#been a minute. since ive posted art anywhere

[mj1343]

Hello internet.

I am halfway through season 1 so no spoilers thank you but there are worms in my head from this show.

[ruairy]

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[green-graveyard]

reposting+byler fanart

In the byler fandom theres a recurring problem of reposting art and its been getting worse and its been frustrating me for a while now (especially since im an artist in the fandom) so i decided to make a post about it lol

im aware that theres lots of new young st fans, or if anyone simply didnt know,, what is reposting?

- reposting is basically just taking another users creation (whether its a simple word post, art, fic ex.) and posting it to another site

So whats the problem with reposting?

- the problem is that most times, the thing that is being reposted is posted without proper credit, or reposted when the creator doesnt want it to be reposted

why is this a problem in the byler fandom?

- reposting has been a problem in the fandom since forever (like most fandoms) however theres been a much bigger rise due to tik tok and pinterest, and ive never seen THIS much reposting (especially for just one ship) in a fandom before

- theres been an increase in popularity in tiktoks with a caption similar to something like "byler fanarts to make your day better!!" and then tons of different art by different artists being reposted- ALL WITHOUT CREDIT, AND ART THAT ARTISTS HAVE EXPLICITLY STATED THAT THEY DO NOT WANT TO BE REPOSTED

- there are TONS of pinterest accounts deticated to just reposting art from tumblr or instagram onto there (almost always without credit and permission)

all of this is bad because itll just increase the chain effect of reposting

all those fanarts reposted onto pinterest? theyre gonna be reposted onto tiktok, which people will resave to repost to yet ANOTHER app

- recently ive been seeing 'putting byler art into AI videos on tiktok AND THIS IS THE WORST POSSIBLE THING YOU CAN DO,, this basically means you STOLE an artists art, REPOSTED it without permission or credit, and then put it into a system WITHOUT the artists permission, that will take their art and steal their artstyle and hardwork

-another problem is "rating byler fanart" slideshows ive seen on tiktok too,,, thats so rude and disrespectful to artists. dont take artists for granted, without fanart the fandom would be in shambles,, rating peoples art and making rude remarks isnt cool, especially when youre stealing from them in the first place

also ive been seeing ways that people are "crediting" artists and:

-no, just because there is a signature or watermark on the art doesnt mean you can repost it

-no, putting "credit to artists" in the description isnt proper credit

- no, just because you DO credit them properly mean you are allowed to repost the art in the first place

- no, saying "oh i just found it on safari i dont know who the artists are :((" isnt a good excuse, artists spend hours on their work you can at least spend five minutes looking up who drew it

So, how do you repost art correctly?

1. Check the artists bio/description, if it says something along the lines of "reposts allowed" then continue, if it says something like "ask for permission before reposting" that means going to the art you want to repost and asking them if its okay to repost and name the where you want to repost it to! if there is nothing in the bio about reposting DONT REPOST IT OR SIMPLY JUST ASK, never assume

2. if you have the artists permission to repost, then repost the image, and in the description (or anywhere else that is clearly visible to viewers) state the artist's username and the app you reposted it from (ex, art credits to @/artist on *app*)

and if that seems like too much work to go thru to repost someones art,, then simply dont repost at all. artists get the most credit and recognition by posting things themselves. them letting you repost their art? theyre doing YOU a favour. artists spend hours on their pieces, and YOU refusing to give them credit is rude and disrespectful, and just blantant art theft

and no, "if theyre putting it online, expect it to get stolen" isnt a good excuse either,,, people dont park their cars in parking lots and expect it to get stolen,, and the same should go for art too

TL;DR

-if you dont know who drew it or if you are allowed to repost it, DONT REPOST

-artists take hours drawing things that make YOUR fandom expierence better, dont take it for granted, take the time to credit properly

[taffyforever]

˚₊‧꒰ა ☆ ໒꒱ ‧₊˚ HAPPY JUNE, DUNCIES !!!! ヾ(˵ •̀ ᴗ •́ ˵ )

happy summer, happy pride month, and a happy afternoon from me to you, duncies !! welcome to my BRAND NEW taffyblog !!!!!! i told yall i would do it and here i am !!!! ⋆ ˚｡⋆୨୧˚

as my first order of taffyblog business, i encourage you to look around the site ! i havent edited tumblr html in ages so it was super fun going back to my roots for this project ٩(ˊᗜˋ*)و ♡ you may notice a... new face in that header..... i didnt want to go thru the effort of creating 2 headers for when i redebut, so congrats ! you get a sneak peek at some new art for the new design ૮(˶˃ᆺ˂˶)

i need to make a dedicated tweet for it, but my comms are very open rn !! if you're looking for a last minute summer outfit, or a very early winter outfit, i'm your gal ! of course my strengths lie in gyaru and similar fashions, but ive done anywhere between elegant seamstress to gothic vampire. send an ask here or dm on twitter/discord if you'd like to comm me or discuss any other services (illust, reactive png, etc) (๑>ᴗ<๑)ぐ〜♡

aight, business out of the way. how have you been, duncies ? (seriously, send me an ask and let me know !) i miss yall a lot, but i know im making the right decision being on hiatus. there's been some recent developments in my life that are making things a lot nicer for me, so i'm doing very well as of late. my physical health is pretty good ! isnt it crazy how when you take medication it makes u feel better lol. i am scared for the summer, as last year's heat wave was a major factor in me getting as sick as i did. i do have air conditioning now ! so hopefully things will be a lot easier. my mental health is also better, though i still need to take many steps in ensuring the best for myself. like, im good now, but im not set forever just yet. we work hard one day at a time 💪🏼💪🏼💪🏼💪🏼💪🏼

ultrakill news: i've spent a loooottttt of free time cybergrinding......... like i might just guerilla soon because ive gotten much better since last you've seen. marksman my beloved im coinpilled now <3 i also got a p rank in clair de lune ! (haven't bothered to try the other levels yet i love cybergrind too much)

i have no geoguessr news that game is still as ass as ever </3 still love her tho (✿˶•ᵕ•)♡(• ᵕ •˶)

redebut is still set for august 25th ! very very excited to come back more cracked than ever ᕙ( •̀ ᗜ •́ )ᕗ if you'd like to support me until then, follow my twitch if you havent yet ! you can also support me financially (IF YOU ARE IN A GOOD SPACE TO DO SO) by commissioning me or sending me a gift from my throne ! i am reworking my tipping page, so tips/donos are currently unavailable. i would heavily appreciate anything, but it is in no way necessary. you reading this and supporting me is enough <3 o(⸝⸝✦ᗜ✦⸝⸝)☆

thank you duncies for everything !!!! ⋆˚✿˖° i'll be updating this blog every so often before my redebut to keep yall posted on anything cool in my life. i really appreciate all of you for being here for me. i'm very excited for my return ৻( •̀ ᗜ •́ ৻) !!!!!!! ♡ ༘*. stay tuned on twitter for some rebrand changes (❀❛ ֊ ❛„)ಇ

TAKE CARE OF YOURSELF BE KIND TO OTHERS KEEP IT P.L.U.R. ʚɞ ⁺˖ ⸝⸝

[illdesigns]

hii! i hope ur doing well! idk if u have gotten other asks ive sent or not but i was wondering where u went… u havent really posted writing or even fandom stuff period lol

i just want to clarify that this is like…the fourth or fifth message i have gotten, seemingly from the same anon due to typing styles and general content. i’ve been steadfastly ignoring them for a bit because it’s no skin off my nose but i’m honestly tired. so i’m sorry if i come off as unnecessarily mean during this but i cannot overstate the fact i’ve been ignoring this for a while.

i’m still blogging. i haven’t left or gone anywhere. yeah, i haven’t really posted writing, because i’ve been busy. because i’m a grown adult who does other things in my life. and i have posted fandom stuff - i am not immune to gifsets, fanart and jokes about media i like. but i am deciding to cease participating in fandom spaces because it’s not really for me any more. i want to focus more on my original writing and am not in a point where i can give a hobby and something i want to turn into a career the same level of attention.

and i know this anon probably means a Certain Fandom, as i’ve only been active in one the past few years. i’ve not felt the need to make some big announcement of a fandom flounce at my big age but i also don’t feel as if i have any particular place i fit in in the metalocalypse fandom any more. i’m glad for the great friends i made during my time participating in that, and i also met my current partner through the fandom and that’s given me a lot of nice opportunities in life too. so yay me.

however, if i may allow myself a certain degree of flounce since i’ve been pestered into sharing this information by somebody who seems to have had a bi-weekly alarm on their phone about sending me passive aggressive anons: i’m not particularly keen on a fandom space that, outside of an immediate circle of friends, has been an absolute minefield of social interaction. between watching drama and outright harassment my friends have dealt with and the issues i have faced myself (harassment to the point of changing certain social media accounts, having my locked twitter account put on blast by somebody upset i blocked people not in my immediate social circle so i wouldn’t deal with awkward follow requests, somebody in my dms threatening suicide over his traced ship art for months at a time, getting vagued constantly and associated with actual abusive people and/or practices because i liked a character with four minutes of screentime AND OTHER INCIDENTS)…i realized that was a lot of emotions for a cartoon. especially a cartoon ive liked for a long time, since it started airing, and it’s a cartoon i would like to continue liking.

so i honestly don’t know what else this anon would want from me. i’ve already lost a few followers from my drop in fandom related activity, which i’m fine with, so if another person or multiple people would like to unfollow after this that’s fine too! it’s just tumblr, babes! curate your dash as you see fit! just don’t randomly pester people about a lack of content that was barely supported when it was being made, by a person who was constantly getting shit on by randoms because of said content while posting it :)

[fill-me-with-your-memes-daddy]

Watching the Rise of the Titans movie and I'll be documenting all of my thoughts/reactions here. [Spoiler Warning]

So instead of reblogging every new update, I'm just going to have this post up on my phone as I watch and type my reactions in a bullet list format.

Nari's human disguise is so cute. As someone who does have a cottagecore aesthetic, I want to cosplay her so bad

Are Skrael and/or Belroc non-binary coded? Regardless, I'm also obsessed and I want to fuck Skrael and be Belroc.

STEVE CARING ABOUT JIM BEING HURT YESSSS!!! My god his redemption has probably been one of the greatest there is because he doesn't just suddenly go from being a bully to a completely good person. You can see the gradual shift in learning better throughout the shows which is awesome.

IN NEW YOOOOOOORRRRRRRK!!!!!! CONCRETE JUNGLE WHERE DREAMS ARE MADE OFFFFFFFFFFFFF!!!!!

The mugshot montage reminded me of season 1 of trollhunters when toby and Jim were arrested at the museum.

