#but before anyone takes this and makes it into a discourse piece: I HAVE ONLY SEEN UP TO 5x08 OKAY? pls no spoilers

[mulders-too-large-shirt]

i think it is fascinating that the first time we see mulder have sex (in 3) and the first time we see scully have sex (in never again), both of them approach it fundamentally as an act of self-harm.

mulder, wracked with the grief of losing his partner, trying to save this woman he just met as an act of penance, while scully's necklace dangles around his neck.

scully, processing that she does not have much longer to live, feeling terrified and frustrated, once again trying to force herself into doing what society expects of her, as if that will bring the happiness she has been denied.

i just think it's neat.

[valdevia]

Very funny that tumblr is having discourse about whether my art is misinformation or not, after I've been posting it all over the internet for years without any controversy. So let's talk about it!

I know people arguing are a vocal minority, but I'm not going to dismiss anyone's concerns. It's an actually interesting topic that I really consider, and it touches some important issues in society. So here's my (rambly) two cents.

My art is meant to misdirect, in some way. Photomanipulation and the tone I typically use are meant to briefly confuse the person reading it into thinking they're hearing a real story, at least for a few seconds.

The Intended Experience™

In this sense, I feel like my art can be misinformation! And it's not only people who don't think critically about things like "how come I never heard about mermaids being real before?".

So, no disrespect to anyone that fell for one of my pieces! My work plays with reality, so if you fell for it for more than a minute, it just means my tone and style worked a little too well for you! And there are legitimate reasons to be confused when you see something online, too. For example, there are people who can have trouble telling real and fictional things apart. When you post something that goes out to a million people, you'll get one million different reactions.

That's why I always take care to make it really clear, outside the main piece and snippet of text, that my art is no more than fiction. There are tags, the tone of my account, even my profile picture is meant to reinforce this. I also have a website which, in part, is meant to capture the clicks of people to wonder if my stuff is real and google it, so they can find a real source that's clearly an art website. You can try googling "mycelium infection 1806" or "pupillosarcoma" to see how my website tends to appear first.

If I get this comment I know I've done something believable!

But let's say, for the sake of argument, that my art wholly constitutes misinformation. What we need to understand is that misinformation is not the same as disinformation. Misinformation is just incorrect information. It's your grandma seeing a little bit of a found footage movie on TV and thinking it really happened. She might be spooked, but nobody is harmed. Disinformation is false information that's purposefully crafted and spread in order to cause harm, division, or further a political view.

Now I ask you: what real world harm does my art create? The worst that can happen is that a tiny percentage of those that see it get a little scared thinking a weird bug is real, or that mushrooms really grow on faces, or that scientists have released millions of trilobites into the oceans. Is that really that bad?

Anyway, that's my take on the topic! I'm obviously biased, but this being my style, I do put a lot of thought into it and I'm always open to people's opinions! (Just don't scream at random people on the replies or you'll get blocked!)

[kitsune-pop]

i have feelings about b-127 from transformers one

(also spoilers for the movie)

I've seen plenty of discourse around b, we all have. "he's annoying and cringe!" "he ruins the movie!!" etc. I'm not here to talk about your personal preference in comedic relief. I want to talk about b in a way I haven't seen anyone do before (and if someone has tag me I wanna discuss things!)

tfo is pretty clearly a story about disenfranchised workers reclaiming their rights and autonomy. fairly cut and dry. orion and d-16 have different ideas on how to enact change, plot moves forward. but b does stand out amongst the cast as the only one who isn't completely destroyed by the revelation of sentinel's betrayal, nor does he go through a radical personality change like Orion, d-16 or even elita. he stays his lovable self

why is that?

b admits himself that he got reassigned to burn pit duty. he plays it off, but it's made abundantly clear that he's unhappy. his work station is treated like a dungeon, and it very well may be! they had to climb up 50 levels of trash just to get out! which begs the question; did they have to sneak past 49 other trash watchers? or did the other ones just ignore them?

are the sublevels only for the ones the enforcers don't like or have any use for?

I'm going to pivot to talk about myself and my experiences. (we'll get back to b in a sec) I am very neurodivergent. autism, ADHD, cptsd and likely others that I haven't figured out yet. it's hard for me to keep a job. whether it's overstimulation, rude customers callous or abusive management, I lose my job a lot

I've never once quit

every time I've been fired, it's come out of the blue. no warnings, no talk about "how to improve your performance." just walk in, walk out an hour later unemployed. and it's always over something that I have no real control over. and it's because I'm neurodivergent. I know it is. I'm loud, make obnoxious jokes, talk too much, pretty much everything b does

and I'm punished for it

it's always the same way; they find some way to shove me out of sight. I'm certainly not an amazing worker, but I follow the rules and make sure all my work is done before I clock out. I'm worth more to keep than to train a new person. so I'm sent to a department that no one goes to. or I get locked into a night shift that takes over a year for me to escape from only after the manager who put me there quit. I'm not stupid, I know why. I'm off-putting to neurotypical people. so I clam up, shut down, become an automaton for whatever company I work for

and it doesn't matter

my managers always find some mundane thing I did wrong literally months in the past and use it as an excuse to fire me. it's happened three separate times and I can even see my current managers gearing up to do the same thing

I'm b, and b is me

he represents the coworker you don't like, the obnoxious neighbor who's too nosy, the friend of a friend who tries way too hard to be funny. he's the guy who you shove in a corner and forget about and he deserves freedom and autonomy too

I deserve freedom and autonomy

we all deserve it, it is our right as human beings to not be viewed as pieces of a machine to be shattered beyond repair and replaced when necessary. regardless of whether or not you enjoy spending your personal time around me. Orion and d are both unsettled by b, but quickly realize that he just wants to have real, not garbage (literally) friends. and then they realize that, yeah he's annoying, but he's kind, big hearted and just an overall sweet guy

I wish someone felt that way about me when they see me so disassociated at my job I can barely register the words they're saying to me

I wish a single one of my previous managers understood that about me

I wish I didn't live in constant fear that my apartment, my cats and my food weren't all at risk just because someone doesn't like my vibe

is it any wonder why they stood up and fought for themselves? is it any wonder that d became Megatron when he realized that his superiors viewed him and all his protocol following glory as nothing more than trash to be pushed around? is it any wonder how angry he got when he realized he was a single simple mistake from being forgotten?

