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[freshbeeth]

Wait I mean this so genuinely is it bad if you're white and make your ink/octoling black for Aesthetic/OC reasons? My Inkling's been black sense Splat1 cause they were never gonna look like me anyway so I made them more to just look cool, and built an OC around them later. But is that bad?? Should I not be making player characters black if I, the player, am not black?

I mean this all very genuinely I'd never considered it was hurtful to do sense it was my game, my character, my rules to me.

don’t worry, you’re fine!

as a Black person, it’s usually very clear to me when people are using Black player characters as an intimidation tactic or to be “funny,” and representing your Black splat oc doesn’t fall into that category

usually the racist players use the darkest skin tone with red eyes and either a racist nickname or a racist splashtag title (ex: Dark/Pitch-Black XYZ)

the tweet i was referring to was a video from a non-Black Japanese splat team where they showed their inklings and then themselves irl, and the whole darkest-skin-reddest-eyes thing was perfectly on display

there’s a difference between aesthetics and caricatures, and 90% of splat players never cross that line, but it’s important to be mindful of it anyway :)

[its-tortle]

can i ask about the captain america bachelor's thesis and the score you got for it

hi lorelei!! you absolutely may ask me!!

it was called "Steve Rogers and Captain America aren't always the same guy": Captain America Fanfiction as a Locus of Transformation, Identity Exploration, and Reclamation (a bit wordy, i know) and it basically outlined fanfiction conceptually and went into the history of cap as a character and political symbol to then analyze trends in cap fanfiction as forum for identity politics and fan reclamation. i think we stress so many of his identity markers in fandom that are played down or straight up erased in source material (esp the mcu) and i wanted to elaborate on the possible reasons for and effects of that. it was a lot of fun.

and i got a dutch 9/10!! which translated to an american A+ on my transcript, which is a bit crazy. i was lucky to have a super lovely and supportive thesis advisor :)

i can send it to you if you're interested!

[lettucedoodles]

Do you have a shop?

Hihii!! Yes i do!! I have my twst, genshin, hypmic and original merch here on my Etsy storefront!!

Please consider checking it out,, i am diligently working on more twst stuffs ;))

[catboygretzky]

Elle did you and Jules arrive safely? Are you okay?

WE ARRIVED. it was a nightmare, but we've arrived,

[honeydots]

I would like some teasers about that Xander - Soleil father-daughter support fic please 💖

HEHEHE that'd be my pleasure~~!! i'll put a couple things under the cut c:

the fanart nattie drew for me is from their c-support!! the gist of it is that xander's employing a similar punishment to soleil as he did to laslow for excessive flirting :3 but as they're working in xander's office, they both end up falling asleep, hence the little scene in the art <3

the rest of the support is about soleil lying through her teeth about how she totally isn't flirting anymore so she doesn't get in trouble again, and xander completely seeing through her lie and doing a dad-thing of trying to make her come clean herself instead of directly calling her out !!

[mickeym4ndy]

no cause how can you say you disagree with other shameless fan opinions and don't say which ones and why I need to know tell me

This is so funny hahahaha

I mean I’ve seen stuff I don’t agree with about like every character, but I think that’s pretty universal in all fandoms.

And it’s not always like “oh I COMPLETELY disagree” (I mean sometimes yea but) it’s more like “hmm I kinda think I see this from a different angle” or “I think this take doesn’t take into this other element of that storyline/character” u know? Or like I’ll agree with one thing but then not another. I think the characters in Shameless are all quite morally grey so I always tend to see the good & bad parts to most characters or understand why a character does something but then I don’t necessarily take the explanation behind the action as an excuse for it etc. Like I don’t really love when people are non stop defending a character and refuse to recognize their faults/bad actions or non stop villainizing without looking at the nuances.

To be specific but also vague - I’ve seen a lot of takes on season 6 about Ian & Mickey that I’m not in full agreement with, that I might talk about some day when I have time (my last semester in grad school is kicking my ass I’ve written so many essays I feel like my brain is in a blender). And also the whole marriage cert storyline, but I acc do plan on writing a meta on that actually when I can acc sit down to do it. There are more with all characters but those are the ones I think about the most tbh.

Writing just doesn’t come naturally to me so it’s not something that I can just get out easily, I always have to sit & think and reword stuff for so long before I actually post things which often stops me from actually posting it and I’m always worried that there’s nuances that I won’t be able to get across well enough because I can’t articulate them well enough, u know? I applaud people who can put their thoughts into words so easily.

