#anyway as always feel free to ask questions and such in my asks :^)

[daisiesonafield-blog]

This is an answer to a question that nobody asked me, but I saw it asked on Gina's blog @twopoppies and for some reason felt like contributing my opinion, hope yall don't mind.

The question was:

Why is it that Louies are so much more tolerant of Larry Stylinson than Harries?

It is my impression that this is the case, or rather was the case (and I say was for a reason*), due to how their careers have progressed differently, with timing playing a huge role in it. For starters, it's important to emphasize how Harry's marketing and image have always been tied to the sex appeal persona created for him. He was marketed like that as a 16 year old, and it continued like that through all of 1D and his solo career. So the fans that comprise the harries ended up falling in that category for the most part. Additionally, in my opinion, the fact that Harry began his solo career much earlier, and got a high level of success right with his 1st solo album, led him to gain a much larger fanbase much quicker. Whereas Louis' solo career took several years to grow like that, so his fanbase stayed smaller for longer, and as a result it was more likely that he'd have more larrie fans than Harry's fanbase. It's strictly a numbers game.

Now looking at how Louis' been marketed, he was not really marketed as a sex symbol for fans to desire. He was always marketed as safe, a friend, someone you could trust, someone fun. This was done through 1D via his relationship with Eleanor. They always painted that relationship as a steady, long term relationship. From the start saying that she was a childhood sweetheart, and a girl he brought home to meet the family. So that painted him as unavailable as a love interest to the fanbase at large. He was also always funny, so Louis came across as a friend who you could trust and have fun with. Someone to rely on.

I would say that this largely carried on through the beginnings of Louis' career, in part because it was slowed down due to covid delaying it, but also due to its marketing also relying on the friend image. He was a lad, sweet and caring, but a friend. His fanbase grew, but I think there was still a level of balance between solo fans and louie-larries. The pandemic brought in a boom of new fans. People who were in lockdown with nothing to do who fell down the rabbit hole of Larry. So while Louis' fanbase grew, I would say it grew a lot in larries because of 2020. FITF is where things began to change and his fanbase really grew with the larger public. I think this can be attributed to his massive tour and social media presence. His styling and image was sexier during this tour, so he also grew a lot of fans who now viewed him as a sex symbol, someone to desire. That paired with his reported split from Eleanor made him available, which in turn helped grow his image of the "rockstar boyfriend" for people to desire. I think this was also largely encourage through more frequent online discussions of how hot Louis is. Something that wasn't really commonly a part of fandom discussion prior to 2020. Whereas for Harry, it has always been a part of discussion, because it's always been how he has been marketed.

*Overall I think this is rapidly changing, and we've already seen it in how Louis' fanbase has changed through FITF. I don't think the fandom at large will have this dynamic for long, as it grows and changes.

Anyways, this is my opinion. If others have a different opinion or would like to contribute, feel free to share.

[strawberrysnipes]

heyy i know ur a kamen rider fan n i wanted to ask u what series i should start with :P im not sure whats good and whats not so id appreciate some reccomendations

Hi anon I am probably the worst person to ask I had just about the funniest introduction to Kamen rider (boyfriend made me watch a mid-end series movie bc of a joke we made) BUT. I can tell you that most of my friends started with den-o and that it was a very good introduction to the franchise! It's a bit slower which can make it harder to get into if you have a lot of other kr under your belt (especially heisei 2 and reiwa series) but this makes it a good way to ease yourself into it! I've also heard that kuuga is a good place to start for similar reasons, though I haven't seen it yet personally so I can't confirm or deny (but one of my friends with great taste highly recommends). Good luck with however you start Kamen rider is insanely fun

TLDR; DEN-O OR KUUGA

[pixiestickie]

⚠️CW: EMETOPHOBIA⚠️

*disguises angst by plastering memes on it* *disguises angst by plastering memes on it* *disguises angst by plastering memes on it*

[kiitruss]

hi my name is kit, ive been hyperfixated on detco for almost 3 years now and im here to make an insanely long intro post because i wanna post stuff and the other detco artists here are so cool and i dont see them on any other platform (for the most part)

