#Takes you directly to space

[angelbitezzz]

Day 4 of Sansxyouweek...whoops I put so much effort into this—

[dykedvonte]

My post about Anya is making like a little ruckus on Twitter and I think it’s crazy how many people like have a problem with it.

Like you don’t have to agree with how I characterize Anya and her actions but it’s more like, why are you focused on only one aspect of her character? Why are you removing nuance from the situation? I don’t see it as giving Curly the benefit of the doubt when it comes to doing better for Anya, but as exploring his character and hers relationship with a the very little authentic facts we get about them. In truth, there’s a lot more I wish Curly did, even if it wasn’t pragmatic but I realize the issue there.

The first psychological horror game in a while that’s real intricate in its storytelling and makes you need to really need to address the morality of intentions and its already getting torn asunder smh 😔

[paldogangsaan]

i get the heart of all those 'cait's actions are understandable but not excusable' posts and i get that she's shaped by her environment but like,,, no, i don't think her actions are understandable or excusable, actually. me personally i think collective punishment of an oppressed people and martial law are unequivocally Bad and require a pathological lack of empathy and dehumanization of others that i find unconscionable. i think most all agents of an oppressive state are Bad bc they directly support a system built on exploitation. cops are bad and soldiers are also Bad. more importantly a grown woman exploiting an oppressive system for her own personal vendetta is Bad. evil, even. but ofc you can like her anyway and when one side has all the power then it's quite literally physically impossible for it to be a 'complex issue' where 'both sides are bad/have bad people'. one side has people reacting to being oppressed and brutalized for decades. the other controls everything and has all the power and supports a system that was built on and actively supports the exploitation of others. it's very clear who the oppressors are, actually

and the point of cait's character this season (so far) is how easily privileged people become fucking evil, with full support of the system, when they experience an ounce of suffering that in no way compares to the suffering that oppressed people experience on the daily, yet don't become evil fascists over. losing your mom as a grown woman is hard for sure, i'm not denying that. being a child and losing her, your father and your friends, seeing your community be brutalized for your entire life and not even having the space to grieve or the power to do anything about it, is dare i say significantly worse. and that's something that isn't exclusive to jinx, it's a lived reality for nearly every single person in the undercity. the grace you're giving cait is one you haven't extended to every single oppressed person who has YEARS of brutalization to justify their hatred for every single person contributing to and supporting an inhumane system

point is seeing you guys justifying cait's actions and infantilizing her when she's a grown woman who knows exactly what she's doing is,,,, something.

[canisalbus]

I love the shape language for Machete and Vasco, how angular and pointy the former is VS how round and soft the other... It's so GOOD I adore that

Thank you! I like the contrast as well, it makes them very fun to draw together. I try to keep them visually distinct while still making sure that they look harmonious and complementary next to each other.

[cryptocism]

I love the comic book writing sensibility that Frequency has, like how Three and Five's ending is great for the story being told but if it were a published comic it would still leave them on the table for if a future writer wanted to use them.

whats funny is that despite doing my best to keep in line with dc comics/comic writing sensibilities throughout the fic (staying as comics-accurate as possible in terms of continuity/tone/characterization/story elements etc) that particular comic writing reality was one that was like. kind of a genuine anxiety that i didn't know i had until i started writing this thing.

ive said before that in the original concept for Frequency all of the clones (besides Thad) were going to end up dead. whether it was via killing each other or unintentionally being the instrument of their own demise (disney villain style). obviously it changed because creating an entire narrative about this one character's redemption arc and then not allowing any of the other villains to have a shot at redemption felt hypocritical and like. mean. not to mention antithetical to the whole ethos of the story.

but the reason why killing off all the other clones was my first instinct is partially because i had this kinda subconscious recoil to the idea that any of them would actually continue on after the story was over.

like, because i was trying to stick to canon so much, while figuring out the story a thought came up a couple times that basically went like, "okay, well, if this was a real comic, then...". and inevitably i had a realization that if this WAS a real comic, my original clone characters would be canonized, and therefore available to any future writer who wanted to yank them out of their respective endgames and inject them into other stories. which i Did Not Like the Idea Of.

