#because people just send that shit willy nilly

[demisexual-dryad]

Okay, as an American studying to become a botanist I’m about to fire shots in every direction. None of you are safe, not even myself, but there are things about this post that have pissed me off to the point of righteous anger.

American chestnut is functionally extinct yes, except for a few remaining colonies, however, that’s not because of most Americans, just as you, previous person, said your issues are not because of most of the British- as Americans relied on chestnuts as a cultural symbol and a food source as they taste arguably better (or so I’m told) than the European chestnuts that were exported to us carrying chestnut blight that killed our chestnuts. Those same stumps ARE STILL TRYING TO SEND OUT SUCKERS, and are STILL DYING BECAUSE OF AN INTRODUCED BLIGHT BY EUROPEAN NEGLIGENCE.

I understand you’re mad at the lack of education on our side, I am as well- the American education system FAILS at teaching botany on a MULTITUDE of ENORMOUS levels, and you and I both know that plant life is the basis of an ecosystem, but don’t you dare think that this means I’m not infuriated by the same from you- I am. I KNOW FOR A FACT that Europe is no better in its failure to find value in botanical studies, and I’m still pissed about it, but I’ve at least seen a few papers about the subject and written a few essays myself, and at least Europe isn’t the near-dead-static radio silence about botany the way America seems to be. But at least know that this is a two way street, and don’t deflect about that shortcoming when we’re both at fault.

The prairies??? That was misguided science and capitalism instilling laziness. We had rules and laws about rewilding areas post mining expeditions and construction, but those were ignored by greedy corps who figured slapping some trees on an area that didn’t have trees before would solve their problem. And the people in charge weren’t ecologists, but government officials who heard in school that trees give us oxygen and are therefore better than grass, and so with being slid a little extra cash, shrugged their shoulders about it and turned a blind eye to the issue because “well it’s just trees” and BOY, AM I MAD ABOUT THAT TOO, but being MAD, and BEING ABLE TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT are two very different ball parks, babe.

Then there was climate crisis attention in the nineties, and although the intentions of the campaigns were pure-hearted, they were misleading in the idea that planting trees Willy-nilly would solve our problems, and while yes, trees are larger organisms that need more co2 to grow to max size, and therefore absorb more carbon, not all trees are created equal, and while some non-natives might absorb more CO2 or do better in certain regions, more of the people supplying and planting those invasive trees have no ability, much less a concept of even recognizing the potential for something to become invasive. Another failure of our shitty education system, but we already know it’s shit, so that’s besides the point.

The grasses and monocultures of lawns we have are a direct spawn of English colonialism. Lawns were managed by slaves and considered a sign of wealth- and non-natural ornamental landscapes were seen as a sign of knowledge and skill to tend.

American pioneers and natives didn’t give two shits about those things, and though we aren’t blameless for the slew of invasive ravaging our ecosystems, Britain is no saint in this either. Y’all have a government that fears and respects Its people and their voices; do not squander your opportunity, when here in America, trying to get through to a politician bought out by lobbyists to get off their asses and do something is clearly MUCH HARDER than you all seem to think it is because capitalism is unchecked over here.

You have the science. You have the opportunity. Fight the status quo and take a risk while you have a chance to. Right your wrongs. There’s no excuse to not. At least we make an effort and fight, even though every step forward feels like a step backwards because politicians and public figures here usually have their pockets and offices lined so thick with wads of cash they can’t seem to hear us screaming in the streets. So many organizations out here are all desperately scrounging for donations and support individually to step up where our governing bodies ran like cowardly father figures going out for milk and cigarettes and then simply ignoring the issues we’ve being screeching about like it’s not something young people are mad about on the daily. Also, you lost lynxes??? Reintroduce them. Yes you’re on an island, that doesn’t stop animals, and it hasn’t before. They will adapt so long as you let them. You can fix the damage that’s been done, all it takes is effort and time, and a willingness to take a chance to make a change.

Moreover. You ALSO EAT THOSE STOLEN CROPS.

TOMATOES. CORN. SQUASH. BEANS. TOMATILLOS.

YOU EAT THOSE TOO!

And what about the Cinnamon? The Mace? The nutmeg? The British stole those from the people of India. The tea you’ve monopolized as your own? That’s from China and Japan. You don’t even drink it right. You’re suppose to pour out the first steep according to Chinese tea practices. And they sold it for far cheaper to the British at the time. The wheat? Grains? Ethiopia, that’s from the Fertile Crescent. Your very bread is made of a stolen crop.

Your fruits? All of it, stolen. The Mediterranean originally grew mint, oregano, rosemary, olives, and cabbage.

Do you indulge in chocolate? That was stolen by your Spanish neighbors from the Aztecs and Mayans darling. Chewing gum too.

We didn’t even steal half the crops we grow, imperialism did, so don’t even start there. Many of the natives crops are viable solutions to local food, but guess what? WE DONT FREAKING USE THEM!

You wanna get mad at us for something? Get mad that we don’t use acorn and coontie flour instead of wheat. Get mad that we don’t use elderberries and American cherries in jams as much as we should. Get mad that we haven’t cultivated the pawpaw or Florida plum as much as we should. Get mad that we don’t use sumac, or Kentucky coffee. Get mad that blueberries and cranberries aren’t a main staple in our diets, and because of capitalism-caused food deserts and absurd prices. Get mad that we don’t eat local meats, but farm instead of forage when there’s so much we could be eating to cut back on our waste, but we don’t because humans are prissy and don’t want to put the effort into making things taste good by selective breeding like we did when we were nomadic and still figuring out agriculture. Get mad that we could be eating our way through our kudzu problem in the south, but we aren’t because it’s just not something we do culturally.

Get mad about the things we can be faulted for, because at least we can actually try and control those.