...sorry, I got a little emotional at the end there

b-127 in transformers one means a lot to me

not because I see myself in him

but because I see my loved ones in him

[seraphont]

FAQ & Important Info

About me:

bday: march 30th

lgbt?: im bi

What can we call you?

Seraphont is fine, its supposed to be a play on of Seraph and Serif Font, you can call me Seraph!

What pronouns do you use?

I'd prefer They/Them, but you can use She/Her.

Whats your Main blog?

not posting it publically for now.

Dying and Getting Over It (DaGOI au) Related:

Where can I read DaGOI?

It will be uploaded to my Ao3. its currently being written, so there is no link to the fic yet.

When will you post the fic?

short answer: I'm not sure, possibly by early october. its my first time writing a fic, so I ask you to be patient with me! the outline is written and being tweaked, and its going through adjustments now that MD ep 8 is out. Im also moving across the world, so I'm a tad bit busy rn.

Will you include MD ep8 into the canon of your fic?

at first I was on the fence, but its grown on me, its being integrated now.

Will you be drawing all of DaGOI in comic form?

if I was a stronger man I would. I'll mostly be drawing key story moments. making comics is an aid to helping me write. so I'll be making a lot, but I may not be posting them until the chapters start coming out (trying not to spoil everything). to give you an idea, as of writing this, I have 6 comics on the backburner lol.

Art Related:

What art program(s) do you use?

Procreate -Brushes: Shiyoon Kims Wet Brush pack (X) (everything you see on this blog is made with this brushpack) and several Max Packs (X) for procreate

How long have you been drawing?

I've always drawn, but I started getting really serious at 14, around the same time I first made my main blog. I was self taught up until I got into animation school.

What do you do as a career?

I'm currently doing Freelance work for publishers and individuals. I was previously an animator, I'm making the move to storyboarding

Do you take requests/commissions?

I do have commissions open. only lineart, and flat colours are available. if you want a rendered piece: slots are closed, but you can dm me for interest.

Asks and Messaging:

Rules for asks/tagging?

Anyone can send me an Ask, Mutuals, Anons or not!

Dont send discourse or anything explicitly NSFW. you'll be blocked lol. I'd prefer if you didnt send suggestive. if you send me triggering content I’ll mind blast you into dust. (block).

Do not send and DNI's?

Transphobia, Homophobia, Acephobia. All the obvious bigot contenders.

SA, pdfilia and incest are absolute no goes.

are you okay with me direct messaging you?

only if we have spoken before/ you're giving me a headsup about something/ I've prompted you to send me one.

***minors: please refrain from dming me to chit chat, im not down to.***

Why don’t you answer my asks/dms?

my main has 1000+ asks and my other side blog is pushing 250+, sometimes the ask's get lost in the sauce. that being said, some ask's go unaswered because: 1. it might spoil too much if I were to answer. 2. I simply have to think hard to reply. 3. its super nice and im hoarding it all for myself.

Misc

Can you reblog my donation posts?

no. too many scams.

[olderthannetfic]

Why must I find the stupidest discourse in my fandom and worse yet, not being able to idgaf it. Before you do wonder, I do block the annoying takes but good lord is it like a thorn in your skin sometimes.

I find it very annoying that people will complain about people not engaging with the story presented for them and then dare argue about parts of the story being NOT CANON.

Just because you think it was shit doesn’t make it less canon. It doesn’t make it less canon because you think it went a different way to how you read it or wanted it to be.

Just shut up and make your fix it au’s like the damn rest of us. This is a far deal harsher than I would probably personally say to anyone but I’m not sure how else to put it into words.

I shouldn’t care, it’s the most idiotic conversation you could have about the definition of the word that engages in 0 way with the actual media yet here I am, the absolute fool that I am.

It just makes trying to talk about the actual cannon irritating and not just the bits and pieces that people like, and these au’s don’t get tagged properly when people are convinced it’s canon.

Perhaps I am biased because I did generally like that certain aspect of the story, maybe it’s different in different fandoms, but so far in my experience the only time a title in a series or part of a story is considered uncanon is if the author has explicitly stated and retconned so, or deals with alternate realities. Even then I don’t think it’s neccesearly a bomb proof case 100% of the time, for possible reasons I won’t list here.

That’s decidedly not the case here, not yet atleast.

Am I going insane and have become the complainer of the complainers or do other people also feel like me

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[confused-disaster32]

Hi! So you can call this a rant or a vent or whatever I don't rlly care - I just wanted to put some of my opinions out there bc it is eating me inside out to keep my opinions on Alastor's sexuality and all of the discourse about him being shipped to myself.

Also i'd like to state that I'm writing this as someone who is aroace but has no actual wish to be in a romantic relationship and actually struggles to so much as picture what that's be like for myself. I would also like to state how I'm not speaking for the whole community and others will have different opinions to myself.

Firstly - aroace is a spectrum (as someone who is on the aroace spectrum btw) and I completely agree with ppl who say that it is a spectrum and shipping has always existed and you can't rlly stop an entire fandom. My only problem is when ppl completely ignore that he is aroace while doing this, bc to me it seems like there's so much potential to having him have to go through those types of emotions and to write him off as if he's completely allo not only can make some people feel unseen but also just isn't as fun.

Also I kind of believe that he'd possibly date someone for the entertainment - like even if he didn't exactly feel romantic attraction maybe he'd be willing to be around someone closely bc he might like the reactions he'd be getting. (example: he might've stayed in a relationship with Vox maybe not out of pure attraction but if he found out that affection could make the TV short-circuit? He'd be interested)

Adding to that, I personally do not actually ship him with anyone romantically due to his character + the fact that I am projecting my own distaste for romance on him but you do you ig.