classic "making up a guy to get mad at" except it was more "making up a reality to get anxious about". because obviously no matter how much it sticks to canon, Frequency still exists in a fan-created space.

but! i'd never made up original characters to put in my own fanmade stuff before and was definitely feeling protective. because all those original clones i made had yknow: a story purpose and narrative function to facilitate the actual key characters, Thad and Bart. the idea of them being removed from that context in any capacity, even if it was in the hands of a good writer, made me have this gut "no STOP you're ruining it!!!!" reaction.

they were all made for Frequency, and to foil Thad as a character, i didnt like the idea of Three being brought back as a one-note villain or Jude and Nathaniel getting folded into the wider Flash cast of allies. and none of them were made to be main character material. plus the character roster at DC is already uhh Extremely Stacked i genuinely did not want the takeaway to be "and here's the nEW ADDITIONS TO THE FLASH FAMILY!" because that wasnt the intention

anyway i got over it lol. i still did my best not to leave any loose ends, and have each ending be wholly satisfying on its own, and ideally the oc clones basically continue on offscreen while the true adventures are based around Thad and Bart. but yeah it felt right to leave off on that note (and served the story much better than killing everybody off)

[knowlesian]

the increasingly common fandom mode where people invent a hypothetical scenario and then proceed to panic or get angry as if that (often entirely implausible or out of nowhere) thing they made up actually happened, and then that leaks into the general discourse to the point where what actually eventually happens in the story matters less than the intense period of emotional upset re: the hypothetical thing that does not actually happen is both irritating and generally concerning when it comes to what it says about how people interact with the world and the information they receive from it

[rouge-fauna]

I think you’re talking about these posts [here & here], I don’t know if there have been others.

I'm not gonna say what I did was right, you are correct I should probably just not respond to asks getting me to talk about other people. I will say for these two posts those people had already blocked me I’m pretty sure, so it’s kinda hard to talk directly to them in that case. And I was not doing so anonymously and had not blocked them so I wasn’t hiding what I was saying. I did not follow them, I am not part of the innitor community, and not that that makes it right but I do think it is kinda different. Though you make a good point, perhaps we should stop this pattern of responding to asks about other blogs and such.

Still, the biggest thing to me I realized, back in elementary school when I first dealt with this, was that honestly all the time we talk about people behind their back. Talking about people when they aren’t always in the room is kinda just inevitable and part of socializing, however I think the important part is how you are talking about other people. It’s when you are insulting them, talking negatively about them to people they know, spreading false information and so on that it becomes not okay. Hopefully that makes sense.

In these cases I merely focused on the lore. I didn’t insult them or talk shit about them, as a person, as a blog or say their takes were stupid or they are stupid or speculate about their trauma or mental history. I just talked about reasons why I disagreed, or saw things differently and why we might see things differently. They were also not the only ones I saw to say similar things so I think in my mind I was making more of a general discussion, not trying to target them specifically. I didn’t post beyond that about them. But you are right, regardless it was probably not the right way to go about things.

But just to be clear, if I am a hypocrite it is not my intention. I haven’t vague blogged anyone or meant to vague reblog anyone. I think this week is pretty much the first time I’ve ever been not naming, passive aggressively talking about blogs, and even then I’m not trying to insult them, trying to cancel them. I’m just expressing that before you go off about how I’m stupid and unable to have a discussion about it, the very least you could’ve done was give me an opportunity to try.

[littencloud9]

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[creaturefeaster]

Hey this is probably a really odd ask to get but someone has been claiming to be your friend and saying that Holly abuses Weepy & I want it to be confirmed or denied directly from your account. What is Holly and Weepy's friendship like, and does Holly actually like Weepy to any degree?

Hey man I'm a very asocial person, I basically only talk to my husband and my best friend Syd. I don't know whoever is saying that because I've never said anything like that to anybody. Good on you for verifying.

Holly is a jerk to everyone, but he doesn't go around beating on people or anything. He thinks himself too pretty for that <3 hope this helps.

[roboyomo]

🙌 and 🍎 for kenix!!!!! I have decided I enjoy this guy

HELLOOOOOO JESSEEEEEEEEEEEE🎉🎉🎉‼️‼️‼️ also also i am flattered that the funny multitudes guy brings you joy he SURELY brings only joy to me,,,

🙌 - How many sibling does your OC have?

