#a rule of mine is to not reblog these kinds of posts because people HAVE used them to play games with me for... shits and giggles apparently

[ccborrega]

Hello, 🌹♥️

I apologize for reaching out unexpectedly, but I am forced to contact you due to an urgent situation.

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My name is Mohammed, and I’m an engineer. I want to assure you that I wouldn't want to bother you under normal circumstances. However, I am in desperate need right now. I have a beautiful family, and I am doing everything I can to save them from the horrors of the war in Gaza. I reached out to you because I believe you are a kind and compassionate person, and I hope that if you can share our story, you won’t hesitate to do so.

🌟 🌟 🌟 🌟 🌟 🌟 🌟 🌟 🌟 🌟 🌟

I’m not experienced with Tumblr, and I only came here to try to reach good people like you who can help amplify my family’s voice, hoping we might find someone who can help save them.

If you could reblog the pinned post on my account, I would be incredibly grateful. And if you are willing to contribute even more, you could also share our story on any other platforms where you have access. With your help, we might be able to save them.

If you have friends or know of large blogs on Tumblr, please don’t hesitate to ask them to reblog my post as well.

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Again, I apologize for the inconvenience, and I sincerely hope that reaching out to you will be fruitful in my desperate attempt to save my children from the war.

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Thank you from the bottom of my heart ♥️

[moxanji-real]

💖Introduction 💖

Banner arts are made by grubcakes

Before you interact PLEASE remember OP is very uncomfortable with NSFW. No NSFW jokes on OP’s posts or NSFW dm’s. Please respect OP’s BOUNDARIES.

Hi there! Welcome to my blog! I’m probably the most dedicated Sanji selfshipper you’ll ever come across. This space is entirely centered around my relationship with Sanji, so thank you for stopping by and checking it out!

💖 Hi! You can call me Moxie or Fork

| she/her | 18 | Bi ficto | irl lesbian | autistic | Extrovert ☀️

Self shipper • Artist • Writer • Sanji lover since 2014

(Disclaimer) If we were mutuals and you noticed I have unmutualed you it’s probably because you were interacting with that one Goemon double of mine who makes me super uncomfortable. I’ve unmutualed a lot of people recently because of that. I’m not gonna let people break my boundaries any more for them. ^^

💘 I’ve been in love with Sanji since I was 8. He’s my F/O, my soulmate, and the heart of this blog. I truly believe I’m Sanji’s canon partner. If that bothers you, please just block me. No hard feelings, I just want to keep this space safe and comfy.

🍓 I kin my OC Moxie, who could also be considered a self insert, but she was originally created as an OC. I post from her perspective often because it makes my self ship more personal and fun.

🧁 This blog is completely SFW. I do not want sexual comments, jokes, or DMs. I’m not comfortable with that kind of content. Please be respectful. I’m okay with interacting with blogs who post nsfw things as long as they tag their stuff properly.

🥐 I’m non sharing with Sanji when it comes to people I don’t know and Mirror sharing to people I’m friends with! Or people willing to be friends! If you’re my friend then I have no reason to be uncomfortable with you liking Sanji. But if you’re not I’ll be SUPER uncomfortable. That’s how my brain works. I only feel comfortable sharing Sanji with people who see me as a friend. Doubles can interact if you’re kind and respectful, but do not interact if you’re another non sharing Sanji self shipper or if you’re mutuals with one. Also DNI if you make or reblog OC x Canon ship art of Sanji (unless they’re my mutuals I share with then it’s chill!) but yeah I sorta have this unspoken rule with my closer non sharing mutuals. I won’t reblog or interact with their doubles if they don’t reblog/interact with mine. Cause I think it’s kinda dumb if I ask this of people and I don’t return the favor. Just wanna keep everyone happy and also myself <3

🌷 I reblog my mutuals often, create F/O imagines, and love making community-based content. I’m a very loving and supportive person—if you support me, I’ll support you right back.

👐 Mutuals are allowed to dm me! It doesn’t have to be for any big reason! I’m free to chat and I won’t get weirded out, I promise! I appreciate you all so much!

🫶 Asks are open! I love meeting fellow self shippers and One Piece fans. Don’t be shy, I’m super friendly and always happy to chat.

🩺⚔️ I also have two other F/Os: Leorio (HxH) and Goemon (Lupin III) — they’re both my mains too!

I made dedicated accounts to gush about my self ships with them:

Leorio account: leorioscanonwife

Goemon account: samurai-wife

I’m HARDCORE non sharing with both of them, and I ask that anyone who ships with Leorio or Goemon not interact with this account or my other accounts too. I might be more lenient with Sanji and will share Sanji with friends but I don’t make exceptions with Goemon or Leorio. Sorry.

🛑 Do not interact if:

• You are mainly a NSFW blog and don’t tag your stuff

• You make or reblog NSFW content of Sanji

• You reblog OC x Canon or self ship art of Sanji (if the person is my friend it’s okay. If they’re not I’ll probably block I’m sorry. I don’t like to be exposed to new doubles😭) Canon x Canon ships with Sanji are fine! Except Sanji x Pudding. (That ship makes me very uncomfortable)

• You are or are mutuals with another non sharing Sanji self shipper (please please please this is a big one. My non sharing Sanji doubles make me incredibly uncomfortable and I wanna stay as far away from them as possible! Please don’t expose me to their content! Also I’m sure that being my mutual makes them uncomfortable too. I doubt they wanna see my stuff as well 😭💔)

• You are a Leorio Paradinight or Goemon Ishikawa XIII Selfshipper or do oc x canon with them. Also if you reblog content or are friends with other Leorio or Goemon Selfshippers. People keep ignoring this one. Please this is the most important one. And yes this still counts even if you reblog stuff that’s not of their ship with Goemon or Leorio. You are exposing me to doubles. I don’t wanna be exposed to doubles. I will FREAK out. Not doing this to be gatekeepy, but to protect my mental health. I wanna be as far away from doubles of my f/o’s as possible.

• You hate non sharers. I’m a non sharer and I hardcore support other non sharers. Please don’t follow me if you are against us.

✨ Tags:

#moxanji (self ship tag)

#moxie rambles i guess

#moxie gushes

#moxie art

#moxie’s platonic f/os

#my otp (others self ships)

#my three soulmates🌟 (when I post about all 3 of my men at once)

⭐️ My platonic F/Os are:

Luffy, Zoro, Nami, Usopp, Chopper, Robin, Franky, Brook, Jinbe, Zeff, Ivankov, All of Moxie’s brothers

Tagged under:

#moxie’s platonic f/os

#moxie’s brothers

#moxie loves her crew

⚠️ If I ever say or do something wrong, please kindly tell me. I prefer communication over blocking. I’m always open to growing and being better. Also 9/10 times I will admit I’m wrong. So if i did something to upset you please let me know so I can apologize to you. I genuinely hate getting blocked especially if there’s a way I can avoid it and make you happy instead.