STRICKLER PUT A RING ON IT??? HE'S THE ONLY DILF IVE EVER ACTUALLY AGREED WAS HOT WYM I CAN'T HAVE HIM??? well I'm still really happy about his arc over the series probably one of my favorite character growths.

Eli my guy got his growth spurt!!! As an 18 year old who is still 5'0", I'm happy but envious for him

So I went into this movie without watching any trailers or promo, but I doubt anything could have prepared me for the existence of mpreg. In fact, I wasn't going to document my reactions until I saw that.

NAMURA!!!!!!!!! MY BELOVED!!!!!! I CAN STILL THIRST FOR YOU WITHOUT GUILT

The coach teacher just called the kids zoomers so I have to dock one point from my final rating just because of that. Unforgivable

Those husky animation models suck lmao

Oh fuck the titans got power ranger zords!!

God why did they include the mpreg??? This movie would have been perfect without it.... After that plot point being revisited only one time I'm already beyond done with it

Like it's bringing me back to the v*ltron days where they're was a suspiciously high amount of klance omegaverse and mpreg fics and art created and it physically hurts because Steve and Keith's voice actor is the same person meaning this is especially cursed to me since I was unfortunately in the v*ltron fandom and remember all of that

But like on another note, how old are these characters again??? I haven't checked any wikis because of spoilers but is Steve an adult??? I know aja might be technically a lot older than 18 because alien but is whatever age she is equivalent to an adult as far as emotionally and physically in Akaridion development??? IS THIS A TEEN (M)PREGNANCY IN A KIDS SHOW????

Like bruh I saw a singular post on here before going into the movie that was like "rott spoilers without context" and there was a pregnant belly but I was absolutely not expecting the actual context of it. I'll find the post after I finish and edit this post to tag the creator right here: @makoden

This entire post is just gonna be me ranting about mpreg huh

Anyway I love the whole roundtable allusion to the legends of king arthur (not the toa version but the one he's based off)

THERE'S 3 TO 5 BABIES????? I need to take a break bruh this is just too much

Alright I've taken a 30 minute break got some food and did some things i love (decompressed by tactile stimming with some owl plushies and watched some videos on my favorite owl, Garu. He lives in Japan with his owner and is a domesticated eagle owl who basically just acts like a sky cat. If anyone else needs some eye bleach, here is their YouTube channel)

Blinky and ARRRGHHH!!! saying their "if one of us doesn't make it" talk my god one of them is going to die I can see it and I will be utterly crushed. Jim can't lose another father figure and Toby can't lose his wingman again I will riot if this happens

On a similar but unrelated to the movie note, can we just talk about how toa started with Jim having 0 dads and (if strickler and blinky live to the end) will end with 2 dads? Like I just really feel happy for him that he has two dads who actually figured out how to put the past behind them to not have any infighting between them so that both of them are healthy father figures. Jim has already been through literal hell and back losing his actual humanity in the process so if he loses one of them, I'm going to be really pissed because at this point, this is just Jim torture porn. Y'all know how as SpongeBob SquarePants went on, the show just became Squidward torture porn? It's starting to feel that way for toa and I really hope they cut the shit by the ending

Jlaire is such a good ship but like I feel like it's too perfect they never disagree with each other

YESSSSSSS Someone finally doesn't treat toby like a fat waste of space who messes stuff up!!! I think out of all the characters that would have been most deserving of a rewrite, it's Toby. Sometimes I just feel he's only comic relief and any heartfelt moments he's had in the series was also born of stupidity (ie his flour baby project being unharmed was seen by him as divine intervention from his parents but was actually just Eli and Steve behind the scenes).

Ohhhhh yesssssss Archie's father!!! I was hoping I'd see him again because we got so little of him last

Ooooooooooh Asian trollmarket!!!!!

Oh never mind slavery trollmarket

Bruh titanic camelot

I feel like we're not seeing enough of the villains because I completely forgot about the power ranger zord things

NAMORA NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO MY LAST CRUSHHHH

STRICKLER NO NOT YOU TOO PLEASE

WHAT THE FUCK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

THE ONLY TWO CHARACTERS I SIMP FOR ON THIS SHOW DIED WITHIN FIVE MINUTES OF EACH OTHER

THAT WHOLE ASS RANT I WROTE IS COMING TRUE FUCK THIS MOVIE THIS SERIES IS JUST JIM TORTURE PORN

WAIT JIM'S SPERM DONOR INFO?

Oh thank God I don't want to know anything about that person

For the record, I call that man Jim's sperm donor because he has no business being called a father to him. All he did was donate some swimmers to the creation of him and give him abandonment issues

Oh another blind troll elder???? This fucker is just if vendel was a bad guy

Bruh I was grieving

PACIFIC RIM WITH GUN ROBOT VEX AND THE BELROCZORD? I've never seen that movie but I know the reference

Bruh Blinky doesn't read horoscopes? Does he realize conspiracy theories are just the manly version of horoscopes?

NO DON'T KILL VEX STOP KO-ING FOUND FAMILY MEMBERS

Oh thank God he's okay

NO NOT ARCHIE AND CHARLEMAGNE OH MY GOD

oh never mind they're just gonna coup de tat I believe in them :))

But I want to see him again

But I'm glad to see vex

Yay they're in arcadia!

But yeah I wondered why the trolls and Merlin didn't keep the whole "daylight doesn't hurt trolls" feature from the eternal night but now Guillermo del Toro I see you were playing the long con in that just to kill my girl Namora :(((

Oooooh I love the animation of the Narizord over Chihuahua!! It looks very good and realistic (if only they could have put some of that into those huskies from before smh)

Bruh the character designs of the arcane order are so good I want to be them

Nari making sure the Skraelzord doesn't crush the bus

DAMN DOUBLE HOMICIDE

Bruh I'm just glad we finally have an answer on why arcadia had everything going on as opposed to literally anywhere else!! I always found that as a weird coincidence for plot convince.

BRUH WERE BACK TO THE MPREG IM SO JEALOUS I FORGOT ABOUT THAT EVEN THOUGH IT WAS BECAUSE I WAS GRIEVING THE LOSS OF MY LOVELIES.

Oh that's real convenient that the ninth configuration meant all of them. Way to not decide which character gets more attention. Though it probably was a smart way to not have any infighting in the fandom between each character's stan group.

Bruh I just realized where is Barbera did they just ditch her on the Camelot ship???

And where are the other trolls that migrated at the end of trollhunters s3? They said something about new jersey but obviously Jim and the other main characters got on Camelot instead.... This feels like a plot hole

And we never learned the process of how changelings are made and bonded to humans and stuff. We just know it's super painful but I'm curious ffs!!!!

THE DONT THINK BECOME HERO SPEECH ALL SAID TOGETHER!!!

BRUH THEY REALLY HAD TO SHOW HIM GIVING BIRTH??????? WAS THAT AN ABSOLUTE MUST??????

Plus the main audience for this series is little children (the rating for the movie is literally TV-Y7) so even though my adult ass is not in the target audience, I STILL DONT UNDERSTAND WHY WOULD MPREG AND ANAL BIRTH WOULD BE AN IMPORTANT THING TO 7 YEAR OLDS???? THIS IS A LITERAL FETISH HIDDEN IN KIDS CONTENT ITS ELSAGATE ALL OVER AGAIN Y'ALL 😭😭😭😭😭

Though it's probably hypocritical of me to think fetishes don't belong in kids tv when I've openly admitted to thirsting for strickler and namora

HUZZAH

NEW AMULET WAZ GOOD????

STAB THAT BITCH JIM

WAIT NO I SAID STAB NOT GET STABBED

Alright good job just missed the directions at first but you fixed it

SEVEN KIDS?????????

T O B Y ????????????

W A I T NO

N O

IS HE ACTUALLY

OH MY GOD THERE'S HOPE

NO THERE ISN'T

F U C K THIS SHIT THEY REALLY JUST HAD HIM TO BE BULLIED THEN KILLED

Y'ALL IM ACTUALLY CRYING THIS NEVER HAPPENS

I NEVER ACTUALLY GET SO EMOTIONAL OVER MEDIA THAT I CRY IT ONLY HAPPENED ONCE AT THE END OF VOLTRON BUT AHHHHHHHH

W A I T

HE'S GONNA BE BROUGHT BACK?????

HOLD UP THEY'RE JUST GONNA BRING ALL THOSE DEAD PEOPLE BACK??????

WAIT IS HE

BLINKY CALLED HIM A SON

HOLD ON IS THIS GOING TO BE A CLIFFHANGER???????????

BRUH THEY REALLY JUST CAN'T END THE SERIES WITHOUT CLIFFHANGERS like there's always an open ending

TROLLHUNTER TOBY????? You know what forget the whole rants I had on how toby was written they just redeemed it all

And that's all! I'd rate it a 6.5/10 because it's definitely the weakest of all the sequels but still had amazing animation and some good plot points. It's just really hard to look over the bad stuff enough to rate it any higher.

[mingot-studios]

Things currently polluting my mind (will be added to as i think of things)

 How bad the Star vs. Finale was, and weather i should even bother trying to watch the show again at this point

The fact that the next JoJolion chapter is coming out soon and I STILL haven’t read 107 with my mom even though I’ve already read it

Not being caught up on One Piece and having 0 IDEA of whats happening at this poin as well starting to flaws with the series (racism, transphobia, and homophobia) that i knew was there but chose to ignore and weather it should hinder my relationship with the series. Also wanting to murder Oda for demoting Franky to ‘Pervy Grandma’ (srsly wtf oda)

Upset Infinity Train was cancelled even though i never watched it, and wonder why the fans cry for it to come is suddenly not happening?

