#anon whoever you are please know you're ICONIC

[dipplinduo]

I had to find this and reblog this again because it's still true and I can't stop laughing

DipplinDuo like 3 weeks ago: Omg hi guys!! Welcome to my blog, I love and appreciate all of you so much!! Here's my fanfiction I'm working on - I hope you enjoy it!! Please don't be sad I'm here for you!! DipplinDuo now: I will actively plot how to emotionally devastate you all in a 1000 ways right in front of your face and I will laugh maniacally about it. Get gaslit, girlbossed, and gatekept.

LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL I mean...it ain't a lie.

[discoveredreality]

intro post <3

don't mind me editing this like every single day lol

my dm's and askbox is always open if u want to talk <3

anons are welcome too <3

also if u want to make new friends i am right here pls say hi im fucking lonely😭

anyways

BELOVED MOOTS <33333 (everyone is tagging them and this is fun)

this in no particular order just whoever pops up on my dash or smth idk. not every moots just the ones i actually know lol. ok so

@im-ur-sleep-paralysis-demon THEY'RE AMAZING LOVE THEM SM IF U DON'T FUCK OFF BECAUSE OMG KJHLGJKFJHLKYFJHKJGL

@ma-lan13 HELP MY BESTIE IRL GOT TUMBLR OMG OMG. AND SHES ACTUALLY USING IT WTF?????? ANYWAYS SHES THE BEST <333

@bloophasarrived SHE'S THE SWEETEST AND SO WONDERFUL. HER PERSONALITY SPARKLES AND OMG SHE'S SO FUN AHHH

@marylily-my-beloved I LOVE HERRR WE HAVE THE BEST CONVERSATIONS. SO NICE AND EASY TO TALK TO. AND WHY DOES SHE KNOW ME SO WELL <3333

@im-just-here4853 my vent buddy omg we just vent to each other i love her so much idk what i would do without her <33

@im-on-crack-send-help TWINNING IN LITERALLY EVERYTHING. SAME MUSIC TASTE. SAME TASTE IN FOOD. IN DRINKS. IN THE WAY WE THINK. WTF. ANYWAYS SHE'S MY POOKIE I LOVE HER <333

@the-gay-skeleton-in-ur-closet THEY'RE THE BEST OMGGGGG and they're nice and cool and shit <333333 i'm quoting myself it's fine AND LIKE SO NICE AND GOOFY AND EVERYTHING OMG

@cubemagnet somene i met on a random post and now we occasionally team up to correct grammar lol 🤓🤓🤓 anyways she's amazing :D and everything she says is so iconic like isjflsrijglruhglsuglijrsg

@book-girl4eva SHE'S AMAZINGGGGG. IT'S SO EASY TO GOOF AROUND W HER I LOVE IT. SHE ALWAYS SLAYS SO HARD. EVERYTHING ABOUT HER SLAYS. idk if you'll see this but this is for u pookie <3

@mil-pinterest-sss-here-i-am ??? questioning why we're moots. but he's literally so nice. literally will be my therapist and help me w maths because that shit is impossible 😭

@dandelionflowery omg literally so kind and everything all the time. so fun fun reading their fics and doing shit together omg

@sweetwarmcookies16 OMG RIJGDJFGIJFGIF THE BEST I LOVE PLAYING GAMES TOGETHER AND TALKING AND EVERYTHING. ALSO AN AMAZING WRITER

idk brain isnt braining ill add ppl as i go along

moodboards made by my lovely lovely moots <3

so far i only have one here cause i forgot to link the previous ones whoops 😭😭😭

about me

i'm ari. she/her. nicknames welcome. go wild. dude/bro/girl/literally anything is also fine. i use 'lol' and '<3' too much. minor. literally the biggest procrastinator and so disorganised i dare u to find someone worse than me. i'm indian but i live in australia. bengali/north indian idk. band kid :D my pinterest is here. PLEASE DM ME IF U WANT TO. I NEED FRIENDS. IM AWKWARD AND BAD AT MAKING CONVERSATION BUT STILL PLS 😭😭😭

personality/star sign or whatever

according to the mbti test here i am an istp-t. i am also a cancer. i found out my sun, moon and rising signs and the marauders version and i wrote it down and lost it so then i redid it and i lost it again so i can't bother at this point someone help me :(

time zone

Australian Eastern Standard Time (AEST) i think?? SUCK ON THAT AMERICANS AND WHOEVER ELSE EHHEHEHHEHE ;LSDJFSFJIJFDJF;LJ

my music taste

i love taylor swift, conan gray, olivia rodrigo, sabrina carpenter and honestly a lot of other stuff lol. also love bollywood music.

