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anxiouslyextroverted Ā· 2 years ago
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gen question how can you dislike a cc but like a dynamic, not neg i was just wondering how?
Ig its from my belief that people are separate to their dynamics. I can like a character or persons dynamic with someone else whilst disliking them a lot because Point 1, dynamics can be similar to other dynamics like for instance, me and my brothers dynamic is similar to lisa and barts, so I can hate on bart still but still like lisa and barts dynamic cuz its cute and nice and reminds me of mine with my bros. We act similar. I'm not saying bart is like my brother, im saying the interactions he has with lisa is similar to mine and my brothers. Still completely diff personalities.
Another point is that like how one can hate your bffs friend but still love that your bff is happy by that person you hates company. its a "well we both care about them" situation.
Point 3. Its just interest in dynamic, I can hate zim, but still find his dynamic with dib fun, the back and fourth is fun, and no other character fits that dynamic that i love. I can dislike anais but still love her dynamic with darwin and gumball. Personalities can influence dynamics, but usually with a dynamic, the person shows the best part of themselves and that clicks with the other person/or shows the most interesting part of themselves even if its villanous. Some people can come off as so boring until they are around someone else then they bounce off easily. You can even find interest in toxic FICTIONAL dynamics like c!primeboys.
Point 4. Everyone acts different around people and everyone is different. Personalities blend/ or contast with other personalities. So someone could say "hws!italy and hws!japan have a similar dynamic to flaky and sniffles. But its still different characters, different personalities that all impact those interactions, its still not the same dynamic even if its the same or similar at a surface level. Personality impacts it, peoples likes and dislikes impact it, the fear for hws!italy and flaky stems from something else, and the intelligence with hws!japan and sniffles stems from something else, which changes those interactions making them different. c!primeboys is similar to belos and hunter and belos and luz, but personalities still are different so they are not the same.
Final point. Making it fictional. People can take already existing characters and or ccs and make the interactions they have with others into a fictional thing. Lets take Equestria girls, take twilight and fluttershys dynamic and then take twilight from the human world and human world fluttershy who has no idea who she is. Their dynamic still exists once they get to know each other and its still incredibly similar, because its still the same two people involved despite different experiences, different location, different social structures and different upbringings, they still are very close to pony twilight and fluttershy. This is why aus work so well because you could put like fic!beeduo in a zombie au where they still are close in your story and their dynamic would be just like their original dynamic despite different circumstances if that makes sense? Or take zim and dib, have them in another universe where they have no idea who they are. They get to know each other. boom similar af dynamic (even if in this world Dib didnt hate aliens and zim didnt wanna take over the world, theyl still have smth similar. Even shrek 4 did this well, donkey had no idea who shrek was and yet donkey and shrek still had an incredibly similar dynamic.
yes experiences shape us, but we still at our core have a personality. Some people choose to indulge in an au version of a duo/trio ect.. rather than the real thing, because it still at its core has that funny entertaining dynamic no matter what role, no matter whos memory is wiped, no matter location, and no matter the world around us.
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captainzigo Ā· 8 months ago
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Hi everypony!
My kofi is ko-fi.com/captainzigo if you enjoy my art, consider leaving me a tip! this is otherwise entirely a labor of love so,,,
you can also send a request with your tip! but if you choose to do so, please read the disclaimer later on in this post**
my non-art blog, where i accept asks is @snapewife-divorce-lawyer and my reblog-spam blog is @3amgaypotion also i am on bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/captainzigo.bsky.social
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that's a bunch of pictures of my oc(/ponysona) Prickly Pear. she's a cowgirl
Frequent/noteworthy questions below the break
**on donations made to me:
i still dont take commissions currently, but if you send a request with a donation, there's a 99% chance i'll do it. and that remaining 1% i'll probably just ask you for a different request. if you send me a request with a donation you are not sending me a commision. you are making a donation, and i might do you a favor as a result. you do not own the resulting art. and I am under no obligation to complete it or to do it in the way that you like. you do not need to make a donation in order to make a request. i talk more about it here
hello mutuals!
If you are a mutual, DM me for an invite to discord server and subsequently to minecraft server
on sending me asks:
any asks you send me should be like Strongbad emails. one paragraph. no attachments. unless you are sending me refs.
in any interactions, please keep in mind that i am a stranger on the internet and act accordingly.
unless I have explicitly said otherwise, you can safely assume that I do not count you amongst my friends. it is nothing personal, it is in fact the opposite.
why am i like this?
i am autistic. i say this because representation matters, but also because i would like to ask that you please be very frank with me. i don't even really need your patience. just say what you mean and we will get along fine.
can you draw my ocs?
you most certainly can draw any of my ocs. i'd love that acually. tag me
on (re)posting my art:
do not post my art on other platforms. do not repost my art period. I don't really exist on other platforms since i deleted Twitter. So if you see my stuff on other platforms, it's not me. except for my bluesky.
transformative works are obviously allowed, at least here in america where i live. but if you want my blessing, please keep them SFW, and try to keep the spirit of the original artwork
is my blog SFW?
im in my twenties. i keep my blog SFW (as i define it) as a strict rule.
i do not consider the fact that sex exists, that some people enjoy it, or some innuendo to be NSFW. i also do not consider swearing, even as tho a sailor might, to be NSFW.
are NSFW interactions ok?
in short: no. while i have no aversion to to that sort of thing, and often actually enjoy it, i keep this blog SFW. the intention behind my art is to be SFW even when it might be skirting the line. in general, and especially, specifically with mlp, i do not wish to have NSFW interactions on the internet. please respect this boundary.
on shipping:
in my opinion, all romance real or fictional should be between people who are similar in age, doing age appropriate things, not closely related, and all with mutual consent. i am not interested in witnessing or interacting with anything outside of these parameters.
on my blue hair and pronouns:
i am a trans woman. i am also bisexual. i am also poly and demi since im listing things. i am out online becasue i know how important it is to know that you aren't alone.
do i take constructive criticism?
NO šŸ–•šŸ‘¹šŸ–• FUCK YOU!!!!!!! GET BLOCKED IDIOT!! unless you are a marginalized person who feels i have unintentionally made you uncomfortable somehow with my art or otherwise. in that case i am sorry and you do me a great favor by calling me out. OTHERWISE FUCK YOU DUMBASS IF YOU DONT LIKE MY ART GO DRAW YOUR OWN šŸ–•šŸ–•šŸ–•šŸ–•
ā€œi hate broniesā€ā€¦
i don't necessarily hate you if you self identify with that label. i like to make myself off-putting to keep creeps away. i talk about it more in this post: https://www.tumblr.com/captainzigo/744131513208176640/when-i-say-i-hate-bronies-in-my-header-its
brony?
i don't hold a lot of nostalgia for old brony stuff. infact it's quite the opposite. i was a child when the show came out, and more than that i was a girl. i am not a brony.
do i like g5?
i like all generations of mip including the new stuff. gen 4 is just the one i grew up with
why is my header aurora, bori and alice from the best gift ever?
well that would be because i hate them like a mother hates a child. like the sun hates the moon. like sickly victorian child hates the slightest morsel of bread.
on flurryheart:
i often draw stuff about cozy glow x flurry heart. this is with the understanding that cozy glow spends about a decade turned to stone. nullifying the age gap.
šŸ¤“ā˜ļø i think you mean effect, not affect
i am dyslexic. i spell stuff wrong all the time and i type weird. please don't bother correcting me. wooptydoo your brain is wired normally. sending you a medal.
on my username:
i've had the same username since i debuted on the internet. zigo is the name of an oc i made that i dont really talk much about anymore. zigo is a fine enough nickname, and at least one person calls me that irl.
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mizz-sea-nymph Ā· 9 months ago
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Attention: if you are not @hebemina then I advise you donā€™t respond to this cause just by that youā€™ll embarrass yourself by proving my points and being literal proof.
Id like to say that me and her where friends but during the time we where friends she had her weird moments and her alright moments especially when we first met, it wasnā€™t her acting like the adult it was me, funnily enough I started referring to her as a sister cause thatā€™s what I do when I worry about how a person views me, it was clear I was uncomfortable and got my friend who remember the first encounter and how I reacted to this ask a while back, hell I even asked them how to respond to the ask cause I was in such a panic. When looking at it, Iā€™m genuinely disgusted how she didnā€™t even apologise or better herself, everyone keeps saying sheā€™s better but she isnā€™t and itā€™s really sad how harmful it is especially to the people she spoke with that she made uncomfortable.
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(She was drunk and I was mortified and didnā€™t even know how to respond so I danced around it Iā€™ll admit that but thing is she didnā€™t even apologize)
Now itā€™s hard to show this from the past cause of personal stuff but since some people already know about it I guess I just gotta grow some balls. Iā€™m showing this from the past cause I came across it a while ago and got disgusted, I was a child and I was mortified so much so I asked my friends how to respond to it and was so ashamed and embarssed I thought I deleted this but luckily didnā€™t cause one can realize how horrid this is. Whatā€™s funny is a DECENT AND SENSITIVE AND CARING PERSON would apologise! You never apologized Mina! and this wasnā€™t the first time you got weird with me! Seriously! Atleast have the decency to say sorry! But not just this youā€™ve many times turned our platonic and happy convos to something straight up weird, I ended up deleting many on my blog cause of unlike you I feel embarrassed!