Also, on the note of nsfw around him - sometimes you cannot stop a fandom, rule 34 exists and some people who are asexual sometimes may want to have sex and all of that stuff. Personally I think he'd probably be sex-repulsed due to the fact that he canonically has issues with being touched.

ALSO, i personally think that way too many people are brushing over the idea of putting Alastor in a QPR - like that would literally be so awesome.

Alastor x Rosie? Cute af (to me Rosie gives of aro vibes too, but more romance - favourable) like they're already besties and honestly I think that Rosie would defo help him figure out about his identity considering that he's quite obviously not all that sure about slang and stuff.

Vox x Alastor - It has the potential to be SO FUCKING FUN like, you get to experiment with how they feel for each other, maybe what Alastor's got going on bc he died before being aroace was rlly a thing and he'd be confused about how he felt about Vox for sure.

Lucifer x Alastor - I quite like it, ik that Lucifer is supposed to be with Lillith but she did take an extremely long hiatus on her family up in heaven so i think it's okay. Plus the idea of them bonding and becoming close due to Charlie is wonderful.

Even angel and Alastor - maybe after Val Angel doesn't want a super sexual relationship - maybe he's not all that interested in something purely romantic either and though I love huskerdust this would still be pretty cool.

Really all I'm saying is; be considerate. Incorporate the fact that Alastor is Aroace, even if you do ship him - in or out of QPRs - and ofc sometimes writing someone who is part of a group ur not in is difficult (coming from someone who often struggles in writing especially when it comes to romance) but taking a crack at it might actually turn out to be rlly cool.

But please don't ignore his aroace-ness, there's not a huge amount of aroace characters out there and acting like someone isn't can be annoying for ppl who want to find rep around their identity, esp if they haven't seen much before (I can relate and he was one of the first aroace characters I was introduced to after I found out what it meant).

So yeah, that's my piece.

[tulipanthousa]

not sure if this belongs here or on the sfw blog so I'll do it here to be safe

since Janus was like "hey I'm glad we have the twins but I never want to be pregnant again," the birth control question that got postponed in SBYF is now in my head again. what's the birth control situation like in Pieces verse? do they have condoms, or is it more along the lines of "track your periods and pray" lmao

also, is it different for nobles vs common folk? and what's the societal attitude towards using birth control in this universe?

(only if you want to answer + it's not a spoiler!)

i'm torn between this being a universe where the birth control plant the romans used exists and was not driven to extinction before it could be domesticated and made universally available

or just stretching the technology timeline a little farther and making hormonal birth control a thing - the first hormonal birth control was put on the market in 1960, and i normally stop off at 1950 max so its not that much of a stretch

either way, there is some kind of oral contraceptive involved. if i go with the pill, it would probably be like Enovid, an early birth control which had the prototypical 21 days of pills and 7 days of placebo, so it could be used in conjunction with the rhythm method (aka the tracking you mentioned)

and i think they probably do use condoms (commercially available since the 1860s, and animal-skin based diaphrams and the like have been recorded as far back as antiquity), but not every time, just during points in janus's cycle where he'd be theoretically ovulating, as an extra layer of protection. rubber would be the most historically accurate for a synthetic one, so i think they would probably go with skin. animal skin condoms are perfectly safe for fluid-bonded couples, they dont block STDs but niether of them have ever had sex with anyone else so thats not a concern, and also the idea of rubber touching business makes me wanna gag so i dont want to think about it aksjdhaksjdhkj

so while they are not super hardline at every possible avenue, they do become overall pretty careful.

as for whether or not janus would choose abort an oopsie baby, i feel like that plotline has an uncomfortable potential for either me accidentally getting preachy as fuck about reproductive rights in my fic, or inviting rancid discourse into my ask, so i dont plan on exploring it at any point. its not going to be a concern because theyre fictional and im writing it, but you can headcanon as you please (though i would prefer if you didnt send any especially inflammatory takes to my inbox)

[dyrewrites]

(5) describe what [project] would look like if it were bad. (alternatively: list out what hypothetical horrible interpretations of the work would look like. fake socmedia discourse emulator optional but encouraged.)

(6) describe the premise/plot of [project] from the perspective of each main cast member.

(10) which characters do you personally dislike most from [project]? elaborate on why, bonus points for how impassioned your answer is.

(12) which scene/plot beat is your favorite? elaborate on why.

(16) what sparked [project]? what was the original premise or jumping-off point, and do you have any records of the first notes from its creation?

this could go for either before deluca or bloodhound !!

Oh my, what fun ones.

(from this game)

Going under a cut because lots.

(5) If 'Before Deluca' were bad it might look like it did when I first started jotting down notes. It was a fairly expected/typical of the genre case of vampire fleeing an overbearing and violent master. Maybe it wouldn't be bad exactly, as that's a fine direction to go but it wouldn't be what it is...and I like what it is a lot more.

(6) 'Bloodhound' for this one. The first volume has Deluca, Alessandro and Leandro as 'main cast members' as they get their own scenes.

Deluca's perspective of the plot, "a starving and lonely vampire detective trying to make the world a better place while fighting to have his husband released" //the accurate one.

Leandro's perspective of the plot, "a ravishing vampire pining after his husband in a box while a perfectly available werewolf is right here and everything he could ever need. We could end all of this mess right now if he'd just give up this ridiculous crusade and be mine and mine alone." //not wrong but...I mean.

Alessandro's perspective of the plot, "a story about a fucking idiot who doesn't listen to anyone and makes everything worse for me, specifically. If he would stop trying to do the impossible and just do his fucking job, we'd all have an easier time. And less dead men in hotels for to explain to the authorities. I would like that, Del, I would like that a lot." //also not wrong

Who knows what plot is anyway, right? Only one of them, clearly.

