#added my reply to a commenter

[chloesimaginationthings]

sorry if you’ve already been asked, but what’s your favorite FNaF game?

I’m a “Pizza Simulator” truther, it’s just the best one, though I’ll be honest “Help wanted 2” has really risen through the ranks for me, its probably my second favourite (that might update if the DLC pops off)

Sister location and FNAF 2 are close behind, they were OG faves

[edenfenixblogs]

I see what you’re saying and am choosing to interpret this in good faith, so I want to very kindly and genuinely say that this is a false equivalence and a misinterpretation of what I said.

First of all, I very explicitly and purposefully DID NOT ONLY police Palestinian speech (caps for emphasis not aggression).

Jews do actively use the term Zionism in a self-defined way not in line with the way that anti-Zionists use it for us and in a way that is not reflected in Zionist/anti-Zionist activist discourse. In an ideal world, Jews should be the only ones using the word at all. It’s our word. We decided what it meant and we decide how it EVOLVES and CHANGES with regard to OUR culture. If your argument is that most people use it differently, you are both right and also ignoring Jewish cultural needs. There will always be more of you—whether you are Christian or Muslim or something else—than there are of Jews. The majority will ALWAYS outnumber us.

Does that mean that we have no right to self determined language? Of course not. Many Jews have evolved their understanding of Zionism in highly personal ways that reflect their indigeneity to the Levant WITHOUT that meaning anything negative for any other group present there. Just that we deserve to be there; we were historically there; and we deserve safety there. Nothing about that is inherently aggressive toward other groups.

We don’t have a lot of words even used in public discourse that come from our culture, because we’re a closed religion. For that reason, I proposed Jews forgoing the use of the word Zionist in public discourse because of how it seems to be received by Palestinians and other Arab and Muslim affected groups.

That would be a SACRIFICE by Jews to abandon that word in public discourse. In the same way many Palestinians view it as a SACRIFICE to avoid saying “from the river to the sea.” But I think a worthwhile one for both sides to lower the temperature in discussions about the issues we are facing together.

I would also respectfully ask you to not bring Nazis or The Holocaust into this discussion. When I speak about Nazis I am not talking about ethnocentric ultranationalist extremists. I am talking about Nazis. I am talking about people who fought for and alongside Hitler and worked to exterminate Jews from the entire planet. I suspect that is what you are trying to say about Zionists, and that is Holocaust inversion and revisionism with which I will not engage.

This situation is not analogous to the Holocaust in any meaningful way. That doesn’t mean it’s ok. That doesn’t mean it’s not genocidal. But not all genocides are the Holocaust either. The Holocaust is a singular event unique in several ways from any other event people compare it to. And before you disagree with me, I urge you to look into Jewish history in and out of diaspora as well as the origins of Hitler’s rhetoric. Invoking the Holocaust as a point of comparison to anything is unfounded and (even if you didn’t mean for it to be) disrespectful. I cannot be more clear. There are no good faith discussions where this compares to The Holocaust. We can discuss genocide, ethnic cleansing, colonialism—the terms of which may be inflammatory enough on their own but are worth hashing out to a mutually agreeable definition that we can use. But we cannot and will not ever agree to use the Holocaust as an equivalency here. They are fundamentally different. And most importantly, that experience and its impact are Jewish cultural property. It’s simply not your experience to use as your reference point.

Finally, yeah. Of course we should all agree that the Israeli government shouldn’t use that term loosely. I think they should absolutely apply it to people operating for Hamas or using Hamas’ ideology. Because Hamas is a terrorist organization. And terrorist is a term that is widely used outside of the Israeli/Palestinian conflict and can be applied widely to a variety of groups and countries where other terrorist grupos operate.

Zionism and Anti-Zionism are specific to Jews and the I/P conflict. “From the river to the sea” is specific to Palestinians and the I/P conflict. So those are the terms we should focus on either defining with a mutually agreeable definition or leaving out of the discourse entirely.

Additionally, Nazis and The Holocaust are not specific to the I/P conflict. These and any related conflict are specific to Jews, Judaism, and the Jewish experience only. To the degree that factors into I/P discourse, that is for Jews and Jews alone to bring up. I would be open to agreeing to the same terms about the Nakba. It is relevant to discuss in certain situations, but it is not the cultural property of Jews to bring up.