Moxanji fanfics

Forever Yours,Stinky Baby

The Touch Starved Firecracker

A Confession I Couldn’t Take Back

Aurai Island: Love, Lizards, and Longing

Love At The Floating Restaurant (Part 1)

Love At The Floating Restaurant (Part 2)

[cozymochi]

gonna be super un-ceremonial about it, but ermmmm does anyone wanna art trade or something

wowza i hit 5k followers, time to do something i rarely do but also semi indulgent because. i got in my feelings.

im offering.. … SOME KIND OF ART TRADE. A DRAWING OF YOUR OC (limit 1) OR WHATEVER YOU GOT 🫵… in what amounts to the above or something like one of these type of things i did. Draw (1) of mine, I draw yours. My art will be of the above quality give or take. Kinda like some of my category 1 commissions. But the transaction is art

I’m only offering it to 5 people (because 5k) I’ll spin a randomized wheel of the 5 people I’ll trade with.

My only entry rules are: Already be a follower, and if you want a shot, just reblog this post and mention in tags that you want in, and maybe if you want include the character you’d wanna see drawn if you get chosen (or just reply if you dont feel like doing any of that). But hey, you don’t have to (but i am only counting reblogs/replies that explicitly mention wanting to participate). This is just for organizational purposes. So no “signal boosts” please

Any other specifics of the trades will go in DMs after the fact once 5 people are chosen 😩 (if theres no answer within 1-2 days im rolling again to the next person)

THIS WILL END…. Saturday October 19th (i will shut off reblogs then). Because im a loose cannon. On that day i’ll @ or message the 5. Whichever happens first

and to my non-artist followers im sorry 😭 and to my non twst followers still left… i got characters from other fandoms we can make it work 💃

BYE

EDIT: IT’S OVER. Names haven been compiled and messages sent out 🎉.

[pseudophan]

the dan and phil tag is flooded lately with people reposting gifs </3 it’s 2025 i thought people knew not to repost things 😭

if anything people's grasp of the do-not-repost-gifs rule only gets looser because tumblr is probably the only website out there that considers that common etiquette lol. like gifs most places are made and posted specifically to be reposted, most sites use them as reactions more than anything else, so i kind of struggle to get too mad at new tumblr users who repost them without knowing how we do things here you know? unless it's a full gifset, you should probably realise that reposting someone's entire post as-is is just a dick move

that said i personally genuinely do not mind anyone reposting my gifs at all, again as long as it's not just a full gifset you could have just reblogged, but even then i'm not gonna like reach out to tell them to take it down because quite frankly i have other things to worry about 😭 i'm also lucky though in that i don't usually have to worry about a repost getting more traction than my own original, which obviously means it affects me a lot less than it does people who struggle more to get notes on the things they make

but yeah, in case anyone reading this doesn't know - don't repost gifs without permission! if you want to use someone's gif in a post just ask them, most people will probably say it's fine as long as you credit them! :) unless it's mine, you can post my shit as much as you want, go crazy. tag me if you want but if you don't it's fine, i don't watermark most of my stuff because i value the aesthetic over credit so i won't be offended if people feel the same about their captions lmao. but me not caring also doesn't mean anyone else is unfair because they do care, so pls also don't get angry at anyone if they tell you you can't repost something they made, that's their right

[anonymousredactedconfessions]

Let's have a talk, shall we?

Major Trigger Warning for rape, false accusations, and mentions of child sex crimes

I let you guys get away with a lot of shit. I let you be a little bitter, or mean spirited, or pissed off. I let you guys vent and let out grievances and complain for the sake of complaining. And i do all of this because it is important to have a space that you can do so without fear of judgement, it is unhealthy for you to bottle up negative emotions. I provide this in a public space because with the way this fandom is, if I didn't many of you would be pressured into not doing so at all. This fandom has a habit of ostracizing those who have differing opinions and interpretations, those who wish to critique the art they consume, those who have unpopular opinions, and all of it is done with the utmost aggression and vitriol. The things that have been said to some of the people in this fandom genuinely makes me lose faith in humanity if i think about it too hard.

This blog exists explicitly to counteract that. I refuse to encourage or enable it. What you are doing is actively dangerous, and I won't be having it in the space I curate within this fandom.

If you haven't noticed, this is one of my rules:

It means that you are not allowed to come in my inbox and accuse people of serious harm over this fiction.

You will not come and accuse people of something as egregious as rape apologia in my inbox. You will not accuse people of rape, abuse, assault, or child abuse/rape/exploitation in my inbox.

These are serious real world issues, and the reason they are bad is because they cause direct harm to real living people who can feel pain and can be violated. Your disgust holds absolutely no ethical weight. At All. You should have the mental, emotional, and intellectual capability to understand the ethical difference between allegories for rape, stories with/about rape, erotica of rape, and actual real life people being raped. Making accusations of this weight over make believe is abhorrent, and as a matter of fact, it shows that you don't treat these tragedies with the weight or gravity that they deserve. If you believe that it is appropriate to accuse someone of violating another person like so because of the creation of or opinions about art, then you have some serious learning and growing to do as a person if you wish to navigate these topics with any level of maturity or respect towards victims.

There is no good that comes out of accusations such as these. They only ever serve to:

Demonstrate to victims that the tragedy of their abuse is as trivial as fanfiction/art that you deem nasty (but is ultimately ethical), or even something as inconsequential as someones' love for a fictional character.

Shame those who love these characters, or this art, or creating, into hiding their opinions for fear of harassment and serious accusations when they have done zero harm by enjoying it.

Stifle creation and participation in fandoms.

Limit the spread of ideas, interpretations, critique/criticism, and general opinions in the fandom, which just turns fandoms into boring echo chambers devoid of variety and creativity.

Encourage actual censorship and moral policing. (More on that on this reblog by @escapedaudios on a post of mine. Thank you Escaped for your two cents, they are much appreciated 💖)

Spread the incredibly harmful idea that people are defined by the art they enjoy. You cannot accurately judge a person’s values or morals based on what tropes and themes they enjoy in fiction. You create an environment and culture incredibly dangerous for vulnerable individuals (like minors) when you tell them that they can know who is safe to trust based on whether they consume "the good kind" or "the bad kind" of fiction. This makes it so very easy for predators to virtue signal about fiction to lure in potential victims to abuse.

The majority of you are very good and well behaved when it comes to this, but the amount of people i have had come into my inbox and accuse others of being rapists with no evidence other than "they made X" or "they like Y" is not zero. And i will not be satisfied until it is.

This is all i have to say about the subject.

[jerkeline]

Okay girlies et al, let’s have a little chit-chat. I think it’s pretty clear to anyone with more than two brain cells to rub together, and the ability to think beyond the reactionary, that men’s psycho-sexual power fantasy of having a virgin is barely about women at all, let alone anything akin to lesbian behaviour. If you don’t know what I’m talking about there then don’t worry about it, there’s a post going around and a lot of people have been infected, mask up and hopefully you’ll avoid it. I don’t normally get involved in this stuff, but as I reblogged that post and caused some splash-back, I feel I should probably address it. I’m also procrastinating my other writing work, so two birds.