Detective conan fans/the people ive adopted as my mutuals even tho theyre not ! (i follow them, they dont follow back, but i interact with the detco content they post so much that i might as well be that one guy in the corner watching the rest of the mutuals talk) HELLO- some of you have probs seen me in ur rbs/tags (depending on who sees this) , and i dont really ever post my Own things, but i do draw ! a lot ! ive done a lot of things and i want more fans to see bc everyone here is so cool 😭 this isnt an interest post more just a "hey whos out there thatll see what i post" kinda deal- ill attach some art under the cut but pretty much what im trying to say is,, (literally choose whatever speaks to ur heart)

these vary in recent-ness,, im in school and im left with very little time to draw, so some of these are from a month or two ago ;; but i only picked what i think still looks good ^^ some are quick doodles, others are unfinished, or even just drawings to test techniques (like the colored shinichi one)- and the second drawing isnt even detco LMAO

the 3rd and 7th doodles are from my project sekai au, thats an explanation for a different post,, and the last 2 are APTX!Heiji doodles !! the last ones part of a mini comic i made a bit back about him first waking up shrunk, which i can make a post with the whole thing later (maybe- it looks a little wonky)

but thats all for now ^^ sorry long first art post but i wanted to let this be sort of also me introducing my art and myself a bit,, and part of me is that i talk way to fuckin much LMFAO- detco is such a huge hyperfixation, and its so important to me and i just adore it so much- so i ramble and ramble and ramble on and on about it

im really excited to maybe meet some people and yeah ! happy scrolling ^^💚

[atlasvulcandar]

punk mac!!!!

[ruvviks]

current lineup of guys for my original vampire setting below the cut if anyone is interested! including a little section on bloodlines that i came up with so far :^)

CHARACTERS

HEAVENLY ROWIŃSKI — a (in)famous vampire hunter who recently made his way to the city of jericho to drown himself in a life of riches and vices; but instead he meets many familiar faces from his past and gets sucked (haha) into a vortex of mysteries that reveal the threat of a worrying vampire pandemic if not dealt with in the near future

THADDEUS KHAN — a contractor based in jericho who provides vampire hunters with jobs and has been heavenly's main source for private gigs for years now; not too happy about the hunter showing his face in the city considering the possible consequences concerning business and vampire activity, but changes his mind soon enough once shit hits the fan

SUN YEONG — a vampire of the sombra bloodline and young immunologist from chicago, who has recently moved to jericho; they were turned on an old gig involving heavenly and upon reunion they agree to assist him in his future endeavors, all while continuing their own research on vampires, bloodlines, and whether or not becoming a withered vampire is the fate of all

ISAAC SHARPE — a vampire of the letifer bloodline and a priest who runs a church / community center / food/blood bank in jericho; he was hunted down by heavenly many years ago as the latter's first solo gig but left alive, and upon reunion he opens his church's doors for heavenly for him to use as safe haven whenever he needs it

VALESKA MADRITSCH — a vampire of the faelin bloodline and the estranged child of a centuries old rich austrian family, who has found her way to jericho to indulge in its wild nightlife-focused lifestyle; her reputation comes with many benefits, but getting her on the team proves an issue as she is heavenly's ex and takes grudges with her to her grave

ALOYSIUS "DOC" GOODMAN — a vampire with a rare mutation of the noxis bloodline who goes by the name doc and owns a small shop in jericho; he treats vampires, humans and vampire hunters alike in exchange of a small blood donation for him to feed on, and as the eyes and ears of jericho's streets he holds more knowledge than an encyclopedia

MIRAGE & ANDROMACHE BELLEVERE — vampire twins of the oraculum bloodline who sell their clairvoyant powers as services to rich families and individuals seeking to learn more about their future; as some of the oldest vampires to walk the earth one could assume their interest in mortals is nonexistent, yet here they are in jericho seeking to unravel the mysteries behind this new threat, which is quickly proving to be an issue for humans and vampires alike

BLOODLINES

NOXIS BLOODLINE — the most common bloodline, with heightened senses and sunlight sensitivity; vampires of this bloodline can go out in the sun but prefer not to due to the long-term effects on their overall health

NOXIS BLOODLINE (MUTATION) — doc's mutation reduces his sunlight sensitivity allowing him to walk freely in daylight with eye protection, but it causes his puncture fangs (the ones to draw blood for feeding, not the venomous fangs which are used to turn people) to be permanently extended and he is extra sensitive to the smell or sight of blood, forcing him to feed similar to vampires' feral sense

DARKSPAWN BLOODLINE — a bloodline that thrives in darkness; exposure to sunlight for too long can kill them, but in return they are much stronger in complete darkness and they can even camouflage themselves in the shadows