(10) Lucient's Mistress from 'Before Deluca', she'll make a very big appearance later in 'Bloodhound' too but I dislike her more than any other. Which is impressive considering there are so many options to choose from here.

Whereas Dove took a little boy and made him a whore to earn money off him, she didn't promise him freedom while doing it. Nor did she gaslight and groom him into being a monster long before she physically made him home. Iulia, his Mistress, worked diligently to break this man into tiny pieces so she could rebuild him how she desired and he is still dealing with what she did. Hundreds of years later he is still waking up terrified with her in his thoughts. So she's the worst (fun to write though, they always are).

(12) I have too many for 'Before Deluca', too many. Their banter is so delightful. Their relationship like candy to write and every single coffeehouse scene is my favorite. But I'm not choosing from that one. I'm choosing from 'Bloodhound' because there is a a mystery, as he is a detective and he does solve those, that was a delight to write. I'm not sure it's my favorite in the book but it is certainly a favorite.

It takes place in his hometown, where everything is new (would have to be after three hundred years) but painfully the same.

He's waiting in a graveyard for this supposed ghost to show up and he's talking to his parent's old grave markers. Remembering how Lucient was right and they weren't nice people like he convinced themselves they were. And just as he's about to give up and go home, entirely dejected and more than a little pissed off, the 'ghost' shows up...and it is literally some guy. Some guy in a costume playing pretend to steal shit from his neighbors. It is some scooby doo garbage and I love it to bits.

(16) I have no origin for 'Bloodhound' beyond, "what haven't I seen a vampire do yet? Oh! Detective!" but it spawned 'Before Deluca' and I do have those notes. They're outdated now, of course, but you can have them. The start of them, they're long and from the perspective of Deluca telling his daughter a story, as the first idea for 'Bloodhound' was a single vampire father (who takes advantage of modern obsessions to find meals) and his werewolf daughter.

“What were you like then; tell me a story about the great detective in his prime.” “I was not a detective in my prime, flower…and you do not want those stories.” “You were turned by an ubervamp centuries ago that's got such a hate-on for you he's murdering his way through Europe about it and you're telling me I don't want that story?” “Yes, I am. I was a different creature then, a vile thing not fit to haunt the memories of those it destroyed.” “Then don't tell me those bits, tell me about Lucient. Was it love, your first love?” “Yes, and no…and I maintain that you do not want this story.” “Tell me anyway.” “You truly want the particulars of your dear old dad’s wild nights ravishing another man while bathed in the blood and viscera of our prey?” “...that a trick question?” “Very well, flower. Our story began then as I begin now, on a summer-warm evening at the dawn of a new year…” “Dawn of a new year, in summer?” “I said summer-warm, flower, exercising my poetic license.” “When was it really?” “Oh, my sweet pedant with your insistence on specifics; it was December 31st, 1699 making it an unseasonably warm winter evening.” “Now, was that so painful?” “Excruciating..."

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[leviathan-supersystem]

some thoughts on the right-libertarian discourse on greed, namely the whole "stupid communists are against greed, but they don't realize that greed, ie. self-interest, is actually good, and an inevitable part of human nature" talking point:

so like, on the face of it, treating "greed" and "self interest" as synonymous is obviously moronic. greed is a type of self-interest, sure, but most people would not define all self-interest as "greedy". brushing your teeth is obviously in your own self-interest but nobody is going to be like "wow look at this greedy motherfucker brushing their teeth". no, obviously when people talk about greed they're talking about when people act in their self-interest specifically in ways that harm the interests of others, when someone acts only with regard to themselves in ways that harm the group overall.

to give a hypothetical, if there's a birthday party, it's not greedy for someone to get a piece of cake, even though this is obviously in their self-interest, it's greedy for them to go back for fourths or fifths before everyone else has gotten a piece, thus causing others to go without. and by pursuing their short-term self interest in a way that does not take into account the interests of others, they harm their long-term self interests, since after that people might not want to invite them to future parties.

so the whole "greed is human nature" argument ignores that while there are of course circumstances for every person in which they will act in their self-interest without regard for the well-being of others, there are also circumstances for every person where they will be willing to make sacrifices to their short-term self interest for the greater benefit of the group. largely this depends on how someone feels about the other people in this scenario, we'd probably be more willing to make a personal sacrifice to help our best friends than to help a stranger, or our worst enemy.

and of course usually this can still be modeled in terms of long-term self-interest, but that said, there have been examples of people giving their lives to save the lives of other people they truly care about, and i think it's pretty hard to model that in terms of long-term self interest. but at any rate, in most cases all that's really necessary to avoid acting in ways that anyone might call "greedy" is to just consider long-term self-interest and not just short-term self-interest, to consider how making sacrifices to our own short-term self-interest for the greater good of our community benefits us in the long term because we benefit from our community continuing to function.

okay, so we've established that "greed" is not the same as self-interest, but rather, a specific form of malignant self-interest, short-term self-interest pursued in ways harmful to the community, and, consequently, usually to one's own long-term self interest. great. but the thing is, libertarians/ancaps/objectivists/etc ultimately do acknowledge this distinction.

the real disagreement between marxists and righ-libertarians isn't "one thinks humankind can exist without greed/self interest, one knows that greed/self interest is human nature", though of course right-libertarians are very fond of this framing since it's flattering to themselves, it's that marxists and right-libertarians fundamentally disagree on where the distinction between benign self-interest and greed is. see this tweet which is what got me thinking about this in the first place:

okay so do you see what he did there! first he talks as if greed and self-interest are fundamentally the same, but then he changes gears and talks about how greedy communists are with clear disdain. almost as if greed isn't just "self-interest", but rather, self-interest to the detriment of others, most especially, theft. the most direct and overt form of prioritizing one's own self-interest with callous disregard for others.

and the thing is, both marxism and right-libertarianism propose vast expansions to the category of "theft", propose that many acts which are currently considered benign are in fact malignant acts of greed/theft, namely that marxism proposes that the profit reaped by landlords and owners is theft, and right-libertarians propose that taxation is theft.

