#I'm not in a good headspace rn

[doctorbluesmanreturns]

also not to create a post that's just a magnet for dramatic irony but like. Are there any creators who aren't just the worst people on the planet? Like people who generally have a normal reputation with their fans and are mostly just focused on making good art in whatever medium they work in? I need to be able to believe that the absolutely monstrous people are the outliers.

[tiredassmage]

"I can do much worse to you. Consider this a mercy."

One blaster shot. Spilled chemicals. An explosion No evidence of murder. Make him pay, if you like.

[pochapal]

just realized i've pissed away my entire degree due to cringefail medical issues

[if-loki-was-a-fox]

Explaining my thoughts on Bedrock Bros is so hard because I can never figure out how to convey the similarities between them while also make the differences really clear

Because what kills me about them is how they were both simultaneously trying to use the other as a weapon and trying to form a genuine relationship, it's just that cTommy was primarily trying to form a relationship while incidentally to turning cTechno into his weapon, but cTechno was consciously trying to turn cTommy into a soldier/anarchist/terrorist while subconsciously trying to form a relationship

Because both had enemies they needed to destroy, for revenge and self defense (again, balanced in opposite amounts), but both were also desperately lonely and latching hard onto anyone who wasn't trying to hurt them

And to me, cTommy was doing it all in the way a scared child does, needing the nearest safest adult to protect them, while being a bit oblivious to the adult's needs (because that Should Not be a child's responsibility, but still leading to selfishnesses), and cTechno just doesn't understand the way children work or hold any extra patience for children (probably he wasn't given any as a child, and so just sees kids as smaller adults because that's how he was seen as a child, I would assume) so between that and all his own issues, being unable to be vulnerable with others, and also generally being unable to see himself as fallible or in the wrong to any degree when under any amount of stress or accusation (aka, he's deeply defensive, probably insecure about something), he just seem cTommy's actions as, well, a betrayal. And hold him responsible as he would an adult who knows what they're doing, rather than as a hurt and scared child with only so much understanding of cTechno's issues (because cTechno isn't communicating them, so how would cTommy know them?)

[gxtzeizm]

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[illhaveyouforbreakfast]

He may not have been a great (or even very good by most accounts) guy but. Holy shit. I know we dont have confirmation of exactly what happened but. There's something surreal when a member of the thing that stopped you from killing yourself as a teen might have killed themself.

[unkillablegod]

i want to do many things at the same time none of them productive and still i do nothing

[lixenn]

Woke up an hour ago because I forgot to turn of my alarm. So even though I want to bed kinda early for me I'm still wiped.

Today is the actual departure and though I finished packing and therefore won't need to worry about that I'm so tired and I feel unwell again. But I literally booked the correct train yesterday and I refuse to waste this much money. So holiday here I come!

The only upside is seeing my friends again but I can't seem to gather any excitement for it.

Just.

I'm tired

[talesofsymphoniac]

I really really really hate to say that this was one of my takeaways from rereading Frankenstein but I value honesty and the truth is Bachelor has massive Victor Frankenstein vibes

[sensitivegoblin]

My brain is full of bad shit so I'm gonna drown myself in sex, hmu if you wanna join

[du-garm]

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[cometcare]

hi i was one of the anons!! wasn't accusing you of being into incest i was just informing you that the person you reblogged stuff from was.

also regarding your tags, there is evidence that these people have groomed minors (woofles and chimera specifically). edit: i misread and you meant abt the people who accidentally liked BUT just wanted to put out there that there are people in this fandom that have shown support for genuinely awful individuals.

i also wanted to say i had no connection with that blocklist post and i wish everyone who was put on it by mistake well. the blocklist was really messed up (especially realizing this was the same person who made a "callout" on a MINOR with 0 research and repeatedly misgendered the minor.. WEIRD)

i sent my anon ask bc i assumed this was something you didn't know , didn't know there were other anons doing it (and from the sounds of it, ones that were really rude about it). wish i could specify which one mine was but i don't remember what exactly i said and you likely received ones from other people with similar things... but mine was regarding a single user if that helps any?

i hope mine didn't come off as rude or trying to "cancel" you! wish you the best :D

SORRY THIS WAS SO LONG i just wanted to try and explain my anon message and why i sent the ask... you don't have to post this ask but i would appreciate some kind of indication that you saw it (ofc this isn't needed since... it's YOUR blog and mentioning drama)

ps i love your art and your content! keep up the awesome work!

hi anon! no worries, if you were polite and not instantly accusing me of supporting incest if i don't take down the rbs, my posts weren't directed at you - no harm done at all and i appreciate the clarification! i've heard about woofles and chimera - absolutely, anyone who actually harms real people is reprehensible, i agree 100%. i have a strong personal policy of not posting anon callouts, though, and being very very wary of accusations without proof.

more thoughts under the cut, so this doesn't get too long - as a side note, OFC not encouraging harassment towards the dolly blog, but i looked into it and my god. wild how they literally haven't learned about jumping to wild conclusions and still see themselves as justified!! good lird!