LUMIERE BLOODLINE — lumiere vampires have very mild sunlight sensitivity and can mix with the human crowds without any trouble, as they do not possess puncture fangs (most of them draw blood with their fingernails when they feed), their venomous fangs are a lot thinner and by definition less painful to extend, and their bloodlust is severely reduced; often disliked by other bloodlines because of these traits

FAELIN BLOODLINE — an ancient bloodline with close ties to the fae, making vampires of this bloodline a little uncanny valley in appearance; these vampires possess what is known as the "vampire's kiss", a powerful venom that can enchant their victims to turn them into personal blood bags

SOMBRA BLOODLINE — sombra vampires are a lot more agile than other bloodlines and can climb on walls and ceilings in spider-like fashion; darkness calms them and allows them to enter a regenerative hibernation state which other bloodlines can only achieve in a nest with risk of their feral sense activating, something sombra vampires do not have to worry about

LETIFER BLOODLINE — a rather small and close-knit bloodline with high lethality rate among turned victims, which is why turning a human within the letifer bloodline is done through a ritual due to the venom dosage being highly specific; letifer vampires can never miss a meal as their feral sense can sneak up on them out of nowhere and can be all-destroying, but in return they are a lot stronger and more powerful than other bloodlines

ORACULUM BLOODLINE — another ancient bloodline similar to the faelin bloodline with close connections to the fae; vampires of this bloodline possess clairvoyant abilities (often in one sense only, sight or hearing, but in rare cases more than one and even rarer cases all senses) which allows them to see others' futures, or experience events in certain locations or through specific objects

FROSTBITE BLOODLINE — a bloodline that thrives in the cold; vampires of this bloodline are ice cold to the touch and they can use their frost-like abilities to manipulate water, including water within human bodies

[be-the-glenn-to-my-maggie]

Hey, so I saw your post about some fics demonizing Neytiri. That has actually been one of my major fears as a fic writer, attempting to balance Neytiri's extremely valid trauma and the POV I'm writing from (that is typically flawed in some way). I was wondering, since you seem very well-versed on the topic, what do you define as "demonizing" for Neytiri? Is it ok to write from a perspective where a character doesn't really like or trust her, as long as the trauma is noted? Do you have any resources so I can educate myself to properly write this kind of character?

I really want to make sure I'm doing right by Neytiri and improve as a fic writer overall, so any advice you could offer would be very much appreciated!

Whoa, what a complicated and nuanced question. A great one! And I'm super flattered you came to me! Just one I'm going to try to answer to the best of my ability. I'm assuming you're referring to Norm's pov in your fic?

First of all, I do not want to at all proclaim to be an expert on generational trauma; I am not a person of color, and I have been lucky enough to have a very normal and healthy family. I just had a best friend growing up in an abusive household and took steps to educate myself best I could to understand the situation, which I believe anyone would do. So I'm just gonna try to word vomit out my thoughts for you, please ask questions or challenge any of what I say if any of you see anything you think is incorrect. Buckle in, this will be long.

What do you define as "demonizing" for Neytiri?

Demonizing means portraying someone as wicked or threatening, as evil or worthy of contempt and blame.

For me, demonizing for Neytiri is the trend I've seen lately of portraying her as this unyielding, animalistic type character who's hatred of humans, Spider specifically, goes so far that she gets physically violent with Spider and eventually ends up tearing apart her family. In these fics, Jake is always a sad sack loser bystander, loving his wife too much to step in but of course shamefully knowing how wrong what she's doing is. Infantilizing poor white savior Jake Sully, being brow beaten by his mean indigenous wife into neglecting a child is a weirdly strong take in this fandom. Often Mo'at is a wise elder chiding Neytiri for being unable to get over her prejudice. Mo'at and Jake understand Neytiri as much as anyone would, they wouldn't shame her. To me, it's an extremely reductive and frankly borderline racist characterization. When paired with a sympathetic view of Quaritch, it is at best irresponsible and at worst knowingly dangerous.

Neytiri is representative of an indigenous woman. I feel like I don't have to explain why making her violent, volatile, and completely unreasonable is a little bit of a harmful caricature. In these fics, for me, Neytiri ceases to be a person. She looses autonomy to sort of represent this monolith of hatred and prejudice that has hurt our little baby boy Spider. It's crazy to me that people can't apply the exact same empathy they have towards Spider (saving Quaritch) to Neytiri (not being able to trust Spider). They are the most foil of foil characters. Their storylines are extremely similar, if I'm being honest. Essentially, ignoring the fact that Neytiri is a member of a minority community being actively genocided by Spider's people is intentionally reductive. If you can empathize with Spider, and ESPECIALLY if you find Quaritch sympathetic, finding Neytiri's actions unforgivable is racism, plain and simple.

