#brought to you by the enabling encouragement of friends

[kookiekatz]

Hey, I have an idea. What if the cookies meet y/n cookie who's like kick buttouski??? She's a thrill seeker and often reckless, but she's very close friends with gingerbrave and his friends and is often seen doing stunts or doing something dangerous However, she has a good heart and a good sense of right and wrong😊

How would each cookie react to her and her latest stunt?? And which cookie would cheer her on, and which cookie would have a stroke and / or a cookie heart attack🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

She on Xgames mode🛹

(SMC) Yooooooo this guy would make for such a creepy fan, like seriously he saw you doing one of your stunts and the rest was history. As a performer himself he definitely would make your stunt shows even more over the top, and be one of those annoying ass commercial announcers. Shadow milk totally adores you and would work hard to spread your fame across earthbread and granted he does get a bit invasive and creepy but it's because he loves you so much. He will keep a close eye on you for your safty reasons but you seem to know what your doing most of the time, so let the show begin!🥳

(BSC) Man burning spice cookie would be a frequent visitor to your stunt shows, especially when he's getting bored. He had heard bits and pieces about you from easedropping gingerbrave and his friends and some rumors from other cookies, and that's when he made a decision on officially seeing you. It was the best decision of his immortal life seeing that everyday you are doing something different, something dangerous, something THRILLING!!!!! Burning spice cookie grew to be quite the fan being the first to show up whenever he hears your doing another stunt shows, smiling like a deranged inmate but you always found it cute, though😁.

(SSC) Shooooo the other half of his soul jam may have just left his body when he saw you doing some stupid sh*t. After you were finish impressing gingerbrave with your latest stunt, silent salt cookie stomped over to you and boy it was shocking and terrifying on how you scared him so bad he started yelling at you, not even talking straight up yelling. From that day Silent salt took it upon himself to make sure you don't crumble yourself because you went to be an idiot, he would find himself on stand by with a first aid kid and some pain medication for whatever injury you sustained. He would make others think your a burden to keep an eye on you, but if your such a burden why did he marry you later in the years🤭

(PVC) OH NOOO THE POOR BABY CAN'T WITH THE JAM HEART ATTACKS AND SCREAMING😫!! Pure Vanilla Cookie would be constantly screaming in terror so much the other cookies would think he almost got eaten. Pure Vanilla dreads whenever you come up with a way to put your entire life in danger, as he will get gray hair because of it. He knows you don't seem to understand why he's so worried but he's your husband he's supposed to watch out for you. However you at least take the time to reassure him that you have everything under control, and that you promise to be careful which is all he ever wanted😰.

(DCC) My goodness your gonna take even more years off his life with the lack of safety for yourself. Dark Cacao Cookie has met and well technically befriended some of the most wildest cookies on earthbread, but this...this isn't fair. He would definitely scold you for your recklessness and safety hazard lifestyle, while scolding gingerbrave and the other for encouraging and enabling this behavior. Though don't take this the wrong way he loves you with everything he's got, which is why he's crossed and harsh with you but he just doesn't want you to get hurt. You would tell him that your careful and have your helmet on at all times, which helps a tad bit. Though between you and me your life shorting stunts and what brought him and dark choco cookie together as it terrifies them both😱.

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[withintheshadowsx]

tw; yandere themes, slight mention of violence and kidnapping

Imagine enabler rogue discovering yandere!shadow's obsession with you.

she's admittedly freaked out when she discovered he had a secret stash of multiple random photos of taken of you throughout the day and night, without your knowledge of course, as well as other miscellaneous items she knew obviously belonged to you that he stole--because why would shadow own a bottle of vanilla and berry body mist and a silver necklace with your initial on it? she had a hunch that he liked you, she saw it in the way he would constantly steal glances at you when you weren't looking and how his brooding deposition would become somewhat less gloomy when you were around, but she didn't think he liked you that much.

she had half the mind to call him out on it but at the same time...is it so bad that he's taken interest in someone? she's always encouraged shadow to go out and find someone, interact with other people and technically, he had. and he really, really, really liked you as it seemed, maybe a little too much--to a rather unhealthy extent, but still.

at the end of the day rogue cared about shadow and wanted him to find happiness and you seemed to be the one who could bring that to him. so she did what any other friend would do--encourage his obsession and help him claim his hearts desire.

she'll give him tips and pointers on proper courting techniques--"buy the girl some flowers and chocolate, shadow, I know you stalk her enough to know what her favorites are"-- maybe instead of stalking you and sneaking into your home when you're gone to steal stuff, maybe actually ask you out on an actual date and endear him to you, before trying all that kidnapping stuff.

but shadow is shadow and eventually he does snap and kidnaps you anyways before she could even tell what he was planning. when rogue came and saw you struggling, tied to the bed, she inwardly sighed. typical shadow, never listening to her advice. poor thing, you looked outright petrified and she won't lie, she did feel a pang in her heart when she saw the fear and desperate pleading look in your eyes that silently screamed "please help me", but she knew better than to meddle with shadow's affairs, especially concerning you, so all she could do was give an apologetic look and offer advice on avoiding doing anything to piss shadow off which would result in him hurting you--she knew shadow best and knew how he got when angered--it wouldn't be very pleasant for you if you did. so no escape attempts and try not to fight back so much. be on your best behavior and shadow won't be so difficult to put up with. he could even be sweet sometimes! looking around the room he kept you in, she could tell he went out of the way to set it up in the way you would've liked, judging by the decor of it--his apartment was always so bland looking and this room actually had color, so she knew shadow did it specifically for you.

it wouldn't be so bad for you, and maybe you could be the one to finally make shadow loosen up, because boy did he need it. as much as she cared for shadow, putting up with his brooding got tiring even for her; it'd be nice to have someone to share the burden with.

of course you somehow manage to escape one night, so she's there with a fuming shadow helping hunt you down--she's a little miffed at you for being the reason why she was dragged out of bed so late, and because she had warned you beforehand not to try something like this--because shadow was livid and she knew as soon as he got his hands on you. . .

they finally found you crouched behind some tree in a forest and shadow practically manhandles you and quickly teleports back to your prison new "home" and rogue can do nothing but shake her head with a sigh. well hopefully you were prepared to deal with an angry shadow, but you brought it on yourself.

can't say she didn't warn you

[literaryvein-reblogs]

Writing your Character's "Inner Critic"

Inner Critic - a mental inner voice that criticizes and judges your actions, thoughts, and behaviors.

In the early 20th century, psychoanalyst Sigmund Freud referred to it as the “superego,” and it’s been a constant source of study ever since.

Learning to address the excesses of your critical inner voice is an important element of self-care and holistic well-being.

Popular psychology movements of today—like cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) and acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT)—assist individuals with reframing their inner critic’s negative thought processes.

Negative Thoughts From Your Inner Critic

Assessing your mental health means knowing when your inner critic is doing nothing but harm. Examples of an inner voice that engages in self-destructive behaviors:

Dwelling on the past: If you regularly beat yourself up for past mistakes and regrets about life experiences, recognize that many of these thoughts are self-defeating. Your inner critic draws on memories like this to keep you incapable of growing in the present moment.

Focusing on shortcomings: Your inner critic might be a perfectionist—holding you to impossibly high standards—or just constantly echo your deepest insecurities. If you think of yourself in the second person a lot—”you’re not good enough,” “you’ll never succeed,” and so on—you might be under the thumb of your inner critic.

