#Is SOOOOOO disheartening to me

[honestlyvan]

I really should remember to add this to the body of the post, but Rekudo has counterspam built into it XD you can only rekudos a fic once a day -- if you’re rereading a fic MORE than once a day then at that point you really should be looking into leaving comments instead. May I recommend the sister toolset for that?

[image: a banner for AO3 ReKudos Converter. between the Kudos button and the Comments button is an Uno Reverse type symbol; an arrow leads from the “You have already left kudos here :)” banner to a comment by “You” reading “This is an extra kudos, since I’ve already left one. :)”]

I made a userscript that will automatically turn a pointless click of the kudos button into a customisable automatic comment on the fic!

>> Get the script here <<

The script was made to work with Tampermonkey, so you may need to change the formatting to work with other JS userscript managers.

You can install Tampermokey for Firefox from here.

[EDIT 12/11/2022] The extension version of Rekudo is still live for those of you need it, but I remind everyone that it’s not the supported version of the script and is thus lacking features. The comment assist functions are fully functional, but it lacks the prompt list that the userscript version of Comment Assist has – you will just get a random prompt that says “random prompt” on mode 2 because it will not load the file with the correct prompts. Modes 1 and 3 work just fine.

Actually, Comment Assist is ready to go and fully functional also! I’ll try to make a separate post about it – the plan was always to have Rekudo provide comment prompts for those who wanted to do more than just say “second kudos!” but didn’t know where to begin, but I lost steam on this project due to a negative reaction I got from people wanting more thoughtful comments. Oh well, perfect is the enemy of the good.

[duketectivecomics]

Did- did Doug ever get cured? I don't think he ever shows up in Duke's Urban Legend story, only Elaine.

DID DC FORGET ABOUT DUKES DAD???

Urban Legends absolutely DROPPED the ball when it came to even WHISPERING abt Doug Thomas, and the last mention of either Doug or Elaine was this year’s DC Power special, where it just RANDOMLY dropped that both Elaine & Doug are dead like???????????????????? (It was in one of those Character Bio pages and it was so fuckin disheartening to see like 😭 & like I get that most ppl hear ‘dukes parents were jokerized’ and automatically assume that means they were killed via joker venom/gas/etc but like… Licherally just picking up WAR or BatS you’ll see that they’re very much alive in both of those like????)

Only explanation is that (ALLEGEDLY) dc’s editors aren’t actually doing any kind of fact checking or collaborating with their writers. It’s (ALLEGEDLY) the wild fuckin west for them rn to just do whatever ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ dc let me in and let me write a quick Duke mini pspspsps I promise I’ll be soooooo normal abt it pspspspsps

[nic-coughlan]

hi! thanks for helping the fandom process our emotions lol. I appreciate your rationality but can also 100% understand everyone’s emotions about everything. the past 24 hours has been full of whiplash between overwhelmed, underwhelmed, disappointed, and content. your takes are appreciated!

this makes me very happy, haha!

fandom therapist at your service

i honestly just wanted to help, i saw people being genuinely disheartened bc it's just soooooo much in a short space of time and just wanted to be that rational one for you all and give you my insight🫶

[gaykey]

Know what I think Kibum has always had a streak of selfishness in him (which is not necessarily bad) but he feels way too emboldened to lean more into it in a way that feels vile and wrong these days. I found shinee and key during the worst time of my life when I was struggling w depression and school and it’s so disheartening to know that I can’t love him or even look at him with the same fondness anymore? Your account was so helpful back then with learning about Shinee I used to look through tags for hours those days. I hope you are doing good and not letting this get to you too much.

hello anon

yeah i agree. that aspect of his personality was always something i admired about him tbh. he was stood up for himself, and alwqys made sure he, and by therefore the people he cared about were respected and looked after.

but, that part of him is really manifesting into something ugly these days. now, it just comes across as??? idk, greedy?

or maybe it's just my perception that's changed.

i'm sorry that something that used to bring you a lot of comfort has been ruined, but i'm glad that my blog was a good source for you before now <3

in regards to how i'm doing with all this? genuinely i'm heartbroken lmao. and i know it's not about me. and i know he's just some guy. and i knooooooow it's on me for idolsing a stranger in such a way but yeah.

i just loved and admired him soooooo much.