favourite books and authors

i love reading and i'm usually a really fast reader lol. i love harry potter (fuck jkr tho), kotlc, chetan bhagat books, the inheritance games, agggtm, literally all of karen m. mcmanus's books, the divergent series, pjo and hoo, lorien legacies, the selection, powerless, soc, girl in pieces, dictionary of lost words and bookbinder of jericho, all the books by amish, and a bunch of other books.

dni

idk the usual?? if u think ppl arent valid or you're literally an asshole. honestly you all can go get stuffed. idgaf

tag games and shit

yes you can absolutely tag me. i love tag games and chain asks. sometimes i may not get to doing it but i usually will and it makes me so happy when i'm tagged lol

tags

i don't post that much stuff so i don't really have mulitple tags for my posts. anything or any shitposting or thoughts will be tagged #ari's shit. for asks it's #ari gets an ask?

fandoms!

i'm literally obsessed with drarry but i'm mostly part of the marauders fandom. i'm starting to make my way through all of the marauders fics. i love love love hermitcraft. i'm an ethogirl literally who doesn't love etho?? also really into trafficblr. i literally love six of crows so much like omg. desperately trying to get through the magnus archives im only 8 years late haha i also love kotlc sm. (team foster-keefe forever!) i'm low-key in love with keefe sencen cause omg. aaaand also a bunch of other shit but those are the main ones idk bro

i'm bored and this is too long already might as well add more so here are a bunch of userboxes :D

and that's all not because i have self control but because there is a limit to images per post 😭😭😭 i literally had to delete some of my aesthetic images for this soooo

all the above photos are not mine, i got them off of pintrest.

my profile pic is obviously from the makowka picrew here

the beautiful dividers are linked here. these are by @saradika-graphics she is a literal star these dividers are so good

IK THIS IS WAY TOO FUCKING LONG AND I KEEP ON ADDING SHIT MORE SHIT SO IF U ACTUALLY LIKE READ TO THE BOTTOM THIS HERE IS FOR U LMFAO ILYSM <333333

[sevensp]

HIHI! I'm new to ur blog and i immediately LOVE YOUR WRITING

Also, if u don't mind, can u do tsukasa x fem reader who having a strict parent? (If it's not possible, u can do gn reader)

Like reader sometimes feels anxious when she talked about her parents or someone mentioned her parents. And tsukasa didn't know about reader's parent until she told him about it or he heard from someone else

I'm sorry if it's too confusing and I hope u have a great day^^

hello!! TYSMM ❤️❤️ also yes i don't mind at all! enjoy have a great day anon! AND I DIDNT INTENTIONALLY MADE IT ANGST BUT THIS REQUEST GIVES ME SO MUCH ANGST VIBES

STILL INLOVE WITH YOU

character/s: tsukasa tenma x fem!reader

cw: angst, controlling parents, gaslighting (parents), tsukasa is like ooc here idk 😭

when you and tsukasa started dating it was nice you two often go out a lot!

but that was until you're parents saw that you often go out more than before

when they asked you questions why you were going out so much this days, you knew better so you didn't even tried to lie because even if you did you'll be grounded for the rest of your life..

once you've told them that you got yourself a boyfriend, they didn't even flinch one bit.. did they already knew? well looks like they do from the way you looked at you ...

" i knew it. [name], i respect that you have a lover now but whoever he is im not trusting him. "

your father just gave you a disappointing look and looked at your mother

" you won't get out of this house for one week, if that boyfriend of yours is acceptable then we'll think about it but dont expect too much from us. "

" and you better break up with that boyfriend of yours. " your father and mother looked at you with tint of frustration and disgust

you only nodded and told your parents that you'll go to your room, they both nodded and bid you goodnight.

your not even surprised just but why are you tearing up right now?

as you closed your door you heard your phone play a nofication

when you saw tsukasa's contact name you thinked about maybe telling him now about your parents..

