#also there r some GREAT posts abt some of these and I'm always looking for more so if u have a fav abt any

[kazbiter]

this is why I have 108 drafts lmao I get an idea for one of my long posts when I'm really busy with something else and just jot down some basic nonsense that lives there for months until I stumble upon it one day and go completely feral for several hundred words

[abidethetempest]

Eliksni Conlang Progress

Velask! this is my first progress post, hopefully the first of many! i have been really waffling on whether or not i wanted to even share any early content yet, but then i realized that was really just me being scared to show off my art and i'm not about that shit (plus i want to have a record of my progress to look back on)!!! so i'm gonna show off my art >:DDDD

so here's most of what i have now! beware, very long post below the cut:

Phonology

i hope to god tumblr didn't totally cronch that image. so yeah this is the rough phonology, emphasis on rough. full disclosure, everything i know about the IPA i learned for this project like a week ago. i'm a total noob, and i'm sure an experienced conlanger or linguist would look at this and their soul would exit their body in horror or smth equally dramatic. but in my defense, i did have to work backwards to build this based on existing material instead of making it all myself, so it was a lot more restrictive and difficult.

Short Vowels

ɪ: i

e: e

æ: a

ə: e or a (always unstressed)

ʊ: u

ɑ: aa

Long Vowels

i: ii

ɔ: o (primarily used before r)

Diphthongs:

eɪ: written as “ey” or “eh”

eə, written as “eyr” (pretty much exclusively seen paired with r, which is the reason for that spelling)

aɪ, written as “ei”

oʊ, written as “oh”

these diphthongs are used to represent a number of sounds that canonical sources do not differentiate between in writing. There might have been a way to do this using rules for pronounciation instead, but it was honestly so frustrating to think i had nailed down a good rule only to find one or two exceptions that i just decided to chuck canon out the window and make some damn diphthongs.

(if you don't know/understand the IPA, I highly recommend checking out this video for a great overview)

Phonotactics

this is also a very rough draft version, doubly so since the only person who has to care abt writing/speaking Eliksni rn is me. but this is my current basis for how i make, pronounce, and write words. i will definitely clean this up if/when i start making guides on using Eliksni, but it makes do for now.

C^3VC^3

Onset: all phonemes

Nucleus: all vowels/diphthongs

Coda: all consonants including clusters

stress on first syllable in most two syllable words

in three syllable words, stress on second syllable if it contains a k or a long vowel/diphthong

stress never on prefix

single "i" is short if surrounded by other letters and long if left open on either side. "ii" is always long and is written that way in words where it is surrounded by letters. Words that start with single i will be spelled with ii if they are compounded with another word. ex) ikrim (time), draiikrim (forever, lit. “all time”)

Consonant Cluster Rules

I only have rules for clusters of two so far, but I am going to flesh out the rules for three-consonant clusters soon since a few of those have cropped up in my lexicon building exercises. The chart for these is in an earlier post if you want to see it all color-coded and whatnot

C: can only pair with H to for CH, all romanizations using C in place of K are done so for aesthetic purposes (i only preserved the use of C as an occassional K because I like how it looks in romanizations, the actual Eliksni alphabet will never substitute C for K)

H: can only precede another consonant as part of the vowel in the nucleus, except for Y (functionally, H being attached to a vowel makes it part of that vowel, but i wanted to highlight this feature to make it very clear that H cannot precede another consonant on its own)

J: never pairs with another consonant. (i wasnt even going to include J as a sound in Eliksni, but there had to be two (2) damn canon names w J in them so i felt a little obligated)

Y: functioning as a consonant, Y cannot pair with any other consonant.

Z: never pairs with another consonant at beginning

Making this bigass chart was unironically so fun. i love you spreadsheets <3 i love you color coding <3 no i am not neurotypical why do you ask

Syntax

VSO 

verb-adverb

adposition-noun

possessor-possessee

Noun-adjective

thats it lmao! i'm not even sure if this is gonna stay the same, the only sentences i've written so far have been very basic and all like 3 words long. this is definitely an aspect i am expecting to change a lot over time as I refine how i want things to flow.

Stop! Grammar Time!

(i've waited three years to make that dumb joke lol sorry)

unfortunately grammar itself is no joke.

these are the affixes for conjugating verbs in Eliksni. There are 3 tenses currently (if anyone saw that post I made a few days ago abt the second past tense, i do still plan to implement it, just haven't had the time to think of affixes for it or decide how i really want it to work)

For the sake of time and bc this post is,,,, really damn long already, I won't be including the example conjugations i did here. might make a separate post with that so i can also show off how the mood markers work.

speaking of...

Mood time! i will readily admit this shit kinda confuses the heck outta me, though i understand the basics at least in theory. Some are more intuitive for me, like the imperative and interrogative. i might even drop the subjunctive, although i do want to at least try to grasp it first. Also shout out to the imperative for being irregular bc of ✨worldbuilding reasons✨, we love to see it.

and FINALLY

Noun case markers! Something my time learning German actually prepared me for!

There are only two cases in Eliksni, nominative and accusative. All other situations where other cases like dative or genitive would be used will be done periphrastically using prepositions and such. I was inspired by the lack of gendered third-person-pronoun in Mando'a, which is why there is one pronoun to refer to someone in the third person regardless of gender. If gender absolutely need be specificed, an adjective corresponding to their gender (ie: masculine, feminine, nonbinary, etc) is used.

and that's what i've got after about a week's worth of progress! for the sake of good recordkeeping, the date at the time of writing this post is 7-12-23.

feel free leave any thoughts (but please be gentle! i'm very new to this)!

[dandelionandkrindle]

posting this here under a cut instead of on r/trans where it probably should be (but i can't stand reddit), in the vague hopes someone can give me some kind of advice.

so my gf is currently transitioning and has basically told me that she doesn't feel like she should be dating anyone while she's experiencing intense gender dysphoria and related depression. she's just started hrt this month but probably won't be able to afford and schedule her surgeries for another couple of months at least. she's also not publicly out (just to friends and family but her family is....not great about it) and i know she's scared to be out because where she currently lives isn't a safe country for trans people (which is like an oxymoron but some places are Worse y'know).

we're still in contact but she's slowly shut down more and more and thinks that she's dragging me down or holding me back from being with someone better (even though i've assured her that's not the case). i've always been super affirming regarding her appearance and that helped initially but it's at a point where she just doesn't believe me and then she feels bad for that. she also completely refuses financial help and says it makes her feel like a burden etc. right now i'm just sending the occasional supportive text, i don't want to smother her, but i do worry she'll cut me off completely out of some misguided idea that i'm better off without her.