[observethewalrus]

Guys be proud of me I was soooooo civil on their feedback page:

“I am extremely disappointed that you’ve cancelled the third and final season of Our Flag Means Death. After the resounding commercial success of the previous two seasons, I’m both surprised and disheartened by your decision. It sets a precedent for Max original programming; why would I want to watch your shows if, no matter how well it is received and how much profit is made, there is a very high chance it will be cancelled before reaching its natural conclusion? There is an obvious outcry from fans of this show, fans who have watched the show over and over again, recommended it to friends and family, bought your official merch, and were all set to continue supporting you even after the show was meant to finish. You could have proven to a deeply jaded audience that Max is prepared to continue producing the stories we want to see on our screens. However I see little reason to keep my subscription if one of your highest rated, most popular original programs can be tossed aside seemingly out of nowhere. I hope the efforts of fans around the world will be enough to convince you to reconsider your decision. #RenewAsACrew”

I’m giving it at most a month. I will be way less civil when I cancel by subscription

[emmabirb8]

I truly do appreciate the fat positive and/or fat acceptance posts that go around on Tumblr every now and then. Sometimes I feel like I get a little spoiled on that viewpoint tho, because MAAAANNN, you go to almost any other website and the fatphobia is just rampant.

Maybe it's bc I mainly use Tumblr and YouTube as my go-tos, but it's an esp hostile environment on YouTube. You go to any video that even just features a heavier person, and you'll immediately see comments denouncing them for "promoting" being fat and "unhealthy", or comments about how putting in the time and effort to "be healthy" and lose weight is the "most beautiful thing" a person can do and those comments will have a minimum of a few thousand likes...

It's just SOOOOOO fucking disheartening.

But, then I come back here, and I feel better (mostly because I curate my Tumblr experience and choose who I follow and reblog from, but still). Makes me feel a little more normal, y'know?

Fat people deserve to feel normal.

[floweytflower]

Doomsday Duo: The Beginning

Flowey pov:

So I was just burrowing around thinking this little plan of mine was soooooo smart.

Then, I realized my horrible mistake.

In a panic, I approached the only living person nearby - and it happened to be him.

that idiotic extremely lazy skeleton I absolutely hate.

I had to ask him for help, I had no other option.

"Um, hey...?"

He looked at me briefly and then closed his eyes again.

"Enough of this! So that's how we are going to play it now, huh? Wake up and face the reality, sleepy!"

Sans finally decided to stand and look me in the eyes, but his glare sent a cold shiver down my spine, and I felt a sense of deja vu.

"What is it that YOU of all people want from? what, you wanna fight AGAIN?" he said, in a cold tone that gave me more goosebumps than anger

I stared momentarily and then said to myself, 'Pull yourself together, Flowey. It's not that bad.' I took a deep breath before continuing, "Frisk is on their way to kill us all, and I need your help. We need to work together, like a tag team. Can you help me?"

Sans glared at me before bursting into laughter. I muttered to myself, "Pathetic."

He wiped a single teardrop from his eye, but the moment he laid eyes on my stern expression, his laughter subsided. "Oh, you're serious?" he said, a look of concern crossing his face. "I'm sorry, I didn't know." I silenced him with a shush and spoke with a firm tone, "Listen to me for once! Look me in the eyes and tell me how serious I am!" Sans met my gaze and held it for a moment, but then broke into another fit of laughter. "You're a flower, how am I supposed to take you seriously?" he managed to say, wiping tears from the corners of his eyes.

Feeling disheartened and frustrated, I turned to walk away, my mind foggy with disappointment. Sans' lack of interest in helping me had been all too apparent, but I couldn't help but feel a twinge of hope that he might have been able to offer some assistance. As I began to move away, I heard him call out to me, his voice laced with amusement. "Can't take a joke?" he said, his smirk evident in his tone. Irritated by his mocking attitude, I turned back to face him, my eyes narrowing as I glared at him. A creepy smile spread across my face as I replied, "You're the joke here!" I could feel the anger bubbling up inside of me, and for a moment, I almost thought I might lash out at him. But instead, I simply turned and walked away, determined not to let his negative energy spoil my day.