I went through a hard year and having someone like this disturb me online was the icing on the cake but of course I was too embarssed and scared to say anything about it cause I feared Iā€™d be yelled at, by your followers, yeah allot of you made me not even want to stand up for myself and say ā€œwhat you are doing is rubbing me the wrong wayā€ despite her knowing my age, and despite me reminding her constantly at that time I kept saying ā€œhaha Iā€™m in high schoolā€. So to the people reading this, dont make her seem like she Dosent know the age of her followers cause she lurks, she lurks around even accounts she has now ignored just cause said acount has a different opinion then her.
Thought I didnā€™t notice? I easily noticed how you and @hanaiikiki or whatever TF her name is now stopped talking to me as a whole and started ignoring my existence, even when I was geniunely trying to be nice etc, you stopped when I voiced my opinion about Loki, Hana going as far as telling people she Dosent know me (girl I got ears everywhere, when I heard this I was shocked cause I thought we where good!) despite me clearly stating as a continuation I donā€™t care what anyone likes and Dosent like itā€™s the VICTIM BLAMING, thatā€™s wrong and also rly weird. So I donā€™t understand why both of you would let a fictional character come between a nice mutual friendship, especially you Hana I geniunely liked talking to you I liked talking mythology and liked sending you asks, you where really nice and kind with me and didnā€™t weird me out like Mina but itā€™s clear you have no self identity what so ever. But of course, no worries! I have no need for you! I know who my people are and arenā€™t and you arenā€™t one of em thatā€™s for sure. As for Mina, yeesh girl yeesh thatā€™s all I got when it comes to this, cause again no self respect self shame or friendship is magic in this case, but then again youā€™re no use of me either so Iā€™ll say Iā€™m glad you donā€™t speak to me anymore cause you creeped me out many times :)
just cause someone hides behind a cute kind persona dose not always mean thatā€™s what they are on the inside dishonesty is sm. Iā€™m honestly so dissapointed so many here defend her and say sheā€™s changed instead of her saying she has, let her speak for herself if sheā€™s so much so as the adult she claims to be.Let her speak cause Iā€™m amazed how everyone walks eggshells around her cause sheā€™s ā€œsensitiveā€ that is a insult to sensitive people as a whole.
Iā€™m not going to mention who cause I want them to rest easy cause they are dear to me and what they experienced today breaks my heart theyā€™re so sweet and didnā€™t deserve any of this, but when Mina apologized to them, Mina used the excuse of ā€œI didnā€™t know you where a minorā€ despite her MENTONING THEIR AGE! Everyone knows people that know what theyā€™re doing use that excuse, they lie, they will always go with this excuse, donā€™t get offended and stop reading now Mina I ainā€™t calling you a pedo, Iā€™m calling you a dumbass, a real big dumbass as a whole for that shit apology and excuse. A victim of harassment Dosent deserve this, and a ā€œsorryā€ dose not make up for the trauma the victim suffered let alone this type of ā€œsorryā€.
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(Iā€™m covering the name cause I rly feel bad for who experienced this and believe the poor thing has experienced enough today of all days like good god I donā€™t even want anyone to comfort me Iā€™m fine! Just show some support and love to this victim cause good god)
thereā€™s a line with senstivity and irresponsibility, and if it werenā€™t for me sending a respectful i REPEAT a respectful Iā€™m a respectful person thatā€™s how my mama raised me, anon ask saying you shouldnā€™t interact with minors much cause theyā€™re easy to influenced and they see what you post easily etc etc, the useless ā€œminors do not interactā€ wouldnā€™t be there. Oh and itā€™s hilarious how you have it there and still interact with said minors? Sweetie? Itā€™s not there for show! Lotus? Heldril? Goddamm new comers? Children copy and children get affected! And youā€™ve clearly traumatized and affected a bunch! If youā€™re a so called elderly care giver you should know how to care for others that arenā€™t just you, make it make sense!
Oh and letā€™s not leave this out the cake. Itā€™s funny how you talk about masturbating in public and how you vent in public, letting literally people who are younger than you be your therapist, or witness you sexting IN PUBLIC keep it in the dms woman! have so shame! This isnā€™t red lobster you embarrassing yourself! I ainā€™t slut shaming you cause Iā€™m the queen of sluts, Iā€™ve been called a slut for years and I didnā€™t even know about it so donā€™t think Iā€™m slut shaming you. But really How wonderful really! A nurse! Who gose through the struggle of whipping elderly asses for a living! Doesnā€™t go to a therapist and relays on people decades younger than her! Get a damm therapist! Be ashamed! Seriously take some responsibility!
Not to mention I still remember how people expressed geniune concern for you and you milked it and said ā€œsee you on the other sideā€ who says that! I was one of those people! I actually worried? But I woke up and realized what the fuck is this? Are you serious??? Some of these people who are worried for you are younger by years?? Some even minors?! Get a grip??! Whereā€™s the responsibility?? Itā€™d be better to write about your horny thoughts on a blog strictly for NSFW! I deadass told you to in the anon ask cause you need to be responsible! And dont you dare post a ā€œim sorry šŸ„ŗā€ post! I know your type and I know them well! Just by that post where you explained yourself about the whole issue of you saying you want to make out with a minor, says allot. You didnā€™t address the issue! You just said itā€™s okay to hate you! You didnā€™t even defend yourself! Well for one Mina, I donā€™t hate you, I just hate the way you act,behave and your personality as a whole because that ā€œsorryā€ will never cut the anxiety and horrible memory as a whole, be ashamed a bit, itā€™s not funny to make everything sexual and as a adult you should understand that.
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What you did to those mods and roleplayers? Iā€™m still speechless and have Vietnam flashbacks when it comes to the public sexting good god, atleast as if itā€™s okay to do NSFW and sent a literal pic of you bust? I know dirty Iā€™m the QUEEN of dirty that hand on your top pulling the shirt a little lower shocked me so much my eyebrows left to Saturn and had a baby with the planet! Iā€™ve got eyebrow planet grandkids now thatā€™s how shocked I was. Not to mention the mod was 19 you are literally a decade older girl- tf is this lore Olympus? I know you like lore Olympus but girl lore Olympus is lowkey shit no offence. Honestly no wonder the mod stopped roleplaying and deleted the acounts cause good god girl- atleast have the decency to ask?
Itā€™s really funny! Just a big joke really!
I for one was a friend with yo!u until I realized your true colors, Iā€™m disappointed and consider this pathetic. I used to think you were nice and kind but I was met with dissapointment you genuinely disappointed me, hurt me and not only me but many others, donā€™t beat yourself about it just accept the fact that you did and just remove yourself from said minors and ACTUALLY BE RESPONSIBLE, before you hurt even more people.
As for the ones reading this,
You all know me and Iā€™m pretty sure this is shocking seeing me a person here on tumblr call out the so called sweet Mina but honestly, people! nobodies perfect! Are you kidding me?? Get it through your skulls! She isnā€™t perfect and Iā€™m not saying to hate her Iā€™m saying to stop treating her like a child! when actual children here are being harmed! Iā€™ve seen minors on here who deadass have been affected by her! And nobody I say nobody! donā€™t you dare say she didnā€™t know what she was doing thatā€™s a insult to the victims and disgusting in general.
Also itā€™s not the ror fandom thatā€™s changing, this has nothing to do with ror, to anyone reading this know this, itā€™s the Mina fandom thatā€™s changing, not the ror fandom Iā€™ve been in the ror community long before her and if sm was changing Iā€™d know.
Iā€™m deadass saying this despite me being a decade younger then Mina, Iā€™m not saying this as a friend, not as a friend cause I donā€™t see you as that anymore and will never will ever again, im saying this as a person whoā€™s going to be honest with you,
Keep it real
Enough of this self cantered,narcissistic ,immature, shameful,irresponsible and selfish behavior, you should be able to expect opinions like this, stop hiding behind your followers and say what you have in mind Mina and DONT dance around the issue, I read your ā€œapologyā€ post when the Heldirl issue raised to light, you didnā€™t even talk about the issue in hand, you just said itā€™s okay to hate you! Three paragraphs!! donā€™t dance around this, and you know what, Donā€™t even respond if you plan on doing that, cause that just proves the point.
Just know I donā€™t respect you not just cause of you being weird in the past with me but also with others specifically others I care about, so donā€™t come crying to me cause I geniunely donā€™t care I know these types of etiquettes, a sorry will never cut shit like I said so call me a cruel bitch idc ig itā€™s fair šŸ¤·šŸ»ā€ā™€ļø just know I DONT respect you one bit,good day.
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Tagging
@amphitriteswife @tinyy-tea-cup @mono-supports-palestine @praisethesuuun @riseofamoonycake @brokensenseofhumor @monstertreden @heldril @lotusmybeloved @nicasdreamer @ idk
idk who tf else to tag aaaa šŸ’€ but yeah thatā€™s my take on all of this respect me hate me I donā€™t care I rather be hated for who tf I am then who I pretend to be and who I am is a person to keeps it real šŸ¤Ø
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theharrowing Ā· 1 year ago
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White Lies
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Yoongi is everything you could ask for. He is attractive, confident, and smart. And his partner Taehyung is as possessive as he is beautiful. Too bad a relationship would be a major conflict of interest.
You need to have them, at all costs.
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šŸ¤ Yoongi x Female Reader x Taehyung
šŸ¤ word count: work in progress (currently 10.5k words) + images of social media posts & text conversations
šŸ¤ college au, partial social media au with a lot of written story, strangers to lovers & established relationship, yandere, hurt/comfort, smut, fluff, angst, slash, poly, minor character injury & death, graphic violence, nsfw, 21+.
šŸ¤ warnings: šŸ•Š dead dove šŸ•Š. toxic relationships (dishonesty, jealousy, yandere behavior); ACAB includes our MC, sorry you found out this way; corrupt policing. more specific warnings coming soon, pending the release of each chapter.
