#absolutely will put this in main tags

[tsfander]

I know this was posted in January. But as a system, I want to talk about the DID section of this post. And before I say anything, everyone’s opinions are valid, especially if you experience plurality yourself. But there is a big problem with this section that I feel needs to be addressed, even if it’s been a while. Because I’ve seen this be said multiple times by different people, and some of y’all really need to be educated.

My Opinion

In my opinion as a system, Sanders Sides isn’t ableist towards systems. Again, different opinions are valid, this is just mine. Sanders Sides is very similar to Inside Out: Emotions or traits that are personified in order to tell a story. The only difference is that c!Thomas can interact with them and Riley can’t. But that still doesn’t represent plurality because there are so many other factors that goes into the disorder that isn’t interacting with personified characteristics that Sanders Sides portrays- which isn’t accurate to what alters actually are.

If it WAS about c!Thomas having DID, then I’d agree. Because Sanders Sides isn’t a proper representation of systems and it was made by people who haven’t done proper research for it. But it isn’t, because they have specifically stated it is about Thomas’ singular personality.

And I can also see how systems could become uncomfortable with the idea that people who watch Sanders Sides could take that as a portrayal of DID. But I wouldn’t say it’s Thomas’ fault for other people being uneducated because it’s THEIR fault for being uneducated and it’s unfair to Thomas. It isn’t his job to educate people on a disorder he doesn’t have, especially when Sanders Sides isn’t about the disorder. They are actively trying to AVOID terms linked to DID, and they have asked systems about what to avoid. I think that is great in itself.

The System Section Of The Post

In all actuality, saying there is a resemblance between Sanders Sides and systems as closely as you did is terrible in itself. Saying that is harmful because it then makes other people think the same thing- which is misinformation. Sanders Sides doesn’t go into dissociation, trauma, PTSD, flashbacks, amnesia, alters, not knowing who you are, time loss- everything that makes up the disorder. And insinuating that “Logic” “Creativity” “Morality” and “Anxiety” is Sanders Sides resembling alters is just as bad because it doesn’t go into protectors, trauma holders, caretakers, littles or age-sliders, persecutors, gatekeepers etc. Which is ALL linked to trauma and PTSD. The sides do not resemble alters.

Sanders Sides does NOT ‘closely resemble’ DID. Saying that is bad because Sanders Sides is NOTHING like DID, a very complex, distressing disorder. And if you are spreading a stretch like that, then you are not educated enough to speak on the topic. Let other systems speak on it and reblog like you said you were doing, not write a whole section about something you don’t experience and completely sum it up as a whole as ableism towards systems. Which is what you did by putting it in the ableism section of the post- it doesn’t matter if you stated that there are different opinions among systems, because you only actually talked about one of them and spread misinformation while doing it.

There is a difference between saying:

“There are some aspects about Sanders Sides that reminds systems of DID, which makes some of them uncomfortable.”

And:

“Sanders Sides closely resembles DID, which makes some systems uncomfortable.”

Because while one is fine to say, the other is not true. Sanders Sides is not a representation of systems because it’s not about systems. It doesn’t resemble DID.

I’ve repeated this so many times in this post because it’s important that people really understand it.

(And as a side note, if you have a condition that makes it difficult to communicate like aphasia, you should not under any circumstances speak on topics that you do not experience because that is how misinformation is spread. It’s okay to have a friend who is a system who wants you to speak on it. But if you are making stretches like this that aren’t true because you are wording things wrong, then you shouldn’t. You can’t preface this post saying you might word things wrong and then talk about something that has so much misinformation already. You should let other systems speak for you instead. This is why a lot of systems do not like singlets talking about system issues. I genuinely am not saying this to bash anyone, I am saying this to educate + anyone else who may think the same thing. And because it has been a while, you might have already realized this, but other people might not have, so I think it’s worth talking about.)

-The Catharsis System

Ok. Its been 2 days lets talk abt how thomas participates in anti-blackness, antisemitism, & ableism.

I do have links to almost everything mentioned here, but some of them I do not have. Whether that be because I am expressing an opinion other people have or because I could not find it.

Also, I have something called "aphasia". Some parts of this will be phrased wrong and/or difficult to read. (Look up aphasia I'm not explaining it here.)

If you are a person of colour and want to express your opinion about Thomas being racist, feel free. If you are jewish and want to express your opinion about Thomas being antisemitic, feel free. If you are disabled and want to express your opinion about Thomas being ableist, feel free. I am not trying to speak over anyone. I am a black disabled man talking about things Thomas has done and including my own opinions.

