#Living fiction system

[livingfictionsystem]

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System FAQs

✎. ﹏ Living Fiction

⁀➴ alter count: 200+ inworld, 25 of which who can front, about 6 of which do regularly.

⁀➴ Host: Sparrow Hemlock Harvey ‣ Core ‣ He/they ‣ Genderfluid masc ‣ Bisexual/Biromantic ‣ Monogamously taken with an outerworld partner

⁀➴ Recent Frequent Fronters:

╰ Xanthe C.L. Zeitstück ‣ Fictive / Protector / Co-Host ‣ They/It ‣ Androgyne ‣ Pansexual/Panromantic ‣ Dating an inworld partner, has one outerworld romantic interest, widowed.

╰ Xhaxhollari Ithuriel Icarus ‣ Gatekeeper ‣ He/it ‣ Non-binary Male ‣ Asexual/Heteroromantic ‣ Dating an inworld partner/ambiamorous.

╰ Cinder Harbinger ‣ Persecutor ‣ She/It ‣ Femme ‣ Pansexual/Aromantic ‣ Single

╰ Rune Hallows ‣ Trauma holder/Protector ‣ She/They ‣ Femme ‣ Bisexual/Biromantic ‣ Single

╰ Oscar Wilde ‣ Factive/Inspiration ‣ He/Him ‣ Male ‣ Bisexual/Biromantic ‣ No partner, but a litany of flirtations.

╰ Jasper Morgan Harvey ‣ Fictive/Vice holder ‣ He/Him ‣ Masc-leaning ‣ Homosexual/Homoromantic ‣ Committed to an inworld partner.

╰ Kaspar Blythe Dusek ‣ Fictive/Protector ‣ They/he/she/it Androgyne/Genderfluid ‣ Pansexual/Panromantic ‣ Exclusively polyamorous, with a few inworld partners at any given time.

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︵ Boundaries . . .

⤻ Do not use this system as a diagnostic tool for yourself or others.

⤻ Do not claim that yourself or our system members are literally inhuman/fae/vampires/elves/gods/werewolves/etc outside of the inworld.

⤻ No, you didn't know us in a past life.

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︵ System Facts

╰ x2 Cult Survivor

╰ Many enjoy reading and writing, hence the name

╰ Many alters, lore, and power systems were/are our abuser's OC's introjects

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"We didn't ask to be this crazy, but since we're here, we'll give them a show."

[itscherryterry-again]

what if you had feud with a child and I had feud with a different child and then we kissed about it

[zenlesszonezero]

Join Zenless Zone Zero with Tsukishiro Yanagi, the deputy leader of Hollow Special Operations Section 6! Beneath her ordinary office lady exterior lies a meticulous, emotionally intelligent big sister to the team.

[olskuvallanpoe]

jordie lives au where jordie becomes not like kaz but like one of those stiff, ignorant men of ketterdam who can’t see the connection between the barrel rats and the merchers, who dream of being one of the top dogs in the city but never reach it. that was the main aspect of his character, right? he wanted to be rich, but he was too ignorant to understand that the system was set to make the rich men richer and the poor men poorer. kaz was always the smart one, and so kaz will develop into the same infamous barrel thug he’d always been destined to be, and he would still hate pekka because, in a way, it was like jordie still died because of him. because of pekka, kaz saw his big brother’s weaknesses for the first time, and whether jordie lives or dies, kaz can’t help but hate him for his ignorance at the same time he loves the boy he remembers to be his doting big brother.

[tamashii--0--naturanimae]

Naturesoul/naturanimae

Here are all informations about alterhuman term naturesoul (or naturanimae). I hope this term will become one of the official alterhuman terms, along with flag and symbol, will appear in alterhuman and otherkin wikis one day and will help those who can't really identify with all these terms that already exist. If you can reblog this post or share with others, I would be really grateful, I hope more beings will recognize this and there will be beings that identify as naturesoul. :)

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Definition:

Naturesoul or naturanimae (from latin: naturae = nature + animae = soul, can be translated as "natural soul") is alterhuman term (label) for souls who can't feel full connection with their physical bodies.