My Star 🌟

> Good evening my star! how are you??

> [name] pls answer or atleast seen me :(((

> [NAME] [NAME] [NAME] PLS ANSWER ME YOU CANT IGNORE YOUR WORLD FUTURE STAR!!! ☹️

you slightly giggled at how he gets easily tempered

My Lovely Starlight 💫

> hi tsukasa sorry for not responding to you i was having a talk

you stared at your phone getting a little nervous were you actually gonna tell him about your parents now..?

you take a deep breath and decided to finally tell him about you're parents, you can't make up excuses on why you won't able to go out.. he's probably going to find out sooner or later.

> hey tsukasa do you mind talking with you right now? it's alright if you don't want to

> that'll be nice! also on a call or meeting up on the park?

> on a call please :), i just wanna tell you something

were you really gonna do this?.. oh well.

you press your finger to the call icon, you took a heavy breath as tsukasa quickly picked up the call

" my star! how are you and what was it that you wanted to talk about? "

ah shit. right.

" well um you wanted to know my parents right? " you silently hoped that you're voice didn't stuttered or something you don't wanna deal with that for now.

" yes indeed! but my star are you alright? you seem like your voice is flinching... "

fuck.

" it's nothing to be worried about tsukasa. oh- uhm-.. " you felt your eyes pour out water again, why now?

" love.. did something happened about that talk you mentioned about. " he questioned but his tone sounded a bit firm

you knew that you can't lie to your boyfriend especially when he ask a question like this.

" oh.. why didn't you told me this sooner? you know i hate seeing you feel like this... "

" i just don't like talking about my parents much but i knew that i have to tell it to you sooner or later.. and.... "

your sure that he wants to give you comfort and affection right now but you both are on a call so it's impossible for him to do that.

tsukasa deserves someone better, so why even bother telling him all this? besides.

your just a bother.

but you knew damn well that he's inlove with you so much.

it hurts.

it really hurts.

it hurts so damn fucking much.

" tsukasa, im sorry but i can't take this anymore. "

" my star.. what do you mean about that, please talk to me im sure we can find an answer.. "

" there isn't, and im sorry. "

" let's just break up, it'll hurt us more if we keep going through this i can't risk letting you met up with my parents. " you cried as you were forcedly confess and quickly ended the call

" mMY STAR- "

you felt so empty but you knew that its the best

it's for the best.

that's what mother and father always says.

" im sorry tsukasa but our story ends here. "

[genderstarbucks]

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[scytheaudio]

I actually expected this to come around at some point, and I am surprised it didn't come around sooner.

I would like to address it. Witch hunters! Put ya pitchforks down because I am not doing this to argue or attack one of my community.

I have some close non binary friends. Some are more masculine and some are more feminine, and proud of it

For the celestials in beyond the stars...I worked closely with LaurenCreates (one of my non binary friends) to design the celestials to each have a completely unique and diverse body type that can be connected to any gender. Lauren helped me with this since they have a far better understanding than I do.

Sparkles- feminine beautiful and shamelessly flirty

Zappy- hench as fuck, masculine, confrontational and protective

Frost- shy timid and doesnt really have any standout gender characteristics...I worked with lauren on this to make sure it looks as non binary as possible.

Is that not a good mix? Don't gender neutral peeps still have a body shape and personality?

I personally think lauren and I did a good job of it, but not everyone is going to be happy.

As for saying it's clear wrote them as being female. I'm sorry, but that is your interpretation. It's been wonderful seeing such a range of people with different genders identifying with one of the celestials. I believe I worked hard to represent them as M4A characters and did their characters justice...I don't quite know what parts made them stand out as female, but I highly doubt I will find out.

There are a few serieses that I wrote as M4F because it flowed easier for me personally...I do tend to quality check my M4A audios with others to get their opinions and I have made alterations to do right by them

Yandere werewolf

Carnival chaos

The thirst for the feral audios

Alpha claw (Grey is a badass punk werewolf mofo)

Therian (he literally calls them HOOMAN and wouldn't even care about gender specifics aslong as his mighty self is fed)

Shadow court apprentice (I believe deary is a gender neutral term...I've seen fan art from non binary fans of their listener)

Atrocity (Little Love is a non binary icon!)