The fact i’m going to be returning to in person schooling which is my personal HELL

my brother leaving for college upstate (Me and my brother have never really been that close, we fight alot but I cant imagine life without him)

The fact that my procrastination has gotten so bad that I nearly had to retake PE, World History, and English

The Owl House coming back on the 12th but i had downloaded the first 2 episodes but haven’t watched them and debating if i should, also having a meltdown  over Disney screwing the show over and having its third be 3 or 4 (i cant remember) 44-minute specials

The fact that me and brother STILL haven’t finished our Yume 2kki Let’s Play

I haven’t been watching anime regularly with my mom

I haven’t posted anything to my DeviantArt or YouTube in months

I have so much energy right now but no outlets

I still haven’t tried out my drawing pad i got for my birthday last year

I have so many drawing ideas but my spiral sketchpad is filled up and I have yet to get a new one

Ive many intricit and detailed story ideas that i know im gonna forget if i dont write them down bu due my procrastination i haven’t done so im prolly gonna lose everything

The fact Thurston Waffles hasn’t posted anything since late April as well as the fact that he’s got Kidney problems

So many ideas for videos but I only have WindowsMovieMaker and the HumbleBundle my mom got me idk YEARS ago won’t install

I’m gonna be 17 at the end of September, which i only have until next June before I graduate High school, have to give up my Chromebook, start thinking about college and getting a job, possibly moving out and living on my own, the knowledge that my parents are in their late 50′s and early 60′s so hey might be gone sooner than most parents and I dont know how to function without my parents doing everything for me

These weird tingles ive been getting in my body for he pas couple days

The fact that im not gonna a kid soon and im gonna have to grow and stop doing whatever i want whenever i want and i’m gonna never accomplish my dream of creating a successful cartoon and will probably end up at a dead end job I HATE just to make ends meet and eventually dying alone because I dont wanna be in a relationship or have kids

Everything is too overwhelming. The light, the sound, my thoughts, its all too much. I wanna curl up into a tiny ball and disappear from this awful experience called life

Capitalism

i hate being so passionately when i’m upset, everyone else is calm but i have meltdowns and freaks outs over things i shouldn’t even care about or are miniscule (Comes with being autistic i guess)

I have 0 patience and i hate it

I’m starting to regress back to being a childish brat after all the progress i’ve made

i’m constantly surrounded by either criticism or praise that contradict each other so i dont know what to believe about myself

the fact that i have so many great story ideas but i cant write a cohernt thought with proper grammer or sytax or spelling o save my life, nor the art skill or the patience or the tech to draw comics

i haven seen my therapist in days and i need help but i know im not actually gonna change 

having gender panic

I have no in person friends and ive forgotten how to interact with people

ive become a noodle limbed nerd

Ive gotten super skinny

I want someone o break through my shell and help me change bu I know thats just a fantasy and im the only one who can do that but im too lazy to put effort into it

everything i used to enjoy suddenly feels tedious monotonous repetitive and uninteresting

I feel trapped and scraed 

The fact after being bulied so much the only way i can really assert myself is to get violent and angry because they would want me breakdown and cry

I have this image in my head of who i want to be; And badass that people including adults, are scared of and know not to fuck with me or they’ll get hurt (Basically Jotaro, bu I’ve had this image since before i even knew what jojo was) And the fact I KNOW that i’s a pointless endever and that i only dig my own grave when i get mad but its like ingrained Branded into my my psyche so im always going to larp that vision of myself but not get anywhere and only regress further

I want to address my problems and change but I never do and stay static and regress

I cant take crticisim even though i know its true

The reason im so scared of writing fanfiction is because i know its gonna be a mess despite what i think is a great story and people will end up mocking it and what little self confidence i have will shatter

Star Vs wasted potential

the fact that I dont know where to take the whole “Rubi dies at the  end of he first season but comes back o life except she’s not actually she’s just a walking meat sack containing an anchint eldritch god that will, sooner or later, burst out of her and destroy her body, and she’s fighting for control of her ow body due to Skarlotus trying to devor her soul and Data’s medience is only delaying the inevitable” storyline of my concept cartoon, The Crypto Club

I have an AMAZING idea for an Invader Zim storyline that has fascism, rascism, mass genocide, child soldiers, political intrigue, propaganda, baiscally space hitler and more (okay that came out sound REALLY bad, but NONE of it painted as good!) It also involves Zim and Dib coming together to stop an even bigger threat and there is a really ironic ending that brings my OC GA83′s story full circle

[wherearemyglassesbro]

What brands do you see the nations working with the most? (Axis and Allies please!)

:D Most nations work very closely with brands that are based in heir countries! So I’ll go over others :)

America: Al works super close with Nike, he sports their clothes a lot anyway so they might as well use him as branding. Al also works a lot woth car companies to promote new trucks/SUVs! He’s been in multiple commercials (you know the ones like ‘Dodge has six more saftey awards than the following car brands’ that kind) you’ll ALSO see him, very rarely, in food ads. Mostly online food ads where he’s got like...a bag of chips in hand like “Game day snacks” kinds of things. ALSO ALSKDJSKJDBD he works with the NFL and promotes the Crap outta football games

England: Art does not do too many ads, he prefers to keep to himself more BUT he enjoys working with luxury car brands because he’s a fuckin NERD when it comes to cool, fancy cars. Art is seen a lot in high end cologne and whiskey ads. Even though promoting drinking is somewhat looked down upon, he honestly doesn’t give a single shit. He enjoys a good drink and he likes to say ‘Ive been around long enough to try almost every type of whiskey there is and I can say, this is one of the best’. For public appearances he isn’t usually a walking billboard like some nations are *cough*AlfredandFrancis*cough* but on occasion, for award ceremonies, meetings with royals or big international meetings, Arthur will wear big name clothing. It’ll probably just be a suit but it’ll still be high end and he’ll allow the brand to say that he’s sponsored by them

China: Yao LOVES doing ads for cars and bikes!! He also is a huge fan of travel ads where he can stand on the Great Wall or in the streets of Shanghai and talk about how rich his history is and how fun China is! Even though he isn’t the most social, he loves the tourism business cause he likes when people from other places come to learn about his culture!! Yao will often represent food brands and restaurants cause he loves food so much. He isn’t into clothing but he lets brands sponsor him though cause why not?!

France: Francis works with a huge variety of brands, mainly cause he’s an attention whore. He works with luxury clothing brands, cosmetic brands, wineries and has been in Air France ads. He loves when brands sponsor him for public events cause he feels special and fancy and it’s just a great time. Nations used to be hidden away and now he’s just out there! His favorite ads to do are clothing ads in magazines or malls :) The only ads he doesn’t enjoy being in are political ones, cause he doesn’t want to influence the population THAT way, and he does NOT enjoy doing ads for supermarkets/furniture stores/French Walmart equivalents y’know, those sort of corporate businesses

Russia: Ivan works VERY close with Adidas. It’s a stereotype, sure, but Ivan likes to play into that. Plus, Adidas sweatpants are...comfy. So he’ll gladly promote them! Ivan’s got such a nice face, he’s definetly meant to be on the television but he doesn’t really like that so he’ll mostly be seen in magazine ads or online ads where he doesn’t really have to talk, his stand there and look intense as the narrator talks about fancy cologne or something. Ivan avtually really enjoys the process of being in ads! It makes him feel special :) On top of that, he almost always allows brands to choose his attire for big meetings or television appearances when those happen

Germany: Ludwig is not the biggest fan of being in ads at all though on occasion, he’ll do them. He doesn’t let brands sponsor him during public events, instead he wears clothes that most people can afford, not $1000 suits. He has many fancy suits though, dont get me wrong! He just...isn’t a huge fan of being sponsored or representing unattainable, high end things that most of the population cannot get. But...One ad he enjoyed being in was an Adidas ad. It was a three minute clip of an interview about pushing yourself and never giving up. THAT ad is Lud’s favorite and he’s very proud of it :)

S.Italy: Lovino works very close with luxury brands. Cars, clothes, cologne, that sort of thing. He’ll model cologne or collaborate with high end brands like Gucci for a bag or something liek that to draw attention to the brand. Lovi is also a HUGE fan of soccer/football and will promote the SHIT out of it even if he isn’t getting paid to do so. He wears his players’ jerseys and will be in commercials for upcoming games. Usually it’s a recycled picture from a year or so ago but hey! He’s on tv!

N.Italy: Feli LOVES promoting travel! He does commercials for Italian travel in many languages so the commercials can be aired all over! He works with Louis Vuitton and soccer teams like his brother but he isn’t like his eccentric romance nation cousins, he stays out of the public eye more than Lovi does and he does more ads online than anywhere else. He promotes high end brands but doesn’t really do photo shoots. He’ll take Instagram shots at home by himself or do shoots with his brother/cousins! He doesn’t enjoy photo shoots when it’s just him, it’s a bit overwhelming. So he sticks to the easy stuff! Art supply brands will sponsor him to make art! And if he travels, he’ll be sponsored by high end brands to wear their clothes, which he’ll do with the biggest, most handsome smile on his face :)

Japan: Kiku promotes different animation studios a lot! He’s also promoted many, many snacks since he’s guilty of a lotta snacking. You won’t see his face in ads too often at all, he’s a tad camera shy! But he will post about companies/snacks and gladly gush about the things he likes. You won’t find him being sponsored by brands unless they’re startup brands or if it’s merch for comics! He isn’t interested in Louis Vuitton or Nike! And NO! He won’t do a Honda ad...Yes, he knows thats his last name...No, he doesn’t have a Honda car

(Edit: as ive gone through and edited some sections of this while it was in the queue I realize this comes off as ‘the nations are in ads all the time, it’s incredibly common and you see them like 5 times a day’ which isn’t what I meant but I’m not about to delete everything and start over lmao I mean it more as ‘you see them on the television, on your phone or plastered up in subway stations on occasion. You don’t see Lovino Vargas on your television every ten minutes promoting Gucci bags that just isn’t how it is. Being in ads is more of a treat than anything! They’re not really celebrities but people do enjoy seeing them :) )

[peter-pantomime]

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WELP HERE WE GO LMAO

002 | Character

Feelings

How do i feel about love of my life, idiot child of my loins, Richard Richie Dick Trashmouth Tozier? Listen ive been in some fandom or another for like fifteen years straight, some with more intensity than others, and there are some deeply obvious patterns that have emerged in the characters and relationships that make me absolutely lose my MIND. Is there a character who others (my mother) would call a dick, an asshole, a complete twerp? who is loud and obnoxious and performative and NEEDS attention? but who then under that is DEEPLY insecure and has lots of self-hatred and cannot handle actually being seen? sign me the FUCK up. Charles Xavier, Dean Winchester, Bucky Barnes, my loves, step aside - long live the ultimate clown, Richie Tozier.

OTP/Ships

Just gonna save this rant for the Reddie answer below. 

Others

Non-romantic OTPs are a delight for Richie. I do love him and Bev when they’re kids, i think there’s a lot there in both of them about being terrified of puberty and what its revealing to them about themselves, and i havent really seen that delved into anywhere, but i think it would be really interesting to see. But i also love Richie and Stan, a lot of fics (Indelicate in particular i think) call them an unstoppable force and immovable object, and I love that dynamic. I’d like to see how that plays out more when they aren’t fighting lol. also in general I just love that Patty is showing up more in fics and I love their dynamic too. 

Shitty Headcanons

I don’t know if its unpopular as much as its depressing, but the only way I can cope with the canon ending of the movie is if richie kills himself like, a minute after that last shot of him. In real life, I would never say that but in fiction? Narratively, I think its more in character than just smiling and bouncing along on his way after the love of his life is impaled in front of him BECAUSE said love saved him and he had to leave him to be buried in the diseased and dirty darkness with the corpse of their worse nightmare. Anyway, stay tuned for my Orpheus fic, itll happen eventually.