Soul is primordial/basic living being that is in every physical creature, soul is that living being, with personality and memories, and creatures are physical bodies in different shapes, they can't live without souls, but souls can live without physical body. There is one soul in one body.

Naturesoul identify as souls in human bodies, not humans, they are aware of being just souls and because of that they can't identify as any other beings. They feel disconnection with current physical incarnation and can see it as "clothes" for soul, they can see possibility in being in any body, as any physical creature, physical form isn't that important, or they can prefer some specific body or parts from other physical creatures which they like or they were in previous incarnation (similar to otherlink, but they still not identify as that creature, they still identify as souls). Can also feel spiritual connection between them and nature, their beliefs can be connected to nature and feels as part of nature. In the same time they can partially identify with any creature's characteristics from their previous incarnations in which they felt good, for example as soul they can feel connection with cats (similar to otherhearted), they also can miss qualities they had in previous incarnations such as flying (bird incarnation) or walking on four legs etc. So they can feel some connection in different ways with their previous incarnation.

Contrary to popular belief that soul has no gender, naturesoul can identify with any gender identities (because of previous incarnations or experiences), but agender and gender neutral can be frequent, can use any pronouns. They can experiencing dysphoria because of disconnection with human body or any gender identities they feel, also can be genitalfluid/sexfluid which can be related with seeying their body just as "clothes". Naturesoul can be any sexuality and romantic orientation.

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Important note:

Naturesoul can feel connection with creatures from their previous incarnations, they can miss some characteristics and qualities of creatures they were in the past, they even can have their own preferences about what body they want to have, but they can't identify in the same time as any other creatures. Naturesoul can't be combined with other alterhuman terms, this is separate identity which, due to its specificity, doesn't allow you to identify with something else at the same time. If someone identify with something else and at the same time feels spiritual identity, it's probably soulkin, not naturesoul.

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Symbol:

・Original - Harmonia mundi (from latin: harmony of the world):

Dot in the central part represents Mother Earth and the energy of life and creation, everything has that energy.

Pentagram represents the elements and nature.

Small drops coming from arms of the pentagram represent that everything has the same beginning and is created from the same energy.

Long drops represent souls, like a circle in a pentacle, they represent the harmony of nature, they are connected with it and are part of it.

The whole harmonia mundi symbol represents world's structure and roots of souls, from dot to drop. Also represents close and spiritual connection with nature and being part of it.

・Alternative - Pentacle:

Represents close and spiritual connection with nature and being part of nature, it's also symbol of nature.

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Flag:

White (and light grey*) represents soul and primordial/basic living being.

Blue, green and brown (shades*) represents colors of nature, sky, plants and soil.

Black (and dark grey*) represents human body/physical incarnation and humans' distance from nature.

Distance between white (and light grey*) and black (and dark grey*) stripes represents disconnection between soul and human body/physical incarnation.

* in alternative version

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Some of my personal thoughts about naturesoul, why I'm soul and how I see world as soul you can find here.

[lale-txt]

so about my office workers au uhm

[lagosbratzdoll]

On Daenerys, Colonisation and Race Discourse within the ASOIAF Fandom

This has been on my mind for a good long while and honestly, as much as I would like to leave discourse in the pits, it has been bugging me intermittently over the past few weeks.

Far too many of you get on here and call people who like the fictional dragon-riding family, neo-Nazis and that sentiment is so prevalent, that white people feel comfortable telling me a black woman that I am a neo-Nazi for rooting for Daenerys Targaryen. I am upholding neo-Nazi power fantasies for wanting to see a little girl live at the end of a story. I am a neo-Nazi for wanting to see the rape survivor have the family she aches for and children with the man (or men) she loves.

Then, those same people go on spiels about how the systemic erasure of those who sing the song of the earth and other old races is not colonialism. That their removal from their home is not displacement but an agreement between two equal parties. The fact that the only place where those who sing the song of the earth exist in the present timeline is north of the wall, surrounded by the bones of their dead, is not a travesty. That the expulsion of the old races from their home isn't that bad and should not be condemned. 