Dead rose (you're a dark elf who doesn't give a fxxx about gender)

Tales of the femyurai (you're a literal fairy tiger)

My Gotcha! Audios

These are some of my series that I take pride in writing as M4A audios...I believe they represent M4A well, but I haven't just assumed that...I always ask my people (who know better than I do) if it does them justice before they make the cut.

If at any point they don't and any VAs who do these better think there's room for improvement...please feel welcome to DM me and help me learn...I am not as resistant to feedback as some may think...I just wanted to say my piece because no doubt there's someone who's read this anon and instantly assumes I butcher everything M4A without even listening 😅

So...yeah...that's my piece...if anyone wants to throw hate my way then you do you boos...I'm no stranger to it 😝

For whoever wrote this...please know that I do try.. im not always going to hit the mark with everyone, but I do appreciate you for giving my stuff the time of day and hopefully I get it right in your eyes at some point.

L8AZ!

The misuse of the M4A tag is a huge issue within the ASMR community, but the one that mainly comes to my mind, is scythe audio. Now before I continue, two things: one, this is my opinion; two, this is out of the people that I watch; I'm sure there are hundreds, if not thousands, of people who do it a thousand times worse than he does. I don't want any kind of hate pushed towards him; he's an amazing VA, and despite this, I do enjoy his content. I just wish he didn't misuse the M4A tag. With that done, I will continue. From what I've watched of his content, the worst example of this is in his series: Beyond the Stars. because even though all of the different points of view have been tagged as m4a. (except for one, which is tagged M4f). Despite being tagged as m4a, they clearly aren't. If you look at the designs of the characters that are supposed to represent the listener, they are clearly extremely feminine and meant to look as such, and the writing that is used to describe the listeners as well within the content itself also shows that it's not exactly meant for listeners that aren't female. If it was just stated as such, just straight-up tagged as M4F, I wouldn't care; if he's not comfortable voicing and/or writing for non-female listeners, that's fine. it's his channel; he can post what he wishes. not my gripe at all. I just wish, as I said before, he didn't misuse the m4a tag. because if you look at other VAs with truly M4A content, and you look at his "M4A" content, there is an obvious difference. the only series of his that I have seen that doesn't have this issue. is where the listener is a literal cat—it's kind of hard to gender that. Like I said, I don't want any hate towards him; I do genuinely enjoy his content. I just wish he didn't misuse it, as I said. (sorry if I'm repeating myself, and sorry this is long.)

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[trashyeggroll]

Why We Don't Need A Xena Anytime Soon

submission from anon under the cut!

anon, one time i asked the tag who they would cast as callisto in the reboot and almost got chased off this site witch pitchforks

i really like all the points you hit on, and i'm here for it--i think xwp is an artifact of its time, and attempts to reframe it in a different context is just... not gonna be the same thing

as a franchise, it's also got so much cultural foundation, look at my mans karl urban in star trek, celeborn is borias in lotr (also feat: blonde karl urban), and so many costume designers/special effects teams that largely did move on to lotr roles, like goddamn