Canon

On that note like, i DON’T want that to have happened in canon, but like, I’ve long ago given up on looking to mainstream media for storylines and characterizations i want to see. I would have preferred Richie staying in the house with Eddie tbh, but again, wasnt looking to the film to give me a satisfying happy or sad ending for him/them. 

Crossovers

I don’t really think about crossover stuff much, much more into AUs, so like, lets have Reddie in a The Mummy AU hows that. (also actually edit: theres a fic where Eddie and Carrie White are cousins and i LOVE THAT)

001 | Reddie

in the beginning

This is 100% one of those ships i blame tumblr for. It started with seeing some good reddie art going around before part 2 came out, then laughing at some posts probably, then going into the tags ‘just to see what was happening,’ and then resigning myself to knowing i was gonna see the new movie and watching the first one in prep and just seeing it hit all my buttons. twas inevitable. 

happy/sad

I love nearly everything fandom spins out for them. not so much what canon did. I don’t particularly love modern AUs for them, them growing up in the 80s is very important to me, and it doesnt jive for me when richie isnt like, fucked up with internalized homophobia that he works through (even if its just acknowledged that he’s dealt with it before the fic starts, its just an important characterization for me). I don’t like stuff where eddie is super sweet and soft (...”chee”) and all woobie’d, like no, hes a little asshole and i love him for that.

other pairings

Another pattern in this deeply self-exposing parade of losers i go feral over is that i am embarrassingly singular in my shipping for them. Like, ONE true pairing to the heights, motherfuckers. Like, the similarities in the reasons I like Reddie and Stucky are comical. Kids who’ve known each other since childhood, one who’s sickly but absolutely a rage monster and one who’s loud and brash but much more timid on the inside, for whom the very concept of love was grown from knowing each other, who lose each other and literally forget each other for years, who then find each other again through bloodshed, and are now figuring out these teenage growing pains as grown people after a (N E A R) death experience? *anguished elk noise* literally havent gotten tired of it in the slightest yet. 

happily ever after

honestly, variations on a theme at this point - living together preferably in LA, soaking up sunshine and each other’s company, just happy and in love and HAPPY. basically a combo of Ithots and bullet in the back.

big/little spoon

nah, eddie sleeping directly on top of Richie 

favorite activity

this is just an expression of my own favorite activity, but them at a karaoke bar is still my favorite thought. Mostly because i need something where Richie sings Can’t Take My Eyes off You and it starts silly but then it HITS REAL HARD

[mskinkykitty]

Proper Training

Chapter 2

This is a continuation of my entry for @searchforanotherway​‘s Onyx Night Challenge. 

I hope you enjoy chapter 2, still not suuuuuper dark, but, it kinda is....... So, please heed the warnings. Also, please forgive any spelling or grammatical errors. I’ve proofed this so many damn times, I’m done and ready to post!

Pairing: Reader x Rumlow, Reader x Winter Soldier (technically, not bucky......)

Rating: 18+

Takes place pre-Captain America: The Winter Soldier

Word count: 3917

Warnings: Non-con, kidnapping, light bondage, forced orgasm, orgasm denial,  swearing, smut, adult themes, VERY light BDSM themes (please let me know if there are other warnings I should add!)

Brock's eyes shifted between (y/n) and the Soldier, who was now standing behind her, shoulders square, eyes hard and lifeless. With him standing behind her, the Soldier towered over her,with the top of her head coming to just under his chin.

Brock wasn't intimidated by the Soldier in the least, he's beaten the man a few times himself. No, what worried him, was what she planned on letting the Soldier do to him. With being strapped to the chair, Brock couldn't defend  himself, or fight back.  Now, the ache in his groin was coming back, he knew what to expect. Any touch was intensified, pleasurable, even. It had shocked Brock, when she'd slapped his cock, and he'd come all over himself. It had been the most intense orgasm he'd ever had, and she was right, he did enjoy pain, just usually not being on the receiving end of it. He hated, how the thought of her slapping him like that, made the ache worse, he wanted her to touch him again. Gentle at first, just like before. He wanted her to edge him, deny him his orgasm, then, he wanted her to make him cum, just as hard as before. He wanted to cum so hard, he'd pass out.

His thoughts alone, were driving him insane. He could think of nothing, but the things he wanted her to do to him.

“Look, my Soldier, Mr. Rumlow is getting excited again.” she said with a delighted chuckle, when she noticed his cock was starting to get hard again.

“But you haven't done anything to him.” the Soldier replied, still glaring at Brock, suspecting it was just her being near him, that was making the man so excited.

“But I did. You remember the new serum I've been working on?” she asked, not waiting for him to respond.

“Well, I've finally perfected it, and Mr. Rumlow, here, is the first human test subject. See, this one is different than the others I've made. The others were more like an aphrodisiac, once the sexual release has been accomplished, the effects are gone. But this one. Oh, this serum is truly a work of art!” she squealed, happy to explain everything to her Soldier. “Even after the release, the effects don't diminish, they continue for hours, potentially days, depending on the size of the dose and how fast the subject metabolizes the serum.”

“You bitch. I'll gut you, when I get out of this chair.” Brock panted, but he knew it was a hallow threat, with the Soldier protecting her, there was no way he'd ever get close enough to hurt her.

(y/n) placed her hand on the Soldier's arm to stop him, when he went to take a step towards Brock.

“It's alright, my Soldier. They're just empty threats, remember how the others were, at the beginning of their training. He'll change his tune soon enough.” She smiled, turning and walking towards her desk. Brock's eyes, never leaving her and the Soldier's eyes, never leaving Brock.

The burning in his veins was getting worse by the minute, he felt like he was sweating bullets, his dick was so hard, it hurt. His body needed a release, and he needed it soon.

“Mr. Rumlow, as I'm not generally a cruel person, I'm going to administer an IV to keep you hydrated. So, I suggest you keep still while I insert the needle. If you don't, I'm afraid I'll have to ask my Soldier to render you unconscious, the good old fashioned way. And something tells me, he's more than eager to comply.” (y/n) said, matter of factly, as she walked back towards Brock, holding a needle and an IV bag in her hands.

“I don't want you sticking any more of your experimental shit, inside me. You keep that damn thing away from me.” He growled, weakly, struggling against the restraints. The pain, only causing him more pleasure, worsening his condition. So much so, that he thought he'd cum with the slightest of touches, anywhere on his body.

“Mr. Rumlow, calm down. You're sweating profusely, which is only going to dehydrate you. I promise you, this is just a simple saline solution, nothing else has been added to it. You being dehydrated doesn't do my experiment any good. As much of a pain in the ass, as you are, I still need you fit and healthy for this test.”

Brock watched her set the needle and bag down on a tray next to his chair, the damn Soldier, hovering closely behind her. He watched her open an alcohol wipe, to clean the injection site. He was a little startled when she leaned in close and whispered in his ear.

“Besides, remember what I said about good soldiers, Mr. Rumlow. Behave, and I'll make you feel more pleasure than you ever thought possible.” she finished by placing a gentle kiss, right under his ear. Brock couldn't stop himself from moaning at how good it felt. He hoped she'd continue, the heat from her body, so close to his, felt exquisite, even though he felt like he was burning from the inside. Her heat, coupled with his, seemed to cool the fire inside, ever so briefly.

“Do you want to cum, Mr.Rumlow?” she continued to whisper, Brock felt her hands caress his arm. He felt something cool against the crook of his elbow, but it didn't matter what it was. The only thing that mattered to him, was that she wasn't close enough.

“Please.” his whisper, strained with desperation, as he leaned his head to the side, trying to bury his nose in her hair. Taking a deep breath, he couldn't help the moan that escaped, she smelled better than earlier.

“I need you.” he continued, placing a kiss to the side of her head.

“I know you do. But you haven't been a very good boy for me, so far. Have you?” she asked, looking him in the eye, a look of pure pity, staring back at him.

He shook his head, no.

“No, you haven't, which is why you have to wait, just a little bit longer. But, be a good boy for me, let me insert this IV, and I might let you cum when I'm done. I just need you to trust me. Can you do that for me, Mr. Rumlow?” she crooned, caressing his face, her lips just hovering above his.

“Anything.” he whispered, tilting his head back, his eyes rolling back, at her gentle caress of his cock. “Please!”

“Oh my, Mr. Rumlow. What a needy, little slut, you are. What do you think, my Soldier?” she asked, looking at the Soldier over her shoulder, who perked up, at her attention being on him. “Should I be lenient with him, just this once?”

“No, ma'am. You were never lenient with any of the others. If you're lenient with him this one time, he might come to expect it in the future.” The Soldier replied, and Brock could have slit his throat for it. The agony he was in, was becoming unbearable.

“Are you being honest, or are you just jealous? Be truthful, my Soldier.” She couldn't help the playful smile she gave the Soldier, who fidgeted nervously, as a blush filled his cheeks.

“Both, ma'am.” he said, clearing his throat, only slightly ashamed for admitting his jealousy.

“See how good my Soldier is, Mr. Rumlow. Obeys the first time, every time. Now,” she said, her tone sounding happy and carefree, her hand still lightly caressing his cock, “how about you be a good boy, and let me put this IV in you?”

“Fuck. You.” he panted.

As much as he hated the agony he was in, he hated the thought of caving and giving her what she wanted. He wasn't going to be weak, he was going to fight her, as long as he could.

“Oh, Mr. Rumlow.” she sighed, the look on her face, disappointed. “Very well. Soldier, come hold him, make sure he doesn't squirm too much. And no need to be gentle.”

“Yes, ma'am.” The dark look on the Soldier's face had Brock second guessing his little act of defiance.

The Soldier was all to happy to comply for this task. He may not have remembered everything Brock had done to him, but he had this deep seated hate for the man. Especially, now that his Doctor had set her sights on him and was using him to test her new serum. The Soldier knew he had to do whatever it took, to ensure his spot as her favorite. The longer Brock defied her, the more interest she would show and he couldn't risk losing her favor. Risk someone else becoming his handler. He didn't want to go back to the cryo tubes, or the mind wipes, or the abuse he'd suffer after a failed mission.

He liked that she gave him his own room, especially since it was connected to hers. He enjoyed being her toy, she made him feel things he's never felt before. She was gentle with him, her punishments were much easier to handle physically, but more devastating on the emotional level. But when he was successful, her rewards. Oh, her rewards made everything worth it. If the Soldier had to give a word to his feelings for her, he would call it love, even though he had no idea, what love really was.