šŸ¤ part 2 of theĀ Rose-Tinted ObsessionsĀ series
šŸ¤ this is a sequel to Boy Blue! i highly recommend that you start at the beginning to fully understand the the dynamic & history between Yoongi & Taehyung. there will be a lot of references to Boy Blue; this fic will spoil the shit out of it. this includes some major character deaths!!! this MC/reader character is not the same MC/reader character from Boy Blue.
šŸ¤ note: all detective work and cop jargon in this fic is either made up on the spot or comes from years of watching/listening to true crime media. i have no credentials in this field and i do not claim to know what i am talking about. for the sake of simplicity & also my sanity, all dialogue that is written and spoken is going to be in English. characters are from Korea and living/working in the US, and we can fill in the gaps between what language they are speaking in which context.Ā also, although i try to keep the mc's physical description vague, i will refer to her as having curves and having hair that can be gripped onto. length and texture will be left vague. places mentioned are completely made up. i may be using actual city and neighborhood names to make it feel real, but every school, bar, etc. is fake and any similarities they have to real places is coincidence.
šŸ¤ also note: this fic is going to be extremely contrived and dramatic, just like its predecessor was. we are not here for award winning story telling; think of it like a trashy daytime soap opera and a gore porn horror film had a baby. obviously, i do not condone the behaviors in this story; it is a work of fiction.
šŸ¤ written parts beta read by @neoneunnajimin
šŸ¤ check out the playlist!
šŸ¤ posted nov. 2023 - present | read on ao3
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INDEX
0: Introductions | 0 words + screencaps
1: Do not, under any circumstances, become emotionally attached to either of these men | 2.9k words + screencaps
ā€” TaeGi POV 1: What the fuck is this??? | 0 words + screencaps
2: Sleep sweet, pretty | 7.4k words + screencaps
UPDATES ARE CURRENTLY PAUSED!!!
i have been struggling with mental health stuff, grief stuff, and writer's block, and so i am going to lessen how many fics i juggle at once. hopefully it won't be on hiatus for too long. šŸ’œ
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tag list: @aidam9911 @andrea613 @bangtan-tee-86 @ffion451 @fluffybuns69 @here4kpopfics @icedtaericano @iloverubberduckiez-blog @kiki-zb @lovemeforeternity @mgthecat @moonleeai @mother2monsters @neoneunnajimin @oceansmerchild @unsureofwhathappens šŸ¤ by asking to join this tag list, you are agreeing that you are at least 18 or older and that you are comfortable engaging in dead dove content. please tell me at any time if you would like to be removed and i will be happy to pull you off.
White Lies copyright 2021-2023 theharrowing, all rights reserved.Ā No translations or reposts are allowed!
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vasito-de-leche Ā· 9 months ago
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A short (or not) ramble of scenarios and questions for reverse: 1999 self aware. (sorry if this bothers you, I just donā€™t have enough confidence to post it on my own blog (plus I love your content))
- Okay so first of all, in the main page of the game, when you click on the upper left corner with your level and username, you go to a screen with Vertin looking fly as ever along with some user information.
So if Vertin can see the gameā€™s ui, then she can see the year in which the player has joined the game (2023-2024). I havenā€™t dived deep into Vertinā€™s character so I canā€™t portray her reaction to much, but I feel like she would tell this info to someone close like Sonetto.
Also our motto: I put ā€œWhen in a rush, say ā€˜runs in high heels cutely.ā€™ā€. Iā€™d be so embarrassed if anyone (even fictional sentient characters) saw that. Like im dead.
On that topic, when you mentioned in your Sonetto self aware post that she can sometimes see us, and honestly, Iā€™d be even more embarrassed. Cause like, if any of the characters from games I played, were sentient and could see me, id pray they didnā€™t see my bad angle. Like imagine looking up to the sky to see, just for a second, the chin of a head as the hands go to scratch their nose. Like the first impressions I would make.
- P2p players. Imagine the player spending money on the game (at the risk of Vertin possibly seeing their credit card number) to help level up or get costumes for their fave characters.
(Some misc. questions)
-what would happen if player didnā€™t log in the game for a while (a week to a month as best) cause I would ditch some games to spend more time on others
- What does Vertin think of the mail messages that the player gets? Like the latest mail I got was the discord event invitation. Upon closer inspection and critical thinking, it would hint that there would be more players other than us because it says the winners get 60 clear drops (oh and money too)
- If I remember correctly, I think you mentioned about Vertin hearing the player sometimes. So imagine her hearing us trash talk certain character *cough* Constantine *cough*.
(Anyways, I love your content ā¤ļø especially your fmn headcanons, canā€™t wait to see more posts!!)
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;R1999 - Self-Aware AU (2)
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Answering some questions and discussing the Self-Aware AU. A follow up of this post.
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not a bother at all, you bring up really good questions and details that are fun to explore! I'm glad you like my stuff, have a nice day o7!
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On the subject of Vertin seeing the player's profile.
With the way I intended to portray Vertin within the AU, I don't think she would be affected by the date on the Player's profile!
This is the date you came into contact with her from your perspective, whatever time and space that flows within your world, not hersā”€the world behind the fourth barrier that she cannot see nor hear nor even fathom, let alone try to make sense of. In a way, it's like expecting ants to care about concepts we made up, such as time. They understand night and day, they do not understand 3PM nor 8AM.
Is it truly proof that time can go beyond 1999, when this is something that only she can see? When it doesn't affect a single thing within her universe by being part of a game menu meant for your eyes only? There's also the fact that she finds out the proper time of the world in the 1.4 update, in Chapter 05.
Her dynamic with the Player is something I like to keep vague, so that everyone can fill in the blanks, but ultimately it is something so complex and private for Vertinā”€who sees it as a one-sided relationship, since she cannot hear nor see you, unlike other arcanists who may reach the 100% bondā”€that I don't think she would talk about it with anyone, not even Sonetto! The name on your profile and whatever message you've written there are secrets she will take to her grave. The idea of Vertin being the eyes and hands of the Player, but having no way to truly see or hear them makes for a really fun concept to explore!
And on the subject of messages, let's be honest, if you've written something funny or some modern shitpost, chances are she won't understand it LMFAO so it's okay! I literally just have my socials and "men enjoyer" listed there.
Oh! But since you brought it up, the message section could be a fun, little way to communicate with Vertin, since she can read what's on there!
As for P2P players, Vertin wouldn't see any information from the Player's credit card since that's something that happens outside the app lolol. Like, to me, it directly opens to google play transaction stuff.
On the subject of the player dropping the game for long periods of time.
Hmm, in the first post I said that there might be characters ouside Vertin and her suitcase who may be self-aware, with their own goals and such. But nothing truly "matters" unless the Player is there to witness it. So to keep including these possibilities and details, I feel like there's two options, pick whichever you like the most!
One, time continues as usual within the gameā”€but once it reaches an important date where the plot is meant to kick in with some important event, it simply resets back to where you left it. This is a world that exists outside of your perception, but cannot continue without you.
Two, time freezes entirely within the gameā”€but only for those who are not self-aware. Keep in mind we're talking about long periods of time, this wouldn't happen if you log in every day, or every few days. This is what happens when your phone picks up the fact that Reverse: 1999 is one of the unused apps taking up space in your phone. This is a world that stops existing once you stop looking at it.
In both options, the Wilderness would remain unaffected as it seems to be entirely disconnected from the flow of time and space outside of it.
On the subject of the game's mail.
Since the messages auto-delete and all, I can't check but I'm pretty sure Vertin receives mail too? There were a few ones from a few characters a while back like Druvis III or An-an Lee, and I think the implication is that they were vaguely addressing Vertin?
If someone has screenshots and can confirm this, please let me know!
Either way, the easy answer is that yeah, she knows this is a game, so she could make the assumption that there's more players. She has access to your friend list, after all! And even if you don't have anyone added, the fact that it exists is enough for her to start connecting the dots.
I don't remember saying that Vertin can hear the Player, though! I think I was pretty consistent with her not being able to see nor hear you, to have the Player as some sort of eldritch, unknowable entity. But I also write so much stuff in this blog that it's hard to keep up sometimes lolol, if I've mentioned somewhere that Vertin can hear the player, it was a mistake!
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fandxmslxt69 Ā· 8 months ago
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CLEM'S BIRTHDAY HANG OUT!!
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Hello friends!
As March comes to an end (my birth month wooo) I thought it would be a fun idea to have a little hang out during the last week! So from March 25 - 31 we are PARTYING !
Sort of!
My askbox is open to all sorts of silly dilly fun time! This is my first little hang out so PLEASE BE KIND TO ME i'm just a silly girl who wants to make friends and have some fun! I'm also hoping this might get me back into writing!
Yes, the poster is all Loki NO HE'S NOT THE CENTRE OF ATTENTION!! Here's a little info I guess (I am just winging this as we speak, it is not very thought out):
Rules & Info
The event will run from 03/25 to 03/31 - you can send in as many asks and hang out as much as you would like!!! No I will not kill you if you drop a hello in my askbox start of April - to be honest, I love friends so I won't ever turn anyone away
You can stop by my askbox to say hi, share some thoughts (or thots...) tell me anything, or play a game! (will talk about that in a bit)
Anyyyyoneeee is welcome I don't care if we aren't mutuals or we don't even talk, STOP BY AND SAY HI :D If you are rude or disrespectful in any way, I will kick your butt and break your nose.
