#YALL ENABLING ME

[sha-biest]

AYOO, HAIR?!!?

HELL YEAH

THESE ARE OLD BUT I THINK I HAVE TO REVISIT THEM

[iwantmochisoup]

maidchuu!! (ft. dazai simping) tysm for the ideas @ediblepandas & @saltedbiscuiit !! i hope you like them <3

[sailorsally]

Misha's homosexual audacity 😪

[logicpng]

YOUR DEALER IS SO HANDSOME I WANT TO KISS HIM EVERYWHERE ON HIS FACE

first of all thank u 🩵

second of all. get in line 🤭

third at all. to get self-indulgent for a moment:

dont look at me. and never ask me for anything ever again /joke

but also don't look at me

[yashley]

exu calamity rewatch: "Our tenacity far exceeds the magisters’."

[simplyender]

just some gifs of spot making his own solar (spotlar?) flares

[anotherferalrat]

Head empty.

No thoughts.

Only the silly goofy lil duck mug i got at five and below.

But make it aventio where aven gifts it half jokingly but ratio uses it all the time unironically

[randomheros]

*me, talking to myself;* "Look...I know you have a lot of interesting ideas..."

*me; nods*

*Other me*; "But you can't give Sonic and Shadow like 4 kids...they likely wouldn't want 4 kids."

me; *screams in agony*

[doctordiscosbignaturals]

Uh Oh! Zoe got locked up and now the Doctor needs a quick way to make a lot of cash—

sorry he’s so tan, it was the palest color i own 🫥

here’s the key:

green - @cosmic-hoboandthehighlander (<banned for biting)

purple - @softlyblues

red - @crookedmen

black - yours truly (<also banned for biting)

Poor Jamie, looks like he’s gonna be stuck there for a while….

[thegreatyin]

Good news, lads.

This is officially a thing now! My god!

You can contact me at unknownwriteroffiction@gmail.com, or just DM me either on this site or through the same username on Discord! Prices are cumulative, and I will always provide full refunds if necessary. Feel free to also contact me if you need anything regarding pricing cleared up.

🔫 now go take meds if you need them and that's a threat.

[dr-docktor]

IM STILL ON THAT GRINDSET!!

I might make a fewwwww more after this but I think I’m reaching the end of my creative rope with this one.

I love that little mechanic where you can take photos of characters and show them to other characters and it’ll give you their opinion/reaction of them

[anotherferalrat]

Head empty.

No thoughts.

Only the silly goofy lil duck mug i got at five and below.

But make it aventio where aven gifts it half jokingly but ratio uses it all the time unironically

[blanketforcas]

A guide to real-person shipping and tinhatting

Most of this can be applied to general tinhatting but I will mainly be focusing on RPS and using examples from cockles fandom. This is based on my experience and what I’ve personally come across. Examples I use are merely illustrative and not meant as shade to anyone.

Let’s get some ethics of rps out of the way first

*disclaimer: this is what I would advise, I know opinions on this do vary

Try to keep it off main as much as possible (ie twitter, tiktok). You can’t always escape the algorithm, some stuff does get seen by the actors. Every actor’s comfort level with this is different, but as a general rule let's say tinhatting stays on tumblr or group chats

Try to avoid stating something as truth unless you’re quoting the actors

This goes without saying, but don’t ever mention the ship to the actors and if they bring it up themselves, don’t forget that’s not a free pass to just say whatever

Now, moving on to some pitfalls and tips

Do some basic research

Is this tweet/post reflecting the truth? Do multiple sources confirm this? Is there video? What was the context? What is happening right before and right after this particular moment? Does that change how you think about it?

When you see a picture you haven’t seen before, are you sure it’s not a manip? Use reverse image search and if nothing comes up, try to look up the event using key words to see if you can find the picture. If it’s hard to find and friends can’t help you either, it’s probably a manip. Obviously also look for signs within the picture itself (strange lines/different lighting on one person/missing limbs etc)

Are you projecting?

We all do it! It’s normal, just try to be aware when you’re doing it. Sometimes actors might indeed be similar to you when it comes to [whatever your theory is about], sometimes not at all. Fact remains you’re more likely to run with it when it’s something you do or feel yourself. Try to ask some friends what they would do/how they would react and maybe you’ll find out it’s less common or obvious than you think.