i've been educating myself as much as possible on transitioning and dysphoria, i wrote her a list of things she might like to try even just at home like femme outfit ideas, hairstyles, makeup tips etc. things that might give her those more euphoric moments. i've sent her flowers, bought her 'feminine' gifts, talked about braiding her hair, going shopping with her etc. all the stuff i know she's sad she missed out on from being closeted. but it's really hard in a long-distance relationship to help her in a more material way. she won't be able to move until the end of this year at least and i guess i'm scared abt what might happen in that time.

i told her i'm happy to wait, months, or years even, until she feels ready to be with me. it doesn't matter because it feels like i've been waiting my whole life for her, what's a couple of years compared to that. i just don't know what else i can do in the meantime, short of getting on a plane and being there for her irl for a few days or a week at least but she completely shut that idea down and i know she's scared that i'm not going to enjoy being with her in person especially when she hates herself so much right now.

which is ????? to me. she's so sweet and kind and she's said the most insanely romantic things to me, she's clever and funny (my lil comedian fr) and she looks like a fucking model LIKE it's honestly incomprehensible that a girl like this calls herself trash. but at the same time, i know from childhood trauma and years of depression/suicidal ideation how easy it is to hate every part of yourself to the point you wish you were never born. and that makes my heart ache for her so much and makes me wish i could help even more. i just feel like i need direction, am i doing the right things could i be doing more is being here for her enough. i just don't know.

[merlinemrys]

hi!! I was wondering if you have some fanfic recommendations with BAMF!Arthur or just him being like an amazing King/leader? <3

Preferably Gen, but if it's good, I wouldnt mind if its Slash 🫶🫶

hiiii !! sorry i'm getting to this so late! there aren't a lot of gen bamf arthur fics (at least tagged on ao3) but here r some recs 💙

Unfit by s0mmerspr0ssen (rated t, 106k)

Summary: Shortly after coming to Camelot, physician’s apprentice Merlin learns that Prince Arthur is suffering from a mysterious ailment nobody is willing to talk about. The Prince keeps exclusively to his chambers and is in danger of losing his status as heir apparent to the throne. When Merlin finally comes face to face with him, the Prince and he do not exactly hit it off. But in spite of Prince Arthur’s initial hostility, Merlin finds himself determined to help him – with medicine as much as with magic.

↳ this is not a typical bamf arthur fic but it is so incredible to read abt him dealing with his disability and come out the other end a great leader

Five Times Arthur Protected Merlin by Howlingdawn (rated gen, 5k)

Summary: …and one time he didn't. Or, Arthur and Merlin are always getting into fights, but Arthur is always there to get Merlin out of danger. Except when he's too slow.

Lies Undone by kimirce (rated gen, 4k)

Summary: The day after Morgause's deception nearly tricked Arthur into killing his own father, Arthur overhears a very interesting conversation between his manservant and King Uther.

How Arthur Got His Groove Back by thegeminisage (rated t, merthur, 134k)

Summary: Arthur Pendragon is at an all-time low: he’s still suffering from the day he nearly dueled his father to the death, his sword arm has been wounded so grievously he may never fight again, and, worst of all, every last soul in Camelot and the kingdoms beyond have had magic forced on them overnight. Now Arthur must contend with the chaos of magic run rampant, his father’s dangerous instability, Morgana’s increasing distance, catching Merlin in more lies than he can count, and the magic that is now threatening to consume him—all while searching for a way to break the curse before it consumes them all. It’s not going to be easy: Arthur grapples with a destiny he’s not sure he can handle, and a past he’d rather forget—and if he wants to save his people, he must be prepared to confront hard truths and harder choices. It’s a trial by fire, one that risks destroying everything Arthur has left to hold dear should he fail. But with enough courage, enough understanding, and maybe just a touch of magic, there’s nothing he can’t face.

↳ ngl i will always rec this is somebody is looking for smth remotely arthur-centric. what can i say! he's sexy, he's got a flaming sword, and he's iconic!

and i'm usually a canon girlie but i canNOT not put you only live twice in an ask about bamf arthur. yolt is a reincarnation/james bond merthur fic and arthur is so sexy in it i cannot stress that enough! i will also redirect u to this arthur-centric fic rec post bc most arthur-centric fic do have elements of bamf arthur!

[gayferrari]

im sorta kinda new into f1, like watching races on the peripheral as a girl born into a #SportsFan family where we watch any sport available on the television BUT i have a question abt whether the drivers “watch film” or like analyse their competitors races as well as their own ?? like watching film is common with like others sports like basketball and like idk volleyball to like get the feel of their opponents before a match but do they do that in motorsports esp in f1? bc i rewatched the monza race and landos comments on how his front left tyres has gone and he doesn’t know why it does that made me wonder if analysing others onboards would make it better or if thhe car just really eats up the tyre? sorry if this is v roundabout but im rlly curious bc how do u rlly develop tyre management like jjabanskll thank uuu nd ur sports inputs r rlly fun and vv insightful esp with it being technical but also not rlly LMAO

"Do drivers watch film?" is SUCH a Sportsball Girlie question... I feel known and seen and loved <3 as a football fan I totally get it.

As far as I know, all teams have access to other drivers' onboards and radios, and any camera angles that are available commercially (if you can see them on F1TV, they're public). The FIA have access to all camera angles on every car, which are used to review incidents if necessary. Drivers can watch other drivers' onboards if they want to and I wouldn't be surprised if some do, but it's not very relevant or helpful in terms of improving your craft. Machinery plays such an important role in F1, and you can't just replicate something that someone in a different car with a different set-up might be doing. So much of F1 debriefs is looking at data — power unit telemetry and timing screens during the race, comparing race track data with data gathered during simulations to assess the reliability of simulator runs, things like that — compared to other sports where analysis software definitely have a place but aren't THE core part of a post-competition debrief.

Basically: drivers need to understand how to get the most out of their machinery, and looking at how others are doing is not the best way to go about that.

On tyre management specifically: tyre degradation depends heavily on track conditions (layout, temps, surface) and car set-up. Some factors that affect tyre life negatively include high-speed corners, speed transitions (acceleration/braking), harsh throttle application, bumping into kerbs etc. Being "good at tyre management" means being able to minimise these factors and driving as smoothly as possible while maintaining race pace over the course of the race <- that is the really tricky part — not just executing a great lap, but being able to pull it off multiple times in a row, as all these very fine margins add up. Usually in debrief engineers will have mapped out the track and offer feedback on areas that need more careful brake applications, ideal racing lines going into the corners and so on. It's the kind of skill that's developed my practice, and I assume sim works plays a big part as well, but there's always going to be a discrepancy between sim data and actual track data.

What I'm getting at — hoping this answers your questions: someone like, idk, Lando, would get more from his engineers giving him feedback on where he could have applied less throttle or been more careful with brakes or how he could have compensated for declining tyre grip later into the stint etc — than he ever could from watching Charles's onboard, especially not knowing the fine details and hard data of Charles's car.

