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(I'm going to tag the creators I know the best. Please feel free to tag others too and show them some love!)
@crazylittlejester @luna-lovegreat @skyward-floored @adrift-in-thyme @rustic-space-fiddle
#I've seen a lot of people worried about not creating enough content lately#you've all already done so much!!!#it's amazing!!! truly#also if you're not tagged directly I'm sorry that doesn't mean this doesn't apply to you too 💔#I don't know everyone and I'm very forgetful#but I see you guys#I love you#I hope you have a good day 💙#emmie speaks#linked universe#LU
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☽ Welcome to the Temple of Vengeance! Greatest of the Great Gods, Khonshu, presiding. ☾
☽ Inbox: Open ☾
[Indie RP/Ask blog for Khonshu from the MCU's Moon Knight. Set after the show ends by default, but also open to other verses. Open for questions or threads! More info on the blog, or under the cut for mobile users.]
Updated: 11/03/24
Laws of the Temple
☽ BASICS ☾
- MUN STUFF: My name's Kew! She/they, well over 21. No triggers. I don't have DID, any attempt to portray it is based on the show/comics. I only speak English fluently and any other language will be google translate. Please forgive any mistakes!
- MINORS BE WARNED: I'm not going to be super strict about weeding out minors since I don't expect things to get NSFW around here, but the show Khonshu is from does explore some darker themes for a TV-14 show. I dunno. You've been warned.
- GENERAL RP ETIQUETTE APPLIES: Don't make actions for my character without asking, don't assume past relationships/deep history without asking, don't read my character's mind (unless your character is a telepath, and even then I don't know if that works on gods), etc. - GENERAL CONTENT WARNING FOR: Descriptions of violence, religious stuff, swearing, emotional manipulation, a.bleism (especially surrounding mental health stuff.) I’ll try to tag other things as they come up. - FEEL FREE TO REBLOG MEMES FROM ME. It actually helps me remember to send stuff out. You can also reblog art/headcanons, pretty much anything except RP threads if you're not the other party!
- NOT PRIVATE, BUT SELECTIVE: I sometimes don't follow big multimuses back since I have pretty strict tastes in fandoms, and I don't want to clog my dash with characters I don't know. That doesn't mean I don't want to roleplay with you though! As for selectivity, I reserve the right to say no if things just don't click writing-wise.
- SPOILERS FOR MOON KNIGHT EVERYWHERE. There will be untagged spoilers for both the comics and especially the show. I highly recommend watching the Moon Knight TV show if you haven’t seen it! It got me into comic books and made me interested in the MCU. - That said, I haven’t seen all of the content in the MCU, not even a third of it, so I’m sorry if I get any lore details wrong.
- KHONSHU IS AN ASSHOLE. Nothing he says reflects my real views about anything. If he’s mean to you, it doesn’t mean I don’t like you or you’ve done something wrong.
- FOR OTHER MARC/STEVEN/JAKE MUSES: By default, I'll play Khonshu like he's connected to your Marc/Steven/Jake. If you want it to be dimension-hopping shenanigans (which I'm super down to do, especially for ones more heavily based on the comics) you'll have to let me know! All these interactions will be on different verses, and I don't plan to have Khonshu be 'mains' with any muses.
- FIGHTS: With extremely rare exceptions, I'm just gonna say no to fight threads with Khonshu. Partly because he's incorporeal and really can't be hurt or hurt anyone else directly. Mostly because fighting other muses has always stressed me out. If it's something you really want to do, we can talk about it. (This doesn't mean your character can't attack Khonshu ever, it just means it probably won't work.)
☽ MUSE INFO ☾
NAME: Khonshu OTHER NAMES: Chons, Bloody pigeon, Silly old bird (He accepts none of those) PRONOUNS: He/him HEIGHT: Varies, usually around 8-10 feet tall. WEIGHT: N/A (Incorporeal, like a ghost) AGE: Has existed since the dawn of time, so who knows.