Sans regarded me with a perplexed expression, and I felt a twinge of indignation. My initial impulse was to disappear once again, but he dismissed my intention with a scoff and said, "Fine, I'll listen to what you have to say." A glimmer of hope stirred within me, and I asked eagerly, "Really?" He simply nodded in response, and I felt a rush of gratitude."Excellent," I began. "We're all in grave danger, and I was hoping you'd be willing to help me. Based on our past encounters, I believe that with our combined abilities, we might just be able to save everyone." I could feel my pulse quicken with anticipation. Suddenly, he interrupted me with a sharp "ahem," as if to indicate his annoyance. "Wait a minute," he said, his tone now tinged with suspicion. "I have a problem with this plan. Did you encourage Frisk to attempt to kill us all?" His penetrating gaze bore into me, and I felt my cheeks flush with shame."U-UH... noooo...? Okay, maybe," I stammered, feeling a sense of guilt wash over me.

Sans looked at me with suspicion and said, "Okay, that settles it. What did you say about this situation?"I stared back at him coldly, knowing that he wasn't going to like what I was about to say. "Well, I gave a speech. 'LET'S TURN THEM ALL TO DUST'... haha...?" I said with a nervous laugh, hoping to ease the tension. Sans let out a long sigh, clearly disappointed. "And just now, did it occur to you that they were planning to kill EVERYONE, including you? No survivors at all?" he asked with a hint of anger in his voice. Feeling ashamed, I lowered my head and my petals went a bit darker. "Yes, I didn't think about the consequences of my words. I was just trying to be brave and inspire others to fight back," I replied, trying to justify my actions. Sans shook his head in disbelief. "You need to think before you speak, especially in situations like this. We can't afford to make mistakes like that," he said, trying to teach me a lesson.I nodded in agreement, realizing the gravity of the situation. We were facing a grave danger, and we needed to be careful with our words and actions if we were going to survive.

My voice strained with panic as I directed my words at Sans, "Well, it's too late now! They're almost here, and we have to come up with a plan!" I could feel my heartbeat racing as I tried to calm myself down. Sans let out a deep sigh, "I see. So, you said something about combining our powers earlier?" I nodded, "Yes, that's right. If we combine our powers, then we may be able to stop them." Sans looked at me with a serious expression, "Are you sure you want to do this? It's a risky move." I swallowed hard, but then I lifted my head up with newfound determination. "I know it's risky, but we don't have any other options. It's either this or we let them win." Sans nodded in agreement, "Alright then. Let's do this." With a renewed sense of confidence, I took a deep breath and prepared to combine our powers. I knew that it was going to be a tough fight, but I was ready to give it my all.

THE END, of chapter 1 lol

[blackuigryphonvr]

The Trouble with Cemetery Submissions in Niantic Wayfarer:

There's so much that's changed since The Ingress Days.... I live in South Weymouth Massachusetts, and forever ago, Ingress players got this tiny little Cemetery into the platform:

So, it's STILL IN THE PLATFORM, and it's a PokéStop in #PokemonGo

Then, PoGo players botched the Nomination platform in North America around 2017, which voided the feature for everyone except in some tiny countries overseas.

I actually emailed 📧 Niantic about this in Autumn of 2018, and it took so much effort to finally be able to speak to a real human being. It was a guy named Kirk.

He told me not to give up, even if it was by playing Ingress, and wouldn't say much more. But, I'd been passed through automated services, different people working there just giving me cut-copy-paste generic answers which never answered my questions, but that guy, Kirk, actually did. He wrote me a whole letter. In 2018, they considered my area "rural" which is a joke, since it's actually a city, but with lots of trees.

But, by the end of 2019, I despite Kirk from Niantic telling me not to give up playing, and to try and hit Level 40 (the last level back then) I was very close to hitting Level 40, but I just felt so disheartened. 😔 and, I was giving up on the ability to make new PokéStops. The game seemed broken. It seemed like Niantic didn't care about the upkeep of the game. And, I lost faith... when, it suddenly WENT LIVE!