Anyway! I feel like I just barely understand these things for myself so I hope this is clear! I'm gonna @toxicrivalries (who unlike me is a STEM person) in case he wants to correct something. You might also be interested in this article that lowkey breaks down some of Charles's moves in Monza — a lot of the fine work he did was about balancing the car going into the fast corners to avoid overstressing the anterior left tyre. (If this sounds super technical, it is — that's why F1 cars are fine-tuned to hell and back)

[genderstarbucks]

Hello!

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We're the Nightmare System, Michael is the host and will pretty much just be running this account, but if you want to refer to us collectively then you can just call us Millie

Our requests are always open but sometimes we may be slow due to low spoons, don't worry, we're not ignoring your request!

There is some discourse-y esque and political stuff on this blog but that's not our main focus of this blog

All of our terms will be archived on our Pinterest (@genderstarbucks) since this blog is kind of a mess

We use xenogender and mogai tags for reach, we know [insert identity] isn't a xenogender

Things We Will Do

- Finding specific terms/flags

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- Coin genders

- Coin sexualities (as long as it's genuine and not made as a mockery like dreamsexual (the dsmp one))

- Coin mogai after dark terms, but if we feel uncomfortable with any of your requests we'll probably turn you down, but send you to another blog who may do it!

- Make pfps/icons (even if they're not pride pfps/icons! We can just make regular ones too)

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- Pretty much anything! If you're not sure just ask

- We will do exclusive identities for groups we're not a part of, but in the most respectful way possible and basically just being the artistic outlet for whoever's requesting

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We're bodily 18 and both 18 internally

We're a traumagenic, median system (meaning I'm like "in-between" being a system and singlet since Charlie hardly ever fronts and it's just me most of the time, we're not saying whether we're pro or anti-endo, however we're just stating that median system isn't an endo term that we know of)

Michael's pronouns are he/they/it + neos, or honestly anything but she/her and feminine pronouns

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Collectively we use any pronouns! (including neos/xenos)

We hope you find labels that fit you here! Our goal is to make/find labels to help people feel more comfortable with themselves <3

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- @valentinesie / @caeliangel

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We're not going to make a DNI since we don't want to gatekeep people from using our terms, since we can't control how someone identifies, but if you disagree with any of our views then it's your choice if you want to interact or not.

Also, we don't mind if you're on our against list and send a request, just do it on anon unless you want us probably blocking you

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- mogai/xenogenders (obviously)

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- "contradictory" labels

- anybody who reclaims slurs as their identity, yes even people who use fag/got pronouns or something similar

- multigender and/or multisexual people

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[atundratoadstool]

Hello there! Thank you for sharing so much amazing information abt Dracula! Tbh your posts are making me nostalgic for literature classes, and that is HIGH praise coming from me (points to blog title).

Anyway, I'm really grappling with Jack Seward's character right now as I (re)read ahead in Dracula. I like him a lot, especially early on, but his treatment of Renfield is, shall we say, not quite up to the ethical standards of the modern day, and the way Jack talks about him gets uhhh, pretty fuckin uncomfy, as I know you're aware ("pet lunatic," indeed)!

In this vein, I'm curious to know more about the history of psychiatry at the time, both the actual practice and the public perception thereof, so I can begin to tease out how much of his behavior was accepted practice, vs how much was Bram Stoker's PERCEPTION of accepted practice, vs how much was, in fact, intended to not look Super Great to contemporary readers (and thus, among other things, contribute to the hints at Jack's own possible mental deterioration, as well as to his rather overly "cerebral" personality).

As far as I can tell, this is something you've studied in some depth, so I was wondering if you could recommend any resources? Preferably free or easily accessible ones, since I don't have logins for any academic institutions or anything.

Please feel free to take your time answering this btw, I know it might be a tall order and I can be patient! I also understand if you just don't have time or energy, so no worries if you can't get to it.

Thank you either way!

[Spoilers and content warning: Discussions of Seward and Renfield later in the text; mentions of vivisection and psychiatric abuse]

Answering this somewhat late, as I have--in fact--had a lot of things draining my time and energy. As always, I'll open with a caveat that it's been a while since Dracula was my primary research topic, so new and exciting insights into Jack Seward may have cropped up since I was last writing about him.

I by no means have a comprehensive understanding of nineteenth-century psychiatry, although combing my tags and my website will turn up some of the specific research I did for little details concerning Dracula (I discussed things a little bit here) . However, I will say that one of the better hints--in my opinion--as to Stoker's intentions for Seward and his perceptions of medical ethics is the extent to which Seward (and later Van Helsing) parrot statements made by Bram Stoker's brother William Thornley Stoker, who was--among other things--a brain surgeon, a visiting physician at St. Patrick's Hospital (a public asylum) in Dublin, and the inspector for Ireland under the vivisection act. There are elements of Dracula pretty clearly lifted from Thornley's articles, and without spoiling too much, R. M. Renfield appears to have had several elements of his character borrowed from an actual case study on one of Thornley's patients (available here, but be warned it has a major spoiler for later events).

We have every indication that Stoker was on good terms with Thornley and respected his medical knowledge (Thornley provided Stoker with notes as to medical procedures in the text), and I feel the choicest bit of Thornleyism we get in the text is a later moment where Seward, in what strikes me as an absolutely chilling passage, compares is plans for Renfield to vivisectionist experiments:

It would almost be worth while to complete the experiment. It might be done if there were only a sufficient cause. Men sneered at vivisection, and yet look at its results to-day! Why not advance science in its most difficult and vital aspect – the knowledge of the brain? Had I even the secret of one such mind – did I hold the key to the fancy of even one lunatic – I might advance my own branch of science to a pitch compared with which Burdon-Sanderson's physiology or Ferrier's brain-knowledge would be as nothing. If only there were a sufficient cause!

This echoes Thornley's pro-vivisectionist sentiments in the aforementioned case study, where he says:

To what, I ask, do I owe the knowledge on which this judgement was founded? Largely to the humane and benevolent investigationsof those biologist who weak, credulous, or mistaken people are actively pelting with the verbal filth of prejudice and ignorance--people who would prefer that this man, formed the image of his Maker, should die, rather than their feeble sentiment be offended by a painless experiment on an ape.