but while marxism arrives at this conclusion by looking at society as it exists, looking to see where it's dysfunctional, and drawing conclusions about how it could be improved, right-libertarianism bases itself not on material analysis but rather deonotological principles which are derived from nothing. the "NAP" is true because it's true because it's true, don't question it, don't ask them to provide evidence that it's a viable foundation for a functional society. and certainly don't ask why it's "aggression" for a tenant to stay on a property when they can't make rent, but it's not aggression when the landlord calls the cops to drag them into the street.

like, the funny thing is right-libertarianism proposes that basically every society on earth is wildly wrong about the morality of taxation, but also proposes that all existing land ownership claims are legitimate, even though basically every one of them, worldwide, can be traced back to either feudal land disputes, which were resolved through violence, or colonization, which also occurred through violence. fundamentally, the history of existing land ownership claims is so drenched in violence that the notion that they're somehow one of the only things society as a whole got right is ludicrous, especially coming from people who claim their ideology is based on a "non aggression principle."

[hiraethwrote]

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⊱ but i won’t write smut/nsfw for characters who are canonically underage even though i age them up. most i will do is suggestive

⊱ i interact/reblog NSFW content so, minors keep that in mind (again reminding you to block #— MDNI)

⊱ i will, to the best of my ability, try to write reader as general as possible. however, in general, reader will be smaller coded

⊱ my writing no's: non-con, dub-con, incest, stepcest, abuse, s/h and s/a topics, age gap with minors, eating disorders, somnophilia, kidnapping, (in general dark romance themes), race play, characters i dislike

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INBOX & COMMUNICATION

⊱ my inbox is always open for any chit chat — i love to talk

⊱ any gendered terms and nicknames are okay, so don't be scared

⊱ hate will either be ignored or ridiculed

⊱ don’t come into my inbox with discourse. i just want to read and write about fictional characters, and share some love with friends

⊱ huge fan of using petnames and nicknames. i try to check your rules to see if you're okay with them. but if you're uncomfortable with it, lmk

⊱ mutuals can ask for other/personal socials such as discord

feel free to like this post if you've read the rules. thank you for visiting my blog <3

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[strang3lov3]

Rules:

MDNI. Please have your age on your blog or some indication that you’re an adult if you’re gonna interact with this blog. Go on git.

If you’re going to send an anon (which I welcome) please please please take an emoji! My pinned post shows all of the taken emojis. When you use an emoji identifier, it creates familiarity and makes me feel like there’s friendly faces in my inbox. I like building relationships with my readers!

Hateful anons will be blocked and ignored. Will this stop anyone from sending a mean anon? No, and I know that. But you're wasting your breath. Whatever bullshit-ass hateful-ass message/insult you've thought up and decided to hurl over anon (a gutless move, btw) I've already heard before. It's not gonna stop me from writing how/what I write.

Please remember that I am human. A person. I’m not a machine, and I can’t pump out my writing at machine-pace. Remember that I’m human when you comment, reblog, message me, or hop in my inbox. Just be kind and supportive and horny, and don’t be mean to me or other writers.

I don’t have an upload schedule. I write whatever I feel the most momentum for and then I post. I try to put out a fic at least every week or so.

I’m open to pretty much all kinky requests, but my hard no’s are shit, underage, animals, and gore.

Please keep things chill. If my blog isn’t for you, quietly move on. This blog is sex and kink positive - everything is on the table here, including noncon and all other taboo kinks/pairings. I don’t believe in policing what kind of fiction/media people consume. Read this.

I block any and all negative discourse, bullying, kink shaming, slut shaming, fat shaming, hate, and general shittiness that I see. That can include the OP of a crappy post as well as those that have liked/rb’d it.

Support your favorite writers! Reblog fics you love, send asks, comment on your favorite works.

Frequently Asked Questions:

Do you take requests? - Depends! I’m more inclined to take requests from regular readers. If you read my work, you know what I like to write - age gap, power dynamics, dubcon, taboo kinks, masturbation, funny fics, etc. A request that falls in line with that stuff is more likely to be written.

Can you write a fic for X body type/physical feature? - No. My readers will always remain physically undescribed so that all of my readers can see themselves in my work and nobody feels excluded.

What fics do you read? - check out my #strang3lov3 recs and #turbo rec tags!

When will ___ fic be written? - No clue. I write for whatever motivates me at any given moment.

Can you write a part two? - I’ll make it clear if a fic is part of a series but generally no, my one shots will not have follow ups.

On commenting in general…

Leave positive, thoughtful comments. Make it horny! Make it tmi! Tell me how you feel! These sort of comments mean the world to me 🩷 it’s really special when I work hard on something and my readers discuss that work with me by telling me the impact it had on them.

I am so grateful for interest in my work and I appreciate the enthusiasm. Nothing makes my day more than an unhinged, feral, drooling and frothing at the mouth comment/ask/reblog. That being said, I find it sort of…idk. Disrespectful-ish? when “where’s part two” “I need a part two” “I need the next part NOW” and other comments are left on my fics in that rather demanding or unappreciative tone, especially when coming from commenters who don’t usually interact with me otherwise. I know this is usually well-intentioned, but it makes me feel bad. I work really hard on each and every piece of work I put out - from outlining, to writing, to editing, making moodboards - there is so much care that goes into it. And when the only thing said about my fic is “give me more” it makes me feel, idk. Like I’m not enough or my writing wasn’t enough.

You don’t need to tell me (or any writer) how much you hated their fic/their characterization of X character/a choice they made in their writing. You don’t need to offer criticism. Sharing personal writing is an incredibly vulnerable thing to do, and it’s completely rude and unnecessary to poke holes in someone’s work. Don’t do it.

What writing advice do you have? - Not much in general lol. The same thing others will tell you. READ!!! Read fics, find out what you like and what you don’t like and apply what you’ve learned to your own writing. Think about the five senses when adding detail. Think about it like a movie scene. Idk. Just write and have fun.