The moral of the story here is we should be fucking mad at the GREED OF THE FEW. At the end of the day, that’s what’s caused us the most problems isn’t it? Instead we sit here and we bicker about who’s worse, instead of making each other better. Like you said, let’s not throw stones at each other from our stupid glass houses, and burn down the people who are actually responsible and have the means to do something but instead choose to do nothing.

Actually your society is the freaks for shooting everything that moves and burning half your "nature reserves" every year so that upperclass dandies can eat leaded pheasant. North Americans are the well adjusted ones here, your country has become a desolate suburban lawn in island form

[birlwrites]

reading comprehension😔

[jedi-enthusiast]

Can you please elaborate on the 4-hour conversation about Palpatine screwing himself over bc I would genuinely LOVE to hear it

OH HELL YEAH, I'D LOVE TO!!! and tagging @shootingstarpilot because they also wanted to hear me shit on Palpatine.

I'm gonna do my best to summarize our discussion, but it's probably gonna be long as hell, and for everyone reading please keep this in mind:

My friend and I were obviously not discussing the ethics of Palpatine's way of ruling or our own suggestions--this was just us talking about how he was stupid and could've probably ruled longer if he did the following things.

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Number One - The Death Star Was a Stupid Idea

Ok, we both agreed that the Death Star was the fucking stupidest thing ever because it 1. was a huge expense that could've gone to other things that would've worked better and 2. odds are, it would've just led to an uprising in Imperial ranks and wouldn't have worked as the "intimidation tactic" he thought it would.

We're just gonna be focusing on 2 since 1 is discussed in the other parts.

Basically the gist was that obviously Imperials come from the same planets as everyone else, right? They're recruited, not created (something we'll come back to later).

That means that if the Emperor and high ranking Imperial Officers just destroyed planets willy-nilly every time a rebel from that planet didn't listen (like Leia and Alderaan) or had a rebel presence, then they'd be 1. destroying other Imperials' home planets as well 2. destroying those same Imperials' friends and families and 3. destroying the Imperial forces on said planets, which wouldn't send a good message to the Imperials working for them.

That obviously wouldn't go over well with Imperials whose planets were destroyed or probably any other Imperial, because Palpatine would be sending the message that "it happened to this officer, why wouldn't it happen to you?" which would then probably lead to a lot of Imperials defecting to the Rebellion, spying for the Rebellion, or just plain quitting.

And you can't really threaten planetary destruction if they quit because 1. again, there are other Imperials from that planet and 2. that's literally already a possibility, even if they work for the Empire. And if they don't destroy planets willy-nilly because of a rebel or rebel presence, then the Death Star isn't even a very convincing intimidation tactic and ultimately useless.

So either way it's just a very stupid, expensive show pony.

Number Two - They Should've Stuck With the Clones

Choosing to recruit random people from across the galaxy instead of just sticking with the Kaminoans and the clones was just fucking stupid.

Firstly, the clones could be controlled by the chips in their heads. Yes, newer material is showing them start to question the Empire as their chips degrade, but that's because Palpatine's plan was specifically to use them to kill the Jedi and then toss them away--not because he planned on using them as soldiers in the long term.

If that was his plan, I guarantee you that the Kaminoans could have found ways to make the chips permanent or, at the very least, last a lot longer--and, honestly, they probably could've made the effects a lot stronger to the point where it suppressed all personality traits. They also could've made ways to stop the faster aging process after a certain point so that the clones could stay "viable" longer. They just didn't because that wasn't really the plan, it wasn't meant to be a permanent thing.

Second, the Kaminoans were obviously willing to stay loyal to the Empire as long as they kept buying clones--and for an Empire that's constantly fighting and conquering and expanding, I'd say they'd never really have a reason to stop buying clones. Plus, with how much Palpatine shelled out for 2 Death Stars, which were ultimately useless, he obviously has the money to keep buying clones--and obviously the clones aren't being paid. So the fact that he wouldn't be paying the millions of Imperials that work for the Empire would probably pay for the clones themselves.

So Kamino would always be loyal, since it's obvious they don't really give a shit about the moral quandary of things from what we're shown, only really their personal connections/gains. The few surviving Kaminoans only became willing to turn on the Empire (and, even still, it takes a lot to convince them) after Kamino was destroyed.

Third, let's just be honest here, the clones are a whole hell of a lot more skilled and efficient than stormtroopers. Stormtroopers literally miss most of the shots they take, meanwhile clones are shown to be very skilled and capable and also shown to overcome the odds a lot of times and succeed where they should've failed. Yes, sometimes that's because of the Jedi, but a lot of times they're able to just do it themselves (like Rishi and Umbara, for example).

I can't remember the last time I've seen the Stormtroopers actually be successful in a show or movie, unless there was a Darksider helping them or some really high ranking Imperial with them (like Moff Gideon).

So basically, Palpatine threw away a force of skilled, capable soldiers that he could've made be unquestionably loyal to him--a force of soldiers that honestly would've been far more intimidating than the Death Star--in order to recruit a bunch of untrained soldiers that would have to be trained later and could turn on him at any point.

Again, stupid.

Number Three - The Shitty Training and Supplies

I'll admit, my friend was the one who outlined this part for me because he knows a lot more about weapon types and such than I do--but basically his ramble boiled down to this:

Palpatine basically gave Imperials shittier armor, weapons, and ships than the Republic did because he was cheap and that's probably why everything didn't work very well and/or was easily destroyed. I can try to elaborate on this in another post, but he honestly was the brains behind this part of the discussion.

We also talked about how, since Imperials were recruits and their training was done later in life (even if that "later in life" was just like 15), their training was probably a lot more rushed than the training the clones went through, and it probably didn't stick as well. Plus, just because of the nature of recruitment, their standards probably had to be lowered some in order to fill their ranks and also because you can't really threaten them with the same shit the Kaminoans did with the clones.

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So, in conclusion, Palpatine made stupid ass decisions.

In other news, water is wet.