But, there were new rules, and a role-out, so I scrambled to get my last XP to hit Level 40!

I checked every article, video, and resource, including Ingress Players, and I also played Ingress, sat on Livestreams, took notes in my notebook. 📓

But, 1 thing I notices about the 2019 Niantic Wayfarer system was changes to the rules. Cemetery submissions were mostly a no go UNLESS THEY WERE HISTORICAL OR CELEBRITY Waypoints.

Here's another Ingress Submission Cemetery IN MY TOWN!

This submission it so old. It's 1 of the nicer Cemeteries. I actually spoke to locals here, and learned a lot from a man who's father was buried there. I don't just read stuff online, I go out n meet people. I talked to this guy (and others) during a Lockdown Independence Day weekend, n he was liquored up,n told me all kinds of details about the town, people in charge, the history, going back centuries, good stuff n trails in the woods, and so much more.

So, based on his Intel, I submitted the Moment thingy in that Cemetery witch is also a PokéStop.

It was actually a fountain w a perpetual motion ball on it, but I busted during some mega hurricane 🌀. The Walker family was famous tycoons, n that's a lot of other history stuff, if u know anything about the Gilded Age which literally started here, as far as the eyes can see. Not even exaggerating. And not just the shoe industry, several industries.

So, it was soooooo odd that THIS GOT THROUGH:

Even tho the Elmwood Cemetery is actually a PokéStop, n has been for some years now, I'm shocked it even got through. But, the community voted it in. It's one of those 1800s ones that's not worth the effort. It's also ultra common, nothing special. But, also, if you blink, you'll miss it. And, it's in someone's ultra quiet New England neighborhood.... I, also, personally, would've never voted it through.... and yet, THERE IT IS!

MORE OF MY BACKSTORY:

I also kept getting banned because some bullies kept making up lies about me being an abuser n a racist. I even had to change my identity, and my name, 3 times during the Pandemic, and I pretended I was a dude. But, all the Admin in my local Discord server knew me, n knew who I was.

Now, u CAN actually get some kinds of Cemetery related waypoints through, tho I don't recommend it for several reasons.

You need to REALLY KNOW WHAT YOU ARE DOING,

ACTUALLY UNDERSTAND THE RULES,

AND ACTUALLY MAKE A STRONG CASE FOR IT.

Is it historical?

I don't recommend anything from the 1800s & 1900s, unless it's an actual celebrity, founder of a town or city, that's verifiable. So, it ought to be way older than the 1800s, n even THAT will struggle to get through. In fact, I generally DO NOT even bother submitting cemeteries because they get screwed so fast.

The old 2019 rules against Cemetery submissions was because they thought it might be offensive to people in parts of Asia like: Chinese, Korean, parts of Southern Asia, etc.

This includes gravestones, but a famous mosuleum might go through. A president, or Elvis Presley level celebrity would probably go through.

It's because people don't use their good Judgment, and don't think things through, you're gonna get these brainless, quick to judgement voters who vote it down.

I actually read EVERY GRAVE, N CEMETERY SUBMISSION I vote on in Wayfarer. I ALSO TEND TO VOTE THEM DOWN. BECAUSE I PUT SO MUCH EFFORT into my submissions, n back up everything with facts, citations, quality, effort, etc.

So, when I see something that's potentially GOOD, but they didn't bother to write anything, not only do I down vote it, I also write something in the comment section.

HOWEVER...

There is actually a VERY GOOD Cemetery that more than qualifies, but I also live in SOUTH WEYMOUTH MASSACHUSETTS n we have active saboteurs from Reddit that hate us just because we live & breathe, and BRAG ABOUT IT FOR YEARS.

They GET OFF ON IT.

Here's an EXAMPLE of a tomb I got through of a very famous figure of many counts. It qualified due to multiple things, but I had to try through APPEALS, by writing an essay to make the case for it, since people DO NOT READ or USE GOOD JUDGEMENT. they just conclusion jump: Cemetery = BAD, -regardless of ALL THE DETAILS, and WHAT THE RULES HAVE EXCEPTIONS FOR.