Instead, people argue, completely seriously, that the harm that the First Men and Andals have caused is centuries in the past, so essentially the slate has been wiped clean. The logical leaps that are required to arrive at such a boneheaded conclusion are truly mind-boggling, and those who make such arguments are not good people. 

I am unsure how one could read those books and come away with the impression that the old races do not mourn the loss of their home. I am unsure how one could read The Last of the Giants[1] and Ygritte’s reaction to both the song and Jon’s dismissal of the ethnic cleansing of the giants then believe that the old races and the free folk have moved past their displacement. 

In Westeros, from the Wall to the broken arm of Dorne, they all speak one language despite the fact they are all different ethnicities and they all landed on the shores at different times. That is not the case in Essos, we have been introduced to at least six languages and in A Dance with Dragons, Tyrion notes that the Valyrian spoken in the Free Cities has evolved into nine distinct dialects, and they are well on their way to becoming different languages.

How would a continent as large and diverse as Westeros maintain its hegemony over the people if not for forced assimilation, discriminatory practices and violence? The brutal repression required to keep one house in power for thousands of years is nothing to sniff at. The suppression required to keep the vast majority of Westeros worshipping one (or seven) gods. The systems in place ensure that language does not grow or evolve amongst the highborns at least.

Centuries before Aegon's Landing the maesters were the definitive educational authority and even now centuries after, nothing has changed. The grey rats still decide who learns what and when they learn it. There's one in every highborn home, all correspondence passes through them, they are the healers and the councillors.

The circular logic gets even more blockheaded when you factor in the fact that Daenerys is far from the only white character in the books. She is not the only character who wishes for home. She is not the only character who draws strength from her ancestors, her bloodline and her magical creatures. 

Cersei draws strength from her family’s iconography, and the Stark children (Jon included) all draw strength from their direwolves, their home and their blood. Sansa, Arya and Bran wish to return home and their home was built on the indiscriminate murder and displacement of the indigenous peoples. Their home is built on centuries of rape, murder, exclusionary practices and sexual slavery. 

However, if we give the nonsensical argument that time erases crimes air; the Starks, Lannisters and Tullys are warring to settle personal grievances in the present timeline. As a consequence of that war, thousands (a modest guesstimate) of small folk, minor nobles and even some major ones have been raped, tortured, maimed and killed.

Despite all this, no one writes meta after meta about how Sansa and her siblings must surely die for justice to be had for those who sing the song of the earth, the free folk, the giants and all the old races that fled beyond the wall.  

People write meta about Cersei and how she must die, but those are typically more misogynistic nature. They typically argue that she must die not for the “crime” of being Lannister, but for the “crime” of being Cersei and “ruining” Jamie. 

I would not mind criticisms of Dany and her peace-focused approach to ending slavery because the approach is naïve and she gives the slavers far too much ground. However, she is learning, growing and self-critiquing. At the end of A Dance with Dragons, she has decided to embrace fire and blood, her knight is breaking the false peace which is a necessary step forward.

What I find offensive is people saying that she should have planned better before she abolished slavery. And that the death, violence, and sickness that arises from her quest to eradicate slavery is somehow worse than the death, violence, and sickness that already existed in Slaver’s Bay. 

This argument often downplays the horrific conditions and suffering that exist(ed) under the slave system in Slaver's Bay. Such arguments are often in poor taste and prioritise the lives and comforts of the slavers more than the people they have enslaved.

I would not mind criticisms of Dany if people applied that same critique even-handedly. The same people who believe that Jon and Bran have done much to rectify the evil that their ancestors perpetuated believe that Dany has not done anything to right the wrongs of her ethnic kin. They praise them for the non-existent steps that they have taken, but in the same breath, they condemn Dany for not being able to immediately end the plague that is slavery. 