I do not think Thomas does any of this out of actively trying to harm people. This is not me "cancelling" him. This is not me telling you you cannot watch the series or whatever. I am explaining things he has done. You come to your own conclusion about this using critical thinking.

Here is a response by @/voxakumasbitch, along with my own addition, that provides clarity and a more critical response to this post.

DO NOT TAG THIS POST AS FANDOM DISCOURSE.

Anti-blackness:

(note: if you, as a nonblack person, tries to tell me I am WRONG for saying this is racist and antiblack I will literally explode you with my mind. I am a black man, I know what is and is not antiblack & you cannot tell me what is and isnt. Dear god.)

Logan's vocab cards tend to be appropriation of AAVE (African-American Vernacular English), since it's based around what people assume is "internet slang" (for example, in Accepting Anxirty Part 1, Logan uses the phrase "You good, fam?" which is AAVE).

Another character of Thomas' that appropriates AAVE is Sleep, also referred to as "Remy" by fans, in his vines and shorts. This is because he is supposed to be a flamboyant gay man, but again, a lot white gay men appropriate AAVE from black gay men and queens (for example, "slay" is a term that people say came from queer culture, but it is a term that came from black queer culture).

Thomas made a Tik Tok talking about his roles in musicals. (I do not have this Tik Tok as I... do not have Tik Tok for mental health reasons and the idea of redownloading it is terrifying.) One (or multiple?) roles he talks about are ones of black characters. (I hope I don't have to explain how taking black roles in musicals is racist.)

The entire BLM Roman thing

During the height of the BLM protests back in 2020, a tumblr user (I will not say their user) drew a black Roman holding a trans flag. While this in itself is not racist, black people outside of the fandom (and in the fandom) expressed their discomfort with it. This art was later deleted, however their white mutual ended up creating art of black Roman angrily holding up his fist and it was captioned "I frantically drew this in a fit of rage." This user did not post about BLM before this, and also it's very weird to make a white character black to show your support of real black people being murdered.

Here is the post, along with an explanation of why this is racist by me (@/aleiimm) and my TSS mutual at the time (@/mvnte). Obviously, I do not condone the harrassment of this artist.

This sparked a weird """movement""" within the fandom where white fans, ignoring every black fander trying to explain how this is Racist, drew black roman holding up his fist. And because of this "movement", Thomas Sanders reblogged the original drawing, also ignoring every black fander. He later deleted this, without an apology or even a mention.

Here is a post by @/lamp-calm-sanders which explains it better.

(I do think this is a very big fandom problem, though Thomas contributes to it.)

Antisemitism:

This is specifically in relation to Janus Sanders' character being an antisemitic caricature. I have reblogged posts about this, but due to my awful tagging system, I couldn't find them.

(note: I am not jewish, this is me repeating what I have heard from jewish fans and my jewish friends outside of the fandom.)

I recommend finding actual jewish fans and their posts.

Obviously, making antisemitic caricatures is a lot more than just the traits you give the character. I think it's important to identify what was the original idea. In this case, Thomas meant to make a character based off of the "snake in the tree" from the Bible. I doubt he consciously meant to create an antisemitic caricature.

However, most antisemitism is unconscious. Most bigotry is. Just like how white people can be racist, even if they are actively trying not to— because racism spans over years and years— non-jewish people can be antisemitic unconsciously.

Janus is a greedy, selfish, lying half-snake character. There isn't a way to get around that. These traits on their own wouldn't necessarily be antisemitic, but combined they are.

Ableism:

This will the longest section.

In the ad "The Return of the Jam!", Roman refers to Logan Sanders as "Mr. Infodumper" negatively. (Janus also does this in Thomas' Among Us Patreon stream, if I remember correctly, though it is edited out of the YouTube video.)

As an autistic man, I dislike the use of this negatively, however, not every autistic person feels this way. I know autistic people who do not view this as ableist.

Virgil's crofters is named "Cranic Attack", based on on the word "panic attack". I do not have an anxiety disorder, though many people with anxiety disorders expressed their discomfort with this (and also many people said it was fine. Again. Not a monolith.)

Thomas Sanders does make an apology for this usage here (this link includes my response, @/gothybubby).

In this apology Thomas

one: claims that the term "infodump" is negative, which isn't true. The trait is not negative, but the way it is used by Roman (and Janus) is ableist.

two: claims that it is... the character's fault? "we were narratively depicting Roman to be in the wrong for saying it." Not a single character tells Roman off for this. It is not Roman's fault, he's a fictional character, it is the people AKA THOMAS who wrote the script.

And three: that Logan is going to get "vindication" for this. No one wants Logan to get VINDICATION, we want Roman to NOT be ableist.