As an active and passionate bisexual, I can see a few different reasons that lesbians might not want to date fellow bisexual women. Firstly let’s tackle the elephant in the room, there are many bisexual women who practice passively. We’re not going to get stuck down in generalities, I’m being specifically anecdotal here; there are a lot of women, friends of mine, women I’ve hooked up with, women I love and respect, who are attracted to women and fantasize about fucking women but get the heebie-jeebies when confronted with the reality of doing so. There’s nothing worse than going on a date with somebody who is super into you, they love women, they’re coming home with you, heavy petting and making out are go, everything’s great! But as soon as they’re confronted with a raw vulva in their face, they’re instantly turned off. It sucks! It makes you feel gross and judged and found wanting, but it happens. There’s nothing inherently wrong with that by the way, I respect them for having a go. The first time is going to be scary, especially if it’s something you’ve fantasized about for so long, sometimes the reality is a little hard to deal with. There are a lot of these kinds of bisexual women, and it doesn’t make them any less bisexual. That’s like saying that someone who likes cartoon porn but who can’t have sex with cartoon women isn’t hentaisexual. Okay that’s a silly example but the point still stands. You don’t have to actually have sex with women to be a bisexual woman. You just don’t. But as someone who is looking for passion and enthusiasm it can really hurt, and unfortunately this is pretty common, it’s happened to me on multiple occasions. Trans women know the awful feeling of being a comfortable in between for bisexual women who want to fuck a woman but are too scared to dive straight in the muff. I know several trans women who go to chasers on grinder specifically because they just want to have sex with someone who is enthusiastic about it. Sometimes we just want to feel wanted, and going after another lesbian, instead of a bisexual, is a pretty easy bet that they’re going to be into it. But not always!

We’re all familiar with asexual people (valid, good, live your life how you want), but there’s another kind of lesbian who doesn’t want to have sex with other lesbians and it lies across social-political lines. There was a trend in the 60’s I think (you look it up, I’m not your mother) where to be a good feminist, one must also be a lesbian. Many women believed that being a lesbian was more about the rejection of men than the embracing of women, sexually. These Political Lesbians muddied the waters of who was actually down to get funky and who wasn’t, and this feminist theory continues in some form today. I believe most lesbians don’t care about dating bi chicks and will do so happily and relish the chance, I know this because I have met and dated and tumbled many of them. Some lesbians will cross the border and fuck a dude if he’s looking tasty; there’s no rules here, that’s what being queer is like, and if you get off the internet and into a bar you’ll see that the lines are as blurred as beer goggles. For some lesbians though (and I feel it’s a very loud minority) love of women is only a side effect of their hatred for men, and this reaction to bisexual women is collateral damage. To be a lover of men is to be a traitor to women, period. It’s very black and white thinking, and it’s very alienating. There’s also another side to this, and it’s incredibly uncomfortable, but I’ll be the hero and say the quiet part out loud (you’re welcome).

Some bisexual women don’t want to date lesbians, or date women generally. I can’t even tell you how many bisexual women have told me “oh no I’d never date a woman, they’re too difficult/emotional. Men are easy, I don’t even have to do anything.” Lay back and think of England, right? My partner had an ex (a bisexual woman) who told them they should be “more like a man,” and “stop asking for consent like a bloody feminist.” Brutal, I know, but this happens far more than we’d like to admit. Women, both straight and bisexual, often get comfortable living with men because while men are famous for not taking a woman’s emotional needs into account, women sometimes like the fact that they don’t have to manage men’s emotional needs either, because they’ve been taught that they don’t have any. It’s a vicious cycle where nobody's needs are being met, but also nobody has to do the work of caring about another person. When you leave that comfortable chair of emotional laziness and are required to sit up at the table and discuss your feelings, it can be uncomfortable and confronting and difficult, and many bisexual women just don’t want to do the work. As someone who lives for communication and understanding, like I do, it’s incredibly frustrating to hear “you’re too emotional” from another woman for expressing your needs and desires.

If we continue with the politics, though, it often looks from the outside like a lot of bisexual women are very comfortable loving women from the sidelines of a relationship with a man, where their queerness is refutable in “polite” company. For those of us on the front lines fighting for our (and their) rights as human beings, it can seem traitorous (there’s that word again) that they can just flick the safety switch to “straight” and not be beaten by cops in the street. Without getting too deep in the weeds of compulsive heterosexuality, and while there are definitely women who hide their bisexuality behind their husband for ease, I believe that most bisexual women in this situation are just fucking scared. If the choice is to date a man and be treated with respect, or date a woman and be disdained, then women will sometimes choose the safe path. We’re rarely making that choice without feelings for the person we choose, after all, bisexuals choose partners based on who we fall in love with, not by their gender. That’s instrumental in bi (and pan) sexuality as a concept. As queer people who are out there doing the work, we should be fighting so that bisexual women can be safe enough to be loud and proud regardless of their partners gender. There are no “traitors” to queerness. Queerness means something different for every one of us. If you’ve tethered yourself so strongly to the word “lesbian” that you’ve muddled it into your self perception, of course it will feel like a personal attack if someone loves women in a different way than you; but it isn’t. If I’m a mechanical engineer (I’m not), and someone is fucking around with electronics or building roads, that doesn’t make me less of an engineer, just a different kind. Some women only date women but fuck men on the side and call themselves lesbians, some women only date and fuck women and call themselves lesbians, some women fuck and date no-one and call themselves lesbians. The diversity of women who love women should be what bonds us all together, not what tears us apart.

There is, of course, one final kind of lesbian that refuses to date bi women, and that’s ARSEHOLES. Let me get this straight (lol), there are definitely lesbians who consider having a penis inside you somehow makes you impure, and these people are not our friend. There are also people who believe that if a woman has a penis on the outside of them then she isn’t a woman at all. It’s the same kind of absolute reductive bullshit, and I don’t think it’s representative of lesbians, but of arseholes. Sometimes lesbians can be arseholes, sometimes cishet women can be arseholes, sometimes trans women can be arseholes, sometimes bisexual women can be arseholes, it’s not an exclusive club. When we say “lesbians won’t date bi women because they’re impure” what we’re actually doing is generalizing (which I said we weren’t going to do, up top, remember?), lumping all lesbians into one category, and putting the fuck-wits at the head of the party instead of the septic tank where they belong. Are we really taking these people seriously? Are we wasting our time debating absolute shit opinions fresh from the arseholes? I think we need to go back to saying “fuck off” and moving on with our lives honestly. Block and smile, ladies, block and smile. These are sad, mad people who are looking for a fight. They’re absolutely fucking miserable; arseholes in every sense. Let’s not conflate lesbianism with these people, please, I beg of us as a culture. There is so much love between women of all stripes, and we should be cultivating that love instead of focusing on the hate. And we do! Most lesbian and bisexual women live in perfect harmony, loving and fingering each other in delicious ecstasy. So lets not let a few rotten apples define what is a beautiful and welcome connection.

It’s complicated, it’s messy, and none of us are saints. I personally love men, I love having men in my life and my bed, but I would never date one. I don’t trust them. That’s not an excuse or an argument, but a biased and un-examined opinion. We all have these in us somewhere, we can’t be perfect, and we shouldn’t be; it’s what makes us interesting. We also shouldn’t be so quick to tear throats of those with differing opinions. Of course some people are arseholes through and through, but most of us just have personal reasons that are nobodies business but our own. So let’s try not to judge each other for our differing opinions, and try instead to embrace each other for our similarities. We’re women who love women, not women who hate.