Compromise is necessary on all sides in order for us all to reach a shared peace. But so is respect. Ideally, both sides must engage in both things.

I don’t think “Zionist is often used as a by word for Jewish conspiracy in white supremacist circles so call out Israel by name” is that unreasonable a request actually.

[moeblob]

As an attempt at a polite "going forward" comment...

I do not plan to draw for Three Houses or Hopes for a long while. I know a lot of my followers are from the past four years and I appreciate that you followed me at all! But if you are only interested in the art of those characters I wanted to be clear and say you can unfollow me at any point if what i draw no longer aligns with what you want to see.

I might draw for other FEs (like Heroes or 13/14/17) but I do not want to get involved with 3H any more. I do have other interests and across tumblr, twitter (now inactive), and sometimes on discord I've heard enough "I thought it was (FE3H character)".

This is not one person doing it and it is not simply one character being mistaken. I simply want to distance myself from 3H and have unfollowed a few people that reblog art of it because it just leaves a lingering bad taste in my mouth.

Thank you very much for your time and I hope you can find artists who can provide art for topics you like.

[thestarseersystem]

Okay I came across this stupid ass opinion not too long ago about someone saying "you have to work towards fusion" and it can't happen "accidentally", this is something I want anyone to answer if they have experience with it. Is that true? Do you agree or disagree? And why?

In my experience, fusion will happen if an alter is unstable and cannot handle being alone/their own part, often right after they leave dormancy, or to integrate memories of some kind. It can kind of happen naturally for those reasons. But I don't think any of us have actively worked towards fusion within therapy (mostly because we have to raw dog trauma processing on our own, and therapy's expensive).

Let me know your experiences and how true any of that is, and let me know if you're a polyfragmented system, if fusions kind of just happened on their own.

[tiredofsatansbullshit]

the overall lack of feedback is actually so disheartening so imma ask it:

[theaxolotl-god]

"Roll call again, I think I missed some ciphers.."

(see if yours has been added!)

[crossbackpoke-check]

the pics of morgan and joel are from travis sanheim's wedding this weekend!

^^^me experiencing the one-two knockout punch of “oh they WERE each other’s wedding date” followed by the realization that sanny finally got married 🥹😭 cheers indeed!!!

[w3llf4ll]

Is anyone else getting what looks like bots/scams asking for comms in dms with a fully empty profile, or asking to message them for one??

[cosmogyros]

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[wewontbesleeping]

tumblr is so funny. i love when people reblog your post just to be like "i disagree" in the notes. like a post of mine about how much i love atwtmv went around a bit, and more than a few people reblogged it just to be like "i don't really like all too well or the ten minute version and actually i don't even like taylor swift" in the tags. did you think that i was dming you? why did you reblog it lol.

[dndmilf3]

the problem with posts breaking containment from queer and freaky nsfw tumblr is that I am now getting the worlds most confusing replies that I truly have no idea what these people are trying to say

[littlecello]

Lazarus responses all in one place for better readability wahoo

belphegor1982 Holy cow, we really dodged a bullet there. Thank you for the write-up! I hadn't heard of Lazarus at all before. And now I'm very thankful that the fandom still exists and thrives! 💜

WE REALLY DID LOL. You're very welcome, glad to have been of service! And omg I feel the same ahhh! It's made me really appreciate the little space we built for ourselves over all these years 🥹

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bisexualroger Was lovely to meet you and fern too! 😊 I definitely agree with this. I’m really glad I went for the experience, I’d have been gutted to have missed it, but ultimately yeah the shortcomings (especially with regard to how they handled the politics of the police 😬) mean it’s for the best we never got Lazarus the show. 

AHHH YES!! Seriously you all made my entire day 🥹🥹🥹 And god yeah, I am also genuinely glad to have been there, because the questions and forever-wondering would have killed my fandom-mojo I think. But now it's done the opposite and I am ENERGISED! I want to re-establish the best parts of the fandom as opposed to what we witnessed in that room! Seriously, all those cis-het men laughing so hard at all the bad jokes made me feel so uncomfortable.