- KHONSHU is the Egyptian god of the moon, vengeance, healing and time, among other smaller things. While he is enormously powerful in theory, he’s mostly unable to affect the physical world without use of a mortal AVATAR, dubbed his MOON KNIGHT. Those who agree to be his Avatar are granted superpowers and near-invulnerability, in exchange for agreeing to carry out his mission: Bringing vengeance against those who harm his travelers of the night.
- Khonshu is also somehow a billions-year-old grumpy baby who flips over trash cans when he doesn’t get his way.
- By default, Khonshu's current Avatar is JAKE LOCKLEY, and only Jake Lockley. But, he can also be played before the events of the show, when he (technically) has the triple threat of Jake Lockley, MARC SPECTOR, and STEVEN GRANT.
- Jake will make occasional cameos on this blog, but I wouldn't call this a dual muse. (You can request him in asks if you want.)
- Normally, only his Avatar (or Avatars of other gods) are capable of seeing/hearing Khonshu, but let’s say this blog is a holy space where he can answer your prayers questions. (In threads, we can always BS a reason your character can see Khonshu.)
- This Khonshu is HEAVILY BASED ON THE TV SHOW, which means he lacks a lot of the harsher history his comic book counterpart has. That said, as a god, he is aware of the multiverse and has at least a rough idea of what his counterparts are up to. You can ask about comic stuff, he just might have a different opinion.
- Some comic lore has been added/built upon, namely his fraught history with his father, AMON-RA. (This probably won’t come up much, but it does inform a lot of how I play the character.)
#moon knight rp#mcu rp#moon knight#In Character#OOC#Verse: Pre-Series#Answered Asks#About: Jake Lockley#About: Marc Spector#About: Steven Grant#About: Layla El-Faouly#About: Ennead#About: Self#About: Arthur Harrow#I'm realizing that my taglist will cause this post to appear in all the character tags so I'm sorry about that
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hey im kai! you can also call me roach, if you already know a kai in your life because i know how many noncis mfs are named that
im a genderfluid filipino dyke (born 2002, figure it out) with she/he/it pronouns, i occasionally post my art on @binalakarchive , where all my OCs (at least as much as i show publicly) and fandom art/cleaned up discussions go there. i also do commissions sometimes, best to contact me through that blog!! my current OC blog currently resides at @huemanonearth, it's a project i've had for a while and i hope to one day make a personal-use pitch bible with it! i treat this blog like a neverending journal. i've grown up with it, and on god am i going to use it as such.
in a perfect world where i wouldn't need to establish boundaries, i would not even bother with a post like this, but the more people i follow/that follow me come across it's somewhat necessary soooo
DNI or like. BYF if you're not gonna listen to me anyway: (warning: it's long and text heavy. tldr; don't be weird to me, communicate with me like you would with a real life person because that's what i am, and we'll get along fine)
-basic dni huge bigot (racist, TERF/transphobic, homophobic, etc etc) stuff but if i catch that onto your blog anyway when you follow me i'll block you.
-if you believe in crab-bucket-mentality/are against mental health care in general, you best keep distance, honestly. its taken a long time for me to not open my wounds and delusions constantly towards the internet if it meant being valid in my mental illnesses. i'd rather not enter that era again.
-i dont get the whole "proship and antis" culture that happens, but for both sakes of people, if you identify with any of those things you might not like my blog too much. i love being critical and analytical of "problematic things", but i'll still discuss them openly n freely. dni if you'll be offended if i diss on ships/approaches to subjects that make me uncomfortable n find comfort in being critical abt it, and dni if you'll be offended if i diss on the idea that media with triggering topics should not have an outlet period.
-if you'll be offended if i block you out of the blue, doesn't apply to close friends/mutuals i just mean with randos who post takes i dont like or cause too much stress in tags i browse.