HOWEVER, it is also worth noting here that both Seward and Thornley specify the necessity of an overriding cause, and it is highly debatable whether Seward has one. Thornley elsewhere in his writing takes an anti-vivisectionist stance when it comes to procedures he deems to be unnecessary:

"[…] the arguments of want of necessity and cruelty apply to most, or all, of the experiments in illustration of lectures. Such demonstrations cannot but be demoralising to the young men and women who witness their performance. They seem to me an offense against humanity. (from this 1907 report)

The big question I have here, to my mind, is whether we should read Seward's treatment of Renfield as having "a sufficient cause," and I think how you answer this question will inform your understanding as to where Stoker probably stood with regards to Jack's ethics as a character and whether he intended us to read Jack as unnerving (although, as any 21st century literary scholar, I must offer a quick nod to the author being dead and Jack's creepiness not being contingent on Stoker's intentions for him).

If you want to take a deep dive into the sources with which I was most familiar back when I was fiddling with this argument and penning my unified theory of Seward, Renfield, and Dracula, I will link to my own masters thesis on the matter, which should have a pretty decent biography with regards to the works I consulted when I last really thought through this conundrum.

[cheesy09]

Hi!! I've had this question since a long time and i finally decided to ask it now that i found someone who looks like knows a lot abt Kiro haha. So, i've heard many players say that Kiro is autistic and always has been since his early age but where was that mentioned? It's so nice to finally see a thing that doesn't make autistic people stereotyped so i'm really interested as to how it was brought to players! Thank you for all the Kiro contents you post~

Hi Nony! Hope you're having a good day/evening wherever you are ~ヾ(・ω・)

Yes, Kiro was an autistic orphan when he was a child. You'll find it mentioned in his R&S: Top Experimental Subject!

There's actually a collection of Rumors and Secrets that never made it to the EN server, so not many people know about Kiro's past (I cry about that every single time T-T). The reason why they never showed up on the EN server is because there were some issues with the event on the CN server. But since the devs have recently revived it on the CN server, it should come to EN at some point (thank goodness)!

Aside from the Rumors and Secrets though, Lucien also hinted at it in S1 Chapter 5 (tho you probably wouldn't realize it unless you read the R&S first):

Kiro's what you would call a musical savant. Despite his autism, he had a great talent for music.

But Kiro didn't become just a musician. He became an actor as well. An entertainer.

Also, there's something very important that MC mentions here:

The reason why I say this is important is because Kiro is often referred to as "a child of the stars"; stars also being one of the main motifs of his character. And he is often alone - Loneliness being a strong theme with his character as well. One of his future S2 karmas is even titled "Lone Star". You'll know the meaning of that title once the Chapter comes out, don't worry (ಥ﹏ಥ)

Besides that, this chapter also plays a HUGE PART in Kiro's Astral Date - a date that has been released on the CN server and will come to EN in a few months. Which is why knowing Kiro's background is important, because otherwise the date won't hit as hard.

‼️SPOILERS BELOW‼️:

The Date starts off with Kiro and MC attending a charity concert held by Madam Seidel Eve (one of Kiro's benefactors) in France.

This concert was held for the benefit of the autistic children, especially those with a talent for music. And Kiro happened to be one of the sponsors for these children. The inspiration for the concert came from a program that Kiro himself developed for the sake of these children. (Though he never revealed the fact that he was the one who developed it to anyone other than MC).

Here's a snippet of the conversation that Kiro and MC have within the Date about the show that she made in S1 Chapter 6:

MC: I told you before, I once did a program about children with autism.

Kiro: Was it "Children of the Stars"? I've seen it.

Kiro: I think you did a very good job with that episode.

Kiro: Really. How should I put it... it just resonates very much.

Kiro: You did not sympathize and alienate them, but treated them as independent individuals to face and accept.

Kiro: As a viewer, I saw their shining points, not the pitiful side of them as autistic patients.

Kiro: That's great.

Kiro's tone was extremely sincere, as if... he had watched that episode many times.

This is just a small part of the conversation. In the date, Kiro and MC talk a lot more about this topic and how they want to help these children in whatever way they can. And you'll realize just how important and serious this is to Kiro from his expression, demeanor and tone of voice.

A little something he mentions when MC asks him about the autistic child he helped out earlier at the concert:

MC: Is your help to that kid today considered as a light projected for him?

Kiro: Maybe.

Kiro: But such little light is definitely not enough. People with autism need a lot of sunshine and a lot of love.

Kiro knows what he's talking about because he empathizes with those children. After all, he had been in their shoes once upon a time. And it's obvious how much of an impact his words have on MC seeing how determined she was to play a role in this after hearing these things from him.

I once mentioned before how Kiro inspires MC to become a light, and this is exactly how - By lighting the way for others.

Anyway, thank you for the ask, nony! It allowed me to ramble about Astral Date there for a bit. That date will forever remain one of the best Kiro dates ever released imo.

Also asdfghjkl thank you for reading my Kiro content posts! (/▿＼ ) Istg I'll never get tired of talking about this boy, ever.

[maggins]

I've been holding off on this for a while because anxiety (I would do this over a message but again. Anxiety) but do you have any FMA fics that you can recommend to me. I need more in my life and I want to know what's good

oh bOY DO I HAVE SOME RECS

but before that lemme say you don't have to feel anxious abt wanting to discuss/obsess over fma with me!! heck tbh i also kinda feel a bit anxious about talking about it with other people, but i'm also iN SO DEEP this hyperfixation and i feel like i don't have that many people who'd be willing to share in on that obsession hjdfsdhjfg

nOW ON TO THE RECS THEN

.... i just realized i probably don't actually have that many recs bc holy shit there's like 20 years worth of fanfic out there and that's.... A Lot.... but i'll be listing some i've been keeping up with!!

The Promised Hours  

 Recovery by @reminiscentrevelry

What's Always Been 

Nights Whole by @winnifredburkle 

 What Really Matters 

 Switched 

 Chasm 

 A Hop, Skip, and a Jump series by @liathgray (REALLY GOOD SERIES!!! this got me into 03/BH crossovers asadasf) 

 Songs of Another World series by @edisacornball (i’m OBSESSED with this series itS SO GOOD) 

 Braided by @edisacornball 

 A Former Alchemist's Guide to Dating by @edisacornball 

 running down to the riptide 

 Hospital Snow Angels by @problematic-ranowa

also like.... gotta admit i've been extremely into chimera fics as of late and i'm still looking for m o r e of them but for now they get their own category in this rec list lmao:

Distorting Equivalency series by @problematic-ranowa (this series came into my house, beat me to death with a stick and disappeared into the night laughing at my misery)

Never Slumber, Nevermore by @x-rainflame-x

The First Flame Alchemist by @problematic-ranowa (the twist in this one had me REELING holy shit im also thinking of making fanart for it)

Bless the Beasts and Children

Sirius by @magmatickobaian (i know i actually already rec’d this one to you but i gotta put it here again bc i’ve reread it a bunch of times and i love it sO MUCH)

... and that’s it for now... these are just the ones i’ve read in their entirety, i have a WHOLE lot more to catch up with, but i’d also recommend checking all these author’s other works, as i’m doing that too!

