#advise me

[oh23]

can one be emo/punk/goth/alt without being into any of the uhh addictions or stuff? or like does not doing anything illegal cancel out your Core/Vibe?

elaboration:

ok so basically i have the personality and style of a (relatively) unhinged emo (or smth adjacent, i wont label it yet), but i ave the most boring-est life imaginable. Like, for real.

The place i live in is not that major that everyone knows about Alt fashion or that whole subculture, or even what it means really, but STILL people clock me way too fast, and this has happened way too often and for too long. And i wont disagree, i do love the whole fashion and everything yk?? the music, the accessories? everything. Sure im not as heavily involved as most people in this subgenre but still!(you get what i mean right??)

Anyways, now the thing is, people see me, call me goth/emo and then eventually assume i am a hardcore drug addict or have atleast smoked or vaped. drinking regularly is smth they dont even DOUBT.

and funny thing is, ive drank like maybe twice. i dont smoke. i held a vape once. i dont even know much about drugs. i dont even have that much crazy depression or dip my toes in self-h-rm sector.

hella boring/normal. in fact im fucking hilarious. extroverted and shit

SO, my question to my elders is, do i still qualify? or do i have to be edgier irl to actually qualify as emo or goth or alt or whatever ?

genuine doubt btw, since i dont live in a place where i can ask actual ppl or stuff ahaha

[undercooked-icicle]

Hey, queer people of Tumblr. Com, hypothetically if you had been hiding the fact that you were trans from your parents for three years, not because they wouldn't support you, but because it would change every dynamic in your family, but now you need to, how would you go about doing that?

[lissadiane]

I have a dream.

And lack the practical skills to make it come true.

I also have… a creepy-as-fuck pumpkin. And I need someone to tell me how to make the vision I have for this pumpkin become reality.

See picture below. Now imagine with me a gaping, toothy, bloody grin. And eye sockets gouged into the skin of the pumpkin with more blood running from them. And maybe some sort of eyeballs smashed into the sockets. A creepy, bloody head.

The only Jack o lanterns I can make are the cartoony, goofy ones with three teeth and triangle eyes. I need to turn this one into a nightmare. A bloody Jack Skellington.

Can I dye the flesh red like blood? Can I do surface carving with a dull spoon to make it look like he gouged out his own eyes?

Help me. I’ve only got one shot to make this vision a reality.

Here is the monstrosity in question.

[twinliches]

i had a dream that time travel was invented and too many people choose to travel back in time to save the titanic from sinking (the question of whether unsinking of the titanic deserved so much attention in the face of human history was the subject of both heavy academic and online discourse), which caused a rift in the space-time-continuum that led to the titanic showing up indiscriminately all over the world’s oceans and sea in various states of sinking.

this caused a lot of issues both in terms of fixing said space-time-continuum and in terms of nautical navigation, and after a long and heavy battle in the international maritime organization it was decided that the bureaucratic burden of dealing with this was to be upon Ireland, much to their dismay. the Irish Government then released an app for all sailors and seafarers so they could report titanic sightings during their journeys, even though they heavily dissuaded you from reporting them given the paperwork it caused.

anyway i woke up with a clear image of the app in my head and needed to recreate it for all of you:

[unofficial-oviraptors]

Hey does anyone have advice for starting out on gimmicking?

You can make jokes if ya want, but also I'm hopeful

[ephemeralcanyue]

My spirit animal is a stag and idk how I feel about it. Please advise me 😂

[antisocialxconstruct]

if you were trapped in a time loop how many repetitions do you think it would take for you to willingly kill another person, knowing there would be no consequences

[attachablepenis]

ive never watched naruto should i watch naruto

[nibbelraz]

Shang Qinghua extreme eye twitch agenda.

Mobei Jun is just like: so humans do that? Why r u short circuiting? Is this flirting?

Lil guy probably scared plenty of business partners into deals because of an involuntary eye twitch that freaked them out bad enough to sign the paper just to get the twitchy man far away asap.