-if you're gonna get in huge trouble over seeing dirty jokes and crass humor in public you best not follow me. i try best to tag my stuff, but last thing i wanna do is have a stern talk about it.....which is why i also am wary about people under 18 following and will be a lot more liberal on blocking younger minors for their sake or people i assume won't vibe with me period
-if your parents have access to your social media and there's a chance i'll be DM'd by any of them. i dont wanna talk to any of your parents. if you have an issue with me, i'm more than happy to talk about things directly. (ESPECIALLY FOR BUSINESS RELATED REASONS LIKE COMMISSIONS. IT'S HAPPENED A LOT ALREADY DUE TO OTHER PARTY'S FAMILY CIRCUMSTANCES I CANNOT FUCKING CONTROL. STOP IT. ITS ANNOYING AND A PAIN TO HANDLE.)
-if you get too involved with online drama/disputes. i'm not going to reblog a callout for you. if you get even slightly bothered by that statement, do not get close to me period for the sake of boosting callouts.
-if you have specific niche triggers that need to be tagged. i try to do catch alls or basic ones, but i genuinely CANNOT keep track of all my mutual's blacklists. my mind will slip and id rather not put someone in danger/i wanna keep that risk very very low
okay thankies <3 sorry these are so specific, i just wanna be insane on the internet in the safest way possible
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fair warning for discussions of bigotry, n*zism/antisemitism, r*pe, and "tr*nsx" content
( to avoid issues with the post going into undesirable tags, an asterisk is used in place of the letter "a" in some places. sorry to everyone with screenreaders. let me know if there's an alternative method !! )
INB4 anyone misinterprets this post, I don't "" ban "" people from identifying with or using my works. It'd be silly of me. I also support anyone archiving them ( yes, even if it means not directly reblogging the source post from me !! all i care about is that you're accurate with your archival / don't change anything just in case the source post gets wiped or we have another mass wikia purge event like what FANDOM did )
From now on this blog is officially NOT "tr*nsx" friendly for reasons I will get into under the cut. I genuinely had a very open mind about this community but I've constantly had my personal interaction boundaries broken by those in it. I'm going to be reworking my rentry ( both my main and request guideline pages !! ) to reflect this soon.
People in this community have frequently broken my one hard rule about bodily minors with eighteen plus explict content on their blog not directly interacting with me through said blog. This is an issue because I am a tr*ns adult in a shitty country that stereotypes me as a pred*tor, so interactions like that are uncomfortable and even potentially dangerous for multiple reasons.
I can understand some of the terms used or coined in "tr*nsx" spaces, especially in regards to BIID. But things like "transr*cist", "transn*zi","transr*pist", and similar being posted and fully accepted ( especially by those saying things like "but they aren't saying they're r*cist! just that they feel they should be!" or similar ) made me realize that the "tr*nsx" community is actively unsafe for me as a multiply marginalized/minority individual even though it claims to be incredibly safe/progressive for those like me.
I feel the need to point out, this is one of many posts that makes me feel like I need to set this personal safety boundary. There are multiple posts promoting child/animal *buse ( "pro-cont*ct/*ction" ) which is also just accepted. It's really easy to just stumble on, especially if you're checking out a new follower or note.
I would not be or feel safe letting people who accept/identify with/condone terms and community standards like this onto my blog or in my DMs. Especially since many of my followers and those I interact with are similarly marginalized like I am.
I'll be going through my follower list and blocking people soon. If you're in that community and going "oh but this post doesn't apply to me !! why do I get grouped in with these guys !!", maybe work on the N*zi and *buse problem to the point where I can't stumble on it ten posts into your blog and I'll rethink it.
ALT text is provided but I will NOT be adding it uncensored to this post, sorry again screenreader users. (EDIT: I had linked the OP here so people who thought this might be a sockpuppet could go through the notes and see it wasn't, but OP and most of the notes have been deleted by staff)
EDIT: this is a warning post that includes more Tr*nsn*zi symbols, so this isn't a one-off person making a joke term or something (it still wouldn't be alright if it was btw)
#iso.bug#IF YOU'RE WEIRD ON THIS I WILL BLOCK YOU. I DO ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO REPORT THIS KIND OF CONTENT#WHAT A HEAVY POST ANYWAYS !! WE GOT BLINKIES COMING UP
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WIP Wednesday!!!!!