It is perfectly alright to not like fictional characters, no law requires you to like certain fictional characters over others. However, what is not right is making broad accusations about those who do, it is beyond the pale. It is disgusting, and annoying, and trivialises real-world issues to score cheap points against fictional characters.

Equating the survival of a teenage survivor to the restoration of a fascist house or neo-Nazi power fantasy when such designations do not exist in the world of ice and fire is strange behaviour. Saying that the teenage survivor will eventually be manipulated and raped (again) before ending up dead on her manipulator's blade is also strange behaviour. 

Dismissing the horrors of colonialism, especially when the text shows you that the involved parties are still affected by it, is not normal and often veers into real-world imperialism apologia. While criticism and analysis of characters and their actions are valid and even encouraged, it is essential that we do not resort to sweeping generalisations about other people and that we keep criticisms of characters grounded in the text. 

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Ooooooh, I am the last of the giants, my people are gone from the earth.

The last of the great mountain giants, who ruled all the world at my birth

Oh, the smallfolk have stolen my forests, they’ve stolen my rivers and hills.

And they’ve built a great wall through my valleys, and fished all the fish from my rills

In stone halls they burn their great fires, in stone halls they forge their sharp spears.

Whilst I walk alone in the mountains, with no true companion but tears.

They hunt me with dogs in the daylight, they hunt me with torches by night.

For these men who are small can never stand tall, whilst giants still walk in the light.

Oooooooh, I am the LAST of the giants, so learn well the words of my song.

For when I am gone the singing will fade, and the silence shall last long and long.

[comikadraws]

Was the curse of hatred actually a real thing? or did danzo just demonize the uchiha;s anger? idk, being murderously angry or just angry in general is a reasonable and human response to oppression and genocide.

The "Curse of Hatred" Analysis

An interesting question. The Curse of Hatred looks dumb at first glance but there are also many misconceptions surrounding it.

Since it is such a hot mess to begin with, I will try to focus mostly on the in-universe canon and lore rather than making it even more complicated by bringing in too much real-world logic and criticizing Kishimoto.

There's a bunch of rambling in the tags though.

Kishimoto's Intentions

Whenever we talk about the "Curse of Hatred" the fandom will usually apply terms such as "racism", "bigotry" and "pseudoscience" - particularly in reference to Tobirama.

Again, I don't want to bring too much irl logic into this but I feel like we need to make a clear distinction between intention and interpretation over here. "[insert character] was a racist" and "the Uchiha were justified" is a valid interpretation of the story. But at the same time, I doubt that this was ever intended by Kishimoto.

I have talked about this at length in another post of mine, in which I analyzed Kishimoto's most likely intent and how exactly this information is relevant to us with a look at authorial intent in fiction. But the TL;DR version is that Japan is not exactly very sensitized to themes of racism and the "Curse of Hatred" is never framed as racist propaganda but exposition only. The lore also lines up with Kishimoto's personal views on how grudges are responsible for war (instead of corruption or racism) and the Uchiha's curse might be a metaphor for that.

In other words, the Curse of Hatred is real in canon. Even if it's a massive red flag and deserves to be criticized.

What Is The "Curse of Hatred" Even?

I have to admit, it's been a while since the last time I watched Naruto from start to finish, so I had to use the sources listed by the wiki rather than relying on my own findings and I might be biased. Because of that, I'd prefer everybody to regard my findings as headcanon or interpretation (especially further toward the end) rather than undisputed fact.

As far as I remember, the exact wording "Curse of Hatred" is only ever used by Obito. While not using the same wording, the curse is also referenced by Itachi, Hagoromo, and Tobirama who each have their own understanding of it. Unfortunately, we have no idea where exactly this wording or concept originated and we have no idea what exactly causes the Curse of Hatred that Obito refers to.

Hiruzen, Koharu, Homura, and even Danzo, while potentially influenced by Tobirama's teachings, do not reference the Curse of Hatred at all, at least not in relation to the Uchiha Clan itself.