Having said all that, “I think every lesbian who says she wouldn't date a bi woman is functionally on the same wavelength as men who say they would only marry a virgin” would fucking ruin some of those arseholes, what a great bit lmao

[chameleonspell]

Greetings! I just want to say I LOVE your creation of Velothi language. Your nerd powers are mighty and admirable. I've also been reading How to Disappear Completely. I am thoroughly impressed and inspired by your descriptive writing skills. I struggle with social anxiety and find a lot of Iriel's thoughts frighteningly relatable.

I am working on my own Morrowind fanfic, Chronicles of an Outlander, and wanted to use some of your Velothi words. I will definitely credit you. I found your documents on the language, but linguistics confuses the heck out of me, and I'm struggling to translate some phrases. Would you be so kind as to help me translate/verify these?

He became an Ash Vampire?

Outcast ('haisha' or 'haishan'?)

Outlander (I found 2 words for this: 'urammat' and 'cho')

Idiot/fool

We're going to die out here!

Friend (abasa?)

No way/I can't believe it! (In like a 'holy shit!' or 'that's horrible!' kind of way.)

Thank you (in a casual way. Dinammu or salka?)

Sharmat took him away.

Sharmat took me away.

Do you want to travel with us?

Farewell. We hope to cross paths again.

Bless and be blessed. ('assuh kal assor' or 'assusi kal assour'? In this context, it is used as a farewell.)

I plan to use more Velothi in my fanfic down the road, so I hope you don't mind if I ask you more things later. Also, have you ever considered making an online Velothi translator? It would be such a big help for fanfic writers. I have heard of Lingojam and Apertium, but I don't know how good they are.

Have an enchanting week!

-K

Hey, thank you for your kind words about my various self-indulgent Morrowind projects, I'm glad you enjoyed them. :)

I'm happy to translate stuff into my Velothi conlang, but I can't promise it'll always be super-fast, because it does take a fair amount of time, depending on the phrase, and I've got a lot on, right now. But I enjoy it, so feel free to send stuff! It helps to have info on who is speaking to whom, though, as my conlang's grammar changes a lot, dependant on the social context, and the gender of the speakers.

Which... is the reason an auto-translator is never gonna work. Honestly, even the big auto-translators for major languages can't ever be all that accurate, because they don't know context, either. What they DO have, is a huge bank of existing translated text in that language, that they can pull from. Conlangs don't have that, especially not a micro-niche one like mine. Knowing this, I had to go have a look to see how conlang-translators like Lingojam worked, because I didn't see how that could actually function.

Spoiler: it doesn't. It's very cool, don't get me wrong, and you could have a lot of fun with it! But it's just doing straight text-swaps and phrase swaps, with a few bonus rules and regex things you can apply. It would only sort-of work if you had a conlang that was a complete structural facsimile of English, with just the individual words changed, and that's not a conlang, it's a cipher. It can't handle a whole new grammar, unless you hand-encoded every possible phrase, and then it still wouldn't get the genders or context right.

Counterpoint: nobody knows or cares what an accurate translation into my conlang is, except me. People could just write Velothi textslop for flavour, and it'd be pretty much the same from a reader's point of view! But... while my conlang is far from perfect, if people are gonna credit me for it, I'd rather it was at least consistent by my own standards, and that whatever errors remain are my own. Like I said, translating into it is fun for me, enrichment for my enclosure.

So. Don't have time to do every sentence right away, but I can reblog this post with some of the phrases in a bit.

[unhinged-greed]

New blog for my old Mammon sideblog ( @unhinged-greed-a )

Independent rp and ask blog for the Sin of Greed himself. Penned and loved by Beanie~

Affiliated with; @houseofasmodeus @more-things-in-heaven-hell @queenbeeibee (will be adding the rest )

Please read the RULES before following. Thank you~

Ask // Rules // Mun // Verses // Headcanon // Promo post (share if you want ;; ) My other blogs are; @peppy-jester (Fizzarolli) and it's sideblog @wired-for-trouble (Barbie Wire)

Rules under the cut for mobile users;

Selective and Mutuals only I want to keep my dash clean and easy to follow. I may not follow back at everyone. Especially if you have same muse in your blog as mine. I actually have a duplicate anxiety, minus with few of my close friends. If Mam is not your main thing on your multi that’s also fine for me.

Multimuse and Multifandom friendly-ish. Picky with OC’s. If your multi has muses from fandoms I don’t like, I won’t be following you back. There are fandoms that have made my life living hell one way or another so I choose to stay away from them.

As for OC’s, I have mixed feelings. May or may not follow your OC blog.

Headcanon Based and “Canon Divergent”. I base my Mammon on some of the irl Mammon lore but also mixed with Vivziepops version. Canon Divergent as in he is not that much into show business that much, his main focus is to make money by buying facilities and by all the companies and stores he owns. I’m not gonna say no to people who wants to throw Glitz and Clam at him but he is not gonna treat them any different than Fizz. And as Viv said those two are only popular in Greed ring which is huge loss compared to Fizz who was well known across all the rings of hell. I will be posting headcanons and tag those as #Headcanon;; / #About Muse;;

Shipping Is not a thing on this blog. This is one ship blog with only my friends Ozzie (rapid-as-sass-in-nation-team). If you are gonna follow Mammon just a sake of shipping, I suggest you don’t even bother following this blog. Mammon is Ace and sorta sex repulsed. He will be hating Sindays forever. Friendship, Hateship… everything else are welcome! Gimme Sins being friend-enemies! Give me all Adams for him to fuck around with! He legit needs friends.

NSFW & Triggering themes Where I won’t be posting anything sexual here but darker rp themes may occur. Plus Mammon’s foul language. If the word “Cunt” offenses you. I’m sorry. Mammon swears like a pirate. I will be tagging triggers as “#Tw; Blood” or “#Tw; Injury”. If I forget to tag anything please let me know. I’m not here to make anyone uncomfortable.

Muses of this blog Mammon is the main thing but at times you may also see his twin female Fizz bots who works as his assistance. Their names are Coin and Penny. Both have personalities and they are sentient. You may also see Fizzarolli here popping up. My main Fizz blog is @Peppy-Jester 

Do not follow me if you’re a; -Minor (automatic block). Mun of this blog is +35 years old and don’t wanna get in trouble because of you. -Personal who keeps liking all the posts and reblogging from me (blocked) -Homophobe, Fat Phobe, Racist, Support SA, Spread the unwanted/unneeded OOC drama etc. I don’t tolerate that kind of shit at all. Zero tolerance! -You are always in a hurry with replies. I happen to have a life offline, a job. I’m not here even daily basis. Sure if I haven’t replied in few weeks, please kick me. I may have forgotten thanks to my ADHD ass.

Ask Box Is open for everything. I welcome everyone to piss this well rounded fella off. Or just send in requires, thoughts, even M!A's. But if the things goes too personal or too sexual I will just ignore the asks. Spreading OOC drama will get you ignored and blocked

Discord Is for mutuals only. I don’t add just anyone because I have at times hard time replying on things there.