To him, it was how fiercely protective he was of her. The way she would allow him to hold her, as he fell asleep. Perhaps it was the way she would hold him, if he'd had a particularly nasty nightmare. She always made him feel special. He was, after all, the only one who was allowed to spend the entire night with her. None of the others were allowed to stay in her room overnight. In fact, none of the others were even allowed in her room. Only him.

She would ensure he always had proper meals, made sure he liked everything he ate. Most importantly, he was always allowed to eat his fill, if he wanted more, he could have more. He enjoyed that they would always dine together in his room. Alone. She would tell him her plans and how successfully everything was going. How no one suspected she was the real Head of Hydra. He took pride in that. In how smart his Doctor was. How cunning.

She was his everything.

But, with Brock Rumlow, the Soldier worried he'd be replaced. He was younger than her other conquests, more fit. More pleasing to the eye, she had told him. Brock had been a thorn in her side, since he'd first laid eyes on her. The Soldier saw how he talked to her, how he treated her. He hated it, but, she'd ordered him not to react. To not do anything and let him. The first time Brock had smacked her ass, he'd almost lost it. No one touched his Doctor without her permission. The sharp look she'd given him, when she'd heard his growl, stopped him. He knew what she meant. Be a good Soldier and do nothing.

She'd let him take her quite aggressively that night, back in his room. He'd been allowed to own her, be possessive. She'd even let him call her by name. Not Doctor. Not ma'am. Her real name. (Y/n).

It was the first time she'd called him by his name. Or, at least, the name she said he used to go by.

James.

He didn't remember the name, nor the man she said it used to belong to. But when she screamed it, while he was buried to the hilt, cumming inside her, it made him feel things he couldn't describe.

He'd once asked her, why she only called him by name when they were alone. She'd said, it was because his name was special. It was an identity. Something that had to be earned. That's why she referred to everyone by their surname. They had to earn the right to hear her call them by their given name.

He hoped she would always refer to Brock, as Mr. Rumlow. Even though she'd said he would always be her favorite, he couldn't help the doubt he felt, as he watched her attach the IV to the crook of Brock's elbow.

“Mr. Rumlow, if you don't hold sill, my Soldier will knock you out.” She growled, as she tried to hold his arm still enough to attach the IV needle.

“Please, by all means, keep struggling. Nothing would make me happier.” The Soldier growled into Brock's ear, his eyes watching his Doctor, as she struggled with Brock's arm.

Knowing how hard the Winter Soldier could hit, Brock stopped struggling and let her insert the IV. He was also starting to feel really thirsty and could feel a headache starting.

Brock and the Soldier watched her insert the IV, then adjust the drip flow, a smile on her face when she turned to look back at them.

“There, see Mr. Rumlow, that wasn't so difficult, now was it?”

Brock shook his head, panting, as he fought the urge to beg her to touch him. He felt that if she didn't make him cum soon, he was going to start crying, the pain was quickly becoming too much.

“Now, since you've been such a naughty boy, Mr. Rumlow, and my Soldier has been a very good boy, I think it's only fair, that you sit there and watch him get his reward. Maybe then, you'll have a little more incentive to behave.” she said, giving him a stern look, before looking at her Soldier and smiling.

“Come here, my Soldier.”

“Yes, Docotor.” He said, doing his best not to rush over to eagerly. If she saw how eager he was, she would punish him, and right now, that was the last thing he wanted.

“As part of Mr. Rumlow's punishment, what would my Soldier like for his reward?” She hummed, both hands on his chest, as she pressed her body against his.

The Soldier felt his cock twitch in his pants. This was his favorite kind of reward, the kind where she let him choose. It was also the rarest. She really did want to punish Brock. The Soldier took a moment to think about what he wanted, then turned to her with a shy smile, almost afraid to say it, out loud.

She saw his hesitation, and encouraged him to answer.

“Go on, my Solider. Whatever it is, ask.”

“I would like to taste you.” he said, in a quiet, timid tone. He perked up, when the smile on her face grew, and her eyes lit up. Getting to taste her was his favorite reward, and she knew it, which was why it was such a rare treat.

“Are you sure, that's what you want?” she asked, knowing that's exactly what he wanted.

“Yes, ma'am.” he said, with a quick nod.

“Then get on your knees, Soldier, and enjoy your treat.” she smirked, as he dropped to his knees, and hesitantly, reached for her legs. Softly and slowly gliding his hands up her thighs, his thumbs catching the hem of her skirt, lifting it the higher he went. He let out a small groan, when he felt the garter belt, holding up her stockings. He knew that she always wore them under her skirts, he would often see them peaking out, when she sat in a chair with her legs crossed.

The Soldier's breath hitched, when he reached her hips, and felt no panties. He looked up at her, his unspoken question, reflected in his eyes.

“I never wear panties under my skirts.” she purred, as she caressed his chin. They both ignored Brock's groan, at that little juicy tidbit of information.

If Brock had known that months ago, he would have dragged her into a supply closet, and fucked her brains out, every chance he got. Instead, he was forced to sit there and watch the Soldier devour the woman he wanted.

“Let me out, you stupid bitch.” Rumlow panted, as he weakly struggled against his restraints.

“Now, now, Mr. Rumlow,” (y/n) moaned, a hand in the Soldier's hair, while the other held up her skirt, as the Soldier explored between her legs with his mouth, his hands resting on the the backs of her thighs. “You should consider yourself lucky. You're the only one I've allowed to see my Soldier receive his reward. In fact, I should let you watch from a little closer.” she said, then pulled the Soldier away, by his hair.

The look on his face, was almost heartbreaking. He looked up at her, as if she'd slapped him.

“Come, my Soldier, I think we need to let Mr. Rumlow get a closer look, at just how much you enjoy your reward.” she said, caressing his cheek, before walking over to Brock, with a wicked gleam in her eye. The Soldier, standing and following her, glaring at Brock as he did.

“What are you doing?” Brock asked, his voice strained, from the agony he was in.

“Making myself comfortable, so I can enjoy my Soldier, and you can get a front row seat, to the show.” she smirked, turning around, and situating herself on Brock's lap. She leaned her back against his chest, her legs draped on either side of his, so she was spread wide open for her Soldier. She made sure her ass was pressed against his hips, feeling his painful erection against her lower back.

“Show Mr. Rumlow, just how good you can be, my Soldier.” she purred, lifting her skirt and exposing herself to him, as he dropped to his knees again, his hands running up the inside of her thighs.

(y/n) made sure she pressed her ass against Brock's cock, eliciting the most erogenous groan from him. She then, leaned back, resting her head on his shoulder, one hand gripping the arm of the chair, while the other made it's way behind his head, and she gripped his hair, tight. All the while, the Soldier was kissing up her inner thighs, on his way to what he desired most. She hummed, when his tongue found it's way back between her pink folds, the hand that was resting on the chair, now gripping the Soldier's hair.

Brock hated how turned on he was, watching the Soldier pleasure her with his mouth, and found himself wishing he was between her thighs. His hips began to move against her back, the friction feeling bringing some much needed relief to his aching cock. With her sitting in his lap, pressed   against his chest, he couldn't stop himself from running his nose up her neck and into hair, inhaling her scent.

“You know, Doc, if you release me, I'd be more than happy to take his place. Show you what else my mouth is good for.” he purred into her ear, his hips continuing to thrust into her lower back.

“Please, Mr. Rumlow, don't delude yourself. No one, is better at this, than my Soldier. He's been at it for so long, no one knows my body like he does.” she gasped, as the Soldier penetrated her with two of his metal fingers, grazing the front of her walls, quickly finding that one spot that would bring her to her knees, every time.

“Fuck! That feels amazing!” she moaned. “Don't stop, my Soldier, I'm almost there!”

Brock could do nothing, but watch in awe, as the Soldier brought her to climax, faster than he's ever seen a woman cum before. It had only been a few minutes, and he had her breathing hard, grinding her hips against his face, her grip on his hair tightening so much, he thought she was going to pull it out.

When she came, Brock had never seen anything like it. She screamed as she started shaking and convulsing, drenching the Soldier in her fluids. Brock couldn't stop himself from coming with her. The way her body writhed against him, it was too much, and he released himself all over the back of her shirt.

As Brock's breathing started to slow back to normal, he realized that she was still undulating and screaming. The Soldier hadn't stopped, giving her multiple orgasms. Brock hated to admit, that he was quite impressed with the Soldier's oral skills, and found himself wondering if he had the skills before he became the soldier, or after.

“Fuck!” she gasped, finally managing to pull the Soldier from between her legs.

“As much as I love it when you do that, you gotta remember to give a girl a little time to recover.” she said, panting, as she tried to catch her breath.

Brock felt her relax into his body, as she closed her eyes, and enjoyed the after glow of such an intense orgasm. Brock turned his attention to the Soldier, still kneeling between her legs. Her orgasmic juices were dripping from his chin, and she had soaked the upper portion of his shirt. The Soldier wiped his chin, then pressed a kiss to the inside of her leg, before resting his head on her leg, closing his eyes as well.

“Hmm, Mr Rumlow, I do believe you have made a mess of my clothes. You're lucky I'm too blissed out to give a shit, right now. I think you should thank my Soldier for saving you from further punishment.”

Brock scoffed, and ignored what she said, his head falling back against the chair, as he looked at the ceiling.

“That wasn't a request, Mr. Rumlow.” her tone firm and commanding.

Brock looked down to see the Soldier, with his head still resting against her thigh, glaring up at him.

“Thanks.” he grumbled

“Like you mean it, Mr. Rumlow.”

“Thank you, for saving me from a punishment.”

“Do you find his apology acceptable, Soldier?” (y/n) hummed, almost drifting off to sleep.

The Soldier looked at his Doctor, then at Rumlow. Weighing his answer options. If he said no, she'd only give Brock more attention, but if he said yes, she might continue to ignore him. Of course, there was the possibility that no matter what his answer, she'd give Brock more attention either way. He decided the risk was worth it.

“Yes.”

“Good, because I need a nap.” she sighed, holding her hands out to her Soldier.

It was a silent order for him to pick her up and carry her to her room. Which, he was more than happy to do.

“You can't just leave me here!” Brock hissed, the ache in his groin, slowly coming back, though he noticed, not as intensely as before.

“Doctor?” Bucky asked, as he walked with her, towards the door.

“Send a couple of the girls in to take care of him, then I want him locked in a cell. His training is far from finished.” She said, yawning towards the end.

“Of course, my doctor.” The Soldier whispered, softly into her ear, as he carried her to her room. Knowing she was far from finished with him.

[pbandjesse]

I have a head ache. I hate that this keeps happening. But today was a very good day. I feel very tired and I hate that, but I felt okay this morning. I felt like I was running late. And like technically I was by like 5 minutes. But it felt so much more. But I got out of the house mostly on time. But then people were driving really slow so I felt stress. 