What will happen in ___ fic? - I can’t tell you, but I’m happy you’re excited! Before writing, I outline my fics, one shots and series both, but a lot of times my ideas change.

Why am I blocked? - I block for policing or judging what I or others post, kink shaming, being hateful, etc. It doesn’t matter how it’s posted - whether it’s a comment left on my post or another blog’s, a post with a bad take, someone being hateful in an inbox, mine or another’s: you’re blocked. And also, depending on the post, I may block people positively interacting with it in the likes and comments. I don’t want anything to do with behavior like this. Fiction is not real life.

Long story short, if you rub me wrong, you’re blocked. I pride myself on being patient and understanding - if you want to have a good faith conversation with me about something, I’m totally open to it. But I know the difference between someone seeking to understand and someone looking for a fight - I’m not engaging in a fight.

Why do you post pics of black cats at the bottom of your fics? - Those are my babies and I wanna share them with you! You can’t always tell unless they’re together in the same pic but yes, there’s two. I talk a lot about them. If you look at the tags #gizmo , #jojo , and #gizmo and jojo you can learn all about the little guys.

How do you tell your cats apart? - it’s not always evident in photos but they are totally different sizes. Gizmo is chunky and big, Jojo is scrawny. Behavior wise, they act completely different from each other. Jojo is very timid, gentle, and patient, but Gizmo is kind of a disaster of a cat. Very clumsy, very noisy.

[good-beanswrites]

sorryf im being mentally ill about hallucination event right now SO in the LCSyS au, would there be something like it :o? Like after all of it's over or something, how crazy would it be if Jackalope tried to get them all together just to do one last concert?

Never apologize for being mentally ill about Milgram content 😌👍 We are all in it together 😔👍I'm combining this answer with a reply to @kikithedeceiver (and spiraling out of control from both)

I've had a lot of ideas about the project being public in LCSyS, but was holding off including it for few reasons – the audience’s voices would conflict with Es as their own character. Knowing the public was watching would change the way the prisoners acted (even if they thought they were acting natural). It’s a long time that the families would have to deal with the public knowing about their loved one’s almost-crime. I also like the idea of this au ending with the prisoners returning to very normal lives. 

Buuuuut it is such a fun idea, and popularity seems an essential part of an actors au. So, I’m not naming this as canon, but here’s a pitch if you liked that idea and wanted to run with it :3

The team doesn’t tell the participants that they’ve been recording/collecting certain material to release. If a translation is left out by accident, the prisoners just assume it’s for a foreign team member – they have no idea how close/far Milgram reaches. 

The third trial begins. The prisoners are inside the prison, and on the final stretch of the trials. On the outside, Jackalope contacts families for signatures to release the material publicly. The team thought about censoring names and things, but seeing current fans’ investigation skills, they knew it was a matter of time before they put pieces together anyway. This may be super illegal but for the sake of the story I’ll say that family consent is enough lmao.

Some of them are easy to convince to sign off on everything, since it can raise awareness for their loved one’s struggles. Muu’s family takes the longest, as it would risk ruining their reputation. (They’re only swayed because it truly is a great opportunity to show off Muu’s talents for those modeling scouts, and she didn’t actually kill anyone in the end.) Kazui’s family refuses to release his info, but Hinako uses sway with her marital status to sign off instead (I pictured things happening fast enough where she hasn’t gotten an official divorce yet). Hinako still struggles with what he did, but she thinks he’s doing something incredibly brave now. I’m not 100% sure what’s going through Amane’s father’s mind, but if the murder really was in line with the cult’s beliefs, maybe he believes that Amane will be be a shining representation of their religion. He wants to show her off as their little golden child.

The experiment is published in its current form: music videos, voice dramas, timeline conversations, interrogation questions, etc. It’s brought to more than just science/psychology circles, though. Jackalope has no shame in marketing it as entertainment, hence the stockholders mentioned. He assures the sociologists that this will be a major breakthrough for them. He tells music labels he's got the new hit thing for them. He leans into the excitement of releases and merchandise in the hopes of gaining attention for the experiment. Needless to say, it works. Even though the audience has no sway over Es’ decisions, they are encouraged to make decisions for themselves on what they would judge each prisoner. There’s the same types of theory/analysis/discourse posts passed around. 

When the trials end, the prisoners are released into the world to find they’re famous. Instead of trudging back to their lives feeling that society hates them, they find tons of adoring fans telling them how much they understand and forgive them. Even if their final verdict was guilty, they have hundreds of voices assuring them that they are loved. That they are not alone. This attention really helps Haruka, Amane, (and maybe Es) who don’t have a good home to go back to. Not only can they reenter society, they are welcomed with open arms. They are looked after and showered in love. Some of the adults realize they want to use this popularity to lead the charge of social change. They create/support projects meant to help people who are facing their struggles.

And of course, there’s the other type of fame as well. Yuno loves answering fanmail and turning her karaoke hobby into a music career. Kazui goes from a life of feeling rejected and disgusting to scrolling through comments upon comments of men oogling him. Mahiru gets offers from fashion magazines and blogs to write up sections about self-love. Amane gets to live out her dream of being a performer, hinted at in her first two mvs. Fuuta is flustered by all the positive attention his appearance/voice is getting. Mikoto… well, I just wish him luck when he opens tiktok…

Which brings us to the live event! The prisoners have tried to keep in touch while adjusting to their new lives as almost-murderers-turned-idols. They’re amazed at how well-recieved the trial songs were. Those were some of their most personal, shameful secrets, and people relate to them? People love singing them?? People want a concert featuring them??? Jackalope encourages them to get together for one last encore. Some are thrilled with the opportunity, others are still nervous about the whole thing. Some think it’s in poor taste, that Jackalope is milking them for entertainment. But with a bit of conversing amongst themselves, they realize they all want a chance to sing like that again, and see each other in one place again. (It’s ironic because in my head Mahiru is the one to convince everyone to come ;--;) 

It’s strange putting on the uniforms again. Es is unsure about putting on their guard’s cloak. But the minute they stop onstage, they’re met with wild applause. They can sing their fears and dreams to a huge crowd and see in real time how it’s reaching others. They hear the cheers after each song. They hear that it’s streamed all over the world. All of them have an absolute blast, and pour their heart and soul into their performances.