Worrying about the future: You might constantly think that you’ll inevitably say or do something to destroy your future prospects. Your inner critic might insist bad things are inevitable and that you should always stay in your comfort zone since you’re bound to mess things up if you color outside the lines. Heeding these judgmental demands will limit your ability to grow and enjoy all life has to offer.

Ways Meditation Helps Counter the Inner Critic

Slowing down and centering your mind can help you combat the critical inner voice in your head. Here are just five ways meditation can help you:

Empowers you with positive affirmations: Through certain types of meditation—like metta or the “lovingkindness practice”—you can use upbuilding and compassionate thoughts and mantras to anchor your sense of self-compassion and combat the worst urges of your inner critic. These affirmations help reorient your mind in a positive direction holistically.

Enables you to recognize impermanence: At the center of meditative practice is a recognition that the present moment is ever fleeting. As soon as you pay attention to one breath, your mind whisks away to some stray thought. The more you do this—always returning to the subject of meditative focus—the more you’ll see your mind divert to your inner critic’s viewpoint. It’ll become obvious as you continue to meditate that it’s just one point of view among many—and you can pay attention to its demands or ignore it just the same.

Encourages you to determine what’s of value: Not all self-criticism is bad. You should discard needlessly negative thoughts, but you can turn the inner critic into one of your best friends if you tame its voice. The equanimity brought on through meditation helps you see when a critical thought can be constructive or when you should ignore it for being untrue and damaging.

Gives you an opportunity to practice compassion: A mindfulness practice allows you to see yourself from the outside looking in—and this experience often brings about a sense of self-compassion. As you meditate, you can see and feel the damage the inner critic is doing to you from an objective standpoint. This can lead you to treat yourself more kindly and, as a result, treat others more kindly, too.

Helps you detach from your ego: Meditation allows you to reorient your sense of self-esteem away from the attachments of your ego. By distancing yourself from your ego (or “I, me, mine” thoughts) in general, you also distance yourself and even silence your inner critic. Although it might sound contradictory, thinking less about yourself, in general, can significantly boost self-confidence overall.

At its best, the inner critic is one voice among many—and you can take it or leave it.

If you can sift through these self-critical thoughts objectively and analytically, you can discover whether they’re valuable or merely detrimental and untrue.

The former can help you improve as a person; the latter will only bring you down.

At its worst, the inner critic can act as an intrusive, overpowering force—wracking you with unnecessary self-doubt and causing insecurity, depression, and anxiety.

Letting your inner critic run roughshod over you like this usually isn’t healthy.

Managing this facet of your inner dialogue can lead to positive personal growth possibilities, but left to its own devices, it can cause an overwhelming amount of negative self-talk and low self-esteem.

Source ⚜ More: Notes & References ⚜ Writing Resources PDFs

[yanderes-galore]

Fandom: Attack On Titan

Character: Eren Yeager

Pairing: Romantic

Type of Fic: Concept (HCs)

Also if it's okay, I'd like it to be seasons 1-3 Eren, people don't write much for that version anymore :(

Yeah... I like both characterizations since they act so different from one another. Although, I felt it would make more sense if I covered all of him in one concept as someone else asked for him and I feel his obsession builds throughout the years. Sorry if I miss something, There's so much to cover.

For example, I wanted to add more of Mikasa enabling him and cute Attack Titan moments... but I just focused on Eren slowly getting worse throughout the concept instead :( He's such a complex character but I love him sm....

❗️Potential spoilers for AOT as a whole❗️

Yandere! Eren Yeager Concept

(Seasons 1-3 + 4)

Pairing: Romantic

Possible Trigger Warnings: Gender-Neutral Darling, Obsession, Manipulation, Clingy behavior, Jealousy, Possessive behavior, Isolation, Fear of loss, Murder, Blood, Violence, Dark themes, Mass murder, Mikasa enables him early obsession, Suicidal thoughts mention, Kidnapping, Dubious turned forced relationship.

WELL! Where do I start...?

It would make sense to start where Eren's story began, right?

When he met you in the Cadets after the fall of Wall Maria.

When you first met Eren, you respected his determination and ambition.

You and Eren were naive then.

Two souls who were both affected by the Shiganshina Tragedy.

Which is no doubt what brought you two close.

Eren before Season 4 is a character you can no doubt get behind.

He simply wants to fight for something more.

He doesn't want to be caged in these walls.

You respect such a fight within him.

At this time, Eren's view is very black and white.

Eren's yandere behavior in general is Overprotective, Clingy, Obsessive, Manipulative, and easily jealous.

He keeps this Yandere behavior, even through Season 4.

It's just, obviously, at different levels.

Seasons 1-3 is the time Eren's obsession would grow.

It's when you meet, it's when you train together, and it gives you both time to get attached.

The Eren you meet is a determined yet curious boy.

He encouraged you to keep fighting, he always smiled and asked to train.

Five years as Cadets... and you two learn to trust one another.

As Cadets, you two are friends.

Even Mikasa, though she loves Eren, can see you two interact well.

Eren's behavior seems like it would start as an innocent crush.

Despite focusing on becoming a Scout, he can't deny he has... feelings.

You're attractive to him, have a sweet personality, and seem to ground him when things get bad.

Mikasa usually does such a thing, but he notices it more with you.

It's childish... But he can't help but gawk.

Eren first feels his heart flutter when you two are Cadets.

His feelings only seem to get stronger after the Battle of Trost.

Eren convinced you to be a Scout with his ambition.

Perhaps... You yourself even began to care for him.

Not quite the same way... But you support him.

Eren's naturally scared when you learn he can become a Titan.

However... You don't shy away.

You continue to support him.

He loves you even more for it.

Something I feel I could never ignore in an Eren concept is this...

Interactions between you and Eren's Titan form.

Since Eren becomes increasingly more coherent when training in his Titan as a Scout.

He no doubt enjoys you around, even as a Titan.

Especially since he's fallen for you.

Even in Trost, when he first becomes his Titan, he doesn't try to harm you.

He's feral in such a state, yet when he sees you about to be eaten by a Titan...?

He slams down said Titan with a roar, squashing their nape with a feral intensity.

After Trost, when training how to utilize his Titan, you're often right by his side watching.

I like to imagine Eren shows affection towards his obsession as a Titan in your early years.

Such as picking you up to hold you, carrying you on his shoulder, and depending on if you're dating or not... licking you like a dog.

In fact... You may actually date Eren by this point.

When you're both young during Seasons 1-3, you two may end up dating.

If I had to pick when, sometime before or after Season 2?

Before you two end up dating, he's a bit childish with his crush.

He stutters, blushes, hides it....

He's a bit nervous to admit it.

He sometimes follows you around, asking to hang out or train.

Maybe when you two join the Scouts or something he decides he... can't hide those feelings anymore.

He adores you and enjoys your similar goals.

Which may make him confess to you for being there for him.

Originally Mikasa felt jealous.

Although, she sees how Eren acts towards you...

So naturally she supports him every step of the way.

Even when Eren's obsession gets more intense, Mikasa supports you two and looks after you.

Such determination only wavers later on.

Eren starts as just overprotective.

He defends you when someone picks a fight on you, and carefully notes where you are during missions.

Like all of his friends, Eren cares for you above all else.

Even as his Titan, you can see how gently he holds you and lets you touch his face.

When it's just fighting Titans... things are simple.

You and Eren have time to interact and be playful.

He doesn't seem like that bad of a boyfriend.

Even as a large Titan, he's gentle and keeps you close.

He adores you and is overly protective.

Although... Some may say he's even possessive based on how he acts towards others.

For example, Jean.