also @ruinsofxerxes occasionally posts really great fic recs, i actually discovered a bunch of these thanks to that blog!! definitely worth keeping an eye out for that one~

[lichfucker]

I’ve always been super intrigued by your Survivor posts and you’ve made me want to watch! What series would you recommend jumping into? There’s so many it’s a bit daunting!

oh g-d this is a big question

usually I tell people to start with season 7 (pearl islands) or season 12 (panama/exile island). I started with pearl islands so I know for a fact it's a great introductory season, early enough that the game is very straightforward but not so early that the show doesn't know what it's doing. iconic cast, fun pirate theme, very enjoyable winner. panama is a little more complicated in its mechanics, as it includes immunity idols and introduces exile, but it's still very easy to follow. another iconic cast. I feel a lot more Whatever abt the winner but like it's fine lmao. I've also heard a lot of people say that 18 (tocantins) is a good introductory season! some enduring survivor legends in that cast as well. all three of these seasons feature people who will go on to be recognizable by first name alone

(you COULD start with season 1, borneo, but you probably shouldn't... neither the players nor the show itself knew back then what the game was supposed to be. it's interesting to look back on now, when things have been established as they are for the last 22 years, but back then it was very... unformed, like clay.)

just, y'know... keep in mind that the older seasons are... old. pearl islands aired in 2003. panama in 2006. the show itself is, in a lot of ways, a time capsule. every season has an air of being very much Of Its Time. there's a scene in season 3 (africa, also a good season but potentially kinda boring) where for one of the reward challenges, the host gives the contestants his credit card, and there's a close-up shot of the credit card with all the numbers completely visible. you'd be fucking insane to do that in 2022 but in 2001 nobody gave a shit at all lmao

basically with survivor, the single-digit seasons can be kind of up and down, but they're mostly fun and watchable if you know what you're getting into (I'm literally doing a rewatch of season 4, marquesas, Right Now). I watched season 8 (all stars) immediately after watching pearl islands, with absolutely no idea who any of these returning players were, and still had a fun time (despite one episode that, um, most streaming platforms don't air, for very legitimate reasons w/r/t sexual harassment. on a similar note, do NOT watch season 5, thailand. don't watch it). the teens are almost universally good (17, gabon, is some of the worst survivor gameplay in the entire 41 seasons, but of all the dumpster fire seasons it's one of the most entertaining). the thing about the teens, though, is that some of the seasons are TOO good, and if you watch them first you either won't appreciate them for their brilliance or you'll be disappointed by other seasons. 15 (china) and 16 (micronesia/fans vs favorites) fall into this category. seasons 20 (heroes vs villains) and 28 (cagayan) are also in that category, as they're largely considered to be two of the best seasons in the entire show. the twenties are REALLY hit-or-miss. 21 (nicaragua) is on the same level as gabon. 22, 24, and 26 straight-up suck. I have mixed feelings about 23 tbh. 25, 27, 28, and 29 are very good. I don't think you should start with any of them. and I REALLY don't think you should start with any of the thirties. the thirties are headache-inducing. we're two seasons into the forties now and under no circumstances should you start with 40 (winners at war) or honestly even consider it until you've watched... like. MOST of the seasons that those players initially won lmao. and if I'm honest, 41 just ended in december and I feel like I'm not far enough removed from it to judge whether or not it'd be a good introduction to the series. probably not, though. they kept talking about stripping things back but it was VERY complex

hope this helps!! and if you do start watching survivor then I hope you have fun with it :3

if you have more questions or wanna talk abt anything more specific hmu, though I don't know how coherent I will be considering it's nearly 6 am lmao

[nudibutch]

hi um okay could you possibly give a basic breakdown of femme/butch identities because I really just thought they were lesbian aesthetics... I'm looking shit up online and I'm confused. sorry for the ignorance and no pressure to answer this if you dont want.

dont apologize!! my bestie @loveheartfemme has a lot of great answers/discussion posts and resources in her blog abt b/f labels so i mostly draw from her tags (i pull from a few other places too in this post). tl;dr theyre complex lesbian identities, not aesthetics. a lot of times people conflate being feminine == “femme” as an adjective and being masculine == “butch” and use both as adjectives when butch and femme are nouns.

two really nice quotes that i think sum up butch and femme really well:

(1) caroline narby, “on my butchness”: “butch is a trickster gender -- and so, in a similar way, is femme. lesbian gender expressions do not emulate heteropatriarchy, they subvert it. femme removes femininity from the discursive shadow of masculinity and thereby strips from it any connotation of subordination or inferiority. butch takes the markers of “masculinity” and divests them of their association with maleness or manhood. butchness works against the gender binary -- the masculine/feminine paradigm -- and reclaims for women the full breadth of possibilities when it comes to gender expression.”

(2) joan nestle (1967): “butch-femme relationships, as i experienced them, were complex erotic statements, not phony heterosexual replicas. they were filled with a deeply Lesbian language of stance, dress, gesture, loving, courage, and autonomy.”

these identities were borne from the 1950s lesbian working class. you’ll also see two working definitions of butch and femme: as lesbian identities, and as words used in ballroom culture (both are valid uses of the words, but stem from different areas).

here are some links to get you started:

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about being femme: 

[1] [2] [3] what does it feel like/mean to be femme?

[4] [5] [6] femme and expression and [6] why femme =/= aesthetic (same applies to butch: you dont need to be Xtreme masculine to be butch!)

mel’s tag on femme things (her own posts + great rb’s about the identity)

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about being butch:

[1] how is butch different than just being masculine?

[2] [3] [4] what does it feel like/mean to be butch? what does it mean to be “stone”? [5]* note: at the end of this post op references user persistentlyfem, this was before persistentlyfem posted a t*rf manifesto; also: stone is a subset of butches and femmes

mel’s tag on butch things (her own posts + great rb’s)

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about the b/f dynamic and other b/f things:

lovely answer from cowboyjen (in her 50s) about the b/f dynamic

about the butch/femme dynamic and dilution of the word femme (and how r*dfems have twisted these words)

a great post about how r*dical f*minists are historical enemies to the butch/femme community

about butch and femme being lesbian identities

another post from cowboyjen about butch being a lesbian identity

additional closing statement: butch and femme are always labels that can be used by trans women. there are trans butches and trans femmes. trans women have always been an integral part of our community.

a list of rec’d butch/femme books, many of which are written by important historical people in the butch/femme community (e.g., leslie feinberg)

(a lot of people will not agree with me that butch and femme are lesbian-only labels. if you disagree please don’t come barrelling into my inbox about it, if it bothers you a lot that i think this, just quietly unfollow, i don’t want my blog to turn into a discourse hub.)