I did manage to get the special historical tomb of a famous local soldier/veteran that's from a few registries including the descendants of the Pilgrims from The Mayflower (Yes! The Thanksgiving Mayflower down the highway in Plymouth Mass)

But, the actual Cemetery itself, which is loaded with history, is usually sabotaged.

It's the super old Highland Cemetery which is very popular in Google. It's also very popular with dog walkers and professional photographers for decades. (I've worked on films, and photoshoot projects since Bush was president, so I know about these things)

Since things that have a sign or a NAME tend to do better, I used a photo of the Shed in this location in a number of my submissions, as did other players.

But, what do the haters do?

They lie on us and say it's a mismatched location, or doesn't meet criteria. Or, that it doesn't meet criteria.

Read the rules!

Read my blurbs!

Check my URLS!

I've also helped other players try submitting this Cemetery.

There's actually WAY MORE WEIGHT IN FAVORITE OF IT'S CREDIBILITY THAN ANY OF THE OTHERS.

This one is the OLDEST, and it is OLD. It's got Puritans in it.

Source 1

Source 2

Source 3

Source 4

Google Listing

Highland Photos on Google

This is why, when I'm coaching other players with Wayfarer, I teach people that it's more SUBJECTIVE than OBJECTIVE.

If it REALLY WAS ALL ABOUT THE RULES & CRITERIA then THIS WOULD BE a Waypoint YEARS AGO... but its NOT.

Meanwhile the OTHER ONES which SHOULD NOT really be a Waypoint, ACTUALLY MADE IT THROUGH, and they've been in the system FOR YEARS.

Also, on the Appeals, there's not enough room to write a whole 9 volume account of Me/Us VS The Saboteur Bullies.

Who got time for that ANYWAY???

[mountttmase]

GIRLLLLL

I rlly hope ur not doubting urself

A MTC is honestly one of the best if not the best series i’ve ever read

don’t get me started on all ur other fics aswell

i love love love ur writing so i hate that ur feeling like we don’t

ur soooooo amazing and talented and ur blog overall is just my favourite 💕💕🫶🏽

Oh thank you my sweet 🩷

I’m away with my family and had a long day traveling so I was a bit of a grump but I’ve had a sleep and I feel a little better

But I know I’ve got my usuals and loads of you lot who are so kind and lovely to me all the time and I know series will never do as well as regular fics but I’ve felt a bit disheartened with it so far.

Hopefully it picks up but I’m so thankful for everyone that does interact with me 🩷 I’m conscious I may sound ungrateful but I love all of you 😌

[a-little-gay-identity-crisis]

Soooooo this may be unpopular buttt

I heard the rumors of sugar and spice being cast on s15 just like else and it just kinda depressed me

Don’t get me wrong, I LIVE for them. I’ve followed them for a while now. They’re very entertaining on TikTok.

But their casting just feels…..icky.

It feels like there are so so so many seasoned, talented performers who don’t have the platform they have, but it doesn’t matter

Sugar and spice have the following

Also, they’ve openly said they don’t do gigs and are just “princesses” that stand there and look pretty. Compare that to say Izzy Uncut, A queen with a huge following that is well.. a working girl, not just a queen who panders to a straight audience

Part of what made drag race so so special to me is the fact that art it’s core, it’s for queer people. Queens like (most recently) cheddar gorgeous are a big inspiration to me as a walking piece of queer art. Yes, drag race is more diluted now for a wider audience, but at its sole it’s still for the queens and queers.

Sugar and spice feel like they’re not for the gays, they’re for the straights.

And this just disheartened me because automatically I’m doubtful about the authenticity of this season. Even in the meet the queens, the twins were performing (which I know is the point) a character, not giving us an interview with the artist about the art. It already feels manufactured.

Don’t mistake me, I’m so so so SO excited to watch this season. This is the first one I’ll be able to watch live since the switch to MTV. But I’m cautious about the quality.