Or even Reiner later on.

Even though Jean has gotten better since Trost, Eren still despises him around you.

Eren even prioritizes your safety over objectives at times.

There's so many times he's been scolded by Levi for looking after you too much.

Why shouldn't he?

He's loved you probably a while since he met you.

Even during the mission to capture the Female Titan, or to fight the Armored/Colossal Titan, Eren would look after you in his Titan.

You didn't think Eren could be bad.

Of course he was protective...

But he'd never hurt you.

By the time Season 3 rolls around, Eren's behavior isn't innocent.

Sure, he got into fights sometimes, he seemed too protective at other times...

Yet in Season 3/after Season 3?

He's worse.

Season 3 is when Eren learns the truth about everything.

So while Eren isn't that bad in Seasons 1-2, He starts getting bad Season 3.

You notice here that Eren, your boyfriend, is getting worse.

He's distant, nervous, or downright suicidal.

He keeps saying he shouldn't exist.

Although, each time he does, you quickly hug him close and tell him he should.

He knows you don't understand, yet he can't help but pull you close and bury his face into your shoulder.

By the time you two see what's beyond The Walls, Eren's not the person you once knew.

No, instead he's darker.

He's worse than he was in Seasons 1-3.

In Seasons 1-3, He's overprotective, clingy, possessive, and slightly manipulative.

Afterwards?

He's still protective and possessive... yet isolating.

In fact, Eren gets increasingly more manipulative and possessive.

To the point of putting a strain on your relationship by Season 4.

In the time between Seasons 3-4, Eren isn't the man you once supported and loved.

Everything in this world is changing now... Including Eren.

Or was he always like this?

You can't even tell at this point.

He was beginning to fear you'll die on him around Season 3.

It was a miracle he hadn't lost you yet when you joined The Scouts.

The fear of losing you was always there, though....

Mikasa no doubt senses Eren's fear of losing you.

Eren's never far from you, always close even as new plans are put into place.

Mikasa does the same thing, acting as a bodyguard to the both of you.

By this point she's accepted the fact Eren loves you.

Although... She and Armin get more concerned when they see Eren trying to hide you away.

He always wants to be in private with you.

His normally soft kisses become filled with possessive desperation... a way to vent.

His touches are now rough.

You know damn well he's changed and you hate it.

You have a good feeling Zeke changed him, yet there's a good chance Eren adapted this new world view on his own.

Even when your relationship starts growing distant, Eren always asks you questions.

One sticks in your head the most...

"Do you know what I'd do to protect you?"

You knew the answer.

A lot.

You know Eren would always do anything to protect those he cares about.

You and his friends are all he cares about.

When he said no one else matters...

He meant it.

Even when you no longer love him, Eren would expect you to stick by him.

When you hesitate on the idea of bringing him and Zeke together... Eren drags you into it anyways.

He doesn't understand why you no longer love him.

He's helping you.

He's protecting you.

When The Rumbling begins, He'll create a place where you're safe.

Why are you so scared of him!?

You are still aware that he still loves you, right?

He'd kill for you, he already has!

Don't you remember your times together?

It may not have meant much now...

But he refuses to let you go.

Even when you try to leave him, or if you try to flee, he's stronger than ever.

His Attack Titan, after Liberio, is imbued with the Warhammer Titan.

You can try to run, but Eren will chase you.

He's still gentle as his Titan even now, but he'll still trap you in his mouth to keep you still.

Early Eren wouldn't kidnap, He'd try to convince you to skip missions but wasn't too forceful.

Now during Marley? What he says, goes.

Mikasa, Armin, and the others hesitate to support him anymore.

How can they when he not only supports mass slaughter to end the world... but has been mistreating you for months?

He's gone from being a sweet and loving boyfriend... To treating you like a possession.

Nothing else matters but you.

Eren, even now, wants to keep you from harm.

If it means Eren has to keep you locked underground until after The Rumbling... He sees no problem in it.

He orders you to be kept out of danger, even when he activates his Founding Titan.

He may be focused on a greater goal, but he's always planned to reclaim you afterwards.

Eren would create The Rumbling for not only his own goals, but to prevent any more harm coming to you or anyone else he loves.

You'd be forced to watch as hundreds of Titans storm the landscape.

You can only hope Eren's stopped.

You doubt even you can change his mind.

Eren has it in his head that this is how he'll protect you.

After this, your shared enemies will pay.

After this, he'll come back to you... and you'll love him again.

You'll be protected, out of harm, and back in his arms.

Then he's free to hold you, kiss you, and no longer fear you'll die in some battle.

You'll never have to leave him again...

He just needs to see The Rumbling through, then you're all his, forever.

[newkatzkafe2023]

The moment I read cartoon, my mind went to tinkerbell, not the newer version. I mean the og ball of spite. So our favorite monkey mens reactions would be?

Ohhhhh, the Peter pan one, ok!!!🤩

(Lmk Wukong) You were always helpful and kind to Wukong and his friends, especially if it were to mess with the celestial court and all of heaven. You don't allow anyone to mess with you with your feisty nature and tendency to get violent, Wukong appreciates you for all of it but sometimes you escalate things. However Wukong will always have your back and loyalty and that won't change anything, he just wishes you don't set people up for failure.

(MKR Wukong) Oh please he's just as sassy and spiteful, as you are which makes you both perfect for each other. You and your husbands violence and stubborn traits go hand in hand when it comes to threats or dealing with idiots in general. People have made fun of you and underestimated you for your fairy monkey form, but your intelligence makes you a worthy opponent. You both also have shared bouts of jealousy and you both want to get rid of the treats. Wukong can be just as loyal and loving to you as you are to him, and he couldn't see his immortal life without you.

(HIB Wukong) Oh this is interesting you loved Wukong and the lost boy and girl Aka Luier and Silly girl. Wukong has your full loyalty and shown to always have his back along with the children. You showed Wukong nothing but help and love to him and his kids happy. You made sure to empathize your husbands struggles or pains, and work to make him feel better. Then comes your murderous side wanting to hurt anyone who may have brought him harm, but he is quick to soothe you his beautiful fairy wife.

(NR Wukong) This sh*t was too funny, especially when you have no problem, kicking somebody's ass. He loves how much of a firecracker you are and have no fear standing up for yourself towards people who mess with you personally. Though some things about you would get on his nerves or upset him, such as your murderous, mildy, selfish acts, everything you do, Wukong is on your mind. He also thinks it's cute when you get jealous of the gals that fill the clubs he frequented. Boy, your jealousy can sky rocket and now you want to get even, however Wukong will always have eyes for his firecracker girl.

(Netflix Wukong) Oh my god with his sass and your spite, people would be very stupid to mess with you two. Wukong definitely enables and encourages your spiteful and vandictive side especially when he feels wronged too. You both even join together in preforming violent and slowly murderous acts, especially since you can be selfish too. Though you simply want what's best for Wukong and makes sure he gets what he is promised, and he can't love you enough for it.

(BMW Wukong) You get jealous very easy, and quite frankly so does Wukong. Neither of you like sharing the other with people of the outside world, became of you and Wukong's receiving mistreatment you lost your temper very fast. Wukong loves your sassy and feisty personality unfortunately it would become counter productive if your stubborn traits clash with each other. It's a good thing you have alot of targets to take it out on along with your darling husband Wukong.