This is a positive, fun zone. I just want to have my fun and mind my business, please don't be trying to cause problems. I'm a relatively small blog so thankfully no one really looks my way but I've had some bumps in the past.
THIS IS MY FIRST TIME DOING THIS AND IM LITERALLY GOING TO DIE FROM NERVES SO BE PATIENT WITH ME OKAY
Games:
Fuck, marry, kill - send me any three characters that you want me to decide a fate for....oh my god please don't make me kill anyone I love dearly....
Blurbs!! - send me a little prompt/kink/thought & a character and I will try SOOOOO HARD to put out a little itty bitty something of writing! Like 500 words or so!! Can be fluffy or smutty. Angst is not allowed unless its just a LITTLE sad and with lots of fluffy stuff after
Character Association - tell me about yourself and let me give you a character. This is literally my favourite game ever, and I swear I'm super good at it
Book Recs - tell me your reading vibes/popular tropes you like and I will give you FIVE (not one, not two, but FIVE!!!) book recs because I like talking about books. If you show up talking about non fiction, then sorry but I am not your gal at all.
Chat - Come talk!! Come chat!! Come say hi and giggle with me about anything!! Come be crazy with me over narratives and themes and character arcs!!! Tell me about school or your day, your OCs, latest WIPs or anything currently on your mind!
Okay that's all I could come up with but literally any and all games are free game. I am keeping this as chill and lowkey as possible.
Characters/Fandoms:
You guys already KNOW my vibes and what I'm around and what I'm not, so feel free to send anything! I float around Marvel/DC (just send in any character and if I don't vibe with it I'll just let you know or leave it unanswered), I think it's obviously I'm Oscar Isaac obsessed....um. Pretty much anything. It's free game and I'll put my foot down if I'm down okay with something or don't want to answer :D
I'm..about to tag some friends...if that's okay...
@divine-knight-hand @romanarose @sarahscribbles @lokischambermaid @lokisgoodgirl @sailorholly @in-som-niyah @fictive-sl0th @mischief2sarawr @saturn-rings-writes @superficialdomina @planetwaynez...and I can't remember anyone else now I'm sorry LMAO
KISSES EVERYONE <3
Clem
PS: If you're worried whether I'm comfy or not or familiar with a character or not, just send it in anyway and we'll figure it out from there!
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stupendousghostswan Ā· 4 months ago
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EDIT : I leant of the ship they pushed upon the fans. I am not laughing anymore. FUCK CANON. Arf, I really think it but will need some time. Emotions are high. (respect to their shippers. Ship and let ship. It's that they pulled it in canon like that that bothers me.)
Gonna be honest : that tua has such a bad ending is a relief in a way. It really finally not just takes the show down from its pedestal but burries it deeeeep down. And it makes it so much easier to say "fuck canon". I was stressed before this s4 , if it was good I would have struggled with saying fuck canon and dare to finally post things. Cause it means that I would have faced backlash and had to potentially face pple and get into arguments. Which with my social anxiety and extreme fatigue I just didn't feel like doing. Maybe it's a poor excuse to some but I struggle a lot with social interactions...
Now I just don't care. (I am sorry though for the people that still really cared about the show. For me this show sinked in s2. It fell out of its pedestal back then for me x). So I made my peace with the disappointment... mostly.)
And... I've been eating at myself since I fell into Fiveya/Vanya and it became my main special interest -which any other autistic I think will understand what being THE special interest means.-. I was struggling, terrified of potential backlash and thinking I'd never get to post and share anything, also that this side of the fandom was dead or dormant forever and would always stay so. I felt very alone, I really felt like I couldn't share, due to the fear of backlash. I couldn't even bring myself to try to give a bit to the fandom myself. (I know a big big big part of it was my own imposed limitations. Also I could have maybe dmed the pple I guessed where still in this ship, etc. But I have very bad social anxiety and extreme fatigue and other things so I can't fight the very bad social anxiety for this on top of... dealing with the rest of my life.)
But now I feel such relief and freedom suddenly. I care but also I don't... idk.
So me laughing at this shit ending - as I've been doing for a few hours now - is half a laugh of relief and... bc seriously to beat both GOT and supernatural?!
Now I am not saying I am actually gonna post anything anytime soon. I am excited and under lots of endorphins and dopamine here. But my social anxiety and lack of confidence might catch up very soon šŸ™ˆ (spoiler: THEY DID). Plus, I still find my ideas pretty uninteresting and still struggle to finish stuff and struggles a lot with confidence sooo... (and still scared of backlash).
ok also sorry but not posting this on main. I don't have this courage. This is a side account (not side blog, but full on account. I set it up months ago, waiting to either become brave or for the general fandom to die.)
I am already feeling anxiety coming back and itching to write a 3 thousand words disclaimer and explanation of certain things šŸ˜­ So i will force myself to do it quickly : I love Viktor (and fiktor) but also love fiveya and Vanya. For me they are separate paper dolls. When taking the Viktor paper doll, that is a trans man, it means obviously taking the trans experience. aka he was always there, etc. But the "existence" of his doll for me doesn't negate the "existence" of the Vanya doll. They don't really exist. It's fiction. Purely fiction. It's not one real person. The Vanya doll was used then they decided to create and use the Viktor doll.
Ok I stop there. I do not come back to edit. I do not come back to edit and/or delete. I post it and not let it lie in my drafts and have eternal regrets. Go on. Be brave. Be brave. Be brave.
(I have already spent at least two hours typing and editing before getting the courage to post it...)
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apollos-favorite-child Ā· 2 months ago
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ooc post abt some drama
So Iā€™m pretty sure everyone has either interacted with @/demigod-jack-hearth or at least seen some of the posts that were made abt his Circe au. Iā€™ve been trying to keep track of everyoneā€™s thoughts on this (namely @unhinged-waterlilly and @if-chaos-was-a-boy who both have really helpful posts about it) and since Iā€™m capable of producing coherent thoughts every once in a while, I thought I would share my thoughts on all of this.
So I should probably start with the AU, which really was the cause of a lot of this chaos. So first of all, making it in the first place was a very interesting choice. Iā€™m not sure if Jack based it more off the odyssey or the epic musical, but either way itā€™s just a very weird decision. I understand people like to project on their character which makes sense, but Jack never mentioned being r@ped. (And I hope he never was) but it feels like if he was comfortable enough to make that part of an AU, he wouldā€™ve probably mentioned it one of the times he was trying to defend himself.
I understand that HE mightā€™ve thought it was a fine change to make since he was comfortable with it, but Iā€™ve seen a handful of people saying it made them uncomfortable. Iā€™m aware itā€™s not his job to make sure everyone is happy, but the whole AU was really unnecessary knowing it couldā€™ve made someone uncomfortable.
People even went to Jack saying they were v!ctims and they didnā€™t like his AU, and he basically told them to fuck off, without ANY condolences or apologies to the people for having to go through that. Those people shared their experiences and he just didnā€™t care.
And YES Odysseus is a fictional character, but his trauma is still basically being disrespected. Iā€™ve seen a couple of people saying other are being dramatic since they are angry about him being invalidated, but it makes sense to me why they would be angry.
One anon (who was a sa victim of I remember right) came to Jack being rude, and SO many people have been rude to this anon, calling them either rude or dramatic, but honestly I think they were just really angry about what Jack had done (which is perfectly understandable) and they didnā€™t really think or bother to be polite when they sent that. They made a mistake too, but I donā€™t think jacks response was any better.
And once he realized that he was wrong (after having to be confronted by multiple people) he NEVER apologized. The words ā€œIā€™m sorryā€ were not on a single one of his posts. He basically was just trying and failing to defend himself. This all couldā€™ve been solved much quicker with a simple apology, but heā€™s more concerned with making sure everyone likes him and that heā€™s right so he doesnā€™t have to deal with any guilt.
And now heā€™s apparently disappeared and has been self harming and just struggling a lot. But you want to know what I find interesting? Jack never mentioned having a boyfriend, and now Fred has taken control of his account, responding to almost everyone and trying to defend Jack. I might be the only one, but I did NOT understand how to use tumblr at first, and it took me a while until I even learned how to reblog people and tag stuff. Even once I did learn how to tag people, I wasnā€™t tagging 20+ people on every post like Jack does. Another interesting thing is that the blog said something along the lines of ā€œI didnā€™t mean to blah blah blahā€ and sounded like it was Jack defending himself, but then the message ended with -Freddy
If I was Fred, I wouldā€™ve made ONE post explaining why Jack disappeared, and not mentioning any of the sh or breakdowns. He couldā€™ve made a post without mentioning all of that and disrespecting jacks privacy. Instead, heā€™s been responding to every person and mostly trying to defend Jack in every one of them. He also said he locked Jack out of his tumblr account, which you LITERALLY CANNOT DO unless he took away Jacks phone, which just seems really controlling, even if he did think it was best for Jack. So yes, this is me saying that I donā€™t think Fred is real. Especially since Jack is a ROLEPLAYER, and we are completely used to acting like different people.
Going back to the self-harm topic, I think that parts very weird as well. Heā€™s made self harm jokes, and while I know perfectly well people can use humor as a coping mechanism, thatā€™s just another really insensitive thing to do. It just doesnā€™t really make sense to me how you can make self harm jokes one week and then let your boyfriend tell a bunch of people on the internet youā€™ve been trying to hurt yourself.