Now here's the first one of my findings: The Curse of Hatred is supposed to be some sort of involuntary biological or cultural inclination causing Uchihas to become consumed by hatred but it is also something voluntary - a Nindo. While the former could be considered a "curse" in the traditional sense, the latter is definitely not.

For the Nindo, it is supposed to be some sort of antithesis to the Will of Fire. Because of that, it is not limited to the Uchiha but, according to Tobirama and Obito, closely associated. As explained later on in this post, most Uchihas do not follow this Nindo.

Core aspects of the Curse of Hatred as a Nindo:

Valuing a precious few above the many

Directing your hatred at those who took away your precious few

Growing stronger from those feelings of hatred (for the Uchiha, reflected in the form of the Sharingan)

A Biological Inclination?

Now back to Tobirama's theory, due to the narrative framing, we will assume his words to be truthful for the sake of this analysis. However, I will provide links to other people's posts delving into the fantasy racism discussion.

Tobirama is racist and his theories cannot be trusted.

Tobirama is not racist and there is validity to his theories.

I myself do not completely agree with either of these, but they might be interesting reads for you. If you do not agree with either of them, please keep it to yourself and do not bother the original creators.

Tobirama's theory goes as follows:

The Uchiha feel love and hate more strongly than other individuals

The strength of the Sharingan and the Uchihas' hatred are correlated

In a fit of hatred, odds are an Uchiha will commit evil

It is nowhere mentioned that the Uchiha are more likely to feel hate - only that their hatred is worse than the average person's and puts them at risk of being swayed by hateful ideologies.

A Cultural Inclination?

Aside from Tobirama's theory, multiple characters comment on the historical origin behind the Curse of Hatred.

We are talking, of course, about Indra. Obito explains that Indra's values and his hatred (particularly what later became the Nindo of the Curse of Hatred) were passed down to his descendants - the Uchiha clan. Tobirama's exposition implies the same thing.

Tobirama states that there "used to be a thought that [...] the basis of the Uchiha clan's strength was the power of their jutsu". It is very similar to Hagorormo's description of his son.

If this is correct, that would mean that the importance placed on powerful jutsu by the Uchiha Clan does inadvertently promote hatred due to the close correlation between hatred and the Sharingan.

But then again, in the story, it is shown that many Uchiha were not particularly fond of perpetuating hate and it is also implied that to avoid hatred, they sealed their emotions away. My interpretation is that they recognized the pain that hate could cause and then took steps to avoid it.

The Reincarnation Cycle

Sticking with Indra, another explanation that is frequently brought up is Indra's and Ashura's reincarnation cycle, which has also been described as curse-like or haunting and neverending. A fate seemingly set in stone.

There is not much more to say, other than that this theory suggests that Indra's reincarnates are just naturally inclined towards lusting for power.

The True Origin

Now, here's another thing that's constantly being overlooked. Aside from Obito's exposition in chapter 462 on the Curse of Hatred Nindo, Tobirama's exposition in chapter 619 on the Uchiha's tendency to follow said Nindo, and even Hagoromo's exposition on the reincarnation cycle in chapter 670, we get a vital piece of exposition in chapter 681.

Ladies, gentlemen, and anything in between. May I introduce to you...

...the real Curse of Hatred.

Or at the very least what I believe is the real reason why the "Curse of Hatred" exists in the world of Naruto.

From the very beginning, Zetsu approached Indra to take advantage of his hatred and turn it into a tool for his own purposes. He then did that again and again. He focused on the Uchiha in particular - Either because of the previously mentioned reasons (i.e. the Uchiha / incarnates have a tendency to become obsessed with hatred and power) or because the Uchiha were otherwise easy to take advantage of / manipulate (through Hagoromo's stone tablet that was left in the Uchihas' possession, an ill reputation thanks to Indra's / their ancestors' actions, etc).

In order to achieve his goal (awakening a Rinnegan), he had to somehow combine both Indra's and Ashura's power. It is implied that for this purpose, he instigated, perpetuated, and escalated wars and conflicts between Senju and Uchiha by pitting their reincarnates against each other. But unlike the wars he caused, Zetsu went unnoticed by the history books. Basically, he kept haunting the clans like a curse.