[yioh]

Hey Yura! You've been reblogging posts on what looks really good wlw mangas lately and I'm dying for some good recommendations (especially since u have great taste🌸🌸)! Could you maybe list what you're reading (or watching) and what vibe each story has?

Hope you're having a great day and I'm sending lots of love your way!!!

hi hiii !!! sorry for taking so long to reply >_< i wanted to properly write an answer and then i .. never found time aaaaaaaa but here are my faves !!!!

relationship guidelines - this one is a manhwa about these 2 girls who have been friends since they were born !!! myeong in is aloof and rarely shows her emotions and is 'cold hearted' and ji won is cute and quirky and super flirty and overall a dumbass 101, somehow they find themselves kissing eachother and their relationship becomes ........ something they cant seem to understand themselves jsdhdkjh, i rly love this manhwa its so funny and so pretty and the characters r so fun and relatable its so lovely !!!! the pacing is so good too

not so shoujo love story - fellas this one . this one is SO good omfg its the funniest webtoon ever like the humour is just complete crack kldhkjh, its abt a 'delinquent' girl called rei who is in love w her senior (called ...ochinchin ... because... he has a massive chin..) and she rly rly wants ur typical shoujo style romance, only, plot twist the one whos in love w her isnt the cool popular senpai guy (who might be ??an alien??) but the perfect pretty vice president hanna !!!! its SO so cute also super slowburn and SO wholesome , also theres so much tension between hanna and rei i dshjsdhfh, the art style is GORGEOUS and the writing is amazing and i just . its a masterpiece pls read it, altho its hilarious its also ... so gentle and so loving i :')

she is still cute today - a slice of life abt wholesome puppy qi lin who is kinda an outcast and how she befriends a girl called cang shu, someone who prioritises her grades over everything else, to the point she barely has a life. its a story abt how they positively influence eachothers lives for the better and heal with eachother through their simple everyday school life(also mega mega mega slowburn, theyre friends rn but also ... gfs somehow lol)  :) its v funny ad cute and pretty also theres a bonus mlm side couple that r rly funny lol, they have a rly gay friendship group and its SO cute and wholesome 

tamen de gushi - i havent caught up w this in ages rip sdhjdsh but its just a cute slice of life abt 2 girls who befriend eachother and one of them has a HUGEEEEEE crush on the other, v v v v wholesome !!!!

still sick! - oh my god . this one is a masterpiece..... its a manga that revolves around shimizu, this super dorky girl that has a secret hobby of drawing doujinshi of her fave wlw ships lmao, and her work place colleague, maekawa, finds out about her secret hobby and barges into her everyday life and changes it in a way that she'll never expect ! from the synopsis it sounds p average but god the LAYERS this manga has . it deals w burn outs and love for drawings and has such wonderful characterisation and writing and the characters r so vibrant and fun and !!!!! the romance !!!!! they r so so so cute like i genuinely got butterflies at this kssdhkjdsh

soulmate - this manhua is so unique !! so its abt this girl who switches body w her teenage self, so she gets to experience falling in love with her lover all over again whilst her teenage self finds herself, 27 years old, and dating a girl ????!!! it deals with regret and first love and loneliness and dreams and just . i was v cautious abt this one because it could get weird but it was so beautiful and respectful and so .. melancholy and yet cute and joyful... the art is also so pretty !!!

bloom into you - this one’s an anime and its about a girl called yuu who believes she isn’t capable of falling in love even though she always longed to have that feeling, and then she meets her senpai, touko. somehow they get into a relationship where they brush hands and kiss secretly in the student council room after school and know all of eachothers secrets, touko tells her not to fall in love with her and yet yuu... doesn’t even understand her own feelings. ok as for vibes, its just TENDER tender TE n d er and . sad and it will make u so touch starved oh my god. its a very beautiful story and the soundtrack, colours and general vibe of the story is so nice and the characters r so freaking well written u will melt, i rly rly love this anime alot lmao its one of the very few romance anime i really adore, it doesn’t feel cringey at all and all the characters feel so painfully real ? its so good !!!!!!!!!!

that time I was blackmailed by the class’ green tea bitch - ok ok ik the title sounds wack but this is actually one of my faves rn, it’s just the softest cutest high school love story and it’s the perfect amount of funny and adorable and the art is also super cute and the relationship with the mc and her mum is so cute I’m 🥺 also it goes into other topics like academic pressure and loneliness (not too deeply tho) and it’s just a v good read … as of now it’s ongoing and has 17 chapters :)

i have some more i havent read yet :’) but these ones r 10/10 i hope u enjoy them !!! 

[enjolrasofficial]

hey :3 idk if you've talked abt this before but what are your Amis first name headcanons?? I've been asking a few people bc I think its kinda funny how in one same fandom we all have such different ideas on such basic things :))

hey there!! no i havent talked about this before but i do have some thoughts even tho (disclaimer) i dont know shit about french, french names, french culture or historically and culturally accurate french names. so now in no particular order:

firstly somewhere out there is a post about all the amis first names being jean and thats why they all call each other by their last names except for jehan bc hugo states in the brick that "jean prouvaire called himself 'jehan' as young people do" and that works as a nickname of sorts . i LOVE this headcanon and i usually go with it for all of the amis BUT

i also love Grantaire being called René and they all call him R bc that's how he signs his paintings and it started as a joke (as most nicknames do) but got out of hand and now only joly bossuet and bahorel know what his actual name is (joly and lesgles bc they were the ones who came up with it and bahorel bc they practice boxing together and R always has to sign in with his actual name. (I am a fan of Italian!R in modern aus too so for that i LOVE him being called Rafael and being pissy bc Rafael is one of the great maters and he will never be that good so he only signs his paintings with R)

as for enjolras... for me theres only two reasons for him to go by his last name: 1. (and this is my canon era brick headcanon) hes trans and didnt bother to figure out a first name bC THERES MORE IMPORTANT THINGS, FERRE (also the masc version of jeanne is jean and... well 90% of his friends are called that so. last name it is) and 2. his name is some royalist bs like Louis-Phillipe or Charles Louis and he HATES IT (this is my usual modern au headcanons aND DONT ASK WHY also i think theres a similar post somewhere)

same goes for combeferre and courfeyrac. since they're the og trio i usually go with both of them being called jean and using last names for convenience and/or courfeyrac also having a hideously royalist name (Jean Louis ?) curtesy to him being aristocratic and using his last name bc of that.

since i headcanon feuilly as half irish for some reason (esp in modern aus) while still staying true to the scheme i am tempted to say his first name is john bc his mother insisted on the spelling.