Also, side note, the lengths people go to where Neytiri just literally will not budge under any circumstances at all is INSANE.

(I read a fic the other day where she gave Spider to child protective services behind everyone's back. That's LUNACY. She only came around after she almost lost Tuk when Tuk was suddenly born prematurely and Mo'at came in and was like "Eywa made it so you can never have kids again because of what you did, have you learned your lesson yet?" Like?? I do not understand the HATRED some of ya'll have for her, the suffering you all think she deserves. She's having an EXTREMELY NORMAL trauma reaction to surviving GENOCIDE? Examine yourselves greatly).

But where I was going was Neytiri is the same character who pushed her parents to let them go to human school, fell in love with human Jake, defended him and trusted him despite her family, mated with him and lost her religious position because of it, and then had a bunch of part human kids with him, and adopted a fully freak of nature kid born of a human she loved and respected. She has human friends, she wears and uses human tech, and she forgave Jake after he had betrayed them. Basically what I'm saying is Neytiri, despite her continuous trauma, is the most open and curious and non traditional Na'vi of all time. Girl is READY to meet new people and learn new shit, and to be open to everyone. Sometimes I think about a no trauma Neytiri and I get emotional. I think it's crazy to say she would never budge on Spider, if it wasn't for his dad I'm pretty sure she would've softened lonnnnng ago, if not having liked him from the get go.

Um, that got way too long I have too many thoughts. Second half of your question.

Is it ok to write from a perspective where a character doesn't really like or trust her, as long as the trauma is noted?

This is a tricky question, because technically there is nothing you can't do as a writer. Of course, it also means there is nothing anyone can't criticize you for writing. Like, Colleen Hoover can say she's writing realistic depictions of domestic abuse until the cows come home, I'm still going to say she's romanticizing and normalizing it in a super callous way. Neither of us can stop the other. So yeah, of course you're okay to write from the perspective of a character that doesn't like Neytiri. I just think the point will be what your prerogative is. One of my MFA professors says it in a way I like and I'm sure I've referenced before, if you aren't trying to make a point about something that might have to have a trigger warning then don't include it. I always say I would take it a step further; if your point is to defend that thing, don't do it. So for me, my big points would be try not to project my own feelings onto the character either way; if the character is wrong about something and the narrative intends to show that they will either learn, or we the reader will grow past them. But to be sure what you feel the takeway of the piece is is what you wanted it to be, I guess.

Do you have any resources so I can educate myself to properly write this kind of character?

Well, I have a few on white writers writing BIPOC characters and the ethics of that if you're interested in that. But I don't have any on specifically writing generational trauma. I guess I'd say reading and absorbing are my biggest tools; so reading books/watching movies or TV that use the speculative to translate generational trauma, and learning about and taking in the real life examples the character is based on. Read up on some genocides, and indigenous people today and how their lives are still affected. Even just watch the news; we're witnessing a very public genocide being pushed right to our attention right now. And of course, that is not the only genocide happening rn, it's just the only one we're talking about, so there's plenty of real world case studies unfortunately right in front of us.

[crimealleythief]

✨YOUR LOCAL CRIME ALLEY THIEF✨

(A roleplay account)

Gotham shmatum. The streets suck ass and thievery’s real dangerous, not like that’s ever stopped me.

Name’s Cinth Crow. Call me Crow, or if we’re mutuals— Cinth is good. Born and raised in Gotham’s very own crime alley, I’m alive and— well, thriving is such a complicated word, I’d rather say.. getting by.

Despite common rumours, I am not related to or even slightly in cahoots with Red Hood. Nor Matches Malone, stop asking for the love of God—

I am an independent thief!! Sure, Hood’s tried to recruit me. Sure I begrudgingly go to him (or Malone, fuck off) when things are getting out of hand, that doesn’t mean shit!!!

[egginfroggin]

I usually try not to get too negative on my blog, but I have to say that one thing that I'm worried about with AI art is the possible accusations that could be placed on people with certain artstyles (surrealism, hyperrealism, etc.) that are more prone to the "uncanny valley" effect, or even just artists who are in that midway point where most of a piece looks great but there's a few things that are anatomically questionable.