Overall I think this spiraled into a lot more than it shouldā€™ve been, and this all wouldnā€™t have happened if he had just apologized, or just never have made that AU.
jacks tag list- @zariahthewitch @thegroovydaughterofhestia @if-chaos-was-a-boy @the-gods-strange-children @silena-daughterofaphrodite
@fabulousdaughterofhecate @weakest-son-of-sun @chaos-pers0nified @neoptolemus-achilles-son
@bast-the-best26 @goddess-of-bubblegum @gaygirldoodles @luck-is-crucial
@reyna4ever @vicious-daughter-of-zeus @feral-hermes-child @oopsies-i-did-a-thing @unfortunate-daughter-of-hestia
@that-girl-cupid @ariathemortal @love-lightning-forethought @emdabitchass
@kaiaalwayswins @champion-of-revenge @i-was-never-sane @clown-energy-skyrocketing @zoe-aura-of-d3ath
@itsyourboyezra @lunar-eklipso-r @pink-koi-lovejoy @that-daughter-of-athena
@sleepy-as-a-song @smileyalater @thedaughter-of-death @gellyhelio @daughter-ofthe-moontitan
@demeters-daughter-is-done @the-smart-and-the-dumb-one @trinket-snatcher @southerndaughterofeos
@creature-under-ur-bed @burnt-out-bitxhes
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caslyra Ā· 5 months ago
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Please don't expect consistent (and continuous) posting
(Look after yourselves!)
Hi!
I feel the need to make one of those intro posts because recently a few blogs started following me that seem to be more into the fanon interpretation of things, and I don't want anybody to get the wrong ideas about what to expect from this blog.
About me... I'm 29, she/her, pan/bi (I don't care which label), and demi (which took me really long to figure out).. I used to be a judge but dropped out because of a myriad of reasons but mainly because of... well, depression. I cannot, for the life of me, remember how many letters there are in the alphabet, I love carrots but they make me nauseous, and my socks are more holes than fabric.
So... let's move to the important stuff.. JK sucks, and parts of the canon suck too - like the house elf stuff and her naming "skills" which are very telling, her fat shaming, and the anti-trans shit that is even written into the original source material. But for the most part, the characterization isn't one of them. So on this blog, I will defend the canon version of characters, flaws and all.
To make myself clear: hc characters as trans and writing characters as gay etc is great and I fully support that. What I mind, however, is the heteronormative, mysoginistic cliches we keep seeing under the guise of 'progressive' queer ships. If you not only change their gender or their height but also their personalities so that they fit heteronormative stereotypes that's problematic. Same goes for the casual racism going on in this fandom. Portraying non-white people as huge, buff guys with anger-issues is - you guessed it - problematic!
What to expect from this blog:
Me applauding the many great people out there. Do you even know how great you are???
Me geeking out, especially about the characters and ships I love most
Me writing long-ass metas at two in the morning because that one post was the final straw.
Me ranting and contradicting myself.
Nuance - or at least, I try. But I'm just a person with biases, and I read the books through the lens of my own experiences, so yeah. And of course there's always a range, even when sticking to canon.
(I say I care about nuance, but you'll find me swaying to full-force apologism the next second - get used to it, I'm a hypocrite).
Some writing. Here's my ao3. I'm also working on a long wolfstar fic. I plan on starting to post it before I turn 30 (which will be in mid-December).
Remus/Sirius will always be my OTP - canon personalities - dysfunctional mess and all. But I do enjoy a few other ships and I love so many characters!
I can get very passionate about fictional characters, but I'm an adult, and I know they're fictional. And I believe I can take criticism, so if there's anything on your mind... Hit the "ask" button or reach out to me. Reaching out is always fine anyhow!
It's always my personal opinion I'm talking about; I don't think I'm some kind of hp authority, but that goes without saying.
What not to expect from this blog:
Art (I reblog, of course, but you don't want me to draw, believe me).
Dumbledore hate / Remus hate (don't confuse with criticism, I'm all for criticism). No ATYD hate either. I have my issues with it, but it's not the author's fault it has become the fandom's new rulebook.
Me dumbing down James and Sirius, etc.
Me abandoning James and Peter. But, sorry not sorry (and wolfstar aside), I will keep pushing my "Remus and Sirius (also) were close friends at Hogwarts" agenda
Jegulus/Slytherin skittles stuff. If that's your thing, that's fine, but it isn't mine.
Me keeping it short.
I'm always happy to discuss stuff! :)
Most important information for last, right? If I speak ill about Remus, it is always with the most love possible. I keep saying Sirius is my favorite character, but he has a lot of fans out there, and avoidant, self-loathing, passive-aggressive, manipulative, ruthless, but also smart, brave, kind, loyal, empathetic, thoughtful and selfless (yes, you read that correctly) Remus holds a special place in my heart.
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crystalyssa35 Ā· 1 year ago
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A General Guide to Writing Well, Now, & Consistently
In all my years writing, I have struggled with keeping writing as a fun and healthy habit. It took me five years (and many instances of writer's block and giving up) to actually have a basic set of guidelines to keep my writing going...
And I would like to share these "rules" with you all today!
Now, a bit of a disclaimer: developing the quality of your writing skills comes with time, research, and thinking. It may sound frustrating to hear, and you may hear it often, but the only way to get better at writing is to write and read often. Many times, just by jotting a silly thought down or reading fanfiction, you can spawn ideas without realizing it.
Now, to the list of tips that (I hope) will help you on your writing endeavors!
If you are not having fun writing your story, your readers will not have fun reading it. It sounds silly, but it's true! If you're enjoying your writing, you're more likely to write more and input more ideas into it!
Even if you have people to check your works, reread them on your own anyway. This may be a little frustrating tip for some, but let me tell you: I used to HATE checking my own stuff. The worst way I learned that personally checking it is a necessity was when my aunt checked it and pointed out tens of mistakes within my grammar, storyline, and characters. Check yo work, it will save you a LOT of embarrassment in the future.
Write anything. Read everything. As ambiguous and obscure as it will sound, it makes sense with context. As I mentioned before, the only way to get better at writing is to write and read often. Write anything your mind desires, that's simple enough. But read EVERYTHING; not only books, blogs, and articles, but also games, texts with friends, billboards, pictures with text, and (sorry, students) even homework as well. You'll be surprised how much your vocabulary expands when you actually pay attention to anything that is written (for me, it was video games. Seven-year old me knew vocabulary that I was taught in seventh grade because of it). And on that note...
Research what you don't know. Please, this one is genuinely important (I'm biased because it's one of my pet peeves). This includes words you don't know the definition of, spelling, and even generic, real-life information you want to add into your stories (e.g. I actually spent four hours researching how gemstones are categorized for my sci-fi story: Eco-Adstrum). Unfortunately, sometimes researching and fact-checking your ideas before writing them down can prove to be unmotivating, especially when you're wrong. But, it's always good to stay optimistic and be creative enough to twist the actual fact to mold it to your stories. Unless you're writing non-fiction, then maybe don't do that last bit.
If you have no ideas, keep wiggling your pencil. To those that recognize that phrase, yes, it is not my own. This is a piece of writing from former Tumblr user "officialtheonite" (I was only able to find the post because it has been reblogged multiple times) and their fifth grade writing teacher. Essentially, even if you have no ideas, keep writing. Write ANYTHING, even if it doesn't make sense. You will always be able to double-check it later and you will save yourself a lot of wasted time sitting around trying to stir the soup in your brain.
Balance the usage of your names and pronouns. To this day, I still struggle with this. I tend to use an abundance of pronouns when I'm referring to a character, so much so that sometimes, it becomes unclear on if we are still talking about aforementioned character or if we're talking about a different character entirely. Use names when the focus or action of a character is on stage; use pronouns if we are still talking about said character (even if we are talking about the same character, make sure you at least reiterate their name when there's a new paragraph).
I'll be editing and reworking this list as time goes on. I hope these tips can be of use so some of you all. Feel free to ask me any questions if needed. Enjoy writing and keep at it! I believe in you all!
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raccoonfallsharder Ā· 2 months ago
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hii! i just wanted to say i love your blog sm. your fics are amazing and your fanart as wellšŸ˜© your work has such a good emotional depth thatā€™s so nice to read/see. you have a way like the movies did of showing the attention to detail with their worlds and other worldly cultures and shit itā€™s so interesting to read <3. i didnā€™t know if your taking requests but this was just a random thought that would be so cool to see you write. no pressure ofc but i thought itā€™d be so cool to see rocket more introduced to like more music/Terran pop culture referencesšŸ˜­. i feel like rocket would like goth music like the cure and shit and tbh lady gaga i feel like alsoļæ½ļæ½ļæ½ļ潚Ÿ˜­. itā€™s so cute to think of him getting shown like classic horror and stuff, heā€™d probably think a lot of them as comedies or shitšŸ˜­. i jsut had these thoughts to share lol. your writing has me daydreaming i swear <3. i hope you are having a good day <33 : D
you are absolutely the sweetest little bundle of love nonnie. cups of tea, midnight bonfires, and golden autumn leaves. that's you. thank you so much for the kind words. they truly made my last two weeks. and i'm so sorry for the delay - the start of the schoolyear has been kicking my ass to knowhere and back, and then thisā€¦ got away from me. itā€™s really unforgivably fucken long for mostly just being a list ~
but i hope you enjoy it anyway ā™”ā™”
oh btw i linked some related headcanons that might interest you at the end!
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to be honest i don't think i go through a single commute to or from work without thinking about how rocket would respond to the latest bit of terran culture you're showing him. when he was spending time on terra during the snap, he noticed steveā€™s little pocket-journal checklist of movies and books and shows to get caught up on. well, he didnā€™t just notice it ā€” he mightā€™ve maybe possibly swiped it ā€” and once he trusted you enough to know you werenā€™t gonna fuckin narc on him, he decided to show it to you. he asks questions about the various titles, and steveā€™s notes scrawled in the margins. the two of you started there.