(Destined one) You are somtimes tiny but all the time mighty, and the Destined one loves you for it. However your jealousy can cause problems for him sometimes I mean, it's one thing for girls to flirt when he's clearly married but it's another for you to attack them unprovoked. Your ill temper and vindictive side can make things worse for him, however at least he knows you won't allow anyone to mistreated or bully him. Your loyalty and love to the Destined one will continue to show and he's gonna have to learn to deal with the latter.

(Lotmk Wukong) Awww he thinks your so cute to him, especially your big attitude. However you were a terror to everyone else, as you became very protective over your sweet Naive Wukong. Your loyalty to him is 100% and you would always put your life on the line to rescue your husband from danger. Which in turn makes you quite violent in a fit of protective worry but dispite your vindictive side you always have Wukong's back and vise versa for him too😊.

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[plaidos]

I am a transmasc, and I have kinda been struggling with a question that I obviously don't wanna ask any other transmasc cause I can't trust them to not be biased, but I also am afraid to ask my transfem friends because I don't want them to feel bad about it. I've been feeling pretty weird about my social place and responsibilities in multiple friends groups that are majority trans women. I sometimes get scared that my transfem friends are like, too comfortable around me and might not understand the threat that I pose to them. I hear a lot of stories about transfems who don't know what's being done to them until it's too late, and I don't want to condemn my friends to that fate, but I also don't want to treat them like they don't know any better. For this reason, I sometimes feel like it's my responsibility to subtly encourage them to pursue transfem-exclusive spaces, and from there they might organically integrate into a social system that is safer for them, so they won't feel like they need me and other TMEs for social connection.

At the same time, I've been feeling actively more avoidant of the two other transmascs that I know. I kinda feel like transmascs are "invaders" in some way, and that it's my responsibility to actively push other transmascs away from trans communities, and encourage them to further push even more out. I don't feel like transmascs really belong there, as they take up space and offer nothing to trans people as a whole, and that further fuels my thoughts on encouraging transfems to pursue places that don't have us in them.

The one time I brought a portion of this up with a transfem friend, she seemed to think this was some kind of self harm, and that I shouldn't pursue this. I'd normally be inclined to agree with her on these things, but I feel like if she'd been massively abused by transmascs like most other transfems, she'd probably feel differently.

For months, I have constantly debated with myself over whether these thought processes are just or if they are flawed. Were I not so limited in my mode of talking about this personal issue, I certainly wouldn't have come to tumblr about it. It definitely doesn't feel good to make a transfem feel like she needs to play teacher just for this one problem, but I've gotten a bit desperate. If there's a better place to talk about this problem, do let me know!

there’s a lot to talk about & unpack in your ask, but i think the first and most important thing to remember is that being male (whether you’re a cis guy or a trans guy) isn’t like this inherent sin or danger (and indeed no serious transfeminist is suggesting these things i promise you lol); indeed the things that are dangerous are the power structures & how they encourage, reproduce & justify potential abuse rather than the individuals, right? when you see transfems talking about the abuse they’ve experienced (& that has been justified & normalised by the world around us) from transmascs, you shouldn’t internalise that as inherent to transmascs interacting with transfems (because this too justifies & enables it by acting as though it is inevitable) but rather reflect on what social power structures & beliefs have encouraged & enabled this abuse to take place.

it sounds to me like you’re mired in a lot of personal guilt problems (or it seems that way from somebody who chronically suffers with that due to a religious upbringing) and getting that mixed up with politics. if you’re in a lot of spaces that are mostly filled with transfems, then the chances are most likely they feel safe and comfortable to have you around.

saying this as kindly as possible: you might wanna reread what you’ve said here with the phrase “white knight” in mind. we categorically don’t need transmascs being our bouncers, we don’t need to be protected by you unless you’re being like asked explicitly to walk one of us home etc, we need solidarity with you, to be seen on the same level & listened to, not looked over like a flock of sheep.

if you wanna really really be helpful to transfems as a group you can start by doing some transfeminist reading — that will help you more effectively recognise the mechanisms that enable transmisogyny, which thus in turn helps you recognise if/when you or people around you are benefiting/disbenefiting from those systems & how to prevent & mitigate that when it’s within your power. if your doll friends aren’t already on transfeminism you could even (as non condescendingly as possible) share quotes and snippets from the texts you’re reading that you think they’d think were interesting or relevant to them etc.

remember to be in conversation with us. we’re all from the same planet

[hheartsdramas]

nirvana in fire episodes 26-29

jingrui, whatever happens next for you, i hope you find a lovely person who does choose to put you first because you deserve it

gift giving is serious business

oh man for a second there i thought the emperor had actually died

omg crown prince snuck girls into his room!! he is such a teenager

honestly the emperor is a dick and he's also such weak sauce. you complain about your kids fighting but you have literally enabled and even encouraged that every day. you let them get away with defrauding and stealing from the people. like, fuck you very much your majesty.

oh shit feiliu (i mean i love you for this but wow what a moment)

did it really take me til just now to realize that's zhang zhe han playing flashback lin shu (yes it did)

come onnnnnnnn don't give up on your dream jingyan! it's himmmmm!

those looks that changsu and jingyan are exchanging at meng zhi's expense are soooo best friend coded i can't

meng zhi you are too precious. hope you don't die

what is up with this book????

oh momma knows

i guess things can't go perfectly all the time, so i gotta watch this poor sweet vegetable man be honeytrapped

my face when the maid brought up the debate changsu got prince yu to instigate! it was the chris pratt meme but i won't post that because unfortunately chris pratt is a prat

it was never going to be that easy to convince the emperor to send jingyan with the disaster relief, but i also think it would be fairly easy to track the funds and prince yu's nefariousness now that enough people know what he's doing

oh yeah baby i was right, as long as it's exposed in the right way he can't keep getting away with it

to be honest, the person in all of this that i am most scared of is banruo. like, i love her as a character. but i think she's the only one with the brains and deviousness to actually pose a threat to changsu, and her motives aren't just to get prince punchable on the throne

the full-body relief i felt when they weren't talking about consort jing being jingyan's weakness and they're not going after mama (yet)

i can't believe i'm more than halfway through. so many meetings have happened and there's still so many more to be had, not to mention probably some murders.

[odetoalostpairofkeys]

The Tricks! Capo and Coda, self proclaimed twins, and Pianissimo!

Pianissimo goes by Izzi, she fell in Performance. She loves the days of mischief spells that let you jump scare others, and that's how she was adopted. Izzi hid as a candle and jump scared Aeolian when he tried to light it. She's actually the only one found by Aeolian before Mixolydian. Izzi is one of the ones allowed to play Aeolian's violin, but she enjoys piano the most. She pretends to be the guiding responsible older sibling for Capo and Coda but she is an enabler and is a bad influence on them. She is usually the one coming up with pranks and tricks to play on the rest of Mixo's moths and is definitely the leader of this little group. They call themselves the Tricks.

Capo and Coda both fell near the end of Season of Aurora, Coda is a couple days older. They were friends with each other the way moths are with the first other sky kid they see, and then stuck together the rest of their journey. They did end up getting separated in Wasteland, with Capo charging ahead into the graveyard and and Coda finding a group called White Lotus and sticking with them to go to the crab fields. A couple of other White Lotus members that had split off to goof off or something found Capo and brought him to the temple, just in time to meet up with Coda again. After their first journey, Mixolydian found them in Valley and adopted both of them. Capo is the loud one between the two of them and doesn't really know when to stop pushing. Coda is more of a follower but knows exactly how to deflate Capo's ego and reign him back in. Capo and Coda both play harp and horn right now, they've been really lazy at practicing so they haven't learned very many instruments yet.