with bossuet and joly its both jean again (once again theyre childhood sweethearts and its weird for everyone involved to not call them by their last names. but sometimes i also want to change it up and then they're both called Pierre and still go by their last names bc of the aforementioned reason)

now bahorel. hes different. somehow i always imagine him having some very obscure very old french name in some dialect that basically only his great granny still speaks (that lady is 104 and still very healthy knock on wood) and that no one can pronounce so they all stay safe by calling them bahorel. (since i have absolutely no knowledge of french names and much less of obscure dialects i have no idea what this name might look like so i'm just glad to stay with bahorel in this case but if anyone knows something about the topic pls hmu)

[kvgehiras]

waaaa i'm sure whatever you have typed up is great!! if you ever decide to post it, i'll look forward to it ♡

cough cough SO UM,,, ik this is oddly specific but i hope you don't mind aha .. a character of your choice with someone who has some important exams coming up soon, maybe?? i've like ... procrastinated like all of my work and slept through the entire few weeks before,, so i'm currently on the brink of eternal sleep (my fault, wholly, really) i don't mind who, just pick your favourite/s!!

thank you in advance!! qwq

hello again anon!! THANK U AAAA i might post it after the current event ends bcs im busy grinding lately lol but i will post it soon so i hope u like it ehe ;; as for ur schedule PLS SLEEP !!!! i do know the feeling off not doing any of ur work nd just resting but sometimes it's ok anon! studying when ur not feeling like it will only feel like a chore nd u probably wont be able to retain any of it. so study when u want to, bcs while exams r important, so r u hehe <3 anyways here r the charas!! wrote a lil scenario for mika, leo, nd rei!! hope u like it <3

─── ･ ｡ﾟ☆: *.☽ .* :☆ﾟ. ───

KAGEHIRA MIKA

• mika overworks himself alot, mainly bcs he just wants to prove, to himself and others, that he is worthy of being a part of valkyrie

• but he still likes being a lil spoon when yall r cuddling (o˘◡˘o)

• while he is a powerful artist when hes on stage, he just melts when hes in ur arms yk!!!!

• so he doesnt mind it when lately u seem to be slacking off a bit more than usual bcs he gets more cuddles from u !!!!! #mika1stwin

• but when u suddenly stop out of nowhere nd even refuse to come out of ur room at times bcs uve procrastinated ur work too much nd if u do not finish going through ur material then ur doomed to fail nd oh lord-

• "(y/n)?"

• u look up at ur bf nd hes standing beside u- w his stuff in his hands.....?

• "ah ya see.....ya've been lookin' a lil stressed lately so i thought abt.....helpin' u like this! idk what is troublin' ya, but im here to always listen! :D"

• u break into a grin, one mika had missed so much, nd grab his cheeks to plant a kiss on his cheek

• nd still keeping ur hands where they are, u pull away to look at his bright red face

• "thank u mika... ill always be here for u too, ok?"

• nd he quickly nods, scared to meet ur eyes, esp bcs of the close proximity of ur faces rn

• what a lil baby

─── ･ ｡ﾟ☆: *.☽ .* :☆ﾟ. ───

TSUKINAGA LEO

• leo is honestly the last person u want to see when ur trying to finish learning ur material,,,that too in a rush

• like!!!!! u love him u rlly do but this bitch will start doodling abt his inspiration nd all nd ur brain just cant focus yk

• that, nd also that if u dont give him Any attention At All he will literally wither away nd basically refuse to sleep nd WILL stare at u till u give him kissies (nd he alrdy doesnt sleep enough........ sigh)

• so when he wakes up in the middle of the night (the one night u managed to somehow get him to bed) nd doesnt see u in the room a part of him panics

• he quickly calls out for u nd when he hears u respond from the study room, he opens the door to see u slowly turn around from ur chair, tired, shoulders slumped over

• immediately rushing over, leo tightly wraps u in a hug, a hand running through ur hair

• "(Y/N)!!!!!!!!! WHERE WERE U!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I THOUGHT THE ALIENS KIDNAPPED U!!!!?!!???!!!!!!! DONT LEAVE ME AGAINNNNNN ｡･ﾟﾟ*(>д<)*ﾟﾟ･｡!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

• "leo it's 2 am.......nd also i didn't leave u, u know? im right here!"

• the exhaustion was very evident in ur voice, so much so that leo pulled away only to squint his eyes at u nd go "r u not ok? u sound tired ...... gasp r u DYING????????? NOOOOO U CANT DIE UR MY INSPIRATION!!!!!!!!"

• "leo thats v sweet nd while yes i Am dying im not leaving u it's ok"

• leo smiles, which turns into a grin, nd then he suddenly gasps again nd oh lord what idea is it this time

• "(y/n)!!!!! how abt i sleep here????????"

• ".....huh?"

• "YEA!!!!!! didn't u leave that room so u wouldn't disturb me?????? but im lonely so......ill just sleep on ur lap then, ok? ok! good nightttt!!!!!!!!"

• nd then he places his head on ur lap, the other half on his body relying on the chair he was previously sitting on for support

• while he isnt wrong abt the disturbance part.....he does look content here.......nd he does feel lonely so ......

• mayb u just gotta learn today what u can wing everything at this point...... it's gonna be ok . probably....?

─── ･ ｡ﾟ☆: *.☽ .* :☆ﾟ. ───

SAKUMA REI

• unlike the other two, rei wouldn't even have to guess that ur not doing ok, he would just Know

• nd what does he do to help? flirt w u nd get u to let him teach u obv!

• he Knows it's not rlly teaching, nd so do u, but what can u do when he looks at u w those puppy eyes of his, nd says that he'll do anything nd everything in his power to always help u

• so when he does take in whatever u have to study he..... he realises he's Also bad at this

• good job rei rlly helps out a ton!

• anyways to make up for it, nd also stick w his promise to help u, he tells u to go through the material, nd explain it to him! he heard somewhere that it works bcs it forces u to rlly understand the concept instead of memorising it nd u think it should work

• but oh god how is it supposed to work when rei keeps looking at u w stars in his eyes, nd his hand suddenly grabs urs nd he circles his thumb on the back of ur hand nd IS HE FLIRTING IN THE MIDDLE OF A STUDY SESSION

• rei playfully quirks an eyebrow when he sees u get flustered nd just . lay ur head on the table w sigh nd just whine

• "REIIIIIIIII I HAVE TO STUDY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

• he chuckles bcs he does realise what hes doing to u nd honestly he loves ur reactions so he keeps doing it

• "fufufu.....sorry love, i'll be quiet now. go on, do ur thing." (liar!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ur too flirty for a study session!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)

• tip : never keep him in the same room as u when u have work to do . keeps flirting . too much distraction .