But I did park a little higher up on the hill. So the walk wasnt as hard on my calves. But again I was thrown in with a group. Just for the morning though and that was just fine. I didnt even have to ask this time they just made it happen. Thank you. 

It was rainy this morning. So I had changed into my rain gear when I got there. But it cleared up pretty quick. I was with the pool kids. And they were honestly the easiest group I could have asked for. I went up to wait for them and just read my book. Which I finished because once they got there all they wanted to do was play pokemon cards. They didnt need me at all. And because it was raining I asked them if they wanted to go to their ground elements program or just chill. And they chose chill so we didnt even go anywhere until 1030. So I just read and some of them colored or played with string but they were just super chill. 

By 1030 though the rain had cleared. And the sun came out. And off we went to the trading post. They all got some candy. And were annoyed with the bugs so they asked to go back to the pool house. I was concerned that we ahd been sitting for a long time so I took them the very long way around camp, just a little hike, stopped at the office, and then to our cabin. 

They were all very sweet kids. But for real they did not need me. So I just read. But then I was finished my book. I almost cried a few times. The last story was maybe not the strongest but I really enjoyed the whole book. But then I lacked things to do!!

But then it was lunch. And they had grilled cheeses! I had an issue with one of the kids ignoring me when I told them to come get lunch so the person dropping them off in the golf cart left. So they had to wait like 10 minutes for their lunch and then they didnt even eat it! She said she only likes brie cheeses. Oh my god. I told her she was the fanciest child and she loved that. 

Once we were done with lunch I made them clean. They were very into cleaning the windows, but were bad at sweeping. At least things were clean. And then it was pool time for real. 

We had to wait a little once we got down there so I made them go run in the grass. But they were like. Its to scratchy. So we went back to the table and waited there. But once they were allowed in the pool I sat with my legs in the water. Cj was there! It was nice.

But then I was done. Someone came to replace me. The kids yelled thank you to me and Cj and me walked towards the office, and I headed up to the art shed. 

I worked on some example stuff. Some cleaning. Then I took a break. Leila, Alexa, and Angelia came and hung out with me and we had a really good conversation and it was just nice to talk to people. Once they left I finished reading a new york times article and then got to work on lesson planning and list making. 

I went to talk to Heather and found out that we dont exactly know if were doing fall classes but we might still be able to just run enrichment programs in the afternoon. So I got to work making a plan for the next few weeks. That felt nice. I chilled in my hammock and wrote out my ideas and it was just a lot of fun for me. 

And then I saw a deer! It was a baby! They ran down from the fort. It was great. Soon though it was the end of the day. After I met with Heather again, I went to help watch the kids over at thunderbird. I first through to grab my stuff and put it in the car, and then went to say thank you to Lindsy for watching Lani the rat, and take her home to Kim. 

Once it was time to go home, Noah helped me carry Lani's cage to the car, and off we went. 

I got home, and muscled two bags and the cage into the apartment. Had a weird interaction with an amazon driver. But whatever. I played animal crossing. Kim came down to get Lani. I got a package from my mom. Its a picnic blanket! Thank you mom! 

I had dinner and Ive been just chilling since then. My head ache is easing. And I am going to go take a shower and wait for James to come home. 

I am looking forward to work tomorrow. I hope you all have a great day too. I hope you all take care of eachother and are safe out there. Sleep well, goodnight!

[franeridart]

Hi! Idk if you read fanfic, but would you happen to have any kiribaku fic recs? Or any bnha fic rec?

I’m pretty sure there’s stuff tagged as fic recs on this blog, yes! Nothing particularly new tho, I haven’t had the time to put down a new rec-list in a while ;-;

Anon said:How long does it take you to finish a drawing with and without color?

That honestly depends on a lot of factors - which tools I’m using, how many characters there are in the drawing/if it’s full body or not, how used to drawing the character I am, how big is the canvas, if I already have a clear idea of what I mean to draw or not, how precise I want to be with lines and stuff. 

That Yuuto sketch I posted yesterday took me about 40 minutes I think, and over half of it was spent trying to figure out how I was supposed to draw him since it was the first time I drew him - the tools I used are the ones I use when I want to be fast and don’t care about being sloppy. A small random Kirishima bust properly lined and colored could take me five minutes to sketch and line and as many to color on a good day, cause I’ve drawn him so many times by now I don’t even have to think to draw him. Deku, on the other hand, can take me an hour even just to sketch, I can’t seem to grasp how I’m supposed to draw him at all.

Sorry, it really depends on a lot of things, I can’t give a proper answer to this :(

Anon said:Ive been tryin to find ur art of sero carrying baku for like 20 minutes n i cant find it :(

Are you talking about this one? Or this one? There’s also this one I guess...? And maybe this one lol 

Anon said:yoooo, hey man, that cat kiribaku thing ya got going on is some 👌👌👌👌👌

HECK THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!!

Anon said:Has anyone ever considered Hadmie. Hadou x Camie before?? It just seems like it'd be a cute ship to sail with, tbh. That just might be me tho.

I dunno if anyone has before you, but I can’t say I have, sorry! If I gotta ship Nejire with someone after all it’s gonna be Yuyu haha

Anon said:Hey do you do commissions? I really love your art and I'd love to get a commission from you!! (and also I just wanna know if there's yet another thing that I have to save up for XD)

Not right now, sorry! Maybe after I’m done with the zine things!!

Anon said:*runs around like an excited puppy* DAVEDAVEDAVEDAVEDAVEDAVEDAVE!!!!!!! :D

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :D

Anon said:AHHH i love your ocs so much also Nico looks so cute and i love learning new things about them

AAAHHHHH THANK YOU SO MUCH OH MY G O D!!!!!!!!!!!!

Anon said:KIRI + PINEAPPLE PONYTAIL = THE BEST THING EVER

I’M GLAD WE AGREE ON THAT

Anon said:your oc's literally kill me!! i already love nico, and i think i speak for everyone when i say that we definitely want more of him and luca!! i don't know if it's just me, but I love when the angry, swearing types fall for someone.

SOB thank you so so much for the kind words about my kids ;^;

Anon said:OH MY GOD LUCA IS BACK!!!! YESSSSSSSS FUCKING KILL ME THIS IS A BLESSED DAY I LOVE HIM SO MUCH. MORE OF YOUR OC'S!!! (only when you want to share of course, I'm just trying to convey my enthusiasm here. not demanding at all ^^)

I think that might happen soon enough, actually!!!! Thank you so much for the interest in them!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Anon said:Are josh and chris still not dating?

Sadly until I’ll sit down to write their story that specific part of it won’t go anywhere :( Chris gotta deal with a bunch of things before he’ll be ready to put a name to what’s between him and Josh 3 one day I’ll let him work through it !!!

Anon said:I'm so paranoid I'm going to repost one of your post by accident but the thing is is I never even repost anything at all but just because I know you don't want them to be I'm so scared that by accident I'm going to have something screenshotted and forget it's yours and like Ugh😂

Well, my name’s written on all my drawing so I doubt you’ll forget it’s my stuff lol to make sure you’re not reposting anything the author doesn’t want reposted you can always just ask before reposting it, tho~

Anon said:I was just scrolling through your OC stuff and I just. Love them so much. Thank you for the babies ❤

GOD THANK YOU ;O;

Anon said:Okay I've never seen your oc's before and Dave is the cutest green boy I love him

AAAAHHHHHH I’M GLAD!!!!!

Anon said:kamijirou getting together? :3 also if there were ever a scenario where jirou would confess first, what do you think she would be thinking?

I actually have half a thing planned for that :0 gimme a while to get around to drawing it!

Anon said:How do you feel imagine kiri’s parents???

Actually since I’m still hoping one day Hori will give us the official versions I try not to think too much about it! I don’t wanna grow attached just to have to give them up once I’ll have the canon versions haha

Anon said:hey quick innocent question ive been following for a long time and saw a lot of your art do you have a thing for feet

Are you asking because I draw a lot of people barefoot? Feet are just easier and faster to draw than shoes, anon

Anon said:I love how you answer asks all at once. It’s nice to see that you’re getting in bulk appreciation

THANKS I honestly just don’t want my blog to be more asks than art, so I let them pile up before answering - it does mean I make people wait a lot for answers tho orz sorry

Anon said:I LOVE YOUR ART

THANK YOU!!!!

Anon said:You've open a sea of possibilities with red pineapple kirishima. You're a legend :prayeremoji:

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I wouldn’t call myself that but I’m glad you appreciate him too hahaha

Anon said:i cant help but notice nothings been added to your sero tag in 4 months

That might be because I rarely use single characters tags! Try looking under #bakusquad and #seromina :D

Anon said:Hahaaa hi this is probably really really awkward but I just wanted you to let you know that you're super awesome!! And the fact that your art is something that I can look forward to is absolutely amazing (no pressure tho)!!! So yea, thank you for being cool and creating beautiful art~~ :D ✧✧✧

SOB it’s not awkward at all!!!! thank you SO MUCH!!!!!!!!!

Anon said:Would you mind adding some more Tokoyami art to your shop? More specifically the pieces where hes hanging out with Kiri, and the Tokoshoji piece :D Im desperate to bury my notebooks in stickers from your shop rn and the bird boy needs more love ❤

AHW I’m sorry anon, but those are definitely too small to be of any use on the shop ;-; if you’re okay with it I could add the last one I posted? I should seriously draw more of him..................

Anon said:That jacket that Kirishima has on...I NEED!

I drew it and that’s still a mood t b h

Anon said:I went so far back in your blog that it kicked me back to the beginning ;-; I was just getting to the D. Greyman stuff too

AW ;-; (..........it’s good tho, the further you go the least worth it my stuff is l m a o)

Anon said:Do you ever draw kiribaku or something else in paper or some kind of sketch book if you do i would love to see them❤(sorry if my english is bad)

I do have some doodles on paper posted on here somewhere? But tbh I rarely draw traditionally anymore unless it’s just random doodles :(

Anon said:Aahhh!!! I really love your kiribaku shit its so cute!!and you draw so goood too literally when i found this ship i instantly found you and you are so perfect in my eyes and your art!!!!! I looooooovvvvvvveeeeee yoooouuuuuu thank you for being here and showing us this stuff!!❤❤❤❤

HECK thank you!!!!!!!!!!!