[eddiebabygirldiaz]

re: multiple movies in theaters, for me i definitely think it’s like. i wouldn’t do it now. i did it a lot in hs/my early 20s but movie tickets were soooooo much cheaper then. i could go for like 5 bucks in the late 90s/early 00s. now it’s like. 4 times that. 😶😶

ahh yeah definitely get that! the whole cost of the theater experience has just grown exponentially over the years, it's insane and disheartening because i love it but ive never gotten to go very much. even in the early 00s where im from it wasn't easy to afford, but it was definitely at least a bit more doable in years past than it is currently :(

[salaciousslut]

I just wanna make you feel like the princess i know you are<3

I feel you on that, I dont like when people expect me to know everything its disheartening. So I promise I'll always tell you how i feel☺️ im pretty good at letting people know when im uncomfortable with something, and i know you'll never mean me any harm<3

Hes got a lot of really popular songs! I love his older stuff because it basically raised me. Tbh i feel like him turning 40 is coming up out of nowhere bc last i had checked he was 35 🤭

Good<3 it warms my heart to hear that sweetheart<3 And i wont force you to let me take care of you, but if you let me help you out in any way that you need i'll be happy. I like to be useful for the people in my life☺️

Wherever you go, just know i'll save some soju to celebrate with you in spirit. I really like talking to you and i wish i could be your guard dog tomorrow night. You dont even have to have me on your arm, i'd just wanna be there to protect you sweetheart<3

i wont lie, being called princess does something to me!! ive never been called it before and i have been missing out!!

okay good!! and i feel the same way about u!! communication is key and ill be very upfront about it. but yayyyyyy look at us go

yes! ive honestly been trying to be more accepting of help because i know its impossible to do everything on my own so i really want to let people in and let them take care of me because i know i would do the same

god i love soju sm. whats ur fav flavor? if its jinro brand then i like the green grape, but if not ill go with a classic peach or lychee!! but one time i went to this liquor store that sold apple mango soju and that shit changed my life. i havent found a place other than the small store that sells it but its soooooo yummy.

i wanna be on ur arm so badly tomorrow!! u would be my guard dog, you would be my date hehe i wanna show you off to everyone and always be touching u any way that i can

[seeminglyseph]

somehow. I'm going through a tiny Helluva Boss phase. this is partly brought on by catchy songs and relatably traumatized and shitty protagonists.

luckily I haven't fucked up my life so bad that I'm literally in hell but damn if the attachment issues and inability to believe anyone could ever actually care about you so you drive people away in a panic by becoming the worst version of yourself isn't at least some degree of relatable.

Fuck you Blitzo. you're not supposed to be a highly exaggerated for a dark comedy but still extremely relatable character, you stupid bastard.

also why's everyone gotta talk shit about Millie when she's literally amazing? Like yes she's less traumatized and has less of the focus than Moxie, Blitzo and Luna causing her to kinda play the muscle in a lot of scenes but like. She carries her weight with Character instead of Backstory. She's a loving wife and stone cold killer and a sweet southern darling, she's practical in a lot of ways, but has a kinda childish glee for other things, but is a "sturdy bitch" when it comes to hard work. She's a country gal with a good work ethic and fierce loyalty and she can and will commit some hardcore murder despite not having anything fancy or *special* about her. She's not magically gifted, she doesn't have a sugar daddy or mama who gives her special magic gifts, she isn't from a secret lineage of special demons, she's just a really hard working murder machine. She takes a lickin' and keeps on kickin'. She's a fuckin' tank. That's a fuckin' country gal.

I've seen it said that Helluva Boss is gonna be the more Male Lead show compared to Hazbin Hotel which is intended to be more Female Lead, so Millie taking more of a backseat I don't think is intended to degrade her, it's because she's already a force of nature, and Helluva a Boss has like.. 16 episodes so far and is an indie project spread out over like... multiple years while Hazbin has been funded by Prime. I don't know the details man. I feel like when people are like "I want complex representation" and then it's like.... something that is complex and weird and takes time they suddenly don't actually want complex representation anymore.