Here is a response by now deleted user, @/suckerssides, and @/beeceit.

Here is a post by @/turneverybodyintopuppets

Dissociative Identity Disorder & systems

I do not have DID, this is, again, me repeating systems both in and out of the fandom. Also, again, lots of systems have different opinions about whether or not Sanders Sides is ableist towards systems.

I have a friend with DID who does not have Tumblr and is not in the fandom anymore who wants me to talk about this (this is also expressed in the tags of my reblog of my response to Thomas' apology).

I also have reblogged posts about this, but I couldn't find the ones I have reblogged that criticise this.

I recommend finding actual systems and their posts.

Sanders Sides closely resembles DID. Thomas talks about this in his video "Sanders Sides - BEHIND THE SCENES QNA" where he and Joan explains that they are not trying to represent DID, but a man and his singular (one) personality. Joan on their Tumblr made a post where they also talk about this (unable to find it, since their blog is deleted) and explained that they are trying to avoid using terms related to DID.

I know, for a fact, that thomas was going to make a video with systems to discuss DID and make sure to disconnect Sanders Sides from DID. This video was, obviously, never made. (I saw this being discussed in a discord by a system who was asked by Thomas to be in the video, but I am not a part of the discord anymore and I do not have this message.)

Still, it still resembles a system. People have express their discomfort with the sides having names for that reason. People have also expressed their discomfort with Thomas talking about the sides as if they are "real people" (unsure how to phrase this) since it makes it feel more like the sides being alters. For example, when Thomas made a tweet/instagram story where he stated "Logan has a new favourite book."

Here is a Youtube Video by The Entropy System that talks about Sanders Sides and DID

Here is a post by @/kiapet2 and my mutual @/aromanticpatton.

Here is a post by @/sticky7581

Flashing lights tagging

Thomas Sanders sucks as at tagging flashing lights. This is not an accidental, one-time thing. This is continous and has been a thing for years.

I need everyone to know that epilepsy and photosensitivity are serious. Seizures are serious and deadly. I have friends who have had seizures over his videos and I know fans who have bad seizures over his videos. Thomas Sanders and his team know that people have had seizures over his videos.

I have seen people say that he doesn't have to tag flashing and comparing it to trigger warnings. Trigger warnings are a different topic from flash warnings.

Thomas has struggled to tag flashing since 2018. This post by @/cisnesincorbata shows a timeline from 2018 to early 2021 of people sending asks to Thomas about it. I have also sent Thomas asks asking him to tag warnings, along with commenting it on his tweets.

Putting Others First was an episode that a lot of photosensitive people couldn't watch (I also know a lot of autistic people couldn't watch due to the noises and low hearing people couldn't understand Logan's voice). This video took almost a year to get a warning, and even then it is placed in the description, which is NOT a good place for a warning.

Thomas has gotten better at tagging, but this is still an issue that should be talked about. Forgetting is not a valid excuse when people's lives are on the line.

no TL;DR

Writing this post was the most difficult thing ever. If someone else wants to create a TL;DR, feel free, but I am currently out of spoons (look up spoon theory) and my aphasia is kicking my ass.

However, sometimes, things cannot have a TL;DR. Sometimes you have to take the time to read long ass things in order to understand. I acknowledge people have difficulty reading and comprehending things, especially if you are neurodivergent, but a lot of times this can be worked on. I am one of these people.

[cutiesigh]

❤️🖤🩷

Wuthering Waves has taken over all of my free time recently, so here's a sketch of Scar!Ren I originally shared in da 14DWY Discord!!

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

Lan Wangji Goes To Lotus Pier AU: Part 3: Enveloping Feelings.

(Part 1, Part 2, Part 4)

[pumpkster]

[moonverc3x]

I am cringe but I am free... *proceeds to drop the worlds most self indulgent artwork ever*

COUGH COUGH I need his hand in my chest holding my still beating heart COUGH COUGH

[harbingersglory]

Thoughts on transfem Ningguang with a fem!reader whose her bodyguard? Fem!reader whose like a loyal, protective dog out in the world when they're out and about together, but an utter submissive puppy behind closed doors for the Tianquan?

literally shaking like a chihuahua oh what i'd do to be the Tianquan's lap dog..mean femmes are so attractive its like putting my brain in a blender.

It's not surprising the Tianquan has a bodyguard. She's a key political figure in Liyue and anyone aiming to dismantle the carefully curated hierarchy has her at the top of the list. To the public, your just muscle to intimidate the lesser crooks from even thinking about it and deal with those who get too bold.

Behind closed doors, though? Your nothing but the Tianquan's lap dog at her beck and call.