[monstersmashorpass]

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[sadistichaunt]

This sounds rude, but it's not reading your slade stuff, and I do think people forget he's literally a pedophile or has some pedophilic urges from everything with Tarra and like that's why I can never think Brudick is worse than Sladick? Because Bruce is weird and in some senses may have similar stories but he's not canonically a pedophile which is bad

Don't worry, it's not rude! You're just obnoxious and this commentary was unneeded. Here's why:

1) I really don't think people forget that about Slade. Most Slade fans just don't particularly care because, as most people would attest to, being a mercenary with a body count in the hundreds is generally morally incorrect. Someone enjoying a character and enjoying a FICTIONAL CHARACTER, even if that character does something morally wrong, is NOT saying that they condone it or think it's fine

2) The situation with Terra and Slade is absolutely her getting groomed, but there is a *very* big difference between someone being an abuser and someone being a pedophile. Throwing around that word all willy nilly detracts from the seriousness of the term.

Slade grooms Terra. It's heavily implied that they had sex. (He actually seemed pretty disinterested in actually having sex with her, but it could have been retconned after the original comics). But at the very least, in my reading, it didn't seem like he was targeting her with the intention of sex or because she was a minor. It was because he saw an opportunity to manipulate someone naive, who wanted to be treated as an adult and an equal, and took advantage of that.

Afaik, there isn't a *pattern* of Slade targeting minors, at least in the comics. Not any more so than an off-color comment here and there, as is standard for comic books.

3) Brudick and Sladick are both toxic ships. They're both unhealthy relationships, and they're both ill-advised for anyone in real life, and that's the *fun* part of it. It's fun to explore what these relationships look like. If Slade is a pedophile for being with Dick, then so is Bruce! It cancels out. The post I assume you're referring to was commentating on the fact that Slade would be incredibly open about the relationship being unhealthy, he wouldn't pretend that it was anything other than toxic or dangerous. Bruce, on the other hand, would look away from any evidence that he was hurting Dick out of fear of losing him.

Bruce and Dick have an unbalanced power dynamic for a LOT of reasons. Whether you want to see Dick as his son here is irrelevant. Regardless of familial relation, Bruce is still the person that Dick is relying on for most of his life. Bruce very much could have leveraged his ties. You're telling me that a relationship where both people are toxic and unhealthy is more dangerous than a relationship where one person relies on the other to keep from being in the Gotham foster care system? Be so for real.

At least one of them is aware of the damage they do.

4) guess what? They're not real people. There are about thirty million conflicting character traits in every DC character, and picking and choosing which ones you want to explore is normal. I hate the fact that Dick was canonically a cop- I'm not going to downright ignore it, because it is a part of his character and is relevant in certain discussions, but I'm not going to focus on it in my analysis and in my participation in his fan base because it's not something I'm interested in. I hate Wally west- do you see me sending asks and shitting on him to his fans bc of it? If Slade as a character is bothersome to you, then don't interact with content or discussions around Slade.

Simple as that.

[pinktasticplastixx]

do i think id survive the hunger games? no, of course not, i’m literally the least athletic, least talented (in any way that matters), least survival oriented person i know.

however‼️ if I were reaped in the hunger games, I would NOT kill myself on the spot. it seems like a good idea since itll just happen later anyways but once i fall dead from the knife i stick in my own throat then theyre just going to send some other girl to her death and it looks like i did all that for selfish reasons instead of boldly protesting the brutaity of the capitol. so what happens instead?

i go in. i go through all the capitol stuff (i love dressing up anyways even if its for my own death) and then when it comes time to meet all the other people in the games, i befriend the guy/gal who knows all about the berries in nature and shit. why? because they’re going to find the berries the capitol put in the arena to try and kill us by stupidity, and that’s what I’m going to use to kill myself. but i’m not gonna do it immediately.

i’m gonna make it all the way to the cornucopia part and then, instead of running to grab supplies, I RUN off imto the arena and i get the hell to cover. why? because some numbskull with a bow and arrow is going to start firing willy nilly🙄 but then what? i find the poison berries.

i’m not resourceful enough to find food out in the wild, are you kidding me? but i can find these berries, because i trained with my resident poison berries enthusiast. and whats my next move? save a handful of these poison berries (way more than enough to kill me) until i think i’ll die of starvation (maybe a week? idk i’m a fatass) and then chow down. therefore i’m not the first death, but i dont win either and i manage to be an uneventful death and all the capitol is mad at me for not dying in bloody victory and instead dying of violent diarrhea caused by poison berries

bonus points if the guy i was reaped with wins and all the capitol interviewers are like “isnt it SOOO embarrassing that that girl died of shitting herself to death ON PURPOSE??!!🤣🤣” and he’s just like please stop laughing about my friends suicide oh my god

[ovalofficehatefck]

My Conspiracy Theory

* This is about CYS/CPS sucking at their job, abortion, and fucked up youth.

-> Okay, so before reading, this is a conspiracy theory I came up with in the shower just a few seconds ago. No, I don't have proof, and I'm alleging everything (so then nobody tries to shoot me). I don't know if anybody has addressed this before or tried to make connections, but I'm bored and all the current conspiracies are fucking stupid.

vv let's begin vv

Okay, so I've noticed a lot recently that CYS fucking sucks ass at their job. Children who are being abused are staying in those households, while they act hypocritical and make actual good parents pay. Foster care is a nightmare, yet they send children there willy-nilly.

I've also taken notice on the internet to pregnancy propaganda. More people are against pregnancy! I get personal preference, but these people are also demonizing children altogether. It's more popular to hate on kids and daydream about beating them... because they're children. (I've had friends--cut off connection with them--who would literally fantasize about this, not even cruel, dark humor jokes).

On the other hand, a few states are taking away abortion rights, with a lot being against abortion even if it's in terms of necessary medical care. With this, we're seeing a shit ton of young moms killing their children.