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youstupidplonkIt was so wonderful to meet you!! You’ve put this into words so much more eloquently than I have managed so far. I really do agree that the way they joked about current politics, both in the police and around the climate felt very out of touch. As you’ve said especially because the main demographic keeping this fandom active is young (from what I can tell) liberal people Thank you again for saying hi to us and taking the time to write this wonderful analysis ❤️❤️

LIKEWISE AHHH!! Your outfit was fantastic btw!! And I'm glad you feel my analysis hit the spot - hearing all the laughter around us and stuff made both Fern and me feel really lonely and out of place at times ghfkjgs. We're both really glad we aren't alone with our sentiments 🥹

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fleurdeneuf oh wow, thank you for sharing all of this! i'm relieved the show won't be happening.

You're welcome!! It would've felt wrong not to do a little report on this, seeing as the event wasn't well advertised and tickets sold out so quickly. We've got to include the whole fandom in this! 💪

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partywithponies I think it was very shallow as well in that it was almost entirely Life on Mars with barely any Ashes to Ashes to it at all, and coincidentally, Ashes to Ashes isn't as well known overseas. It didn’t feel for the fans, it just felt like what they thought would sell better. Poor Shaz didn't even get a single vague reference the entire event, and Alex, the literal third main character of the franchise, got one passing moment in the entire pilot.

I agree to some extent - they definitely went for what they felt would have the most recognition value. I do however think that they at least set up quite a bit of Alex involvement, seeing as she's the one who hits Sam and Gene in 2024 (or at least it's heavily implied that it's her). As for Shaz, I have to be cynical and say that with Matt and Ashley being old white men... they've probably forgotten about her and/or don't think she's important. Unfortunately.

Either way, I guess we can both agree that it's a good thing Lazarus isn't getting made as a TV show haha!

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On a personal note, thank you all for your warm reactions to my little report :') I have to admit I was a bit trepidatious about posting it because of my (and our) negative feelings about it, as contrasted to what Fern and I perceived as a really enthusiastic response from the audience that was present... But I see now I needn't have worried. The fandom I remember and love is still here, and I can't thank you all enough for that. 💚

[sonysakura]

Hey, I'm so sorry you went through that with the Big Bang event. I chose not to participate because I remember two of the mods who have been throwing accusations around unfairly, and this spans years. I was hoping that they changed but it's kinda obvious from your experience that they haven't changed at all. It's a shame because they are bringing themselves and their own friends down in the end.

I hope you're doing okay now, and I hope you're not getting any backlash from a small loud corner of the internet. I hope you know that most people side-eye this particular group in fandom, and I hope you know that you're fine and were unfairly treated. This recent puritanical phenomena in fan spaces is getting exhausting and I hope they grow out of it soon.

Ask received on Jul 02, 2024 – 5:25 PM. Context.

I'll admit I didn't know about any previous events. I'm reading the stories a few people left on my post, and I'm horrified. Looks like I didn't even have it the worst!..

And yet. The funny part is that I had my suspicions, too, seeing how these people are either mods or fans of a certain project which posts a lot about how much they disapprove of NSFW or even people writing "wrong" dynamics for Sonadow. I had my suspicions, my intuition was screaming at me, but damn, I wanted a Sonic Big Bang! For years!! And there was nothing in the rules while these people don't usually hesitate to share their views, so I took my shot. Curse me for believing people can be mature and unbiased when organising events "for everyone" 🤷

Thanks for your concern, anon! No backlash for now, and I hope it stays that way 😖 There are people in my notes who seem to be amazed at my bravery and, guys, let me tell ya, I was shaking like a leaf when posting on Monday. And not just because I had a fever I went to sleep prepared for the worst: dozens of hate asks, being blocked by people I follow and by my followers or even my blog being mass-reported into oblivion, hate comments and unsubscriptions on Ao3, being dropped from some of my zines, etc. I went as far as to instruct my server members not to engage if we're raided sdfghjk But nope! The worst I got is a couple of popular artists, who I haven't even been following for a few years now, blocking me, and I'm side-eyeing one of them because bro, I still have your NSFW Sonadow art saved from that time we shared a private server... what are you blocking me about... 👀

But otherwise, this situation in the fandom truly is exhausting. Thank you for your kind words and hey, much strength to both of us 🫂

[bugsoda]

someone take this device away from me i am much too tired to be dignified. pay this buffoon no mind.

[lacewise]

YouTube comments remain a cesspool.