#Show yourself!...[anon]

[stefisdoingthings]

Tristamp WW: Wet kitten left out in the rain

Trimax WW: Abused Wolfdog, growly when surprised but nice to children

98 WW: Scrungly streetcat for which all the old ladies on the street put food out,

YOU LITERALLY GET IT !!!!!!!!! YOU GETIT!!!! Best WW description ever

[lemonhemlock]

I did not get into Game of thrones when it first started airing. In fact, I waited until it was long past it's heyday (around s6 or 7) to check it out because the marketing and the conversation surrounding it misled me into thinking it was nothing more than "grimdark" bullshit. As one famous YouTuber sarcastically called it "hot fantasy that fucks." So, I avoided Martin's work for literal years due to the impression that I got from online reactors and show-only casuals who did as you and a few others have described as his work being fundamentally misinterpreted.

Fortunately, I overcame my hang-ups, purchased the books (even the supplementary material) and fell down an entire rabbit hole of ASOIAF which led me to recognizing that this world he spent decades creating is far more complex than what had been portrayed onscreen. Regardless of the possibility of the books remaining unfinished (which I am fine with, personally), what George has created is a genuine work of art that I imagine took a tremendous amount of time and energy. So, for so many people online to behave like children and throw tantrums because they feel entitled to him (ew) instead of ushering forth more reasonable conversations and legitimate debates about the nature of his situation frankly makes me look at this fandom with a heavy dose of skepticism.

It is truly baffling to hear even professional critics and see articles describing George as being "ungrateful" or "unprofessional" when it has been well-documented just how often authors get locked out of the adaptation process and left to the wayside as consultants. Look at what happened to Rick Riordan and Christopher Paolini! George R.R. Martin is not the only author to have qualms with how a multimillion dollar studio has mishandled his creative work, and to act like he should remain silent just because he's amassed a certain degree of wealth is quite frankly, ridiculous. He shouldn't have to settle down, be grateful, and stay quiet because the greedy corporate executives and their media drones will get offended by actual criticism that could alter the perception of the adaption being revealed as mediocre for having departed from the source material.

TLDR: authors should be allowed to speak up about their art being sacrificed for commercialization.

Thank you so much for this message, anon! This needs to be talked about more, because I don't think a lot of commentators truly understand the vulgar, late-capitalistic sheen that seems to set in and slowly poison any ASOIAF adaptation. It honestly baffles me how quick some members of this fandom are to rush to the defense of, what is essentially (let's not be kidding ourselves here), a cashgrab by a giant corporation to the detriment of the actual artist and the actual creative foundation behind it.

Why else would "MAX" (if that is even their name) make another (or several other) ASOIAF adaptations? Not to stay true to any philosophical aesthetic vision, as it has become more than apparent with Season 2, but to increase shareholder profits by appealing to the lowest common denominator. Even the basic premise has been shifted in order to address popular trends and satisfy the mindless consumer that doesn't want to engage with anything deeper than their favourite tropes, prettily packaged:

from a story about a doomed ouroborous family superimposed on the pitfalls of feudalism, with villainy and heroism to be found on both sides, it has been simplified and reduced to a narrative that exalts white feminism and disqualifies anyone who opposes its girlboss protagonist. This is Sheryl Sandberg's version of Fire and Blood.

Truly, I think Sara Hess did (unintentionally) outline it the best: "civilians don't matter in Game of Thrones". They don't matter in Game of Thrones, but they matter in A Song of Ice and Fire. The entire heart of the series is contained in Septon Maribald's speech. The writers "kind of", must have forgotten, though.

[enluv]

— just a thought.

the excessive amount of hate writers have been getting lately is actually terrible?? it blows my mind that people can be so bold and mean on anon but if that anon button was not available they’d NEVER think to send that hate. it’s actually crazy to think that people believe writers owe them anything, yes we’re thankful that you support and read our stories but we are also human, we have feelings and lives too!! please remember that and remember to be kind to your favorite writers (all writers at that) because they work hard to provide you with amazing stories and writings everyday!!