Why is the government trying to fuck up the younger generations? At first, I threw out the stupid "maybe it's because we need people in the military, and only fucked-up people like to join that," (no offense). Anyways, we got bloodthirsty adults against children, children having children, and child protective services that do absolutely nothing to protect these children. Is it in correlation to human trafficking? Fuck them up so they lose their innocence and it'll be easier to sell them?

Somebody should really build off of this because time and time again we see this. I didn't even bring up the drug epidemic, but adding that and the cys business, all of this means that it isn't anything new. It's something that has lasted decades.

Shit, maybe they're trying to pull some human experimenting on us that we don't know about.

[boqvistsbabe]

Update!!!!!!!!

Hey Y’all!!

Here is the start of hopefully monthly updates. I know in my last update I said I was going to be more consistently here and active. Obviously, that didn’t happen lol. Trying to hold myself to that rn. So this is probably going to be the format for all of my update posts, just so they are easier to follow.

Refresh:

So I am almost completely done with the blog refresh. I think all that is left is updating links and getting some other posts (ex: theme days) made/redone. Most of that got put on the back burner due to how long they were going to take lol. But hopefully, over Spring Break, I’ll be able to get those done (no promises, another thing I’m trying to do, is be more realistic about what I want to get done by when so). 

Writing/Other Content:

Ik I said I’d write more. Once again didn’t really happen. Well, I have written a decent bit, but never finished anything. There is one fic that I am going to try and work on after this week (midterms lol) and have someone look over it (the first time I’ve had a beta reader, look at me go lol). Like the blog as a whole, I am trying to organize my writing, like requests and my ideas and what is going out when etc. (@ any of the other writers if you have any suggestions of what to/where to organize my stuff so it doesn’t get all confusing and mixed up you should def let me know). Speaking of requests, I am going to try and do at least two requests a month. That doesn’t sound like a lot but for me, that feels like something I can realistically do. I will be doing old requests first because even though they are years old at this point, I liked the ideas so I genuinely want to write them. I am still going to be accepting new requests (esp because sometimes that helps spark creativity/help with writer’s block so feel free to send in any ideas!!) but I will try to get those older ones done first. As for any other content (playlists, moodboards, IG edits, drawings, etc.) I am also taking requests for those so feel free to send in any of those requests too. 

Another Blog?!

As of rn the second hockey blog has not been “released”. I want to catch up on things for this blog before I throw that into the mix and try to grow that as well. I am hoping to add that sometime this summer. Also, I do technically have a sideblog already (@samistheman) which is normally where I reblog random things, and I don’t really have tags for that blog I just kinda willy-nilly reblog there (it used to be mostly PJO stuff but now that’s kind of here because of how much of it there is lol).

Life Update:

College is a lot rn. I’m doing 17 credit hours and tbh do not know what possessed me to do that. At first, I was doing pretty good, but now not so much. Like I said earlier I have midterms this week. If y’all didn’t know this, I’m shit at taking tests so not doing great rn. Thankfully one of my classes ends on Sunday so at least I don’t have to worry about that. I’ve had a lot going on in my personal life recently that is impacting a lot so trying to navigate that as well. I am moving out in May, which is yes months from now but there is still a lot that I need to do beforehand. Anyway, I’m going to a college hockey game on Thursday and I am super excited. I haven’t been able to go to a game since October. Also little fun update, I’m going on a weekend (work) trip to Boston. Super excited for that. I’ll be getting to go to a Celtics game and a Red Sox game (I’m a Royals girlie tho). I’ve never been to an NBA game so that’s for sure gonna be really cool. I’ve been to many MLB games before but this will be my first at a different stadium. Anyway, I think that is it for this update. Hope y’all are doing well!!

As usual, if y’all ever want to talk dms/inbox are open <3

I am going to tag some moots, I am totally forgetting some people so I am sorry for that (if y'all could reblog that would be amazing)

@2manytabsopen @krugstrash @jimmystrudel @andreburakozy @sidneycrosbyhoe @fallinallincurls @timstuetzle @typical-simplelove @ilyasorokinn @drei-mrssvechii

[cool-kink-sis]

Asshole Inky

Got your attention with that title. I love the idea of an asshole Inky just fucking everything up, not accidentally. On purpose.

The Inky we see in the concept art that has Leilana in tears.

I want Sera reduced to swearing and crying, I want Solas losing his temper for the first time in since the veil went up, Cassandra becoming an alcoholic, Varric watching people get dragged down and held under the water to drown (no way he'd bring Hawke back if Inky was straight up full dictator), Vivienne pushed and her mask slipping into a snarl that she cannot pull back in time, Blackwall falling into depression cos now he's apart of something even worse than what he did before, Dorian gets ambushed by his dad and basically sent packing back to Tevinter, Cole just utterly outraged by all of this and making Inky forget him so he can try to fix things invisibly and Bull? I find it a lot more awful to imagine him trying to navigate keeping his men out of the suicidal missions the boss keeps sending them on.

Religious fanatics whipped into a frenzy, Inky is charming when he wants to be and terrifying when he's not.

I want Solas to loath him entirely but still be stuck because misery loves company and he and the others are stuck together for all of this a lot. So he still learns and grows but is it enough?

Also no way in rl would the Herald be allowed to run off constantly willy-nilly to race horses and shit so it would just be the main crew, all juggling their own shit and trapped with an asshole Inquisitor.

And what then?

Does Solas leave them to, not just the fate of the veil falling, but to the whims of a dictator?

[steviewashere]

Let's have a quick little conversation, Stranger Things fandom. This is a conversation for everybody, including those who create the amazing things we pass around our table of stories like bowls of mashed potatoes.

A lot of you guys are fucking mean. And I'm not talking regular mean. I'm talking a rotting, moldy, dilapidating, squelching sort of mean. I should know, I've given way too many speeches about this kind of shit. So, you're gonna listen good.