Confirmation bias is one hell of a drug

It’s surprising how easily a pattern can be found if you actively try to find one. Try to keep thinking critically: do I too quickly add something to the list of evidence because I really want my theory to be true? Does it really belong in that pile or could there be another reason why X happened the way it did?

The more effort it requires to make your theory sound plausible, the less likely it is to be true

Does it need a lot of explanation? Are you having to find a lot of excuses when an alternative explanation is presented? Are there inconsistencies in your theory that are difficult to explain away?

These are all red flags and should make you question the validity of your theory.

You as a fan are always going to be far more invested than any of these actors will ever be

Whether it’s about the show they are on or their social media behaviour, you will always care more and inevitably find details that weren’t put there intentionally.

No, the actors aren’t constantly leaving clues about the show you love (“you’re not crazy” tweets aside) in their everyday posts, they are just living their lives and sharing it.

And no, actors aren’t hiding secret and very obscure messages in their posts about how their relationship is real. They will simply quote Casablanca on the other person’s birthday and assume you get the memo

Remember they aren’t as obsessed with us as we are with them

This ties into the previous point about hiding secret messages. It’s a consequence of parasocialising which is something I talk about later in this guide.

Actors may or may not care a lot about us as people/as a fandom, and sometimes they do like to play with us in a general lowkey sense, but they aren’t looking for a “special” group of people who Get It. They aren’t putting in the time and effort to find a way to communicate with us on some secret code level. An example within cockles fandom I’ve seen is the stoplight system (if you don’t know what I’m talking about, this was an idea proposed by a fan via text messages that Misha could use red/yellow/green to communicate how loud we could be about cockles – the day after, the official Gish account’s activity was seen as possible confirmation Misha actually adopted the method).

Which leads me to my last point:

Watch out for conspiracy thinking

I know, I know. It’s kind of in the name. Tinhatting implies some sort of conspiracy, but this is a bit too simple when it comes to RPS and especially cockles – where you have two people who make a lot of references themselves and like to have fun with it. There’s different levels of tinhatting one can do, my goal is just to try to make you more aware of some of the red flags and pitfalls that I’ve mentioned throughout this post.

Okay maybe one final point about mental health

You’re more susceptible to falling for some of these things if you’re parasocialising hard. It’s something we are all familiar with because how else did we end up in this dumpster in the first place?

It doesn’t need to be problematic – it’s almost inevitable and comes with being a fan. With tinhatting It’s important to check in with yourself from time to time how much you care about a particular theory and why you find it so important.

More generally when you find yourself spending more and more time in these fandom spaces – ask yourself if there’s something else you’re avoiding or feelings you’re repressing that need to be dealt with. Reach out to friends (those can and do include the people you spend all that time discussing RPS with), try to distance yourself a bit etc. Take a step back if needed.

With all that being said, you can still do whatever you want and make your own judgement. I just hope this can help at least one person to be more cognizant of how they engage with RPS. I know I’ve personally fallen for some of the traps and I learned and still learn along the way.

Yes, this is a little bit silly, it’s a silly subject matter. The reason I care so much and wrote this guide anyway, is not just because I like tinhatting to be believable (cause I do, I can’t deny that) but also because a lot of these critical thinking skills are helpful in for example preventing people from falling for actually dangerous conspiracy theories, cults and cult-like group structures, and toxic relationships.

Now I feel like I ended on such a serious note but I want to emphasise of course the most important part of RPS is to have fun – and this is hopefully just a tiny toolbox for when you want to do more of a deep dive.

Happy rps'ing!

[mr-aftons-rotting-pussy]

actuallyyy yonow ive been very adamant on NAWT deisgning her with certain. traits. that i usually add to charcters but should i just sa fuck it n give her curves. time sensitive question

[particular-one]

i literally have not updated in a week already but ?!?! thank you for 200 followers y’all wtf 🙁🤟 i’m still deciding if ill hold an event (hopefully after my writer’s block 🙏) but this means a lot to me UEUEUEUE