Okay so this is. A Tricky one for sure. The thing is that Kenix had an older brother and a younger sister. Keyword HAD because well. They're dead now that is part of his whole ordeal in the early story where he sees the opportunity to end their lives as a way to avenge himself for what they have inflicted upon him. However! That doesn't mean that his siblings in the OG timeline are dead as well. And they are literally part of the Order, which is where they all work at in the corporation. And that makes it quite awkward because Yi Ha-neul (the older brother) gets PSTD from seeing Kenix but also still doesn't know that Kenix does not equal to Ken which is the same with Yi Ae-ra who doesn't know about the two separate Yi Dals within one body but she still hates Kenix for being an annoying little bitc— (/JOKING). But then there is also the whole ordeal with Kenix and Ken being called "Twin gods of time" which implies at least Some Degree of a brotherly dynamic. But tbh they call and see each other more as the other version of themselves still. So it is Complicates but for sure the main timeline versions of Kenix's siblings are still indeed his siblings and none of the two like Kenix. Neither does he so it's perfectly fine if he is being extra annoying with them ^_^ perfectly fair ^_^

🍎 - What is the OC’s relationship w/their parents like?

Ough. Now this is the one. The whole thing between him and his parents is how much inferior he felt to them, good fucking lord. He was mostly reduced to a "servant" of some sort, which is really about how he needed to seek value in himself through being useful to his family. Obeying orders? No questions asked, although it may hurt, he will at least get some attention. No matter positive or negative. He doesn't have a say in anything, it is all just listening to what he is told to do. And his parents made that decision consciously. There is no reason for that, not that Kenix even knows of one, but it was like he was destined to be unacknowledged by them. He is scared to take up space, because what if they find something to be angry about? He may be seeking attention but not in the form of scolding. It is still terrifying to him to this very day. He genuinely felt like a little tiny organism not deserving to be given attention with how obvious that his siblings were favored far more than him. Like his parents' treatment towards him made him think that he doesn't have the right to exist in this place without value or a purpose. Reinforcing that idea into his consciousness.

Nowadays he can't talk to his parents at all, because yk. They are Also Dead along with his siblings. But it is very veryyy much obvious that he wasn't on good terms with his parents.

made the image specifically for this ask ^_^

[dykedvonte]

If Ulysses has a million haters, then I'm one of them. If Ulysses has one hater, then I'm THAT ONE. If Ulysses has no haters, that means I'm dead. If the world is with Ulysses than I’m against the world.

[flashhwing]

I’m here to say that you may absolutely express negativity about veilguard to me as long as it’s not stupid. hate on it for real reasons, of which there are plenty, most of which I’m ignoring because of the hype but would be glad to discuss in a civilized manner. no forced positivity in this zone this is a safe space. unless your criticism is dumb as fuck then I will point and laugh

[sandumilfshou]

once again thinking about the mass effect x sw prequels crossover that exists entirely in my head where during ME3 they find another prothean beacon but when shepard activates it, it teleports her halfway across the universe

and she lands directly in the middle of the clone wars, smack between the 501st and 212th facing off against a droid factory

after hurried introductions, they find out that shepard's black widow rifle can take out droidekas in like two shots, so she's immediately on the team. she is fascinated by obi-wan and anakin's 'invisible biotics' and they are fucking horrified when she releases a biotic lash-charge-nova combo that takes out literally a hundred droids in under 10 seconds

[blackbackedjackal]

i agree with you that this holier-than-thou trend of shitting on common motifs is eyerolling, but i do want to point out that the original poster meant no harm (you can see if you check the replies). obviously, that doesn't erase the hundreds of people who Do mean to disrespect artists.

appreciate you! stay golden!

Oh I wasn't vaguing about that post, just in general. I get tired of seeing "look at these tropes" and then point to a past artistic movement with multiple known artists and hundreds or thousands or whatever smaller artist who may have just not been know or wanted to be known. more along those lines :0

[tripably]

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[knightlas]

“”newly acquired soulsword”” im just gonna start shaking moon knight 2099 until the secrets fall out i think