But anyway! Fandom is supposed to be something to enjoy so it’s ok if we disagree on certain things it’s not the end of the world. Like I said, sometimes I’ll dive down a meta rabbit hole and be ready to analyze till the cows come home. Other times I just wanna enjoy it for what it is and love my fav characters and read a fluffy fic and make edits.

If anyone ever wants to send me asks about my opinions on stuff ofc u can send me an ask and I’ll do my best to answer💛

[izloveshorses]

Tell me about the red dress campaign!

I got into Anastasia in 2021 :( there's barely any fandom left and even those who write fanfiction for it don't even talk about it anymore!

Tell me everything!!!

okay so. to talk about the year two marketing campaign, we need to talk about year one first.

the year one campaign focused more on the ~journey~ aspect of the show. anya wears her iconic maroon traveling coat, facing away from the audience and generally faceless, very mysterious. who is she? where is she going? what is she looking for? it inspired questions actually relevant to the themes of the show. and, as good marketing does, it gives us just enough info to capture our attention while also leaving us wanting more.

this coat is what she wears on the posters, playbill covers, everywhere on the marquee. it's the same structure that carried onto every other production's marketing strategy. and it makes sense! because she's traveling! of course she wears a traveling coat. for her Journey.

was it a perfect strategy? no. do i get chills every time i read "rumor, legend mystery" on the marquee over our beautiful broadhurst?? absolutely.

now. year two. derek leaves in april 2018, and in may they film a new ad with the current cast.

but the whole marketing strategy completely changes as well. it now consists of basically just the Red Dress™ and digitally airbrushed christy smirking at the camera and otherwise provides very little information about what the show is actually about.

this is an aside, but i feel like i should mention that when they shot and filmed this campaign, they styled christy's actual hair. she's not wearing a wig! slay!!!!! she went live that day and zadkins did a takeover on the anastasiabway account, i remember she looked absolutely stunning and was excited as she always is.

but still. the success of your marketing strategy (or the whole show for that matter 💀) should not rest on this woman's shoulders, as lovely as she is.

so here's my beef with the Red Dress campaign: it's such a shallow interpretation of the show. even though the red dress is iconic and linda cho deserves the praise for it, i don't think it represents who anya is or what she's looking for at all. the stage version of anastasia isn't a rags to riches story, nor a princess story, not really. it's about a girl looking for who she was. home love family etc etc etc. the red dress represents a life she ultimately chose to abandon in the end! so by limiting the imagery to just this dress she wears only in the last few minutes of the show, casual audience members may interpret this show as Just Another Princess Story competing with frozen that had just opened literally across the street, and choose to not see it. which is exactly what happened.

@asecretshekept has written a lot about this and understands marketing more than i do, so feel free to browse her blog too for more detailed posts.

not to mention like,,,, the silly financial decisions behind this?? they spent so much money to replace the marquee and stage door with the faces of people who left the show like six months later?? and then they replaced the stage door AGAIN when cody arrived january 2019. so silly. they could've stuck with the generally faceless campaign of year one to avoid this issue, but. i'm not in charge.

but yeah. going from this

to this?????

downgrade of the decade fr. booooo 1/5 stars (one star for christy) 👎

[strawberrystepmom]

hi i'm here to request so fukuzawa x kendall slice of life domestic pls

i looooooooooove clucking after him like a mother hen. i love washing and brushing and drying his hair, he looks so handsome when it droops over his face while it’s still a little damp. he sits right in between my legs and gets his shoulders and the back of his neck rubbed while he rubs my ankles and calves and it’s routine. we do this every single night!

sometimes he’ll work on paperwork at the same time and regale me with the Horrors of what he’s working on but most of the time we don’t discuss work. we discuss our lives and how they’ve changed since meeting each other. we giggle and laugh and plan. it’s pretty relaxed and sweet and one of my favorite things ever.

[stellamancer]

SPRINTS TO UR ASKBOX

🎧🍓🍊 FOR THE GAME

omg moda hewwo. but rather to me ask box shouldn't u sprint to ur kitchen to have bekfast?

okay okay...

last song you listened to

atlus released a few songs from the persona 3 reload ost but i need them to release the rest. giVE ME THE MEANING OF ARMBANDS AND BURN MY DREAD LAST BATTLE!!!!

favorite food

you're mean for asking me this. because how can i CHOOSE??? okay normally i say steak or sushi, but i'm actually gonna be very generic and say noodles. i love noodles SO MUCH. udon is my favorite but like... i always love me a good noodl

favorite season?

um. fall. because it means summer is over and i do not like the summer heat. i also like the aesthetic of changing leaves even though it doesn't really happen where i live.