Tagged by @corvosattano to share some shit for WIP Wednesday. Thank you!! Here's some stuff from Navy and Tim's first meeting in the Dark Place.
Alan had given her his last pack of batteries. “Make them last,” he'd told her. So Navy does, keeping her flashlight off while slinking through the alleys of the Dark Place, searching every little corner for supplies. She's running low, and her apartment hasn't appeared for what seems like a few days. Her hunting rifle only has the ammo loaded into it, none else to spare, and her handgun is empty. One half-empty bottle of painkillers jostles around in her bag, but otherwise, no first aid, either.
The shadows that skulk around the Dark Place seem to all be the disappearing kind today, grumbling Alan's name as they shamble by, fizzing out and evaporating when Navy approaches them. Why they still utter his name in her presence is unknown, but she's too tired to question it.
And though they are the disappearing kind for now, Navy holds her rifle close, finger kept as trigger discipline dictates but ready to change in an instant should a shadow need dispatching. She also carries her flashlight, though it's off to conserve battery life, and will blast a beam of brightness into a shadow's face should one attack her. As of now, that hasn't happened, but the Dark Place is unpredictable.
Stepping down the alleyway that passes by the OD Diner, Navy hums to herself, until she hears the clattering of objects inside the diner. She holds her rifle and flashlight at the ready, though doesn't yet turn it on, and slowly nudges the door open and enters. As expected, objects are knocked down, but there isn't an entity in sight.
Until there is.
He appears from nowhere, only able to utter a friendly “hey” before Navy uses the end of her flashlight to smack him directly in the head. He stumbles back and begins making sounds of pain, and when Navy flashes her light at him, he is not a shadow. He doesn't burn away like the dark substance they are made of.
It's a normal guy.
“Oh shit,” she calls, slinging her rifle over her back and rushing over to the man. He's sitting on the floor, leaned against the counter, rubbing the spot she'd just smacked him in– that flashlight had left quite a mark on his forehead.
“I'm so sorry,” Navy apologizes, kneeling next to him and rifling through her bag, “I didn't know you were normal. I thought you were another shadow. I'm so sorry.”
He gives a weak thumbs up and a smile to match. “It's okay. I understand. It's good to see another human around here.”
In her bag, Navy manages to find a trauma pad inside a zipper she hadn't yet checked, and pulls out the last of her painkillers. She begins to hastily apply the pad to the injury on the man's head, and offers him two pills.
“Here, take these. They'll help.” She urges him to take the pills, and he does, swallowing them dry and making a face at the texture. “I really am sorry for that. What's your name?”
He manages to stand up, balancing on the counter. “Tim Breaker. I'm– err, was, I guess– the sheriff of Bright Falls. I was brought here by a man named Warlin Door.”
Navy makes a confused facial expression. “Mr Door? How did he…never mind. I'm Navy Young. Look, you and I need to find someplace safe to recover. Preferably my apartment, if I can get it to show up…”
“It's really okay, Navy,” he reassures her, fully standing up. “I'm fine. I mean, I'm not saying no to a safe spot, but…it's gonna be pretty hard to find one around here. I haven't been able to find one since that first one that Door popped me into, and even it disappeared. This place shifts, like a dream. Still kind of convinced it is one.”
She shakes her head. “Trust me, it's not. It's…another realm of reality. It does shift, you're right about that, but the Dark Place isn't something you can just wake up from. I've been here for years, God knows how many. Navigating it is next to impossible. The goal when I'm outside of my apartment is to simply survive.”
“But you have an apartment here?” Tim asks. “Weird. Does it shift like the rest of the world?”