The new trend I'm seeing is bullying the bodacious babes within our community, and I won't fucking stand for it. I've had my fair share of bullying, both as the victim and as a bystander, and it's exhausting to have it spread into such a tight-knit space like this.

Let me reintroduce you to some wonderful technology on here, you hateful pieces of shit (no, I'm not talking about the people who are actually nice, but please continue to read this). (And, I'm not gonna be nice to people who are blowing up babe's Tumblr inboxes and anon messages and Twitter replies and AO3 comments. Or people sending death threats and threats of sexual violence. Because you don't deserve kindness. Not anymore.)

There's a "close tab" button located conveniently below your address bar. There's also a little bar on the side of your screen that lets you scroll all willy-nilly away from things you don't like. AND there's a "block" button! Oh, let's not forget the "mute tag" button! (Explosion sound effects here.) Isn't that crazy?! You can block anybody you want. You can scroll away. You can close out of a fic you're reading or a fanart you're viewing.

Isn't that wonderful? Because then, you don't ever have to see it again.

Fandom is a space for everybody, no matter what someone enjoys. Even if it's dead dove fics or unconventional kinks or relationship dynamics that may come off as "abusive" or "toxic".

If topics that are considered unsightly to you really bother the fuck outta your soul, then just ignore 'em. Ignore them. Leave them alone. Art, no matter the form, has always been made to make a statement; art is meant to be uncomfortable sometimes; art comforts those who may have gone through the same or similar experience.

Not everything is for you. That's what's so wonderful about tag filtering and muting tags and blocking users and content. That's what's so wonderful about the internet. You can get away from things that would otherwise be triggering for you.

You don't have to read everything. Or view everything. Or like everything.

Somebody else will like that piece of art, guaranteed.

And to artists, whether you're a writer or a painter or a scrapbooker or whatever you do that pleases your senses, continue to create. Continue to create because you do enjoy it, even if sometimes it seems that nobody does. Take breaks as needed. Walk away if you have to. That's alright. Taking care of yourself is so important and nobody is allowed to tell you otherwise. But at the end of the day, you are the poet and the artist and the muser. You are the creator.

The first person you should create for, because all fan work is self-indulgent on some level, is yourself. Always create for you. Create because it's something primal. Because it's an instinct.

Not everything is beautiful. But art can be beautiful. You make it beautiful. Your minds are beautiful. Everybody is gorgeous.

Fandom is like a museum, babes. Sometimes, the creator is going to be walking the same room as you, viewing their paintings sidelong. Keep your voices down, move on if you don't like the painting they made, and find something you do like. You're allowed to do that.

But by the gods, be thoughtful, be kind, and remember that the creator is always standing behind you in the art hall. And they're sharing their craft with you. And they don't have to. And sometimes they don't want to. But they do it anyway. Because it's important to create and tell their story and reflect on what is otherwise something shitty.

Telling stories is part of human nature. We've been doing it for centuries. It's in our blood. Don't be the reason somebody's blood turns cold or their pens fall dried or their mouths clink shut. Art is an objectively subjective form of culture, it changes from where you're going to where you've been and it's always changing and not every aspect is for you.

You do it for you, though. At the end of the day, your art should matter because it's an appendage of you. You're wonderful, you're beautiful, you're talented, and you're worthy of what you do. Because you're doing it. At the end of the day, you're doing it. That's something that matters.

But what matters most?

You do. You're the heart of everything you do. You're part of the thousands of arteries in the community we've built, you are the vessel carrying life in this community. And damnit, what a good job you do. You matter. At the end of the day, you will always matter.

Always. You will always matter.

[rjmhereunderprotest]

Danny Chase is Still Dead: Why You Should Care That Death in Comics Doesn't Matter

Recent events have forced me to break my attempt at positivity for the moment to address something to a number of you. Specifically, the people who are using this line to try and soften/deride people's outrage over the leaks that have revealed the death of Ms. Marvel in a book that isn't even her own.

"It's Comic Books, she'll be back in six months to a year."

Yeah... shut up, that's exactly the fucking problem and also not the fucking point.

Death in comics being a revolving door is not a reason to calm down on one's outrage. Because it's the exact fucking problem plaguing comics. A symptom of a wider issue infecting the industry: Apathy. A lack of care. And when you use that line it's you saying "Stop caring about this, it's just a dumb disposable story." And in a world where comics struggle to sell, that's the worst message you can send. And it encourages the comic companies to keep doing this.

Death not mattering in a story is the single biggest death knell to any serious writing endeavor. Because if there are no consequences then none of this matters. If the story does not matter, there's no reason to be invested in it. The story dies because no one cares enough about it. Because the characters within become nothing more than chess pieces to move about the board and sacrifice when need be. There's no attachment, no emotion, no thought, no care, no reason. Just kill them. Kill them and do it so willy-nilly that people just shrug and don't even bother.

And when someone actually shows they care, who is outraged, who is invested, because they love comics, telling them "It will be fixed later" does NOTHING to solve the problem. It actively says you agree with the reasoning behind it, that none of these characters matter. That their stories don't matter. And that the companies in charge of both are given carte blanche to continue marching along in their abject apathetic corporate bullshit.

Death in comics is NOT a right of passage for characters, it is a desperate lazy method of trying to generate interest because you are creatively bankrupt. It has been that way for a very, very long time since Superman was killed off for no other reason than they had to delay their big marriage to Lois Lane storyline a full year because of a TV Show.

That's real! That's the truth! That's the reason "Death of Superman" exists. That's the reason we got stuck with Doomsday in the third act of BvS! Because "Lois and Clark" was on TV and they wanted to wait to do their big marriage issue to line up with the episode they got married in. They may have worked emotion into it, they may have tried to make it meaningful. Doesn't matter, it was done purely for corporate reasons.

And it's still ten times worse with Kamala Khan now. It is a bold-faced cynical attempt by a writer to boost sales in their much-maligned book. Using a character that has had 12 pages worth of appearances in 25 issues! Meaning, she probably was only put into the book to set up her death and they didn't even bother to properly utilize her.