She isn't fond of public displays, but she does like hiding it in public just for the thrill. Knowing you wear your collar under your uniform so you'll always remember who holds your leash is a thrill she can't beat.

She's a bit mean and sadistic, really, but she's the Tianquan. She has the money to spoil you like a good puppy afterwards..so long as you behave and exceed expectations. Whether you lean more dominant or submissive doesn't matter, since you'll probably be subbing whether your top or bottom. It's a different kind of thrill to make you sit on her lap, stuffed full of her cock, while she works. That or she has you under her desk, one hand fisted in your hair while she uses your mouth instead.

She has to be at the top of her game, after all, and her position is a stressful one. What better way to de-stress then to put her little puppy to good use? You're just so pliant when she orders you on your knees.

She keeps it tame if thats more your thing, but if you give her the go ahead she will buy you muzzles. Some just the standard muzzle, others with gags, plenty of collars and leashes for all sorts of occasions..she might even get you faux ears and a tail just for a little finishing touch.

She's just as big on aftercare, though. She puts her money to good use spoiling you, partially because she knows she can get a little rough with you. That and as much as she likes to call you her puppy, she won't have you smelling like a wet dog. Get in the bath.

You won't stay clean for long, especially because she absolutely goes all out on her tub so it's more then big enough for some extra activities, but it's better then nothing.

Sometimes, though, she just needs to be pampered herself. She adores body worship after a particularly stressful day. Just lounging in half tied silk while you worship every inch of her.

And if anyone notices you limping the morning after..they say nothing. They just chalk it up to a fight with some assassin or similar. And if they do know, they know better then to bring it up.

Bonus for being shared with Beidou when she drops by Liyue harbor. Nothing like a rowdy pirate to shake things up and make a mess of you on the Tianquan's bed while she watches.

[the-kipsabian]

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[sanest-ultrakill-fan]

Do you guys understand how objectively hilarious it would be if Krerdly turns out to be canon. It would legit be the funniest thing to happen in Deltarune, bar none

[throughpatchesofviolet]

I commissioned @/freshkiiiwi for this Fell Bullet Heathcliff around two hours ago, and they already finished him ... I'm speechless. /pos

[bayetea]

I'm gonna froth at the mouth over this in the tags so bear with me but reason #1278038 why the way rick went about breaking up jiper was bad: rereading her povs in hoo where she gushes over jason feels like even more of an unreliable narrator queer girl comphet psychological horror story

[non-un-topo]

Outfits of the Guard from an older fic of mine, Tangerine and Roc. Supposed to be a bit of a mix of styles from Central Asia in the late 15th century as they go about their travels, with a little battle-ready touch.

[randommusicalfluff]

you need to swaddle dev I think he needs it

I don’t think he’s very happy about being swaddled,,

[rosewheresheshouldntbe]

> Rose: Confess to Kanaya!

Rose: I love you.

Kanaya: Y Yo Ati, Rose.

> Rose: Get swallowed by something that looks like Venom.

> Rose: Get sent to super hell!

> Kanaya: Have something very gay and homophobic happen to you.

Kanaya: ...

What an absolute diversity loss. You find yourself thinking "love loses!"

[skitskatdacat63]

2009 Japanese Grand Prix - Sebastian Vettel

[rabbitbonesandsheabutter]

I feel like Dale's mouth breathing is from his nose job(s), poor baby. I wonder what long-term effects he has from his surgeries and just what all he's had done. He's so pretty, I wanna know what he looked like before everything!

just a note to say this didn’t stay just movie thoughts I had to make it weird sorry 😞 if you don’t want dale maybe skip this one

I knowww, I’m sure I’ve seen a post or two on it while I was lurking and that definitely seems like it. And his voice being so nasally/weird because of what’s probably chronic inflammation. There’s so much visible scarring on his face that it has to be some shitty surgery because I think he’d be really serious about the aftercare, but also maybe not as strict about waiting for more filler so that might have made them worse. Looking up complications, I’m sure his sense of smell would be fucked and he gets nose bleeds every once in a while. He already seems like he would try and smell someone not so subtly, but that could be why - he can’t smell you unless he’s literally nose deep in your hair or clothing you just wore.

And the filler’s dodgy too. You can see his lips are crooked, and it’s even more apparent when he smiles. I don’t know a huge amount about filler but maybe him getting so much/potentially not waiting between rounds didn’t help with that.

I like to think pre-surgery he’s just young Nic Cage with long hair and some piercings but that’s because I fancied him way before Longlegs. I think he’s pretty but he doesn’t match up with the glam rock standard you can tell he wanted for himself, giving him a reason to go so extreme with the changes.

[the-kipsabian]

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