Each of them have a "trickster treasure" given to them by Mixolydian (which Aeolian halfheartedly protested because to would just encourage them to play more tricks). Izzi has the Trickster's Feather, Capo has the Trickster's Stone, and Coda has the Trickster's Heart (vaguely heart-shaped pebble). They have other treasures too, of course, but these are their favorites.

And here's Capo and Coda irl :D

[unwantedsexymen]

Moses Puloki from Lilo & Stitch

This is the second time in a month I've seen a character be unfairly hated even more than the person who's abjectly causing the most harm. In the other instance it was all about hating an idiot awful himbo more than the other idiot awfuls in the cast for the crime of being genre driven (long story).

In this case it's Lilo's teacher from the ORIGINAL Lilo & Stitch franchise. I just learned his name and he absolutely qualifies for both my own simping and this blog because he's a beautiful man.

Moses Puloki

He's the hula teacher of Lilo, Myrtle and Myrtle's gaggle of friends. A lot of people seem to hate on Moses and like...I can understand the reason; his big scenes in the og film are him asking why Lilo is wet and caused her other classmates to trip, and then when Lilo attacks Myrtle he says he's going to call Nani, which he does.

In Stitch has a Glitch he tries being extra supportive of Lilo by showing her her mom's photo. But then Myrtle takes a step up in bech and Lilo beats her up for it, and Moses is the one who has to take Lilo and Stitch home and explain what she did to Nani.

Moses then asks Lilo to not lash out again or she won't be allowed to be in the pageant, which he wants for her and Lilo wants to do -> Later in the film Lilo IS being a good student but because she brought Stitch who's having one of his glitches and ruining everything, Moses angrily tells her she's not allowed to partake in their school...but I guess recant on that claim as he does still allow her to be in pageant and seems proud of her. His problem was Stitch.

Now I don't remember TOO much about what the TV show did with Moses --how much the show took his original peaceful compliance and turned that up to eleven like they did all the human characters.

Thing is, besides him being a genuinely beautiful looking man, I have to call SERIOUS foul on him being an "enabler "for having to wrangle in Lilo, like people are calling. In the og film we don't see him and Myrtle's interactions, but in SHaG he's not encouraging or supporting Myrtles behavior - he calls her out (as a teacher, so nicely) for talking down her classmate's chances of winning, and later visibly cringes at her performance. I'm sorry but I wouldn't call that so much "taking sides" or "enabling".

Teachers OF ANY kind are people. Even the nicest teachers are going to have their breaking point. And even the best teachers can only do so much to stop bullying when it comes to a child like Myrtle. Myrtle's mom might be a flake but she could have a hidden karen-side, same with any of Myrtle's squad's parents. Even if Moses thinks "well I can only guess what Myrtle said to earn this", he's a TEACHER. Moses strikes me as the type who'd tell Myrtle's clone mother about what happened and try as hard as he can to inform her and her father that Myrtle had said something really awful to Lilo...and then have all that go in one ear and out the other cuz one thing that's canonically true is Myrtle's mom is numb as rocks. SHE'S an enabler.

His objective is to keep things peaceful and encourage the girls to focus on their dancing and not killing each other...which is the other thing.

Lilo IS a problem child.

She beautiful. She's wonderful. I love her and I don't want her any other way. BUT...she still lashes out. She bit another student. She does reckless things like come in -late- to class dripping wet which she probably knew was a safety hazard. Moses says nothing directly to or about Lilo's belief about Pudge and why she has to feed him, he just asked her to explain and she did. Whatever hidden reason there may or may not be for Lilo wanting to control the weather, though tragic as it is, IS STILL a coping mechanism and Lilo brought it into class and endangered her classmates with it. Yes, Myrtle's an absolute beeyotch and deserved to get told off, but with teachers of young children, you HAVE to intervene when there's threats or direct physical harm done and again, Lilo bit her classmate. I'm more suss'd out by the fact that he left Lilo there alone to wait for Nani.

In SHaG he's in an even more understandable position in his big scenes and it really adds to his character I think. Lilo went a bit further in her attack (-again, not like Myrtle wasn't asking for it, but-) and Moses this time did the smart thing of taking her directly to Nani this time. He's more than reasonable with asking Lilo not to physically beat up her classmate despite that classmate being a betch. From his perspective, Stitch is a dog and Lilo brought her sick dog in and messed up his class and endangered more people. I get him being a cross as he was in that scene.

What I'm trying to say here is that Moses strikes me as the kind of guy who's also done with Myrtle's bs, probably has tried to correct it, and gets why Lilo is lashing out...but, you know, still has to do SOMETHING as a teacher when one of his students is pummeling another. In the first film he was there when Myrtle committed her sin that got her Lilo-bit; in the second one he arrived after Lilo was busy punching Myrtle while Lilo's dog was busy taking pictures of it.

Lilo is my god. She is #me, especially as a kid because she IS a problem child who makes bad decisions because she doesn't know better. It kind of bothers me in some ways that other fans don't see this about her and think that her trauma makes her immune to criticism as a person.

Problem children with very obvious trauma are a nightmare to work with. They're HARD to work with which is why my speech teachers in grade school and later in charter school had their hands full with me. I would scream and try and throw tantrums and rip up my homework because I was stressed and my speech teachers couldn't not support it and had to tell my parents. Because of what was going on in my home, I didn't know how to tell them what I needed. BUT, I did know they wanted to help me voice that so then maybe I could voice my frustration and they could try and really help me through it.

There is, ofc, once element in Lilo and Stitch I can understand the Moses hate for; Lilo and Moses are both native Hawaiian. I'm sure they're both done with Myrtle's bs as she is the white student who's strutting her stuff with their culture and customs. Clearly Moses, like a lot of Lilo's other indigenous neighbors, is more complacent with white and/or tourists being passive aggressive d-bags, while Lilo straight up calls out the emperor for not having clothes. If you see Moses as a bad ally to Lilo in THAT sense, well, maybe I'd get that more from that perspective which is pretty based. I WON'T tell all the polynesian/indigenous people how they ought to feel about Lilo and Moses from the lens of their culture. If Lilo makes you feel connected to that while Moses makes you upset, that's your right to think that.

BUT as white girl who connected to Lilo for her neurodivergent-isms and traumahood (not exactly the same, but there), I just really don't think Moses is that bad a guy.

Thank you for reading me defense of this very beautiful and sweet animated hula-teacher who reminds me a lot of my speech teachers and whom I don't like seeing defaced.

To be honest, when it comes to the representation of troubled families and neurodivergence that people see in Lilo and Stitch.

Highkey it KINDA FEELS like a lot of people are so busy stanning the characters they miss their nuances; Nani and Lilo's family dynamic is not healthy at the start of the film; Lilo legit lashes out and causes problems...and it kinda feels like some of you just aren't accepting that that's just as much a part of the characters as their good moments. That's the point of the film though; people are flawed and have issues, whether they may be a family broken by tragedy and culture or an intergalactic monster gremlin. Their worst parts don't define them.

They are more than their worst parts, and they can get through those worse parts as Jumba and Pleakly or even the Grand Council Women do...

I mean, in the original, anyway. The less said about the remake the better...

[gogobluedynamite]

I’ve been thinking about how the other players (and Caine) view Kinger, courtesy of the First Player. Sooo…I guess you will be expecting something like this in full for the fic.

Of the main cast, I can see one half treating Kinger as an actual person and the other half treating the man…not ideal.

The ones who I think treat Kinger like a regular person are Pomni (obviously), Gangle, and (believe it or not) Caine.