Not to mention how clearly racist and misogynistic it is. Kill your prominent Muslim Women character of South Asian descent, at the end of AAPI Month, to forward the story of Peter Parker by giving him more fucking angst over a character he barely interacts with at all! She doesn't even get to headlight her death in her own fucking book, she gets killed in some other character's story she wasn't even involved in! At least if she died in Captain Marvel it would've fucking mattered because Carol has been on several adventures with Kamala at this point and is deeply protective of her! Even then it would still be shit, but not this level of shit!

It's degrading, to both the character and her fans. And it is such a plainly obvious attempt at creating MCU Synergy that no fan wants! No one wants her to be resurrected as a Mutant with those dumb energy powers! That is the one thing about MCU Kamala that everyone pretty much agrees is stupid. And frankly, it's kinda making me hate Krakoa more because forcing every character to become a mutant is not really helping anyone, it's only oversaturating the goddamn line that is already bloated with too many teenagers that most people can't keep track of anyway.

This is why people don't like this move, not because they think it's forever, but because it is so callously cynically meaningless! Because it is being done for lazy, creatively bankrupt reasons! Because it shows how little Marvel cares anymore! Pardon me for saying this, but this exact thing is why I have been disappointed with how Marvel has treated Gwenpool and why I've been so critical of their usage of her. And now, this apathy is infecting Ms. Marvel. Friding her without any semblance of thought for the sole purpose of corporate brand synergy and shock value collectors' sales boosts!

It's disgusting. And giving into this mentality of "She'll be back soon" does nothing but embolden this attitude. It encourages Marvel and other companies to continue being apathetic and treat characters as disposable. How long before they decide to kill off Miles Morales super casually? Or Moon Girl? Or America Chavez? Or Kate Bishop? Or, my greatest fear, Gwenpool? Fridge them for no good reason and declare retroactively that you were doing them a favor by making people miss them. An absolutely disgusting mindset that I am frankly appalled by.

And before you say anything in an attempt to placate me with the usual line "Well they'll still come back anyway, at least there's that." And that's why I decided to title this post the way I did. Echoing Lewis Lovhaug's own statement about death in comics and why he hates it when it is done so flippantly and without purpose.

Danny Chase is Still Dead.

Danny Chase was a member of the Teen Titans, he was an abrasive character that got on a lot of fans' nerves for being just what he was. A snot-nosed, arrogant little brat with superpowers who was a total asshole. The Quentin Quire of DC of his Time. He died to save Raven's home world Azarath. And despite some brief appearances as an undead zombie here and there he has remained dead. Why? Because people didn't like him alive... and no one cares enough to want to bring him back.

Not every character returns from the grave in comics. Gwen Stacey, the original one, remains dead. The original Captain Marvel remains dead. And a lot of ancillary secondary-tier characters do not get to return either. Kamala Khan has a good chance of coming back to life, but how good are your favorite hero's chances? Especially the lesser valued ones within the big two? Why? Because they don't care. And they don't care because we've stopped caring. Because they've gotten lazy and complacent and they've decided this is an easy method of doing business. It promotes sexist tropes, it promotes bad writing and it promotes a lack of creativity. Allowing to persist helps no one.

Do not buy ASM #26. Do not buy anything written by Nick Lowe or Zeb Wells. They've shown they don't care and we'd be better off telling them that we don't care for their apathy. Don't send death threats, and don't wish them ill. Don't harass or bully or dox or stalk. Be angry, be critical, tell them off for their behavior and lack of talent. But do not give them reasons to dismiss you by threatening them. And hit them where it actually hurts; their wallets. Show Marvel that you're not going to keep letting this go on. I know any compulsion I had to own any copies of the Spider-Man run where Felicia and Peter are canon has just been completely demolished. I have no interest in single or collected issues of this... thing anymore.

The fact is, Death being a revolving door is the problem with comics. We shouldn't dismiss it as just a thing, because it's bad storytelling. And Kamala Khan deserves better than this utter travesty of a situation. To be killed off so Peter Parker's man-pain can be justified. And then promptly forgotten, as he fights Doctor Octopus the very next month. To be murdered just so as to be brought back as another dime-a-dozen mutant with lame powers to promote a movie, that will probably be hurt by this story more than helped. To be fridged with the most sexist of tropes, in the most racist of ways, just for corporate brand synergy and to boost the sales of a badly written story no one even likes to begin with.

You can probably say I'm just angry because I sorta defended Zeb Wells recently and feel betrayed. Well, to be honest, I wasn't defending Wells, I was defending the ship his poor writing was damaging in the crossfire. SpiderCat wasn't worth throwing MJ under the bus and it most certainly isn't worth the death of a beloved comic book character that had no business being there.

This run will not be remembered fondly, Nick Lowe's tenure as editor of the Spider-Man books won't be remembered fondly, and Zeb Wells as its chief writer will not be remembered fondly. Their apathy and lack of care will stain their reputations forever as a result.

Anyway, hopefully, next time I'll have less negative things to say talking about something I actually like instead of hate. Bye for now.

[ragecndybars]

for the writers game - 11, 18, and/or 55 ! love your fics :p !!

aaaah thank you!!!! i love yours toooo so that means a lot 😭😭😭

11. Link your three favorite fics right now

AGH PUT ME ON THE SPOT WHY DON'T YOU... there are so so so many good fics in the world and i've been reading fics for so long, so this list was hard to compile, but here they are, My Big Three Fics Of All Time:

Put My Guns in the Ground by saltsanford. I've mentioned it before. This is a Red vs Blue fic and even if I do have any Red vs Blue fans among my followers, if they're enough of a fan to consider reading this fic, I am SURE they have already read it, but regardless I have to mention it. It, uh, permanently altered not only my brain chemistry but my very identity as a creative. Tbh.