You know for as cool as it would be to see now because they would totally go hard on Xena/Gabrielle...I'm actually glad a XWP reboot hasn't happened yet. Please allow me to explain why. First and foremost, the majority of TV writers do not seem to hold the skills needed to write Xena they way she truly is - she is a VERY violent person so not get that wrong, but she has the ability for good also. She is not going to spend 3-5 episodes being guilted over killing someone if they deserve it and it would better everyone else (see Green Dragon), she will murder them and explains to you for a half an episode why she was right and then move on and it's on you to accept it or not because she's made her peace. She is someone who understands the multiple ways you can hold power over others and yourself and ways to exercise both each day. She's gruff but also has a soft spot in her! She is extremely layered and I don't think again 99% of writers today could do her justice the way Rob and company did her. Secondly, while most pitches assure the upfrontness of Xena and Gabby I feel like that's kind of their one horse being focused on and the series was more than just the one big relationship. You also need to tell us how ancient lore will play in and if you're going more realistic (grittier) or keeping the campy with some light grit nature. Are you going to explore the layers to situations or just have cliche good and bad guys? Are those who are from the original series going to be in the original key or some over the top version? Yeah Callisto is crazed with grief and so she is prepare to murder everyone and anyone but she's not crazy; Xena killed her family and burned down everything she had ("Hercules" Terminator storyline is not cannon to XWP), she's got a right to be upset with her and thus begin her quest to bring her down reputation wise and eventually physically. On the topic of Callisto, and by extension Xena, how many actresses can really balance what Hudson gave us with the crazy eyes but sane tone to what she was saying? I'm not saying it can never be done I'm just saying it's going to be hard to find an actress who can do that line well. The same for whoever would play the iconic title anti-hero because Lucy has become SUCH a legend along with the character I would not envy who has to fill those shoes. At best you have like a handful of actresses now who could probably do this but they will be older actors and we all know they'll want someone who's in their 20s for a reboot because honestly if anyone over 30 was in the role just get Lucy back. Ha It makes me wonder how all the characters would be treated - would Ares be some masognistic villain to show he's bad or would they actually have him clearly horny for Xena yes but it's because he knows she can do things and she happens to be a woman and he likes women so it's a turn on you know? Would Aphrodite be some comedic ditz only or actually allowed moments of emotional intellect where her words save the day? Does Hades always double cross the main characters because he's "the devil" or do they have him like the original where he will work with you if your pitched deal is a good one for him/he owes you a favor? Would the reboot balance both comedy and drama or be one or the other mainly? Would it be action heavy because it's an action genre type show or would they allow for character exploration like the original did at times? The original "Xena: Warrior Princess" balances everything so well that I think it's almost impossible to redo now and have it live up to the original. If they went homage versus reboot that would serve them better I think if they could pull off a repeat of the series. I also don't think it'll happen because while Hollywood loves to copy things now days, so in that respect they'd jump all on it, XWP came out in the mid 90s when shows were kind of doing original content and Hollywood right now especially feels allergic to originality so for all the pitches made to have the series return I don't think it will ever happen really; even if it did

it wouldn't be a network show like the original and that then means things like Showtime or HBO or even SYFY would say no because they're into their own original products and SYFY has the rights to show the original episodes so it's just cheaper for them. Is there room with a homage to improve the series legacy? Sure! We could have an actual good Rift where instead of fighting over kids behaving badly we get Gabrielle having to come to terms hardcore with is Xena someone she really wants to be with when she sees her dark side; take the Green Dragon event again - Gabrielle did not support Xena killing him because of some old debt because she knew it would set Xena back on her redemption path and she really believes theirs other ways than killing so you could have Xena tell her the truth or Gabrielle just feels it and it's like "Is this who I really want to follow? Is she really trying or is this violence who she really is?" and you could drive that into Najara's plot where she's the "good Xena" but Gabby realizes she's doing it for the wrong reason and at least what Xena did helped arguably for awhile so it's the lesser of the evils and they reunite and you can explore how you don't always agree with others but it doesn't mean you can't love them still. It's the old "I don't agree with your choice, but I don't hate you" thing. You could even make it over Callisto and how Gabrielle can understand her rage but say Xena isn't that person now and Callisto says something like "Is she?" when Gabby says she's a good guy who's changed before adding "Or is that just the person she is when you're looking?" and so each time Xena does something questionable Callisto's voice chimes in her head to a point where you reach a Green Dragon situation and Xena still does what she does and Gabby has to come to terms with it. Maybe this is a redo of her spiritual journey minus the Christian visual representations and in the end again she goes back but she understands a bit more of the person she thinks she loves then so she isn't as much of the puppy/desperate to leave girl we first see. That's a way better Rift than rape baby killing people and Xena flipping because Gabrielle wouldn't let her kill what she thought was a helpless child! Could a homage give us an actual battle of the gods if they repeated the Twilight arc? Yes. That plot was pushed into too few episodes for it to be presented the way it fully needed to based on lore. Would an homage now give us in your face, clear as day Xena/Gabrielle? Yep! This is only good though if it's not the only thing the show is brining to the table because there is more LGBT representation out there now so it's not like they would be the go to place like they were in the 90s. Could a homage give us a better ending? 100%! I love what you put out there over all Xena team but that end has issues to say the least; I don't care if you kill Xena, I debate to this day if death isn't her actual redemption for all that's happened, but if you kill her be in the Greece area and for a plot we've seen coming for awhile or whatever the series end season has been on not some random new story that's set thousands of miles away! 😡 So yeah I'm not saying a "reboot" doesn't have merit or a place in TV future I'm just saying the original did a lot so well it's going to be hard for a homage to really do the legacy justice without true care for the product. You can't just hire any old random group of staff members to do a series like this and have it be what it was...the original was so well done because the crew cared - from the stunt teams to the writers and actors, they literally put all their hopes and dreams into this and it shows the passion. Xena is not some girl trying to be a male hero - she's jacked physically because she's on a horse most of the time and that works your thighs, she swings a 20lbs sword 90% of the time and if you do that you two would probably have arm muscles, and she's tall because genetics. She's broody not because that's a male only trait, she's broody because some of her actions