I’m not too sure how Pomni originally thought of Kinger, since she only had her one-to-one with him in Ep3. Before, she probably did just see him as a loon like everyone else. She does seem a bit patient with him throughout the manor adventure. I do think that after seeing the side of Kinger in the dark very much changed her views of him and just treated him like an actual person because the Kinger she got to know in Hell still exists in the fractured mind of the insane Kinger.

As for Gangle…Of what little interactions we’ve seen with the two, Gangle is very patient with Kinger with his forgetfulness and odd mannerisms. She also just talks to him as she would with anyone else.

Now Caine…We’ve seen about two interactions between the two (Ep1 and Ep4) and they weren’t really a one-to-one scenario like what Caine did with Zooble and Gangle. I reeeeeeeaaally we get that in a future episode. Other than that, I am a lowkey Royalteeth shipper. However, I do adore the father-son relationship writers cooked up for the pair in their fics, especially if Kinger did have a hand in Caine’s creation. But, for me, I lean more towards the fact that the two are very good friends. Perhaps even close friends before. At least colleagues in a way. I can see Caine generally going along with whatever insanity Kinger is spouting cuz…well, Caine is rather insane himself too. Think of the Mad Hatter and March Hare, I guess. I do think that Caine has similar views as Pomni does towards Kinger, but the main difference is that Caine truly got to meet the Kinger he once was…And maybe misses that side of him, despite entertaining Kinger's insane thought processes. Just like he missed the first arrivals to the Circus.

And, come on. I soooooooo headcanon that Caine’s love of bees came from either Kinger or Queenie. My money’s on Queenie.

As for the rest…

I do think that Jax and Zooble just see Kinger as a man who had long lost his marbles, with Jax (clearly) not thinking very highly of Kinger and Zooble, while probably nicer to Kinger in comparison, also doesn’t put a lot of faith in him.

Ragatha…is interesting. I don’t remember who brought this up to me, but this person kinda sees Ragatha as the de facto leader of the players. True, it was Jax who was taking charge in who's rescuing Zooble and who’s getting Kaufmo. Buuut…during Candy Carrier Chaos, it was Ragatha who was initiating conversation with the princess and Jax just does whatever as long as he can do crime. So, in a way, Ragatha succeeds Kinger as the group's leader and she knows this. She might have figured that Kinger used to be a leader of some kind because of how long he’s been around and he just…snapped one day. And she took it upon herself to take the leading role so Kinger doesn’t have to deal with it since he’s ‘already suffered enough’. What I’m getting at here is that while Ragatha could still respect Kinger, she still sees him as something broken that needs to be handled with care since he’s been through so much.

In other words…Ragatha might be a lowkey ableist here (I think microaggression might be accurate for this). Heck, she’s kind of an enabler too. Not in an encouraging way, but her people pleaser mindset sort of makes her let shit happen.

I know this might be a weird take as, well, if this is the case, then why would she let Kinger participate in adventures? Answers to that could be that, maybe, she’s tried this before. Long before Pomni arrived. And maybe the only reason she relents in letting Kinger join is because Caine insisted as he knows that Kinger can handle his adventures as he has done many times before the ragdoll’s arrival. Despite her worry (and despite not seeing that Kinger is very much capable of handling himself), Ragatha lets it be. She does grow to appreciate his presence, but is still concerned for his safety. His mental safety, that is.

I’m not sure if any of this made sense (and I might revamp my thinking on this in the future), but it was so interesting to think about.

[waitmyturtles]

Last Twilight, episode 4: reflections

Ooooooohhhhh, yeah -- of course! What else would we expect from an Aof Noppharnach show at episode 4? It's getting good, it's getting GOOD, babies!

You know, I have been locked into huge Bad Buddy brainrot for a little under two months now -- my last Bad Buddy meta for my Old GMMTV Challenge project drops next week. Whenever I'm watching an Aof Noppharnach show, I'm always looking for parallels to his past shows. This episode of Last Twilight had parallels and references in spades, both visually and thematically, that just got my heart going.

As @grapejuicegay caught: Mhok singing to Day from stage harkened to He's Coming to Me. Gee waving Mhok into the photo with the badminton club, Mhok looking bemused to be pushed a little closer next to Day, and Mhok's arm going around Day's back -- yet another sneak picture snuggle at a reunion, à la episode 12 of Bad Buddy. Mhok sleeping on the floor, next to a bed, under a comforter -- where have we seen that before. (And it looks like we're going to get even more references next week.)

But besides the little lines and the visual cues to the themes and motifs that we know Aof loves in his shows, there's a bigger one that I want to meditate on for this episode.

In my last Bad Buddy meta next week, I'm going to meditate on the reasons why I think Pran felt comfortable and solid in his going to Singapore for two years, separating himself from Pat. Many of us BBS girlies picked up on this, but I'm going to meditate on the strength that Pran gained by having such a committed partner and family in Pat. "I can't live without you," as they say to each other in Our Skyy 2. And with that rock-solid foundation of love supporting Pran, Pran can spread his wings, explore himself, and find new dimensions of himself in a larger space of the world than he likely would have ever previously thought to occupy, if he had only his mother in his life as his foundation.

I see that Aof likes to explore this motif. And we see it in Day, in this episode. For the past year, Day has been locked up in his room. On his own volition? Likely, as Day has certainly been rocked with depression. But his family, his mother and his brother, also indeed enabled Day's behavior, and possibly/likely encouraged it, and adapted to it, and had Day adapt to their adaptations. The family also needed to process Day's tragedy, and holding it within the confines of that home was a part of how they did that.

I wrote last week that as ever, Aof loves to explore ideas of building community in his shows. Pran built his community, his family, with Pat. The same is now happening for Day, as he's able to explore the bigger world with Mhok and Mhok's support. Not just by going to the Chatuchak Market, but -- in this episode, Day will not hide from his friends anymore. He's able to talk to Gee, now, face to face, and to not be afraid of her potential judgment. He sees his friends trying to acclimate, sees Porjai literally asking how to engage. As he has Mhok at his side, Day can spread his wings, and like Pran, discover that there's a world again, out there, that can welcome him in his new state. Day rediscovers his old friends in a new light, and once again regains a community that he thought was previously lost to him.

Besides this big theme stuff, a small moment that really got me: the last scene of Day coming to Mhok in the middle of the night to try to see Mhok's face. Of course, Day would try to do that as they're sleeping, so as to not have Mhok catch him in the act. But -- without light, how was Day going to see Mhok's face, otherwise?

I love that it was the light of that fishtank that illuminated Mhok's face, giving Day a better chance to see Mhok.

That light improved Day's luck. With Mhok helping to fix the grungy fishtank earlier in the series -- he's brought light back to Day's life.

EEEEEEE -- we have an Aof episode 5 next week, EEEEEEE!

[tarysande]

On Grief. And On Friendship. On Memory. And Love.

When my grandmother died, we didn't have a traditional funeral. We didn't wear black. We didn't sit around, solemn and silent. We told stories. We ate food she would have liked and drank Bailey's with cream. We got to do it together, of course, and we got to cry and hug and mourn and laugh and sing.

I'm sure all of us have heard some version of the phrase "online friendships aren't REAL friendships." I know I have. I've never understood it, either. For me, in all my neurodiverse glory, online friendships are often MORE REAL. Where else can you meet people and immediately jump into all the things you have in common? All the shared loves and hates and hyperfixations? Where else can you just bypass small-talk and, as Anne of Green Gables would say, find bosom friends so quickly? I've met so many online.