Phantom Pains by applepie. A Naruto time travel fix-it (ish) AU that just stuck its hands into my brain and rearranged shit in there. Goddd its so good. Help me. Just thinking about it is making me want to get back into Naruto PLEASE SEND HELP.

Dust in the Air Suspended by Stealth_Noodle. This is a Persona 2 fic full of massive spoilers for both games, which is a shame because if not for the fact that I want to scam more people into playing the P2 duology, I would just be linking this fic willy nilly to literally everyone. A+++++ changed me as a person

18. Do you title your fics before, during, or after the writing process? How do you come up with titles?

AFTER. WAY, WAY AFTER. As in, I'll be 110% done with the fic, have it all formatted right in AO3, tagged and everything, and then I'll just sit there frozen staring at the empty "Title" field because I yet again forgot 😭 Then I'll start messaging my friends going aughghghg I don't have a title again what do i doooooo and sometimes I'll just straight up steal whatever they suggest 👍

55. Of the characters you write for, which is your favorite? Has that choice been swayed at all by your followers/readers’ reactions to certain ones?

Ooh, I think my favorite characters to write from the perspective of are probably the two with the strongest and most distinct voices: so, for me, that Shinjiro and Aigis P3!!! And my favorite to write interacting with others are the ones who are a little mysterious and conceal their true emotions, so Minato, Kotone, and Mitsuru :3 And yeah, I used to be a little less fond of writing Aigis just because I felt uncertain of my Aigis voice, but readers were so nice about it on my first Aigis-centric fic that now I love writing her even more :'3

[imnotoverlyobsessive]

Wow. You clearly have no idea how to talk to someone nicely or treat people with respect. Maybe pay attention to other people’s feelings before you shit on them for no reason. I don’t look and research your blog, I just search Timothée Chalamet smut tag and your fics come up so I thought I would request something. Jeez. you didn’t have to go crazy on me like that. Seriously get off your high horse please. And you cant block anon you have no idea who I am. Another reason why you shouldn’t just come for people like that, you have no idea what I’m dealing with or what’s going on in my life. Notice how nobody liked that response, cuz it was down right aggressive. Blocking people for sending in a request?? I literally did nothing wrong. Holy crap. Unfollowed you. What a shame. Treat people with kindness. 🫶🏼

#timotheechalametsmut #tpwk

Jfc, the entitlement.

It’s possible to block people on anon, btw. That is a thing you can do.

No, you shouldn’t be sending requests willy nilly, anon. People work hard on their writing. They put their heart and soul into their writing. You didn’t need to search my blog. You could’ve just looked at any one of my fics and known that my blog wasn’t the one to send this request to. Maybe I should put something up on my masterlist that says I don’t take requests or write x reader fics, but from my perspective, you didn’t come in treating me with kindness. On the contrary, you a) sent a request to someone who doesn’t take them, thereby disregarding the rules of their blog, and b) sent a copypasta. Both of these things are very disrespectful to both me as a person and the work I put into my fics.

Did I overreact? Probably. But saying you didn’t do anything wrong is inaccurate. Copy and pasting a request into a bunch of random blogs isn’t cool. I think I was fairly kind about it, to be honest. I didn’t insult you or anything or the sort. I simply said that I don’t take requests or write x reader fics, and because I’ve gotten this format of requests before, I figured chances were good this wasn’t a first offense, and if I got another, I think it would be reasonable to block the person (and yes, you can block someone, even when they’re on anon). As a writer, I find it very insulting to just disregard what I write like that. I can only speak for myself, but it hurt my feelings to have what I work hard on disregarded that way.

[sneezemonster15]

Okay I am going to say it. I get asks about it and it fucking annoys me. I don't care about lesbian SNS, I don't care about fem Sasuke or fem Naruto. I actually think it cheapens this ship, because I shouldn't need to change their identities for my ship. I ship my boys and I love them so much, I love their bond so much. And I absolutely detest what SNS shippers do with them to make themselves feel good, the way they twist their characters for self gratification. I don't care about - to each to their own. Fuck that shit. You use that as a license to do whatever pleases you, and you just willy nilly change who they are just to fit your headcanons. And then have the audacity to argue about it too? With people who actually appreciate their canon identities? Call me arrogant, call me conceited, but I like them because of how they were written, how their stories were told, ensconced in a narrative that brought out their cores, centred in their realities that make them who they are. Who they are informs what they do and how they deal with their realities, how they make their decisions, how they respond to the world around them. SNS fans cheapen their relationship by reducing them to stupid fucking top bottom dialectic, or omegaverse/mpreg bullshit. No, I don't need them to have babies for their relationship to be considered fulfilled, don't project your het agenda on them. They don't need to act like het couples for their relationship to be legitimized. They don't need to be normalised or their dynamic to be politically correct for them to be accepted or approved. That's not what their story is about. Their world is not your world, their lives are not your life.

God I hate shipping. It's toxic, it's fucking poisonous. Everything goes in it and it's validated because - to each to their fucking own. No. Just say it. You want them to not be who they are because you don't care/aren't happy with who they are in canon. Why even pretend? Yeah, do all that and say you get them, crack more jokes why don't you?

I feel like quitting this fandom every now and then. So fucking much. But I keep hanging on because where else do I talk about them, things that I wanna say? But conversely, I have to witness all this other bullshit that comes with shipping. That wholly functions on smut and shallow AUs and character assassination. It fucking hurts. It shouldn't because - to each to their own. But it does.

I know all shipping is like this and fans can't help being who they are. I don't expect much honesty or introspection from them. They don't feel about them the way I do. People send me asks, telling me I am doing too much, I am invested too much. Well, fuck you. You don't have the slightest idea what they mean to me, I don't ship them for the same reasons you do, you aren't even on the same page as me, not even close. You can't even fucking compare. You don't know the depth of my feelings for them. How can you? Heh. I feel for them so much, I laugh with them, I hurt for them, I rage for them, it's insane and it overwhelms me. I have a thousand things to do and yet, I am here. And it kills me to be here, to see them insulted and demeaned and trivialized because you can't fucking handle your hormones or who you are, but I am still here. Because this is my homage to them. They are my priority. Not this fucking fandom.