“No. It's the one consistent place in the whole realm. I mean, where the entrance shows up is pretty random, but the inside is like a safe zone. The Dark Presence put me there to write a song that'll get me out of here, but honestly, I've played until my fingers bled and no luck. I doubt I'll ever leave. So lately I've just been trying to chart the area my apartment tends to show up at, this central area outside. C'mon, I'll show you.”
Tim follows Navy out the door, following her suit and clutching his handgun, and the two step onto Caldera Street. Lights flicker above them, and the wet sidewalk reflects the neon of the signs on the buildings surrounding. Shadows lurk on the street in the distance, but luckily don't come near them…yet.
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RULES FOR THIS BLOG.
last updated 2/17/24. note: these may be subject to change.
Let's get this out of the way. If you refer to Kiyoharu as a "trap", a "tranny", or any other transphobic remark, whether ic or ooc, you're catching a hardblock. Full stop. I don't fuck around with transphobia, especially not when it comes to canonical trans characters.
I do not fully adhere to canon here. My portrayal of Kiyoharu is canon-divergent, based on a rewrite of the series I am personally working on. I partially made this blog to help me develop this version of her for the fanfic I am writing for said project. Please keep this in mind when interacting, as there are definitely some changes I am making with her story in particular.
Selective && mutuals-only. If I'm following you, it means that I wish to write with you. Please don't assume otherwise just because I'm not here very often.
Magical Girl Site covers some darker && sensitive topics, even in my rewrite. However, my version of the story does tone some of these topics down. This blog will contain the following topics: transphobia, bullying, death && dying, blood, murder, talk of self-harm (not directly about muse), etc. I typically tag any triggers as trigger / so please keep this in mind!
On that note, I need the following things tagged if possible: abuse (particularly parental or sexual), nsfw/sexual content in general, && incest (even mentions). I filter the tag ollie don't look / if you need a catch-all to use!
The best way to interact with me is by sending memes! However, on that note, if the prompt you send is from an emoji prompt list, then please let me know which one it's from!! I used to be a bit harsher on this rule && applied it to all memes, but I'm honestly tired of the rule not being followed, so I'll just set it to emoji memes here. You're also free to send unprompted stuff, too! It's just easier to answer memes sometimes LMAO.
Sometimes I also post starter calls && inbox calls, feel free to like those as well! But please specify which muse you want me to toss Kiyoharu at if you do so!! Otherwise I will either pick at my own discretion or do it by spinning a wheel. Sometimes if I can't decide I may not even get to it at all && I'm sorry.
I only reblog callouts if they are absolutely necessary. I do not like to flood the dash with drama or other such things unless the person is truly problematic. I am a big advocate of talking things out with people if a problem arises. We're all adults here. Act like it. If we can't come to a compromise, I will likely hardblock to avoid any issues. If I or someone I write with is interacting with someone who is truly problematic, please don't be afraid to inform me, && provide evidence so that I can decide for myself!! I am sometimes blind or out of the loop when it comes to people in the rpc, so I appreciate it if I am informed about it as soon as possible!
Typical dni criteria applies here: if you're a proshipper or otherwise think that fiction doesn't affect reality, if you primarily write nsfw content or don't properly tag it, if you sexualize minors in any way shape or form, etc., then please do not interact with me.
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hi! i have a few questions about proshipping.
what is it, exactly? most of the stuff i've found is from an anti perspective and i want to hear from a pro perspective
also, is it kind of like pro-choice where you can respect peoples right to do something while not doing it yourself? so like respecting people for reading/shipping whatever they want while you might not ship those kinds of ships/engage in the content?
like for me, my trauma definitely impacts the content that i engage in, but i understand that people deal with trauma in their own way and that can come in proshipping (not that everyone who is a pro shipper has trauma)
sorry if any of this is worded wrongly and/or offensively. thank you for taking the time to read this and if you answer this :)
Hello there, Anon! ♡ Questions are always welcome!
(Any instances of "you" are intended as a general "you", not directed at you in particular, anon!)
Proship is, at the very core, very simple!