[bitchkovsky]

🦋 ❕

🦋 tell us about your current wip

when it comes to patho, it's just me vs pensively staring at this folder from time to time whenever working on serious things becomes not so fun anymore

when it comes to "serious things", i'll give you this text post:

// questions //

[suashii]

goob morning sua 💕 can we please hear some more about your romance with rin (itoshi)? what's the dynamic like? who confessed first? hehehehehehe

hello hello bunny! of course! give me any excuse to talk about rin and i’ll yap ur ear off :3

hm okay i think we are best described by that tiktok sound that goes “looks like they could kill u, would kill u” ( rin lol ) and “looks like a cinnamon roll, would kill u” ( me :3 )! even though he comes across as someone who doesn’t need protecting i 100% have devoted myself to being his protector! just wanna hold him and tell him everything will be okay 🥺 but beyond that i’m pretty silly so rin finds himself trying to keep me on a leash half the time. overall i think we find a lot of comfort in each other!

as far as confessions go, we both kinda held off at the beginning — me bc i didn’t wanna interfere with his soccer and him bc he was identifying and navigating his feelings. it takes a trip abroad and couple years apart for one of us to finally make a move and it was me :3 i am not the type to initiate these conversations bc i’m a scaredy-cat but something told me if i didn’t we’d never end up together lol

[augustinewrites]

Hey augustine! Just wanted to ask what fic of yours did megumi accidentally called gojo 'dad' 🥹 i forgot what title it was 🙏

hi hi! it’s called proud parent and you can actually find it under gojo’s one-shot section of my jjk masterlist!

i moved the first three out of the fushigojo section bcs i found they didn’t really match up with the story 😔

[420puppyboy]

6 what is your darkest kink? >:3

Thank you for your Q!

6. What is my darkest kink?

uhm.... getting me so high that i can't think anymore, and everything feels so good that i just accept whatever is done to me, and it all blurs into one hot mess.

(or stockholm syndrome, but that's more of a fantasy, yknow?)

[bitchyblkqueer]

i Need a snippet from the break up aftermath 👀

LOL ok so im thinking that if i want hal + barry to get together iris has to leave him 😭 and barry's obviously going to spiral + isolate. and hal comes back from space and is hanging out with wally and his family, and they're like please talk to him.

“Barry is being an idiot,” Linda said. Wally took stock of their kitchen. “I’m gonna order pizza.” Irey and Jai appeared at his side as if summoned by the pizza gods.  “I want mushroom!” Jai said. Irey gagged.  “How’s he taking it?” Hal asked. Wade was now content to play with the fabric of his jacket. “How do you think?” Linda said. “No one’s heard from him in weeks.” “Uncle Barry has commitment issues,” Irey said matter-of-factly. Wally stifled his laugh while Linda gave her a stern look. “Irey.” “But that’s what you said!” Irey protested. Wally cackled while Linda covered her face with her hand. Wade joined in with a high-pitched giggle. “What exactly do you know about commitment?” Wally asked.  “I’m committed to being a hero,” Irey said smartly. “And to not having mushroom on pizza! Can I have my own? Please, Mom?” Wally makes an affronted noise as he holds the phone with the pizza app.  “Sure, Irey, but I hope you don’t say things just because you hear me say them,” Linda said. “It’s important to understand the meaning behind your words.” For not the first time Hal is struck by the love that permeates the house he’s in. He wonders how he’d be different if he had parents who actually engaged with him. Wade reaches up to grab at his nose, as if sensing his morose mood.

[nctangelz]

7 and 15 for monique ( for the ask game ) 🫶

— 07. how much do u look urself up online, if at all?

i typically only look myself up when i have a scandal … like when everyone was trying to figure out who was in my jeju vlog … i like to laugh at the articles and see everyone’s speculations. i’ve given up on being upset about it…there’s not much i can do. but other than that, i don’t search for myself often…i like to protect my peace.

— 15. if u could predict ur life after disbandment do u think that u would still work in the industry? or would u rather go for a quiet life far away?

i think about what i want to do once NCT disbands…if we ever do. i’d like to stay in the industry for a bit, maybe release few solo songs … but then i think i would leave for good. i love being an idol and i love releasing music, but i also can’t wait to live a quiet and peaceful life…somewhere small where i can raise children and be able to come home to someone i love everyday. im saving a lot of money for retirement…so once i leave i think ill be pretty well off without my income…but i can always write songs and sell them if needed.

[skz-maybe-incorrects]

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