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rocket isnā€™t quite as prejudiced against actors as many of his fellow guardians, but he does approach the idea of movies and tv with a healthy dose of skepticism. you probably start out with some documentaries, and he loves those. heā€™s enthralled by the ones about outer space ā€” appreciating what theyā€™ve gotten right and snickering about what they got wrong, getting a little weepy when the narrator makes some poignant philosophical observation. he stares at the screen with something that wrenches at your heart when you turn on the nature docs, those cut-ruby eyes turning into something soft and molten, silvered over with a yearning youā€™re sure he doesnā€™t even recognize inside himself.
you might think heā€™d be a fan of true crime, but no ā€” not unless itā€™s someone scamming a big corporation or stealing from some hubristic rich bastard, or maybe the occasional murderer who accidentally confesses his crimes on a hot mic. the truth is that rocketā€™s already personally familiar with some of the worst true crime in the galaxy and he just sort of assumes thatā€™s how things operate at large. whyā€™s he need to watch people talk about?
itā€™s this kind of thinking that impacts the kind of fictional shows and movies he ends up liking, too ā€” once you finally convince him that acting is more about storytelling, and less about lying or trying to wear someone elseā€™s skin. youā€™d think heā€™d be super-into horror but heā€™s very ā€” selective about it. murderers, slashers, and body horror (especially of the medical variety) are not in his wheelhouse. he gets anxious in the worst sort of way: impatiently twitching on the couch next to you, chewing on his claws. he rolls his eyes but his shoulders stay tense and his tail is puffs up three times itā€™s normal size. he might occasionally snort and scoff at how fake things look but again, thatā€™s only because he knows.
and he wishes he didnā€™t.
supernatural horror is much more palatable to him, and alien-based horror is usually hilarious as far as heā€™s concerned. space dramas and adventures have an unpredictable impact. he says star wars is too dramatic (wild coming from someone who has since decided he loves reality dating shows) and gets weirdly emotional about star trek. and you have to repeatedly remind him that neither the aliens franchise nor killer clowns from outer space are documentary series (he has some weird hang-ups about terran clowns and will dryly tell you that heā€™s pretty sure theyā€™ve tried to kill him in another life). heā€™s extremely and overly fascinated by some of the weirder terran horror and horror-adjacent media: cult classics from the 80s and 90s, Tales from the Crypt, Twilight Zone ā€” some of those weird old fantasy movies too, like the labyrinth and company of wolves. you always indulge him, trying to remind him of whatā€™s fiction and whatā€™s not, and what loosely straddles the line of being based on a true story (even though sometimes you have to fight with the urge to roll your eyes when he points at the screen and says, no, thatā€™s real, i been to a planet like that!).
you learn he has an uncanny eye for CGI. looks weird, he grunts every time something rendered crosses the screen. very into practical effects, though. he spent an inordinate amount of time trying to make a claymation sequence of the collapse of ego ā€” the living planet, that is; not some great philosophical metaphor ā€” and took over your kitchen for two months to do it. youā€™d expected him to get bored of it quickly, but youā€™d misunderstood just how fixated heā€™d been. heā€™d stopped taking peteā€™s comms for the entire last three weeks and had barely slept at all till it had been done.
heā€™s equally selective about games. classic shooters bore him ā€” why bother when you can go do the real thing with any despot-of-the-week? ā€” but he kind of loves cozy games. he enjoys horror games as long as they follow his horror movie rules, too ā€” minimal lifeform-on-lifeform torture, heavy on the supernatural or other weirdness. poppyā€™s playtime is a current fave. he loves dnd, of course. once he figures out the mechanics he always wants to dm because heā€™s got more control issues than a freighter full of ravagers, but you havenā€™t missed the fact that that heā€™s got a recurring favorite character that he pulls out regardless of which side of the dm screen heā€™s on ā€” a shockingly wise and kind aquatic sorceress named lylla, with the gentlest healing vibes. it rattles you the first time he plays her ā€” so at odds with his normal snark ā€” but you decide itā€™s just his way of letting his soft side shine through when he normally tries to hide it under prickly defensiveness.
it might surprise you (or maybe not), but heā€™s far less picky about music, to be honest. sure, heā€™s got preferences ā€” certain songs heā€™ll play on repeat, or jam out to, or weep over. but heā€™s just as excited to clone a taylor swift record as he is to get his hands on some iron maiden. heā€™s got something surprisingly positive to say about every single song you ask after.
that oneā€™s real catchy, heā€™ll say, bopping along to dollyā€™s 9 to 5 ā€” only to then croon his way through the lingering notes of jolene. then the next time you see him heā€™s asking how he can secure more tupac albums.
he gets all teary-eyed over the sweeping strings of sometime around midnight, then later tilts his head, ears flickering, to drink in the light starlit notes of single acoustic guitars and lonely pianos. heā€™s as greedy for 90s grunge as he is for screamo and post-rock. sometimes he steals your phone and itā€™s usually just to download a nirvana album you once had him listen to, but just last week you realize heā€™d blown a sizable portion of your grocery budget by buying the entire babymetal discography.
he explains it to you one late autumn evening when youā€™re in your room with him, introducing him to seventeen seconds. the two of you are just chilling. heā€™s traded in his jumpsuit for the kidsā€™ sweatpants and the hoodie you bought him ā€” the one with the ears ā€” and of course you very wisely donā€™t tell him how stupidly cute it is. the sunā€™s going down and the room is slanting and pooling with blue-and-gold shadows slowly deepening into purple, and youā€™ve lit a couple caramel-apple candles for the vibe. maybe youā€™ve got mugs of warm spiced apple cider or cocoa or something. heā€™s sprawled on the rug on your floor and youā€™re leaning over the edge of the bed, with the entire musical archive of the cure, woven liberally with a random joy division album, some merciful nuns, and other collections from your personal library of favorites.
heā€™s super-into it, of course.
this sound is somethinā€™ else, he tells you as he stares up at the shadows. The candlelight is reflecting off some unknown surface in your room, casting flecks of fractured light across the deepening dark of the ceiling. his blunted claws tap a steady rhythm on the floor beside him.
you say that about every song, you tell him drily, and he shrugs.
but i mean it, he tells you in the gold-flickering darkness. thereā€™s a long silence, and you think heā€™s just listening to the music ā€” but halfway through dope, he suddenly breaks his silence.
i ainā€™t exactly the most emotionalistically-intelligent, he says quietly into the room. donā€™t trust myself to know when someoneā€™s good or bad. there was a guy, when i was a kid ā€” well. anyway. itā€™s frickin hard to trust anybody, myself most of all.
you wait to see if heā€™ll go on ā€” but he doesnā€™t. at least not till you say, i get that. thereā€™s good people out there, but the worst are usually so good at tricking us. and then itā€™s easy to second-guess ourselves ā€” forever.
from the corner of your eye, you see him nod emphatically.
not in music, though, he says quietly. you hear him swallow ā€” painfully hard. i think ā€” musicā€™s when people tell you most about what they are. even when itā€™s hard to understand at first. when there ainā€™t any words.
you tilt your head, allowing him the privacy of not looking directly at him. instead, you study the flickering candlelight and shadow, painting amber and dark-velvet patterns on the ceiling. thatā€™s why you like every song? you ask at last.
that swallow again, hard as a rock in his throat. i dunno. maybe it means something, when someone gives a part of ā€˜emselves like that. to you ā€” a stranger. just ā€” serve themselves up like a gift for your judgement.
ah, you think. the vulnerability.
as if heā€™d heard you, he snorts. me personally? iā€™d never risk it.
even now, you can feel him watching you uneasily from the corner of his eye ā€” waiting for you to mock him, maybe. but you only hum an agreeable note.
i never thought of it that way, you admit, but itā€™s true. you smile at the ceiling. and you said you werenā€™t emotionally intelligent.
he huffs, but the sound is more relieved than annoyed. i ainā€™t, he snipes. and then ā€” more tentatively ā€” maybe thatā€™s part of it too.
you feel your eyebrows raise, but you still donā€™t look his way ā€” cradling the back of your head with your hands while the music continues in around you, and smell of warm caramel apples fills the soft shadows between you. what do you mean?
softer now ā€” almost nervous ā€” he confesses to the darkness and the gold light and the sound of lady gagaā€™s voice. every time i listen to a new song, sā€™like I find something in myself i didnā€™t have before. or didnā€™t know i had before. or that i thought had died.
your heart stills in your chest and your breath catches, and everything in you suddenly aches. before you can say a word ā€” before you can think ā€” he spits a scoff into the air.
never mind. i was kidding. thatā€™s fuckinā€™ stupidā€”
no, you interrupt quickly, and it takes everything in you not to turn over and catch his eyes and hold them. not to reach out and hold his hands, because you know heā€™s not willing to accept that level of comfort.
not yet. but soon.
so instead, you make your voice into the softest thing youā€™ve ever imagined. no sharp edges, no corners to cut himself on. just downy well-worn blankets and soft crumpled love-notes, happy welcome homes and the warm caramel of autumn apples. you will it go wrap around him and give him all the comfort he wonā€™t let himself accept any other way.
no, you repeat. i get that.
i get that.