Ship and let ship -> a similar enough idea to pro-choice, yes! It just means that you're allowed to ship things I personally dislike, and vice versa, as long as no one is being harassed or directly, intentionally, and maliciously harmed in the process.
Don't like? Don't read. (DL;DR) -> if you know you don't like a trope/ship/character/etc., don't go out of your way to search for it, and certainly don't go around leaving nasty comments on stuff you don't like. Just close the tab, or hit the back button, and be on your way.
Dead Dove: Do Not Eat (DDDNE or just dead dove) -> similar to DL;DR, but with emphasis on tagging. Essentially, it means "read the tags and don't be surprised when you encounter said tagged topics in this particular work". This goes both ways, for author/artist and for reader/viewer. Authors and artists have the responsibility to tag their works accurately and thoroughly, and provide content or trigger warnings when necessary. Readers and viewers have the responsibility to fully read the provided tags, filter out topics they find upsetting or triggering, and to know their own limits. In the event that someone is triggered or squicked out by something they didn't realize would be an issue, it's also their responsibility to take a step back and practice some self care while they calm down. ♡
The Golden Rule -> simply, treat others how you would want to be treated. This should apply to everyday life, as well as when interacting with folks in fandom spaces.
A few more things!
× Proship, as a stance, is also inherently anti-harassment. No one should be harassed, ostracized, or abused because of their likes and dislikes regarding fiction. (However, I'm also not naive enough to believe that no proshipper has ever harassed an anti. No community is flawless, and I don't doubt we've had our share of dirtbags.)
× Not all proshippers like "problematic" ships. We all have different limits and boundaries when it comes to what we enjoy and what we are squicked out by.
× Creating or consuming dead dove content as a tool for coping with trauma doesn't work for everyone. But for those it does help, it can provide a sense of control over traumatic situations, offer a safe and controlled means of catharsis, assist in recontexualizing trauma, and help people connect with other survivors and find a sense of community. Sometimes it's nice to know you aren't alone in your experiences. ♡
× I have never personally seen a proshipper say with their whole chest that "fiction doesn't affect reality". What I have seen said is "fiction is not reality, don't treat it as such" and "fiction does not impact reality on a 1:1 ratio". Reading, writing, drawing, thinking, or creating something fictional is not the same thing as actually Doing The Thing in real life.
Also, just to clear it up: proship does not mean "problematic ship", despite what many antis like to say. The prefix "pro-" is just the opposite of the prefix "anti-".
This, uh... got longer than I intended. Sorry about that! I hope this answers your question, and if you have anything else to ask, don't hesitate! ♡
And if other proship folks have anything to add, please do!
#ask t.k.#proship#pro ship#proshipper#pro shipper#profic#pro fic#profiction#pro fiction#comship#anti-harassment#fandom discourse#shipping discourse
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What is your job title? I’m really interested in your shift into tech✨🤧
I don't really consider it tech but I am around alot of numbers, data and coding so I guess lol. It's more a data role than anything with finance and coding. Idk about saying my job title ( it's a pretty broad term and I might change my mind in the future) but I'm more than happy to tell you if you directly message me and answer any questions. I'm happy if any of my advice can help other women skip some of the nonsense I went through
I wanted to become a data scientist or UX designer but my brain was not having it lol and I just didn't have the skillset years ago to make the jump in a year so I had to figure out what my bridge job to that path would be. My previous job put me on a course for data science. I completed the dell data science associate and analytics, which helped and the benefit of doing courses is it will expose you to even more jobs involved in that sector. When I applied for my previous job, the job title was, data administrator but the title changed.