Anon said:i adore your art so much and your bakushima comics make me smile a lot! :) you’re one of my favorite artists now dldksjshskdk

tHANK YOU OH MY G OD ;^;

Anon said:Consider this: fantasy Kirishima meeting normal bakugou, thinking that's his Katsuki 😂😂

.........................you literally got no clue how long I’ve been thinkin about drawing this............ he ck

Anon said:Your drawings give me life 😍❤️

sob thank you so so so much ;-;

[unproduciblesmackdown]

3 am’s a crazy time for it but it occurs to me i may as well give a heads up that i am like, for real at the present assuming that i’m gonna like, sometime in the very near future here be going offline again, in that sort of my ~plan~ (my one-step plan) is seeing if i can get myself on a bus (hopefully) and see if that can get me to the west coast. and from there i’ll just be like, well here i am in a place i’ve never been before, being unhoused for the second time but this time not living in my car, which is a bit different than living right out in the open, which i’ve never done. this, for example, is why i was looking up how to do makeshift stp devices. way easier to be able to pee wherever you are than have to find a place you can drop your whole pants, or an actual bathroom. apparently cutting the end off one of those plastic liquid medicine measuring things with the sorta spoon at its mouth works. anyways

i suppose it hasn’t necessarily showed but for a few weeks now i’ve def been feeling The Impending Pressure and it was getting down to the wire there not knowing if the Last Day Online would spring itself on me suddenly. but i can at least say i think i’ll have a days warning now and be able to say something with at least a matter of hours forewarning and not like, a matter of minutes. its been sorta wild though like, sorta assuming its like a Two Days Remain situation and in the midst of the unpredictability of depression, trying to just enjoy things as they’re happening, the simple stuff like chatting with people and being able to put my bullshit thoughts online...cranking out a fic chapter because it’s at least a better place to leave it hanging than it wouldve been otherwise.....just consuming this content that’s enjoyable and chill af.......i tell ya what—both in terms of being Fun and Anxiety-Reducing and Good Distractions and also, a great opportunity just to be talking to people on the daily which has been and continues to be absolutely fantastic—having been On that deh/etc will roland train for the past couple months has been a total gift. it was some great luck stumbling into that, seriously

anyways it’s weird! it’s weird thinking just like, i’ll suddenly do this thing and be on the other coast and just step out and be somewhere i don’t know and with no particular destination and maybe the lgbt center i looked up will at least tell me whats the best area to be in, sometimes they’re in the know abt that re: where’s a better spot to be homeless in than others. and from there, y’know, all i’ve been doing for years and all i can continue to do is absolutely wing it. and it’s funny that this all seems slightly less intimidating to me than it wouldve like, a year or two ago (even tho two yrs ago i was technically homeless lol but living in my car so like i said its different from living Right on the street) but honestly, obviously, it’s still very intimidating because how could it not be. i’m maybe not AS anxious but i’m still anxious and even though i know i could do it, i’d be stressed tf out and anxious as hell and shit while i was doing it. i mean, a crosscountry bus ride alone—i’ve never done that!! what if i mess up switching over to a different connecting ride between stations. bus and train bathrooms unnerve me, god forbid i have to get past someone to get to the aisle to GO to the bathroom. and, yknow, just a really long bus ride—how do you manage to sleep, how do i manage not to fall asleep at the wrong time cuz i doubt there’s an attendant telling you to get off at the right stop. though god knows it’s somewhat arbitrary where i’m deciding to go, i have no especial connection in one particular place over another, i think i have an uncle and cousin in CA but i don’t have the first idea where and i don’t know them at all

ugh. like there’s no actual way to feel good about it but if i’m gonna go somewhere it might as well be in a completely different place and i could try the west coast and i’m not one for making careful plans or thinking that making careful plans about your life works unless you’ve already got a lot of control about your situation, which i don’t. and it’s always been p inevitable that i wind up “properly” homeless, and it happens, and i don’t pretend it doesn’t scare me, but what are you gonna do? c’est ca que c’est / la vie. this way there’s a chance that A Big Change might lead the way for something better, and like hey if i die or some shit i die, which has always been a possibility anyways for the past like 6-7 years especially, what with how shitty i’ve felt lol. but i have no attachment where i’m at now and just. it’s hard to explain i guess if you’re not in the kind of place where i’m at but there’s not a lot of choices in the first place so, if i can choose the location, if it can be somewhere new where i MIGHT like to be for once, that’s better than not. and somehow so far i’ve managed to go with the flow surrounding big changes and sometimes wild situations, even if i’ve felt like crap and been super worried sometimes too. i don’t know for how many years now i’ve been Not assuming i’d be alive by the next year, but here i am having gotten this far, at least. it’s fairly impressive even if i don’t have any amazing achievements. believe it or not i’m pretty satisfied with my Achievements as just like, dumbass blog posts and fic/art and occasionally contributing something someone enjoys and getting to talk to people sometimes. it’s how i’ve been able to enjoy myself in the midst of some really awful times for the past like 6 yrs and i’ve appreciated it every day i’ve gotten to surf the net

like i guess it’s like haha, nerd, that half of what i’m worried about is being offline. but it’s a big deal being able to connect w the world beyond your immediate reach and distract yourself and say things and maybe even Enjoy yourself and also actually get to talk to people. but hey sometimes even people who live on the street manage to snag wifi connections somehow. i’d have to ask them how, lol. but, yknow, like i said, for a couple weeks especially it’s been like , Not Assuming I’ll NOT Lose Internet Connection and thus really trying to bear down on appreciating it. not like being offline for 5 months or so didn’t also make me appreciate it extra already. i was gonna say i survived it but i did get wildly depressed throughout like, august? september? probably both lol. anyways. what i’m trying to say i guess is that i’m not actually assuming i’ll be okay, but that only means so much because like, not to sound dramatic but i’ve pretty much never been okay on account of ive been just a half step away from living on the streets ever since leaving my parents house where i’d previously lived my whole life, which was an abusive situation. and also the depression and the years of really wanting to die which, at least 2018 didn’t have TOO much of that, in terms of feeling like it might be impending. now i can’t really be bothered, i’m just floating along and if i die i die, right. what i’m trying to say is, there’s not really any Good Proper option to choose where i’m definitely okay, so it’s basically about choosing between bad options, and with this choice i might at least like the location a little better, change of scenery, not as cold as here, i dunno. there’s not a way to just choose my way into being okay. it’s all a roll of the dice anyhow

also it’s weird but one thing about being on my own is it takes the pressure off me in certain ways and it’s a bit easier for me to Do things. if there’s anyone else to answer to in any way, i tend to just not ever decide anything and definitely don’t pursue anything. i’m one of those ppl who either has to live alone or with ppl they’re really really really comfortable with, and since i don’t have the latter around and nobody especially me can afford the former, it’s like, well, how is not everybody homeless anyway, right? and people do it. because yknow, you have to do it, it’s suddenly just your situation and somehow people get through every day. idk. learn as you go. what can ya do. it’s choosing between various bad options, i could also just wander into the mountains and die, but i’d rather not, and offing myself is Way a hassle, and also would be difficult, same as dying of exposure/dehydration in this middle of nowhere patch of mtns. i might as well try my luck at being in a place where you COULD maybe survive or something, and where i could at least feel like, if i do manage to have any good things happen, i would even possibly want to be in that area and be more comfortable living there. i have no roots anywhere and only have a No Zone (near my parents house) and so its sorta like, pick a random place to be!! lol. ahhhh

what can i say. it also sucks having to think “boy, in addition to not dying, hope i don’t get physically/sexually assaulted—also, how do people get water??” but......such is the way that it is. i don’t know. i don’t think anybody looks at impending homelessness and goes “i’m okay about this and not at all afraid.” and it’s strange to talk about how this is sort of ~by choice~ but it’s not exactly, in that i didn’t choose to only have abusive family and how even though i was working while living in my car it would never have been enough for rent probably even if i had someone to split it with and i also didn’t choose to not be rich in the first place and *the economy...... .png*

sigh. i dunno, it’s hard because i can’t talk about it a right way or long enough and get to a point i don’t feel intimidated or upset that once i Go Offline i’ll for real just be on my own unless and until i manage to get online for a moment again, in which case i’ll still be on my own, but i’ll feel a bit less alone, ha ha

anyways. speaking of trying to appreciate the simple pleasures of talking about whatever weird shit i wanna talk about and pushing myself to draw/write as it feels like it gets even more down to the wire—time to do that! 4 am and time to draw this weird meme & hopefully crank out the rest of this oneshot & maybe even draw again, and maybe again—it’s cool cuz i slept weird the other night and then got again weirdly tired in the afternoon and took a long depression nap w sorta fun, sorta bizarre dreams. augh. so at least i figure i’m just cruisin now, Not Sleeping-wise

i might have to ask a favor eventually in that there’s something really super simple i ought to look up, but i’d have a ton of trouble making myself do so because of anxiety, yknow how it is. but i’ll ask that if and when i ask it

[bleodafi]

@kinrus31 @inflatableballoonkitty

well, lets start with a few minor things

i was never really happy here. i made friends and have been here for 4 years now yes, but it really hasnt gotten me anywhere despite having 18 over 1k followers here. i have literally made so much more in <6 months on TWITTER than i have ever made here

which brings me to my second point, since i wasnt happy here i decided “fuck it lets try twitter out” and i did, ending up with ~600 followers in about 6 months which took me 2.5 years to get here third off, while this place is my old art dump, i dont find it useful as a seperate page. i have literally noone to talk to me about commissions, my art, or anything else from people who use this shitposting platform as a blogsite. i havent been active cause i have been growing very fast on twitter (818 on twitter as of this post 8 months after i started, and 1018 on tumblr here after 4 years).

fourth off, im tired of seeing the same shit over and over and over again, with spam posts to people ive decided arent useful to watch anymore because either of drama or they dont seem to care about their fans and i cant filter through the almost 5k i follow here as i dont have time. and while i believe i still do have fans on here, i dont see this place as my home anymore and as most here dont give a fuck and ndont interact with me at ALL. ive moved my home to my twitter @bleodafi  and lastly, i moved because money issues, id have to beg for commissions on here, while on twitter i could get a response within minutes or hours. i havent made BAT SHIT while on here, while it hasnt been a full year since i moved to twitter, and now im waiting on a partial fursit of my fursona that i bought for $700, and am going to anthrocon and many other conventions in the future

im 18 now, and i want to expand my artwork to other platforms and stuff. so i moved, and combined my nomral acct (this one) and my nsfw acct (without the dicks on twitter, thats a diffrent twitter acct, but still) @bleoblubber 

and ive gotten a hell of a lot farther their than here

my plan now is to keep this page up, but delete the rest (except the nsfw one) and just, forget about everything associated with what my past me had done, and focus on my future me and become a better person.  if you want my twitter still, PM me or look up @bleodafi on twitter, it has big n round things but not nsfw wise :>

[notbemoved-blog]

Civil Disobedience and the Legacy of The Catholic Worker

After publishing last Part III of this series last week, a friend and colleague commented how unfortunate it is that the conservative Supreme Court justices (all of whom profess to be Catholic or were raised Catholic) do not seem to share this passion for social justice that Dorothy Day embodied. I agree and find it confounding. The Catholic Church took a hard-right turn in the 1980s and continues on that path today, despite Pope Francis’s best efforts. In any event, it is well to remember that there is (or was) a place in the Church for dissenters, for activists, and for those with a passion for the poor and afflicted—even if they don’t make it to the highest echelons of ecclesiastical or political life. 