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baejax-the-great Ā· 1 year ago
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ao3 exists, plus it doesnt even matter what terms i search for on tumblr 100% of the time theres fanfiction. literally you can search any words on this website and some kpop guy/ reader fanfics flood the results every single fucking time. plus some of us are not here for fandoms??? your circus/clown analogy is stupid
So I'm incredibly allergic to shrimp-- to the point where if I ate a single shrimp I would die, to the point where I don't really consider shrimp food anymore--and it's the weirdest thing, yesterday i went to Target to buy hair conditioner, and they were selling shrimp. Don't they know it wasn't what I was looking for and I can't eat it anyway? Why would they do this? Totally fucked up of those shrimp catchers to try to poison me like that.
But analogies clearly aren't your thing, so let me break this down for you.
AO3 does indeed exist, but your suggestion that fanfic live there and ONLY there is akin to saying that imgur exists, so nobody should be posting images, whether they be photos or art, on any other website. Twitter exists (sort of), so really nobody should be posting shit posts or hot takes that are fewer than 140 characters or whatever.
Not everyone uses AO3. There is no law saying that if you write fanfic, you must post it on AO3 and nowhere else. There will never be a law that says that, because that's not how the internet works. Tumblr, one of the few social media sites that allows longform blogging, is in fact a great alternative to AO3 for one-shots. It's a little trickier for multi-chapter posts, but I've seen people make it work.
AO3 is not social media. People can't DM there, send asks, make friends, bump their post to the top of the feed (unless they are an asshole who is about to get blocked by half of fandom for pulling that move). Do you like social media? I mean you're here, on tumblr, bothering a total stranger, so you must see some value to it. Guess what--fanfic authors also enjoy being on social media and sharing what they've been up to, including their WIPs.
Things you aren't looking for being part of your searches is literally just life on the internet at all times forever. Earlier this month I was looking for a reference of draped fabric for drawing purposes. I googled 'chiton drawing' (chitons like the ancient Greeks used to wear), and all I got were drawings of molluscs of the genus 'chiton.' Alright, I did a google search for "toga drawing" and learned that there is an anime girl named Toga and people very much enjoy drawing her. Were the artists of the molluscs or the anime girl to blame for me having to slog through a bunch of irrelevant pictures to find one that could help me with my drawing? No. They correctly labeled what they were doing. That's just life.
Seeing fanfic in the tag doesn't harm you. At all. It doesn't matter if you find it cringe, or it's a ship you don't like, or it's xReader. For like ten seconds you looked at words you didn't particularly like, and then you moved on. How is that different from literally any other post on tumblr? I see bad takes and essays I don't care about on this site all the time. It's called scrolling. Again, this will be the case for every website on the internet forever. Are you telling me you read every tweet in your feed? Every reddit post? Sometimes you see irrelevant stuff. I guarantee some of my mutuals have already deemed this long ass post irrelevant and are scrolling on by. What makes fiction that much more abhorrent to you than the rest of the nonsense?
If you really hate seeing fanfic, tumblr has content blocking and tag blocking. You can block the phrase "x Reader." You can block the tag "fanfic." You can block all sorts of things, and if that doesn't work, you can just block the writers whose existence annoys you.
Sorry man, you personally not liking fandom and not using tumblr for it has really no bearing on what everyone else is doing. Like it or not, tumblr is a hub of fandom, and fanfic authors are going to be a part of every fandom on this green earth. Just because you came to the circus in order to admire the pretty fabric used on the tents doesn't mean the performers are in the wrong for doing their thing.
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lilacxquartz Ā· 2 months ago
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kindaaaa curious o3o is there a reason why you go for darker - scarier characters? or make them to be so evil? this is nothing wrong btw! i am the exact same way - i would like to have more insight why we are the way we are. >< is it trauma related? for me it is. or is it because we are just both formerly weird kids who now have access to an imagination we both try to understand through art and words? english is not my first language sorry @_@~~~
why hello there anon, iā€™ll try to explain this as thoroughly as possible! iā€™ll cut off this ramble into a line break though, because iā€™ll be talking about some not so pretty subjects. tw for that reason
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on the prospect of it being related to trauma, itā€™s very likely. i had a rough childhood due to abusive parents, so for a good chunk of it, i isolated myself and became extremely chronically online because it was a good coping mechanism. i got really into anime, creepy pasta, twitch, gaming & things like that because they were my escapisms and now even though iā€™m in my twenties, i still have that same personality bc thatā€™s what shaped me instead of idk, a ā€œnormalā€ social experience.
but essentially all of my comfort characters that i started to obsess over were never once normal to start with. we had pyramid head, the joker, bill cipher, specifically medic from tf2, misa amane & some others, who i now forgot.
going to college partially fixed that because i opened myself up to other weird people similar to me, but unfortunately created a whole new traumatic experience because i got sexually assaulted. ):
so now we enter the new stage of life: navigating my trauma through cReAtiViTy !! and like, it does help a lot. for the first time in my life, i have a place to finally put all of those bad thoughts into a thing that doesnā€™t actually hurt me for once.
to be clear, i donā€™t support toxic behaviours and abusive relationships at all, but writing about those things does help me self reflect a little and understand myself more, which my therapist actually encourages, so sure, letā€™s keep doing that. i do know however that this isnā€™t for everyone though; such as the repeating fanfic with dark themes and the recurring hurt/no comfort stories, but personally, it does help. idk.
so this all ties back to the types of characters i like and how i utilise their personalities in producing fiction. currently iā€™m very into sukuna, geto, mahito & kenjaku which are allā€¦ veryā€¦ yeah, um. lacking in the moral compass department. i just figure that theyā€™re already kinda insane or just like bad/evil, in general, so i can use them to explore darker feelings but also twist all that into comfort when i need it (which is when youā€™ll catch me writing fluff).
i do see this level of coping get criticised on tumblr and tiktok pretty often though, but ah well, it is what it is. iā€™m getting help for my stuff irl which is a step in the right direction & otherwise regardless of what i write and how i write it, i try to at least make my blog a safe space for people who might feel similar in seeking out such content.
tldr: itā€™s all traumaā€™s fault and itā€™s nice to play pretend with morally depraved characters because theyā€™re not real. šŸ˜®ā€šŸ’Ø
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godlike-enigma Ā· 4 months ago
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Ā°ā€¢*ā€āž· INTRODUCING MYSELF ! Ė˜Ķˆįµ•Ė˜Ķˆ
bani ā˜† she/her ā˜† entp 5w4 ā˜† minor (š˜€š˜š—暝—¶š—°š˜š—¹š˜† 18+ š—¼š—»š—¹š˜† š—Æš—¹š—¼š—“š˜€ š—Æš—¹š—¼š—°š—ø š—ŗš—²) // side blog: @ilubeau
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HI GUYS !! i post daydreaming-related stuff here but it's also kind of a mix of everything, i'll also post anime related stuff, i'll never really stick to just one thing but what i CAN tell you i'll be sticking to is my centrecosm mostly (my main paracosm, i'm staying loyal to the one i've been building for the past 4 years) it's also a blanket paracosm so there's loads of subcosms inside it but at the end of the day it's linear and takes place chronologically.
i have a few paracosms here and there so that's why i call myself a paracosmist but really and all they'll never compare to my main one. ą² _ą² 
ā¤ļøŽ this is a safe place for all madders (ąø‡'Ģ€-'Ģ)ąø‡, i really wanna make friends that are passionate with opening up about their little daydreaming worlds, i'll listen to you yap about it all day long.
PLEASE DO SEND QUESTIONS ABOUT MY PARACOSM(S) OR ABOUT YOURS !! i'll always reply ^-^
MY CENTRECOSM āœ§
i have 60 paras (characters). yes. you heard that right. SIXTY. i have a whole pinterest board on it and i update it regularly -
https://pin.it/4Yvd42Asm
also yeah i'm a microcelebrity on pinterest idk if you've seen me around but yeah wtvr šŸ˜­šŸ˜­ ALRIGHT LEMME GIVE YOU GUYS A LIL SYNOPSIS ! (i've never done one it's kinda scary)
my paracosm consists of 50 Gods, 4 archdemons, 4 archangels and God themself (God doesn't have a gender) and 5 monotheistic Gods, my paracosm has its own lore of different mythologies. greek, norse, and egyptian mythology. fiction has no limits, so i can bend it to fit my desires, i LOOOOOVE mythologies of all kinds, so i made my own lore using the names you see on the pinterest board. all of the Gods have the same power and no ones more powerful than each other except for God and Satan. the Gods are the most beautiful, ethereal, alluring individuals in heaven. Satan made it so that whenever someone who is not a God sees a God's appearance, they physically feel like they can't say anything. this is to prevent any romantic relationships. so whenever, for example, a human who is granted permission sees them, obviously, their initial reaction would be shock and the need to compliment them. right when they're about to do that, they start to feel choked up like they can't get the words out. it'll go on like that until they give up. the gods have noticed that a lot of the time when they show their selves to other people and they start reacting like that.. they start thinking its because they're ugly or something. LMFAOO, they'll be like "damn i'm THAT ugly???" and its so ironic bc they're actually trying to tell them they're more than beautiful, but they CAN'T because of Satan. he has a lot of unreasonable rules, and the Gods just put up with it because they appointed him as the leader whilst God is gone, so they kind of did to themselves... to put it in a nutshell, the Gods have never been complimented. like. ever. so šŸ˜­ its only factual that they'd feel like they're the ugliest individual alive. Satan is currently acting as the overseer of the Gods whilst God is away, so he gets to do whatever he wants to. the Gods are the main characters, the archdemons and archangels are side characters, Satan is the antagonist, and God is... mysterious. they don't pop up. ever. so the Gods just assume they don't like them. i can go on and on about this, but i feel like i'm yapping too much ... this isn't even 0000.5% of the story. sorry, guys, this is a really bad summary, but trust me, you'll find out more about it if you follow through with my posts šŸ™šŸ½
tags i'll use (ļ¼žļ¹ļ¼œ) :
#š—»š—¼š˜ š—ŗš—®š—±š—± -> posts that are not daydreaming-related
#š—Æš—®š—»š—¶'š˜€ š˜†š—®š—½ š˜€š—²š˜€š˜€š—¶š—¼š—»š˜€ -> original posts
#š—ŗš—®š—±š—± š˜ƒš—²š—»š˜ -> vents about madd
#š—®š—暝˜š—Æš˜†š—Æš—®š—»š—¶ -> art i make about my paracosm or anime and stuff
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obscureother Ā· 8 months ago
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šŸŒ‘ Ėšx'Ė™ intro. . ??