Few more things for my mutuals - Please reblog from the source, unless there is none then you are free to blog from me. -Don't hop in the rp middle of everything. You don't know how many mutuals I've had to block because of this happening. -I happen to use icons in my replies, you don't have to. It's optional and if you want me to drop the icons as well let me know. -My replies varies from few lines to several paras depending how my muse works for me at the time. I try to end it so you have something to reply to. -If I post art I it's most likely my own. Reblogging fanart at times. -Muse and Mun are not the same. Mammon can be bit sexist, he still thinks women aren't as funny as men and he has rather strong opinions on things he believes in. 

Following tag #Unhinged-Greed or #UnhimgedGreed

If you’ve read the rules, send me a password; Greed is Good.

[transboyswitchytales]

Love your fics & I love that you and other writers have this amazing relationship and talk to each other. It’s so cool to see that as a reader.

We want more of it. All of it. If you could, who would you wanna co-write with & what type of story would it be?

Also, what's your favorite song right now and what’s making you happy?

I am hiding from fam to respond, because I can’t stop thinking of this anon. First off, you are very kind.

This is a long post, I hope you don’t mind this answer??WARNING ⚠️long post ahead.

@warpdrive-witch and @anyshowwitharainbow are really important to me. First they’re brilliant people and the most talented writers.

I think it’s important to say, like a lot of tumblr friends. We were all strangers at one point. Fanfic brought us together but now I love em so much. The internet is great that way.

I’ve talked to writers on here, we have a community. It’s nice to support one another.

STORY TIME: I messaged @anyshowwitharainbow because I liked Cooties. I had no clue we would become such good friends. Cooties was so sweet and had vulnerability that I couldn’t get out of my head. So I messaged thinking nothing would come of it. I’d written Small Creatures. But I didn’t think we’d become bestest of buds. That I’d reach for my friend over tumblr like this. That this author would give me life advice and wisdom. That we’d share so much. That I’d be rooting for them for life things from afar!!and we were strangers..brought together... By fanfiction, something we both wrote miles and miles apart. But now we feel so close.

I was a HUGE fan of @warpdrive-witch -which entire collection 🌟. But It Worked became my instant comfort read. It helped me through hard life times and sleepless nights.

I was chicken shit, I didn’t think Mommy would ever write me back. So I admired from a far, never even leaving a comment as guest or anon. Forgetting that easy thing, that all of us on here are people. (Except the bots 🖕)

People who second guess our stories and tags. We all write for the love of it, and still wonder if anyone is out there actually getting WHY we are writing it. If this line actually works? Will this seem silly? Do I need to cut this interaction out? Would this scene really be Maya coded? Does this sex scene feel too long? All of it.So I didn’t comment, like a dick. I figured Mommy was too big for little ol Daddy.And I regret it.

Mommy commented on my AO3 for Small Creatures.

I was star struck. Big time writer, likes my shit?? No way!?! It made me want to write more. I saw how Mommy wrote and was blown away.We are all just sitting on our laptops trying to connect. To write the things we needed to hear ourselves, ya know? Their stories, my stories, they helped me cope. Gave me an escape, reminded me how fun it is to play pretend.

So moral of this long story, comment, kudos, reblog, fucking follow.

Comment and reach out. You never know what your interaction does or will lead to. I love my fam on here. Anon comments have made me ugly cry with joy. All of it matters.

And if you want to write, do it. You never know what will happen on here🖤

“Write hard and clear about what hurts” E.Hemingway

Part 2

If I could co-write I’d be scared shitless. In my heart of hearts I still feel out of my depth writing. I don’t know if I could co-write. I’d be scared with even my fanfic fam to do it. And any ‘famous’ author I’d be drooling on the floor too.

I’ll tell you if I could talk to anyone about writing- my table would have: Margaret Atwood,Stephen King, Henry David Thoreau, Anthony Bourdain, Dean Koontz, Anne Rice. It’s not that they’re my favorite(yeah I love their books but that’s not it) I have questions on how/why they write the things they did. I love horror/suspense and dark stuff. But honestly I think of Stephen King talking about how books are about characters. A good book you think of the character not the genre really? Alice Hoffmanns Rules of Magic is a favorite of mine. And it’s because I miss the characters. Like I feel the need to catch up and visit? Somewhere inside of me refuses to believe they aren’t real. So I wanna write that for someone else.

What’s making me happy? - I’m visiting my fam, but also saying goodbye to a family member. And she goes in and out of remembering who I am. And she can’t remember who she is. And that is hard. But when I held her hand, and kissed her cheek. She said my name, and she told me she “loved me more and more each day.” And that is what is making me happy. That even tho she isn’t there, for a moment she knew I loved her. And I know she loves me. And that’s a powerful thing my friends.

Favorite songs right now?

I’m feeling a little nostalgic and missing people who have passed so this is probably reflected in that a lot -

Thanks for asking me questions! If you got any other questions I’m here 🙃

[reine-desideria]

My dearest Désirée, my darling, my radiant northern star, my legally wedded, publicly and spiritually entwined wife—

I hope this message finds you in good health and excellent taste, as always. I write not out of jealousy (though some might, unfairly, accuse me of it), nor out of irrational spite (which is frankly beneath me), but rather out of... gentle concern. And love. And a sense of—national security.

Permit me to speak plainly, for my heart knows no artifice where you are concerned. You reblogged something earlier—yes, yes, I do look at your posts and tags sometimes, it's charming, really—and it was from a person who you may not entirely recall is one of my most persistent lifelong enemies.

Now, I understand it's been some time, and memory can be a fickle thing, but the man you reblogged from—Louis-Nicolas Davout, Marshal of the Empire, bane of my existence, eater of joy and sunshine—is that Davout. The one with the glare, and no friends. That Davout.

To summarize, he is a terrible, horrible, insufferable man with a heart made of iron filings, nothing more than a grudge-bearing automaton powered by malice and regulation. I dislike him greatly. He dislikes me greatly. It's mutual, passionate, and, I fear, eternal.

Which brings me back to your tag. “hello <3”

Darling.

Sweetheart.

Light of my diplomatic balancing act.

He doesn’t deserve the heart. He deserves several hours of mandatory socialization. He would, without hesitation, twist your kind little “hello <3” into political ammunition, Do you not see what havoc such a tender glyph might wreak? I’m asking that you refrain from giving him your affection. I cannot bear to imagine him smirking at your kindness. He will print it out and frame it and use it as leverage against me. Not to mention, if word were to circulate that you, my queen, publicly greeted him with affection—even flippant affection—it would become gossip. Then headlines. Then quotes at my expense in council.

You understand, I trust, how that would make me look. The optics alone—well. I won’t dramatize.

All I ask is that you consider how our reputation—yours and mine, united in matrimony—might be affected. I know it may seem petty, but appearances are not petty when one wears a crown. And Davout would love nothing more than to insinuate a closeness between us, to smirk and say, “Ah, well, your wife doesn’t seem to mind me.”

I do. I mind him tremendously.

Anyway! Love you so much. Just thought you should know.