[sirenscriptures]

hello there !! welcome to my little space dedicated to writing and indulging <3

please, before reading/interacting, take a moment to read some of the guidelines i have set in place for this space:

— first and foremost, i do not allow any blank, ageless or minor blogs to follow me. even though there will be some fluff and sfw content on here, i still do not want to have anyone under the age of 18 following this blog or interacting with me on a personal level.

however, if you are under 18, you are more than welcome to interact with my sfw pieces ONLY. that means you can like/reblog/comment my posts labeled with the “ ☼ — morning respite “ tag on them.

i am well aware that i cannot stop those who are underage from reading my content. all i ask is that you be a decent human and not interact with me or my mutuals who have the same rules in place, or else i will have to block you.

— please have an age indicator somewhere in your bio/pinned post before you follow/interact with me !!! it really helps me out in keeping my boundaries on this blog and helps to keep minors out of this space. even something simple as “adult, 20s, 30s” etc. works!

— while i am now open to taking requests, please know i am not obligated to answer every single one that is sent to me! there are simply certain things i may not want to write or not find much interest in, and that’s okay! i am open to both sfw and nsfw requests, and you can find what i am comfortable writing with in my byf, and the fandoms i write for in my masterlist page!

— this should go without saying, but please do not bring discourse into my inbox ! do not name drop, ask me why someone deactivated, ask me about other blogs’ business, etc. also, don’t use the anonymous feature to be an asshole. i will turn it off without announcement if i need to, and i don’t think anyone wants that.

— for writing, i write for female reader and gender neutral reader ! i’m not 100% sure if i can do male reader yet. i do my best to make my reader as open to interpretation as i can so that everyone can enjoy, so please let me know if you see anything that looks off or is worded weird. i will gladly fix it :)

— if you have any questions on what i write for, it should be listed on my masterlist, which will hopefully be added to in the coming weeks. as for what i do/don’t write, feel free to ask me in my inbox, or take a look at my about me/byf page !

— don’t like, don’t read ! one of the golden rules really. everything i write i do my best to tag properly. and if you find that anything is missing, please correct me in a respectful manner. i am not a robot, nor am i perfect. so don’t treat me like i should be !

— lastly, just be patient with me ! be respectful ! be nice to everyone you encounter here !! i use this and my writing as an escape like many others on this site, and it would just be appreciative if we could all get along to some extent. i really have no patience for people who feel a need to be mean or nasty to others, and it will be an instant hardblock if i catch you being hateful in any way.

[battfishe]

ABOUT ME:

• you can call me charmy or char

• I am an adult. my pronouns are she / her

• I am a cis futch lesbian and chronically ill (and online) spoonie

• my blog is primarily for posting my art or reblogging things pertaining to my interests. I have unmedicated adhd so when I like something I REALLY like it until I don’t (you have been warned. never follow me for specific content). I’m also multiship

• link to my lovely girlfriend’s blog 🧸💌

• link to my after dark account (NO MINORS) 🔞

(byf and more below the cut)

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DO NOT INTERACT IF:

• just kidding! I don’t have a DNI, I will simply block or ignore you if I don’t like you or the things you post. unless you’re a proship / propara freak in which case stay the fuck away from me good lord

BEFORE YOU FOLLOW:

• I am a very “fact-over-feeling” type of person and I do my best to be logical and critical in my responses and interactions. as a result I can often come across as untactful or cold but I promise I am not trying to be an asshole I’m just a bit socially inept

• please keep in mind that I am a grown adult with bills to pay and I am only here to make friends and have a good time. having said that, I do not have the time or energy to engage in discourse, fandom or otherwise. my opinions are my own and I am just as entitled to them as anyone else. I will not censor myself for the sake of an online stranger’s comfort. however, I will be more than happy to have a civil and respectful conversation with you if I post something you don’t like and sort things out without conflict.

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THINGS I LIKE AND MORE ABOUT ME:

• I enjoy a variety of online forum and pet collector games as well as other media like don’t starve (#1 wxson fan since 2018), horse life, l4d2, tf2, scott pilgrim, etc.

• I love animals big and small! I’m a huge fan of niche critters like bugs and marine life and I keep many pets of my own. I have two dogs, three cats, two zebra finches, three different species of isopods, and some fish.

• I fucking love dragons, unicorns and other medieval fantasy creatures

• I enjoy producing (rarely) and looking at art, especially art that is weird, unique and conventionally “unappealing” or bizarre

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MY TAGS AND ART:

• main tag guide for filtering: #reblog for posts made by others, including other's art, #char talks for general text posts or reblog commentary, #yapping for any particularly long winded or ranty text posts, and #char responds for replies to asks

• I have so many pets it’d be a pain to tag them all respectively lol. if you want to see my animals, my pet tag is #char pets

• my art related tags are #char art and #char ocs (though each of my ocs has their own respective tag). for older art pieces, you can also search up #bohiggie art or #bohiggie ocs to find things I posted before my username change.

• I do take requests and commissions, please DM me for any inquiries

• you NEVER have to ask to draw my ocs! I love and appreciate fanart a lot

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🔍 WHERE ELSE YOU CAN FIND ME:

• Instagram

• Artfight

• Dragon Cave

• The Final Outpost

• Chicken Smoothie (rarely active)

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[blackjackkent]

Quick camp chats before heading out on the road again. (I'm thinking about making straight for the creche actually, since Rakha definitely thinks it's the most important thing to do right now, and then circling back for final nautiloid map stuff on the way to the Underdark.)