And without a doubt, had Zetsu never been there, 99% of the Uchihas' problems would not exist - regardless of what ideals, genes, or history the Uchiha hold. Indra's declaration of war, centuries of conflict, Madara's defection, Obito losing Rin, the Kyubi attack, the Uchiha massacre, Sasuke's defection, the 4th Great Shinobi War. All of these were directly caused by Zetsu or set off by a resulting chain reaction.

You could even think this further. Assuming the Uchiha clan really came across as "cursed", perhaps Tobirama's, Obito's, Hagoromo's and everybody else's explanations were just desperate attempts to make sense of anything. They didn't know that Zetsu was pulling the strings, so perhaps they tried to explain the Uchiha Clan's history in some other way. One that made sense without that missing variable.

What is actually going on here is, of course, uncertain. There are basically no definitive explanations on the matter and right now it looks like all of the above could be true and at the same time none.

[the-bar-sinister]

We are a fictive plural system, and we write a lot of fanfiction about our source media. 

We also have a partner– also a fictive system– who is our writing partner.

When the circumstances are right, writing fanfiction based on our source media with our partner system allows us to write twice as fast, or faster, than we would be able to on our own.

When the circumstances are right.

Here's the thing.

Imagine that the brain is a computer, and that a complete identity (in this case a fictive) is a single program installed on that computer.

In these terms, our computer has about 30 different programs installed on it that can be used. And our partner system has another 30 completely different programs installed on their computer.

If we're writing a fanfiction scene that involves one character who is a program installed on our own hardware this is about as easy as breathing.

Opening one of these programs on our computer gives us access to all the memories, emotions, impulses, preferences, desires, reflexes etc of the character that the program belongs to.

Running one program on the hardware requires very little in terms of processing power (and is in fact, mandatory for running the computer at all. If the computer is running, it's running at least one program just to interact with the world.)

However, let's say we're writing a scene that involves two characters– both of whom are installed on our computer, and not on our partner's computer.

We have two choices. 

We can laboriously open and close each program as we need it, so that we're only running one at a time. This however, depletes the computer's battery power, tends to throw error messages, and sometimes just fails entirely.

Or we can open both programs and let them run concurrently at the same time. This drains battery power too– but less than opening and closing programs repeatedly However it also uses a lot of processing power. It slows down the computer as the computer has to devote resources to both program's behavior at the same time.

Every time we need an additional character in our system for the scene, we have to open another program. This uses additional battery power and processing power. It slows every task down even further, and if you open enough programs, the brain ceases to be able to handle it, starts throwing error messages, and might even overheat.

However, if we're writing a fanfiction scene that involves one character from our system– one program from our computer, and one character from our partner's system– one program from their computer– then we essentially get to network our computers together and run two programs with no slowdown.

Writing two character scenes where one character is on our system and one character is in their system is ridiculously easy to the point where it feels like magic. And even adding more characters is easier, because splitting four programs over two computers is easier than running four programs at once on one computer.

But of course it becomes logistically frustrating– because the characters we want to write together aren't always distributed in the most beneficial way between systems..

And that's why some of our fanfiction takes a long time to write and sometimes it comes out really fucking fast. 😂

[livingfictionsystem]

So, I was going to do some household maintenance today and just play video games. But Xanthe is distractable and chatty, and them pushing their way out makes us lose track of what we're doing, where we are, what the goal is, etc.

So, I finally told them "STAY inside or I swear to gods, I will find a way to bring back Prohibition in the inworld."

So, they went quiet. I was able to finish up, get home with no more mishaps.

I look inside and

They're actually chatting with Kaspar about the speakeasy they're going to open together if I make good on the threat. Making maps and designs and shit. I---

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Okay.

-Xhaxhollari 🕊

[waitineedaname]

a svsss/hlvrai crossover au. is this anything.

[tamashii--0--naturanimae]

Alterhuman or otherkin?