Warmest regards and eternal devotion from your,

Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte

P.S. You looked lovely yesterday. Unrelated, but I thought it would soften the tone.

My dear, sweet husband, whom I love beyond measure,

Too much text, I ain't reading all that, but I think I got the general idea.

Right now, you're in the library and I'm in the living room. If you want news of my health, just open the door and shout loud enough for me to hear you and if I do not respond, call emergency services because I am probably dying or try to remember what you did wrong because I am probably ignoring you on purpose. I do, however, appreciate the slightly silly romanticism of little papers slipped under the door, so I won't hold it against you.

To begin with, I'd like to point out that there's an endless list of people who are jealous of you, your charisma and your professional success, and it's impossible for me to remember all your haters (although it's true that when I saw that name, it sounded vaguely familiar).

Secondly, it's precisely because I'm thinking of your reputation and mine that I did what I did. I know we're in Sweden, and people here are as warm and friendly as literal prison gates, but that doesn't exempt us from observing the basic rules of hospitality, which are to greet people and kiss them on both cheeks like decent human beings. Think of the disastrous consequences if I hadn't said hello to Monsieur Davout: he could have said “your wife didn't say hello to people, she's bad-mannered”, and in Marseille that's enough to ruin a family's reputation. At least now he won't be able to say I'm rude! You can hate people and talk behind their backs, and I'll even pay my cousins in Lambesc to go and beat the shit out of him if you want, but always say hello.

Toodeloo,

Your wife.

PS: I looked lovely yesterday??? What exactly does that mean, that I wasn't lovely on every other day of the year or today? Why yesterday in particular, what does that mean? AAAAH. Now I'm mad at you.

PPS: I know you're going out this afternoon, please bring some bread. But I mean REAL bread, bread made with real flour and baked in a real stone oven, not the disgusting white bread the Swedes eat, bread with which our cooks can prepare a proper bruschetta.

[rozeliyawashereyall]

Guys I'm back (not really)!!! I missed you all so much and- oh wow I missed too much, huh.

I'll start with saying that I'm doing okay now! My mental health has improved a lot and I'm very proud of myself :) however! I'm still on break, I just came here to address a few things.

Now to what's happening in the bug army—and lemme just say jeez. I did not expect to come back to drama, especially with how small this sub fandom is.

English isn't my best language so hopefully I'm not being rude saying these-

Most of my information came from @audioroleplayconfessions and a few friends of mine

-Now~ about the discord server. A lot has happened and I won't be getting into too much detail about it. One or two of our members weren't in the best place and sought out help from me and a few others, they're both okay now and are getting proper help ^^

None of us are exactly okay in the head in the army, I don't mean "insane" I mean "just need a safe environment to vent". And that's exactly why the discord was made! But unfortunately it went past an after school comfort club and more of a therapy session.

Thankfully! Me and the mods are being especially stricter on the rules and are actively enforcing them better!

This is still our first time making a server so of course we aren't the best at it, but we're all trying! I do hope that anon can feel safe there again.

that's all I'll say about it, so let's close this topic already.

-The favoritism! Now sure what to say on this one tbh, just that no one owes you anything! If you're so insecure that you have to seek validation from strangers online—and having panic attacks that you aren't being noticed, maybe the problem is with you. Most of our amazing artists that get slightly more recognition is because they're one of the first batch of bugs to appear in this fandom!

It honestly just feels like you're putting the creators on a special pedestal, above everyone—while they're all very talented and incredible people, they're still human. Just like you, just like me. They try to interact with everyone they can and it's clear every person helping with the gator boys series is trying their damn best.

I genuinely do hope you're doing okay now though :(

I'm always here to help and support you if you need it! But now, it's best if you take some time off to focus on yourself! Take a mental health break, it'll do wonders to you, I would know! I'm taking one now ^^

-that one anon ask that was very clearly about me but they didn't say it.

I'm not too fussed up about it, just a little sad I made someone feel that way

I'm not sure what I did that gave you the impression of "annoying" and "pretentious" of me, but I'm really sorry that I did anyways. I do hope you'll still consider joining our little army, and so we too can be friends! I'm sure you're a great person!

Do know I'll always greet you and new members with open arms! <3

Oh and thank you so much to the people in the reblogs that defended me—giving you all the biggest digital hug ever

-and lastly~ I really, really hope none of us gave you a bad impression of us or the VAs! Everyone here is a wonderful person! From talented to kind to fun! Gator boys is an awesome series and we all just wanted to create a small group to fangirl and boy about it X3 I'll admit things have gotten a bit too far, but me and the founders are trying our best to keep everything under control.

Now, I'm not too good with words—but, I'm very sorry about everything that happened these few days, but I promise everything will be okay from now on! We'll all make sure of it!

Gonna be putting this post in my pinned for a week just in case-

[animalsalvationassociation]

Blog/Ask Rules . . .

1. Be Kind, Be courteous, Do NOT talk badly about anyone or anything. All lives matter, you’re safe here. Everyone is Equal and Irreplaceable. ♡

2. NSFW Asks? Nah.

Please keep your Asks SFW (Safe For Work) — I may make PG 13 -> 14 content (14 occasionally — the fanfic will be PG14) that doesn't mean you need to send inappropriate asks.

3. Spamming — If I haven't answered your ask just yet, don't spam me. It's rude and disrespects the small amount of free time I have everyday. I won't always have the energy or the want to immediately answer your ask, so don't push me into answering. ESPECIALLY if I am clearly focusing on something else on the blog like Character Refs, Lore, Oc's, etc.

(Please don't "remind" me that you sent an ask, it's frustrating. There's always a reason I don't answer. My friends there are only so many hours in the day and I have a job that usually takes 4-5 hours of that day. I also need sleep, food, and maybe a shower or two. Please don't expect me to live and breathe this blog. I do this for fun and when it's not fun, I don't post.)

4. Role Play — Please do not send anything related to roleplay. This blog is for questions (and clarification towards posts) only, not for inserting yourself into the narrative.

However you can offer something to a character, compliment them, comment on something about a character or a situation, etc. (These are what I like to call "Gifts") — You're allowed to talk to them! That's the whole point! But you're also supposed to be an invisible force talking to them through a message screen!

(RP is when you insert yourself into an actual scene to add a "physical character" who will sway/deter whatever is going on in order to force a narrative.)

5. My Characters — I LOVE when people draw my characters, especially when they take the time to learn more about them! However please make sure that you keep it SFW.

These characters mean a lot to me and I spend a lot of time and energy working on them, I don’t appreciate malicious behavior towards them (if I see that you will be reported and blocked).

6. Oc’s —

Your Oc’s are welcome to this AU. However please do not expect me to always draw or create anything related to your Oc’s, I always encourage you to do that yourself. My world is at your disposable, all I ask is a little respect.

I’m happy to be tagged and mentioned in posts about your Oc’s for the A.S.A. AU. :)

7. Headcanons — Headcanons are welcome! But please make sure that you verse yourself in what I’ve already posted (eventually I’ll make that easier for you). I will not repeat myself, if there is a question I’ve already answered then I will try to tag you in that post or I may even reblog it for clarification.