are bothering her now and she's not sure how to fix them because people hate her for what she could do and thus don't give her a chance without Gabrielle to hype her up first. Just because society has tried to genderize certain traits because the majority of one sex does them doesn't mean the trait itself is a gender; Xena is not trying to be some stoic male lead you envision now, she's just badass like that because it's who's she always was. The show is not some comedy with beats of drama trying to be cute, it's a drama which at times had comedy because if they didn't laugh at somethings which happened they'd die from stress. Don't get me wrong, personally, I am a fan of a grittier Xena because it might explore even more character aspects but it can't be HBO After Dark levels of just violence and despair either because that's not honest to the source material. If it was all comedy or all drama it would feel like something was missing. You can't just set up a plot like Callisto and have it either fade into the background or be wrapped up in 2 episodes...well maybe you could wrap it up faster than the original did but you'd miss so much and yeah I just don't know if a creative team today could do justice to the original. "Xena: Warrior Princess" is such a lightening in a bottle show and it doesn't get the respect it deserves because most just see the camp and thus tragically miss the level of depth these characters had...they miss the nuance performances some of these actors gave; they down rate it on LGBT scales for being subtext which is to a point fair but when you think of all they achieved during the 90s to show as much as they did...there's couples now which could do more on shows and do less! Forget the LGBT stuff all together even for a moment and remember a white female title lead character's other big love on the series which she literally went to Hell to save was a black man...not a lot of that happening in the 90s folks! They crack comments about the stunts...I'm sorry tell me again how realistic it is on your show that a car flips 20 times after hitting a rock or how it's totally believable instead that 5 bad guys would stand around waiting to jump into a fight with the hero one by one instead of just shooting him. Some people want to dismiss the series a just a lesbian show forgetting how it showed young women you can stand up too and your opinion matters just as much...the series showed women getting sh*t done because women too can get sh*t done. Xena didn't defeat Ares regularly because that's just how the show went, she did it because he thought with his d*ck at times and she used that to her advantage because while she's physically gifted she also knows the value of mental strengths too and she thought her way out of things also. Gabrielle especially was a mental escapist for trouble showing there's more ways than just punching to achieve goals; this was another level of diversity the series offered watchers! XENA is so much better than people give it credit for and I would want any reboot or homage to only come out if it put as much passion into the project as the original did, bare minimum I'm going to need you to show up with 98% care and passion because it's a reboot not a repeat so this allows them to change some things such as being open with X/G but on the whole almost coping the original wouldn't be too bad a path. Again edit some things to go better such as the Rift but yeah the original is a classic for a reason and it's not just because a bunch of lesbians keep talking about it. Xena is 25 years strong because it treated female characters with respect and allowed them to effect things not just stand in scenes and say a line or two to suggest they're tough, it shows a layered anti-hero who you could argue may really be a villain at the end of the day people still aren't sure because the writing was that good and complex and showed the reality of a human being who went through those things and depending on where you stand in relation to them she is one or the other or maybe even a bit of

both...I can't tell you a male or female character like that now that brings that level of debate to them, and it's still strong because the creative team believed in their vision for the characters (instead of going out of their way to no homo the series they got more blatant and just clever in how they hid it so it go on screen without censors shutting them down; instead of dressing Xena up in a dress to show she's a woman they kept her exactly how she is because she is a woman an a piece of clothing does not define her gender)! There's SO much to explore still today with the original and be thankful for and inspire to with it soy yeah if they bring it back I'm going to need them to do it with the right mindset or I'll keep just enjoying my DVDs thank you. Long post I know but it kept coming out the more I wrote until I finished. 🙂