[heynhay]

i want them fighting like children as in pushing each others faces away, i'm not touching you with a finger a centimeter away, tripping each other in the hallway bc somehow that's flirting do u see the vision or am i alone

we may never diagnose what the hell their problem is

[ahappydnp]

when they said they were coming to heal my inner child i was thinking about the internet and parasocial relationships and all the weird phandom times. but what’s really happening is i’m seeing the queer joy that i desperately needed to see as a child. like i’ve been brought to tears several times since dapg return and also seeing tit spoilers. i wasn’t expecting it to help me in like actual, profound ways that i’ve been working on in therapy for years.. if anyone sees my crying at tit, it’s because i’m in my 30s and truly finally healing my inner child. i’m so thankful for them.

oh ;____; so so true anon. i've never actually thought about it that way because yeah same i was never a child watching dan and phil but fuck they really and truly are healing a part of us that needed to see this after growing up queer in the same environments dnp did.

they're such good fucking people

[peitalo]

Sends you. .. an evil little piece of mail ... to corrupt your mind . ...

No…….. no… this has got to be the work of my evil friend that lives down the road…….. i swear it…

[eliotbaum]

hi! Will it be possible to book an order in your shop and take it in person in Vienna? 👉👈

gasp. yeah sure why not! karlsplatz deal let's go

[knific]

twirls my hair

if ur not like,,, against it can u draw like,,,, anything troknife related 😇😇😇 im desperate for content of them /nf

this is his love language

[magicomens]

I love your comic so much. Whenever I get the notification that something was posted I smile. You’ve mashed together two of my favourite stories. Thank you so much for bringing a little bit more joy to my days.

And thank *you* for spreading that joy to me!!

The idea that at least a few hundreds people care about this story warms my heart <3

[cocoswap]

WHERE THE HELL-

OH.

CAN YOU TELL ME WHERE I AM I BEFORE I FUCKING TURN YOU TO ASHES?

"Hey @deputyclover can you help me? We Have to get out the TRASH!!"

[poughkeepsies]

I think buddie is definitely going canon. I don't think what Oliver said about the finale should be assumed to be about buddie. I don't think Buck or Eddie's new love interests will be at all serious or endgame in any way. I have no idea if they will break up before the season ends or sometime in season 7. I think the couch is definitely about the Buckley-Diaz family. I'm not setting my heart on any single scene in the finale and I'm keeping an open mind that any scenarios I come up with are equally likely to not be the direction the writers decide to go in. I think the finale will probably have a big buddie moment if nothing else to round up their arc from 6b. I'm content and excited to see the finale however much focus they put on buddie because from everything we've seen it looks to be an incredible episode for all the characters regardless. These are all sentences that can and should and do co-exist. Hope this helps <3

[transgender-chiroptera]

I follow a lot of bat blogs and... would it be silly of me to make one of my own? I just think they're so neat 🥺 (the bats I mean, but the blogs are neat too)

That's not silly at all! It's fun to post about these little guys, and it's handy having them all in one place! I made this blog just so I had all my bat images in one place for ease of looking. If you think it'd be fun to do, then by all means go ahead!

[hella1975]