I think it's fine for people to have suspicions, but I'm worried that people will come to expect things such as progress videos or shots as a given, and that this will intimidate young or new artists, making them feel incredibly pressured to provide things that they shouldn't have to. And, speaking from experience, pressure does not do good things to the creative mind.

I'm worried that people will start seeing inconsistencies or awkward anatomy and immediately react with accusations of AI. It's happening on other platforms, and probably also on Tumblr, and as much as I dislike AI, I think that people need to learn to slow down and really look at something before making that accusation.

What good will stamping out AI with vigor do if innocent artists get caught in the crossfire and stop creating out of fear? What good will it do if the next generation of artists is too scared to share and inspire each other?

Genuinely, I would personally rather deal with AI images existing while still being able to freely share my actual works than I would deal with tiptoeing around very real people who would dismiss my hours of work (and musculoskeletal pain) as worthless and not real. Let artists still be free for goodness' sake.

I can be more thoroughly worded later if anyone asks, and this will probably be sorely misinterpreted, but I just need to get this out and I'm tired.

TLDR: It's fine to be against AI-generated images, but please check yourself and be careful who you accuse of using such technology before you get someone innocent caught up in it. AI-generated art isn't great, and neither is putting down someone's hard work as fake.

[deuynndoodles]

i have got to get more approachable

[carpisuns]

theOrEticalLy . if I opened commissions at some point. would there be. a smackerel of interest . ??

[valeriefauxnom]

Chapter 17 of Scaling the Walls of a Mystery is out!

In which Euden decides to go big and not leave home, wherein 'home' indicates his room, and the rest of the family is Suffering now right alongside him. They also fail Hostage Negotiation 101!

Exert from chapter (~9k out of ~198k):

Leonidas all but growled. “Cease this childishness at once. This is a losing situation for you. You have no recourse to flee. You have no resources. Need be, we can simply wait for you to fall asleep and strike then.” Oh. That… might work? Euden didn’t sound all that broken up. “Then I guess I’ll just have to stay awake, then. I’ll inform you that I’m a light sleeper and used to long nights, though, and even if you did catch me unawares, nothing would stop me from shapeshifting upon waking. Keep that in mind if I ever wake in a different location.”  “We can only try to convince him to come out,” Phares said quietly, face grim as he vocalized the conclusion they all were headed for, before he continued in an exasperated tone, “Euden, please. Is this what you really want to do? Starve and dehydrate yourself, stay awake for hours on end, for what? What do you hope to gain by doing this?”

And, just because it's funny and fitting, I'm bringing these things my friend made back:

[ny000mdraws]

hey! ur tf au character designs are seriously killer! im totally hooked. so, quick question... i saw the ask about hot rod & dark energon. am i in for some major heartbreak in the next part!? i NEED to know how this post-death tragedy plays out!!! arrrrrrgh, my heart is desperate for content!!! can't wait to see where the angst takes us!!! 😱🔥

EEE Thank for so much for liking the designs!!

Currently trying to get through college so I haven’t been able to work on the next part of the “I’m sorry” comic in months (I’ve also joined a zine and am thinking of submitting stuff for a local painting exhibition). 😭 But the semester ends soon! And I’m very excited to get back into the grove of making TFP AU content! Filled with angst of course. 😈

But yes, there will be heartbreak in the eventual next part. ☺️ Or at least, I hope it’s sad. I had to redo the dialogue of the latter half because it wasn’t hitting the heartstrings the way I wanted it too. And I’m too shy to ask for a beta-reader (I think that’s what they’re called).

[eeblouissant]

This is a friendly nudge not a demand buuuut just saying if you ever wanna share your thoughts on Dorothy bottoming, as you vaguely mentioned before and more on your other blog.... I'm sure a few of us are listening

ohhh I have been dying to talk about it but I was unsure if anyone would be interested in a ramble on that topic ?!!! now that I know a handful of you are though 👀 let me get some thoughts together and move to my side blog

[paintpanic]

do you make your art with a mouse? i read you did that at one point

if so thats EXTREMELY impressive hats off to you

I do! Thank you for the kind words.

If all goes to plan I *should* be getting a real drawing tablet by the end of the year. That'll make it a lot easier to do things! Let's keep our fingers crossed for that.

[autoraton]

What's the best tv show. That exists. Inside the world.

hit fox procedural bones (2005) starring david boreanaz and emily deschanel