(That means I won't make a post specifically for that ask, if you are an Anon I apologize but you may have to look for that info yourself seeing as I can't tag you)

8. Ships — I don’t expect people to like my ships, as they usually aren’t the traditional ones you’ll see throughout the community. There are only a handful I will be writing into the actual story (lol like two and I literally made them up so there), but I may feature some on the blog just for fun.

Please be kind whenever I make posts about those ships. I don’t want any excuses such as, “Oh but they’re ____! You can’t ship them with ____!” — it’s rude and undermines the time and effort I put into those posts. If you don’t agree, then ignore it, it’s that simple!

I’ll respect your ships if you respect mine. ♡

9. That was sus . . .

If I say anything that offends you or doesn’t sound right (perhaps sounds a little sus) know that I don’t mean it in any malicious way. I’m human too and I make a lot of mistakes.

But if there is cause for concern please address me privately and I’ll try to clear any miscommunications. You are all very special to me, and I want you to feel safe on my page.

10. DM’s —

DM’s are a touchy subjects because there are some people who abuse the messaging system. Adding to that I also have had a lot of people in the past who only follow me because they want something, usually art. I don’t appreciate that. It’s disrespectful, and unless I directly say “ I’m taking requests ” I don’t ever want to see that come up on my page.

As for now I will only open up DM's for Mutuals but keep in mind I can always remove your ability to message me. Please be respectful of my decision.

In Conclusion . . .

Let's do our part in keeping this blog a pleasant and safe place! Our world can be a little scary sometimes so it's nice to get away for a while!

I love you all and I thank you for following me on my journey as a story teller. You all make me so happy and proud to do what I can to bring smiles to people's faces. ♡

(If I think of anything else I'll make sure to update this list)

[ This is a Octonauts AU, in no way is this canon to the OG storyline. ]

[ Return to Master Post / Welcome Post ]

[bilightningwhumper]

Alright, I'm cranky because I didn't get to write at all today or last night despite having a full on plan and work wasn't as fun in my favorite spot because things were broken and I have to go to bed early, so I can't write as much as I wanted or I'll stay up too late. And now my stubborn Italian streak has been struck, so I'm going to rant for a second.

If anyone gets all passive aggressive about "you need to add a read more/line-break," they're getting an instant block from me. It's especially irritating when someone decides to hide behind anon to do it. Because then that automatically means to me that they're a coward and know they're in the wrong doing what they're doing.

Tumblr has an auto read-more function for long posts. It's not my fault or other posters' fault if we don't line-break. Forgetful or not. Especially when someone is a writer and maybe sometimes we go on too long because we really got in the zone and didn't realize it got lengthy. Not to mention, I've never seen this kind of additude on posts like "color of the sky" or reblog chains/threads/whatever they're called when the post is re-blogged and added onto by multiple people. Maybe it's there, but not as prominant as it's been on writers' posts in my eyes.

If someone is nice about it, that's one thing. But I've seen it get not that way towards myself and other writers without much of an audience or just starting out. Just saw another one tonight and it really peeved me off. Because seriously? You're going to get that picky about how someone else posted, but you're not even going to give them the dignity of 1) being nice about it or 2) going off anon? Even if it is the second, third, or twentieth time of a "reminder", don't be weirdly borderline threatening about it.

Y'all have gotten way too comfortable with being aggressive or passive aggressive towards things you find personally uncomfortable and/or inconvenient. Be nicer or block. It's that simple.

And if someone decides to go off and claim I'm being "ableist", guess what, I'm an Audhder and I'm stubborn as a mule when it comes to "just do it because I said so" attitudes. As in: I ain't doing it if you're just acting like it's a power-grab. Either give an actually good reason or get out of my inbox. Otherwise you're being ableist towards me and how I prefer to do things. That's how that logic feels.

And, also, I do use read-more on longer posts of mine. At first, I didn't know how to do it, and someone kindly let me know. But in the same conversation, they didn't like how I wouldn't do it for *all* my stuff, so I just told them to block me, which they did. Since then, I have my own ruling on what's long enough to justify a cut and what isn't, but it's still something that irritates me when someone else is harassed for not having one.

Anyway, rant over. I'm going to go try and write some more for the February events before my timer for bed goes off so I'm not even more horribly behind than I already am. Just had to get this out or it was going to stew and get worse.

[ixhika-jsx]

BLACK SWAN- ✧˖°BTS Challenge - 𐙚

Main concept: of this challenge is that I have to bring my passions back to life that died long ago

Bit inspired by @zzzzzestforlife 🍾🫶🏻

As in song's lyrics of 'black swan'

"If this can no longer resonate, no longer make my heart vibrate, then like this may be how I die my first death."

[ You can reblog this post and start this challenge by yourself after adding your own goals under the reblogged post of yours... :)) ]

[ Academics:- ᥫ᭡🎐

As to bring back my interest in studies there are some goals of mine and some tips (I am referring myself as 'you' as some external force for myself) 🎀

☆ By the mid of September you must be on track in academics - complete notes and zero backlogs , regular revision ! 📄❕️❕️

☆ 📌 Complete pw modules till December

☆ work on weak chapters🗯 - relation and functions , trigonometry , periodic classification and topic electronic configuration of chapter - 2 of chemistry 💨

☆ listen to podcasts like 'ACADEMIC VALIDATION'🗒and 'YOUR A+ LIFE'📈 while studying mathematics. (As I kinda not get maths yk )

☆ study along with study vloggers - 'STUDY WITH ME' 🩰 because it helps when you find a 'partner' in studying.

☆ Have a mindset that you are not a student but you are a employee working for a greater position in your job or for greater income....🏷 which means position- topper or sum and income - grades ⏳️

☆ while studying physics you should use whiteboard 📇cuz I know it gets boring at times so yea

☆ for chemistry I would say that read books and make pretty pretty notes 🪄 and if you still can't study it then just watch some study vlogs and restart 🎲 (it helps me sometimes)

☆ study computer science chapter of - 'PYTHON' 🖥 whenever you get time as of getting mind off STEM subjects

[ Workout :- ᥫ᭡ 🎳

☆ I know it's not easy getting off bed but just use 1-2-5 minute rule 🎗

-stand up for 1 minute and drink some water

- start off with some stretching next for 2 minutes

- do 4 plank sessions in 5 minutes or any other favourite exercise move of yours

(This is my concept btw) And this will help about 70 percent to actually get you up.🥊

☆ do pilates in case you don't feel like exercising⛳️

☆ do 'lazy' stretching either before sleeping ot after sleeping.🎯

☆ walk minimum 6k steps a day♠️

[ Hobbies/Extra curricular :- ᥫ᭡ 🎱

☆ subscribe/follow to multiple dance pages so you automatically get the urge to dance🪀

☆ watch your idol dancing...it helps🧩

☆ dance atleast twice a week no matter what , even if you have to force it. It will individually get better if you were some day passionate bout it once.👯🏻‍♀️

☆ start writing your incomplete book by visualizing the scenes of the book...may help sometimes🖇

☆ during breaks from studies play basketball even for 5 minutes... put your phone away and walk around with your basketball around you then you will automatically feel the urge.🏀

☆ take part in school activities as much as you can....I get it that there is lot of academic work but it shouldn't stop you from being an all rounder🏆🏅

[ Social :- ᥫ᭡🥂

☆ cut people off...yea exactly CUT THEM OFF !! Lot of people don't really deserve you. You know who those people are.🌬

☆ don't get too comfy with some people. I get it that its your nature but keep that aside rn because it can be pressuring your self respect.🛑

☆ cut off atleast 3 people this year (atleast)💬

☆ don't be too kind to endure every other 'tease' of thiers. No this degrades your self respect and standards✋🏻

☆ if they are constantly mean then cut them off or just give them what they deserve(be the karma).🗣

☆ be as much confident as you can.you know nothing is cringe.... your definition of cringe is limiting you from your potential.🧭

So this is it for this challenge. I will regularly add more goals if needed and keep on updating my process.