It got long sorry lol
When I was trying to go from customer service roles to office roles years ago, I looked up assistant positions for jobs I wanted and wrote out a list of the software, skills, achievement and main duties from the job specifications I kept seeing. This gave me a rough idea for a time line for how it will take to gain certain skills and what I'd be willing to do ( willingness is key )
Then I tried to figure out how to force my customer service job to give me opportunities to do lesser versions of these tasks, which was easy because I'm assertive and I'd just flat out ask lol. All customer service jobs usually involve admin tasks the key is figuring out what data or tech skill is similar enough that you can call those admin tasks " database maintenance"
YOUTUBE is actually really helpful for understanding what a specific skill looks like in action. It's one thing to read a duty for a job being, creating a database but you might not realise a spreadsheet is a database and that's how lots of people end up under-selling themselves. That way you can describe your skillset in a more accurate and flattering way
Going on indeed and searching for assistant versions of certain jobs and going on sites like https://www.prospects.ac.uk/ and looking up related jobs or career progression for roles can help you better apply for or find role titles, related to what you're trying to do because you might have enough skills to get entry level roles in close proximity to more data and tech jobs
Tbh data is much easier to get into but I'm in a data role so I'm biased lol
I've also tagged this and some of my other posts about this and jobs as "job blah". Hopefully something is useful and I really don't mind answering any direct messages. My job doesn't ramp up for a few weeks so I'm bored lol
However easy these YouTube videos make it sound that you can become a data analysis in a few months, ( it is possible with a good plan and Adderall) it's normal that it takes longer lol. My ADHD means everything I do takes longer.
Also I forgot about looking into credible certificates or professional certification you can pay for ( ranging anywhere from £300 to £2000 ) that you might need for certain jobs. Just make sure it's a credible provider ( LinkedIn certificates, udemy and most things on coursea don't count though it can help you learn more but jobs don't care about LinkedIn certificates)
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I remember a teacher asking me why I couldn't get published in high school when the author of Inheritance Cycle was, and A. he was 15 when he did the first draft of the first book, he was 18 when it got published and B. his parents owned a publishing company, hence he got to skip getting an agent, submitting a manuscript, etc. But in my mind that series is associated with my freshman literature teacher saying I'd be published if I "just tried" and calling me lazy, pathetic and uncreative.
Okay, I want to open this response by saying: I hear you, I totally understand, and I'm sorry you went through this.
But... genuinely, why do you think it is appropriate to approach a group of strangers having a conversation about liking a book series and interject to say "well I have trauma about it and hate it!"
What were you trying, or expecting, to accomplish with this ask? To make us stop talking about the series? If we were in a small group of friends, that might be totally reasonable; as it is, this is a public space, and the most you reasonably have the right to ask is for me to tag posts about it so you can blacklist them. (Either way, you should directly, politely ask if that's what you want; interjecting like this just comes off as vaguely guilt-trippy and also doesn't actually communicate your desire clearly.) To vent about negative feelings that came up because of our posts? That's a totally reasonable desire, but not appropriate for the inbox of the person(s) involved in the conversation. The solution to that is to vent about it in a space where the people involved aren't present, so you're not vaguing us to our faces. Again, it just comes off as trying to guilt-trip me for talking about a thing I like because you don't like it - even though I genuinely doubt that's what you were trying to do.
I am not a free vent box. I am a person. Put yourself in my shoes for a moment - if you'd been chatting with a gaggle of folks about a piece of fiction you like and have nostalgia about, and then suddenly a random stranger walked up and announced, "well, I hate it and it's associated with trauma for me!", how would you feel? Guilty for bringing up their trauma without knowing? Irritated that they're interrupting a conversation about you liking something specifically to shit on that thing? Uncomfortable trying to continue a conversation that up until that point you were enjoying?
People are allowed to enjoy things that you don't like or have bad associations with. I trust that you probably understand that consciously, but I say it out loud to point out that this is a chance to apply that truth - it means that they're entitled to talk about those things in a public forum without having their conversation derailed to talk about your issues with the series. I understand that you probably didn't think about any of this when you sent this ask; I'm just asking you to think about it in the future and not do it again. Vent to a different group of people, or to a therapist if you have one, blacklist tags or block accounts as you need or want to, and please don't do this to people.
#this almost got deleted but y'know what no we're having a Teaching Moment today#beep beep get on the schoolbus bitches#we're going on an adventure#rani talks#asked and answered#anonymous
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