I despise this fandom. Naruto fandom, SNS fandom. And it's not just about SS or NH or NrSk, I hate everything and anything about this fandom that doesn't get them. Their sacrifice, their passion, their resolve, their depth, their ethos, their humanity, their flaws, their strengths and convictions despite how their world treated them.

Don't anyone fucking dare to ask me about my reasons, you don't deserve to know, you can't possibly fucking understand. Keep to your own, to each to your own, right? And be happy in whatever projections you have built for yourself. I don't give half a crap. You aren't that much better than Esaka who demeaned and cheapened their bond and characters. She did it to push SS, SJ green lit it. And you do it because you prefer them to be how you like them, not how they are in canon.

If you wanna discuss that shit, go to some other blogger who gives a fuck. I don't.

[raining-asteroids]

It's kinda a mix between shipping and the slendermansion thing (I'll creepypasta ♡) I enjoy their dynamics and since i joined the fandom they were always there. Seeing them fight, kiss, talk and all was always fun.

I like seeing the star sanses because Dream, ink, and Swap all have different ideals but in the end, want the best. Ink has knowledge of the creators' existence so he feels like he should play the game with other "characters" & is amazed by all creativity. He is fun and exciting, he sees things completely differently, and he knows the most about aus, he could help his team move around and he knows all the kinks of the multiverse! He can fight in many ways and jumps around alot, his blasters (they are so cute

>~(＾▽＾)~>) , I imagine he is long distance fighting most of the times but he can do hands on to some extent.

Dream is a heartbroken guy who has been shoved into a fight with the only thing he had left (besides neil) from his home turned into a demon, and he wants to be a good person, in fact he is, it's just so much + the world Relies on him being alive to feel happy. He is so much weaker and is traumatized, but despite all he still wants to help people. He seems to get close to people fighting (small swords) and moves very fast.

Swap Is a guy who wants to join the royal guard to help people and be popular, and Dream & ink offer him something amazing, helping so many more people in so many places. It may be jarring at first seeing 100s of 1,000s of you but you get used to it, depending on his hp (whether it's 1hp or more) he could help in a lot of different ways. + he's probably one of the only ones that can engage In a battle! (So far I don't know if Dream or Ink know/can engage in turn-based battles, I think it's cool if they don't and just fight hands-on) & he can be a great moral support for the team.

(And it's fun to add honorary members or people whi are just friends of blue to help out every now in then (classic, fell, lust, swapfell, fellswap yk) )

I love how they mesh together, in angst & fluff it's so fun, they all have their problems but at the end of the day they are good people, and they try their best. Dream is their leader (though I imagine Ink used to be the leader but let Dream take on the role) & he organizes. Ink draws out their plans & makes/gets things for them. Blue Is good muscles & a strategist, he Is very good with crosswords to be fair. & They all love/care for eachother!

For the bad sanses I like the unconventional crazy group.

Nightmare, who is just doing everything willy-nilly for fun because why the hell not & he loops people on for a nice constant source of Negativity, miserable, scared & angry monsters. He finds them funny, seeing himself as higher, sending them on frivolous missions of misery that he could've done himself. And he delves into more understanding of others in his way as time progresses.

Killer who thinks he deserves no autonomy most of the time hanging around, he gets to move about, collect research, and mostly do what he wants, though sometimes he's not even sure what that is. He's rough, & sarcastic, rude, and jokey (with jokes that aren't good), Jolly, & scared & only has himself & Nightmare really (not particularly good but cool nonetheless) & adding on more characters. Horror & dust having their own goals & them all being looped into proximity for so long where they seem melded together in a way. & Cross if he's on the bad guys side being noticeable different but idk how to explain it, I adore seeing their dynamics, fighting & having fun. From killing people for the shit of it, to doing unintentional therapy by living childlike or whismically, watching silly movies, doing random crafts & anything in Nightmare's enormous castle that holds centuries of NM testing and trying, living & bringing in cultures, trying foods from different aus and cities they never knew existed on the surface, & all sorts. Them being together, isn't the healthiest but I like to imagine it's comfortable at least!

Their relationships coming from torturous to learning how to be people/monsters with eachother, maybe through broken red lenses but at least they can see, and that's a start.

hey gang im gonna run a real quick test. why do you like the star/bad sanses?

in like 7 months you’ll know the answer for why im asking this

[saltminerising]

Same system who asked about multi accounting but different guy- Someone replied to the post talking about how the devs should address it and I could not agree more (sorry for not replying on the post our main is the same username as our FR account and we would like to not get caught) Like I get not wanting people to claim that they're a system when they're not to get away with mutli accounting but if we don't send each other a bunch of shit shouldn't we be allowed to have our own accounts? I tried checking the forums for anyone asking about systems and I only saw one person asking the OPPOSITE thing. Asking if they as a system could share an account, and a moderator told them they could share an account, but what about the other way around? What about systems who cannot share for jack shit because I want to have a lore clan, the host wants a g1 lair, another alter wants to breed all willy nilly, and so forth? We have like 8 alters who want to play the game on their own accounts but we're too hesitant to make our own accounts because we don't want to be grabbed for multi accounting even though in our opinion, it isn't! I really just wish the devs would address it and give us a solid answer on it. I'd make a post about it on the forums and see if a dev were to answer, but I'm too afraid of getting our account banned and then NONE of us get to play... We're mostly worried about having so many accounts under one ip getting us flagged, like I'm sure if only like one other alter wanted their own account it would be fine, but if there's almost 10 accounts all on one ip on one laptop isn't that like definitely suspicious?

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