I honestly don't remember when I met Sara/@dearophelia. When I look through my tags, I know it's been at least seven years. I'm certain it's been longer because she definitely had username changes. And I am total shit at remembering username changes. More than once, I've told myself I should keep a spreadsheet. I'm pretty sure I've known her almost as long as I've been on tumblr, and that's more than a decade.

When Sara got sick, I finally used that tumblr function that notifies you whenever a blog updates. I wasn't around tumblr as regularly, but I didn't want to miss anything Sara might say. I hoped that one day I'd get the notification that everything was clear, she was in remission.

I didn't. Today, I got what will be the final notification from her blog--@vhenadahls sharing the information that Sara passed away. That there wouldn't be anymore updates. No more reblogs. No more snarky comments in the tags or gushing comments in the tags.

If this were a room and everyone who loved Sara, who enjoyed her fanfic (with or without knowing the woman behind it!), who has listened to her playlists, who played ME3 multiplayer with her, who was in any way touched by her in a way that brought their lives joy, it would be so full. We would all have stories to share. We'd all have memories to relive.

This room would be decorated with labradorite and pink and fat birbs and cats. There would be so much music--Taylor Swift and Halsey and Florence and the Machine and Hozier and so many many others. There would be a million fabulous selfies on the walls of Sara's huge smile and her vulnerability and her bravery. There would be gaming knickknacks and D&D dice and tarot decks and crystals and magic and books on every surface. All her faves would be represented. And it would still only brush the surface of how vibrant she was and how deeply and enthusiastically she loved what she loved.

If this were a room where we could also add all the characters she created, whose stories so many of us loved ... well, it would have to be awfully big. Sara wrote a lot of stories for a lot of fandoms.

And if this were a room where we and her characters were gathered, but we opened the doors for all the characters and stories that Sara helped inspire, helped grow, encouraged and enabled, well, I know a whole lot of my characters and stories would be here, too. I'm sure I decided to create Rose Trevelyan because of some conversation Sara and I had where I was imagining Rose Vakarian-Shepard grown up.

Sara, I'm really sorry I didn't get to finish the Vakarian-Shepard stories before you left. Most writers write for themselves, sure, but often they also write for specific readers. Sara was always one of mine, but I don't think she knew it. I lived for her gushing tag-comments. I loved when she was always so quick to jump in with prompts.

I'm honored that I was someone with whom Sara shared her original fic work. (She also once shared an absolutely horrifying scene with Garrus and Shepard's clones that she cut from Nora's story because it was just TOO AWFUL. In fact, she shared it with me BECAUSE IT WAS SO AWFUL and she knew I'd appreciate it.) In my heart of hearts, I wanted Sara to finish that original story and publish it. I wanted us to be part of each other's group of writer-friends (you know, you always see them thanking each other in their books). Hell, I wanted to have a small press at some point just SO I could publish Sara's stories. I believed in her THAT MUCH.

I love Sara's stories. I love her playlists. I love her blog, with its hodgepodge of interests and loves. I love her imagination and creativity and attention to detail. I love that I can still visit that mind by reading the bounty of work she left behind.

I mean, she made me wholeheartedly buy into a relationship between Shepard's mom and ZAEED.

Sara was one of the constants in my online life over the last decade. Even if we hadn't chatted for a while, I always knew we could pick up again like no time had passed (thanks, ADHD). As I write this, there's a little chat circle on the bottom right of my tumblr screen with her avatar in it and I can't bear the thought of hitting that X button and never seeing it pop up again.

Sara struggled and loved and fought and overcame and breathed and was brave. Not just in the past few years, when she was sick. As long as I knew her. And she didn't let anything stop her. She snarled in the face of it all and wrote stories so beautiful they broke my heart and then pieced it back together again in the same paragraph.

I miss her. I will always miss her. But I'm so happy I got to know her as long as I did. She'll live on in my memories, in my stories, in the characters she helped inspire. She'll live on every time I look at my favorite tarot deck--she was the first person I yelled at when I bought it--and when I see fat birbs and cute-maybe-evil cats. And if that's not REAL friendship, real love, I don't know what is.

[do-u-know-this-autisticcharacter]

Do You Know This (Non-canon) Autistic Character?

Evidence is this Tumblr post! What it says about Sayaka below the cut!

Deadpan, forthright, and unapologetically candid, Kanamori never hesitates to voice her thoughts, no matter how harsh or unvarnished they may be. She is often deemed as impolite, ruthless or severely intimidating (by adults and peers her age alike), and is jokingly compared to the likes of the Yakuza. She’s regarded with a degree of caution, due to her unwavering no-nonsense attitude and the fact that she will stop at nothing to get what she wants, phone camera at the ready to capture any slip up that could potentially be used as blackmail later. Survival is her top priority, looking out for herself and whoever might be left behind unfairly by circumstance. She has a steadfast mind for business and strong work ethic, openly admitting to her desire for monetary compensation (or other favors and methods of payment, such as milk or food) for even the smaller and most mundane of tasks, and won’t shy away from charging fellow members of the club as well.

She firmly holds the belief that friendship is an idealized and glorified notion. To her, individuals referred to as "friends" are often mere products of chance, brought together by shared interests and nothing more. Sayaka adamantly refrains from using the term "friend" and readily corrects anyone who mistakenly categorizes her coworkers or those she spends time with as such. She befittingly conveyed this perspective of hers to Midori on the very day they first crossed paths, and this prompted Midori to freely opt out of using the label entirely as well, instead referring to her closest peers as “comrades” ever since.

Regardless of this, Sayaka prefers to achieve a level of coexistence, as she personally describes it, with those she truly cares about, such as the few other club members. While not explicitly considering the girls as her friends, her actions reveal a deep concern for their well-being. She often watches over them, remains by their side and is ready to defend them and their cause whenever necessary. A significant reason the club came to be in the first place is Sayaka's recognition of her classmates' immense artistic potential. She encouraged them to establish their own independent studio, enabling them to create their animated films, attain recognition, and reap profits from their efforts.

In her role as their producer, she's primarily motivated by financial gain, but as she reviews Midori's and Tsubame's work, she ensures they always have the option to do their job efficiently and avoid overexerting themselves if they ever choose to do so. She’s equally supportive of their goals and will often assure them that their art is more than good enough. She insists that their work is already impressive; therefore, they could forgo so much self-imposed pressure and stop doubting their abilities or attaching undue importance to others' unhelpful criticisms, as these are often incongruent with their own artistic sensibilities and convictions.

Sayaka lacks interest and doesn’t possess much insight about art herself, yet she is more than willing to learn from her team to become a better producer. Aside from having a keen eye for business since her early childhood (despite being bad at math), she also appears to be quite knowledgeable in a wide variety of topics, and will take people by surprise whenever she starts rambling about the ins-and-outs of something that’s relevant at any given moment. One time, someone pointed out that Kanamori wasn’t at all different from Asakusa on this regard, to which Tsubame responded with a simple and knowing “yup”.

She can be seen idly cracking the knuckles of her right hand every now and then, and rarely displays a different emotion as she goes about her day donning a neutral grimace on her face. Kanamori almost only ever smiles when she’s getting paid, when friendly mocking someone, or when she’s in the middle of twisting someone’s arm to hers and the club’s advantage.

[springledongle]

Wow. Well...what can I say?

It's been a wild ride. 7 years of SpringleDongle, granted the last year has been a hiatus on Tumblr (I've been actively posting in the official discord). Posting the archive was also a massive task- 625 total posts on the new blog!

