted here. Return at your peril.”

Thus queen and princess parted, and Dorne remained unconquered.

FIRE & BLOOD | Aegon's Conquest

[sweetmapple]

Mostly Hiring manager, but HR manager and PR manager too

[lee-minhoe]

hanjitonin for @strayklds 💖🎁

[abnomi]

i locked in too hard and fought tooth and nail with ibis paint to make this but by god i did it 🛌 THE FILE GOT CORRUPTED LIKE 5 TIMES. i think turbo is real and he is out to get me.

these are a collection of experiments i did to figure out how i want to draw The Freak! i certainly learned a lot. i love drawing characters in 50 different ways with no consistency its so fun moohahaha. expect more turbo art in the future (but probably less artistically chaotic as this turned out 👶 oopsays)

There's alternate versions under the cut + have a bonus doodle :-]<

good grief

[magikkittenz]

It had to be done

[ricky-mortis]

Curtwen Week Day 6: Happy Ending

[anewp0tat0]

I tried but not very hard to see what the anniversary date was, and i decided to just prepare myself for the 16th or the 18th... it was the former. so, as always, but this time truly by accident... happy belated 17th birthday Black Butler!! I truly hope this year is amazing for us.

this year, I decided to use an idea I had wanted to try for a while but I never thought I would be able to pull off. and I still probably couldn't in the best way.... but regardless, here is a made up last chapter scenario.

you can also see this comic on webtoon here. whatever your fancy, if you please :>

[iknowwhereyousnoozeatnight]

tennis

[solitaireships]

I feel like I should say since there's been a recent uptick in a lot of communities I'm in/see stuff from a lot of white people pretending to be Asian, but you are not welcome here if you are in anyway stealing from Asian cultures for clout or the aesthetics of it

This includes if you're white and you give your self inserts Asian names, I truly do not care if your f/o is from an anime, you should not be using an Asian name under any circumstances. I hate that whenever I see someone using an Asian name online, I feel like I have to start searching their account to see if they're actually Asian or just a white person who likes the aesthetic of it bcs far too many white people will use Asian names here just bcs it sounds cool, with no regard for the actual cultural meaning behind it. Meanwhile actual Asian people will be mocked for their names, or treated like their names are too hard to learn to pronounce, or discriminated against based on their names

Asian cultures are not a fun little costume for people to dress up with. They aren't just a nice aesthetic, they aren't just a thing you can borrow from bcs you think it sounds cool