Dorothy Day never seemed much interested in climbing any ladders or achieving a certain status within the Church she served. “Don’t call me a saint,” she would say. “I don’t want to be dismissed that easily.”

 Here’s Part IV of my series on Dorothy Day and the history of The Catholic Worker newspaper.

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The Post-War Period

After Peter’s death, Dorothy Day continued to publish the paper, to run the New York House of Hospitality, and to oversee the growing Catholic Worker Movement. By the start of 1950, the paper’s circulation had increased slightly to 60,000; circulation remained at this plateau throughout the fifties.

The paper was still an eight-page tabloid and it looked the same as it had for more than 15 years. Only woodcuts were used for artwork; photographs were too expensive to print. In the thirties and forties, the paper featured woodcuts of Catholic worker-saints—St. Peter the fisherman; St. Paul writing in prison; St. Joseph the Worker, and many others—all the handiwork of Worker Ade Bethune.

Woodcuts by Ade Bethune ...

In the fifties, another artist, Fritz Eichenberg, produced some stunning works of art for the paper. Eichenberg, a Quaker, portrayed most sensitively in his woodcuts and engravings the spirit of The Catholic Worker. His “Christ on the Breadline,” “The Labor Cross,” and “Last Supper,” captured visually what The Worker’s writers were trying to express in words. Day wanted to touch those poorest of the poor who could not read so she often printed full, front-page reproductions of Eichenberg’s work.

... and Fritz Eichenberg graced the pages of nearly every issue of The Catholic Worker. 

The Catholic Worker continued to be built around Dorothy Day’s writing. She changed the name of her column to “On Pilgrimage,” a title that seemed to describe the nature of her life.

Others contributed articles regularly. Michael Harrington, a resident Worker who later became an economist, consistently provided pieces for the paper. Harrington’s most famous work, The Other America, written in 1961, is said to have sparked the Kennedy/Johnson War on Poverty. Ammon Hennacy, a pacifist anarchist, wrote extensively of his “one-man revolution.” Robert Ludlow, an intellectual and lover of Gandhi’s principles of nonviolence—he wrote a striking piece on Gandhi’s death—became an associate editor of the paper. Columns about the day-to-day activities of the House of Hospitality and about life on the farm provided engaging copy each month.

More Issues

The Catholic Worker continued to fight for justice and peace. When the underpaid gravediggers of Calvary Cemetery—Catholics and members of a CIO union—went on strike against New York’s Cardinal Spellman, Dorothy Day supported the gravediggers. The Cardinal thought the strike was inspired by Communists and refused to negotiate. He even used seminarians, of all people, to break the strike and forced the striker to dissolve the CIO affiliation and join an American Federation of Labor union instead. Day criticized the Cardinal’s tactics and the “shameful seminarians” who broke the strike.

At the onset of the Nuclear Age, The Catholic Worker denounced the continued testing of the A-bomb and the development of the H-bomb, and called for total disarmament of nuclear weapons. Indeed, The Worker even criticized the Catholic press for its “unbalanced” portrayal of Russia and its people.

The paper also opposed the anti-Communist Smith and McCarran Acts:

Although we disagree with our Marxist brothers on the question of the means to use and to achieve social justice, rejecting atheism and materialism in Marist thought and in bourgeois thought, we respect their freedom as a minority group in this country…. We protest the imprisonment of our Communist brothers and extend to them our sympathy and admiration for having followed their conscience even in persecution.

 The paper continued to criticize the Capitalist system. “Communism, considered as an economic system apart from its philosophy, is not so much the antithesis, the opposite and the contradiction of Christianity as Capitalism is.” Such critiques did not win the paper many friends in the highly charged “Red-Scare” atmosphere of Joe McCarthy America. One priest wrote to ask The Catholic Worker, “Why don’t you come out in the open, declare yourselves Bolshevik Communists and fight the Church like men?” Day, a woman, stood firm, even quoting the Popes and their attacks on economic materialism and Capitalism.

Civil Disobedience

In 1955, seven Catholic Workers, including Dorothy Day and Ammon Hennacy, staged a protest with twenty-three others from the War Resisters League against New York City’s annual air-raid drill. The Civil Defense Act required that all take shelter for at least 10 minutes.

The Workers considered the drills scare tactics and war preparations; they would have no part in them. The protesters informed the police beforehand of their intention to violate the law. When the siren sounded, instead of heading for shelter, the protesters sat on benches in City Hall Park. They were arrested and detained for nine hours before being released on fifteen hundred dollars bail.

When their case came to trial, the protesters made a statement explaining their brazen stance. They said they did not wish to participate in an action aimed only at creating a war mentality. Taking cover from an atomic attack was ridiculous, they said, and they offered their action, and any punishment for it, as a small act of penance for dropping the atomic bomb on Japan. The judge found them guilty but suspended their sentence, so they served no jail time.

For the next four years, Workers along with others continued their protests. They were jailed each time for anywhere from five to thirty days. The Catholic Worker carried accounts of the demonstrations and explained Workers’ rationale for participating. Workers wrote about their own jail experiences and, thus, brought public attention to jail conditions and to the lives of those so confined. In 1960, one thousand people showed up to protest the “war games,” as The Worker dubbed them. When arrests were made, the Workers were passed over, prompting Hennacy to ask one of the arresting officers if he wasn’t shirking his duty. After 1960, the City gave up on its annual air-raid drills.

Slum Landlord

In 1956, Dorothy Day was handed a summons ordering her to appear before a City judge to answer charges of being a slum landlord and of running a firetrap. Since the thirties, The Catholic Worker had run a House of Hospitality, with rooms and beds for those who had no home of their own. The Houses were always liveable, although no one ever worried about conforming to any housing regulations. When Day appeared in court, she explained to the judge that The Catholic Worker was a charitable organization and that the apartments were for those who had no other place to live. “All the more reason for you to provide suitable housing” for them, the judge growled. He fined her $250 and told her that she and her fifty “tenants” would have to vacate in 10 days. Day was stunned.

Someone contacted The New York Times, which picked up the story. Public outcry about the incident caused the judge to apologize to Day, suspend the fine, and give her enough time to raise the $28,000 needed to make the house conform with local building codes. Because of the publicity, within a month most of the funds had been donated and soon the House was refurbished to meet City standards. But “Holy Mother City” had the last word. In 1958, the City informed Day and the Workers that they would have to move to make room for a new subway line!

About Cuba

When Fidel Castro’s revolution in Cuba succeeded in 1959, The Catholic Worker came out on Castro’s side. The paper’s critics were outraged. How could a Catholic paper endorse a government opposed to the Church? Even friends of The Worker were astonished and thought the paper had compromised its pacifist position. Day answered both critics and friends in the article “About Cuba.”

To her critics, Day said:

It is hard … to say that the place of The Catholic Worker is with the poor, and that being there, we are often finding ourselves on the side of the persecutors of the Church. . . . One could weep with the tragedy of denying Christ in the poor. . . . Fidel Castro says he is not persecuting Christ, but Churchmen who have betrayed him (in the poor). . . . (Castro) has said that the Church has endured under the Roman empire, under a feudal system, under monarchies, empires, republics and democracies. Why cannot she exist under a socialist state? He has asked the priests to remain to be with their people….

 To her friends, she said: 

We are certainly not Marxist socialists nor do we believe in violent revolution. Yet we do believe that it is better to fight, as Castro did with his handful of men … than do nothing. We are on the side of the revolution. We believe there must be new concepts of property, which is proper to man … there is Christian communism and a Christian capitalism as Peter Maurin pointed out. We believe in farming communes and cooperatives and will be happy to see how they work out in Cuba.

The criticisms continued, however, and Day, at age 65, decided to go to Cuba to report first-hand on Castro’s revolution. Her reports were printed in her “On Pilgrimage” column from September through December of 1962. She recounted day-to-day experiences among the Cuban people in a touching way that gave her readers an idea of exactly what was happening to both Church and State in Cuba. Many praised her Cuban reports as her best journalistic work. One admirer wrote simply, “Thank you for your courage on Cuba.” After Day’s personal reports on Cuba, the controversy stopped.

 (To Be Continued)

This is Part IV of a series of articles on The Catholic Worker. Click on links for Part I, Part II and Part III.

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Update:2020 plans, and content update

Hey everyone sas here! i know it’s been a hot minute since ive posted much of anything but reblogs around here but I thought id clue everyone in on whats been going on and my 2020 plans and changes coming!

On the topic of Lack of content/What happened?

Well,To put it simply, a lot of life has been happening, I have been trying to get my life in order once again, but with some recent events that I won’t get into due to personal reasons, and some of the changes to tumblr, I went on an unannounced haitus from sharing any of my art apart from discord servers i’m on, I never planned to take a near full year break from posting around here of any original content or art,I had even considered shutting the blog down entirely for a month or so.But after taking some time away to sort out my life and some personal issues im happy to say this blog isn’t going anywhere, and i’m sorry for such a lack of anything from my end.

So where is your content? Is your ask box open?

My art honestly will be coming back, with plans to keep my ask box open and open up asks again, My other content was due to what I stated above, and a case of art block, with everything happening in my life i needed space, with a few things that have turned up for the better, i feel more comfortable with posting my art again and sharing my ocs with a public platform again! and Yes! my ask box is fully functional and open!

What content should be expected going into 2020?

As of right now, i plan on sharing all original ocs, fandom ocs, and backstories of all mentioned! I’m very excited to share everyone with you guys! I have been working behind the scenes on makeovers of several old ocs to really capture the magic and passion I always strive to have. I won’t spoil too much here, but some familiar faces are coming back along with some new faces and creations ive been hard at work on!

What about Discord/Other ways to contact you?

My discord is still open! but i do have plans on making a brand new server for everything with the new year just around the corner! As far as other ways to contact me, i do have a twitter under the same name i can easily contacted by and a deviantart that will be more regular for posting my new pieces! I do also have a twitch i hope to experiment with to, maybe to stream art in the future (once i build up confidence!)

I’m so sorry things fell apart here for this year, i really had big plans but everything this year spiraled out of my control and became too much to handle. i have high hopes for this upcoming year and i hope to hear from all of you!(expect updates over the next few days!) And dont be shy to drop questions in my ask box!