• ratings : 200/10 . the additional 200 points is bcs hes too cute to say no....... god he rlly has u wrapped around his finger huh

[spraykit]

ok. y'know what. i'm just gonna make this kinda post 'cause i've been wanting to for a bit.

i am currently pretty mutual-less on here and basically none of my other kinds of friends have tumblr-

soo maybe if you have the same interests as me we could like. become mutuals and or friends! (this post might get long so read more if ur interested) (also tagging some of my interests sorry if it bothers you!)

i'm not gonna try being picky, but like. requirements include not being homophobic transphobic etc. like. don't exclude anyone also. not only when it comes to queer stuff but also neurodivergency and plural stuff.. and being younger than 18

my interests at the moment are deltarune (specifically spamton), newgrounds (fnf, madcom, etc.) and other minor things but those r the main two!

previous interests/ stuff i at least know about and have looked into are:

animal crossing (i just got a switch for christmas)

star stable online (still play it)

lemon demon/neil cicierega

fnaf (i've been going in and out of the fandom since i can remember)

undertale (duh)

clone high (BARELY remember a thing but it was cool!)

homestuck (never read it but i kinda like the concept sort of)

she-ra (love lesbian, barely remember anything tho)

hilda (the netflix series)

minecraft (i still play it)

and roblox which i play pretty often nowadays

ALSO! INTERESTS THAT ARENT REALLY FANDOMS!

my main "hobby" is drawing (digital art mostly) plus animating a bit! i also enjoy writing (wether it be stories or poetry). sometimes, i'm interested in learning about all sorts of queer things, and i even coined like 3 terms though i haven't shared them really.

some importantish things abt me:

i have memory issues so i might not always remember important or less important things, or i might mix up details of memories

i am a minor

i'm not from/living in an english speaking country. sometimes i mess up grammar or spelling

i don't always understand tone. even if it may seem obvious to you it might not to me if something is a joke, serious or if its platonic, or romantic. tone tags/tone indicators are great especially when we havent interacted a bunch before!

if there is anything youre uncomfy with that i do, please tell me and i will try to change my ways

i change interests often! this may be outdated in like, 2 months or so but i hope to still be at least a bit interested in the things i am interested in now if that makes sense?

ok now. if youve read all that stuff congrats! now if you like at least 3 of the same things as me then we could be mutuals! just uh. send me an ask or something! and i can follow you back and maybe send u my discord tag lol.

sorry for the long ish post again!

[pocmuzings]

hi g! i am an admin of an rp and i really strive to make it as inclusive as possible so muns of all fcs feel welcome. i'm curious to know, when you are looking for an rp what do you look for in terms of admins making it inclusive? this isn't meant to be pointed at all, i am just genuinely looking to improve!

i feel like i answer this a fair bit , and honestly my answers don’t change too much ? there’s a plethora of things u can do , and by no means  are these definitive . these are things ive noticed make me feel more included , or Safe to join a rp . speaking as a woc , and somebody in the Cursed tz . .

if ur an admin ..  u should absolutely be playing a diverse character . please for the love of god . u should be the example of what the rp is about and what u wanna see . if ur char is just a cis whitey . . that just doesnt cut it for me ! thats not what i wanna see in 2021 !

when asked for most wanted fcs . . really name some ‘ unpopular ‘ fcs . aka faceclaims of colour . faceclaims that are gender diverse , body diverse , religiously diverse , different able bodied , etc , etc , etc !!! put these fcs in the forefront ! push for them ! strive to see them !

if somebody joins ur rp as a ‘ non popular fc ‘ aka . . a fc that isnt a whitey , or like . .zendaya . pls put in extra effort to plot and rp with them ! pls pls pls. because i guaranteed for the most part , especially in an established rp , they will be ignored otherwise ! if ur rp is super inclusive ooc , then this most likely wont happen , but also . . most rps arent super inclusive ooc lets be 100 here . 

either write skeletons for chars that are DIFFERENT and ‘ challenging ‘ to some , or ENCOURAGE these characters to be written . write more smooth talking business men who are indian ! write characters who are hard of hearing ! write characters who wear hijabis ! who are ethnic but have great relationships with their parents ! write characters who are in wheelchairs , or are sexy and confident in their plus sized bodies . write characters who are black women who are soft , but still strong . write gentle black men . write a  trans man , write a nonbinary god , etc , etc . defeat the stereotypes ! turn them on their head ! there are guides ! there is so much out there ! we can create the world we wanna live in , so why fill it with boring white cis , hetero normative ppl ???

know what ur gonna do with ur characters , plot wise . if ur rp has a plot , thats fantastic ! but . . u probably have to carry that momentum . ppl join ur rp bc they probably LIKE the plot and wanna explore the plot . so how r they characters gonna be involved ? whats their part in it all ? how will it help them develop ? what plot drops / tasks / events can u host that will make ppl do more with their chars and be more active ? 

don’t have an ooc chat . just don’t . please . they’re so cliquey , they literally always are . those who like ooc chats are usually the ppl who r cliquey , im being honest fjknfjn . there is no point in having an ooc chat , really either . ppl can add each other on discord at any time , for free , if they want .

have clear boundaries . what can and CANNOT be rped . what fcs can and CANNOT be used . have a very very clear line . no lazy ‘ no taboo plots ‘ or ‘ no big plots without talking to admins ‘ ‘ no triggering topics ‘ ‘ no deceased fcs ‘ . no . u need to get in the nitty gritty . u need to ensure ur harbouring and keeping a safe space for those entering ur rp

be friendly , as an admin . be firm . but also , be very very open and candid and honest . if something goes wrong ? its so fine , and honestly v human , to post abt it ! if there’s drama ? its rlly good to address it and talk abt it amongst ur rpers . listen to ur rpers , if theres a problem . create open communication . maintain it . show that u care and want to help , when u can help , whilst also maintaining ur own sanity !

advertise ur rp for different timezones ! if ur entire ooc list is just rpers in the united states . . look .  nothing wrong with it , but firstly , make sure everyone in the rp doesnt think america is the whole world ( the rpc  / america rlly thinks its the whole fucking world sometimes ) . this means , dont make fun of ppl for spelling things differently ( honestly im  just australian and this guy once made fun of me for spelling it as ‘ offence ‘ not ‘ offense ‘ . like . . ok im not american . the whole world isnt america kjfnjf ) . this doesn’t mean u need to be online at bizarre hours or ruining ur sleeping pattern , but try and get an admin thats in a diff timezone to help cover things ! or just make sure ur rlly advertising ur rp at allll times of a day . including when us ppl are usually asleep ! try and encourage other muns in other timezones to apply ! and when they do apply , pls try ur best to include them and make sure theyre not left out of everything !

theres probably a lot more but this is what first comes to mind for me , personally . this are usually my ‘ green signs ‘ ( go go go ! ) for a rp ! when i see this stuff on a main , or by an admin . . i feel very Warm n fuzzy .