As naturesoul, I should be classified as alterfuman or otherkin? I don't really know... What do you think? What otherkin really means nowadays? Who is otherkin and who isn't? Let me know what you think.

[mamawasatesttube]

i think, for me, a large part of why i refuse to accept edgy writers at dc trying to make batman an abusive parent (while ofc refusing to acknowledge that what they're writing is abuse) is that... the entire premise of the justice league, as a narrative tool, is that they are Good People. the second any of them turn a blind eye to one of their founding members abusing his kids, the superhero narrative falls apart. they can't be good people if they enable child abuse! this just turns them into, like, fucking cops. it doesn't WORK.

also like clark kent my good friend clark kent is the best man on the entire planet and he would not fucking say that. he would not be besties with a man who abuses his kids. and given that he is literally superman, it would be very hard to hide that from him. he would not fucking let that slide

but like. the entire concept of the dc universe where superheroes exist and we as an audience are supposed to root for them and believe in them. this falls apart when people go "actually, bruce hits dick and is extremely emotionally manipulative and etc etc etc". by all means let him fuck up, let him have flaws, and let him get things wrong, but to be a hero he fundamentally needs to be a good person. that's the entire point.

[dandyshucks]

blinks tiredly. i decide "hm maybe i should try to expand my circle and step outside of it a little, lets go look at the main community tags" and im just greeted with a bunch of edgelords who think saying "fiction doesn't affect reality, don't like don't read" is peak activism and "fighting censorship". head in my hands. this is partially why i do not ever go into the community tags, my nervous system cannot handle blocking fifty weirdos every single day just so i can have a normal experience in the community tags hfdsjkl

[musician-not-magician]

September Books

I used 🌈 to indicate LGBTQ+ characters/themes. I rated each book from ⭐️ - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️. The books are listed in the order that I completed them.

“The Lady of the Lake” by Andrzej Sapkowski ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

“A Study in Drowning” by Ava Reid ⭐️

“The Queen of Nothing” by Holly Black ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ • 🌈

“How the King of Elfhame Learned to Hate Stories” by Holly Black ⭐️⭐️⭐️

“The Bell Jar” by Sylvia Plath ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

“All Systems Red” by Martha Wells ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ • 🌈

“Dune” by Frank Herbert ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

“The Lottery and Other Stories” by Shirley Jackson ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

“Season of Storms” by Andrzej Sapkowski ⭐️⭐️⭐️

“Metamorphoses” by Ovid, translated by Stephanie McCarter ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

“A Sweet Sting of Salt” by Rose Sutherland ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ • 🌈

“Ship of Magic” by Robin Hobb ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

“Outlander” by Diana Gabaldon ⭐️⭐️⭐️

“The Paradox Hotel” by Rob Hart ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ • 🌈

“Mad Ship” by Robin Hobb ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

“Stolen Heir” by Holly Black ⭐️⭐️⭐️ • 🌈

“Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow” by Gabrielle Zevin ⭐️⭐️⭐️ • 🌈

“We Have Always Lived in the Castle” by Shirley Jackson ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

“Light From Uncommon Stars” by Ryka Aoki ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ • 🌈

“To Sleep in a Sea of Stars” by Christopher Paolini ⭐️⭐️⭐️

“How to Live Safely in a Science Fiction Universe” by Charles Yu ⭐️⭐️

“Remarkably Bright Creatures” by Shelby Van Pelt ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

[sunmoonline]

My first ever work with a regular-ish schedule! Original works+BL+Harem+Tranismigration

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[lesenbyan]

Scientists: want so badly for adult children who are friends with and/or still dependant on parents for money or a roof to be Bad that they are intentionally looking for detriment in the study results

Study results: so overwhelmingly positive they can't actually find the data needed to twist the narrative

Scientists: >:|

[zenlesszonezero]

Join Zenless Zone Zero with Tsukishiro Yanagi, the deputy leader of Hollow Special Operations Section 6! Beneath her ordinary office lady exterior lies a meticulous, emotionally intelligent big sister to the team.