I've lost the several thousand followers I had on my old account, but that's just the nature of things. Hopefully I can regain a new audience as new asks are responded to, and new arcs posted!

I don't know what to say. So many people made this blog what it is, and I've had so many friends support me during the downtime. I'm in tears just thinking about how much this blog means to me.

I want to personally thank a few people.

@springlockedfoxy : My love, my life, my husbunny. Without you, I would've given up a long time ago. Thank you for the love, the inspiration, and your endless support. I'm so excited for our new life together.

@foxygogogo : My precious sibling. Without you, this blog wouldn't exist. We created a universe together, our silly characters and story, and of course Stan. Thank you for always being enthusiastic and enabling my bullshit stories, and being the best Funtime Foxy ever.

@ask-springsecurity : My beloved best friend, whose ongoing support and enthusiasm for our story has kept me coming back again and again. Hopefully I can push you to continue your blog too!

@sproingtrep : My blog wouldn't exist without you. Your blog was such an influential story for so many people, myself included. Thank you for rooting for me over the years, and best of luck in your non-FNAF endeavours!

@primalarc : You've always motivated me to better my art, try new techniques, and pushed my characters with Mike bullying everyone. You are such an incredible friend, I love you so much. I treasure that FNAF brought us to eachother, made our characters interact, and let me come to meet you!

@pinkusponkus : My absolutely darling, soft and gentle friend. Your support for me on and off the blog has meant an immense amount over the years. Thank you for always being gentle, encouraging and supportive towards me, both on and off the blog. I'm so lucky to have met you.

@ravi-and-rainbows : Your ever-passionate love of Jingles made him into so much more of a character than he was originally planned. Your ongoing love, support and shitposts never failed to cheer me up and make me laugh. I'm sorry I killed Jingles. ):

And of course I have so many people that I can't even think of the words, but I love and appreciate you all! A few more names I want to put here, dedicated thanks to my server members:

@livingneptunian , @inga-don-studio , @unknownthedemonrabbit123 , @misty-bun , @the-night-trio , @ask-jollibee-and-co , and so many more!

Moving forward, we are BACK.

The inbox is open, the story is active, and we will keep going! I have so much in store for all of you that I can't wait to share.

So much love to all of you.

From Erik, Springle, and the entire crew here at Freddy Fazbear's Party and Pizza.

I always come back.

[sophieinwonderland]

Have I mentioned the "Sophie is dangerous" document's weird attempts at trying to get people to associate me with r/systemscringe?

Sophie first refers to r/systemscringe as a hate group, interestingly enough only after getting banned in Nov. 2022.

Yes, I suppose it's really "interesting" that, while trying to make comments supporting the existence of endogenic systems in r/systemscringe and change minds there with sources, I was avoiding using language that would be too inflammatory towards them because I knew I was on thin ice as it was and didn't want to rock the boat too much

I also, if I remember correctly, had an unspoken policy of censoring their Reddit usernames in my screenshots of them back then. Something which, if you notice, I no longer do. And I believe I stopped immediately after that banning.

Since my ban, there was no longer any tactical advantage in playing nice with the hate group as I lost my avenue to be able to communicate and change their minds.

The phrasing here though almost seems to imply that my move to call them a hate group was retaliation for my ban or worse, suggests that I didn't see them as a hate group before that. Both of which are off the mark.

Although yes, I did consciously change tactics with how I approached r/systemscringe after my banning. Just like I later changed tactics with sysmeds in general when I realized that presenting scientific evidence wouldn't convince them, and I shifted my goals away from conversion of system medicalists and more towards stigmatization of their ideology.

With known and prominent anti-endo blogger, and basically Sophie’s archnemesis from day 1, Mod Dude of @/sysmedsaresexist (also @/justanothersyscourse) no longer identifying as anti-endo, and providing medical peer-reviewed research, studies and journals, as well as personal convos with well known and prominent DID doctors, showing that endogenic plurality is a possibility on their platform, along with the Stanford Tulpa Study being brought to the spotlight of SysCourse due to a Reddit AMA, there’s been certain anti-endo groups hurling accusations such as the science is fake, the doctor’s are illegitimate, the studies aren’t legitimate, the doctors have an agenda, or just refusing to engage in the scientific literature at all in favor of remaining in ignorance. Sophie has really clung to this psychiatric validation from her time in r/systemscringe, which has sparked a conversation between anti-psych and psych-critical endos and Sohpie, who is really pushing endogenic validity via scientific research.

WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?????

I've been fascinated with the psychology of systems since as long as I've been self-aware. I think I was actually fascinated with the psychology of imaginary friends before I was even self-aware.

I am a firm believer that psychological research into endogenic systems will be what brings the largest boon in plural acceptance in liberal circles if we can get the messaging across.

Some people disagree and don't think it's worthwhile to rely on academic evidence and support.

Some people fear that tying ourselves too closely to the psych community will give psychiatrists more power and enable abuse. Personally, I think having a positive relationship with psychiatrists will encourage more plural-informed care that will be better for all systems seeking treatment, while studies also will provide us evidence that will help us gain support from people who do put trust into psychiatry.

Whether you agree or disagree with this though, you should know that this opinion was formed long before I started trying to correct r/systemscringe.

There's no relationship between the two!

This is such a bizarre point of attack!

[sagekjs21]

Random Bit of Advice #19

Be careful. Be on the lookout for people who cannot handle even minor criticism, advice, being held accountable. While facing your own faults and mistakes is never easy and it certainly does not feel good, the people that you want in your life will ultimately be people who are interested in changing and growing. Despite someone's religious beliefs, one of the most valuable things that someone can do with their life is grow, try to become the best version of themselves that they possibly can. But some people simply don't seem interested. Some people can't handle the fact that they are not perfect, that they are indeed flawed. Or rather maybe they can face a few flaws in themselves if they see them, but not if they are brought to their attention by someone else. Everyone falls into this trap occasionally; we are all human and we don't like to admit that we're flawed on the hole. But when this becomes chronic, when this type of thing is habitual or some sort of pattern, that is a serious relationship red flag. Be with people who want to grow, who want to do better, who strive for such things on a constant basis. They are the ones who can show you true forms of love, empathy, compassion, and who can also help encourage you and build you up in turn.

And if you are in a relationship of any type with somebody who never holds you accountable, that's a red flag as well. This person is most likely enabling you. While you want your friends to treat you with kindness and love and respect, it is also just as important to have friends who feel comfortable enough to say something along the lines of, "Hey, that thing you did the other day, that was not OK with me and we need to talk about that. " These are the kinds of friends who you can truly count on, because you know they're not going to lie to you just to make you feel OK. If I had to choose in a friend ultimately between kindness and accountability, in the end I would choose being held accountable. It will serve me far better, because it will make me a better Christian and therefore I will be able to serve my Lord to the upmost of my abilities. Being enabled in the end will never allow me to achieve such a thing. It will hold me back.

And finally, there is a difference between someone who holds you accountable and someone who simply blames you for everything. We are all flawed; we are all sinners. But we are not all evil monsters either. The accountability needs to exist, yes, but it absolutely must be tempered with a genuine care, respect, and love for you. If it's not, if this person just truly wants to blame you and make you feel guilty for everything you're doing and just put you down, they probably don't belong in your life. 

@titaniumpeony Thank you for holding me accountable. ❤️ 

@dragoneyes618 We've gotten into some interesting political/moral discussions before. I'm interested to know your thoughts on this if you're willing to share them. And if you would rather do it via private message that's totally fine. 😊