Oh yeah, especially when they try to put an offer that doesn't benefit his king AT ALL all while Mobei Jun is convinced it's some type of flirting

[erinwantstowrite]

if you want people to get into the canon comics and lead everyone away from fanon misinterpretation (which is a losing battle because there will ALWAYS be this) then why not be helpful instead of being a dick about it 🤨

the comics are hard to get into because it's hard to know where to start, and there's so much content that people are able to fill themselves in by reading fanfic or watching something on tiktok or seeing posts about it on here. perhaps instead of telling people they're stupid for not realizing your favorite character is being mishandled by others, you could write up a list of your favorite comics and/or how, if you could read them for the first time again, you would order your favorite comics to get the best reading experience. and also write your own fanfiction and draw your own fanart or make a passionate post, answer questions politely

[janearts]

“What came out was not what went in.” A rasping laugh as the Carver laid the shard of bone on the ground beside him. “How lovely she is—new as a fawn and yet ancient as the sea. How she calls to you. A queen, as my sister once was. Terrible and proud; beautiful as a winter sunrise.” ♛

[sexy-sapphic-sorcerer]

BBC Merlin being about 'magic' for 7 minutes gay

[pearlyboi-ofthenight]

Cry Me A River (19+)

[bonefall]

Hey, what makes a character a 'plot device but not a character'? And how do you not do that? I'm trying to do it on purpose but also I need to still make them interesting because it's on purpose, yknow?

A good skill to pick up is to learn to criticise criticism itself. A "plot device" is simply a thing that moves the plot along, it's a neutral literary analysis term! Usually, when people are angry that "a character has been used as a plot device," it doesn't mean they hate plot devices. It means they're gesturing at something deeper.

Runningwind and Bumble are equally plot devices in their deaths. They are both killed by the antagonist to escalate political tension. Runningwind is rarely "accused" of just being a plot device, and yet, we're talking about Bumble for the same thing.

So, why?

Well, Runningwind is just a background character, but in life, he was a part of the community. He was characterized as impatient but responsible. Yet, he wasn't SO important that he died with a bunch of unresolved plot threads.

He is mostly an extension of the entity of ThunderClan. His killing by Tigerstar, and the fear and paranoia that settles on the group after this, feel like a progression of the story insteas of something forced.

Bumble, on the other hand...

Is hated immediately by Gray Wing, when she's established as Turtle Tail's friend. Bumble's abuse at Tom the Wifebeater's hands invites even MORE investment. The rejection is shocking and upsetting. There's a story there about our main characters being imperfect; jealous, bigoted, and judgemental.

But, she is simply killed off. Everything they set up for this character is gone with little personalized fanfare. It's not a tragedy with a lesson about cruelty, or something anyone regrets.

It's just... plot. Gray Wing whinging that no one will like his shitty brother now that his body count is 2.

More than that, in the discussion of women in particular, "Fridging" was coined to give a name to the way women characters often don't get their stories told at all. There is a CULTURAL trend of female characters facing disproportionate violence, for the sake of advancing male plots.

Bumble has a lot going for her. Petal had a lot going for her. Turtle Tail had a lot going for her. Bright Stream had a lot going for her. When they died, they took their potential with them.

It's not always wrong to kill off a character of high potential, mind you. In Gurren Lagann, Kamina's death is sudden and shocking, leaving a massive hole in the hearts of the cast that never heals. Grappling with that loss, but also letting his memory fuel them, is a major theme of that story.

All that to say... there's no formula for avoiding it. You've gotta identify what the deeper issue is, in your specific narrative.

I can't say for certain what that will look like for your story, but here's some things I keep in mind;

When you make characters who exist to die, make sure they're people before you axe them.

Ask yourself; what about them does the cast miss?

If they just miss them because they were (pre-existing relationship), go back to the drawing board.

Fluttering Bird as an example. Who was she? Dead sister. Why do they miss her? Dead sister. No traits until after her death.

Runningwind was short-tempered and helpful. Kamina was a valuable leader who made people believe in a brighter future. Swiftpaw was fiesty and desperate to prove himself. The better characterized, the more profound the loss usually is.

If this is a female character who is dying just to serve the plot, be aware of cultural bias and tropes. How is the gender ratio looking in your cast? Is this happening disproportionately with your girls?

Note how Quiet Rain's litter had both a boy and a girl, but the girl was chosen to be "weaker" and wither away.

And how most of the time in DOTC, whenever a man had to be upset, a girl would get killed for it.

If you ever feel like the character on the chopping block is NOT a full character, ask yourself why it needs to be a character at all. You don't need to spend narrative time building out someone when a literal object of high value might suffice.

"My sister died when I swore to protect her and I can't face my family" = Old. Tired. Ive seen this.

"I lost my heirloom sword when I swore to protect it and I can't face my family." = Fascinating. Why was the sword so valuable? Will they really not take you back? How did you lose it?

When you do kill off "high value" characters, try to make sure you're not leaving too many plot threads hanging. Or at least make a point of how they will never get closure.

[myapnikerynic]

He might’ve understood everything he just doesn’t want to work