You all are free to join :))🍾💐

[artist-issues]

I saw the steven universe post of yours and I am wondering about something.

Are you actually, honestly happy?

You seem very sure that happiness can only come from perfectly following your religion's teaching about what your god wants people to do. If that truly makes you happy every day I don't think anyone can convince you that it doesn't hold true for everyone else.

I’m joyful. Happiness is fleeting. It’s a good thing but it’s dependent on your circumstances. Joy isn’t. Joy is a posture of the heart that comes from knowing who I am and where I’m going, in Jesus Christ.

Joy doesn’t come from “perfectly following my religion’s teaching about what my god wants people to do.” It’s really important that you understand that.

It just comes from having a relationship with the One who made me and saved me. I fail to follow the Bible’s (not “my religion’s,” because when you say “your religion” you’re implying one man-made set of rules out of many I could’ve chosen from, and that’s not what the Bible is) teaching all the time. I fail to do what He wants every single day.

If I were just focused on following rules and making sure everyone else toes the line, too, I’d be miserable. There are worldviews like that. But the Biblical worldview isn’t one of them.

Ephesians says “It is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God—not by works, so that no one can boast.” Not by works. I can’t measure up or follow all the rules or obey God perfectly; nobody can—except Jesus! That’s the point. When God looks at me and loves me, He does it because of what Jesus did for me on the cross. So anything I do that falls short? It’s covered. And I’m loved perfectly; God never loves me less, or bases His affection toward me on how good or bad I do day-to-day.

And in the meantime, He changes what I want, but by bit, so that I get back to who I was always meant to be; His creation, made for love. I love Him, and His people, more and more every day. I stop thinking so much about me. There’s all this freedom, because I don’t have to do any of it alone. And, I’m forgiven, and loved, and adopted, and no circumstance or person in the world can take that from me, ever.

That’s where joy comes from. Real joy, that is not dependent on anything that changes. Sometimes I still get unhappy. Sometimes I get trapped in a cycle of overthinking and anxiety and even depression—but it has not lasted, and it never can. Because the moment I reach out for help, He’s there, reminding me of who I am in Him, lifting my eyes up off of my circumstances or out of my dark thoughts, by helping me focus on Him.

A lot of people find this kind of “higher than my circumstances” emotion in “something bigger than themselves.” The difference is, mine is eternal, and it lasts, and it never gets corrupted. I’m talking about the God of the Bible and a relationship with Him, not the religious imperfect humans of religion. Human movements get corrupted, religious or secular. Human nations fall. Human families or lovers change and die. All those “something bigger than myself” sources for happiness eventually go away. Not a relationship with God.

So hopefully I’ve answered the spirit of your question. It might help you to know that in my reblogs to that post, I’ve mentioned that God let’s you choose. You can either choose to be His, and be what He made you to be, or you can insist that something else will make you happy and keep chasing that. He lets you do that. But in the end, nothing else except Him lasts. And by end, I mean, “THE end.” Life goes on past this. And if you end this life choosing to chase temporary things for happiness in sources outside of the God that invented Good and Happy, you’ll spend eternity outside of Good and Happy, because you chose to spend it without their Source.

So when I made that post, I made it because I believe that Rebecca Sugar made Steven Universe and infused what she thinks the God of the Bible is like into the character of White Diamond. But she has Him all wrong. I know Him, and He’s not like that, but I can see how someone who doesn’t know Him would come to those conclusions.

So it’s like if someone who barely knew your best friend made a vital skit on Instagram about your best friend…and it was all wrong. They slandered your best friend—and what’s worse, they did it because they never really understood your best friend, and don’t have a relationship with your best friend, and you know that if they did they not only wouldn’t have made the skit, but they would get the blessing of having a friend like your bestie.

I hope some of this has answered your question. Thank you for taking the time to send it, and maybe to read this long response.

[ramyaknox]

The importance of neurodivergent romance books

I am writing this post today as I've had a couple of unsolicited comments about my relationship this week that were different in tone but just reminded me that public perception of neurodivergent relationships is not the best.

One of the comments was explicitly related to my neurodivergence and how being neurodivergent in a relationship can be hard. Of course this is true but something about it just irritated me.

I am neurodivergent in every relationship I'm in, I have no choice in this. It will always be hard and I know this. It is important to acknowledge this but it's kind of upsetting to me that the first thing people think of when they think of a neurodivergent person in a relationship is "that must be hard" , not "that's really great for you" .

Up until recently I still don't think I realised it could be possible for me to have certain things from my relationship, I think I had subconsciously ruled them out in part because of my neurodivergence.

But then I read Some Like it Cold and it really changed my perception of romance in the real world and also the genre as a whole.

Previously I hadn't really enjoyed the romance genre or the idea of it. As much as I love romantic things I felt most romance books were so unrealistic and I never really related to the protagonists. I preferred romance within other genres like fantasy because it felt more natural to me.

Some like it cold made me realise that part of what is enjoyable about some romance books is they're not supposed to be completely realistic, this can make them fun and in some ways just as a escapist as a fantasy. One of the best things about some like it cold, was the unrealistic part wasn't the autistic protagonist, she was wonderfully real. The unrealistic part was the fact a very large number of romance tropes happen to her in a very short time! But thats still possible, even if unlikely which meant like almost all books, romance books can give me hope.

Another thing I hadn't appreciated was that romance can be a whole story, the lives of people and their personal relationships are important enough to be everything, not just a sub plot because that's how precious every relationships we have is (even non romantic ones). Romance doesn't have to be an escape from anything, it can just be.

Perhaps the part I didn't like was never the romance, it was the exclusion of characters like me from it. Finding neurodivergent romance books like some like it cold has been an entrance to the genre for me and now I'm finding even more books I enjoy.

I wish that more people could see neurodivergent romance the way it's presented in these books, not as something to be spoken of with a negative tone, not as something to be judged by neurotypical people but as something joyful and beautiful (the way I'd say most neurotypical relationships are viewed in media).

If anyone has anymore romance books with neurodivergent protagonists recommendations please comment or reblog with them in the tags

Mine are :

Tilly in Technicolour by Mazey Eddings

Some Like it Cold by Elle Mcnicoll

I've also just started Horimiya which does not have explicitly neurodivergent characters but is quite relatable in some ways to me so might be to other neurodivergent people