hiiii haha. hello. exceptionally awkward introduction bc idrk how to start something like this so let's just jump right in. im taking a break from this account for a bit. i know i said i wanted taob out before halloween and currently im fine sticking with that deadline, but if i decide i need longer away then i will take longer away. every time ive reassured people that id never abandon a fic and updates will always come eventually i never once considered that my writing and ability to feel safe and comfortable on this site would be actively taken from me, so im not even going to apologise. i dont want this either and more importantly i dont fucking deserve it. i dont know what it is in the past year, if ive hit a certain amount of followers or 'popularity' that's made it so the natural ratio of positive to negative interactions must in turn go up, but there's been a serious uptick in weird asks for me. the annoying part is that a very small amount of them are actually objectively mean and hateful, the rest are just weird and invasive from people who seemingly dont realise that's what they're being. ive reached a point where i dont care if the intentions are good. it's not my job as a 20 year old tumblr user of all things to defend the morality of someone who couldnt even bother to come off anon. unfortunately, after blocking only one or two anons, the weird asks have decreased substantially, which says all you need to know about the fascinating and exhilarating lives led by these people, but ive also gone on to turn anon asks off entirely. this is something i actively fought against doing and had to be pushed into by my mutuals (who have been the coolest people on planet earth during this entire thing). turning off anon was a big deal to me even if it sounds silly. i felt betrayed and like id been backed into a corner because it was so vehmently something i DIDNT WANT that to feel like i had to do it anyway for my own mental health??? that sucks. so even though ive 'fixed' the problem, im still kind of reeling and uncomfortable every time i come on tumblr. i hope it's just something i need time to ease because i'll truly be devastated if this becomes 'ruined' for me. tumblr exists as the only place in the world where i am honestly every facet of myself without shame or hesitation; losing that would be insanely harmful to me. and to the people who cant appeal to the actual human behind the post, let me put that in words you can understand: we wouldn't get any more writing 😦😦😦 riots and fires and sirens, i know. so yeah. to anyone who has sent me an anon ask and you're now wondering if you were part of the problem, im firmly of the belief that you'll know if you are. when i say 'weird asks' i dont mean 'you sent me a para about your personal life just to vent or ask for advice' or 'you sent me a really deep emotional compliment about the impact me and/or my writing has had on you' - i love asks like that, so much that i put off taking a break and turning off anon solely for the joy they bring me. im sorry that it might feel like you're being punished too bc of the actions of what in reality is a HANDFUL of weird people, but this is what i feel like i have to do to feel safe and not go insane every time i log in. love you guys, hopefully ill see you soon x

[deoidesign]

Can you make a tutorial on how you world build and make ocs? I can't seem to make any people in my brain, but then when I try to come up with environments jobs, beliefs and little details to slowly come up with someone, I think: well I don't really know how people have influenced the world- it's a weird loop

To be honest, I don't think I can! Writing is an extremely personal process. The way I write is directly related to how I process things, what I find important in stories, years of my own analysis of my and other's writing, etc... The way you write will be unique to you, as well. But I can explain how I personally think of it.

The short answer:

Write. Write anything and everything, it's a tool to explore your ideas. Analyze your own writing, and write more. Then, as you discover which ideas you want to develop, write more to explore them more. You won't know what you want otherwise!

The long answer:

I think this kind of loop is common. It's easy to feel like everything needs to be done "at once," because our job as writers is to make elements logically fit with each other for our readers. But as you've discovered, developing multiple elements simultaneously isn't really possible, or at least is extremely difficult.

Personally, when I think of writing, I break it into three major elements; characters, world, and plot. As much as possible every scene explores one or more of these, and as much as possible these three things tie back into what I personally consider most important: theme.

Everything I do is in service of the themes I want to present. Without them my events feel aimless. It can take a while to discover them, but they're the core of my work. You will have to discover what you feel is the core of yours. Analyzing other media helps with this too.

Concepts in your brain exist in a state of infinite potential. But when you start writing you have to start making choices, which removes potential as you move forward... But you have to move forward anyways. If there's ideas you want to explore later, you can always explore them later.

What this ends up meaning, to answer your question, is that I don't think of my characters as "people in my brain" or my worlds as something people have influenced... Not at their core, at least. They are tools that I use to represent specific ideas. Obviously they're also my blorbos, but mostly they're serving a specific narrative purpose.

So above all else... Write. Write, and discover what you're writing about, and then start over and write with that in mind. Keep doing this. But you have to write!

[iamespecter]

FINALLY! SOMEONE ELSE SHIPPING CAINE X POMNI X RAGATHA! HOLT SHIT- /pos

SLAYING????

Also you can't just say this and NOT introduce yourself, anon

[unknownn-girl]

Love looking at your blog when I’m on so much adderal it’s hindering on meth. Anyway how do you cope with the horrors?

i hope you overdose