Rakha questioned Gale much more thoroughly about Karsus and the fall of Netheril; even though it happened a long time ago, she's still hungry for any new knowledge, more pieces in her picture of the world. I think this is probably not the last time that he ends up just discoursing to her on some random subject or another; if there's one thing Gale can't resist, it's an attentive student, even if it's one fully capable of ripping his throat out in the wrong moment. He also explained, much to her disappointment, that there's no way she would be strong enough on her own to channel the Weave as they did together - that it requires intense study even for someone with a natural magical gift like her. She's quietly bummed about this; she was taken with the idea of showing it to Wyll.

Having talked to Dammon, we have the option to ask Karlach directly about the engine in camp. She's not willing to give the full story until the Paladins are dead, but does explain that it prevents her from touching anyone and how upset that makes her, that she can't have a hug. Rakha spends a lot of time thinking about this afterwards. She has had sex with Lae'zel and she has had Astarion's weight on her as he sucked the blood at her neck, but beyond this, her experience with physical contact of any sort is... limited. But Karlach's longing for it is obvious. It must be comforting, she decides. Like the blanket of the Weave around her. Like Wyll's hand on her arm was, last night.

Astarion is indignant about Gale's orb: "To think, Gale's had this devastating orb within himself the entire time, and only just mentioned it? Who'd keep a secret like that from his friends? You can't trust anyone these days." It takes Rakha a little while to work out that he is being ironic. His response to the question "What do you think we'll find at Moonrise Towers?" amuses me, because his phrasing feels deliberately calibrated for Rakha specifically: "Who knows? Drow? Mind flayers? Death? Hopefully not ours. But maybe answers, if we can convince the right people to talk." Death and answers are Rakha's two favorite things in the whole world.

Wyll is super cute and kinda shy. "Since the party, I've had a spring in my step, and I've got you to thank." Sadly none of the (positive) dialogue options quite fall in Rakha's blunt conversational wheelhouse, but we'll go with, "It was a lovely evening. I hope we can share even more." Because it's true - talking to him was the best part of the party for her by far. She doesn't fully understand her own feelings, but she is realizing she feels better near him than otherwise. He smiles. "I'm sure we will. And when the time comes... I've got something in mind." He raises a hand to forestall her as she opens her mouth to ask questions. "Now, now - no prodding. You don't want to spoil the surprise. But I'll say this... it'll be worth the wait." The odd sense of pleasant anticipation with which Rakha receives this information is a rather new concept for her. She isn't sure what he means... but she is curious to find out.

He also tells her a little bit about growing up as a Duke's son in Baldur's Gate. Most of his descriptions of court and nobility are somewhat lost on her-- more interesting is his description of the transition into becoming Blade of Frontiers. She asks if it was much of a change. "Yes and no," he answers. "Father taught me the four pillars of power - courage, insight, strategy, justice. He reckoned I'd follow in his footsteps, first as a Fist Marshal, then as a Duke. Vanquish evil, maintain order, save the world. But a duke makes bedfellows with more monsters than he slays. Father called it 'diplomacy'. I called it 'hypocrisy.' In the frontiers, there is no posturing, no diplomacy. I slay monsters; I don't consort with them, even if I might look like one." As usual, Rakha tucks away these foundational tenets of his philosophy to consider for herself. Courage, insight, strategy, justice. None of them mean as much to her as violence, hunger, survival, death. And yet they are, perhaps, something to aspire to, if she should ever learn to control the beast... She wonders about that last statement, though. Wyll claims not to consort with monsters - but he travels with Astarion. He travels with her. He travels with Gale and that bomb in his chest. There are many in their group who could be called monsters. What does he see when he looks at them? Does he see his presence here as just another sort of hypocrisy, deep down?

[youhavethewrong]

In its ceaseless attempts to introduce discourse into my life, even though I’m not following anyone that invested in it, Twitter keeps pushing quote retweets to this particular tweet into my timeline

I see about 5 of them per day, no exaggeration. All put in my timeline under the guise of “this might interest you” or “topic: Arts and design”. Most of the replies are wonderful, extremely talented artists who dunk on OP by posting their achievements that they got at a very young age. Some are very impressive, such as people getting contacted by dreamworks at age 17 to work for them. Wow!! What a wonderful opportunity~

What I dislike about this whole ordeal though is that, well. Let’s get the obvious out of the way first, OP is clearly a right wing fascist that made this tweet entirely as bait for replies, and it worked. Secondly, that pointing at something someone else made and using it to attack people is such backwards logic that he either apparently either forgot that the group of “hasn’t done anything worthwhile at 23″ includes him, he doesn’t care, or he thinks that running a fascist account on twitter counts?? Like wow that’s so brave of you, no one has been conservative on twitter before.

And finally, that as well-intentioned and talented as the artists replying to this tweet are, it doesn’t address the main issue: that age really isn’t a factor in making great things. It’s not a deadline, and it’s not proof that you’re better than others the lowest you get it, like it’s golf or something. And if you reply to this tweet being like “well I made something amazing when I was just 16″, what’s stopping OP from pointing to you instead, and going “look everyone! This person made something amazing when they were just 16. What’s YOUR excuse”.

Bottom line you shouldn’t feel bad if you’re X age and you haven’t gotten your big break yet. Maybe your greatest work happened when you were 20, good for you. Maybe it will happen when you’re 50, maybe when you’re 80. Does any of that mean that you’re lesser because you took longer? That you made the wrong choice by focusing on your studies, family, health, what have you during your youth instead of honing a craft? Is there a point to perpetuating the idea that greatness ends at 25 and everyhing you do after that is automatically failure, for some reason? Is there any point to lowering yourself to a fascist’s level in order to try to convince them that they’re wrong? Should you even bother replying to an account called the motherfucking Western Traditionalist, knowing that looking at Fountain, a piece that is over 100 years old, causes them to bust into flames and start crying about woke culture? Do you really want to prove yourself worthy to that kind of person?

Keep doing whatever it is you’re doing, take as long as you need. No worries if it takes a while to be recognized. The only people who would judge you for that are the kind of people who think alpha males are a real thing, so why care about what they think?