I get that the creator probably is too defensive or handles publicity badly, but if I was getting harassed all day every day by tweens with no media literacy my the millions because like. demons speak sign language. I would probably also have bad patience and an inability to tell what's good humour and what's part of the mob.

like they're trying to cancel her for having a pinup of her trans woman character "with prominent bulge" which is "soooooo problematic" and then it turns out that it's something the voice actress asked for because it's about body positivity and acceptance that it's not a part of her body she needs to hide. like. literally just people throwing a tantrum because the trans woman has a dick, and they feel uncomfortable about it???? okay. cool. please tell me how you can handle complex representation that isn't spoon fed to you like a tiny baby...

idk. I'm not super super into it ride or die, but also it is reminding me of a lot of the stuff I really loved when I was younger so I'm like. vibing. but the amount of controversy about nothing is like. disheartening. like really? we're tearing each other apart over this? that's too much...

[caelumsnuff]

your last text post: i will say that genuinely disturbed me. people (a lot of them that didn't even have access to the audio they were even upset about i found) screaming and telling someone what creative work they are allowed or not allowed to upload when it literally came with warnings throughout (even in the title) and a detailed summary so there weren't any surprises and he even treated the listeners like kids to remind them that what happened in the audio is not a good thing when it was v obvious in the audio that what was happening was awful.

him feeling like he had to tell everyone he'd been SA-ed (when he had already alluded to before but didn't say outright) is the thing i will always feel disgusted about when it comes to this fandom. and you're right that it seems like everyone ignored that awful outcome like all the uninformed outrage didn't likely harm a SA victim sharing art related to it (like soooooo many other SA victims have). that and the lack of people acknowledging it showed me a lot about this fandom.

Yeah. Like honestly i feel bad for the man. He did his part (properly tagging and adding trigger warnings, posting in a private space generally pretty damn inaccessible to children), and yet he still got berated/harassed for….. uploading fictional media???

Its not even unlike audios he had uploaded before, the only difference being that this time it was for more storytelling purposes and not sexual enjoyment. Despite this, the fandom for some reason blew up over this one audio in particular, which is strange because I haven’t seen much chatter about his others like it. (to be clear, i am not making this point to imply that there is some inherent morality or lack thereof involved in making fictional non-con/dub-con/cnc content to get your rocks off to. Its fiction.)

It reminds me of the situation with Geordie’s listener, and the points i made about the reasons fandom reacts so differently when a listener does something bad vs when we the listeners have something bad done to us. That fiction/reality distinction one is supposed to develop as a child seems to be missing in a lot of this fandom, along with like a sore lack of critical thinking and the ability to Not Interact with Things That Upset You.

The whole situation was a mess and to see the entire fandom go silent after he finally dropped this nuclear bomb of information (on fucking youtube, may i say. Where anyone and everyone can see it) just felt so disheartening??? I dont know the exact reasons behind everyone’s silence - if they were placated and felt like his reasoning was justified and they didnt feel the need to prod anymore, or if it was guilt at bothering this out of him, or if it was just plain apathetic disregard of his statement - but whatever the reason, the silence was indeed disturbing.

[wigglebox]

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[jinxedwood]

It's so lovely in Dublin today, our first truly sunny and warm day of the year. Of course it's going to turn colder and wetter tomorrow, but I'm going to enjoy it while it lasts.

I went out shopping earlier and indulged. I bought a graphics tablet. It's an entry level one but it has a display screen that you can draw on rather than a blank tablet. I'm so chuffed. Years ago, I bought one of the first gen Wacom tablets but quickly grew disheartened because the old school paper and pencil technique was too ingrained in me and I could never get the hang of following the screen rather than my hand! Now I can draw 'old school'.

I have been hankering for ages to do a YouTube thing where I rant about old shows and books I love/hate, but I'm too self conscious to show my face and I didn't want to do the disembodied voice thing because then someone might confuse me with someone who actually knows what they're talking about. So I thought cartoon!jinxed might be a happy compromise....now all I need to do is learn how to use a new digital medium, how to add animations to video, and write a script (which, admittedly, I've done before, but it was soooooo long ago)

So, uh yeah, see you on YouTube sometime next year I guess.

(also trying to finish a short Klaroline fic which I've stalled on half way through. I'm hoping to get it done in the next couple of weeks for...reasons)