Hello. . !! im new to tumblr, so sorry if wonky things happen while im setting this up. im still trying to figure things out guys-
i lurk on other accounts for general content but im closeted n shy so i made this one to yell about things instead so i donā€™t expose myself to people i know lolol
if you know or find other profiles i own, i request you not expose it for those reasons before im comfortable to.
so this is just an f/o blog/journaling. . thing. I'm not entirely sure what content will be here, but it will be centered around f/os, self-shipping, and its just to give me a place to yell about the people that live in my/your brain rent-free and know they donā€™t exist but we pretend they do anyway for comfort reasons and serotonin, dopamine, uhh what other things feel good and ok??
some of it will be for you if I happen to think of something, other times it is for me to explode over my fixation f/os!!
youre also welcome to come yell about your f/os if you just need someone to talk to them about!! dont think i know em?? COME OVER and INTRODUCE THEM. you can come in DMs, asks, or however you want to!! id be happy to know your f/o or listen to you talk about them if no one else will :00
This is a comfort blog to me, so there wont be any room for meanness or intended offenses here. Dont come to me with troublesome things or somehow twist/morph my content into something its not, we're just here to have a cool time with our fictional people, bro. . :((
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ok who r you tho:
To be honest, I donā€™t have a name or something to go by as of posting this, I might get one later or just make a new comment all fancy for the pin. . For now you can just call me whatever you deem good or just go off my blog/username!! Donā€™t be mean tho. i may take one you guys think of or figure it out on my own.
they/them
im 21 yo. (if youre a minor, i dont mind you coming to say hello, but do look below the other stuff content for what you need to look out for. you should also know some of you goofy kiddos have energies i dont know how to respond to sometimes, so dont worry if i get awkward or something, its not your fault lolol.)
im in college, so forgive me if im slow, im also just not on tumblr very often :v i dont ghost people on purpose i swEaR-
i might post my f/os on a whole list, idk yet, but theyll prolly be mentioned sometimes to the very least. you can def ask of them tho!! (edited: i made an f/o list if you want to see them.)
i dont know if ill post content of my own f/os or me/my sona for them, but it could be there.
i dont mind sharing f/os!! id love to yell about them together. if you dont like that, then its ok!! i either wont talk about them with you so you can be their person when we talk of them, or you can just block/not interact. ill be sad i dont get to meet you, but its ok.
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other stuff:
Nothing explicit/detailed will normally be posted. but: The worst there will be is just being hormonally silly from kind of "rrr ovaries go brr, chew on theM-" energy of my f/os. i will try to create a tag to mark it with so you can exclude honky content if you want or need to later, tho. from what i know, you can "block" tags. . so i think that will work if you like the other goofy stuff on the blog??
(edited: I DID IT, I DID THEM, LOOK: šŸŒ‘obscure tags list for the obscure blog )
NSFW talk can be in DMs, tho.
DO NOT come to me with those concepts if youre a minor tho, oh dear GOD. honky grown-up talk is not for you goofy child-folk.
LGBTQ+ friendly!! im nonbinary and love everybody. youre ok too. šŸ’™
i do roleplay sometimes, but only in dms n please dont go exposing our roleplays to others. . i would be very not comfy :"0
if you want to roleplay, you can dm me to ask but i dont have to say yes or i might not be able to. im slow too dfsdf=
i may or may not make a side blog once i figure out how to do stuff, but know that until then, im going to just post whatever on this one til i know how to do things on tumblr lolol.
forgive me if some of my content gets deleted, edited, whatever as we go. like i said, this whole thing is very new to me and its not very organized for now. its just there. its gonna get wonky over here on my side for a bit.
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kooki914 Ā· 4 months ago
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you should make a spamton rant. rip him apart and tell the world every intimate reason he is a disreputable and immoral individual who got exactly what he deserved. we need more spamton hate in this community. people obviously dont understand just how bad he can be
Seeing as the blog that sent this is empty, and the phrasing of this ask is downright comical, I'm willing to bet this is rage bait.
If not, I'm genuinely sorry you think like this, random person, because my dislike of Spamton is, you guessed it, subjective! Just like every opinion about a fictional character, it's entirely up to the reader to form their own thoughts and decide if they like them or not, if they'd put up with their actions or not, and if the context we're provided makes their actions justified or unforgivable to you. Opinions are flexible and valid, and even change over time!
Now excuse me as I write an essay in response to this general concept because you HAVE baited me, just not in the way you wanted.
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I'd like to take a moment to comment on the absolute state of discussing "character good/character bad" in fandoms, especially nowadays. Because of the increased politicization of fandom culture, it almost feels like people treat fandom discourse as inherently political and just as serious. And, while I'd love to talk about the rampant misogyny in fandom or how homophobia still permeates even in progressive spaces, I'm specifically referring to the moralization of media engagement.
The "you can't watch this" or "you have to watch this", the people in the old undertale fandom who'd tell you you're a bad person if you decided to play through the no mercy route, the people in current deltarune fandom talking about how Kris' race ambiguity makes Toby Fox racist, and, in this case, someone trying to bait ME into moralizing my opinion of Spamton for the sake of a "gotcha" or fodder for their hatred of me. Sorry to disappoint, I don't think Spamton is reprehensible in our, practical, human terms.
He's just some fictional guy who did shitty stuff to a bunch of kids and kind of got his comeuppance in the end. That exact description applies to him, Spade King, and undertale Asgore even though they're entirely different characters. And, also, I fucking ADORE Spade and Asgore, but my subjective opinion, the Vibe Check if you will, is that Spamton is worse than them. I think we can all agree that In Real Life murder of 6 children is obviously worse than being a con artist. However, this is also fiction, and those deaths shouldn't be treated with the SAME severity as actual, real crimes against humanity should be. They are severe, yes, and breaches of morality, but not REAL morality. Actual children weren't harmed in the making of undertale, believe it or not. These reprehensible actions from the cast are narrative vessels meant to show us the state of mind a character is and how far they're willing to go.
I think Spamton's desperation for reaching his "heaven" is disturbing because he was willing to extort and kill a child for it. In the same vain, I think Asgore is a coward for choosing to go through with his plan when the human that walked into his throne room was a literal child and not someone deserving of the death penalty, which happened 7 separate times. The difference is, I like Asgore and dislike Spamton. Not for moral reasons. Just Vibes.
This ask was 100% spurred on by the video I made about shadow crystals and secret bosses. It's kind of telling of their lack of media literacy, how this (practically) anon took nothing away from that video except "this guy thinks Spamton sucks", because that was decidedly not the point. Even during my rant about him in the video, when I call him a bad person I am simply stating in-universe facts. Things that most people who like Spamton as a character rather than a poor little meow meow can agree DID happen, and DOES make him morally grey. And this is where the politicization of fandom comes in again, because I only felt the need to add that rant into that section because there's SO many people who feel the need to justify liking immoral characters by making them super not bad at all - talking about the grey as if it's white, and if you point out the darker shades, they think you're trying to paint over all of it with black.
The people who over-exaggerate how tragic Spamton's or Spade King's lives were, the ones who justify reprehensible actions through "but he's mentally ill!" (even though a sentiment like that just further stigmatizes mental illness but that's a different topic), the people that say "X character did nothing wrong" without a twinge of irony in their tone.
Spamton is not Satan. He's also not a flawless angel.
The complete loss of being able to view a character as both Bad and Likable at the same time is tragic to me, because 90% of the characters I adore are bad, reckless, stupid, selfish, downright EVIL sometimes, and even if they may be lonely or misunderstood underneath it all, that is NOT something that erases their flaws! The whole POINT of moral grayness and complexity in characters is that we learn to take the good AND the bad in stride. Where do you draw a line in the sand? Does their charisma make them lovable enough to you that you want to keep watching them do The Bad Thing as long as they're having fun with it? Or does their grappling with and regret of The Bad Thing make them so emotionally compelling to you that you want to see where they'll go next, no matter the morality of their future actions?
If you like Spamton, more power to you. If you're in love with the weird funny little puppet man, even better, live your best life. But, for the love of god, engage with him as the character he actually is, without scrubbing away the awkward and the morally dubious for the sake of a cleaner character to play with. I genuinely believe most of the cult surrounding Spamton understands this, most of what I've seen from his most avid fans still paint him as his greedy conniving canon self, it's just that there's a loud minority (and the filthy casuals who don't read any deeper into him and just flatten every character they talk about) who deliberately try to convince you that Spamton is OBJECTIVELY a good person, or OBJECTIVELY someone you have to like, otherwise you're weird and, like, hate mentally ill people or something. I've gotten a Lot of weird comments on that video you guys wouldn't even believe.
All in all I consider that Spadesgore must be canonized.
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