#but tumblr has a lot of neutrals i think 🫣

[butchgrayson]

3, 11, 19, and 23!

thank you so much darling <3

3. screenshot or description of the worst take you've seen on tumblr

idk if i can find it anymore and this is probably not the worst take i've seen but it is the most recent and rage-inducing but i saw this person who took lonley place of dying's jason character assassination as a way to claim that bruce & jason didn't have a good relationship before jason's death and prove that bruce & tim were closer/worked better as batman and robin... the person also admitted to not having read jason's robin run so i'm like why do you think you are in the right place to be making this claim? also just the general desire for so many fans to compare and try and rank the robins always leads to false information/generalisations that grinds my gears

11. number of fandom-related words you've filtered

for dc i have 15 and overall i have 63 🫣

19. you're mad/ashamed/horrified you actually kind of like…

brothers in blood arc from nw96... i KNOW its not good but i can fix her i CAN. both jason and dick's characterisations are a bit bizzare but the core of it is genuinely so solid and could have been built into actually interesting directions for both of them.

23. ship you've unwillingly come around to

i already answered this here BUT i also have to say. donnaroy. i will be honest im like neutral-positive on them now BUT i do think it makes a lot of sense for them to get together (at least on donna's end- i will admit that im not the most informed on roy!) and i loveeee so many of their interactions throughout titans 99 <3 i think after her failed marriage + the completely new territory of her relationship with kyle donna would find a lot of solace in someone who has been a part of her life for so long, especially in a period of her life so marked by instability. but when i first read them getting together i was VERY much not a fan for whatever reason LMAO

[artwithoutblood]

This is more a question about creating than the games. I hope you don’t mind.

TL:DR; New potential fan artist wants to join the fun but is scared because internet How do you manage your internet safety and protect yourself when sharing art? Both your personal data and not letting sus people get to you, avoiding being harassed or doxed. Any tips?

I’ve broken an art block and started drawing some fan art through indie VNs but you do have to come off anon if you want to send a picture. (Understandable.) I also heard that on Tumblr the info in a picture you took yourself can accidentally show your location (metadata).

So because I’m a chicken I’ve recently missed two chances to submit an OC in a sick gender neutral outfit.

(Yes, this is enby uniform anon! I wanted to make an employee OC for Erebus, wearing the loose baggy culottes interpretation drawn by wormsonthebus. Also an MC for Robin, wearing the tight shorts fit from turnthepage. Maybe even have some ideas for some higher ups out of uniform.)

It sounds really paranoid. But over time I saw harassment of VN creators for having adult, taboo or ‘problematic’ content in their games even if they did nothing wrong. I have seen creators complain of creepy NSFW asks directed at the devs/artists themselves. That and other reasons have scared me off being involved in the indie VN fandoms too much, other than sending casual anon asks. But I have half baked ideas and crave validation!

At this point the solution might be creating a new dedicated blog with the asks off and learning how to properly wipe the exif data? So once I improved a bit I could feel more confident randomly gifting little bits of art.

If we’re talking Twisted Wonderland I would be Idia. Ideally the goal is to throw (pleasant, SFW, wanted and asked for!) fan art at the devs and run. Then watch from a safe distance to see how people enjoyed it. 🫥🫣

oh man. i don't really know. i'm not a good person to answer this. sometimes i just copy and paste a picture into paint tool sai and then save it myself rather than saving it to my computer then doing this and that.

i've been doing this online stuff with eyes on my work for a while, so i kind of know what to expect. when i get uncomfortable asks, i don't answer them. i try not to indulge. i think because this community has a much closer connection between fans and developers because of the necessity for their closeness, as well as the tumblr ask box, that makes it seem much rougher. when you're a developer who's super involved in their community, you sort of have an obligation to put forth how your community will act through your own actions.

the tldr for me is that: a lot of people aren't cut out for game development, especially when you're nose to nose with a community like this with little degrees of separation. i think a lot of people want for people to experience their ocs, but they aren't ready for projects in the scope they want and for the social side. that's why a lot of authors have PR teams. because shit is hard. this isn't shaming ANYONE, especially no one in particular, but it's why you hear about most beloved indie developers being radio silent.

if you ever want to send anything, people have sent links, like discord and whatever, and i've just saved and reuploaded it.