AS A SIDE NOTE: none of this is directed at you. anon!! you're all good, this is just my personal word slop takes i'm rambling about, haha.

i have so, so many thoughts about how serious words have been watered down on the internet, and even though i wasn't directly in the crossfire myself, it still deeply set me off. not even getting into how common smear campaigns are, i've been a victim of one in my personal life! and so many people making accusations flippantly genuinely don't understand how serious they are, how they can follow someone for life, or how much they hurt the actual victims who've gone through things like that by redefining their trauma as stupid internet drama. it's not something you can just 'oopsies!' away.

if you tell the average person "this guy supports incest," they won't think it's about an accidental like on a tumblr post or reblogging something without using telepathy to thoroughly vet every single blog they've ever seen, they'll think the person supports actual incest. if you tell people "this guy supports groomers" when the only thing that happened is, again, reblogging art from a blog without knowing their life history, they'll think the person supports groomers!

accusing people of things like that and then going 'oops! my bad, i was wrong ;P why are you being so mean to me and not saying it's fine that i told everyone you support incest/support groomers/whatever?' when those accusations can and HAVE genuinely ruined lives is horrendous!! words have power, and when the topics are so serious, it's both easy and encouraged to jump to conclusions and take everything at face value.

MOST PEOPLE DO NOT SEE CORRECTIONS! which is why it's so important to actually do due diligence, ask questions, reach out to people, find out what's true.

side tangent that i may also delete later - the term grooming especially has been so watered down, it's horrible. i'm fine with saying this since it's been well over fifteen years at this point, but when grooming has been reduced to 'an adult being friends with a minor/talking to a minor under any circumstances', saying it's groomer behavior for an adult to have so called childish interests, what do you call what i and so many others have gone through? again, this isn't about actual groomers, moreso the ones who throw the word around without any care to how serious it is.

and trust me, i understand how many legitimate cases can take so many different forms, how sometimes the only evidence is word of mouth - it's like that for me, and it sucks deeply! i'm not undermining that at all! but the word has also been weaponized against especially trans/queer people, and the lack of critical thinking just makes me sad when it feels like people don't understand how serious grooming accusations are/that it describes a specific awful situation and not just someone being a creep or inter-generational friendships.

AGAIN, I STRESS, NOT ABOUT ACTUAL GROOMERS. ONLY THE MISUSE OF THE WORD. don't accuse people of being groomer supporters or incest supporters for liking a tumblr post or reblogging furry art without thinking, and understand the weight of accusations.

TLDR and final thoughts about the whole situation: words have consequences, don't use serious terms on nothingburgers because it waters down actual horrible acts, and

[hallows-personal-hell]

it's always always "im here for you if you need help!" until you really fucking need it and suddenly you're a problem.

[fruitypieq]

Halfway through Borrasca and I am already having Emotions because I got the ending spoiled and now I know what's coming LMAO

[cas-ettetape]

I think there's something interesting to be examined in terms of a fandom's treatment of characters who make bad decisions/m of hurt others with a level of empathy and understanding of their actions under the stress/abuse/mental state/etc. Like, a lot of folks are willing to go to bat and if not justify, contextualize their actions -- which, to be clear, I think is a correct way to understand most situations. But it's the contrast of that with the tendency to label others, sometimes for understandable reasons (often not) as Abusers or Problematic and be willing to completely exorcise them from social circles, online spaces, whatever. While sometimes this is necessary for safety, most of the time in fandom spaces it's been about transgressions such as "liking weird porn" or "going through a bad breakup" or interpersonal conflicts that should definitely be resolved with a tough conversation.

Really what I'm getting at is that whenever I see character discourse happening in earnest I hope everyone is as accepting and understanding of the real life other people in their lives as they are their Blorbos

[king-mera]

Maybe it's time for another social media break.